"Yo, Beatrice, I'm back."
Fang Zheng pushed open the door and greeted Beatrice, who was sitting in a chair flipping through a book. Hearing his voice, Beatrice frowned and looked up at him.
"You're back already? It's only been a few hours. Don't tell me you forgot..."
"Yo, Betty."
Before Beatrice could finish, Puck emerged and greeted her. The instant Beatrice saw Puck, she cast aside her usual aloof indifference and stared at him in shock.
"Brother!"
"Betty!"
Calling out to each other, the girl and the cat lunged at one another. Beatrice scooped Puck into her arms and rubbed against him incessantly.
"Ahhh, this texture, this feeling..."
Who would have thought Beatrice was such a cat lover?
Watching Beatrice press fluffy Puck against her cheek, Fang Zheng reached out a finger and gently teased the little kitten in his arms. The kitten meowed, rolled over, and let Fang Zheng rub its soft belly.
Oh my... why were cats so adorable? He couldn't resist!
Rub, rub. Rub, rub.
"Ugh... I never expected Betty to be tricked by you."
After cuddling Puck for a while, Betty finally turned around and glared at Fang Zheng with an unhappy expression. Fang Zheng merely shrugged.
"How did I trick you?"
"You know Brother, don't you? If you didn't know him, how could you have found him so quickly?"
"No, I don't know him."
"I don't know him either, Betty."
Fang Zheng and Puck denied Beatrice's guess at the same time.
"Actually, Leah and I had been living peacefully in the forest, but this young man suddenly descended from the sky aboard a flying Golden Flying Boat and said you wanted to see me. He gave me quite a scare. But that Golden Flying Boat was really fast. If we used a Dragon Carriage, getting