I'll Count to Three!

Chapter 44: I'm counting to three!

"Meow~"

A nimble figure leaped onto the balcony, having spotted Jiang You's return.

It quickly brought a plump white mouse from its mouth and placed it at her feet.

Da Zhuang then lifted its head proudly.

White, the best-looking mouse within a ten-mile radius. What reason could she possibly have to be picky?

Hurry up and be grateful to me, you foolish human!

See how good I am to you, my great king!

Jiang You was initially happy to see Da Zhuang when she got home.

But as soon as the creature approached, it placed a mouse at her feet.

Jiang You looked down, the mouse looked up, and the two pairs of eyes met. One was speechless, the other terrified.

The mouse stared at her in horror, its red eyes devoid of ferocity, only fear.

Jiang You didn't know what it had gone through before being caught.

Several patches of its fur were missing.

The mouse froze for a few seconds, flicked its tail, and turned to run. But after only two steps, it was pinned to the ground by a paw.

Da Zhuang nudged the mouse towards Jiang You. The mouse struggled, and was swatted twice more by its paw.

It tilted its chin, signaling Jiang You to eat.

The posture was as if a big brother had brought a reward for his weak, helpless little brother back home.

"Meow~" What are you waiting for? Eat!

"Meow!!!" Why aren't you eating?

"Meow!!" Are you looking down on me?

That fierce cat face instantly contorted into an angry expression, changing its mood faster than flipping a book. It didn't look like a cat, but more like a ferocious wild leopard.

Jiang You: "How many times have I told you, I don't eat mice. Hurry up and put your food in the fish tank."

"Meow!!" You not eating means you're looking down on me!

Da Zhuang bared its teeth and bit Jiang You's shoe with a fierce look. This creature was always covered in various wounds, old ones not yet healed and new ones added daily. It never seemed to fully recover.

But it seemed immensely proud of its daily achievements.

It often showed Jiang You its wounds with a proud expression.

As if those weren't injuries to it, but medals.

Jiang You took a deep breath, looking at her shoe, which now had several holes bitten into it.

She wiggled her toes, and through the holes, her thumb was clearly visible.

The feeling was like coming home after a long day at work, expecting to enjoy some family time.

But upon arriving home:

Child: 7 + 7 = 1 Parents: "The company is having a promotion today, health supplements are 1,980 yuan a bottle. Buy ten bottles and get one free. I bought ten bottles in one go, what a bargain!" Husband: "Wife, why are you only back now? The whole family is waiting for you to cook!" Her mood instantly plummeted to negative.

Jiang You took a few deep breaths, feeling that unless she used a special move on this cat, it would probably never understand who was in charge.

So, with a cold face, she held the Miao Saber in her left and right hands, extending a finger from her right hand.

She suppressed herself with her last shred of reason.

"I'll count to... Shu Dao Shan!"

"Meow."

As soon as she spoke, the cat immediately dropped the mouse it was carrying into the fish tank. Then, with a leap, it jumped out of the balcony and disappeared into the night.

If you think this book is good, remember to add it to your bookshelf to avoid losing it next time.

Hmph, if you don't eat it, you don't eat it. Just wait until I find a calico mouse, then we'll see if you eat it?

No meow can resist the temptation of a calico mouse!

Wait, that's a human...

Whatever, no one can resist a fat, juicy calico mouse!

The calico cat bared its teeth as it moved through the night, vowing to catch the plumpest calico mouse!

It would make that human cry and beg it to give the calico mouse to her!

Meanwhile, on the other side, Jiang You, completely unaware of this, found a larger flowerpot and transplanted the cactus, soil and all, into it.

After the transplant, she stared at the cactus, feeling that it looked a bit strange.

Besides the main body in the middle, this cactus had a leaf on each side.

However, the leaf on the left had a spine that was clearly more than twice as long as the others.

She suddenly thought of something and stared at her fingers thoughtfully.

She remembered that she had bled after being pricked by this cactus, and it seemed to have been on the left side.

But she wasn't sure if it was this specific spine.

If her blood had accelerated the cactus's growth…

Jiang You dared not think further.

The words "perfect stem cells" and "ultimate biological evolution" that Mad Doctor constantly babbled about echoed in her mind.

Jiang You used tweezers to pull off the spine that was clearly several times longer and observed it for a while.

Then, she pricked her index finger with a pin and dripped fresh blood onto the other leaf of the cactus.

The bright red blood was not absorbed immediately. In fact, Jiang You watched it until the blood dried up, but she saw no trace of absorption.

Could she have been overthinking it?

Jiang You held her bubble tea, her cheeks full of chewy pearls. She chewed the pearls and dismissed the terrifying thought.

She must have been overthinking it. The Doctor's perfect stem cell experiment was only a prototype and couldn't have succeeded.

She didn't dare to imagine what would happen if the Doctor's research had succeeded…

Since her blood could accelerate plant evolution, then the Doctor's initial hypothesis wasn't a complete failure.

Although she didn't have the regenerative ability of a planarian's metamorphosis, his gene experiments were heading in another unattainable direction – evolution.

How thick would that cheat code have to be?

Thicker than… a ceiling beam!

Jiang You took a deep gulp of her bubble tea, her cheeks bulging as she chewed, unable to believe her own incredible luck.

She was destined to have a restless night. She dreamed of the monsters on Forbidden Island again, and of herself on the operating table…

By the later stages of the experiment, her recovery ability had become incredibly strong.

They weren't afraid of her dying at all, which allowed the experiments to become even more reckless.

In her daze, Jiang You saw the glaring surgical lamp again. Several people surrounded the operating table, and a cold scalpel sliced open her abdomen.

Accompanied by heart-wrenching pain and a tearing sensation in her stomach, she watched as they took out her organs one by one, and then sewed strange-looking organs into her belly…

Jiang You despaired in the pain, but she couldn't break free from such a nightmare.

Even though she knew rationally it was just a dream and desperately tried to wake up, she couldn't open her eyes.

Every time she managed to open her eyes a little, she was dragged back into the dream the next second.

In the end, she became like a bystander, numbly watching her mangled body on the operating table.

As dawn broke, Jiang You woke up.

Her bedsheets and pillow were soaked with sweat.

She frowned slightly, "Dreamed again."