I'll Count to Three!

"I'll count to three!"

"Meow~"

A lithe figure vaulted over the balcony and spotted Jiang You returning.

It hurriedly carried over a plump white rat in its mouth and placed it at her feet.

Da Zhuang then raised his head proudly.

A white rat—the best-looking one within ten miles. What reason did she have to complain?

Go on, be grateful to me until you're moved to tears, foolish human!

Look how good I am to you!

Jiang You had been quite happy when she saw Da Zhuang upon returning home.

But then the creature came over and placed a rat right beside her feet.

Jiang You lowered her head, while the rat raised its own. Their four eyes met. One was utterly speechless, while the other was terrified.

The rat stared at her in horror. Its red eyes held no ferocity at all, only fear.

Who knew what it had suffered before being caught?

Several patches of fur had even been rubbed bald.

The rat froze for several seconds, then flicked its tail and turned to run. But after taking only a couple of steps, it was pinned to the ground by a paw.

Da Zhuang nudged the rat toward Jiang You. When the rat resisted, he smacked it twice more.

He lifted his chin, signaling Jiang You to start eating.

He looked exactly like a big brother bringing home a reward for his frail, helpless little brother.

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

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

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

That fierce cat face instantly turned angry. He changed moods faster than one could turn a page, looking less like a cat and more like a vicious wild leopard.

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

"Meow!!" If you won't eat it, you're looking down on me!

Da Zhuang bared his teeth and bit Jiang You's shoe with a vicious expression. This fellow suffered new injuries every day before his old ones had even healed. His body was always covered in various wounds and had never fully recovered.

Yet he seemed extremely proud of his daily accomplishments.

He often proudly showed off his injuries to Jiang You.

As if, to him, they weren't injuries but medals.

Jiang You drew in a sharp breath as she looked at the shoe he had bitten several holes into.

She moved her toes. Through the torn places, she could clearly see her big toe.

It felt like working outside all day, thinking you could enjoy family happiness once you got home.

But then, the moment you arrived home—

Child: 7 + 7 = 1

Parents: "The company is running a promotion today. The health supplements are only 1,980 yuan a bottle, and if you buy ten, you get one free. I bought ten in one go. What a bargain!"

Husband: "Honey, why did you just get back? The whole family's waiting for you to cook!"

Her mood instantly plummeted below zero.

Jiang You took several deep breaths. She realized she had to use a special move on this cat. Otherwise, he might never understand who was really in charge.

Thus, she grabbed the Miao Saber with her left hand, extended one finger with her right, and suppressed herself with the last of her rationality.

"Damn it... I'll count to three!"

"Meow."

The moment she finished speaking, the cat immediately carried the rat and tossed it into the fish tank. Then he leaped over the balcony and disappeared into the night.

If you think this book is good, remember to add it to your bookshelf so you won't lose it next time.

Hmph, if you won't eat it, then don't. Just wait until I find a calico rat and see whether you'll eat that!

No cat could resist the temptation of a calico rat!

Wait, that's a human...

Whatever. No one could resist a plump, delicious calico rat!

The calico cat bared his teeth as he prowled through the night, swearing to catch the plumpest calico rat.

He would make that human cry and beg him to give the calico rat to her!

Meanwhile, Jiang You, who knew nothing about this, found a slightly larger flowerpot and transplanted the cactus into it along with its soil.

After finishing the transplant, she stared at the cactus, feeling that something about it seemed strange.

Aside from its central body, the cactus had one leaf on each side.

But on the left leaf, one spine was clearly more than twice as long as the others.

She suddenly thought of something and stared pensively at her finger.

She remembered that this cactus had pierced her finger until it bled. It seemed to have been on the left side.

But she wasn't sure whether it had been this particular spine.

If her blood had accelerated the cactus's growth...

Jiang You didn't dare continue thinking about it.

The phrases Mad Doctor constantly muttered about perfect stem cells and ultimate biological evolution echoed endlessly in her mind.

Using tweezers, Jiang You pulled out the spine that was clearly several times longer than the others and examined it for quite a while.

Then she used a pin to prick her index finger and dripped blood onto the other leaf of the cactus.

The bright-red blood wasn't absorbed immediately. Jiang You kept staring at it until it dried up, but she still saw no sign of absorption.

Had she simply imagined it?

Jiang You held a pearl milk tea in her hands, her cheeks stuffed with chewy, springy pearls. As she chewed, she rejected that frightening possibility.

She had definitely imagined it. The Mad Doctor's perfect stem cell experiment had only been a half-finished product. It couldn't possibly have succeeded.

She didn't dare imagine what it would mean if the Mad Doctor's research had succeeded...

Since her blood could accelerate plant evolution, the Mad Doctor's original theory hadn't been a complete failure.

Although it hadn't granted her the bizarre regenerative ability of a planarian, his genetic experiment had headed in another, unattainable direction—evolution.

How outrageous was that cheat?

Bigger than... a roof beam, probably!

Jiang You took a deep sip of pearl milk tea. Her cheeks bulged as she kept chewing, unable to believe she had such incredible luck.

That night was destined to be far from restful. She dreamed again of the monsters on Forbidden Island and of herself on an operating table...

By the later stages of the experiments, her recovery ability had already become extremely powerful.

They weren't afraid of her dying, so the experiments became even more reckless.

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

Amid the excruciating pain and the tearing sensation of something twisting inside her stomach, she watched as they removed her organs one by one, then stitched bizarrely shaped organs into her abdomen...

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

Even though she knew clearly that it was only a dream and desperately tried to wake up, she simply couldn't open her eyes.

Every time she managed to open them slightly, she was dragged back into the dream the next second.

In the end, she became like an onlooker, numb as she watched the incomplete body on the operating table.

The sky had only just begun to brighten when Jiang You woke up.

The bedsheet and pillow beneath her were soaked through with sweat.

She frowned slightly. "I had another dream."