Beef Isn't So Easy to Slaughter

After a tiring day, and after learning that the Beast King's side had succeeded, Ye Yuan felt waves of fatigue wash over him as well.

After all, he had worked continuously on the seabed for more than ten hours. It was impossible for him not to be tired.

"Awoo!"

The Beast King rubbed against Ye Yuan's chest, making it clear that he did not intend to return to that friendless space.

"All right, you can sleep with me tonight. Other people pet cats; I pet tigers. Ha ha!"

Already freshly bathed, Ye Yuan turned over and held the Beast King in his arms, one hand continuously stroking his increasingly fluffy back.

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When Ye Yuan opened his eyes again, the fishing boat was already securely docked at the Fishing Bay Island pier.

Since they had returned rather late,

Ye Yuan could not be bothered to go back to the courtyard house.

So he simply slept comfortably in the cabin until dawn.

Looking at the Beast King sprawled lazily in his arms, Ye Yuan liked him more and more.

Sure enough, after getting smaller, the little guy had become even more clingy than before.

Anyone who knew would recognize him as a mutated tiger, but anyone who did not would surely take him for some rare breed of housecat.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

During those three days, Ye Yuan did not go out to sea with the crew.

Instead, he did something that left everyone on the island utterly baffled.

The day after Ye Yuan returned from the sea, the island gained a group of new friends.

When Ye Yuan used the Water Controller to transport several strange-looking beef cattle back to the island, everyone on Fishing Bay Island stared at their island owner