MRFD Chapter 24

Zhou Li, who had witnessed Mimi’s crime scene in its entirety, was stunned.

He was dumbfounded for a long while before cautiously asking Liu Yuan, “Is that your hamster?”

Liu Yuan was completely immersed in grief, not even noticing that his dream lover was talking to him. After staring at the culprit for a while, he suddenly raised the mop over his head, “I’m going to fight you!”

Zhou Li quickly rushed forward, “No, no, no, let’s talk it out, let’s talk it out!”

Seeing this, Rong Yi immediately stepped in to stop him, “Yuan’er, calm down, the dead can’t be brought back to life… Oh, that’s not right…”

The Bald Jerk suddenly exclaimed, “Why is there a snake in the company!”

Rong Yi could hardly imagine how Liu Yuan was feeling right now.

This poor man who had lost his beloved hamster looked blankly as Zhou Li picked up the black snake from the ground and put it in a box, without saying a word the entire time.

His figure was lonely and full of desolation.

In comparison, Zhou Li seemed very uneasy.

While doing these things, he would occasionally look back at the miserable man behind him, his face filled with guilt. After finally packing up his beloved Mimi, he cautiously walked up to Liu Yuan and cleared his throat.

“…I’m sorry,” he didn’t dare to look up, occasionally glancing up before quickly lowering his gaze, licking his lips as he spoke, “I can compensate you.”

Only then did Liu Yuan show some emotion.

He frowned slightly, looking bitter, his mouth opened for a long time, but in the end, he just shook his head.

“Forget it,” he said, “How can you compensate for this? It only cost ten yuan to buy.”

“I… I can find you another one? Give me a photo, and I promise to find one that’s exactly the same!”

Liu Yuan forced an especially awkward smile, “No need. Actually, I wasn’t planning on keeping it anyway. I brought it out today to give to a friend.”

“…”

“Your thing is so dangerous,” Liu Yuan said, pointing to the box containing the snake placed aside, “Be careful when taking care of it.”

Zhou Li nodded vigorously.

Liu Yuan turned to look at Rong Yi, “I’m going back to the office. Contact me if you need anything.”

Rong Yi nodded blankly, “Ah? Oh.”

Liu Yuan must have been really sad.

Before leaving, Rong Yi secretly ran to the office area where he was and found that this guy was lying on the table, staring at the empty hamster box in front of him in a daze.

Behind him, Zhou Li was bitterly teaching Mimi, whose body was bulging.

“Didn’t I feed you enough? How am I supposed to face people like this!”

Mimi looked very satisfied, huddled in the box without moving, not paying any attention to him.

“Since he said it’s okay, don’t blame yourself too much,” Rong Yi could only comfort him, “After all, there’s no way to undo this.”

“…I feel bad,” Zhou Li said, “I would have been fine if he had just let me compensate him, but this is so awkward!”

“Otherwise…” Rong Yi thought for a moment, “Treat him to a meal?”

Zhou Li was stunned for a moment, then shook his head vigorously, “I don’t want to have dinner with him.”

“…”

Rong Yi turned his head again to look at Liu Yuan, who was immersed in sorrow.

Miserable, too miserable.

Although Rong Yi was still a little afraid of Mimi, he took it home after Zhou Li’s repeated assurances.

Zhou Li said that this snake would never actively attack any object larger than a mouse. The reason it ate the little hamster was probably because he usually fed it white mice at home. As long as you don’t actively harm it, it will never attack humans.

Zhou Li finally said, “Don’t you think its round little eyes are very cute?”

Rong Yi looked at its constantly darting tongue and the bulging evidence of its crime on its body, and couldn’t appreciate it at all.

Zhou Li said that he didn’t need to take care of it usually, just remember to give it water every day in a dark place. Since it had just had a full meal, it wouldn’t eat anything for the next few days.

But after Rong Yi put it in his room, he couldn’t help but overthink. Several times he looked back and always felt that those dark, round little eyes were staring at him, making him panic.

So, after hesitating and struggling, he held the box and ran to knock on Chen Ke Yao’s door.

“Can I put it in the living room?”

Unexpectedly, after Chen Ke Yao looked at Mimi for a while, he suddenly gasped, then retreated repeatedly, and finally closed the door without saying a word.

“Why is there such a thing in the house!” His voice quickly came through the door, “Oh my god!”

“…” Rong Yi looked blankly at the closed door, “Are you that afraid?”

“Please, don’t take it out, please take it away,” Chen Ke Yao opened the door a crack, only showing two eyes, “I’ll agree to anything you say, just take it away!”

“…”

Rong Yi was stunned for a while, then returned to his room with Mimi and started laughing hysterically.

He felt that his mentality was also a bit peculiar. Originally, he felt that this black snake looked a bit creepy and scary, but now after seeing Chen Ke Yao’s panicked appearance, he felt that this little thing looked quite cute.

Those round little eyes did look a bit cute after looking at them for a long time.

Just after putting Mimi down, there was a knock on the door.

When he opened the door, Chen Ke Yao was standing outside with a nervous expression. This time, he finally wasn’t holding a stool in his hand.

“Come out first,” he was very cautious, “Let’s talk, don’t bring that thing out.”

“We’re roommates, right? You’re renting my house, right?” Chen Ke Yao was very uneasy, pacing back and forth in front of Rong Yi, “If you want to keep something like that, you should get my permission, right?”

“No, no, I’m not keeping it,” Rong Yi waved his hands quickly, “I’m just taking care of it for Zhou Li for a couple of days, I’ll return it to him on Monday.”

Hearing this, Chen Ke Yao finally breathed a deep sigh of relief.

“Are you really that afraid of snakes?” Rong Yi couldn’t help but repeat Zhou Li’s words, “This kind of snake is not aggressive, it won’t bite people unless…”

“That’s not important,” Chen Ke Yao waved his hand, “But it’s a snake, do you understand?”

“…”

“Oh my god, I’m getting goosebumps all over.”

Rong Yi was a little confused for a moment. He felt that Chen Ke Yao at this moment might be a bit like those parents of the children who reported him.

And Mimi, was the innocent Chen Ke Yao himself who was being reported.

“It’s not right to judge someone based on their appearance.” Rong Yi educated him.

“That’s not a person,” Chen Ke Yao looked very excited, “That’s a snake! Oh my god, there’s actually a snake in my house!”

There was no way to communicate.

Rong Yi asked doubtfully, “Do you have some kind of psychological trauma?”

Hearing this, Chen Ke Yao swallowed very obviously, “I was bitten when I was a kid.”

After hearing him say that, Rong Yi was about to sigh and say no wonder, but he saw this guy suddenly pull open the zipper of his jacket.

Seeing him take off his hoodie and start lifting his T-shirt, single virgin Omega Rong Yi panicked, “What are you doing!”

“Look,” Chen Ke Yao turned his back and showed him a scar on his waist, “This is where I was bitten by a snake, it’s been almost twenty years and it’s still there.”

Rong Yi blinked his eyes twice, even reached out and touched his nose, and even blushed slightly.

What a great figure.

The muscle lines were beautiful and symmetrical, tight and not exaggerated, making his heart surge.

Rong Yi’s gaze wandered constantly outside of the wound, “Oh dear, that’s quite tragic.”

“It’s more than tragic,” Chen Ke Yao straightened his T-shirt and put on his hoodie again, “If the hospital hadn’t been nearby, I would have died long ago. I’m really afraid when I see this thing, I can’t control it.”

Rong Yi was still savoring the wonderful scene just now, nodding very perfunctorily, “Of course, of course.”

“If it’s only for two days… anyway, don’t ever take it out,” Chen Ke Yao said, frowning and thinking again, “Can you cover the box with a cloth?”

“Ah, yes, Zhou Li gave me one,” Rong Yi said confidently, “Don’t worry, I promise not to let it appear in front of you!”

After completely covering the box containing Mimi with a cloth, the little thing lost its presence.

Rong Yi wanted to find Chen Ke Yao to come and inspect it, but unfortunately, this person didn’t even want to get close to his room now.

Although he had expressed sympathy just now, it was rare to have such an opportunity, and Rong Yi, who had been ridiculed so many times before, was unwilling to give up easily. Even if he couldn’t scare him with the snake, he could still laugh at him a few times, right?

He specifically ran to chat with Chen Ke Yao.

“I didn’t expect someone as big as you to be so timid.”

Chen Ke Yao frowned, “Have you ever heard the saying, ‘Once bitten by a snake, you’re afraid of ropes for ten years’? This is the wisdom and experience of the ancients.”

“Is that so?” Rong Yi nodded, suppressing a smile, and then said, “But have you ever thought about it? That scar on your waist has been there for so many years, do you have a constitution that’s particularly prone to scarring?”

“…” Chen Ke Yao looked at him without saying a word.

Rong Yi pointed to the corresponding position on his cheek to Chen Ke Yao’s scar, “I don’t think it’s very optimistic.”

“…”

“I’m afraid no children will like you anymore.”

“Are you cursing me?”

“It’s okay, it’s okay,” Rong Yi patted him on the shoulder with a smile, “You can still…”

Have one yourself.

Halfway through the sentence, he forcibly swallowed the second half back. Although he just wanted to ridicule him, it was too much to bring up something so hurtful. Since browsing that forum and learning about Chen Ke Yao’s predicament as an Alpha who only loves the same gender, Rong Yi felt that it would be a bit vicious to joke about this kind of thing again.

“You can still wear a mask when you teach classes in the future and pretend to be a superhero.” He forcibly patched up his words.

After dinner in the evening, Rong Yi received a call from Zhou Li after returning to his room.

“Is Mimi okay? It shouldn’t be causing you any trouble, right?”

“It’s okay… Chen Ke Yao is a bit uncomfortable, so you must take it away on Monday.”

“Don’t worry,” Zhou Li said, “My grandma is going back on Sunday afternoon, I’ll come over to pick it up in the evening. Don’t forget to give it water.”

Rong Yi had really forgotten.

While chatting on the phone, he picked up the water glass and was about to lift the cloth covering Mimi’s box when he was stunned.

“That, I thought about it. Why don’t you treat him to a meal for me? I’ll reimburse you…”

“Zhou Li!” Rong Yi interrupted him suddenly, “Mimi is gone!!!”

“…What?”

“Is there something wrong with your box?!” Rong Yi shouted.

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Have you ever wondered if animals in the ABO world have secondary genders?

Mimi is a male Omega snake, Lightning is a female Alpha mouse, etc.