Chapter 10
He even cried poverty to me, saying his opponent is richer lately and asking me to earn more.
I should not have agreed to make money to support him.
Xie Yu nods. "I see. You cannot sell them."
I protest, "Why not?"
He remains calm. "These are all mine. You only have the right to use them. Secretly selling my things is illegal."
I: ?
He's so rich, so why is he so stingy!
I'm unhappy and try to push him away.
I cannot move him.
"Then do not hug me!"
He says, "Okay."
I look down at the tail and arms still wrapped around my waist.
He said "okay" but did not let go.
He's so bad.
Also.
What is this tail?
I tug at the fluffy big tail.
It affectionately wraps around my arm instead.
Xie Yu takes my other hand and makes me touch his head.
Not only does he have a tail, he also has ears.
I pinch one.
It's soft and bouncy.
It feels so good.
It's warm. They're real ears.
I pinch again.
The ear in my hand twitches. It feels really nice to pinch.
Xie Yu says hoarsely, "Do you like them?"
He does not wait for my answer and simply picks me up.
The morning sun is bright.
He throws me onto the center of the bed.
He kneels beside my legs and unbuttons his shirt.
His fluffy tail brushes over my thigh.
He seems to be a wolf too.
I smell a strong scent of the opposite sex of my own kind in the air.
The tip of Xie Yu's tail is damp.
His Adam's apple bobs, and his breathing grows heavy.
Oh no!
When he maintains human form, I cannot smell his pheromones.
Now...
His pheromones completely surround me.
Pop—
My ears and tail pop out too!
Xie Yu's movements freeze.
He hesitates for a moment, then pinches my ear.
"Liang Lan?"
Ahhhhh I clearly hid them so well!
Why did they come out!
Covering my ears leaves my tail exposed, covering my tail leaves my ears exposed.
In a panic, I simply cover Xie Yu's eyes.
I warn him fiercely, "Do not look!!"
His long lashes sweep across my palm.
It's itchy.
"Okay, I will not look. No need to be shy."
"I'm not shy!"
Sob, I'm about to be found out as not human.
After I drive Xie Yu out of the room, I press hard on my ears.
Press once.
They bounce back up.
Press again.
They bounce up again.
Stupid ears.
I try to retract my tail.
I curl it up, tuck it in, push it toward my tailbone.
I let go.
It becomes a long strip again.
The tail is broken too.
Why can't I pull it back in? Sob.
The Monster Management Bureau says non-humans cannot reveal non-human features in human society.
Xie Yu has already discovered I'm not human.
If he reports me to the Monster Management Bureau, I will be locked up and educated.
I do not like being locked up.
This cannot happen!
I need to think of a way.
Although Xie Yu is not human either and I could report him back, he's different from me.
He has money. I'm a poor ghost.
The Monster Management Bureau bullies the weak and fears the strong. They will only bully a poor ghost like me.
Xie Yu starts knocking on the door again.
Why does he start knocking the moment I kick him out?
The constant knocking is giving me a headache.
"Liang Lan, have you finished shifting? Can I come in?"
I snap, "No! I do not want to see you!"
He sounds helpless. "Why do not you want to see me?"
I chase him away. "I just do not want to see you! I do not want to see you at all today!"
Although Xie Yu is bad and stingy, at least he is obedient.
After a while, there is no more sound at the door.
I poke my head out, do not see him, and sneak back to my own room.
I also drag the suitcase full of jewelry back with me.
I stare at the suitcase in distress.
Xie Yu will not let me run away.
If I leave with such a big suitcase, I will definitely get caught.
If I do not take the suitcase...
I touch my belly.
Xie Yu is clearly a wolf himself yet he says Little Wolf is a dog.
He does not like the pup.
Between money and the pup, which is more important?
The pup is definitely more important.
It's not like I'm short on money.
After thinking it through, I take out my phone and find Dad.
I dial. He picks up instantly.
"Howl— Howl—"
Daughter, what is it? Did you make money?
Dad has not shifted into human form so he speaks in wolf howls, but I understand.
I say seriously, "I'm coming home."
Dad asks, "Did you make a lot of money?"
I reply, "You're going to be a grandfather."
Dad: ?
After that, I hang up and throw away the phone.
I put the most expensive necklace into a small bag along with my bank card and ID, shift into my original form, and jump down from the second-floor balcony.
Forget Xie Yu. Forget making money.
None of it matters anymore.
I'm going home!