Gugu looked down at the book titled *The Chief’s Wife*, priced at a whopping 188 credit points. Even with a 50% discount, it still cost 94 credit points. Gugu displayed a poor, helpless smile.
Without the Leopard, he couldn’t use facial recognition payment. His own savings, after finishing the dungeon rewards, amounted to 663 star coins. He had already bought cheap clothes and gacha, and the remaining amount was only enough to cover next month’s rent.
Although he bought a lot of things using the leopard’s payment, and he could sell them for a total of 800,000 credit points, The leopard hadn’t woken up yet and hadn’t mentioned going halves (AA).
“Um…” Gugu scratched his head, “Does this discount coupon have an expiration date? Can I buy it when I have enough credit points?”
The bald parrot looked at the boy in front of him in shock.
The dignified prospective spouse of the chief couldn’t even come up with 94 credit points!
“He… doesn’t give you pocket money?” The bald parrot asked incredulously.
“Pocket money?” Gugu shook his head and clenched his five fingers into a fist, “I’m already an adult. I can make my own money. It’s just that I’m a bit short on cash right now.”
Good heavens!
The bald parrot looked up and cried out in pain. There was actually such a stingy beastmen in the world, treating such a lovely human prospective spouse without giving a single penny, even worse than himself!
He had clearly underestimated him before!
This was an beastmen who was even stingier than himself!
“The door for the 50% discount is always open for you.” The bald parrot looked worriedly at the boy as he left the office, his steps light.
“Oh, by the way.” Boge turned his head to remind the parrot, “Don’t tell anyone about Shuang shuang and me getting married soon. We haven’t planned to go public yet.”
“I understand.” The bald parrot’s eyes grew more worried.
Not going public, not giving pocket money, the stingy beastmen had taken all the advantages. This kid… it seemed like he was clearly being deceived.
The key was, he was still so happy, as if he had gotten a good deal.
Back in the Leopard’s office, Gugu let out a long sigh of relief.
After waiting patiently for a long time, there was no response from the scepter. Gugu stared at the metal door leading into the singularity and suddenly had a bad feeling.
Could something have happened?
Entering through the metal door, Gugu cautiously extended his foot.
There was nothing wrong with his foot; inside, it seemed to be a long staircase.
Summoning the scepter again to no avail, Gugu pursed his lips and looked around the office. In the display cabinet, he saw a black and gold sheathed command knife.
Judging by its placement, this command knife seemed very important to the Leopard. But his experience on the barren star told Gugu that if he was going to enter an unfamiliar environment, he had to have something to protect himself.
Without hesitation, Gugu reached into the display cabinet, took out the command knife, and with the knife in hand, quickly stepped through the door.
The long staircase was surrounded by darkness, seemingly endless. Gugu cautiously surveyed his surroundings, poking the nearby area with the knife sheath. It was empty; besides the staircase, there was nothing but void.
The surroundings were excessively quiet. The sound of his footsteps on the steps was magnified infinitely, as if he were stepping on piano keys, producing a crisp echo.
Gugu quickened his pace down the stairs. The sound of his footsteps began to form a simple melody, one that was very familiar to him, but he just couldn’t remember where he had heard it before.
Strange. So familiar, but he couldn’t recall it no matter how hard he tried.
Gugu hurried down the stairs and saw a light not far away, like a beacon, guiding him.
With a target in sight, his efficiency increased. As he reached the light, a thin light membrane blocked his path.
Without thinking, as if entering his home, Gugu naturally walked through the light membrane.
A breeze blew by, carrying the scent of soil, grass, and sunlight. Gugu slowly opened his eyes and was momentarily stunned by the boundless grassland before him.
“Mimi, scepter!” Gugu called out, hearing a faint sound from one direction. He quickly ran towards it but instead found a small wooden house on the rolling grassland.
The scene before him was overly familiar, and Gugu felt an inexplicable unease, his chest suddenly feeling empty, as if something was missing, unsure how to fill the void.
The wind seemed to be calling out something. Unable to resist, Gugu quickened his pace towards the small wooden house and pushed open the wooden door. The inside was like something from his dreams, as if he had been here before, but the reality was this was his first time here.
Following his instincts, Gugu naturally walked to the wooden table, placed the command knife on it, and pulled over a wooden chair to sit down. The height of the table and chair was just right.
Feeling like something was missing from his hands, Gugu instinctively reached under the table and found something. Pulling it out, he saw it was a can of multicolored markers, with a few missing.
Too strange, this place felt like somewhere he had lived in a past life. But in his past life, Gugu was a bona fide student, always studying and taking exams under her parents’ supervision. How could he have ever had the chance to live in a place like this?
Gugu stared down at the markers, casually pulled out a black one, and naturally drew a sheet of paper. The marker produced a very smooth line, completely unlike something that had been unused for a long time.
Originally intending to draw a black leopard, Gugu ended up with a black blob. Looking at his masterpiece, he couldn’t help but laugh.
Unconsciously, he began to expand the black blob in circles. A faint sound entered his ears, like a wisp of smoke, or many-legged insects climbing up the wall in the dark, rustling softly.
Tilting his ear, Gugu tried to listen more closely, and the sound became clearer.
“Master, don’t move! Help!”
It was the scepter!
Gugu snapped back to reality. What was he here for? It seemed that after entering this wooden house, his attention had started to scatter, and he began doing strange things.
“Mimi, scepter!” Gugu grabbed the command knife and dashed out of the wooden house. Following the sound, he saw a black leopard, half of its body trapped in a quagmire, struggling continuously. The golden ball quickly spread itself out, turning into a float to keep the leopard from sinking completely. With the leopard’s struggles, the float was nearing its limit.
“Mimi!” Gugu stood anxiously at the edge of the quagmire. The leopard, seeing the young man approach, excitedly tried to pull itself out, but the more it moved its legs, the deeper it sank.
“Mimi, don’t move!” Gugu shouted. The big cat hesitated and instinctively shrank its neck.
“Mimi, grip the board in front of you!” Gugu shouted.
The big cat tilted its head and placed its paws on the golden board in front of it.
“Mimi, relax your body, and don’t move. Scepter, move slowly towards the shore!”
The golden board slowly moved towards the shore. After much effort, it managed to pull two-thirds of the leopard’s body out.
“Keep going!” Gugu stood at the edge of the quagmire, not daring to blink.
The scepter finally pulled the leopard out. The relaxed leopard floated on the quagmire, staring at the young man, obediently staying still.
“Mimi, grip the board and get most of your body onto it!”
The black leopard obediently climbed onto the board bit by bit. Without Gugu needing to say it, the scepter also took on the role of a hardworking ox, pushing the leopard towards the shore.
When they were still three or four meters from the shore, the leopard suddenly stood on the golden board, gathered all its strength, and leapt into the air, aiming to land precisely on Gugu waiting at the shore.
In mid-air, black muddy water dripped from the leopard’s body. Having seen this move before, Gugu instinctively stepped aside.
Before landing, the black leopard quickly adjusted its posture and landed steadily next to Gugu, turning its head to look at him resentfully.
Why didn’t you catch me?
Gugu scratched his head, pretending to look in another direction.
The leopard seemed to see through his intentions, stood in front of Gugu angrily, and then shook its body vigorously, splashing mud and water all over him on purpose.
“Hmm?” Gugu clenched his fists, and without a word, drew his command knife and charged at the leopard. The big cat quickly dodged, running while shaking off its fur.
The boy and the leopard chased and played happily on the grass, while a few bubbles slowly rose from the quagmire. The golden float, having been kicked hard and trapped in the quagmire, seemed to have been forgotten.
Gugu caught up to the big cat, which then turned around and pounced, knocking him to the ground and smearing him with mud. Gugu grabbed a handful of mud from the big cat and slapped it on the leopard’s face. In return, the leopard rubbed its face against Gugu’s, covering both in mud. As they played in the grass, Gugu felt like he had forgotten something.
After a long while, the scepter slowly crawled out of the quagmire, looking dejected.
Covered in mud, Gugu saw the golden ball return and finally remembered what he had forgotten.
“So, how did you end up in the quagmire?” Gugu tried to change the topic.
“We didn’t fall into the quagmire,” the scepter said seriously. “A quagmire inexplicably appeared centered around me and the master.”
“Is that so?” Gugu asked, surprised, holding the big cat.
“Let’s discuss this outside. This place is not safe for the master,” the scepter said, leading the way. The two quickly left the singularity. As they departed, Gugu glanced back reluctantly at the grassland, the small wooden house, and the sky, where the sun and the crescent moon appeared simultaneously.
This scene seemed familiar…
Returning to the big cat’s mansion, the butler, Nais, almost blew a fuse upon seeing them.
Gugu, now cleaned up, sat at the dining table, while the blackened leopard rested its head on his shoulder, purring contentedly as Gugu petted it.
“Tonight’s main course is Krill’s tentacles,” Nais began serving. “Yesterday, Krill might have been going through a seasonal tentacle shedding, and one tentacle broke off. Following the principle of not wasting, we promptly retrieved it and made it into food.”
“Thank you, Krill.” Gugu clasped his hands together, very happy.
Nais silently glanced at the young man. Normally, Krill would only break off a tentacle to save its life when trying to escape from a powerful predator.
In hindsight, this move seemed quite wise.
“Delicious.” Gugu took bite after bite of the octopus balls. These octopus balls were different from the ones he remembered in his past life, drizzled with a sweet and sour sauce and a hint of fruit fragrance.
The balls were very chewy and bouncy. After finishing one, he wanted another. The big cat rested its head on Gugu’s shoulder, its mouth wide open for a long time, still empty.
“Little Master?” the scepter couldn’t help but remind Gugu.
“Hmm?” Gugu picked up the last octopus ball. As he turned his head, following the scepter’s gaze, he finally noticed the leopard staring at him with its mouth open, full of resentment.
Gugu looked at the ball, then at the leopard.
“Let’s play a game. The winner gets to eat the last one.”
The leopard perked up. The human wanted to play a game with him!
“Rock-paper-scissors, you know how to play, right?” Gugu smiled brightly, and the leopard quickly nodded.
“One round to decide the winner.” Gugu put one hand behind his back. “Rock-paper-scissors!”
Gugu and the big cat played simultaneously. Gugu showed scissors, and the big cat showed paper.
“I win.” Gugu quickly ate the ball, while the leopard stared down at its paw, momentarily confused.
“The sweet and sour Krill balls are finished. The next dish is parsley lemon-braised Krill leg,” Nais said, refilling the juice for both of them.
After the meal, Gugu lay back in his smart chair, happily savoring the taste in his mouth. The leopard glanced at its belly, then moved closer to Gugu. Seeing a small bit of food at the corner of Gugu’s mouth, it carefully licked it with the tip of its tongue.
Feeling the movement at his lips, Gugu turned to look at the leopard, which licked its lips innocently while looking at him.
“Be good and eat your special nutrition food for the mating season,” Gugu patted the big cat’s head. “You still have half a bag of high-nutrition special food left from before.”
A large plate of special food was placed on the table. The leopard reluctantly started eating, taking a big bite and making a dent in the food with just one mouthful. It finished the whole bowl in less than three minutes.
Full and content, Gugu lay on the bed holding the big cat, watching the night sky. The big cat snuggled in his arms, its tail wrapped around Gugu’s leg, rubbing gently.
The blue moon gave Gugu a dreamy feeling, different from the moon he remembered in his past life. The blue moon was large and bright, always appearing round. However, Gugu still preferred the moon from his previous life because it was more than just a moon.
In a fleeting moment, a thought passed through Gugu’s mind, like a spark. He tried to grasp it but felt he was missing something.
As the big cat got up to leave, Gugu’s eyes were drawn to its fluffy, gently swaying bells.
That fleeting thought suddenly burned brightly in Gugu’s mind, and he sat frozen on the bed, finally realizing what he had overlooked.
Egg, pet egg!
The simple drawing on his pet egg’s shell depicted the scenery of the Singularity: grasslands, a wooden hut, and a crescent moon.
The person who painted on the pet egg must have seen the Singularity. And Gugu was eighty percent sure that the environment of the Singularity was mimicking Earth’s landscape.
Now, thinking back carefully, the grass on the Singularity’s grasslands was the same grass Gugu had seen on Earth in his past life. The grass blades were long, upright, and lush green, very familiar.
But the grass here…
Bo ge quickly jumped out of bed and ran to the lawn.
The grass here was extremely dense, more like green hair, and very soft to the touch.
Although he didn’t know what species this grass was, Gugu was now certain that the grass in the Singularity was the same grass that used to be everywhere on Earth. The Singularity mimicked Earth’s landscape, and the simple drawings on his pet egg were inspired by the Singularity.
What puzzled Gugu even more was why he felt, deep down, that he had once lived in the Singularity for some time. He was very familiar with the scenery there, especially the wooden hut, which seemed tailored just for him. Everything, from the furniture to other objects, was of a perfect height.
Gugu squatted by the edge of the lawn, deep in thought. Nais walked over slowly and politely asked, “Do you need some tissue?”
“I’m not fertilizing the lawn,” Gugu stood up to clear his name.
“Your expression just now was a bit like…” Nais smartly shifted the topic, “The master is looking for you.”
“Looking for me?” Bo ge looked up and saw a man in formal attire standing in front of the smart window.
The man lowered his gaze, unfastening one button after another on his formal suit. His crimson eyes were full of temptation.
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