77: Chapter 77 Uncle Li Yu is here
Supervisor Song's voice trailed off.
Chen Qing walked in expressionless. Dressed in a black martial outfit with a sword at her waist, she carried an air of an ancient swordswoman. Her long legs, which seemed longer than Li Yu's life, firmly locked onto Li Yu's gaze.
He couldn't look away.
He simply couldn't look away.
"This is Chen Qing, the Guardian I hired for you from the Beast Taming Guild. From now on, she will be responsible for your safety. Rest assured, I've tested her, and her strength is top-notch!"
Supervisor Song gave a thumbs up.
He still remembered how, during a sparring session among the Guardians at the Beast Taming Guild, Chen Qing had knocked down those Beast Tamers and their beasts, one by one, with a single strike each.
To secure this top-tier Guardian, Supervisor Song had nearly gotten into a fight with people from several other companies and organizations. In the end, the choice was left to Chen Qing.
Seeing that Li Yu had no advantage at the time, Supervisor Song, feeling desperate, took out a photo of Li Yu.
Look!
A handsome young man versus an old geezer—everyone knows how to choose. After Chen Qing saw Li Yu's photo, she decisively chose to become Li Yu's Guardian. Just for that, Supervisor Song felt he was truly the person who treated Li Yu the best.
Thinking of this, Supervisor Song felt even more smug. He pointed at Li Yu and said to Chen Qing, "This is the person you are responsible for protecting, the youngest Senior Cultivator, Li Yu. What do you think? He's as handsome as in the photo, right?"
Chen Qing's hand lightly twisted on the hilt of her sword and she said the word, "Handsome."
Too bad he would soon be handsome to death.
After Li Yu and Chen Qing introduced themselves, Supervisor Song left with Zhou Ya. The room suddenly fell silent. Li Yu, noticing that Chen Qing's hand remained on her sword hilt, asked, "Are you nervous?"
"No," Chen Qing replied.
"Then, did Supervisor Song tell you how your time as a Guardian should be arranged?"
"24-hour close protection. He rented a room next to yours for me. I won't interfere when you're at home, but I will follow you when you go out. A Guardian does not initiate combat; I will only step in if your life is threatened."
"Understood." Li Yu thought about it; it was quite reasonable.
It would be inconvenient if a Guardian lived in his own home; it was better not to let others discover the matter of the system lottery.
"Since it's close protection, then come with me."
After saying this, Li Yu put away his Silver Scale Bubble Fish, left the office, took the elevator down, crossed the lobby, and arrived at the company entrance.
Before he could step out, he heard a shout from behind.
"Wait for me~"
Li Yu turned around; it was Zhou Ya chasing after him with her crossbody bag.
"I, can I go? To the school." Zhou Ya looked at Li Yu somewhat nervously. She wasn't interested in elementary school matters, but she was very curious about the combat power of the Flying Kelo.
"Then let's go." Li Yu smiled.
Just like that, the three of them hailed a taxi and headed towards the Third Elementary School, where Xia Xiaojie was.
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Third Elementary School.
On the playground, a student duel between classes was underway. Students were going up on stage one by one to battle against classmates from neighboring classes with the same seat number. Many adults were sitting in the surrounding spectator stands; they were the parents of some of the students.
Although the world was different, the phenomenon of "pushy parenting" remained prevalent in this world. Why else would they say, "Beast taming must start from childhood"?
Xia Xiaojie was number 17, and Zhou Zixuan, who often bullied him, was also number 17.
Seeing that the student in seat 16 had already taken the stage, Zhou Zixuan was restless with excitement, occasionally making faces in Xia Xiaojie's direction.
But Xia Xiaojie was looking around and simply wasn't looking at him, which made him very dissatisfied.
As the young factory director of a well-known beast feed factory in Ningyang City, he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He usually looked down on those poor classmates who spoke softly and wore old-fashioned clothes.
Once, Zhou Zixuan scored last in an exam and was criticized by the teacher by name, who even used Xia Xiaojie from the next class as an excellent example to criticize him.
Since then, he had held a grudge against Xia Xiaojie and went to the next class whenever he had time. After all, these poor students wouldn't dare do anything even if they were bullied.
Who told them to be poor?
At this moment, while looking around, Xia Xiaojie happened to look over. Zhou Zixuan made a face and, mimicking what he saw on TV, made a throat-slitting gesture, meaning—just you wait!
Xia Xiaojie saw it, but this time he wasn't scared like before. Instead, he glared back hard and then continued looking around, his eyes filled with a bit of anxiety and unease.
He was looking for the uncle who promised to come.
But it would be his turn in the next round, and the uncle still hadn't arrived.
Thinking of this, the light in Xia Xiaojie's eyes dimmed a little, and he lowered his head in disappointment. He didn't doubt whether the uncle would come or not; similar situations hadn't failed to happen before.
His father said he was going out to work and never came back after that.
His mother told him to go play with his uncle and that she would pick him up in the evening, but she never came back either.
Even those volunteer brothers and sisters who promised to come visit them whenever they had time never came back again.
"Xiaojie, what's wrong?" the homeroom teacher asked with concern.
Xia Xiaojie forced a smile on his youthful face: "Teacher, I'm a little nervous."
"Don't be afraid, Xiaojie. Student sparring is just for fun. It doesn't matter if you lose; what matters is participating." The homeroom teacher knew Xia Xiaojie's background and didn't put too much pressure on him.
"Thank you, teacher."
Xia Xiaojie looked around, unwilling to give up. Suddenly, he saw the principal and the director stand up and rush towards the outside of the playground.
Did the uncle come?
Xia Xiaojie's eyes brightened, but then he shook his head and secretly thought, "No."
The principal and the director would only welcome those adults with big bellies and no hair. The uncle didn't have a big belly, and he had too much hair, which he probably wouldn't shave off, so they weren't welcoming the uncle.
"Next contestants, Xia Xiaojie from Class 1 and Zhou Zixuan from Class 2. Will both of you please take the stage!"
The teacher acting as the referee called out.
"Xiaojie, it's your turn." The homeroom teacher reminded him.
"Xia Xiaojie, come on!"
"Defeat Zhou Zixuan! He always bullies you; you have to fight back!"
"Go, honor student~"
Encouraged by his classmates, Xia Xiaojie arrived at the designated combat circle on the playground. Zhou Zixuan also arrived opposite him, standing in a slouching, loose manner, showing none of the seriousness before a battle.
"Xia Xiaojie, this time I'll let you see how powerful I am!" Zhou Zixuan raised his hand. The children's auxiliary summoning device on his wrist, worth over a hundred thousand, lit up. Light shot out, transforming into the shape of a beast.
It was a half-grown tiger, slightly larger than a large dog, covered in black spots. Although its tiger roar was youthful, it already had some of a tiger's majesty.
This beast was still young, but in the second grade, it was already enough to act arrogantly.
Xia Xiaojie also performed his summoning. His technique wasn't fast, but it was accurate. It took him quite a while to condense the summoning light.
Even though his movements were slow, many teachers showed satisfied smiles.
At such a young age, being able to summon a beast properly without any auxiliary tools was already excellent.
The light shot into the sky, transforming into a Flying Kelo in mid-air. It circled a few times, flapping its bat wings, then slowly landed, emitting a "meow" sound.
The teachers were all stunned.
Noisy exclamations erupted among the surrounding students. These people had seen Xia Xiaojie's beast before: a Kekeluo Rat with no combat power.
How did it change its appearance?
In the spectator stands, some veteran Beast Tamer parents and Breeder parents were startled and stood up, their eyes wide, exclaiming things like "What is this?" and "I've never seen this before."
A new species!
This child's beast was actually a new species that had never been seen before.
Just as everyone was marveling and shouting due to the appearance of the Flying Kelo, Xia Xiaojie's gaze was drawn to a few figures slowly walking from outside the playground, and a brilliant smile appeared on his face.
It's Uncle Li Yu!
The uncle really came, he didn't lie!