153: Chapter 153 Don't underestimate the bond between me and my diners!
"My mom and dad were both Beast Tamers, and my mom was an even more formidable Breeder. A few years ago, they were invited to the Southwest Region to help a quasi-Great Master level Beast Tamer raise a Pet Beast, and then they never returned."
On the way from the Mo family villa, Mo Yu took the initiative to drive Xu Qingfang and Yue Yun to the entrance of Jianghai Second Middle School.
With Su Lixia and Xue Qin not around, Mo Yu finally slowly opened up to his two brothers.
Xu Qingfang and Yue Yun both felt a tightening in their hearts.
Xu Qingfang even thought back to New Year's Eve, the night Yang Qiu was killed, and how lonely Mo Yu must have felt returning to that empty villa after just experiencing life and death.
Facing their complex gazes, Mo Yu waved his hand with feigned nonchalance: "Eh, it's not a big deal anyway!"
Xu Qingfang and Yue Yun exchanged a tacit glance, understanding each other perfectly. They pulled Mo Yu out of the car and supported him as they walked from the shade into the sunlight, letting the warm sun shine upon them.
"You don't need to worry about me; I'm already used to it."
Mo Yu said this, but he did not resist.
Standing in the sunlight with Xu Qingfang and Yue Yun, not only did his body feel warm, but his heart felt warm as well.
The three of them stood silently at the school gate of Jianghai Second Middle School, with cigarettes in their mouths, looking exactly like hooligans. Passersby were long used to it, and the security guard uncle was also accustomed to it.
The only fly in the ointment was that Yue Yun had openly swiped the lighter under the pretext of borrowing a light.
His little hands aren't very clean!
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The beef noodle restaurant adjacent to Jianghai Second Middle School.
Three uninvited guests swarmed in. Before long, the kind-hearted owner of the noodle restaurant was hog-tied, knocked unconscious, and locked in the bathroom.
A snow-white Fox Beast crouched on the kitchen sink, its fluffy tail swinging casually, and the cold air it emitted froze the sink.
Its deep blue eyes rolled with human-like intelligence as it looked at the young man in casual clothes before it and asked.
"Why not kill this human?"
"Disposing of the body is troublesome."
Facing the Pet Beast that could speak human language, the young man's expression did not change, and even his tone remained very flat.
The Fox Beast added: "You can let us eat him!"
The half-human, half-lizard beast crawling on the ceiling and the Werewolf Beast leaning against the bathroom door heard this, and bloodthirst and greed, carved into their very bones, erupted in their eyes.
The young man's expression changed slightly, but it was fleeting and quickly concealed, returning to a calm look.
The other two middle-aged men had not expressed any opinion from beginning to end, seemingly tacitly agreeing with the Fox Beast's words.
It is normal for beasts to eat humans.
This most normal occurrence could not affect the mindset of the two middle-aged men; only a young person like the youth before them would be swayed by such a matter.
The Fox Beast let out a human-like, eerie laugh, finding the scene unfolding before it quite interesting.
The Werewolf Beast did not forget the main business: "Investigate that human named Yue Yun; why occupy this noodle restaurant?"
"The special existence named Yue Yun in Jianghai City is a student at this school, and we can monitor him here.
According to my investigation, he often comes here to eat, so we can disguise ourselves as the new owners of the noodle restaurant to approach him."
The middle-aged man hurriedly explained.
Hearing this, the young man frowned imperceptibly.
The three beasts, however, did not see any problem and all approved of the two middle-aged men's arrangement.
The Fox Beast thought for a moment and asked again: "Are you sure our operation is secret enough, and there is no risk of exposure?"
"The Secret Realm special training has just ended, and the students of Jianghai Second Middle School are all resting outside. The earliest they will return to school for class is tomorrow, so acting today is absolutely the safest."
The middle-aged man said confidently.
The holiday after the Secret Realm special training is three days long. Students might appear on the first and third days, but only this second day in the middle is absolutely safe.
The three beasts completely relaxed.
These three people before them were the Beast Tamers they were contracted with; if anything happened to them, these three wouldn't have an easy time either.
The two middle-aged men started to get busy, and the young man couldn't stay in the cramped kitchen, so he simply went outside to take a look.
He didn't know until he looked, and when he did, he was shocked.
He saw three spirited young men walking straight towards the beef noodle restaurant that had quietly changed ownership.
The young man leading them was none other than Yue Yun, whom the beasts were investigating. If nothing unexpected happened, the two beside him were Xu Qingfang and Mo Yu, who were often by his side.
The young man had just stepped out, but quickly retreated, finally unable to help but curse: "Fuck!
Didn't you say it was absolutely safe?
That Yue Yun is coming towards us, with Xu Qingfang and Mo Yu following him. Tell me what to do!"
Everyone was a bit stunned by the youth's cursing.
Coming back to their senses, they didn't care about the furious youth, hurriedly cleaned up the kitchen, and disguised themselves as the new owners of the noodle restaurant to go out and welcome the guests.
The middle-aged man wore an apron and forced a smile to greet the three entering the shop: "Handsome, want some beef noodles?"
Yue Yun's footsteps stopped, and Xu Qingfang and Mo Yu also paused outside the door, all looking at the middle-aged man before them with surprise.
Yue Yun's expression turned stern: "Where is the owner?"
"I am the owner."
The middle-aged man wiped his dirty hands on his apron: "The previous owner already sold the shop to me; I am the owner now."
Yue Yun narrowed his eyes unnaturally, his gaze locked firmly onto the middle-aged man's movements, and the seeds of suspicion grew wildly in his heart.
Inside the bathroom.
The knocked-out noodle restaurant owner slowly regained consciousness. His bound hands and feet and gagged mouth reminded him of what had happened, and he instantly realized he had been kidnapped.
The noodle restaurant owner tried to struggle to no avail, lying in the bathroom, wanting to cry but having no tears, unable to figure out why he had been kidnapped.
"Uncle admits that the beef noodles I make are delicious, but Uncle is a man with principles. Uncle has always sold only my craft, not my body!"
The noodle restaurant owner screamed in his heart.
The sound of Yue Yun and the middle-aged man talking came from outside. The familiar voice perked him up, and he pricked up his ears to listen carefully.
When he heard the middle-aged man using his reputation to get close to Yue Yun, he immediately became alert, fearing that Yue Yun would also follow in his footsteps.
The noodle restaurant owner wanted to warn Yue Yun, but feared angering these criminals and bringing a fatal disaster upon himself.
But as soon as he thought of Yue Yun's love for the beef noodles, the noodle restaurant owner's hesitation vanished into thin air. He threw all consequences to the back of his mind and resolved to warn Yue Yun.
"Do not underestimate the bond between me and my customers!"
The noodle restaurant owner roared silently.
He mustered his courage and all his strength. His curled-up body sprang open like a spring, and his head slammed fiercely into the bathroom door, making a loud thud.
Yue Yun instantly became alert and looked towards the kitchen following the sound.
The bathroom door was knocked over.
The noodle restaurant owner's head was bloodied from the impact. He lay in the hallway looking out, and just happened to lock eyes with Yue Yun.
Uncle will absolutely not allow any child to be harmed in this shop!