Rules of the Strange: I Can See Through All the Weird

Fu Xinyue relaxed, taking Qi Tong's hand in hers: "Really! Please, please tell him quickly! I'm so exhausted!"

It took a lot of effort to capture these three people in the dungeon, and the result was that I had to serve them after capturing them?

She finally managed to escape the dungeon after working herself to the bone, but then she had to keep chasing after her and serving her. She was not only physically exhausted, but also mentally exhausted.

Qi Tong glanced at her hand, and after a long while, she finally spoke.

"Okay, find Xiao Yunke's contact information on your phone, and I'll talk to him."

Fu Xinyue immediately took out her phone from her pocket, swiped it randomly, and handed it to Qi Tong.

Qi Tong's eyelids twitched as she looked at the note "Heartless Boss".

This note isn't entirely unfair to Xiao Yunke.

They're all just poor, working-class people, sigh.

Qi Tong pressed the voice prompt.

"I am Qi Tong. You don't need to send your Dark Palace people to...take care of us anymore. From now on, let's keep to ourselves and not bother each other. Don't provoke us, and we won't provoke you either."

Xiao Yunke on the other end of the line seemed to be staring at the message interface the whole time, and quickly replied to the message. However, he did not reply to the content of Qi Tong's message.

Heartless boss: Fu Xinyue, why are you still with them! Come back here right now! [Voiceover]

The unscrupulous boss: Come back now! Don't go near Qi Tong! She can bewitch minds! [Voiceover]

Heartless boss: That damned woman is a scoundrel! [Audio played aloud]

Qi Tong listened to the three loud voice messages that popped up on her phone.

Qi Tong's eyes widened. It was one thing for him to speak ill of her to her face.

Why are you making it sound like she did something heinous to him?

Qi Tong looked up at the four people on the sofa with a wronged expression, just about to complain.

As a result, the four people who were originally slumped on the sofa now sat up straight.

Everyone stared wide-eyed at Qi Tong, even the expressionless Qin Yu.

No, why are you all looking at me like that?

This is slander! Blatant slander!

"No... well, Crescent Moon, you should go back and rest. Your guild leader should understand what I mean."

Fu Xinyue immediately dusted herself off and left without pausing for a moment.

As she reached the door, she turned back to thank Qi Tong.

"Thank you for the herbal tea, and thank you for clarifying things with Xiao Yunke. I'll be going now. Next time... it's okay, see you later!"

I was going to say something polite like, "See you in the next dungeon," but after thinking about it, Fu Xinyue decided it was better not to see her again; it would be too much of a hassle for her.

No sooner had Fu Xinyue left than the three of them began interrogating Qi Tong.

Xu Ning took a sip of her flower tea, placed it heavily on the table, hugged a cushion, and leaned back on the sofa, acting like an empress.

"Tell me, what exactly happened between you and the Dark Temple Guild Master? Why did he say those things about you?"

Seeing Xu Ning's posture, Qi Tong shifted his gaze to the left, where he saw the cold-faced Qin Yu, and to the right, where he saw the gossipy Chen Jie.

Qi Tong held up three fingers, fingertips pointing upwards, with a serious expression and earnest tone.

"I swear, I really didn't say what he said. His words were too ambiguous! I just knew you were in danger in the dungeon, so I went to the Dark Temple base!"

"You're going to blow up the Dark Palace?"

Mentioning this, Qi Tong was somewhat disappointed. She lowered her hand, lowered her head, and said sullenly, "No, I didn't. I just...threatened him a bit."

Actually, she wanted to blow it up, but she was afraid of being erased by the rules of this strange world.

She suddenly raised her head again, trying to prove her innocence.

"But I really didn't do what he said, like bewitching people or being a hooligan or anything. I just used a prop to make him obey, and after he sobered up, I used his obedience to humiliate him."

The three nodded in unison, believing Qi Tong's explanation.

Just then, a cat meowed from upstairs.

King Qi Liuhai the Cat had just woken up, stretched, and roared as if to tell the whole world: I'm awake!

It sprinted down the stairs, locked onto Qi Tong, and charged forward with a cat-like leap.

He crashed solidly into the sofa.

He didn't even jump onto the sofa.

"Oh! You bought a pet blind box?" Xu Ning walked over to Qi Liuhai, squatted down, and stroked Qi Liuhai's chubby body.

Qi Liuhai was frantically licking his paws because of his mistake, trying to ease the embarrassment by washing his face.

Qi Tong walked to the cat bowl, took out a small bag of cat food from her spatial storage, and poured it in.

Hearing the call of food, Qi Liuhai, disregarding his embarrassment and the hand stroking him, immediately ran to the cat bowl and meowed.

"You're already so fat and you still eat so much," Chen Jie complained.

Qi Liuhai let out a loud "Awooo," as if someone had stepped on its tail.

"You're not allowed to talk to it, or it'll get angry and start yelling at you." Qi Tong threw the cat food bag into the trash can and sat back down on the sofa.

Chen Jie awkwardly rubbed his nose. "Hmm, this little thing can even understand human speech?"

Xu Ning's heart melted as she watched the cat devour its food.

"What's its name?"

"Pray to the six seas."

"What the hell?"

"Kirirokumi."

"It's so cute, why do you name it that?"

"Isn't Qi Liuhai cute?"

Qi Tong looked at Qin Yu, who had remained silent.

"Qin Yu, don't you think this name is cute?"

Qin Yu huddled in a corner of the sofa, his expression normal, but his voice trembled slightly.

"...Cute."

Qi Tong, as if he had discovered something unusual, moved closer to Qin Yu.

Are you afraid of cats?

Chen Jie and Xu Ning also came over.

He saw six pairs of bright eyes staring straight at him.

Qin Yu closed his eyes resignedly and said, "Mm."

"Coach Qin is actually afraid of cats! But it's very well-behaved. You can try to accept it slowly. When you're not so scared anymore, you can pet it."

Qi Tong stretched out her hands, clenched them in the air, and smiled.

"It feels amazing!"

Qin Yu immediately nodded: "I'll touch it when I'm not so scared anymore."

I'm terrified that I'll be forced to pet the cat right now.

Qi Liuhai took a few big bites of cat food and then sat down to wash his face.

Actually, I wasn't hungry at all when I woke up; I was just craving food.

It always has to taste the grain first whenever it's poured.

After washing his face, Qi Liuhai leisurely hopped onto the sofa and looked for a place to lie down.

They are not afraid of people at all.

He stepped over Chen Jie, and then over Xu Ning.

He lay down in the open space between Xu Ning and Qin Yu.

Qin Yu huddled on the sofa, not daring to move, even his breathing was shallow, for fear that the beast beside him would attack.

Qi Liuhai lay sprawled on the sofa, curling himself up into a round shape, like a burnt black pancake.

Seeing this, Qi Tong burst out laughing.

Like dogs, cats always manage to pinpoint the person in a crowd who is afraid of them, and then approach them in a cheeky manner.