The Black Book: Seven Deadly Sins-Chapter 65: Diao Chan is a Mouse

"What should we do then? The application didn't go through again?"

Just as Zhu Haomiao was scratching his head in frustration, Ye Wan Ning and Li Cang stepped forward in unison and spoke with one voice.

"I'll apply!" x2

After speaking, the two exchanged a surprised glance and stubbornly glared at each other.

"I'll do it!"

"No! I'll do it!"

Watching the two of them ready to draw swords at any moment, not giving an inch, Zhu Haomiao squinted his eyes, his gaze growing sharper, feeling like the abacus beads were about to bounce off his face.

"You both aren't planning to keep Diao Chan for yourselves, are you?"

The duo, engaged in a fierce staring contest, visibly tensed up. In awkward sync, they slowly turned their heads away, one looking left, one right, pretending to admire the scenery to avoid Zhu Haomiao's gaze.

"Look into my eyes when you speak!!"

"......"

After an awkward silence, Ye Wan Ning laughed awkwardly, stiffly changing the subject.

"Oh, so it's called Diao Chan, huh? It really is a little beauty, so cute~"

"Woof! Ha~"

As if sensing its owner's dissatisfaction, the little creature barked, puffing air fiercely yet cutely at Ye Wan Ning.

"How dare you bark at me? You ungrateful thing, I just fed you grapes!"

Seeing Ye Wan Ning's defeated expression, Zhu Haomiao was both frustrated and amused.

"This one isn't the Diao Chan from the Three Kingdoms; it's the 'glutton' kind of 'chan'!"

"Huh? Diao... Chan?"

Surprised for half a second, but recalling how Zhu Haomiao mentioned it could eat several times its own weight, Ye Wan Ning and Li Cang couldn't help but chuckle.

"It does seem fitting..."

But Zhu Haomiao wasn't ready to let them off the hook, steering the topic back on track.

"So, why do you want to apply under your names?"

With their plan exposed, Ye Wan Ning stopped pretending, bold and unyielding, she put her hands on her hips.

"Because if we apply, it'll surely be approved, and when you enter the Illusion Realm, we can help take care of Diao Chan. Isn't that good?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Haomiao frowned slightly.

His biggest worry was that Diao Chan would be left unattended when he entered the Illusion Realm. What if he left for over a dozen days and it starved?

After contemplating for a few seconds, Zhu Haomiao slowly nodded.

"Alright, but you're only the nominal caretakers. Usually, I'll still be the one to take care of it."

Ye Wan Ning and Li Cang exchanged a joyful glance, smiling discreetly.

"No problem!"

Immediately, Ye Wan Ning excitedly handed grapes one by one to Diao Chan, and the little guy accepted them all, stuffing them into its mouth.

"Diao Chan, from now on I'm your sister, got it?"

"Chirp~"

The little creature paid no mind to what she said, continuing to stuff grapes into its mouth.

However, as she continued to feed it, Ye Wan Ning raised her eyebrows in surprise.

"Do you think there's a possibility... that Diao Chan is a mouse?"

"Huh?"

Stunned for just half a second, Zhu Haomiao and Li Cang shook their heads in unison.

"No way, it doesn't have the big incisors of a rodent."

"But it has cheek pouches like a hamster!"

Pulling Diao Chan off Zhu Haomiao's head, Ye Wan Ning pointed to the sides of its face.

"Look, there are very faint spatial fluctuations here. The grapes it just ate weren't swallowed into its stomach; they were stored in extra-dimensional cheek pouches on the sides of its face."

"What?!"

Zhu Haomiao's heart skipped a beat, recalling the sight of Diao Chan randomly holding different foods in its hands to munch on. He originally thought it was just its hidden reserve food; little did he know it was stored in its cheek pouches!

"But wouldn't the food rot if it's stored in the cheek pouches?"

"Probably not; I guess time inside is frozen..."

Ye Wan Ning squished Diao Chan's cheeks, causing the little creature to flail its limbs, pretending to bite.

The next moment, a banana was stuffed into its hands, and the little creature immediately beamed and shoved the banana into its mouth.

Previously, no one paid attention, assuming it was swallowing it all.

But this time, Zhu Haomiao finally saw clearly: Diao Chan's cheeks bulged out prominently, yet the banana, longer than its body, strangely disappeared bit by bit into its mouth.

The scene was just like a greedy hamster!

"Look, the space around its mouth has been compressed, and the closer to the throat, the greater the compression ratio. Its mouth acts like a spacetime funnel, theoretically allowing it to swallow food many times its size in one bite..."

Pointing at Diao Chan, who was crazily pushing the banana into its cheek pouch, Ye Wan Ning's eyes sparkled with a faint rainbow light as she muttered with great interest.

Meanwhile, Zhu Haomiao and Li Cang both frowned, reflexively exchanging a glance.

"You can see spacetime distortion?"

"No, can you?"

"I can't either."

"Who in their right mind can perceive spacetime with naked eyes?"

After speaking, the two seemed to understand each other, tacitly clinking the drinks on the table and simultaneously looking at Ye Wan Ning.

"Shameless~"

"Are you two crazy?"

"Nope, please continue."

"Continue, my foot! Eat! If you don't eat soon, the dishes will get cold!"

Ye Wan Ning stomped her foot in frustration, causing waves in her chest. Zhu Haomiao instinctively glanced once, quickly lowering his eyes in fear, muttering the Heart Clarity Spell in quiet contemplation.

Amitabha Buddha, Infinite Venerable~

Forbid lewd thoughts!

Forbid lewd thoughts!

......

After some mental self-persuasion, Zhu Haomiao successfully suppressed his restlessness, focusing his attention entirely on the table full of delicious food.

After finishing a sumptuous lunch, Ye Wan Ning promptly initiated the new phase of daring experiments.

"Experiment No. 279, testing the triggering conditions..."

"Shui, sit tight."

"Cangcang, stand here as usual. If he goes crazy, hit him as hard as you can!"

"......"

Zhu Haomiao raised a hand, opening his mouth to speak but held back, wanting to ask for a bit of humane treatment. However, seeing the elegant figure draped in Golden Sacred Armor beside him, he swallowed his words.

I'm a tough guy, how can I be outdone by this pretty face?

With inexplicable competitiveness, Zhu Haomiao sat upright, staring as Ye Wan Ning took a deep breath and slowly leaned in.

Until their noses were almost touching, with warm breath faintly spraying on his face, Ye Wan Ning stopped, her face flushed.

"Do you feel anything different?"

Zhu Haomiao felt as if he were sitting on pins and needles, sensing a keen blade-like gaze from the side, ready to sever his head at any moment.

Getting so close to someone else's girlfriend in his presence, this was too nerve-wracking!

Brother Li, could you stop lurking behind me? My back's going cold...

"No... no special feeling."

Staring at the breathtaking beauty so close, while a faint restlessness brewed in his heart, Zhu Haomiao smoothly kept his mind unreceptive to temptation.

"Huh? Still not enough?"

Ye Wan Ning frowned in frustration, lightly biting her lip, seemingly making up her mind, and leaned a little closer.