Nalande seemed convinced that the gifts prepared were not sufficient. Just as he was about to broadcast it to the entire base with his communicator, Jing Ruan quickly pawed at his hand.
“L-like…” Jing Ruan said with difficulty.
A newborn cub’s spiritual power was insufficient, and he hadn’t systematically learned the language. Saying this one word[mfn]Mofu’s note: Originally two characters in Chinese (喜歡; xǐhuān), and the text also said ‘two words’, but changed it to ‘one word’, so that it also makes sense.[/mfn] was already his limit.
Xie Yunsi rubbed the little dumpling’s head, “Take your time.”
Nalande, like a reliable big brother, gently soothed the little cub, “If the little one likes them, how about the Marshal and I unwrap the gifts for you to see right now, okay?”
Xie Yunsi remained silent, looking at the mountain of gifts, seemingly tacitly agreeing with Nalande’s words.
From the side, the system’s eyes widened, 【Xie Yunsi actually didn’t say anything. This is truly a miracle.】
Jing Ruan was also thinking that it was indeed incredible for a grand Marshal like Xie Yunsi to unwrap gifts for a little cub. But seeing Nalande’s excited expression, he finally nodded hesitantly.
He obediently lay on the other’s shoulder, sticking out his little head to look left and right, then extended his small paw pad and randomly pointed to an inconspicuous corner.
Nalande patiently laid a soft cushion on the floor, afraid the little cub might fall. After doing all this, he slowly unwrapped the gift, revealing a milky-white, crystal-clear cub necklace. The beautiful crystal on it had no flaws at all, and its price was at least in the six-figure range.
The system suddenly popped up at this moment, 【This necklace costs two hundred thousand star coins, enough for an ordinary person to live on for a lifetime.】
Jing Ruan’s eyes widened subconsciously, “It’s that expensive!”
Outside, Xie Yunsi couldn’t hear his conversation with the system and continued to seriously unwrap gifts for him. This time, the box contained a plump, white little ball.
【This is a small ball forged from pure spiritual power, worth at least five hundred thousand, I presume.】
Soon, the two had already unwrapped a dozen boxes. The soft cushion was basically piled high with many of these small items. The researchers, considering the cub’s size and strength, had specially prepared chic and small trinkets, full of sincerity.
The system was also diligently and tirelessly announcing the prices, its eyes shining.
【OMG, this teleportation device is at least one million!】
【Wow wow wow, there’s even the naming rights for a planet, worth two million!】
【This one is also two million, this one is five million, holy crap, this one must be ten million, right!】
【The Empire truly deserves to be the richest planet in the whole galaxy ah, I’m drooling with envy!】
……
The more Jing Ruan listened, the more alarmed his heart became. He quickly stopped Xie Yunsi’s hand, which was halfway through unwrapping a gift, “Mi wu~” That’s enough, that’s enough!
These things were all too precious, how could he accept them!
“What’s wrong, little one?”
After speaking, Nalande unwrapped the item in his hand. This time, different from the previous ones, it contained a small model. A small figure stood majestically on a stand, wearing a domineering military uniform, holding a gun aggressively aimed forward, ready to fire.
As soon as Jing Ruan saw this uniform, he thought of Xie Yunsi. Looking at the small figure’s face, it was indeed so.
Xie Yunsi’s line of sight also followed. Sure enough, he saw his own miniature model. His pupils unconsciously dilated in a split second, and his expression immediately became complicated.
Looking once more at the gift-giver—Mosen.
The Lieutenant General of the Imperial Army.
Nalande obviously didn’t expect a small figurine of the Marshal to be mixed in here. He looked at the Marshal himself, only feeling that the thing in his hand was like a hot potato, unable to hold it or put it down.
Who ah!!! Who was so bold as to dare make the Marshal into a small doll and give it to the cub!!!
Help ah, he’s so embarrassed!
The Marshal has been on the battlefield for a long time, accustomed to being brutal, cruel, and killing. He definitely wouldn’t like someone making his image into a small doll, right!
Yesterday, when he ordered the destruction of the star pirate planet, he didn’t even blink, as if in his eyes, they were just lifeless objects, or ants to be slaughtered at will.
Xie Yunsi grew up in the military. If he didn’t have the means, he wouldn’t have survived until now.
Just when Nalande was in a dilemma, he saw the support points of the six-meter-tall cabinet behind the Marshal and the little cub loosen. After making a creaking sound, it suddenly collapsed. The surrounding cabinets were also impacted and fell in the same direction.
He cried out: “Be careful!”
In those brief two seconds, the cabinet fell to the ground with a huge thud, and Xie Yunsi, along with the cub, was buried underneath.
Nalande’s face instantly turned pale.
【Host! Host, are you okay!】
Jing Ruan’s vision went black, but he didn’t feel any pain. That familiar warmth and presence tightly enveloped him, preventing him from getting hurt in the slightest.
The little cub was curled up in Xie Yunsi’s arms, and the man had blocked all the attacks for him.
In the darkness, Xie Yunsi looked down, his eyes dark and unreadable, “Don’t be afraid.”
Jing Ruan’s paws tightly gripped the other’s lapel. The sudden shock brought a mist of water to his eyes, and the wetness in his eyes intensified, especially after feeling Xie Yunsi’s protection.
“Are, are you okay!”
At the moment the large cabinet fell, he saw Xie Yunsi subconsciously pull him into his arms, while his other hand gathered spiritual power, about to strike the cabinet, but then stopped.
And by then, it was too late to dodge. They were both pinned firmly underneath.
It might be that a cub’s sense of smell was more sensitive; Jing Ruan smelled a faint scent of blood.
【That’s not right, with Xie Yunsi’s super-strong perception and sensitivity, he definitely sensed the danger before Nalande. But he had clearly already gathered his spiritual power, so why did he give up in the end!】
The system recalled the scene just now and finally said in disbelief: 【Was he worried about breaking your gifts?】
After all, with the level of Xie Yunsi just now, if he continued to attack, the entire room would have been destroyed!
Jing Ruan could no longer hear what the system was blabbering about; all his thoughts were on Xie Yunsi.
Will he be okay?
But in the very next second, Xie Yunsi pushed the cabinet away with one hand and escaped the danger zone at the fastest speed. Before Nalande could even find help, the man and the cat were already out, safe and sound.
Seeing that the two were fine, Nalande’s almost tearful expression finally improved, and he let out a big sigh of relief, “Thank goodness you were here, Marshal!”
If it had been him, he would have been crushed to death long ago!
