Her Tentacles 65

Chapter 65: Partner

Shu Yao suspected that she had been abstinent for too long, which was why she had had such a beautiful spring dream.

Perhaps it was because her few experiences were all related to Lin Ran, so the other protagonist in her dream was Lin Ran, or rather, Lin Ran’s… tentacles.

In the dream.

She didn’t even see the other protagonist’s face clearly, but she had experienced the feeling of her tentacles of different shapes, and the way they would hook her when they bent, so clearly—

When she opened her eyes, Shu Yao felt that she was really starving.

She stared at the ceiling of her bedroom for a long time.

Until her phone rang with a notification sound. She stretched out her arm to reach for it, but felt a coolness spreading from her shoulder.

She sat up, and the thin quilt slipped from her collarbones. The bathrobe, which had not been tied tightly before she went to bed, was completely open. The skin on her chest even felt a little numb from the touch of the quilt slipping down just now, like a fine electric current passing through.

Shu Yao: “…”

Seeing that her body was clean and dry, with no extra marks, she sat there quietly for a while with a vacant expression.

This sleep, although it had been from yesterday afternoon until this morning, had left her physically and mentally exhausted. She even felt that her waist and legs were sore, as if her body hadn’t rested in her dream, and had been in a fierce fight with the quilt.

It was simply more tiring the more she slept.

She attributed this to the fact that the battle at the square outside the travel agency yesterday had been too draining.

After barely waking up, Shu Yao saw on her phone that she had to go to the medical department of her unit today for her monthly blood test. She raised her hand and pressed her temples, and got out of bed.

…

Her bare feet stepped on the cool tiled floor, but did not touch any shoes.

Shu Yao habitually bent down to feel around under the bed, but pulled out a large ball of… cotton?

Her expression was puzzled. This time, she also lowered her gaze to under the bed. Although she saw her slippers, she was puzzled by this abrupt ball of cotton that had fallen from somewhere.

Standing by the bed, she surveyed the furnishings of the bedroom again, and then raised her hand to press the height of the two pillows on the bed. She really couldn’t figure out where this ball of cotton had come from. After all, she didn’t have the kind of pet that had a particularly mischievous hand and liked to dig around—

The thought suddenly stopped here.

Shu Yao saw the little octopus that was still sleeping on the bed.

Its little head was even resting on the side of the pillow, and it looked very much like a human resting.

As if it had sensed its owner’s gaze, it slowly opened its round, black eyes and silently met the gaze of the person standing by the bed.

Shu Yao, as if possessed, was the first to look away.

Damn it.

It was all because of that dream. Now, whenever she saw such dark eyes, she would reflexively think of Lin Ran.

Just as she was feeling embarrassed and deeply reflecting on her groundless association, the little octopus, who knew nothing, happily came toward her, stood on the edge of the bed, and stretched out a tentacle with all its might, trying to hook her dangling pinky finger.

The cool, soft tentacle brushed against the back of her pinky finger, on and off.

Although the little pet was expressing its desire to be close, Shu Yao once again felt that fine electric current go up her spine, making her scalp tingle slightly.

She simply scooped up the little octopus and decided to quickly wash up and go out, in order to achieve the goal of forgetting that absurd dream by getting away from the bed environment.

A few hours later.

In the waiting area of the special department’s medical department.

Shu Yao habitually sat here for two hours, waiting for her most routine blood test report to come out. As long as she confirmed that her basic health was fine, she would check the other more complex tests and results later through the pushed electronic report.

This time, she also went to the window at the appointed time as usual.

But she was suddenly called to stop. “Teacher Shu, wait a minute.”

The echo of this sentence in the corridor made the people from other departments who were passing by look over this way. Their gazes were filled with gossip, curiosity, and also vigilance.

Shu Yao was dazed.

Then she was called to the psychological counseling room.

The psychologist’s eyes were filled with kindness and concern. She looked at the report and then at her. “Teacher Shu, have you been under too much work pressure recently? I heard them say that you’ve been very active with the field team now. The crime scenes created by those [Parasites] must be very shocking, right?”

Shu Yao was silent for a moment.

“…It’s okay?”

Mainly because before, when she was out on a field mission, it was all for her own personal gain of feeding her pet. No matter how disgusting the thing was, it would be completely eliminated by the little octopus, so much so that she was more worried about the little octopus’s appetite and health than anything else, and didn’t even notice the impact of the scene.

The doctor pushed up her glasses, with a look of “I know people like you are not willing to tell the truth, have a heavy heart, and are very stubborn.”

She didn’t say much, just said, “If you really can’t sleep well, I actually have a lot of common drugs with relatively small side effects and are not easy to get addicted to. There are even some other drugs made with special raw materials for you. Do you want me to prescribe some for you?”

Shu Yao: “?”

She did have a little insomnia, but how did this show up in the blood test results? Everything was still normal last month, wasn’t it?

She thought for a moment and tried to reply, “Okay?”

Seeing that she had no intention of avoiding the doctor, the psychologist let out a huge sigh of relief and then began to write a prescription, at the same time saying:

“Then you just take it according to the dosage I said. Don’t increase or decrease the dosage on your own, and don’t try other ways to hypnotize yourself. Although your physical condition is special, especially since you can use a unique spiritual power.”

“But, if you use drugs recklessly, once it damages your body, it may also have some bad effects on your spirit, and that would be troublesome.”

She gave her advice in a heartfelt tone.

Shu Yao keenly caught the keywords. “Use other ways to hypnotize myself? Use drugs recklessly?”

This time, the doctor pointed to the line on the report that said “trace amounts of anesthetic components detected in the blood.” “Here, just like this. Although the concentration is not high, and your metabolism is also strong, you really can’t use this drug casually anymore.”

…

Shu Yao was lost in thought.

Because she was so lost in thought, she was pulled by the arm by the person next to her and shaken. “Didn’t you ask me to bring you here to pick something? Why are you not looking yourself? I really don’t know anything about these things in this place.”

She turned her head and saw Situ Jin, who was looking at her with raised eyebrows.

The lights on both sides dimly illuminated this area. Shu Yao casually looked up and saw the tattered and patched-up equipment hanging on the wall of one of the shops. She turned to Situ Jin and said:

“Then let’s go to this one first.”

When she left the special department today, thinking of the invitation Guan Tong had given her before, she had specially sent a message to Situ Jin, asking her if she knew where the black market for these equipment in Nancheng was, and if she had any related resources to recommend.

For this reason, Situ Jin had specially gone to ask that crown prince of the Ye family, and had gotten an address from him, as well as the names of a few shops.

But because she didn’t know anything about these equipment-related things, although Situ Jin was curious and wanted to come and see the fun, she still had to wait for Shu Yao to show her a new world.

So the two of them walked into the shop.

These shops that imitated the equipment of the special department had their own unique sources of materials. Although the power and effect of the items could not be compared with the professional ones, they had some unique design highlights.

Shu Yao saw many interesting little things, until she started to ask about the price:

“Two hundred thousand.”

“That one is five hundred and fifty thousand. I can give you a discount at most.”

“Others? Of course there are others, but if you can’t even afford these basic models in front of you, then I estimate you don’t need to look at the advanced models behind.”

The shopkeeper was not pretentious and gave the most sincere answer.

Shu Yao had never thought that she would have to go bankrupt for such a solo operation. She had originally thought that her annual salary in the special department was enough to look down on everyone, but she didn’t expect that any derivative related to these [Parasites] or special materials could easily empty her card.

She casually picked a set of the cheapest protective clothing and even asked the boss to give her a protective mask as a gift. “That’s it.”

Situ Jin, who was watching from the side: “?”

She looked at the things Shu Yao had picked. Even the mask was stitched together with several pieces of different materials, and the color difference was not even uniform. The protective clothing was also so thin that it looked as if it could be torn off easily. She couldn’t help but take out her black card.

Seeing her friend about to use her money power, Shu Yao immediately pressed her back. “No need.”

“Why not?”

After leaving that shop, Situ Jin still couldn’t help but say to her, “Although these prices are definitely on the high side, these things are now in a state of being in short supply. And the place you’re going to is a place where you can’t bring the equipment from the department. You can’t joke with your own life…”

Shu Yao listened to her nagging, but in the end, she couldn’t win against herself. So she looked left and right, waved, and called over the woman who had been following them from a not-too-far distance since they went out.

The other person was wearing a hooded sweatshirt, a mask, and sunglasses. Because of her tall stature, she looked like a low-key celebrity walking on the street, attracting frequent glances from passersby.

But as soon as they glanced at her snow-white skin, and her white eyebrows and eyelashes, the passersby’s envy would turn into a kind of sympathy.

“Let her go with you,” Situ Jin pushed her in front of Shu Yao. “Xuan Zhu has learned a lot from that fish. She won’t hold you back.”

Shu Yao was also a little surprised that this mermaid could come ashore so quickly.

It wasn’t that she doubted her ability, but she was worried about her overly introverted personality.

She also didn’t know how she had been brought up by the flower fish, but now she had actually defeated all of Miss Situ’s other bodyguard teams and had become Situ Jin’s indispensable helper for travel and at home.

But Shu Yao just smiled and shook her head. “No need.”

She already had some guesses about the place she was going to. Going there, bringing Xuan Zhu, whose abilities were unknown and who had never even cooperated with her before, might not be a good thing.

“She might not be suitable to appear there—”

After Shu Yao finished speaking, she curved her lips and showed a very confident smile. “And, I’ve already found the most suitable partner.”

Situ Jin: “?”

She asked, “Who? Do I know them?”

Shu Yao slowly took out the little octopus from her pocket, which had been particularly well-behaved since she went out in the morning, and had not shown any resistance even when she had been casually squeezing its body and tentacles in her pocket all day.

She held the little octopus up in front of Situ Jin. “It.”

…

Lin Ran was extremely guilty.

She admitted that when she had heard Shu Yao talking to the psychologist at the medical department, her three hearts had all panicked for a moment.

So her disguise had become even more cautious. Even though she had forced the other secondary brains into a silent state, she was constantly recalling her previous state, for fear that the sucker of one of her tentacles would accidentally turn back to its original form.

—And then she would be kicked out by her girlfriend.

And now, hearing Shu Yao say that she was the “most suitable partner,” she was both overjoyed and raised her little head proudly at Situ Jin, while at the same time, she used the corner of her eye to watch Shu Yao’s expression, trying to find some clues.

Coincidentally, at this moment, a slender tentacle that had not climbed onto the woman’s palm was hanging limply in the air outside her palm.

And then it was gently picked up by the gentle and considerate owner with her other hand and brought back to its side.

But when she let go, those two fingers suddenly squeezed hard, making Lin Ran’s heart skip another beat.

She didn’t know if it was a coincidence.

If she remembered correctly, this tentacle seemed to be one of the culprits that had wreaked havoc in her girlfriend’s body last night.

Then.

She saw Shu Yao show a smile that was no different from usual and say to her:

“I’ve fed you so much usually. Now it’s time for you to put in some effort.”

“Right, baby?”