Animal-eared Girl Era: Start by Forming a Contract with an SSS-Class School Belle

Xiao Ye's eyes were full of suspicion, and he said with a faint smile,

"Xiaoyezi, you're trying to mess with me again, aren't you? Your brother's not falling for it this time."

The doll-faced Xiaoyezi grew anxious, and complained in her childish voice, "Big brother, I'm not messing with you!"

"I'll take off my pants and show you, I got beaten so bad they're all swollen!"

As she spoke, she started to pull down her skirt, but Xiao Ye stopped her in time and shot Nangong Siyao a look.

Nangong Siyao understood, raised her hand to rest it on Xiaoyezi's, and sent out her divine sense to check.

When she saw the shocking swellings on Xiaoyezi's butt, her face darkened, and she said coldly,

"Xiaoyezi really did get beaten, and it wasn't light, either."

"It's swollen, and there are dark bruises."

"I'm guessing it's the leftover swelling from the previous beating, and that person went and beat Xiaoyezi again."

Xiao Ye's face changed.

Xiaoyezi was only six, just barely old enough for pre-school. Even he wouldn't have the heart to hit her, and now someone actually did!

Xiaoyezi pouted in grievance, then suddenly burst into tears, wailing,

"Brother, I told you I wasn't lying, but you wouldn't believe me!"

"That bastard is pure evil! He didn't just beat me, he beat the other kids at the orphanage, too!"

Xiao Ye asked gently, "Was this person a new kid at the orphanage?"

"What about Grandpa Director, doesn't he care about any of this?"

He spread his divine sense all around, but didn't see any sign or aura from that stooped, white-haired old director at all.

Xiaoyezi sobbed, wiping her reddened eyes with her tiny hands, and said sadly,

"After you went to Devil City, Grandpa Director left too. He's been gone almost a year now and hasn't come back even once."

"Grandpa doesn't want us anymore. That evil big brother said Grandpa Director went off to get married, and now he'll have his own real kids and won't care about us orphans."

Xiao Ye frowned.

*His divine sense, perfected at the third stage of the Emperor Realm, swept out and instantly covered all of Blue Star.*

*The Mortal Realm, the Rule Realm, the Endless Void.*

*Nothing—no sign, no aura of Grandpa Director.*

*He expanded his range—Blue Star, Solar System, Milky Way Galaxy.*

*Planet by planet, small star system after small star system, searching all the way to the edge of the Milky Way.*

*He felt discouraged.*

*He hadn't found any sign of Grandpa Director!*

*Did Grandpa Director die?*

*Xiao Ye then used his Reincarnation Divine Technique to search for Grandpa Director's reincarnation.*

*But turned out, Grandpa Director hadn't entered Blue Star's cycle of reincarnation.*

*He took out his treasure-seeking compass, input Grandpa Director's aura, appearance, and name—the result was no such person.*

*Xiao Ye's face turned extremely dark and uncertain.*

*There were three possibilities for this result. First, Grandpa Director's divine soul had been completely destroyed, not entering reincarnation; second, Grandpa Director had been taken away by a Cosmic Great Race, with his aura shielded so the compass couldn't find him; third, Grandpa Director had been a cosmic Great Power in disguise all along, and is at a very high Realm himself.*

*Except for that third guess, he couldn't accept either of the first two!*

*Since childhood, it was Grandpa Director who'd literally raised him, feeding him and changing his diapers. Grandpa Director was like a second set of parents.*

Cheng Bingxi spoke up, "Xiaoyezi, what does that evil big brother look like? We'll help you teach him a lesson."

Xiaoyezi thought for a moment, a frightened look surfacing in her big eyes. She gestured in the air with her tiny hand, mumbling,

"That evil big brother's eyes are thin and long, kind of creepy and scary."

"He's a little shorter than Brother Xiao Ye, about half a head shorter."

"Brothers and sisters, listen to me. That guy is seriously bad—said he was Brother Xiao Ye's little brother, gets loads of favors from bigshots, always eating out and buying clothes without paying, and even harasses good girls."

"He bragged to us about how, in front of the whole school, he yanked out the principal's beard, too."

Gu Qingcheng looked surprised, "There's a teenager at that restaurant across from the orphanage who matches that description."

"The evil brother Xiaoyezi's talking about, it must be him, right?"

The doll-faced Xiaoyezi said excitedly, "It's definitely him! He's always freeloading meals at the place across from our house."

Xiao Ye grabbed Xiaoyezi and, along with Cheng Bingxi, Nangong Siyao, and Gu Qingcheng, walked out of the orphanage and crossed to the restaurant opposite.

Compared to last year, the restaurant had changed owners, so the boss didn't recognize Xiao Ye.

But he stared wide-eyed, looking very surprised.

Cheng Bingxi, Nangong Siyao, and Gu Qingcheng were all utterly stunning beauties, worlds apart from ordinary girls.

Today, so many extraordinary beauties had come to eat at his restaurant!

One had just left a little while ago.

Xiao Ye strode right up to Tang San, who was wolfing down his food, pointed at him, and said,

"Xiaoyezi, is this the guy?"

Xiaoyezi shrank behind Xiao Ye in fear, only poking her little head out, mumbling, "Yeah, that's the one."

Cheng Bingxi, Nangong Siyao, and Gu Qingcheng all looked at Tang San, their expressions darkening, eyes growing cold.

*With their perfected Emperor Realm aura, their emotions could sway the whole world.*

*The temperature of Wilderness Base City suddenly dropped. Even with the blazing sun overhead, snow began to fall on the streets, ice freezing over the roads.*

Tang San's bowl of pig trotter rice in his hands instantly froze into a sculpture.

He stared dumbly at his rice bowl, nearly questioning reality itself. Turning to Xiao Ye, he frowned and snapped,

"Who the fuck are you, man? I'm just trying to eat here, what's your problem?"

"You better pay me for ten more bowls of pig trotter rice or I'll get my brother Xiao Ye to beat your ass!"

Faced with Xiao Ye, whose Realm seemed anything but low, Tang San didn't flinch at all.

He was under the care of the City Lord and Deputy City Lord, and besides that, a Venerable Realm City Lord from an Advanced Base City had even taken him on as a direct disciple!

Of course, all of this was a scam—he'd lied about being Xiao Ye's brother to get it all.

Xiao Ye, Cheng Bingxi, Nangong Siyao, and Gu Qingcheng were all dumbfounded.

*You're gonna get your big bro Xiao Ye to beat us up?*

*Seriously, would Xiao Ye ever do that?*

Xiao Ye snorted in amusement, "You sure are cocky. Your brother supposed to be hot shit or something?"

"Xiao Ye? Who the hell's that supposed to be?"

Tang San froze for a second, then clutched his stomach and laughed out loud, "You don't even know my bro Xiao Ye? What a country bumpkin."

"My brother's the son-in-law of Wilderness Base City's City Lord and Deputy City Lord!"

"He's also a student at Modu Academy. The legendary Kunpeng Venerable himself came to recruit him back then!"

Seeing the handsome young man's lips twitch and the three stunning beauties make all kinds of faces,

Tang San pointed at Gu Qingcheng and suddenly grinned,

"Beautiful lady, weren't you just now asking about my brother? Let me tell you more."

"Boss, another three bowls of pig trotter rice!"

Gu Qingcheng gave a teasing look, "Really, I was just here?"

*That must have been Old Gu earlier!*

Xiaoyezi shouted angrily, "Sis, don't talk to him! That guy is greedy and pervy—just give him a good beating!"

"Make his butt swell up like yesterday when he hit me! Hmph!"

Tang San's expression instantly went ugly.

He had just turned eighteen, his Beastmaster talent wouldn't even awaken until later that year, and he had no fighting skills.

Ding dong.

Tang San got a text message. His expression brightened as he burst out laughing,

"The City Lord and Deputy City Lord will be at the orphanage soon."

"You guys even dare try to mess with me?"