I woke up to find myself transmigrated into a disabled child.

Chapter 222 The Return of the Furry Ball

Now things are really going to get interesting. What was originally just a rumor that we could just hear about and forget is about to happen right before our eyes. Even Le You, who was thinking about his promise to Le Jing, didn't mention leaving again. In fact, after confirming that the sound of splashing water he had just heard was not a hallucination, he was the first person to turn back, and he was so fast that Le Zhi couldn't keep up.

There's something underwater...

"Hey, Leyou, wait for me, Lezhi, come quick..." Le Ting only had time to show Lezhi the back of her head.

"Okay, slow down, don't fall."

Of those present, only Lezhi hadn't heard the complete rumors firsthand. For Leyou and Leting, the existence of underwater creatures might be a novelty, but for Lezhi, the entire Jormungandr was full of wonders and surprises. Therefore, Lezhi, whose threshold for exploration had been unconsciously raised, was actually the calmest of the three.

Le You, lying prone on the edge of the pool, was intently scanning it, trying to find some clues. Le Ting, though not as exaggerated in his posture as Le You, had his neck stretched out longer than ever before out of curiosity.

"Did you see anything?" Lezhi slowly walked closer and asked.

"Shh..." Le You turned his head slightly to signal Le Zhi to be quiet, but his eyes were still glued to the water, making him look somewhat comical.

Noticing Leyou's seriousness, Lezhi quickly shut her mouth and froze in place, afraid of disturbing Leyou.

Unfortunately, Lezhi's sacrifice did not yield good results. Leyou searched for a long time while lying on his stomach, and Leting had already circled the pool three times, but still found nothing.

"Hiss, this is impossible. The three of us clearly heard the sound of water just now, so how come we can't find anything now?" Leyou finally gave up that awkward posture, slowly sat up, rested his chin on his hand as if thinking, and looked confused.

“Yeah, I looked at everything here very carefully, but there’s really nothing there. Could it be some kind of invisible creature?” Le Ting sat down dejectedly and picked up a stone, throwing it into the still pond.

With a loud "thump," the sound of the stone falling into the water was very clear, and the calm surface of the water was stirred up into ripples. The ripples spread out in circles, and it took a while for the water to return to calm.

The two of them were completely baffled by the current situation and did not notice that Lezhi, who was standing to the side, had not spoken for a long time.

In fact, even before Leyou got up, Lezhi had unconsciously noticed something unusual in the pool while he was bored.

The moment he was bewildered, Lezhi didn't even have time to think before he was pulled into a strange space by that unknown, mysterious entity. Here, all of Lezhi's senses of the outside world were blocked; he could only see ripples of water washing over him.

A voice seemed to be calling him from behind the water, urging him to come closer. Lezhi struggled for a long time, but he couldn't resist the temptation of the voice. His feet followed his brain's instructions, rising and falling. Before Leyou and Leting noticed, Lezhi had gradually approached the pool.

Just a second before Lezhi was about to be drawn into the unknown and deliberately jump into the water, at the critical moment, a familiar bird call cut through the silent air and pierced straight into Lezhi's eardrums.

"Tweet~"

This cry was different from the usual response or affectionate call of the furball. Instead, it was sharp and anxious, sounding exceptionally loud. It successfully snapped the bewildered Lezhi back to its senses.

"Holy crap... How did I get here..." When she came to her senses, she realized that she was about to fall into the water, which scared Lezhi so much that she subconsciously swore.

"Lezhi, when did you get to the water's edge? How come you didn't make a sound?" Leyou was surprised. Maoqiu's bark interrupted his thoughts, but Lezhi's voice attracted his attention even more. Only then did he realize that Lezhi had gotten so close to the pool without them noticing.

"Ah, Lezhi, are you alright..." Le Ting also noticed that something was wrong with Lezhi. He hurriedly tried to go forward, but he was not as fast as another figure.

The furry ball that had just warned Lezhi was already hurtling towards him like an arrow. Having barely managed to regain his footing and avoid a fatal step, Lezhi had no time to congratulate himself on his narrow escape before being caught off guard by a headbutt from the returning furry ball.

"Chirp chirp chirp~ Chirp chirp~ Chirp chirp chirp~"

The sharp, rapid-fire sound came out in quick succession. Even though Leyou and Leting couldn't understand the furball's language, they could sense the furball's anxiety and worry from its tone.

Both of them could feel it, and Lezhi, who was facing the furball, could also feel it. The familiar protective furball was back. Although Lezhi was being scolded, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but turn up.

"Okay, okay~ I know... It was my carelessness, I'm sorry, I'll definitely be more careful next time and won't make you worry so much again..." While saying apologetic words, Lezhi's hands were not idle either. She kept stroking Maoqiu's body, trying to soothe Maoqiu's frightened little heart with her actions.

He could feel the little dumpling under his hands trembling slightly, clearly having been genuinely frightened and unable to recover for a while.

It was from this moment that Lezhi clearly felt that Maoqiu's feelings for him were probably much deeper than he had imagined.

A lump formed in her throat, and Lezhi blinked, suppressing the tears welling up. She gently comforted Maoqiu, "Maoqiu's call was just in time, look, I'm alright, so don't worry..."

The close bond between the human and the bird formed its own barrier, leaving Leyou and Leting, who were watching from the sidelines, unable to get a word in edgewise. So the two exchanged a silent glance and then stood aside in tacit agreement, giving Lezhi and Maoqiu some private space so that the two could properly mend their relationship.

After a while, Maoqiu's voice finally softened and returned to its usual gentle tone when facing Lezhi. Lezhi immediately noticed that Maoqiu had calmed down, so she carefully picked Maoqiu up and looked her in the eye. "Maoqiu, I'm sorry. I blamed you without asking any questions before, and I made you feel wronged. Please forgive me. I promise I won't do it again, okay?"

"Tweet~"

It was still a little angry, but Lezhi's sudden interruption completely calmed it down. Moreover, after leaving Lezhi alone in a huff, it was actually quite uneasy when it returned, fearing that Lezhi was still angry.

Now that Lezhi has taken the initiative to seek peace, it's exactly what Maoqiu wanted. It's not a bird that acts arrogantly, or rather, when it comes to Lezhi, Maoqiu wants to be close to Lezhi for thirty hours a day, inseparable from it.

So it didn't hold back for long. Almost the instant Lezhi finished speaking, it responded to Lezhi's apology, perfectly demonstrating what it means to forgive in a second.

Seeing Lezhi's delighted smile, Maoqiu followed Lezhi's arm to his shoulder, nuzzling Lezhi's neck with its round little head, letting its scent linger on Lezhi, so that those bastards would know that Lezhi was under its protection, and if they dared to lay a hand on Lezhi, they should be prepared to be retaliated against by its master, Maoqiu.