Chapter 863: Crossdresser?

"Aside from what that woman said, about a patient who was treated by Doctor Lucas being here."

"The biggest reason is still the money."

"Do you know how many stray cats and dogs I've taken in?"

"I don't even know how many I have right now."

"Besides the ones I found on the road and brought back, and the ones that came on their own, most of them were born from the strays in my courtyard."

"A cat normally gets pregnant two to three times a year, with an average of 4 to 6 kittens per litter."

"A dog gets pregnant once or twice a year."

"Small breeds, mostly 1 to 4 puppies.

Medium breeds, 4 to 8.

Large breeds, 6 to 12."

"Kittens can go into heat and get pregnant as early as 4 months after birth.

As for dogs, there are three different body sizes.

Specifically, small breeds at 6 to 8 months, medium and large breeds at 8 to 12 months."

"So, do you understand now?"

"At this rate of continuous breeding, the numbers are terrifying. Generation after generation, endless!"

"There's something I've been hiding from you."

"My Huabei, credit cards, and various online loans have all been maxed out long ago."

"So, if I leave Alice Apartment, without the income of 10,000 a day, you should understand what the outcome would be."

Huo Yun was speechless: "Do you really have to keep so many stray cats and dogs?"

"Is it possible that these cats and dogs were destined to be strays? Bringing them home is just asking for trouble?!"

"Also, that piece of paper said this time we just need to hand over 10 cats and dogs directly, and we don't need to offer a lab rat."

"Who knows if that person will demand more cats and dogs in the future."

"But, sacrificing 10 cats and dogs in exchange for temporary peace, that's for the sake of all the other cats and dogs!"

"Sacrifice the small self to save the greater good!!"

Huang Kaiyu shook his head: "No, I will never betray my cats and dogs."

Huo Yun felt Huang Kaiyu was beyond saving.

He would eventually be dragged down by his cats and dogs.

And just then, the lights on the ceiling of the first-floor library suddenly began to flicker on and off.

Along with the continuous flashing, there came an eerie, sinister hum of a young girl's voice:

"La la la... la la la... la la... la la la"

The two men's bickering was forcibly cut short by this sudden development.

Huo Yun looked up at the wildly flickering lights above, completely baffled.

Huang Kaiyu said, "This music... it's the same music from last time when I got shot in the head."

"Is... is the person who ambushed me coming?"

Huang Kaiyu held a Spring Knife in his hand, watching their surroundings with extreme vigilance.

Huo Yun was much the same, holding a dagger in his hand.

Five minutes passed with their nerves stretched taut.

Then, a footstep suddenly rang out.

The two quickly turned their heads.

Toward the source of the sound.

Soon, into their field of vision stepped a figure with long black hair, wearing a black-and-white female school uniform, their side profile facing them.

That person walked to the open area in the middle of the first-floor library, where the Pimply Guy had previously been placed.

Then, slowly turned around.

Huo Yun and Huang Kaiyu saw, within that outfit and hairstyle, a jarringly masculine face.

Analyzing the face, the man appeared to be around 35 years old.

When Huang Kaiyu saw this man in a female school uniform, he pointed at him and shouted loudly:

"It's him! It's him!"

"He's the person I saw at the wall corner that night!!!"

Huang Kaiyu was extremely agitated.

Because even now, recalling that night, he felt like he'd seen a ghost. But he knew it probably wasn't a ghost, it was a person. Still, the way they appeared and disappeared so suddenly was just too horrifying!

Since Huo Yun hadn't personally experienced that night, he didn't feel much fear toward this man in the female school uniform.

He asked directly: "You're the one who left those two pieces of white paper for Huang Kaiyu, right?"

The man in the female school uniform said, "That's right, it was me."

His voice was neither yin nor yang.

"Where are the 10 cats and dogs, or the lab rat, that I asked for?"

A sneer curled at the corner of his mouth.

Huo Yun twirled the dagger in his hand and sneered back: "In hell."

A deadly aura filled the eyes of the man in the female school uniform: "Oh? Are you going to go to hell to fetch them for me?"

Huo Yun shook his head: "No, I'm telling you to go to hell in person to pick up your goods."

"Heh heh, you crossdressing pervert, you picked the wrong people."

"Huang Kaiyu and I aren't ordinary lab rats. Both of us have blood on our hands."

"So, since you've shown yourself, don't blame us for ridding society of a menace."

Huo Yun walked forward step by step, dagger in hand.

He didn't call for Huang Kaiyu to join him. It seemed he believed he could handle this man in the female school uniform by himself.

The man in the female school uniform watched Huo Yun approach step by step, and said very calmly:

"Am I a crossdressing pervert? Maybe so, but it's not what I wanted."

Huo Yun didn't want to ponder the deeper meaning behind those words.

Once he got close, his dagger stabbed forward.

The dagger was aimed at the throat of the man in the female school uniform.

The strike was fast and accurate. Huo Yun worked out regularly. Not to say his face was especially handsome, but at least he wasn't ugly, plus he had a fit physique from working out. Otherwise, how could he always call himself a Sunny Cheerful Big Boy?

But, working out just means you work out. It doesn't mean you can actually fight just because you're fit!

If Huo Yun fought an ordinary person, he'd definitely win.

But if he fought someone with even a bit of training, he'd find that his movements were full of holes.

Even this simple straight thrust had plenty of openings to exploit.

The man in the female school uniform didn't exploit those openings. Instead, with lightning-fast speed, his right hand directly seized Huo Yun's right wrist, the one holding the dagger thrusting toward his throat. Once grabbed, it was like an iron ring, firmly locked in mid-air.

No matter how hard Huo Yun struggled, pushing forward or pulling back, he couldn't move an inch.

At this point, Huo Yun realized something was off.

Why was this crossdresser so strong?

Just as the thought crossed his mind, the crossdresser in his eyes tightened his grip with his right hand, and the pain was so intense that Huo Yun's right hand involuntarily released the dagger. He howled in place.

Then, the man in the female school uniform released Huo Yun's wrist, and his right foot shot forward in a vicious kick, sending Huo Yun flying several meters away.

His wrist was already hurting, and now, having been kicked several meters and slammed into the ground, Huo Yun felt soreness all over his back and his entire body.

After just this one exchange, Huo Yun realized that not just him alone, but even with Huang Kaiyu beside him, the two of them together were no match for this person.

Unless... they used some dirty tricks.

But in the current situation, how could they?

"Huang Kaiyu, there's still a bit of time before my designated 2:30 in the morning."

"Are you going to hand over 10 cats and dogs, or one lab rat?"

The man in the female school uniform had come here specifically to find Huang Kaiyu, so he directed his question to him.