The protagonist chased the villain, and Tiandao screamed in anger

Laboratory work is very boring, adjusting chemicals, constantly experimenting with proportions and concentrations, calculations and research, complex data and records. 049 couldn't understand what You Mu was doing. At first, he lay on his shoulder and followed his gaze. Later, he felt dizzy and slipped from his shoulder into You Mu's arms.

From a zoomed-out perspective, he looked up and saw that human hair blocked most of the light from the ceiling. The light that escaped was reflected between the hair, with glowing edges and even the facial contours were glowing.

049 was not sure what You Mu meant by human aesthetics, but at this moment he was very clear about how dazzling the other person was in his compound eyes.

He had some understanding that maybe You Mu was different, and it wasn't just as simple as his favorite ration.

Because a hunter does not care about the opinions on rations.

But so far, the knowledge 049 has acquired is still very limited, and he cannot use more words to describe the current emotions and active perceptions.

Through the low-power frameless glasses, the other person's dark pupils stared at the work at hand seriously and attentively.

049 shook his clone and felt jealous of the things on the table, the things that You Mu paid attention to.

He climbed up using the texture of his clothes and moved to the table.

The perspective was raised, and 049 used the tail end to support most of the clone, trying to change the color to attract You Mu's attention, but the other party glanced at him casually, only giving him a glance.

“……”049 felt a little sad. He felt that his rations were always ignoring him.

Obvious neglect.

[You Mu, are you going to ignore him? He seems to be about to explode.] Tian Dao noticed it and poked the person who was immersed in his work, drawing some of You Mu's attention back.

Anger caused the clone's volume to swell and the color to become darker. By the time the branch at hand swelled up into a blue-purple translucent sphere, You Mu finally received the reminder from Heaven and put down his work.

"Are you angry? This is quite relaxing." He reached out and picked up the plump 049 and placed it in the palm of his hand. The texture when he squeezed it was a bit like a rubber toy ball filled with water, soft and a little cold.

When you are busy, it is easy to forget the little ball around you. You Mu urgently made up for it and put it in his palm to comfort her.

The warm fingertips poked the soft tissue, and 049's anger, which had been accumulated like a pufferfish, dissipated by more than half, and the constantly changing dark blue color gradually changed from purple to pink, indicating that his mood had improved.

049 rubbed the skin under his body hard and pinched his fingertips to complain and dissipate his dissatisfaction of being ignored.

At first, Tiandao was watching happily from the side, laughing heartlessly at 049's silly look and was very happy. But when he saw 049 holding You Mu's hand and acting coquettishly, he suddenly couldn't laugh anymore.

…I always feel like something is not right. Is its position going to be taken away?

[You Mu, it's time for him to go back. He just completed his second transformation. It's a waste of energy to maintain the activities of the branch.] A sense of crisis suddenly descended, and Tiandao found a plausible reason to squeeze 049 out of his fixed throne.

"I still have some work left, not much, about half an hour, but, isn't it time for you to go back?"

The constantly changing colors aroused You Mu's curiosity. He picked up 049 and held it up to the light, but he could not see with his naked eyes the reason for the changing colors.

Being busy until late at night has become the norm. Although having a little thing to accompany you is much better than being alone in a quiet room, you can't just let 049 run around. Besides, what the Heavenly Dao says makes sense.

When he heard that he was going to be sent away, 049 started to lie there motionless and act dumb. Unfortunately, the undulating colored patches on his body were not as quiet as he appeared.

Holding the 'decompressor', You Mu finished the last part of today's plan, got up with 049, and sent him back to the main body.

049 was naturally unhappy, but he couldn't make any sound now, so he tried to hide himself secretly to cover up his mistake.

This method was naturally not feasible in front of You Mu, so he threw 049's transparent body in and closed and locked the door in one go.

The consciousness was on the branch, and 049's body was very quiet, curled up in the observation room.

In the containment room, 033, who always liked to sleep, scratched his messy hair, frowned and asked while holding the glass: "Doctor..." Can you control your assistant playing with the tablet during work hours? Don't let her play it loudly in my place.

033 was very annoyed. She was not the type to like to complain, but the volume of the loudspeaker was so loud that she couldn't fall asleep at all. It was too bad.

She suspected that Dr. You did it on purpose, otherwise, with the courage of that little assistant, he would not dare to make such a big noise in front of her nest.

It was just that You Mu predicted and interrupted 033's words in advance: "033, frequent hibernation has interfered with your recovery, but don't worry, I found a helper for you, let's get along well."

“……”The case was solved.

Knowing that You Mu had made up his mind, he could not be persuaded. Moreover, 033 felt guilty because she was indeed the one who was perfunctory at first, and this was a punishment for her.

Different from the various punishment measures of the red-crowned crane, it was just to let the assistant do some sound interference, which seemed painless, but it hit the sore spot of 033.

033 became even more annoyed. He scratched his head which looked like a chicken coop and wagged his tail, not knowing how to respond.

The audio of the exaggerated laughter from the variety show was still swirling in her head and she couldn't kick it out no matter how hard she tried.

Tsk! Annoying!

"You Mu...Doctor..." On the other side, 049, who had returned to his original form, started making noise again. He imitated 033 and swung his snake tail to hit the glass. After successfully snatching You Mu's idea from 033, he looked at 033 with some provocation.

"..." 033, who was feeling depressed, was caught off guard by some critical looks. She shook her head vigorously, then buried it in the gravel.

Each and every one of them is like crazy.

"You should rest, 049." Without moving closer, You Mu was on guard against 049's scales. He followed the light to check if there was any glittering substance in the air before he looked into his eyes.

“…Are you free now?” 049 couldn’t stop thinking about this topic. He thought that since the other party had been busy for so long, he should be free now.

"Of course not. I need to rest. I'm very tired." Blinking, You Mu raised the corner of his eyebrow slightly, lying halfheartedly.

"...Then I can..." There was a silence. 049 wanted to split himself again to follow the other party, but was stopped.

"No, what did you promise me?" You Mu walked over a few steps, leaned in front of the glass, pushed the lens, and asked with his head tilted.

Of course 049 remembered the agreement made that night. Although he was very reluctant, he had always kept his promise for the sake of that mouthful of blood.

"...I'll do whatever you say." The scene of that night flashed through his mind. 049 couldn't help licking his lips greedily and replied seriously.

"Yes, so you have to be good, good night."

With his fingertips touching 049's lips through the glass, You Mu coaxed her with just one sentence before turning away without any sign of reluctance.

049 stared blankly at the figure that was walking away quickly, and the actively swaying snake tail suddenly collapsed.

There seemed to be traces of the other party's fingertips on the outer glass. 049 tried to stick it in through the glass, but only touched a cold and hard layer.

A good mood is like a broken hourglass carried by the other person. As the other person walks away, the hourglass becomes emptier and emptier, until finally there is nothing left.

When the outside world dimmed, the glass produced some mirror reflections. 049 looked at himself on the other side of the glass and began to wonder if his appearance was not beautiful enough to attract the other person's attention.

The memory was brought back to the childhood when You Muchong said that he didn't like him.

Is he too ugly?

What is human aesthetic taste? He obviously transforms according to what the other person likes.

049 lowered his head and looked at his own snake tail, then turned his head to look at 033 next to him. He frowned, and his arms, which were not concealed, developed towards the state of insect limbs as his emotions fluctuated.

Is it because this tail is not liked?

Clearly, they both had a tail, but the other party spent much more time and attention talking to 033 than he did!

Is it true that if we eat up our competitors, we won’t have to worry anymore?

Honeycomb-shaped visual blocks gradually appeared in his pupils. 049 suddenly turned his head and focused his attention on 033 next to him.

With a sudden shudder, based on animal instinct, 033, who was hiding in hiding, quickly raised his head. Almost instantly, he noticed and confronted 049's increasingly outward and sharp hostility.

The desire to survive in her head seemed to be an instinct. Even though 033 belonged to the human mind and did not have much obsession with life and death, the snake half of her body quickly dragged her to a more hidden place.

033 was wary of 049's actions, but the other party just stared at her for a while, then slowly moved his eyes away and shrank back.

033 heaved a sigh of relief, feeling a chill on his back and his snake tail trembling slightly.

049 was clearly just an adult, but that kind of invisible deterrent power, coupled with his strange body and limbs, made 033 nervous and break out in a cold sweat.

The fire ability warmed the whole body, evaporating the cold sweat.

Now, driven by the animal instinct, 033 couldn't sleep at all.