Chapter 1060: My Tenants Are Human

Over the next period, Mi Jiala took Qiao Sang to almost every house that met the training requirements in the vicinity, looking at a dozen rental villas. Unfortunately, none of them caught Mi Jiala’s eye. Either they were too close to neighbors, resulting in poor sound insulation during training, or the villa owner was a Pet, requiring them to live together, and not fully renting out the villa.

“Why are almost all houses owned by Pets rented out as shared accommodations?” Qiao Sang finally couldn’t help but complain, “And these Pets don’t explain it clearly in their platform descriptions.”

Mi Jiala pondered for a few seconds and said, “There was no such situation when I rented houses on Yan Tian Star before. However, Pets are generally illiterate, and the content published online is automatically generated after they take photos of the house. They probably just subconsciously click ‘rent out’.”

After a pause, she subtly glanced at Steel Treasure and added, “Actually, that Shedinja’s house this morning was very good. Shedinja doesn’t like to appear in front of people, so if we rented its house, it definitely wouldn’t be shared accommodation.”

“Qing Qing.”

Steel Treasure blinked its innocent large eyes.

Qiao Sang coughed and steered the conversation away from Shedinja: “How about we go look in the suburbs? The villas in the suburbs are far apart, with good sound insulation, so training won’t disturb neighbors. Xiao Xunbao has Space Movement, so it actually doesn’t matter if we live a bit further away; it’s convenient to get anywhere anyway.”

Mi Jiala said in a deep voice:

“No, your purpose here is not entirely for training, nor for competitions, but to find the opportunity predicted by Yuan Elf. The suburbs have few people and few Pets. If you stay in such a place, an entire day might be spent on training, so how would you find opportunities?”

Qiao Sang was stunned for a moment:

“Do opportunities need to be sought out? Won’t they come to me actively?”

Mi Jiala: “…”

“When you were in the Central Region, if you hadn’t signed up for the Regional Competition, how would Ice Emperor Ram and the others have evolved? And how would you have contracted Qing Qing Ni?” Mi Jiala said.

That’s true… Qiao Sang was convinced.

Mi Jiala picked up her phone, looked at the time on it, and said:

“Let’s eat first. We’ll look after eating.”

Qiao Sang naturally had no objections.

The two came to a nearby restaurant.

In the restaurants here, no matter the style or cuisine, both people and Pets can almost always order food.

As soon as Qiao Sang entered, she saw many Pets sitting together, eating food.

They found a large table by the window and sat down. After ordering, the food was quickly brought by the waiter.

Ya Bao, Xiao Xunbao, and Xiaoting Dragon ate ravenously.

Lu Bao, Steel Treasure, and Qing Bao ate much more gracefully.

Pen Jiami held a knife and fork, slowly cutting the meat on the plate, very elegantly.

Mi Jiala ate while checking for nearby rental properties on her phone.

Qiao Sang took a sip of soup and said:

“If we really can’t find a house, we might as well just co-rent with a Pet. I see they usually wear miniature shrinking bracelets, so their activities shouldn’t affect us much.”

Mi Jiala refused without even thinking:

“If you’re renting, who would want to live with the landlord? Don’t look at them as Pets; sometimes they can be more troublesome than people when they get going, and I always feel that this trend of Pets looking for co-renters is a bit off.”

Upon hearing this, Qiao Sang said no more and concentrated on eating.

Teacher Mi Jiala has far more social experience than herself. If she says something is off, then there must be a problem.

Suddenly, the conversation from the next table entered her ears:

“I also want to cancel the lease, but if I cancel now, that Jewel Coral won’t return my deposit.”

“Anyway, it’s only one month’s deposit, so what if you lose it? There’s no reason for it to make you cook and clean for it every day. I think these wild Pets just watch too many TV shows every day.”

“That’s true, but if it weren’t for that TV show, these wild Pets wouldn’t want to rent out their living places. Speaking of which, houses have become much easier to find recently. Forget it, let’s just endure the hardship. After all, their rent is cheap.”

The topic of rent ended there, and the two changed the subject.

Qiao Sang’s curiosity flared up, and she leaned over and asked:

“What TV show?”

The people at the next table looked over.

One of the uncles didn’t react: “What TV show?”

“It’s the TV show you just mentioned that wild Pets watched before renting out their houses.” Qiao Sang said.

“It’s called ‘My Tenant Is Human’, and it’s quite popular among Pets recently,” the uncle replied.

That name… Qiao Sang thanked him, turned her head, took out her phone, opened a search engine, and began typing in those seven characters.

The page jumped, and related content appeared.

Qiao Sang roughly read the content description and some related comments, finding that it was a TV series about humans and wild Pets co-renting.

A human goes out to explore, and by chance, rents a house to live in. The owner of the house is a wild Pet, a Lazy Rabbit.

Lazy Rabbit has a bad personality, poor talent, and is lazy, but the human has a very good temper, helps clean the house, and makes energy meals.

The relationship between the human and the beast gets better and better over time.

Later, the human participated in a battle competition, won the championship, and became famous in one battle.

Wild Pets from nearby came over, wanting to contract with him, but the human refused them one by one. He found Lazy Rabbit and said that he actually wanted to contract with it.

Lazy Rabbit was deeply moved and changed its decadent ways, but didn’t give an answer immediately, instead saying it would reply in a week.

It secretly signed up for a recently popular competition show.

It had planned to contract with the human after winning, but it was eliminated in the preliminary round.

This competition show is very popular; almost every person and Pet watches it.

Lazy Rabbit was mocked as soon as it went out, was deeply disheartened, and stayed indoors.

The one-week deadline arrived, and the human tenant asked for its opinion.

Lazy Rabbit was stunned at first, then showed him the video of its elimination in the preliminary round.

The human was indifferent, stating that he didn’t care.

Lazy Rabbit was moved beyond words, and contracted with him. The human and the beast then embarked on their journey together.

The End.

Qiao Sang: “…”

She didn’t expect wild Pets to like this type of TV show… Qiao Sang was silent for a long time, put away her phone, and continued her meal.

At this moment, Mi Jiala looked at the search results on her phone and laughed:

“So those wild Pets rented out their houses after watching this TV show. This isn’t finding tenants; this is clearly looking for Yu Beast Masters they want to contract with.”

Since she had heard the conversation, Teacher Mi Jiala naturally could too. Qiao Sang was not surprised that Teacher Mi Jiala knew about this TV show. She then thought of something and asked:

“Here, wild Pets can buy property. So if a Yu Beast Master contracts with it, whose house is it?”

“It belongs to the Pet and the Yu Beast Master who contracts it,” Mi Jiala explained. “However, Pets generally can’t buy a house outright. If the house purchased by the Pet still has a mortgage when contracted, that mortgage will naturally fall on the Yu Beast Master who contracts it.”

Damn it, no wonder those wild Pets are all buying villas. It turns out that as long as they find a Yu Beast Master to contract with, they won’t have a mortgage anymore… Qiao Sang said no more and continued eating.

After dinner, Mi Jiala finally took Qiao Sang to a house that met their requirements.

It had a large area, many rooms, and even if each of Ya Bao and the others had a room, there would still be space left. It had a dedicated outdoor training ground, was far from neighboring houses, and had good sound insulation.

Most importantly, the landlord was a human.

They signed the contract, paid the money, and received the keys.

That night, Qiao Sang and Mi Jiala moved in.

“Ya Ya!”

“Xun Xun~”

“Qing Qing.”

Ya Bao, Xiao Xunbao, and Qing Bao happily explored the villa, getting familiar with the environment.

Steel Treasure flapped its wings around its Yu Beast Master, observing its surroundings.

Xiaoting Dragon stayed by Lu Bao’s side, rubbing against it from time to time, showing a comfortable expression.

Lu Bao stood in place expressionlessly.

Qiao Sang put her belongings in place and exclaimed, “I didn’t expect the rent for such a good location to be so cheap.”

This was considered the core area of Qian Rui District. Previously, the nearby residences they looked at were almost 2000 alliance coins more expensive per month.

“The cheaper it is, the more it indicates there might be something wrong with the house,” Mi Jiala said slowly.

Upon hearing this, Qiao Sang recalled that the first time she rented a house, the rent was much lower because of Lu Bao, and she couldn’t help but smile:

“It’s good if there’s a problem. What’s a problem for others might be an opportunity for me.”

This mindset is good… Mi Jiala showed a satisfied expression.

Suddenly, the doorbell rang.

“Xun Xun~”

Xiao Xunbao teleported to the door, looked at the surveillance, and then opened the door.

“Meimei.”

Standing at the door was a Pet about 1.5 meters tall. Its body was mostly green, with two leaves on its head spread out, a pair of rose-red eyes, two slender arms, and black identity bracelets on its claws. It also had foot-like parts. At this moment, it was holding a bouquet of rose-red flowers and sweetly called out.

Meimei, a Grass-type High-level Pet. It looks good, but it emits a foul smell… Information about the Pet at the door flashed through Qiao Sang’s mind.

“Xun Xun?”

Xiao Xunbao showed a puzzled expression and called out.

“Meimei.”

Meimei saw Xiao Xunbao, its brows subtly furrowed, then smoothed out, and it called out.

“Xun Xun~”

Xiao Xunbao called out, indicating that the house was already rented and the original owner was not here.

“Meimei…”

Meimei’s face fell, then it saw the two humans inside, smiled again, then stuffed the flowers into Xiao Xunbao’s arms, pointed to the side, and turned to leave.

“Xun Xun…”

Xiao Xunbao stared blankly in the direction Meimei left, closed the door, and then lowered its head to sniff.

The next second, it showed a disgusted expression of “So smelly,” and moved the flowers further away, but ultimately didn’t throw them away.

“Was this Meimei looking for the landlord?” Qiao Sang asked based on Xiao Xunbao’s previous answer.

“Xun Xun~”

Xiao Xunbao nodded and called out, indicating that this Meimei said it lived in the house next door and that they could keep in touch in the future.

So it’s a neighbor, and seems quite friendly… Qiao Sang thought to herself.

“Xun Xun…”

Xiao Xunbao placed the flowers in the vase on the coffee table.

It stared at them for two seconds, then held its breath and used its telekinesis to move the vase to the corner of the room.

“Xun Xun…”

The air instantly became much fresher, and Xiao Xunbao breathed a sigh of relief.

…

The villa next door.

Meimei walked into the dimly lit room and turned on the lights.

The room became brightly lit.

The walls in front were completely covered with photos of different people. Some photos had red crosses on them, while others didn’t.

Meimei walked forward, picked up the red marker pen from the table, and drew a cross on one of the photos.

The man in the photo had a neat buzz cut and sharp facial features.

If Qiao Sang were there at this moment, she would realize that the person in this photo was the landlord who had rented out the villa not long ago.

Then it remembered the two new humans in the villa next door, and its eyes glowed green.

…

At the same time.

In the rented villa, a rose-red eye suddenly opened in the flowers placed in the corner of the living room.

“Ya Ya!”

Ya Bao, who had just finished exploring the villa, returned to the living room, its excited expression contorted. It was so disgusted by the smell that it quickly covered its nose with its paw.

It sniffed, and its gaze fell on the vase in the corner.

Having locked onto the target, Ya Bao opened its mouth, and flames instantly condensed within it.

“Xun Xun!”

Seeing this, Xiao Xunbao quickly called out.

“Ya Ya…”

Ya Bao closed its mouth, looked at the flowers in the vase with disgust, and its eyes glowed blue, moving them to the outdoor training ground.

The rose-red eye closed, returning to its original flower bud appearance.

“Meimei…”

In the room covered with photos, the green light in Meimei’s eyes disappeared, returning to rose-red.

Its expression turned ugly, and it turned off the lights and left the room.

…

Outdoor training ground.

Steel Treasure opened its mouth, and black energy attached to its fangs.

At the same time, a terrifying giant phantom, dozens of meters large, appeared in front, biting down on the dark gray stone on the ground.

“Bang!”

With a loud bang, airwaves swept, dust flew, and the phantom disappeared.

When everything returned to calm, the dark gray stone on the ground remained unscathed.

“Gang Qiu Kain is good; it has already initially mastered Abyssal Bite,” Mi Jiala exclaimed. “I didn’t expect it to still remember how to use this skill after so much time.”

When they were on the spaceship, Steel Treasure could only skillfully coat its fangs with Evil-type energy and couldn’t easily create a phantom, so this move hadn’t been practiced much during the past month and a half. In Mi Jiala’s opinion, Steel Treasure had only just touched the threshold of this move when it was in Eagle Country.

“Steel Treasure is inherently smart,” Qiao Sang said with a smile.

Xiaoting Dragon heard the conversation, got off the ice block that Lu Bao had condensed for it, and deliberately crawled to a place Qiao Sang could see. It condensed energy, and crackling yellow electrical arcs instantly appeared on its body.

Unlike before, the yellow electrical arcs scattered, striking the surroundings and causing the soil to explode in a small area.

After the skill was released, Xiaoting Dragon puffed out its chest, as if waiting for praise.

“However, to reach the point where it can gnaw on Dull Clever Stones, this skill needs to be practiced to the Profound Level,” Mi Jiala continued.

“Understood.” Qiao Sang nodded. “Teacher, you mentioned that before.”

“Ting Ting…”

Xiaoting Dragon, seeing that no one was paying attention to it, began to move, changing to a closer position. Yellow electrical arcs reappeared on its body, striking the surroundings in a small area.

Qiao Sang’s gaze finally shifted over.

Xiaoting Dragon’s spirits lifted, and it puffed out its chest.

Who made it angry again… Qiao Sang quickly scanned around, then went to the ice block, picked it up, placed it in front of Xiaoting Dragon, and said:

“The ice block is here. Cool down.”

Xiaoting Dragon: “…”