"Ding——" The system suddenly spoke up, "Detected that the host's guardian is about to encounter danger. Triggering a random task: Protect Jiang Shuangying."
What? Was his intuition really correct?
Ye Suqi watched as Jiang Shuangying disappeared from sight and decided to follow her immediately.
But first, he had to get rid of the dog leash that was holding him back. He had been annoyed by it for a while!
The little Husky opened its mouth, grabbed the leash with its teeth, and stretched it taut. One of its paws kept pressing on the buckle around its neck, trying different angles. Finally, with a "click," it pressed the right button, and the leash fell to the ground.
It was really inconvenient not having hands. Thinking about having to carry things with his mouth in the future, Ye Suqi felt a chill run down his spine!
After shaking his fur, Ye Suqi tiptoed to the glass door and pressed his ear against it.
Thanks to the dog's superior hearing, he could hear any movement within a mile when his ear was close to the ground.
Soon, he heard Jiang Shuangying's voice, a bit distant and muffled through the air: "Thank you, is this the place?"
"Yes, Mr. Wang and the photographer are inside. You should go in quickly."
"Okay, thank you."
"You're welcome." This was followed by the sound of high heels clicking on the floor as the heavily made-up woman walked away.
Seeing this, Ye Suqi remembered that Jiang Shuangying had asked this woman to take care of him. He quickly darted behind a pile of clutter to hide. If this woman found him and kept an eye on him, how could he go and protect Jiang Shuangying?
However, the heavily made-up staff member didn't look for Ye Suqi at all. Instead, she went straight into another office, as if she had completely forgotten about him.
Ye Suqi pricked up his ears and realized that the woman wasn't really looking for him. He breathed a sigh of relief but also felt a bit disappointed.
Tsk, tsk, tsk, people who don't keep their word!
He complained, but it was better this way. It was better than being watched.
Ye Suqi quietly walked to the door and examined the glass door. It was too tall and heavy for him to push open. He had to find another way in.
As Ye Suqi was racking his brain for a solution, his ears twitched, and he heard a "squeak" sound.
There were rats!
Instantly, Ye Suqi had that strange sensation again. He didn't want to make a sound, so he tried to communicate with the rat in his mind:
"Rat, come here!"
It turned out he could communicate directly through his mind without actually speaking.
This felt a lot like the "long-distance transmission of sound" in cultivation novels.
"Squeak——" Okay, Your Majesty. The rat let out a mournful cry, and a gray shadow darted to the clutter where Ye Suqi was.
Whoa, what a big rat!
Ye Suqi was startled by the size of the rat in front of him. It was as big as two adult male fists, with sleek and shiny fur. It must have been living quite well!
"Squeak squeak——Squeak——" So it's just a puppy, scared me half to death.
The rat, seeing that the dog that called it was just a puppy, instantly lost its fear, rolled its eyes, and was about to leave.
"You dare to be so arrogant with me!" Ye Suqi, seeing the rat's attitude, immediately became domineering and exuded an aura of dominance.
The fat rat was caught off guard by the domineering aura and was so frightened that it fell to the ground and wet itself.
"Your Majesty, I was wrong..."
Looking at the fat rat with teary eyes, Ye Suqi felt a pang of sympathy.
Sympathy, my foot!
He had actually stooped to bullying a rat!
He was the one who wanted to cry!
And the smell of urine was so strong! He felt like vomiting!
Why were dogs' noses so sensitive? Ye Suqi felt so sad that he wanted to cry like a dog.
"Get up! Stop being a coward!"
The little Husky gave the fat rat a disdainful look and wondered how this rat had managed to gain so much weight in this eight-story building.
"Your Majesty, what do you command?" After being dominated by the aura, the fat rat became much more obedient and asked Ye Suqi meekly.
"Do you see that studio?" Ye Suqi nodded towards the photography studio, "I want to sneak in there. Take me there."
"This matter! It's super easy! Let me tell you, Your Majesty, you've found the right rat. Old Fat here knows this place like the back of my paw. None of the other rats in this building can compare to me. I've lived here for a few years since I was born, and I know every single pipe like the back of my paw——"
"Stop! Too much talking! Lead the way!" Ye Suqi quickly interrupted the rat's chatter. He didn't know how Jiang Shuangying was doing and needed to hurry!
But it was true that the rat had named itself Old Fat, which was quite self-aware.
Hearing this, Old Fat shrank its head and obediently led the way, stretching its long tail along the wall corner and said to Ye Suqi, "Your Majesty, follow closely!"
It was no exaggeration that this rat knew all the pipes well. Ye Suqi followed him through a maze-like route, entering a vent from an empty office and then running through some unknown pipes.
It was just that they knocked over quite a few things along the way.
"Really, Your Majesty, it's all thanks to you meeting me. None of the other rats could find a route for you. Only Old Fat has this ability!"
"The rat kept chattering as they walked. Why was it so talkative?
"Yeah, yeah, you're so amazing. I'll give you a big red flower as a reward," Ye Suqi replied casually.
"You mustn't forget!" Old Fat's tone instantly became delighted.
...
Ye Suqi silently wiped away a sweatdrop.
The staff on this floor today always felt there were strange noises from the ceiling, like footsteps or the sound of objects colliding.
In broad daylight, could it be haunted?
Some of the more timid ones had already imagined countless horror movie scenes.
"Ah! The noise is coming again!"
"What on earth is that sound..."
"Maybe it's a rat."
"No rat makes that much noise."
"Hey, I heard this building used to be a mass grave..."
"Aaaah! Stop talking nonsense! I don't want to hear it!"
As they were talking, heavy footsteps sounded again from the ceiling, thump, thump, thump...
"Ah!" The timid girl screamed.
Dance grass, Ye Suqi was startled by the scream and made a "clang" noise, knocking something over.
These people, why were they screaming for no reason, scaring him so much that he twisted his foot and hurt his leg.
This triggered a new round of screams.
"Aaaaah, it's happening again!"
"Someone go check it out!"
...
"These humans, they're always so jumpy." Old Fat said in front, "Sometimes when Old Fat is accidentally seen by people, they scream so loud that my ears almost go deaf."
If it were such a big rat, he would be startled too. Ye Suqi rolled his eyes.
"Here we are!" Old Fat squatted down in a spot and shouted to Ye Suqi.