Chapter 8 Treasure-stealing rat and competition

Lily, who was knocked down and lying on the ground, looked at the guy standing on her towering chest. It was a creature that looked like an enlarged guinea pig, more than 40 centimeters tall, with snow-white fur, round little ears, short limbs, and a golden pattern on its belly that looked like a gold ingot.

"Squeak, squeak" The hamster in front of her looked at Lily and covered her mouth with a smile.

Although she didn't know what it was, Lily, who didn't think she would lose to a small animal, reached out and grabbed it again, but the guinea pig seemed to have predicted it. It jumped lightly and dodged Lily's attack. It even jumped back arrogantly after dodging, turned its back to Lily, twisted its little butt, and continued to make "squeak" laughter.

"Damn it, I don't believe I can't catch you!" Seeing the arrogant look of the guinea pig, Lily instantly got excited, and her left hand swung out a residual shadow, grabbing the guinea pig with one claw faster than the other, but no matter how hard Lily tried, how she increased her speed, the guinea pig still looked at ease, and calmly avoided all of Lily's attacks.

"Click" the door was opened, but Lily didn't care at all, and still tried hard to catch the hateful guinea pig.

"I'm back." The slightly old but still sonorous voice of the hermit sounded, and Lily found that with the return of the hermit, the guinea pig's attention was obviously attracted.

"Opportunity!" Lily grabbed it with all her strength at the fastest speed, but she didn't expect that the guinea pig still avoided it smoothly, and stepped directly on Lily's face, and jumped hard.

"Bang!" "Ouch!" Lily's head was stepped on the ground directly, and the guinea pig took the opportunity to pounce on the hermit.

"Oh, you're back. How was it? Did you have fun today?" The hermit reached out to catch the guinea pig, scratched its chin and said.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak" the guinea pig stood on the hermit's hand and called and gestured.

"Oh, really? Hahahaha, I didn't tell you when you were not at home. This is the person I rescued today. She is not a book thief. Her name is Lily. Hahahaha, good, good, thank you for looking after the house." The hermit put the guinea pig on the sofa while speaking, and then helped Lily, who was lying on the ground and doubting her life, up.

"What the hell is this?" Lily stared at the guinea pig and muttered to herself. She still couldn't accept that she couldn't catch a guinea pig. Even though she was injured, the guinea pig kept dodging in one place, but she couldn't touch even a hair no matter how hard she tried.

"Her, hahaha, don't be sad, she is the treasure-stealing mouse 'Squeaky', a strange creature in my hometown, which can find all kinds of treasures. Although she is not big, she is two years younger than you in age." The hermit helped Lily to the sofa.

"Guinea pig?" Lily looked at Squeaky beside her, "Can it live for twelve years?"

"Squeaky Squeaky!!!" Squeaky heard Lily's words and instantly jumped up and prepared to attack Lily. Fortunately, the hermit was quick-witted and picked up Squeaky, and kept stroking her fur to comfort her.

"Treasure-stealing mouse, it's a treasure-stealing mouse. If you say she is a guinea pig, she will be angry."

"Oh, oh, sorry, sorry, please forgive me." Lily looked at the angry Squeaky and apologized quickly.

Hearing Lily's apology, Squeaky finally calmed down, but still ignored Lily. One mouse ran to the back of the sofa, turned his back to Lily and put his hands in his pockets, looking like "Huh - this mouse is very angry".

"It's okay, don't worry about her, she will be fine in a while. Treasure-stealing rats are a specialty of my hometown. They can find all kinds of treasures and have a long lifespan. Generally speaking, they can live 80-120 years. Don't underestimate them, hahahahahaha." The hermit looked at Zhizhi, touched his beard and laughed to explain to Lily.

"80-120 years, I can't imagine it. This is probably the longest-lived rat I know." Lily looked at Zhizhi in amazement. In this chaotic sea, people dare not say that they can live beyond 80 years old. It is really a magical animal.

"Are all treasure-stealing rats so strong?" Although she heard the hermit's explanation, Lily was still very unhappy that she couldn't catch Zhizhi.

"No, no, no, it's not like that. Ordinary treasure-stealing mice are not much better than ordinary mice except that they are faster and smarter." The hermit waved his hand. "I trained Zhizhi since she was a child. Zhizhi's parents were raised by me and followed me for many years. Later, they gave birth to Zhizhi, but Zhizhi never hatched. Oh, by the way, although treasure-stealing mice are mammals, they are oviparous. Isn't it amazing?"

"Oviparous? Mammals?" Lily felt the world was so big and full of wonders again.

"Yes, Zhizhi was born a few years ago, and Toutou and Zhaozhao are no longer here. Zhizhi was also raised by me, and I taught her some skills. How about it? Awesome, isn't it?" The hermit said, while giving a thumbs up.

"Awesome, no! Wait!" Lily agreed casually, but suddenly found a blind spot. Treasure-stealing mice can live for 80-120 years. Zhizhi's parents were raised by the hermit, but now these two are no longer here?

"Did Zhizhi's parents die of illness?" Lily asked cautiously.

"Oh, no, they died of normal death, old age." The hermit said indifferently.

"Then, how old are you?"

"That~~~I won't tell you." The hermit pretended to think for a while, and then suddenly made a face at Lily.

"If you want to know, just take good care of yourself. Maybe I will tell you one day when I am happy. As for now." The hermit said, suddenly taking out a huge plate of grilled fish from nowhere, "It's time to eat!"

"Eat well! Rest well! This is the secret to healing! Let's start dinner!" A hermit raised his chopsticks like an old child.

"Zhizhizhi!" Zhizhi also jumped up.

"Huh," Lily breathed, forget it, the old man didn't want to say anything, just asking his age is a very impolite behavior, and then Lily started to echo, "It's time to eat -"

"No, no, you have to be impressive even when you are eating! Come with me! Dinner is ready!!!" The hermit suddenly insisted for some reason, thinking that Lily had no momentum at all, and refused to hand the chopsticks to Lily.

"It's time to eat!" Lily shouted helplessly.

"No! Although the sound is enough, it doesn't have the momentum. Come again!"

"It's time to eat!"

"No! Come again!"

“It’s time to eat!!”

"Not enough! Not enough! Do it again!"

A bunch of tic-tac-toes popped up on Lily's head. She had been teased by Zhizhi once, but now the hermit came again. Lily, who couldn't bear it anymore, took a deep breath.

"Open-! Food-! La-!"

"Hahahaha, that's cool! Let's have dinner, let's have dinner!"

"Squeak, squeak, squeak!"

"Ah, it's delicious."

"Oh! You are eating so vigorously, we can't lose! Come on! Zhizhi!"

"Squeak, squeak, squeak!"

"Hahahahaha"

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