SWNOVELXO Chapter 498 - 498: What a Huge Octopus! (First Update)
Chapter 498: Chapter 498: What a Huge Octopus! (First Update)
“Boss, what’s wrong with you?”
The youngest brother heard the scream and abruptly turned to look.
Behind him was an empty expanse, nothing in sight.
“Weird, I clearly heard a scream! Boss, where are you? This is no time for joking around!”
As he spoke, the youngest brother started looking around for the boss, but found nothing.
The entire villa was as quiet as death, cold sweat seeping from the youngest brother’s forehead. He forced a smile and said, “Boss, you’re really not playing fair, trying to mess with me, huh?”
Just then, a strange sound came up from the ground.
The sound was like someone chewing on something, eerily unsettling.
As tomb robbers, they had all experienced supernatural events to a greater or lesser extent, but the youngest brother had never felt as scared as he did now.
“Damn it, Boss, you son of a bitch, I’m done playing with you!” The youngest brother bolstered his courage and turned to run.
A tentacle shot out from the ground, wrapping around his ankle and yanking him downward with ferocity.
The youngest brother screamed in agony, struggling to break free, but the tentacle was incredibly strong; he stood no chance to resist and was dragged into the ground, disappearing without a trace.
The ground writhed, and the crunching noise continued.
After a moment, the chewing stopped.
Below, it seemed something let out a satisfied burp and then murmured in a muffled voice, “Delicious.”
Everything inside the villa returned to calm as if nothing had happened at all.
Tang Xuan’er rode back to Yunmeng Villa on her electric scooter with groceries she had picked up on the way from work in the basket, Xiao Sha sitting on the rear seat.
“Miss Tang, finished work?” The young security guard saw Tang Xuan’er and hurriedly greeted her with a smile, then opened the access control for her.
Tang Xuan’er smiled and nodded, “Thank you!”
Then she twisted the handlebar and rode in.
Even after Tang Xuan’er had gone far, the young security guard’s gaze lingered.
“Kid, what are you looking at?” An older security guard came over and asked.
The young guard laughed, saying, “Uncle Zhang, Miss Tang lives in Yunmeng Villa, why does she still ride an electric scooter to and from work every day?”
“Then what do you suggest she ride?” Uncle Zhang chuckled and continued with an admiring tone.
“Miss Tang is not like those messy women out there; with her standing, she could fly to work without any issues, but she just doesn’t want to show off.”
He then patted the young guard’s shoulder, “Kid, I know what you’re thinking! Miss Tang is gentle and beautiful. Just from seeing her buy groceries and cook every day, you know she’s a good girl! But, I advise you not to get any wild ideas.”
The young guard shivered and said with a forced smile, “How could I! Does Miss Tang already have a boyfriend?”
Uncle Zhang frowned, just about to speak.
At that moment, someone coughed lightly and then walked over.
“Manager!”
Uncle Zhang quickly stepped aside.
The person approaching was none other than the property manager of Yunmeng Villa, Wu Qiang. He happened to be passing by, heard the young guard’s words, and came over.
“Manager!” The young guard also lowered his head.
Wu Qiang looked at him for a while, then patted his shoulder.
“Kid, you’re new here. There are many rules you don’t understand yet, but I hope from now on, I don’t hear or see you having any inappropriate thoughts, or no matter who your backer is, I’ll have you kicked out immediately! Understand?”
The young guard’s face turned pale as he nodded meekly, “Yes!”
The security at Yunmeng Villa was well paid and provided excellent benefits.
Getting a job here was the dream of many guards.
The young guard had spent a lot of money to get this position and naturally did not want to be fired.
“Old Zhang, explain the rules to him. Damn it, does this security company not even know how to do induction training? Who’s gonna take responsibility if something happens?” Wu Qiang cursed as he walked away.
Uncle Zhang told the young security guard, “Just remember, here at Yunmeng Villa, anyone living in Number One Tian Villa or related to it in any way is not to be offended or provoked, got it?”
Then he leaned over and whispered, “See our manager? He’s pretty tough, right? But when it comes to people from Number One Tian Villa, he wouldn’t even dare to breathe heavily, so keep that in mind!”
The young security guard trembled, “Yes!”
Of course, Tang Xuan’er had no idea any of this had happened.
She never paid attention to whether the guards at the gate had changed or not.
At the moment, she was riding her electric bike up the mountain.
“Xiao Sha, I think you should lose weight!” Tang Xuan’er said.
Since Yunmeng Villa was far from the hospital she worked at, taking a cab every day was also troublesome.
Qin Yu originally planned to give Tang Xuan’er a car, but she refused.
Then she bought this electric bike.
However, when she brought Xiao Sha along, the bike always struggled to pick up speed.
“Losing weight is impossible, I will never lose weight in this lifetime!” Xiao Sha said languidly from the back seat.
Tang Xuan’er: “….”
“Could you maybe look at your phone less? You’re supposed to be a dragon, yet you talk like some gangster girl!”
“Really? Thanks!”
“….”
When they were alone, Tang Xuan’er and Xiao Sha often bickered.
In the midst of such squabbles, they returned to the villa.
Tang Xuan’er parked the electric bike and was about to go inside with the groceries in hand.
Xiao Sha sniffed the air and then said in a grave voice, “Hold on, don’t go in yet!”
Tang Xuan’er was startled, “What’s wrong?”
“There’s a demonic aura!”
As Xiao Sha spoke, a glint flashed in her eyes.
“Whatever you are, show yourself now, or I will reveal my true form and give you a good seeing to!”
The villa fell silent.
“Hmph, there’s a faint smell of seawater in the air. If I’m not mistaken, you must be from the Demon Race of the sea. Reveal yourself now, or beware my true form and Dragon’s Might!”
As the words were spoken, a formidable Dragon’s Might radiated from Xiao Sha.
Suddenly, the ground in front of the villa stirred and a long tentacle emerged, followed by a panicked voice.
“Dragon Clan, please, spare my anger, I will come out now, just don’t kill me!”
Several more tentacles slowly extended, and when the entire form was revealed,
Tang Xuan’er blurted out in surprise, “What a huge octopus!”
This octopus was the size of half a room, its pink tentacles flailing in the wind, but atop the octopus’s head were distinctly human features.
The scene should have been quite eerie.
But for some reason, this octopus always seemed comically ridiculous.
At that moment, the creature fawned over Xiao Sha, smiling ingratiatingly, “My Lord!”
Xiao Sha nodded proudly, “What business does a sea demon have, coming here?”
The octopus’s tentacles writhed as it spoke with a grievous tone, “Dragon Clan, may I ask if any of you know where Mr. Xue, Xue An, is? I have an extremely urgent matter to discuss with him!”