The True Young Master Saves the Soul Pet World by Eating Melons – CH23

Chapter 23: Ouyang Caicai

Instructor Lou Ya felt that Yu Beixuan’s attitude toward Si Er was rather unusual. Although she had never met someone with a dark-attribute constitution before, she had heard that such people typically preferred to act alone.

But Yu Beixuan seemed to enjoy being around Si Er.

Whenever Si Er ran over, he followed. When Si Er wanted to live beside the Iron-Eating Beasts, he wanted to live beside Si Er. Whenever Si Er had doubts in his heart, Yu Beixuan would respond promptly.

This was completely different from the cold, loveless dark-attribute elites she had heard about.

Tamo, meanwhile, felt it was unsafe to let Yu Beixuan live diagonally opposite. Although Yu Beixuan’s taste was peculiar and he didn’t seem to like their cute little cubs, who knew whether his soul pets might release dark substances while cultivating?

Years ago, Tamo had seen a dark-attribute exotic beast whose cultivation emitted a black mist similar to baleful energy. That mist had not only poisoned several high-tier exotic beasts into unconsciousness but had also killed all the nearby vegetation.

It worried that one of its own cubs might accidentally get poisoned.

Si Er also felt something was off about Yu Beixuan.

Wasn’t the big villain in the book always a lone wolf? Why would he want to live next to me?

I thought he’d prefer the courtyard west of the river—the one farthest from everyone else.

Yu Beixuan thought to himself that in the past, he probably would have chosen the one west of the river…

No, in the past, he wouldn’t have come to the academy at all.

He could grow strong wandering and exploring on his own—why bother coming to school and suffering through study?

It wasn’t the learning he disliked, but the constant supervision.

Still, compared to the novelty Si Er brought him, that discomfort was insignificant.

Yu Beixuan smiled at Si Er. “I’ve always been alone. Right now, you’re the only one I’m familiar with. You don’t mind if I live next to you, do you?”

Si Er was dazzled by his smile. His mouth answered faster than his brain.

“Not at all! Of course I don’t mind!”

When Student Yu smiles like that, how could I possibly mind?

No wonder City Lord Yu likes his little tiger teeth so much. They’re unbelievably cute!

Yu Beixuan: …

He truly didn’t understand how Si Er’s thoughts had suddenly wandered to his unfortunate father.

Tamo thought: Si Er doesn’t mind—but I do!

Still, after considering it, every exotic beast was different. It couldn’t judge them all by a single example.

So it said nothing for now, deciding to observe after Yu Beixuan moved in. If nothing happened, all the better. If something did, they could always make him relocate.

For the time being, it would just keep the smaller cubs away and let the bigger ones come instead.

After selecting their courtyards, Instructor Lou Ya handed them the keys and let them tour their respective residences, so they could consider what furnishings to add.

The two courtyards had similar layouts: a two-story building with seven rooms, one kitchen, one living room, two bathing rooms, and a balcony.

The restrooms were separate structures at the side—one for people, two for soul pets.

The outdoor courtyard was spacious, naturally designed for soul pets to romp around.

Si Er felt he could romp around too. He had already planned where to install a swing set, where to place a slide and a seesaw.

Those things might be childish for elementary schoolers—but for someone like him who had just graduated from college, they were perfect.

After touring their courtyards, Instructor Lou Ya brought them to visit the other two residents of the area.

“The two students living here are from Qingmu City. They’re cousins—the older brother is Ouyang Caicai, and the younger sister is Ouyang Huahua.”

Si Er blinked. “Wait… is that ‘cai’ as in vegetables?”

“Yes.” Instructor Lou Ya nodded. “You’ll understand when you see him.”

She knocked on Ouyang Caicai’s courtyard gate. As soon as he heard her voice, the door opened quickly—and Si Er’s eyes widened.

No way. If I’m not mistaken, the one who just opened the gate was… a long yardlong bean?

An extremely flexible one at that. It poked open the latch and pulled the gate wide. I’ve really seen it all now.

So is Senior Caicai named that because all his soul pets are vegetables?

[That’s right, Er’er guessed correctly!]

So what’s the gossip? Tell me, I’m listening.

Ohhh, so his original name wasn’t Ouyang Caicai. His parents first named him Ouyang Li, because his father’s favorite soul pet was a Qing Iron Tribulus plant. He even had an older brother named Ouyang Ji.

So how did “Caicai” happen? Turns out when he first learned to speak, the first word he said wasn’t “Dad” or “Mom”—it was “cai cai” (vegetables)!

Because while he could only eat rice paste, his parents ate all sorts of delicious dishes in front of him and nearly drove him crazy with craving.

Later, when his parents called him “Li Li,” he didn’t like it. He insisted on being called “Caicai.” Whenever he heard “Li Li,” he’d cry. Whenever he heard “Caicai,” he’d laugh. Over time, everyone just called him Caicai.

Children on the Ten Thousand Beast Continent register their household identity at age one. On registration day, his dad carried him there—and that’s when disaster struck.

When they reported his formal name as Ouyang Li, he pouted and cried, shouting “Caicai! Caicai!” nonstop. The registrar got brainwashed, his hand slipped—and he wrote down Ouyang Caicai.

His dad figured it was fate and didn’t bother changing it. Maybe his son learned to talk early just to make sure that ridiculous name got officially registered?

Fortunately, aside from being stubborn about the name Caicai, he was a very easy child—until he turned six. Then he became troublesome again.

His father had cultivated two Qing Iron Tribulus offshoots specifically for his sons to contract. Ouyang Ji successfully contracted his at six without issue.

But when it was Ouyang Caicai’s turn, he refused. He thought Qing Iron Tribulus wasn’t pretty.

At the time, he believed the most beautiful flowers in the world were from the cruciferous family—like rapeseed flowers and radish blossoms. Later he also liked chrysanthemum greens’ flowers and scallion blooms.

So he secretly ran away from home. Two hours later, he returned—with a freshly contracted cauliflower.

Thus began his journey of contracting vegetables.

Wow, that cauliflower is incredible. Whenever its florets bloom, they release sleep-inducing pollen that makes people drowsy.

How many florets does one cauliflower have? Don’t ask. I don’t dare imagine. There are too many to count.

Especially after being cultivated for over a decade—its diameter is already more than ten meters…

Let me see what other vegetables Senior Caicai has contracted. Why are they all vegetables I don’t like? Though… come to think of it, I don’t really like any vegetables.

There’s that super flexible Thousand-Thread Yardlong Bean we just saw—it can even be used like a whip. Apparently it hurts a lot.

There’s also an Iron-Skinned Cabbage with incredibly strong defense. In danger, it can wrap him up layer by layer.

The most aggressive one is a Fiery Red Chili Pepper—a fire-attribute exotic plant. Each chili can be used like a bomb. When it explodes, it carries a spicy blast. Even if it doesn’t kill you, you’ll end up snotty, tearful, utterly humiliated, and too burned by the spice to stand up.

Tsk tsk. That’s truly brutal.

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