When Li Jing woke up from his sleep, it was already evening.

After walking out of the room, Ji Qing, Stinky Tofu, a cat and a dog were watching TV in the living room.

If other people saw this scene, they would definitely find it incredible.

But in this villa, it is daily life.

Seeing Li Jing come out of the room, Stinky Tofu quickly stood up and shook his head.

Ji Qing asked in human language.

"When is dinner?"

"Well, I'll cook right away."

Li Jing responded, went to Stinky Tofu's kennel, gave him some dog food, and looked at Ji Qing.

"Chen Yuran hasn't come back yet?"

"No."

Ji Qing curled up on the sofa and yawned lazily, then sighed.

"There are inspections and auxiliary inspections everywhere now, and the situation is even greater than when there was a demon miasma a while ago. Looking at this, I will have to wait for a while to return to the hot pot restaurant and be my own boss lady."

"It does have to wait a while, this matter won't calm down so easily."

Li Jing nodded.

Ji Qing has obviously learned clearly about the current situation in Beicheng District through news and other channels.

The impact of the incident on her was indeed quite large.

Especially the case involving a humanoid monster.

Li Jing didn't know what Dai Hong thought of this.

But to be on the safe side, it would be better for Ji Qing to stay at Chen Yuran's house.

Walking to the refrigerator to select ingredients, Li Jing looked back.

"After dinner later, I'm going to go out to the spiritual market."

"Spiritual market?"

Ji Qing made a sound of surprise, then jumped off the sofa and trotted over, jumping up on Li Jing's shoulders with her four short legs.

"Take me with you. I haven't gone out seriously for a long time. I'm bored at home playing games every day. With you by my side, I don't have to worry about being detained for questioning or anything like that."

"this……"

Li Jing hesitated.

It's nothing to take Ji Qing out.

The key point was that he went to the spiritual object market to appraise Qu Lianghong's body. If he could sell it on the spot, he would sell it.

It involves a humanoid monster, so it seems a bit inappropriate to bring Ji Qing along with you?

Looking at Li Jing with a teasing look on his face, as if he didn't want to take him with him, Ji Qing tilted her head.

"What? Are you going on a date or something? You can't take me with you?"

"That's not the case."

Li Jing shook his head.

After thinking about it, he simply took out Qu Lianghong's body from the storage space.

Leng Buding saw someone take out a snake, and Ji Qing was stunned.

"This is……?"

"I killed a female snake demon in human form."

Li Jing narrates.

"..."

Ji Qing was silent and then asked.

"Did she harm someone?"

"She is responsible for all the trouble in the city."

Li Jing said,

"I went to the market to estimate the price and find a merchant who collects monster materials to sell the things for some money. Why don't you come with me on this matter? She is the same as you..."

Before he finished speaking, Ji Qing made a strange sound.

"I am a cat, and this is a snake on your hand. It cannot be said to be the same kind."

As she spoke, she took a closer look at Qu Lianghong's body.

"Since you have harmed people, you deserve to die. I won't sympathize with anyone because we are both monsters. We humanoid monsters don't have as many rules as you humans, but there is a saying that when you go into town, do as the Romans do. To integrate into society, all human society has to do

Legal principles and human feelings are something we must adapt to and learn."

After talking a lot, Ji Qing continued.

"A snake monster like this one in your hands that caused so much trouble is a danger to me, who is also a humanoid monster. Just like the situation outside now, my life has been seriously affected by it.

It’s too late for me to hate it, so how can I sympathize with it?”

Listening to Ji Qing's very rational words, Li Jing frowned strangely.

"I understand. I'm going to sell this snake demon for money. Do you mind?"

"What's the big deal?"

Ji Qing said calmly and said.

"Even if we monsters have a human form, we are not human after all. We have the nature of beasts in our bones, and there is a food chain relationship. It is very common to hunt each other, and it is more common for the same species to kill each other. Monsters want to live in harmony with each other.

, it must be based on equal strength and temperament.”

As she spoke, she hummed and added.

"Take me personally as an example. I belong to the cat family, and I was born to be a predator. But as a Ragdoll cat, I am relatively docile and don't like to hunt. If it were another cat family, I would see snakes, rats, and birds.

The transformed demon will become murderous on the spot. On the premise of not exposing itself and being able to capture the opponent, unless there are special reasons, it is very rare to be able to hold back and not strike."

While speaking, Ji Qing licked her pink and tender paws, with a hint of greed in her cat's eyes.

"You are just selling this snake monster for money. If you want it to be in my hands, it must be a meal of snake meat soup. To you humans, high-level monsters are full of treasures, and how are they not to us monsters? High-level monsters are very valuable to us.

For me, who is also a monster, this is a real tonic that helps me practice. By the way, the same concept applies to Tofu as a spiritual beast. Spiritual beasts are docile only towards people, not other animals.

It’s not very human-friendly. Stinky tofu looks harmless to humans and animals because it has been domesticated since childhood and its breed is relatively special.”

"..."

Li Jing.

What Ji Qing said is very true.

And reasonable.

Isn’t this the survival of the fittest in nature?

Human beings are essentially a link in the natural food chain.

It's just that human beings are special, possessing humanity and wisdom, and standing at the top of the food chain.

Li Jingzhen never thought about it that much before.

Ji Qing's explanation made him understand.

Regardless of whether they are spiritual beasts or monsters, they are basically beasts.

Even if there are good and evil, animal nature is still difficult to eradicate.

People like Ji Qing are so docile not because they have good intentions, but purely because of their special nature.

Seeing Ji Qing staring straight at the snake in his hand as he spoke, Li Jing turned his head and looked at the stinky tofu in the corner of the living room, which seemed to be eating dog food but was actually peeking over from time to time, and silently glanced at Qu Lianghong's

The main body is stuffed back into the storage space.

It turned out that he was unconscious.

Now that he understood it, how could he not be on guard against possible "house thieves"?

…

Without Chen Yuran, Li Jing didn't have much luck.

After having a simple meal with Ji Qing, he went back to his room and changed his clothes.

Back in the living room, Ji Qing was waiting at the door.

When the stinky tofu filled his stomach, he lay down in his doghouse.

After being put on the little shoes by Li Jing, it became much more honest and did not dare to make mistakes easily.
To be continued...