Cāi Cāi

Chapter69: Act IX: A Secret That Cannot Be Told (3)

Generally, lizards needed to be fed live bait, such as mice, snails, bread worms, etc., but the blue-tongued skink was a famous 'trash bin'. Besides feeding them what they themselves didn't want to or couldn't eat, many owners would directly feed them discounted dog food along with cooked chicken, so the blue tongued lizard was very suitable as a family pet.

In addition, it was highly interactive with its owner, very sticky and lively. Besides the fact that it couldn't wag its tail like a dog, it was like raising a dog.

However, this 'dog among lizards' turned into a 'cat among lizards' as soon as it touched water.

Tan Yiming filled the water in the water basin until it was a finger-length depth and put the big lizard in. As a result, the big lizard desperately threw his limbs, firmly holding Tan Yiming's hands and not daring to let go.

Every time Tan Yiming shook it down, it stuck back up with a shudder, then he shook it down, and it stuck up again. This happened until it slipped upwards, and without leaving his hands, rushed fast, climbing from Tan Yiming's hands up his arms when he wasn't paying attention. Obviously, it was only a little water, but as a result, every bath was like a fight.

Seeing Tan Yiming's body taken by the lizard, Xiang Cai, who was holding the showerhead beside him, was amused.

Xiang Cai laughed, "You, pull its tail! Pull its tail!"

Tan Yiming: "His tail cannot be pulled, do you think he is a gecko? -Ah!"

Before his voice fell, Dabao leapt forward, and actually went straight from Tan Yiming's arm to Xiang Cai's shoulder!!!

Because of the hot weather, Xiang Cai only wore a big loose vest. As soon as the lizard flew over, its cold body was directly attached to the boy's skin! That slippery touch...the pointed claws on its little feet...

If Xiang Cai really was a swan, at this time, his feathers would have definitely exploded as he quacked, trying his best to throw the little devil off his body.

Visibly to the naked eye, all the goosebumps on Xiang Cai's body instantly popped out. His hairs rose upright, and his whole body stiffened.

He couldn't move and couldn't say anything, just twisting his head little by little, slightly to his shoulder.

Dabao's two small eyes opened and it tilted its head to look at him.

Xiang Cai: "..."

Dabao stuck out his fleshy blue tongue and licked Xiang Cai's bare shoulder.

Xiang Cai: "Ah ah ah ah ah!"

He shook his hand, and the showerhead in his hand missed its target, pouring head-on towards the opposite Tan Yiming.

Tan Yiming was drenched by the bath water coming from the showerhead. He rushed up, turned off the shower with one hand, and removed the lizard from Xiang Cai with the other hand, coaxing: "It's okay, it's okay, don't be afraid. You don't need to be afraid of him, he's an animal and is more afraid of you. The more you call out, and the more afraid you are, the more he will stick out his tongue in fear..."

But how could Xiang Cai hear this? His whole body was stiff on the spot and completely dysfunctional.

It wasn't until Tan Yiming took the frightened Dabao from him and put him into the nearby cage, that Xiang Cai barely regained his lost reason.

It turned out that Xiang Cai, who had 'never met any big winds and waves, and could carry himself independently', had a weakness.

[T/N: the whole quoted phrase means something like, he could carry responsibilities and handle things all by himself.]