I Was Scammed By A Snow Leopard cub - Chapter 5

Chapter 5 – Going To The Main Planet

The little guy was so happy that his tail was up in the air, and he took happy little steps and circled around on the carpet.

The meows were one after another, so sweet.

Why is the little guy so happy all of a sudden?

Luo Yu was extremely curious, but the untransformed cubs could not speak, so he had to give up.

He put the vest he made on the little guy, and the soft and cute baby turned into a cool boy, cute and handsome. He put the gems into the small pocket and pressed the Velcro to ensure that it would not fall out. After making all the preparations, Luo Yu carried the little baby to the police station.

As soon as he walked into the police station lobby, Officer Lin came over.

He saw the cub from yesterday and was surprised: “Is this the dirty little cat from yesterday? I can hardly recognize it.”

Xie Anxing understood what he said and waved his little paws angrily in Luo Yu’s arms.

He is not a dirty little cat!

Luo Yu rubbed his head helplessly, feeling a little headache: Why are the little guy and Officer Lin always so unfriendly when they meet, even though they are both orcs?

That won’t work.

Luo Yu put the little guy on the chair, squatted down and looked him in the eye, and said seriously: “You can’t be so rude, okay? Officer Lin helped us yesterday, we should thank him and be good friends with him, right?”

The little cub was stunned for a moment, then lowered its head. It seemed to be struggling for a while before wagging its tail to show that it understood.

Luo Yu smiled, rewarded the good boy, and kissed the furry snow leopard’s head.

After being kissed, the cub’s tail rose up again and swayed happily. When facing Officer Lin again, although he was not as close, he was not as resistant as before.

Seeing that Luo Yu dealt with the cub with just a few words, Officer Lin respected him very much and took the opportunity to touch the cub’s head twice.

So soft! Snow leopards have a thick layer of fat, and they feel much better than those of their own cubs.

Now that all the necessary pleasantries have been exchanged, it’s time to get down to business.

Officer Lin led the way and sent Luo Yu and the cub into the conference room. An old acquaintance was already waiting for them at the main seat.

After Luo Yu recognized who it was, he asked in surprise: “Uncle Bell? Why are you here in person?”

The person in front of him is Bell, the chief of the town police department. He is a sworn brother of Luo Yu’s mentor Wei Li, and he has almost watched Luo Yu grow up.

Although he has reached retirement age, the old director is still energetic and always works on the front line. It was thanks to his care that Luo Yu was able to become Wei Li’s apprentice and learn a craft.

He didn’t expect that this matter would be reported to Bell so quickly.

The old director greeted him cheerfully at first, and seeing his confusion, he explained: “Beiya told me yesterday when she came home. I just happened to have something to bring to you, so I came to take a look today.”

This makes sense. Beiya, who examined the cub yesterday, is Bell’s granddaughter.

Luo Yu said: “Then I’ll trouble Uncle Bei.”

Bell waved his hand and said, “How can this be considered a problem?” Then he changed the subject and went straight to the point.

“What are you going to do with this cub?”

Luo Yu was stunned. Although he felt a little surprised that Bell, as the decision maker, did not deal with the issue directly but asked for his opinion first, he still told the truth out of trust in Bell.

“The most urgent thing is to find his parents. If we can’t contact them, it would be best to find out the reason why he can’t transform and try to solve it. In addition…”

Luo Yu paused. If these two points were reasonable, the rest was just his selfishness. He was nervous, but decided to speak his mind.

“Besides, I don’t want to send him to an orphanage… If possible, I’m willing to take care of him for free until the matter is resolved.”

The arrival of the little guy inadvertently filled the void in his heart and threw a stone into his life as calm as stagnant water, causing ripples.

This proposal is very bold, even beyond the line.

After Luo Yu finished speaking, he looked at Bell cautiously. Fortunately, the old director did not blame him at all. Instead, he said in an ambiguous tone, “Well, that’s good.”

Hmm? Pretty good?

Luo Yu was increasingly confused about what he was talking about.

The cub in his arms kept his ears erect the whole time, and when he heard Luo Yu say that he didn’t want to send him away, he happily wagged his tail.

Luo Yu must like him too, right?

The little guy was so proud of himself that he felt very happy.

It’s great that Luo Yu likes him. As for finding the parents, he thinks that’s easy to solve.

As long as Luo Yu goes to the main planet, he can take Luo Yu to find his home. He even remembers where his father works, so going home is no problem for the smart little cub!

While the little guy was secretly feeling proud of himself, Luo Yu was worried.

What does Uncle Bei mean?

Did he want him to send the cub away or not?

He really didn’t want to send him away, but if he had to, he would have no choice but to accept it.

He had made up his mind that if Uncle Bei said he couldn’t stay, he would go to the orphanage as a volunteer and take care of the cub in another way.

Bell saw his doubts and confusion, but was not in a hurry at all. He drank his tea slowly.

It was rare to see the mature and steady Luo Yu show this expression, and the old man thought it was quite interesting. However, teasing too much was not good, so Bell stopped while he was ahead and brought the interstellar express he had just received this morning to the table.

It was a square object, carefully wrapped, about the size of a palm.

Bell pushed the thing in front of Luo Yu and said, “Here, it should belong to that old guy, Wei Li. I don’t know why he sent it to me. You are his grandson, so it is yours now. Open it and take a look.”

Wei Li had no partner and only accepted Luo Yu as his disciple in his later years. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was his grandson.

Luo Yu took it and opened it. It was a small wooden box, inside of which lay a key and a three-fold piece of letter paper.

Luo Yu unfolded the letter and read the contents with surprise on his face.

Bell, who was sitting opposite him, looked at his expression and was a little surprised: “Why? You didn’t know about this?”

Luo Yu smiled bitterly: “mentor never mentioned it to me.”

The letter said that his mentor Wei Li bought an empty house in the main planet in the name of Luo Yu two years ago, paid the money but did not go through all the transfer procedures, and only asked the buyer to hire someone to clean it regularly. Now the buyer is about to move to another planet, so he wrote to him hoping that he could go through the formalities as soon as possible.

Bell muttered something strange, but didn’t say much. He stood up and patted Luo Yu on the shoulder: “Although I don’t know why you have always been reluctant to go far away, but you have to go this time, A’Yu.”

Luo Yu lowered his eyes, still a little hesitant in his heart. Bell saw it and directly blocked his way out.

“Think about it carefully. The medical conditions in this town are so backward, how can we leave the cub here? Why don’t you take him to the main planet and take care of the house at the same time. Don’t worry about the regulations of the police station. We can’t spare any manpower to deal with the little guy alone right now. I feel relieved if you can do it.”

Now there is no more reason to refuse.

Luo Yu smiled bitterly and said okay.

After thanking Uncle Bei, he walked out of the police station holding the cub. On the way to the studio, he suddenly received a call from Pei Kong.

His tone was urgent: “A’Yu? What kind of leopard was the cub you told me about before?”

Luo Yu: “It’s a snow leopard. A male cub, about five years old.”

After a series of ding-dong sounds, Pei Kong’s voice became like a deflated ball again: “Alas… I just checked, it shouldn’t be from that company.”

Luo Yu was confused: “What do you mean?”

Pei Kong: “There is a very famous snow leopard family on the main star. I didn’t know much about the military before, but I just suddenly remembered it. Do you know the youngest commander of the empire? He is a snow leopard orc. I heard from my father before that that man seemed to have a cub at home. But I just checked, he just came back from another star system a few days ago, and brought the cub with him. Look, the news headline is very clear: ‘The commander was intercepted by star pirates on his return, and his combat power was crushed and he returned with his son’.”

Luo Yu was a little disappointed, but still asked, “Could it be a distant relative?”

“It is possible.” Pei Kong suddenly realized that this was a great opportunity to persuade Luo Yu to come to the main planet. “If it is really a distant relative who may know your cub, why don’t you come to the main planet and ask him in person?”

Luo Yu didn’t keep the person in suspense and just said “hmm”.

Pei Kong: “If you don’t want to come, then don’t come. I’ll ask my dad for you later…” He was used to being rejected by Luo Yu, and he realized something was wrong halfway through his words: “Wait, what did you just say? You agreed to come to the main star?!”

Luo Yu suppressed his laughter and confirmed again: “Yes, I agree.”

Pei Kong was so excited that he almost set off fireworks, and he kept howling on the other end. Luo Yu listened and rubbed the little snow leopard’s head.

“Thank you, little one.”

•=|=•

Although he had decided to go to the main planet, there were still many things waiting for Luo Yu to deal with. So he brought the cub to his studio and began to work hard on the order.

The little guy was unusually sensible. When he saw that he had something to do, he went to play aside obediently, which made Luo Yu feel very guilty.

He made up his mind that he would make it up to the cub later.

After spending the entire morning making and shipping the custom-made shawls, rejecting all new orders and posting a “temporarily closed” message on the studio homepage, Luo Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, it’s time to deal with his personal affairs seriously.

He looked up at his watch and saw that it was time for lunch. He took off his work clothes and went to look for the cub.

However, the cub, who had been playing with toys on the carpet a few minutes ago, was gone.

His heart skipped a beat and he immediately went to check the studio door lock.

There are no signs of the door being tampered with.

The little ball that was here just now couldn’t have disappeared out of thin air. Luo Yu immediately realized that the naughty little guy might want to play hide-and-seek with him.

So he walked around the studio, slowly looking for the cub.

Under the curtains, no. Under the chairs, no.

Under the low cabinet, no.

Under the table…wait.

The hat on the half-stage was taken down and placed on the table.

Luo Yu roughly estimated that a ball of fur could fit in just enough.

He didn’t know how the little guy managed to climb up such a high table with his short legs.

He tried to hold back his laughter, but maliciously ignored the table area and looked elsewhere. While searching, he pretended to be distressed: “Where did the little dumpling hide? It’s really a headache.”

The little rascal who had been well behaved the whole morning was now hiding under his hat, with his little ears pushing up the brim a little and squinting his eyes to observe outside secretly.

He saw Luo Yu find the door from the window, and then look for it from the other side, but he didn’t even look at the table where he was hiding.

Xie Anxing was extremely anxious, and he placed his two front paws on the edge of his hat to make the originally narrow gap even wider.

Look at me! I’m here! Take a look!

The decorative feathers on the brim of the hat kept trembling, and it was almost as if the cub’s hiding place was written directly on it.

Luo Yu heard the noise behind him and burst out laughing. Afraid that the little guy would get too hot in the hat, he deliberately asked, “Huh? Why is the hat here?”

He pretended to walk towards the table, and the gap that was originally three fingers wide disappeared in an instant, leaving only the feather that was still swaying gently.

Luo Yu walked over and slowly lifted his hat.

The snow leopard cub pressed down its ears with its paw pads, held its tail in its mouth, closed its eyes, and rolled its entire body into a small ball. It slid out of the hat and fell onto the table with a plop.

Luo Yu’s heart melted after facing such cuteness.

He pressed the cub’s paw pad and whispered, “Since you like to curl up so much, how about calling you Tuantuan?”

The ears under the pads of flesh trembled, and the little fellow turned over and turned into a cat worm.

“Meow~”

He acted coquettishly towards Luo Yu, taking small steps over to rub his hand.

Luo Yu called out twice more, and the cub responded with softer and softer voices each time. In the end, it just rolled over on his arms, as if it really liked it.

“Then, I’ll call you Tuan Tuan until I know your original name.”

“We’re going home, Tuantuan.”

•=|=•

The next morning, Luo Yu carried the cub to the only starport on the planet.

The purpose of this trip was rather special and it was not convenient to tell other people, so only Bell, Officer Lin and Beiya came to see him off.

Seeing the cub put on a small vest and nestled in Luo Yu’s arms with a brand new vest, Beiya said in amazement: “This little guy is so cute after dressing up! Luo Ge, he seems to be even more attached to you.”

Indeed, Luo Yu and the cub have been inseparable these days. In just a few days, Luo Yu has completely adapted to the presence of the little ball who likes to act coquettishly and ask for hugs, and the little guy also likes to be close to him, and the big and small sleep together.

Bell: “The captain of this flight is an old acquaintance of mine. I’ve called him in advance for you. It’s inconvenient to bring the kid with you. Take this and sit in the family class directly.”

He handed over a letter of explanation with a police stamp, saying that because of the cub’s special situation, they had applied for a ride without identity verification.

Luo Yu thanked him gratefully. With this letter of explanation, it would be very convenient to travel with the cub. Bell had considered everything very carefully: the common cabin of the transport ship was next to other passengers, and Luo Yu holding the cub would inevitably attract attention. The family cabin was a separate cabin that could accommodate 2-3 people, which was much more low-key and safer to travel with the cub.

Luo Yu sent his luggage to the hotel he had booked in advance the night before. He only brought a shoulder bag with him, which contained some food and other necessary items for going out.

There was no direct flight from his planet to the main planet, so he could only transfer to a nearby more developed planet. After saying goodbye to the three people one by one, Luo Yu held the cub and boarded the first transport ship.

While waiting for takeoff, he looked up the star news that Pei Kong had mentioned before.

The headlines in the military section a few days ago were easy to find, and there was a clear photo as soon as you opened it.

The tall man in black uniform and military cap shows only half of his profile in the picture.

The man’s thin lips were tightly closed, his face staring forward with a stern expression, holding a cub in one hand.

Luo Yu’s eyes were immediately drawn to the cub. It looked about the same size as Tuan Tuan, and its fur color was very similar, but unfortunately the cub’s face was not captured in the photo.

Although the patterns of the cubs are very similar, maybe they are really distant relatives?

A little confidence was rekindled in Luo Yu’s heart.

With the letter of explanation issued by Bell, the journey was relatively smooth, except for a small episode after the transfer.

The second transport ship was of very high specifications, much more advanced than the one in the small town, and had more passengers. Luo Yu was very low-key along the way, but the combination of a large and a small one still attracted some attention.

Not long after they boarded the ship, there was a knock on the door of their family cabin.

“Hello, passengers. Welcome aboard. Would you like a drink or a blanket?”

A female flight attendant in work clothes asked with a smile on her face and very enthusiastically.

Luo Yu was stunned.

He remembered that on the previous transport ship, the family cabin had no special care except for the separate cabin. Looking at Tuan Tuan rolling on the seat, Luo Yu subconsciously replied: “Then give me a blanket, thank you.”

Although the seat was soft, the walls on both sides were made of hard metal. It would be bad if it got bumped, so Luo Yu thought of using a blanket to cushion it.

After hearing his answer, the female flight attendant immediately said, “Please wait a moment! I’ll get it for you!”

After saying this she quickly turned and left, soon returning with not only a blanket but also some treats for the cubs.

Luo Yu thanked him with a smile, but the young female stewardess looked shy and awkwardly made a personal request.

“Sir… can I take a picture with your cub? Your cub is really cute!” The flight attendant noticed the father and son as soon as they got on the starship. The father was gentle and the cub was soft and cute. She couldn’t restrain herself for a moment and ran over to ask rashly.

Knowing that her request was a bit sudden, the female flight attendant looked at Luo Yu cautiously, fearing to offend him. Luo Yu did not directly agree or refuse, but picked up the cub.

“Tuan Tuan? This sister wants to take a photo with you, are you willing?”

The cub tilted its head and meowed softly.

•=|=•

A minute later, the female flight attendant rushed back to the preparation room in her high heels, holding her personal terminal.

After closing the door, the scream that had been suppressed for a long time finally broke out.

“Sisters! I got a photo!!”

The other two flight attendants immediately gathered around, vying to see the precious photos of the cubs.

“Ahhh! So cute! My heart melted when I saw it when I boarded the ship!”

“Yeah! That young dad is so nice that he actually agreed to take a photo with us!”

“Yeah! And when I asked if I could take a picture, he didn’t agree right away, but asked the cub’s opinion first! He really respects the child.”

After sucking the cub contentedly, the female stewardess did not forget to share the photos in the private chat group.

A photo of a snow leopard cub wearing a small vest and leaning against the window was passed privately among the starship crew and finally reached the hands of a transport ship dispatch officer who held a high position on the main star.

The dispatch officer frowned, and the more he looked at the photo, the more he felt that the cub looked familiar.

He looked at it for a long time, and suddenly slapped his head: “Hey! Isn’t this the snow leopard cub that the administrator asked us to keep an eye on a few days ago?! Quick! Find where the photo came from!”

“Also! Hurry up and inform Admiral Bourne! The cub he was looking for has been found!”