The Bankrupt Protagonist and the Terrified Hamster

Clang—

Again, the hamster crashed into the cage.

Satisfied with the hamster's reaction and his ability to frighten it at will, Xia Yu continued practicing. However, half an hour later, the hamster gained immunity. No matter the creature, if it keeps seeing the same unchanging scene, even if it's terrifying, it won't feel it anymore.

So Xia Yu started looking for different ways to scare the hamster: the hair-raising surprise attack from above, sneaking behind its enemy, a fake attack…

These varied methods kept the hamster panicking for an hour, but after an hour, it grew accustomed again. It realized that the fierce looking creature in front couldn't enter the cage.

Seeing that this type of intimidation was no longer effective, Xia Yu knew it was time to take it a step further.

The hamster thought it was safe now and felt no fear, so all Xia Yu had to do was to break its sense of safety, making it fearful again.

However, letting the hamster run around in his room was not a wise choice.

First, he opened the door. Xia Yu pounced on the cage, shaking it with his two claws, and bit at the cage with his mouth wide open.

The hamster was slightly panicked but remained calm until Xia Yu opened the cage and poured it out.

Seeing its safe house being thrown to the top of the cupboard by the black cat, the hamster completely panicked. It tried to run under the bed but was pulled back by Xia Yu and tossed into the living room.

With the bedroom door closed, Xia Yu ran in front of the hamster and scared it with a meow, making its hair stand on end.

The hamster desperately clawed at the floor tiles with all four paws, stopping its forward momentum and running to the right.

Xia Yu went to the right again and scared it with another meow.

An hour later, Xia Yu rested on the balcony, giving the hamster a break too.

Five minutes later, he started chasing again. To increase the hamster's fear, he even overcame his disgust, gently bit the hamster, and flung it to the side.

Another hour passed, and during the halftime break, Xia Yu lay on the sofa while the hamster clung to a chair leg.

At that moment, the sound of a door opening was heard, as a girl came out of the room.

She noticed the black cat on the sofa but didn't see the hamster on the chair leg. She picked up the black cat, stroking its fur while examining its body.

Upon seeing that the black cat was fine, she breathed a sigh of relief.

It seemed that her brother hadn't mistreated the cat, and the earlier meow was just them playing.

However, hiding in his room and playing with a cat right after coming home was strange indeed.

After smoothing the black cat's slightly messy fur, she headed towards the bathroom.

Being held in Yuxue's arms, Xia Yu was puzzled, not understanding why the girl wanted to take him to the bathroom.

It wasn't until she closed the bathroom door and started to undress that he realized the situation.

This girl was really too careless, casually going into the bathroom with a cat, not knowing that there might be a person inside the cat's body!

Standing up, Xia Yu walked towards the door. He was a cat with ideals and morals, so how could he do such a thing?

However, as he approached the door, Yuxue caught him with a playful sound.

"You're not allowed to skip bathing!" The girl's grip was tight, and Xia Yu couldn't break free.

"..."

Opening his mouth wide, Xia Yu pretended to bite Yuxue's fingers.

The girl immediately panicked and let go. He took the opportunity to open the door and run out.

After closing the door, he locked it.

A sister who didn't know to be cautious was really worrying for a cat.

Scared by his sudden movement, Yuxue didn't chase after him.

When he heard the sound of water in the bathroom, Xia Yu finally relaxed.

He came to the dining table and looked at the chair legs.

Huh? Where's my hamster?

It was so big and was just here, so how could it suddenly disappear?

He searched the living room, looking under the sofa and cabinets, but still couldn't find the hamster.

Where did it go?

With its small body, it couldn't have climbed to any high place!

Scratching his head, he searched the living room again and checked the bedrooms but still couldn't find the hamster.

Sitting on the sofa, Xia Yu fell deep into thought; where on earth had the hamster gone?

After a while, Yuxue finished bathing and walked out in her pajamas.

The girl carefully stepped in front of Xia Yu and reached out her hand.

Thinking she wanted to hold him, Xia Yu cooperatively straightened his claws.

But Yuxue's palm suddenly shrank back.

"Stinky cat, I won't hold you!" She finished speaking and giggled as she walked into the bedroom.

Although he knew Yuxue was most likely retaliating for what happened earlier, Xia Yu still felt a bit of panic in his heart.

What to do if the little angel sister dislikes him?

He sniffed his body and didn't smell anything, but considering that a cat's sense of smell might be different from humans, Xia Yu decided to take a bath himself.

He went to the bathroom, picked up Xia Dongyang's basin, and placed it under the faucet to fill it with water.

The faucet was a bit high, so he had to jump up to reach the handle.

After filling the basin, he tested the temperature with his claws and just as he was about to get in, he discovered an unwelcome guest.

In the corner where the bathing supplies were placed, a gray hamster was hugging a bottle of shower gel, shivering with fear.

Bending down, Xia Yu calmly analyzed and thought carefully:

1. A hamster is in the bathroom

2. Yuxue had just taken a bath in the bathroom

"..."

"Meow--!"

"Squeak--!"

The hamster was bitten by the black cat and thrown into the living room.

Cancelling the hamster's break time, he chased it until two in the morning. After venting his anger, Xia Yu caught it back into the cage and returned to his own body.

Sitting up from the bed, he glanced at the hamster on the floor. The exhausted hamster, upon seeing safety, had already fallen asleep.

The black cat also slept in place.

As he picked up the hamster cage, he shook the hamster awake and set it down beside the black cat.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak!"

Sticking to the corner farthest from the black cat, the hamster trembled with fear.

Satisfied with the hamster's reaction, Xia Yu sat at the desk, opened his skill panel and took a look.

Seeing the Intimidate skill at level 1, he smiled.

Focusing on the hamster, he recalled the feeling of fluffing up and used Intimidate.

"Squeak--!" The hamster felt a giant creature in front of it suddenly swell, its mouth growing tusks and its eyes flashing a fierce light.

The hamster's body stiffened, and it fell inside the cage.

Lifting the cage and seeing that the hamster had only fainted, Xia Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

He planned to use this hamster in cycles.

With the Intimidate skill, he has more chances against the maid leader.

Bored, he read a book for a while, then recalled the incident when Yuxue brought him to the bathroom.

Speaking of which, it seemed that Yuxue had developed quite fast.

Her old underwear was becoming too small to wear.

At seven-thirty, after washing up and finishing breakfast, Xia Yu called out to his sister.

"Hmm?" Yuxue looked at him puzzled.

Xia Yu took out two hundred yuan from his pocket, thought for a moment, and added another three hundred: "Go buy some clothes!"

With keen perception, Yuxue understood that Xia Yu had noticed something.

If it were someone else's sister, they would probably be giving their brother a disdainful look and feel embarrassed, but the reason why Yuxue can be Xia Yu's little angel is because she is different from those enchanting characters.

The girl hugged Xia Yu: "I can't believe my brother found out; you're amazing."

However, she only took one banknote: "I don't need so much, one hundred is more than enough."

"Quality clothes are important, and you can just spend the rest however you like." He patted the girl's head, and although his heart ached for the remaining two thousand five hundred savings, Xia Yu still stuffed all the money to her.

Today, I will deal with the head maid, and then devote all my efforts to learning the piano quickly!

If things continue like this, not to mention making money, I'll soon go bankrupt!