Chapter 102

Chapter 102

Chapter 102 — First Release on Jinjiang Literature City

The bathroom light stayed on for quite a while.

When Xie Chen came out, holding the little kitten who had transformed back, an unmistakable joy showed on his face.

“Meow.”

The little kitten curled up into a ball, softly whining as it rolled in Xie Chen’s arms.

If it could change color, Xie Chen guessed, the little white cat would definitely turn into a little pink cat right now.

“Lili.”

Xie Chen, who had just been holding onto his rationality, now spoke with lingering pleasure: “I’ve agreed to your request to continue bathing with me from now on.”

Bai Li buried his head and gave a muffled meow.

I changed my mind.

The smile in Xie Chen’s eyes deepened: “That won’t do. Lili, you have to be a cat who keeps promises.”

Bai Li: “……”

Bai Li just wanted to be a cat who changes his mind.

In his previous eighteen years, he had never transformed, so many things about adolescence were unfamiliar to him.

Just now in the bathtub, he had, in a daze, finally experienced the reactions that come with this age.

At first, he was a little scared.

But with Master around, it didn’t seem so frightening.

In the end, his always gentle Master even let him do some things he had never encountered before.

Bai Li couldn’t hold on for long and transformed back into a cat in his exhaustion.

Xie Chen dried the wet little kitten’s fur with a blow dryer, wiped his own hair dry, and accompanied him to lie down on the bed.

They had spent quite a long time on the rooftop, and after coming back, they lingered until now.

Xie Chen thought about the birthday banquet during the day and worried that Bai Li wouldn’t have the energy then, so he hugged the kitten tightly and coaxed him to sleep.

The nearly color-changing little kitten leaned against Xie Chen’s chest, still not very sleepy.

He lifted his paw and reached toward Xie Chen’s face.“Meow.”

Master, smell this.

Xie Chen lowered his head, pinched his paw, and sniffed as he was told.

After smelling, Xie Chen was a bit puzzled: “What is it?”

Bai Li saw he had no reaction, so he sniffed his little paw again, then made a troubled cat face: “Master, I think there’s a strange smell.”

Xie Chen: “…”

Xie Chen watched him still sniffing the paw, his expression a bit awkward.

“Ahem.”

He grabbed the little paw, holding it in his palm, trying to cover up: “Lili, there’s no smell.”

“It’s getting late.”

He changed the subject, coaxing the kitten: “We should sleep now.”

The easily fooled little kitten, having his paw taken away, stopped worrying about the smell.

He obediently closed his eyes, and not long after, began to purr in his sleep. While he slept, Xie Chen kept his head lowered, watching him.

So many years…

A single and abstinent old man finally got a bit of an indescribable new experience.

Although this experience still couldn’t fill the deeper desires in his heart.

But tasting a little was still quite nice.

The night passed.

The next day, Xie Chen woke up much earlier than the little kitten.

He had a lot to do during the day, no more time to delay.

“Meow.”

He moved, and the little kitten in his arms moved a bit too, still drowsy and didn’t open his eyes.

Xie Chen gently patted his back, softly coaxing: “Sleep a little more.”

They had stayed up late yesterday; Xie Chen didn’t want him to get up too early.

The little kitten, still sleepy, fell back into a deep sleep under Xie Chen’s gentle pats.

Only now did Xie Chen finally give the address to the Bai family brothers.

Before breakfast was over, Tan Yi, Bai Liu, and Bai Si all came over with fierce momentum.

The eldest Bai brother also wanted to come, but he wasn’t in such a hurry.“Where’s Lili?” Tan Yi asked with a sour face, clearly unhappy.

“In the room.”

After Xie Chen said this, seeing they were about to go upstairs to look for the cat, he calmly added, “Lili is still sleeping. If you go up now, you’ll just wake him.”

Tan Yi and Bai Liu both stopped in their tracks when they heard this.

Only Bai Si lazily yawned and said casually, “Perfect, I’m sleepy too. I’ll go keep Lili company for a bit.”

“Stop right there.”

Xie Chen, Tan Yi, and Bai Liu all called out to him in unison.

Just kidding, they all knew exactly what Bai Si was like.

If they let him go keep Lili company, he probably wouldn’t last more than a few minutes before taking Lili away to hide him.

“Fourth Brother.”

Bai Liu pulled Bai Si onto the sofa and stuffed a pillow in his arms: “If you’re sleepy, just nap here.”

Don’t cause trouble for them.

In the living room.

Xie Chen faced the remaining two Bai brothers, still very calm.

“Want some breakfast?”

He pointed to the dining table: “The breakfast here is pretty good. You came in such a rush—aren’t you hungry?”

Tan Yi: “…”

Tan Yi’s stomach growled twice.

Very fitting, one could say.

Bai Xiao Liu heard the noise and gave a look to Third Brother that said it all.

They came seriously, to accuse Xie Chen of going too far by taking Lili away, but Third Brother and Fourth Brother, one was less reliable than the other.

“Lili likes a lively atmosphere. I want to throw him a birthday party.”

Xie Chen talked to himself: “It’s next door. There’s a lot to prepare for the birthday party. Since you’re here, you can help out.”

Bai Liu narrowed his eyes coldly: “Why should we help you?”

“Because it’s Lili’s birthday party.”

Bai Liu was momentarily stumped.

He really couldn’t refute that reason.Xie Chen finished gathering the strong men and didn’t hold back—he actually assigned them work.

The number of people who came wasn’t too many, but not too few either.

There were some familiar to Bai Li, like Zhou Zhi, and some business partners who had a good relationship with Xie Chen.

Taking this opportunity, Xie Chen officially announced his relationship with Bai Li.

The Bai family’s several brothers, especially when working for their beloved younger brother, gave it their all without question.

By noon,

The place next door for entertaining guests was all ready.

The snowy white little kitten was being taken care of by Xie Bozheng, who seemed eager to feed him.

Bai Li was focused on eating.

The way Xie Bozheng looked at him made Bai Li feel a little uncomfortable.

“Meow.”

Xie Bo, what’s wrong?

The little eating kitten couldn’t help but raise his head and asked Xie Bozheng with a question.

Xie Bozheng’s gaze measured him subtly, and seeing him ask, he casually said, “Li Li, do you feel uncomfortable?”

Bai Li shook his head: “No, I don’t feel uncomfortable.”

He had slept fully and didn’t feel uncomfortable at all.

Getting this answer, Xie Bozheng looked a bit complicated. He asked again, “When you and Sir slept yesterday, did you transform into a cat to sleep?”

“Meow.”

That’s right.

The little kitten answered Xie Bozheng’s questions honestly.

Xie Bozheng sighed immediately after hearing this.

Sigh.

Sir really needs to hurry up while he still can…

Xie Chen didn’t know what Xie Bozheng was thinking; if he did, he’d probably lose his temper.

After finishing breakfast, Bai Li went back to the bedroom, transformed, and got dressed.

When he was with Xie Chen, he basically didn’t do anything himself, but that didn’t mean he couldn’t.

All the clothes were picked out and matched by Xie Chen and hung in the wardrobe.

Bai Li just needed to take them and wear them.After a moment,

Bai Li, dressed, followed Xie Bozheng next door to find Sir and the brothers.

“Li Li.”

Yu Yin also came over. He was cracking sunflower seeds, watching the Bai brothers busy, and when he saw Bai Li approaching, he waved and beckoned him over.

“Want some?”

Yu Yin even handed him a handful of sunflower seeds.

Bai Li looked at the seeds: “No thanks.”

He didn’t like peeling the shells; earlier when eating sunflower seeds, Sir always peeled them for him.

Now Sir was busy and couldn’t peel seeds for him.

Yu Yin wasn’t bothered by the refusal. He tossed the seeds back onto the plate and pulled Bai Li to a spot to sit.

“We’ll just watch them work.”

Not seeing each other for a while, Yu Yin looked much better than before.

He also brought Bai Li a birthday gift. The two chatted while talking about the birthday.

Bai Li unwrapped the gift and found a property deed for a commercial shop.

“For you. Xiao Liu said you opened a cat café and want to take care of stray cats. I had this shop renovated into a cat café, but there aren’t any cats inside yet.”

“You just need to put the cats in later.”

Bai Li looked at the shop and almost lost his grip in surprise.

“Sister-in-law.”

Bai Li pushed the gift back: “This is very expensive, I can’t accept it.”

He had recently searched for information about shops to open a cat café.

Commercial shops, especially in good locations, were particularly expensive!

Sister-in-law giving a whole shop as a gift—such a valuable present—he didn’t dare to accept.

Yu Yin ignored his refusal. Leaning against the sofa, his gaze seemed to linger on Bai Lin not far away, and his tone was casual.

“Just take it, it’s not that valuable a gift.”

Yu Yin said, “I have quite a few properties and shops under my name. If I just leave them lying around, it’s no good. Better to give you one, so I won’t forget I even have that shop someday.”

Bai Li: “...”

Bai Li stared blankly at Yu Yin.He finally belatedly realized that his sister-in-law seemed very wealthy, maybe even richer than his eldest brother.

Yu Yin turned back, saw his expression, and was amused as he reached out to pinch his cheek.

“How are you so cute?”

Yu Yin pinched the soft flesh of his cheek, enjoying the feel so much he didn’t want to let go: “No wonder your brother likes you so much.”

Bai Li was embarrassed by the compliment.

He still wanted to return the gift, but Yu Yin refused to take it back.

After Yu Yin’s repeated reassurances, Bai Li finally took the shop under pressure.

“Hey, Li Li, don’t you think your eldest brother is kind of silly?”

Yu Yin poked Bai Li and chatted with him casually.

Bai Li answered seriously, “Eldest brother isn’t silly. He’s very smart.”

In Bai Li’s eyes, eldest brother was amazing.

Yu Yin glanced at Bai Lin not far away and still thought he was really silly.

The two of them nestled on the sofa, waiting a while until everything was ready. Bai Li stood up, ran over to Xie Chen with quick steps, blinked, and asked, “Sir, will there be a lot of guests later? Are they all here to celebrate my birthday?”

“Yes.”

Xie Chen said, “There will be many people, and they are all here to celebrate your birthday.”

Bai Li was extremely happy.

He had never had such a lively birthday before!

“What should I do?”

Bai Li was a bit nervous: “When the guests come, how should I talk to them?”

“Just greet them normally.”

There were reporters coming today as well.

Xie Chen patted Bai Li’s head, not putting too much pressure on him, just telling him to stay calm.

Tan Yi saw them like this and felt something was off about their state.

“Li Li, you and Xie Chen are—”

Tan Yi was about to ask, but suddenly, a sound came from the door.

The first guest had arrived.

Xie Chen held Bai Li’s hand and went to meet the guest, and Tan Yi’s question remained unanswered.

Frowning, he decided he must find an opportunity to ask today.