Chapter 113

Chapter 113

Chapter 113 First Release on Jinjiang Literature City

The conversation between the wolf grandfather and grandson deep in the mountains was known only to them.

Even Bai Si, who later came to treat the old man, was never told about it.

Inside a villa in City A.

Xie Chen wrapped Bai Li, who was almost exhausted, in a towel and carried him to the bed.

“Master.”

Bai Li clung to him, burying his face in Xie Chen’s neck, still mumbling.

“Uncomfortable.”

Thanks to that jar of soup from Xie Bo, the little kitten, unaware of the truth, gulped it down, and as a result, both the kitten and the master suffered.

The little kitten was hot all over, wishing he could soak in cold water.

Naturally, Xie Chen wouldn’t let him touch cold water.

Bai family’s older brothers said the kitten had been on medication since he was young, and had only recently stopped, but his body simply couldn’t endure any more torment.

If he really soaked in cold water, the kitten would surely fall ill.

Xie Chen refused to let him soak in cold water, so he had to find other solutions.

He stayed in the bathroom for more than an hour, but when he came out, the little kitten still hadn’t fully recovered.

“Master.”

Bai Li tugged on Xie Chen’s pajamas, still dazedly calling for him.

Xie Chen bent down and kissed him, his eyes full of pity.

He couldn’t treat the kitten too harshly, so he bit his lip and thought of other ways.

That night.

Xie Chen barely managed to stay awake until dawn.

The next morning, the little kitten in his arms finally slept soundly. Xie Chen didn’t dare to wake him, quietly tucking the blanket in before getting out of bed.

At the bedroom door.

Xie Bo was already waiting outside. Seeing Xie Chen come out with obvious worry in his eyes,

“Cough, master,” Xie Bo tried to sound less guilty, “Is Li Li doing okay?”

Xie Chen frowned, “He just fell asleep not long ago.”“Xie Bo, what’s going on with Li Li?”

Xie Bo awkwardly rubbed his nose and vaguely said, “I made some tonic soup yesterday and left it in the kitchen. I didn’t expect Li Li to drink it all.”

Xie Chen: “...”

Thinking about last night’s scenes, Xie Chen felt a headache coming.

“Don’t make it again.”

Xie Chen reminded, “Li Li can’t drink those.”

Xie Bo laughed it off and dropped the subject, not mentioning it again.

He definitely still had to make tonic soup for Master another time.

The old man had no big ambitions, only hoping everything at home would go smoothly, including that thing, to go smoothly.

“Wake Li Li up later.”

Xie Chen went downstairs while instructing Xie Bo behind him, “By the way, make him steamed egg custard for breakfast. He mentioned once last night that he wanted to eat it.”

“Alright.”

Xie Bo smiled happily, “Li Li loves my steamed egg custard. Master, do you want to try some? I’ll make you a portion now.”

“No need.”

Xie Chen wasn’t picky about food, as long as it was nutritionally balanced.

After breakfast, as expected, Bai Li still hadn’t woken up.

Xie Chen checked on him in the room, kissed his cheek, then left to go to the company.

About two hours later.

Bai Li finally woke up.

He stretched under the blanket, yawned, rubbed his eyes, and slowly sat up.

“Master.”

He habitually called out every morning.

After calling twice without seeing Master,

He noticed a sticky note on the bedside.

“Li Li, I’ve gone to work. If you want to see me when you wake up, you can video call me.”

It was Master’s handwriting.

Bai Li looked around, found his phone on the desk, opened WeChat’s pinned chat, and made a video call.

It was 10 a.m.

Xie Chen was in the office, staring coldly at the few people in front of him.

During his absence these past few days, these people had all made mistakes at work.The atmosphere in the office was oppressively tense.

The few who made mistakes were trembling, not daring to even look at Xie Chen.

Anna wasn’t there; she was in the next room organizing materials for Xie Chen to review later.

“Boss, I’m sorry.”

Someone couldn’t stand the deadly atmosphere and stammered an apology to Xie Chen.

Xie Chen’s tone was icy: “What I need is not an apology.”

That person pursed their lips, too afraid to speak again.

“Buzz—”

A WeChat video call request popped up.

One second ago, Xie Chen’s face was still cold and godlike, but the next second, when he looked at the phone, the coldness was gone from his face.

“Awake?”

He looked at the young boy rubbing his eyes on the screen, softening his voice.

Bai Li had the phone propped up on a stand on the desk, facing himself.

“I’m awake.”

He threw off the blanket and went to find clothes.

Xie Chen watched all his movements, occasionally speaking.

“The coat you’re wearing today is on the hanger by the window.” “It’s minus three degrees with wind, go change into those new gray thermal pants.”

“I warmed up your socks for you.”

Xie Chen’s everyday trivial reminders left those who were just being scolded looking dazed.

Damn.

Is this really their boss?!

The terrified managers glanced at each other, all seeing the expression of existential doubt on each other’s faces.

After putting down the phone, Xie Chen saw Bai Li go to the bathroom to wash up, then turned his gaze back to the few people in front of him.

“Have you figured out how to fix your mistakes?”

“Yes, yes, somewhat.”

“Somewhat?”

“No, no, not somewhat. We’ve figured it out!”

When the managers finally left the office, their legs felt weak.

“Sigh.”

One of the most severely reprimanded cried helplessly, “How come our boss has two faces? That side on the video call, is that really the future Mrs. Xie?”"Yeah."

Anna, passing by, agreed with him: "That’s the future Mrs."

"What, want to be treated like the madam? Keep dreaming, everything’s possible in dreams."

"…"

Clicking her high heels, Anna leisurely pushed open the office door and walked in.

The few grown men stared at Anna’s back. No one knew who started it, but they lowered their voices and began whispering.

"You guys think, Anna’s been following our boss for so long, has she ever had feelings for him?"

"Is that even a question?"

Malicious slander came easily: "Anna’s been smooth sailing in the company these years, who knows what she’s done behind the scenes."

The slander was full of bitterness and jealousy—some people, the less successful they are, the more they use malice to speculate about others.

"Anna’s so pretty, with a great figure, always hanging around our boss. Tsk."

These murmurs hadn’t reached Anna’s ears yet, or else she’d probably smash someone’s head with her high heel right there.

"Boss."

In the office, Anna handed over the just-organized materials, reporting to Xie Chen in an orderly way and confirming the work schedule.

"The latest updates from those few companies are all here. Hope you can review them soon."

"Alright."

After reporting the work, Anna glanced at the phone on the desk.

The phone was propped on a stand, and on the screen was Bai Li’s figure.

Bai Li had already left home and was on his way to the cat café.

He passed by the cat café entrance, crazily more packed with roses than before.

Among the roses were crushed leaves of catnip.

Black-footed Cat Ge stood coldly next to the crushed leaves, waiting for Bai Li.

"Black Ge."

Bai Li was stunned for a moment: "What’s going on?"

"Someone’s harassing you."

Black-footed Cat Ge glared at him unhappily: "Why didn’t you tell me earlier?"

He collected protection fees from the little kitten, so he was responsible for protecting the kitten’s safety.

Bai Li struggled to move the roses aside, wiped his forehead, and said to Black Ge: "I couldn’t find anyone, so I just ignored it."

Black Ge thought for a moment, then offered a plan: "I’ll send a few dogs to stake out."

"Useless."Bai Li shook his head: "Every day the flowers are delivered by different ordinary couriers. They said the orders were placed anonymously, so there’s no way to trace them."

The cards in the flowers never had a signature. Recently, Bai Li didn’t even bother to look at the cards.

Black Ge’s eyes suddenly sharpened upon hearing this.

Very interesting.

It sounded more challenging, and he liked that.

“Li Li.”

Black-footed Cat Ge cleaned up all the scattered catnip thoroughly, covering it with dirt so the smell wouldn’t spread. He said seriously: “If this stuff appears again, have humans get rid of it immediately.”

Bai Li had never seen catnip before.

He asked curiously: “What is this?”

“Catnip.”

Black-footed Cat Ge was knowledgeable and explained: “It makes kittens feel dizzy. When you see it with other cats, you need to avoid it.”

“Okay.”

After answering, Bai Li added: “Black Ge, the person who sends the flowers said in the card they would also send me cat grass and catnip.”

Bai Li originally didn’t know what catnip was, so he hadn’t cared.

Now knowing, he was a bit puzzled.

Except for the Master, Xie Bo, Eldest Sister-in-law, and Zhou Zhi, no other humans knew his identity.

Catnip…

What did that mean?

Black-footed Cat Ge used his paws to clean the entrance: “Let’s go inside and talk.”

At the shop counter, Black Ge had Meimei find several cards that hadn’t been looked at for days.

The cards were piled on the table.

Having learned to recognize words from Yan Cen, Black Ge read each one carefully.

“Bai Li, I thought of you again before going to sleep today, thinking of your face, thinking of your…”

“Bai Li, you haven’t appeared for two days? Are you avoiding me?”

“Bai Li, I want to see you, want to hug you, want to pin you down…”

“Bai Li, I can’t hold back anymore.”

“Bai Li, tonight, I’m coming to find you.”

The last card said that he was coming to find Bai Li.

Black Ge threw the card away, feeling disgusted.

Those filthy words made him want to sharpen his claws.Bai Li didn’t expect the cards to say those things. He glanced at Black Ge: “Black Ge, what do we do now?”

“Tonight, I’ll be your bodyguard.”

Black-footed Cat Ge distrusted unfamiliar humans deeply, even if the person was Xie Chen.

He decided from now on to stay by Bai Li’s side without leaving.

Time passed slowly in waiting.

Night fell.

To lure the pervert out, Bai Li hadn’t asked Xie Chen to pick him up yet.

Black-footed Cat Ge’s fighting ability was unquestionable.

With such a fierce cat who could hunt small antelopes, Bai Li felt extremely reassured.

In the darkness of night.

Black-footed Cat Ge was held in Bai Li’s arms, the two walking along the roadside — one person, one cat.

“Li Li, after the New Year, I’ll teach you how to hunt.”

Bored Black-footed Cat Ge suggested to Bai Li.

He felt that the city kittens all needed to improve their physical condition.

Black-footed Cat Ge’s survival rule had always been “might makes right.”

Bai Li nodded: “Okay.”

He also wanted to become stronger, so he could protect Master better in the future.

After walking for about half an hour, Black-footed Cat Ge, quietly resting on Bai Li’s arm but scanning around with sharp eyes, noticed something.

“He’s here.”

Black-footed Cat Ge meowed softly. Bai Li immediately tensed, his whole body entering a defensive state.

“A hundred meters behind us, that car has been following us steadily.”

Black-footed Cat Ge watched the situation behind and shared it with Bai Li in time.

That car looked ordinary, but it had been following them at a moderate pace for ten minutes.

There were few people on the road; this route was specially chosen by Bai Li and Black Ge.

There were long strips of vegetation on both sides, hiding wild dogs ready to pounce.

“Black Ge.”

Bai Li didn’t look back. His steps were steady, as if unaware of the situation behind him: “How is it? Can we act now?”

“We can.”

In the middle of the road, there was a small alley. The alley was rundown, with few residents.

Black-footed Cat Ge suddenly acted like a startled ordinary kitten and ran into the dark alley.Bai Li “anxiously” started running after him, rushing into the alley to look for the cat.

The car stopped.

Someone touched their pocket and walked into the alley.