Chapter 132

Chapter 132

Chapter 132 Jinjiang Literature City First Release

Inside the room, the phone rang with an ambiguous sound. Outside the room, several people’s footsteps all stopped in unison.

In broad daylight, Bai Rong looked at Xie Chen in shock. She hadn’t expected that Xie Chen would still be watching messy stuff in the room at this time.

The footsteps naturally reached Xie Chen’s ears.

He turned his head, eyes meeting—not just one pair, but several pairs of eyes.

In Tan Yi’s stunned and confused gaze, he seemed to see the words flashing in her mind: “What are you doing???”

Xie Chen calmly turned off the phone and put it aside.

“Good morning.”

He greeted the few people at the door as usual.

The bundle under the covers: “Meow?”

The muffled cat bundle under the covers, hearing the voice, rolled out in one movement.

“Master, why did you turn it off—”

Before Bai Li finished speaking, he saw his older siblings.

There is a term online called “social death.”

The pure white kitten thought to himself, right now he and Master were basically experiencing social death.

“Meow.”

Bai Li weakly meowed at his older siblings.

Tan Yi rushed forward a few steps, hugged her younger brother, stepped back a few paces, and stared at Xie Chen accusingly: “Xie Chen, I really didn’t expect you to be this kind of person!”

She understood a man’s worldly desires, but for Xie Chen to watch those videos in broad daylight in front of his precious little brother—that was really too much!

“Meow, meow-ow!”

Bai Li heard his third brother mention Master and immediately refused to accept it.

He stretched out his little paw, tapped Tan Yi’s hand back, and seriously explained: “I was the one watching!”

“I secretly watched the video yesterday. When Master asked why I was lazy to get up, I... I showed Master the video I watched.”

Tan Yi: “...”Tan Yi looked at his little precious brother in confusion.

His brother can watch those videos now?

The atmosphere instantly became awkward and indescribable, until Uncle Xie, who came to call them for food, saved everyone.

“Master, I made some food. Li Li hasn’t had breakfast yet. You should take him downstairs to eat.”

“Okay.”

Xie Chen responded and glanced at the people present.

“Uncle Xie’s cooking is pretty good. You can all eat something downstairs. I’ll take Li Li down later.”

Tan Yi cleared his throat and followed down the stairs: “Alright, I’m a bit hungry anyway.”

Tan Yi sat in the downstairs restaurant with Second Sister and Bai Xiao Liu.

At the table, everyone’s expressions were complicated. “Sis.”

Tan Yi couldn’t help but poke Bai Rong’s arm: “Tell me, do you think Li Li and Xie Chen really... you know, did that?”

In the eyes of the older brothers and sisters, their little kitten was still very young.

Bai Rong flicked Tan Yi’s forehead and looked at him like he was an idiot: “Do you really think Xie Chen is the type to have a platonic romance with Li Li?”

Tan Yi hurriedly shook his head.

Impossible.

Anyone who wasn’t dumb could tell that Xie Chen wasn’t some gentle, harmless little bunny.

“Don’t worry about their business. Just watch over Li Li well. If one day Li Li gets hurt, we’ll deal with Xie Chen separately.”

Since they were still at the Xie family’s place, after saying that softly, Bai Rong smiled and changed the topic: “By the way, I probably won’t spend New Year’s with you all this year.”

“You all behave and take good care of Li Li. If anything happens, come to Big Brother.”

“Mm.”

Tan Yi and Bai Xiao Liu weren’t clingy, so when Second Sister said she was leaving, they only reminded her to be careful and didn’t try to keep her.

Upstairs in the room,

Bai Li tilted his head back, looking at Xie Chen: “Meow meow.”

Master, am I really embarrassing?

The little videos he secretly watched were now known to all his older siblings.

Xie Chen bent down and kissed his head, a smile flashing in his eyes.

“Not embarrassing.”

To coax the kitten, he even conveniently “sold out” Tan Yi and Bai Xiao Liu.“This kind of thing, your Third Brother and Sixth Brother have all seen it.”

“Meow?”

Really?

“Really.”

Xie Chen didn’t lie to the kitten. Things like that, basically, except for their own little kitten, most cats of a certain age have probably seen them.

Especially Tan Yi. Xie Chen’s relationship with Tan Yi was pretty good, and they had worked together a few times. So Xie Chen knew Tan Yi and that person had long since ended up in the same bed.

Tan Yi’s secret was completely out.

With Xie Chen coaxing the kitten, the little cat slowly calmed down.

Because the older brothers and sisters were there, Bai Li didn’t transform back into a cat but stayed in human form. After Xie Chen dressed him, he led him downstairs.

“Li Li, come sit here.”

Bai Rong pointed to the empty seat beside her and called her brother over.

Bai Li overslept, so now they were basically having lunch.

The brothers, plus Xie Chen, all sat at one table, chatting and eating without much formality or rules.

After the meal, Bai Rong and Bai Li sat together on the sofa.

Bai Li peeled sunflower seeds for Second Sister and even reported on Jin Jin’s situation.

“Second Sister, does Jin Jin like you?”

The slow-witted little kitten gradually realized something from Jin Jin’s possessiveness toward Second Sister.

He even gave an example: “Before Jin Jin knew you were my sister, he didn’t let me call you ‘sister.’ He said only he could call you that.”

Hearing this, Bai Rong wasn’t very surprised.

“There’s no way between me and him.”

Bai Rong rubbed her temple and said, “I’m not planning to start any relationship again.”

No matter who the other person is, she wouldn’t accept it.

In this lifetime, she had that kind of love and hate, and for her, it was enough.

Hearing this, Bai Li’s heart stirred. He fed all the shelled seeds to Second Sister, then hugged her tightly: “Second Sister, if you don’t have a boyfriend, you still have me.”

“I’ll be especially, especially good to you! Whatever you want, I can work to buy it for you.”

Like the lipsticks and bags girls like most, Bai Li was willing to give them all to Second Sister!

Bai Rong was warmed beyond words by her precious little brother.She patted her brother’s back and smiled: “As long as you live healthily and well, I’m satisfied.”

The siblings curled up on the sofa, quietly spending a warm afternoon together.

As the year-end approached,

the cat café stopped opening. Bai Li was afraid the kittens would feel too lonely if they stayed there, so he brought them all back.

Mei Mei stayed with the kittens at Tan Yi’s place.

“Big Brother, we’re a little scared of your sir.”

Mei Mei whispered into Bai Li’s ear: “Your sir looks a bit scary to the kittens.”

Bai Li was puzzled.

“No, not at all.”

The little kitten spoke from experience: “I’m not afraid of him.”

From the first time Bai Li saw Sir, he thought Sir was really handsome.

Just looking at him made him feel happy, and the more he looked, the more fascinated the kitten was, unable to look away.

The kittens all stayed back at Tan Yi’s house, but Jin Jin wasn’t living there.

Since Bai Rong came, Jin Jin followed her away.

Right now, Bai Rong’s whereabouts were often uncertain. Bai Li knew Second Sister was doing something big, so he didn’t dare disturb her and just obediently sent her WeChat messages.

Time quickly passed to New Year's Eve.

Xiao Lang was spending the New Year at Bai Li’s place. On Lang’s side, the old master hadn’t yet broken the formation, so the Xie family parents couldn’t be brought back for now.

“Li Li.”

Lang He carried several bottles of liquor, which Xie Chen had told him to get from the wine cellar: “Let’s see who can drink more tonight!”

Bai Li shook his head.

“I’m not drinking.”

He had just met Black-foot Cat Brother earlier that day. Tonight was New Year’s Eve, and he still had important things to do.

Lang He was rejected and immediately felt a little down.

“Sigh, then I’ll drink alone. Humans say, ‘A good drink cures a thousand worries.’ Tonight, I’ll really cure my worries.”

Bai Li was curious: “What worries do you have?”

Lang He looked sorrowful: “Loving without being loved back—isn’t that a worry?”

Bai Li: “…”

Bai Li’s eyes went wide, and he reached out to grab him: “You still want to be my brother-in-law!”Dream on!

Xiao Lang isn’t older than him, and more importantly, he’s not as smart as Third Brother.

Bai Li definitely doesn’t want him to be his brother-in-law.

Xiao Lang was grabbed and yowled: “Don’t pull, don’t pull! I’m shedding and I’ll go bald!”

The kitten and the wolf pup both transformed back to their original forms. One chased and pulled fur while running wildly, making a huge ruckus in the villa.

Xie Bo carefully avoided the soup in his hand while watching the wolf pup rampage and the meowing kitten.

“Go slower, be careful not to run too fast and hit your heads.”

“Meow.”

“Awwooo.”

Got it!

The kitten and wolf pup answered simultaneously, then continued to wrestle.

This New Year’s Eve, the villa finally wasn’t just Xie Chen and Xie Bo.

With the kitten and the little wolf, their villa was much livelier than before.

Night fell.

Xie Bo’s excellent cooking successfully won over the kitten and the little wolf. The kitten’s belly was so full it was round, whining as it flopped onto a big chair, wanting Sir to rub its tummy.

Xie Chen walked over. They sat on the balcony, outside the sky was lit with fireworks.

“Li Li.”

Xie Chen came over but didn’t rush to rub the kitten’s belly. He knelt on one knee before Bai Li and took out a small box.

The box opened, revealing a ring inside.

“Although we have a betrothal, I still want to seriously propose to you again.”

The childhood betrothal was decided by adults; they had no choice.

Now that both he and Li Li had grown up, he still wanted to have a betrothal with Li Li.

Bai Li didn’t expect this.

He stared blankly at the ring.

“Sir—”

Xie Chen’s eyes were full of tenderness. Whenever he looked at the kitten, his eyes were always so gentle: “I’m here. Li Li, you haven’t answered me yet. Will you marry me?”

Bai Li only nodded, not knowing what else to do.“I do.”

His beautiful amber eyes were filled with his Sir: “I do.”

Marry Sir, be together for a lifetime, he was willing!

Xie Chen held his hand, slid the plain ring onto his finger, then placed a kiss on the back of his hand.

“Li Li, I love you.”

In this life, the only one he could love this much was this little kitten.

No one else could replace him.

Bai Li’s eyes were wet; he roughly wiped them with his hand.

“Sir, I love you too.”

Very, very much.

Back on Monster Mountain, other little monsters said he had bad luck, that he was always sick, that he wouldn’t grow up, that he wouldn’t live long.

But after living eighteen years, Bai Li never felt his life was unlucky.

His parents and elders loved him, his older brothers and sisters loved him.

After leaving the mountain,

he found his fiancé, a very good, very kind Sir who also loved him.

Bai Li thought, even if he loved being sick and lived a short life, it didn’t matter.

He had so much love; there was nothing to regret in his cat life.

“Good boy, don’t cry.”

Xie Chen wiped the kitten’s tears and pulled him into his embrace.