Chapter 156

Chapter 156

Extra: Black-footed Cat

Before leaving, Cat Brother still saw Yan Hua.

His temper and memory were sharp, and when he saw Yan Hua, he immediately recognized him.

“Meow!”

Cat Brother tapped Yan Cen’s hand, wanting Yan Cen to put him down.

But Yan Cen didn’t put him down.

“Little Dear, be good, we’ll go back first.”

There were many people here, and he knew what his Little Dear wanted to do, so he deliberately didn’t put him down.

With Yan Cen’s soothing, the black-footed cat finally calmed down.

He bared his teeth at Yan Hua, his fierce gaze making Yan Hua feel a chill.

Not long after,

the driver took them back to the courtyard. The black-footed cat carried the kitten into the house.

“Meow?”

He put the kitten into a cardboard box and looked up at Xie Chen, asking, “Want to keep it?”

The mother cat said that if someone with good conditions wanted to keep the kitten, she was willing to give it away.

Yan Cen shook his head: “I don’t want it, but if you want someone to adopt it, I can have someone else take care of it. The kitten won’t suffer.”

Cat Brother tilted his head, puzzled: “Meow aow?”

Don’t you like cats very much?

This kitten looks pretty good.

Yan Cen picked him up and looked down: “Little Dear, I only like you, this one cat.”

Other cats, he had no interest.

Cat Brother: “...”

Usually the one controlling the situation outside, Cat Brother was caught off guard by Yan Cen’s straightforward affection.

“Meow.”

Okay, okay.

Cat Brother even stammered, which was rare.

He sat on Yan Cen’s lap, watching Yan Cen find a new owner for the kitten.

The kitten’s owner loved cats, and with Yan Cen there, the other party would surely take good care of the kitten.

After sending off the kitten, Yan Cen lifted Cat Brother in front of him and kissed him.

“Little Dear, have you eaten dinner?”

Cat Brother was already immune to being kissed; he shook his head and meowed, “Ate.”

With younger brothers providing for him and Cat Brother able to hunt himself, he basically never went hungry.

“Then stay and eat a little with me.”

Yan Cen held the cat and went to the dining room, instructing the chef to prepare cat food too.

Cat Brother looked down at his belly: “Meow meow.”

I’m not hungry.

Yan Cen didn’t listen; he wanted to feed him something good.

Little Dear wasn’t fat enough. The last kitten Xie Chen held was round and chubby, quite cute.

He also wanted his Little Dear to be plump.

The cat food was served alongside Yan Cen’s meal. Yan Cen didn’t rush to eat his own but fed the kitten in his arms first.“Meow!”

No.

Cat Brother jumped onto the table by himself, burying his face in the food bowl and starting to eat.

A real big brother doesn’t need to be fed.

After both man and cat finished eating, Yan Cen took a wet wipe and carefully wiped the face of the brown kitten.

The steward in charge of taking care of Yan Cen, seeing how close he was with the kitten, looked worried.

“Young Master.”

The steward said anxiously, “This kitten hasn’t had a health check yet. If it carries any germs, it might infect you…”

He meant to take the kitten for a checkup, and preferably have it neutered, so that all safety precautions would be in place before keeping it at home.

But before he finished speaking, the Young Master’s expression turned cold.

“Little Dear isn’t sick.”

Yan Cen rubbed the cat’s head in his arms, his tone indifferent: “Don’t say things like that again.”

The steward nodded awkwardly, no longer mentioning it.

Cat Brother, full and content, lazily sat on Yan Cen’s lap, licking his paws.

Yan Cen saw this and pinched his little paw.

“I’ll wash it for you later, don’t lick it yourself.”

Cat Brother glanced at him, reluctantly stopping licking his paws.

Just like that, it was hard to say who tamed whom. In any case, this wild, freedom-loving cat was forced into the habit of coming home every night to sleep.

If he didn’t come back, Yan Cen wouldn’t sleep well.

The worst time was when he came back at dawn and found Yan Cen hadn’t slept all night.

Cat Brother was stunned seeing Yan Cen’s exhausted face.

“Meow?”

You didn’t sleep?

Yan Cen shook his head and beckoned him: “Little Dear, come here.”

Seeing Yan Cen looked worn out, Cat Brother quickly ran over and jumped into his arms.

Yan Cen held him, kissed his soft belly, and looked like he was just recovering: “Little Dear, I missed you.”

The black-footed cat reminded him: “But I was only out for one night.”

Before, he used to roam outside every night.

Yan Cen said nothing, just rubbed against him and kissed him from time to time.

Because he stayed up all night, Yan Cen’s body couldn’t handle it, so he called a doctor.

“Young Master Yan, you need careful rest and recuperation.”

The doctor prescribed medicine and said, “Behaviors like staying completely awake through the night are best avoided in the future.”

Yan Cen’s expression was indifferent; it was unclear how much he took the words to heart.

But Cat Brother nervously squatted beside him, memorizing every word the doctor said.

From now on, Yan Cen must never stay up late again!

After the doctor left, Yan Cen took the medicine as instructed and went to bed to rest.

Cat Brother reached out his paw, wanting to tuck the blanket around him.

But Yan Cen looked down at him without blinking, his deep voice carrying a slight coaxing tone.

“Little Dear, stay with me.”

Cat Brother couldn’t resist his plea; a few seconds later, he lay down beside him under the covers.“Yan Cen.”

Cat Brother sprawled on his back, letting Yan Cen stroke his belly: “I’ll come back every day from now on.”

“Mm.”

Yan Cen lowered his head and rubbed his cheek against him: “Little Dear, if you don’t have much to do during the day, stay with me too, okay?”

“My time might really be running out. In the limited time I have left, I want you to keep me company for a while.”

At these words, Black-footed Cat’s heart suddenly clenched.

He had been living at Yan Cen’s house these days and knew Yan Cen’s health situation very well.

Yan Cen’s illness was recurrent; he needed to take medicine every day.

Also, doctors newly hired by Yan Cen’s parents often came to check and treat him, but none of the treatments were very effective.

“Meow-ow!”

Black-footed Cat lifted his head, cupped Yan Cen’s face with his paws, and meowed seriously.

“I won’t let anything happen to you.”

He was the first and only human he had ever tamed, and he would never let his human die.

Yan Cen smiled, indifferent to life and death.

He just worried that if he died, Little Dear would definitely run away again.

Maybe even forget him.

Time passed bit by bit.

Black-footed Cat managed a large territory, so he was quite busy.

Coincidentally, the little kitten he liked very much was also busy not only working part-time but also handling many cat and dog related matters.

For example, building shelters for stray cats and dogs, introducing jobs to other cats, hiring dog bodyguards, running a cat café, and so on.

The little kitten was extremely busy, and Cat Brother often went to help.

Gradually, whenever both cats had free time, they would lean their heads together and chat idly.

Little Kitten meowed: “Black Brother, I’m together with Xie Chen!”

Black Brother had long noticed the odd relationship between the little kitten and his owner, so he was not surprised at all.

He shook his head, unwilling to lose face: “I’m together with Yan Cen too!”

Spending every day together, more or less, meant they were together.

Little Kitten tilted his head, curiously studying Black Brother: “Black Brother, can you turn into a human?”

Black-footed Cat shook his head: “No.”

He knew that the little kitten could transform, but he couldn’t.

Thinking of this, Black-footed Cat felt inexplicably irritated.

Fortunately, the little kitten’s meowing distracted him so he didn’t think more about it.

Beautiful times seemed like transparent bubbles. Bubbles were fragile and burst suddenly, catching both humans and cats off guard.

Yan Cen’s illness flared up, and the entire estate was controlled by Yan Cen’s parents.

Doctors came and went, and the estate was equipped with top medical facilities so Yan Cen didn’t need to go to a hospital.

Black-footed Cat squatted in a corner, completely ignored.

He heard someone whisper near his ear: “Young Master Yan is about to pass away.”

“What a pity, Young Master Yan is still so young.”

The various pessimistic voices made Black-footed Cat very confused.

That very morning, Yan Cen had said to him: “I saw Xie Bo post a photo of Bai Li on social media; Bai Li is already wearing a floral cotton-padded jacket. Our Little Dear needs one too.”

“Today, I’ll make you a floral cotton jacket by hand. I won’t let our Little Dear go out and freeze.”Li Li’s floral cotton jacket, Black-footed Cat had seen it.

He thought the floral cotton jacket was too rustic and didn’t want to wear it at all, so when Yan Cen suggested it, he meowed a refusal.

Now…

“Meow.”

Black-footed Cat softly meowed in Yan Cen’s direction.

I want to wear a floral cotton jacket now, get up and make me one.

In the past, whenever the kitten meowed once, Yan Cen would immediately pay attention, but this time, he just lay in bed without any response.

Black-footed Cat lifted his paw and wiped his eyes.

Amid all the chaos, Yan Hua also came.

On the surface, he showed anxious care for Yan Cen, but behind Yan Cen’s back, he had a completely different face.

“Dead cat.”

Yan Hua remembered the little cat in front of him: “Last time you caught me and ran off, I haven’t settled the score with you.”

There was no one around them; Yan Hua squatted down and coldly looked at the kitten: “When my big brother dies and no one protects you, let’s see how I deal with you.”

He wanted to skin and stew this ungrateful cat.

“Meow-ow.”

Shut up!

Black-footed Cat didn’t want to hear any bad luck words now; he fiercely swiped out a paw, leaving three bloody scratches on Yan Hua’s face.

Yan Hua covered his face and suddenly fell back onto his butt.

After hurting someone, Black-footed Cat arrogantly didn’t run away.

He growled low in his throat, looking at Yan Hua as if saying, “If you dare to keep talking nonsense, I’ll kill you.”

Yan Hua looked at this mad cat, trembling his lips: “Just wait!!!”

When he inherits the Yan family, he would definitely torture and stew this broken cat properly.

Black-footed Cat was too lazy to look at such a disgusting person, so he turned and ran to find the little kitten. The little kitten had an older brother who was a doctor, maybe there was a solution.

The little kitten’s brother was called Bai Si, very lazy and loved to sleep a lot.

But he was an extremely skilled doctor.

Once he got involved, Yan Cen, whom other doctors had been helpless to treat, miraculously improved.

At night.

Black-footed Cat avoided the Yan family members and jumped onto Yan Cen’s bed.

“Yan Cen.”

He looked at the man with closed eyes and pale face, meowing: “Aren’t you going to hold me while you sleep tonight?”

Yan Cen was quiet, no movement at all.

Black-footed Cat squeezed into the quilt, snuggled close, and took the initiative to lay his paw on him, closing his eyes and meowing: “Then I’ll hold you to sleep.”

One person and one cat stayed in the room, undisturbed.

Outside the room.

Yan family parents, anxious, were already thinking of other methods.

“Why don’t we try to perform a ritual to bring joy to Xiao Cen?”