Chapter 27

Chapter 27

In Bai Li’s eyes, Master is almighty, super powerful.

Master also told him that whenever he encounters any problem, he can bring it up.

Bai Li originally didn’t want to trouble Master too much, but since it concerns Third Brother’s innocence, which is serious, he still had to trouble Master.

Not long after,

Tan Yi woke up and saw the little kitten by the bedside—his peach blossom eyes curved slightly.

“Li Li.”

Bai Li had accidentally fallen asleep again; kittens sleep a lot and can’t help but doze off when free.

Hearing the voice, Bai Li drowsily opened his eyes and instinctively rubbed against his brother.

“Not hot anymore.”

After rubbing, he also touched Tan Yi’s forehead with his paw; feeling no heat, he withdrew it.

Tan Yi was receiving IV fluids and felt his fever had gone down, though his spirit was still weak.

“Third Brother is fine.” Tan Yi’s lips were a bit dry. He turned his head and looked unwaveringly at the little kitten in front of him, coaxing, “Li Li, don’t worry about Third Brother.”

Bai Li didn’t say anything.

Right now, he was most worried about Third Brother.

The two brothers hadn’t even exchanged a few words when the manager returned carrying breakfast.

“Brother Tan.”

The manager unwrapped the box and served Tan Yi: “You really scared me. Yesterday, didn’t you tell me you were fine?”

“How would I know…” Tan Yi was a bit guilty.

Actually, he did know — whenever he got sick, it lasted a long time. Even when recovered, he had to take care or it would relapse.

As they talked, Bai Li looked at the time on the watch.

It was already past nine; the seafood shop should be open now.

Bai Li thought about what the manager just said — that his brother’s work was still hard. He didn’t want to be a useless kitten relying only on his brother to eat.

“Meow meow.”

Third Brother, I’m going out.Tan Yi heard the meowing, lowered his head, frowned, and asked, "Going out to do what??"

"Meow-ow."

Working, my job is great—not tiring and I make money.

Bai Li happily introduced his delivery job to Third Brother.

This job was especially good for him—just running errands every day. When delivering orders, the customers often gave tips, and besides tips, there were some other little gifts.

Bai Li was very satisfied with this job.

After hearing him, Tan Yi advised, "Be good, Li Li, we’re not working anymore."

"Quit the job, just stay home and play."

What Xie Chen told him about Li Li’s bad experiences working really scared him.

He was afraid his precious little brother would run into some accident on the way to work, and by then, it would be too late to regret.

Bai Li shook his head, determined not to be a useless little kitten.

"I want to work. I want to earn money for Third Brother to spend." Bai Li said seriously with a meow.

Third Brother’s work is too dangerous; so many people want to sleep with Third Brother.

Bai Li thought if he could earn a lot of money, he could let Third Brother stay home and not go out.

If Third Brother didn’t go out, no one would sleep with him anymore.

Tan Yi didn’t know what his little brother was thinking. Hearing this, his eyes immediately reddened with emotion.

"My precious Li Li, how do you—"

How could you hit Third Brother’s heart like that!

Tan Yi buried his face in his precious little brother’s furry belly, his nose stinging so much he didn’t want to raise his head.

Since coming down the mountain, Tan Yi had struggled for many years.

In these years, he personally had suffered a lot but had always gritted his teeth to endure.

He worked hard, earned money hard, and worked hard to search for the lost treasures of Monster Mountain.

Big Brother and Second Sister weren’t here, Fourth and Fifth Brothers weren’t here, and the elders were all still on the mountain. There was no one he could rely on, and no one was truly sincere to him.

Many wanted to take care of him, but those people only craved his body.

Only his precious Li Li wanted nothing, just wanted to earn money for him to spend.

Deeply moved, Tan Yi kissed Bai Li’s head: "Li Li, Third Brother will earn money."

"Third Brother will earn money for you to spend."

Bai Li anxiously shook his head to refuse: "Meow-ow!!!"He definitely didn’t want Third Brother to earn money—if Third Brother kept earning like this, he’d be worn out.

Bai Li insisted on working, and Tan Yi couldn’t stop him no matter what. In the end, he could only confirm again and again: “Is this job really not tiring?”

“Not tiring, not tiring.”

Bai Li said firmly, “The boss is really nice.”

The seafood shop boss was Xie Chen’s big fan, and treated the little kitten that Xie Chen personally brought very well.

Every time Bai Li delivered, the boss didn’t pick the most expensive orders for him but the closest ones.

When the boss was less busy, he would even personally take Bai Li to the customer’s door, then have Bai Li knock and deliver the order.

With Bai Li’s repeated assurances, Tan Yi reluctantly petted his little brother again before letting him go out.

After the brothers finished talking, Tan Yi looked up and found the manager staring at him strangely.

“What’s wrong?” Tan Yi was confused.

The manager swallowed nervously, took two steps back: “Tan Ge.”

“What’s up? Your brother’s here.”

“Are you… do you have a fever in your brain?” The manager looked desperate, trying to hold on to the last bit of sanity as he tried to comfort the seemingly possessed artist: “I’m going to call a doctor now—call a neurologist and a psychiatrist to come check on you.”

Tan Yi: “...”

Thinking of the little brother who had just run off, and then looking at the manager, he slowly realized.

“Oh.”

He forgot—the manager didn’t understand Li Li’s meows, so just now when he was talking to Li Li, to the manager it looked like he was red-eyed, talking to himself in front of a little kitten, calling himself the kitten’s Third Brother.

That kind of scene definitely warranted a visit to the psychiatry department.

“Ahem.”

Tan Yi waved at him: “Come listen to me talk nonsense—I mean, listen to my explanation.”

“Come here, I can explain.”

The manager got even more desperate: “I’m not listening! I’m not listening! I’m going to book you an appointment right now.”

At the hospital, Bai Li going out to work didn’t know any of this commotion.

He was in a hurry, taking a shortcut to the seafood shop.

“Meow, meow meow!”

Boss, sorry, I’m late.As soon as Bai Li entered, he stood there with his chubby little body, bowed sincerely to the boss, and apologized earnestly. He even used cat hypnosis to help the boss understand him.

The boss’s face was rosy, smiling and waving his hand: “It’s nothing, it’s nothing.”

“Xie Chen called me. He helped you ask for a short leave.”

While speaking, the boss started praising: “Xie Chen’s voice is really nice. I even recorded the call he just made to me.”

Bai Li, who wasn’t a hardcore fan but really liked Xie Chen, nodded repeatedly.

“Right, sir’s voice is especially nice!”

The two—the human and the cat—looked at each other and both felt Xie Chen was truly invincible.

After praising Xie Chen, the boss began to assign Bai Li’s work.

“Li Li, many people are specifically asking for you to deliver their orders now.”

While packing big fish, the boss chatted casually with him: “I haven’t taken many orders; we just do ten deliveries a day. Once you finish, you can go rest.”

There were reasons for limiting ten orders a day.

First, the boss really didn’t want to increase the workload for this little kitten who was still so small. If he got too tired, he probably wouldn’t grow properly.

Second, limiting orders to ten a day was similar to hunger marketing.

In short, the seafood shop boss who started from scratch was still very smart.

Bai Li thought ten orders a day was just right.

That way, if he finished quickly, he could get off work together with sir.

While talking, the boss finished packing the fish and let Bai Li carry them.

“Go ahead.”

The boss patted his head: “Keep it up.”

Bai Li carried the fish, holding a firm dream of earning money, and stepped onto a new day of work.

While Bai Li worked hard, Tan Yi was thinking about how to keep his little brother from working.

After several years in the entertainment circle, Tan Yi had saved quite a bit of money, and besides money, he had bought several houses in his name.

He was fully capable of supporting Li Li. If he could let Li Li quit working and just be a little kitten who ate at home...

Tan Yi squinted his peach blossom eyes and started thinking of a plan.

The morning orders were all nearby and easy to deliver. By noon, Bai Li went under the overpass where his rest time friends, Dadian, Da Hui, and Meimei, were all waiting under the bridge.

“Meow meow.”

Big Brother!

Seeing Bai Li come, the three little kittens’ eyes lit up brightly and they hurried to greet him.“Last night someone came to pick us up to live in a big house!” Diandian raised her paw, gesturing to Bai Li: “Such a big, such a huge big house.”

“There was also someone who bought food, and a new cat bed.”

About last night’s experience, Diandian felt it was like a dream: “Big Brother, what exactly is going on?”

“It’s my Third Brother.”

Bai Li was under the overpass looking for the money he had hidden. Sure enough, the person arranged by his brother hadn’t found his money.

“Diandian, Da Hui, Meimei, we won’t live here anymore.”

Bai Li announced: “Third Brother found me. From now on, we’ll live with Third Brother.”

Thinking about the big house and the delicious food from last night, Diandian happily said: “Third Brother is really nice.”

Now that it’s cold, living in a big house means they won’t have to endure the cold anymore.

Afternoon.

Meimei accompanied Bai Li to deliver orders, while Diandian and Da Hui picked up things. But this time, Bai Li didn’t keep what they picked up; he had them give it to other stray cats.

Bai Li hadn’t yet seen Third Brother’s big house, so for now, he could only let his three cats live there and couldn’t take in other cats.

When delivering the eighth order, Bai Li was let in by the security guard of a large villa.

“Only one cat is allowed inside.”

The security guard’s dark face showed a stern expression as he said this to Bai Li.

Bai Li, carrying fish on his back, looked back at Meimei: “Meow.”

Meimei, you wait for me here.

“Meow meow.”

Alright, Big Brother.

Carrying the fish alone, Bai Li entered and met the smallest order client he had ever seen.

The client was a human boy, eight years old, wearing overalls and a bow tie. His features were delicate, but his temperament was not at all like that of an eight-year-old.

He looked at Bai Li, who came to deliver the fish, and called out: “Kitten, come here.”

Bai Li ran over quickly, looking at the boy. Around the boy lingered a black mist, which shouldn’t have been there.

“I ordered the fish.”

The boy took the fish, then glanced at Bai Li: “Come with me, I’ll grill the fish for you.”

Bai Li followed closely behind. The villa was especially large, in the style of a Suzhou garden, with a spacious backyard that had water and a pavilion.

The boy found a pile of branches in a clearing, branches…Bai Li glanced over; it seemed to be a half-human-height small tree specially planted in the yard.

Using a lighter, he lit the branches on fire. The boy said he wanted to grill the fish, but after seeing him take the fish apart, it was obvious he didn’t know how to do anything next.

“Meow.”

Seeing no one around, Bai Li actively used the cat hypnosis technique to talk to the boy.

“Do you know how to grill fish?”

Under the effect of the hypnosis, the boy didn’t find Bai Li’s voice strange.

“No.”

He said while staring at the fish on the grill: “My dad knows, but he doesn’t make it for me.”

“Why??” Bai Li wondered.

If it were him wanting grilled fish, his dad would definitely make it for him.

“My dad thinks I’m a bad kid.”

The boy said expressionlessly: “They all think I’m bad.”

“My mom died. My dad remarried a new wife, some kind of award-winning actress, pretty, and she had a son with him, six years old.”

“They bully me, and my dad doesn’t believe me. His new wife looks gentle to outsiders, but my dad says she’s some kind of goddess.”

“Right, my dad also warned me. He said if I keep being this bad, he’ll send me to live with some relatives in the countryside.”

Bai Li: “...”

Bai Li was shocked hearing this.

What kind of bad dad is this? Not believing his own child is one thing, but sending the child away!

The more they talked, the more Bai Li felt how miserable the boy was.

“Meow woo.”

Bai Li reached out and gently tugged the boy’s hand, rubbing against him to comfort him.

Such a good-looking human kid—how could his biological dad treat him so badly?

The boy seemed to appreciate the kitten’s rubbing. He tugged at the corners of his mouth and smiled.

“Before you go, at least I got to see your famous little kitten. That’s not bad.”

Though clearly young, his tone was too mature: “The grilled fish probably won’t happen. Do you want some candy?”

He pulled a piece of chocolate candy from his pocket and ate one himself, then gave one to the little kitten.

Luckily, this wasn’t a normal cat.

Bai Li licked the chocolate candy in his mouth—sweet and delicious.After eating the candy, as a reward, Bai Li jumped onto the boy’s leg and shattered all the black mist swirling around him.

This black mist caused the boy’s luck to always be bad and even worsened his fate.

Bai Li wanted to do something for him.

After breaking the black mist, Bai Li sent out a cat blessing that could bring good luck.

The boy didn’t know what the kitten was busy doing, but he indulged the kitten, letting him do whatever he wanted on his body.

Before long,

Bai Li made the boy laugh and also learned the boy’s name was Yang Yang.

“Yang as in the sun,” Yang Yang said, “My real mom named me. She probably hoped I’d live like a little sun.”

What a pity.

His life now had no sunlight at all.

Bai Li was talking with Meow Meow when suddenly, a hurried sound of footsteps came.

“Li Yang.”

Six-year-old Li Hu, wearing beige clothes and holding a small pinwheel, ran over with his little shoes tapping: “You’re really here.”

Li Hu looked at the fire pit he had made, then at the kitten next to the fire.

He angrily said, “Who let you bring a cat in?! And you dare to light a fire.”

Although Li Yang was his older brother, Li Hu didn’t even call him “brother.”

Bai Li looked at the silent Li Yang, puffed up his round little face, and shielded Li Yang behind his body.

“Meow-ow.”

He squeezed out a threatening sound from his throat, warning Li Hu holding the pinwheel.

Li Hu was such a little kid; he shouldn’t have so many bad thoughts.

But there was no helping it — his real mom hadn’t raised him well.

“You little kitten, are you snarling at me?”

Li Hu kicked toward the fiercely adorable Bai Li.

“Bang—”

Bai Li wasn’t kicked; Li Hu was suddenly pushed down by Li Yang.

“Don’t touch him.”

The usually silent Li Yang said coldly to his annoying little brother.Li Hu stared at him in disbelief, as if he hadn’t realized he was pushed down.

“I’ll beat you to death!”

Li Hu, who had been pushed down, got up and was about to fight Li Yang.

“Meow-ow!!!”

Bai Li wouldn’t let him hit anyone, swinging his paws as he charged forward.

The two kids and the little kitten immediately plunged into a chaotic fight.

After an unknown amount of time, they were both bruised and battered. Fighting with kids, Bai Li relied on real skill and didn’t use any demon pills.

Li Hu couldn’t win and suddenly started wailing loudly.

The crying attracted footsteps from afar—Bai Li had seen this scenario before in a casual book.

Usually, at times like this, Yang Yang and he would be blamed!

This crying bad kid would say that he and Yang Yang were bullying him.

“Meow, meow-ow!”

At the critical moment, Bai Li’s mind raced, but before he could figure anything out, Li Yang suddenly picked up a stone and hit his own forehead.

The stone broke his skin, and Li Yang then hugged Bai Li, falling to the ground with a thud.

Li Hu: “???”

Li Hu was so scared by this move that he even forgot to cry.

The next second,

Li’s father, who was rarely home, actually came over. Seeing both sons there, his first reaction was that Yang Yang was bullying Hu Hu again.

But looking at the scene, something was off.

“Yang Yang!!!”

Being his biological son, Li’s father hadn’t the heart to completely ignore Yang Yang.

“What’s going on?!” Li’s father crouched down in panic, trying to pick up Yang Yang.

Yang Yang’s pale little face weakly half-opened his eyes: “Dad…”

“I…I’m fine.”

“Don’t let Hu Hu throw this cat. The cat, the cat is from the seafood shop, delivering stuff…”

Li Yang’s broken words made Li’s father’s forehead veins bulge.

A shocking suspicion formed in his mind: “Yang Yang, did Hu Hu want to throw this cat, and you protected it, so Hu Hu hit your head? Right?!”

Yang Yang grabbed his father’s clothes, stayed silent for a moment, then closed his eyes and leaned into his father’s arms: “No, no, Hu Hu didn’t hit me, I did it myself…”Li’s father could never believe that Yang Yang hit his own head—such a stupid thing, no one would do that.

“Dad will take you to stop the bleeding right now.”

Li’s father picked up Li Yang, his hands trembling. As he was about to leave, he clearly saw the little kitten protected by Yang Yang. When the kitten saw Li Hu, its chubby little body trembled.

The poor little kitten clung to Yang Yang’s clothes pitifully, and after looking at Li Hu, it trembled even more.

Yang Yang and the little kitten’s reaction showed a coldness in Li’s father’s eyes.

He had come home suddenly for something, so he happened to witness this scene and saw the truth with his own eyes.

If, if he hadn’t come back...

Li’s father pressed his lips tightly. Some ideas that had brainwashed him for a long time finally changed at this moment.

After a long time, Li Yang’s head was bandaged and he was sent to his room to rest. Bai Li was still with Li Yang, looking pitifully scared.

Because Bai Li had stayed at the Li house for too long, and the seafood shop owner couldn’t reach him, and happened to be free, he came over personally to check.

Li’s father knew the seafood shop owner and went out to meet him.

Taking advantage of this time gap, Bai Li hurried to talk to Li Yang: “Meow meow?”

Yang Yang, are you okay?

“I’m fine.”

Although Li Yang looked pale, he smiled slightly at Bai Li.

“Really lucky, my dad actually came back just now.”

“I can hear his footsteps.”

Before, when Li Yang was bullied, his dad wasn’t home. Afterward, his dad would whisper sweet nothings to him, but never really believed him.

Now, somehow, the situation suddenly changed—his dad was home.

With such a good chance, he naturally couldn’t miss it.

Bai Li didn’t know if Yang Yang’s luck had anything to do with his cat blessing.

But seeing Li Yang was fine, he sincerely breathed a sigh of relief.

“Meow-ow!”

You acted amazingly!

Bai Li saw through Li Yang’s earlier intention—he wasn’t some dumb little cat.

Li Yang patted the little kitten’s head: “Thank you for cooperating with me.”

The way the little kitten looked wronged and scared of Li Hu just now was also acted very well.Bai Li proudly raised his head and boasted, “I’m super awesome too.”

“Mm!”

Maybe because he had just heard so much about Li Yang being bullied, Bai Li felt the lesson given to Li Hu wasn’t enough.

“Yang Yang, just wait, watch how I get revenge for you next.”

After meowing, Bai Li jumped off the bed and went to find his boss.

“Li Li.”

The seafood shop boss saw him, smiling on his square face: “Why did this delivery take so long this time?”

Bai Li put on a pitiful cat face, crawled over, and sat on the boss’s foot, meowing softly. The boss noticed something was wrong, his smile faded, and he crouched down.

“What’s going on?”

The boss frowned and asked Bai Li, “Li Li, what happened?”

Bai Li didn’t use cat hypnosis but sadly tugged on the boss’s pants leg, meowing.

Anyone with eyes could see he was feeling wronged.

“My son was just playing with him; maybe he accidentally hurt him.”

A cat, Li’s father didn’t care.

But the seafood shop boss had a very broad business network, so Li’s father said a few more words, not wanting to have a bad quarrel with such a person.

“Your son?” The boss looked at the one on the bed.

“Meow meow.”

Bai Li shook his head and, to show his closeness with Li Yang, rubbed against him.

If it wasn’t this one bullying, then it was the other one.

Just then, feeling aggrieved, Li Hu came over himself, wanting to explain to his dad.

He appeared at the doorway of the room, and Bai Li meowed once, panicked, and desperately tugged on his pants leg, trying to climb up for protection.

The boss: “...”

The boss realized: “Mr. Li, your son is bullying the cat from our shop?”

Li’s father also believed it was Li Hu bullying the little kitten, but it was just a kitten...

“Have your son apologize to the cat from our shop,” the boss said.

“What kind of joke is this?” Li’s father’s expression darkened: “It’s just a kitten. Even if Li Hu did something to it, there’s no need to apologize.”

“Mr. Li, apologize.”

The usually slick seafood shop boss was unusually firm this time.“Stop joking.”

Li’s father, stabbed by the boss’s firmness, lost control of his words: “Even if Li Hu really killed this kitten, our family can afford to pay for it.”

“Oh.”

The boss smiled: “So your son wanted to kill the cat in my shop.”

“Meow.”

Bai Li transformed into a dramatic cat, hugging the boss’s arm and pretending to cry in grievance after hearing he was going to be killed.

The boss was really about to lose his temper.

This little kitten wasn’t just the lucky charm of his shop, more importantly, it belonged to Xie Ge!!!

If the kitten really got killed by the Li family’s youngest son during delivery today, he could go apologize to Xie Chen with his life.

Thinking of this, the boss smiled even more peacefully.

And which Buddha was he? The Fighting Buddha.

“Mr. Li.”

The Fighting Buddha seafood shop boss smiled as he delivered Li’s father a death notice.

“Let me tell you something.”

“The little kitten in our shop belongs to Xie Chen, that Xie from the Xie Group.”

“He works here as an intern. Every day, it’s Xie Chen who picks up and drops off this little kitten.”

The seafood shop boss’s lips moved, and Li’s father was stunned.

Oh no.

This working cat even had backing?!

Author’s note: Li Li: I have backing!