Chapter 47

Chapter 47

Chapter 47 – First Published on Jinjiang Literature City

“This is our sir’s cat. He’s drawing on our sir’s behalf. This is within the rules; it’s not stated that it’s not allowed.”

The bodyguard held the little kitten in his arms, facing the person in front of him with neither arrogance nor servility.

Bai Li, whose paw had been slapped away, was unhappy and meowed at that person in protest.

“Cats can join the draw.”

Just now, sir had allowed him to draw. If sir hadn’t gone to take a call, he would be the one holding Bai Li to draw now.

The one who slapped his paw was an unfamiliar boy, who looked about sixteen or seventeen. His appearance was average, his eyes looked a bit puffy, and as for his temper, it was visibly unpleasant.

“The rules didn’t say it’s allowed either,” the boy snorted and pointed outside, once again telling them to get lost.

If Anna were here and saw this boy, she’d probably recognize him immediately.

Ma Quanxing, seventeen years old, grew up abroad and returned to the country this year. He rarely appeared in public, had a bad temper, and absolutely no affection for small animals (he even had a shady history in this regard).

The bodyguard wasn’t as informed as Anna, so naturally he didn’t know such detailed information about the guests.

He stayed where he was, neither leaving nor giving way.

“Kitty.”

The bodyguard treated the boy in front of him as if he were air, completely ignoring him. He lowered his head and spoke to the kitten in his arms as if no one else were around: “Stretch out your paw and draw a slip from inside.”

“Give it a try. Who knows, maybe you’ll get the first prize.”

Bai Li didn’t care much about the prize; he just wanted to try drawing.

With the hardened bodyguard’s reassurance, Bai Li stretched his paw out again to reach into the raffle box.

The boy tried to slap his paw again, but before he could, the hardened bodyguard slapped his hand away in return.

The bodyguard was strong, and this time he didn’t hold back, so the back of the boy’s hand turned red instantly.

“All right, draw now.”

The bodyguard glanced at the boy’s hand from the corner of his eye, feeling extremely satisfied.

He dared to slap the kitten’s paw earlier—now that was payback!

Bai Li focused on the raffle box, his paw working hard inside to grip a slip of paper.

After a while—

He pulled the slip out and raised his paw to hand it to the bodyguard.“Meow!”

Quick, take a look!

Bai Li was a little nervous, so he wanted the bodyguard to help check.

The bodyguard took the paper and scratched off the lottery area to start checking.

One minute later.

The bodyguard still hadn’t reacted, and Bai Li couldn’t help but tug on the bodyguard’s sleeve: “Meow?”

Did we win?

Pulled back to reality, the bodyguard suddenly came to his senses. “Kitty, you won!”

“First prize!!!”

Even the bodyguard was stunned—among all the slips in that box, there was only one first prize!

And this little kitty had randomly pulled it out.

When Bai Li heard he had won first prize, he instantly became overjoyed.

“Meow meow!”

I won!

He wanted to give the prize to his sir.

The bodyguard looked down at this lucky little kitty and felt he was way too blessed.

“Li Li.”

While sir was away, the hardened bodyguard lowered his voice and boldly called the kitty by name, then quietly made a request: “Can I ask you to draw one for me later? I’ve been trying for a long time but haven’t gotten anything.”

Bai Li nodded his head: “Meow.”

Okay.

The bodyguard understood the little kitten’s nod, and even his usually stern face broke into a smile.

Completely ignored, Ma Quanxing watched as the kitten drew the first prize, and his face turned dark.

“Give me the prize.”

Ma Quanxing had come to the draw specifically for the first prize. Now that it had been taken, there was no chance of him getting it.

“Meow!”

No way!

Bai Li heard this person asking for his prize and let out a fierce meow.

The first prize was for sir, no way was he giving it to someone who had slapped his paw.“You really want to refuse a toast and drink punishment instead?”

Ma Quanxing stared at the prize ticket Bai Li had drawn, his gaze growing increasingly hostile.

Seeing him try to intimidate, Bai Li quickly had the bodyguard stuff the prize ticket into his cloth pouch. His pouch was very pretty—Xie Chen had specially commissioned it.

Once the ticket was secured, Bai Li patted the bodyguard’s arm: “Meow meow.”

Put me down.

He wanted to go find Sir.

The bodyguard didn’t put him down but also didn’t plan to keep confronting the boy.

He knew clearly what kind of people were present here—either rich or noble. Though none were richer or more noble than Sir, as Sir’s bodyguard, it was best to stay low-key.

“Don’t move. We’ll just ignore him.”

The bodyguard patted the little kitten’s head and turned to leave. He wasn’t afraid of trouble, but he was afraid that if a scene really broke out, the kitty might get frightened.

Just as the man and cat left, Ma Quanxing followed right behind.

Not only did he follow, he even brought people with him, clearly looking for an opportunity.

There were many people in the first-floor hall. No matter how bold Ma Quanxing was, he couldn’t actually do anything in full view.

But if he waited for a chance, when they moved to a quieter spot…

“Aren’t we claiming the prize now?”

The bodyguard, having walked some distance, looked down and asked Bai Li.

Bai Li shook his head: “Meow.”

No, the prize was for Sir.

Xie Chen hadn’t returned from his call yet, so they weren’t claiming the prize. The bodyguard chose to wander the hall a bit, letting the little kitty enjoy the excitement.

But after being carried around for a while and still not seeing Sir, Bai Li started to get anxious.

The yacht was unfamiliar to him, and in such a strange place, he just wanted to stick close to Sir.

The bodyguard, worried the kitten might be hungry, took a plate and picked up some food from the table. He returned to a sofa in the corner, ready to feed the kitty.

Before the food even reached the kitten’s mouth, the kitten, nestled in the sofa, suddenly darted off.

Bodyguard: “!!!”

His pupils contracted sharply, and in the next second, he rushed out after him.

“Li Li!”

The bodyguard called out anxiously, terrified the little kitten might get lost.Bai Li had held back all this time without seeing his sir—he had reached his limit.

The bodyguard was very kind, but to Bai Li, he still wasn’t someone he could rely on.

In an unfamiliar place, the only one who could give the little milk kitten a sense of security was his sir.

The air was filled with various perfumes, and the scent of strangers was strong.

Bai Li twitched his nose, trying to catch that unique cool scent that belonged to his sir.

He ran very fast, and not only was the bodyguard chasing him, but Ma Quanxing, who had finally found an opportunity, was also chasing.

“That milk kitten has the first prize ticket. Catch him and bring me the ticket!”

The first prize reward was very important to him.

The people Ma Quanxing had instructed, of course, followed his orders completely.

The sound of hurried footsteps echoed on the yacht.

Very soon.

Bai Li’s eyes lit up, and he sped up.

He found his sir!

“Mm.”

“Where did this kitten come from?”

Just as Bai Li was near his sir, about to reach him, a large hand grabbed the back of his neck and easily lifted him up.

Bai Li: “Meow?!”

What’s going on?

The person who lifted him had long hair dyed a burgundy red. His voice was androgynous, but from the Adam’s apple, he was clearly a man. He reeked of alcohol and was now holding Bai Li up close, examining him carefully.

“Which direction were you heading—who are you looking for?”

Bai Li struggled a bit but couldn’t break free, so he started angrily kicking his paws.

“Meow meow!”

I’m looking for my sir!

The long-haired man chuckled and looked ahead in the direction Bai Li had been heading.

“There’s only one Xie Chen over there.”

When Bai Li heard his sir’s name, he flailed even harder, his paws practically becoming afterimages.

The long-haired man saw this and immediately understood.

“Oh… you’re looking for Xie Chen, huh.”He smiled and shook the little snowball-like kitten: "He’s busy, don’t rush to go over, stay here with me for a while."

Bai Li still wanted to struggle, but suddenly, after clearly seeing the man in front of him, his trembling little body immediately stopped.

"Meow."

This person was almost completely surrounded by black mist.

Bai Li knew about this kind of black mist; being lightly entwined by it would make a person feel bad emotionally and affect their luck.

If, like this man in front of him, the black mist was so thick it could knit sweaters, then he would be like Zhou Zhi Bai Li had seen before—on the edge of death, only one step away from being irreversible.

Thinking this, Bai Li’s gaze toward the man was filled with inquiry.

The long-haired man saw he no longer struggled and simply placed him on his lap, gently stroking his head with long, graceful fingers.

“Quite obedient.”

The man murmured with a smile.

Then, teasing the kitten, he seemed to be talking to himself but also really like he was confiding in the little kitten—

“Little kitten.”

“Do you know who designed this yacht?”

Bai Li: “...”

The country bumpkin kitten just recently learned the difference between yachts and big ships; how could he possibly know who designed the yacht?

“It’s someone I like.”

There was a complicated sadness in the man’s eyes. Although he looked like he was smiling, Bai Li could feel his sorrow.

“He seems not to like me,” the man lowered his eyes, his long hair falling to cover his facial expression.

Bai Li didn’t quite understand these emotional entanglements. He just reached out his paw and tentatively patted away the ominous black mist around the man.

Time passed bit by bit.

Bai Li worked hard to drive away the black mist. Not far away, Xie Chen was still standing in place.

The bodyguard had already rushed over, but seeing that the two seemed to be getting along quite well, he didn’t come to forcibly take the kitten.

Outside the yacht.

A smaller yacht was also chasing after them.

On the small yacht, Lin Chao pressed his sunburned nose, looking somewhat helplessly at the curly-haired teenager beside him.

"Xiao Liu."

Lin Chao said headache-ly, “What exactly do you want to do with Xie Chen?”Bai Liu sat steadily on the small yacht, and on his handsome face, there was no sign of the tantrum he had thrown half an hour earlier.

At that time, he had waited outside Xie Chen’s villa for more than two hours.

The autumn night was windy.

His whole gray and white fur was frozen and fluffed up, but the entire cat was almost frozen stiff, yet still hadn’t seen the person.

Before freezing to death, Bai Liu finally couldn’t bear it any longer and called Lin Chao.

At that moment, Lin Chao was still indulging in debauchery, and when he heard Bai Liu say he was looking for Xie Chen, he was stunned for quite a while.

Under Bai Liu’s obviously abnormal tone, Lin Chao finally helped him check the schedule.

“Xie Chen is on the yacht today; he won’t be coming back.”

Bai Liu: “...”

Great, I froze!

Bai Liu, who had frozen and turned dark on the spot, made Lin Chao take him along and head to the yacht to catch the person.

He didn’t directly say he was looking for his younger brother, after all, he had understood that there was basically no one by Xie Chen’s side.

He just looked at the yacht chasing after them and said, “I have personal business with Xie Chen.”

Lin Chao sized up Bai Liu’s appearance, then thought about Xie Chen...

“Xiao Liu.”

Thinking he had figured something out, Lin Chao earnestly lectured the curly-haired teenager: “Xie Chen, that guy, I admit, has quite good conditions.”

“But, but think about it, this person has never kept anyone by his side until now...”

“Don’t you think that’s a bit of a problem?”

Lin Chao said this hoping the boy would come to his senses and stop coveting someone like Xie Chen.

But after hearing him, Bai Liu just gave him a strange look.

“Lin Ge, what exactly are you talking about?”

Lin Chao thought Bai Liu was still a child, so he didn’t say it too bluntly.

After giving confusing advice for a long time, Lin Chao’s mouth was dry by the end, yet Bai Liu still showed no reaction.

Seeing this, Lin Chao felt even more heartbroken.

Sigh.

What a pity for his little genius. Though intelligent, he might have to taste the bitterness of feelings.

On the yacht.

Bai Li had dispelled all the black mist and listened to the long-haired man’s difficult and tragic love story.The man’s loved one is the designer of this yacht. At the same time, he is a straight man—very straight.

The two of them mistakenly slept together only once, and then...

Nothing more happened.

Bai Li listened in a daze. He wanted to ask for details but didn’t get the chance.

Because, Master had arrived!

Author’s note: Bai Xiao Liu: Emotional pain? Impossible. I only want Li Li!