Chapter 52

Chapter 52

Chapter 52 Jin｜Jiang｜Literature｜City Premiere

The little girl was right. After waiting for a few minutes, someone hurried over anxiously.

"Miss, why did you come out by yourself?!"

The person rushing over was the housemaid. After helping the girl up, she carefully checked if she had any injuries from the fall.

After the inspection, the maid sighed in relief.

She looked down and then noticed Baili.

"Oh, so you're that cat who delivers fish."

The maid was quite kind and immediately invited Baili inside.

The fish was taken to the kitchen, and Baili followed the girl to the backyard.

"Wang Ma is going to get you something to eat, wait here for a bit."

The girl was pretty, and her voice was pleasant. After sitting down, she picked up Baili and placed him on the table in front of her.

"What's your name?"

Baili activated his cat hypnosis and meowed, "Lili."

"My name is Yaya."

The girl exchanged names with him. Seeing that the little cat was looking at her leg, she reached out and rubbed the kitten’s head.

"I don’t have a right leg anymore."

Perhaps thinking her companion was a cat, Yaya told him about her right leg while petting him.

Baili listened quietly. At the end, he climbed into Yaya’s lap and stretched out his paws, giving her a small hug.

Yaya lost her right leg to save someone. On the road, she pushed a smaller child out of the way but couldn't avoid the car herself.

Baili patiently kept her company. When the maid brought food over, Yaya fed him while chatting about her own story.

"I want to go see the dance exhibition."

A hint of sadness showed in Yaya’s eyes: "But I can't go."

Baili heard "dance exhibition" and paused.

"Meow?"

Whose dance exhibition?"Zhou Zhi."

When Yaya mentioned this name, her eyes shone with a scattered light. "She’s amazing—she’s the queen of the dance world!"

Baili was stunned.

Only now did he realize that Zhou Zhi seemed to have a lot of dance fans.

Yaya kept chattering non-stop about Zhou Zhi’s background, and she was incredibly familiar with Zhou Zhi’s dances.

"This comeback dance party, many people are waiting for it. I simply couldn’t get a ticket."

"I have been learning dance for a long time. Originally, my goal was to be like Zhou Zhi..."

"Meow."

Seeing Yaya getting more and more melancholic, Baili couldn’t help but interrupt.

"I, I have tickets."

Yaya: "???"

Yaya’s eyes instantly widened as she looked at this fish-delivering kitten in disbelief.

"What did you say?!" Yaya exclaimed, "Zhou Zhi’s tickets, her tickets, are really hard to get. How do you have them?"

Zhou Zhi’s tickets were few and extremely hard to come by now. Many had offered sky-high prices but still couldn’t buy any.

Baili honestly replied, "She gave them to me. I went to deliver fish to her, and she gave me the tickets."

Yaya: "..."

Yaya looked down at the little kitten and suddenly felt like he was shining.

"Lili, I want to deliver fish too."

Yaya said enviously, "I want to deliver fish to Zhou Zhi. Do you think she would give me tickets?"

Baili comfortingly patted her shoulder and meowed, "You don’t have to deliver fish. I’ll deliver the ticket to you tomorrow."

He had won the first prize; the prize ticket was brought back by Master!

He had two tickets here, and Master had one ticket.

His ticket could be given to Yaya, so he and Master each still had one ticket.

Because of Baili giving the ticket, Yaya was extremely excited, but they agreed to go see Zhou Zhi’s dance together and gave him lots of tips.

"Thank you, Lili, really, thank you so much."

Yaya hugged him, moved, not knowing how to repay this cat.

This delivery took Baili a long time. When leaving, Yaya personally saw him off at the door.

Baili didn’t break his promise about Zhou Zhi’s tickets; he really delivered the tickets to Yaya the next day.Time passed neither too fast nor too slow.

Bailiu moved into Tanyi’s house and maintained a subtle balance with Xie Chen.

He allowed Lili to sleep in Xie Chen’s room until Lili helped Xie Chen cure his insomnia.

But there was one rule: Lili was not allowed to be too close to Xie Chen.

Xie Chen treated his younger brother like a cat, but Bailiu was very clear—his younger brother was a little demon, possibly shape-shifting.

Roughly speaking,

A nearly adult younger brother sleeping with a longtime single older man—no matter how you look at it, it was unsettling.

After hearing Sixth Brother’s rules, Baili’s eyes were full of confusion.

“Meow?”

Not allowed to be too close?

Bailiu nodded, “Yes, you can’t be too close. You can sleep in the cat bed, but not in his arms, got it?”

Baili lowered his head, stepping his left paw on his right, and said weakly, “Got it.”

But he really liked Master, and liked sleeping with Master. It felt especially comfortable to sleep close to Master.

That kind of comfort—he couldn’t describe it, but he just didn’t want to sleep apart from Master.

“Good.”

After telling his brother the rules, Bailiu patted him, “My new experiment will keep me busy lately. When you come back at night, call me and I’ll have the chef cook dinner.”

Upon hearing this, Baili hurriedly shook his head.

“Sixth Brother, Xie Bo cooks cat food!”

Bailiu squinted, about to say something, but Baili tugged his sleeve and added, “Third Brother already paid for the food.”

“I can go eat it.”

“Already paid?” Bailiu paused, thinking that if the food was paid for, it was okay to eat it.

Once he finished perfecting this new experiment and all the data was stable, he would take a break and take Lili out.

Before that, he couldn’t let Lili eat poorly.

Night fell.

Baili sat in the basin, being bathed with warm water by Xie Chen.

Every night, Xie Chen bathed Baili. He washed him clean and carefully; after drying his fur fluffy and placing him on the bed, the chubby little kitten carried the scent of bath lotion.

“Master.”This time, Baili sat on the bed and didn’t crawl directly into Xie Chen’s arms.

He took the initiative to put the cat bed in place, lay down on it, blinked at Xie Chen, and meowed as if to say, “I’m going to sleep in the cat bed tonight.”

Xie Chen’s eyes darkened slightly.

“Lili, are you sure you want to sleep in the cat bed?”

“Sure.”

Baili nodded and even pleaded, “Master, can you cover me with a blanket?”

Xie Chen raised his hand and covered him with a specially made thin towel-sized blanket.

After covering him, Baili poked Xie Chen again and continued pleading, “Master, can you give me your hand?”

One request after another came from the little kitten, and Xie Chen, who used to not even allow the cat bed on the bed, silently fulfilled each of his requests.

Baili covered with the blanket, slept by Master’s bedside, his paws still clutching Master’s fingers. He contentedly pressed his face against Xie Chen’s hand and closed his eyes to sleep.

Maybe it was because so many people wanted tickets to Zhou Zhi’s show, but Baili really dreamed of Zhou Zhi’s dance party.

Zhou Zhi danced beautifully as always.

Baili sat seriously watching her.

But as he watched, Zhou Zhi suddenly reached out her hand to him: “Lili, do you still remember how I taught you? Come, dance with me.”

Baili looked at the outstretched hand, feeling awkward and stammering.

“N-no, I can’t. I’m a cat, I can’t dance with you.”

“Who said you’re a cat?”

Zhou Zhi stepped forward, closer to him, eyes shining with a smile, telling him, “Lili, you’re human now.”

“Hu-human?”

Baili’s beautiful amber eyes suddenly shrank. He sharply lowered his head and truly saw his paws turning into fair hands…

Thick darkness engulfed the entire room.

The little kitten in the dream stood there stunned, unable to believe his transformation.

In reality,

Xie Chen, who had been by the bedside with the little kitten asleep, soon reached out and pulled the kitten into his arms.

He was used to having the kitten sleep close to him, and he wasn’t ready to change that habit for now.

Baili’s paws unconsciously hooked onto Xie Chen’s pajamas, and the heat inside his body was scorching.

That burning warmth, trapped inside the chubby little kitten’s body, just wouldn’t dissipate.

“Meow.”A distressed whimper came from the little kitten’s mouth with eyes closed.

Xie Chen frowned, seeming uncomfortable himself.

He was always alert when sleeping, so normally, at the kitten’s slightest whimper, he would have opened his eyes long ago.

But he couldn’t wake up.

The little kitten was trapped, and he was trapped too.

The man and the cat pressed tightly against each other. After an unknown amount of time, the nearly overheated little kitten finally sensed a bit of coolness.

The coolness came from Xie Chen.

Cold, with a unique scent, lingering at his nostrils.

Baili comfortably stretched out his belly, the whole cat sleeping sprawled out.

The dream of becoming human was brief, like a fleeting blossom.

In Xie Chen’s dream, the fleeting blossom quietly bloomed again.

Early morning, low temperature.

Xie Chen opened his eyes and suddenly sat up from the bed.

In his mind still lingered the abruptly ended dream, in which he saw a youth of breathtaking beauty.

The youth’s eyes were as clear as glazed glass. He opened his hands, looking at himself—

“Master, hold me.”

Xie Chen pressed his aching temples, trying to recall that voice.

But it was impossible...

No matter what, it was impossible.

He could only watch the youth’s lips shape the words, call him master, ask him to hold him, yet never hear the youth’s voice.

In this cold weather, Xie Chen was drenched in sweat.

He lowered his head, looked at the little kitten still sleeping in his arms, and closed his eyes.

It couldn’t be Lili.

Lili was a very special little kitten. His older brother might have a human form, but he did not.

Xie Chen looked at the sleeping kitten for a long while before pulling back the blanket and getting out of bed.

After breakfast, Lili was sullen, his spirit visibly poor.

Xie Chen directly picked the kitten up and sat him on his lap, neglecting his own breakfast, focusing all his attention on the kitten.“Lili, are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?”

Xie Chen looked at his breakfast, of which he had barely eaten a few bites, feeling that this situation was too unusual.

The little kitten was always very eager to eat—not only could he eat a big bowl of rice, but he could also drink some soup or yogurt drinks afterward.

This morning, the small amount he ate was simply abnormal.

“Sleepy.”

After waking up, Baili had completely forgotten the dream. His face was pressed against Xie Chen, yawning several times. His big, round eyes were almost squinting shut now.

If it weren’t for Xie Chen’s big hand supporting him, he probably would have been wobbling as he stood.

Xie Chen didn’t feel at ease with his state. After Xie Bo packed Baili’s snacks and outing supplies, he took Baili to Qiu He’s animal hospital.

After a thorough checkup—

Qiu He gave the results: “Nothing wrong, but his body is a bit weak.”

Xie Chen saw that in just this short time on the exam table, the little kitten had already fallen asleep. His worry still hadn’t eased.

“Nothing’s wrong... so why is he so sleepy?”

“Probably didn’t sleep well last night.”

Qiu He answered: “Kittens need a lot of sleep every day. Actually, it’s normal for him to sleep in the morning too. You don’t need to be too anxious.”

How could Xie Chen not be anxious?

This kind of thing had never happened before.

Qiu He’s skills were excellent; he repeatedly emphasized Baili was fine and even guaranteed responsibility for his diagnosis.

After buying some more kitten supplies, Xie Chen held the snoring sleeping kitten, didn’t let him go to work, and after asking for leave, took him to the company.

Anna saw the little kitten had come again and her eyes lit up.

Great!

These days the atmosphere in the company was very tense. No one dared make mistakes, afraid of angering the boss.

Now that the little kitten was here, the boss would surely focus on coaxing the cat again and give them a bit of breathing room.

Author’s note:

Lili: The switch to control the big boss!