Chapter 55

Chapter 55

Chapter 55 Jin｜Jiang｜Literature｜City Exclusive

Xie Bo’s cat food was plentiful.

To coax Baili into eating more bites, Xie Chen promised a bunch of conditions.

Baili held the bowl but didn’t want to be fed; he buried his head and started eating with effort.

With food and drink, it wasn’t long before Baili’s belly was full and round.

His stomach was full, and his consciousness slowly became clearer.

“Meow?”

Master.

Baili held Xie Chen’s big hand, those wet eyes showing a bit of confusion.

He shook his head; memories from a moment ago were all unclear.

However, he vaguely still remembered—

“Master, I just danced,” Baili announced with a meow.

To let Xie Chen know what kind of dance it was, Baili even stood up from the table and performed the cat dance live.

Xie Chen always liked watching his cat dance, but there were many moves in the cat dance that didn’t clearly mean anything.

When Baili finished the whole cat dance, Xie Chen just felt it looked familiar.

“Was it good?”

Sitting on the table, Baili looked at Xie Chen with sparkling eyes.

“Good.”

Xie Chen even let him watch the recorded video again: “I saved it.”

Baili’s cat dance, meow songs, and various daily photos were all stored in Xie Chen’s albums and audio files, with special categories.

Xie Bo, who was beside them, saw Baili’s spirit improve a bit and sighed with relief.

“Master, later you should give Baili a bath before letting him sleep. It’s cooling down at night, so you’d better keep him warm in the quilt to prevent him from catching a cold.”

“Mm.”

Even if Xie Bo hadn’t said this, Xie Chen did this every day.

He always kept every little action of the kitten and all life details in his heart.Xie Bo collected the cat bowl and left, closing the door behind him as he went.

Only Baili and Xie Chen remained in the room.

Xie Chen looked at Baili, who was clinging to him again, and inexplicably felt that the little guy’s gaze held something more—as if without being close to him, he felt especially insecure.

After the bath and drying his fur, Baili lingered in the bathroom, unwilling to leave.

“Meow.”

Hug!

Baili opened his paws and meowed, pleading to Xie Chen.

During the bath, Xie Chen had supported him with one hand.

Now, as usual, the little kitten should stay on the bed for a while, letting Xie Chen finish his own bath.

But the clingy little kitten shook his head stubbornly, refusing to return to the bed.

“Lili.”

Xie Chen lowered his eyes, looking at the kitten with outstretched paws, reminding him, “I’ve already held you many times. Be good, I’ll hug you again after I finish bathing.”

Baili raised his head stubbornly, staring at him without retracting his paws.

Xie Chen tried to forcibly place the kitten on the bed.

But as soon as they reached the bed’s edge, Baili hooked his paws onto Xie Chen’s chest clothes, burying his head in his arms, firmly refusing.

After some struggle,

No matter how Xie Chen coaxed, he couldn’t calm the little kitten.

He frowned, not understanding how it suddenly became like this.

Baili was usually very obedient, but this time even he couldn’t explain why he kept wanting Master’s embrace.

It was like—

In his subconscious, he seemed to have been rejected.

That confused, wronged, and vague illusion made him keep stretching out his paws; only when Master held him did his sense of security return.

After a short standoff,

Xie Chen pressed his temple and resignedly said, “Fine, you can stay here.”

The little kitten couldn’t turn back into a human, so even if he saw something, it probably didn’t matter.

“Be good.”

Xie Chen thought this in his heart, but when he spoke, he changed it to: “Close your eyes.”

Baili obediently closed his eyes and covered them with his paws.After Xie Chen turned around, took off his clothes, and turned on the shower,

Baili heard the sounds and couldn’t help but let a small gap appear between his paws.

“Lili, keep your eyes covered.”

In the misty steam, Xie Chen’s voice sounded even sexier than usual.

Baili’s face felt hot, but luckily, his white fur covered it so nothing was visible.

“Meow.”

Covered, covered well.

“Don’t speak.”

Xie Chen’s rule was strict: no opening eyes, no meowing from the little kitten.

After all, those meows could turn into a clear youthful voice in his ears.

And that voice was his favorite, but he didn’t want to hear it during his shower.

Baili tilted his head, a little confused.

He was still secretly watching Xie Chen.

To be fair, Xie Chen’s handsome appearance was really captivating—good face, good figure.

Because he exercised often, Xie Chen’s abs were firm and attractive, looking strong but not exaggerated, just the right kind of feeling.

Baili’s gaze stopped at the abs, but when he looked lower,

Xie Chen raised his eyes and caught the sneaky little cat peeking.

The next second,

“Lili.”

A scolding voice sounded again.

Xie Chen turned around, leaving only his back visible.

But even just his back looked very good.

Baili was extremely envious.

“Meow.”

Master is really good-looking.

He couldn’t help but meow softly again.

Xie Chen slightly lifted his chin, letting the water flow down his face.

He closed his eyes, blocking out the little kitten’s movements.At the end of the shower, Xie Chen switched directly to cold water.

Coming out of the bathroom, Xie Chen placed the kitten wrapped in a towel back on the bed, then vigorously pressed his temples, forcibly pushing away the image of the youth in his mind.

“I’m cold. Lili, go into the quilt and sleep by yourself.”

Just after finishing the cold shower, Xie Chen’s whole body was wrapped in chill.

He wiped his hair with a towel and looked down at Baili, saying a sentence.

Baili lay back on the bed and, hearing this, quickly sent a heart: “I’m not afraid of the cold!”

After saying that, he stretched out his paws, wanting to warm Xie Chen.

However, as soon as the paws extended, they shivered from the cold and immediately retracted.

Baili: “...”

Baili glanced at his useless paws and nervously dared not raise his head.

Xie Chen smiled with laughter in his eyes, teased: “Good boy, you don’t have to warm me.”

He casually threw the towel he used to dry his hair onto a chair, lifted the quilt, and sat down inside.

The bedroom air conditioner was turned on.

After a while, Xie Chen’s body temperature returned to normal warmth.

Baili yawned, curled up in his arms, lazily holding onto his big hand.

That night.

Baili slept soundly but didn’t know that a craze was sweeping online.

Zhou Zhi’s dance video had some clips released. Among them, a dance partner beside Zhou Zhi caught many people’s attention.

That partner wore a simple dance costume, danced on stage with Zhou Zhi, every move and expression made viewers unable to blink.

Under the most popular dance video, there were tens of thousands of comments.

Dreaming of sudden riches, Chichi said: “Wow, this dance partner little brother is amazing!!!”

“Did you have milk candy today?” said: “Within three minutes! I want all info on this little brother!”

Milk tea, less ice, three parts sweet: “[Sipping] I’m craving, I’m craving, quickly tell me who this dance partner little brother is, I want to sneak in tonight!”

In an era where beauty is prevalent, it’s easy to become famous for looks—if the face is stunning enough.

And in the video clips about this little brother, there’s no doubt that his looks are as beautiful as popular idols in the industry.

Not only is he good-looking, but his dancing is also excellent!

Netizens are always good at digging up information, but since the video was released, they haven’t found a single piece of info.

What’s the little brother’s name, how old is he, where is he from, is he signed to a company...Wait, they still couldn’t find anything.

The netizens who failed to dig up info could only ask under Zhou Zhi’s long-neglected Weibo.

“Did you have milk candy today?” wrote: “Sister, who was the little brother dancing with you yesterday? [penguin dancing] Waiting for an answer.”

This hot comment was pinned at the top. After seeing it, Zhou Zhi even replied:

“My closed-door little apprentice.”

Other than this, Zhou Zhi didn’t reveal any other information.

At the production crew.

Tan Yi, exhausted like a dog after filming his scenes, was squatting on the ground, sipping milk tea and scrolling on his phone.

He casually clicked on a small video on the homepage.

“Hmm, this kid is pretty good-looking.”

Tan Yi watched the video several times. Although Zhou Zhi was very beautiful, Tan Yi couldn’t help but focus on the dancing boy beside her.

He had seen quite a few people in the industry, but this kind of looks were still rare.

While watching, a shout nearby scared him so much he spilled his milk tea.

“Brother Tan!!! Don’t drink!!!”

His manager glared at him and hurried over. Tan Yi’s schedule was tight; he couldn’t gain weight at this time.

Tan Yi, upset about spilling his milk tea, felt gloomy.

“I only took a few sips,” he defended.

The manager didn’t listen and pulled him aside. Then her eyes accidentally glanced at his phone screen.

“You’re watching this too, huh.”

The manager said, “Our company is also sending people to scout him. Probably want to sign him.”

“If they really sign him, when he sees you, he’ll have to call you senior brother.”

Hearing “senior brother,” Tan Yi felt strangely annoyed.

“Senior brother, whatever. We’ll see.”

He wasn’t a fool. He remembered the company’s attitude toward him and how they let his bad trending news slide last time.

His contract with the company still had a year left. When it ended, he wouldn’t renew.

The manager kept mumbling: “I heard other companies are also contacting Zhou Zhi and trying to scout that kid. Not sure who will sign him.”

Tan Yi rubbed his ears and didn’t comment on what the manager said.The next day.

Xie Chen still didn’t let Bai Li deliver orders at the seafood shop, but Bai Li went to the younger brothers early in the morning.

“Big brother!”

The cats were eating breakfast, and when they saw Bai Li coming over, they immediately stopped paying attention to their food.

Bai Li checked their cat food stock—it was still plenty, so they wouldn’t go hungry.

Besides, Third Brother’s villa was much better than the outdoor spaces; the cats had cat beds to sleep in at night and wouldn’t feel cold at all.

Bai Li meowed to ask the working cats if they were tired and if the orders were easy to deliver.

Mei Mei hesitated a little when asked.

“Big brother.”

He hesitated as he meowed, “Recently, I’ve been feeling like someone is watching us.”

Mei Mei, having been with Bai Li for a while, was a little cat who had seen storms and hardships.

His words made Bai Li more alert.

“Mei Mei, when you deliver orders, don’t always take shortcuts. Take the places with more people. It’ll be safer that way.”

Where there are more people, in broad daylight, no one would dare harm the cats so openly.

Mei Mei nodded.

Bai Li looked at the cats in front of him and thought for a few seconds but still wasn’t at ease with them.

“Mei Mei, I’ll go with you guys to work today.”

He really cared about the safety of the cats.

“But big brother, aren’t you on vacation?”

“I’m working this morning, then going to see sir.”

Just right, he wanted to see if someone really was watching them little cats.

After Bai Li said he was going to work, Xie Chen, waiting at the door, darkened his gaze.

“Li Li, didn’t you say you’d come with me to the company?”

Bai Li sat on his lap, blinked, and obediently said, “I’ll go with sir in the afternoon!”

Xie Chen lowered his eyes and said nothing.

Knowing he was going back on his word and feeling guilty, Bai Li held Xie Chen’s hand and meowed sweetly.

“Sir, please let me go. When I come back, I’ll buy flowers for you.”

There were flower sellers at the intersection with pretty flowers, one yuan each. Bai Li liked flowers but never dared to buy them for himself.One yuan for a flower—back then, that was enough for him to eat steamed buns all day.

Under the little kitten’s coquettish meowing, Xie Chen finally nodded.

But just as Bai Li left for the seafood shop with the cats, Xie Chen got in the car and followed.

No way.

He wasn’t careless enough to let such an unstable cat go to work alone.

The seafood shop owner saw Bai Li and tactfully didn’t ask too many questions.

He had already coordinated with Xie Chen beforehand, so he wouldn’t slip up.

“Li Li, this is for you.”

The owner picked a very light fish and put it on Bai Li’s back: “This customer lives nearby and is nice. You can go deliver there.”

“Meow.”

Okay.

Bai Li carried the fish on his back and turned to deliver the order. This time, he wasn’t just focused on delivering but was paying attention to see if anyone was following them, just like Mei Mei said.

Passing another seafood shop, the owner suddenly splashed a basin of dirty water used for killing fish.

Bai Li dodged quickly. Although the dirty water didn’t hit his head, some splashed onto his white fur.

“Meow meow.”

Bai Li looked at his white fur and gloomily said, “It’s dirty now.”

After finishing the deliveries, he’d have to wash up before going to see sir.

Avoiding the dirty water on the ground, Bai Li continued running toward his destination.

Half an hour later.

After finishing deliveries and walking back on the road, his head started to feel heavy bit by bit.

After passing the garden, his clear awareness was overwhelmed by drowsiness and he could barely keep awake.

Bai Li stopped walking and shook his head hard, but his paws felt light and he couldn’t walk straight.

At a time like this, Bai Li’s first thought was that he had to hide well.

The first rule of survival for cats outside—

Always ensure your own safety!

Very safety-conscious, Bai Li adapted to the situation and rummaged through a pile of fallen leaves in the flower bed.

There were many fallen leaves in autumn; the pile in the flower bed was not conspicuous at all.After rummaging through the fallen leaves, Bai Li sent a message to Xie Chen, then plopped his chubby body into the pile of leaves.

A few seconds later,

two paws were digging through the leaves, burying the snow-white kitten’s head.

You could say this was a very perfect hiding spot.

Not far away, in the Maybach,

Xie Chen, who had been watching the location info, got out of the car before receiving the text.

The little red dot representing Li Li had stayed too long; he had to go check.

Author’s note: Li Li: I’m well hidden now!