Chapter 60

Bai Li tilted his head, watching Brother Cat licking his paws. Instead of answering the question right away, he rummaged in his cloth pocket and pulled out a pack of wet wipes.

"Brother Hei, Mr. said to use this to wipe paws."

Black-footed Cat Brother: "......"

Black-footed Cat Brother glanced at the delicate wet wipe, waved his paw: "I don't need this."

He had lived in the African regions since birth, surviving by hunting. Though small and cute in appearance, in terms of living habits, he was an outright rough cat.

Seeing he didn't want the wet wipe, Bai Li didn't force it and stuffed it back into his pocket.

Mr. wouldn't let him lick dirty paws, saying it would ingest bacteria into his stomach. So every time after going out or before and after meals, Mr. would personally wipe his paws.

After wiping, he would even kiss the paw pads.

"Brother Hei, actually I don't need a bodyguard."

After picking up the order from the seafood shop, Bai Li looked at the cat brother beside him and meowed.

Black-footed Cat Brother strolled leisurely, calmly saying: "Anyway, I have nothing to do right now, so I'll just tag along with you."

"Meow."

Alright.

Two small-sized cats walked side by side on the road, attracting quite a few curious stares.

Bai Li was already immune to these gazes; he proactively chatted with Brother Hei about everyday things.

"Brother Hei, besides collecting protection fees, what else do you do?"

Black-footed Cat Brother glanced at the milky kitten head nearby that looked so touchable, in a rare good mood replied: "Also fight, claim territory, lead little bros to forage."

His daily life was quite rich.

Hearing this, Bai Li looked enviously at Black-footed Cat Brother: "I can't fight."

He was too small; in a fight, he had no advantage at all.

But most of the time, he didn't need to fight. On Demon Mountain, the other little demons were all very nice and never bullied him.

Bai Li, who considered everyone good demons, had no idea that the reason those little demons didn't fight him—besides thinking he was always sick and not daring to—was another important factor:

The several older brothers and sisters above the little milk cat were no pushovers!

They weren't stupid; they wouldn't pull the hatred of the entire cat family.

To make up for the orders he missed the previous days, Bai Li told the boss this time that he would deliver twenty orders today.

The boss generously gave him benefits; in return, he would run more orders for the boss.

The seafood boss sat at the shop door, holding a handful of melon seeds, basking in the sun.

"Our Li Li is really great."

The boss squinted, saying to his wife who came to inspect the shop: "Wifey, how about we adopt a cat? Li Li has quite a few stray cats over there with no survival skills, relying only on Li Li to feed them."

The boss's wife was a charming middle-aged woman with permed wavy hair. She took the shelled melon seeds from her husband's hand, poured them into her mouth, and ate them clean in a few bites.

"Sure."

After finishing the seeds, the boss's wife nodded: "See if there's a white cat; bring one back to raise."

The boss smiled, planning to go to Bai Li's place after work to pick a cat.

He figured raising so many cats was troublesome for Li Li. He had some genuine cat lovers around who could take a few, letting the cats live better lives and lightening Li Li's load.

While the boss and his wife watched the shop, they also noticed that the seafood shops in the area were unconsciously cold-shouldering them.

In the past, they'd smile and greet upon meeting, or sometimes drink together.

But now...

Those people ignored their Old Liu Family Seafood Shop completely.

"Forget them."

The boss's wife flipped her hair, looking at the little milk cat running back da da da from afar, smiling: "Our shop now owes it to these cats. Those people want to copy us by hiring cats to work but are unwilling to treat them well—ptui!"

"Let them stay jealous."

After saying that, the boss's wife took a few steps to greet the returning little milk cat.

"Li Li, there's water inside; drink some before running more orders."

Bai Li came back alone; Black-footed Cat Brother was nearby but didn't enter the shop.

Except for the human he had tamed, Black-footed Cat Brother approached no humans, including the Mr. that Li Li mentioned all the time—he stayed vigilant.

The shop had many small bowls; each cat had their own water bowl.

Bai Li gulped down the water from his own bowl.

After going out, Bai Li meowed at Black-footed Cat Brother, who heard the meow and walked over.

"Kitten, let's keep going."

Black-footed Cat Brother said while casually stretching a paw to rua the milk cat's head.

As expected!

Just as touchable as he thought!

Black-footed Cat Brother contentedly retracted his paw, but after a few steps, couldn't resist leaning in to rua the milk cat's chubby body again.

"Li Li."

As Black-footed Cat Brother rua-ed, his thoughts drifted: "If you don't want to work anymore, come with me to collect protection fees."

He'd collect fees, and let Li Li stay in his nest.

Hearing this, Bai Li shook his head, meowing: "I won't collect protection fees."

He was too small; he couldn't protect the whole area's cats and dogs like Black-footed Cat Brother.

Cat Brother saw his concern, patted him: "Be confident; look at me, not very big either, but still became the big bro."

Bai Li: "......"

Bai Li was patted nearly into a butt flop; he steadied his paws, wiltedly replying to Cat Brother: "Brother Hei, your breed is amazing."

After getting a phone, he looked up the black-footed cat species. After checking, he admired Brother Hei even more.

The two cats delivered fish together all day, sending out 23 orders in total.

Before closing, the seafood boss rewarded Bai Li with two fish. One was given by Bai Li to Cat Brother as today's protection fee.

Boss closed up; cats off work.

Bai Li led a group of little kittens, taking them home.

Meanwhile, at the Xie family villa, Xie Chen had returned early.

The first day the little milk cat recovered and went to work, his heart was hanging.

Only when he saw the familiar small figure appear did Xie Chen's heart settle.

"Li Li, come here."

Xie Chen waiting at the door squatted down, letting the little milk cat run da da da over and jump into his arms.

Haven't seen all day; Xie Chen lowered his head, kissed the milk cat's head.

"Was today smooth?"

"Smooth!" Bai Li meowed loudly.

Xie Chen carried the milk cat inside, while in some alley, Black-footed Cat Brother was listening to his little bro's report.

"Someone threw poisoned ham sausages at those cats?"

"Woof!"

Yes, Brother Hei.

An old dog with a limp leg dutifully reported his discovery to Black-footed Cat Brother: "Some humans deliberately threw a lot of food where the cats walk; I can smell something wrong with the food."

"Besides for the cats, maybe humans know we're following the cats and threw meat for us too."

"Cat Brother, all that thrown food has problems."

Black-footed Cat Brother listened to the reports, his eyes gradually sharpening.

These bad humans, on the turf he Brother Hei controlled, actually wanted to poison all the cats and dogs to death!

"Meeting."

Black-footed Cat Brother put on a stern cat face, authoritatively: "Summon all dogs, especially those bodyguarding the cats these days—half an hour, all assemble."

"Woof!" Roger!

Black-footed Cat Brother held a meeting on his turf; in the villa, Bai Li who ran double orders was exhausted, flopping on the bed earlier than usual.

"Meow."

Bai Li meowed at Xie Chen: "Mr., come sleep."

Xie Chen wore a robe with the collar wide open, revealing alluring collarbones.

He came from the bathroom, about to sleep with the milk cat, when a call came.

It was his cousin, the boss of Starlight Entertainment.

"A-Chen."

Xie Mao hadn't slept yet; the call greeted his cousin a bit before getting to the point.

"That day you went to Zhou Zhi's dance party, did you see one of his backup dancers?"

"The one who went viral online, looks young, dances great, face and figure both good."

Xie Mao just mentioned this, and a figure flashed in Xie Chen's mind.

"Why are you asking about him?"

"I want to sign him."

Xie Mao bluntly: "The newbies in the company, none compare to him."

"Perfect, I want to do a talent show; judges are set, but for the contestant list, I want to add this person too."

Xie Chen had no opinion on Xie Mao's idea.

He just asked: "You want to sign him, why call me?"

Xie Mao was silent.

After a moment, Xie Mao spoke: "I can't contact that kid."

"Zhou Zhi won't see guests, won't reveal backup dancer info. I can't even talk."

Xie Chen raised a brow, waiting for more.

"A-Chen, you went to the party last time; do you have any connection with Zhou Zhi?"

"No."

Xie Chen shattered his cousin's fantasy: "I'm not familiar with Zhou Zhi."

So, counting on him to get info from Zhou Zhi wouldn't work.

Xie Mao sighed.

After hanging up, Xie Chen sat on the bed, switched his phone to Weibo, and searched.

Zhou Zhi's backup dancer photos were still online, but regrettably, no one had dug up the info.

"Meow meow."

Bai Li heard Zhou Zhi's name, confusedly tilted his head.

He didn't know why Mr. mentioned Zhou Zhi.

Xie Chen looked a bit, tossed the phone aside, lay on the bed, sideways hugging the snow-white little milk cat in his arms.

"Li Li."

He leaned in, forehead to forehead with Bai Li, asking again: "Can you transform?"

Bai Li shook his head, meow voice downcast: "No."

He couldn't find his fiancé at all.

Delivered fish orders so long, saw so many strangers, still no fiancé.

The little milk cat's dejection, in Xie Chen's eyes, tightened his heart.

"It's okay."

Xie Chen softly coaxed: "Li Li like this is already great."

Innocent and cute, a round little ball, fully dependent on him.

Having Li Li was enough.

Xie Chen thought, no need to think about anyone else.

Bai Li hugged his hand, carefully looked at the bandaged arm again.

"Meow meow?"

Still hurt?

"No pain." Xie Chen replied: "In a while, the gauze can come off."

Bai Li nodded, glanced at the arm, then at Xie Chen's handsome face; after a while, he "chu"-ed Xie Chen's face.

"Meow."

Likes Mr.

So omnipotent, countless times descending from the sky to protect him—Bai Li felt, even if he couldn't transform, just having Mr. accompany was great.

Ran orders two more days; Bai Li finally made up all the missed ones.

Black-footed Cat Brother accompanied him running orders these two days too.

This day, temperature dropped a bit more.

Bai Li finished orders; familiar drowsiness surged like a tide, even the jade pendant from big bro couldn't resist.

Bai Li clutched the jade pendant with paws; on a small road with no one passing, plop—

Fainted.

Black-footed Cat Brother: "......"

Black-footed Cat Brother: "Meow?"

What's wrong, my little kitten?!

In the end, what shocked and dumbfounded Brother Hei wasn't the kitten fainting, but—the kitten right under his eyelids turned into a two-legged human!

The curled-up two-legged human, eyes closed, shivering in the wind.

Brother Hei decisively turned and ran to find clothes.

Not long after.

Clothes found, and drowsily put on by the boy who just sat up.

Black-footed Cat Brother tentatively stretched a paw, poked the little kitten.

"Meow?"

Li Li?

Bai Li's beautiful amber eyes showed confusion; he looked down, meeting the cat in front of him.