Chapter 63

Chapter 63

Chapter 63 – Jin | Jiang | Wen | Xue | City Original

Xie Chen's voice didn’t sound much different from usual, but Bai Li buried his head in his arms, a little too scared to lift it.

He was afraid Mister would think he wasn’t good-looking.

“Li Li.”

Xie Chen called again. This time, he forcibly pulled the person in his arms away.

Bai Li was panicking badly. He glanced up at Xie Chen, then lowered his head again, staring only at the floor.

“Do you only like cats?”

Bai Li thought about how after he transformed, the butler and that chubby agent both told him that Mister didn’t like getting close to people, and never kept anyone around him.

He lowered his head, reached out and tugged on Xie Chen’s clothes, like a scared child trying to act calm like an adult, speaking in a tone of negotiation: “I can turn back into a cat again. Anyway, it’s easy for me to become a cat.”

Xie Chen’s throat tightened. Without even glancing at the still-stunned Xie Bo, he simply said, “Xie Bo. Go back to your room.”

“Alright, alright. Well then…”

Xie Bo looked at Bai Li, then at Xie Chen, a belly full of confusion that he ultimately chose to swallow.

He had woken up at night to see the young man in the living room, wearing Xie Chen’s clothes, saying he was waiting for Xie Chen.

He wanted to ask something, but the young man said nothing, only that he was also called Li Li and wanted to wait for Xie Chen.

“Forget it.”

Xie Bo murmured, leaving all the time and space to the two of them.

Once Xie Bo left, only Bai Li and Xie Chen remained in the living room.

Xie Chen pulled the transformed young man to him, no longer forcing him to raise his head, but patiently coaxing, “Li Li, whether you’re a cat or a person, you’re beautiful.”

“I like you very much.”

Xie Chen spoke slowly and gently, and it calmed Bai Li’s anxious heart a little.

“I was just surprised,” he explained his earlier daze. “Suddenly seeing Li Li’s human form, I didn’t have time to react.”

“Be good, can you not be mad at me?”

With such gentle reassurance, someone as easy to coax as Bai Li, of course, wasn’t really angry at Xie Chen.

He even got a little braver.

“Mister.”Bai Li finally lifted his head again. Those beautiful, as always, amber eyes were wet, showing an unaware sense of grievance that made Xie Chen’s heart soften.

“Do you… still like me? The me who isn’t a cat?”

“I do.”

For the little one who currently felt insecure, Xie Chen knew he had to answer without hesitation.

Sure enough.

After Bai Li repeatedly asked over and over whether he liked him, and Xie Chen patiently repeated “I do” each time, those beautiful eyes regained their original joy.

“Mister.”

Coaxed and comforted, Bai Li opened his arms and pleaded, “Hold me!”

Xie Chen didn’t hesitate and picked him up.

He wanted to be cautious, after all, Li Li had transformed and was no longer just a cat.

But at this moment, he knew very well that if he dodged even a little around Li Li, he really wouldn’t be able to calm him down.

There were freshly fried small dried fish in the kitchen.

Bai Li pulled Xie Chen’s big hand to look at the fish: “I fried many times, only this batch turned out well. Xie Bo helped me control the fire.”

Xie Chen didn’t look at the fish but took his hand to examine it.

Frying dried fish requires contact with hot oil, and now calm, Xie Chen didn’t think his cat could be so talented at cooking this.

Bai Li’s hand was smaller than his by a circle, with fair fingers and transparent pink nails, like the color of paw pads.

But on the back of his hand and knuckles, several blisters had been burned.

When Xie Chen popped the blisters, Bai Li gasped sharply from the pain.

“Don’t go into the kitchen next time.”

Xie Chen applied medicine and bandaged the wounds, then brought the dried fish to the dining room.

Bai Li had been busy all that time and hadn’t eaten anything himself.

The two ate the dried fish together, while Xie Chen quietly began to ask questions.

“When did you start to transform?”

“At the ball.”

Bai Li recalled those memories clearly, especially backstage at the ball.

“At that time, I couldn’t remember who I was,” Bai Li bit the dried fish and told Xie Chen, “Then I went to dance, and saw Mister.”

“I wanted Mister to hold me, but Mister didn’t.”

Saying this, Bai Li felt even the dried fish no longer tasted good.Xie Chen: "..."

Xie Chen was recalling earlier events, thinking about how he had stubbornly missed the little one’s first transformation. Not only missed it, he even rejected the human form of the little kitten right then—

Don’t ask, just know he planned to develop a time machine.

“Later, I transformed several more times.”

Bai Li pinched the new dried fish without eating it and seriously reported all the unstable transformation days to Xie Chen.

After learning that the kitten had joined the show to find him, Xie Chen completely lost control and pressed his temple.

“Li Li, let me calm down.”

Xie Chen closed his eyes and took a long moment to suppress his emotions.

After a while.

Having reflected, Xie Chen looked at Bai Li, who was holding the small dried fish, and said, “Li Li, what do you want to do next? Do you still want to participate in that show?”

Bai Li tilted his head and answered, “Yes.”

“Fat Brother gave money.”

He said, then ran upstairs quickly, bringing down the money he had been wondering about before, proudly showing it to Xie Chen: “Look, two thousand yuan! I spent one hundred, there’s still nineteen hundred left.”

Xie Chen wasn’t very interested in the nineteen hundred yuan. He pressed Bai Li down onto the chair and asked, “After recording this show, do you still want to make money in this circle like your Third Brother?”

“No.”

Bai Li honestly shook his head. “I want to go back and deliver fish to Boss Liu.”

Delivering fish came with daily tips and a high salary.

The boss was kind and often gave him benefits, even allowed him to bring other cats to work.

Bai Li definitely didn’t want to quit that job.

Xie Chen stared at the child’s face for a few seconds, then reached out to ruffle his hair.

“Okay.”

A little smile showed in his eyes. “We’ll listen to Li Li. When this show ends, we’ll go back to working at the seafood shop.”

Xie Chen hadn’t been in the entertainment industry for a short time; that circle had too many dark sides.

Though he protected him, there were still too many schemes and lustful people there.

If Li Li really went into that circle like this, he would definitely attract many covetous eyes.

“Mister.”

Bai Li’s mouth was dry from eating dried fish. He held Xie Chen’s cup, gulped down the water, and after finishing, looked up at him eagerly: “I want to eat.”“I’ll do it.”

“Mm!”

Xie Chen went into the kitchen to cook, and Bai Li stuck close like a little tail.

“When I learn to cook well, I’ll make meals for Mister.”

“No need.” Xie Chen was worried about him in the kitchen. “As long as Xie Bo and I can cook, you just wait obediently to eat.”

Bai Li didn’t reply.

Xie Chen’s cooking skills were proficient, and soon he made all the dishes Bai Li liked.

But Bai Li couldn’t maintain his human form long enough to finish the meal.

“Meow meow.”

He couldn’t transform anymore.

Bai Li squatted down on the floor and stretched out his paws toward Xie Chen.

For the familiar snowy white little kitten, Xie Chen’s hug was even more practiced.

One person and one cat sat at the dining table; Xie Chen habitually mixed rice for him.

“Li Li, how long can you stay in human form every day?”

“Not for very long yet.”

Bai Li sat on Xie Chen’s lap, eyes fixed on his bowl, distractedly answering: “I’m too weak, can’t stabilize the transformation like my brothers yet. After I eat more and grow taller, I will.”

Xie Chen said “Mm,” placed the mixed rice in front of him, and decided to properly nourish the kitten’s body from now on.

Otherwise, transforming consumed too much energy, and if his true form accidentally showed outside, it would cause trouble.

Bai Li focused on eating, unaware that Xie Chen was already thinking about how to feed him nutritious meals.

After eating and drinking enough.

The content little kitten stretched out his paws and, as usual, showed his round white belly, inviting Xie Chen to pet it.

Xie Chen hesitated for a moment.

Under the kitten’s “meow meow” urging, he reached out to stroke the soft, chubby white belly, but in his mind the image of Li Li’s human form inevitably appeared.

Roughly speaking, he was now touching Li Li’s small abdomen, his belly.

Darkness flickered in Xie Chen’s eyes.

After a while, he withdrew his hand and picked up the little kitten.

“Meow meow.”

The full little Bai Li hugged Xie Chen’s big hand with his paws, firmly pressing it back onto his round belly, requesting, “Rub again.”Xie Chen could only continue to rub.

Before long, the little kitten, comforted by the rubbing, tilted his head and purred himself to sleep.

Xie Chen carried the kitten upstairs, bathed him, dried his fur, then placed him in the quilt.

Bai Li woke once in the middle of the night but was still sleepy, so he vaguely let Xie Chen care for him as before.

“Li Li.”

Xie Chen put the kitten into the quilt and deliberately asked, “Are you sleeping in the cat bed tonight?”

“Meow.”

No.

The little kitten, unaware of any taboo, rolled into Xie Chen’s arms, laying his paws on Xie Chen’s abs, sleeping boldly.

But Xie Chen couldn’t fall asleep immediately.

He was still thinking about whether he should let the little kitten keep sleeping in his quilt like this.

What if, what if he transformed again...

Xie Chen’s mind twisted a hundred ways; honestly, he didn’t quite know how to handle a little kitten who suddenly could transform.

Although he was decisive and ruthless in business, he was completely helpless against this palm-sized kitten.

“Meowoo.”

Sleepy Bai Li pressed against Xie Chen, mumbling inaudible sleep talk.

Xie Chen lowered his eyes, not daring to give even a goodnight kiss.

He had said he wouldn’t get involved emotionally, especially since this was a pure little kitten he was pampering and raising, still naive in his thoughts...

“Xie Chen, you have to be a man.”

In the pitch-dark room with the lights off, before closing his eyes, Xie Chen said this to himself in his mind.

The next day.

Bai Li woke earlier than Xie Chen.

He was still in cat form; transforming into human for too long yesterday had tired him out.

“Meow.”

Mister.

Bai Li sat up from Xie Chen’s arms, yawning as he looked at Xie Chen’s handsome face.

Looking, looking, he belatedly remembered something very important.Dad said, go down the mountain, find the fiancé, transform.

And now, he has gone down the mountain, is with Mister, and has transformed.

Bai Li turned his head, put these two things together, and realized.

“Meow, meow meow...”

Mister, Mister is the fiancé.

Bai Li was dumbfounded by this conclusion.

Such a good Mister—could he really be his fiancé?!

Bai Li’s gaze at Xie Chen grew eager early in the morning!