Chapter 64
Chapter 64
Chapter 64 Jinjiang Literature City Exclusive
Xie Chen, stared at by Bai Li, slowly opened his eyes and woke up.
“Li Li, good morning.”
He didn’t sit up immediately but instead brought the little kitten over and instinctively petted him.
Bai Li obediently let him pet him, his beautiful amber eyes betraying his happiness.
Xie Chen quickly became fully awake.
Noticing the little kitten’s happiness, he casually asked, “What good dream were you having? You’re so happy so early in the morning.”
Bai Li shook his head, “Not dreaming.”
“Then why?”
Bai Li reached out his paw to hug him but didn’t want to say directly and planned to tell him later.
He had just remembered a bit more—Dad told him four things.
Go down the mountain, find the fiancé, transform.
After transforming, there was one more important thing to do.
Bai Li couldn’t remember the fourth thing, but he had a little note!
He hadn’t found the note yet; it was probably dropped under the pedestrian bridge. He planned to go look for it later.
Xie Chen didn’t press him, and the two of them stayed on the bed for a while before getting up.
“Mister, I don’t have clothes to wear.”
Because Bai Li was going out, he didn’t warn beforehand and transformed into human right in front of Xie Chen.
He sat on the bed, his whole body smooth and pale, which made Xie Chen’s expression shift slightly.
Xie Chen quietly adjusted his breathing and looked away, no longer looking at the youth on the bed.
“Li Li.”
For some reason, Xie Chen’s voice sounded a bit hoarse: “If you’re going to transform next time, please tell me in advance, okay?”
“Okay.”
Bai Li obediently agreed.
There were no clothes in the house that fit Bai Li’s size, so Xie Chen rummaged through the wardrobe and reluctantly found a white T-shirt. The pants were too big, so after Bai Li put them on, Xie Chen squatted down and rolled up the pant legs for him.Bai Li was used to being cared for by him, so when he looked at Xie Chen squatting in front of him, he didn’t feel anything was amiss.
“Mister.”
Bai Li reached out his hand and petted Xie Chen’s hair. His happy eyes curved up, proudly announcing, “I’m taller than you now.”
When he transformed into a cat, he was always held by Mister in his arms and had never looked down on Mister like this before.
Xie Chen’s movements paused for a moment when Bai Li touched his head.
Not exaggerating, in his entire life, other than when his mother petted his head as a child, no one else had ever touched it.
The audacious cat not only petted Mister’s head but also touched his own hair and compared.
“My hair is a bit softer.”
“Mm.”
Xie Chen’s expression returned to normal. He tidied Bai Li’s clothes and found his own slippers for him to wear.
Xie Bo had been lost in all sorts of wild thoughts yesterday, only going to sleep late at night, so he was still not awake now.
After they finished eating, Xie Chen took Bai Li directly to buy clothes.
At the brand store, people had already started coming early.
Xie Chen held Bai Li’s hand and walked past the crowd into the store.
Bai Li was still wearing loose clothes that looked a bit trendy.
His face was small, the bridge of his nose covered by Xie Chen’s large sunglasses, hiding half his face.
“Mister.”
Bai Li scratched the palm of Xie Chen’s hand, looking up at him: “Am I cool?”
Xie Chen: “…”
Xie Chen skillfully ignored reality and focused on coaxing the cat: “Cool, very cool.”
With such a small face and wearing those sunglasses, it only made him look cuter; Xie Chen couldn’t see anything cool about it.
A few minutes later.
The two entered the store, and by chance, a young lady shopping inside immediately recognized Xie Chen.
“Xie, Xie Ge.”
The young lady looked at Xie Chen in shock, then glanced at the youth holding Xie Chen’s hand.
“You, you two…”
Xie Chen put his index finger to his lips, making a “shh” gesture.
“I’m here to buy something, don’t want to be stared at.”The young lady nodded rapidly like pounding garlic: “Okay, okay, I won’t shout out.”
Oh my god.
She had been struck by good luck so early in the morning.
Xie Chen actually talked to her!!!
His voice was indeed even better than on TV or in his albums.
“Mister.”
Bai Li knew he had no clothes to wear, so after coming in, he was picking out clothes for himself.
But looking at these clothes, they were all the same color.
“Dummy.”
Xie Chen was amused and helpless: “You’re still wearing your sunglasses, of course everything you see is just gray.”
Saying that, he reached out to take Bai Li’s sunglasses off and put them in his pocket.
The clothes at the counter were all good.
Seeing Bai Li still couldn’t choose, Xie Chen just picked for him.
Without a doubt, Xie Chen’s taste was impeccable; his personal wardrobe’s outfits could easily outshine those of the self-proclaimed fashion-forward male stars in the circle.
“This yellow and white one.”
“And this one, that one, also bring the one on your right.”
Considering Bai Li had no clothes at all, Xie Chen bought a full set directly.
This full set even included some more private items...
“Li Li.”
Xie Chen called him over and let him choose: “Look and see what size you wear.”
Bai Li looked confused: “How do I tell?”
As the two picked together, the young lady not far off watched their interaction, excitedly screaming inside.
She opened WeChat and furiously typed to her friend.
“Xie Chen’s romance is confirmed!!!”
“Wuwuwu, his partner’s looks are absolutely stunning! So lucky, I’m gonna jump ship and fangirl him now!”
“Wsl, that kid is so well-behaved, holding Xie Chen’s hand, letting him pick clothes.”
“The kid even calls Xie Chen ‘Mister’—heeheehee, Xie Chen’s cold, abstinent persona is totally shattered for me!”“Xie Chen is putting shoes on him.”
“Xie Chen went to swipe the card.”
“Xie Chen asked him what else he wanted.”
The CP-obsessed young lady spammed the whole chat window with messages.
Her chat partner was also drawn into the sweetness.
“Damn, I was watching Xie Chen’s livestream yesterday, that kid really is good-looking, just looks a bit small.”
“Xie Chen really spoils him!!!”
The two girlfriends exchanged messages back and forth. After paying, Xie Chen held Bai Li’s hand, who had changed clothes, and walked out of the mall.
“Mister.”
Bai Li, having changed out of Xie Chen’s clothes, suddenly felt a bit stuffy.
The new clothes didn’t carry Mister’s scent anymore.
He said a little unhappily, “I still want to wear Mister’s clothes.”
Xie Chen didn’t respond to that.
Letting Li Li keep wearing his clothes — Li Li might not understand, but he was an adult man who understood a lot more than others.
“Good boy, my clothes are too big on you.”
Xie Chen didn’t outright refuse, but comforted him with another reason.
Bai Li wasn’t convinced by this rejection.
“I want to wear Mister’s.”
He stubbornly repeated, “I just want to wear Mister’s.”
Xie Chen: “……”
Xie Chen gave in after a short while.
“You can wear them at home.” He made a concession.
Bai Li nodded, finally satisfied.
They didn’t go to Starlight Entertainment but to under the overpass.
Bai Li was going to find the little note under the overpass; Xie Chen waited outside for him.
It was now 10:30 in the morning.
Since last night, Xie Chen’s phone had received quite a few messages.
Including ones from Tanyi and Bai Liu.The eldest of the Bai family was still out, so he didn’t know about this matter yet.
Because of Tanyi, Bai Liu often checked the trending searches, whether there was something or not.
Tanyi was even more of a professional gossip enthusiast—he was like a raccoon, always going wherever the gossip was.
Last night’s trending topics exploded in the evening; Tanyi missed out on the gossip at that time.
But a proper gossip hunter, whenever free, would rush to find the latest scoop.
The first and third spots on the trending list still had Xie Chen’s name.
#XieChenLiveClarification#
#LuredTheDogInToKill#
The heat on these two Weibo posts was just as intense as last night’s viral trending topics.
Tanyi, wearing a moisturizing mask, leisurely lying on the bed, tapped into the trending searches, ready to grab a huge juicy scoop.
Unexpectedly—
This wasn’t gossip at all—it was a younger brother who could transform!!!
He knew Xie Chen well; when he said there was no one at home, it really meant no one!
When the boy suddenly appeared during the live clarification, there was only one possibility—
He was Xie Chen’s precious younger brother!
With a green face mask on and murderous intent, Tanyi stormed to Bai Xiaoliu’s room and knocked loudly.
The door opened.
Bai Xiaoliu, just back from the lab and freshly laid down, was so scared by Tanyi’s green face that his own face turned green.
“Third, brother.”
Bai Liu came back to his senses and grit his teeth: “You’d better have something important to tell me now, or you’ll regret knocking on my door at this hour!”
Tanyi, threatened by Bai Xiaoliu, immediately backed off two steps.
“Ahem, it’s important news.”
Not wanting to keep suspense, before Bai Xiaoliu could unleash his bad mood from just waking up, Tanyi dropped the bomb directly.
“Li Li has transformed.”
Bai Liu: “?”
Bai Liu’s sleepiness vanished instantly. He was stunned for several seconds before finding his voice.
“What did you say?”“I said, Li Li has transformed, transformed at Xie Chen’s house.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Liu didn’t even change out of his pajamas and rushed straight to the Xie residence.
On the other side,
Bai Li, searching for something under the overpass, was also talking with Xie Chen.
“Are you planning to go back tonight and then tell Tanyi and Bai Liu?”
“Mm!”
Bai Li nodded: “They’re very busy and can’t get up early in the morning. I want to go later and give them a surprise.”
Xie Chen thought about the trending topic that was surely still at the top and figured that after yesterday’s live broadcast exposure, Li Li’s “surprise” probably wouldn’t last too late.
“Can’t find it.”
Bai Li didn’t find the little note and felt a bit frustrated: “The little note is very important.”
Without the note, he didn’t know what the fourth thing was.
However, he vaguely recalled that during the Cat Meeting, Meimei and the others had said—
The fiancé is the one to marry.
Marriage…
Bai Li lowered his head and wondered doubtfully, will the master marry me?
The master is so good, doesn’t know how to do anything.
While he was only a little cute in his true form and didn’t even know if he looked good after transforming.
Besides working, he couldn’t do anything else.
The more he thought, the more downcast Bai Li became. He came out from under the overpass, sulking, and buried his head in Xie Chen’s arms.
Xie Chen didn’t know what was wrong with him but seeing his bad mood, didn’t press further and softly comforted him with a few words.
Before long,
Bai Li got into the car to go to a program recording.
Xie Chen personally sent him off; they sat together in the car. Bai Li looked down playing with the ring on Xie Chen’s hand, still unaware that the atmosphere in the program group had changed because of him.
“Xie Ge, the person in the live broadcast, isn’t it Yiyi?”
“Looking at it, it’s not just similar—it’s exactly the same.”
“How can we compare? Xie Ge is the judge, the contestant is his person…”
“Damn, didn’t expect that someone who looks so obedient is actually pretty good at climbing into bed.”
Among these discussions, there were shock, envy, and of course, jealousy so fierce it made eyes red.Bai Li couldn’t hear those discussions; he was carefully choosing his words, deciding to boldly test the waters.
“Master, what do you think about childhood betrothals?”
When Bai Li asked this, he was so nervous he didn’t dare look up, just fidgeting with Xie Chen’s ring until Xie Chen’s fingers started hurting.
Xie Chen didn’t say it hurt; instead, he lowered his eyes, watching Bai Li’s expression, quietly probing for answers.
“Childhood betrothal? Why would Li Li suddenly ask about that?”
Bai Li fiddled with the ring even harder: “I—I’m just asking casually.”
The topic of a sudden childhood betrothal seemed especially abrupt to many.
He didn’t want to scare Master.
Xie Chen’s fingers were red from being poked; he certainly didn’t think this was a “casual” question.
“Li Li, be honest.”
In Xie Chen’s rare serious tone, Bai Li nervously stumbled over his words.
“Master, if a person has a childhood betrothal, has a fiancé, do you think the fiancé would want to marry that person?”
Summoning his courage, Bai Li threw the question at Xie Chen.
He wanted to know if Master had any thoughts about childhood betrothals.
After hearing the question, the pressure around Xie Chen instantly dropped.
“Do you want to marry the fiancé?”
Xie Chen’s eyes were terrifyingly cold: “Or marry a fiancé who only has a childhood betrothal?”
Bai Li didn’t lift his head, so he couldn’t see Xie Chen’s gloomy expression at that moment.
He hadn’t explicitly said the fiancé was himself, but Master still caught on.
The cat who wasn’t good at lying had no choice but to honestly admit he wanted to marry the fiancé.
At this moment, Xie Chen truly used immense willpower to suppress the nearly out-of-control emotions.
He couldn’t get angry.
He told himself expressionlessly.
Li Li was still young and didn’t understand anything, so he would say such things.
A fiancé who only had a childhood betrothal—no one knew if he was human or ghost.
If such a person really managed to get close to Li Li, then given Li Li’s soft and innocent nature, wouldn’t he be bullied to death?
Xie Chen lowered his eyes; the moment he looked at Bai Li, in his heart he coldly thought—To marry the little kitten he was raising.
Hmph.
What fiancé? All that can go to hell.
“Master.”
Bai Li was still asking him, “Do you think the fiancé would accept a childhood betrothal?”
“Good boy.”
Xie Chen said “good boy,” but there was none of the usual warmth in his eyes when coaxing the cat.
He directly crushed his cat’s thoughts: “Childhood betrothals are feudal rubbish. Fiancés mean nothing. Don’t mention fiancés ever again.”
Bai Li: “...”
His hand stopped fiddling with the ring.
He sniffled and let out a sad “Oh.”
So childhood betrothals weren’t accepted down in the valley.
That meant he didn’t have a fiancé.
Xie Chen didn’t understand the cat’s grievance, but he hated seeing the cat upset.
“Li Li.”
Xie Chen broke his own rule of keeping a safe distance from Li Li.
He pulled him close, softly comforting the sad little guy.
“As long as I’m here, we don’t need any fiancé, okay?”
He raised his hand and touched the corner of Bai Li’s eye. Bai Li was beautiful—his delicate face, fair and tender skin. Whenever he felt wronged, the corner of his eyes would unconsciously flush a faint pink.
That blush added a touch of allure to his face.
Bai Li looked up and met his gaze, still sad but stubbornly holding on to hope.
Master liked him.
It’s just that Master didn’t like feudal childhood betrothals, so… so he could still try harder!
Author’s note: Li Li clenches his fist: The last step, marry the fiancé!
Dad on the mountain: ???