Chapter 71

Chapter 71

Chapter 71 Jinjiang Literature City First Release

Bai Li promised the little kittens floral cotton-padded jackets. In the following delivery runs, the cats all showed obvious enthusiasm.

Because many orders had been missed recently, Bai Li didn’t rest on the first day back to work.

Unconsciously, he reached the thirteenth order.

Today, his bodyguard, Black-foot Cat, didn’t come. Other cats said that Cat Ge was staying at his human’s home.

“Wow, here they come!”

In front of the new orderer’s door, before Bai Li could deliver, he was happily greeted.

“It’s that little kitten! He really delivers fish, so cute!”

Several young people were gathered at the door, all their eyes fixed on Bai Li, as if seeing something rare.

Bai Li ran over to them quickly, stopped, and politely meowed twice.

“Hello, the fish has been delivered, please sign!”

The young boy leading didn’t rush to take the fish but beckoned to him with his hand.

“Little kitten, come in quickly, we’ll treat you to barbecue.”

Behind these people was a magnificent large courtyard, and they all looked quite young.

Bai Li shook his head, refusing: “Meow.”

No way, I still have to deliver more orders.

But the other party was too enthusiastic, insisting he come in. Just as Bai Li found it increasingly difficult to refuse, suddenly, a silent girl in the corner caught his attention.

The girl was very pretty, with a temperament somewhat similar to Zhou Zhi.

Bai Li looked at the black mist lingering between her brows, then thought of Zhou Zhi, and finally obediently entered the courtyard.

The courtyard was large.

These young people were gathered to have a barbecue. From their chatting, Bai Li learned they all grew up together; some are studying, some working, and they rarely got together like this.

The fish Bai Li carried was taken and placed on the barbecue grill by them.

As for Bai Li, he was surrounded by several young ladies, facing a difficult choice.

“Mimi, come eat meat here with me.”

“Kitten, I have meat here too!”Several young ladies simultaneously tempted a little kitten.

Bai Li sat on the ground, looking at them, but didn’t choose anyone.

“Meow.”

He walked over to the short-haired sister who didn’t speak and proactively opened his paws: “Meow ow.”

Do you want to hug me?

The short-haired sister was obviously startled when she saw him come over.

Such a sought-after kitten, she never expected he would come to her on his own.

The short-haired sister reached out, picked up this snowy white little kitten, placed him on her lap, and teased him a bit.

“A Ning, you’re quite liked by cats, huh.”

The other girl who had been competing for Bai Li just now smiled and asked, “Do you have any tricks for coaxing cats? Teach us a bit so we can pet him too?”

Duan Ningqi shook her head and made a gesture indicating she had no tricks.

“Um, I don’t quite understand what your sign language means, sorry.”

After apologizing, the girl continued chatting with her.

But while chatting, she also said she didn’t understand those signs.

In the end, the girl sighed intentionally or unintentionally, seeming to think it was too troublesome.

She got up and went to help the boys who were busy, no longer paying attention to the silent pair of a person and a cat.

With the chatty girl gone, Bai Li looked up at the sister who could only use sign language, his eyes filled with some confusion.

“I, can’t, speak.”

Duan Ningqi lowered her head and signed word by word to the puzzled little kitten.

Bai Li naturally knew she couldn’t speak, but what puzzled him was—

This sister should be a normal person who can speak.

As a demon cat, Bai Li didn’t have any great powers but still had the ability to read people.

He wanted to ask, but with so many people around, there was no chance.

“Duan Ningqi, I’ve got the grilled fish ready here, come over holding the kitten,” a handsome boy called to them from afar.

Bai Li sat on Duan Ningqi’s lap, watching her carefully peel the fish for him while listening to others joking and chatting.

In the conversation, he heard a familiar name.

“By the way, have you heard? Yu Yin has also been back for a while, but still hasn’t gone home.”

“I think he’s afraid to go home. I heard he’s involved unclearly with a man, and Grandpa Yu said if he comes back, he’ll break his legs.”“Tsk, him, really don’t know why he likes men.”

Among these people, some spoke sarcastically, of course, there were also many defending Yu Yin.

While they were talking, Duan Ningqi looked down to feed the little kitten fish but found he didn’t eat a single bite.

“Meow.”

Don’t want to eat.

Bai Li put on a stern cat face, firmly refusing the food.

He knew Yu Yin liked Big Brother!

Liking Big Brother is not something shameful!

The protective cat climbed down from Duan Ningqi’s lap. Before climbing down, he patted her, dispersing some of her black mist.

He also left a small mark on Duan Ningqi, planning to come back to help later.

“Hey, why is the little kitten leaving?!”

Someone saw Bai Li trying to leave and hurried to block him: “Don’t let him go, I want to film a little video of him later.”

Bai Li: “Meow!!!”

No filming!

Bai Li recognized that the person wanting to film him was one of those who spoke ill of Yu Yin.

Anyone present who wasn’t blind or deaf could see the little kitten was throwing a tantrum.

They were completely confused, not knowing how they had upset the kitten.

Bai Li didn’t want to meow at them anymore.

He turned around, strode with his short legs, and dashed toward the door.

“Stop.”

The boy wanting to film caught up in a few steps: “I asked you to deliver fish so you could entertain us here, and you want to go on strike?”

Bai Li was grabbed and angrily kicked his paws.

He was only responsible for delivering fish, not for entertaining others.

“Put him down.”

Duan Ningqi signed, coming over to take the cat.

The boy frowned, impatiently said, “You mute, mind your own business. We already gave you face letting you hang out here, and you—”

Before he finished speaking, someone suddenly shouted sharply: “Guan Liang, shut up!”Such disrespectful words, saying them is just asking for trouble!

Everyone in this big courtyard has status; the elders above are not to be trifled with.

Guan Liang was yelled at, losing even more face.

The atmosphere fell to freezing point, and the quarrel continued incessantly.

Bai Li held his paws in midair, feeling ignored.

He was furious and, with his sharp little claws, directly scratched Guan Liang.

“Ow.”

Guan Liang flinched in pain, relaxed his grip, and dropped the little kitten.

Thud—

Bai Li fell flat on his bottom.

Little kittens are naturally bad at balance.

Duan Ningqi saw him fall, quickly picked him up and brushed the dust off his body.

Bai Li was held by Duan Ningqi and didn’t stay there, striding out.

“Duan Ningqi!”

Someone hurriedly called Duan Ningqi’s name, seemingly apologizing for Guan Liang.

Duan Ningqi ignored it.

She quickly took Bai Li and left.

“Go ahead.”

At a street corner, Duan Ningqi crouched down and put the little kitten down.

Bai Li looked up and saw tears in her eyes.

“Meow.”

Bai Li was stunned for a moment, then handed over his little cloth bag.

Inside the bag were snacks the gentleman had packed; he hadn’t finished eating them yet.

Bai Li wasn’t very good at comforting others, but he could feel this sister was very sad.

Was it because they called her mute?

Bai Li put himself in her place. If he were a mute kitten and someone said to his face that he was mute, he would be very sad too.

That person was too mean.

They said bad things about Yu Yin, called this sister mute, and still wanted to keep him there to entertain them.Bai Li, feeling heartache, gently touched Duan Ningqi’s hand and nudged his furry head into her palm, letting her pet him.

Duan Ningqi, who was comforted by the little kitten bringing snacks and letting her stroke his head, smiled again.

“Thank you.”

Duan Ningqi accepted his snacks but also gave him a string of white pearls in return.

The person and the cat parted ways.

Bai Li stared at her back, seriously memorizing her name.

As dusk approached,

After running errands all day, Bai Li saw Sixth Brother coming to pick him up.

“Lili, come here.”

Bai Liu took his younger brother into his arms and gave him a satisfied stroke.

“Xie Chen said he’ll come back late today. You have dinner with me.”

“Meow.”

Okay.

Bai Li rubbed against Sixth Brother’s chest and followed him to find food.

As for Xie Chen, who said he’d come back late, at this moment he was in the boxing ring.

He wore boxing gloves and stood face-to-face with Bai Lin.

“Continue.”

The crowd roared below the ring; on the ring, the fight was exhilarating.

Xie Chen and Bai Lin were both trained; the two handsome men standing in the ring naturally attracted attention.

They also agreed not to aim for each other’s faces.

Otherwise—

The little kitten at home would find out.

Then, no doubt, the little kitten would sit in front of them, tilt his head back, tearfully meowing, “Why are you fighting?”

To avoid that possibility, both consciously avoided hitting the face.

After several rounds, Xie Chen felt fully loosened and free, feeling relaxed and comfortable.

But Bai Lin seemed to still have something on his mind.

After they left the ring, Xie Chen changed clothes and took the initiative to ask him, “Want to grab a drink?”“Okay.”

The place for drinking was a bar chosen by Bai Lin.

The bar was lively, with all kinds of people mingling, which looked somewhat interesting. Bai Lin ordered drinks and poured a full glass for Xie Chen.

Xie Chen originally wanted to say he shouldn’t drink too much, but seeing Bai Lin’s expression, he swallowed the words.

Three drinks down.

Bai Lin, whose emotions had been taut until now, finally spoke: “Xie Chen.”

“I want to ask a question.”

Xie Chen sat up a bit straighter and nodded: “Ask.”

“How do you see two men being together?”

Xie Chen: “...”

His Adam’s apple moved, he cleared his throat, as if facing an exam paper, and answered seriously: “My view is, as long as both parties are willing, there’s no need to be bound by gender.”

Bai Lin furrowed his brows, held his glass, and downed another drink.

Seeing Bai Lin silent, Xie Chen wasn’t sure of his attitude.

A few seconds of silence.

Xie Chen casually reminded, “By the way, on the 20th of next month...”

“Xie Chen.”

Bai Lin didn’t hear that clearly; he interrupted and asked again.

“How do you usually comfort Lili? I mean, if Lili is unhappy.”

Xie Chen was momentarily stunned, then replied, “Lili has a good temper, easy to comfort.”

“Give him some fried little fish, say some nice words, and he’ll stop being angry on his own.”

Bai Lin murmured, “Oh.”

That made sense.

Lili had always been a well-behaved and sensible cat since he was young, never throwing tantrums. If he got upset occasionally, a soft voice and some coaxing quickly calmed him down.

Compared to that, Bai Lin felt even more troubled.

One drink after another, Xie Chen also couldn’t hold up anymore.

He pressed his temple, really not wanting another drink.

“Big Brother.”

Xie Chen asked, “Are you dealing with something?”“No.”

A trace of discomfort flickered across Bai Lin’s cold, hard face, but he stubbornly denied it: “Nothing’s wrong.”

He didn’t say anything, and Xie Chen couldn’t press further.

After a few more rounds, Xie Chen’s cold and handsome face showed signs of drunkenness, but fortunately, Bai Lin finally lay down.

As he lay down, Xie Chen heard him still muttering something about nothing being wrong. He didn’t understand the words and didn’t bother trying.

He was thinking about how to take care of him.

“Brother Xie.”

While Xie Chen was thinking, a brightly dressed girl walked over with a smile: “What a coincidence, are you here with a friend to have fun?”

The lighting in the bar wasn’t great, but this girl still recognized Xie Chen.

Xie Chen replied coldly with a “Hmm,” clearly showing he didn’t want to talk much.

But since meeting Xie Chen was so rare, the girl didn’t give up easily.

She bent down, her low-cut camisole revealing a large expanse of skin: “Brother Xie, I’ve liked you for a long time. Could you let me keep you company for a while?”

“I promise, I won’t bother you.”

The flirtatious words fell, but Xie Chen’s eyes held only disgust.

“Get lost.” He snapped mercilessly.

“Brother Xie…”

The girl tried again.

She leaned in for a kiss, her strong perfume making Xie Chen restless.

“Don’t you understand what I’m saying?”

Xie Chen’s icy gaze and overwhelming presence made the girl bite her lip, unwilling but afraid to get closer.

Before she could pull back,

Xie Chen suddenly caught a familiar, aggrieved voice by his ear.

“Sir!”

It was Bai Li, who had followed Sixth Brother over.