Chapter 73

Chapter 73

Chapter 73 Jinjiang Literature City First Release

Both person and cat finished washing up, Xie Chen carried the cat downstairs to eat.

Bai Li sat in his arms, still meowing and talking to him.

“Master, I want new clothes.”

Although Xie Chen had already bought him quite a few new clothes, hearing him say this, he didn’t hesitate to say, “Mm.”

“I’ll go shopping with you today.”

Bai Li thought for a moment—last time at the mall, he hadn’t seen any floral padded jackets.

So, this kind of clothing was probably hard to find.

“Let’s buy online.”

Bai Li had never shopped online before; he’d only heard that you could buy anything on the internet.

“Master, can you install Taobao for me?”

Bai Li tilted his head back, looking at Xie Chen with wet eyes. His phone didn’t have this app installed.

Xie Chen nodded: “Okay.”

Bai Li’s phone was connected to the home Wi-Fi. After Xie Chen put him on the dining table, within minutes he installed Taobao and linked a bank card.

The bank card was Xie Chen’s, with a credit limit... enough for Bai Li to buy a house.

“I’ve linked our home address.”

Xie Chen demonstrated how to use the app to the focused little kitten.

After a moment of demonstration, the little kitten raised his paw, actively wanting to buy clothes.

He poked the virtual screen with his paw, and after a while, searched: “floral padded jacket, red green.”

The home internet was fast; after searching, the results appeared on the page.

Bright red and green floral padded jackets almost blinded Xie Chen.

Even Xie Bo, who was urging them to eat, glanced over and was stunned.

“Li Li, you, you want to buy this kind of padded jacket?”

Xie Bo had seen this kind of padded jacket before, it was old-fashioned—warm, yes, but...

“I want it.”Bai Li meowed firmly: "Looks good!"

Xie Chen: "?"

Xie Chen lowered his gaze, looking at the snow-white, adorable little kitten, and for the first time, realized that the kitten’s sense of aesthetics seemed a bit off.

“This looks good?”

He skeptically pointed at the bright red and green floral padded jacket on the screen.

Seeing the kitten nod definitely, Xie Chen almost couldn’t hold back his expression.

“Good boy.”

He tried to correct the kitten’s taste: “We have a shop at home. You can look around there to see if you like anything.”

Bai Li shook his head seriously.

“Meow meow.”

No, he wanted the floral padded jacket.

Xie Chen had a headache from the meowing, so he looked up at Xie Bo standing nearby.

That floral padded jacket was definitely impossible to really buy for Li Li to wear.

Xie Bo also couldn’t imagine what Li Li would look like wearing the floral padded jacket in human form.

It might still be cute, but it would definitely be tacky and awkward!

“Li Li.”

Fortunately, Xie Bo had seen many big occasions and was skilled in crisis management.

“If you want that kind of padded jacket, that’s fine.”

Xie Bo ruffled his furry head kindly and said, “I’ll personally make it for you.”

Bai Li was stunned.

Xie Bo can still make padded jackets?!

“I can make it. Tonight, I’ll make sure you can wear it.”

Xie Bo confidently promised him.

Bai Li was so impressed by Xie Bo’s confidence that he nodded obediently, waiting to wear the floral padded jacket made by Xie Bo himself.

Xie Chen gave Xie Bo a questioning look.

Xie Bo gave him an OK sign.

Don’t worry, he wouldn’t let human-form Li Li wear the floral padded jacket out with his master.

With Xie Bo’s assurance, the little kitten’s mood lifted greatly and he even ate an extra bowl of food.

Well fed and satisfied.Bai Li was wiped clean by Xie Chen and sent to join the other kittens.

“Big brother.”

Mei Mei rubbed against him, then walked out side by side with him.

“When is your third brother coming back?”

Mei Mei still missed Bai Li’s third brother a bit. That good-looking human treated the kittens well, gave them a place to live, and bought cat food for them.

“Don’t know.”

Bai Li hadn’t seen his third brother for several days either, and he was starting to worry.

The third brother didn’t even watch his finals!

These days, the third brother was so busy he didn’t come home, and whenever Bai Li called, he always hesitated and just said he was busy.

Although he hadn’t seen the third brother, the black-footed cat brother came out again to be Bai Li’s bodyguard.

“Little kitten, good morning.”

The black-footed cat brother, as usual, patted the soft little kitten, but his spirit didn’t seem as good as before.

“Black brother, what’s wrong?”

Bai Li sensitively noticed his mood was off, so he turned his head while carrying a fish and asked him.

The black-footed cat brother was silent for a moment, then slowly meowed, “I’m thinking about something.”

“What?”

The curious little kitten persistently asked.

The black-footed cat brother seemed hesitant, then answered, “I’m thinking about how to save the human who’s about to die.”

Bai Li: “…”

Bai Li’s beautiful amber eyes showed confusion: “About to… die?”

“Yes.”

The black-footed cat brother lazily licked his paw: “The human I tamed is dying soon.”

“His family says they want to perform a ritual to bring him luck, but he doesn’t want it.”

“Little kitten, what’s this ritual to bring luck?”

Bai Li was unfamiliar with the term too. He stopped walking, looked around to make sure no one was there, then pulled the black-footed cat brother aside to check online for a while.

“I have a phone, I can look it up for you!”

No one knew how long had passed.After looking up the new knowledge, the two cats sat on the ground, looking at each other, both lost in thought.

So "bringing luck" actually means getting married and consummating the marriage.

Bai Li suddenly thought about his own body not being very good. Was it that when his master arranged a childhood engagement for him, it was to bring him luck?

"Little kitten."

The black-footed cat shook his head and made a bold decision.

"I’m going to become human."

He said with the demeanor of a leader: "I can’t let him die."

That was the only human he had tamed; he wouldn’t allow that human to die.

Bai Li looked at Cat Bro, a little troubled: "Becoming human is really hard."

He was born a little demon, but he still waited many years to become human.

"I have a way."

The black-footed cat was naturally spiritual. Even by himself, slowly over time, he might become a demon-human someday.

But his human couldn’t wait for time.

"Will you help me?" The black-footed cat solemnly made the request to Bai Li.

Bai Li agreed without hesitation.

In the world of roaming, even little kittens must keep their loyalty!

The black-footed cat had protected him for so long. Now Cat Bro was in trouble; if he didn’t help, wouldn’t that make him ungrateful?

"Alright!" The black-footed cat patted him seriously: "From now on, you don’t have to pay protection fees."

He exempted the kitten from protection fees.

Although the two cats slacked off for a bit, Bai Li then sped up and didn’t lose efficiency.

The black-footed cat didn’t say how Bai Li should help but arranged to meet him at midnight the next day, when the moon was dark and the wind high.

After running orders until the afternoon,

The black-footed cat returned to that human’s house; only Bai Li was out running.

On the twelfth order, Bai Li took a shortcut through a dark alley.

Though the alley was dark, Bai Li’s eyesight was good.

After all, cats have night vision and see clearly.

He was stepping on the floor tiles when footsteps quietly approached from behind.

Bai Li’s ears twitched.The next second, he turned his head and locked eyes with a man carrying a sack behind him.

“Meow?”

Bai Li stared warily at the unfamiliar man, feeling like the sack was meant to trap him.

“Meow meow, I have fish here, want some?”

The man holding the sack also pulled out a small fish, seemingly trying to lure Bai Li over.

Bai Li looked at the fish with undisguised disdain in his eyes.

That fish isn’t even as good as the one on my back!

The boss often gives him fish to eat, and Xie Bo also makes all kinds of fish dishes for him, so he’s definitely not lacking fish.

The little kitten, uninterested, trotted forward with the fish on his back.

Cats are fast, and this one was small, able to hide anywhere easily. Catching him was still quite difficult.

Bai Li successfully shook off the man with the sack trying to trap him and delivered the fish to the destination.

“Meow!”

Meeting again.

The order was from Duan Ningqi, whom he met yesterday. She doesn’t speak but is very kind.

After parting with the little kitten, she felt inexplicably comfortable whenever she was with him. So she asked others how to place an order and placed one today, specifically requesting this snowy white little kitten to deliver it.

“Today is my birthday, can you keep me company?”

Duan Ningqi signed, asking the little kitten, and she even prepared quite a generous tip as payment for the kitten to stay with her.

Bai Li looked at Duan Ningqi, thought for a few seconds, then activated cat hypnosis.

“I can keep you company for a while.”

With the hypnosis activated, Bai Li’s meows could finally be understood by Duan Ningqi.

And under the hypnosis effect, Duan Ningqi didn’t find it strange to understand the meows.

She picked up the kitten, stroked his fur, and smiled a little.

“Your name is Li Li, right?”

Duan Ningqi brought him to a slightly secluded spot: “Your name is quite similar to someone popular recently.”

“Meow?”

Who?

“Bai Li.”Duan Ningqi couldn’t gesture out these two characters, so she wrote the name down for Bai Li to see.

“He’s very popular, but there’s very little information about him.”

Duan Ningqi explained to him: “Many people online are looking for him. I want to find him too, but I can’t.”

Bai Li had left right after the competition, so he hadn’t really followed up on the later developments.

He meowed in confusion, “Looking for me, um, looking for Bai Li for what?”

“His songs are magical.”

Duan Ningqi patiently gestured to him: “Listening to them makes people feel better. Some people with serious insomnia found their symptoms eased after listening to his songs.”

“In short, he’s very popular now.”

Bai Li: “...”

Bai Li really didn’t know he could be popular.

After telling him the serious stuff, Duan Ningqi started to gesture gossip.

“There’s another reason people pay attention to him—rumor has it that his relationship with Xie Chen is quite unusual.”

Duan Ningqi looked quietly at him, but unconsciously opened her heart to the little kitten, wanting to share everything with him.

“I haven’t met Bai Li yet, I really want to see him in person.”

Bai Li lifted his head: “Meow.”

Then look at me more.

He is the real Bai Li!

Dusk approached, and the chatting little kitten waved his paw, finally saying goodbye to Duan Ningqi.

“Goodbye!”

Duan Ningqi smiled and waved back: “Goodbye.”

Today was her birthday, and the happiest moment was only this time spent with the little kitten.

Later tonight, a bunch of guests would come to celebrate her birthday.

But those celebrations with people she didn’t even know, Duan Ningqi thought bitterly, were really fake and boring.