Chapter 74
Chapter 74
Chapter 74 Jinjiang Literature City First Release
“Meow, meow meow!”
Boss, I’m off work now.
After delivering Duan Ningqi’s order, Bai Li didn’t take more orders. He lifted his head and meowed to the boss.
The boss smiled and squatted down: “I know, I know. Xie Ge called me to remind me to let you off early.”
As soon as Bai Li got off work, he led the other kittens who had finished deliveries to leave together.
“Mei Mei, today someone seemed like they wanted to catch me with a sack.”
Bai Li warned the kittens behind him: “When you’re doing deliveries, make sure Dog Ge keeps a close watch on you, don’t ever get separated.”
“Meow meow.”
Okay!
After giving them a safety lesson, Bai Li hadn’t gone home yet when Xie Chen personally came to pick him up.
The little kittens got a ride together, while Bai Li sat steadily on Xie Chen’s lap.
“Sir.”
Looking at Xie Chen, Bai Li’s first question was: “Is my flowered cotton-padded jacket done?”
Xie Chen rubbed his head and said in a low voice: “I don’t know, I haven’t gone back yet.”
He had come directly from the company.
“Alright then.”
Bai Li tugged at the watch on Xie Chen’s wrist and started checking the time.
In ten more minutes, the car could stop, and he’d be able to see the cotton-padded jacket made by Xie Bo.
Because he was so focused on the jacket, the little tattletale even forgot to complain to sir.
Someone in the alley still wanted to catch him!
Before long.
The car finally stopped as Bai Li hoped. Mei Mei and the others returned to Duan Yi’s villa, and Bai Li went back to Xie Chen’s villa.
Once home.
Bai Li immediately went to look at his flowered cotton-padded jacket.“How is it? Still fits, right? I specially chose fabric with bigger patterns, and the cotton inside is top quality.”
Xie Bo’s face was full of smiles as he looked at the kitten he had just put the flowered cotton-padded jacket on—
The cat.
Bai Li lowered his head, staring blankly at the flowered cotton-padded jacket on his body for several seconds.
“Meow?”
Sir, my flowered cotton-padded jacket.
Xie Chen looked at the adorably rustic little kitten wearing the “flowered cotton-padded jacket” and was almost unable to hold back his laughter.
“Looks very nice.”
Xie Chen pressed his fist to his lips, hiding the smile at the corner of his mouth: “Li Li looks especially cute wearing this.”
Bai Li: “...”
Bai Li’s cat face drooped as he sat on the ground, his paws touching the jacket.
“Meow.”
Does it look good?
He asked a bit uncertainly.
Xie Chen purposely brought over a mirror. It wasn’t big, but the little kitten was even smaller, so it was more than enough.
“Looks good.” Both Xie Chen and Xie Bo gave their double approval.
Bai Li looked at the kitten wearing the jacket in the mirror, turning left and right, checking every angle. His taste was always a bit off, but after being brainwashed by Xie Chen and Xie Bo, he also thought it looked good.
“All right, our Li Li’s flowered cotton-padded jacket is officially on,” Xie Bo announced.
The little kitten was wearing the cotton-padded jacket now, so when he turns human, he should wear other clothes.
“Sir, aren’t you going to take Li Li out now to make preparations?”
“Mm.”
Xie Chen held the little kitten’s butt and turned to go upstairs.
“Li Li, do you want to turn human and go, or just go like this?” While changing clothes, he asked the kitten placed on the bed.
Bai Li didn’t answer, instead instantly transforming into a naked little boy.
Xie Chen: “...”
Xie Chen looked at the bare boy in front of him and sighed deeply in his heart.
“Li Li.”
He wrapped the boy in a blanket and seriously educated him: “When you turn human, you can’t let others see your body, understand?”Bai Li blinked and said boldly, “But sir is not just anyone.”
Xie Chen’s heart trembled at these words.
But the common sense that needed to be taught to the little kitten still had to be taught.
After a long lecture, the little kitten looked dejected, and Xie Chen felt a bit sorry seeing that.
“Good boy.”
He took out the clothes and dressed the little kitten piece by piece: “I won’t say more, but be careful from now on.”
Bai Li sat on the bed, letting Xie Chen dress him.
Xie Chen thought that during the little kitten’s human transition period, nothing would be done well, so he took care of everything personally.
But little did he know, the more he did everything for him, the longer the transition period would be.
Tonight was a formal occasion.
Xie Chen dressed Bai Li in a small suit with a bow tie. Born handsome, with this outfit on, he looked like a delicate young master straight out of a comic book—noble yet with a hint of innocence.
Xie Bo saw Bai Li in the suit and enthusiastically clapped.
“Not bad, not bad.”
Xie Bo praised, “Li Li looks very good with sir.”
Bai Li, who hadn’t even blushed when transforming naked before, felt a bit embarrassed by Xie Bo’s compliment.
Very good match.
Did it mean his clothes matched sir’s, or that he and sir matched well?
Xie Chen held the boy’s hand and got into the car, heading to tonight’s banquet.
On the way,
Bai Li leaned on Xie Chen and chatted quietly with him.
Xie Chen habitually rested a bit in the car, but since Bai Li wanted to talk, he accompanied him.
“Sir, am I famous now?”
Bai Li thought of what Duan Ningqi told him during the day and asked casually.
Xie Chen’s eyes darkened, and he calmly asked in return, “Why do you ask suddenly? Has someone been looking for you?”
That competition before, Bai Li wasn’t clear, but Xie Chen knew better than anyone.
Compared to the champion, Li Li’s popularity was actually higher.
He was good-looking, sang well, danced excellently, and on top of that, had a special relationship with him…It’s hard not to become famous.
At Starlight, Xie Mao was unwilling to lose such an obvious cash cow, so he came to talk to him several times. Various advertisers and resources were all left for Li Li to choose.
Xie Chen refused all of them.
He didn’t ask Li Li’s opinion and directly declined those invitations.
In this industry, he had no intention of letting Li Li get involved even a little.
“When delivering orders, an older sister told me.”
Bai Li answered honestly, “She said my name, Li Li, is very similar to Bai Li’s name.”
Hearing this, Xie Chen scratched his chin: “Not similar, it’s exactly the same.”
While they were talking, the driver drove the car to their destination.
Xie Chen got out first, then bent down personally to pick the boy out of the car.
“Don’t run around later.”
Xie Chen quietly reminded him again, “Just stay by my side, okay?”
Bai Li obediently nodded: “Okay.”
The birthday banquet was held at a very beautiful reception villa.
Many people came. Bai Li held Xie Chen’s hand, and just the walk from the gate was enough for many people to quietly stare.
The reason was obvious: the person who could hold Xie Chen’s hand like that was incredibly intriguing!
They had all seen how Xie Chen kept his distance from women and thought someone like him would remain single for life. Unexpectedly, he didn’t end up a bachelor after all.
“Sir, everyone is looking at me.”
Bai Li’s purpose tonight was to show off his sir, but being stared at like this made him a little nervous.
“Don’t be afraid.”
Xie Chen comforted him, “You don’t have to look at them, just look at me.”
Bai Li’s heart pounded fast.
When nervous, he wasn’t supposed to look at sir.
Because if he did, his heart would beat even faster. Bai Li pumped himself up and tried hard not to be shy under others’ gazes.
Soon,
they entered the main hall.
Xie Chen’s influence was heavy. The host of the banquet, the old master of the Duan family, walked over with a cane and exchanged a few polite words with Xie Chen.
“Is this the child from Mr. Xie’s family?”Old Master Duan had vaguely heard about their relationship, but being traditional, he still thought it was too rebellious, so he only regarded Bai Li as a child and deliberately softened the way their relationship was described.
Xie Chen didn’t care about this.
He chatted with the old master for a while. The old master smiled and said, “A Ning is inside. Speaking of which, you met before.”
Xie Chen sensed there was another meaning behind the old master’s words. He furrowed his brows slightly. The next second, after politely saying goodbye to the old master, right in front of him, he turned his head, took a snack for the hand-held Bai Li, and fed it to him personally.
Bai Li ate it in one bite, with practiced ease, as if he was often fed like this.
The old master’s eyelids twitched uncontrollably.
“They, are they serious about this?” The old master tapped the ground with his cane, displeased, and asked the person beside him.
“Grandpa, do you even need to ask? Have you ever seen Xie Chen care for anyone like this?”
The person beside him advised, “It’s best not to oppose Xie Chen’s ideas. There’s really no chance between A Ning and him.”
There was one thing left unsaid.
Given A Ning’s current condition, she should be receiving proper treatment and relaxing, rather than being manipulated like a puppet.
Not far away,
Bai Li was walking back and forth with Xie Chen. Upon seeing the huge birthday cake on the stage, he widened his eyes and, clearly inexperienced with the world, shook Xie Chen’s arm.
“Sir!”
He pointed at the large cake, shocked: “Look, it’s as big as me!”
He had never seen such a big cake before.
Xie Chen looked at the cake and then at the child’s reaction and asked, “Do you like it?”
Bai Li instinctively nodded.
After nodding, he added, “When it’s your birthday, sir, I’ll buy a cake this big too.”
The naive, inexperienced little cat wanted to give all the rare and good things he found to his sir.
Xie Chen felt warmth in his heart.
He rubbed Bai Li’s head and said nothing.
At the banquet, there were many things Bai Li found fresh and new. Besides these, there were also familiar people he noticed — the ones he met yesterday when delivering fish, including those who wanted to keep him around for fun.
Bai Li was a cat who never forgot grudges. His gaze locked on Guan Liang, the one trying to amuse him, and the little flame of anger burned in his heart.
Perhaps sensing someone watching, Guan Liang instinctively glanced over.
By coincidence, their eyes met.
At the moment their gazes locked—Bai Li: "Holding a grudge!"
Guan Liang: "......"
Guan Liang was dazed for a moment.
He had always thought that there could be no love between two men, and that men weren’t attractive.
But looking at that boy who was secretly watching him, Guan Liang’s heart was left with just a few words—
“Damn, he’s really good-looking.”
Guan Liang stared blankly at Bai Li, his eyes almost glued to his face, unable to look away.
Bai Li clenched his fists, taking it as a provocation!
Yesterday, he was picked up and teased.
Today, he was being stared at!
A grudging cat is not one to take offense quietly; his mind was spinning, preparing to strike back.
“Li Li, look over there.”
Xie Chen held his hand and suddenly led him in another direction.
Bai Li could only follow.
After a few steps, Bai Li looked up and bumped into a familiar person!