Chapter 87

Chapter 87

Chapter 87 – First Release on Jinjiang Literature City

The next day.

After waking up, Bai Li stretched out his curled-up little body, flattening into a small cat pancake.

The cat pancake struggled between staying in bed and getting up, but in the end, chose the latter.

Time to get up and make money!

Giving money as a gift to Black Ge was still an expense.

The hardworking working cat climbed out of bed and even woke Xie Chen up.

A moment later.

One person and one cat sat down in front of the dining table. Bai Li lowered his head to eat, while Xie Bo chatted with Xie Chen about family matters.

After finishing the meal, Bai Li still didn’t let Xie Chen see him off. He went to call the little cats, and together they set off.

“Master, we’ve caught up.”

The bodyguard responsible for following Bai Li reported to Xie Chen, then dutifully followed Bai Li without letting up for a moment.

While letting them follow, Xie Chen also kept an eye on the little kitten’s movements in real-time.

When passing by the grocery store, Bai Li looked at the big door and even reached out his paw to tap it.

“Lang He.”

He loudly meowed Lang He’s name, wanting to see if Lang He had left.

After several meows, no dog came to open the door.

Bai Li thought to himself that Lang He had probably gone home.

His grandfather was sick, and after handing out the wages on his behalf, he definitely had to leave.

Bai Li rubbed his face with his paw and regretfully turned to leave.

Today’s deliveries went very smoothly, and Bai Li also found the chance to visit Duan Ningqi.

He remembered the black mist on Duan Ningqi’s body and heard what she said before attempting suicide.

At that time, she must have been very desperate.

Bai Li skillfully ran to the hospital and found the ward number Duan’s mother mentioned.

Fortunately, Duan Ningqi was still recuperating there and hadn’t been taken home.During the day, the ward door was always ajar.

Bai Li pawed at the door crack and peeked inside. Seeing that Duan Ningqi was alone, he finally felt at ease and squeezed in.

“Meow!”

He jumped onto the stool beside the bed and called out once.

Duan Ningqi’s eyes were closed, as if she hadn’t woken up yet. Not wanting to waste time, Bai Li climbed onto the bed and puffed away the lingering black mist around her.

The black mist disappeared.

Bai Li’s chubby little body sat back on the stool, worriedly looking at Duan Ningqi.

The reason Duan Ningqi wanted to die was not only because she was haunted by the black mist but also due to some issues of her own.

Bai Li didn’t want to pry into others’ private matters.

But right now, he was very afraid that Duan Ningqi might have more bad thoughts.

While Bai Li was in the ward, Xie Chen also saw his location.

“Anna, I’m going out for a bit.”

Xie Chen put away his documents, grabbed his coat, and left with a calm expression.

Anna was momentarily stunned.

But she quickly recovered and asked, “Boss, will you be back later?”

“I will.”

At the door, Xie Chen replied, “I’m going to pick up Li Li.”

Anna: “Alright then.”

The show of PDA was about to start again.

Indeed, Anna, who had recently started a younger boyfriend-older sister relationship, was heartbroken again.

Recently, Anna had become numb to relationships and just wanted to work hard to make money.

At the hospital.

Under Bai Li’s hopeful gaze, Duan Ningqi finally woke up.

She saw Bai Li and it took a long moment for her consciousness to return.

“Meow meow.”

Are you okay?

Bai Li used his cat hypnosis technique to actively ask Duan Ningqi.

Duan Ningqi looked at him, wanted to gesture, but just as she raised her hand, she put it down again.Seeing this, Bai Li tilted his head and put on a vest: "I am Bai Li’s cat, the one who saw you drowning and called for help."

"He sent me to come see you."

Hearing the name Bai Li, Duan Ningqi finally showed some expression.

She remembered that young man.

When she fell into the water, she saw him rushing towards her.

Her family even said Bai Li jumped into the water to save her and went through a dangerous ordeal before she was safe.

“You’re his cat?”

Duan Ningqi no longer hid it and softly said, “Then thank him for me.”

“He asked me to encourage you.”

The little kitten in a vest fed Duan Ningqi some life advice: “You’re still very young; you have a long road ahead. Don’t lose hope.”

Duan Ningqi said nothing, looking like she didn’t take in the advice.

Bai Li was troubled for a moment, then took himself as an example and comforted her again.

“I think living may have its hardships, but try to endure it. Maybe there will be a turning point.”

“My mother had a difficult birth with me; I almost died when I was born.”

“Later, I survived, but had to take medicine every day. They all worried about when I might die.”

“After that, I was just a cat looking for people. When I couldn’t find anyone, I went to work. At first, working was very hard, sometimes I didn’t even have buns to eat.”

“But I never thought about dying. Living is so hard to come by.”

After speaking, Bai Li shyly added, “I don’t know your situation. Compared to you, maybe my troubles are insignificant.”

“But I still hope you can live well. In this world, there are many delicious foods, fun things, and many good people waiting for you.”

Duan Ningqi quietly listened to the kitten’s meows, and after a while, some emotion seemed to appear in her eyes.

“You really have had it tough,” Duan Ningqi said.

Looking at such a cute little kitten, if she were to raise him, she thought she probably wouldn’t want to let him work.

Nor would she want him to suffer.

Bai Li obediently meowed and kept looking at Duan Ningqi.

They held each other’s gaze for a moment, then she suddenly asked him, “What is the relationship between Bai Li and Xie Chen?”

If she wanted the Duan family to get out of trouble, only one person could help her.

That person was Xie Chen.The person involved, Bai Li, suddenly heard the question. His eyes flickered, then, taking advantage of Xie Chen being absent, he boldly meowed, “He—he is Bai Li’s fiancé!”

“Fiancé?”

“Yes, fiancé.”

Bai Li guiltily meowed, “We have an arranged childhood engagement.”

The last meow was so quiet that Duan Ningqi didn’t catch it clearly.

She just smiled.

She hadn’t expected that Xie Chen would have a day when he’d fall in love with someone else.

Since Xie Chen could find true love, her living on wasn’t completely hopeless.

“Can you let me see Bai Li?”

Duan Ningqi planned to see Xie Chen again through Bai Li.

“Okay.”

The two of them were talking inside the ward, while outside, Xie Chen stood at the door, his hand paused mid-air on the door handle, hesitating to enter.

He was doubting if he had heard things wrong.

Li Li was in the ward telling Duan Ningqi that the fiancé was him.

“Sir, what do you think about childhood engagements?”

This was a question Li Li had mentioned to him once in the car, which suddenly came back to Xie Chen’s mind.

He recalled Li Li’s frustration at that time and suddenly realized.

From beginning to end, Li Li’s fiancé, the childhood engagement, was him.

That missing piece in his childhood memories must be this.

“What do you want to say to Bai Li? You can tell me; I can help him decide.”

The little kitten in a vest was still chatting with Duan Ningqi.

Duan Ningqi didn’t hide anything and straightforwardly said her purpose: “I want to meet Xie Chen through Bai Li.”

As soon as she finished speaking, the door was knocked.

Then,

Xie Chen’s figure appeared in Duan Ningqi’s line of sight.

He took a few steps to the bedside and picked up the stunned little kitten.

“Sorry to disturb you, Miss Duan. I accidentally overheard your words outside the door just now.”

“You want to see me, what do you want to say?”Maybe because of the topic Duan Ningqi just had with the little kitten, Xie Chen was in a good mood. So at this moment, he was unusually patient and took the initiative to ask Duan Ningqi.

Duan Ningqi and the kitten in Xie Chen’s arms had the same reaction.

They were both shocked.

Why did Xie Chen—“Sir”—suddenly appear here?!

What made the little chubby kitten’s whole body stiff was that he also realized a terrifying truth.

Sir heard what Duan Ningqi said.

So, when Bai Li said Sir was the fiancé… that was also overheard.

Bai Li was a little scared.

Last time he asked Sir, Sir clearly said he didn’t accept any fiancé.

It was over.

He still hadn’t won Sir over.

Sir liked his cat form, but Sir might only see him as a cat.

Many cat owners adore their cats, but when the cat becomes human, they don’t necessarily accept marrying the cat.

The insecure little kitten curled up in Xie Chen’s arms, his cat face full of sadness.

Xie Chen didn’t see the sad kitten.

Seeing Duan Ningqi unable to speak for a long time, Xie Chen simply gave her his WeChat.

“When you decide what you want to say, send me a message.”

This girl, who originally annoyed Xie Chen, played a big role today, finally making him have a good attitude toward her.

After giving Duan Ningqi his WeChat ID, Xie Chen carried the little kitten out of the ward.

The door was closed again.

Duan Ningqi watched Xie Chen’s departing back, suddenly raised her hand and pinched herself.

“Ouch—”

The pain brought her back to her senses. Duan Ningqi murmured, “It really is Xie Chen.”

Xie Chen came here to pick up that little kitten.

Bai Li’s cat, personally fetched by Xie Chen.

At this moment, Duan Ningqi had a deeper understanding of the relationship between Xie Chen and Bai Li.

She picked up her phone and quickly sent a friend request to the WeChat ID that Xie Chen wrote down.This was the only straw she could hold onto right now—she absolutely could not let go.

Outside.

Bai Li didn’t make a sound, obediently moving from lying on Xie Chen’s shoulder to lying on his lap.

Xie Chen looked at his droopy appearance, both amused and annoyed.

Amused because his pitiful, strange way of attracting attention was actually working.

Annoyed because he had kept the fiancé thing from him for so long.

“Li Li.”

Under the little kitten’s expectant gaze awaiting judgment, Xie Chen cleared his throat and called his name.

Bai Li was so startled his little chubby body trembled.

Xie Chen: “...”

Xie Chen sighed and patted his head. “Why are you so scared?”

“And why didn’t you tell me earlier?”

“Meow.”

He said it.

Bai Li was so aggrieved: “But you don’t want a child betrothal.”

Xie Chen’s eyes were complicated.

The little kitten timidly tested the waters—how could he know the main character was actually himself?

“Dummy cat.”

Xie Chen lifted the kitten and pressed him against his forehead, rubbing gently.

“I take back everything I said that day.”

“If I have a child betrothal, if my betrothed is called Li Li—”

“Then I couldn’t ask for better.”

Every word Xie Chen said was clear.

Hearing this, the little kitten was stunned, his mind filled with an unbelievable response for a cat.

His sir had agreed to be his fiancé!