Chapter 96
Chapter 96
Chapter 96 — First Release on Jinjiang Literature City
Liu Yi’s face resembled Tan Yi’s somewhat. Debuting under the name “Little Tan Yi,” he frequently rode on Tan Yi’s popularity during marketing.
Later, as he got a bit more famous, he even started dragging Tan Yi down.
In short, their relationship was discordant from the very beginning.
The little kitten surrounded by the crowd acted in the film with style.
“Damn, this kitten is so spirited, I want to kneel to him!”
“So cute! No wonder Brother Xie dotes on him so much. If I raised him, I’d definitely treat him like a precious treasure.”
“This cat… is it raised by Tan Yi or Brother Xie?” Someone questioned the cat’s owner.
An actor who had been watching the gossip thoroughly explained:
“I know about this. Originally, he belonged to Tan Yi, but somehow, Brother Xie ended up raising him.”
“Right, Xie Chen and his rumored partner—the one called ‘little friend’ on Weibo—are raising him together. The little friend is Bai Li, and this cat is called Li Li.”
The onlookers lowered their voices to gossip. Meanwhile, the little kitten filming seriously completed his task without slacking off.
When working, you must work hard; you can’t just take the pay for nothing.
The little kitten had strong principles about earning money!
Behind the crowd, Liu Yi’s gaze landed on Tan Yi and the little kitten, his eyes narrowing.
Tan Yi had protection now; it was harder than ever to mess with him.
After some time,
Bai Li finally finished shooting this scene.
The director gave him a thumbs-up and quickly had the crew bring over a pile of food.
“Li Li, well done!”
The director piled all the food in front of him: “Here, see what you want to eat? I had fish snacks, canned food, cat sticks, and freeze-dried cat treats prepared.”
Surrounded by a pile of cat snacks, the little kitten had every kind of food imaginable.
Besides food, there were also cat drinks.
Must say, this director really knew how to handle things well.Bai Li ate a few bites of the dried fish, thinking it tasted good, then used his paws to hold some and feed Tan Yi.
The little kitten had the habit of sharing since he was on the mountain; he didn’t eat alone and would share tasty food and drinks with his older brothers and sisters.
Oh right, there was also a Mister now!
But unfortunately, Mister wasn’t here at the moment, so Bai Li could only feed Third Brother.
Tan Yi naturally didn’t refuse his younger brother’s feeding.
The one person and one cat interaction caught the attention of others in the crew, who found it quite interesting.
“Brother Liu.”
Liu Yi’s assistant gently tapped Liu Yi’s arm and told him, “Let’s go back to the crew; they’re about to start shooting.”
“Mm.”
Liu Yi responded and turned away, no longer looking at the place where everyone’s gaze was focused.
“Okay, I’m full, I won’t eat anymore.”
Tan Yi, having been fed several pieces of dried fish, finally refused, saying, “I need to lose weight.”
Bai Li: “Meow?”
Bai Li looked confused at Third Brother—Third Brother didn’t need to lose weight at all.
Right now, Third Brother wasn’t fat in the slightest.
Tan Yi sadly patted his younger brother’s head: “My role requires me to be thin later, but I’m still too fat now.”
The director heard Tan Yi’s words and cheerfully encouraged him, “No worries, after filming, I’ll give you a big red envelope so you can have a good meal and build yourself up.”
Tan Yi wasn’t interested in red envelopes; he just didn’t want to lose weight.
But as an actor, he had to endure the hardship of losing weight for the role.
The two brothers filming together, both under the director’s watchful eyes, so things went relatively smoothly.
Until evening.
Bai Li’s scenes were all finished, and Tan Yi was shooting the last scene of the day.
He sat beside the director, watching Third Brother with him.
Tan Yi’s scene was an action scene with some difficulty; he was professional and refused to use a stunt double.
Bai Li’s heart raced watching, afraid something might happen to Third Brother.
But fortunately, nothing went wrong until filming was done.
“Tan Yi, come, there’s a dinner gathering; let’s go together.”
Tan Yi’s scene just ended, and the director was taking him out.“Director, I need to watch over Lili; you all can go.”
Tan Yi wasn’t very interested in the dinner gathering. Compared to eating out, he’d rather take Lili for a walk outside and buy him some things.
“Take Lili with you; we’re all going.”
The director lowered his voice and gave Tan Yi a meaningful look: “This dinner is important. I’m taking you to meet someone. Remember to be sharp later.”
Tan Yi: “...”
Tan Yi knew this kind of dinner was for networking.
No matter how much he didn’t want to go, he couldn’t really offend the director.
The director was trying to help him make connections — it was a good intention.
“All right then.”
Since Xie Chen hadn’t arrived yet, Tan Yi looked down at his younger brother, picked him up, and went with the director to the dinner gathering.
“Be good, just eat.”
After leaving the crew, Bai Li sat in Third Brother’s arms, listening quietly to Third Brother’s soft reminders. Bai Li nodded, ready to be a focused little cat at mealtime.
Not long after,
they arrived at the dining place.
The neighboring crew had just started filming; their main creative team was also having a meal here.
The director greeted the other director and they gave each other space.
“Meow, meow meow.”
Third Brother.
Bai Li’s chubby little body pawed at Tan Yi to stand up, meowing as if to complain.
“I saw that guy who loves to fake trouble!”
He meant Liu Yi.
Tan Yi caught a glimpse of Liu Yi too, comfortingly bent down and kissed the kitten’s head, speaking cat language as well.
“Don’t be afraid, now he even hides when he sees me.”
Tan Yi said confidently, “Your Sixth Brother found me a powerful backer, plus your Mister, both can really intimidate people.”
With Xie Lin and the others protecting him, Tan Yi felt like he was seriously awesome Plus!
But it made him a bit cocky.
Bai Li listened to Third Brother’s boastful meows and nodded his head, easily fooled.“Is Mister very powerful?”
He never had a clear understanding of how powerful Xie Chen was.
“Very powerful.”
Tan Yi gave him a lesson: “To put it this way, his current assets are so huge that even if we brothers worked our whole lives, we might not catch up to a fraction of his wealth.”
Bai Li: “...”
Bai Li felt a chill in his heart.
He knew Mister was rich, but he didn’t know he was this rich.
At this moment, Bai Li felt like a gray cat who had suddenly tumbled into the arms of a super rich Mister.
“Meow.”
Third Brother, if there’s any short-term job making money later, you can still come find me.
Bai Li suddenly grabbed Tan Yi’s fingers and meowed to him.
He wanted to marry Mister, and weddings cost a lot.
Mister comes from a wealthy family, so the wedding can’t be sloppy. Bai Li wanted to earn a little more and then propose to his Mister.
“Alright.”
Tan Yi stroked his head: “If you want to make a cameo in the future, just tell Third Brother.”
While they were talking, they arrived at the private room.
“Tan Yi.”
The director called his name with a smile: “Come over, I want to introduce you.”
Tan Yi said “Oh” and stepped into the room, but when he looked up, the greeting was swallowed back.
“Why are you here?”
“Meow.”
It was Third Sister-in-law.
Two voices sounded at the same time, and the people sitting at the table looked at them with faint smiles.
After calling out to Third Sister-in-law, Bai Li hurriedly covered his mouth with his little paw.
He called the wrong person!
This wasn’t Third Sister-in-law — this was someone who deliberately used a kitten to trick cats.
“I made a dinner appointment with your director. Tell me, why do you think I’m here?”
If it weren’t for the director’s face, Tan Yi probably would have called him an idiot on the spot again.“You two know each other?”
There were more people present than just them; a few others that Tan Yi didn’t know.
Among them was a very beautiful woman.
The woman tossed her hair and from the moment they came in, she kept her gaze fixed on Bai Li.
“So this is the kitten Xie Chen raises?”
The woman smiled and said, “Really cute. May I hold him?”
For some reason, Bai Li didn’t feel any liking toward this woman at all.
“Sure, Li Li isn’t shy. Today he even let me hold him.”
The director knew this woman — a famous Hollywood Best Actress and the well-known founder of RI Cosmetics. The aura around her was always dazzling.
Naturally, the director treated her well.
But unexpectedly,
the “not shy” little kitten the director mentioned meowed once, then immediately buried his head in Tan Yi’s arms, showing clear resistance.
“Uh.”
The director was stunned: “What’s wrong with Li Li?”
Tan Yi always spoiled his little brother; seeing him unwilling to be held by that woman, he said calmly, “Li Li is tired from filming and is a bit clingy right now.”
He said this and sat down together with the director.
After sitting, Bai Li sat on Tan Yi’s lap, holding a small bowl with his paws.
“Sorry. Li Li was hungry and needed to eat something.”
Bai Li buried his head in his food and didn’t look at anyone.
“His name is Li Li. This Li Li—is it because of that Bai Li?”
The actress raised her eyebrows and again shifted the topic back to Bai Li.
Tan Yi didn’t bother with that idiot; he cautiously glanced at the actress.
“Yes.”
Having spent many years in the entertainment industry, Tan Yi could tell the actress’s repeated mentions of Li Li probably had ulterior motives related to Xie Chen.
Xie Chen was their family’s Li Li.
Damn it.
If you want to snatch Li Li away, keep dreaming!After speaking, Tan Yi suddenly seemed to remember something and called Xie Chen.
“Didn’t you say Li Li would tell you after filming? I almost forgot.”
Tan Yi cunningly told Xie Chen their location with Li Li.
No need to say, Xie Chen would definitely come to pick them up as fast as possible.
By then, both he and Li Li could get away.
After the call, Tan Yi seriously explained a bit:
“Honestly, sorry, Li Li this kitten is raised by Bai Li.”
“Xie Chen dotes on Bai Li deeply, so he also cares a lot about the little kitten.”
After saying this, the actress’s eyes slightly narrowed; her expression toward the kitten was unclear.
The atmosphere at the table became tense.
Bai Li focused on eating, ignoring everyone.
Tan Yi was sarcastic, intentionally annoying.
The two brothers each had their own style — you could say they were very much brothers.
Halfway through Bai Li’s meal, Xie Chen pushed open the private room door and walked in.
“Meow!”
Seeing Xie Chen, Bai Li quickly put down the bowl and stretched out his little paws to be picked up.
Xie Chen sat beside Tan Yi and lifted Bai Li into his arms.
“Be good now.”
Seeing the little kitten eagerly snuggle in, Xie Chen bent down, soothingly rubbing the kitten’s head.
With Xie Chen here, the little kitten was no longer a silent cat.
He meowed and talked to Xie Chen, asking to be fed, paws wiped, and his head kissed.
In front of the actress, their affection was dazzlingly obvious.
“I don’t like her.”
Taking advantage of others not understanding meows, Bai Li honestly confessed to Xie Chen.
Xie Chen glanced at the actress upon hearing this.
“Alright, if you don’t like her, I won’t let her show up again.”
Without asking why, Xie Chen immediately gave Bai Li a decisive answer.