Chapter 98

Chapter 98

Chapter 98, First Release on Jinjiang Literature City

Bai Li, clutching the cotton candy, looked a bit dazed: "Haunted house?"

"Yes."

Xie Chen pointed to the haunted house not far away and asked again, "Do you want to go?"

Bai Li had never watched horror movies; there was no internet on Monster Mountain, so he couldn’t watch them there. After coming down the mountain, no one let him watch horror movies.

Xie Chen showed him mostly anime on the tablet.

As they were talking, a couple walked up behind them.

"Two tickets, please."

The young couple held hands, their faces showing excited yet shy smiles.

The boy bought the tickets on his own, coaxing his girlfriend: "The haunted house is really fun. When you go in, just follow me, I’ll protect you."

The girl nodded with a flushed face.

They bought the tickets and walked toward the haunted house together.

Seeing this, Bai Li made up his mind: "Let’s buy these tickets too!"

Where other couples go should be a good place.

Without dating experience, Bai Li wanted to imitate them and try it out.

Xie Chen originally wanted to tease him, but when it came time to buy the tickets, he worried about scaring him.

"Forget it."

Xie Chen gave up: "Li Li, let’s do something else. Want to ride the Ferris wheel?"

"No."

Bai Li pointed to the haunted house: "I want to do that!"

Xie Chen: "..."

Xie Chen warned him: "The haunted house can be a little scary."

Bai Li is not human.

He proudly puffed out his chest: "Sir, don’t be afraid, I’ll protect you."Xie Chen didn’t need protection from him.

But under Bai Li’s insistence, the two still bought tickets to the haunted house.

The haunted house was a new attraction at the amusement park, combined with an escape room to increase the difficulty.

Before entering, staff repeatedly confirmed with visitors.

The little kitten, determined to protect his sir, seriously confirmed and held his hand, then boldly marched into the haunted house.

The first fifty meters were calm, but the atmosphere was a bit eerie.

Because the haunted house was a closed environment, the temperature was somewhat high.

To create a scary atmosphere, many fans were set up inside.

Bai Li shivered from the blowing wind.

“Sir, are you scared?”

In the dim environment, with occasional cold drafts and skull decorations everywhere,

the naive country cat finally belatedly understood what a haunted house was.

He was a bit scared, but on his face, he still pretended to be brave, unwilling to show weakness in front of sir. Xie Chen could feel the hand he was holding was a bit sweaty.

A smile flashed in Xie Chen’s eyes: “Not scared at all. What, Li Li, scared?”

Bai Li stubbornly said, “I’m not scared.”

“This place is not scary at all!”

To bolster his courage, he said the last sentence very loudly.

The “ghosts” working in the haunted house heard this loud provocation and all turned their attention toward the young boy not far away.

Good.

In our territory, you dare say we’re not scary at all.

Various zombies, vampires, Sadako-like old women—all fixed their gaze on the little boy.

The working ghosts would never allow themselves to be provoked!

“Sir.”

Bai Li pulled Xie Chen’s hand and detoured inside the haunted house: “I’m hungry, let’s go out and eat. I can buy you something delicious.”

He quickened his steps, wanting to take sir out as soon as possible.

Xie Chen naturally indulged him.

“Okay.”

He followed the little kitten’s steps down: “Let’s go out and eat.”The two hadn’t walked far.

A female ghost in all white, her face pale, with a long red tongue hanging out, floated toward them.

“Idiedsomiserably.”

Her voice was eerie and wavering like it carried a tremolo.

“Meow!!!”

Bai Li’s eyes widened, and he buried his head into Xie Chen’s怀抱, almost transforming back into a cat.

Xie Chen caught him and quickly led him around the female ghost.

But then, it was as if Pandora’s box had been accidentally opened.

All kinds of terrifyingly made-up ghosts appeared one after another endlessly.

And those ghosts seemed to have singled out Li Li, purposely trying to scare him.

Xie Chen’s status was useful outside; everyone feared and respected him.

But here…

It was useless.

These ghosts didn’t care who entered; they were very professional and scared whoever came.

In the end, Bai Li was so scared his eyes were full of tears; he sat down heavily on the ground, unable to move.

“Wuu.”

“Sir, I want to go out.”

The tearful little kitten was so scared he didn’t dare transform back, fearing someone would see him.

Sir had said that changing into a cat couldn’t be noticed.

Xie Chen looked at his miserable little face, both amused and feeling sorry.

“Good boy, these ghosts are all fake.”

Xie Chen tried to soothe his fear: “They’re all people in disguise.”

But Bai Li didn’t care if they were real people or not at this point.

In his mind and before his eyes floated all these ghosts with horrible “death” appearances. The little cat couldn’t take it.

The haunted house combined with the escape room made getting out quite a task.

Xie Chen held the kitten close and found the exit route as fast as possible. After nearly an hour, he finally brought the miserable little cat outside.

The chilly wind blew against their faces.Bai Li sniffled and then threw himself back into Xie Chen’s怀抱.

“They did it on purpose!”

When they were leaving, Bai Li even ran into others and realized those ghosts were all specifically trying to scare him.

The young couple ahead of them hadn’t been scared much.

That couple came out still smiling happily.

Bai Li felt very wronged.

Xie Chen patiently comforted him, leaning down to kiss his forehead.

“Mm, they were too mean, bullying our Li Li.”

Xie Chen was always the best at comforting the little cat; it didn’t take long before he soothed Bai Li’s ruffled fur.

After the haunted house, they checked off some other attractions.

Xie Chen took a lot of photos of Bai Li.

On the carousel, the Ferris wheel, the roller coaster…

Xie Chen took photos of Bai Li, and those who recognized them at the amusement park quietly gave them photos.

While the two were happily enjoying themselves, on Weibo, Xie Chen once again became a trending topic stirred up by netizens and marketing accounts.

But since the content was positive, only praising how sweet Xie Chen and Bai Li were, nothing else was mentioned.

So, Anna saw the trending topic and those posts and thought—

“Under the related tags, tag our company’s new product.”

Free publicity from the boss, not using it to promote the product would be too much of a waste.

A ruthless secretary can even use the boss to promote products.

Amusement park, restaurant, cinema.

The two behaved just like an ordinary couple, going to all the usual date spots.

As dusk approached,

Bai Li was so tired on the way back in the car he couldn’t hold on and suddenly turned back into a cat.

“Meow.”

Sir, I’m so happy!

The snowy white little kitten sprawled his soft belly on Xie Chen’s lap, his beautiful eyes squinting, cute enough to make anyone want to cuddle him endlessly.

Xie Chen stroked his belly, a smile in his eyes: “Next time, I’ll take you out again.”

“Mm!”Between the person and the cat, the warmth was so complete it seemed there was no room for anyone else to interrupt.

They arrived at the villa.

Bai Li sat on the sofa, meowing to Xie Bo about his date with Sir.

At the door, Meimei hesitated and then walked over.

“Meow, meow ow.”

Big brother, I’m here to find you.

Seeing Meimei, Bai Li enthusiastically waved his little paw at him.

“Come over!”

Meimei trotted quickly over and stopped in front of Bai Li.

So late, Meimei wouldn’t usually come over before.

Bai Li jumped down from the sofa and asked proactively, “Meimei, do you have something for me?”

“Meow.”

Yes.

Meimei took big brother aside and handed the little note back to him.

“This was picked up by Diandian in the cardboard box. He said it’s yours, big brother.”

It was the lost and found little note!

Bai Li’s eyes lit up as he took the little note.

“I’ve been looking for this for a long time.”

Bai Li meowed: “Please thank Diandian for me. I’ll treat him to canned food tomorrow.”

“Meow.”

Okay.

After delivering the note, Meimei didn’t stay long and ran off directly.

He was a little afraid of Xie Chen.

Xie Chen was cold and indifferent; not just the cats, even people who had contact with him were somewhat afraid of him.

Xie Chen was currently handling official business in the study.

Bai Li told Xie Bo a word, then took the little note and returned to the bedroom.

On the little note was a list of a few things to do after going down the mountain; although the last one was forgotten, Bai Li could figure it out himself.Find the fiancé, other cats said, it’s for getting married.

With a happy mood, Bai Li sat on the floor and spread out the little note.

Go down the mountain, find the fiancé.

Transform.

After successfully transforming…

Dump the fiancé???

The little cat reading the note raised his paw to rub his eyes, didn’t dare to believe it and looked again.

That’s right.

This is his little note.

But why, why is it different from what he thought?

Bai Li sat dazedly in front of the note, his head feeling full of paste.

“Dump the sir.”

Bai Li murmured, “Why do I have to dump sir?”

The little note was something his dad and others made him remember, which means his dad and the others didn’t like sir.

At that moment, the little cat who thought he lived in a sugar jar felt for the first time that life was bitter.

The bedroom was very quiet.

The little cat, feeling heavy-hearted, hid the note away, in a box in the corner of the room.

No one knew how much time passed.

Xie Chen in the study pressed his temples, easing his tired emotions.

He switched his work screen to Weibo.

Anna had already reported today’s trending topics to him.

Xie Chen clicked into a few posts on the homepage, saving photos taken by others.

In the photos were him and Li Li’s pictures together.

He didn’t know who took them, they had filters and color adjustments, making the photos quite beautiful.

Too bad, they couldn’t be used for now. All the profile pictures on his social accounts and Li Li’s were couple avatars.

His phone lock screen used Li Li’s original form photo, and the main page showed Li Li’s transformed photo.

Xie Chen, who never used to do these things, now changed everything to relate to the little cat, and the more he looked, the more satisfied he felt.

His Li Li, in his eyes, was the cutest little cat in the whole world.Here, warmth welled up in Xie Chen’s heart.

On the bedroom bed.

The yellow cartoon duck blanket, with a bulging little part right in the middle.

The snowy white little cat’s paws clutched the blanket, his beautiful amber eyes moist.

He was very sad.

Since he was little, he had always been the most obedient and well-behaved cat in front of his dad and the others.

The elders loved him very much.

Bai Li also loved them very much.

Now, the most beloved dad and the most beloved sir had a disagreement...

“Meow.”

The little cat felt like his whole self was suffocating.

His head was dizzy, and he didn’t react at all — his suffocation might not be from sadness, but—

This blanket was too thick.

Author’s note: Li Li: Sad to the point I can’t breathe. QAQ

Narrator: You just covered yourself too thick!