《Meow! A Kitten Stumbles into a CEO!Novel!》 CH 1 ¡ª In the dim glow of the wilderness, a dirty little kitten crouched down to make its way into a drain. It meekly placed the food it worked hard to get in front of a big cat, calling out to it. However, the big cat didn¡¯t make a single move as if it didn¡¯t hear the kitten¡¯s cries. The kitten curled up next to the big cat, seemingly used to this. The weather gradually turned cold and there were few passersby in that area. If no one saved this kitten, the little thing would either starve or freeze to death. The kitten wouldn¡¯t stop trembling. Out of the blue, the big cat opened its eyes, as if it was on standby. Its pupils shrank as it glanced down at the trembling ball of fur next to it. It wasn¡¯t long before it had encircled itself around the kitten. ¡°System 1028 binding successful, user¡¯s contract accepted.¡± ¡°Checking user¡¯s condition: User has an infant form that has not yet gained intelligence, level 2 physique. Verdict is extremely poor.¡± ¡°System using new user points, binding with new user¡­ 1%¡­ 60%¡­ 1000%.¡± ¡°Binding successful, 32000 user points deducted, 8000 user points left.¡± With a flash of light, the big cat and the kitten disappeared ¨C not a trace of them left behind; save for the food the kitten had brought for its larger counterpart. ===== The first month of the lunar year was just around the corner. The sun was shining brightly, and Dong Hua International Airport was full of people. A youth holding a white cat ran a few rounds outside the big hall before finally locating one of his mission objectives. ¡®You have practiced for very long. From today onwards, you¡¯ll need to complete missions. Do you remember what I said?¡¯ A disembodied electronic voice was transmitted into the youth¡¯s mind. He nodded, still in a daze. Before he could utter a ¡°meow¡±, he was interrupted. ¡®Stop. As a human, you cannot meow.¡¯ The youth nodded his head vigorously. In an attempt to endear itself to the white cat, he rubbed his cheek against it. ¡®Baobao1, I will emphasize this again. This world belongs to the original one, it doesn¡¯t tolerate many mistakes; big conflicts and unreasonable boundaries are no stranger to this world.¡¯ The youth instead shook his head, implying that the white mother cat would always be first in his heart. 1028 stretched out its paw and patted the youth¡¯s face, sighing helplessly with its cat face. Today, not only did they have to approach the target directly, but Lin Jiabao also needed to familiarise himself with the target¡¯s face. Ever since Lin Jiabao turned from a cat into a human, due to a lack of points, the amount of time he could stay in a human form was limited. As a result, 1028 couldn¡¯t choose a good birthplace for him. However, an orphanage wasn¡¯t too bad either. After it gave its host a good name, 1028 spent a great deal of time letting his little cub get used to human life. Fortunately, Lin Jiabao was very obedient; not only did he suppress his primal urges, he also studied hard to finish tasks for the system and earn points. ¡®The female lead is just in front. Don¡¯t stare at others with your cat eyes, look away.¡¯ Lin Jiabao averted his gaze, obediently following 1028¡¯s instructions¡ª¡ª ¡®The female lead, Bai Youlian, comes from City A like you. She took the Dong Chen¡¯s2 entrance exam and enrolled into school the very next day, into a class full of aristocrats. She struggled to get along with them because of the disparity of their statuses and quarreled with them frequently. They mocked her because of her family¡¯s situation. At the banquet, the CEO took a fancy to her and a messy romance took place after.¡¯ Even though Lin Jiabao had no idea what 1028 was talking about, he still voiced his affirmation. ¡®Don¡¯t bother with the rest, go do your best to learn well in class and create a positive learning environment. Of course, don¡¯t start trouble or get bullied. If you get bullied, you must bully them back.¡¯ ¡°Okay.¡± Lin Jiabao¡¯s voice was soft, slightly high-pitched and dragged ¨C it made people¡¯s hearts ache whenever they heard it. Since he wasn¡¯t too familiar with speaking, he didn¡¯t do so for long periods of time; It led people to think the teenager was just too shy. After he watched the female lead walk away, Lin Jiabao took the airport express3 and soon arrived downstairs of his house. Despite being a relatively young orphan ¨C with the help of the system ¨C he managed to leave the orphanage young and rented a one-bedroom apartment. Usually at this time he would be working, but he had requested for leave for the day. These two days, besides familiarising himself with the face of the female host, he had to collect daily necessities as well. Dong Chen College¡¯s school fees were terrifyingly pricey, and no one was exempted from them; so, Lin Jiabao chose to attend a day school and get a part-time job instead. Dong Chen didn¡¯t have night school anyway. The environment of Green Meadow4 was decent; although it was a bit further from Dong Chen College, it was near the subway. Lin Jiabao opened the door and took his shoes off before hoisting the white cat directly onto the bed. He wrapped a quilt around themselves and yawned, curling into a ball. He had managed to reverse his body clock ¨C albeit after much difficulty ¨C but his night owl tendencies were still there. If he could sleep more, he would. Simply put, he was ¡®lazy¡¯. The system that took over the white cat did the same and even fell asleep faster than Lin Jiabao. The little fishies in his dream were swimming around before Lin Jiabao was awakened by a ringing phone. In a daze, he reached out his hand and answered, ¡°Meow?¡± ¡°My Baobao, is your body doing better?¡± The crisp voice that came from the phone was a female, carrying obvious worry. The moment Lin Jiabao heard the manager¡¯s voice, he snapped out his daze. He hurriedly started moving his little brain and thankfully, this was a phone call so no one would see him pause for a while. Lin Jiabao held the phone tightly and paused before saying, ¡°I¡¯m¡­ I¡¯m better ba.¡± This was the first time he was lying so his heart was beating extremely fast. Shame clouded his mind, but he feared the manager would see through his lie. He promptly reassured her, ¡°Manager, you don¡¯t have to worry.¡± ¡°You¡¯re so small and you only have a cat at home. If you get sick, no one would look after you. How can I not worry? How about me and Old Jie5 come down to see you?¡± ¡°No¡­ No need!¡± The hand that was clutched tightly around the phone began to tremble. ¡°I¡¯m really much better, I can continue to go to work tomorrow. There¡¯s no need to worry.¡± ¡°¡­Okay ba.¡± The manager sighed. ¡°Remember to rest well. If I find you to still be unwell tomorrow, you¡¯ll get another day of leave, so please be careful of your little bum.¡± ¡°Meow!¡± ¡°Whenever you get nervous, you meow like your cat.¡± The manager commented before saying, ¡°Rest early.¡± He hung up and buried his face into the blanket. Despite his racing heart, he couldn¡¯t stop the corners of his mouth from twitching up. Being cared for feels so good~ ¡ª Could be a nickname for Lin Jiabao (Áּα¦). I¡¯ll be using Baobao(±¦±¦). I¡¯m guessing Dong Chen is the region/city and this is referring to the region¡¯s college/university. A railway line found in airports. Just the name of the neighbourhood he¡¯s staying in. She¡¯s not referring to ¡®Old/Big Sister¡¯ (ÀϽã) but a person (ÀϽÜ). She¡¯s referring to her boyfriend, Song Jie who you¡¯ll see in chapter 2. When you¡¯re close to someone, you might call them ¡®old (name)¡¯. It usually shows your intimacy. I heard this from my mom though so it might not be accurate! CH 2 Lin Jiabao, 16 years old, grew up to be white and tender. He wasn¡¯t tall in stature and looked quite young. At that time, the system had brought him out to look for a part-time job. 1028 had carefully chosen a cat caf¨¦ for Lin Jiabao to try out at. Originally, the manager didn¡¯t accept children like Lin Jiabao. Although he looked clean and obedient, it was obvious that he wasn¡¯t grown up yet, and how could the shop manager make a minor work? However, with the help of 1028, the shop manager somehow agreed to let Lin Jiabao work there. The shop manager didn¡¯t let him do any heavy work and only made him memorise the menu. It seemed that Lin Jiabao was made for this job ¨C all the cats (under the threat of the system) only obeyed Lin Jiabao¡¯s words. They always turned around for him and he soon became the lucky mascot of the shop. Later when it became known that Lin Jiabao was an orphan who was staying alone, the shop manager really started to treat Lin Jiabao as her own little brother. When Lin Jiabao went to take the Dong Chen examination, she even paid for it. She would call him regularly, worried that the pressure from the examination would tire him out. This time, when Lin Jiabao fell sick, the shop owner almost thought it was because school was about to open and that he was too nervous about it. She almost brought her boyfriend to barge into Lin Jiabao¡¯s home to check on him. Fortunately, on the second day upon seeing Lin Jiabao was healthy, she finally heaved a sigh of relief. ¡°Manager, you¡¯re twisting my face¡­¡± Lin Jiabao went straight to report to the shop manager in the morning to calm her nerves, Lin Lan lao ban niang1 was only relieved after seeing him. After that, her hand started to itch and she reached out to pinch his white, tender little face. Lin Lan found Lin Jiabao¡¯s face to be strange and said, ¡°Look at your face¡¯s skin, it¡¯s so thin. I didn¡¯t even pinch it for that long and it¡¯s already red.¡± ¡°Today, I¡¯ll give you another day off. Have you packed your school bag for tomorrow? Old Jie2 and I will bring you out to eat at noon to celebrate.¡± Lin Jiabao¡¯s face was finally released and he hurriedly used his hands to massage it. It took awhile for him to finally snap out of his daze and react. ¡°Celebrate?¡± ¡°Silly boy.¡± Lin Lan used a finger to flick his head. ¡°Celebrate you starting school~¡± This kind of thing also needed celebration? Lin Jiabao¡¯s heart was filled with suspicion but he was helpless as the omnipotent system mama had already ran to the shelves to bask in the sun after being carried into the store by him and couldn¡¯t explain to him what the manager meant. ¡°Of course. By the way, Baobao3, you go to help Old Jie to feed the cats. He¡¯s a big, clumsy, old man. Even when feeding the cats, he could make a mess. He¡¯s so stupid!¡± Lin Jiabao nodded and headed directly to the cat playpen4. Old Jie was the manager¡¯s boyfriend, Song Jie. He was an extremely tall man. The manager had said that he had a fierce face but the heart of a young girl. He loved to play with the cats, especially when they were eating. As a result, when Lin Jiabao took a day off yesterday, the number of scratches on Old Jie¡¯s arms increased, which he deserved. Lin Jiabao had just gone in when he saw Old Jie teasing a cat. The cat was laying down comfortably but he just had to disturb it. He stretched his hand out to it, which was immediately swatted away by its paws. The cat was being harassed continuously and finally couldn¡¯t take it anymore. It wanted to bite Old Jie, who thankfully managed to take his hand back in time. He wanted to continue teasing it but it ignored him. It lazily walked up to Lin Jiabao and stretched out its paw, signalling for him to stroke its fur. Lin Jiabao indeed did want to rub the cat¡¯s fur but it was a pity for Old Jie to be left to the side so he waved to Old Jie while stroking the cat, ¡°Hello, Brother Jie.¡± ¡°Baobao, is your body okay?¡± Song Jie finally stopped teasing the cats. Upon seeing Lin Jiabao¡¯s complexion, he finally put half of his worry down. ¡°En, en.¡± Lin Jiabao rubbed the cat before adding in, ¡°The manager wants me to feed the cats.¡± ¡°Tsk, your sister Lin won¡¯t even let you rest properly. I can feed them.¡± Although his excuse was full of holes, the outcome was still in his favor. However, Song Jie didn¡¯t stop Lin Jiabao from pouring the cat food. Their store could be said to be rather odd; the cats here were all big masters but they all loved Lin Jiabao and acted intimate with him. Even the biggest masters who acted like little princesses acted cute in front of their store¡¯s mascot. It was truly a spectacle to behold. When the cats were fed and their fur were brushed, Lin Lan saw that it was about noon. She called Old Jie and Lin Jiabao and locked up the store, got in the car and got ready to head out to eat. Song Jie drove the car up to them and asked, ¡°What do you want to eat for lunch?¡± ¡°Eat something mild. Baobao, what do you want to eat?¡± Lin Jiabao hugged 1028 and didn¡¯t speak, implying he was okay with anything. Of course, in his heart, there was a secret ¨C if he could get two licks of catnip, that would be the best. ¡°Then, let¡¯s go to Fu Ke Lai and eat some good food today.¡± Fu Ke Lai could be considered to be one of the big high-classed restaurants in Dong Chen. If you didn¡¯t make a reservation, then you wouldn¡¯t be able to get a place. Naturally, Lin Jiabao was unaware of this matter. He was only responsible for nodding his head and agreeing. Three people didn¡¯t need a private room, just eating in the main lobby was fine. Song Jie stopped the car and let Lin Lan bring Lin Jiabao off the car before passing the keys to the service staff for them to park the car. Lin Jiabao was then brought to a good seat in the North of the restaurant. Lin Lan motioned for the waiter to pass the electronic menus to Lin Jiabao first, who was getting dizzy from looking at it. There were too many dishes but no prices were written. He didn¡¯t know what to eat. He decided to get the fish after getting the system¡¯s opinion. Meow. =w= Lin Lan took over the menu to add more dishes. After all, a certain old man had a big appetite. The service at Fu Ke Lai was swift, and the appetisers were ready to be served. As the VIP guests even brought a cat, they had to prepare cat food as well. The three of them were very rowdy, sharing with Lin Jiabao their schooling experience. Of course, besides their academic experience, they also told him not to get bullied at school. And told him that if someone smashed his face, he should also smash that person¡¯s face back. Lin Jiabao felt like he couldn¡¯t understand what they were saying, probably because it was his first time attending school. He listened half-heartedly until 1028 told him to snap out of it ¡ª¡ª ¡®There¡¯s a new mission target nearby, three of them. They¡¯re behind you.¡¯ Once he heard that there was a new mission target, he turned his head directly and saw the people behind him. A dignified-looking man who wore a serious expression along with a younger boy and girl were sitting behind him. The boy and girl both had youthful and beautiful appearances, and they chattered as they discussed what to eat. If they disagreed on anything, they would quarrel. The handsome, imposing-looking older man looked as if he wasn¡¯t here to eat, but to inspect the place. He knocked on the table and the pair immediately fell silent, ordering food quietly. As if he sensed Lin Jiabao¡¯s gaze, the man suddenly turned to look at him. It nearly gave him a heart attack and hurriedly turned back. ¡°What is it Baobao, what are you looking at?¡± It was the first time Lin Lan saw Lin Jiabao behaving like that and grew nervous. ¡°The food hasn¡¯t been served yet. Don¡¯t worry, if you¡¯re hungry, eat something first. I¡¯ll go and hurry them.¡± Lin Jiabao hurriedly shook his head to express that he wasn¡¯t hungry. 1028 crawled up from Lin Jiabao¡¯s calf onto his knee, spanking his bum. ¡®I asked you to secretly look, not stare dumbfoundedly at them. You scared yourself.¡¯ Lin Jiabao rubbed the system¡¯s paws and couldn¡¯t resist secretly looking back once after a while, only to realize the man was staring at him. It frightened him so much that he quickly retracted his gaze and didn¡¯t dare to let it wander anymore. hellu! dreamy here! i¡¯m so happy to see that people are enjoying this novel as much as me!!!! whenever i¡¯m tl-ing this, i would stop, place my laptop down, roll around and squeal. then i¡¯d pick it back up and continue to translate, all while screaming in my head about how cute he is. and no bashing my baby boy in the comments!!! i¡¯ll fight you if you say anything bad about him ©c£¨¨R¡õ¨Q£©¥Î CH 3 This sweet and sour fish was especially delicious. Not only was the color of the fish bright, the smell was tangy and the soup was thick and delicious. It melted in one¡¯s mouth and caused Lin Jiabao¡¯s chopsticks to move on its own to pinch more flesh off the fish, even causing the previous guilt of being caught peeping to disappear without a trace. He couldn¡¯t resist letting out two meows while eating; if he was in his original form, his tail would be raised high. While he was too happy eating, the people he was previously spying on had finished eating and left the restaurant, but this wasn¡¯t noticed by Lin Jiabao at all. Only when he finished his food and prepared to leave did he realise this. When it came time to pay for the bill, Lin Lan went to the counter to pay but didn¡¯t tell Lin Jiabao how much it cost. No matter how much Lin Jiabao asked her, she would avoid them. When he was finally sent home by them, he questioned 1028 about it. 1028 didn¡¯t tell Lin Jiabao the actual numbers and instead told him to transfer four to five hundred over by AliPay1 and to add some small change to the amount. Lin Lan didn¡¯t know whether to cry or laugh after receiving the money and could only set it aside to give this little idiot as a bonus. Lin Jiabao, under the surveillance of 1028, went to take a shower before carrying the white cat to bed. Suddenly, the youth on the bed had two cat ears sprout of his head. Lin Jiabao rubbed the cat ears on his own head and realised today was the weekend, the system¡¯s energy was almost finished. Basically, every weekend night, he would turn into a youth with cat ears or directly turn back into his original kitten form. The transformation situation and time depended on the amount of energy the system had left ¨C if it had enough, he would turn into a youth with cat ears and would be back to normal by the next morning. If he turned into a kitten, the amount of time needed for him to turn back was hard to determine. Lin Jiabao rubbed the white cat¡¯s tummy and asked, ¡°Meow, meow, meow?¡± 2 1028 swatted Lin Jiabao with a paw and said, ¡®Speak like a human, you need to practice it well.¡¯ Lin Jiabao meowed one last time before asking in a small voice, ¡°Meow, mummy, what was today¡¯s mission target¡¯s objective?¡± The white cat got up and stretched itself before replying, ¡®Which one are you asking about?¡¯ ¡°The tall one, meow.¡± Lin Jiabao used his hands to make some gestures, his ears shaking about. ¡®That¡¯s the male lead. He¡¯s a big CEO, he¡¯s a big billionaire and like the other billionaires in the world, he has an arrogant look.¡¯ If his eyes weren¡¯t good3, why didn¡¯t he wear glasses? This question made Lin Jiabao¡¯s mind fly in a loop before flying away. ¡°Do I have to prevent the female lead from meeting the male lead?¡± Previously, 1028 mentioned that a certain interaction between another male and female lead caused the world to grow unstable and their task was related to maintaining the stability of the world. To Lin Jiabao, he wanted to lessen the meetings between the two with great luck, to lessen the number of interactions. ¡®Don¡¯t make trouble. If you were to go against the male lead, as a cannon fodder, you¡¯d be destroyed.¡¯ ¡°Meow~¡± ¡®Perhaps you should pay attention to the people close to his side. Those were the people the female lead came into contact with first, they¡¯re also the bridge between the male and female leads.¡¯ Finally, after a careful discussion with 1028, they formulated the following action guidelines: Despite being a private and noble school, Dong Chen had extremely strict rules. Otherwise, the talents that came from this school would not be in large numbers. As long as one entered Dong Chen college, they would have basically gotten the opportunities to get into top universities, go overseas and the like. ¡°Okay.¡± After they finished their discussion, Lin Jiabao opened the blanket and slipped in, ready for bed. He suddenly thought of something. ¡°Since our school¡¯s so strict, why are their relationships so messy?¡± ¡®Because not only do they have money, but also know how to fight guerilla warfare4. Child, what are you thinking about, go to sleep.¡¯ Lin Jiabao obediently nodded his head and slept with anticipation for tomorrow¡¯s events in his heart. ======== The night passed and the sun rose. The ringtone of a happy rainbow cat woke everyone up in the house. ¡°Meow~ meow! Meow meow~ meow~ meow meow meow~ meow~ meow!¡± Lin Jiabao, in his half-awake state, meowed along with the music until 1028 couldn¡¯t take it anymore and turned the alarm off. ¡®Brush your teeth first and get ready to leave, don¡¯t forget to bring your school bag.¡¯ ¡°Okay.¡± Lin Jiabao, with his bedhead, got out of bed, changed into his school uniform, brushed his teeth, washed his face and combed his messy hair. After finishing everything smoothly, he opened the fridge to take out eggs to fry and made a sandwich. Finally, he carried his school bag and bid goodbye to the white cat. 1028 felt a strange feeling, like a parent seeing their child grow up and leave the nest. He walked directly to the train station. There weren¡¯t many people who took the morning train but maybe because today was earlier than usual, as it was only six thirty now. Lin Jiabao sat down, dozing off with his head resting on the glass panel next to his seat. When he fell asleep, his head knocked against the glass panel. The pain woke him up to see which stop he was at before he continued to sleep. This could also be counted as a gift, he sat down for another forty minutes but didn¡¯t get off at the wrong stop. He got off the train without a problem and waited at the bus stop for ten minutes for the school shuttle bus to bring him to school. When he arrived at the North gate of Dong Chen college, it was already half past seven, half an hour before the start of class. Lin Jiabao took out a post-it note, on which was written which train line to sit, which train carriage to sit, even where his new classroom was, which road was nearer was written clearly. It answered all the possible queries he could have. Gifted building A304, yi, where did this name ¡®gifted¡¯ come from? Dong Chen college was most famous for the four buildings in the North campus. When the college was being built, the sponsors funded a lot of money. The liberal arts building was called ¡®virtuous¡¯, the science building was called ¡®sensible¡¯, the freshmen building was called ¡®gifted¡¯ and the highest laboratory was called ¡®wise¡¯. The entire Dong Chen college was very big but the four buildings were unique. Not only were its facilities always up to date but there was also a reading room on every floor. The number of books in each reading room was comparable to the number of books in a medium-sized library and there were also self-study libraries available in the college. After walking around in circles for half a day, he finally found the entrance of the gifted. Lin Jiabao looked up dumbly at the outside of the building, how high! Even though Lin Jiabao¡¯s classroom was on level 3, he still chose to take the lift. Few people came to this certain building so when he looked around, he realised he was the only one around. Due to psychological reasons and the weightlessness he felt, each time he took the lift, he would hold the handle tightly out of habit and only let go when he had to get off. When he found the classroom, he realised the lights were on. Surely there couldn¡¯t be people? He silently hugged the wall and stuck his head past the door frame, seeing that the furniture were all neatly arranged and that the projector placed in front of the classroom was turned off. The entire classroom was empty and quiet and probably because there was nobody, until¡ª¡ª ¡°What are you doing?¡± ¡°Meow!!¡± Lin Jiabao was shocked into shrinking his neck when he suddenly heard a sound behind himself and only turned around after half a day. He realised the person behind him was a young lady with a high ponytail and glasses staring curiously at him. Wait, this face, wasn¡¯t this the female lead?? dreamy here!!! isnt my baby boy the cutest?!?!? i love him;; cat boy!! CH 4 The surname of the female lead in this world was Bai and her name was Youlian. In this world, she was a hard working straight-A student. Her family financial situation could be considered well-off and with a small amount of money, she could be enrolled into Dong Chen college. However, the above information was limited to the female lead who had never met someone like the male lead before. Once the two meet, the plot would start to unfold quickly, like a violent chemical reaction. It was said that their love not only caused ethical problems, but also death. At the end, the male lead encountered family conflicts and financial issues. Talking about a love like theirs was simply frightening. But at this moment, the female lead ¨C who was taller than him ¨C looked indifferent. She wore a pair of glasses and spoke in a mild tone. However, when she realised that she had frightened Lin Jiabao, she adjusted her tone into a warmer one. ¡°Are you a new student of class 4 as well? Why aren¡¯t you going in?¡± Lin Jiabao dumbly nodded his head and followed the female lead into the classroom. As it was the first day of school, the seating plan wasn¡¯t set yet and was still on a first-come-first-serve basis. Bai Youlian chose the seat that was in the middle and all the way in front. Lin Jiabao wanted to sit next to the female lead but at the same time was a little conflicted. After some internal struggles, he chose to sit directly in the middle of the classroom. The angle there was good, it was near enough for him to be convenient to observe the female lead while maintaining some distance, enough to soothe his nerves. With the ringing of the preparation bell, the students started entering the classroom. Some entered as a group and some entered alone, like him. It was obvious that everyone wasn¡¯t familiar with each other so it was less rowdy and noisier than the other classrooms. Out of the blue, the classroom door was pushed open with ¡®bang¡¯ and a tall, lean boy walked in alone. His gaze swept over the room and maybe because he found the place boring, he let out a scoff and sat down at the furthest seat with his legs crossed. This act made the people around him furrow their brows, silently scolding him in their hearts, including the female lead. This also left people both unhappy but not daring to speak. Nobody dared to speak to him, especially Lin Jiabao who knew his background. Despite vaguely feeling that the man from the restaurant had a temper, he never would¡¯ve thought that it¡¯d be this bad. Lin Jiabao buried his head in his arms; it was better not to provoke him and stay further away from him. With the ringing of the class bell indicating the start of the class, teacher Li walked in. He started off by distributing the class schedule then got the students to come up to do a self-introduction. They could also self-recommend themselves to whatever class committee was there as a member. Bai Youlian sat more to the front. She went up to the stage in a natural manner, introducing herself, ¡°Hello, fellow classmates, I¡¯m Bai Youlian; ¡®Bai¡¯ as in the color white, ¡®You¡¯ as in carefree and ¡®Lian¡¯ as in lotus.1 My hobby is reading and I hope to get along with everybody. I also hope to be chosen as class monitor, I will be responsible¡­¡± How brilliant! Lin Jiabao stared in admiration at the female lead who was speaking so eloquently. He was not only timid but also got nervous easily, he already started to write down what he wanted to say in a piece of paper despite his brain being blank. It was finally Lin Jiabao¡¯s turn. He felt as if his ahoge was going to fall off. When he was walking up to the stage, due to how nervous he was, he was walking while swinging the same hand and feet like a robot. People couldn¡¯t help but chuckle. He stiffly turned around to see many students gazing at him and almost couldn¡¯t hold back the urge to meow. With his body trembling, he said, ¡°I¡­ I¡¯m called Lin Jiabao. I like, like to eat sweet and sour fish, that¡­¡± He suddenly forgot what he wanted to say and lowered his head to secretly look at the little piece of paper in his hand, oblivious to the fact that the whole class saw him doing so. ¡°I¡­ I¡¯ll study hard, meow!¡± He still let out a meow. He immediately covered his mouth before realising that that wasn¡¯t too right and removed his hand. ¡°Thank you, everyone!¡± This child was so teasable, it was just a pity that he was too introverted. Bai Youlian thought of how this Lin Jiabao kid let out a ¡®meow¡¯ from time to time. This slip of the tongue really made him seem like a cat. Anyone who was younger than year two was definitely cuter than the guy who just walked in. At the last round, it was that bad-tempered male¡¯s turn, who had a dismissive attitude towards this self-introductory thing. However, despite being irritated, he didn¡¯t want to make trouble and said ¡®I¡¯m Ouyang Chen¡¯ before walking off the stage. Teacher Li also didn¡¯t obstruct this little young master. He clapped his hands to draw the freshmen¡¯s attention. He welcomed everyone to the school before assigning the different class committee roles. Uncoincidentally, Bai Youlian was chosen to be the class monitor. The shocking thing was that Lin Jiabao was chosen to be in charge of the grades of the class. Teacher Li explained that Lin Jiabao did extremely well in the entrance exam. The little cat in Lin Jiabao¡¯s heart was about to adopt the OTZ pose, with his little head on the table. The final agenda for the morning was the seating issue. The classrooms in Dong Chen college were built tilted ¨C as long as your eyesight was fine, even if you sat at the back, your line of sight wouldn¡¯t be obstructed. As a result, teacher Li had the students with poor eyesight to sit all the way in the front and drew lots to decide the others¡¯ seats. According to the plot, the female lead would draw the lot to sit with the rich second-generation and then the two would develop feelings for each other. This time, there was an extra variable. Lin Jiabao the little butterfly was flapping his wings diligently but a tornado wouldn¡¯t be created no matter how hard he flapped. However, this time was a real mess-up. He had drawn the lot which made him sit next to Ouyang Chen and Bai Youlian¡¯s seat was far away but he could still silently observe the female lead. He had mixed feelings; he felt frightened and wanted to cry; it was bittersweet. He moved slowly to sit beside Ouyang Chen. This gave Lin Jiabao a feeling of ¡®excitement¡¯, as if the peeping toms were all sitting together.3 He stared at Ouyang Chen, he really looked like the guy at the restaurant. It was just that the aura was different. His aura wasn¡¯t as dignified. Suddenly, he remembered that he shouldn¡¯t stare directly at people because that wouldn¡¯t be ¡®peeping¡¯. Instead, it¡¯d be called ¡®spying¡¯. He silently turned his head back and discreetly looked at Ouyang Chen. In the end, he was still caught staring by Ouyang Chen and was shocked from his daze. ¡°What are you looking at, bookworm?¡± ¡°No¡­ Nothing!¡± Ouyang Chen saw that his deskmate¡¯s stature was on the smaller side and he rubbed his jaw before using his hand to call him by tapping on the table. ¡°From now on, you¡¯ll obey me. You help me run errands and do my homework, then I¡¯ll take care of you.¡± He totally didn¡¯t give Lin Jiabao the option to reject. Lin Jiabao thought for half a day before seriously replying, ¡°Running errands is okay but doing homework is no-no, that isn¡¯t good.¡± He really was a bookworm. Ouyang Chen looked as if he didn¡¯t hear a word Lin Jiabao said. Lin Jiabao¡¯s opinions all went unheard. CH 5 The whole morning was basically spent on the orientation ceremony and in the afternoon, the students all rushed towards the cafeteria. Lin Jiabao knew that his physique wouldn¡¯t be able to get past the whole crowd, so he waited for everyone to leave before making his way out of the classroom. Before he left the cafeteria, he took a look at Ouyang Chen. It seemed like the young master had already ordered the food and didn¡¯t plan on eating in the cafeteria. The college¡¯s cafeterias were all massive. There were three four-story buildings and each floor had different types of food. Each floor had their own specialties so as to meet all the students¡¯ needs. Of course, Lin Jiabao forgot to bring his wallet. He decided to choose the canteen on the first floor, which had much cheaper prices and was only opened during special occasions such as orientation day. He stood in front of the longest queue and when it was finally his turn, he happily ordered his dry fried fish before turning around to find an empty seat. Only then did he realise he forgot to take a pair of chopsticks with his food. ¡°Here.¡± Suddenly, a pair of chopsticks were thrust towards Lin Jiabao¡¯s face. He looked up and made a sound of surprise, ¡°Yi?!¡± He saw Bai Youlian holding a bowl in each of her hands, looking helplessly at him. Lin Jiabao scurried off while holding just the plate of vegetables, not even hearing the cafeteria lady call to pick up his food. He was so similar to the cat at the Bai household. Bai Youlian sat across Lin Jiabao. She adjusted her glasses before saying, ¡°You¡¯re still looking at me, you don¡¯t want to eat?¡± Lin Jiabao hurriedly shook his head and just as he was about to start eating, he stopped and pushed the dry fried fish a little forward. He asked softly, ¡°Do you want to eat?¡± Bai Youlian picked the biggest fish piece without consideration and enjoyed the little sour look in Lin Jiabao¡¯s eyes. She then pushed over her braised pork and asked deliberately while eating, ¡°You seem nervous when you¡¯re talking to me, have you seen me before?¡± This sentence caused Lin Jiabao, who was chewing on the fish meat, to almost choke on a bone. He quickly shook his head. But how could he not be nervous! He was nervous to peek at her. After that, Bai Youlian didn¡¯t frighten Lin Jiabao anymore. After the meal, Lin Jiabao felt that he got closer to the female lead. _(:3_|)_ The female lead ate faster than Lin Jiabao, that little cat-tongued boy. She took out a tissue to wipe her mouth and prepared to leave. Before leaving, she said to Lin Jiabao, ¡°Be careful of your table partner. If you encounter any problems, remember to find me. After all, I¡¯m your class monitor.¡± What a good person! However, no matter how much trouble this young master Ouyang Chen brought, he definitely couldn¡¯t go and bother the female lead. Even if he was afraid, he had to carry on. If the two were pulled apart too early, the dean would be forced to let out a little secret which wasn¡¯t too kind. Their lunch break ended and Lin Jiabao went back to the classroom. Unsurprisingly, when the bell rang, his table partner wasn¡¯t back yet. As it was the first day, each subject teacher gave out textbooks in the afternoon and went through the basics of the subject. They also didn¡¯t give out any homework. When Lin Jiabao finished taking notes, it was basically time for students to go home. When he saw that his table partner still hadn¡¯t returned, he tore out a piece of paper from his notebook and placed it on Ouyang Chen¡¯s table before leaving school. When he got on the train, he didn¡¯t go home but went to the shop to work first. The shop¡¯s number of customers at this time was especially a lot. The shop manager couldn¡¯t handle it alone and needed him to come back. Not only did he need to take orders, he also needed to get the little masters to listen and let the customers pet them. Lin Jiabao changed out of his school clothes and put on his work uniform. He was especially popular among the girls who liked to come to the cat cafe. Today, many regular customers had come to tease him and the cats. However, why does the person sitting by the window look a little like the male lead? Impossible, they must just have similar faces, humans all look a little alike. Mummy said it already, the male lead was a billionaire, he probably wouldn¡¯t come to a small cafe like theirs. He comforted himself, took a step forward and shrinked away. He got a little closer and got on his tiptoes to get a better look. Wah, he really looks like him! The man seemed like he wanted to look up, causing Lin Jiabao to reflexively want to hide. Later he found his thoughts to be a little strange. He should ask what the guy wanted. ¡°That¡­ Do you want to order something?¡± This seemed to break the man¡¯s train of thought, causing him to frown. He didn¡¯t look at Lin Jiabao, his fingers slid across his tablet and said, ¡°Bring a blue mountain1.¡± ¡°Okay.¡± Yi, a rich man? Just as he planned to walk away, the man called for him again. He stared at Lin Jiabao, as if thinking of something. He stared until Lin Jiabao started to break out in sweat. Only after a long while did he say, ¡°Bring me a cat along the way too. I want a quiet one.¡± ¡°O¡ªOkay.¡± The man¡¯s aura was too strong and it caused Lin Jiabao¡¯s voice to tremble. He quickly scurried off. When the coffee was ready, he begged the big boss of the caf¨¦, Ba Ye. Only after promising to give extra food did he finally manage to get Ba Ye to agree. ¡°Here¡¯s the coffee and the cat you ordered.¡± He placed the coffee and cat in front of the man before rushing away quickly, hiding behind the counter. He thought in his heart, this kind of strong man also wanted to tease the cats? The answer was obvious. The man stirred his coffee with one hand while stroking Ba Ye¡¯s head with the other. He suddenly turned to Lin Jiabao¡¯s direction, causing Lin Jiabao to immediately duck back down. When he peeked back up and saw that the man wasn¡¯t looking anymore, he heaved a sigh of relief. ¡°Pa¡ª¡ª¡± Lin Lan stood behind him and slapped his forehead. ¡°Baobao, are you catching mice here?¡± ¡°Meow!¡± ¡°Your brother Song isn¡¯t coming, go and feed the cats.¡± The corner of the man¡¯s mouth hooked up as he watched this scene and thoughtfully stroked Ba Ye again, saying softly, ¡°Baobao?¡± Of course no one replied him. Lin Jiabao went to open different types of cat food and mixed it together. The cats surrounded Lin Jiabao who was holding all the food. When he put down the food properly and said they could eat, the cats all ran to their respective bowls. They were usually very lazy and only became active when it was time to eat. This made Lin Jiabao cover his face, he was almost the same as them. When he finished feeding the cats, he realised the man had long paid and left the cafe. After working at the cafe for another few hours, the shop manager finally let Lin Jiabao to hurry home to eat. The number of customers at night was less so Lin Jiabao didn¡¯t need to work overtime. ¡®So today you became a member of the student committee and disrupted the plot. Not bad, not bad, you deserve a reward. I¡¯ll help you keep the prize first. When it reaches a certain amount, I¡¯ll give it to you.¡¯ When he got home and 1028 heard about Lin Jiabao¡¯s day, it turned around. Its tone was that of a parent who wanted their child to hand over their New Year¡¯s money. However, this child didn¡¯t resist at all and obediently gave it to his parent. dreamy here! ouyang chen, you¡¯re threading on thin ice!!! grrr being mean to my baby >:( thank god you¡¯re not the male lead CH 6 Dong Chen college had no restrictions placed on students who wanted to self-study early in the morning or late at night. Of course students wanted to self-study, and the library and the classrooms had heater facilities and electricity 24 hours a day for them. Lin Jiabao arrived earlier than usual to class and at that time, the classroom was empty save for the female lead. After being in school for a few days, he was more or less used to the environment and atmosphere around him. Lin Jiabao rarely saw his deskmate as Ouyang Chen came to school only a handful of times, so when he saw Ouyang Chen today, he was surprised. This deskmate of his was welcomed by almost all the girls. He only came to school for a couple of days but there were already several love letters shoved into his desk. Not only did he get love letters from his own classroom girls but also from girls of different classes and higher grades. It was simply amazing! After the teacher gave out homework, Lin Jiabao had already started working on it and finished three out of the five given work. Just as he was about to start the second last piece of his work, Ouyang Chen snatched the book out of his hands. Lin Jiabao didn¡¯t understand his actions and turned to look at Ouyang Chen with round confused eyes. Ouyang Chen flipped through his book without much care and asked nonchalantly, ¡°You¡¯re writing fairly seriously, were you the one who put those notes on my table?¡± Ouyang Chen didn¡¯t attend school for several days. With the spirit of a helpful deskmate, Lin Jiabao would make two copies of his notes and place it on his desk. It also helped him to consolidate his learning along the way. Lin Jiabao nodded his head dumbly. He really wanted to take his book back but he wasn¡¯t sure why the other took his book. Could it be that the notes he did himself were not clear, so he took his notes to check? Of course, that kind of thing was impossible for young master Ouyang Chen. He passed the book back to Lin Jiabao and moved closer to say, ¡° There¡¯s no need to do extra notes for me. Next time, just do my homework.¡± Lin Jiabao nodded with understanding. He wasn¡¯t agreeing to do Ouyang Chen¡¯s homework, what he heard was ¡ª ¡°I don¡¯t understand my notes so I can¡¯t do my homework. Help me think of a solution.¡± However, the Bai Youlian who was at their side couldn¡¯t take it anymore. She slammed her hand on the table, drawing both their eyes and attention. She adjusted her glasses and said seriously, ¡°This fellow student, I haven¡¯t seen you around much. School has been open for a while and you¡¯ve only attended twice. You even bully the student who did notes for you, that¡¯s not very kind of you.¡± Ouyang Chen was a little taken aback. He narrowed his eyes at Bai Youlian and said lazily, ¡°It¡¯s none of your business.¡± ¡°As the class monitor, it¡¯s naturally my business.¡± Her tone turned mocking. ¡°It¡¯s young master¡¯s homework, it¡¯s definitely the business of the class committee.¡± Meow, meow, meow?? Why were they quarreling? The cat alarms inside Lin Jiabao¡¯s heart were meowing non-stop. After all, in the original plot, this was how they quarreled. It turned out that even though they weren¡¯t deskmates, sparks could still fly between them! This, this, this wasn¡¯t good ai! ¡°It¡¯s¡ªit¡¯s¡ªit is okay!¡± Lin Jiabao found a strong resolve in his heart and threw his body onto Ouyang Chen¡¯s table, his head hitting the back of the bench with a ¡®peng¡¯. This attracted the gazes of the classmates around them. Painful, painful, painful, meow QAQ¡­ ¡°Helping fellow deskmates is a student¡¯s responsibility. Ouyang Chen didn¡¯t come to school for a few days and has quite a lot of homework piled up. Don¡¯t quarrel. QAQ¡± This silly little child¡¯s forehead was already red and the way he spoke was so pretty. It was just a pity his expression after just being hit looked extremely wronged. The two flames were extinguished when this little idiot knocked his forehead. Ouyang Chen laughed and readjusted his desk. Bai Youlian couldn¡¯t help gently touching Lin Jiabao¡¯s face and huffed offhandedly at Ouyang Chen, ¡°Don¡¯t bully him.¡± The flames were silently put out. Lin Jiabao lowered his head, wondering if his sacrifice could be exchanged for points. He didn¡¯t know if he could exchange points for his actions, but he did know that doing homework was a must. Lin Jiabao took Ouyang Chen¡¯s homework and left the school. Today, he would go to the store to work as usual. As he was entering the shop, he purposely glanced at the seating area beside the window and realised the man who really looked like the male lead was here again. The man sat where he sat the previous time and teased the cats. Although the number of times he came was few, he had left a deep impression on Lin Jiabao every time. When a few guests left, he could finally take a break. Lin Jiabao asked Lin Lan for permission before going to a table to sit down and do his work, which Lin Lan was hurrying him to do. Lin Jiabao sat in the seat opposite Ouyang Feng, biting the head of his pen. He deliberately brought a pen to write down the core idea of each question under it and even made a summary. He wrote the corresponding textbook pages at the top, marked the difficult questions and stuck a post-it note on that which had the quickest solution for the difficult questions. Of course, the only way to skip the process and give the answer directly was to extend the question that was originally two to three or four pages. This strange action attracted the attention of Ouyang Feng. As a CEO who faced a myriad of problems everyday, coming to a cat cafe wasn¡¯t only weird, it was also a troublesome thing. He didn¡¯t want to have to go through the troubles of having a pet but in reality, he always liked little animals. Furthermore, the shop manager was his long-time friend. Last time when he went to Fu Ke Lai, he had seen the three of them. However, he had brought along those two bear children1 and thus didn¡¯t say hello to Lin Lan and Song Jie. Later he had contacted them and this window seat became his designated seat. He was rather interested in this boy, whose courage was rather similar to that one of a cat¡¯s. He thought that he was peeking at the boy secretly, unaware that his actions were simply outright staring. When he was caught, he retracted his gaze with the speed similar to that of a turtle hiding back into its shell. In addition, Lin Lan praised how good and obedient Lin Jiabao was, as if she was praising her own son. When compared with his family¡¯s shameful little brother, this child¡¯s demeanor was like that of an angel¡¯s. Lin Jiabao finished up the work and arranged the books. With his sharp eyes, he noticed that the name written on the front of the book was the same as the bear child of his little brother. He recalled when Lin Jiabao came into the store, he was wearing the uniform of Dong Chen college and his finger couldn¡¯t help tapping the table. ¡°What¡¯s your name?¡± The deep, magnetic voice interrupted Lin Jiabao¡¯s actions of packing his bag. He replied ¡®Lin Jiabao¡¯ out of reflex before noticing who was asking him. Ouyang Feng stood in front of Lin Jiabao and by looking at him, Lin Jiabao could tell that he¡¯d only reach his chest. How¡­ How tall! ¡°Lin Jiabao?¡± Jiabao, little baby?2 The man thought for a moment and the silence made Lin Jiabao¡¯s ears grow hot. ¡°I, I, I¡­¡± Lin Jiabao wanted to ask what Ouyang Feng was doing but in a moment of nervousness, he wasn¡¯t thinking clearly. ¡°Don¡¯t be nervous, I¡¯m a student at Dong Chen college. My little brother is too.¡± Is that so, that¡¯s so coincidental. _(:3_|\\\\)_ Ouyang Feng suddenly smiled at Lin Jiabao and rubbed his head. ¡°I¡¯m friends with your shop¡¯s manager.¡± Turns out he was the shop manager¡¯s friend ya! Lin Jiabao¡¯s nervousness was significantly lesser than before. Being stroked was very comfortable. His eyes closed like a cat and his leg couldn¡¯t help kicking a few times. He felt the furriness and Ouyang Feng felt that rubbing this child¡¯s hair was better than rubbing a cat¡¯s. Finally, with some regret, he took his hand back and asked, ¡°What class are you from?¡± ¡°The 4th class, why?¡± Lin Jiabao sent him a suspicious gaze. ¡°Nothing much, I¡¯m just asking.¡± Very good, he was in the same class as that shameful child. ¡°I saw that the name on the homework book isn¡¯t yours, are you helping someone else do their homework?¡± ¡°No.¡± Lin Jiabao shook his head. ¡°This is my deskmate¡¯s homework, he hasn¡¯t come to school for a few days so he doesn¡¯t know how to do his homework. I¡¯m helping him to write down the way to solve the questions so it¡¯s easier for him to do.¡± ¡°¡­¡± Skipping school and making other people do your work that you can¡¯t even do yourself! Ouyang Chen, you¡¯re too good! In the end, Ouyang Feng didn¡¯t reveal his identity, but he told Lin Jiabao to remember to rest. If he got tired doing other people¡¯s work, he didn¡¯t have to. He shouldn¡¯t tire himself out. It seemed like this child helped Ouyang Chen out a lot. ============ The homework was returned to Ouyang Chen the next day, who got a headache when he saw it. This bookworm! He made Lin Jiabao do his homework, who made something out of nothing by writing the way to solve the question and didn¡¯t write the answers down at all. When Bai Youlian heard about this, she smiled, especially happy. She even went up to Lin Jiabao to pat his back and praised him, saying he did a good job. This made Ouyang Chen explode in anger. Of course, Ouyang Chen didn¡¯t know that he¡¯d face an even worse event later. His older brother would hear about all the details of his doings in school from his little deskmate. It was really something he needed to be congratulated for. ahh im gonna be super busy the next two weeks so i might not post then¡­ sorry bout that! CH 7 Dong Chen college had no restrictions placed on students who wanted to self-study early in the morning or late at night. Of course students wanted to self-study, and the library and the classrooms had heater facilities and electricity 24 hours a day for them. Lin Jiabao arrived earlier than usual to class and at that time, the classroom was empty save for the female lead. After being in school for a few days, he was more or less used to the environment and atmosphere around him. Lin Jiabao rarely saw his deskmate as Ouyang Chen came to school only a handful of times, so when he saw Ouyang Chen today, he was surprised. This deskmate of his was welcomed by almost all the girls. He only came to school for a couple of days but there were already several love letters shoved into his desk. Not only did he get love letters from his own classroom girls but also from girls of different classes and higher grades. It was simply amazing! After the teacher gave out homework, Lin Jiabao had already started working on it and finished three out of the five given work. Just as he was about to start the second last piece of his work, Ouyang Chen snatched the book out of his hands. Lin Jiabao didn¡¯t understand his actions and turned to look at Ouyang Chen with round confused eyes. Ouyang Chen flipped through his book without much care and asked nonchalantly, ¡°You¡¯re writing fairly seriously, were you the one who put those notes on my table?¡± Ouyang Chen didn¡¯t attend school for several days. With the spirit of a helpful deskmate, Lin Jiabao would make two copies of his notes and place it on his desk. It also helped him to consolidate his learning along the way. Lin Jiabao nodded his head dumbly. He really wanted to take his book back but he wasn¡¯t sure why the other took his book. Could it be that the notes he did himself were not clear, so he took his notes to check? Of course, that kind of thing was impossible for young master Ouyang Chen. He passed the book back to Lin Jiabao and moved closer to say, ¡° There¡¯s no need to do extra notes for me. Next time, just do my homework.¡± Lin Jiabao nodded with understanding. He wasn¡¯t agreeing to do Ouyang Chen¡¯s homework, what he heard was ¡ª ¡°I don¡¯t understand my notes so I can¡¯t do my homework. Help me think of a solution.¡± However, the Bai Youlian who was at their side couldn¡¯t take it anymore. She slammed her hand on the table, drawing both their eyes and attention. She adjusted her glasses and said seriously, ¡°This fellow student, I haven¡¯t seen you around much. School has been open for a while and you¡¯ve only attended twice. You even bully the student who did notes for you, that¡¯s not very kind of you.¡± Ouyang Chen was a little taken aback. He narrowed his eyes at Bai Youlian and said lazily, ¡°It¡¯s none of your business.¡± ¡°As the class monitor, it¡¯s naturally my business.¡± Her tone turned mocking. ¡°It¡¯s young master¡¯s homework, it¡¯s definitely the business of the class committee.¡± Meow, meow, meow?? Why were they quarreling? The cat alarms inside Lin Jiabao¡¯s heart were meowing non-stop. After all, in the original plot, this was how they quarreled. It turned out that even though they weren¡¯t deskmates, sparks could still fly between them! This, this, this wasn¡¯t good ai! ¡°It¡¯s¡ªit¡¯s¡ªit is okay!¡± Lin Jiabao found a strong resolve in his heart and threw his body onto Ouyang Chen¡¯s table, his head hitting the back of the bench with a ¡®peng¡¯. This attracted the gazes of the classmates around them. Painful, painful, painful, meow QAQ¡­ ¡°Helping fellow deskmates is a student¡¯s responsibility. Ouyang Chen didn¡¯t come to school for a few days and has quite a lot of homework piled up. Don¡¯t quarrel. QAQ¡± This silly little child¡¯s forehead was already red and the way he spoke was so pretty. It was just a pity his expression after just being hit looked extremely wronged. The two flames were extinguished when this little idiot knocked his forehead. Ouyang Chen laughed and readjusted his desk. Bai Youlian couldn¡¯t help gently touching Lin Jiabao¡¯s face and huffed offhandedly at Ouyang Chen, ¡°Don¡¯t bully him.¡± The flames were silently put out. Lin Jiabao lowered his head, wondering if his sacrifice could be exchanged for points. He didn¡¯t know if he could exchange points for his actions, but he did know that doing homework was a must. Lin Jiabao took Ouyang Chen¡¯s homework and left the school. Today, he would go to the store to work as usual. As he was entering the shop, he purposely glanced at the seating area beside the window and realised the man who really looked like the male lead was here again. The man sat where he sat the previous time and teased the cats. Although the number of times he came was few, he had left a deep impression on Lin Jiabao every time. When a few guests left, he could finally take a break. Lin Jiabao asked Lin Lan for permission before going to a table to sit down and do his work, which Lin Lan was hurrying him to do. Lin Jiabao sat in the seat opposite Ouyang Feng, biting the head of his pen. He deliberately brought a pen to write down the core idea of each question under it and even made a summary. He wrote the corresponding textbook pages at the top, marked the difficult questions and stuck a post-it note on that which had the quickest solution for the difficult questions. Of course, the only way to skip the process and give the answer directly was to extend the question that was originally two to three or four pages. This strange action attracted the attention of Ouyang Feng. As a CEO who faced a myriad of problems everyday, coming to a cat cafe wasn¡¯t only weird, it was also a troublesome thing. He didn¡¯t want to have to go through the troubles of having a pet but in reality, he always liked little animals. Furthermore, the shop manager was his long-time friend. Last time when he went to Fu Ke Lai, he had seen the three of them. However, he had brought along those two bear children1 and thus didn¡¯t say hello to Lin Lan and Song Jie. Later he had contacted them and this window seat became his designated seat. He was rather interested in this boy, whose courage was rather similar to that one of a cat¡¯s. He thought that he was peeking at the boy secretly, unaware that his actions were simply outright staring. When he was caught, he retracted his gaze with the speed similar to that of a turtle hiding back into its shell. In addition, Lin Lan praised how good and obedient Lin Jiabao was, as if she was praising her own son. When compared with his family¡¯s shameful little brother, this child¡¯s demeanor was like that of an angel¡¯s. Lin Jiabao finished up the work and arranged the books. With his sharp eyes, he noticed that the name written on the front of the book was the same as the bear child of his little brother. He recalled when Lin Jiabao came into the store, he was wearing the uniform of Dong Chen college and his finger couldn¡¯t help tapping the table. ¡°What¡¯s your name?¡± The deep, magnetic voice interrupted Lin Jiabao¡¯s actions of packing his bag. He replied ¡®Lin Jiabao¡¯ out of reflex before noticing who was asking him. Ouyang Feng stood in front of Lin Jiabao and by looking at him, Lin Jiabao could tell that he¡¯d only reach his chest. How¡­ How tall! ¡°Lin Jiabao?¡± Jiabao, little baby?2 The man thought for a moment and the silence made Lin Jiabao¡¯s ears grow hot. ¡°I, I, I¡­¡± Lin Jiabao wanted to ask what Ouyang Feng was doing but in a moment of nervousness, he wasn¡¯t thinking clearly. ¡°Don¡¯t be nervous, I¡¯m a student at Dong Chen college. My little brother is too.¡± Is that so, that¡¯s so coincidental. _(:3_|\\\\)_ Ouyang Feng suddenly smiled at Lin Jiabao and rubbed his head. ¡°I¡¯m friends with your shop¡¯s manager.¡± Turns out he was the shop manager¡¯s friend ya! Lin Jiabao¡¯s nervousness was significantly lesser than before. Being stroked was very comfortable. His eyes closed like a cat and his leg couldn¡¯t help kicking a few times. He felt the furriness and Ouyang Feng felt that rubbing this child¡¯s hair was better than rubbing a cat¡¯s. Finally, with some regret, he took his hand back and asked, ¡°What class are you from?¡± ¡°The 4th class, why?¡± Lin Jiabao sent him a suspicious gaze. ¡°Nothing much, I¡¯m just asking.¡± Very good, he was in the same class as that shameful child. ¡°I saw that the name on the homework book isn¡¯t yours, are you helping someone else do their homework?¡± ¡°No.¡± Lin Jiabao shook his head. ¡°This is my deskmate¡¯s homework, he hasn¡¯t come to school for a few days so he doesn¡¯t know how to do his homework. I¡¯m helping him to write down the way to solve the questions so it¡¯s easier for him to do.¡± ¡°¡­¡± Skipping school and making other people do your work that you can¡¯t even do yourself! Ouyang Chen, you¡¯re too good! In the end, Ouyang Feng didn¡¯t reveal his identity, but he told Lin Jiabao to remember to rest. If he got tired doing other people¡¯s work, he didn¡¯t have to. He shouldn¡¯t tire himself out. It seemed like this child helped Ouyang Chen out a lot. ============ The homework was returned to Ouyang Chen the next day, who got a headache when he saw it. This bookworm! He made Lin Jiabao do his homework, who made something out of nothing by writing the way to solve the question and didn¡¯t write the answers down at all. When Bai Youlian heard about this, she smiled, especially happy. She even went up to Lin Jiabao to pat his back and praised him, saying he did a good job. This made Ouyang Chen explode in anger. Of course, Ouyang Chen didn¡¯t know that he¡¯d face an even worse event later. His older brother would hear about all the details of his doings in school from his little deskmate. It was really something he needed to be congratulated for. ahh im gonna be super busy the next two weeks so i might not post then¡­ sorry bout that! CH 8 Ouyang Feng placed his cup of coffee down and with his face indifferent, he said to the youth who had his head down, ¡°Go ahead and tell me, what¡¯s going on? Did your desk mate bully you?¡± Lin Jiabao stared at his fingers and hurriedly shook his head, ¡°No.¡± ¡°Lift your head first. Look at me and talk.¡± ¡°Really¡­ really never!¡± Ouyang Feng raised an eyebrow and signalled Lin Jiabao to continue talking with his eyes but only saw Lin Jiabao holding himself back. His two hands were doing the same little gesture that a little primary student would do behind their backs when they were nervous. He wanted to say it but was embarrassed at the same time as his face slowly became redder by each passing minute. ¡°That¡­ That.¡± He stared at Ouyang Feng¡¯s face and suddenly felt shy out of the blue. He looked around and then said in a small voice after a little while, ¡°During physical education class, I lagged behind everyone else while running three rounds for warm-up. Big brother, you say, is my physique really very bad?¡± Does this ¡®everyone¡¯ include the girls too? Then, that¡¯d be pretty bad. Ouyang Feng wanted to laugh out loud but when he saw that the child was truly feeling wronged, he held himself back. However, he didn¡¯t show any of his emotions in face as he placed the coffee cup down before saying, ¡°It can¡¯t be said that you are bad, but it could be that it¡¯s because that everyone else is too good.¡± ¡°Really?¡± Of course not! Ouyang Feng calmly said, ¡®En.¡¯ ¡°But today, I tried skipping!¡± When he started talking about skipping, Lin Jiabao became more excited. It was as if his entire demeanor lit up immediately. ¡°It was my first time skipping, it was more fun than playing with a ball or yarn!¡± Skipping being more fun than playing with a ball of yarn had a few meanings ¨C this guy could knit as well? ¡°Then why did you seem so spiritless today? You were even sighing often.¡± Once Ouyang Feng asked that question, Lin Jiabao turned into an eggplant that had been beaten and was angry. He sighed again. Then, he told Ouyang Feng everything that had taken place today honestly and praised Ouyang Chen¡¯s change of attitude along the way. ¡°Puff¡­¡± Ouyang Feng massaged his temples. He felt that this child¡¯s physique was rather lacking, why didn¡¯t Lin Lan do anything about it? ¡°Let me ask you, besides working and class, do you ever go to the gym to work out?¡± Lin Jiabao dumbly shook his head. His bank account was tightly locked, where would he get the money for extra hobbies? Of course he didn¡¯t. He didn¡¯t go out either and would instead lie down at home to bask under the sun comfortably. No wonder¡­ forget it¡­ This was also the person who did that stinky brat¡¯s, Ouyang Chen¡¯s, homework. Ouyang Feng sipped his cup of coffee before he said, ¡°Give me your phone.¡± Lin Jiabao was suspicious of what Ouyang Feng wanted with his phone but he still obediently passed it over to him. Ouyang Feng took over Lin Jiabao¡¯s phone with furrowed eyebrows. This child looked white and tender but it seems that his living conditions were rather poor. He used Lin Jiabao¡¯s phone to call his own before saving his number into Lin Jiabao¡¯s contacts and returned the phone back to him. ¡°This is my phone number. If you have any problems in the future, call this number. During the weekends, I¡¯ll come to say hi to Lin Lan before taking you out to the gym.¡± Ai, ai, ai, ai, ai??? What was this situation, how did the problem change into this? He originally wanted to refuse his offer but swallowed his refusal when he met Ouyang Feng¡¯s piercing gaze. Could he refuse or should he say thank you? Of course he couldn¡¯t refuse. Ouyang Feng was someone who preferred to speak with his actions rather than words so while Lin Jiabao was dealing with the stone in his brain, he directly went to greet Lin Lan. Lin Lan stared blankly at him, as if she was staring at an alien. In return, Ouyang Feng stared back with the same gaze. After being mocked by Ouyang Feng¡¯s gaze, Lin Lan was sure that this man wasn¡¯t an alien wearing his friend¡¯s skin. ¡°What¡¯s up? Did you take a fancy to our family¡¯s little Bao?¡± ¡°What nonsense are you sprouting?¡± Ouyang Feng lifted his chin a little. He had an expression that was a little similar to Ouyang Chen but he had a more deterring aura and it made Lin Lan restrain herself. ¡°You can pull my family¡¯s little Bao to go out and bring him out to the gym.¡± Lin Lan smiled. ¡°But you have to treat him well ah!¡± ¡°Of course.¡± When Lin Jiabao got home, he was still in a daze, feeling as if his body was floating in the air. He sat on the sofa dumbly and didn¡¯t even hear 1028 asking him how school was. In the end, 1028 scratched him to get his attention. ¡°That¡¯s painful, mummy.¡± ¡®What happened, it¡¯s not even night time, where has your soul wandered off to?¡¯ ¡°Meow, my soul is still here, still here.¡± Lin Jiabao covered his forehead and his entire body melted onto the sofa. The white cat rushed over and stood on his body. ¡®Say ba, what happened today?¡¯ ¡°No¡­ Nothing.¡± With two cat paws on Lin Jiabao¡¯s face, 1028 chided, ¡®Quickly say, I saw you grow up, I can tell when there¡¯s something up.¡¯ This domineering posture was similar to Ouyang Feng¡¯s. As he was at the bottom of the food chain, he didn¡¯t have any right to question or go against them. Lin Jiabao struggled to get the cat paws out of his face before slowly explaining, ¡°It¡¯s just that today, I realised that my physique is too poor. Later a friend at the cafe told me that they will bring me out to the gym to exercise on the weekend. I didn¡¯t really want to go but I didn¡¯t get to refuse¡­¡± It wasn¡¯t that he couldn¡¯t really refuse, it was just that he forgot to. ¡®A friend from the shop? Male or female, are they reliable?¡¯ ¡°Reliable, reliable, a super good big brother meow!¡± Look at the amount of praise for this unknown big brother coming from its cub¡¯s mouth. 1028 believed that as a small animal, maybe Lin Jiabao could tell whether someone had good or bad intentions towards himself. This person should really have pure intentions. It shouldn¡¯t interfere too much, making more friends would be beneficial for him in adapting to society. It couldn¡¯t possibly monitor him 24 hours a day and it believed in the importance of little Bao making his own decisions. ¡®Don¡¯t do anything silly and sell yourself away. Hurry up and go make dinner, you came back so late.¡¯ Lin Jiabao nodded and got up to open the fridge to take out what he bought from the supermarket before. He used cooking oil to remove the fishy smell from the fish slices that he had cut the previous day and chopped some vegetables to stir fry with. Then, he followed the recipe written in the cooking manual to cook the fish in soy sauce. He washed his plate cleanly before sitting down on the chair and rubbing his tummy! This moment was simply the peak of a kitty¡¯s life! If only he didn¡¯t have to wash the dishes later _(:3_|\\\\)_ He spent most of his morning thinking about how to skip the gym and he was later startled by the big brother coming to the store. Although today¡¯s homework was already done, he hadn¡¯t looked through the materials for tomorrow. Lin Jiabao helped Ouyang Chen do his notes while looking through his own. Speaking of notes, Bai Youlian often took this matter to annoy Ouyang Chen. In the original world, she often quarreled with her friends. However, to Lin Jiabao, Bai Youlian and Ouyang Chen only seemed to be fighting and he completely couldn¡¯t see a relationship between them forming. Not only that, now the milk kitten between them was the most pitiful. Every time the two quarreled, Lin Jiabao would be the first to be shot down. Too bad, he shouldn¡¯t think about it anymore and continue to do his notes ba. CH 9 After the first lesson in the afternoon, Bai Youlian took two notebooks and slammed it down on Lin Jiabao¡¯s and Ouyang Chen¡¯s table. With a fake smile, she said, ¡°Your relationship is really not bad. You even help do the other¡¯s homework.¡± Young master Ouyang Chen put his arms behind his head, looking like a cat that was too lazy to wake up. ¡°What nonsense are you saying? This is what laozi1 wrote himself.¡± Lin Jiabao silently stretched out his two fingers, wanting to take away his own notebook when they weren¡¯t paying attention. In the end, Bai Youlian didn¡¯t notice Lin Jiabao¡¯s action and just passed the book directly into Lin Jiabao¡¯s hands. ¡°The words are so ugly, other than the young master, who else has such an ugly handwriting? There are more comments than there are answers. These fat and round words, why does it look so familiar?¡± Bai Youlian turned to Lin Jiabao and smiled gently at him. The words are like their writer, it was him who wrote it. ¡°What¡¯s the matter? Does our good relationship make you jealous?¡± Ouyang Chen turned his gaze to Lin Jiabao who was sitting beside him, even using his eyes to signal (threaten) him. ¡°Wouldn¡¯t you agree?¡± Lin Jiabao nodded his head quickly, like a frightened chick. But when he heard Bai Youlian cough once, he immediately shook his head, like a rattle that fell to the floor. Ouyang Chen raised his eyebrow and reached out to hold Lin Jiabao¡¯s head and Lin Jiabao started to dumbly nod his head again. ¡°Little Bao, do you want to shake or nod your head?¡± He didn¡¯t want to do any, let him off ba QAQ¡­ It was probably due to his pitiful expression that the two decided to stop fighting in their hearts. Bai Youlian shoved Lin Jiabao¡¯s notebook into his arms and adjusted her glasses before saying to Ouyang Chen, ¡°Young masters like you shouldn¡¯t bully little Bao all day. Your assignments also need help, did you turn all your intelligence into muscles when you were a primary school student?¡± ¡°I¡¯m spoiling him, don¡¯t be so meddlesome.¡± ¡°I¡¯m a puppy, are you a rat2?¡± Lin Jiabao silently took out the materials needed for the next lesson before laying down on the table without talking. He looked at the clock and noted that in two minutes, the bell would ring and Bai Youlian would leave. The next lesson was English, one of the subjects he was better at. He had to be better at it. At that time, there were genetic modifications made to his language functions by the system, which made it easier for him to learn foreign languages, which made other students feel extremely jealous. However, the English taught at Dong Chen wasn¡¯t that simple. It included using English to explain current affairs, ways to protect the environment and all kinds of other stuff. It wasn¡¯t that easy to score. Due to his own financial situation, Lin Jiabao having the same knowledge as the other students who had just entered the school wasn¡¯t really possible. After speaking to the form teacher for a while, he would make the most of his lunch period to stay at the library. Although Lin Jiabao truly lacked practical experience, he still tried his best to make up for his shortcomings by increasing his theoretical knowledge and reading more books. He also tried to pick up common phrases that other people used. During the lesson, Lin Jiabao and Ouyang Chen were like two polar opposites; one was sitting upright writing down whatever the teacher said and was paying attention while the other was leaning on the table lazily, playing on his phone and making zero effort to cover it up. The teacher cast a glance at Ouyang Chen. Even if they wanted to say something, they couldn¡¯t. The young master had a powerful background and his family donated a lot of money to the school. Fortunately, seeing Lin Jiabao sitting beside him who was dutifully listening to them, was comforting. It had to be said that the relationship between the male and female lead was rather unknown at this point. Seeing that the English teacher wasn¡¯t looking in their direction anymore, Lin Jiabao stopped writing and thought for a while. He finally couldn¡¯t help pulling the edge of Ouyang Chen¡¯s clothes. ¡°What is it?¡± Ouyang Chen looked down and moved his gaze from his phone screen to Lin Jiabao¡¯s little head. Seeing that Lin Jiabao hadn¡¯t responded for a while, he asked again, ¡°En?¡± Lin Jiabao regretted his actions a little after he got Ouyang Chen¡¯s attention. He couldn¡¯t possibly tell Ouyang Chen to stop playing because the teacher kept looking at them. His mind was wandering around and he looked back at his book. An idea popped into his mind and he raised the book to Ouyang Chen. ¡°I, I¡­ have a paragraph that I don¡¯t understand. In front, it¡¯s written ¡®It is given to him but once¡¯. I can understand that part but I can¡¯t understand the part behind.¡± ¡°You¡¯re asking me?¡± Ouyang Chen was taken aback by him, there was no sarcasm in his tone. But even more unexpectedly, Ouyang Chen actually put down his phone and took over Lin Jiabao¡¯s book. He glanced over the contents before saying, ¡°A person¡¯s life should be spent like this: when he looks back on the past, he won¡¯t regret wasting his years nor will he be ashamed of the instances he failed to act.¡± Just look at Ouyang Chen¡¯s smooth explanation. ¡°This way, when he was dying, he could say that his entire life and all his energy had been dedicated to the most magnificent cause in the world, which is fighting for the liberation of mankind.¡± Ouyang Chen passed the book back to Lin Jiabao and with an eyebrow raised asked him, ¡°Do you have any more questions?¡± Lin Jiabao shook his head. His eyebrows were knitted together as he was struggling to find more questions. Out of the blue, Lin Jiabao¡¯s forehead was flicked. Ouyang Chen continued to play with his phone as he said, ¡°Don¡¯t get distracted. Pay attention to class.¡± Lin Jiabao felt that the Ouyang Chen now was a little different from the usual but he just couldn¡¯t pinpoint where. In the end, he continued to take notes and memorise what he wrote. This was because the English teacher turned around when the teacher heard the noise. _(:3_|\\)_ After class, the teacher assigned their homework for the day and instructed the class representative to hand it out. Before the teacher left the class, they gave Lin Jiabao a meaningful glance. Then, the head teacher called Bai Youlian away and when Bai Youlian came back, she smiled at Ouyang Chen and Lin Jiabao. That smile made their hair stand up! When the boy in the back row of Ouyang Chen and Bai Youlian exchanged positions, they finally knew why Bai Youlian was smiling¡­ ¡°Oi! Why did you run all the way here?¡± Ouyang Chen raised his eyebrows and tossed his phone one side, his expression full of dissatisfaction. And Lin Jiabao, who was next to him, seemed to be brain-dead. Ai, why did the plot get back on track suddenly? His points won¡¯t be deducted, right? Bai Youlian arranged her table and answered uncaringly, ¡°The teacher said my eyesight isn¡¯t good and wanted me to sit nearer. What, you¡¯re scared that I won¡¯t make it?¡± In fact, the English teacher told the class teacher just now that they feared that Ouyang Chen would teach Lin Jiabao his bad ways, it was best to adjust their seating arrangement. But the head teacher was worried that the sudden transfer of Lin Jiabao¡¯s position would have a negative effect on Lin Jiabao¡¯s heart. After all, he was one of the few people who knew of Lin Jiabao¡¯s family situation. After thinking about it for a while, the teacher thought that it was better to let the more responsible classmate, Bai Youlian, take care of him, so the teacher decisively accepted the English teacher¡¯s suggestion. ¡°Cut it out, four-eyes.¡± Ouyang Chen was quite displeased. ¡°Why am I sitting near you?¡± The Lin Jiabao next to him was still brain-dead, his head was completely empty¡ª Bai Youlian didn¡¯t care about Ouyang Chen¡¯s attitude. She put down her glasses before asking Lin Jiabao, ¡°What¡¯s wrong little Bao? Why aren¡¯t you welcoming me?¡± Lin Jiabao heard her and hurried to turn around. ¡°Wel¡­¡± He didn¡¯t even get to finish his sentence as he was frightened by Ouyang Chen¡¯s gaze. He could only manage out, ¡° ¨C come.¡± dreamy here! im so sorry this chapter took so long to come out! chapter 10 will be up by saturday~ thank you for reading! CH 10 ¡°Ai.¡± Bai Youlian rubbed Lin Jiabao¡¯s head and said, ¡°If there is anything you don¡¯t want to do, just bravely say that you don¡¯t want to do it.¡± When Ouyang Chen heard this, he found it hard to express any sort of disagreement. After a long time, it was easy for others to notice that Lin Jiabao didn¡¯t reject people, especially those who looked stronger. He was too afraid to do so. This was his character¡¯s flaw, it could also be related to his family background. The system was just a bunch of code, it couldn¡¯t possibly teach all the human values to Lin Jiabao perfectly. Lin Jiabao only understood half of what Bai Youlian said but he didn¡¯t know how to say no and when to say it. He didn¡¯t have a clue. He could only go home and wait to ask his mummy. =============== Today was Friday so the time they were permitted from school was earlier than the other days. The number of customers at the cafe would be a lot too and Song Jie would return to the cafe later than usual. The store only had Lin Lan, who couldn¡¯t escape from the work. Lin Jiabao hurried to the store and glanced at the empty seat by the French windows. Didn¡¯t know why but he felt a little disappointed. As it was almost the weekend, customers who came at night were a guarantee and Lin Jiabao was busy till night. Going home alone was dangerous; therefore, 1028 would usually wait in front of the store and walk home with Lin Jiabao. It had dressed as a cat waiter and its outfit made the little girls scream ¡®cute¡¯. If it wasn¡¯t against the cafe¡¯s rules, 1028 probably would have become an internet celebrity. Initially, Lin Jiabao wanted to consult 1028 about his problems, but he was too busy to do so. He could only sigh and continue to be busy. ¡°Ding dong¡ª¡ª¡± The bell that was hung on the front door rang. Ouyang Feng looked around the place and walked to the front desk. Lin Lan was too busy keeping accounts that she didn¡¯t even look up. ¡°Welcome.¡± Ouyang Feng raised his eyebrow. ¡°Your business isn¡¯t bad?¡± Lin Lan¡¯s pen stopped and realised that the person before her was an old friend. ¡°Is your company going bankrupt? How do you have so much free time to come here everyday?¡± ¡°Whether it¡¯s going bankrupt or not, ask your brother and you¡¯ll know.¡± Ouyang Feng turned around and was ready to walk to his usual seat by the window. ¡°Oh yes, a blue mountain1.¡± ¡°Tsk.¡± Lin Lan stopped Lin Jiabao who was still making coffee and said, ¡°One blue mountain, Baobao. Bring it to that young master over there.¡± Lin Jiabao realised that the seat by the french window wasn¡¯t empty anymore and couldn¡¯t stop a smile from blooming on his face. Suddenly, 1028 stepped on Lin Jiabao¡¯s foot and asked, ¡®Smiling so happily, is that person the understanding big brother you spoke about?¡¯ ¡°Yup, mummy!¡± ¡®Heh¡­¡¯ 1028 scoffed and asked exasperatedly, ¡®Do you know who he is?¡¯ ¡°Yi?¡± ¡®The male lead, didn¡¯t you see him last time when you were eating?!¡¯ ¡°Ai, ai, ai???¡± Lin Jiabao ¨C as if his tail was stepped on ¨C lost concentration and nearly spilled the coffee. He quickly pulled himself together and went to serve the coffee to the customer before coming back to prepare the rest. ¡°Really? I felt that they looked really alike but I also felt that it wasn¡¯t really possible.¡± 1028 sighed, ¡®What can your cat brain remember? Later when you go to pass him the coffee, I¡¯ll go and meet him.¡¯ Lin Jiabao got the coffee ready with trembling hands and took a deep breath before passing the coffee over to Ouyang Feng. He asked, ¡°Brother, do you want to hold a kitty today? I¡¯ll carry one over for you.¡± ¡°You go and do your thing. Just carry any one over.¡± Success, Lin Jiabao used his eyes to signal 1028 that it could go over. 1028 jumped onto the table, stretching and laying down by Ouyang Feng¡¯s arm. Ouyang Feng didn¡¯t care what cat laid near him, he was too focused on the document in his hand and occasionally reached out to stroke the cat. However, Ouyang Feng¡¯s technique of stroking cats was slightly better and so 1028 didn¡¯t find it comfortable. It changed its position, getting a better view of the documents in Ouyang Feng¡¯s hand. The document was in a foreign language. The system could understand what it said but it was useless. It was just a cat, not some undercover spy from another company. Ever since 1028 jumped to the male lead¡¯s side, Lin Jiabao¡¯s heart started racing. His main concern was about his mummy. Will the halo-wearing2 male lead find something off about his mummy? He should go over in a while to check on them. Suddenly, Ouyang Feng put his papers down and beckoned Lin Jiabao to come with his hand. Lin Jiabao came over, still holding plates in his hands and asked, ¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡± ¡°Is this cat being raised by you?¡± ¡°Yi, yi.¡± The mouths of Lin Jiabao and 1028 were left wide open, wondering how Ouyang Feng knew? Ouyang Feng pinched Lin Jiabao¡¯s face and said, ¡°I won¡¯t eat your home¡¯s cat. What are you so worried about?¡± Okay, maybe his thoughts were too obvious and he was caught. _(:3_|)_ At dinner time, the cafe didn¡¯t allow outside food so the number of people who came in were less but there were still people who came in to stroke the cats. Ouyang Feng answered a phone call and rubbed his temple before excusing himself to go outside. The seat was reserved as he would come back later. Lin Jiabao agreed obediently before having his face pinched by Ouyang Feng again. The cafe was so busy until now; Lin Jiabao and Lin Lan could finally take a little break to eat some bread. After they finished the bread, they still needed to tend to customers. Only around dinner time did Song Jie come back with supper. ¡°I¡¯m so sorry, you had to work until so late today.¡± Lin Lan added two more slices of ham to Lin Jiabao¡¯s bread. Lin Jiabao took over the ham sandwich and shook his head. ¡°It¡¯s fine, there are no classes tomorrow.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll go to the back to get some water, this bread is a little dry.¡± He ate half the bread before the man sitting at a table behind him screamed, ¡°Ah, you damn cat!!¡± Lin Jiabao hurriedly put the bread down and ran there, only to see a man holding his left arm, with an obvious scratch wound on it. The man, in a fit of rage, wanted to toss the cat away but was quickly stopped by Lin Jiabao. Lin Jiabao took the cat into his embrace. This made the man feel even more upset and he pushed Lin Jiabao. Lin Jiabao being pushed wasn¡¯t important but his head was going to knock into the corner of the table!! 1028 puffed up and shouted, ¡®Meow!!!¡¯ Lin Jiabao shut his eyes tightly and hugged the cat in his embrace. The pain didn¡¯t come even after a while but instead he fell into a warm embrace. ¡°It¡¯s alright.¡± ¡°Meow?¡± Lin Jiabao weakly opened his eyes and realised that the person behind him was Ouyang Feng, who just returned. Ouyang Feng¡¯s expression looked extremely ugly. He held Lin Jiabao and looked him over. When he checked that he wasn¡¯t injured, he relaxed. ¡°Did you not know that harming people with evil intentions can get you behind the bars for a few years? I can put you in jail for your whole life.¡± The man was frightened by Ouyang Feng¡¯s words but he didn¡¯t want to give up. He was merely a paper tiger3. ¡°You¡­ You people are letting out cats to bite people, is that okay?¡± At this moment, Lin Jiabao suddenly opened his mouth and shouted, ¡°That¡¯s, that¡¯s not right!¡± Everyone turned to look at him and he resisted the urge to shrink into Ouyang Feng¡¯s embrace. He hugged the cat in his arms and said, ¡°You first pulled on Tangerine¡¯s tongue and when Tangerine wanted to walk away, you stepped on Tangerine¡¯s tail. Tangerine obviously didn¡¯t want to pay attention to you but you went to pull it back. When it finally couldn¡¯t take it, it wanted to bite you to scare you. In the end, you stepped on his tail again and so he bit you!¡± When Lin Jiabao was embracing the cat, Tangerine had told him what had happened. This made Lin Jiabao feel both afraid and angry, he wanted to turn back into his original cat form to scratch the man up so badly. CH 11 ¡°You¡¯re making unfounded accusations!¡± The man felt panic surge up in his heart. He originally just wanted to get some monetary compensation for being bitten but who would¡¯ve expected the shop¡¯s staff to know his actions clearly. ¡°Then call the police ba.¡± Lin Lan suddenly came out from the crowd, suppressing her anger. ¡°The shop may be small but the security cameras are working fine.¡± The man didn¡¯t think that the situation would be this serious and grew flustered. He screamed, ¡°Just you wait and see!¡± After that, he immediately slipped away and while he was fleeing every cat in the cafe was staring at him dead in the eyes. In his panic, he didn¡¯t notice a white tail following behind him. ¡°Tsk, with such an ugly attitude, what is he playing at?!¡± Lin Lan spat out this sentence before embarrassedly apologizing to all the customers in the store. ¡°Young master Ou, help me bring Baobao to the back to check for injuries. I¡¯ll take care of the problem here.¡± ¡°I¡¯m okay, manager.¡± ¡°Then go check the orange fatty, check on yourself while you¡¯re at it. This whole thing was already stupid enough.¡± ¡°¡­¡­¡± ¡°¡­¡± Ouyang Feng found it hard to be ordered around but this time, he was willing to do so. Seeing that Lin Jiabao couldn¡¯t hold the fat cat for much longer, he took the cat into one of his hands and held Lin Jiabao with the other before walking to the back. The back room was a small room meant for resting but the staff rarely came here to rest. Instead, the cat overlords came here to secretly slack off. When they first entered the room, a few big cats circled around them, mostly Lin Jiabao. They were too afraid of approaching Ouyang Feng due to his imposing aura. ¡°Looks like you¡¯re very welcomed here.¡± Lin Jiabao shook his head and explained, ¡°They were concerned about us.¡± After the cat crowd made a way for them to walk through, Ouyang Feng led Lin Jiabao to sit on the couch, checking for any injuries on Lin Jiabao. Lin Jiabao suddenly reached over to Ouyang Feng, causing his whole body to freeze up. Turns out it was just to rub a cat. Orange wasn¡¯t a particularly expensive cat; he was of mixed blood and was orange in colour. When he was young, he would curl up into an adorable orange dumpling, hence he got the name Orange. According to it, his size was due to the online curse saying that out of ten orange cats, nine of them will be fat. He couldn¡¯t withstand the strong curse powers and thus turned fat. He rubbed Orange¡¯s body. Except for the initial shock from just now, it seems like there weren¡¯t any other issues. Lin Jiabao even specially rubbed Orange¡¯s tail. ¡°Meow~¡± ¡°Now it¡¯s your turn.¡± Ouyang Feng rubbed Lin Jiabao¡¯s head. Yi¡ª¡ª ¡°Really need to check ma? I feel fine¡­¡± Ouyang Feng ignored his refusal and gently pressed on Lin Jiabao¡¯s elbow. ¡°Meow! Painful¡­¡± ¡°You still said you were fine. It can¡¯t be that you were stunned like the shop manager said.¡± Ouyang Feng rolled up Lin Jiabao¡¯s sleeve and took a look before pointing at the bruise, ¡°Do you see a bruise forming?¡± Lin Jiabo, like a little student, obediently said, ¡°Yes.¡± Ouyang Feng looked at it carefully; it wasn¡¯t serious and neither was it swelling. He heaved a sigh of relief and asked, ¡°Where¡¯s the first aid kit?¡± The first aid kit was on the table in front of the sofa. Ouyang Feng took out some oil to rub on Lin Jiabao¡¯s bruise. Then, he checked Lin Jiabao¡¯s body for any more injuries, causing Lin Jiabao to laugh uncontrollably. ¡°Itchy¡­ itchy!¡± He laughed until tears were threatening to spill from his eyes . This action gave Ouyang Feng a lot of joy and he used a small cloth to wipe Lin Jiabao¡¯s tears away, causing Lin Jiabao¡¯s face to heat up. However, Ouyang Feng pulled Lin Jiabao up, who looked at him with teary, suspicious eyes, ¡°?¡± Ouyang Feng asked seriously, ¡°Does this happen often in your shop?¡± ¡°Not often.¡± It really didn¡¯t happen often, when Song Jie was around, no one dared to make a scene. This was due to him being born in a family of army who most could tell wouldn¡¯t hesitate to hit someone. Seeing that Lin Jiabao was telling the truth, Ouyang Feng put down his worry and said, ¡°Next time something like this happens, don¡¯t run out to the front like an idiot. Do you want to get beaten up by people who are looking for trouble?¡± ¡°Hei, hei.¡± Lin Jiabao gave a silly smile. ¡°Thanks, big brother. I¡¯m going back to the main room.¡± ¡°Let¡¯s go together.¡± The main room had already been cleaned up by Lin Lan. As Lin Jiabao and Ouyang Feng took a while to come out, Lin Lan was about to go in and check on them after washing her hands. Just then, the door opened and they came out. Lin Lan looked at Lin Jiabao and asked, ¡°Is everything alright?¡± Lin Jiabao shook his head. ¡°Orange is fine but his heart is hurt. He said he needs a vacation.¡± Lin Lan pinched Lin Jiabao¡¯s face. ¡°I¡¯m asking about you, are you okay? Your face is so red.¡± Ouyang Feng naturally pushed Lin Lan¡¯s hand away and said, ¡°It¡¯s nothing serious, he has a bruise on his arm. I already put medicine on it.¡± Lin Lan took her hand back. ¡°That¡¯s good. Luckily, young master Ou came back on time.¡± ¡°You¡¯re welcome.¡± As his injury wasn¡¯t serious, Lin Jiabao decided to continue working. There were many people in the store, Lin Lan couldn¡¯t possibly handle it by herself. He made two more hot cocoas, taking a break secretly. He looked around and realised 1028 wasn¡¯t in the store anymore, growing worried. Ouyang Feng took over the hot drink Lin Jiabao made. Despite his dislike for sweet drinks, he still accepted it. He asked with an eyebrow raised, ¡°What are you looking for?¡± ¡°Mummy is missing, isn¡¯t that weird?¡± ¡°Mummy?¡± Lin Jiabao hurriedly covered his mouth, realising his slip of the tongue. He continued to explain. ¡°My¡­ my cat.¡± ¡°Maybe it went to play. It¡¯ll come back soon.¡± Is that so¡­ Lin Jiabao nodded and went back to work. After a long while, the bell hung on the door rang but a person didn¡¯t come in, instead it was 1028 who had pushed the door open with its paws. He rushed forward and asked, ¡°Mummy, where did you go?¡± 1028 stuck out its paw, signalling for Lin Jiabao to pick it up. ¡®Hurry find me a place to lie down and rest. I¡¯m dead tired.¡¯ Just as Lin Jiabao placed 1028 on a chair to rest, he was suddenly slapped on the shoulder by Lin Lan. ¡°Go back and rest first ba.¡± Lin Lan waved the phone in her hand around. ¡°Old Jie said that he is on the way here. He¡¯ll be here soon.¡± ¡°Alright.¡± As the two of them didn¡¯t eat dinner yet, Song Jie bought takeout but when he came back, the food was a little cold. Lin Lan asked Lin Jiabao to go home and heat up the food. Lin Jiabao hugged 1028 and held the takeout box while waving goodbye. He was considering hailing a cab as it was too late to take public transport. ¡°I¡¯ll send you home.¡± Ouyang Feng suddenly walked up to him and even helped him to hold his takeout box. ¡°Your arm¡¯s injured, don¡¯t move around recklessly.¡± This was too embarrassing! Lin Jiabao hurriedly said his thanks, mentally shedding the scary image of the male lead he had in his mind. The Ouyang Feng in his heart had reached a new height. In the shop, Song Jie bumped Lin Lan¡¯s shoulder and asked, ¡°What¡¯re you looking at?¡± Lin Lan turned around, rubbing her chin. ¡°I feel something¡¯s off with Ouyang Feng.¡± ¡°What¡¯s off about him?¡± ¡°Not good to say, not good to say.¡± CH 12 Ouyang Feng placed Lin Jiabao¡¯s takeout box in the backseat and motioned for Lin Jiabao to sit in the passenger seat before asking for his address. Ouyang Feng drove the car steadily, causing Lin Jiabao to grow drowsy while still holding 1028. Ouyang Feng, who was focused on driving, from the corner of his eye saw that Lin Jiabao¡¯s head was lolling to the side. He then told him to sleep first and that he would wake him up when they reached his place. On the road, he thought that if it wasn¡¯t for his stupid younger brother, he never would¡¯ve talked to this child and now his focus was mostly on said child. When they reached a red light and the car stopped, Ouyang Feng covered Lin Jiabao¡¯s body with his outer coat to prevent him from being too cold. Although the streets were bustling at the beginning, as they drove towards the end, it got quieter and quieter. Once the shops were closed for the night, the people that walked along the streets also got less. The lights in the less prosperous part of the city shone faintly. With another turn, they arrived at Lin Jiabao¡¯s neighbourhood. Ouyang Feng woke Lin Jiabao up, who opened his eyes, only to realise he was already home. He passed the coat back to Ouyang Feng and said softly, ¡°Thank you.¡± Ouyang Feng rubbed his head and reminded him to take his takeout box home. As it was too late at night, Lin Jiabao was too embarrassed to invite Ouyang Feng into his home. Only after sending Ouyang Feng off with his gaze did he enter his house. When Lin Jiabao first stepped into his home, he put 1028 onto the bed first. 1028 slept very soundly, even its belly was facing upwards. He ate his heated up food and decided to turn on the heater to take a hot shower after debating with himself for a long time. Why did cats hate showering? He also didn¡¯t know. It was just that everytime he showered, there would be a feeling of being ¡õ¡õ. It made cats uncomfortable. He quickly dried himself and put on his pajamas before crawling under the covers. Just as he was about to enter dreamland, he suddenly remembered that he had Ouyang Feng¡¯s phone number. He took out his phone and thought for a while before sending him a ¡®Goodnight~ (¡ã¡ã)¡¯. When he didn¡¯t get a reply, he put his phone aside and fell asleep. While he was sleeping, his phone screen lit up with a message¡ª¡ª ¡®Goodnight¡¯. ================== Question: What are Saturdays most suitable for?¡± Answer: Sleeping in. Adhering to the spirit of sleeping in on Saturdays, the two cats rolled around in their bed; even their sleeping postures were the same. They were only awoken when they felt their hunger. ¡°Mummy, do you want to eat breakfast today?¡± Lin Jiabao asked 1028 as he changed out of his sleeping clothes. 1028 groomed its fur. ¡®Anything will do. You go brush your teeth first.¡¯ Lin Lan¡¯s cafe had a rest day rotation system; sometimes Lin Jiabao¡¯s rest day was on Saturdays and sometimes it was on Sunday. Today just so happened to be his rest day so he could sleep in comfortably and stay in bed to read a book. After he fried the eggs, he placed one piece of ham and one egg in each of their plates and he was done with their breakfast preparation. Lin Jiabao poured himself a glass of water and asked, ¡°Mummy, where did you run off to last night?¡± ¡®To help you settle some scores.¡¯ ¡°Meow?¡± About last night¡¯s rowdy man, 1028 thought, how dare he try to bully its cub, this stupid human really didn¡¯t want to live anymore. That man was also a type of gangster, the kind that didn¡¯t want to live anymore. He went into the alleyway to meet his other goons, who were discussing how they wanted to vandalise Lin Lan¡¯s store and break their necks and legs, to put on a good show for them. 1028 decisively used system points for some psychedelic drugs on them, causing them to start fighting each other and made themselves the headlines of the following day¡¯s Dong Chen¡¯s news outlets. The police arrested the relevant personnel, under the suspicion that they had taken contrabands and caused mental distress to themselves. Lin Jiabao¡¯s tail was about to stand up as he exclaimed, ¡°Meow?! Mummy, are you alright?! Those people looked bad and dangerous!¡± ¡®Little issue. Also, you¡¯re about to spill your water.¡¯ Lin Jiabao quickly held the water bottle properly and wiped the spilled water on the table away. He placed the water in front of 1028 and said with admiration, ¡°Mummy, you¡¯re so awesome!¡± ¡®Yes, yes.¡¯ When they finished eating, Lin Jiabao pulled open the curtains for the sunlight to shine on the bed. He then picked up a bunch of books and placed it on the bed. Today, he was going to laze around in bed and read books, it was a simple pleasure like fish soaked in honey. After reading for a while, 1028 got him to rest his eyes before closing them, doing his eye exercises properly. Out of the blue, his phone suddenly rang and it gave him such a fright that he nearly dropped his book. ¦²( ¡ã ¡÷¡ã|||) The phone number on the screen, wasn¡¯t it that big brother¡¯s?! ¡°Meow, meow, meow, meow, mummy?!¡± 1028 used its paw to smack his head. ¡®It¡¯s just a phone call, what are you so afraid of?¡¯ To most people, it was just a phone call and wasn¡¯t that afraid, then why was he so nervous? Lin Jiabao answered the phone call with shaky hands and said, ¡°Meow?¡± Ah, not right! ¡°Hello?¡± ¡°Baobao, what are you doing now?¡± A magnetic voice came from the other side, making Lin Jiabao¡¯s ears feel itchy. Lin Jiabao looked around before he replied, ¡°I¡¯m¡­ lying in bed reading.¡± ¡°You haven¡¯t woken up?¡± ¡°I already woke up.¡± He answered before adding in honestly, ¡°Then I went back to lie down.¡± What an honest and lazy Bao1, the Ouyang Feng on the other side felt the urge to smile, causing the expression of the Ouyang Chen on his side to change, as if he had seen a ghost. ¡°I just asked your shop manager, you don¡¯t have work today. Are you free now?¡± ¡°Free.¡± ¡°Then, I¡¯ll bring you to play badminton.¡± ¡°¡­Can I say that I¡¯m not free?¡± Ouyang Feng replied in a feigned cold tone, ¡°En?¡± ¡°I was asking what time to go? QWQ¡± Ouyang Feng raised an eyebrow and said unkindly, ¡°What a coincidence, I¡¯ll go down in a while to pick you up.¡± ¡°Ao¡ª¡ª¡± His meow turned wronged. After he hung up, Lin Jiabao spread his arms out on the bed, like a salted fish2. 1028 heard their conversation clearly and even though he didn¡¯t know why the male lead had sudden interest in its cub, their points weren¡¯t deducted from the previous time Ouyang Feng had defended Lin Jiabao. If its cub could go out to exercise, it would support it with all its paws. Even mummy betrayed him, Lin Jiabao¡¯s heart was hurting until he couldn¡¯t breathe. CH 13 uyang Feng could see Lin Jiabao from afar standing at the gate of his neighbourhood, waiting for him dejectedly. He stopped the car in front of Lin Jiabao, who didn¡¯t respond, and only when he pressed the horn did Lin Jiabao finally look up. Lin Jiabao had waited under his block for 5 minutes now and when he saw that no one had come yet, he looked down to use his feet to draw on the ground. When he heard the car horn, he thought he was blocking someone¡¯s way and didn¡¯t think that it would be Ouyang Feng. This time, he didn¡¯t fall asleep in the passenger seat. Instead, he sat like a little student going to class, straight as a ruler. At one glance, anyone would know that he was very nervous¡ª¡ª Ouyang Feng turned on the radio and asked Lin Jiabao offhandedly, ¡°How¡¯s your arm?¡± ¡°Most of the bruise is gone.¡± ¡°That¡¯s great.¡± Ouyang Feng said with a hint of a smile in his voice. ¡°If your arm wasn¡¯t good yet, I wouldn¡¯t have been able to bring you out for a movie or to play basketball.¡± Bruise, bruise ah, why are you so weak? He hated the cat for not turning into a tiger. 1 After sitting there for a while, he looked over at Ouyang Feng and asked the question he had been wanting to ask since getting inside the car, ¡°Big brother, where are we going?¡± ¡°You are only now asking me where we¡¯re going? Aren¡¯t you afraid that I¡¯ll just sell you off?¡± When this question left his lips, it caused Lin Jiabao¡¯s eyes to open wide, looking exactly like a frightened cat. Ouyang Feng looked to the person beside him and couldn¡¯t help waving a hand in front of Lin Jiabao¡¯s face. ¡°I was just teasing you. I can¡¯t believe you believed it.¡± Not long after, Ouyang Feng parked the car in an open parking lot and undid Lin Jiabao¡¯s seatbelt before letting him out of the car. Lin Jiabao looked around after getting out of the car, this parking lot was very big and it had an automated system which looked high-end. There were few cars in the parking lot and Lin Jiabao couldn¡¯t recognize the models of the cars but they looked very expensive. Even if he sold a hundred of those, he still wouldn¡¯t be able to afford to even change a wheel. _(:3_|)_ At this moment, Ouyang Feng suddenly grabbed Lin Jiabao¡¯s hand, who was then led away like a stray kitty. Lin Jiabao¡¯s ears couldn¡¯t help growing hot. Outside the parking lot was a modern-looking building that looked to be around five to six stories high. It was tall and imposing. Ouyang Feng explained that the building was a private exercise building and that he wasn¡¯t going to sell Lin Jiabao away. Ouyang Feng seemed like he came there often as the staff at the entrance simply bowed to them and didn¡¯t approach them to ask their questions. Ouyang Feng pulled Lin Jiabai into a private elevator which was very strange; it didn¡¯t have the buttons for the second to fifth floor, only the sixth floor. This made Lin Jiabao¡¯s curiosity grow but as the elevator suddenly moved, it made Lin Jiabao¡¯s paws grab onto Ouyang Feng¡¯s arm reflexively, who turned to look at him with a raised eyebrow. ¡°Baobao, you get airsick even in an elevator?¡± Lin Jiabao was unmoved and only released his paws when the elevator stopped moving, causing a silly smile to appear on Ouyang Feng¡¯s face. Ouyang Feng took out a card and swiped it at a card reader, which caused the doors to open. He led Lin Jiabao out by the hand and teased him, ¡°Next time when you sit on planes, you might even jump onto the roof.¡± How was that possible? He wouldn¡¯t have the money to afford the plane. (He missed the point) Behind the large doors was a large space that was full of exercise equipment. Lin Jiabao hid behind Ouyang Feng and observed the equipment quietly, he only recognized the treadmill and railings. However, it seemed that Ouyang Feng didn¡¯t use those often, but past the equipment was another room ¡ª an indoor badminton court. The entire court belonged to them as it was unbelievably empty but in reality, the entire floor belonged to Ouyang Feng, which Lin Jiabao was unaware of. According to the plot, this was where Ouyang Feng played with Ouyang Chen¡¯s friends and met the female lead. The female lead played with Ouyang Feng and that was how their relationship blossomed. But compared to the plot, Ouyang Feng was far more attentive to Lin Jiabao than he was to the female lead. He looked attentively at Lin Jiabao¡¯s shoes and pulled out his phone to make a call, ¡°Bring me a pair of new shoes, male ones.¡± ¡°What¡¯s the size?¡± ¡°Baobao, how big are your feet?¡± Lin Jiabao was suddenly asked about his shoe size and grew suspicious. ¡°37.¡± ¡®His feet are so small¡¯, Ouyang Feng repeated to himself in his heart. Not long after someone came with a pair of shoes; their working was very efficient. Lin Jiabao embarrassedly took the shoes over. ¡°I¡¯m sorry. I didn¡¯t know that I had to wear sports shoes QAQ.¡± Ouyang Feng rubbed Lin Jiabao¡¯s head and said, ¡°It¡¯s your first time here. I was wondering if you knew how to wear these types of shoes. Hurry up and put it on.¡± Lin Jiabao sat on the chair and obediently took off his shoes, revealing his panda bear socks and Ouyang Feng couldn¡¯t help laughing. However, Ouyang Feng felt like a pervert, he was staring at people¡¯s feet. But it was so small ah, how cute. Ouyang Feng placed the badminton racket into Lin Jiabao¡¯s hands and asked if he could play, to which he replied he couldn¡¯t. ¡°I¡¯ll teach you.¡± Ouyang Feng held Lin Jiabao¡¯s hands and told him, ¡°Hold it like this, this is a forehand pass and this is a backhand pass.¡± Lin Jiabao listened attentively, even following along with Ouyang Feng¡¯s movements. ¡°Come, try serving.¡± How to serve? Lin Jiabao took the shuttlecock over dumbly. He recalled how he saw other people serve and tried to imitate them. He held the shuttlecock in one hand but ended up smacking said hand with the racket. ¡°Painful, meow!¡± Lin Jiabao cried without tears. What just happened? What did he just do? Ouyang Feng watched with wide eyes as Lin Jiabao smacked his own hand and his heart was filled with the urge to both laugh and cry. He immediately rubbed Lin Jiabao¡¯s hand and said helplessly, ¡°Baobao, were you hitting the shuttlecock or hitting yourself?¡± Lin Jiabao thought Ouyang Feng¡¯s question was genuine and answered seriously, ¡°The racket hit me QAQ.¡± ¡°Huff.¡± ¡°You have to do it like this.¡± Ouyang Feng held Lin Jiabao¡¯s hand and got Lin Jiabao to hold the shuttlecock properly. Out of the blue, with a flick of his wrist, the shuttlecock flew. Lin Jiabao¡¯s round eyes widened and he hurriedly replied that he¡¯d try again. Ouyang Feng released Lin Jiabao¡¯s hand and let him try. Lin Jiabao was so happy he wanted to jump around. This guy was too easy to please. The shuttlecock obviously didn¡¯t go over the net, it was as if it was hit by an idiot. ¡°Now you try, hit the shuttlecock higher, over the net.¡± Lin Jiabao hurriedly nodded his head and continued to practise. Although nine out of the ten hits he made didn¡¯t make it over the net, the final hit gave him a little sense of achievement¡­ Ouyang Feng praised half-heartedly, ¡°Not bad, not bad. It¡¯s pretty good.¡± Really? Lin Jiabao scratched his head, feeling that something was off. dreamy here with meow 13!! look at how adorable my boy is, playing badminton. i love him so much omg thanks for reading and i¡¯ll see you next week bubas! It¡¯s a figure of speech, similar to the one that goes along the lines of ¡®hating iron for not being steel¡¯? Something like that CH 14 After a fierce battle in badminton, Lin Jiabao was finally exhausted to the point that he couldn¡¯t move his body anymore. He sat on the chair, almost melting into it. He was too lazy to even drink the water that was kept by his side. Looking at the time, it was coincidentally already 5:30pm. Ouyang Feng pushed the unnecessary meal cart away and walked in front of Lin Jiabao, passing him the water. Lin Jiabao accepted the cup with his eyes closed and gulped it down with a ¡®gulugulu¡¯ sound. There was no need to mention how fast he drinked it. As he drank, he heard the person in front of him ask, ¡°I¡¯ll treat you to dinner later?¡± ¡°Cough, cough, cough, cough¡­¡± Lin Jiabao accidentally choked on his water. Ouyang Feng helplessly patted his back. ¡°Are you that excited over me treating you to a meal ba?¡± After a while, Lin Jiabao recovered his composure and immediately straightened up. However, his waist was too sore to straighten so he had to curl back into himself. His tone, on the other hand, was firm, ¡°Big brother, let me treat you to a meal!¡± This thought of his indeed didn¡¯t have any other thought behind it; he didn¡¯t even know what he was going to eat. Lin Jiabao just felt that he should thank the person who was so nice to him. But he was worried the other person wouldn¡¯t be willing. Ouyang Feng¡¯s action of patting Lin Jiabao¡¯s back paused. He was indeed treated to many meals by many people. They didn¡¯t even have the rights or qualifications to do so. This was the first time he was asked out for dinner by a kid, who was so nervous he didn¡¯t know where to put his hands. However, his eyes were filled with burning fire and Ouyang Feng unexpectedly let out an ¡®En¡¯. Lin Jiabao saw that Ouyang Feng agreed and smiled until his eyes became slits. However, when he got ahold of himself, he realised he couldn¡¯t afford the big restaurants and inviting Ouyang Feng to eat in the small restaurants seemed too insincere. What to do ne, did he have to invite Ouyang Feng into his home for a meal? Yi, this idea wasn¡¯t that bad~! He got an idea but saying it outloud made him a little shy ( ¦Ø ). Ouyang Feng saw Lin Jiabao opening and closing his mouth a few times to speak but swallowed his words. Seeing that Lin Jiabao was turning in circles, he took the initiative to ask, ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡± ¡°That, this, that uh.¡± Lin Jiabao fiddled with his clothes before asking quickly, ¡°Can I invite you to my house to be a guest?¡± This could be possibly the fastest sentence he ever said and Ouyang Feng almost didn¡¯t catch it. He had to repeat it to himself a few times before he finally understood. Lin Jiabao, upon seeing that Ouyang Feng didn¡¯t reply for a while, pulled on the corner of Ouyang Feng¡¯s clothes and couldn¡¯t help asking coquettishly, ¡°Come ba, come ba.¡± Huff, this little action shot right through Ouyang Feng¡¯s heart. He originally didn¡¯t want to reject but if he did, what would Lin Jiabao do? Thief. Lin Jiabao saw that Ouyang Feng wasn¡¯t reacting. He still didn¡¯t let go of the corner of Ouyang Feng¡¯s clothes and raised his head to gaze at the other who seemed deep in thought, with his cat-like eyes. However, Ouyang Feng didn¡¯t react for half a day and Lin Jiabao¡¯s anticipation slowly turned into disappointment. He had to wrap his head around the other¡¯s refusal, no matter how uncomfortable he felt. He had played enough. Ouyang Feng rubbed Lin Jiabao¡¯s head and said, ¡°Okay.¡± He can only invite the other next time¡­ Yi??? Lin Jiabao looked up suddenly and found that the other was smiling at him. Only then did he realise he was being teased. The cat in his heart couldn¡¯t stop meowing and he hurriedly nodded his head. The joy he felt was even more than when he was able to serve the shuttlecock properly during badminton. As they were leaving, Ouyang Feng was holding the door open and realised Lin Jiabao wasn¡¯t behind him. When he looked back, he saw that Lin Jiabao was actually picking up all the shuttlecocks on the court. After he picked up the shuttlecocks, he would place them on the table. If Ouyang Feng didn¡¯t call Lin Jiabao to stop, this child would probably even arrange the chairs properly. ¡°Let¡¯s go, someone else will clean up later.¡± He couldn¡¯t tolerate Lin Jiabao¡¯s overthinking and directly pulled Lin Jiabao into his embrace with one hand, leading the other out. Lin Jiabao used his free hand to hold his old shoes, obediently following Ouyang Feng out. He let Lin Jiabao get into the car first before making a phone call, getting them to cancel a reservation. There were fewer traffic lights so the return journey was shorter and they arrived at their destination. As there weren¡¯t enough parking lots in Lin Jiabao¡¯s neighbourhood, Ouyang Feng parked the car outside the estate1 and Lin Jiabao led him in. The little estate used to be an old building. It wasn¡¯t an illegal building and had been there for many years. It had a simple design and as it was located in the city area, the old rooms didn¡¯t have low rent. Lin Jiabao spent a large portion of his salary on rent and the remaining portion was for daily necessities and saving. Ouyang Feng looked out of place when he stepped into the estate, where would an old estate ever see such a high-class person. Even the little girls couldn¡¯t stop looking over but they didn¡¯t approach them due to Ouyang Feng¡¯s aura and strict face. The lively and bubbly Lin Jiabao didn¡¯t notice this point and happily showed Ouyang Feng where he was staying. Arriving at Lin Jiabao¡¯s block, it was poorly-lit, causing Ouyang Feng to find safety issues. Of course, said issues were nothing to Lin Jiabao, who had natural night vision. Following Lin Jiabao to the 4th floor, Lin Jiabao opened the door for Ouyang Feng. Lin Jiabao¡¯s slippers2 weren¡¯t suitable for Ouyang Feng so he took out the ones he previously used for Lin Lan and Song jie and passed it to Ouyang Feng. ¡°Meow?¡± A white cat jumped from the sofa and suspiciously looked over. Why was there someone here? ¡®Baobao, why did you bring someone home?¡¯ As there was an outsider, Lin Jiabao naturally couldn¡¯t talk to 1028 in front of Ouyang Feng. He winked at 1028, implying the other was here to be a guest. ¡°Big brother, you can sit on the sofa.¡± Lin Jiabao had Ouyang Feng sit on the sofa and passed him a glass of water. ¡°What do you want to eat and what can you not eat?¡± ¡°You¡¯re cooking?¡± Lin Jiabao nodded. ¡°Where¡¯s your family¡¯s guardian?¡± This question made Lin Jiabao unconsciously look over at 1028, who stepped on Lin Jiabao¡¯s foot. Lin Jiabao replied, ¡°I¡¯m an orphan.¡± Ouyang Feng was speechless and a pain rose in his heart. ¡°¡­Sorry.¡± ¡°It¡¯s fine, it¡¯s fine, haha.¡± His family¡¯s guardian was 1028 but he couldn¡¯t say that. _(:3|)_ Ouyang Feng¡¯s tone turned warm, ¡°Anything will do, a guest will be at the convenience of the host.¡± Lin Jiabao nodded. ¡°Big brother just sit here, I¡¯ll be in the kitchen. If you need anything, just call me.¡± ¡°En.¡± Lin Jiabao slipped away into the kitchen with 1028. Actually, when Lin Lan hired such a young waiter and went to such great lengths to take care of him, Ouyang Feng found it weird. In his opinion, the people from the Lin family were like steel. In the business world, they were very decisive and it wasn¡¯t like them to do random acts of kindness. He thought it was due to this child¡¯s good personality that had Lin Lan make an exception but who would¡¯ve thought¡­ Ouyang Feng assessed Lin Jiabao¡¯s home; it was small and it could be said to be of a suitable size for Lin Jiabao and his cat. But to Ouyang Feng, it was too small and cramped. The entire living room was devoid of furniture ¨C only an old television set, a wooden table and a very old sofa was there. However, the layout was very cozy. The old, broken vase held fresh flowers and there was a stack of paper cranes instead of wind chimes. There was a childhood picture hanging behind the television; it was of a big kitty and a small kitty holding hands. It looked funny but felt warm at the same time. dreamy here !!! arent they just,, so precious?? just go get married !! CH 15 The home was simple but it was full of warm emotions. It was even more so than bigger homes. The only bad thing about the house was how small it was, there wasn¡¯t even a good place to stand. For Ouyang Feng, it wasn¡¯t comfortable to sit, so he stood up and walked towards the counter next to the TV. There was a small photo frame on the counter, which might be the only photo in this house. Ouyang Feng was a little curious and took it from the counter to take a look. The picture had a youthful vibe to it. The outside was a little yellowed, but it was obvious that it had been well taken care of. The four corners of the picture were carefully covered with cardboard. Looking at the picture again, there was a little kid shyly hugging a big cat tightly. The background wasn¡¯t clear but it looked similar to the orphanage the city had in the past. The little kid was definitely Lin Jiabao, they had the same shy expression. It was just that the cat looked a little familiar? On the other end, Lin Jiabao took the defrosted fish out and was getting ready to cook boiled fish. 1028 sat beside the sink, looking over curiously ¡®You¡¯re finally willing to eat it? I thought you were going to treat it as a baby forever.¡¯ ¡°Hehe, I didn¡¯t keep it for that long.¡± He cut the fish before preparing the seasoning. Lin Jiabao chopped the celery and coriander together. His mummy needed to help him so with a swipe of its tail, 1028 passed the ginger and garlic over to Lin Jiabao. ¡®I heard that you brought someone home, is it the male lead?¡¯ Lin Jiabao sliced the garlic into slices and replied, ¡°I invited him, hehe. This big brother is super good. Not only did he teach me on how to play badminton, he also gave me a pair of shoes meow~~¡± The male lead is so good? Don¡¯t be so easily bought over ba, 1028 wrinkled its cat face and applied for the higher-ups to check if the male lead¡¯s behaviour was normal. ¡®Less spice. Everytime you eat too much spice, you get diarrhea.¡¯ Lin Jiabao heard this and put away the large amount of chilli he secretly took before taking out only a little. Later when mummy isn¡¯t paying attention, he¡¯ll add a little more. 1028 saw that the main system reported back that the male lead¡¯s stats were all normal. 1028 returned to its senses. Maybe it was due to how close Baobao and the male lead were, this wasn¡¯t necessarily a bad thing. When the pot was hot, oil could be added. Then, stir-fry the base flavours together, garlic and ginger. Lin Jiabao proceeded to add some thick bean paste and fried them until they were fragrant. He swallowed his saliva and added celery and coriander for more taste. The vegetables were cooked and could be plated. Finally the fish could be put into the pot. Although Lin Jiabao wanted to hurry and eat hot tofu, he still lowered the fire. ¡®You slowly cook. You¡¯re not allowed to secretly eat. I¡¯ll go and see what the male lead is doing.¡¯ ¡°Meow~!¡± 1028 left the kitchen and noticed that Ouyang wasn¡¯t sitting on the sofa. He was instead standing beside the counter. With its kitty vision, he could see that Ouyang Fang was looking at a picture of itself and Lin Jiabao. The picture didn¡¯t have anything particularly nice to look at and didn¡¯t have any hidden message. What was he looking so intently at? Ouyang Feng heard movements coming from the side and put the picture down to look over, realising the cat that Lin Jiabao owned was staring straight at him. He found it a little strange but didn¡¯t show any reaction. Ouyang Feng thought about it, if the cat in the picture and the cat here were the same, the cat must be very old. Could it be that cats really had nine lives? 1028 saw that the male lead was staring without a single movement at itself and also didn¡¯t dare to make a single movement. Could it be that its identity has been exposed? They held each other¡¯s gaze with different thoughts in their hearts until Lin Jiabao yelled from the kitchen that the food was done. They both then made their way into the kitchen. Besides boiled fish, Lin Jiabao cooked other dishes, fearing that there wouldn¡¯t be enough to eat. Ouyang Feng took the initiative to help Lin Jiabao carry the dishes to the dining table. 1028¡¯s tail wagged back and forth and waited for Ouyang Feng to leave before asking Lin Jiabao, who was currently washing the chopsticks, ¡®Baobao, you didn¡¯t secretly eat?¡¯ Lin Jiabao shook his head. He only tasted to see if the flavour was right, it shouldn¡¯t be counted as secretly eating right? Probably¡­ ¡®Heh heh, what¡¯s that besides your mouth?¡¯ Lin Jiabao¡¯s hand flew to the corner of his mouth and he touched something that felt like paste. When he licked it, he found it to be some sauce. ¡°Meow!¡± After placing the dishes on the table, Ouyang Feng came back, thinking that Lin Jiabao had called for him. He asked suspiciously, ¡°You called for me?¡± Lin Jiabao heard Ouyang Feng¡¯s voice and replied airheadedly, ¡°I didn¡¯t secretly eat.¡± ¡°Huff.¡± The corner of Ouyang Feng¡¯s lips hooked up and he walked in front of Lin Jiabao. He used his hand to wipe the sauce off Lin Jiabao¡¯s lips and tasted it happily. ¡°En, you didn¡¯t secretly eat, the taste is quite good.¡± ¡°Meow meow!!!¡± Lin Jiabao¡¯s cat ears were going to pop out of his head and his face was burning red. At first, 1028 didn¡¯t have any reaction before it resisted the urge to rashly paint on Ouyang Feng¡¯s face. It stepped on Lin Jiabao to wake him up. If he didn¡¯t snap out of it, he¡¯d probably faint out of fright. ¡°Eat, eat, eat, eat¡­ Eat ba.¡± He was even stuttering out of fear. Lin Jiabao walked over to the dining table using the same leg and same hand1 to place the chopsticks, completely avoiding looking over at Ouyang Feng. After teasing, it left this kitten silly. Ouyang Feng scolded himself for this strange behavior in his heart, but he secretly wanted to make greater efforts to tease Lin Jiabao in the future. It was as if he accidentally turned on some switch. At the dinner table, the flustered Lin Jiabao continued to stuff white rice into his mouth, not even paying any attention to his beloved boiled fish. Ouyang Feng paused and placed some dishes into Lin Jiabao¡¯s bowl. He used a deeper voice to say to Lin Jiabao, ¡°You¡¯re not allowed to gobble down your food, eat slower.¡± Hearing Ouyang Feng¡¯s voice. Lin Jiabao slowed down and when he tasted the fish, he had forgotten whatever had happened just now. He turned his attention to eating the fish. After they ate, they rested for a while. Ouyang Feng got ready to say goodbye to Lin Jiabao, telling him to rest well and that he would take Lin Jiabao out to play some other time. Lin Jiabao nodded and wanted to send Ouyang Feng downstairs, which Ouyang Feng didn¡¯t agree to. When Ouyang Feng left, 1028 pushed Lin Jiabao to the couch and interrogated him, ¡®When did you and the male lead have this good of a relationship.¡¯ Lin Jiabao hugged his head and said to 1028, ¡°I don¡¯t know, mummy.¡± 1028 let Lin Jiabao go. Lin Jiabao, this little milk kitten, didn¡¯t know anything. Even if it forced a confession out him, it wouldn¡¯t get anything. It squinted its cat¡¯s eyes and told Lin Jiabao to sit down. It said to him, ¡®You have to make it clear. Whether he sees you as a friend or as a younger brother, those two aren¡¯t important. It¡¯s only when he starts to fancy you.¡± ¡°Fancy me?¡± Lin Jiabo tilted his head in confusion, not understanding the meaning behind 1028¡¯s words. ¡®Just ka-cha ka-cha2 him.¡¯ 1028 used its two paws to make a scratching motion. Meow meow meow? Although he didn¡¯t understand the meaning, he felt that it sounded very dangerous. Ouyang Feng, who was currently driving, felt a shiver down his spine¡­ dreamy here!! as you can probably tell from the poor grammar, i am in need of a temporary editor (for the next few months at least) as my usual one, Senna, is busy! if you¡¯re available and willing to commit, drop me a dm on discord! thanks for reading and see you next week! Normal people walk with their leg swinging with the opposite hand. You step out with the left and swing your right hand and vice versa. But Baobao was too nervous so he stepped out with left leg and also swung his left hand. Scratching noise CH 16 Lin Jiabao continued to work on the weekends as usual. As there weren¡¯t many people, time passed in a blink of an eye. On Monday, Lin Jiabao would usually go to the classroom to study early in the morning, but this time due to a sore waist and leg pain, he didn¡¯t want to move. He came later than most people and even later than Ouyang Chen, which Ouyang Chen found hard to believe. ¡°What¡¯s the matter, looking so glum? Were you surrounded by people?¡± Lin Jiabao hissed and knocked his thigh with his hands, saying bitterly, ¡°I went to exercise on Saturday, my legs are sore now.¡± Ouyang Chen poked Lin Jiabao¡¯s thigh, getting an ¡®aiyo¡¯ in return from Lin Jiabao who quickly moved his leg away. His bum was now twisted further away, on the other side of the bench. Lin Jiabao said softly, ¡°Painful, don¡¯t touch.¡± Ouyang Chen smiled, still wanting to tease Lin Jiabao but his hand was beaten away by Bai Youlian using a cup of yogurt, who came out of nowhere. ¡°F*ck, this girl¡¯s hands are poisonous, are you a hag?!¡± ¡°Your hand isn¡¯t clean either, where do you want to touch little Bao!¡± Bai Youlian passed the yogurt and straw to Lin Jiabao, who hurriedly said his thanks. ¡°You¡¯re a hen guarding her chick.¡± Ouyang Chen felt that Bai Youlian was not pleasing to the eye. Upon seeing that Lin Jiabao couldn¡¯t open the mouth of the bottle for a long time, he grabbed it and opened it for him. ¡°Heh.¡± Bai Youlian sneered. ¡°It seems the rooster will not protect its chick.¡± This woman would feel uncomfortable if she didn¡¯t bother Ouyang Chen for one day, but looking at the little one next to her made her comfortable. Lin Jiabao always tried to stop them from quarreling in the beginning, even asking them to be friends. Later, he didn¡¯t do it anymore and looked the other way. If the two of them quarreled, he would usually be caught in the middle. They wouldn¡¯t stop quarrelling and the unfortunate one was Lin Jiabao. Even though he tried to minimise his presence, it didn¡¯t feel like it was doing much. ¡°That¡¯s right.¡± Bai Youlian suddenly thumped her hands together. ¡°Little Bao, does your experimental group have no people?¡± Lin Jiabao sucked on the straw and nodded his head but was suddenly pulled to Ouyang Chen¡¯s side, who smiled victoriously at Bai Youlian. ¡°How can that be, didn¡¯t little Bao agree to be in my group last week?¡± Lin Jiabao, who didn¡¯t even see this big guy in the lab last week, nodded stupidly. Bai Youlian calmly took her glasses off. ¡°Hehe, I took attendance last week for science class and young master, your name was on the absentee¡¯s list.¡± Lin Jiabao thought that this made sense and continued to nod his head. Lin Jiabao¡¯s face was squished by Ouyang Chen¡¯s two hands and he mumbled incoherently. Ouyang Chen let out a ¡®hmph¡¯ and said to Lin Jiabao, ¡°You keep nodding your head, do you think you¡¯re a woodpecker?¡± Lin Jiabao started to shake his head. Ouyang Chen said to Lin Jiabao earnestly, ¡°Bao, you know whose name to put in the list of group members later, don¡¯t you? It seemed like an interrogative sentence, but was actually an affirmative sentence. Ouyang Chen also ¡°intimidated¡± him by looking at Lin Jiabao¡¯s thigh, making Lin Jiabao lean against the bench. Bai Youlian¡¯s tone was still calm as she said to Lin Jiabao, ¡°I also know who little Bao is going to write down in the group member list.¡± She eyed the yogurt in Lin Jiabao¡¯s hand. Meow¡­ choose death or death, this was a difficult choice. If he could choose, he¡¯d choose option three. When it was time to write down the names of his group members, he simply wrote down all three of their names. So when it was time for science class, the three of them squeezed onto one table. Not only was the air filled with silence, Bai Youlian and Ouyang Feng were also shooting death glares at each other. It was as if two people were fighting for ownership over him. Lin Jiabao shrunk into himself. He watched the two of them nervously as they were about to explode, meow. Only when they noticed Lin Jiabao¡¯s anxiety did they finally calm down. The experiment was not difficult. Chemicals carried a certain degree of danger, but only if they weren¡¯t operated carefully. If one ignored Ouyang Chen, who was neither interested in East or West, there was basically no danger. Lin Jiabao not only needed to rearrange the chemicals Ouyang Chen messed up, he also needed to prevent the two from fighting while focusing on completing the experiment, which was exhausting. His thighs and buttocks still hurt from time to time, and he was too embarrassed to rub them. Good thing Bai Youlian was gifted in learning. She glanced at what Lin Jiabao was doing and started to prepare a match for the solvent, giving Ouyang Chen a ¡®don¡¯t be useless and just look¡¯ stare. At this, Ouyang Chen finally decided to put down his stuff and record data. However, Ouyang Chen would complain about Bai Youlian¡¯s work each time he took down data, causing Bai Youlian to grow the want to pour the solvent directly into Ouyang Chen¡¯s mouth. Not only did the experiment require them to take down data along the way, they had to do so at the end as well. There had to be an experiment summary written by the end of the day. Ouyang Chen was supposed to write the group summary, but under Bai Youlian¡¯s ¡°useless¡± gaze, he handed the summary to Lin Jiabao. Of course Bai Youlian didn¡¯t say anything after that. Little Bao was simply more reliable and the summary was linked to the actual results so who would dare to let the young master write it. ¡°I can write the results, but everyone probably has to write the final summary together.¡± Lin Jiabao turned over a dozen pages of result tables and found that it was too much for one person. ¡°It¡¯s still early for the final summary, we can write it over the weekend.¡± Bai Youlian stared at Ouyang Feng with an icy smile. ¡°Although it seems that one of us doesn¡¯t really have that much of a purpose.¡± ¡°At least it¡¯s not as rubbish as someone else¡¯s writing, when it¡¯s my turn to write, don¡¯t worry about me.¡± Ouyang Chen¡¯s expression mirrored Bai Youlian¡¯s. Lin Jiabao heard about them and initially believed they were talking about him. He hugged the report to his chest and tried to puff out his chest, patting it. ¡°I¡¯ll do my best to not fall behind you guys!¡± ¡°Hmph, I wasn¡¯t talking about you.¡± Ouyang Chen pressed on his temples and slapped Lin Jiabao¡¯s thighs. ¡°Do your thighs still hurt?¡± ¡°Pain, meow QAQ!¡± Bai Youlian pulled Lin Jiabao further from Ouyang Chen and said, ¡°Dirty hands!¡± At the end of the experimental class and during lunch, Ouyang Chen went to eat outside school while Bai Youlian and Lin Jiabao continued to eat at the canteen. Bai Youlian actually liked to order food with Lin Jiabao because as long as Lin Jiabao smiled obediently at the aunty in the cafeteria, the aunty would instantly soften up and give them a few more pieces of meat. This way, Lin Jiabao will suddenly become Bai Youlian¡¯s ordering machine. It was okay to eat a lot as Lin Jiabao and Bai Youlian wouldn¡¯t grow anymore. However, when Lin Jiabao was rubbing his little tummy, he felt that when he was playing badminton with Ouyang Feng, his tummy was still soft and seemed to be far from the legendary abdominal muscles. ahh dreamy here, i have a part time job now so my replies to comments will be extremely delayed but i¡¯ll still read every single one of them! CH 17 His homework was finished but there was still work to be done on the experiment summary. Lin Jiabao rejected Bai Youlian¡¯s help and left the school with the experiment booklet. Towards Lin Jiabao, Bai Youlian was honestly a little puzzled. Lin Jiabao loving to study was something everyone had heard of, but no one had ever seen him stay late in school to do self-study. Seeing the back view of Lin Jiabao leaving the classroom, Bai Youlian wore her glasses and slapped the back of Ouyang Chen¡¯s head. ¡°F*ck, are you sick?¡± ¡°Wei, young master, let me tell you¡­¡± When Lin Jiabao first left the school, he first went to the pet store in the mall. Since there was no more cat food in the cafe, he bought 3 big bags on the way there. He chose two of the preferred cat food brands and even sneakily bought a small can of catnip. The vet working there was familiar with him and smiled at Lin Jiabao, asking, ¡°Buying some catnip for your kitty at home to play with?¡± It was actually for himself to play with¡­ Since mummy didn¡¯t allow him to play with catnip, he tore off the label after he bought it. He hid it anxiously in the pocket of his trousers, getting ready to sneakily smell some at night. He carried two bags of cat food in his two hands and another one in his embrace. Lin Jiabao took a break after walking two steps and took a breath after taking three steps. In addition, his thighs were still a little sore. After walking for half an hour, it was only a cross road before he reached the door of the store. Ouyang Feng was driving not too far behind Lin Jiabao and noticed someone holding various sizes of bags at the intersection. The person¡¯s bum was twisting around and their figure looked a lot like Lin Jiabao¡¯s. He drove up to Lin Jiabao and wound down the window. ¡°Put your stuff in the back, I¡¯ll drive you there.¡± This was akin to receiving coal in the middle of a snow storm! ¡°Thank you, big brother!¡± When the car stopped, Ouyang Feng helped carry two bags of cat food into the store with Lin Jiabao following close behind with one bag of cat food. After he put the bags he was holding away, he took the two big bags that Ouyang Feng handed him and placed them in the cabinet. ¡°I still have work so I¡¯ll go first.¡± Ouyang Feng nodded at Lin Jiabao. ¡°I¡¯ll contact you tonight.¡± ¡°Okay, bye bye. ( ^_^ )/~~¡± Lin Jiabao saw him walk far away before reacting. Wait a minute, contact tonight for what? As he was about to start work, he had to push this question to the back of his mind first. The little ladies from the university opposite the cafe were going to come to touch the cats. The cat masters had to be fed until they were full. If they weren¡¯t, they would go on strike. Ever since fat Orange was injured, it would act as if it was afraid of humans and sneakily took extra days off. In the end, it only went back to work after it was scolded badly by 1028. In the shop, it was a star. It was so fat it was almost suffocating and climbing up a chair was like climbing up the Himalayas. It would attract a group of people who would stand around to take pictures of it. The orange cat cleverly used its meows to yell at the group of the cat slaves for being obnoxious, while being teased by customers. The whole atmosphere was very harmonious. Seeing Lin Jiabao had adjusted the fruit drinks again, Orange pushed away the apple puree handed by the young lady next to him with its claws and made its way over to Lin Jiabao¡¯s legs like an emperor. Lin Jiabao avoided the orange cat¡¯s claw while quietly asking, ¡°What¡¯s wrong, Orange?¡± Orange lowered its meow. ¡°The boss will participate in the Cat Street election tonight and asked me to tell you to go home early to sleep, don¡¯t wait up for the boss.¡± The Cat Street election was the election of the cat boss in Donghua City. 1028 had been re-elected as the leader of the cats for many years. This time, it was the same thing and 1028 would continue to be in-charge. Lin Jiabao rubbed the catnip in his pocket and his heart was filled with both guilt and joy. Orange tilted its cat face and asked Lin Jiabao, ¡°Why does it feel like you¡¯re a little happy?¡± ¡°Your feeling is wrong.¡± Lin Jiabao placed down the half-empty glass of juice and carried Orange to the lady¡¯s side, saying into its ear, ¡°Do your work properly la, don¡¯t try to secretly slack.¡± ¡°Meow~¡± So mummy wouldn¡¯t be at home, hehehe. Lin Jiabao hummed to the tune of Rainbow Meow as he served the drinks to the customers. Not long later, Orange came over again. It was so fat that its legs couldn¡¯t be seen and it looked as if it had flown over. It used its claws to pull on Lin Jiabao¡¯s pants, indicating it was hungry and that it wanted dinner. ¡°It¡¯s too early to eat, the other young masters are still busy. Be careful not to be seen by the shop manager or she¡¯ll make you run on the treadmill.¡± Lin Jiabao carried Orange back to the ladies. Its old heart was broken! The little ladies took Orange over from Lin Jiabao and lifted its paw. ¡°Aiyo, so fat. However, it seems to really like you, do you want to play with us?¡± ¡°No¡­ No need. I have to do something, big sisters, you continue.¡± Seeing the green eyes of the ladies, Lin Jiabao hurried off. When it was dark and Lin Jiabao got off work, Lin Jiabao came out of the shop and realized that he had been thinking about catnip, forgetting to write the ending of the experiment summary. He used his hands to slap his own cheeks, the first thing he had to do when he got home was to finish it. Excessive indulgence was not good. Lin Jiabao wrinkled his little face, forgetting the experiment report was too much. He would punish himself by taking two sniffs of catnip. When he stepped into the house, Lin Jiabao obediently took out the experiment summary first and slowly packed the area. Filling up the report took about an hour. He glanced at the time, it wasn¡¯t early anymore. He decided to take a hot shower as he heard they would help soothe sore muscles. Lin Jiabao held onto a yogurt carton and opened the washroom door with a bitter face. The freshly-showered Lin Jiabao immediately rushed into the bedroom and laid on the bed, thinking of sleeping but recalled the catnip in his pants pocket. Wrapped in a towel, he ran back into the washroom and dug the can of catnip from the pocket of the pants, smiling like a kitty who was planning to steal fish. Ah, not correct, it should be a kitty who was preparing to steal, taking advantage of when mummy wasn¡¯t at home to do ¡®bad things¡¯. Lin Jiabao held the can tightly and took a deep breath of its contents before gently closing it. He originally only wanted to take one breath but in the end, he took breath after breath. Only when he had a little clarity left did he finally seal the lid. Not long after, Lin Jiabao suddenly laid down on the bed with a silly grin, hehehe, so many fishes were swimming over the bed. Lin Jiabao laid on the bed and rolled around. He kicked and kicked, turning the bed sheets into a ball, even the bath towel around his body was kicked off. His whole body was left bare and white. He acted like he used to when he was young, crying ¡®meow¡¯ and ¡®mi¡¯ incessantly. The phone by the bed suddenly rang. On the first ring, Lin Jiabao was still rolling around on the sheets and forgot about it. It was only until the second ring did he stumble up to grab the phone and pressed the accept button to answer in a foolish manner. ¡°Wei.¡± At one listen, it was obvious that it was Ouyang Feng¡¯s voice. ¡°Meow mi, meow mi, mi meow¡­¡± ??? Ouyang Feng checked the phone number, he didn¡¯t call the wrong number ah? CH 18 ¡°Baobao?¡± Ouyang Feng¡¯s voice came muffled through the phone and his tone carried some confusion. However, Lin Jiabao couldn¡¯t make out Ouyang Feng¡¯s words and only a ¡°Meow?¡± left his lips. Ouyang Feng tapped his fingers against his work desk. Could it be that Lin Jiabao was awoken by his sleep by him and was still a little drowsy? But it didn¡¯t seem like it, he was laughing and meowing like a drunkard. ¡°Other than meowing, do you know how to say anything else?¡± Lin Jiabao turned his head to look at his phone and then repeated to the microphone, ¡°Also¡­ also know how to say meow?¡± The child probably wasn¡¯t clear-headed. After finishing his sentence, Lin Jiabao hung up. Ouyang Feng didn¡¯t know whether to laugh or cry, he was a little worried. Then someone knocked on the door. He held onto the phone and signaled for his subordinate to come in. Secretary Wen, who had just come in, saw Ouyang Feng¡¯s strange expression and thought he was wearing the wrong glasses so he couldn¡¯t see properly. ¡°Take these files away. Remember to hand in the report after getting the needed signatures. You can get off work when you¡¯re done.¡± Secretary Wen took the files away and just as he was about to leave, Ouyang Feng called him. ¡°I remember you said you had a little brother?¡± Secretary Wen nodded and asked suspiciously, ¡°What¡¯s up, boss?¡± ¡°Is your family¡¯s little brother obedient?¡± ¡°Still considered obedient, he doesn¡¯t make trouble, he just loves to play video games.¡± Could it be that Young Master Chen came to make trouble for the boss again and the boss came to him to ask for advice on how to discipline bear children? Several english books for elite children discipline appeared in Secretary Wen¡¯s head and he awaited the boss¡¯ inquiry. Ouyang Feng gave Secretary Wen a scornful look. He thought of his family¡¯s (when did it become his family¡¯s?) obedient Bao and suddenly felt a sense of pride. Ouyang Feng soon got a headache and said, ¡°If you call a child and the said child appears to be drunk, how would you deal with this situation?¡± Young Master Chen was drunk? That didn¡¯t sound right, didn¡¯t Young Master Chen go out drinking on a regular basis? ¡°If it was my little brother, I¡¯d run over to see what was going on.¡± Secretary Wen looked inquisitively at Ouyang Feng. ¡°Did something happen to Young Master Chen?¡± ¡°What¡¯s there to worry about him?¡± Seeing Ouyang Feng¡¯s face of disgust, Secretary Wen got the feeling that Ouyang Chen wasn¡¯t Ouyang Feng¡¯s biological little brother. ¡°You go down first.¡± Secretary Wen left the room quickly and Ouyang Feng gave Lin Jiabao a call. And Lin Jiabao, who was laying on the bed, didn¡¯t hear the phone ringing and meowed incessantly at it. He vaguely thought that he had broken the phone and didn¡¯t remember that he had just hung up the phone. He held onto the mobile phone and continued to roll around on the bed. It seemed that only when he was rolling could he hold the phone normally. After rolling for a while, the phone rang again and caused Lin Jiabao to sit up suddenly. His eyes darted to the screen and meowed twice at it before accepting the call. ¡°Baobao, are you alright? Where are you right now?¡± Ouyang Feng packed up his files, getting ready to hurry over to Lin Jiabao¡¯s home first to take a look. ¡°H¡­ home.¡± Lin Jiabao let out a ¡®hehe¡¯, seeming to have regained some of his consciousness. ¡°Are you drunk?¡± Lin Jiabao shook his head but didn¡¯t think that Ouyang Feng couldn¡¯t see him since he wasn¡¯t there physically. As Ouyang Feng didn¡¯t get any verbal confirmation from Lin Jiabao, he hurriedly left the office and rushed to the parking lot. ¡°This time, don¡¯t hang up, okay?¡± Ouyang Feng placed the phone on the dashboard and decided to hurry over to Lin Jiabao¡¯s home to take a look at him. ¡°Okay, meow.¡± Ouyang Feng continued to speak to Lin Jiabao, who replied in a rather confused manner. Even though he couldn¡¯t keep his eyes open and couldn¡¯t stop nodding off, he still replied Ouyang Feng within seconds. At a turn, Ouyang Feng asked Lin Jiabao what he had eaten at night, who suddenly went quiet. Ouyang Feng gripped the steering wheel tightly, fearing that something unexpected had happened. ¡°I like mummy the most, like¡­ like big brother the most¡­¡± Ouyang Feng¡¯s heart skipped a beat and didn¡¯t know why he suddenly turned nervous. He coughed lightly and mumbled, ¡°I like you too.¡± There was no trace of weariness in his voice, it was as if emotions were being released. However, Lin Jiabao didn¡¯t seem to hear what he said and started to list out the people he liked. ¡°I also¡­ also like the big sister at the store and big brother Jie Jie, Chen Chen¡­ also like, also like Lian Lian1, I like all of them very much meow.¡± ¡°I like you guys the most.¡± So don¡¯t abandon me. Lin Jiabao started to let out little sobs, feeling as if he was back when he was young. His mummy was sick and no matter how he called her, she wouldn¡¯t respond. He meowed softly and pressed his face to the phone, similar to how he had cuddled up in his mummy¡¯s embrace. It was still warm. The corner of Ouyang Feng¡¯s lips hooked up and he parked his car in the neighbourhood¡¯s car park, replying appeasingly, ¡°Everyone likes you too.¡± ¡°Hehe~¡± The corridor of Lin Jiabao¡¯s apartment was already very dim during the day, it was even darker at night. Ouyang Feng turned on his phone¡¯s flashlight and hurried to Lin Jiabao¡¯s door, knocking on it. ¡°Baobao, open the door.¡± Why did he feel like a big wolf knocking on the door of a little white rabbit? Should his question be answered with ¡®don¡¯t open, don¡¯t open, mama isn¡¯t home¡¯?2 What was he thinking about writing? Lin Jiabao shook his catnip-muddled head in a daze. Fortunately, he hadn¡¯t forgotten to wrap himself in a bath towel twice. He made his way to the door one step at a time. Ouyang Feng didn¡¯t think he¡¯d get such a big ¡®surprise¡¯ when the door was opened. A white and tender youth wrapped only in a bath towel opened the door but at one glance, it was obvious that said youth wasn¡¯t in the right state of mind. Lin Jiabao¡¯s head was slow, and it took a long time for him to recognize the person who came. Without waiting for Lin Jiabao to react, Ouyang Feng pushed Lin Jiabao into the house and hurriedly closed the door behind himself. He could look but what would happen if the neighbours saw Lin Jiabao in this state? ¡°Big¡­ big brother?¡± Turns out catnip could also make big brother appear in front of him. He let out a giggle. ¡°You¡¯re still laughing.¡± Ouyang Fang placed his jacket over Lin Jiabao, worried he was cold. ¡°What did you do until your mind was so muddled?¡± Lin Jiabao rubbed Ouyang Feng¡¯s coat, wanting to happily squeal. But when he heard Ouyang Feng¡¯s question, he bent down to look for the can of catnip, unknowingly sticking up his bum. The sight made Ouyang Feng¡¯s nose a little itchy and for the sake of being a gentleman, he went to Lin Jiabao¡¯s side to ask what he was looking for. Truthfully, in his heart, he remarked how the child was skinny but had a good amount of meat on his bum. ¡°Found¡­ found it!¡± Lin Jiabao handed the can of catnip over to Ouyang Feng, as if he was presenting treasure. Ouyang Feng furrowed his eyebrows, fearing that it was some kind of neurological drug and contemplated handing it over to his private doctor to take a look. Then he took it over for a closer look and realised it looked familiar. Wait, isn¡¯t this catnip? dreamy here!! thanks for everyone¡¯s well wishes! my hammy is back to normal and he¡¯s bitey and grumpy as ever. thanks for reading and see you next week! They are nicknames for Song Jie, Ouyang Chen and Bai Youlian respectively. A Chinese nursery rhyme that teaches children to not open the door for strangers, this is what my 4 year old cousin told me though lol CH 19 Ouyang Feng opened the can and took a closer look. This didn¡¯t look like a toxic substance, could it be there was some problem? It was pointless to think anymore, maybe he should call for a private doctor to come look at it. Ouyang Feng pulled his phone out to give his private doctor over, giving the address to him. Just after he hung up the phone, Lin Jiabao hugged Ouyang Feng, as if wanting to hug a bolster to sleep and started to snore. This time, Ouyang Feng noticed that Lin Jiabao wasn¡¯t wearing any clothes. If the doctor were to see this, it would be awkward. He¡¯d definitely be labelled a pervert. He placed his phone down and hugged Lin Jiabao with one arm to help him to the bedroom. Lin Jiabao hugged Ouyang Feng¡¯s jacket tighter around himself and obediently shrinked into Ouyang Feng¡¯s embrace. In the past, Lin Jiabao¡¯s bedroom would be neat and tidy but now, it was messy beyond belief, especially the bed. It would make people wonder what kind of unspeakable thing happened. Finding a relatively clean place to sit down, Lin Jiabao wanted to lie down and roll around as soon as he was set down. Seeing Ouyang Feng, Lin Jiabao quickly snuggled into Ouyang Feng¡¯s arms. Ouyang Feng pinched his cheek. ¡°Aren¡¯t you afraid of catching a cold?¡± Lin Jiabao felt some pain in his face but no matter how he shook his head, he couldn¡¯t get Ouyang Feng¡¯s big hand off his face and he only ended up dizzy. ¡°Don¡¯t run off, you hear me, I¡¯ll get you some clothes to wear.¡± Only when Lin Jiabao heard his words and nodded to show his agreement did Ouyang Feng finally leave. Lin Jiabao was like a wooden person and didn¡¯t even think of moving, only staring at Ouyang Feng. Wherever Ouyang Feng moved, Lin Jiabao¡¯s eyes followed. Lin Jiabao¡¯s closet was the children¡¯s kind and there was only one wardrobe. At one look, it was obvious that it had been used for many years, even the paint was chipping off. He didn¡¯t have much clothes but they were all placed neatly; the pants were on the top and the bottom were for shirts. He glanced through but couldn¡¯t find any sleepwear and could only choose a loose and slightly larger shirt. The question was, where were his underwear? This question made Ouyang Feng, who was holding the shirt, pause and his locked gazes with Lin Jiabao. He knelt before Lin Jiabao who was seated on the bed in order to be on the same eye level and asked, ¡°Baobao, where do you keep your underwear?¡± Lin Jiabao seemed to think hard but his head was empty and he looked back at Ouyang Feng when he recalled something, looking as if there was an exclamation mark over his head. He hurriedly got off the bed and if it wasn¡¯t for Ouyang Feng holding him, he would have fallen down. Then, Lin Jiabao opened the drawer besides his bed and pulled out a small pair of underwear for Ouyang Feng to see, as if he was presenting some sort of treasure. Ouyang Feng knew that he was a pervert but was feeling rather shameful at the moment. He even judged how Lin Jiabao¡¯s underwear looked; the yellow duckie ones weren¡¯t bad, the panda ones weren¡¯t bad either. Tsk, this kind of four-cornered underwear are one of mankind¡¯s failed inventions.1 Baobao looked cute wearing whatever, this pair of strawberry undies hugging his bum would look especially beautiful. Stop it, my dirty, dirty big brain. Ouyang Feng raised an eyebrow and after serious consideration, he chose the strawberry underwear. He first helped Lin Jiabao to put on a shirt. His waist was so small. Lin Jiabao lifted his leg up and Ouyang Feng inevitably squeezed on his waist. ¡°Come, you wear it like this, pull it up.¡± He had only pulled it halfway up when the doorbell suddenly rang. Lin Jiabao didn¡¯t even wear it properly before walking towards the door to answer it. He was stopped by Ouyang Feng who hurried to help him put it on. He got him to sit on the bed to wait. Ouyang Feng opened the door to reveal a young man wearing a peaked cap2 and holding a bag who had the posture of having just knocked on the door. After he looked Ouyang Feng up and down, he said unpleasantly, ¡°I see that you¡¯re fine. It¡¯s so late at night and you¡¯re still running about!¡± ¡°Be quiet and get in here.¡± ¡°Yes, emperor.¡± He followed Ouyang Feng past the door and looked around the house curiously. Upon entering the bedroom, he got a shock. ¡°Ouyang Feng! I didn¡¯t think you were such a beast!¡± ¡°Quieten down, what nonsense are you sprouting?!¡± The man went silent. The young man¡¯s volume was too loud and it awakened Lin Jiabao from his half-asleep daze. Seeing that there was a stranger, his brain didn¡¯t even react straight away. His first thought was to hide under the bed but he saw that Ouyang Feng was there and wanted to hurry to crawl to his side. Ouyang Feng hurriedly appeased Lin Jiabao and explained that the young man was here to check his body, getting him to lay down. After Lin Jiabao laid down, Ouyang Feng pulled the young man to his side. ¡°Chen Yao En, you help check his body, his behaviour is odd. Can you tell what¡¯s wrong with him?¡± Chen Yao En clicked his tongue twice and seeing Ouyang Feng¡¯s state, he went to give Lin Jiabao¡¯s body a check up with satisfaction. ¡°Wu, he doesn¡¯t have anything major, his consciousness just seems to be a little dazed. It also doesn¡¯t seem as if he took any medication. That¡¯s right, what did this child eat?¡± Ouyang Feng passed the can of catnip over, which Chen Yao En checked. He looked at Ouyang Feng as if he was crazy, ¡°What did you give me catnip for?¡± ¡°He touched this and turned dazed.¡± Lin Jiabao flashed a silly smile after hearing Ouyang Feng¡¯s words, causing Ouyang Feng¡¯s hand to itch with the want to pinch his face. ¡°Don¡¯t joke anymore, brother, people aren¡¯t cats. Hiss, could it be that he had an allergic reaction and it confused his mind?¡± Chen Yao En shook his hand and kept the tools in his hands. ¡°I¡¯ll prescribe him some soothing medication for you to feed him. After he eats it, he can sleep. He¡¯ll be okay tomorrow morning. ¡° ¡°You¡¯ve worked hard.¡± Ouyang Feng took the medicine over and sent Chen Yao En to the door. ¡°You¡¯re so polite, you have to pay me overtime anyways.¡± ¡°Hurry scram, you irritant.¡± Ouyang Feng looked towards the kitty sleeping on the bed, feeling both angry and the urge to smile. He definitely can¡¯t touch this thing tomorrow. He fed the naughty kitty some soothing medication and helped him to make the bed, covering him with the blanket. Seeing that Lin Jiabao wasn¡¯t willing to let go of his hand, his heart softened and he rubbed his head gently. He pulled out his hand and softly said by his ear¡ª¡ª ¡°Goodnight, baby.¡± ========= The morning alarm woke Lin Jiabao up, who stretched his waist lazily. How comfortable, he even had a wonderful dream last night. He rubbed his face, it seemed as if he had brought big brother to look through his underwear. That was too shameful, how could he have that kind of dream?! He got ready to change into his school uniform and realized that he was already wearing clothes. He wondered for a long time, when did he put on clothes? Could it be that the catnip confused him? Right, what about my catnip? Lin Jiabao searched for a long time for the can of catnip but still couldn¡¯t find it. He scratched his head confusedly, he always felt like he had just taken a whiff of it. It seemed as if he had gone through many things? He won¡¯t buy it next time. If he was found out by mummy, he would definitely get scolded _(:3_|)_ Ah meow, it¡¯s such a happy morning! Author has something to say: I made some changes to the doctor¡¯s name. dreamy here! i realised i¡¯ve been ignoring the author¡¯s notes for a while :sweat: will put it in future chapters! thanks for reading! edit: thank you for the ko-fis, MMS129! i will continue to work hard and laze around less after work hehe Probably because you can¡¯t see much skin..??? Either way, Ouyang Feng is a pervert!! Peaked cap, I think? Correct me if I¡¯m wrong please CH 20 Morning passed by quickly and during recess, Lin Jiabao handed in the experiment report and skipped into the classroom. The smile on his face was similar to a flower. He ran back to his desk and took out his book, wanting to go through his homework. Bai Youlian put down the book in her hand and used a pen to poke Lin Jiabao¡¯s shoulder, getting him to turn around. She raised her head, asking, ¡°What, your leg isn¡¯t sore anymore? Why are you smiling so happily?¡± Lin Jiabao used his hand to rub his face, asking in a small voice, ¡°Is it?¡± ¡°Look, even your dimples are out.¡± Bai Youlian sighed, ¡°Do you need me to help you buy yoghurt?¡± ¡°No need, no need.¡± Lin Jiabao shook his head. ¡°Yesterday I slept very well, my waist and thighs don¡¯t ache anymore. Don¡¯t mention me having more energy hehe.¡± ¡°That¡¯s good, I thought you slept until you were dumb. Today, there are two physical education lessons, are you happy?¡± ¡°Meow meow meow?!¡± Lin Jianbao took out the little book with his timetable written in it to take a look at it. After he saw his timetable, his face turned sour and he collapsed on the table, saying softly, ¡°Don¡¯t be like this, meow.¡± ¡°But there¡¯s an inspection today, do you want to inform Chen Chen, who was absent from morning classes?¡± ¡°If you don¡¯t know his phone number, how are you gonna contact him? Worry about your short little legs first.¡± Lin Jiabao collapsed on his desk again and played dead. His heart carried a great amount of sorrow, his legs weren¡¯t that short, it was because his body was small. At least his legs were longer than those of the munchkin cats back at the shop. Talking about height was really sad ah¡­ Lin Jiabao thought for a while and decided that he still needed to contact Ouyang Chen. If it was found out that he was skipping classes, it would be directly updated into his online profile and would affect his morality points. He took out his phone from his bag and as to not disturb the students resting in the classroom, he ran out of the classroom to look through his phone¡¯s contacts. Wu¡­ found it! As he didn¡¯t have Ouyang Chen¡¯s phone number, Lin Jiabao could only contact Ouyang Feng. He asked if he was familiar with Ouyang Chen and whether he had his contact information. Until now, Lin Jiabao didn¡¯t know that they were brothers. He had completely forgotten the relationship chart that his mummy had given him. To make a call was a little odd, what if big brother was taking a break from doing something important? Lin Jiabao retreated from making a phone call and decided to send a text instead¡ª¡ª ¡°Big brother, do you know Ouyang Chen?¡± He waited around 2 minutes and he didn¡¯t receive any messages. His phone suddenly rang, giving Lin Jiabao a fright to the point he almost threw his phone on the floor. He hurriedly held his phone tightly and answered the call. He whispered into the phone sneakily, ¡°Hello?¡± ¡°Baobao, what¡¯s wrong?¡± When he heard Ouyang Feng¡¯s voice, he wasn¡¯t as nervous as he was before. It was similar to Ouyang Feng¡¯s magnetic voice in yesterday¡¯s dreams and a red glow appeared on his cheeks. ¡°Big brother, can you contact Ouyang Chen?¡± ¡°I can contact him, what¡¯s going on?¡± ¡°It¡¯s nothing.¡± Lin Jiabao pulled on the collar of his shirt and continued to speak, ¡°Then, can you ask him to come back to school? There¡¯s a class in the afternoon that he can¡¯t miss.¡± ¡°He didn¡¯t come to school in the morning?¡± ¡°En, en. I don¡¯t have his contact number so I can¡¯t reach him.¡± Ouyang Feng massaged his forehead. The little brat went out to make trouble and made Lin Jiabao worry, he¡¯ll contact this bear child1. ¡°Right, Baobao, will you be working at the cafe tonight?¡± ¡°Should be?¡± Lin Jiabao thought for a while, he just didn¡¯t know whether he¡¯d be able to crawl to the cafe after his physical education lesson. ¡°En.¡± Ouyang Feng satisfiedly nodded his head and said, ¡°In the evening, I need to tell you something. If you aren¡¯t at the cafe, I¡¯ll go directly to your home.¡± ¡°Meow?!¡± Today¡¯s surprises were coming one after the other! He hurriedly hung up. Although he didn¡¯t know what Ouyang Feng wanted with him, his tone sounded very serious. On the other hand, Ouyang Feng called Ouyang Chen. Ouyang Chen picked up the phone impatiently, ¡°What¡¯s up, big brother?¡± Ouyang Feng said coldly, ¡°Hurry to class. If you aren¡¯t there for afternoon class, I¡¯ll freeze all your credit cards.¡± Ouyang Feng hung up after he said what he wanted to, giving Ouyang Chen no time to react. ¡°F*ck, how did he know I skipped class?¡± When Ouyang Chen walked into the classroom with an unhappy face, Lin Jiabao hurriedly packed his table. He pretended to look at his book while looking at Ouyang Chen¡¯s angry expression while wanting to go behind to hide. After Ouyang Chen slapped Lin Jiabao¡¯s head, his heart was slightly soothed. But just as he was about to sit down, Bai Youlian opened her mouth and said, ¡°I thought the young master wasn¡¯t coming for afternoon classes, I was actually looking forward to your absence.¡± Ouyang Chen feigned a lax pose and suddenly approached Bai Youlian, saying to her, ¡°What, you¡¯re so concerned about the young master¡¯s state? !!! This is bad, why are they so close, they aren¡¯t about to start fighting, are they?!! (It¡¯s not) Lin Jiabao used his two hands to grab Ouyang Chen¡¯s collar and said seriously, ¡°Beat¡­ beat, beating people is wrong!¡± It would¡¯ve been more convincing if he didn¡¯t stammer. Bai Youlian let out a chuckle. Ouyang Chen turned his head and helplessly picked up Lin Jiabao¡¯s book, pressing it on his head. ¡°Does this little child want school violence?¡± So the original plot was written like that. He took the book pressed on his head and hugged it to his chest before honestly apologising. ¡°Sorry¡­¡± Bai Youlian pushed up her glasses and replied on Ouyang Chen¡¯s behalf, ¡°It¡¯s nothing, it¡¯s his fault for being so ugly and scaring little Bao.¡± Lin Jiabao saw Ouyang Chen¡¯s unfriendly gaze and hurriedly shook his head, ¡°Handsome, extremely handsome.¡± It was time for physical education class. The salt-fish-like2 Lin Jiabao was pulled away by Ouyang Chen. Seeing Lin Jiabao¡¯s painful smile, Ouyang Chen smiled, ¡°Aren¡¯t you a school bully, is physical education class that difficult?¡± Lin Jiabao rubbed his nose. He was just a little cat who could play badminton. Lin Jiabao was pulled along to do the warm-up exercises. Bai Youlian took Lin Jiabao¡¯s card and swiped it at the badminton station. Lin Jiabao didn¡¯t even react fully and could only take back his ID card back dumbly. He looked at Bai Youlian, feeling wronged. She smiled at him. ¡°Didn¡¯t you learn to play badminton on Saturday? Let¡¯s play together.¡± ¡°Yo, so it turned out little Bao played badminton on Saturdays.¡± Ouyang Chen rushed over and passed the basketball to another teammate. ¡°Then I won¡¯t be playing ball today.¡± Ouyang Chen swiped his card at the badminton station and said to Lin Jiabao with a terrifying expression. ¡°Come on, little Bao. Let big brother see your ability? See his strength? Lin Jiabao simply felt that humans were bad and the kitty in his heart couldn¡¯t stop turning. dreamy here~ firstly, i want to apologize for there being no chapter last week. if you didn¡¯t know, one of my relatives passed away two weeks ago and it really hit me hard. i still miss them a lot but there¡¯s no point in me moping around. secondly, my grandmother has fallen very, very ill and school starts in less than a week. updates for MKSC will be sporadic for the time being as i try to juggle spending time with her at the hospital and doing my assignments but i will try my best to post every week! lastly, thank you so much for being so understanding about my situation and for sticking around to read this. i love reading everyone¡¯s comments <3 i may not reply to all but i do see every single of them so please leave one if you¡¯d like. they really are what¡¯s pushing me to to pump out more chapters! apologies for the long note! stay safe and happy, everyone ©d(?¦Ø?`)o Bear children refer to ill-disciplined children. Salt fish refers to people who don¡¯t have the intention to do anything. CH 21 The wind blew. It was silent. It was similar to a duel between samurais. A strong and foreboding gust of wind blew across the court, which rustled his, the protagonist¡¯s, hair. It was the opponent¡¯s turn to serve the ball. As a teenager who had yet to successfully receive a serve, his palms sweated slightly and he stared at the opponent without making a single move. He was like a predator who was hunting for the first time and appeared apprehensive. His opponent suddenly moved and the shuttlecock came flying like a whirlpool towards him. Thankfully, the predator had a good, dynamic vision and was able to rush towards the shuttlecock. He bent his body and swung his racket. He hit it!! The racket flew along with the shuttlecock across the net! Wait¡­ wait, wait¡­ The audience were all watching with wide eyes and mouths. ¡°Little Bao, you actually want to murder me with the racket!¡± Lin Jiabao immediately stopped moving and adjusted himself to the receiving position, not moving a single muscle. He was simply too ashamed to move. Bai Youlian burst out laughing. It was so hard that she couldn¡¯t get up straight. She was a reserved person, but she became an entirely different person when it comes to Lin Jiabao. Hearing the surrounding laughter and Ouyang Chen¡¯s harsh tone, Lin Jiabao was going to sink into the ground, but he had better apologise first. With a stiffened body like a corpse, he walked to Ouyang Chen¡¯s side. He took his racket back from Ouyang Chen¡¯s grasp, his face was red until it was about to burst. ¡°Sorry¡­¡± His voice was so soft, Ouyang Chen couldn¡¯t find it in himself to get mad. Ouyang Chen couldn¡¯t resist patting his little head and was rather speechless. ¡°Didn¡¯t you say you went to learn badminton on the weekend? Then, how did you throw your racket across? ¡°I only learned how to serve and not how to receive¡­¡± Lin Jiabao¡¯s voice got softer, carrying a great amount of shame. ¡°Okay, okay, okay, you serve the ball.¡± Ouyang Chen said as he pushed Lin Jiabao to the other side of the court, waving his hand. Lin Jiabao walked to the opposite side of the court, looking back and asking, ¡°You really want me to serve?¡± ¡°Hurry, go.¡± Twenty minutes later, a panting Lin Jiabao finally managed to serve the shuttlecock across the net. ¡°It was so funny that my stomach hurts from laughing!¡± Bai Youlian wiped her tears. ¡°I can¡¯t, I can¡¯t.¡± Ouyang Chen threw the shuttlecock on one side and walked in front of Lin Jiabao, who shrunk in quail while holding the racket. His head was about to touch the ground. ¡°Whoever taught you how to play is definitely a fool.¡± ¡°He¡¯s not a fool.¡± Lin Jiabao couldn¡¯t resist rebuking what he said before looking back down again. ¡°He¡¯s not a fool? Then, he must be some kind of a prodigy for teaching you to serve like that, haha!¡± ¡°Saying this makes you the fool.¡± Bai Youlian waved her finger around and took the racket in Lin Jiabao¡¯s hand. ¡°Whoever loses is the fool. Do you dare to take on this challenge?¡± ¡°Sure, this master has been unhappy with seeing you for a long time.¡± Lin Jiabao wanted to take the opportunity to slip away but Bai Youlian quickly stretched her arm and caught him saying, ¡°Referee, where are you going?¡± When did he turn into the referee? Lin Jiabao didn¡¯t have any choice, so he sat on the referee¡¯s bench and distractedly scored the match. He felt uncomfortable and felt as if he disgraced Ouyang Feng. It wasn¡¯t that Ouyang Feng couldn¡¯t teach him properly. It was because he really couldn¡¯t learn anything. He was not uncomfortable because he was laughed at but due to an inexplicably suppressed emotion, which was always in his heart but didn¡¯t dare to go and tell the other two. He also wanted to apologize but he didn¡¯t know where to start. As he thought of it, the area under his eyes started to turn red. Mummy said he was a boy and couldn¡¯t cry so he bit his bottom lip, then continued watching the two play. His cat eyes were wide, trying to learn how they played. The more he watched them, the more he felt that he really wasn¡¯t good, but he still had Ouyang Feng looking after him so well. He wasn¡¯t worth that much when he even struggled to get better at playing. Those negative emotions were quietly and deeply rooted in his heart. He even panicked over how to get better. When school ended, Lin Jiabao hastily walked out of the school gates. Bai Youlian couldn¡¯t even grab him in time. ¡°Could it be that someone bullied you so badly just now?¡± Bai Youlian clenched her first and decided that she should take advantage of needing to do the experiment report to go to Lin Jiabao¡¯s home. As he walked on the road, he kept thinking about why Ouyang Feng, the male protagonist, was so kind to him. Mummy had asked him before, but now that he pondered about it carefully, he realized that maybe it was due to his close relationship with the shop manager. Ouyang Feng did take good care of him but did it fit in with his character? This question was, once again, placed before the little kitten. Lin Jiabao wasn¡¯t a pet and unprovoked love1 didn¡¯t exist. He opened the cafe door, trying his best to look over at the seat by the window and realized there was no one there. He heaved a sigh of relief and before he even walked inside, someone tapped his shoulder. me?¡± Lin Jiabao swiftly turned his head back and saw a familiar face. The corner of his eyes reddened and he nodded his head. Ouyang Feng quickly realized that Lin Jiabao¡¯s mood wasn¡¯t right. But unlike the incident with the jump rope failure, this time, Lin Jiabao¡¯s mood was full of mixed emotions. He grabbed Lin Jiabao¡¯s hand and pulled him to a place with fewer people before lowering his head to ask, ¡°What¡¯s going on today? Why do you look more down?¡± ¡°I¡¯m not unhappy.¡± Lin Jiabao replied and was shocked that the other could see his emotions so quickly, it gave him a sense of security. Lin Jiabao picked up his courage and asked, ¡°Big brother, why are you so nice to me?¡± Why was he so nice to this child? Ouyang Feng¡¯s eyes filled with surprise, he himself had this same question but never thought that Lin Jiabao ¨C who was bashful ¨C would ask him this. ¡°I¡¯m¡­ I¡¯m stupid and I can¡¯t speak clearly, I keep meowing and I¡¯m not good at physical activities, either¡­¡± ¡°Wait, wait, stop right there.¡± Ouyang Feng stopped Lin Jiabao, who was in the middle of giving himself all sorts of mysterious labels and his voice carried some chill. ¡°Who talked so poorly of you?¡± Frightened by Ouyang Feng¡¯s tone, Lin Jiabao panicky shook his head to the point it seemed to not stop. Ouyang Feng noticed his reaction, so he adjusted his tone and gently squeezed Lin Jiabao¡¯s hand. ¡°What happened? Speak clearly, otherwise I will ask the shop manager.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t ask, don¡¯t ask.¡± Lin Jiabao bit his lip and replied, ¡°Last weekend, big brother brought me out to teach me how to play badminton yet I didn¡¯t learn anything at all, I¡¯m so sorry.¡± And when he thought about how other people ridiculed Ouyang Feng because of him, his heart overflowed with guilt. ¡°That¡¯s nothing.¡± Ouyang Feng smiled and pulled the other person to his side. ¡°You¡¯ve only learned for how long ah, not being able to play is normal. If people are criticizing you over this, it only proves that person is a complete fool.¡± ¡°Then, why are you so nice to me?¡± Ouyang Feng¡¯s comfort made Lin Jiabao¡¯s mood a little better but he couldn¡¯t forget about his previous question. ¡°Do you not know that you look pleasant to me?¡± Lin Jiabao nodded his head in shock and glanced at Ouyang Feng, his heart started to race¡ª¡ª ¡°Seeing such a pretty and cute baby, how could I not want to be good to him?¡± Huff! Full marks for teasing the cat! The kitty in Lin Jiabao¡¯s heart started to meow like crazy, jumping even faster than when it was on catnip. ¡°I don¡¯t suit Baobao¡¯s taste so does Babao want to treat me nicely?¡± Lin Jiabao not only spat out a string of ¡®no¡¯s, he also shook his head so fast that Ouyang Feng feared that it would fly off. He even wanted to meow to show his heart¡¯s intentions. ¡°Then everything is alright.¡± Ouyang Feng smiled and rubbed Lin Jiabao¡¯s head before taking out a familiar-looking object from his bag. ¡°Since your mood is better, let¡¯s get down to business.¡± He shook the familiar can of the catnip in front of Lin Jiabao¡¯s eyes, who was about to explode. Why was the catnip that mysteriously disappeared in big brother¡¯s hand?!!!! i apologise for the late chapter but here it is! i want to wh*ck ouyang chen !! bullying my baby.. anyways, thanks for reading~ Unprovoked love was the best translation I could use for this. Basically, it¡¯s like loving someone without reason, like loving a pet CH 22 ¡°Meow?¡± 1028¡¯s voice cut between them and the white cat looked curiously over at Lin Jiabao before looking over at Ouyang Feng. Then, it went to lay down in the corner. Only Lin Jiabao knew that 1028¡¯s aspect wasn¡¯t as it seemed, its ears were perked up. Lin Jiabao tried to turn his brain back on but he still didn¡¯t understand how the catnip fell into Ouyang Feng¡¯s hands. Ouyang Feng saw Lin Jiabao¡¯s confused gaze and realised that the other had completely forgotten what happened the night before. Ouyang Feng didn¡¯t intend to remind Lin Jiabao of his embarrassingly adorable antics and instead, frowned and asked, ¡°Baobao, did you eat or drink anything strange last night?¡± ¡°No.¡± Lin Jiabao¡¯s brain paused for a moment. He was under the impression that he had eaten two buns and drunk a cup of milk that night. The buns were full of fresh meat, which had too much fat and was too greasy. Ouyang Feng pondered for a moment and waved the can of catnip in front of Lin Jiabao, asking, ¡°Then, was this for your family¡¯s cat to play with?¡± In a sense, he was ¡®teasing¡¯ the cat with catnip. Ouyang Feng put the catnip back into his pocket and said seriously to Lin Jiabao, ¡°I want to bring you to the allergy department to get a full body check-up.¡± Earlier that day, Ouyang Feng had already given the can of catnip to the lab technician to examine; there wasn¡¯t a problem with the catnip but the problem might be within Lin Jiabao¡¯s body. Lin Jiabao really couldn¡¯t comprehend what he said so he had to repeat it to himself several times. ¡°I¡¯m not¡­a weirdo.¡± ¡°I¡¯m not saying you¡¯re a weirdo, it¡¯s just that you might be allergic to catnip. Last night, you¡­ cough.¡± ¡°Last night, I?¡± Ouyang Feng didn¡¯t finish his sentence, as Lin Jiabao couldn¡¯t recall the dumb things he had done last night. But he knew that going to the hospital for a check-up was something he didn¡¯t want to do. What if there was something wrong with him? Lin Jiabao hurriedly waved his hand. ¡°Won¡¯t go, won¡¯t go, it¡¯s really nothing. I¡¯ve used catnip for a long time and nothing has happened.¡± I¡¯m done for¡­ ¡°Meow?¡± 1028 pretended to stretch its body lazily and let out a few comfortable meows, which carried a deeper meaning. ¡®You little brat, what bad thing did you do last night?¡¯ Lin Jiabao didn¡¯t dare to make a single move. Seeing mummy¡¯s gaze, Lin Jiabao knew that he wouldn¡¯t have anything good to eat tonight. Upon seeing Lin Jiabao¡¯s strong resistance to go to the hospital, coupled with the fact that he couldn¡¯t bring up Lin Jiabao¡¯s child-like antics last night, Ouyang Feng could only heave a sigh of relief. ¡°Just in case, you¡¯re not allowed to buy catnip, in case there¡¯s an accident.¡± ¡°Definitely¡­ definitely won¡¯t buy it again!!¡± His way of speaking was similar to that of a little soldier taking an order. Lin Jiabao couldn¡¯t resist looking at 1028, who didn¡¯t bother sparing him a glance and caused him to feel even more guilty. Lin Jiabao wanted to change the topic and satisfy his own curiosity; he really wanted to know what he did last night. Why did big brother only finish half of his sentence? Furthermore, the catnip was in his hands. Lin Jiabao pulled on Ouyang Feng¡¯s arm and asked, ¡°Big brother, what happened last night? Tell me.¡± It turned out that the old saying that curiosity killed the cat had some truth behind it. Ouyang Feng skipped the part where he saw Lin Jiabao naked and told him what happened last night. Lin Jiabao was muddle-headed so he called a doctor over to check Lin Jiabao and give him medication. Lin Jiabao felt that he had done something really bad last night, even big brother didn¡¯t want to say what happened. Only half of the story was laid out, but 1028 had already started to grind its claws. Meow!! Ouyang Feng drank his coffee, looking at work documents while listening to his subordinates¡¯ report through the phone. 1028 didn¡¯t plan to pay attention to Lin Jiabao as it licked its paws, laying on a chair on its belly. If Lin Jiabao were to rush towards it, it would use a death glare to scare Lin Jiabao three steps back before turning away, leaving no room for any sort of apology. Ouyang Feng sent Lin Jiabao home again today but when Lin Jiabao was bidding goodbye, he was held back by Ouyang Feng. Lin Jiabao, who was holding a silent 1028, looked back and asked what he needed. Ouyang Feng took out a box which had an English word written on it that Lin Jiabao couldn¡¯t read. He passed the box over to Lin Jiabao. ¡°I saw that you didn¡¯t have much clothes in your closet. Autumn is coming so I bought you a few thicker clothes.¡± ¡°What¡­ what¡¯s the meaning of this?¡± Lin Jiabao hurriedly pushed it away. Ouyang Feng already gave him sneakers and now, he was giving him clothes. How could this guy be so extravagant? ¡°The clothes weren¡¯t expensive anyways. Just invite me to dinner next time, that boiled fish was delicious.¡± ¡°But¡­¡± Lin Jiabao still wanted to refuse but was interrupted by Ouyang Feng. ¡°I just said that you¡¯re pleasant to my eyes and now I wanna take you out. Turns out I¡¯m not suitable to be Baobao¡¯s friend.¡± ¡°How could this be, meow.¡± Lin Jiabao received the clothes again pitifully and continued, ¡°Then, it¡¯s settled. Next time when big brother comes, I¡¯ll prepare a full course meal!¡± Even if he wasn¡¯t easily satisfied, Ouyang Feng was still happy to see Lin Jiabao hugging his new clothes, like a baby. If he were to give Ouyang Chen, that stinky brat, new clothes, it would be tossed to the side. How could the differences between two people be this great? Sure enough, Lin Jiabao suited him well. Lin Jiabao hugged 1028 and the clothes home. Just as he wanted to lie down on the couch to rest, 1028 jumped down ferociously from Lin Jiabao¡¯s grasp and used its glare to get him to sit on the wooden stool instead. Lin Jiabao, who had forgotten the terrible crime he did, immediately sat down on the chair. ¡®Go ahead, exactly what¡¯s going on?¡¯ Lin Jiabao recounted everything that happened word for word to 1028, from buying cat litter to sniffing catnip. ¡®What is house rule 32?¡¯ ¡°I¡¯m not allowed to use any prohibited herb without the supervision of the meow subordinates.¡± ¡®What should your punishment be?¡¯ ¡°¡­One month of no eating dried fish QAQ¡± ¡°I was wrong, mummy, I won¡¯t dare to do it again, meow! Please forgive me, meow!¡± ¡®Don¡¯t do that, you even hid this from me, you¡¯re double guilty. Two months of no dried fish.¡¯ 1028 used its claws to poke at the box, completely ignoring the dummy on the ground who was going to knock a hole in the ground with his head. It opened the box, the clothes were surprisingly soft and comfortable and the style was very delicate. At first glance, one could tell it was clearly not cheap. ¡®Let me ask you, when did Ouyang Feng enter your bedroom and go through your closet?¡¯ ¡°Yi?¡± That¡¯s right, just now, Ouyang Feng said that he was giving him new clothes as he saw that Lin Jiabao had very few clothes, but when did Ouyang Feng go through his closet? ¡®You better think of who else you caused trouble for, the male lead definitely didn¡¯t tell you everything.¡¯ He didn¡¯t need 1028¡¯s reminder, he could already tell that much. But he really couldn¡¯t remember what happened so he could only retrace his steps. Last night, he took a shower and after his shower¡­ This morning, he put on his clothes, clothes¡­ So did he change his own clothes in his blurry state of mind? As if he realised he had done something terrible, Lin Jiabao hid his head behind the cushions on the sofa, never wanting to raise it ever again. Goodness meow, what on earth did he do last night!! CH 23 As autumn approached, the green leaves on the trees were gradually losing their color and the sleeves on people¡¯s shirts started to get longer. On the last day of the experiment, the classroom was filled with students from different classes. This class was part of the closing lesson and the instructor was going to let the students know what was the final project. ¡°This time, a group summary is going to be needed to be handed in and every group member must contribute. The deadline is next Monday and the work must be handed in to the class representative.¡± The instructor glanced over the students, staring especially hard at the most troublesome student. ¡°This must be submitted no matter what. This final report will be recorded on your transcript and it will be useful to the students who are going overseas.¡± It wouldn¡¯t be good if someone had to meet the student director just because they didn¡¯t submit this piece of work! Lin Jiabao couldn¡¯t resist turning over to the two who were currently having a cold war. ¡°I think it¡¯s just me, but I feel the teacher was looking especially over here.¡± Bai Youlian scoffed, the contempt in her eyes was obvious. ¡°Tsk, I said that I¡¯d write it this time, who was the one that wanted to fight me for it.¡± Bai Youlian acted as if she didn¡¯t hear anything and tidied up the table. As if remembering something, she said to Lin Jiabao, ¡°Little Bao, let¡¯s go over to your place to do the report together. My house is filled with bear children1, almost as bear-like as Ouyang Chen.¡± ¡°The weekend¡­¡± Lin Jiabao used the book to scratch his head and turned to look at Ouyang Chen. ¡°Don¡¯t look at me, I¡¯ll have you know that I have a big brother at home and he looks like a monster. His temper is terrible and scary too. If you guys come, you¡¯ll be frightened till you cry.¡± They didn¡¯t ¡®plan¡¯ for this behind the scenes but they unanimously asked Lin Jiabao to open his house for them to ¡®visit¡¯. ¡°I live alone.¡± Lin Jiabao¡¯s head was hurting and he said pitifully, ¡°But I work on the weekends.¡± ¡°You already started to work? What are you doing?¡± ¡°Why did you start working, you still need two more years to become an adult!¡± Ouyang Chen and Bai Youlian had asked different questions but the unsurprising thing was that both made Lin Jiabao feel a little embarrassed. ¡°It¡¯s just two more years, I¡¯m almost an adult. I¡¯m working at the cafe near my house to earn some money.¡± Ouyang Chen smiled. ¡°I couldn¡¯t tell that Little Bao was so independent, so amazing.¡± Bai Youlian adjusted her glasses, which reflected the good intentions in her eyes. ¡°This isn¡¯t so bad, let¡¯s go to the cafe you work at to do the experiment report. You¡¯ll be able to work at the same time.¡± Yi, this seemed like a good idea. If he said that his classmates were coming, the shop manager wouldn¡¯t mind, right? He should call and tell her first. Lin Jiabao nodded to show his agreement. He thought for a while and said, ¡°Do you want to choose a time to come? Our store only opens at 9am.¡± ¡°Then, we¡¯ll come at 10. Tell us the name and location of your store. See you tomorrow.¡± As Song Jie was going to be working at the store the whole day, Lin Lan wanted to call Lin Jiabao to let him know that he didn¡¯t need to come tomorrow and to rest well. In the end, it was Lin Jiabao who called her. ¡°So Baobao¡¯s new friends want to come? They¡¯re welcome to come here. Should I dress up nicely? Old Jie, you should stay in the back, hehehe.¡± Lin Lan was surprised to hear that Lin Jiabao had made new friends and even wanted to bring said friends to meet her. She even had an urge to close the store for one day to entertain them exclusively. ¡°Were you also added into Little Bao¡¯s group?¡± ¡°Shut up, Little Bao¡¯s grandpa.¡± ¡°Manager¡­¡± On the other side of the phone, Lin Jiabao had a feeling that more than one person wanted to be his elder(?). 1028 was also curious to know who Lin Jiabao¡¯s new friends were but when it heard that his new friends were the supporting male lead and the female lead, its logical codes were all deleted. ¡®I see you have a fairly good relationship with those in the plot.¡¯ Lin Jiabao shook his head. ¡°Where do I have a good relationship, mummy, haha.¡± ¡®I¡¯m not praising you, didn¡¯t I say not to interact too much with the main leads? You have to be careful or you might become a character contradictory to your original settings. Go scuttle over there and fill the leads¡¯ good meters.¡¯ ¡°Meow¡­¡± Lin Jiabao¡¯s cat ears drooped down. ¡®If the male and female lead met, what would you do?¡¯ ¡°Meow meow¡­¡± Lin Jiabao¡¯s cat tail was going to turn into a dead knot soon. That¡¯s right, what if big brother Ouyang Feng came that day and ran into Bai Youlian. Then the two of them¡­ the two of them¡­ He didn¡¯t know why his heart turned more and more sour and it was a little unbearable. He couldn¡¯t say the reason, it was probably due to him being unable to complete the task and he would bring shame to mummy. ¡°What should I do, mummy?¡± The more Lin Jiabao thought about it, the more nervous he got. He was waiting for the white cat before him to give him ideas. ¡®What else can we do, we can only take it one step at a time, silly.¡¯ Lin Jiabao hugged the bolster on the bed and rolled around. 1028 couldn¡¯t watch any further and used the blanket to cover him, even wasting a few system points to make the blanket heavier. This made Lin Jiabao give up rolling and he started to struggle under the covers. ¡°I was wrong, mummy, I was wrong!¡± ¡®You stay under there and rest for a while, disobedient little thing.¡¯ ¡°Meow~¡± Ai, Lin Jiabao who was trapped under the blanket gave up struggling and couldn¡¯t find a way to escape no matter how hard he tried. He could only stare at Ouyang Feng¡¯s contact on his phone. He really couldn¡¯t take it anymore and thought carefully about what message to send. He reread it several times before finally sending it, ¡®Big brother, are you coming to the cafe tomorrow?¡¯ Message delivered¡ª¡ª After a while, he got a notification and Lin Jiabao hurried to open it. ¡®Tomorrow I might be too busy to come. I¡¯ll bring you a small fish cake when I come next time.¡¯ (*@¦Ï@*) Wah~ fish cake! Lin Jiabao felt both disappointed and relieved. He picked up his phone and carefully typed out another message, ¡®All the best at work (^¦Ø^), rest early =3= ~!¡¯ ¡®You also be good, sleep early =3=.¡¯ Hehe, big brother Ouyang Feng sent him a kissy emoji, it made him so shy he covered his face!! =============== The weather on the weekend was unexpectedly cool, it was neither hot nor cold. The clouds were high and light in the sky, it was very suitable for going out. Those who had to work and do homework were pitiful. No matter how beautiful the weather was, it was still an unfortunately busy day. Lin Jiabao left home early. 1028 wanted to follow him but the cats and dogs across the street were fighting and it had to settle their scores. It was unwilling and could only watch as Lin Jiabao hurried to leave, feeling upset. Lin Lan opened the doors of the cafe and was even wearing new clothes today, which made Song Jie unhappy. She couldn¡¯t recognize him. As Lin Jiabao was worried Ouyang Chen and Bai Youlian couldn¡¯t find their way, Lin Jiabao wiped his hands on his uniform¡¯s apron and stared outside through the cafe¡¯s windows. thanks for reading bubas! see you next week hehe but it might be a little late, i have 3 submissions due Take it as you like! Erkang hand ¨C It¡¯s like getting someone to stop to listen to what you have to say CH 37 Editor: musk Proofreader: Lore, Bubbles He was going to visit a company soon, but he didn¡¯t know what to do. The holidays had finally started. In the early morning, Lin Jiabao was taken by Ouyang Feng by car to his company. However, it seemed that Ouyang Feng would be very busy today as he had a driver drive them, instead of driving himself. He himself was reading the documents ¡®attentively¡¯. As for why there were quotation marks, it was because Ouyang Feng had asked whether Lin Jiabao had eaten breakfast, whether he was sleepy, and told him not to be nervous. The originally nervous Lin Jiabao finally started to calm down. Ouyang Feng brought Lin Jiabao directly to his private lift. The professionalism of the internal staff was high, so even if the president brought in an outsider, they would simply smile and hide the curiosity in their hearts. So when Secretary Wen received a call from the president, his first reaction was, aiyoh, did the boss bring a little fairy to the office? This year, it turned out the hero had been saddened due to the beauty. The moment they entered the door, Secretary Wen was disappointed. As usual, the special assistant was reporting to Ouyang Feng about work. Although everything seemed as per usual, there was a well-behaved youth sitting on the couch. He didn¡¯t look like a little fairy, and the president only had one younger relative. Ouyang Feng made a motion, getting the special assistant to stop before allowing Secretary Wen to approach. ¡°Wen Shu, bring this child to get his information recorded in the company and raise his authority to the first level.¡± F*ck, where did this little master come from, he was being treated even better than Ouyang Chen! Secretary Wen looked at Lin Jiabao, who was so nervous he didn¡¯t know where to put his hands. Lin Jiabao hurriedly stood up, and Secretary Wen hurried to his side only when the boss knocked on his table. ¡°Hello, I¡¯m Wen Shu, please follow me this way.¡± ¡°He, Hello, I¡¯m called Lin Jiabao meow, please¡­ Please look after me.¡± In a new place and meeting a stranger, his nervous habit came back. Lin Jiabao wanted to hide his face. He had thrown his and Ouyang Feng gege¡¯s face1. However, Secretary Wen didn¡¯t think this way at all. The children around the boss were basically all problematic children, and it wasn¡¯t easy to find such a cute kid. This child was simply as precious as a panda. It was no wonder that his authority was raised to the first level. As a respected secretary, even if Secretary Wen had a gossiping nature, he wouldn¡¯t pester Lin Jiabao for details about the relationship he had with the boss or about who the boss¡¯ fairy was. Although the secretary had ideas to form a good relationship with Lin Jiabao, he would stay on the sidelines. Lin Jiabao followed Secretary Wen to the general management department. With the help of Secretary Wen, they got Lin Jiabao¡¯s fingerprints and scanned his pupils. Not long after, Secretary Wen passed Lin Jiabao a metal card, telling him to keep it safe. ¡°This is a personnel card, you take it first. Other than the company¡¯s trade secret department, you can go anywhere you¡¯d like, Jiabao.¡± ¡°So amazing, thank you, Wen ge!¡± ¡°No worries.¡± If he wanted to thank anyone, he should thank the boss. After that was over, Secretary Wen brought Lin Jiabao around the department and introduced him to everyone before sending him back to the president¡¯s office. Earlier, Ouyang Feng had already arranged his schedule for the day to reduce his meetings and social interactions with others. Most of his time was arranged to allow for two people to be in the same room. Of course, Lin Jiabao would be asked to arrange some files and learn how to interact with other people, which was easy and more suited for his age. He removed all possible stress from Lin Jiabao; his attitude and the way he treated Lin Jiabao and Ouyang Chen was simply different. Lin Jiabao took this particular activity very seriously¡ªthis was his first time ¡®working¡¯, and he didn¡¯t want to waste Ouyang Feng gege¡¯s kindness. Coupled with mummy, the first time was always important and held value, so he had to be serious and had to give 666 likes~(¨R¨Œ¨Q)/~. Ouyang Feng put down the pen in his hand and rubbed Lin Jiabao¡¯s head, who was sitting beside him to help with paperwork, and said, ¡°It¡¯s about time for a break, next door is the break room. There¡¯s a reading room and some warm milk in there. Head over first and play.¡± Although Lin Jiabao wanted to continue helping, he saw Ouyang Feng¡¯s slightly raised eyebrows and decided to pack up before sliding his bum into the reading room. He gave Ouyang Feng a fighting pose before he left. Lin Jiabao looked around the break room¡ªit was big, even bigger than his snail home. It was decorated very beautifully and the neatness of the room reflected the owner¡¯s disposition. The break room had a big sofa which was filled with cushions. This caused Lin Jiabao to instinctively jump onto it like a ninja and cuddle with them and press on them. The teapot in front of the sofa also had a glass of milk. It was still warm and seemed to have been prepared especially for him. Even the temperature of the air conditioner was just right, making a certain kitty especially drowsy¡­ Wait, Lin Jiabao, you didn¡¯t come here to sleep! Lin Jiabao patted his own face with his paws and stood up straight before running over to the big reading room. The reading room had many bookshelves that were filled to the brim with books, right from administration to finance, and from societal anecdotes to fiction. There were many kinds of books, all on the bookshelves. After getting Ouyang Feng¡¯s permission, Lin Jiabao happily returned to the sofa holding his books. He drank his milk while reading the book without a care in the world, letting out giggles from time to time. Lin Jiabao was suddenly pulled back from behind by a light force due to being so into reading. He turned back and saw Ouyang Feng looking helplessly at him. ¡°You¡¯re so close to the book, do you not want your eyes anymore?¡± ¡°Hehe.¡± Lin Jiabao sheepishly shook his head and fixed his posture. Ouyang Feng saw that the child was too obedient and didn¡¯t bother him at all. It was both comforting and worrying to see. However, after taking the snacks given by the secretary, Ouyang Feng saw an opportunity when looking at Lin Jiabao¡¯s glowing eyes and ate soft tofu directly from the person in his arms. ¡±Someone brought these for me just now, help me eat them.¡± ¡°Sure!¡± Ouyang Feng passed the snacks over to Lin Jiabao before casting a glance over at what Lin Jiabao was reading¡ª¡ª ¡¶Animal Encyclopedia¡· ¡­ Then why was he reading so happily? Ouyang Feng couldn¡¯t understand Lin Jiabao¡¯s joy but Lin Jiabao was extremely into the book, especially the page on cats. After he had read the page, his ego had swelled and he couldn¡¯t help thinking that he was the best cat. Despite his small courage, his shyness, and his mild temperament¡­ Looking at it this way, he didn¡¯t seem much like the best OTZ ¡­ After resting for about an hour, Lin Jiabao had finished reading his book. Ouyang Feng called him to go eat lunch together. Lin Jiabao wanted to return the book to its original place but was stopped by Ouyang Feng. ¡°You can continue reading it later. Return it after you¡¯re done with it.¡± ¡°Okay.¡± Lin Jiabao neatened the pile of books before following Ouyang Feng out of the room. ¡°Did you know, employee welfare is also part of the learning experience,¡± Ouyang Feng told Lin Jiabao expressionlessly. ¡°So after lunch, I have something to give you.¡± ¡°You have to accept it, otherwise you won¡¯t be able to complete your learning experience, got it?¡± Why did he feel like he was being fooled? Lin Jiabao patted his little face; his instincts told him that Ouyang Feng seemed to be scamming him, but his rational side told him to trust his gege. The author has something to say: Secretary Wen: Observing in the dark CH 38 Ouyang Feng had brought him to the highest level of the company¡¯s restaurant; Lin Jiabao looked around, finding that there seemed to be only them in the area. But this was definitely a restaurant, it was just that there were no seats, only individual booths. Ouyang Feng opened another door for Lin Jiabao and when Lin Jiabao went in, his eyes widened. What a beautiful room. Sunlight poured through the floor-to-ceiling windows and spilled onto the tatami floor. Warm light fell on the low table. Japanese-style tableware was placed right in the middle of the room, and there was a screen placed next to the wall. There was a hint of incense throughout the elegant room, along with a sense of zen. No matter how he looked at it, it didn¡¯t seem like a place to eat at. If Ouyang Feng hadn¡¯t motioned Lin Jiabao to sit wherever he liked, Lin Jiabao wouldn¡¯t have known where to place his hands and feet. As the other took his seat, it was time for lunch to begin. Lin Jiabao picked up the cup of tea and curiously looked over at Ouyang Feng, who was talking to the waitresses. After they were done speaking, the waitresses bowed respectfully before leaving the room. It turned out that the company¡¯s cafeteria was so amazing, looking so high-class¡­ Of course, this was not the actual company¡¯s cafeteria. The normal workers¡¯ cafeteria was on the lower floor, and they weren¡¯t allowed here. The private chefs here were all extremely skilled and knew how to make countless dishes that were catered to the Ouyang family¡¯s preferences. Taste was naturally guaranteed. ¡°Last time, I recall you being in a daze over sushi. How about we eat that for lunch?¡± Meow, meow, meow, that would be the best! Lin Jiabao nodded with a face filled with joy but quietly rebuked Ouyang Feng¡¯s words in his heart despite drooling over the fact that he could eat sushi _(:3_|)_ The first dish to arrive was the tiger fish sushi. Every slice of fish was neat and precise and along with the various garnishes, it looked like a piece of art. Disregarding the art, Lin Jiabao still looked wide-eyed at Ouyang Feng before looking at the fish. He felt like a cat about to have a big meal. The ¡®cat hunter¡¯ calmly looked at Lin Jiabao¡¯s stupefied state. Did he not want to eat it? This person knew that a certain Bao would forget himself when eating fish. However, the ¡®straight ball¡¯ method was very effective, judging by Lin Jiabao¡¯s flushed, red face. Due to this, Ouyang Feng felt a little frustrated as he always felt that the fish had a higher position in Lin Jiabao¡¯s heart than he did. Lin Jiabao resisted moving his chopsticks quickly, staring at Ouyang Feng unmovingly. He obviously wanted to eat it, but his eyes were telling Ouyang Feng to start eating first. Seeing this made Ouyang Feng want to pat him. Next there were sushis that were lighter on the taste buds. Ouyang Feng sent down specific instructions to not prepare gloves and to only prepare chopsticks. He planned to teach Lin Jiabao how to hold sushi. For example, if the sushi Lin Jiabao was holding suddenly fell apart, Ouyang Feng could seize the opportunity to hold his hand to teach him how to hold it properly. However¡­ Although Lin Jiabao had zero coordination, he was fueled by his hunger. After seeing how Ouyang Feng did it, Lin Jiabao ¡®meowing-ly¡¯ managed to do it on his own. Good, this made him very disappointed. However, seeing Lin Jiabao eat so joyfully, Ouyang Feng was at ease. Ouyang Feng personally didn¡¯t like the smell of sushi, but seeing Baobao so happy helped his appetite a lot. Looking at the big toro of the bluefin tuna, Lin Jiabao simply wanted to meow. He did his best to swallow his saliva down. Although he didn¡¯t know what fish it was, his meow radar was going off non-stop. Oh, oh, oh, oh, this beautiful feeling, it felt like it was melting in his mouth meow! Afterwards, there were sea urchins, shellfish, and many other different types of food. Lin Jiabao didn¡¯t even know what he was eating anymore, but he had ascended to the heavens, and his whole body was covered in bubbles. He saw that Ouyang Feng had stopped eating, and this action had poked the meow that was full of silly smiles. He had eaten himself silly; who would¡¯ve guessed that the baby was so easy to please? ¡°If you like it, we can come back and eat here. This is a company place.¡± Ouyang Feng gege¡¯s company was way too amazing! This made him want to study hard and work at gege¡¯s company! One meal from Ouyang Feng had managed to hook a greedy cat. ¡°o(¨Rv¨Q)o~~ How amazing meow, I¡¯m full and satisfied. I want mummy to come and try it out.¡± Lin Jiabao rubbed his own belly, and this action made the hands of a certain someone itch. ¡°Next time, you can bring your cat to come and eat with us.¡± Ouyang Feng seized the opportunity and hooked onto it. Lin Jiabao couldn¡¯t see through Ouyang Feng¡¯s shady plan and was even in favor of it, wanting to learn how to make sushi. Lin Jiabao was led out of the restaurant by Ouyang Feng and was brought around the top floor a few times. He seemed to have gotten used to holding Ouyang Feng¡¯s hand, who seemed to have been saying something, but all he could hear was his own heartbeat ¡ª badump, badump. The distance between them got smaller. ¡°What are you thinking about?¡± ¡°Ai, ai?¡± When Lin Jiabao snapped back into reality, he realised they were at the garden on the highest floor of the building, which didn¡¯t have many people around save for those who had just finished lunch and had come for a walk. But it felt like there were only the two of them, and Lin Jiabao felt his face warming up. He looked around but found his actions to be rather silly, so he looked straight again, only to find that Ouyang Feng was staring at him. ¡®Focused¡¯ was the word, Ouyang Feng was focused on little ol¡¯ him. He felt like he was going to fall sick!! The little kitty in Lin Jiabao¡¯s heart was meowing non-stop, appearing both pitiful and lovable. Ouyang Feng sighed heavily in his heart, it was still too small ah. He held Lin Jiabao¡¯s face and smiled. ¡°Do you want to take an afternoon nap?¡± This was a great question, Lin Jiabao didn¡¯t know what was good and nodded. The two made their way back to Ouyang Feng¡¯s office. Ouyang Feng still had work to do so Lin Jiabao laid on the sofa, his eyelids slowly closing. Ah meow, still couldn¡¯t sleep?! After half an hour, Lin Jiabao decided to give up on his afternoon nap and continued reading the books in the reading room. His complicated mood would vanish soon, amen. Reading was indeed a good way to soothe oneself, Lin Jiabao said this to himself as he continued to flip through the book and watched the dumb behaviour of the animals. He didn¡¯t realise that he was almost always selling stupidity just like them, instead laughing happily. He laughed until he was out of tears. He couldn¡¯t smile anymore when he flipped to the next page. The next page focused on how cats were domesticated, their history, and how adorable they were. Lin Jiabao felt so embarrassed being praised so much. But the last paragraph¡ª¡ª The estrus period of domestic cats. This made Lin Jiabao take a deep breath, this question was too H!! It even caused his head to shrink and him to be unable to even look at Ouyang Feng gege¡¯s direction. Enough, enough, hurry flip the page¡ª¡ª It talked about the importance of the sterilization of cats. ¡­ QAQ It turned into a horror scene! The author has something to say: Lin Jiabao was excitedly looking around the animal world, this was his first yellow film (p*rn) ?( ????_???? )? CH 39 Lin Jiabao put the book back into its original place. Thankfully, no one had come in at this time or the cat would have definitely been scared to death. However, after reading the book and recalling his own behaviour, Lin Jiabao felt that he himself was in estrus. Every time the hormone-rich Ouyang Feng came near, his heart would start to pound, leaving him unable to act like himself anymore. He couldn¡¯t have possibly fallen for the male lead ba? This assumption shocked Lin Jiabao. He opened the door quietly and through the crack, he peeked at the still-working Ouyang Feng. Ouyang Feng had an aura of sobriety around him, and his temperament was totally different. Ah meow, should he go home and use the computer to search Baidu1? The adolescent young meow resolutely concealed his mood. If only Chen Chen hadn¡¯t left, as he was a professional. Someone suddenly knocked on the door. When Ouyang Feng said ¡®come in¡¯, an unknown lady walked in with a box. Lin Jiabao didn¡¯t even get a chance to get a good look at it before Ouyang Feng told the lady to leave. Lin Jiabao looked at Ouyang Feng, who was looking at the box. The atmosphere was similar to that of one in poems. I¡¯m looking at you yet you¡¯re looking elsewhere. It¡¯s giving me a stomach ache but¡ª¡ª The atmosphere wasn¡¯t sad at all ah! He always felt that he was doing something bad in secret! As Lin Jiabao saw that Ouyang Feng was getting ready to get up, his thoughts screeched to a halt. He dived into the blanket on the couch and before he could even close his eyes, Ouyang Feng opened the door lightly and came in. Strange, wasn¡¯t the door locked? Ouyang Feng glanced at the door without paying much attention, then looked at the big, round pair of eyes peeking through the blanket. Ai, how was he so cute. However, Lin Jiabao wasn¡¯t actually sleeping. Ouyang Feng didn¡¯t intend to interrupt his rest as he was happy looking at him this way. Lin Jiabao, who wanted to feign sleep but had no time to close his eyes, watched Ouyang Feng walking closer to him. Suddenly thinking of the ¡®little yellow book¡¯ he¡¯d read just now, he started to feel a little warm. ¡°Baobao, I have something to give you.¡± Ouyang Feng placed the box on the table and moved closer, touching Lin Jiabao¡¯s forehead. ¡°Did you catch a cold? Why is your face so red?¡± ¡°No, no, no, not red.¡± Lin Jiabao reflexively wanted to retreat but found that doing so would be too obvious, so he controlled himself. ¡°I, I, I¡­¡± ¡°En, what¡¯s the matter?¡± Crap, he forgot his words, what should he say now? Lin Jiabao racked through his brain and suddenly recalled something the shop manager had said. He blurted out, ¡°I have thin skin!2¡± Wait, he wasn¡¯t a mosquito, why did he say that he had thin skin? Ouyang Feng couldn¡¯t stop the corner of his lips from twitching up when he heard Lin Jiabao seemingly praise his thin skin. But seeing Lin Jiabao¡¯s regretful face that came immediately afterwards, he held himself back as much as he could. ¡°Right, you take this.¡± Ouyang Feng handed the box over to Lin Jiabao, helping him off the embarrassing stage. Lin Jiabao willed the redness on his face away and took the box. Wu, it wasn¡¯t light but neither was it heavy, he didn¡¯t know what it was. The square-shaped box also didn¡¯t have any words written on it. Ouyang Feng let him open it. He suspiciously peeled the lid open, and saw pamphlets on the top. Yi, a smartphone manual? He took the pamphlets away¡ª¡ª Ai, ai, ai, why was there a phone?! Lin Jiabao lifted his head to look at Ouyang Feng, silently asking as to why Ouyang Feng gave him one. Ouyang Feng explained, ¡°It¡¯s an employee benefit. This is something an employee needs.¡± ¡°But I¡¯m not an employee, I¡¯m just here to learn. I can¡¯t take it ba.¡± Lin Jiabao was torn while holding the box, afraid that he would drop it. Although what he had and what he was holding were both mobile phones, they couldn¡¯t be any more different, especially in terms of price. How could he accept such an expensive phone? What was more, he was vaguely aware that Ouyang Feng was actually treating him like a special case. No matter what he was eating or when he was working, it was like he was being spoiled, and he didn¡¯t know anything. The job was supposed to be like working at a coffee shop¡ªit was meant to be joyful but also stressful at the same time. Lin Jiabao passed the phone back resolutely, making the final decision of not accepting it. This made the corners of Ouyang Feng¡¯s mouth quirk up. Not only did it make his heart itch, but he found it funny as well. ¡°Wu, don¡¯t worry, this isn¡¯t meant for you, this is meant for you to use during your internship.¡± Ouyang Feng gave up in the end and said, ¡°In our company, we need our employees to have a special app on their phones to receive announcements and important messages. If you don¡¯t have the app, it will be troublesome for the ones around you.¡± As for the tracker and safety feature on the phone, Ouyang Feng kept quiet about it. So it was like this; he wasn¡¯t getting a new phone, he was being lent one! Lin Jiabao took the phone over. Looking at the pretty smartphone, he felt reluctant to touch it and handle it roughly, afraid it would be damaged. Seeing Lin Jiabao¡¯s careful handling, Ouyang Feng pushed the box into his embrace. ¡°Alright, after work, let¡¯s go to the cafe. I¡¯ll teach you how to use it.¡± ¡°En, en.¡± Lin Jiabao nodded his head hurriedly. He was originally a cat, so he had only ever seen others use it but never used it himself. Two words, very happy! (¡¨¡¯¨Œ¡¯¡¨)!!! It was said that the internet celebrity rabbit played a fruit-cutting game and gained a huge number of fans. When he returned to his human form, he proceeded to become an internet star! Only if mommy didn¡¯t beat him. As he had received a good thing in the afternoon, Lin Jiabao¡¯s state had been rather frozen throughout the day. He almost filed the documents wrongly, causing his face to pale in fright. He finally slapped his own face to wake himself up before focusing on doing his job. It was just that he¡¯d used a little too much strength and the area he¡¯d hit was stinging. Ouyang Feng saw this and his heart hurt. This silly child, why did he have to hit himself. He really was a Bao with thin skin. When it was finally time to get off work, they first went to the cafe to see how the cats were being looked after. There was someone to feed them in the mornings, so they didn¡¯t need to worry in the evening. As the owners weren¡¯t there, the cat lords weren¡¯t listless¡­ Yes, they weren¡¯t listless at all! Everyone was reluctant to think about it. They were more than capable of stealing more food to eat. Plus, they didn¡¯t need to let customers play with them. All the fur on the cats shook. They were on break, they didn¡¯t mind if their owners came back a little later! The faces of the cats lit up and turned greasy as they gathered around Lin Jiabao. Ouyang Feng fell silent as he saw this. He felt as if he was abusing his family¡¯s Baobao. So when it came to teaching Lin Jiabao how to use the phone, Ouyang Feng tried to be as warm and attentive as possible, making Lin Jiabao¡¯s little heart race. But he was confused at the same time, was gege upset about something? Somewhere else, someone was indeed feeling upset. Her little sister¡¯s ¡®kind¡¯ information was pinned under Murong Zi¡¯s high heels as she lit it on fire. She looked at the papers burning silently and told the butler to prepare a flight ticket to China. However, she wasn¡¯t going to return now, it wasn¡¯t time. But since her adorable little sister was so nervous about ¡®marriage¡¯, she would stay in the country. hi everyone! it has been a while. once again, i¡¯m so sorry for disappearing like that, life just hasn¡¯t been too good to me lately and i¡¯m still learning how to cope. thank you for sticking around and i hope to see you guys soon, once i finally submit my assignments tomorrow :> Baidu is China¡¯s version of Google Thin skin = a high tendency to get upset or offended by little issues; in a literal sense, it just means you get cold quickly CH 40 The afternoon¡¯s weather was nice and breezy. After getting off work, Lin Jiabao sat in the car and watched the people on the pavements walk back. For a moment, the car was completely silent. He had learnt a lot from working at the company for the past week, even how to carry himself properly in the real world. He looked at the time. The ¡®study holiday¡¯1 at Dong Chen High should be ending soon, he didn¡¯t know how Chen Chen and the rest were doing. As for whether he liked Ouyang Feng gege or not, he was still confused. Even if he had the courage to borrow a computer, he lacked the courage to actually search for the answer online. During weekend nights, he would curl himself into a ball and count the strands of fur on his tail, which would pop out. Likes me, likes me not, likes me, likes me not¡­ The ¡®study holiday¡¯ was coming to an end, and Ouyang Feng was contemplating not letting Baobao go. However, thinking of how the other was still a child, he found it would be going overboard if he didn¡¯t let him rest during his holidays and could only hide his desire in his heart. Although his treatment towards Lin Jiabao was quite gentle, his treatment towards his subordinates was the opposite. More often than not, when Lin Jiabao took a sneaky peek at Ouyang Feng, the latter¡¯s face was as blank as a piece of paper. This frightened his fur into standing up. He feared that his mood had affected Ouyang Feng and caused him to get upset. He was even more fearful that Ouyang Feng disliked him. Although, it seemed silly to do so! OTZ So before the last day of their ¡®study holiday¡¯, the two found themselves sharing reluctance to part and suggested meeting tomorrow during their breaks¡­ Wait, break? Ouyang Feng pondered for a while. It was now time to call the office and give himself some vacation. Who said that a company couldn¡¯t function without its president, how would the president manage their business then? Did anyone write about how a president ran their business? Lin Jiabao was getting ready to get off the car when Ouyang Feng suddenly called out to him. He immediately got back inside and turned to Ouyang Feng, a serious look on his face. ¡°Do you have any plans tomorrow? It¡¯s too early to leave now.¡± Lin Jiabao heaved a sigh of relief when Ouyang Feng asked him this but he had no idea what to do. He thought for a while before saying, ¡°I¡¯m not sure, I might need to go down to the shop to look after the cats?¡± ¡°The shop already has someone looking after the cats, why don¡¯t you and I go to a snow mountain for a holiday?¡± Ai?! This was simply like hooking onto a big fish. Lin Jiabao pinched his thigh, it hurt, so he mustn¡¯t be dreaming, right?! Ouyang Feng saw Lin Jiabao¡¯s stunned appearance and poked his face, redirecting his attention to himself. ¡°You can bring your cat along with you, we can go for walks to breathe in the fresh air.¡± Meow! Mum! Can! Go! Too! Lin Jiabao was really excited about this parent-child trip, he had never done it before! ¡°I, I, I¡­¡± He really wanted to agree but he had some uncertainties that he wanted to go back and clarify with mummy at home. ¡°May, may I go home and think about this some more?¡± ¡°Of course you can, but it would be best to let me know by the end of today, okay?¡± ¡°Yes, meow!¡± Lin Jiabao ran home with his short little legs as fast as he could. Before 1028 could welcome him home and before the door could be locked, the bear child had tackled it to the sofa. ¡®Lin Xiao Bao! What¡¯s the matter with you today?¡¯ ¡°Meow, meow, meow, meow!! Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow!!¡± ¡®Wait, let me get up first and lock the door.¡¯ 1028 pushed Lin Jiabao to one side, happening to see that the child hadn¡¯t even taken off his shoes. ¡®Still haven¡¯t taken off your shoes, hurry and take it off!¡¯ Lin Jiabao saw that mummy¡¯s gaze was not one of playfulness and hurriedly got up to close the door. He took off his shoes and placed them on the shoe rack. He finally sat down properly and looked eagerly at mummy. ¡®So the male lead abandoned his work and asked you to go on a holiday with him?¡¯ Lin Jiabao hugged 1028 and said, ¡°And you too mummy, I really want to go on a trip with mummy to play.¡± ¡®Hmph.¡¯ The number of times the two of them had ever travelled together was rare, almost zero. They either wanted to travel and had no money or pets weren¡¯t allowed on the trip. This was a great regret for Lin Jiabao. ¡®Okay, going together is fine too.¡¯ 1028 finally agreed but its cat eyes narrowed into slits as it looked suspiciously at Lin Jiabao, who was over the moon with joy. ¡®You¡¯re so happy, is it really because you want to go on a trip with me?¡¯ Lin Jiabao froze up instantly, and his back broke into cold sweat, feeling like a child who had been caught in a puppy love by their parents. He was so guilty he couldn¡¯t even turn his head. 1028 inspected Lin Jiabao¡¯s face and said, ¡®Your face is so red, how suspicious ah.¡¯ ¡°I, I, I, I¡¯ll go pack our suitcases!!!¡± Lin Jiabao hurried into the bedroom and took his old phone, shakingly (due to his guilty conscience) sending a message to inform Ouyang Feng that he could travel. He got a reply almost instantly, as if the other was waiting for him. ¡°Okay, bringing a few pieces of clothing will do. Let¡¯s meet at the usual place tomorrow. I¡¯ll fetch you at 9 am.¡± Hehe, really happy, cough cough. Because he could go on a parent-child trip with mummy. As for what else he was happy for, only Lin Jiabao needed to know. Early in the morning, before his alarm clock even rang, Lin Jiabao had gotten up. He looked at the time. Aiyo, it was only 6 am. Lin Jiabao meowed quietly and switched off his alarm. He got up silently, fearful of waking mummy up before walking into the bathroom. He washed his face, brushed his teeth, and gargled his mouth. He looked into the mirror, this cat had a good complexion. Okay, Lin Jiabao, pull yourself together and check your luggage one more time. However, after happily checking his things countless times, 1028 finally woke up from its charging state. Looking at the kitty in front of it who was tirelessly looking through the suitcase, 1028 chased him away and got him to prepare breakfast. After eating breakfast, they watched the news together. Time flew by and it was finally the moment Lin Jiabao was waiting eagerly for. 1028 laid itself on the suitcase, as if it were a blanket. Lin Jiabao used two hands to push the suitcase out. After waiting for a while, an SUV made its way towards them. Only when the person got down from the car did Lin Jiabao realise that Ouyang Feng drove a different car today. He helped Lin Jiabao put his luggage into the boot before helping him into the car. What a magnificent car. Lin Jiabao touched the seat¡¯s cushion, this was simply the feelings of a man (and a male cat)! ¡°Wear your seatbelt properly, we¡¯re going off now.¡± Ouyang Feng rubbed Lin Jiabao¡¯s head. Two lonely men going on a trip, no matter how one thought of it, it was romantic. Ouyang Feng was about to start the engine of the car and unintentionally made eye contact with the cat in Lin Jiabao¡¯s embrace. He found the cat¡¯s gaze to be a little off, it seemed to be sizing him up. On one side, Ouyang Feng and his group had just set off, and on the other, a furious Ouyang Chen burst into the former¡¯s office. Ouyang Chen complained as he was opening the door, ¡°Boss, why didn¡¯t you pick up the phone when I called you. You have no idea how those crazy girls from the Murong family came to me this time, I¡­¡± ¡°Where are you?!!!¡± Ouyang Chen looked around everywhere, but he couldn¡¯t even find a shadow of Ouyang Feng. The butler from the house was nowhere to be seen, nor were his phone calls answered. He wasn¡¯t on a business trip either so where was he?! Ouyang Chen left the office and pulled a busy secretary Wen to one side; only after asking him did he know that while he himself was suffering, his da ge was on the way with Lin Jiabao to a snow mountain!! Damn it!! Ouyang Chen clenched his fists and dialed Bai Youlian¡¯s phone number, having decided that he wanted to make trouble for his da ge. However, if he went by himself, he would definitely be chased away. But if he went with Bai Youlian, his ge would show a little more face, hehehe! ¡°Wei, girl, you wanna go to a snow mountain? My ge is paying.¡± I¡¯m so sorry for the delay! Stuff happened Not the whole holiday but the ¡®work shadowing¡¯ part CH 41 Considering that they could only play around for a few days, Ouyang Feng chose to stay at Prada snow mountain, where he had a few private villas. As Prada snow mountain wasn¡¯t in Dong Chen, it would take some time to get there. Flying there would take around half an hour, but driving was more interesting. Having just started, Lin Jiabao was looking out of the window with a face full of excitement. He looked and looked until he was tired, eventually falling asleep in the passenger seat. Ouyang Feng glanced over at the person next to him who had fallen asleep. He turned off the music and increased the temperature of the air conditioner before covering him with a thin blanket. How warm. Lin Jiabao hugged the blanket, feeling much more comfortable. When he woke up, the sky had already darkened. Sensing movement from the passenger seat, Ouyang Feng turned and saw that Lin Jiabao was stretching under the blanket. Amused, he asked, ¡°You¡¯re awake?¡± Lin Jiabao rubbed his eyes, completely unresponsive to where he was. Only then did he recall that he had fallen asleep in the car¡ªhad this thin blanket been placed on him by Ouyang Feng? He was a little embarrassed. He lightly said ¡®en¡¯ before looking left and right. ¡°Where are we right now?¡± ¡°We¡¯re almost there.¡± Ouyang Feng made a turn onto an empty road. It was the holiday season and scenic areas were usually full of tourists. But the road they¡¯d turned onto was oddly quiet, as if there were no other visitors here but them. However, looking out of the window, the snowy mountain seemed to be getting nearer to them. Seeing Lin Jiabao¡¯s curiosity, Ouyang Feng took the initiative to explain, ¡°This road is part of a private property, most people can¡¯t come here.¡± How amazing ya. Lin Jiabao¡¯s thoughts scattered; he thought of the overcrowded roads he¡¯d seen on television and felt that he was very lucky. They weren¡¯t on the road for long before they saw a mansion not far off. Although it was a regular stopover for Ouyang Feng, to Lin Jiabao, it was the biggest house he had ever seen. Ouyang Feng stopped the car outside the mansion¡¯s gates, which opened by itself, amazing Lin Jiabao. He drove the car up to the mansion; a steward came up to them after halting. ¡°How pretty.¡± Lin Jiabao took in the surroundings with sparkling eyes. The mansion¡¯s location was good, and the mountain wasn¡¯t too far away. Ouyang Feng had the steward carry the luggage in and wanted to bring Lin Jiabao inside. 1028 leapt onto Lin Jiabao¡¯s shoulder so Ouyang Feng could only retreat and take Lin Jiabao¡¯s hand. ¡°The scenery on the second floor is better, let¡¯s go there first.¡± ¡°Okay \(^o^)/~¡± According to Ouyang Feng¡¯s plan, although he¡¯d prepared two bedrooms for Lin Jiabao and himself, the rooms would be side by side. They would go skiing in the day and watch a movie or play games at night. If Lin Jiabao got tired, it would be most logical to let Xiao Bao sleep on his bed. This plan was seemingly perfect, save for that rather hateful cat. However¡­ ¡°Surprising!!!¡± Damn¡­ Ouyang Feng gazed indifferently at the Ou Doudou1 running towards them, wanting nothing more than to punch the other into the snowy mountain. Lin Jiabao¡¯s eyes widened in shock before he smiled happily. ¡°Chen Chen! You¡¯re here too?!¡± ¡°Yo~!¡± Ouyang Chen put on a cool look and waved at Lin Jiabao. ¡°We two brothers really are tied together by the string of fate.¡± Ouyang Chen looked at Lin Jiabao with mischief in his eyes, but upon seeing the black smoke exuding from his brother, he hurriedly added, ¡°Bai Youlian wanted to come and I remembered that we have a house here, so I just took a plane with her!¡± Bai Youlian walked out from behind Ouyang Chen, pinching his waist harshly. Originally, this was his idea, yet she ended up being blamed. ¡°Hello Ou da ge2, sorry for disturbing you guys.¡± Ouyang Feng sighed, this was really regretful. He said, ¡°It¡¯s fine, it¡¯s more fun when there are more people. Baobao and I just got here.¡± He smoothly pulled Lin Jiabao a little nearer to himself. ¡°Lianlian, you also came to ski la.¡± Lin Jiabao, on the other hand, was very happy; it was a coincidence that his friends had come too. Bai Youlian waved at him. She suddenly noticed how close Lin Jiabao and Ouyang Feng were standing, even holding hands. She found the atmosphere between them to be a little off. Ouyang Feng got everyone to go in and talk on the sofa. The living room of this family villa was very empty, it was enough for Lin Jiabao to roll infinitely. The floor-to-ceiling windows overlooked the scenery of the snow-capped mountains, leaving Lin Jiabao unable to help himself from pressing 1028¡¯s face to the window. Ouyang Feng brought them hot cocoa and took special care to put it in Lin Jiabao¡¯s hand before asking the rest, ¡°Have you guys eaten dinner?¡± Ouyang Chen leaned back lazily. ¡°Haven¡¯t, we were waiting for ge and the rest, who would¡¯ve thought that you would be so slow.¡± Ouyang Feng heard this and raised his eyebrow. ¡°Oh?¡± Bai Youlian silently turned her head to look out of the window, sipping on her hot cocoa and acting stupid. ¡°I didn¡¯t know that you cared so much about our journey, xiao di3.¡± He heard the word ¡®xiao di¡¯, and he knew that he was done for. Ouyang Chen realised he had misspoken and quickly backtracked. ¡°I heard this from your secretary, I didn¡¯t eavesdrop on purpose.¡± Very good, there were no silvers here4. ¡°Heh.¡± But at this moment, Lin Jiabao suddenly ran up to them from the window. He heard that it was almost time to eat and asked excitedly, ¡°What are we eating later?¡± ¡°Hot pot ba, eating it when the weather is cold is the best.¡± This opinion was unanimously agreed upon by everyone. As the ingredients were of extremely high quality, Lin Jiabao¡ªwho had been craving hot pot¡ªfound the meal to be especially satisfying. The trip had a surprise addition of another two guests so the room next to Ouyang Feng¡¯s master bedroom that originally belonged to Lin Jiabao was now taken over by Ouyang Chen. Lin Jiabao¡¯s room just so happened to face Bai Youlian¡¯s. Ouyang Feng suppressed his unhappiness. He looked over at Lin Jiabao, who was rubbing his tummy and could no longer resist leaning over to press a hand to it. Lin Jiabao burst into giggles, trying his best to push Ouyang Feng away. ¡°Itchy, don¡¯t touch.¡± Hiss, this scene made people excited. Ouyang Feng took a deep breath through his nose and asked Xiao Bao, ¡°You¡¯ve been in the car the whole day, do you want to rest now?¡± However, Lin Jiabao had actually slept well during the day and wasn¡¯t tired at all. He shook his head and was about to reply when Ouyang Chen suddenly appeared behind Lin Jiabao, pressing his hands on the latter¡¯s head. Ouyang Chen happily said, ¡°Then let¡¯s have a late-night chat. Let me tell you the number of misfortunes I encountered these past few days, Bai Youlian that fool did so many stupid things¡­¡± Seeing how Ouyang Chen wasn¡¯t aware of his ge¡¯s dark appearance, 1028 and Bai Youlian suddenly found Ouyang Chen to be a little pitiful and silently mourned for him. Lin Jiabao appeared resolute in his decision, and Ouyang Feng didn¡¯t say any more, instead saying to Ouyang Chen, ¡°Remember to rest early, we still have to go skiing tomorrow.¡± So scary!! Da ge¡¯s gaze seemed to be peeling his skin off! He hadn¡¯t even done anything, wei!!! wahhh i¡¯ve been so busy lately with assignment after assignment. coupled with unhelpful lecturers and you¡¯ve got me in a veryyyyy difficult position for now, updates will be every two weeks until mid January since my last submission is around there. thanks for sticking around and i hope you¡¯ll continue to read meow!!! I¡¯m guessing this is a nickname. ´ó¸ç da ge = big brother СµÜ xiao di = little brother A clumsy lie CH 42 People of similar age tended to stick together, and Ouyang Feng couldn¡¯t stop it no matter how upset he was. He could only watch as the little kitty happily played with Ouyang Chen and knocked on Bai Youlian¡¯s door. 1028 meowed once, watching from the side with cold eyes. It was still early, and Bai Youlian had not washed up yet. Hearing someone knock at her door, she got up and placed down the notebook she was writing in. She opened the door to see two figures¡ªone big and one small¡ªstanding before her with their hands raised as if in the middle of knocking the door. Bai Youlian, who had just been used by Ouyang Chen to take the blame, was unhappy to see his face. With a low tone, she asked, ¡°What?¡± On the other hand, Ouyang Chen was in high spirits and placed a hand on the doorframe as if saying ¡®laozi is very bored¡¯. ¡°Come play ah.¡± However, Lin Jiabao noticed the blue veins popping out on Bai Youlian¡¯s forehead and felt regretful for following Chen Chen over. He took a deep breath. ¡°Sorry if we disturbed you, I¡¯ll leave right away!¡± He immediately turned around. ¡°Wait!¡± Bai Youlian used one hand to grab Lin Jiabao¡¯s collar and pressed a foot on Ouyang Chen¡¯s. ¡°What do you want to talk about?¡± ¡°Hiss, fuck.¡± Ouyang Chen pulled his foot back and replied with a grin, ¡°Let¡¯s talk in your room.¡± Bai Youlian let them in, and the three of them sat by the chairs at the balcony, starting to sip on the tea as if they were old people. Lin Jiabao suspiciously glanced at Ouyang Chen. Didn¡¯t he say he wanted to talk about studying, so why were they drinking tea? Ouyang Chen placed down the teacup and sighed heavily before asking Lin Jiabao, ¡°Xiao Bao, did you really go over to my ge to study?¡± Lin Jiabao nodded his head, sitting quietly as he waited for Ouyang Chen to continue. ¡°Let me ask you, has my ge¡¯s behaviour been suspicious lately, such as going through menopause?¡± Seeing as Ouyang Chen asked this question, he must really be swimming in a sea of misery. ¡°No.¡± Lin Jiabao learned from Ouyang Chen and took a sip from his teacup, only to find it too bitter before placing it down. Ouyang Chen clicked his tongue twice before finally saying, ¡°If you¡¯re close to my ge in the future, help me keep an eye on him.¡± These two brothers were sick in the head and all looked for Lin Jiabao to carry out Mission Impossible style missions. Lin Jiabao made an ¡®en¡¯ sound before curiously asking them, ¡°How were your studies?¡± ¡°It was okay ba.¡± Bai Youlian furrowed her eyebrows, seeming to have recalled an unpleasant memory. ¡°I wasn¡¯t in the same company as this female tigress. I was drilled by my second ge.¡± Ouyang Chen looked exhausted when he thought of his past week, looking pitiful and starved. ¡°However, that psycho followed me over and ended up making a scene.¡± ¡°That¡¯s right, Murong Nanqiu didn¡¯t bother you ba?¡± Lin Jiabao shook his head, he¡¯d forgotten about her over the past week. ¡°Isn¡¯t this unscientific?¡± Ouyang Chen rubbed his chin. ¡°Could it be that da ge got rid of his facade with the Murong family?¡± Bai Youlian adjusted her glasses and didn¡¯t speak. In fact, she was also relatively tired. There were more troubles than usual when she was studying, as if someone was deliberately trying to make her stumble. She had thought it was Murong Nanqiu who had done it, but she¡¯d denied it. If Murong Nanqiu tried any crooked ways, Xiao Bao would¡¯ve died 3 or 4 times by now. ¡°Lian Lian, are you tired?¡± Lin Jiabao lowered his voice. Talking about studies seemed to make her tired, did she not rest well? Bai Youlian waved her hand, showing that she felt fine. She took a sip of tea and cleared her throat. ¡°Does the Murong family have a company there?¡± Ouyang Chen looked at the stars outside of the window and thought for a while. ¡°They probably do, but it¡¯s just a start-up, it¡¯s not big.¡± ¡°Murong¡¯s eldest miss seemed to have been sent there to clean up.¡± Was it¡­ Bai Youlian was silent, as if thinking about something. ¡°Ah, now I remember, I heard that their family¡¯s eldest miss is chasing my da ge hahahaha.¡± ¡°!!!!¡± What the meow!! All of Lin Jiabao¡¯s attention was taken away by Ouyang Chen¡¯s words, and he was unable to think properly. He also didn¡¯t know what to say. Just as he wanted to speak, there was a sound from outside the door. Dong¡ª¡ªDong¡ª¡ªDong¡ª¡ª Ouyang Chen lazily said ¡®enter¡¯, only to see the door knob move on its own and Ouyang Feng walk in. ¡°You should sleep, you still have to go skiing tomorrow.¡± Ouyang Feng looked at Lin Jiabao and warmly reminded him. The author has something to say: (*?????) Sorry, I have been looking for a job these last two days. I will have an exam at 7 o¡¯clock tomorrow. I¡¯m going to be busy. I¡¯m still reviewing the test questions. I¡¯ll make up for it tomorrow. hi everyone¡­ sorry it¡¯s taken so long for an update to come out. this semester has been kicking my ass so hard. i will do my very best to get back on track but my semester only ends in late february-ish so no promises! thank you so so much for sticking around this long, i really appreciate it.