“Chi Yan.
“You’ve already caused your father’s death, and now that I’ve finally managed to live peacefully for a few years, do you still want to get me killed too?!”
Listening to the familiar voice coming from the phone, Chi Yan’s expression grew colder. “What are you trying to say?”
The woman’s voice was sharp and harsh. “You and I have nothing to do with each other anymore. I only called today because I heard about what happened between you and A’Lin on the variety show.
“If you still have even a little conscience left, you should come out and clarify things yourself. A’Lin is obviously not that kind of person. Abuse his partner? Please.”
She let out a mocking laugh. “A-Rin would never do such a thing. Don’t think I don’t know—this must all be you scheming behind the scenes to smear him.
“You’ve been jealous of him for a long, long time. I’m the one who gave birth to you. Don’t you think I know what kind of person you are?
“I’m not calling to discuss this with you. This is your final warning. If you don’t publicly clear A’Lin’s name, then I’ll do it myself.
“Don’t blame me if things get ugly!”
She rattled on and on, and without waiting for his reply, hung up.
The busy tone sounded *beep, beep*, but it was a long time before Chi Yan slowly relaxed his fingers and put the phone down.
Hearing all that, he wasn’t surprised at all.
Of course.
Every time she came to him, it was always for her ‘son’ and her wealthy husband.
Biological?
Ha.
She knew he was her biological son, yet somehow he could never compare to that stepson who always glared at her.
The weather was already shifting toward autumn, and the wind carried a chill sharp enough to freeze a person’s heart.
He was now a highly acclaimed, wildly popular Movie Emperor with tens of millions of fans.
Yet in that moment, he felt as if he had slipped back into those dark years he had fought so hard to crawl out of.
Winters in City A were brutally cold, cold enough to freeze one’s limbs. When he was still young and ignorant, he chased his mother all the way to the street corner. Just as he was about to grab the hem of her luxurious dress, the security guards yanked him away without mercy.
Right after that—
Was the woman’s gaze, colder than winter itself.
She was warning him not to cling to her again.
Chi Yan’s fingers curled tightly, dark peach blossom eyes flickering with a madness-tinged stubbornness.
She wouldn’t let him cling, wanted to shake him off?
Then he would do the opposite.
This was the price she ought to pay. She birthed him, then abandoned him.
He had been turned into a monster, so how could those who had punished him escape the monster’s revenge?
The familiar headache threatened to return, but he didn’t stop thinking.
His body trembled slightly from the cold.
And then—Chi Yan suddenly sensed something, his body relaxing as he turned back, meeting a pair of apricot eyes filled with concern.
His cat.
…who was now in human form.
The girl was leaning over the back of the sofa, hands braced on it, standing on tiptoe as she peered at him. Her fresh, youthful face was so smooth it looked like it had no pores at all.
No wonder Sister Chen was tempted.
Maybe all spirits were born beautiful, or maybe she was simply a special case, she was very pretty.
Even Chi Yan was momentarily dazed when he saw her.
Li Wan didn’t notice his lapse at all. She only looked at her two-legger with worry. “Brother…”
She hesitated, then asked in a small voice, “Who was calling you?”
She already had a vague guess.
There was only one person in the original story who could make the villain lose control like this.
Chi Yan’s Adam’s apple moved slightly. He didn’t answer.
His eyes were growing darker and darker, deep enough to be frightening.
Li Wan felt as if she were seeing the Chi Yan from that night again—the graceful Movie Emperor turning back into a shadowy monster.
But unlike before, she wasn’t afraid at all.
This was her two-legger.
He was so, so good, not at all like the story made him out to be.
How could someone like him endure such unfair pain?
Her chest throbbed painfully. She awkwardly patted his head to comfort him. “Don’t be sad.”
If it were a normal person, she could say things like ‘No matter how unreasonable parents act, they still want the best for you.’
But Li Wan knew the plot. Say that to Chi Yan and it would break him instantly.
Ah…
The little cat racked her mushy brain again and again but still couldn’t think of what to say.
She really wasn’t good at comforting people.
In the end she gave up and whispered, “Brother, how about… you cry a little? You’ll feel better if you cry. I’ll stay here with you.”
Then, as if reassuring herself, she nodded hard. “Mm. Don’t worry, I’ll stay with you the whole time.”
At least until she had properly settled down in this world, she wasn’t going to leave Chi Yan.
Thinking this made her feel guilty.
It was as if she were using him, flattering him just to secure food, shelter, and comfort.
Terrible.
Li Wan pressed her lips together, trying extra hard as she attempted to comfort him.
She leaned closer and, mimicking how she used to do it as a fluffy kitten, rubbed her head against his hand.
“…”
Chi Yan’s gaze slowly shifted to her.
This was his cat.
Although he didn’t know where she came from, she now already had a ‘Chi Yan’s cat’ label stamped all over her.
Truly, she was his and only his.
The man’s eyes grew even darker, like a monster baring its fangs.
But the girl didn’t sense anything wrong.
She was far too inexperienced in the world, and because she trusted her two-legger so easily, she had even put aside her instinct to detect danger. Her round heterochromatic eyes were clear and bright as she looked up at him.
Just like snow.
Li Wan didn’t understand, and softly called him.
“Brother?
“What is it?”
The darkness in the man’s peach blossom eyes quickly faded, and afterward, a faint smile slowly surfaced on his pale face.
“It’s nothing.
“Thank you.”
Li Wan actually sensed a little something off, but soon tossed the thought aside.
After all, her butler was a mentally unstable person. So what if he acted a little strange sometimes?
Seeing that the two-legger’s mood had stabilized, she slipped back into the kitchen with the intention of making a few more dishes to make the helpless human a little happier.
After dinner, Chi Yan voluntarily went to tidy up. Before entering the kitchen, he handed his phone to her.
“I prepared something for you.
“If you need anything else, just order it on the phone.”
There are hardly any girls who don’t like shopping!
Li Wan’s eyes immediately lit up. “Thank you, Brother.”
When she smiled, her eyes curved slightly, and two dimples faintly appeared on her porcelain cheeks, sweet and soft.
It was easy to imagine how rosy her pale cheeks would become if someone were to lick them.
Like a plump, just-ripened peach.
Chi Yan didn’t know what thought flashed through his mind. He let out a small laugh. “No need for thanks.”
Li Wan sparkled as she picked out clothes.
Back when she lived with her uncle, although her aunt hadn’t mistreated her thanks to her uncle’s insistence, she knew she was living under someone else’s roof, so she saved whenever she could. She never bought clothes so freely.
But it was different with Chi Yan.
Chi Yan was rich.
Forget one Li Wan—even ten of her, Chi Yan could support them easily!
Li Wan didn’t even need to hesitate as she ordered, just tap tap pay!!
This one looks good.
This one also looks good.
Uuuuuuuu…
Being someone’s little kitty is amazing!!
The butler treats his kitty way too well!! The kitty must work hard and earn money one day to repay him properly!!
But as she kept scrolling, the speed mysteriously slowed.
The butler was such a good person, yet his mother… who knows what she was thinking, treating him like that.
When he was little, she dumped him in an old house and didn’t care about him. And when he finally grew up, she still scolded him for the sake of that rotten stepson Fu Shilin.
Hmph!!
The two-legger’s mother was also a bad person!!!
Li Wan got angrier the more she thought!
He had been so sad after that phone call, who knows how that horrible mother had scolded him?!
As she thought about it, the little kitty suddenly sprang up from the sofa.
Shopping paused! She needed to help the poop-shoveling officer scold back!!
He was under the kitty’s protection now, no bad mother could bully him!!!
Li Wan sneaked through his unguarded phone to find the bad mother’s contact information, then cautiously sent a message to the bad mother from her own phone.
Because—
She knew her own scolding skills. That bad mother was so fierce; if she called directly, she might get yelled at until she cried like a drenched kitten!
Mew mew mew mew mew.
The kitty could not handle that!
Angry, she typed incredibly fast and soon sent the message.
The main idea was that Chi Yan’s mother was stupid, didn’t appreciate Chi Yan, and she was a bad mother.
To add extra force, she even added at the end:
[Idiot!!]
Super fierce kitty!! 😾
The other side seemed to read it quickly and replied disdainfully:
[Who are you?]
Kitty typed : [Who I am doesn’t matter, what matters is that what you did is wrong!]
She tried to think seriously about how to persuade this bad mother to treat Chi Yan a bit better, but before she could, a string of messages came in:
[Who do you think you are? Why are you meddling in things between me and Chi Yan?]
Bad Mother : [Chi Yan is a jinx, a freak. He killed my husband. I’ve been merciful by not making him pay with his life!]
Bad Mother : [And what are you, to speak up for that lunatic?!]
More insults followed, all aimed at Chi Yan.
Li Wan stared, eyes widening, and her anger shot up ten meters high like a spring breeze igniting a wildfire!!
Too much!!!
Her face puffed up like a furious pufferfish!
She rolled up her sleeves, ready to reason with this unreasonable crazy woman!
She edited a long, angry message—but when she hit ‘send,’ she realized—
—she had been blocked.
Li Wan : “…!!!”
Unbelievable!!
The little kitty stared at the smooth phone screen, almost exploding!!
She was going to be cooked alive from anger!!!
She immediately regretted being polite earlier and secretly vowed that next time she would scold that woman until she cried!!!
Li Wan dug her claws into the sofa in anger, and only after a while did she realize her cat instincts were coming out again.
She was crouched like a kitty, fiercely scratching the leather sofa!
She wasn’t using a small amount of force, either—actual claw marks were visible.
Oh no.
The kitty froze.
When the butler came out and saw this, he would definitely scold her!