Li Wan wasn’t as averse as Xixi.
Although she was quite cat-like now, most of the time she still thought of herself roughly as a human, so she wasn’t as afraid of water as Xixi was.
Watching the fish swimming leisurely in the pond below, occasionally poking their heads out to tease her a little, she actually felt a bit eager to try.
—Oh wow! This looks so much fun!!
Li Wan flicked her tail toward the two humans on the other side and meowed twice, signaling that she was willing to step up and ‘rescue’ the two silly humans.
Du Qingqing was amused by the way she held herself so proudly. “Brother Chi, is Wanwan trying to say she wants to give it a try?”
Chi Yan didn’t immediately agree.
The pond was too deep; even a little kitten could get into trouble.
Besides, if she accidentally fell in, there was no dryer around here, and the cat could catch a cold.
But in the next moment, the cameraman seemed to understand what he was worried about and cheerfully brought over a pet hair dryer: “Teacher Chi, don’t worry! If the kitten falls in, we can immediately scoop her out with a net and dry her fur!”
Chi Yan and Du Qingqing: “……”
As expected, the production team had everything planned.
Even after he said that, Chi Yan had no reason to refuse. Before he could even go over to help Li Wan untangle the leash, the kitten tugged her head, and the leash came off by itself.
“?!!!”
【??!!?】
【Wait, so what’s the point of the leash?!】
【Oh my god, that was so dangerous! I knew Chi Yan didn’t really like the kitten, there’s no way this leash could hold her!】
【If Wanwan had run into trouble on her way over and pulled free from the leash in panic… I don’t even want to imagine the consequences!!!】
【Abuse! This is definitely abuse!!】
【Ah, can some top celebrity fans stop pretending to be bystanders? We have eyes too, geez.】
【Why always target our Brother Chi? The leash was prepared by the production team, and Brother Chi even checked its sturdiness beforehand!】
【Why else? Isn’t it just they’re jealous that Brother Chi is popular on this show?】
This wasn’t untrue. On the production team’s Weibo poll for ‘most popular group,’ Chi Yan skyrocketed to first place thanks to the popularity of the kitten, Wanwan.
【Hahaha, I think you’re overthinking it. Clearly the kitten is cooperating willingly.】
【Kitten: I’m tying myself, hehe.】
Actually, in a way, the comments correctly guessed what the kitten was thinking.
She wasn’t going anywhere; the leash was mostly just for show for the humans.
Li Wan bounced over to her human and rubbed against his pant leg reassuringly.
*Meow meow meow!*
—”Don’t worry, Master Cat will save you!”
Chi Yan squatted down and patted her head. “Aren’t you scared?”
Li Wan shook her little head, spinning it like a windmill.
As if a cat of her stature could be scared!!
“……”
Alright then.
Du Qingqing, laughing, scratched the kitten under her chin and then stepped aside to watch Li Wan take action.
Li Wan chose a spot very close to the water.
The fish in this pond were probably unaccustomed to human interference. If they hadn’t heard the commotion outside, they liked to swim in the shallow areas.
The little kitten focused on the water’s surface, lowered herself silently, her whiskers twitched, and her paws struck so fast it was almost invisible!
The next moment—
“Oh my!!”
“The kitten is amazing!!”
“Cat hero!!”
Du Qingqing cheered loudly.
Li Wan proudly walked back with a fish almost as big as her own body. Even Chi Yan’s eyes showed a hint of a smile.
“Good cat.”
As usual, he patted her head, trying to flatter the cat with his limited vocabulary.
Li Wan was thrilled, her tail swishing leisurely, enjoying the rare human’s praise. Then she flicked her ears and turned to Xixi: *Meow! Meow!!*
—”Look at me! Look at the fish I caught!!”
Xixi hummed softly and turned its head away.
But it was actually a little envious. That little kitten had so much courage—no fear of water—something it could never manage.
Every time it saw so much water, it remembered being forced into water by mischievous kids when it was a stray.
At that time, it even thought it might die.
Luckily, the production team rescued it and delivered it to Mama Qingqing.
Xixi exhaled slowly, and suddenly sensed something. It turned and met the gentle gaze of Mama Qingqing.
She seemed worried that it was scared.
In that instant, the cat’s little heart felt bathed in sunlight. Its fur-face flushed bright red as it buried its head in its paws in a futile attempt to hide it.
Li Wan didn’t see this. She continued catching fish.
The fish were foolish, and she caught several in succession before the smaller ones stopped coming over.
She moved to another spot and crouched, but it wasn’t as easy as before. Smaller fish didn’t want to approach.
No choice. Her human hadn’t finished his task anyway!
Her two-legger is hers to pamper!!
Li Wan set her sights on a bigger fish nearby. After crouching for a while, the fish relaxed, thinking she wouldn’t do anything. Then she struck—
Another perfect catch!
But this one wasn’t as smooth.
The fish was bigger than her entire cat body. No matter how wide she opened her mouth, she couldn’t control it.
The fish, startled, thrashed its tail instinctively, trying to return to the water. Li Wan, being just a tiny kitten, wasn’t prepared. She was knocked off balance and went straight into the water!
*Meow!!!*
—”Help!!!”
Chi Yan was startled and quickly rushed with a fishing net to save her.
Li Wan paddled towards his net in a doggy-paddle style, but before she got close—maybe because she had tried to catch that fish earlier and it held a grudge—it charged straight at her!!
Little Cat : “!!!!”
🙀
She didn’t even think about calling for help from the humans; she just changed direction mid-paddle. After being chased around the pond by the fish, she finally clambered ashore in a fluster.
Li Wan immediately leapt into her human’s arms, looking terrified: *Meow meow meow!!*
She had never known that fish could be so scary!!
Its mouth was bigger than her cat head!!!
Chi Yan somehow understood her words. Although a little worried, at this moment he: “…pfft.”
He couldn’t help it and let out a low laugh.
Li Wan: “?!!!”
No conscience at all! And you’re laughing!!
Next to them, Du Qingqing couldn’t stop laughing either: “No way, Wanwan is just too cute!!!
“Hahaha… uh, Wanwan, Mama Qingqing mom didn’t mean it that way. She just meant she’s really worried about you, haha.”
Li Wan’s eyes instantly became even more plaintive.
😿
【…Even though I probably shouldn’t, I really want to laugh hahahahaha】
【Where else do you see a kitten being chased around a whole pond by a fish hahahaha】
【This is killing me hahahahahaha】
【Wanwan the cat is too cute!!】
【I really don’t understand how you can laugh, Wanwan was in so much danger, and she was still working hard for the team’s score】
【Look at Xixi next to her】
【? In this day and age, people still lead a mob against a cat? Xixi is obviously afraid of water, right?】
【If you’re afraid of water, just stay aside, really ridiculous】
【???】
Of course, Li Wan and the others had no idea what the online comments were saying.
The little cat shook off her fur, splashing her human with water in the process, and calmly walked into the dryer.
In no time, her fur became fluffy again, like a perfect white cotton candy.
But now, the task still wasn’t complete.
Li Wan padded around the pond, looking for a place to continue catching fish.
But after what had just happened, she was clearly a little scared of the fish’s big mouths; whenever a fish opened its mouth toward her, she instinctively stepped back.
Du Qingqing looked on sympathetically: “Why don’t we just use the net? Catch as many as you can. If we can’t finish the task, that’s fine.”
Chi Yan thought the same. He lifted the little cat and placed her on top of the dryer, patting her head: “You stay here.”
Li Wan: *Meow?*
—”But what about the task?”
At that moment, Xixi actually let out a cat call: *Meow.*
Everyone looked at it. The large Maine Coon, feeling a bit embarrassed, awkwardly avoided their gaze: *Meow, meow.*
—“Let go of me, I’ll catch the fish.”
Du Qingqing didn’t understand, thinking he might be uncomfortable: “What’s wrong, Xixi?”
Xixi looked troubled and turned to Li Wan: “Help me untie this stupid rope.”
Li Wan blinked: “But you’re afraid of water, right? It’s okay, I can go back in and catch the fish later!”
The Maine Coon ignored her.
It had its pride.
If a tiny few-month-old kitten could catch fish, it couldn’t just stand there and watch.
It couldn’t let Mama Qingqing down.
Seeing its determination, Li Wan eventually went to untie its harness.
The Maine Coon was much bigger than her. Standing up, it was like a small mountain. But it really was afraid of water, so it stood at the pond edge for a long time before finally overcoming its fear.
When catching fish, it was very careful, afraid of getting wet.
But after all, it was a stray adult cat with plenty of hunting experience, and soon it caught one fish, then another, much faster than Li Wan.
In the end, their team was the first among the three groups to complete the task.
【See, see, the cats really are the strongest!!】
【Our Xixi did well too! Thanks to Wanwan for helping our Xixi overcome its fear!!】
That afternoon, the two humans went into the city together to buy gifts for the cats.
The city mall was crowded, so it wasn’t convenient to bring the two cats along. They were left in the villa.
With no guests around and few people paying attention, Xixi sprawled on the cat tree for a nap, while Li Wan twitched her ears and quietly returned to her room, transformed back into human form, and checked the live broadcast on her phone.