Li Wan was so embarrassed she wanted to crawl into a crack in the floor. It took her a while to realize that just now, when she’d been talking to Xixi, she’d used cat language the whole time.
Chi Yan could usually guess most of what she wanted to express, but he was still a human. There was no way he understood cat speak.
Li Wan let out a long breath.
Seeing how she’d been scared half to death, Chi Yan’s eyes carried even more amusement. He reached out and poked the little cat’s head. “Stupid cat.”
Li Wan : “!!!”
The little cat was going to get mad! Really going to get mad!!
She flicked her tail, shifted positions, and pointed her butt at the two‑legger.
But to her shock, the stupid two‑legger didn’t interpret her gesture as a threat at all. Instead, he let out a low laugh, as if he found it adorable. He looked like he was even in a good mood.
“……”
Li Wan got even angrier, and also felt wronged, her whole heart full of ‘I don’t want to talk to you.’
Yet the shameless butler leaned close to the back of her ear and, still smiling, asked softly, “Did I offend you? Why are you avoiding me?”
In that instant, all the fur on the little cat’s body stood straight up!
She felt as if all the thoughts she tried to hide were completely seen through by Chi Yan.
Under his gaze, she didn’t dare move a single muscle. A wave of heat shot straight to her head, and her heart thumped wildly, like it was about to leap out of her throat.
No.
This wouldn’t do.
If she reacted like this whenever Chi Yan questioned her, wasn’t she basically admitting she was guilty?!
Cold sweat dampened the pads of her paws. She didn’t dare look back at the man behind her.
She thought a long time had passed—but in reality, it had only been one breath. With great difficulty she managed to steady herself a little.
She forced her dazed little head to turn back, her heterochromatic eyes still clear. *Meow?*
—“What are you talking about?”
Little cats don’t understand, you know.
The man stared at her for a long moment, narrowing his eyes.
Li Wan’s heart nearly stopped. She was on the verge of tears. If she were in her human form right now, she would definitely have broken down crying and confessing everything.
She really had done something unforgivable. She actually wanted to sleep with the two‑legger who raised her. What kind of animal did that make her?!
Li Wan was falling apart.
Fortunately—
Just as she was about to be forced into choosing between crying and admitting defeat or running away, the man finally spared her.
He exhaled lightly, and his tone returned to its usual casual drawl. “Stupid cat.”
Of course he knew why the little cat was acting so strangely around him. Or, to be precise, this was all his doing.
How could he spend so long quietly teasing her and expect the little cat to stay calm and aloof, as if she were watching a fire on the opposite shore?
There was no such unfair thing in the world.
Li Wan stayed frozen on the spot.
She didn’t understand why he called her ‘stupid cat’ again.
Her burning little cat brain still hadn’t regained its normal function—otherwise she wouldn’t have completely ignored the obvious fondness in his voice.
She tried to think it through, but before she could, her two‑legger was called away by the director again.
Li Wan finally relaxed.
But at the same time, the little cat wasn’t happy at all.
—Scumbag.
She cursed silently.
He already knew she was upset and avoiding him on purpose, yet he didn’t even care enough to ask why seriously. He just tossed out a lazy question and called it a day.
Annoying jerk.
Even if… he wasn’t like her—and didn’t have all those strange, greedy feelings—still, they’d known each other for so long.
She was Chi Yan’s one and only little cat, and Chi Yan was her one and only butler.
Annoying.
The more she thought about it, the more sulky she got. She tucked her tail in, leapt down from the cat tree, and went upstairs to play by herself.
At night, she still didn’t want to sleep next to Chi Yan. Just thinking about the dream she had last night made the little cat blush and her heart race uncontrollably.
Gathering her courage, she ran to Mama Qingqing and Xixi’s room to beg for shelter.
Xixi looked at her like it couldn’t bear to watch. It wanted to chase the little kitten back to her own room, but considering how sulky she’d been the past two days, it reluctantly looked away and magnanimously allowed her to stay.
After all, she was only a two‑ or three‑month‑old kitten.
Du Qingqing was a little surprised.
“Wanwan?
“You want to sleep with me?”
Li Wan nodded furiously. *Meow meow!*
—”Yes yes!!”
She absolutely could not handle another night like yesterday!!
Du Qingqing laughed. She didn’t refuse, but said, “Okay, but I have to tell your Papa first. Otherwise he’ll worry and come looking for you.”
Li Wan didn’t like that.
She really didn’t want to see Chi Yan right now, but from Mama Qingqing’s perspective, she was someone else’s child. Of course she had to inform the parent.
She surrendered to fate and prayed that the two‑legger would be as easygoing as he had been during the day. Maybe he’d let her stay without fuss.
But reality proved she was dreaming.
Chi Yan showed up right after the call, knocked on the door, and, right in front of Mama Qingqing, grabbed her by the scruff and carried her away.
Li Wan: “……”
Wuwuwu…
😿😿😿
—Mama Qingqing, save me, wuwuwu…
Chi Yan brought her back to the room and tossed her onto the bed.
The little cat rolled over, preparing to quietly burrow into the blanket and not face the awful situation.
But of course, it wasn’t going to be that easy.
The little kitten’s tail was deliberately pressed down by the bad guy, and she couldn’t break free.
Li Wan was on the verge of a breakdown, watching the two-legger crouch by the bed and look at her at eye level.
He began to speak: “Wanwan.”
He looked utterly innocent. “Did I do something to upset you?”
Li Wan remained silent.
But the butler was no longer as easy to fool as during the day. Those peach-blossom eyes staring at her were deep and focused, as if he would absolutely not let her go until she explained everything.
She was about to cry, but it was obvious that crying wouldn’t save her.
The little kitten could only tremble and shake her head: *Meow… meow.*
Really, there was nothing she could do, QAQ.
Chi Yan clicked his tongue lowly. “Then why are you hiding from me?”
Li Wan didn’t dare look into those eyes at all.
Just the slightest sense of his gaze made her body feel like it was heating up again.
The fragments of last night’s dream resurfaced in her mind against her will.
Mist filled the bath, his knuckled hand reached out from behind, clasping hers in an intertwined grip, while the other hand kneaded her waist, his movements suggestively intimate.
Li Wan’s head and cat ears flushed crimson, as if the little kitten had ceased to be a cat and melted into a puddle of soft, fluid mush.
She couldn’t handle it. Her pair of differently-colored eyes were now misty, carrying a clear plea:
—Don’t ask.
—Don’t speak.
—Please.
Chi Yan was momentarily stunned.
He had clearly been intending to tease the little kitten into confessing her unspeakable thoughts.
But when he met those wet, imploring eyes, it was as if a soft rabbit had bumped against his heart, and he let go.
Enough.
He stood up as if nothing had happened and said in a normal tone: “I’m going to wash up; you sleep on your own for now.”
Li Wan was dazed.
That’s it… over?
But indeed, the man had left. She blinked, her mind still a mess, and wobbled back to her cat nest.
She couldn’t share the same bed with Chi Yan anymore. Her mind wasn’t clean; in his eyes, she was still just an ordinary… no, slightly special little kitten. He didn’t know her heart was full of erotic thoughts.
It was unfair to Chi Yan; it was taking advantage of him.
She was too bad.
The little kitten reflected on herself until the lights were out. Watching Chi Yan get into bed and cover himself, her eyes were slightly damp.
She was a bad cat.
She barely slept all night.
Not only did she feel guilty toward Chi Yan, but she was also guarding against him picking her up and bringing her into his bed while she slept.
The little kitten really couldn’t bear it.
But, unexpectedly, Chi Yan didn’t act like last night.
Li Wan didn’t feel relieved; in fact, she felt even worse.
Perhaps, she thought, perhaps last night it wasn’t Chi Yan who brought her onto the bed.
It was herself, unknowingly, who had moved onto the man’s bed.
She was too… lewd.
Li Wan was utterly on the verge of collapse.
Fortunately, after the production team and that bad guy Fu Shilin terminated their contract, this second episode of the variety show didn’t last much longer.
Soon after, once this episode ended, they each returned home, and Li Wan no longer had to share a room with the man she fantasized about.
Once home, Chi Yan didn’t stay long either. As a popular triple-golden award-winning actor, he was very busy and had to leave for his schedules after only a few days’ rest.
Li Wan finally breathed a sigh of relief. With no one around, her reckless, love-struck brain could finally cool down.
But that wasn’t enough.
She really couldn’t always be around Chi Yan.
After careful consideration, she decided to contact Sister Chen, Chi Yan’s agent who had previously extended an olive branch, expressing that she wanted to enter the entertainment industry.
Sister Chenwas action-oriented and already interested in her. Without consulting Chi Yan, she quickly arranged a gig.
It was a shoot with a rising young actor, a slightly popular ‘sweet boy’ type.
Chi Yan returned home that afternoon after finishing his schedule. Not seeing his little kitten at home, he called Sister Chen and found out about it.
He immediately frowned. “I said she’s not suited for this industry.”
Chen Jie thought, “The contract’s signed; it’s too late to regret now,” and smiled on the surface: “Wait, are you really planning to keep her forever?
“Chi Yan, she’s a person, not a cat or dog. She has her own life. She wanted to work. As an adult, she has the right to make her own choices. You can’t keep restricting her.”
Chi Yan replied without hesitation, “She can do anything if she wants to work. Sister Chen, you know this industry very well…”
Sister Chen shook her head with a smile.
“Chi Yan, you’re overthinking because you care too much.
“Do you think just because you can succeed in this industry, she can’t? Besides, if anything happens, aren’t you there to protect her?
“Fine,” she sighed, “if you really disagree, I can’t do anything. Clearly, she listens to you more.
“But I think you could first watch her at work and then make a decision.”
Chi Yan pressed his lips into a straight line. Thinking of the girl’s sparkling apricot eyes, he finally felt a temporary sense of relief.
He asked Sister Chen for the location and went with her to pick up Li Wan after her first shoot.