CH 61

Chapter 61 – Numb

Thank you so much for the ko-fi, Charlie! ♡♡♡

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Why didn’t you close the door when showering?

Qin Chen felt innocent, “I closed it.”

He just didn’t lock it. One is that he didn’t have this habit; two is that he didn’t expect Xu Jian to barge in.

Xu Jian’s movements stagnated when he heard the words. He just wanted to ask again, his paws are on the keyboard, but Qin Chen guessed what he wanted to ask and took the initiative to speak, “The shower head in the bathroom inside (master bedroom) is broken. I remember telling you that.”

Xu Jian’s head tilted to see what he meant: Did he?

Qin Chen nodded affirmatively, “I told you, maybe you were too focused on your phone at that time and didn’t hear me.” 

Xu Jian tried hard to recall. When he was sneakily browsing Qin Chen’s Weibo home page, he seems to have heard him say something.

But at that time, Xu Jian was feeling guilty as a thief, and his attention wasn’t on what Qin Chen said.

Thinking about it this way, Qin Chen is indeed innocent.

Seeing Xu Jian’s beautiful bright cat’s eyes start to blink ah blink and drift in confusion, Qin Chen knew he was embarrassed and smiled magnanimously, “It’s okay, we’re all men, you don’t have to feel embarrassed. If you really feel sorry then…”

Qin Chen’s voice paused, his gaze indistinctly swept between Xu Jian’s two hind legs, and suggested, “… I can also look back.”

Xu Jian: “??”

Before Xu Jian could meow to show his objection, Qin Chen suddenly attacked and quickly pinned him down on the soft sofa before he could react.

Xu Jian: “Meow—"

Staring with round eyes at Qin Chen, who harbored bad intentions, Xu Jian panicked. After a meow, his four short legs began to struggle.

At this time, Xu Jian was still rational. He carefully hid his claws in his meat pad and didn’t scratch Qin Chen’s handsome face.

Four legs couldn’t beat Qin Chen’s hands. Looking at Qin Chen who was gradually approaching from above, Xu Jian unconsciously held his breath and clamped his two hind legs —

Is he going to lose his innocence today?

Although he knew that he had been seen by Qin Chen a long time ago and the other party also took pictures, Xu Jian’s heart was still nervous, his whole body was tense; he deathly stared at Qin Chen’s movements.

Qin Chen seemed to be deliberately antagonizing Xu Jian, moving slowly. Xu Jian felt that he was a piece of fish on his chopping board, letting him(QC) slaughter him(XJ).

Just when Xu Jian was so suffocated that he was almost about to die, Qin Chen, who was pressing hard step by step, suddenly smiled.

(Like their soul went into Milk's body which is just a joke here.)

[I’m so jealous of Milk. I also want to see Brother Chen take a bath wu wu wu.]

[At this moment, who doesn’t want to become Milk? I’m so sour.]

[I’m tired of saying that people are worse than cats.]

[I unilaterally announce that I will be the second cat raised by Brother Chen in the future.]

[Brother, is your family still short of cats? The graduate student kind that can do housework!] (T/N: Qin Chen, I can also meow...)

Xu Jian who read the comments: ……

It’s all a misunderstanding!

The comment section was full of envy, and Xu Jian felt that he’d still struggle to explain this matter again —

Although Qin Chen’s figure is very good, he really didn’t mean to…

“What are you sighing for without rhyme or reason?”

Xu Jian look up at him, then sighed again before replying, “Is it good for me to be like this?”

Xu Jian felt that his daily life was too stimulating and that his fragile nerves were about to be overwhelmed.

Qin Chen knew what he wanted to say and stared at the bracelet on his wrist for two seconds before asking, “Are you now at the stage where you turn into a human during the day and a cat at night?”

Xu Jian actually thought of this possibility, but his tone wasn’t quite sure, “I don’t know. There is no precursor of every change now, and I can’t predict it in advance.”

Qin Chen: “This is simple, we’ll know in two more days.”

Xu Jian frowned, “But aren’t you on the plane tomorrow morning?”

The crew took two days off; Qin Chen will have to return to the crew tomorrow.

Qin Chen said, “This is easy. You can send me your identity information first then I will ask Xiao Nan to book a ticket for you. When the time comes, whether you take the plane or the check-in depends on tomorrow morning.”

Xu Jian’s time to turn into a person has now increased. In fact, he doesn’t have to bother Qin Chen anymore. He can completely buy a ticket home.

But after hearing Qin Chen’s words, Xu Jian’s words of rejection circled in his throat twice, and in the end, he couldn’t say anything.

Looking at Qin Chen in silence for a while, Xu Jian finally swallowed the fried egg in his mouth and sent his identity information to the other party.

Just this once.

Xu Jian thought in his heart that if he’s really sure that he would only turn into a cat at night, he wouldn't bother Qin Chen and cause him trouble.

Xiao Nan was very efficient in her work. After receiving Qin Chen’s message, she booked Xu Jian’s ticket for the same flight without saying a word.

At 10:30 pm, Xu Jian really turned into a cat again. This time, he learned to be smart and consciously ran to the second bedroom to sleep.

Looking at Xu Jian da da da striding towards the second bedroom with his short legs, Qin Chen couldn’t help regretting in his heart. He began to regret that he lives alone in the house, so why did he install a second bedroom that is usually useless and gets in the way when necessary?

Early the next morning, Qin Chen woke up to find that the kitchen lights are on; the sound of spatula stir-frying was faintly heard.

Qin Chen instantly understood that his family’s little ancestor have changed into a human again and is now acting as the snail gongzi* this time.

[*male version of the Chinese folktale: "The Snail Girl"/“The River Snail Maiden” which is equivalent to a good man at home.]

Xu Jian was also quite embarrassed to let Qin Chen cook all the time, so he got up early this morning to cook porridge, egg crepes, and even fried two kinds of light side dishes suitable for breakfast.