Day: December 25, 2021

TL: hoenimochi        TLC: hoenibean

　　Li Jianglin has four sons. Well, there are only three now because Li Zhenruo is a fake.

　　He didn’t know if it’s because the sons are not from the same mother, but the appearances of the Li brothers are quite different from each other.

　　Needless to say Li Zhenzi is handsome because he has a mother of mixed-race beauty. Li Zhenruo didn’t know what his second brother’s mother looks like, but Li Zhenran is just as slender and handsome. Different from Li Zhenzi’s Western profile look, Li Zhenran is more in line with the traditional aesthetics of the oriental people, with slightly raised long eyebrows, tall and straight nose bridge, an expression that’s a little cold, but with a dazzling eyes.

　　Being watched by Li Zhenran, Li Zhenruo could not turn his head for a while.

　　A man and a cat looked at each other for a long time, until the elevator door opened in front of them.

　　Li Zhenran stepped inside with his long legs.

　　Li Zhenruo was a little dumbfounded. He was here to wait for the elevator, but he couldn’t let Li Zhenran know that he was waiting for the elevator. Why would a cat know how to wait for the elevator?

　　Hold on, why can’t a cat living in an apartment with an elevator take the elevator? They can’t always take the stairs, right? Dogs can wait for the elevator, so why couldn’t cats?

　　It’s been a while since Li Zhenran went in, but the elevator door still didn’t close.

　　Li Zhenruo only noticed at this time that Li Zhenran was actually holding the door down, like he was still waiting for him!

　　He stalled for a while, Li Zhenruo stiffened his head and dragged his tail into the elevator.

　　The elevator door slowly closed, Li Zhenran suddenly spoke, and his low voice echoed in the elevator, “Which floor are you going to?”

　　Li Zhenruo looked at Li Zhenran in shock, thinking: Is he talking to me? Is he stupid?

　　However, it’s obvious that Li Zhenran was just asking casually, because he had already pressed the twenty-third floor button.

　　Li Zhenruo still hasn’t recovered from the shock.

　　He has three older brothers. In comparison, the relationship with his elder brother Li Zhentai is probably the best, because Li Zhentai has a gentle personality and is more or less willing to take care of a few brothers as the eldest. The conflict with the third brother Li Zhenzi has been obvious and out on the surface. After all, he was young at that time, but now he thought about it, it’s not a deep hatred. As for the second brother Li Zhenran, Li Zhenruo didn’t know him well enough to understand him.

　　Li Zhenran is a little indifferent, not only with the Li family brothers, even with Li Jianglin. He rarely communicates.

　　However, Li Zhenran is the most capable of the brothers. For a long time, Li Zhenruo regarded Li Zhenran as his greatest enemy in his career.

　　This time, Li Zhenruo put a lot of effort into the western investment project. He wanted to neatly show Li Jianglin his hard work, in order to make himself better than Li Zhenran in Li Jianglin’s heart.

　　Unexpectedly, everything was in vain in the first place. Even if he predicted he did it well, the project has now been handed over to Li Zhenran. Li Zhenzi is only assisting Li Zhenran in his work. So much of his preparatory work is just to make wedding clothes for others¹metaphor for saying someone have done so much only for other to reaped the benefits of it. Read more Tang Dynasty Poem: Poor Girl.

　　Thinking of this, Li Zhenruo became hostile to Li Zhenran again.

　　He thought that Li Zhenran was probably the most likely among the Li brothers to attack him. It turns out that Li Zhenran is the direct beneficiary when he dies.

　　When this western project was neatly handed over to Li Jianglin, he’s afraid that Li Zhenran’s position in the Li family would be unshakeable by anyone anymore.

　　The elevator went from the 22nd floor to the 23rd floor in a flash.

　　This is a private elevator used by the Li family. It only stays on the 22nd to 24th floors, and the first and basement floor. It’s unlikely for ordinary employees to take it.

　　The moment the elevator door opened, Li Zhenruo wanted to go outside.

　　But he didn’t expect Li Zhenran to move a step faster than he did and picked him up before the elevator doors opened.

　　Li Zhenruo: “?”

　　He didn’t understand what Li Zhenran’s purpose for holding him up was. He resisted a bit, but he couldn’t show the resistance too clearly. So he just struggled in Li Zhenran’s arms.

　　Li Zhenran didn’t let him go, and after the elevator door opened, he walked out.

　　On the 23rd floor, in addition to Li Zhenzi’s office, there is also Li Zhenran’s office on the other side.

　　Li Zhenran hugged Li Zhenruo and walked towards his office. Li Zhenruo stayed in his arms and smelled the refreshing fragrance of men’s perfume.

　　As he entered the big room of the office, Li Zhenran lifted Li Zhenruo by the back of his neck and put him on the assistant’s desk.

　　Li Zhenran’s assistant, Hua Yibang, wears black-rimmed glasses. He always looks serious and seems a bit old-fashioned.

　　He raised his head and jerked his glasses, and asked Li Zhenran, “Zhenran?”

　　Li Zhenran said, “I picked up a cat.”

　　Hua Yibang looked at Li Zhenruo with a somewhat puzzled expression. After thinking for a while, he said, “It seems to be Mr. Li the third’s cat.”

　　Li Zhenruo’s eyelids twitched.

　　The Li family brothers, sometimes when the employees under them meet them, they aren’t sure how to address him. However, for those who are more casual, they will usually call him the Fourth Young Master or his English name²Read more here. However, Hua Yibang always called him Mr. Li the fourth sternly, giving Li Zhenruo the illusion that he was in the Republic of China.

　　At this time, Li Zhenran was a little surprised, and said, “The third child’s cat?”

　　Hua Yibang said, “Yes when I came today, I heard that Mr. Li the third brought a cat to work.”

　　Li Zhenran nodded when he heard the words, “Then you can send it back to him.” After speaking, he put Li Zhenruo aside and walked to the inner office.

　　Hua Yibang then stood up, twisted the back of Li Zhenruo’s neck with one hand, and sent him to Li Zhenzi.

　　Li Zhenruo didn’t like being lifted off the neck very much. He struggled to express his dissatisfaction, but it didn’t help.

　　Hua Yibang brought him to Li Zhenzi’s office, knocked on the door, went in, and handed it over to Su Yao before leaving.

　　At this time, Li Zhenzi had already finished speaking with his staff, and stayed alone in the office, with his legs folded and flipping through a magazine.

　　Su Yao knocked on the door to send Li Zhenrou in and put him on the coffee table.

　　Li Zhenzi put down the magazine and glanced at him, frowned, and asked, “Where did it go?”

　　Su Yao said, “Hua Yi Bang brought it over.”

　　Li Zhenzi seemed to be a little dissatisfied, “He slipped away as soon as I opened the door, and what did she say about it being obedient.”

　　Su Yao asked him, “Do you want to lock it up?”

　　Li Zhenruo suddenly became nervous, he walked to the edge of the coffee table, closed his eyes, and jumped down.

　　Su Yao thought he wanted to sneak, and was about to bend down to catch him, but he had already reached Li Zhenzi’s leg, and raised his head next to Li Zhenzi’s trousers, and ‘meowed’.

　　Su Yao smiled when she saw it, “It knows who the master is.”

　　Li Zhen raised his foot and scratched Li Zhenruo’s chin with the tip of his shoe.

　　Li Zhenruo didn’t dare to dislike it and slightly narrowed his eyes to look like he enjoyed it.

　　Li Zhenzi then said, “Forget it, take it, remember to close the door when you go in and out.” After thinking about it, he said, “Bring him a bowl of water.”

　　Li Zhenruo has to thank Li Zhenzi for finally remembering this.

　　Su Yao went out for a while and used a small plate to fill clear water on the floor for Li Zhenruo. Li Zhenruo quickly walked over and drank a few sips of water. However, because his face was too flat, he would wet the hair on his face every time he drank water, so he rubbed the carpet from side to side very uncomfortably.

　　Li Zhenzi looked at him and ignored him, turning over the files on the desk.

　　Li Zhenruo wanted Li Zhenzi to pick him up several times so he could take a peek at the contents of the file. Unfortunately, Li Zhenzi didn’t intend to pay attention to him, and would gently kick him away with his feet when he was annoyed by him.

　　After two or three times, Li Zhenruo no longer went over.

　　After leaving work in the afternoon, Li Zhenzi has a social gathering.

　　Before he left, he said to Su Yao, “It’s not convenient for me to take a cat out. You can help me take it back to my house. I’ll let Wang Ma know.”

　　Su Yao replied, “Okay.”

　　Li Zhenzi changed to another set of clothes, packed up his things, and left.

　　Su Yao put Li Zhenruo in a cage, found a cardboard box, put his toilet and rice bowl together, and planned to go down.

　　Li Zhenruo was a little dissatisfied that she put her toilet and rice bowl together, and expressed his protest with a meow.

　　Su Yao just left the office to wait for the elevator with a suitcase in one hand and a pet cage in the other, when Li Zhen Ran and his assistant Hua Yi Bang came out of the office one after the other.

　　Hua Yibang saw that Su Yao had taken so many things, so he took the initiative to help.

　　”Second Young Master,” Su Yao nodded and greeted Li Zhenran with a smile.

　　Li Zhenran looked at the cat cage she was holding and asked, “Where are you taking it to?”

　　Su Yao said, “Daniel asked me to send it to your home.”

　　Li Jianglin’s sons are not married yet, so naturally they did not live separately. But even if they get married, no one wants to just move out of Li’s house.

　　Li Zhenran was a little surprised, “The third one wants to raise it?”

　　Su Yao said, “Daniel said to temporarily foster for a few days.”

　　Li Zhenran asked her, “Whose cat?”

　　Su Yao did not reveal it to him this time, and shook her head apologetically, “He didn’t say, I don’t know.”

　　As if he didn’t care, Li Zhenran just nodded his head.

　　When the elevator came, Hua Yibang dragged Su Yao’s cardboard box into the elevator.

　　Li Zhenran suddenly reached out to her, “Leave it to me, I’ll take it back for you.”

　　Su Yao was taken aback, and said with a smile, “This is too much trouble for Second Young Master, how can I be so shameless?” But she thought to herself, I was waiting for you to say that!

　　Li Zhenran said, “It’s okay, I’m going back anyway, there’s no need for you to make another trip.”

　　Su Yao then handed the cage containing Li Zhenruo to Li Zhenran’s hands and said, “Then thank you, Second Young Master.”

　　Li Zhenran was noncommittal and took the cat cage over.

　　When he went down to the underground parking lot, Li Zhenran’s driver was already waiting for him in the car.

　　Hua Yibang put the whole card box into the trunk of Li Zhenran’s car, and Su Yao opened the trunk of her car and brought in all the other pet supplies that Li Zhenzi had put on her car when he left.

　　She repeatedly thanked Li Zhenran.

　　Li Zhenran just nodded his head.

　　Li Zhenruo was very quiet along the way. Of course, he had no other choice but to keep quiet. No one would care about his opinions.

　　The pet cage was placed in the back seat by Li Zhenran, right next to his seat.

　　After the driver drove, Li Zhenran reached out and opened the door of the pet cage.

　　Li Zhenruo hesitated, he didn’t really want to go out, mainly because he didn’t want to stay in the same car with Li Zhenran. But he couldn’t be too obvious, so he dawdled to put his head out first.

　　Li Zhenran gently scratched his ear with his slender fingers.

　　Li Zhenruo looked up at Li Zhenran and found that Li Zhenran was also looking at him.

　　

　　Li Zhenran’s fingers scratched his chin and rubbed the top of his head with irresistible comfort. Soon Li Zhenruo found that he had succumbed to this irresistible force and wasted no time in getting out of his cage and lying on his back by Li Zhenran’s legs.

　　After a while, Li Zhenran withdrew his hand.

　　Li Zhenruo reminisced about the touch just now and was reluctant to give it up. With a lot of reluctance touched Li Zhenran’s thigh with a paw.

　　Li Zhenran looked down at him.

　　Li Zhenruo can’t speak, so he can only open a pair of round eyes to try to express his emotions.

　　Li Zhenran did not seem to understand.

　　Li Zhenruo was a little frustrated. He lay down on his legs for a while and felt bored. He went back to his pet cage and buckled the door with his paw.

　　Li Zhenran glanced at the pet cage, raised one long leg, leaned back comfortably, and closed his eyes.

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The author has something to say:

Don’t complain about the name I chose. It’s not easy to pick four at once.

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Notes:
Tbh, I also want to complain to author because I keep confusing the name XD
WHY ALL SO SIMILAR? I get they are siblings but… I mean… uh….
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TL: hoenimochi        TLC: hoenibean

　　Li Zhenzi drove to the company by himself.

　　The cloth cover outside the cage was not closed, and Li Zhenruo was able to breathe a few mouthfuls of air freely in the car. He lay down in the cage, but he was unsteady because of the braking from time to time. In the end, he simply sat and held on to the plastic railing of the cage with his claws.

　　Li Zhenzi didn’t pay attention to him all the way to the office. He only turned his head to look at him when he was waiting for the red light at an intersection and laughed when he saw Li Zhenruo look a little nervous.

　　What are you laughing at, Li Zhenruo thought to himself.

　　He really doesn’t like Li Zhenzi too much. Out of the three brothers, the only one who has the better relationship with him is probably only the eldest brother.

　　When he arrived at the headquarters of Yunlin Group, Li Zhenzi drove directly to the underground parking lot.

　　After parking the car, Li Zhenruo saw him pull the door and get out of the car, and he suddenly became nervous. He was afraid that Li Zhenzi would really leave him in the car all day.

　　Fortunately, Li Zhenzi walked to the passenger’s side after getting out of the car and pulled the car door to carry Li Zhenruo’s cage out.

　　Li Zhenzi brought the pet cage to the elevator and made a phone call, probably to his assistant. After connecting, he said to the person on the other side, “Find someone to come down later and bring the cat food and cat toilet from my car to my office.”

　　After the order was given, he hung up the phone.

　　There’s no need to meet someone when entering the elevator in the underground parking lot. After reaching the first floor, many company employees got into the elevator one after another.

　　Seeing Li Zhenzi, the employees were all startled slightly, and then nodded to greet him.

　　Li Zhenzi has a relatively easy-going personality and is not very well-mannered. He leaned back against the elevator a little lazily, and nodded his head as a response.

　　Everyone noticed that Li Zhenzi was holding a pet cage.

　　A young female employee looked down and found that it was a cat.

　　A beautiful female employee with a bold personality said to Li Zhenzi, “Mr. Li, is that your cat?”

　　Li Zhenzi always had a good attitude toward beauties. He raised his hand to raise the cage a bit, and said with a smile, “Yes, is it cute?”

　　The entire female staff in the elevator actually answered him at the same time, “So cute!”

　　Li Zhenruo was taken aback, and fell back behind because he couldn’t stand firmly, which led to a series of “So cute!” “I really want to hug!”

　　Fortunately, Li Zhenzi didn’t really give him to everyone to touch and hug him.

　　As he followed Li Zhenzi until they arrived at the office by himself, Li Zhenruo was still a little shocked.

　　Although Li Zhenzi does not often appear in Yunlin’s head office, the brothers all have private offices in the head office.

　　When Li Jianglin built this building, he specially invited a Feng Shui master to examine it. A fortune teller once told Li Jianglin that twenty-four was his lucky number, and it happened that Li Jianglin also encountered a major turning point in his life when he was twenty-four. From then on, everything went smoothly. So this building has a total of 24 floors. Li Jianglin’s office is on the 24th floor.

　　Li Zhenruo and the four brothers’ offices are allocatedin the 23rd and 22nd floors.

　　The large office is a suite. There’s a secretary’s office outside, and inside, there is a lounge with a bathroom inside.

　　Li Zhenzi put Li Zhenruo’s cage on the coffee table in the office, and walked towards the inner room by himself, with no intention of letting him out.

　　After a while, Su Yao, Li Zhenzi’s assistant, brought Li Zhenruo’s cat toilet and pet food bowl from outside, and placed it in the corner.

　　Of the four Li brothers, only Li Zhenzi’s assistant is a woman. She is a beautiful woman with strong working ability.

　　Su Yao next walked to the coffee table and bent down to look at Li Zhenruo.

　　Li Zhenruo raised his front paws to cling to the cage, just in time to see a bit of Su Yao’s hidden cleavage.

　　Being a cat also has these kinds of benefits. Li Zhenruo comforted himself and just wondered what kind of woman the fourth son Li wanted back then. But now he can only get pleasure by imagining women who indulge in Li Zhenzi. Even so, he is still only an immature male cat, so he can only watch and have nothing he can do.

　　Su Yao showed a look of surprise when she saw Li Zhenruo’s appearance clearly, but she was not frightened, and quietly stretched out her finger to touch Li Zhenruo’s head.

　　At this time, Li Zhenzi walked out of the room.

　　Su Yao stood up straight and asked him, “Daniel, why did you raise such a cute cat.”

　　Li Zhenzi did not hide in front of Su Yao. He went to sit behind the large desk, leaned back slightly, and said, “It’s not my cat. I’m helping Weiwei raise it for a few days.”

　　Su Yao lowered her head and continued to look at Li Zhenruo, and asked, “Can you let it out?”

　　Li Zhenzi said to her, “Just let it out,” then looked at his watch, “I have a meeting in fifteen minutes.”

　　Su Yao was a little worried, “It won’t make trouble, right?”

　　Li Zhenzi looked at Li Zhenruo and seemed to hesitate for a while. He said, “It shouldn’t, it’s always been quite good.”

　　Only then did Su Yao feel relieved and unlocked the lock outside of the cage.

　　Li Zhenruo took a deep breath. He was afraid that Li Zhenzi would have to keep him locked up for a whole day. Now that he was finally released, he didn’t dare to be too excited, so he could only slowly crawl out of the cage.

　　The coffee table is a bit tall, and Li Zhenruo hesitates to stand on the edge of the coffee table, not knowing whether to jump off.

　　Su Yao reached out to carry him and put him down gently.

　　In order to express his gratitude, Li Zhenruo rubbed Su Yao’s leg.

　　Su Yao immediately squatted down with a smile and smoothed his fur.

　　Li Zhenruo felt very comfortable.

　　Su Yao looked at the time again, and said to Li Zhenzi, “It’s almost time to go to the conference room.”

　　Li Zhenzi stood up and said to Su Yao, “Are the documents ready?”

　　Su Yao nodded.

　　Li Zhenzi then said, “Let’s go.”

　　Su Yao walked in front. Li Zhenzi closes the door smoothly when he leaves the office.

　　Li Zhenruo stood where he was, looked up at the door lock, and estimated that unless he could learn to fly one day, he would not be able to unlock the lock. He walked around the room somewhat discouraged.

　　He was not interested in Li Zhenzi’s office, but when he was on the coffee table just now, he noticed that there was a thick pile of documents on Li Zhenzi’s desk.

　　He was somewhat curious about what it was, Li Zhenruo thinks it may involve the recent development plan of Yunlin.

　　He walked to Li Zhenzi’s big desk, tried to lift his head but couldn’t see anything.

　　Li Zhenruo walked slowly to the front of Li Zhenzi’s office chair, and he wanted to jump on it. He gathered up the courage to try, and hit his head against the edge of the office chair. Okay, it was still a bit painful.

　　Li Zhenruo is still a little unqualified to be a cat. After all, he was still a human inside. He is afraid to try, because he is afraid that it will hurt if he falls.

　　Not to mention that the office chair is taller than the sofa. Li Zhenzi’s chair can move around since it’s an office chair. It was still too difficult for Li Zhenruo, who had been working hard for a month to barely jump onto the sofa of Yu’s family.

　　Oh dear——Li Zhenruo sighed helplessly.

　　This feeling of being unable to do anything is really frustrating.

　　Li Zhenruo walked to the corner. He was a little thirsty and wanted to drink water, but found that Su Yao only brought up his toilet and food bowl, and did not give him a small bowl for drinking water.

　　He is a little unhappy.

　　Li Zhenruo went around the room again. He finally jumped on top of the sofa and curled himself down in a ball.

　　Almost an hour later, the door of the office was suddenly opened from the outside, and Li Zhenzi strode towards the inside of the office, bringing a gust of wind and even blowing against the small patch of fur on Li Zhenruo’s back.

　　Followed by Li Zhenzi, there was also a department manager from Yunlin. This manager was hand-picked by Li Zhenzi before, and he has a close relationship with Li Zhenzi.

　　Li Jianglin has too many sons, and their age difference is not too big. After joining the company, he naturally chose his own staff, and the factional struggle is fierce.

　　The two of them, one standing after the other, did not notice Li Zhenruo lying on the sofa.

　　Li Zhenruo raised his head, trying to hear what the two people were saying, but at the same time he noticed that they were not closing the door.

　　This was a rare opportunity. He thought he would definitely not be able to get out of Li Zhenzi’s office today. At this moment, he pricked his ears and hesitated, and finally gave up the opportunity to eavesdrop on the conversation between Li Zhenzi and his subordinates. He chose to jump down from the sofa and sneak out of the door.

　　Su Yao was outside, but she was looking down at a document and didn’t notice him.

　　He realizes that a cat can get up and walk silently, so Li Zhenruo swishes out, and no one notices his existence.

　　Li Zhenzi’s office is on the 23rd floor, and the former Li Zhenruo did not stay on this floor. He walked directly towards the stairwell at the end of the corridor. He planned to go to the 22nd floor, where his own office was.

　　He met no one when he went downstairs. The corridor was empty with no one at sight.

　　His own office is on the left, with a layout exactly the same as Li Zhenzi’s office.

　　At this time, the door of the office was closed tightly. Even so, Li Zhenruo understood that there would be no one inside, and after so long, his things might not be kept inside.

　　People outside thought that the fourth son of the Li family had died in an accident.

　　But the people in Li’s family knew that things were not that simple. Before Li Zhenruo died, it was confirmed that he was not Li Jianglin’s biological son and was kicked out.

　　Li Jianglin probably did not announce this news to the public for the sake of defending his own dignity.

　　And his death said that it happened to solve the problem for Li Jianglin, and he could completely put down this affair.

　　As he thought of this, Li Zhenruo couldn’t help but look gloomy. He had been thinking that the person who killed him was one of his three older brothers. But it didn’t cross his mind, maybe it was Li Jianglin who didn’t want to see him appear again?

　　If Li Jianglin does not announce his true identity to the public, it is hard to guarantee that he will not still covet the assets of the Li family in the future. But the announcement is at the price of Li Jianglin’s face. Only when he died, this dilemma can be completely solved. His biological mother had been dead for so many years anyway.

　　This sudden thought made Li Zhenruo get goosebumps, and all the cat’s hairs stood up, making his mood even more gloomy.

　　As the old saying goes that people’s death is just like a lamp that’s extinguished. Li Zhenruo actually has actually died cleanly, even if he can find out who actually staged the murder, what can he do?

　　Stage Garfield’s Revenge? Claw them to death?

　　Li Zhenruo tilted his head, looking at the tightly closed heavy wooden door. He knew he was a little frustrated. Many things have happened, even if he regrets that he wasn’t more quick witted in the past, there is no room for change. But it’s not like he can’t just die in vain, right?

　　Li Zhenruo took a deep breath and cheered himself up.

　　Look, God didn’t let him die completely, but came back through the body of a cat. Isn’t it just to give him a chance to get revenge? Worst comes to worse, he can use his ass to smother that person to death as they’re sleeping. Who knows, he may even have been hugged by his enemy.

　　Perhaps until that day comes, only then will he be able to let go of his grudge and leave this world to reincarnate.

　　Having figured it out, Li Zhenruo stood up and walked in the direction of the elevator.

　　He was in a complicated mood and a little absent-minded. Otherwise, he would go back to the stairwell and rush back to the 23rd floor. However, at this time, his head was empty. Until he stopped in front of the elevator, he suddenly noticed a person standing next to him.

　　Li Zhenruo turned his head slowly, and he saw a pair of black leather shoes, an Italian haute couture brand. Li Zhenruo knew one person in the Li family who liked this brand. He raised his head a little nervously, seeing the man standing next to him also looking down at him.

　　Sure enough, it was the second son of the Li family—Li Zhenran.

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Notes:
To celebrate Christmas, I will be updating 5 chaps for this novel ><

TL: hoenimochi        TLC: hoenibean

       After Li Zhenzi’s visit that day, he hasn’t really appeared for more than ten days.

       When Yu Bingwei came back, Li Zhenruo occasionally heard the mother and daughter talk about Li Zhenzi, saying that he probably went on a business trip with the second son of Li, and it might take a month to come back.

       Everyday Li Zhenruo ate, went to sleep, and ate, and when he was free, he would only stare outside in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows in Yu Bingwei’s room. The more the days passed, the more restless he became.

       One day, Mama Yu went out to buy groceries. Probably because she forgot what she brought, she turned back to look for it again. The door was left open.

　　Li Zhenruo scampered out all of a sudden. Of course, he couldn’t wait for the elevator. He was not familiar with this building. He scampered around for a long time before finding the stairwell. He climbed the stairs from more than a dozen floors down to the first floor and was exhausted by half of his cat’s life. In the end, the door of the unit on the first floor was closed tightly, and the button to open the door was too high for him to reach. Mama Yu, who was chasing him out finally caught him and returned.

       Mama Yu was a little angry and sad.

       That night, Mama Yu said to Yu Bingwei, “I heard that the cat will become wild when it is in heat, so let’s castrate it.”

       Li Zhenruo, who was already listless, raised his head suddenly, and he felt his fur withered with fright.

       Yu Bingwei said, “It’s not that big yet, at least wait for it to be half a year old to decide whether to castrate it or not, it’s pitiful.”

       Hearing these words from Yu Bingwei, Li Zhenruo rubbed her legs for a long time and acted like a baby, hoping that the mother and daughter could calm down their anger and forgive his impulsiveness.

       It’s just that since that day, Mama Yu was very careful entering and exiting, and she never left Li Zhenruo a chance to slip out.

       Another half a month passed by in a flash. Li Zhenruo counted the time, even if Li Zhen went on a business trip, he should almost be back.

       Sure enough, one night, Li Zhenzi and Yu Bingwei came back from outside together.

       Because Mama Yu was in the house, after the two entered the door, they didn’t do anything. Instead, they talked and walked towards Yu Bingwei’s bedroom.

       Li Zhenruo was originally lying in his cat bed, and stood up all of a sudden, and couldn’t resist the curiosity to follow.

       Li Zhenzi hasn’t been here for a month. Of course, he didn’t come here to chat with Yu Bingwei. The two entered the room. The door was not closed yet, but they already hugged and kissed.

       Li Zhenruo followed the door, raised his front paws, and pushed the door hard, pushing the door a little bit open, just enough to stick his head to see inside.

       He knew that Li Zhenzi and Yu Bingwei will inevitably have sex. He should hide in the living room and shouldn’t go in. But he couldn’t restrain his curiosity. He wanted to hear what Li Zhenzi and Yu Bingwei had to say. Li Zhenzi and his second brother went on a business trip, and he didn’t know what it was for. Most of the large-scale tourism projects invested by the Li family are in the West, and this project is currently Yunlin’s largest investment. If it wasn’t for what happened to him, he might have been the one who followed Li’s second son on this trip.

       Li Zhenzi kisses Yu Bingwei with some passion.

       Finally, it was Yu Bingwei who said, “I’ll take a bath first.”

       Only then did Li Zhenzi let go of her.

       Li Zhenruo saw Li Zhenzi turn around and undressed, and quickly retracted his head, not wanting to be seen by Li Zhenzi. But he was still a step slow, Li Zhenzi discovered his round face hiding by the door, and unexpectedly walked over and grabbed him.

       Li Zhenruo was a little flustered, raised his paw, and waved wildly.

       Li Zhenzi carried him on the back of his neck, sat on the edge of the bed, and hold it on his lap. Li Zhenzi pinched his face and looked around, and said, “What are you peeking at?”

       Li Zhenruo certainly does not need to answer.

       Li Zhenzi snorted himself and stretched out his hand to pinch Li Zhenruo’s pair of round balls.

       Li Zhenruo’s fur rose instantly, waved his front paws at Li Zhenzi’s face, and let out a threatening growl.

       Of course, Li Zhenzi was not scratched by him. He laughed and said, “That temper is not small.”

       Then, he raised his hand and threw Li Zhenruo away.

       Li Zhenruo suffered both psychological and physical damage. Although Li Zhenzi didn’t make a big deal since then, he always felt that the terrible touch lingered.

       He walked outside in an awkward posture, no longer caring what Li Zhenzi and Yu Bingwei said, and went back to his warm cat bed and lay down.

       After he left, he heard Li Zhenzi lock the door from the inside.

       Li Zhenruo lay down quietly for a while and sighed helplessly. He found that there was too little he could do, even if he saw Li Zhenzi, he could not change anything about the current condition.

       He can’t tell just Li Zhenzi directly that he is actually Li Zhenruo, aside from the fact that Li Zhenzi might not believe him, he still doesn’t know who the killer is, maybe it is Li Zhenzi? It would be too easy for Li Zhen to kill another cat if that’s the case.

       What if it’s too unrealistic to go back to Li’s house? Shouldn’t he think of other ways as soon as possible?

　　Before he was killed, he had been investigating who did the identification for him and Li Jianglin in private and handed over the test result to Li Jianglin. At that time, he already had some general ideas. Should he continue to walk this path? Using the identity of a cat as a cover, go to the laboratory to search for their identification records?

　　He slept quietly all night in the cat bed, knowing that Li Zhenzi and Yu Bingwei were in full swing inside, but what cannot be seen is none of his business. He tried hard to forget the last time he saw the scene.

　　The next morning, he woke up as soon as the door of Mama Yu’s bedroom opened. He straightened his neck but lay in his den without moving.

　　Mama Yu went to the kitchen.

　　After half an hour, Yu Bingwei’s bedroom door opened.

　　Li Zhenruo saw Li Zhenzi walk out of the room while buttoning his shirt.

　　He changed into a formal suit today. The outside of his shirt is a dark suit. It should be the clothes that have been left at Yu Bingwei’s.

　　While sitting down for breakfast, Li Zhenruo heard Yu Bingwei say to Li Zhenzi, “What about the things I told you?”

　　Li Zhenzi was a little indifferent, “What is it?”

　　Yu Bingwei pouted, “Didn’t I ask you to take Dumpling back to find someone to help me raise it for a period of time?”

　　Li Zhenruo knew that Li Zhenzi was looking at him, but he couldn’t help it, his ears were perked up, and a pair of round eyes stared at Li Zhenzi closely.

　　Li Zhenzi took a sip of milk, “How old is it? I’ll take it to raise it for a month. When I come back, will it still recognize you?”

　　Yu Bingwei said, “What can I do? My dad is not in good health recently. My mom has to go back to take care of him. I will be on the crew again. It will take at least a month. I can’t leave it here during this time, right?”

　　Li Zhenzi said to her, “Take it with you.”

　　Yu Bingwei gently bumped Li Zhenzi with her elbow, and said coquettishly, “Are you kidding?”

　　”Hmph,” Li Zhenzi groaned, “I told you not to buy a cat, but you didn’t listen to me. Now you can’t find someone to raise it and you want to toss it to me.”

　　Yu Bingwei hurriedly said, “What do you mean by tossing it to you? I’m just asking you to take care of it and I’ll pick it up in a few days.”

　　Li Zhenzi ate his food without saying anything.

　　Yu Bingwei saw that his attitude softened, and then continued, “Dumpling is very good. It only eats cat food, never pulls or scratches things at home, and it doesn’t make loud noises at all and won’t cause you trouble.”

　　Li Zhenzi looked at Li Zhenruo when he heard it.

　　Li Zhenruo looked at him, tried hard to impress him, and let him take him away, opened his mouth and wanted to meow softly, but couldn’t make a sound because of being too nervous.

　　Li Zhenzi finished eating the egg, clapped his hands, and said to Yu Bingwei, “You get its things ready, use the cage, I’ll take it away later.”

　　Yu Bingwei said, “So hasty, come over to pick it up tonight.”

　　Li Zhenzi had already stood up and walked towards the room and said, “I’m not free tonight, otherwise you can send it to my place early tomorrow morning.”

　　Yu Bingwei heard the words and said quickly, “I can’t do it, you should take it away now.”

　　Li Zhenruo’s whole cat-self felt somewhat a bit silly. He didn’t expect happiness to come so suddenly. He kept thinking about how to return to Li’s house, but he did not expect Yu Bingwei to give him such a big surprise directly.

　　He really likes Yu Bingwei! The woman is beautiful, the figure is good, and she takes good care of him.

　　Li Zhenruo dropped his breakfast and ran to Yu Bingwei’s feet, rubbing her legs with his own soft back.

　　Yu Bingwei hugged him, put it on her soft chest, kissed him on the cheek, and said, “You must be obedient when you go to Li’s house. Don’t make trouble for Daniel, understand?”

　　Li Zhenruo almost wanted to nod hard to show that he understood.

　　Yu Bingwei is going to go out to film, and Mama Yu is going back to her hometown. Li Zhenruo doesn’t know all these things. He ate and slept at Yu family’s every day, and listened to their mother and daughter, but still missed such important information.

　　Maybe sometimes when he listened, he’s bored and falls asleep. After all, he is still a kitten.

　　It seems that he has to be more proactive in the future.

　　Mama Yu and Yu Bingwei packed all Li Zhenruo’s things together, including his cat food, cat bed, cat toilet, and other daily necessities.

　　After living here for more than a month and being taken care of by both the mother and daughter of the Yu family, Li Zhenruo was still somewhat attached.

　　Finally, he was put into a cage by Yu Bingwei.

　　Li Zhenzi came out of his room and was tying his tie, Yu Bingwei stepped forward to help him and asked, “Going to the company today?”

　　Li Zhenzi nodded, “There’s a meeting in the head office that I have to attend.”

　　Yu Bingwei said, “Then you have to carry Dumpling with you all the time?”

　　Li Zhenzi said to her, “Just put it in the car.”

　　Yu Bingwei heard the words and said quickly, “No, you will suffocate it.”

　　Li Zhenzi frowned and was getting impatient, “So troublesome.”

　　Yu Bingwei immediately softened her voice to soothe his emotions, “Don’t treat the little animals like this.”

　　Li Zhenzi still looked impatient, but stretched out his hand and squeezed Yu Bingwei’s face to vent.

　　Li Zhenruo looked in the cage and secretly cursed: stinky rascal.

　　He really likes Yu Bingwei. Although most of the comments on this woman from the outside world are that she only has big breasts but no brain and that she just has a pretty face but no acting skill. But during this time, the Yu Bingwei whom Li Zhenruo came into contact with was at least a gentle and cheerful beautiful woman.

　　Yu Bingwei and Mama Yu helped move all Li Zhenruo’s things into the trunk of Li Zhenzi’s car.

　　Li Zhenzi had driven here by herself with Yu Bingwei yesterday and did not call the driver to pick him up in the morning. He planned to drive directly to the company later.

　　In the end, Li Zhenruo was lifted from the cage by Li Zhenzi himself and was thrown in the passenger seat.

　　Mama Yu and Yu Bingwei both came to pet his head and said a few words to him.

　　Li Zhenzi got into the driver’s seat and turned sideways to fasten the passenger’s seat belt, at least blocking the cage and not falling due to sudden braking.

　　Yu Bingwei stood by and waved goodbye to him, “Be careful on the road.”

　　Li Zhenzi didn’t have any reaction since he started the car and rolled the window up simultaneously.

　　Li Zhenruo silently raised a paw in the cage and waved it to Yu Bingwei, but no one would see it.

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The author has something to say:

The gong name has been written on the document, don’t mess with the CP!

Generally speaking, it’s updated at 8 o’clock in the evening. At other times, if you see an update, it’s mostly to fix bugs.

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Notes:

Merry Christmas! Ho ho ho

TL: hoenimochi        TLC: hoenibean

       After staying with the Yu family for more than ten days, Li Zhenruo got a clear general idea of Yu Bingwei’s life pattern.

       Yu Bingwei didn’t work every day, but once she goes out, she may not come home for two or three days. Yu Bingwei would always hug Li Zhenruo and touch him as soon as she arrived home. Well, since she was a beautiful lady, Li Zhenruo still feels it’s quite enjoyable.

       And usually, Mama Yu would almost always be in charge of his food and drink.

       Because he didn’t pull or make trouble at home, Mama Yu also liked him very much. In the afternoon, she would hold him on her lap and groom his fur while watching TV.

       Li Zhenruo also stared at the TV when he was bored, but more often than not, he was thinking about how to sneak out.

       He had already looked outside through the floor-to-ceiling windows in Yu Bingwei’s room. They were at least ten stories high. He couldn’t leap onto roofs and vault over walls, so he didn’t dare to jump outside from the windows.

       His only hope is that when Mama Yu opened the door and forgot to close it, he can slip out directly, or when Yu Bingwei was willing to take him out.

       Although the hope seems quite slim, Li Zhenruo believes that there is always a chance, he must be calm.

       In the evening, Yu Bingwei lay on the bed and played with the tablet after taking a shower, so she carried Li Zhenruo and let him lie down next to her.

       Li Zhenruo lay down quietly for a while, stood up and crawled to Yu Bingwei’s chest, and lay down on the two soft fleshy chests. Yu Bingwei didn’t wear undergarments after taking a shower, so she felt extremely soft as he lay on her stomach. He couldn’t change the status quo anyway, so why not treat himself better? Li Zhenruo thought to himself, lying on his stomach with peace of mind.

       Yu Bingwei didn’t feel that there was anything wrong, she stretched out her hand to pinch Li Zhenruo’s neck, and continued to play with the tablet.

       Her body’s so warm and fragrant. When he was drowsy, Li Zhenruo heard the sound of someone opening the door with a key.

       There had always been only two people in this family, Mama Yu, and Yu Bingwei. A nanny for cleaning comes once a week. It seemed that it was almost ten o’clock in the evening, and Li Zhenruo couldn’t imagine who came.

       He raised his head, acting a little curious.

       Yu Bingwei just smiled, stretched out her hand, and squeezed his ears, lying motionless on the bed in sexy pyjamas.

       Li Zhenruo heard the sound of someone walking toward the room, and Mama Yu had already returned to her room at this time. Probably she heard the sound too but did not respond at all.

       This should be the sound of a man’s footsteps, and he has a key to the Yu family house. Judging from Yu Bingwei’s reaction, it was very likely that this man was Yu Bingwei’s legendary financial backer.

       Li Zhenruo didn’t care about the entertainment industry, but it didn’t mean he was not curious. His eyes were fixed on the bedroom door.

       Then he heard the man’s footsteps walking outside the door, and then opened the door.

       Have you ever seen a cat’s shocked expression¹? Since Li Zhenruo became a cat, he no longer tried to hide his expression, because others would not care if they saw it.

       But at this moment he was really surprised, because he didn’t expect that the person who opened the door would be someone he knew, and one of the people he wanted to see.

       It was Li Zhenzi, Li Zhenruo’s third brother, and Li Jianglin’s third son. He was twenty-five years old this year.

       When he was a child, Li Zhenruo and Li Zhenzi’s relationship was not very good. Although he had a bad relationship with several brothers, only Li Zhenzi would not conceal his disagreement.

       Li Zhenzi had gone abroad since graduating from junior high school and went out before Li Zhenruo. When he came back, he got into trouble with a foreign devil²is a common Cantonese slur term for Westerners. For a while, Li Jianglin was very dissatisfied with him.

       As a playboy that was indulgent and enjoyed life’s pleasure. For an industry as big as the Li family, what Li Zhenzi paid most attention to was the entertainment industry.

       There were entertainment and cultural companies under Yunlin, but Li Jianglin preferred to build an entertainment and culture industry than to promote stars to make movies. However, Li Zhenzi was determined to make the entertainment company bigger. He invested in a few movies, and the income was good, so Li Jianglin let him do his thing.

       Of course, Li Zhenzi certainly had an interest in doing this, but in the eyes of Li’s family, sleeping with actresses might be his greater interest.

       Although Li Jianglin was dissatisfied with this, his son was already old, so he could only say a few words. But Li Zhenruo thought this was the best. He was happy to see Li Zhenzi falling into all kinds of gossip scandals, which made Li Jianglin more and more disappointed with him.

       It’s just that Li Zhenruo really didn’t expect that the financial backer behind Yu Bingwei would be Li Zhenzi. No wonder this woman has become a success in the entertainment industry in a short time.

       I heard that Li Zhenzi’s mother was a mixed-race beauty. He has a quarter of European blood, his skin was whiter than most people, the bridge of his nose was taller, and his brown hair was slightly curly. He inherited all the advantages of his mother’s appearance.

       At this time, Yu Bingwei put down the tablet in her hand, reached out her hand to touch Li Zhenruo’s head, looked at Li Zhenzi with a smile, and said, “Come here?”

       Li Zhenruo thought Yu Bingwei’s touch felt wrong, his whole body was a little straight, and the cat’s hair was all up.

       Li Zhenzi looked at Li Zhenruo and asked, “The cat you bought?”

       Yu Bingwei smiled and stretched out her hand to pick up Li Zhenruo to see for herself, “Yes, the name is Dumpling, isn’t it cute?”

       Li Zhenzi snorted, “His face is all muddled.”

       Yu Bingwei said, “You don’t understand.”

       Li Zhen undid some of his clothes and walked over to the bed to sit down.

       Li Zhenruo struggled subconsciously as Li Zhenzi approached, but Yu Bingwei did not let him go.

       Li Zhenzi stretched out his hand and shook Li Zhenruo’s leg, and said, “Male cat.”

       Hearing his words, Li Zhenruo subconsciously clamped his legs.

       Then Li Zhenzi said again, “Send it to be castrated in a few days.”

       This time, Li Zhenruo’s eyes widened, and his hair really stood up. He couldn’t help making a threatening cry, and at the same time, he rolled his tail to cover his lower body.

       Li Zhenzi looked at him thoughtfully, “You can understand?”

       Yu Bingwei smiled and took Li Zhenruo back into her arms, “What a joke, I won’t castrate him, how pitiful.”

       Li Zhenruo has never felt so warm in Yu Bingwei’s embrace.

       Yu Bingwei said jokingly to Li Zhenzi, “Why don’t you castrate yourself?”

       Li Zhenzi raised his eyebrows, “Are you going to castrate me?”

       Yu Bingwei smiled and said, “Don’t be a jerk, can’t you see my dumpling is still here?”

       Li Zhenzi suddenly reached out and grabbed Li Zhenruo by the back of his neck, lifted him, and threw him under the bed.

       Li Zhenruo was taken aback. He was thrown to the ground and as he rolled to stand up, he couldn’t help but feel annoyed.

       At this time, neither Li Zhenzi nor Yu Bingwei could care about him anymore.

       Li Zhenruo looked up and saw Li Zhenzi undressing. His back was smooth and his muscles were tight. Further down, he unbuckled his belt and his trousers fell downward, revealing half of his tight ass.

       Li Zhenruo had never seen Li Zhenzi’s naked body, and he didn’t want to watch his third brother sleep with other women. All this happened so suddenly and he didn’t want to see it!

       The door was locked. Even if it was not locked, Li Zhenruo couldn’t open it. He was not stupid enough to jump up in front of the two people on the bed and try to open the door.

       Li Zhenzi already pushed Yu Bingwei down.

       fvck!

       Li Zhenruo could not help but swear, he turned around in the room, and finally went behind the curtains of the floor-to-ceiling windows to lie down. He unexpectedly saw what he didn’t want to see, and he couldn’t block his ears, so he could only squint his eyes to calm his mind.

       To tell the truth, compared to seeing Yu Bingwei’s devilish figure, seeing her third brother’s naked body had a greater impact on him, and in this state, it really blinded him.

       On the big bed, Li Zhenzi and Yu Bingwei were still in full swing.

       Li Zhenruo thought that if Yu Bingwei was reluctant to castrate Li Zhenzi, Li Zhenzi really had the capital to mess around outside.

       The master bedroom has a bathroom inside. Li Zhenruo didn’t have a chance to sneak out when they went to the bathroom, and reluctantly could only lie down behind the curtains and sleep all night.

       Li Zhenruo woke up early the next day. He was lying motionless on his stomach and hesitating if he should go and wake Yu Bingwei, but he really didn’t want to see Li Zhenzi and the woman lying on the bed, he was afraid of getting a sty on his eyes.

       After lying down for a while, he heard Yu Bingwei and Li Zhenzi waking up and lying on the bed talking.

       Li Zhenruo couldn’t help but pricked his ears.

       Yu Bingwei asked about a recent movie.

       Li Zhenzhi was lying down and answered her carelessly, his tone was not impatient, but it was not with much eagerness either.

       Li Zhenruo listened for a while and found that there was nothing he wanted to know, so he hung his ears and lay down again.

       At first, Li Zhenruo was a little discouraged, but then Li Zhenruo thought that he didn’t know how to return to the Li family before, but now he has a direct relationship with the female celebrity Li Zhenzi supported, which was a lot of progress compared to the beginning.

       Perhaps he can try harder to do something, even if it was just to hear some news from Li Zhenzi’s mouth.

       For example, he has been dead for several months, and he was completely unclear about how exactly the Li family reacted. Who was actually trying to kill him? Did Li Zhenzi play any role in this? What exactly did his death bring to the Li family?

       Li Zhenruo was lying on the floor, with an especially serious flat pie face.

       When Li Zhenzi and Yu Bingwei got up, Mama Yu had already prepared breakfast for them.

       Li Zhenruo was finally able to get out of Yu Bingwei’s room. He took a deep breath of fresh air and tried to forget the images he saw last night, especially the ones about Li Zhenzhi.

       When he went to his private bathroom to go to the lavatory, he saw Li Zhenzi next to him, he put one hand in his trouser pocket and played with his mobile phone with the other hand. But he glanced at him, and suddenly he was a little uncomfortable. He hesitated, changed direction, and turned his back to Li Zhenzi.

       Li Zhenzi frowned slightly, somewhat puzzled.

       Yu Bingwei and Li Zhenzi sat down to have breakfast, while Mama Yu was still busy in the kitchen.

       Li Zhenruo licked a few mouthfuls of cat food, and he was still listening to the chat between the two on the table, but unfortunately, it was still something he wasn’t interested in.

       Mama Yu’s attitude towards Li Zhenzi is somewhat subtle, although she is very polite, she was not exactly very courteous. Presumably, she also knew that Li Zhenzi and Yu Bingwei were nothing more than a relationship to provide. Since Li Zhenzi was only twenty-five years old this year,  too young, and Yu Bingwei was two years older than him. Although the Yu family hopes to join the Li family and marry into a wealthy family, Li Zhenzi is well-known for being flirtatious outside. Both Yu Bingwei and Mama Yu know that there is only a little hope.

       So it’s better to get the benefits you can get now, and as for the rest, it can be discussed later.

       Li Zhenruo has been with the Yu family for half a month and only now did he see Li Zhenzi coming for the first time. It is enough to show that Li Zhenzi is not too attentive to Yu Bingwei. After this trip, it’s not known when’s the next time he’ll come.

       Thinking of this, Li Zhenruo suddenly felt anxious.

       If Li Zhenzi did not come, or breaks the relationship with Yu Bingwei, it’ll be difficult for a pet cat like him to see him again. Even if he could sneak out and return to Li’s house in the future, he’s afraid that as a wild cat he has no choice but to go into hiding and could not enter the house.

       Li Zhenruo lost his appetite when he was worried, he swallowed some cat foods and slowly came to Li Zhenzi’s leg.

       Li Zhenzi was talking to Yu Bingwei about having a meal with a big director the other day and felt an itch on his leg, lowered his head to see the round-faced cat rubbing onto his leg.

       He raised his eyebrows and asked Yu Bingwei, “Does your cat have fleas?”

       Yu Bingwei said, “How is it possible? It’s washed clean, and he also had been deflead.”

       Li Zhenruo’s forehead palpitated, he tried another way, put his soft belly on the insteps of Li Zhenzi’s feet, looked up at him, and let out a soft cry.

       Li Zhenzi lowered his head to look at him. He was peeling the egg in his hand, so he broke the egg yolk and fed it to Li Zhenruo’s mouth.

       Li Zhenruo hesitated, opened his mouth, and carefully licked the egg yolk clean.

       Even though Li Zhenzi didn’t like small animals, he couldn’t help but smile when he saw a kitten approach him so well, and stretched out his hand to scratch Li Zhenruo’s chin.

       Before Li Zhenruo died, he never thought that one day he would rub the third son of the Li family and act like a baby, and be scratched by his chin.

       But that was all. Later, Li Zhenruo leaned on Li Zhenzi to be pampered again, but Li Zhenzi asked Yu Bingwei to carry him away.

       After breakfast, Li Zhenzi put on his coat and left, and kissed Yu Bingwei’s face before leaving.

       At that time, Li Zhenruo was still lying in Yu Bingwei’s arms. When Li Zhenzi leaned over, he was squeezed into the middle of Yu Bingwei’s cleavage with a look of exasperation.

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The author has something to say:

Although the name is Revenge, it is not a revenge type of story. It is just a cute story without face slapping, thank you =3=

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Notes:
Even as cat… I don’t want to imagine seeing my siblings… uh… get into action…

Merry Christmas! Ho ho ho

TL: hoenimochi        TLC: hoenibean

       In the pet shop, an exotic shorthair kitten with a yellow and white pattern is trying to stretch its short limbs to crawl out of a pet cage with its lid opened.

       However, it is a pity that when it managed to stick out its round head, the pet shop owner passed by the cage, stretched out his finger, and gently pushed its forehead. The kitten was pushed back and even flipped over, revealing a snow-white belly.

       Next to the kitten, should be a litter of its brothers, they came over and gently nibbled its face, of course only biting a mouthful of fur.

       The kitten that tried so hard to climb out just now rolled over and lay on its side, letting its brother continue to bite its ears on top of its head.

       It was a little tired.

       This cat was not an ordinary cat, or rather it does not consider itself a cat. This young flat-faced cat’s body was inhabited by a human soul.

       It, or more appropriately described as him, is named Li Zhenruo. He was originally the fourth son of the Li family of Yunlin Group, and he was only 23 years old this year.

       Yunlin group is now the largest domestic group integrating real estate, commerce, culture, and electronics industries. Li Zhenruo’s father, Li Jianglin, is the founder of all this. Li Jianglin’s life is very dramatic. There were no children born between him and his wife, Zhu Yun. All of his four sons were born from all different mistresses.

       Li Zhenruo is the fourth son of the Li family and the youngest one.

       It should have been.

       Li Zhenruo was lying down, his cat brother was tired of biting, and fell asleep on his chest. He opened his eyes weakly, recalling what happened in just a month or so.

       The Li brothers did not get along, perhaps it’s because this was the nature of the wealthy family members, or perhaps because they were brothers from different mothers.

       As Li Jianglin got older and older, the undercurrents between the brothers raged on, and they all wanted to grab the biggest piece of cake. Although Li Zhenruo was the youngest, he was not willing to be bullied. After he graduated from a foreign business school and came back to his father’s side, he has already shown his first signs of budding talent.

       However, when he was getting ready to enter the fight, someone dropped a bombshell on Li’s house.

       Until now, Li Zhenruo didn’t know who it was behind the scenes. He only knew that one day, Li Jianglin called him over and threw a paternity test in front of him.

       He, Li Zhenruo, is not Li Jianglin’s biological son.

　　Li Zhenruo has almost never seen his mother. His mother passed away in the early years, and now many truths have been lost. However, blood relationships cannot be deceived. Although Li Zhenruo insisted on doing another identification with Li Jianglin, the result was still the same.

       Li Zhenruo seemed to have received a huge blow and was caught unprepared. He packed up his things and moved out of Li’s house but was unwilling to find the truth back then.

　　One night, he met a man wearing a hat and mask and asked him if he was Li Zhenruo on a dark and secluded road. He should have turned around and ran, but he was still not vigilant enough. He was stabbed more than ten times, and the man also took his belongings and left.

　　Li Zhenruo died in an ‘accidental’ robbery. He saw all this in the TV news of the pet shop. However, only he knew that it was not an accident, because that person knew that he was Li Zhenruo and came for him. This was murder.

       But why kill him? Li Zhenruo couldn’t understand, other than his three older brothers, he couldn’t think of anyone else who wanted his life. But even for those three older brothers, he was not Li Jianglin’s son anymore. What threat does he pose to them to put him to death?

       Li Zhenruo couldn’t figure it out, and he was unwilling to die in peace.

       Perhaps it was because of his unwillingness that made him look like this is now.

　　Li Zhenruo lifted his little paw and scratched one of his ears. He felt hungry and helpless. He rolled over and got up, dragging his not-so-powerful short legs to find the mother cat for milk.

       He spent every day drinking milk, sleeping, and playing with the other kittens. Other than that, Li Zhenruo had nothing to do.

　　The one thing he wanted to do most now is to be able to leave this pet shop and find a way to go back to Li’s house to see how everyone in the family reacted to his death. However, he couldn’t even climb out to get out of this small iron cage.

       Later, after Li Zhenruo saw the customers who came to the pet shop to buy pets,  he figured out that his top priority should be to drink milk hard and keep his fur white and body tender. After three months or so, the boss might sell him. As long as he can leave the pet shop earlier, his wish to go back to the Li family may be realized one day earlier.

       After he was full of milk, the boss put a few small kittens outside the pet shop to bask in the sun.

       Still in the big cage, several kittens nibbled and fought with each other.

       Only Li Zhenruo is quiet, and he has been a little sad recently. Although he can’t look in the mirror, he can see what he looks like when he sees the faces of his mother and brothers and sisters.

　　Li Zhenruo didn’t keep cats in the past and didn’t recognize the breeds of cats at all. At first, he was surprised when he saw the kittens around him as if their faces were flattened by a punch. Then he realized that when he saw the mother cat, This kind of cat and kitten is called an exotic shorthair cat, commonly known as Garfield, is born with a flat face.

       Of course he himself could not escape this fate.

       Sadness returned back to sorrow, Li Zhenruo, who was still alive after walking around the ghost gate, should be grateful. What’s wrong with a large flat face? At least he still has his life left to find and settle the accounts with the “brother” who killed him, right?

       In a blink of an eye, three months have passed, the pet shop owner intends to sell the entire litter of Garfields.

       Every day, as long as there are customers visiting, Li Zhenruo will be in good spirits, wagging his tail like a dog trying to attract the attention of customers.

       One afternoon, a well-dressed middle-aged woman stood in front of the iron cage where Li Zhenruo was staying and looked inside.

       Li Zhenruo listened to the content of her chat with the boss and said that she was here to help her daughter buy a kitten to raise.

       The boss then tried to sell her this cage of kittens, saying that Garfield has a gentle and quiet personality and is very suitable as a pet.

       The woman seemed to be a little moved, and she put a finger between the iron railings of the cage.

       Seeing this, Li Zhenruo immediately grabbed the cage with his front paws and rubbed the woman’s fingers with his head down.

       The woman chuckles immediately.

       Li Zhenruo knew that it had an effect, so he continued rubbing. After rubbing, he raised his head and stared at the woman with a pitiful face, and gave a low cry.

       “Ah,” the woman seemed a little surprised, and pointed to Li Zhenruo and said without hesitation, “This one then.”

       Because of the good features and a particularly round face, the good-looking Li Zhenruo was sold at a price of nearly 8,000¹around $1240. The owner gave the woman a lot of notes, picked Li Zhenruo up, and put him in a small pet cage that could be carried. He even brought some cat’s pet supplies to the woman.

       Li Zhenruo, who was finally sold, could not breathe a sigh of relief.

　　He stayed in the pet cage, a little nervous because of the constant shaking, his paws involuntarily clasped the bottom of the cage. He was reborn in this kitten body in the present, and today is the first time he left the pet shop to see the outside world. The surrounding environment seemed unfamiliar, and he didn’t know where he was.

       The woman carried him and took a taxi, and after getting in, she gave the driver an address.

       Li Zhenruo has heard of the name of the neighborhood. It is a very high-end real estate in the urban area, and the residents are all wealthy people with prestige.

       And Li Zhenruo knew that his third brother seemed to have bought two houses in that real estate as an investment.

       After getting in the taxi, the woman pulled up the cloth cover outside the cage, leaving only a little gap for Li Zhenruo. Li Zhenruo could hardly see anything from the gap, so he lay down quietly.

       After almost half an hour, the taxi stopped, and Li Zhenruo knew that they have probably arrived.

       The woman paid for the fare and carried him off.

　　Li Zhenruo struggled for a while, trying to get the woman’s attention and pull down the cloth cover to show him the outside. The woman noticed it, but she didn’t do what he wanted. She just raised the cage and told him in one sentence: “Be good, we’ll be home soon..”

       Li Zhenruo: “……”

       The woman carried him back to the house by the elevator, the room was empty and it seemed that no one else was there.

       Li Zhenruo was put on the table together with the cage, and he was not released immediately, but the cloth cover outside the cage was taken off.

       The air finally became fresh and plentiful, and Li Zhenruo turned his body to look at the big house.

       This property is a high-end real estate in the city center, and the price is expensive. Although the woman looks rich and luxurious in her clothes, her demeanor does not look like a wealthy wife.

       Li Zhenruo was a little uncertain of her identity for a while.

       When he turned around and saw a large poster hanging in the living room, he finally knew who the owner of this room was.

       Above the poster is a recent popular actress named Yu Bingwei.

       Yu Bingwei was originally a dance teacher with an excellent figure. She participated in a TV station dance show years ago. Because of her devilish body with her fresh and pure face, she became popular overnight.

　　After that, she participated in some movies and TV series one after another. It has been said on the Internet that Yu Bingwei has a good financial backer promoting her from behind. As for who this financial backer is, Li Zhenruo has not paid attention to it. He has never been very interested in these things in regards to the entertainment industry.

       The woman said that she was buying a pet for her daughter, and it seemed that she should be Yu Bingwei’s mother.

       Mama Yu has been busy at home. Li Zhenruo watched her walking around as if preparing a cattery and cat food, but she refused to let him out first.

　　After almost half an hour, Mama Yu came over to release Li Zhenruo from the cage, carried Li Zhenruo in her hands, and walked towards the cattery in the corner, giving him instructions one by one: This is where you sleep, this is where you eat, this is where you go to the bathroom……

　　

       Li Zhenruo doubted that he could understand if he was really a cat.

       It’s probably the first time Mama Yu has a pet, but she is very careful and has prepared everything for the new kitten in the family.

       In the end, she gently put Li Zhenruo in the soft cattery, tapped his wet little nose with her finger, and then left and walked towards the kitchen.

　　After Li Zhenruo became a cat, it was the first time he finally tasted freedom. Although the scope of freedom is only the size of a one-hundred-square-meter house, it’s better than the feeling of being caught by the boss or the mother cat every time you walk out less than one meter in the pet shop.

       He squatted quietly in the cattery for a while and stepped out with his short legs.

       Li Zhenruo walked to the door of the kitchen and took a look. When she saw Mama Yu was cooking, he quietly walked away. He walked to the door again and saw that the door was closed tightly. Unless he could jump up, he probably wouldn’t be able to touch the door lock.

       He has watched some videos of cats that can jump up and open the door by themselves, but now he is a long way from doing that. Maybe he can try it when he becomes proficient at being a cat.

       From the edge of the door, Li Zhenruo walked to the window and found that there was a bay window in the living room. He couldn’t see below, and the bay window was too high for him to jump on now.

       Except for the living room and dining room, Li Zhenruo went to other rooms and found that the doors were closed. He didn’t know if it used to be like this, or if it was because Mama Yu closed it specifically to prevent him from running around.

       Li Zhenruo had nothing to do, and he could only simply walk around the room. He came back and drank some water next to his small bowl, chewed a few pieces of cat food, and went back to the cattery to lie on his stomach.

       Cat food is not tasty, but now he has no other choice. He will be hungry if he doesn’t eat it.

       He still has to keep this life and go back to Li’s house.

       That day it was evening when Yu Bingwei came back.

       At that time, Li Zhenruo was a little sleepy lying in the cat bed. He heard the sound of opening the door and his ears stood up immediately. He hesitated and lay down in the nest without moving because he still remembered that he was a cat and not a dog.

       Mama Yu came out in her pajamas, took the bag in Yu Bingwei’s hand, and hung it up for her. Yu Bingwei changed her slippers and walked inside and took off her coat.

       Inside the single jacket is a low-cut halter top.

       Mama Yu told her daughter that the cat had been bought.

       Yu Bingwei’s fresh and pure innocent face suddenly showed a bright smile, she walked to the cat bed, took Li Zhenruo out of the warm house, kissed his nose and eyes a few times, and said, “So cute!”

       Li Zhenruo smelled all cosmetics in his nose, and he couldn’t help but sneeze.

       Yu Bingwei apparently liked him very much. She hugged him in her arms and touched his forehead with her forehead, saying, “Baby, let’s give you a name. What name could be good?”

       Li Zhenruo at this time is not bothered to pay attention to what they want him to be called, because his entire face fell on Yu Bingwei’s chest. Yu Bingwei has always been said to have a devilish figure by the media, and she is not inferior to a foreign girl. Li Zhenruo’s face was buried in it, with a sweet scent, and he was almost suffocating.

       He struggled to lift his head, put his chin on Yu Bingwei, and looked up at her gasping for air.

       This well-behaved action pleased Yu Bingwei, and kissed him a few more times on the forehead, and said, “You’re just like a dumpling, let’s call you Dumpling.”

       Li Zhenruo then got the nickname “Dumpling”.

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The author has something to say:

This story is 1V1 from the beginning to the end.

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Notes:
Hello guys! I’m bringing you another novel by Jin Gang Quan ><
One thing I can say about this novel is… the gong and shou interaction is friggin’ cute >0<

And Merry Christmas!