Chapter 83: Meow
Kindergarten life went much smoother than expected.
Jing Mimi and Wang Qiuqiu made many new friends of the same age and learned many new skills.
Occasionally, the kitten would also be lazy.
Especially on rainy days, listening to the white noise outside the window, Jing Mimi would stick his little feet up, look at Papa coming to wake him up with watery eyes, and say coquettishly: “Papa… mm… want to sleep more…”
Jiang Suifeng looked at him, then at Jing Zhi who was still lying in bed, and reached out directly to scoop the little guy out of the quilt.
Soon, Jing Zhi had a warm little lump in his arms.
Jing Zhi opened his eyes groggily, found it was Mimi, closed his eyes again, and mumbled: “Ask the teacher for leave.”
Jiang Suifeng said okay helplessly.
It wasn’t often that he asked for leave due to laziness, just occasionally. Last night, he and Jing Zhi held a basin with Mimi inside and played roller coaster in front of the TV for a long time. The consequence of having too much fun was that Mimi was too excited to sleep at night and didn’t sleep well. Plus, it had been raining since midnight until now, which was too hypnotic. Not being able to get up… was also human nature.
The little guy was still so young, at the age when he needed sleep.
Missing half a day of school didn’t matter.
There would be plenty of school days in the future.
On the other side, Wang Qiuqiu arrived at the kindergarten on time. He waited in class for a long time but didn’t see Mimi, so he worriedly sent several voice messages to Mimi on his phone watch.
Later, he asked the teacher and found out that Mimi had taken leave.
The phone watch on Jing Mimi’s wrist vibrated non-stop. Jing Zhi squinted, took it off his wrist, and threw it aside casually.
Jing Mimi slept very soundly in Papa’s arms.
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Another time, Jing Mimi arrived at the kindergarten on time, but waited left and right without seeing Wang Qiuqiu.
He simply thought Brother Qiuqiu couldn’t get up because he didn’t sleep well last night too. Later, he learned that Brother Qiuqiu was sick, had a fever in the middle of the night until morning, and took sick leave.
Police Dog Qiuqiu was very disciplined. No matter how sleepy or unwilling to get up, he wouldn’t take leave, except for sick leave.
Jing Mimi worried for a long time and wanted to visit Brother Qiuqiu very much, but Wang Qiuqiu was afraid of infecting him and didn’t let him come.
Those few days, Jing Mimi was listless in the kindergarten.
When he had nothing to do, he went to the lawn alone to catch bugs, releasing one after catching one. Summer was approaching, and there were more flying dragonflies. He could always catch one accurately with gentle movements.
Although he made many new friends, without his best friend, it just felt less interesting.
The first is always the most special existence.
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Fortunately, Wang Qiuqiu wasn’t sick for too long and returned to class soon. Jing Mimi could show the caught dragonflies to Wang Qiuqiu. Dragonflies had so many colors, very beautiful.
Spring went and summer came. The kindergarten also welcomed the first summer vacation.
Jing Mimi, who had attended kindergarten for half a semester, truly appreciated the preciousness of holidays and looked forward to the two-month summer vacation.
Jing Zhi and Jiang Suifeng planned early to take Jing Mimi to the seaside for a trip.
After learning about this, Wang Qiuqiu told his parents immediately. Not long after, the two families agreed to go together for a vacation at the seaside for a month.
The destination was City H. They booked a suite in a sea-view hotel in advance, with a panoramic balcony to watch the sunrise and sunset over the sea.
On the day of departure, Jing Mimi packed his small suitcase himself. The suitcase was in the shape of a big cat paw, and the capacity inside wasn’t small.
Besides clothes and other daily necessities, he also stuffed in the little fish doll that had been accompanying him.
Wang Qiuqiu didn’t bring his puppy doll. First, because his parents bought him too many puppy dolls, and he couldn’t pick the most favorite one for a moment. Second, because the hotel was a suite, and he and Mimi shared a room, so they could sleep together and didn’t need a companion doll.
City H was far from City A, so they chose to fly.
This was Jing Mimi’s first time flying. He looked forward to it early and was a little nervous.
Wang Qiuqiu wasn’t flying for the first time. He had experience flying when he was Police Dog Qiuqiu, so he wasn’t nervous, but he still had expectations. After all, Police Dog Qiuqiu didn’t have the chance to look at the scenery outside through the window, but this time he could.
The two families bought seats in front and back rows, letting the two little cubs sit in the innermost window seats.
There were not only the two of them children on the plane. A short-haired little girl of similar age sat in front of Jing Mimi. Since boarding the plane, she had been busy peeling lotus seeds.
When getting off the plane, she gave some peeled lotus seeds to the people around her, including Jing Mimi and Wang Qiuqiu. They were sweet and delicious.
When getting off the plane, heard her parents say she was a particularly noisy girl. If they didn’t find something for her to do, she would definitely make noise on the plane and disturb other passengers.
Jing Mimi and Wang Qiuqiu weren’t noisy at all and were obedient in serious matters. They didn’t make them worry from boarding to disembarking.
Heard some people get airsick when flying. The two families were prepared before boarding. Fortunately, Jing Mimi and Wang Qiuqiu didn’t get airsick, just had some tinnitus.
This was Jing Mimi’s first time experiencing tinnitus.
Ears felt blocked, and sounds heard were muffled, as if a frosted glass door was closed on the ears.
The Scottish Fold cat Mimi couldn’t help feeling a bit apprehensive.
After becoming a little human, he learned that cute folded ears were a genetic defect. Although he didn’t quite understand what a genetic defect was, he knew it was unhealthy.
Although his papas told him in advance that tinnitus might occur and ears would be uncomfortable, after experiencing it personally, he couldn’t control his thoughts from wandering—Could he have turned into an unhealthy folded-ear little human?!
Fortunately, Jing Zhi and Jiang Suifeng discovered his abnormality in time. After understanding the situation, they guided him to learn the swallowing action. After swallowing a few times, his ears finally cleared.
Jing Mimi breathed a huge sigh of relief in his heart.
Wang Qiuqiu also had some tinnitus, which was cured quickly after swallowing. Hearing the movement of Mimi in the front seat, he wrote a note and passed it from behind.
—They had been communicating by writing notes for a long time.
This was a method Wu Yuan came up with fearing they would make noise on the plane. It could keep quiet and train expression skills. They didn’t know many characters yet, so they could only assist expression with drawings, very abstract, adults couldn’t understand, but they communicated without obstacles, like encrypted Morse code.
Many years later, the two in high school would pass notes from time to time. These notes were almost all collected by Wang Qiuqiu, filling a large locked iron box.
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After getting off the plane, the air suddenly became hot and humid, very different from the dry heat in City A. City H felt like small mushrooms could grow on the body.
It was already evening, and the horizon was covered with orange sunset glow.
The hotel had a pick-up service. After getting the luggage, the two families got into the car to the hotel.
On the way, the two little cubs looked out the window and chattered non-stop.
Jing Mimi said: “I want to eat big coconuts.”
Wang Qiuqiu said: “I want to play with sand at the seaside.”
After putting the luggage in the hotel, the two families went out to buy two coconuts and went to a barbecue restaurant located by the sea.
The coconut egg tasted sweet, and the coconut meat inside was also delicious. The seafood was selected and cooked on the spot, fresh and tender.
Full of food and drink, the sun had completely set. There were quite a few people by the sea, lively and bustling.
Jing Mimi and Wang Qiuqiu took off their shoes, stepped on the soft sand, and ran forward bouncing.
The tide rose and fell. The sand near the sea water was wet. The adults didn’t let them get too close. First, worrying about safety. Second, the sea water would roll up some marine creatures, crabs, shells, etc., which might scratch the soles of their feet.
Running and running, they came to a drier place. Jing Mimi slowed down gradually, lowered his eyes, and scratched the sand on the ground lightly and agilely with his small feet.
Wang Qiuqiu stopped in confusion, returned to his side, looked at his feet scratching the sand, and asked: “What’s wrong?”
There would be small animals like sand crabs and hermit crabs on the beach. He thought Mimi saw something.
Jing Mimi’s small foot had already scratched a small pit on the ground. Hearing this, he raised his eyes and answered leisurely: “The feeling of this sand…”
The adults also gathered around.
“Looks so much like cat litter!”
The kitten turned little human discovered a bug in the human world—the beach turned out to be a huge litter box.
