The Cub Comes from Planet Meow 33

Chapter 33: Meow 

Now that the weather had cleared up, Jing Zhi allowed Mimi to play in the snow outside. The only requirement was that he couldn’t let snow water soak into his shoes. If Jing Zhi found his socks wet, he wouldn’t be allowed to play in the snow for the next few days.

Jing Mimi carefully watched his steps, stepping on as little snow as possible, only touching it with his small hands.

When he was the kitten Mimi, he had also stepped on snow, using his pink and soft paw pads.

Kitten paw pads weren’t as afraid of the cold as little human hands, and they could leave a string of cute plum blossom prints on the snow.

Originally, he didn’t like winter and snow because he almost died in the cold winter during his wandering days.

But after meeting his papas, he rekindled his fondness for winter and snow.

The kitten Mimi was in poor health and couldn’t go out in winter, easily getting cold and sick. So Jing Zhi and Jiang Suifeng would take a basin downstairs, fill it with clean snow, and bring it back for the kitten to step on in the heated room, experiencing the warm winter days.

Because the kitten Mimi was found on January 15th, they set his birthday on that day.

Every birthday, snow would be falling outside the window. Inside, Jing Zhi and Jiang Suifeng would learn from online tutorials and make a cat-edible “small cake” for the kitten.

It seemed that apart from not having a reunion dinner with his papas during the New Year, there were no regrets in winter.

Like some children in the welfare institute around him, Jing Mimi made snowballs with his small hands.

He wanted to make a kitten, but it was too difficult, and he couldn’t do it well.

Big Papa said he had custom-ordered a mold for him. With the mold, he could make a little snow cat very quickly, but customization took time, and he had to wait to receive it.

He was looking forward to it.

After the snow stopped, some volunteers and companies came to the welfare institute to show their love, making the place lively again.

Jing Mimi played with snow for a while, then picked up a dry branch from the ground and started writing on the snow.

It was “Mimi,” “Jing Zhi,” and “Jiang Suifeng.”

The characters looked like crooked little crawlers, only recognizable by people who knew them.

Finally, he drew a big heart around the three names, looking like a small home full of love.

Just then, the Cat God’s voice suddenly sounded in his head: “Mimi, there’s a new kitten wish!”

Jing Mimi paused his hand holding the branch, his gaze falling on the three names circled by the heart. While admiring them, he responded to the Cat God in his mind.

He didn’t expect a new mission so soon.

Actually, kittens had many wishes, but Jing Mimi was staying in the welfare institute now and rarely came into contact with the wish targets. There were few tasks the Cat God could assign him that he could complete.

When his papas took him home, and he could go to more places and meet more people, there would be more missions.

“This time it’s the wish of Boss Black Cat.”

“The wish is: to let Jiang Zhenxing teach you to draw a kitten.”

“Jiang Zhenxing is an old grandpa. He is walking towards you.”

Jing Mimi was stunned. He looked up subconsciously, and the figure of an old man appeared in his field of vision.

The old man was wearing a thick military coat and a military green hat. Although his face was full of traces of time, his expression was kind. His gaze fell on Jing Mimi, walking purposefully in this direction.

When Jing Mimi looked up, their eyes met.

Grandpa Jiang paused, then resumed his original trajectory, approaching him.

To be honest, he didn’t know what his purpose was in secretly “infiltrating” the welfare institute to see this little cub suspected to be adopted by his grandson and his boyfriend.

He just wanted to come and see.

Because of Chen Ankang’s description of the little cub.

And also because of… Jiang Suifeng.

Having been in City A for so long, he had been hiding in his old comrade-in-arms’ house, daring not to find his grandson. He could only settle for the second best and contact the child they were planning to adopt first.

Since they were planning to adopt, he should have already interacted with the two adopters.

He wondered how he felt about having two fathers soon.

Other families were a combination of father and mother, but he had two fathers…

Thinking about this, he had already arrived beside the little cub, and his gaze shifted from him to the snow in front of him.

Although the words circled by the heart were written crookedly and difficult to recognize, he still recognized the names “Mimi, Jing Zhi, Jiang Suifeng” at a glance.

Those thoughts in his mind just now dissipated completely.

If not for sincere acceptance and liking, the little guy wouldn’t leave these patterns on the snow.

A child’s feelings are the purest, like white snow, pure and flawless.

Because of this discovery, Grandpa Jiang didn’t know what to say or do for a moment.

Should he… say hello?

What if he was discovered by his grandson secretly coming to see the little guy…

He was old; where would he put his face…

While he was hesitating, Jing Mimi had already taken the initiative to quickly draw a pattern next to the heart with the small branch in his hand.

Then, he tilted his little head up, seized the opportunity, and said, “Grandpa, guess what I drew.”

He drew his former self, the Scottish Fold Mimi, which was also the kitten he drew most smoothly.

The mission was to let Grandpa teach him to draw a cat. If he inexplicably asked this strange old grandpa to teach him to draw, the old grandpa might not agree, so he changed his approach.

Last time, Auntie Wang proactively offered to teach him to draw after he drew a kitten on paper first.

He had experience and decided to follow suit again.

Caught off guard by the initiative, Grandpa Jiang felt a burst of surprise in his heart.

The little cub was born beautiful and exquisite, wrapped up like a little zongzi in thick clothes, and his voice was also very cute. This “Grandpa” made his heart soft.

He was old and liked interacting with children, enjoying the happiness of having grandchildren around his knees, let alone this child who had some connection with their Jiang family.

Grandpa Jiang immediately cooperated and examined it, saying, “Let Grandpa take a closer look…”

Actually, according to seniority, he should call himself “Great-Grandpa,” but his identity couldn’t be exposed, and “Grandpa” was a general term for the elderly, so he just went with it for now.

Receiving a response, Jing Mimi nodded his little head happily.

Plan proceeding smoothly.

The little guy was too young, and his writing and drawing were very childish. Moreover, using snow as a canvas and a branch as a pen made the pattern even harder to recognize.

But Grandpa Jiang didn’t want to answer incorrectly. This was their first meeting, and all first times were important. Answering incorrectly would greatly affect the experience of the first meeting.

On the snow was an irregular circle shape. On both sides of the circle were what looked like a pair of drooping small ears. In the middle of the circle were two dots for eyes and a mouth, with several symmetrical lines next to the mouth, like whiskers.

It should be a small animal.

Grandpa Jiang had an answer immediately and answered confidently: “It’s a puppy, right?”

Most puppies’ ears drooped down. One of the most common animals in daily life was a dog. When he came, he saw a big black dog tied up in the welfare institute.

Jing Mimi’s small face, which still had a faint smile, collapsed instantly. His small hand clutching the branch tightened unconsciously, his lips pursed, and a small flame ignited in his heart.

What puppy?!

Where does the kitten Mimi look like a puppy?!

But because of that mission, he tried hard to suppress it.

The kitten learned to endure anger for the first time in his life.

He glared and corrected: “No, it’s a kitten.”

Grandpa Jiang was stunned. Looking at the drooping ears on the snow again, they didn’t look like a kitten no matter how he looked at them.

Grandpa Jiang immediately bent down, picked up a branch, and drew a new kitten next to the pattern.

His drawing skills were much better than the little cub’s.

After drawing, Grandpa Jiang smiled and explained to the little cub: “Kitten ears should stand up like this. Puppy ears droop down more often.”

Hearing this, the small flame in Jing Mimi’s heart exploded with a whoosh.

The fire could no longer be contained.

From a small flame to a fiery little meow.

“Grandpa is a big dummy! Kittens also have folded ears!”

Jing Mimi angrily threw the small branch in his hand, turned around quickly, and ran away, throwing the mission completely to the back of his mind.

He was going to find Papa to tattle on the dummy grandpa!!!

Watching the little cub leave angrily, Grandpa Jiang stood helplessly on the spot, clutching the dry branch with both hands, his wrinkled hands almost merging with the branch.

First meeting…

Seemed like he messed it up.

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Author’s Note:

Mimi: [Angry]

Grandpa Jiang: [Resting chin in hands]