Chapter 42: Meow
Jiang Suifeng silently canceled the insecticide order on the food delivery app.
Jing Zhi didn’t know whether to feel relieved or not. At least the bug wasn’t real, so he didn’t have to be on edge all the time. But he really didn’t know how to explain it to Mimi.
He couldn’t possibly tell Mimi that it wasn’t a bug bite, but a bite from Big Papa.
Mimi was still young… he couldn’t tell a child such things.
The kitten turned little human didn’t know the little secrets between his papas and searched for bugs in the dormitory for several days.
However, he found nothing.
City A was a northern city, with fewer bugs compared to the south, especially in the cold winter.
Jing Mimi was very unhappy. Jing Zhi could only coax him, saying the bad bug must have left.
It had indeed left.
New Year’s Day was in two days. Jiang Suifeng was busy with work and had to accompany Grandpa Jiang at night, so he could only video call them with Grandpa Jiang in the evening.
Two days after Jiang Suifeng’s birthday was New Year’s Day.
On New Year’s Day, the welfare institute held a small party and cooked the dumplings the children made together in the kitchen a while ago.
Jiang Suifeng drove Grandpa Jiang to the welfare institute, and Grandpa Jiang taught the children there to write calligraphy.
Jing Mimi learned a new song and stood in the center holding a small microphone, not stage fright at all.
Jing Zhi sat in the audience with a proud face, recording a video of him.
When he was the kitten Mimi, the little guy loved to meow, and he and Jiang Suifeng also loved listening to his little meows. In summary, it could be described in seven words—”Like hearing celestial music, ears temporarily cleared.”
Now turned into the little human Mimi, he unexpectedly possessed musical talent.
He and Jiang Suifeng were both tone-deaf; it could be considered “bad bamboo producing good bamboo shoots.”
When they took Mimi home, they could consider enrolling him in some music-related interest classes to learn vocal music and instruments professionally.
As long as Mimi liked it, they would provide everything they could.
…
Finally, on the day Jing Zhi’s lips completely subsided, the custom Scottish Fold mold Jiang Suifeng ordered for Mimi arrived. It was modeled after the kitten Mimi’s previous appearance.
Because custom modeling and finding a factory for production took some time, they waited for many days until all the snow melted.
Jing Mimi could only touch the mold every day, looking forward to the next snowfall.
What arrived before the snow was the end of Mimi’s notice period.
As expected, no one contacted the relevant agencies to claim Mimi during the notice period. The end of the notice period meant he was open for adoption.
Jiang Suifeng submitted the adoption procedures immediately. The required materials had been prepared long ago, fearing “slow hands get nothing” and someone else getting there first, causing unnecessary trouble.
Normally, the review and assessment of materials would take a lot of time, but Xu Sumei had some connections in City A and urged for acceleration. They signed a longer integration life agreement and didn’t mind the welfare institute visiting anytime or for a long term to confirm Mimi’s living conditions in the new home.
Regulations were built on human relationships.
On January 8th, a heavy snow suddenly fell, accumulating a thick layer of white overnight.
On January 9th, Jing Mimi used the Scottish Fold mold customized by Papa to make many cute little snow cats.
On January 10th, Jing Mimi got into the car to go home.
On the day of going home, Jing Mimi said goodbye one by one to the children he had good relationships with in the welfare institute. He also looked at the big black dog from a distance. The tied-up big black dog wagged its tail at him. Many little snow cats he made were left in the yard of the welfare institute, hoping they could continue to accompany the children for a while instead of him.
Sitting in the new child seat Big Papa specially added to the car, Jing Mimi used the phone watch Little Papa bought him to say to Wang Qiuqiu on the other end: “Brother Qiuqiu, I’m on my way home.”
Wang Qiuqiu was very happy and invited: “Mimi, come to my house when the snow stops. All my toys are for you to play with.”
Except for those puppy dolls.
Jing Mimi looked expectant: “Okay!”
Jing Zhi sat in the passenger seat, listening to the cute conversation between the two children in the back seat, and curled his lips unconsciously.
At a red light, Jiang Suifeng stopped the car steadily, glanced sideways at Jing Zhi, and couldn’t help but quickly kiss him on the cheek.
Jing Zhi was startled. Fortunately, it was just a cheek kiss, and the little cub in the rearview mirror didn’t notice the movement here, so he just gave him a painless glare.
Because his lips were bitten swollen by Jiang Suifeng on his birthday last time, Jing Zhi strictly refused his kissing applications these days.
Tomorrow was the launch day of that zombie horror game, and he had to start streaming. It would be troublesome if his lips were swollen again.
After the stream ended… he could kiss if he wanted.
The heating was on in the car, and snowflakes were drifting outside. Just like this, they returned to the familiar community chatting and laughing.
Jing Mimi had ended the call with Wang Qiuqiu, lying on the window, looking outside with bright eyes.
It was his familiar environment.
Almost home.
The car stopped steadily in the open-air parking lot downstairs. Jing Zhi got out of the car, went to the back seat, opened the door, and carried Jing Mimi down.
There was snow on the ground. To prevent stepping on wet shoes and socks or slipping, Jing Zhi carried him directly into the unit building and put him on the dry ground.
Jiang Suifeng also locked the car and followed.
The two held one of Jing Mimi’s small hands each, leading him towards the elevator.
Unexpectedly, a somewhat familiar figure was waiting outside the elevator door on the first floor.
It was the man living opposite them.
He had already pressed the down button, and the elevator was descending, saving them a lot of time.
Sensing the approach of the three, the person glanced sideways, his gaze lingering on Jing Mimi for a while before withdrawing.
Jing Mimi was wearing the kitten hat knitted by Xu Sumei today, and his light yellow hair was covered by the hat, so he wasn’t that conspicuous.
Because of the rumors heard before about this neighbor, plus his lingering gaze on Mimi, Jiang Suifeng moved sideways imperceptibly, blocking Jing Mimi and Jing Zhi slightly with his body, and exchanged a look with Jing Zhi.
Just then, the elevator arrived at the first floor. With a “ding,” the elevator doors opened slowly.
The man walked in first, and Jiang Suifeng and Jing Zhi also walked in with Jing Mimi.
Avoiding taking the same elevator would seem too deliberate and make people uncomfortable instead. Regardless of what kind of person the other party was, there was no need to provoke him.
Their home was on the 8th floor, not too high, so they arrived in no time.
Inside the elevator, Jing Mimi looked up with his little head and curiously examined the man.
He recognized this uncle. He lived opposite their house. Several times when the kitten Mimi sneaked out while his papas opened the door, he had seen him.
Due to height, what Jing Mimi could examine most easily were his hanging hands.
There were some terrifying chilblains on his hands, and the nail gaps were red, seeming to be…
Before Jing Mimi could continue observing, the person suddenly put his hands into his pockets and looked down at him.
The next second, Jing Mimi felt his body lighten.
Big Papa suddenly picked him up.
Big Papa turned around holding him and said to Little Papa, “What’s for dinner tonight?”
Before Jing Zhi could answer, the elevator suddenly stopped with a “ding.”
The man walked out hurriedly without looking back.
Jiang Suifeng, holding Jing Mimi, also walked out of the elevator with Jing Zhi.
Seeing the familiar corridor at the door of his home, Jing Mimi excitedly hugged Papa’s neck tighter.
With a “bang,” the opposite door closed. Jiang Suifeng and Jing Zhi silently opened their own door.
They also saw it; the red in that man’s nail gaps should be blood.
Closing the door, Jiang Suifeng put Jing Mimi on the mat in the entrance hall, took off his shoes, and changed him into the small home shoes prepared in advance.
The home shoes had a cute pink kitten paw print pattern.
The kitten Mimi’s paw pads used to be this light pink.
After changing shoes, Jing Mimi ran around the house happily like a wild horse.
The kitten Mimi also liked parkour at home. Kittens were agile and had good jumping ability, able to jump around smoothly at home.
Little humans were clumsier, but little humans had flexible hands and could touch more things better.
Watching the little guy rush in impatiently, Jiang Suifeng and Jing Zhi smiled and ignored him, whispering to each other while changing shoes.
Jiang Suifeng said, “Let’s go look at houses in a few days. If there’s one we like very much, we’ll buy it with full payment directly.”
Jing Zhi nodded. “Look for one close to your company, convenient for Mimi to go to school in the future, with better soundproofing.”
“Okay.”
They originally planned to buy a house, but because of the kitten Mimi’s health condition and the lack of support from both families, it had been delayed until now.
Now, the little human Mimi was back, both families accepted their relationship, and the neighbor opposite might be a ticking time bomb. Buying a house and moving out as soon as possible was the right thing to do.
The two slowly whispered and changed their shoes, only to find Mimi gone.
After searching for a while, they found him in the kitten Mimi’s former cat room.
In the large cat nest, the small cub curled up, his amber eyes curved into a pair of cute little crescents, smiling at them, chewing something in his mouth, faintly revealing a bit of green.
Jing Zhi’s heart skipped a beat. He strode to him in three steps, pinched his chin, and asked sternly, “Mimi, what are you eating?”
Jing Mimi was forced to open his mouth, with unchewed green plants remaining in his mouth.
“Mmph…”
Jiang Suifeng returned quickly, holding a pot of cat grass with a piece bitten off, and answered for him: “Should be the cat grass you planted before.”
While Jing Zhi was stunned, Jing Mimi started chewing happily again.
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Author’s Note:
Little Cat Mi: (Chew chew chew) Cat grass (Chew chew chew) Delicious.
