The Cub Comes from Planet Meow 53

Chapter 53: Meow

If it were any other child, Wang Qiuqiu wouldn’t be so impolite. Even if Mimi didn’t like them, he would tactfully ask them to go back first and play together next time they were free.

But this cousin was different.

His cousin wasn’t very good at Chinese. The more direct and concise the conversation, the better. He wouldn’t feel offended. Even with the long sentence spoken at a normal speed just now, he might not have understood it all.

Moreover, when he was still the puppy Qiuqiu, he had met this cousin and was somewhat familiar with him.

At that time, his cousin returned to the country and visited the estate. But because he was too young and didn’t understand Chinese, only speaking English, he had difficulty communicating with other relatives and children of the same age, so he kept pestering the puppy Qiuqiu.

After all, dogs couldn’t speak, so naturally, there was no language barrier or nationality gap.

As a police dog, the puppy Qiuqiu was emotionally very stable. Being harassed by him for several days in a row didn’t make him lose his temper, but he didn’t like him either. After all, children were at the age where even dogs disliked them.

When he didn’t want to pay attention to him, the puppy Qiuqiu would find a corner in the estate to hide. Anyway, the estate was large, and there were many covers he was familiar with.

When he couldn’t find him, his cousin would always call his name with a strange accent.

“Qiuqiu, Qiuqiu—”

The puppy Qiuqiu always had selective hearing.

He didn’t expect that after becoming a little human and being taken home by his mom and dad, he would see this cousin again so soon.

His cousin was a year older than his human body. His English name was Leo, and his Chinese name was Wang Qize.

After not seeing him for a long time, his Chinese hadn’t improved much.

Heard he would stay in the country to live this time and not return to the UK.

The parents of both families encouraged them to learn bilingually together—he would help his cousin learn Chinese, and his cousin would help him learn English.

The idea was good, and he didn’t refuse because he thought Mimi liked English at that time. He wanted to study hard and improve so Mimi would look at him with new eyes.

Later, Mimi suddenly disliked English and rejected hearing it.

He also lost his interest in learning English. He hadn’t had much contact with his cousin this week. Plus, it started snowing again, so he stayed at home asking his mother to teach him drawing, using it as an excuse to decline bilingual learning with him.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the weekend arrived, his cousin came over without a word.

His cousin’s home was in the same residential area as his, not far away. Visiting was convenient; it didn’t take long to walk, and using transportation was even faster.

Fortunately, he didn’t bring the puppy he raised.

Otherwise, he really would have “driven” the person away directly.

Mimi would definitely be scared to death by the puppy.

Wang Qiuqiu carefully observed Jing Mimi’s reaction and didn’t answer the question his cousin asked in English directly.

Mimi didn’t like English. He wondered if he would show a repulsive expression after hearing his cousin speak English.

Jing Mimi was just stunned.

As a little human transformed from a British cat, he had never seen a British person before.

Compared to the rejection of English, it was more about the shock and curiosity of seeing a British person for the first time, and a hint of indescribable closeness.

Finally met a child from the same country as him.

A British child with similar hair color to his.

While he was sizing up Jing Mimi, Jing Mimi was also curiously sizing him up.

Really wanted… to reach out and touch his hair.

Mimi was a straight-haired kitten, and his hair was straight after becoming a little human. He wondered what his little golden curls felt like. Would it be the same as a curly-haired cat?

He actually didn’t know the feel of a curly-haired cat very well, only having seen one on Planet Meow and thinking it was very beautiful.

But he couldn’t speak English, only able to sing a few simple English songs without knowing the full meaning of the lyrics. He couldn’t understand the English he spoke and couldn’t communicate with him.

In an instant, Jing Mimi’s rejection of English seemed less deep.

The desire to communicate with a “fellow countryman” overcame the rejection of English.

Although he didn’t want to return to the UK and only wanted to stay with his papas, preferring the place he lived now, he was inevitably curious about his “hometown.”

Were there many children with yellow hair like him in the UK? Were there many cats of the same coat color and breed as the kitten Mimi? Did it snow so heavily in winter in the UK too?

Because of his papas’ guidance and the sense of security they gave him, he didn’t seem to reject the UK as much as before.

Accompanying Wang Qize was his mother, Emily. Seeing Jing Mimi sitting obediently on the sofa, her beautiful blue eyes lit up instantly. She couldn’t wait to ask Wang Qiuqiu’s mother, “Xiao Yuan, is this the child who is Qiuqiu’s best friend?”

She spoke Chinese. Although with a slight foreign accent, Jing Mimi could understand.

Her hair was also long yellow curly hair like Qiuqiu’s mother’s, but not as curly as Wang Qize’s hair.

Wang Qize’s hair looked like a pile of curly pasta on his head. Jing Mimi quite liked the pasta Papa made, mixed with sauce and paired with steak, very delicious.

Wu Yuan smiled and nodded, introducing in English: “His name is Mimi.”

Introducing to Emily, and even more so to Wang Qize.

She could see that the two children with similar hair colors had a connection and were interested in each other. It would be great if they could become friends.

“Me-me?” Wang Qize repeated the name he heard, with a strange accent.

Wang Qiuqiu frowned and corrected: “It’s Mimi. Mi, third tone, not Me.”

Wang Qize learned the pronunciation again: “Me-me.”

Wang Qiuqiu: “…”

Wang Qiuqiu: “Mimi.”

Wang Qize: “Me-me.”

“Mimi.”

“Me-me.”

“Mimi.”

“Me-me.”

…

Wang Qiuqiu was extremely patient, and Wang Qize also liked practicing Chinese with this cousin. The two “Mi” and “Me” back and forth for a long time.

Anyone who didn’t know would think two kittens were meowing.

The adults on the side couldn’t help but laugh.

Jing Mimi’s expression became even blanker. He didn’t know what the two brothers were doing and couldn’t join in, so he could only stare at them blankly.

Finally, after a long period of teaching, Wang Qize uttered a “Mimi” that satisfied Wang Qiuqiu.

Wang Qiuqiu nodded, his gaze returning to Jing Mimi, explaining to him: “My cousin doesn’t speak Chinese very well, only English. I usually teach him to speak some Chinese.”

Because of the experience of being covered by Mimi when speaking English at Mimi’s house last time, he automatically omitted the sentence “He also teaches me to speak English.”

Jing Mimi thought to himself, So that’s how it is.

Before Jing Mimi could answer anything, he saw Wang Qize suddenly walk up to him, grab his small hand, and say excitedly to him: “Mimi, I like you!”

Wang Qiuqiu’s brows, which had just relaxed, furrowed again.

Jing Mimi was confused and turned to ask Wang Qiuqiu beside him: “What is he saying?”

Wang Qiuqiu didn’t know much English actually, but he knew what “I like you” meant.

Seeing that Mimi not only didn’t reject the English-speaking cousin but seemed interested in him, Wang Qiuqiu pursed his lips, feeling inexplicably unbalanced in his heart. But under his gaze, he still explained: “He said: Mimi, I like you.”

Jing Mimi’s eyes curved instantly.

No one could refuse being shown goodwill and liked, even a kitten turned little human.

He was already interested in this British child, and now his interest grew stronger hearing this sentence.

Jing Mimi said happily: “Brother Qiuqiu, tell him I like him too.”

Wang Qiuqiu: “…”

The straightforward puppy was puzzled and decided to ask him directly: “Mimi, didn’t you dislike speaking English? Why do you like him?”

Jing Mimi blinked his eyes and answered: “Isn’t he learning Chinese?” And he learned my name.

“Although he can only speak English now, he is learning Chinese properly, so I like him.”

Wang Qiuqiu suddenly realized—Mimi just didn’t like people learning English.

Wang Qiuqiu decided not to learn English with his cousin anymore.

Precisely because of this decision, many years later, English became Wang Qiuqiu’s only shortcoming. On the contrary, Jing Mimi’s English grades were often at the top of the class, perhaps due to his bloodline talent as a British cat.

Wang Qiuqiu always used the excuse of Jing Mimi tutoring him in English to squeeze into his bed at night, and the next day used the excuse of exercising to ride a bicycle carrying him to school together.

In the college entrance examination, Wang Qiuqiu’s English score still dragged him down a bit, but thanks to his excellence in other subjects, he successfully got into his dream police academy.

And now in their cub period, they didn’t know what would happen in the future, only knowing to follow their hearts and do what they liked.

Wang Qize couldn’t understand what the two were jabbering about and looked helpfully at his mother sitting next to Auntie Wu Yuan.

Emily immediately translated for him in English that Mimi also liked him and said he was amazing at learning Chinese.

The first sentence was a normal translation, and the second sentence was her encouragement.

Her son had lived in the UK with them since birth and mastered English best. She and her husband also tried to teach him Chinese, but he wasn’t interested in language learning, only in various foods. Unless promised snacks, he wouldn’t be willing to learn Chinese for a while.

Recently, he met the child adopted by Wu Yuan and Wang Shao, who had the same nickname “Qiuqiu” as the German Shepherd Wang Qize liked very much, so he was finally willing to learn language with him.

Returning to settle down recently, they also took him to a kennel to choose his own German Shepherd puppy. The vaccinations hadn’t been completed yet, so it couldn’t be taken out for a walk for the time being.

Now, suddenly appeared this child named Mimi. She inexplicably had a premonition that this would be an important turning point for her son to learn Chinese.

She and her husband had decided to settle in China. Their son’s Chinese level gave them a headache and must be taken seriously.

Hearing his mother’s translation, Wang Qize was even happier and said to his mother in English: “I want to work hard to learn Chinese!”

Emily and Wu Yuan looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

Children are so easy to motivate.

Wang Qize didn’t let go of Jing Mimi’s small hand. His gaze returned to him, and he introduced himself confidently: “Wo jiao Wang Qize (My name is Wang Qize).”

Jing Mimi roughly understood. Before he could recite the name in his heart, he heard Wang Qiuqiu beside him say clearly: “He is called Wang Qize (Period/Time marsh), not Wang Qize (Strange marsh).”

Jing Mimi nodded, thinking his name was a bit complicated but interesting, unlike him and Brother Qiuqiu whose last two characters of the name were the same.

Wang Qize added: “Wo de ying wen ming zi shi Leo (My English name is Leo).”

Jing Mimi nodded again. Although not interested in English, hearing this sentence, he couldn’t help but be curious about what his English name would be.

Ask Papa when I go back.

Wang Qize continued: “Wo bu hui Ying Guo la, wo yao zai Zhong Guo sheng huo (I’m not going back to the UK, I want to live in China).”

These were the self-introductions he practiced for a long time, taught by his mom and dad, preparing to greet relatives on his father’s side during the New Year. Although the pronunciation wasn’t standard, it was fluent and could be understood by people who knew Chinese.

Hearing this, Jing Mimi held his small hand back very happily.

This brother really had a connection with him.

They were both British (cats), but both liked living in China.

They would definitely become very good friends.

Wang Qiuqiu watched this scene and suddenly reminded his cousin of an English word in a low voice: “Puppy.”

Puppy is English for a small dog. Mimi might know the English word “dog,” but most likely didn’t know “puppy.”

Reminded by him, Wang Qize immediately thought of something and said: “Wo hai yang le yi tiao xiao gou (I also raised a puppy)!”

Jing Mimi was stunned for a moment and suddenly let go of his hand.

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Author’s Note:

What bad intentions could a puppy have? [Dog Head]

Mimi and Qiuqiu are both nicknames. There will be new formal names on the household registration later [Milk Tea].