Chapter 60: Meow
Jiang Suifeng finally caught his breath and exchanged a nervous glance with Jing Zhi, seeing the same emotion in his eyes.
Wondering if Mimi thought of some unhappy experience.
Before they could speak, Jing Mimi’s expression softened, and he suddenly said: “It’s okay, Papa. I will work hard to pick up a baby.”
A little beige curly-haired kitten baby.
Jing Zhi, Jiang Suifeng: “…?”
Jing Zhi and Jiang Suifeng didn’t know what was going on in his little brain.
However, for such a small child, it was normal for thoughts to be whimsical and jumpy.
Jing Zhi still remembered when he was this age, he thought kissing mouth-to-mouth could make a baby, so they were about the same.
Seeing his mood improved, the two didn’t say anything more, afraid of saying too much and making mistakes. The topic of neutering passed just like that.
Anyway, kitten neutering had nothing to do with the little human.
Mimi’s physical development was very healthy.
…
Early the next morning, the family of three got up early.
Jing Zhi and Jing Mimi sat in Jiang Suifeng’s passenger seat and the rear child seat respectively, going to the hospital together to visit Shen Luo and the baby.
Jing Mimi was very excited all the way, swinging his little feet.
He hadn’t seen a newborn human baby yet!
Sister Chestnut on Planet Meow should be able to see too.
The Cat God said it made a cloud TV on Planet Meow. Kittens could see him and people around him through the TV. When he arrived at the hospital ward, Sister Chestnut could see the baby with him.
Wonder what kind of wish Sister Chestnut would have…
He wanted to help Sister Chestnut fulfill her wish the most.
But since becoming a little human and returning to Earth for so long, he hadn’t received any wish mission from Sister Chestnut.
Hoping the Cat God would appear suddenly when arriving at the hospital later, telling him what Sister Chestnut wanted him to do.
The snow was much lighter today. Jing Mimi sat in the child seat, his little brain spinning fast, staring at the windshield wiper in front of the car in a daze.
The wiper moved back and forth; it was a very good cat teaser stick.
Once before, when his papas took the kitten Mimi out by car on a rainy day, the kitten Mimi curled up in Jing Zhi’s arms in the passenger seat, watching the wiper move back and forth, gradually lowering his body, ready to pounce at any time. Fortunately, Jing Zhi noticed it in time and grabbed him the moment he pounced, hugging him tightly.
At that time, the kitten Mimi’s drooping tail swayed back and forth, meowing with some dissatisfaction, but a soft laugh from Papa came from above his head.
Now the little human Mimi finally understood why Papa grabbed him back then.
—The silly kitten couldn’t catch the wiper at all sitting inside the car. He would only hit the glass in front of the car, making his little brain buzz, and affecting Big Papa’s driving.
After getting out of the car at the hospital, Jing Mimi was held by Papa to touch the wiper outside. His small hand was frozen cold by the residual snow water on it, and he honestly put it into his warm pocket.
The little human Mimi had gradually lost interest in “cat teaser sticks.”
Human entertainment activities were too many, far richer and more interesting than cat teaser sticks.
Just entering the hospital building, the heating was comfortable, and there was no snow underfoot. Jing Mimi couldn’t wait to ask Papa to put him down.
As soon as his feet touched the ground, he held one of his papas’ hands with each hand, walking between them.
There weren’t many people in the hospital at this time, not crowded. Every few steps, Jing Mimi would support himself on his papas’ hands and lift his feet off the ground for a few seconds—this was a very interesting “swing” game he discovered recently.
Much more interesting than a cat teaser stick.
Jing Mimi hadn’t been to a place like a hospital for a long time.
His body was getting better and better, not even having a small cold again. He had grown 1 cm on the height chart bought by Papa at home, and his weight wasn’t as light as before.
The kitten Mimi didn’t nourish himself well during the wandering period. When picked up by his papas, his bones were very obvious. Later, he was fattened up a lot by his papas. Stepping on Papa’s skin with his paws would leave a small depression.
Returning to the hospital, suddenly smelling the disinfectant, his little brows furrowed instantly, and he lost interest in “swinging.”
Just then, the Cat God’s voice suddenly sounded in his head: “Mimi, there’s a new mission!”
Jing Mimi thought it was Sister Chestnut’s wish mission, perked up instantly, and waited impatiently for its next words.
But the Cat God continued: “It’s the wish of the Tortoiseshell cat Lin Meili.”
A Tortoiseshell cat like Sister Chestnut, but not Sister Chestnut.
Jing Mimi was a little disappointed.
But he didn’t slack off. Every kitten’s wish was unique and important.
“The wish is: let Lin Pan’er see the family portrait of Shen Luo, Shen Ziyuan, and Shen Chestnut.”
“Lin Pan’er is a nurse in the obstetrics department. You will see her later.”
Hearing Sister Chestnut’s name, Jing Mimi perked up again.
Unexpectedly, although it wasn’t Sister Chestnut’s wish, the wish content was related to Sister Chestnut.
Jing Mimi couldn’t help but quicken his pace, eager to see the people mentioned by the Cat God.
Shen Luo’s ward was on the third floor, and the elevator arrived quickly.
Just arriving at the ward, they saw two familiar faces.
Shen Luo was lying on the bed, and Shen Ziyuan was sitting by the bed, talking to her with a smile.
Hearing the movement at the door, two pairs of eyes looked over.
They knew Jing Zhi and Jiang Suifeng were lovers long ago. Jing Zhi and Jiang Suifeng had also told them about Jing Mimi on WeChat in advance—the child they adopted from the welfare institute.
Now finally seeing him, the two were both curious and surprised.
The little guy had hair color similar to the kitten Mimi’s fur. No wonder the two gave him the name “Mimi.” They knew about the kitten Mimi’s euthanasia and didn’t dare to say too much about this name, just treating it as an emotional sustenance.
The dead are gone; the living can only find some comfort as much as possible so as not to be crushed by separation and death.
This little child was born fair and beautiful, as cute as the kitten Mimi.
Shen Ziyuan took the fruit and wanted to get some snacks for Jing Mimi, but saw Jing Mimi ran da da da to the stroller to see the baby.
Jing Mimi wanted to see the baby with Sister Chestnut on Planet Meow immediately.
The baby was sleeping. He couldn’t help but lighten his breath, afraid of waking her up.
But maybe she had slept enough, or maybe the noise of the three entering woke her up. The baby’s features suddenly wrinkled. Not long after, she opened her eyes groggily, pouted, and started dry howling.
“Woo… wah—”
Jing Mimi lying by the bed was startled.
If he had a kitten tail behind him, it would definitely be bristling now.
He… he he he didn’t do anything!!!
Shen Ziyuan picked up the dry howling baby from the stroller immediately and gave her to his wife to coax.
—No way, the daughter could only be coaxed by his wife. Maybe the sense of security in mother’s arms was the most sufficient.
Jing Mimi was scared, his little heart pounding, and hid back to his papas’ side helplessly.
Jing Zhi smiled and touched his little head. “It’s okay, the baby just loves to cry. Coax her and she’ll be fine.”
Don’t know what happened this time; Shen Luo coaxed for a while but couldn’t coax her well.
Both were new parents and were also a bit helpless. Shen Ziyuan went to find the nurse immediately.
“Nurse Lin, my baby keeps crying and can’t be coaxed. Please go and take a look.”
Just as the two were about to arrive at the ward, they suddenly heard a childish singing voice.
“Sleep, sleep, my dear baby…”
Walking into the ward, they found it was the little cub with beige hair singing, coaxing the baby held in Shen Luo’s arms on the hospital bed.
The baby had slept enough and wasn’t lulled to sleep by his lullaby, nor was she calmed down, still crying loudly.
Jing Mimi changed several songs until he sang: “Let’s learn to meow together, meow meow meow meow meow together…”
The baby suddenly stopped crying.
The soft and cute voice meowing sounded like a milk cat’s cry, melting people’s hearts.
Jing Mimi liked singing and hummed along with the music on Papa’s phone every day. Among them, some songs related to cats attracted him the most.
Besides this “Learn to Meow,” there were also “Happy Star Cat” and so on. But the former’s lyrics had a long section of meowing sounds, and Jing Mimi loved that section very much.
After becoming a little human, he could make more and richer syllables, but he still occasionally missed when he was the kitten Mimi and could only meow.
Didn’t expect the baby to be interested in this song.
Jing Mimi sang for a while longer, almost finishing the whole song, but found that the baby wasn’t interested in the song, only in the meowing sound.
Seeing this, Jing Mimi meowed openly.
The baby was also calmed down.
“It seems the baby likes kittens very much.” Shen Luo’s eyes showed a hint of tender emotion.
If only Chestnut were still here…
Amidst Jing Mimi’s meowing, the nurse briefly checked the baby’s condition and said there was no problem. Just born not long ago, the surrounding environment was different from the womb, easily feeling panic. Hug her more, increase the frequency of feeding but don’t feed too much at once, let her lie on mother’s chest, increase companionship, and satisfy the need for security.
This situation is medically called “Second Night Crying Syndrome.” It’s not that such symptoms only appear on the second night after birth; it’s just a general term.
Shen Luo and Shen Ziyuan had learned about it before, but the baby was very quiet in the first two days. Didn’t expect she suddenly started crying today.
Maybe also related to factors like vaccination and checkups.
But it wasn’t a big problem anyway.
As for why she was calmed by cat meows—the nurse asked: “Do you raise a kitten at home?”
Shen Luo: “The kitten passed away, but when I was pregnant, I often watched videos of the kitten before. It was a chatty kitten and liked to meow very much. Almost every video has its meows.”
The nurse guessed: “Babies can also hear outside sounds in the womb. Maybe she likes cat meows very much, and because she heard them often in mother’s womb, she feels cat meows are very secure.”
Shen Luo suddenly felt her nose sour.
Chestnut was a cat she adopted from a rescue station, missing an ear like her. She took a fancy to it at a glance, feeling it was her destined kitten.
Although Chestnut had passed away, it seemed to still remain in this home and hadn’t left.
She could show Chestnut’s photos and videos to the baby when she grew up, but unfortunately, Chestnut could never see its baby.
…
Planet Meow, the Tortoiseshell cat Chestnut with only one ear excitedly pricked up its only cat ear, watching the picture in the cloud TV, proudly showing off to the cats around: “This is my dad, mom, and sister.”
Because of giving birth, for convenience and comfort, Shen Luo casually took off the custom-made prosthetic ear. Like Chestnut missing an ear on the left, her left ear was in a state of atrophy.
Sister looked like Mom, and it also looked like Mom.
When coming to Planet Meow, the Cat God asked if it wanted to repair the missing ear because its ear wasn’t naturally missing but injured in an accident later.
But it refused.
It liked itself with one ear.
Like Mom, they had both accepted the physical defect.
It also had a wish, but not now.
…
In the ward, Jing Mimi meowed for too long and got a dry mouth. Suddenly thinking of something, he reached out his small hand, pulled his papas’ clothes, and said to them: “Papa, let’s learn to meow together to coax the baby.”
Jing Zhi and Jiang Suifeng looked at each other, feeling a bit awkward. But stared at by the little cub’s amber eyes without any impurities, they still bit the bullet and meowed one after another.
Jiang Suifeng: “Meow…?”
Jing Zhi: “…Meow.”
Jing Mimi was very dissatisfied with this and asked them to follow him to learn meowing together.
Not long after, it seemed like a family of cats came to the ward.
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Author’s Note:
Little Cat Mimi’s Meowing Class [Milk Tea].
