Chapter 65: Meow
Hearing Jing Mimi’s realistic meow, Xu Sumei was stunned for a moment, then her eyes curved into a smile she couldn’t suppress.
The next second, she raised her hand and patted the little cub’s slightly upturned bottom lightly.
“So our Mimi is also a kitten.”
It was a joking tone, but Jing Mimi guiltily rubbed his head against the pillow and “meowed” again in response.
The smile in Xu Sumei’s eyes deepened.
Jiang Suifeng also walked over, sat beside Jing Mimi, stroked his hair gently, and explained: “The kitten we raised before passed away. Now that we have Mimi, we don’t plan to raise a new cat.”
Jing Mimi squinted his eyes comfortably.
He liked being petted by Papa, liked Papa’s partiality.
Hearing this, Xu Sumei looked apologetic and didn’t dare to ask more about that kitten. She changed the subject: “Have you decided on Mimi’s name?”
Mimi was just a nickname; he needed a formal name registered in the household registration.
Jiang Suifeng shook his head. “Haven’t decided yet.”
He and Jing Zhi were already bad at naming, and with so many things happening recently, naming Mimi was delayed.
Xu Sumei asked again: “What about the surname? Decided?”
This question could be answered.
Jiang Suifeng replied: “Surname Jing. Little Jing hasn’t reached the age of 30, so Mimi can only be registered under my household registration. The surname will follow him.”
Xu Sumei nodded. This was good. After all, he was their shared child, so it was better for both sides to have some connection. Same-sex couples in China couldn’t get married yet.
Xu Sumei opened her mouth and tentatively asked again: “Your family…”
Jiang Suifeng answered immediately: “They all accepted it. It’s too rushed this New Year, and Mimi shouldn’t travel too much. Next New Year, I’ll definitely take Little Jing and Mimi home.”
Actually, Jing Zhi had already told Xu Sumei about Grandpa Jiang, but she was still not completely reassured and wanted to ask her son’s partner personally.
Hearing Jiang Suifeng’s answer, Xu Sumei’s lips moved, and she said slowly: “How about celebrating the New Year at my place this year?”
After saying that, she added: “If it’s convenient.”
After all, he definitely had to go back to his family too, so there might be a conflict in time.
Jiang Suifeng hurriedly replied: “Convenient, convenient. I can go back a few days later. Once I was sick during the New Year and didn’t go back; it doesn’t matter.”
Xu Sumei still remembered that time. Jing Zhi came back hurriedly to have a meal with her and left, saying he was going to take care of his sick and feverish boyfriend.
With no one to watch the Spring Festival Gala with her, she went to play mahjong with neighbors, playing almost all night and winning a few hundred yuan. She slept deeply the next day, not hearing Jing Zhi’s messages and calls. Worried about her, he rushed back again. Running back and forth in the cold, he also fell ill.
Fortunately, Jiang Suifeng was almost recovered at that time. He originally planned to go back to his hometown. Although he missed New Year’s Eve, he could still visit relatives. But because Jing Zhi fell ill, he canceled the plan. That was the only New Year they spent together.
From now on, they could spend every New Year together.
As they were talking, Jing Zhi pushed open the kitchen door and walked out.
Jiang Suifeng stood up immediately to help him serve the dishes on the dining table.
Jing Zhi whispered to him in the kitchen: “What did you say to my mom?”
Jiang Suifeng blinked and dropped a “Guess” before walking out of the kitchen with the dishes.
Jing Zhi: “…”
Jiang Suifeng set the table, and Jing Zhi took Jing Mimi to the bathroom to wash his hands, successfully getting the content of Jiang Suifeng’s chat with his mother from him, the corners of his mouth curling up unconsciously.
This dinner was very happy and harmonious.
Jing Zhi made dishes with the New Year goods brought by Xu Sumei. Although Jing Mimi just recovered a little from his illness and didn’t have a good appetite, he ate very happily.
After becoming a little human, although he ate a lot of human food, this was the first time he ate New Year goods made by family members.
Grandma said she would take him to make them together when he was older. He really wanted to roll small meatballs by hand; it should be as fun as rolling round snowballs, and delicious too.
Xu Sumei also talked a lot with Jing Zhi and Jiang Suifeng as an elder, about them and about Mimi.
This was the first time they chatted about family matters together, talking and laughing, becoming a real family.
After dinner, the four sat on the sofa and talked for a while.
Jing Mimi showed off the copybook he wrote to Grandma and expectedly received Grandma’s praise.
Chatting along, it was getting late. Jiang Suifeng drove Xu Sumei home.
Jing Mimi hadn’t fully recovered from his illness and needed rest, so Jing Zhi stayed at home with him and didn’t go along.
On the way, Xu Sumei chatted with Jiang Suifeng for a long time, asking him a lot about their past, and proactively told Jiang Suifeng a lot about Jing Zhi.
Xu Sumei said: “Many girls liked him when he was in school. At that time, I helped him wash his schoolbag and took out everything inside, seeing quite a few love letters. I was quite worried that he would date early and affect his studies. I didn’t expect him not to agree to any confessions because his sexual orientation wasn’t girls.”
Jiang Suifeng tapped his fingers lightly on the steering wheel.
Received so many love letters?
A certain Jing never told him about this.
After dropping Xu Sumei off at her unit building and watching her go in, Jiang Suifeng turned the car around to go back.
When he got home, Jing Zhi was telling a story to Jing Mimi.
It was a story about protagonists overcoming the fear in their hearts, telling children: be brave, let fear have nowhere to hide.
“Brave children are the best.” Jing Zhi touched Jing Mimi’s hair.
Jing Mimi nodded his little head seriously.
He also wanted to be a brave child!
Jiang Suifeng didn’t interrupt, crossing his arms and listening quietly.
He knew Jing Zhi told these stories specifically because of the kitten Mimi’s previous owner.
They dared not ask proactively, so they could only guide him patiently, helping him overcome the fear in his heart and walk out of that shadow completely. Maybe one day, he would proactively tell them about that experience.
Finally, Jing Mimi yawned, getting sleepy from listening.
Jing Zhi stopped telling the story, tucked him in, and quietly left the bedroom with Jiang Suifeng to wash up in the bathroom.
Jing Zhi had already taken Jing Mimi to wash up while Jiang Suifeng was sending Xu Sumei back.
Jiang Suifeng hadn’t washed up yet. Jing Zhi accompanied him and asked: “Did you say anything to my mom on the way?”
Jiang Suifeng: “Said you received many love letters in middle school.”
Jing Zhi: “…”
Jing Zhi had a faint bad feeling in his heart.
Jiang Suifeng added: “You haven’t written me a love letter yet.”
Jing Zhi knew this person would need coaxing for a long time when being childish, so he said casually: “I’ll write it tomorrow.”
Jiang Suifeng said “Oh,” “Then I’m looking forward to it.”
After washing up and sleeping in the dark bedroom, Jiang Suifeng restlessly sucked on Jing Zhi’s lips again.
Jing Zhi pushed him. They had kissed for a long time in the bathroom just now, and Mimi was sleeping on the small bed next to them. It wouldn’t be good if he saw anything.
Jiang Suifeng left his lips after a while, cupped his face, kissed his earlobe, stroked his waist with his palm, and whispered: “Brave children are the best.”
Jing Zhi: “…”
Can you not use positive energy things to do something yellow (erotic).
After Jiang Suifeng went to work the next day, Jing Zhi picked up paper and pen to accompany Jing Mimi, who had completely recovered from the fever, to practice writing.
Before leaving, Jiang Suifeng specifically leaned close to his ear and said: “Waiting for your love letter.”
Had to write it.
When he got together with Jiang Suifeng, it wasn’t really his one-sided pursuit. He just constantly probed, letting Jiang Suifeng know his feelings.
Jiang Suifeng digested it in shock while constantly conquering himself. After several rounds of back and forth, he realized he also had feelings for him.
Then the two got together naturally.
He indeed hadn’t written a love letter to Jiang Suifeng. Instead, Jiang Suifeng wrote him many cheesy and sentimental small cards because of his good handwriting.
Just a love letter, not difficult.
…
Jing Zhi bit the pen cap, staring at the blank paper for a long time.
What to write…
Old married couple, said all the love words. Mind blank for a moment, can’t think of anything.
Jing Zhi tried to open his phone to ask the internet for help, but was so embarrassed by many cheesy words that his toes could dig out a luxurious cat house for the kitten Mimi, so he could only continue biting the pen tip in contemplation.
After a long while, a few words finally fell on the blank paper—
“To Jiang Suifeng:”
Just like writing “Solution:” first when encountering a problem he didn’t know how to solve in middle school math exams.
Thinking and thinking, a furry little head suddenly leaned over.
Little Papa is writing Big Papa’s name!
But what is this “To” in front?
Jing Mimi asked the question in his heart.
Jing Zhi explained smoothly: “This is the format of writing a letter.”
Then, he explained to Jing Mimi what a letter was and how to write a letter, but didn’t dare mention love letters at all.
Could teach the little guy a lot of new knowledge in daily life, but some things should wait until he was older.
…
Near noon, Jing Mimi called Wang Qiuqiu through his phone watch.
“Brother Qiuqiu, I wrote a letter to you. Papa will take me out on the weekend, and I’ll deliver it to you.”
Mimicking Little Papa, he also drew a heart representing like in the middle of the envelope. Brother Qiuqiu would definitely like it when he received it.
Jing Zhi watched all this, hesitating to speak.
Forget it, pure liking and friendship between children shouldn’t be tainted by adult eyes.
Wang Qiuqiu was overjoyed holding the puppy doll on the other end, and asked smoothly: “Mimi, want to come to my house to play on the weekend?”
Jing Mimi: “Can’t. Papa is taking me to the place we used to live to eat delicious beef noodles and help the auntie and uncle who just had a baby move.”
Hearing this, Wang Qiuqiu hugged the puppy doll in his arms tighter and said tentatively: “I also want to eat delicious beef noodles. I can also help move together.”
He hadn’t played with Mimi for a long time. Although life at home was fulfilling, he inevitably felt empty without the company of his good friend.
His cousin often came to find him, but playing with his cousin was far less interesting than playing with Mimi.
Jing Mimi immediately looked up at Jing Zhi beside him. “Papa, can we take Brother Qiuqiu with us on the weekend?”
Jing Zhi thought for a moment, nodded, and said, “Yes, but have to tell Qiuqiu’s mom and dad first.”
Wang Qiuqiu heard it on the other end of the phone, immediately threw the puppy doll in his arms, and ran da da da to tell his parents about this.
Jing Zhi thought Mimi might be bored alone, and it would be more interesting with another child. Anyway, they had to deliver the letter to Qiuqiu on the way.
Moreover, after he told Shen Luo about the connection between the kitten Mimi and “Fa Cai Cute Pets,” Shen Luo sent him a WeChat message this morning saying they found the IP addresses of “Shovel Officer Qizi” and “Fa Cai Cute Pets.”
“Shovel Officer Qizi” now lived in another area of City A, a nice mid-to-high-end community.
And “Fa Cai Cute Pets” lived near the community they lived in before.
Not surprising, after all, the kitten Mimi was picked up near the community, and the person who abandoned it likely lived nearby too.
He was afraid that when they went there this time, they would unfortunately encounter that “Fa Cai Cute Pets” or see something that would trigger his fear and sadness.
With a friend of similar age like Qiuqiu around, Mimi would be stronger and braver. He would also be more willing to share some children’s words with Qiuqiu.
When only Papa was around, Mimi would throw himself into Papa’s arms for protection without hesitation, but sometimes he also needed to work hard to overcome it himself to become stronger.
They were willing to protect Mimi, but also hoped Mimi could grow into a resilient child. They didn’t want to raise him too fragile and delicate, which would harm him instead.
He was no longer the kitten whose range of activities was limited to the home.
He was now a little human who would step out of the house and experience a lot in the future. There would always be places they couldn’t protect.
…
In the evening, when Jiang Suifeng came back, Jing Zhi told him the news that Qiuqiu would go with them on the weekend.
Jing Zhi preferred to tell Jiang Suifeng face to face after he came home about things that were not urgent.
Jiang Suifeng nodded, thinking it was good for Mimi to have Qiuqiu as a companion. The next second, he reached out his hand to him and blinked explicitly.
Jing Zhi naturally understood what he meant, turned around, and took an envelope with a heart drawn on the seal from the table.
Jiang Suifeng couldn’t wait to open it.
“To Jiang Suifeng:
Meow meow, meow meow meow meow, meow meow meow meow meow, meow meow meow meow meow, meow meow, meow.
By Jing Zhi”
Jiang Suifeng: “?”
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Author’s Note:
Meow Meow Love Letter [Red Heart]