Chapter 171 "I love you".

Xia Hui and the others booked the same hotel and took the subway back together after the event.

Zou Yuanyuan stayed until the end.

Seeing that everyone else had left, he then took out a bank card from his handbag.

"This is what Zhaozhou asked me to bring to you."

After the international math competition, the two, who had already developed feelings for each other, naturally started dating.

When the young master is not familiar with someone, he has a cool and aloof demeanor, but when he is in love, he becomes very clingy and wants to share everything with them every day.

Therefore, Zou Yuanyuan also learned about the Yan family's affairs.

She glanced at Jiang Yingxu secretly, too embarrassed to say that when Yan Zhaozhou first told her the story, she thought he was making it up to tease her.

He said this was a coming-of-age gift from your aunt and uncle, hoping that you would continue to do what you love and not be influenced by anyone or anything.

Just as Ji Cailing said to Shi Miao.

They will stand on Jiang Yingxu's side.

Even though she outwardly obeyed the old man and dared not disobey him, she secretly transferred all the cash she had on hand to this bank card and presented it to Jiang Yingxu, hoping that he would never be troubled by money again.

Jiang Yingxu was silent for a moment, then reached out and took it.

Zou Yuanyuan breathed a small sigh of relief, revealing a pair of shallow dimples when she smiled.

She is not qualified to judge this matter.

But when she saw Jiang Yingxu sitting at the table with his eyes down and a light smile, she remembered how aloof he used to be and genuinely felt that he deserved to enjoy these things that belonged to him.

"I'll be going now, see you next time."

Zou Yuanyuan hugged Shi Miao briefly, waved to the two of them, and left with light steps.

The restaurant is not far from the rented house.

The two decided to walk back, as a way to digest their food.

Anyone who has ever walked a cat knows that cats are very alert to the slightest disturbance. Flowers, grass, leaves, butterflies, and dragonflies flying by can all make a cat stop and twitch its ears to observe carefully.

The cat demon is slightly better.

But it is still easy to get distracted. When walking on the street, it will tilt its head and look around, and its eyes will be attracted by the various signs in the human world.

After walking a few steps, Shi Miao's ears twitched as she heard footsteps behind her that hadn't followed.

He turned his head.

Jiang Yingxu stopped a few steps away, turned his head slightly, and was examining something in a roadside shop.

Shi Miao followed and looked over.

Perhaps because I saw the bag of tools that Jiang Yingxu brought home a couple of days ago, the first thing I noticed was the small square box displayed in the counter.

It is marked with size and special feel.

Flashy and gaudy.

We haven't started using the one at home yet.

He still wants to buy it?

The cat felt a slight ache in its wrist again.

Whose cat plays with that cat toy for so long?!

It was incredibly hard; rubbing that pale little mole felt like rubbing off the soft, white skin.

The cat seemed to be stuck on something when it walked, almost limping.

Shi Miao, her ears slightly burning, went over and tugged at his sleeve, saying fiercely, "You're not allowed to buy it."

Her upturned little face was fair and white, like a sweet and soft white sugar cake. Even with her eyes wide open, there was no fierceness in her eyes, only an adorable feeling that made your fingertips itch to pet her.

Every day I'm constantly being charmed by cats.

Jiang Yingxu lowered his long eyelashes, his gaze gentle, and asked, "Why?"

Shi Miao: "?"

Shi Miao: "Because we already have one at home."

Jiang Yingxu raised an eyebrow slightly. "There aren't any at home."

He guessed that Shi Miao must have misunderstood something.

His gaze swept across the store, passing over the direction he had just been looking in.

Jiang Yingxu paused when he saw those ostentatious little boxes, and a barely perceptible smile appeared on his lips.

Beside me, the kitten was still muttering in disbelief.

"Wow, how can you talk nonsense? You bought two bags of stuff and stuffed them all in the bedside drawer, the bathroom cabinet, and even the coffee table in the living room!"

It's a jumbled mess of sensations—heat, coolness, and more.

Last time He Rongyi and the others came over, Shi Miao watched as he casually put it back in the bedroom, and after they left, he put it back in its original place in front of the cat.

They're doing bad things without even trying to hide it from the cat!

Shi Miao stared at him with a serious and condemning look, trying to persuade him.

Unfortunately, as her long eyelashes blinked, Jiang Yingxu raised his hand and touched the corner of her eye with his knuckles.

The attempt to reform failed.

Jiang Yingxu still denied it, saying, "Really, no."

As she spoke, she walked towards the store.

Shi Miao tugged at his sleeve, "You clearly have it, why won't you admit it..."

Before he could finish speaking...

Jiang Yingxu walked past the row of small boxes with an air of nonchalance, went to the shelf further inside, and reached out to take down a pink item.

Shi Miao: "..."

Jiang Yingxu waved the box in his hand at her, "Do you have one of these at home?"

Shi Miao: "."

Shi Miao: "No, no? Maybe I remembered it wrong."

The Cat King's mouth is very stubborn!

Fortunately, Jiang Yingxu didn't seem to notice her weakness. He not only thoughtfully offered a way out by saying that there might be something wrong, but also calmly went to pay the bill.

Shi Miao rubbed her face, recovering from the awkwardness, and casually leaned over to look, asking, "What did you buy?"

Jiang Yingxu opened the packaging box and took out... a pair of bracelets connected by a pink telephone wire?

Shi Miao was still examining the connecting plastic wire when Jiang Yingxu pulled her hand, and with a click, a foam-covered bracelet was fastened to her wrist.

The other end was held by Jiang Yingxu on his wrist.

"Anti-loss leash," he said casually, "so you won't lose me or abandon me."

Shi Miao: "??"

Shi Miao glanced at the packaging box that Jiang Yingxu was still holding in his hand, and hesitated before speaking.

no.

The cat is no longer an illiterate cat.

Cats can read.

It clearly says on it: Child safety leash.

so.

Between Shi Miao and Jiang Yingxu, who is more like a child who should be held back?

Talk is talk, joke is joke.

Shi Miao shook her wrist and quickly got used to the anti-loss leash, and even discovered its new uses.

Hook your fingers around the rope, wrap it around your wrist twice, and shorten the rope length.

He pulled it towards himself.

Jiang Yingxu would then be helplessly pulled over.

Pull it once, then pull it again.

The cat found a new toy and became so engrossed in playing with it that it stopped looking at the surrounding shops and focused entirely on playing with it.

After another sneaky and forceful effort, the cat managed to pull the enormous but "frail" Jiang Yingxu to its side.

Shi Miao poked the boy's broad chest, her brows furrowed, and said in a deep voice, "You've already been captured by the Cat King."

Jiang Yingxu nodded with a smile in his eyes, "Yes, Your Majesty, what should I do?"

His voice was low and sharp as he asked, "To serve you?"

"Which way does Your Majesty prefer to be served, with your hands or with your mouth...?"

"Stop, stop, stop!"

Shi Miao called for a stop immediately, looked around to make sure they had turned from the bustling street into a quiet alley leading to their home, and that no one around could hear their conversation, before raising her head.

I never imagined that a cat who once spoke so boldly would one day become a conservative.

Mainly.

It used to be the innocent and ignorant instincts of a small animal.

Now that I've truly experienced it, I know how tiring it is.

Shi Miao, her face practically radiating anger, snapped, "Just say something nice."

She loved Jiang Yingxu's gentle and clear voice when he kissed and comforted her.

Call her baby and praise her as a good little cat.

Even as her clenched fingers gripped his hair painfully, he would press his lips against her leg and kiss her palm with his wet lips.

It's like a sugar-coated bullet that stray kittens can't resist.

"good."

Jiang Yingxu would naturally fulfill all of Shi Miao's requests.

As dusk settled in the distance, a small, warm light shone from a streetlamp at the corner, illuminating the road beneath our feet.

More than half a year ago, Jiang Yingxu, covered in wounds and full of vigilance, walked out of the dark alley with a cat demon that suddenly appeared.

Now, Jiang Yingxu, relaxed and carefree, took Shi Miao's hand and, as he paused slightly, lowered his gaze, which rippled like frost melting in spring.

He looked at her.

"I love you."