Chapter 56: Acting like a spoiled child

the next day.

Opening her eyes, Tong Wanwan saw the first ray of sunlight in the morning——

From the little white lion's golden eyes.

I don’t know when Cancan woke up. He was lying quietly beside the bed, with his little head propped up, staring at her without blinking.

"Good morning."

She wanted to reach out and touch the little guy, only to find that she was covered tightly by the thin blanket, from neck to toe.

Tong Wanwan: “…”

No wonder I always feel a little hot when I sleep.

There was no need to think about it, it was definitely Cancan who pulled the quilt up for her.

"Awooo." As the girl stood up, the little white lion tilted its head. It was small, curled up on the pillow like a ball of white, soft, fragrant and sweet cotton candy, looking very appetizing and so cute that she couldn't help but rub it.

After washing up, Tong Wanwan went to the kitchen to make breakfast. Today's nutritious pet meal for the little ones was pork tenderloin meatballs with fresh vegetables.

However, in order to test out a delicious feline menu, she also made a small dish of catnip duck salad.

Duck salad is simple to make, but the key lies in incorporating the flavor of catnip into the dish. Chop the cucumber, cook the duck breast, and cut it into small pieces. Finally, add a small amount of salad dressing. Toss the cucumber, duck breast, and catnip together, and serve. The dish is ready!

Although catnip cannot be eaten too much, occasionally adding some to food is a very delicious seasoning for cats.

"Cancan," Tong Wanwan came out of the kitchen carrying dishes and set the table while talking to the little white lion following behind her, "Can you help me call them out for breakfast?"

The little white lion roared and scurried off to the pet room. A moment later, like a leader leading his subordinates on a tour of territory, the little velvet mouse and the little tit followed closely behind, with the two cats not far behind.

With the "pet army", the little white lion walked back to Tong Wanwan, and as if declaring its sovereignty, it jumped from the ground and leaped into the girl's arms.

Tong Wanwan couldn't help laughing: "Cancan is really amazing, bringing them all here."

She had discovered long ago that pets also formed small groups, and the children in her family obeyed the little white lion's instructions.

Now it seems that Cancan is indeed the little leader in the pet shop.

Savannah had a keen nose and could smell the catnip in the duck salad even from a good distance away. The cool little cat quickly jumped onto the dining chair, lowered his head, and sniffed the food on the plate, his pupils dilating a lot.

However, no matter how greedy it was, it remained obediently standing still on the chair, staring at the little white lion in Tong Wanwan's arms, with a perceptible patience in its eyes. Because of Eli's "brainwashing", Savannah still believed that only with the consent of the white lion boss could they do anything, including eating.

Daya was the second one to give in to the temptation and jump onto the seat. After she stood firm, she stared at Elvis like her brother, her eyes both aggrieved and pitiful.

Elvis: “?”

His first reaction was to look at Eli, but as expected, the rat avoided his sight angrily.

"...Pfft." Tong Wanwan couldn't help but joked, "Cancan, your brothers and sisters are waiting for you to eat~"

After saying that, she loosened her arms and let the little white lion jump onto his dining chair.

"Yuanyuan, Mengmeng, come and eat too."

Before he finished speaking, the remaining two little pets had already found their seats very consciously and sat upright.

The effects of catnip are amazing. The two cats seemed to be savoring some kind of century-old delicacy. After taking a lick, they would squint their eyes and savor it for a few seconds. They seemed to want to eat this small dish of food forever.

Eli and Tracy, however, were unfazed by the catnip and were only focused on their tenderloin meatballs and duck in their salad.

But... with a movement of lowering and raising their heads, they discovered that Elvis's catnip duck salad had been eaten up completely, without even a crumb left.

Eli was completely stunned. It was the first time he saw the Marshal eat so quickly and so thoroughly.

Is catnip effective for all cats?

Tong Wanwan noticed it too, but she was concerned that the little lion, after eating catnip, seemed a little... abnormal.

"Cancan? Are you okay?" She leaned forward and asked worriedly.

The next second, the little white lion with its head lowered and looking a little dizzy, like a drunk, suddenly raised its head.

Looking at the girl right in front of it, it slowly blinked its eyes, which were about to turn into golden candies, and then, dazedly, it leaned its little head forward very directly.

"Chiu."

Without saying anything, he kissed the girl on the corner of her lips.

"Huh?" Tong Wanwan was stunned.

Cancan, after eating catnip...became very proactive.

As if a strange switch had been turned on, the little white lion held on to the precious treasure it had found and refused to let go. It kissed her cheek, licked her fingers, and buried its head in her palm, rubbing it back and forth, like a cub who could do nothing but act like a spoiled brat.

The other four pets: "..."

Hiss, the big guy who took catnip is acting like a spoiled child.

For some reason, they didn't feel uncomfortable when any of their pets kept acting cute and coquettish towards Tong Wanwan. However, when Elvis did that, they felt a sense of critical shock and subtle shame.

Especially Eli.

The blond Major General was already accustomed to the Marshal's stern and cold demeanor. Therefore, this behavior, which was normal for an ordinary pet, was a stark contrast to Elvis's, leaving him dumbfounded.

At this moment, he remembered a saying that was popular on ancient Earth:

"As long as I'm not embarrassed, you're the ones who are embarrassed."

Before Eli and the others could come to their senses, Elvis woke up from the effects of catnip and froze in Tong Wanwan's arms.

He didn't expect that the food he fed to the two children, Savannah and Daya, would also irritate him.

Elvis raised his head quietly, trying to observe the expression of the girl who had been rubbed several times by him.

"What's wrong?" It raised its eyes, but Tong Wanwan pressed its head back and rubbed it. "You feel shy only after the kiss?"

Elvis: “…” Cough.

After the first time of "sleeping on the bed", the second and third times became much easier.

One night, just as Tong Wanwan was about to go to sleep, she heard a knock on the door. She opened it and saw the little white lion, holding its little nest in its mouth, looking up at her with innocent eyes.

Tong Wanwan: “…”

As long as she stood there, Cancan would hold the pillow in his mouth and stare at her. The hint should not be too obvious.

"Where are Yuanyuan and the others? Are they asleep?" Tong Wanwan hesitated for a moment, but finally relented. However, she felt a little guilty about only letting Cancan sleep in her room.

"Oh." The little white lion nodded affirmatively.

"Okay then~" Tong Wanwan smiled as she picked up Cancan, lion and its nest. She had slept with the little lion last night; its plush, soft texture was a hundred times more comfortable than the stuffed animal pillow on her bed.

The sleeping nest he brought in was just a decoration, and the place where he finally slept was next to the girl.

Ives was satisfied.

As for whether Eli and the others fell asleep or not, that was not within his consideration.

(End of this chapter)