Chapter 60

"Meow~ woo~" Is Miaomiao heavy or not?

A creamy white long-haired cat lay on its brother's back, its voice soft and sweet, like a marshmallow.

Li Xuan slightly raised her eyelids. "Meow."

"Meow~" Are you going to get down now? Li Xuan asked again.

The little cat's ears twitched slightly. He hadn't expected his brother to actually say he was heavy. He thought his brother would definitely praise him, saying he wasn't heavy at all and that he was as light as a feather.

"No, muah~"

Li Miao refused to get off her brother and used him as a cushion to rest, which was very comfortable.

"Meow." Then why did you ask? Li Xuan felt both helpless and doting towards her spoiled younger brother.

Li Miao, having gotten the better deal, acted coquettishly, wriggling a few times on her brother and saying haughtily, "Meow~" Her brother, on the other hand, clearly also liked playing with her, but was too shy to show it.

Li Xuan's ears turned red quietly. He couldn't say it directly, otherwise Miao Miao would become an even more arrogant little cat.

"Dinner's ready." Pei Huai walked over slowly with a smile on his usually cold face.

Just as Li Miao raised her kitten face to respond, her entire body was lifted into the air and picked up.

The kitten's round bottom was patted twice.

Pei Huai signaled to Li Miao that it was time for her to become a human and eat.

Without a second thought, Li Miao transformed into a human in Pei Huai's arms. Pei Huai's eyelids twitched, but fortunately he caught Li Miao safely.

Li Miao wrapped his arms around Pei Huai's neck, his slender legs dangling in mid-air as he looked at Pei Huai with a smile.

"You didn't even give me a heads-up." Pei Huai put Li Miao down and then gave her a light slap on the bottom.

Li Miao didn't actually have much flesh on her body, but after becoming human, her buttocks became fuller and fleshier.

His brother is still alive, yet Pei Huai dared to spank him.

It embarrassed the kitten.

Li Miao turned around and complained to her brother.

"Ha—~" The black cat hissed menacingly at Pei Huai.

"Hmph." Li Miao looked at Pei Huai with a very provocative gaze.

"I was wrong." Pei Huai lowered his head and admitted his mistake.

The black cat, its sharp fangs gleaming, finally closed its mouth and lazily yawned.

"Come and eat, everyone." Pei Qingsong found it amusing that his cousin recognized him so quickly, almost as quickly as he did.

The rectangular dining table was filled with home-style dishes—seven dishes and a soup, making a total of eight dishes, including both meat and vegetables, all of which were Li Miao's favorites.

Braised sea bass, sweet and sour pork ribs, shredded beef with young ginger, and so on—this was the second time Li Miao had eaten at her brother's house, and she still couldn't help but widen her eyes.

She exclaimed, "Brother, your boyfriend is such a good cook!"

Li Xuan and his younger brother sat to one side. He put a piece of braised fish belly meat into Li Miao's bowl and said modestly, "Really? Actually, I also think Qing Song's cooking is very delicious."

Seeing Pei Qingsong looking at him with a smile, Li Xuan took the initiative to put a piece of pork rib on his plate, saying, "Thank you for cooking today."

"Thank you, wife," Pei Qingsong blurted out without thinking.

Li Miao, who was eating fish, suddenly looked up at Pei Qingsong, then looked at her brother with an "I see" look, a sly smile playing on her lips.

Li Xuan, who had always been imposing and domineering in front of Li Miao, blushed and kicked Pei Qingsong's shin under the table, giving him a sidelong glare.

Pei Qingsong also realized that his wife still had to save face in front of his younger brother, so he coughed lightly.

Pei Huai also served food to his brother, and then served food to Li Miao.

Li Miao's mouth never stopped once she opened it. When meeting her closest family members, Li Miao was unrestrained and ate until her mouth was covered in oil.

"I want to eat more beef." Li Miao looked at Pei Huai and placed the shredded beef with ginger in front of him. Pei Huai took Li Miao's bowl and added a lot more to it.

Seeing how happy Li Miao looked while eating, Pei Huai secretly made a decision to improve his cooking skills so that he could better feed Miao Miao.

After lunch, while Pei Huai and Pei Qingsong were cleaning up the kitchen, he asked his cousin how long it took him to learn how to make the dishes that had been served at lunch.

"It's been a few years. I started researching cooking when I was in graduate school." Pei Qingsong got tired of takeout and started thinking about cooking for himself.

Later, he discovered that cooking could relieve stress. As his relationship with Li Xuan grew closer, Pei Qingsong was also glad that his cooking skills were not bad, so he could feed Li Xuan.

"Okay, I understand." Pei Huai said thoughtfully.

"What do you know?" Pei Qingsong asked with a smirk.

Pei Huai glanced into the living room, where Li Miao and her brother had transformed back into cats and were doing parkour on the sofa.

"I know, I need to learn how to cook properly so I can better win over the kitten's stomach," Pei Huai said seriously.

Pei Qingsong couldn't help but chuckle, patted Pei Huai's shoulder lightly, and said in a calm voice, "Not bad, you grasped it immediately, you're self-taught."

"It's still a long way off. If I encounter something I don't know how to do, I can ask you for help," Pei Huai said.

Pei Qingsong: "Of course, from now on, our relationship can also be considered..."

He frowned slightly, then paused for a moment before parting his thin lips and uttering two words: "...brother-in-law."

“Brother-in-law is a term used between the husbands of sisters,” Pei Huai said calmly. “Li Xuan and Li Miao are male cats.”

"Ahem, if you want to be my sister-in-law, that's fine too, I don't mind." Pei Qingsong looked at Pei Huai with a smile.

Pei Huai's lips twitched, and he was instantly speechless: "

"Then it's better if we just stay cousins." Pei Huai sighed and rubbed his forehead.

“I think so too,” Pei Qingsong smiled.

Li Miao was curious about what the two of them were talking about, and the cat came over with its tail wagging.

When the cat transforms into a human, it is covered in a dazzling light.

When Pei Huai blinked and opened his eyes again, adjusting to the changing light, Miao Miao had already transformed into a human in front of them.

"What are you talking about? Can I listen too?" Li Miao asked curiously.

“Sure, Pei Huai said he also wants to learn to cook. Once he’s good at cooking, he can feed you whatever he wants,” Pei Qingsong said slowly.

"Wow, Brother Pei Huai, you're so kind." Li Miao felt a warm glow in her heart, as if she were surrounded by tenderness.

His cousin was standing right next to him, and Pei Huai felt a slight burning sensation on the back of his neck from Li Miao's intimate address.

"Ahem, I'm your boyfriend. If I'm not good to you, who else should I be good to?"

"?" Li Xuan thought he was hallucinating. He rubbed his ears and walked over, asking in a rather unfriendly tone, "Li Miao, what did you just call Pei Huai? Say it again."

Pei Huai realized the seriousness of the problem and blinked quickly to signal Li Miao.

Li Miao wasn't afraid of her brother, so she said, "Call him Brother Pei Huai."

"Hiss." Pei Qingsong gasped.

He stood aside, raising an eyebrow, ready to watch the show.

"Pei, Huai," Li Xuan gritted his teeth, his black cat ears popping out in anger, the tips twitching as he spoke.

In less than a second, Li Xuan transformed from a cat-eared boy back into a jet-black cat and pounced on Pei Huai's face.

Pei Huai had no doubt that the black cat had pounced on him because it wanted to scratch his face.

Pei Qingsong often uses a cat toy at home to entertain her boyfriend, so she knows very well the speed and angle of Li Xuan's pounce.

With swift reflexes, he scooped the black cat into his arms.

He gently patted the black cat's fluffy head and said, "Don't be angry, don't be angry, we won't stoop to his level."

Pei Qingsong held the kitten tightly in his arms, his long, strong arms holding it, while his other hand supported the kitten's bottom. Li Xuan's tail was long and thin, and its black and brown cat eyes stared fixedly at Pei Huai, its tail swishing impatiently.

Pei Huai, under immense pressure: "..."

Li Miao chuckled and stood in front of Pei Huai. Because he was half a head shorter than Pei Huai, Li Xuan could still see Pei Huai's black hair even when he looked up.

“Brother, I have to go to the coffee shop for my part-time job this afternoon, so Pei Huai and I will go downstairs for a lunch break. I’ll come upstairs to find you next time.” Li Miao kissed her brother’s cheek.

With Miao Miao's soothing words, the black cat's visibly agitated emotions subsided. Li Xuan meowed, waved its little paws, and said goodbye to Li Miao.

Li Miao spoke in a childish and cute voice, pretending to be obedient as she said, "Brother, bye-bye."

He took Pei Huai's hand and led him out the door and downstairs.

They were just upstairs and downstairs, and too lazy to wait for the elevator, so the two of them took the emergency staircase.

Pei Huai followed Li Miao downstairs.

He lowered his eyes, a hint of doting and helplessness in his deep gaze.

"You deliberately called me Brother Pei Huai in front of your brother just now?" Pei Huai pursed his lips slightly and couldn't help but say, "You little rascal."

This isn't the first time Pei Huai has called Li Miao a little naughty cat.

"Bad" is clearly a negative evaluation.

But when paired with a kitten, the mischievous little cat becomes both cute and playful.

Li Miao didn't mind Pei Huai calling him that at all.

His ears turned slightly red, and every time he heard it, he felt that Pei Huai's low, husky voice carried a hint of helpless doting.

Li Miao stopped and turned around.

Stepping onto a lower step, she raised her delicate and beautiful face, her eyes smiling as she looked at Pei Huai and met his gaze.

"Yes, I am the little naughty cat."

"But I called you that because I wanted to get you used to me dating you sooner. Think about it, if you get used to me calling you Pei Huai, then we can kiss and hug each other whenever we want, and you won't feel anything."

"Oh~~" Pei Huai drawled out, laughing as he said, "So there was a lot of reason why Miao Miao called me Brother Pei Huai earlier."

"So it seems I've been misunderstanding Miaomiao all along."

"Miaomiao isn't a naughty kitten, she's a clever little cat?"

“Yes, you misunderstood me.” Li Miao leaned closer, their eyes met, and they were very close.

Pei Huai lowered his head and kissed Li Miao's eye: "Then I'll apologize to the kitten, and the kitten won't be angry."

"Hehe, I'm not angry." Li Miao raised her hand to cover her cheek where she had been gently kissed.

Holding Pei Huai's hand, she walked towards their home.

Li Miao also had a key to the house, and after opening the door...

He wrapped his arms tightly around Pei Huai's waist, nuzzled the boy's chin, and after a while, Li Miao said, "I have to go out to do my part-time job now. You stay home alone and be good."

"If you miss me, you can call me," Li Miao said coquettishly.

Pei Huai reached out and put his arm around Li Miao's back, and laughed, "If you can't make a phone call, at least make a video call."

After thinking for a moment, Li Miao Cat said, "That works too."

"Can we skip the video call and have Miaomiao bring her whole family and me to the part-time job?" Pei Huai asked in a low voice.

Li Miao hadn't expected Pei Huai to be so clingy.

"You'll have to ask the store manager, but they probably won't agree."

“It’s okay if you don’t agree. I can still go to your shop to eat small cakes and sit by the window to wait for Miaomiao to get off work.”

Li Miao was silent for a moment, then said, "Then I think you might as well just transfer the money for the small cakes directly to me, so there won't be any middlemen making a profit. Don't you think so?"

Pei Huai was taken aback; it seemed so.

“Idiot Pei Huai,” Li Miao said, amused.

Pei Huai, who had always been praised as a genius by those around him since childhood, heard someone call him an idiot for the first time.

This feels pretty good~

"Well, Miaomiao can't leave this idiot behind; she has to stay with me the whole time," Pei Huai said lazily.

“Okay!” Li Miao nodded emphatically, nuzzling Pei Huai with her fluffy head.

Pei Huai couldn't help but rub his head vigorously, completely unwilling to let Li Miao go out to do his part-time job that afternoon.