Chapter 86

"The gift I bought for you has arrived, I'll get it for you now." Before Li Miao went to get the gift, she cupped Pei Huai's cheeks in her hands and gave him a big kiss. The boy smiled, his eyes like sparkling stars.

“Okay,” Pei Huai said, and was about to hook Li Miao’s chin to return the kiss when his hand was grabbed.

"Wait, I'll go get the gift first," Li Miao said softly, trying to stop her.

Pei Huai automatically added, "Okay, then let's wait a bit before we kiss."

Li Miao: Is that what he meant?

However, considering that Pei Huai is the birthday boy, he will not immediately reject Pei Huai's proposal.

Li Miao put on her slippers and shuffled off to get the gift.

Pei Huai watched the boy's sprinting figure, feeling warm and comforted, and wondered what gift Li Miao would give him.

He would like whatever Li Miao gave him.

The kitten prepared a gift for him... Pei Huai suddenly thought of the chubby koi that Li Miao brought him when school started.

The thought of how hard the kitten had worked to go out hunting at night made Pei Huai's heart soften completely.

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Li Miao came over carrying three gift boxes of different sizes. As soon as she entered, she saw Pei Huai sitting on the bed, grinning foolishly.

"What are you thinking about, smiling so foolishly?" Li Miao placed the pile of things she was holding one by one on the bedside table.

Seeing that Li Miao was having trouble holding the things, Pei Huai reached out his arm to take them.

“I was thinking about the gift Miaomiao would give me. Didn’t you used to go hunting often and give me the game you caught?” Pei Huai said with a smile.

"That... Hmph, humans don't need it." Li Miao now knew that sending rats to their deaths was hardly a friendly act in the human world.

“Then Miaomiao has worked hard too. I know how Miaomiao feels,” Pei Huai said with a smile, looking up at her.

Pei Huai smiled gently, his deep eyes filled with doting affection, as if his pupils held only one person. His thin lips were slightly pursed, and his facial features were clear and sharp.

After placing the three gifts, Li Miao couldn't help but lower her head and kiss Pei Huai's lips.

"You're smiling so handsomely first thing in the morning, can you please stop seducing me? If you trigger my fever early, it'll all be your fault." Li Miao muttered seriously, her thick, curled eyelashes fluttering like black butterflies.

Pei Huai chuckled softly, took Li Miao's wrist, and said in a deep, magnetic voice, "If you really bring out Miao Miao's fever, and if your husband makes a mistake, I will definitely take responsibility... to the very end."

He deliberately emphasized the last two words, while Pei Huai stared at Li Miao with a meaningful smile in his dark eyes.

"..." Li Miao's face flushed red instantly.

Cat Head's CPU immediately overheated, and in his haste, he waved his hand haphazardly, accidentally slapping Pei Huai's face with a crisp sound.

The young couple looked into each other's eyes and remained silent.

Li Miao chuckled and said matter-of-factly, "This is punishment for your nonsense just now."

Pei Huai wasn't annoyed at all. Instead, he asked calmly, "I said I would take full responsibility. How is that talking nonsense?"

"I don't understand, Miaomiao, can you explain it to me?" Pei Huai hugged Li Miao's waist.

The distance between the two closed, and Pei Huai looked up and kissed Li Miao's chin, rubbing the tip of her high nose.

Li Miao's waist was also being held, and he knelt on Pei Huai's thigh with one knee bent. He looked at Pei Huai and whispered, "Don't think I didn't know about the tone you used just now."

"Isn't your tone quite normal?" After saying that, Pei Huai slowly hugged Li Miao and pressed him down beneath him.

Their warm bodies pressed together, Pei Huai's slender fingers brushed aside the soft wisps of hair on Li Miao's forehead, and he gazed at her with tender affection.

Their hearts started beating faster at the same moment.

Pei Huai placed one knee between Li Miao's legs, grasped Li Miao's right hand with one hand, and said in a deep voice, "I thought that when I said that on purpose, Miao Miao wouldn't have realized it."

"I'm not stupid, how could I not tell?" Li Miao said with a flushed face, "See, you finally admitted it."

“Hmm, I admit I was flirting with Miaomiao just now.” Pei Huai’s long, narrow eyes slanted upwards as he smiled and said slowly, “But I’m not lying.”

"If you really seduce her, I'll take responsibility." Pei Huai lowered his head, his thin lips kissing Li Miao's nose and lips tenderly, then moving down to gently bite Li Miao's Adam's apple.

"You...you wish." Li Miao's voice trembled slightly, her slender, white fingers gripping Pei Huai's clothes tightly. His amber eyes glistened with tears as he stubbornly refused to back down, saying, "I don't want you to take responsibility."

“I’m Miaomiao’s boyfriend. If Miaomiao doesn’t look for me, who does she want to look for?” Pei Huai looked at Li Miao, who was pouting slightly, with amusement.

Seeing that Li Miao remained silent, Pei Huai let out a soft hum and pressed, "Hmm?"

"Whoever you ask..." Li Miao didn't finish her sentence before realizing she shouldn't have said that, so she immediately changed her words and said, "I'll do it myself."

"Oh, so Miaomiao wanted to do it herself in front of me? When? Tonight?" Pei Huai's eyes were full of laughter.

Li Miao's eyes widened. How could there be such a natural way to embellish something?

"Then I'll have to look forward to it." Pei Huai chuckled hoarsely, "Is this also one of the gifts Miao Miao prepared for me?"

"Gift my foot! If you keep talking nonsense, I won't give you the birthday present I specially prepared."* Li Miao snorted and turned her head away haughtily.

At this point, Pei Huai restrained himself and stopped teasing Li Mao Mao.

Finally, Pei Huai lifted Li Miao's pajamas, kissed the boy's fair and flat waist and abdomen, and then reluctantly got up to see the gift that Li Miao had carefully prepared for him.

Li Miao, who had just been kissed on the belly, was stunned for several seconds before belatedly realizing what had happened, and a noticeable flush spread across her cheeks and collarbone.

No, he's not a cat anymore, so why would Pei Huai suck his belly when he was still in human form?

"Still lying there, why don't you get up and open the presents together?" Pei Huai noticed that Li Miao wasn't moving at all and seemed to be spacing out inside. She didn't even notice that her soft, coconut-jelly-like belly was exposed to the air because Pei Huai had lifted her clothes.

Pei Huai leaned over and playfully rubbed Li Miao's little belly with his large hand, then carefully covered Li Miao's clothes before grasping the boy's wrist and pulling him up.

Li Miao clutched her tummy, which had been sneakily kissed, and glared fiercely at Pei Huai.

Pei Huai couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Li Miao's little expressions are exactly the same as Li Mao Mao's when she's being fierce; they're both adorable.

"I gave you a gift, and you ambushed me," Li Miao grumbled.

"Yes, because I really like Miaomiao, and I can't help but want to kiss you when I see you." Pei Huai looked directly at Li Miao, his enthusiasm and affection undisguised.

Li Miao was easily appeased; the charm of cats is irresistible!

"Alright then, I'll reluctantly let it go. Let's see what gifts we have." Li Miao's tone was somewhat impatient.

"Okay, let's open it now." Pei Huai started by opening the smallest gift, carefully tearing the packaging along the seams.

“You could actually be faster; the outer packaging isn’t worth much,” Li Miao explained.

Pei Huai smiled gently and said okay. He quickened his pace, but still took care not to tear it.

The first gift that caught his eye was perfume. The perfume bottle was square, transparent, and had a very high-quality feel. Pei Huai was curious about its scent.

"Try spraying it and guess what it tastes like?" Li Miao said with a smile.

Pei Huai: "Okay." He then sprayed the product onto Li Miao's collarbone. Li Miao didn't even have time to react before he felt a slight coolness on his neck, followed by a refreshing and crisp fragrance that filled the air. Pei Huai then leaned closer, sniffing around Li Miao's collarbone and Adam's apple like an enthusiastic puppy.

Li Miao was speechless for a moment. She grabbed the boy's shoulder with her slender fingers and leaned back.

"Shouldn't it be sprayed on you? Why are you spraying it on my neck?"

Pei Huai's straight nose rested against the boy's neck, and his warm breath sprayed onto Li Miao's neck as he spoke, causing a ticklish, tingling sensation.

Pei Huai laughed, his voice lazy and casual as he said, "Because I can bully the baby a little more while I'm at it."

"Bad two-legged beast, scheming two-legged beast." Li Miao poked Pei Huai's chest hard with her fingertip.

Pei Huai held Li Miao's fingers, a casual smile playing on his lips.

Li Miao: "Can you guess what it tastes like?"

His eyes sparkled as he looked at Pei Huai.

Pei Huai sprayed some more perfume, sniffed it, squinted his eyes to carefully distinguish it, and said, "It smells of mint and cedar, very pleasant."

“Yes, I think this refreshing flavor is perfect, but there’s another flavor too, can you guess it?” Li Miao said expectantly.

“There’s another flavor…” Pei Huai tried harder to identify it, and tentatively said, “It seems to have a citrus flavor, right?”

Li Miao's eyes widened, and she praised her boyfriend, "You're really amazing, you smell like a green tangerine!"

“You’re just like a dog,” Li Miao said.

"..." Pei Huai's lips twitched. "You're really insulting me."

"No, it's just that my sense of smell is as good as a dog's~" Li Miao said in a soft, coquettish voice.

"Hmph, you naughty kitty, don't think I can't see you're smirking." Pei Huai pinched Li Miao's cheek, rubbing it with both hands at the same time.

Li Miao cried out "Ouch!" twice, covering her face which had been rubbed red.

He thought Pei Huai wouldn't realize he was being sarcastic!

Indeed, the prestige of winning a gold medal in a mathematics competition is enough to prove that Pei Huai is not someone who is easily deceived.

Li Miao could only silently accept the vigorous rubbing of her face.

Li Miao asked Pei Huai if he liked the scent of the perfume, "Do you like this gift?"

Pei Huai smiled and asked, "Does Miaomiao like this flavor? If Miaomiao likes it, then I like this gift."

Just as Li Miao was about to ask Pei Huai if he was saying sweet words to coax him again.

Pei Huai smiled and said, "Because for me, when I wear perfume, it's definitely to make Miao Miao like my scent more."

"If Miaomiao likes it, then I like it too." Pei Huai's voice was deep and elegant, his dark eyes filled with a bright smile.

Li Miao's cheeks flushed red instantly. This...this...this...

Isn't this kind of sweet talk a bit too much?

"But if there were a perfume that I could spray on myself and Miao Miao would get into a feverish state as soon as she smelled it, I might prefer that."

"This is how you can see the faint traces of initiative and enthusiasm."

Li Miao, who was deeply moved just a second ago: "..."

He clenched his fist and pounded it against Pei Huai's chest, his face flushed with embarrassment, and said angrily, "Give me back my gratitude!"

Having successfully bullied the kitten again, Pei Huai couldn't stop laughing.