Mu Jin paused his carving knife, glanced at the small bottle, and said, "I don't use perfume."
The cat said, "You haven't even smelled it yet, how do you know you don't like it? This one is different from other perfumes."
Mu Jin: "How is it different?"
The cat smiled and said, "I made this one myself! It's one of a kind in the world, the only one of its kind!"
Mu Jin seemed slightly interested. He put down what he was holding, picked up the perfume bottle, and sprayed out a little.
The fragrance gradually spread, an unintentional scent that unexpectedly made him feel comfortable.
"Not bad." Mu Jin looked at the cat, somewhat surprised that she could create such a unique flavor, and more importantly, it suited his taste perfectly.
The cat's eyes crinkled with laughter.
Mu Jin continued carving his little trinkets.
The cat's attention shifted to his hands, and she couldn't help but ask, "Ah Jin, what are you carving?"
Mu Jin said, "It's nothing."
"Huh?" the cat asked, puzzled.
"Let's just say it's like sharpening a knife," Mu Jin said. Even if he's not carving anything, he can't stop using the knife, so most of the time he won't carve a specific thing.
"Oh." The cat rested its chin on its hand, looking at Mu Jin with a comfortable expression.
Sunlight streamed in, casting a shadow of a person on the ground.
After an unknown amount of time, the cat suddenly smiled.
"What are you grinning about?" Mu Jin asked her.
The cat said, "I'm laughing, Ah Jin. You didn't like me before, but you must like me a little now."
Mu Jin's carving knife slipped and almost deviated from its original path.
“Jiu Maomao, if you’re bored, you can leave,” Mu Jin said.
The cat smiled and said, "I'm not leaving, Ah Jin, I want to stay with you."
Mu Jin stopped talking and continued carving his things.
After a while, Mu Jin took the wooden carving, which had shrunk to the size of a thumb, blew off the wood shavings, and placed it in front of the cat.
“Take your New Year’s gift and you can go back now,” Mu Jin said.
The cat picked up the wooden carving; it was really small! Only about the size of a thumb, but it was carved with exquisite detail! And it depicted her!
The wooden cat is resting its chin on its hand, smiling happily, with its eyes squinting like crescent moons.
"Ah Jin! This is me!" the cat exclaimed with delight, unable to put it down. It looked at itself from left to right, thinking that this version of itself, shrunk countless times, was incredibly cute!
It's hard to imagine that Mu Jin could carve such adorable little figures.
"Isn't that obvious?" Mu Jin wiped his carving knife and put it away. Of course, he knew what he had carved.
The cat turned the little figure around and said, "Were you peeking at me the whole time? You were sculpted based on my likeness."
Mu Jin shattered her illusion: "I can remember it after just one glance."
The cat was still very happy. She said, "Your eyes weren't always looking at me, but you were always thinking about me. Otherwise, how could you concentrate on carving?"
Mu Jin lifted her eyelids slightly, then suddenly chuckled, "Jiu Maomao, have you ever flirted with anyone?"
Cat was momentarily distracted by the fleeting smile before her eyes. Mu Jin's smile was captivating; he was so handsome that even when he wasn't smiling, he already stirred the imagination, and when he smiled, it was breathtaking.
The cat slowly shook its head and honestly said, "No."
Mu Jin then asked, "So where did you train your smooth-talking skills?"
Cat belatedly realized that Mu Jin meant she was flirting with him.
But the cat was a bit innocent; she was telling the truth.
“I haven’t practiced,” the cat said.
Mu Jin's lips curled into a smile. "So you're exceptionally talented? Jiu Maomao, do you really want to marry me like Jiu Xintian?"
The cat froze for a moment, then its face turned bright red!
I was even a little at a loss.
"I... I never thought about marrying you. I only thought... I wanted to marry you..." the cat said incoherently.
There is a difference between marrying and being married. If she marries Ajin, she will go to heaven and be with the gods she doesn't like. But if she marries Ajin, Ajin can go back to hell with her.
Mu Jin's smile almost froze.
"Jiu Maomao, you really dare to dream," Mu Jin said.
The cat's eyes shone brightly. "Hmm... I've been thinking about this secretly all along, but now it's your turn to ask me."
Mu Jin said, "I didn't see where you 'secretly' did anything."
It's obvious to anyone that the cat has 'improper thoughts' about Mu Jin; it's definitely not something that can be described as 'secret'.
Cat clutched her New Year's gift tightly and suddenly said, "Ah Jin, I'm going home."
Mu Jin replied, "Jiu Maomao, whether you want to marry me or want to marry me, what you thought before doesn't count. If you still want to in the future, then don't come to see me."
The cat suddenly stared intently at Mu Jin, "Why?"
Mu Jin curled the corners of her lips. "Not all 'whys' have a definite answer. I'm not joking, you should know that."
The cat's good mood suddenly turned a little down.
She glanced at Mu Jin, but said nothing, and left.
As she drove along the winding mountain road, Maomao thought to herself that she had experienced the bittersweet feeling of extreme joy turning into sorrow.
Ah Jin's attitude was as if they had suddenly returned to the time when they first met, cold and decisive. Cat knew that he was not joking.
But how could something she had been thinking about for thousands of years be extinguished all at once?
What's wrong with Ah Jin today? Why has she suddenly become like this...? Does she really not want to marry him?
It's fine if he doesn't marry her, but that's just a formality. Would he really want to be with her? The kind of relationship where they never have to be apart?
He seemed unwilling.
After returning to the Jiu family home, Maomao went back to her bedroom alone, took out the New Year's gift she had just received, and placed it next to the carrier pigeon that Ajin had given her last time.
"Ah Jin's heart is really hard to fathom." Cat tapped the carrier pigeon's wing and sighed.
...
After the New Year, the cat got busy again.
The company's second phase of the project has officially started. This time, Maomao personally drove to select the store location. Her purpose was very clear: she wanted to ensure everything went smoothly during the company's expansion! Therefore, the store locations were all auspicious places with excellent feng shui.
At the same time, Maomao recorded an episode of "Masters Among the People" as a guest. This episode, which was the final episode of the show, was full of high energy. Maomao once again appeared on the show as a cultural relic appraiser, which stirred up quite a stir on the Internet and in the antique world.
Especially with the memory of the 25 million yuan walnut still fresh, many people want to know whether the cat's ability is just a publicity stunt for the show or if it really has the ability.
So much so that when Maomao paused her work and returned to school for exam week, a professor majoring in archaeology actually came to see her in person.
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