Chapter 49 Blue Eyes (Xiao Xiu) This is not a cat's meow
After Chang Xile knocked on Yang Guisi's door, he tossed her a key and said, "Keep it safe. This is the only spare key I have."
"No problem." Chang Xile pulled her suitcase into the house, with Yang Guisi leading the way. Her house was much simpler and cleaner today than yesterday.
Yang Guisi wiped the sweat from his forehead with his arm, opened the door of a bedroom near the balcony, and said, "This room is for you. I just cleaned it up."
Chang Xile took a peek inside. The decor was incredibly cute. The wall stickers were pink strawberry patterns, the bed was a retro European-style princess bed, and the bedside was filled with various dolls. It was completely out of place with the simple and cool style of the rest of Yang Guisi's home.
"Here." Before Chang Xile could ask, Yang Guisi handed him a golden cat mask. She then held her own black fox mask and gestured on her face, saying, "You can use it during live broadcasts."
"What's the purpose of this mask?" Chang Xile took the mask, put it on, and observed the effect. "It'll make it easy to recognize familiar people at a glance."
This half-cat mask perfectly suited her face shape, the bridge of her nose fitting snugly, while the eye area perfectly magnified her round, cat-like eyes. At first glance, all that was visible was her radiant eyes and her slightly pursed, rosy lips.
Yang Guisi glanced at her and said calmly, "Just make sure that people who don't know me can't find me."
There are all kinds of people on the Internet, so it's always better to be cautious. Chang Xile didn't ask any more questions and started packing his luggage.
At night, both of them collapsed on the sofa, one looking at the ceiling, the other looking at his phone.
"I'm really homesick. We were supposed to go back for National Day and I've already bought the tickets." Chang Xile looked at the social media posts from his parents and friends back home and began to calculate when he'd be able to go home again. "Is New Year's Day connected to the weekend? But three days seems a bit short... It would take two days to fly back and forth."
"Guisi, you didn't go home for National Day because you were tied up by something. Won't your family worry about you not going back?" Chang Xile asked casually.
"I'm afraid it's not just mumbling." Yang Guisi still kept looking up at the ceiling and smiled.
It seemed that Yang Guisi's family really wanted her to go back. Chang Xile saw that Tang Shixin looked very generous and had a lot of fun with her friends.
Yang Guisi shook his head and suddenly asked Chang Xile, "Do you want to do a test broadcast? Let everyone get an impression of you first, and you can get familiar with the camera."
Chang Xile was stunned: "Of course I can...but what should I broadcast live?"
"Prove that you're truly proficient in cat language." Yang Guisi tilted her head. "The topic is 'Half-Day Kitten Consultation.' How about that? I'll assist you."
"Okay. I'll go get the masks." Chang Xile jumped off the sofa and went to look for the cat and fox masks.
After the two put on their masks, they didn't do any other dressing. "Ghost Secretary" started the live broadcast, and then "Blue Eyes" joined the video call.
The account of Lan Tong already has more than 5,000 fans, which is quite impressive for a newly launched account. This is all thanks to Gui Si's traffic flow.
Not long after Gui Si started broadcasting, the number of people in the live broadcast room exceeded 5,000, and this was without any advance notice.
The barrage scrolled so fast that Chang Xile could hardly see clearly.
"The missing anchor returns!"
"Ahhhh, Onii-sama, I just hope you didn't quit. Without you, how can I sleep?"
"The sleep aid method of the person above is quite unique."
"As soon as I saw the status update, I clicked on it. I didn't miss anything! Is he already connecting with the audience? Who is this person with blue eyes?"
"Kisi posted it yesterday. She's the co-creator of her new event. You can check out her updates."
Soon, Chang Xile saw many viewers flocking to his account.
"This girl has such beautiful eyes! Like a cat."
Chang Xile stretched out her hand and greeted them: "Hi." It was the first time for her to speak in front of so many strangers. Although she kept telling herself that it was nothing, as her heartbeat naturally quickened, she felt her face getting hot.
"Your ears are red, are you shy? Hahahaha."
"How could a cold-blooded Oniji have such a lovely friend? They are two completely different extremes."
"I thought she would have no friends in real life since she was so sharp-tongued."
"So what does a streamer do? I don't see anything in the account."
"Actually, she does. Her bio says 'Cat Whisperer'."
Time is limited, so we need to get to the point. Chang Xile simply answered the question: "Yes, today's theme is communicating with cats. Cat owners are welcome to join the online chat."
Although most viewers didn't quite believe it, it was a free live broadcast after all, and the host was a cute and pretty girl, so people soon joined in the connection.
At this time, the number of people in Lan Tong's live broadcast room had reached 10,000. Gui Si then exited the live broadcast connection and entered Lan Tong's live broadcast room to watch silently.
By this time, the audience's attention had completely shifted to the "girl who communicates with cats," with only a few people still wondering: "Hey, seeing that Oni and Lan Tong have the same background, are they put together?"
The other person turned on the camera. It was a boy wearing black-framed glasses. He looked very cheerful and was the first to greet me: "Hello, hello, Lan Tong. You can call me Xiao Gao."
"Hello." Chang Xile looked at the scene and didn't see any cats, so he asked, "Do you have any kittens at home?"
"Yes! That's what I want to ask." Xiao Gao picked up his phone and walked out. He turned the camera to face a calico cat in the corner of the room. The kitten was lying down, but when he saw him approaching, it immediately got up and ran to another room. Xiao Gao whimpered, "It used to be very affectionate to me, but now it runs away when it sees me. Can you tell me why?"
Chang Xile pondered for a moment and asked him, "Can you stop it and get in close contact with it?"
"Sure." As his name suggests, the tall and strong Xiao Gao blocked the cat's path in a few steps and picked it up. However, the cat struggled violently, screamed a few times, broke free, and ran away again.
"That's it, it won't let me touch it at all. Even when I feed it, it won't eat when I look at it." Xiao Gao said to the camera in frustration.
Chang Xile recalled the cat language he had just heard and felt a little amused and helpless.
"Why is the anchor silent?"
"I don't know, I can't guess it."
"Oh, that's normal. I was wondering how anyone could possibly understand cat language."
"Ghost Secretary has fallen on hard times. He's even started directing traffic to this kind of account. How much money has he made?"
There were many people in the barrage and bad comments soon appeared.
Chang Xile, however, paid no attention to the comments. She asked Xiao Gao earnestly, "Have you been around other cats recently and returned home without changing your clothes?"
"Huh?" Xiao Gao thought for a moment, "Oh yeah, a few days ago, a friend was on a business trip and asked me to go to her house to feed the cat... How did you know?"
"Did you also play with the cat for a while?" Chang Xile asked with a smile.
"Haha..." Xiao Gao smiled sheepishly. Kittens are so cute, it's only natural to tease them when you see them.
"It just said that you have other cats outside, so it might as well give up its spot." Chang Xile asked Xiao Gao, "Calculate the time it ignores you and the time you go to your friend's house to feed the cats, right?"
Xiao Gao calculated for a while and said in surprise: "It really is."
The comments on the barrage were also puzzled: "How did you guess this?"
"It's a blessing in disguise."
The next person to connect was a girl. Her ID was Zhong Yue, and she had a small canine tooth when she smiled. "Hello, Lan Tong, I'm a big fan of Onii-sama!"
Chang Xile smiled as she turned the camera to face the other cat. "My cat has been really mean to me lately, but I know why. Guess?" She reached out to the cow cat, who immediately purred, refusing her any closer.
Chang Xile shook his head. "It doesn't say anything meaningful. I can't understand it."
The barrage of comments started to slide faster again: "You can't guess it..."
"The first one didn't have an answer, so of course she could say whatever she wanted. But this time, the owner already knew the reason, so she couldn't be kept in the dark."
Zhong Yue did not show a look of distrust, but was a little embarrassed: "If you tease it again, it will really scratch me." After saying that, he reached out and stroked the cow cat's head forcefully.
"Meow!" The cow meowed several times in a row and waved its paw at its owner. Zhong Yue quickly retracted her hand, patted her chest and sighed, "Wow... Fortunately, I reacted quickly."
"Have you had it sterilized?" Chang Xile raised his eyebrows.
Zhong Yue's eyes widened, and she subconsciously asked, "How did you know? What did it say?"
Chang Xile smiled slightly and said shyly, "It accused you of being in cahoots with that damned doctor and of destroying its lineage."
Zhong Yue had a sad face and regretted saying, "I was wrong. I was really wrong. My friend suggested that I act out a scene with the doctor and pretend that the dog was stolen. But I didn't believe him and gave it to the sterilization doctor myself."
A long string of “HAHAHAHAHAHAHA” flashed across the barrage.
"The host is really amazing, he's worthy of being Onii-sama's friend."
"Ahhh, I'm paying attention. Be sure to send me a reminder next time you have a live stream with Oniji. I won't miss it!"
"I have submitted my work, I hope you will be selected."
It was the peak time for evening entertainment, and due to various factors, the number of people in Lan Tong's live broadcast room had reached nearly 50,000, and her fans had also increased by several thousand, approaching 10,000.
The publicity had already achieved its effect. Chang Xile was about to connect with one more viewer before ending the broadcast when he suddenly heard a mournful cry coming from the apartment door. The sound was shrill and at first sounded like a baby crying, but listening more closely, it seemed like a cat meowing.
"What's going on?" Chang Xile sat up, stared at the door and listened carefully.
Yang Guisi saw that she was engrossed in the live broadcast and scratched his hair in annoyance. "A cat in heat, right? It's been meowing for several days and I can't sleep well."
The barrage paused for a moment, and then immediately exploded.
"Eh? Is that Onii-sama's voice? Right, right!"
"Oh my god, they two live together? I'm so jealous!"
"Who are you envious of?"
"Never mind, I'm just envious!"
"I just said that their live broadcast backgrounds look very similar."
"Host, go check it out. What is this cat meowing?"
"I've always been curious, too. What do cats in heat usually say? 'Come on, have fun,' or something like that?"
"The people upstairs are making me laugh to death..."
Yang Guisi had never bothered to care before, but now, seeing the comments, she didn't care anymore. She asked Chang Xile, "Do you want to go and take a look?"
However, Chang Xile stared at the door with a serious expression: "This is not the sound of a cat in heat."
This long series of cries were all meaningless howls of extreme pain, and they were repeated exactly the same every minute, even the tone was exactly the same.
"This is a recording of a cat screaming."
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