Chapter 99: Become famous and don’t be dumb
After searching for "Can cats eat cream?", Chang Xile pinched Anping's cheek and said seriously, "It seems they can't!"
Anping looked at her helplessly: [What was our dessert at the restaurant that day?]
Chang Xile recalled that it seemed to be a small cream cake, which Anping liked very much. A little cream got on the tip of his nose, and she helped wipe it off.
"No matter what, you can't eat it. You are just a kitten now, and your body is very fragile." Chang Xile said righteously.
Anping continued to struggle: [I am not an ordinary cat...]
To those around her, Chang Xile was patiently trying to persuade the cat in her arms, while the cat kept meowing in rebuttal.
Before Chang Xile could say anything else, the two girls in the back seat spoke up first: "You talk to it, it understands, right?"
"Hahahaha... This is the first time I've seen a person and a cat quarrel. This..." The short-haired girl paused, glanced at the classmate next to her, and lowered her voice, "Master Lantong, can you really talk to cats?"
The two schoolmates who had claimed to be fans of Onii-sama last night were unexpectedly meeting in the same class. They simply introduced themselves: the short-haired girl was Jiang Lanying, and the long-haired girl was Lin Chumeng.
Chang Xile smiled and said modestly, "I know a little bit of cat language."
Anping leaned unhappily against her chest, considering going out and transforming back into his human form before eating cake. But when Chang Xile's hand gently stroked his head and neck in a soothing motion, he dismissed the idea.
Never mind, this is not bad.
"Are you still accepting submissions for your 'My Cat is a Little Weird' event? Do you accept offline submissions?" After chatting for a while, Jiang Lanying boldly asked, "My friend is really worried lately, so I asked for help."
Yang Guisi said, "Tell me about it."
According to Jiang Lanying, her friend has not been able to sleep well in the past half month. Every midnight, she hears a "dong dong dong" sound coming from the living room.
At first she was worried it was a thief, so she picked up her phone to check the surveillance camera in the living room, and found that it was her pet cat "Jiujiu" playing with the ball in the living room.
And no matter how her friends tried to stop her, Jiujiu wouldn't listen. She would always play in the living room at night and catch up on sleep during the day, without fail.
"My friend is woken up by the banging noise in the middle of the night. She can't sleep well every day and is complained by the neighbors. She is almost going crazy, but she can't throw the ball away," said Jiang Lanying.
"Why can't we throw it away?" Yang Guisi asked, "Is this ball special? Like a gift from someone, or one signed by a star?"
"Hmm..." Jiang Lanying pondered for a moment and said vaguely, "That's about it."
"Then what about hiding the ball? Hide it somewhere high where Jiujiu can't find it or touch it?" Chang Xile asked.
"That's the problem," Jiang Lanying said. "No matter where my friend hides the ball, Jiujiu will eventually find it. Even if she locks it in a storage room, it will inexplicably end up back with Jiujiu."
"You said there is a surveillance camera in the living room. Is there a screen recording we can see?" Chang Xile asked.
"Of course you can, but the previous times we were in the blind spot of the surveillance camera and didn't capture much. But I'll show it to you all anyway." Jiang Lanying's friend had sent the surveillance video screen when she was complaining to her, so she took out her phone to show the two of them.
In the video, Jiujiu was originally sleeping in the cat's nest, but when the clock on the wall turned to four o'clock, it suddenly opened its eyes, its earphones moved slightly, and it stared in a certain direction for a long time, then got up and walked out of the nest.
Then it disappeared beyond the reach of the surveillance camera.
Anping also raised his head and watched the video with them. Just when they were confused by the video, he leaned close to Chang Xile's ear and meowed a few times.
Chang Xile listened carefully for a moment, then suddenly told them in a serious tone, "An... Ping An said Jiujiu was woken up by someone."
"Huh?" Jiang Lanying got goosebumps when she heard her say that. "My friend searched the house thoroughly and even called the police for help, but they didn't find anyone else."
That's really strange.
"That's the situation, so I wanted to ask you on behalf of my friend if you could talk to Jiujiu? At least ask it why it did this." Jiang Lanying added a little embarrassedly, "Of course, I'm just passing it on. It's totally fine if it's inconvenient for you!"
Although Chang Xile was indeed very interested in this matter, she turned her gaze to Yang Guisi, indicating that the decision was hers.
Yang Guisi thought for a moment and said to Jiang Lanying, "I need to think about it again. Please leave me your contact information."
"Okay, okay!" Jiang Lanying didn't expect to add the contact information of the anchor she had liked for a long time. She tentatively asked Chang Xile, "Then can I also..."
"Okay." Chang Xile didn't think it was a big deal and pulled out the QR code to show her.
At this time, the fifteen minutes reserved by Teacher Lin had already arrived. Chang Xile and Yang Guisi turned around and concentrated on listening to the class, while Jiang Lanying was still in a trance, feeling like she was dreaming.
They waited until the end of the class at noon, and everyone left the classroom to eat lunch. Yang Guisi picked up the remaining cake, and at Fang Xinai's suggestion, the four of them planned to go out to eat.
Oh, or maybe four people and a cat would be more appropriate.
Fang Xinai looked curiously at the lion cat following Chang Xile's feet and said with emotion: "Xile, you are very lucky with cats. Even such a cool cat likes you."
"Oh, I miss my little cutie. Every time I go home, he jumps on me enthusiastically. He's so cute!"
"Little cutie?" Chang Xile blinked in confusion.
"The one I told you about before is the little local dog I raise at home. I'll bring it out to play with you guys when I have time." Fang Xinai took out the photos he had taken at home from his mobile phone and showed them to Chang Xile.
What a super cute dog, it totally lives up to its name "Little Cutie". Chang Xile's eyes lit up and he said with a smile: "Great! Is your home not too far from the mountain city?"
"It's only an hour's drive to here. It's not far, but also not near. Then I can take it with me..." Fang Xinai saw that Chang Xile really liked it, shook his head complacently, and shared the future with her.
No one noticed that Anping looked at Chang Xile's smiling face with a strange expression, as if he was in a bad mood.
Of course, Chang Xile had no idea what a cat's expression looked like.
When they walked to the commercial street, Chang Xile suddenly thought of something and said hesitantly, "Why don't you guys go eat? I plan to go find Anping."
She had left Anping behind when they were dividing the cake just now. Chang Xile guessed that he hadn't eaten much today, and it would be a bit miserable for him to just watch them eat, so she decided to find another place to eat with him.
"Let's eat together!" Fang Xinai was reluctant to let Chang Xile go. She asked, "Where is he? If he's nearby, let's ask him to come and eat with us."
Ren Qing and Yang Guisi had no objection to this.
Yang Guisi glanced at the lion cat squatting on the side listening to their conversation, and considerately asked Ren Qing and Fang Xinai to go to the restaurant to get a number first.
Taking advantage of the fact that no one was around, Chang Xile squatted down and asked Anping, "Is your magic power stable now? Do you want to find a place to transform back into a human and have dinner with us?"
Anping snorted softly and asked, "Can we eat hot pot instead of going to Soumao? Aren't you afraid that the saltiness will make my hair fall off?"
"There's no SouCat, only SouGou." Chang Xile joked with a grin. She ruffled his hair and sensed Anping was a little down, but guessed he was just sulking about not getting to eat the cream cake. She consoled him, "Your hair is smooth and shiny, so it doesn't matter if a few strands fall out. You can eat with us when you become a human."
Anping didn't know what she said to soothe him, but he proudly flicked his tail and ran into the deserted alley.
Chang Xile stood up, feeling a little emotional - Anping was slowly willing to show its true character. It was no longer a perfect, submissive and well-behaved kitten. It was a little arrogant and sometimes even lost its temper at her.
However, she was very happy about this change.
After a while, a white-haired young man walked out of the alley. He shook his hair, trying to straighten it out which Chang Xile had just messed up.
Anping walked up to Chang Xile and finally looked down at her. He said coolly, "You, are not allowed to keep other dogs outside."
Chang Xile was confused by what she heard - to keep another dog outside, she must have her own puppy at home, right?
She didn't.
But before she could think about it, Fang Xinai came out to greet Chang Xile: "It's our turn. Have you contacted Anping? ... Oh, we're here now." She greeted Anping generously. Anping hesitated for a moment, then, remembering that she was Chang Xile's friend after all, he reluctantly forgave her for trying to introduce Chang Xile to other good friends and nodded to her.
During dinner, Fang Xinai was still surfing the internet intensely. She said with a hint of gloating, "I saw the official announcement on the Photography Department's WeChat account. Chen Moxin has been removed from her position as department head and kicked out of the Student Union."
"A bit slow," Ren Qing commented, "but still fair."
"This kind of scumbag should not only not be allowed to stay in the student union, but should also be expelled." Fang Xinai was filled with indignation. Obviously, this result was not enough to satisfy her.
The dinner table fell silent for a moment.
Everyone knows this isn't that simple. Ultimately, Chen Moxin hadn't violated any criminal law. While the harm he inflicted on Chang Xile was morally reprehensible, it wasn't even a minor injury. Whether it was enough to get him expelled was a complex matter.
Chen Moxin's family is powerful. Even if they aren't the wealthiest in Yangcheng, their influence is enough to silence students online. Didn't you see that the post on the campus wall was once deleted?
Then, Yang Guisi suddenly made up his mind and said, "I have decided to help Jiang Lanying's friends."
The topic jumped too quickly, and Chang Xile was a little uncomfortable, but she was worried about something else: "You don't care about Zhang Li and the others..."
She still remembered that Yang Guisi once said that even the thought of being watched by these people in the dark during a live broadcast was disgusting.
"Although I hate them, I've thought about it for a long time and feel that I shouldn't ruin my career for people like them." Yang Guisi held up his face and said slowly, "I don't need them to judge whether I'm valuable or not, because I'm already a person who has made great contributions to society! I should show them openly! Look at how well I'm doing now, and piss them off to death!"
"Well said!" The three of them applauded together. Anping looked at Chang Xile and clapped as well.
Chang Xile put his hand on Yang Guisi's shoulder and said, "Then I'll go with you!"
"Also, I want to become more famous," Yang Guisi added, "not just to make money, but also to be able to speak out when I want to do something, and not be silenced by those inexplicable forces."
Chang Xile looked at her and said "Yeah!" in affirmation.
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