Chapter 30 I picked up a kitten
The girl leaned against the carved railing, her chin resting against the cool wrought iron patterns, raindrops dripping from her eyelashes like fine curtains. Suddenly, she caught sight of a snow-white shadow curled up between the bluestone slabs under the rose bushes in the corner of the garden near the road, trembling with the raindrops.
"What's that? Is it a cat?" she murmured to herself, her fingertips unconsciously tracing the dew on the railing. The white shape suddenly trembled, revealing a pink nose—it really was a kitten! Her eyes lit up; this immediately piqued the girl's curiosity, and she wanted to go downstairs to take a look.
Very well, there was no one downstairs. The girl walked down quietly.
As soon as I got downstairs, a maid came out.
"Why did you come downstairs, Miss? Be careful not to catch a cold."
"No...no, I'll be back in a bit."
Lin Yiluo felt extremely guilty.
"I'll just take a look around, you go about your business."
"good"
Seeing her like this, the maid stopped asking questions.
The rain outside gradually intensified. Lin Yiluo searched everywhere for an umbrella, but she couldn't find one, so she had no choice but to run outside.
That cat was right in the middle of the road; it looked so pitiful.
She carefully picked up the kitten.
"What are you doing"
A male voice came from inside the car. Xue Shaoqi looked at the girl. She looked so familiar. Wasn't she the beautiful girl he had met at the supermarket entrance a while ago? She was also at this school.
Lin Yilu looked at him, a few raindrops still clinging to her long eyelashes.
She had long forgotten about this man, and she didn't want to talk to him anymore; she wanted to go back.
"Don't go, I have a towel in my car that I can use to wipe the kitten."
Hearing this, Lin Yiluo stopped in her tracks. The kitten in her arms was on the verge of death, but she really didn't want to talk to a stranger, and what if he was a bad guy?
"Hurry up and get on, the rain is getting heavier."
She finally got into the car, but in her heart, she thought that if he dared to kidnap her, she would scream. Anyway, it wasn't far from home.
The man was overjoyed to see Lin Yiluo get into the car and quickly handed her a towel.
Ilo's hair was already dripping wet, but it didn't detract from the girl's beauty at all; on the contrary, it gave her a unique charm.
She placed the kitten on the towel, and perhaps feeling uneasy, the kitten meowed.
The man stared intently at the girl, then suddenly realized something and quickly found a clean towel and placed it in her hand.
"I'll take the kitten. You're all wet, so wipe yourself off."
Lin Yiluo didn't want to give him the kitten, but he helped her. Is this what human relationships are like? Sigh, so troublesome.
"Then... take it."
Xue Shaoqi absentmindedly wiped the kitten with the towel in his hand, but his gaze seemed glued to Lin Yiluo.
After wiping herself off, Lin Yiluo focused on the rain outside the window, unaware of the burning gaze from the driver's seat. Water droplets from her hair slid down her swan-like neck and into her collar, leaving dark watermarks on her snow-white knitwear.
"Where do you live? I'll take you there."
"No need, no need, I can go back by myself."
The man wanted to spend more time with Lin Yiluo, but Lin Yiluo looked into his eyes and said something else.
Do you have an umbrella in your car? Could I borrow one?
Xue Shaoqi felt a little nervous being looked at like that by the girl; it was surprising that he, who was used to being surrounded by women, would feel this way.
Yes, there is an umbrella.
He immediately handed the umbrella to the girl after speaking.
"When should I return this umbrella to you?"
The man seized the opportunity and quickly spoke up.
"How about we exchange contact information? You can return it to me another day."
"I didn't bring my phone."
The girl hesitated for two seconds before speaking, saying that her phone was in the villa.
"It's okay, just give me your phone number and I'll call you when you get back."
"Okay, thank you for the umbrella."
Her phone number was very easy to remember, it was either five or six. Lin Yi'an specially got her the number because he was afraid she wouldn't remember it.
Watching the girl rush into the rain with the cat in her arms, Xue Shaoqi stroked the number on his phone screen until there was no longer any trace of the girl in the car.
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Inside the ornate iron gate, more than twenty servants stood in two rows holding umbrellas, the raindrops forming a crystal curtain along the eaves.
As soon as Lin Yiluo stepped onto the steps, Zhao Ming quickly came to greet her.
"Miss, the young master has been waiting for you in the living room for half an hour."
The crystal chandelier cast a long shadow of Mo Ziyuan as he leaned against the ebony coffee table, flipping through documents. When he heard a cat meowing, his pen left crooked ink marks on the parchment.
"Where did you go?" The magnetic voice was icy cold. Lin Yiluo shrank her neck, but the kitten in her arms let out a "meow" without knowing what was going on.
"I'm going to...go pick up the cat." She stared at the Persian pattern on the carpet, water droplets from her hair pattering into the kitten's fur.
"It's raining outside, didn't you know? Didn't I tell you not to run around? Shouldn't you be sleeping at this time?" Mo Ziyuan asked.
"I know, but... but there are cats outside." Lin Yiluo clutched her soaked skirt, her nails digging into her palms. "I saw them from the balcony."
This statement directly exposed the fact that the girl was standing on the balcony in the rain and getting soaked.
"Why are you on the balcony if you're not sleeping? It's raining, are you going to stay on the balcony?"
Lin Yiluo was at a loss for words after his barrage of questions. She felt a little wronged, as she was soaking wet, with water dripping from the ends of her hair.
"snort!!"
Mo Ziyuan was now helpless.
He really wanted to ask Lin Yi'an for advice on how to handle her at this point.
Actually, he has his own methods.
His method was to wash the girl clean, then tidy her up properly, and if that didn't work, he would tidy her up again.
However, this method is clearly not feasible now.
The man rubbed his temples, looking somewhat troubled.
Lin Yiluo remained stubborn, standing there holding the kitten in her arms without moving.
At this moment, Mo Ziyuan clearly sensed the similarities between Lin Yi'an and Lin Yiluo.
"I'll give you half an hour to let Zhixia finish giving you a bath and change your clothes. Then find a wall and stand there as punishment."
"What about the kitten?"
Zhao Ming quickly took the kitten from the girl's arms.
"Miss, I'll take care of the kitten for you. Don't worry, I'll find it a vet."
After the kitten was taken away, Lin Yiluo didn't even glance at Mo Ziyuan before turning around and following Zhixia back to her room.
As night fell and rain seeped through the carved window lattices, Mo Ziyuan rubbed his aching neck and stepped out of his study. The grandfather clock had just struck eight when he spotted the stubborn little figure in the entryway—Lin Yiluo, wearing a pink nightgown, her nose almost touching the cool marble wall, her little hands fidgeting restlessly in front of her, seemingly doing something.
The girl had cursed him many times in her heart, but she was still secretly wiping away her tears.
Brother Ziyuan is so mean! Humph! Humph! Humph! She will never talk to him again, and even if he talks to her, she will not talk to him.
“That wall in Ilo is marble; you can’t peel it off.” The man suppressed a laugh as his gaze swept over the girl’s slightly trembling shoulders.
He really didn't expect Lin Yiluo to be so well-behaved, still standing there. He wondered if she hadn't even eaten dinner.
She really didn't eat dinner because Zhixia and Zhiqiu were being punished, so no one called her to eat.
However, this is also one of the reasons why Lin Yiluo harbors such resentment.
Doesn't he know that the person is still hungry?
"I didn't put it on, don't talk to me."
Mo Ziyuan just couldn't help but think that even when the baby was angry, he was still incredibly cute.
"So what are you doing?"
Lin Yiluo turned her head and glared at him fiercely.
"I'm being punished by standing in the corner, don't talk to me."
No matter how fierce the girl's gaze was, it couldn't hide her red eyes.
Mo Ziyuan immediately pulled her into his arms, and Lin Yiluo burst into tears.
"You're such a bad guy! You won't let me eat! Are you taking advantage of me because my brother isn't here?"
The man is really innocent. Even if he wanted to bully Lin Yi'an while she was away, he shouldn't have done it like this.
"Okay, okay, don't cry. Brother didn't say you couldn't eat. Didn't Yiluo make the mistake first? Didn't brother tell you that it was your rest time? It's raining outside and you still have to stand on the balcony. You still have to go out and run around. There are bad people outside. Brother Ziyuan will be very worried."
Actually, Lin Yiluo also felt that she was wrong; she was the one who disobeyed first. Should she apologize?
"I...I didn't mean to," the girl sobbed.
Hearing that soft, sweet voice admitting his mistake, Mo Ziyuan's heart instantly melted.
He gently lifted the girl's tear-streaked face, his thumb stroking the corner of her reddened eyes: "Then tell your brother, where did you find the kitten? Who brought you back? And this umbrella... Don't lie to your brother, okay?"
Lin Yiluo had no intention of lying to him and told him the whole story.
After listening, Mo Ziyuan nodded in satisfaction. Hmm... it's exactly the same as what he found out. My baby is so good. I'll reward my baby by making the punishment a little lighter tonight.
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