Chapter 191 Jiang Yingxu remained silent, only cuddling the cat.
Shi Miao still spent a week with Jiang Yingxu.
At night, I would step on his shoulders and ride with him on his electric scooter across half of Ningcheng, curiously peering out at this unfamiliar city.
During the day, he would huddle in his schoolbag, squinting and quietly enduring the injuries inside his body.
Even if you're not in high spirits, you won't forget what you've learned.
The cat slapped his open workbook with its paw and meowed, "You chose the wrong answer to this question."
Jiang Yingxu glanced at the title.
The heavy pressure of survival inevitably affected his studies, and coupled with a slight sense of boredom, he didn't study anything for a while.
I can get 100% of the questions I've learned right.
This particular dish happens to be within the scope of what I haven't learned before.
Jiang Yingxu looked at the kitten with its tail wagging, pursed his thin lips, changed his answer, and asked, "Aren't you a cat demon? Why do you still need to study?"
The kitten told him in an exceptionally proud tone.
"Because you'll be amazing in the future, and you'll get first place in your grade at Kyoto University every semester."
"I want to be like you, to become a very capable person."
Jiang Yingxu, a middle school student who was actually thinking of giving up, was speechless.
The kitten twitched its ear tips again, looking a little smug.
"I've done mock college entrance exams and I can get over 500 points. If I study for a while longer, I can get over 600."
Jiang Yingxu, who had only managed to score 500 points in the last few monthly exams due to poor performance: "..."
He tensed his facial features, gave a faint "oh," and casually opened the book.
Jiang Yingxu can learn if he wants to.
Just in time for the monthly exam at No. 3 Middle School, Jiang Yingxu jumped directly from around the top 100 in the grade to second place.
A teacher in the office questioned his grades, but Lao Wei retorted.
"If you've ever looked at his previous test papers, you'll know that this kid only does the questions he knows how to answer, and his accuracy rate is 100%."
"He just didn't give up on himself."
Jiang Yingxu received his report card from Lao Wei and was patted on the shoulder with encouragement.
When I got home, I casually took out my report card and several test papers and assignments.
The kitten noticed and looked down.
"How come you only came in second place?"
She was a little surprised, but quickly added encouragingly, "But that's still amazing!"
Jiang Yingxu: "..."
Only. Also.
He curled his lip and said coldly, "Next time we'll be number one."
The kitten made an "oh" sound, indicating regret, "Then I won't be able to see it."
Things that had been deliberately ignored were pointed out clearly.
Jiang Yingxu paused, silently lowered his eyes, and looked at the kitten that was stepping on his bed.
Just as she had done to Xiao Yingxu, Shi Miao raised her paw and touched his forehead as he leaned closer.
"I'm leaving."
"……Um."
Children can openly express their reluctance to part.
As Jiang Yingxu grew older, he fell silent, watching the silvery-white vortex take shape.
Only before the kitten's figure completely disappeared.
She suddenly spoke, "I will get into Peking University and come find you."
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Shi Miao jumped two more time points forward.
Jiang Yingxu, who was admitted to Ningcheng No.1 Middle School, wore a blue and white school uniform and was calm and aloof. He also opened his schoolbag and took her home.
Jiang Yingxu, who had just been recognized by the Yan family, still had casts on his arms and legs and a slightly pale face. He sat in a wheelchair and bent down to rub the kitten that had suddenly appeared.
Going further back, that should be the time when they first met.
But the silvery-white protective layer around the kitten flickered dimly, its light fading, and it was on the verge of breaking.
Her soul was also scarred.
His vision blurred in waves, bright red blood trickled from his lips, and he didn't even have the strength to move his paws forward.
I'm so tired.
Is this the end of the road?
The kitten's head felt heavy, and its breathing became very weak.
She was swept away by the torrent of time, and could only crawl completely, trying to push herself forward one step at a time.
It almost came to a complete stop.
But just as consciousness was about to dissipate and be swept away and obliterated by the torrent.
A cold, mechanical white light flashed by.
Her small body was suddenly enveloped, and in the blink of an eye, she found herself in an extremely cold and white space.
The cat looked up, trembling all over.
I saw a blurry figure enveloped in white light.
His form is eternally changing, and as he approaches, his voice carries a strange rhythm, sometimes near, sometimes far.
"Let me see what you've found."
"A little cat demon..."
"Oh, it's you."
After the phantom finished speaking to itself, it asked her with great interest.
"Judging from your severe injuries, it must be more than just the price of briefly entering the time-space tunnel."
"You're willing to risk your soul being destroyed to persist—what are you looking for?"
The kitten moved its mouth slightly, the sound fragmented.
She is looking for... her younger brother, her lover.
Jiang Yingxu.
"...What a coincidence, I've known him before."
The illusory figure raised a hand, and in its ethereal tone came a soft sigh, as if destiny had already been sealed.
"In that case, I'll help you one more time."
"Little cat, your soul can no longer bear the memories from different times and spaces. It needs to be sealed temporarily. When the time is right, you can retrieve your memories."
The light flowed by gently.
The kitten, curled up in pain, let out a weak whimper, its eyelids drooping uncontrollably.
When I opened my eyes again.
She stared blankly at the illusory figure in front of her, and heard the figure introduce her with a smile in its voice.
“You may call me God.”
The kitten was bewildered for a moment, then, driven by some stubborn subconscious force that remained even when sealed away, it answered blankly and almost instinctively.
"I……"
"My name is Shi Miao."
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bite--
A crisp buzzing sound rang out, startling Shi Miao, who was immersed in her long memories.
Consciousness slowly returned.
The first thing I felt was her strong arms holding me tightly, her warm body temperature, and her clean, refreshing scent.
The pain of repeated loss still lingers in my heart.
Her heart skipped a beat, and she abruptly opened her eyes, instinctively calling out, "Jiang Yingxu."
The last syllable was still trembling slightly.
My dazed gaze met a pair of familiar dark eyes.
I've looked at it a thousand times, ten thousand times.
At this moment, her eyes welled up with tears, and her face turned a rare, deep red.
Shi Miao was still a little dizzy when she felt the arms holding her tighten even more, as if they wanted to meld her into their very bones.
Then I got a heavy, forceful kiss on the head.
Use your strength.
The kitten's ears went limp and pressed to the sides after being kissed, and it instinctively made a "hmm?" sound.
Jiang Yingxu remained silent, only cuddling the cat.
The force increased with each strike.
He suppressed his rapid breathing, overwhelmed by the joy of regaining her, as if confirming her presence and her well-being.
They're practically kissing the cat until it's bald.
It was one of the main gods who couldn't stand it anymore and reminded them, "I understand how you feel, but could you please consider the occasion and kiss at home, okay?"
Shi Miao snapped out of her daze from the storm of kisses and realized that she was surrounded by a flowing, mechanical, silvery-white space, which was clearly the God Space where she had spent some time.
She subconsciously looked up at Jiang Yingxu.
Before he could even ask a question, his long eyelashes were already glistening with tiny teardrops as he began to explain with practiced ease.
"At that time, you drank the potion and suddenly turned back into a kitten, and a silvery-white light appeared around your body."
“I was afraid you would disappear, so I reached out and hugged you, and we ended up here together.”
His Adam's apple bobbed.
Jiang Yingxu couldn't hold back any longer; his long eyelashes trembled, and warm tears fell onto Shi Miao's fluffy hair.
He lowered his head, pressing his forehead against the cat's soft little head, his voice still carrying the lingering fear.
Why are you so stubborn?
He asked, "You were so badly injured to save me."
Shi Miao paused, curled her paws, and asked softly, "You knew about it too?"
Jiang Yingxu responded with a hoarse "hmm".
"All, everything."
At that moment, the Supreme God looked at him, who was suppressing his worry, and asked whether he should send him into Shi Miao's memories.
He will become the Jiang Yingxu she remembers.
In the absence of Jiang Yingxu, and with Shi Miao traveling alone, he will receive all of Shi Miao's perceptions.
Jiang Yingxu readily agreed.
Thus, Shi Miao clearly experienced all the injuries he suffered in the time tunnel: the tearing pain of moving forward under immense pressure, the excruciating pain that washed over his soul, the sweet, bloody taste that spread in his throat...
It hurts so much.
How did this tiny cat manage to endure and grit its teeth to survive?
Therefore, I feel even more guilty and regretful.
"It was my fault."
"It was because I was in danger that you searched for so long and got so badly injured."
Jiang Yingxu wanted to say it wasn't worth it.
But a kitten raised its paw and pressed it against my cheek.
She blinked and said earnestly, "But if it were you, you would save me in the same way."
Shi Miao was willing to go all out for Jiang Yingxu because she had experienced love of equal weight.
The human and the cat stared at each other with red eyes.
The main god, once again ignored: "Cough cough cough."
The main god helplessly shrugged, clearly knowing that any further words would only make him a mere background figure for the young couple.
He chuckled softly, "Don't rush to share your innermost thoughts. I have another memory here that I'd like to share with you."
With a flick of the fingertip, a flash of cold white light disappeared.
It constructs a scene that exists in the past.
That is—
The very beginning of everything.
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