Chapter 15 What the cat likes, what the cat wants, the cat gets.
The small candy lying in my palm evokes a completely unfamiliar emotion.
Jiang Yingxu clutched the candy tightly, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down.
"Time is fleeting."
He called her name solemnly again, his dark eyes fixed on her.
What is your purpose?
Or rather...
What do you want me to do?
Jiang Yingxu is not a naive young man living in an ivory tower who foolishly believes that all kindness and malice are clearly defined.
His uncle and aunt treated him terribly, allowing Jiang Tianhao to steal everything that rightfully belonged to him.
Before their parents' accident, the two families would visit each other and have meals together during holidays, and they got along well.
He started looking for part-time jobs outside when he was in junior high school. He was deceived by bosses who looked kind and easy to talk to and were full of sympathy and pity. He worked for half a month for nothing, and was also cheated out of several hundred yuan by bosses who were harsh and nitpicky.
Human nature is always chaotic and cannot withstand tests.
Jiang Yingxu had long known that every gift bestowed by fate had a price tag attached in secret.
That was a distant memory.
This little cat that suddenly barged in, muttering about some villain and some plot, approached him in cat form and human form, and what price did he have to pay?
After discovering that Shi Miao was the little cat demon from her home, it was only natural that she could recall that alley, that sudden siren, and that girl who appeared out of nowhere.
Jiang Yingxu lowered his long eyelashes slightly, concealing the deep darkness in his eyes.
If... if it's within his means.
Jiang Yingxu thought.
It's not that he can't cooperate.
"..."
Under his silent gaze, the girl slightly opened her mouth, looking somewhat bewildered.
She scratched her cheek with her fingertips, her soft, red lips parted slightly, and she tentatively asked, "The purpose... So, should I tell you?"
Jiang Yingxu nodded.
The girl sat up straight, her round cat-like eyes filled with seriousness.
"Then—can I ask you a question if I don't understand something?"
Jiang Yingxu: "...?"
Shi Miao quickly patched the holes again, and said meticulously, "Don't worry, it won't take up too much of your time or affect your studies."
Jiang Yingxu: ".
Jiang Yingxu calmly asked, "Is this all?"
Shi Miao pondered for two seconds, then said, "Oh, there's one more!"
Jiang Yingxu breathed a slight sigh of relief and continued to wait for her to make her request.
But then the girl tilted her head, her movements exactly like a kitten's coquettish tantrum, her eyebrows curving upwards, exuding a soft sweetness.
"Jiang Yingxu, can we be friends?"
The kitten never understood the meaning of subtlety.
The cat likes it, the cat wants it, and the cat gets it.
So, she boldly reached out and grabbed Jiang Yingxu's sleeve again, nudging him with her cat-like head and shaking it.
Is that okay?
"..."
Jiang Yingxu remained frozen for a long time until Zou Yuanyuan returned. He looked at the two of them with a puzzled expression, then hurriedly said "okay," pulled back his sleeve, and turned back to his seat.
In an instant, they moved in unison.
Fortunately, she quickly recovered, though her sitting posture still appeared somewhat stiff.
Like a wind-up toy that hasn't been oiled in time.
Shi Miao smiled sweetly when she received an affirmative answer.
They were also fooled by Jiang Yingxu's good acting skills and thought that the villain was really calm and collected.
In a good mood, she mentally set off two small fireworks for the system to celebrate.
Cat announced that Jiang Yingxu has apologized, so the cold war is over!
Jiang Yingxu isn't that hard to approach.
In the original book, Jiang Yingxu was taken back home after being away for eighteen years. The Yan family wanted to get close to him but were coldly rejected. While feeling awkward, they also had to say that Yingxu's personality was too cold and bad, unlike Shuli who was more considerate.
In response, Shi Miao would like to say—
Whether you truly put yourselves in each other's shoes and genuinely want to get closer to him and care for him, you know the answer in your hearts!
No human being can resist the yearning for pure and passionate emotions.
Whether it's family, friendship, or love.
Even the most isolated and desolate iceberg will melt for it.
The Yan family simply couldn't do it, so they shifted all the blame onto Jiang Yingxu.
The system, floating amidst the crackling fireworks of consciousness, had to constantly shout at the silly cat: "We still have to follow the plot!"
Shi Miao didn't care at all.
[Let's go. Whether it's 100% or 60%, it all counts as following the storyline. Just make sure you pass.]
She's already become friends with Jiang Yingxu, so she'll just grab him and say a few lines from the script, treating it as an immersive murder mystery performance.
Her mission was simply to keep an eye on the main villain and prevent him from messing up the timeline.
Long live passing!
system:【……】
Oh no, as expected of a little cat demon who once wandered the university campus, she's truly internalized the "just passing is good enough" principle.
The preparatory bell rang.
Shi Miao then turned around and went back to her desk.
Zou Yuanyuan was looking at her with her chin in her hands, her fingertips lightly touching the suddenly appearing glass bottle of milk, her eyes glancing slightly behind her as she mouthed something.
"Jiang Yingxu?"
Shi Miao nodded.
Zou Yuanyuan: "He was late for the last class because he went to the convenience store to buy this, right?"
She didn't know what she was thinking, but her almond-shaped eyes curved into crescents, and she whispered something before the teacher entered the room.
"Dating is not allowed at No. 1 Middle School."
Shi Miao: "?"
Shi Miao: "?!?!"
Shi Miao's pupils dilated in shock, and she waved her hands repeatedly, "I didn't!"
Are you kidding me!
Most cats are solitary creatures, but they also have their own social circles. For example, when Shi Miao was in college, he was invincible and was regarded as the leader by all the cats, who regarded the other cats as his underlings.
The same applies to Jiang Yingxu today.
She is Lady Cat, and Jiang Yingxu is naturally Lady Cat's number one little brother and friend.
Zou Yuanyuan smiled, a hint of liveliness and slyness in her eyes, and said in a soft voice, "I didn't mean anything by it, I just wanted to tell you about the school rules."
Shi Miao: "?"
Where is my shy and timid female lead?
How did it turn into an evil little lamb?
Just then, the teacher walked in.
Zou Yuanyuan sat up straight and began to listen to the lecture.
Shi Miao puffed out her cheeks and exclaimed to the system in shock: "The female lead has this side to her too?"
The system's mechanical, flat-panel sound is silent: [One who stays near vermilion gets stained red, one who stays near ink gets stained black, one who stays near a cat becomes evil.]
Evil Kitten: [?]
The report is implying something about me.
Shi Miao grumbled and bickered with the system, arguing back and forth for a few rounds. Then she saw a bottle of sweet milk with a thin layer of fine water droplets on it on the corner of the table, and she hooked it with her fingertips and moved it in front of her.
Crack.
I unscrewed the cap and took a sip.
The slightly cool peach-flavored milk glides down your throat, leaving a rich and sweet aroma.
Shi Miao shook the bottle. [Yuan Yuan is overthinking it. This is clearly a tribute from the main villain.]
It's perfectly normal for a junior brother to offer tribute to his boss!
Don't have a built-in pink filter and see everything as pink bubbles!
The system responded sarcastically: 【Hehe.】
The evil kitten felt mocked and flew into a rage, then started childishly bickering with the system again.
The desk behind.
Jiang Yingxu gripped the black ballpoint pen between his fingers. His smooth and fluent problem-solving process abruptly stopped halfway through. The pen tip remained fixed on a small dot for a long time, and a tiny ink dot seeped out.
The slight redness in her ears gradually subsided.
He listened to the lively argument around him, his gaze lowered, and the candy lay quietly beside him. Suddenly, he gently curled his lips into a smile.
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