Chapter 63
After renting a house off-campus, Pei Huai and Li Miao didn't go back to live there every day.
Sometimes, if you have class early the next morning, it's more convenient to stay in the dormitory the night before.
Liang Yixuan and Li Hang had a premonition that the two were together, so they were mentally prepared. They wouldn't deliberately tease Pei Huai and Li Miao, nor would they impolitely inquire about how far the two had progressed.
Liang Yixuan, who is still single, lamented that his good friend Pei Huai had found a girlfriend so quickly, and that his boyfriend was a great beauty like Li Miao!
"I want to be in a relationship too," Liang Yixuan lamented in his dorm room.
Li Hang, sitting next to him, quietly remarked, "You think it's easy to talk about it? I bet you're just all talk."
"Cough cough, maybe." Liang Yixuan is good-looking, comes from a good family, and has a good personality.
If he really wanted to find someone, dating wouldn't be difficult. The main problem was that he hadn't met the right person. Even if a girl added him, there was no point in chatting for a couple of minutes, so he stopped talking to her.
"By the way, does that mean Miaomiao will really be your pet from now on?" Liang Yixuan saw the beautiful photos of the kitten that Pei Huai posted on his WeChat Moments over the weekend.
Pei Huai was teasing the cat with an ostrich feather cat toy.
Sunlight streamed in from outside, casting a golden filter over the scene, making it warm and radiant.
When he spent a heartwarming time with the adorable cat, Pei Huai's usually cold and aloof expression seemed to soften a little.
Hearing that she was being talked about, Li Miao, who was sitting in her seat playing on her phone, suddenly pricked up her ears to eavesdrop.
"Yes, we'll take care of him from now on, for the rest of his life," Pei Huai said with a light laugh.
His words were loaded with meaning, but only Li Miao could understand the deeper implications; it was a little secret between the two of them.
"Wow, you actually managed to snag such an adorable cat, Li Miao. Did your brother really agree to that?" Liang Yixuan asked curiously.
"Cough, don't listen to him. It's just that Pei Huai and I live together, and my brother is temporarily keeping the cat at our house," Li Miao said, her face flushed.
“If Pei Huai makes Miao Miao angry, Miao Miao will naturally go back to her own home,” Li Miao said.
“Of course! Miao Miao is such a cute and pretty princess kitten, she has to be pampered.” Liang Yixuan poked Pei Huai’s shoulder. “Did you hear that? You have to take good care of her.”
"It's so rare to find a kitten that's not afraid of you."
"Consider yourself lucky. You're practically a kitten sent by heaven to save you," Liang Yixuan teased.
“You’re right, I definitely want to treat Miaomiao well.” Pei Huai smiled gently.
When praised as a princess kitten, Li Miao's ears turned slightly red.
"Hahahaha." Li Hang couldn't help but chuckle as he listened to everyone's banter. He stood up, clutching his books. "Alright, time to go to class."
The others echoed this, carrying their books to the teaching building for class.
"Give it to me." Pei Huai took the book from Li Miao's hand.
Li Miao didn't stand on ceremony and gave Pei Huai her books and handbag to carry.
The crossbody bag he bought wasn't the minimalist, cool style Pei Huai usually bought. It was a beige cotton-linen bag that looked and felt very warm. A felted wool pendant made from cat hair that Miao Miao usually shed was hanging on the silver zipper.
Pei Huai's skills are quite good; he's skillful and his sculpted prototypes of Miaomiao and Limiao are incredibly lifelike. They're a gift for Limiao.
Li Miao loved the gift and immediately clipped it to the zipper of her bag. Sometimes when she changed the back of her bag, Li Miao would take the pendant off and re-attach it to another bag.
Seeing how much he cherished the little doll, Pei Huai said that he could make more for Li Miao later.
"Oh, how much fur will I have to shed..." Li Miao said with a worried expression.
"Wouldn't I end up as a bald little cat?" Li Miao thought about it and felt terrified.
Pei Huai was charmed by the boy's startled expression and couldn't help but chuckle.
“Cough, I’d like it even if it turned into a little bald cat…” Pei Huai said. He wasn’t lying; he would like Li Miao no matter what she looked like.
These words really hit Li Miao's sore spot.
"How can you talk like that? I don't need you to like bald kittens, I don't want to become a bald kitten." Li Miao got anxious and opened her mouth to show her sharp teeth.
"No change, no change." Pei Huai gently patted Li Miao to comfort him. "Autumn and winter are coming soon. I'll look online for kitten fur care products and make sure Miao Miao has shiny, smooth fur."
"That's more like it," Li Miao said with a haughty snort.
Pei Huai could see the kitten's proud look with its tail wagging, and he felt an urge to pet its ears.
He looked at the top of Li Miao's head; there was nothing there. He still had to go to class, so he held back and decided to touch it casually when he got home that night.
Liang Yixuan turned his head and glanced at the two people following behind him, and smiled helplessly: "Remember to behave yourselves when you go to the classroom."
"What did we do? Why should we restrain ourselves?" Li Miao asked, tilting her head in confusion.
“That’s right, we didn’t do anything,” Pei Huai echoed his wife.
Liang Yixuan rubbed his forehead in exasperation. "We haven't even done anything yet, but anyone can see the pink bubbles emanating from you two."
I've taken a lot of courses on "Python and Algorithm Implementation" in class before, and this afternoon I'll be going to the computer lab for hands-on practice.
The first half of the time was mainly spent lecturing by the teacher.
In the second half of the class, students mainly tried to write simple code on their own.
The teacher has temporarily left and we don't know where she went.
The computer room was bustling with activity.
Everyone was chatting and discussing the code they were going to write.
A student racked his brains and finally managed to write a piece of code, but there were some mistakes.
Pei Huai and his group happened to be sitting right behind him, so he asked Pei Huai for help.
Pei Huai turned around, took a closer look, and immediately saw the problem. He pointed his slender finger at the screen: "There is no if in statement, and you also need to separate 'm' in your output."
"Oh, I see." The student who asked the question suddenly understood.
Li Miao also encountered a problem while writing code. She blinked her long eyelashes and stared intently at the screen, her little face scrunched up.
Looking at Pei Huai's computer, he had already finished the exercises assigned by the teacher.
The practice assignments were also divided into different levels of difficulty. Li Miao was working on the medium-difficulty assignments, and she still encountered problems.
With Pei Huai, the academic genius, around, Li Miao asked him without even thinking.
Pei Huai readily agreed, leaning over Li Miao's computer desk with one hand, as if shielding him from behind.
Even Li Miao could hear Pei Huai's breathing; the two were very close.
"Don't think I can't see it. You're hugging me like this on purpose, Pei Huai. You're not paying attention in class." Li Miaowei pouted as she spoke, calmly pointing out Pei Huai's distracted thoughts.
"..." Pei Huai thought to himself that his boyfriend was a clever little cat who saw right through him.
“I can see what’s wrong with what you wrote.” Pei Huai kept his posture unchanged and quickly changed the subject.
Sure enough, although the kitten was clever, its attention was easily diverted.
"Where?" Li Miao looked at the screen curiously.
"Call me Brother Pei Huai and I'll tell you." Pei Huai's voice was lazy.
This infuriated the kitten.
"You help others without asking anything in return, but when you help me, you still make demands of me. That's not right."
"Looking at it this way, there are absolutely no advantages to being your boyfriend, so it's better not to be one," Li Miao said calmly, stroking her chin as she delivered her concluding remarks.
Pei Huai, who only wanted to take advantage of the situation, was immediately drenched in sweat.
"Miaomiao, I was just talking nonsense. We'll look at the code you wrote. The specific problem is here..." Pei Huai didn't dare to delay at all and quickly answered Li Miao's questions, explaining patiently and in detail.
"Oh, that was the mistake! I know, I'll fix it right now!" Li Miao seemed to have his meridians opened up, and he immediately made the correction. After the correction, there were no problems at all. His eyes sparkled as he admired his work.
Although I didn't get to be called "brother," I still had no problem ruffling Li Miao's fluffy head.
Pei Huai smiled faintly and vigorously ruffled Li Miao's hair twice.
Several days passed, and some classmates noticed that Pei Huai and Li Miao seemed to have a close relationship, because Pei Huai often carried Li Miao's bag, and the cat doll pendant on the bag didn't match Pei Huai's style at all.
Shocking! Two of Peking University's most handsome students are suspected of dating!
Strawberry Donut: From what I've observed over the past few days, it seems that Pei Huai and Li Miao, both freshmen, are really dating.
The original poster listed the details one by one.
Besides Pei Huai carrying Li Miao's bag.
During morning classes, Li Miao would give Pei Huai the egg yolks she didn't like to eat, and also give him the milk she hadn't finished.
One morning, Li Miao was actually wearing Pei Huai's clothes to class! Those clothes were two sizes too big for Li Miao.
Pei Huai also often rubbed Li Miao's head.
The two listened to the same song using blue headphones.
They even went to the toilet together after class.
They were practically kissing.
Strawberry Donut: Waaaaah, their relationship is so good! I'll bet a whole box of donuts that they'll definitely get together. Whether it's Pei Huai or Li Miao, they're just too good-looking.
[1st Floor: Judging from the angles of these photos, the poster should be their classmate.]
[2nd Floor: Hahahaha, I should have guessed who the poster is. Pei Huai and Li Miao really do look like a couple. Let's watch the drama unfold.]
[3rd Floor: You guys are just making wild guesses. What's wrong with two guys changing clothes? They were probably in a rush this morning and just grabbed the wrong clothes.]
[4th Floor: Yeah, my roommate and I eat egg yolks and drink milk too, we're all brothers here.]
[5th Floor: Hehehe, reserving this spot to ship them. It would be pretty good if they were really together, they're definitely pleasing to the eye.]
[6th Floor: Clearly defined top and bottom, lol]
[7th Floor: When I asked Pei Huai for his WeChat last time, he did say he had someone he liked... Could it be Li Miao?]
Students at Kyoto University all have their own lives. Everyone around them is a prodigy, and everyone pays great attention to their studies. There aren't many people who have nothing to do but browse the forum every day.
The posts about shipping Pei Huai and Li Miao as a couple are only discussed within a small circle.
Liang Yixuan saw it while browsing the forum and couldn't help but laugh. He then forwarded it to Pei Huai and Li Miao.
Li Miao blushed after reading the post: "You're not allowed to rub my head in public anymore. If you keep doing this, everyone will find out."
"Then what about the yolks from boiled eggs?" Pei Huai asked, raising an eyebrow.
“Of course you should eat it for me. We can’t waste food,” Li Miao said matter-of-factly.
"..." Pei Huai couldn't help but get up and walk over to pinch Li Miao's cheek.
"I'll continue to do the things that are good to you as usual, but I won't let you rub my head like I like. I've never seen such an unreasonable little cat." Pei Huai laughed in exasperation.
"A kitten?" Liang Yixuan asked, frowning in confusion.
Pei Huai's eyes flickered slightly as he inadvertently let the cat out of the bag.
Li Miao's eyes widened, and she involuntarily held her breath, frantically trying to come up with a lie to cover it up.
"How disgusting! A grown man calling himself Li Miao the kitten, ugh~ I can't stand your flirting." Liang Yixuan felt a chill run down his spine, and goosebumps rose all over his body.
Pei Huai: "..." This self-justification is barely acceptable.
Li Miao blinked lightly and slowly let out a sigh of relief.
Unexpectedly, Liang Yixuan was so oblivious. Li Miao smiled secretly with her eyes crinkled.
Pei Huai noticed Li Miao's little expression and chuckled softly.
After staying in the dormitory for a while, Pei Huai and Li Miao said goodbye to their roommates and said goodbye until tomorrow.
"See you tomorrow." Liang Yixuan yawned. "Seriously, with you two living outside, the dorm room feels so much bigger now. We don't even have to queue for showers at night anymore."
“That’s perfect, in case there’s a sudden inspection at night…” Pei Huai hadn’t even finished speaking.
"Don't worry, I know the inspectors, it's no big deal. I'll just let them know," Liang Yixuan said casually.
Li Miao: "Wow, you're amazing! When did you meet the inspectors?"
Liang Yixuan waved his phone and said mysteriously, "When I'm playing games, hahaha."
Li Miao gave a thumbs up: "Awesome!!!"
Liang Yixuan laughed heartily, his voice audible even outside the corridor.
Pei Huai and Li Miao prepared to go home tonight without any psychological burden.
Before that, the two went to the community center and helped the senior members take care of several newly rescued kittens.
There is a pet hospital near the school that has been cooperating with the Kyoto University Stray Animal Care Club.
The manager of the pet hospital is a senior alumnus who graduated from the veterinary medicine program at Kyoto University years ago. He was also a member of the Kyoto University Stray Animal Care Club.
“Senior.” Li Miao saw her senior outside the hospital.
"Li Miao." Senior Li Qingge waved and greeted him.
"Then you can wait outside for a while," Li Miao said to Pei Huai, who was standing at the shop entrance.
Pei Huai nodded: "Okay."
"Won't you get bored?" Li Miao was a little worried that Pei Huai would feel uncomfortable if he couldn't go in alone.
Pei Huai and Li Miao often spend time together, and he carries Li Miao's scent on him. Now, when he encounters stray cats on the street, the cats don't run away.
However, the cats in the hospital were all injured, making their nerves more sensitive and prone to stress, so Pei Huai was often unable to participate in the rescue efforts of the community.
What Pei Huai was able to do was donate a large sum of money from his company to the community to help small animals.
"You won't be bored, don't worry about me, go inside quickly." Pei Huai rubbed Li Miao's face.
"Okay, I'll go in first, and I'll come out as soon as I'm done." Li Miao thought she should go and come back quickly.
Under the guidance of senior student Li Qingge, he observed the kittens that the club had rescued.
The kitten, who had just been treated for an illness and was still hospitalized, wasn't in very good spirits.
Li Miao approached, her fingertips tracing the transparent glass, gently comforting the cats who were healing.
The kittens, with bewildered eyes, felt cared for. Although they didn't understand how two-legged creatures could have the scent of their own kind, the care warmed their hearts, and the kittens responded in their babyish voices.
"Wow~" Senior Li Qingge still found it amazing.
"Haha, I'll teach you." Li Miao spoke in cat language, a simple greeting, perfectly mimicking the sound.
Li Qingge genuinely believed that a cat was talking.
"Muma~" Li Qingge imitated, but was startled by her own voice, which sounded strange and unnatural.
"Fine, I'll listen to you, so as not to scare the kitten."
Li Miao stayed at the pet hospital for a while and was about to leave.
Suddenly, I heard the veterinarian and his assistant, along with the kitten that had come for treatment, arguing.
"Awooo~~! Meow~!!" The kitten, frightened during its visit to the hospital, stood up with its fur standing on end, arched its back, retreated to the corner, and glared angrily at the group of bad guys.
The cat's owner tried to comfort the cat, but to no avail.
The doctors and nurses were in a dilemma. If they forcibly carried the cat to the operating room, it might further agitate the cat. For now, they could only wait for the cat to calm down before considering the next step.
"Yuanbao, don't be afraid, Mommy's here." The cat's mother tried to comfort her in a soft voice, but it was no use.
Upon seeing this, Li Qingge subconsciously looked at Li Miao.
Li Miao blinked lightly and went to the same place as her senior.
He volunteered that he could comfort the kitten.
Amidst the expectant gazes of the crowd, Li Miao slowly approached the cat, mimicking its meow. The cat, which had initially resisted fiercely, struggled, unsure whether to trust the two-legged creature before it.
Li Miao comforted the cat as she approached and successfully picked it up. However, when she handed the cat to the doctor, she accidentally cut her hand on the back of the cat.
"Li Miao, are you alright?" Li Qingge couldn't help but ask worriedly. She looked at Li Miao's fair hand; the wound quickly became visible, with faint traces of blood seeping out, a long scratch mark.
"Oh, you mean this? I'm fine." Li Miao looked at the back of his hand nonchalantly. He often fought with pheasants and birds on Lingmao Mountain, so this little injury was nothing to worry about.
"Are you really alright?" Li Qingge took Li Miao's hand to check and asked the vet at the pet hospital to disinfect it.
The cat owner was very apologetic, her eyes were red. Her cat is particularly timid, and it easily gets stressed when strangers come to the house for repairs. This time, she had no choice but to take it to the vet, as it was on the verge of stress and she didn't know what to do.
Just when she was at a loss, a handsome young man suddenly appeared and helped her soothe the cat.
Yuanbao scratched him.
The cat owner felt guilty, but quickly reassured the cat that Yuanbao had been vaccinated and there was no need to worry about rabies or anything like that.
"Don't worry, I'm fine, it's just a small injury." Li Miao glanced at the injury on the back of her hand, said a few words to them, and then said, "If there's nothing else, I'll head back now."
Li Qingge nodded, her brows still furrowed: "Okay, then go back and rest. Remember not to get your wound wet."
Li Miao couldn't help but laugh out loud. It felt like Li Qingge was treating him like a porcelain doll. Only his fair skin made the injury on the back of his hand look serious.
After saying goodbye to them, Li Miao left the pet hospital.
"Sorry to keep you waiting." Li Miao walked towards Pei Huai.
"No, let's go. What do you want to eat tonight? We can buy groceries at the supermarket on our way back." Pei Huai's hand, hanging by his side, brushed against Li Miao's injured hand, causing a stinging pain.
Li Miao couldn't help but let out a soft hum, her delicate brows furrowing.
"What's wrong?" Pei Huai picked up the boy's hand, and when he saw the scratches, a hint of heartache flashed in his eyes.
"Was it a stray cat that scratched you? Does it hurt?" Pei Huai blew on the wound.
"No, it was a cat that came to the hospital for a checkup. The cat was so scared that its ears popped out, so I went over to comfort it," Li Miao said. "The kitten was too nervous and accidentally scratched itself."
"It doesn't hurt. You and your senior are both so worried about me." Li Miao smiled, her delicate eyes crinkling.
“It hurts us to see Miaomiao hurt,” Pei Huai said. “Be more careful next time.”
"Okay, I'll be more careful next time," Li Miao replied with a smile.
"Mmm." Pei Huai patted her boyfriend's head and asked him if he wanted some milk tea.
"Yes, yes, yes!" Li Miao said "yes" three times in a row, nodding like a chick pecking at rice, her eyes filled with longing.
A little glutton.
Pei Huai couldn't help but laugh, his voice full of doting affection: "Buy, buy, buy! Miao Miao worked so hard just now."
Li Miao, holding a milk tea, strolled through the supermarket with Pei Huai.
In addition to buying ingredients for tonight's meal, I also bought some household items.
When it was time to pay, the two of them waited in line behind them.
They'll be here soon; the couple in front of them is a pair.
They chatted and laughed. The boy calmly took a box of condoms from the shelf. The girl smiled shyly, but when she turned around and saw two boys in line behind her, her face turned red instantly. She quickly paid, put the goods in a bag, and left immediately.
When it was Li Miao's turn to pay, Li Miao stared intently at the shelf and realized it was filled with condoms.
He knew about this thing; it was used during mating.
She glanced at Pei Huai subconsciously, but Pei Huai was looking down at the cashier scanning the goods and didn't notice Li Miao looking over.
Li Miao nudged Pei Huai with her elbow and whispered to him, "Should we buy some condoms too?"
Pei Huai's ears were enveloped by warm breath, and the tips of his ears felt tingly and numb.
He licked his dry lips, looked into Li Miao's clear eyes, and whispered, "* We don't need to buy it."
Seeing the blush spreading across Pei Huai's pale skin, Li Miao found it amusing.
Is Pei Huai shy?!
Li Miao leaned closer and whispered to him, "Don't be shy, buying condoms is nothing, just buy them!"
As she spoke, Li Miao waved her hand and took down two boxes of condoms for the cashier to pay for.
The experienced cashier wasn't surprised to encounter a homosexual.
But aren't these two gay men a little too handsome? They look like two big stars.
Before Pei Huai could say no, the cashier had already scanned the code.
"I'll buy two more boxes if I want," Pei Huai pursed his lips, no longer saying no, and took out his phone to pay directly.
On the way back, Li Miao was still laughing at Pei Huai, saying that Pei Huai always kissed him at night and would get hard while holding him, but he was too embarrassed to buy a condom.
“I’m not embarrassed,” Pei Huai said.
"Lying is for dogs. If you're not embarrassed, why were you so hesitant to speak at the cashier just now?" Li Miao snorted.
Pei Huai couldn't explain it clearly for a while.
Then there's only one option...
***
On the way, Pei Huai offered to carry the things.
As soon as he got home, Pei Huai put down the shopping bag, took out two boxes of condoms, and told Li Miao to put them in the bedside drawer in her bedroom so she could easily take them next time she needed them.
"Oh." Li Miao blushed when she heard that she needed to say a few words next time.
Was Pei Huai hinting at something to him?
Li Miao, her face flushed, carried two boxes of condoms into the bedroom, put them in a drawer, and when she opened the drawer, she saw...
The drawer was full of condoms, and there wasn't even room for the two new boxes I bought.
Li Miao could only put the two newly bought boxes in the other drawer.
Stepping out of the room, Li Miao's mind was still reeling. When exactly did Pei Huai buy those things? He didn't remember Pei Huai ever buying condoms!
Pei Huai was cooking in the kitchen, and Li Miao went over to help him.
Pei Huai stared at Li Miao's slightly flushed face and couldn't help but chuckle.
"Now you know, I really wasn't embarrassed at all?"
“…Hmm.” Li Miao mumbled a single word.
He couldn't help but ask, "How come I didn't know you bought those things? When?"
"It's the first day since we moved in," Pei Huai said calmly.
"..."
Li Miao was speechless for a long time before finally uttering two words: "Pervert."
"I'm only a pervert when it comes to cats." Pei Huai smiled casually.
Li Miao was too embarrassed to speak.
Pei Huai: "So, when can we try it out?"
"Try what?" Li Miao asked instinctively.
“Of course, we’ll try out the ones I bought, and the ones you bought today.” Pei Huai said meaningfully, “Why not do it today?”
Li Miao's face flushed instantly, and she stammered, unable to speak.
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