Chapter 2
Threatened by the egg-disassembly expert, Li Miao had no other choice.
With the college entrance examination drawing ever closer, he had no choice but to immerse himself in the ocean of knowledge.
For the next ten or twenty days, Grandma Li would always see the soft, curled-up kitten lying on the textbook, reading with its fluffy tail swishing, sometimes leisurely, sometimes impatiently.
A fluffy white glove pressed against the pages of the book, and the cat's beautiful, amber eyes opened wide, constantly absorbing knowledge.
And so, every day Li Miao would get to work as soon as she opened her eyes. When doing problems and test papers, she would transform into human form, her slender fingers holding a black ballpoint pen and writing nonstop.
Three months of learning time is not enough for humans.
But Li Miao is a sentient being with naturally high intelligence, and Li Xuan also regularly makes video calls to teach him his lessons.
Their grades improved dramatically.
However, there is still some distance to go before I can guarantee that I will pass the undergraduate entrance exam.
Li Xuan wanted to help her younger brother with his studies, but at the same time she was busy following her tutor around doing chemistry experiments, so she often couldn't find the time.
I wanted to ask Li Miao to find a top-rated online tutor, but the cost was too high.
"Eh... Eh...!" Li Xuan couldn't help but sigh in the laboratory. As the older brother, he was really worried about protecting his younger brother's testicles from being cut off.
If she doesn't get into Peking University, she won't be able to get the extremely precious fever-relieving medicine given to her by her clan elders. At such a young age, Miao Miao will face either suffering to death or mating.
That's terrifying!
"What's wrong with you lately? I often hear you sighing." A clear male voice came from behind Li Xuan.
The speaker was Pei Qingsong, a fellow disciple of Li Xuan.
Pei Qingsong was a year older than Li Xuan. He had a dignified and aloof demeanor, just like his name, like a pine tree standing in the winter snow.
He was dressed in a pristine white lab coat, his back ramrod straight, his long legs casually spread apart, and even while seated, his tall and slender figure was still evident.
Pei Qingsong wore a blue and white medical surgical mask on his chin. He put down the reagent in his hand and looked at Li Xuan calmly. The mask covered most of his face, but his dark eyes above were cold, sharp, and piercing.
Li Xuan met his gaze and suddenly remembered the time she had a fever and rubbed against her senior brother... Her ears immediately turned bright red.
Li Xuan shook his head, putting the embarrassing matter behind him, and coughed lightly, saying, "Well, it's just that... I have a younger brother who is also taking the college entrance exam this year, but his grades aren't very good, so I'm thinking of finding someone to tutor him."
"I originally wanted to do it myself, but the experimental data wasn't finished yet."
"Oh." Pei Qingsong narrowed his eyes, his gaze fixed on the top of Li Xuan's head. "Your younger brother?"
Li Xuan shuddered, knowing that his senior brother was looking at the cat ears hidden on his head. He twitched the invisible cat ears and bit his lip, muttering something.
"He's like a younger brother."
Li Xuan looked at his senior brother, his eyes lighting up immediately. You see, Pei Qingsong was the top science student in the college entrance examination back then. If he could tutor Miaomiao, that would be great.
"Senior brother~~ I'd like to ask you for a favor, it's just..." Li Xuan kept talking, her expression fawning.
After listening, Pei Qingsong said with a hint of regret, "It's not that I don't want to help you, it's just that I have more work than you do."
“That’s true.” Li Xuan was slightly disappointed, but he knew he couldn’t force it. His senior brother was the backbone of the sect, and he didn’t even have time for him, let alone his senior brother.
Li Xuan gritted his teeth. If all else failed, he would borrow more money from his senior brother to pay for Miao Miao's online tutoring. His senior brother was a rich second-generation, so he would definitely be generous. At worst, he could let his senior brother touch him a few more times! He would slowly work to pay back the money later.
He was about to open his mouth.
Pei Qingsong raised an eyebrow and said slowly, "Although I don't have time, I happen to have a suitable candidate who can tutor your brother."
"Really?!" Li Xuan stood up excitedly and grabbed the young man's shoulder.
"Yes, he's my cousin. He's also taking the college entrance exam this year, but he's already been accepted into Peking University because of his gold medal in a competition. Now he's just waiting for Peking University to start. He has a lot of free time and is more familiar with the exam questions than we are."
Li Xuan exclaimed excitedly, "Holy crap, this is amazing! It sounds like the perfect teacher for my brother!"
"Then I'll leave this matter to you!"
"Well, I'll tell my cousin later. But since I helped you, shouldn't you give me some reward?" Pei Qingsong blinked, a faint smile playing on his lips, full of meaning.
Li Xuan's heart pounded, and he quickly withdrew his hand from his senior brother's shoulder, hugging himself.
"Don't even think about it, there's no way I'd repay you with my body!"
Outside the lab, the senior and junior female students, who were about to enter, gently pushed open the door: "???"
Pei Qingsong said lazily, "I didn't say I wanted you to repay me with your body. I'm not that kind of person."
Just as the senior sister and junior sister breathed a sigh of relief, they heard the senior brother, who was always aloof and abstinent in front of outsiders, say, "During this time, just let me touch you more at night."
The senior and junior sisters were shocked and looked at each other in disbelief.
What kind of backroom deal is this?
Or is it possible that Li Xuan and his senior brother are secretly dating right under their noses?!
Li Xuan pursed his lips. So what if he turned into a cat and his senior brother hugged, kissed, and petted him more? He agreed!
***
On the other side.
Pei Huai, a prospective freshman at Peking University, was bored out of his mind by staying at home all day. He received a call from his cousin requesting something.
Pei Huai yawned, sleepy, and a thin mist of tears welled up in the corners of his eyes.
"You mean, you want me to tutor your junior brother's younger brother to prepare him for the college entrance exam?"
"Um."
"Huh...?" Pei Huai rubbed his temples, unable to muster any interest.
“You happen to be free right now, so I’d appreciate it if you could tell me what kind of gift you would like,” Pei Qingsong said.
Pei Huai and his cousin have always had a good relationship, and this is the first time his cousin has asked him for a favor.
"I don't really want any gifts. Okay, I'm bored anyway, I can teach you." Pei Huai readily agreed.
Thanks.
And so, it was decided that Pei Huai would tutor Li Miao to help her prepare for the college entrance examination.
Pei Huai was genuinely surprised when he learned that the other party didn't even have a QQ number.
After my cousin explained that his junior brother and younger brother lived in the mountains where conditions were underdeveloped, I understood and inexplicably felt a sense of goodwill towards this diligent and studious junior.
Knowing that the other party's family was not well-off and that they had his old, unused phone, Pei Huai logged into a secondary QQ account on the old phone and sent the phone and charger over together.
When Li Miao received the package, it was the first time she had ever seen a full-screen phone, completely different from her grandmother's phone.
He had never typed before, and it took him a long time to figure out how to unlock and log in to QQ.
【Okay, from today onwards, I will be your teacher】Pei Huai sent a message to his alternate account.
Upon receiving the message, Li Miao forgot to transform into human form. Her chubby mangosteen paws pressed tiny letters on the screen, sending out a string of gibberish without her knowing how to retract it. Li Miao was so anxious that sweat poured down her forehead.
[Don't know how to use it? Then I'll call you first. Press the green button to answer, and we'll have a lesson over the phone. I'll teach you how to send pictures.]
The fluffy cat paws pressed precisely on the green pattern.
I never expected my brother to find such a good teacher for him.
Can you hear me?
Li Miao was touched: "I can hear you, meow~"
Pei Huai was taken aback. "Do you have a cat at home? I heard a cat meowing."
Li Miao opened her cat eyes wide, covered her mouth with her paws, and said in human language: "Um... I have a cat."
"Oh, that's good. Cats are very cute animals." Pei Huai, like Pei Qingsong, is a cat lover, but his aura doesn't appeal to cats. When he was a child, he wanted to have a cat, but the cats weren't particularly afraid of him; they would just run away and hide as if they were scared. Without exception, Pei Huai gave up on the idea of having a cat and only kept cats online afterward.
Li Miao was inexplicably praised, and she held her tail high, almost unable to resist meowing happily.
"Yeah! The cat is so cute. You praised the cat and even tutored me. You're such a good person!" Li Miao said to her phone screen.
Pei Huai couldn't help but chuckle as he received the "friend zone" card.
After exchanging a few casual words, the two got down to business.
Pei Huai first used voice to teach him how to take pictures of questions and test papers. Once the junior student learned how to take pictures, the lesson officially began.
Pei Huai is exceptionally bright and has unique insights and learning methods for each subject in the college entrance examination.
With Pei Huai as a temporary trump card.
Li Miao's scores improved rapidly after taking mock college entrance exams at home, often scoring over 500 points, exceeding the first-tier university admission line.
Upon hearing this, Li Xuan felt relieved, knowing that Li Miao's trip to the capital was now secure.
The cat's head was being stroked by a pair of large, bony hands.
"So good." Pei Qingsong looked down at the black cat lying on his lap, his eyes filled with infatuation. He couldn't help but want to pick up the cat and give it a good sniff, but he restrained himself.
"By the way, since he's your brother, is he also a cat?" Pei Qingsong asked.
Li Xuan turned around as if facing a formidable enemy, baring his sharp teeth: "What are you doing? Don't you dare lay a finger on my brother! He's still a minor! No touching him!"
“I didn’t have any designs on him.” Pei Qingsong’s Adam’s apple bobbed slightly. He looked down at the cat lying obediently in his arms and finally couldn’t resist burying his face in the black cat’s soft belly and sucking hard.
"Meow! Meow!" Li Xuan struggled.
Let me go! You're molesting me! You pervert!
After cuddling the cat to his heart's content, Pei Qingsong finally let go of Li Xuan and said casually, "Oh, then I won't introduce my brother to your brother anymore, lest your brother's identity be exposed to him someday."
"Your brother is a coward, should we call the police?" Li Xuan asked, raising his cat head. After all, not all humans are as calm and quick to accept a spirit cat that can transform into a human as Pei Qingsong.
"No, it's just that he has the same constitution as me. He likes cats but isn't liked by them. If he knew your brother was a cat, he might end up cuddling with your brother like I do..."
"Aaaaaah! No!" Li Xuan screamed.
He would never let Miaomiao experience the humiliation of being subservient to humans like a pet, being petted and having her belly sucked at will.
That evening, Li Xuan called back and repeatedly told Miao Miao not to tell her tutor her name, so that they would see each other less often when they got to university.
Li Miao remained silent for only two seconds before Li Xuan became anxious.
"You didn't already reveal your name, did you? It's fine if you did, as long as you don't run into each other."
"Meow?" Li Miao tilted her head and said to her brother, "It seems I haven't told the teacher my name yet! Meow? Why can't I tell her?"
"Well, it's a bit complicated to explain, just listen to your brother."
"Meow!" Okay.
Miaomiao is a good cat who listens to her family.
o( =∩ω∩= )m
And so, Li Miao learned while listening to the teacher's lectures.
The teacher is amazing; he even predicted the key points for this year's college entrance exam.
After they became more familiar with each other, it was inconvenient to talk on the phone all the time. Pei Huai asked his junior if he wanted to have a video lecture, as it was a bit inconvenient to just take pictures and explain the problems.
Li Miao lowered her cat head and glanced at the soft cat fur on her chest. "Video communication isn't very convenient, so I'll just give the lecture over the phone."
If you use video, you can no longer learn by lying down in front of a model.
My brother also said not to meet, which means no video calls.
"Oh, then let's continue making phone calls." Pei Huai didn't seem to care much about the matter.
The summer heat is intense, but the college entrance examination has arrived as scheduled.
After the college entrance examination, Pei Huai briefly asked his junior schoolmate how the exam went.
"I think it's great! I'm sure I can pass the undergraduate entrance exam!" As long as Li Miao passes the undergraduate entrance exam, she can go to Peking University for training.
"That's good, as long as he gets in." Regardless of which university he gets into, children in the mountains don't have good learning resources, so Pei Huai thinks it's good that his junior can get into an undergraduate program.
"I'll hang up now. Your brother should know a lot about filling out college applications." Pei Huai was still a little reluctant to part with the experiences he had gone through, remembering that his junior's family had a cat.
"Let me see a picture of your cat?" Pei Huai said.
"Sure~" Li Miao hung up the phone. She had intended to take a selfie and send it over, but after turning back into a cat, the camera angle could only capture his cat face.
Just then, his grandmother walked past him.
Grandma Limiao is a long-haired lion cat with heterochromia, and she is very beautiful.
Li Miao then took a picture of her grandmother and sent it to her.
Pei Huai looked at the fairy lion cat in the sunlight in the photo, a hint of envy in his eyes. He wished he could have his own cat someday.
***
A few days after the college entrance examination.
Pei Huai received a package sent from the mountains.
The package contained his old spare cell phone, which he had sent over before, and a large bag of fresh matsutake mushrooms.
[These are matsutake mushrooms I picked in the mountains. Thank you for the extra lesson, teacher!] Cat paw print
Pei Huai stared at the adorable cat paw print, a faint smile appearing on his lips.
When Pei Huai's mother saw the contents of the package, she came over and asked curiously, "These matsutake mushrooms are of good quality. Did you buy them online? I'll ask Sister Liu to make some matsutake soup for us tonight."
“Hmm,” Pei Huai said.
"But I didn't buy these online; they were picked by one of my junior schoolmates from the mountains."
"You picked them yourself from the mountains? That's amazing," Pei Huai's mother exclaimed.
"What junior? What's his name? I've never heard you mention him before," Mom asked casually.
Pei Huai paused for a moment, forgetting to exchange names.
"We've only known each other for a short time, and I forgot to ask his name."
"Oh, it's alright. If there's a chance in the future, I'll invite him to my home."
"Well, if there's a chance in the future."
Pei Huai looked at the kitten's paw print, a faint smile appearing in his eyes.
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