Chapter 1001 Are you awake, Mimi?
"Father, I understand," Lan Xi answered the phone perfunctorily, speeding up slightly, "...Oh, it's not that I won't come, something at the company delayed me, and I'm on my way now."
Ever since her younger brother Lan Hui brought home an omega girlfriend without saying a word, Lan's father began to pay close attention to her marriage. He always found excuses to arrange dinner with her, and unsurprisingly, there was always a strange omega sitting at the table.
Her criteria for choosing a partner are simple: he must be generous and cheerful, love extreme sports as much as she does, and have common topics... The most important thing is that he cannot control her because she is a wild horse that can't be reined in.
Unfortunately, no one meets the criteria. Lan Xi has been participating seriously in the beginning, but now she has been perfunctory and refusing. Her desire to fall in love has hit rock bottom, but her father is getting more and more courageous, urging her to go every day.
"Be more serious! Don't check people's skydiving license right away!" Lan's father warned on the other end of the phone.
"Yeah, okay, I'm driving so it's not convenient to talk..."
Lan Xi was babble-ing when she was suddenly blinded by a bright light. An out-of-control car was heading straight towards her, and with just a few seconds to spare, there was no way to avoid it.
"Bang!"
The loud sounds of collision and explosion echoed in her ears, and then the flames that shot up into the sky engulfed the lights, and a wave of hot air swept towards her.
She was having trouble breathing.
It wasn't the smoke, but the icy cold seawater. After the violent collision, she seemed to fall into the sea, and the fishy and salty water forced into her lungs.
Her body was repeatedly tortured by flames and sea water, and her desire to wake up and struggle became stronger and stronger.
At the critical moment, a pair of hands pulled her out of the chaotic darkness. The hands were bony, and the temperature of their fingertips was no less than that of the seawater. Lan Xi could clearly feel the hands trembling, but they did not stop at all.
In an instant, the pain, the flames, and the water subsided.
She was finally able to open her eyes.
A face that was too close appeared in her field of vision. It was surprisingly large, and its bright and clear eyes stared at her. The moment their eyes met, they were both stunned.
How can there be such a big person?
Lan Xi stood up, but the young man in front of her reacted even more violently than her, falling backwards on his back with a thud - he had been squatting in front of her.
This is an ordinary room, an ordinary floor, an ordinary young man... In other words, what is extraordinary is herself.
Lan Xi lowered her head and saw two black, furry little paws.
That's right, she turned into a cat.
It was a Siamese cat with four black paws.
"Meow meow meow?"
What on earth was going on? She remembered there had been an accident on the highway. The horrific explosion and the pain were so real. She must have been hit by a car. And what about the seawater afterwards? That road was in the city.
Lan Xi's mind was a little confused.
"Meow?"
A clumsy male voice sounded, and the young man moved towards her cautiously, "Are you okay?"
"Meow, meow..." After a series of unintelligible words, Lan Xi gave up trying to communicate. She glanced at the closed door at the entrance and trotted out to the living room balcony. She didn't know the way to the unfamiliar neighborhood and the area.
How did she become someone else's pet cat? Was it because of a car accident that knocked her soul out?
"Mimi!"
The young man chased after them and closed the windows one by one. "It's dangerous here... It's dangerous to fall down."
He closed the window smoothly, but deliberately avoided Lan Xi. Now he was talking to her from three steps away. He didn't look like a normal owner at all.
Lan Xi had an idea. She looked at the cardboard boxes and cat supplies piled all over the living room floor, the brand new mushroom scratching post, and then at the young man's extremely nervous expression—he was definitely not the owner of this little Siamese cat.
Perhaps because the confrontation lasted too long, the young man hurriedly rummaged through the pile of cardboard boxes and took out a piece of cat food.
Did he want to feed her cat food?
That's what cats eat!
"Mimi," the young man squeezed out some, stretched out his arm and handed it to her. It didn't seem like he was feeding a cat, but more like lighting firecrackers for the New Year. "Do you want to eat it?"
Lan Xi remained motionless.
"What about freeze-dried fish?" The young man dove into the paper boxes again. "Dried fish?"
"Meow--Ah--" Lan Xi expressed her refusal.
After two consecutive failures with cat strips and freeze-dried food, the young man took out a clean, small petal-shaped food bowl and poured cat food into it until a small mountain of it had built up. He pushed the food bowl over with anticipation.
Lan Xi took two steps back, shaking her head. How could she explain to the person in front of her that she should be taken back? Although she hadn't figured out what she was going to do when she got back yet.
But she absolutely didn't want to stay in this stranger's house as a pet cat!
On the other side, the young man suffered three consecutive blows and lowered his head to open his mobile phone.
He typed in the search box: What should I do if my cat doesn’t like to eat cat food, cat strips, or freeze-dried food?
The answer is: the cat may be under stress.
It's certainly possible. I've heard that kittens are generally afraid of water. Last night, this little Siamese cat spent so much time flopping around in the seawater that when we pulled it out, it was barely alive, its tiny body cold...
It will be scared if it wakes up and finds itself in unfamiliar surroundings.
The deliberations of both parties ended at the same time.
There was a series of clanging sounds in front of Lan Xi. The young man quickly put snacks, cat food and goat milk into bowls and placed them in a row. He strode over the pile of cardboard boxes to the kitchen to get a box of instant noodles, picked up a cup and went into the bedroom in the corridor.
“Click.”
The door is locked.
The young man locked himself in his bedroom.
On the carpet in the huge living room, a little Siamese cat was left alone, facing a small pile of cardboard boxes and three pots of overflowing food.
What is going on here?
Lan Xi paced slowly, sniffing the three food bowls. The goat milk was sweet, the freeze-dried food was fragrant, and the cat food looked delicious too.
She froze when she realized she had opened her mouth.
An hour later.
Next to the three food bowls that had been licked clean, lay a Siamese cat with a small head, small paws, and a big belly.
Lan Xi leisurely licked the fur on her front legs near the neck. If she licked the fur a little further away, she would have to stand up, but she couldn't do it.
She turned around and picked up a small fish doll. She had already taken the first step towards becoming a cat, so she could just treat it as a dream, Lan Xi quickly convinced herself.
This little fish doll has an inexplicable attraction to her.
As soon as she saw it, her paws started to itch and she had to hold the doll and scratch it.
It is said that the young man was quite nice to cats and had all kinds of cat supplies. His living room only had a carpet and a long sofa, and the rest of the space was occupied by cardboard boxes.
Lan Xi also saw it when he opened the refrigerator. It was filled with a lot of fast food. Now he locked himself in the room again. He was probably a otaku.
I guess he is holding a game console or keyboard and enjoying himself.
Lan Xi walked around the house a few times, taking in the layout of the rooms. There was a utility room, a master bedroom, and the young man was actually living in a cramped secondary bedroom, but judging by the daily necessities, he was the only one in the room.
Very strange.
When she was about to sway to the eleventh circle, the door to the side bedroom opened with a click. The young man looked gloomy and his steps were unsteady. The moment he saw her, he was slightly surprised: "Mimi...are you not afraid anymore?"
He squatted on the spot, as if he was afraid that getting close to Siamese would scare it: "You're eating. That's great, I was worried that you wouldn't eat... This is my home, you can walk around if you like, oh, and I bought you some other toys!"
That pile of unassembled cat climbing trees?
Lan Xi looked at him while holding the little fish doll in her mouth. The young man interpreted her inquiring look as expectation and trotted off to the living room.
Suddenly I became full of energy.
She was bored too, so she decided to go see how he installed it... The door to the secondary bedroom was not closed, so Lan Xi took a look before leaving.
It was completely different from what she had imagined. There was neither an e-sports chair nor a large-screen game console in the secondary bedroom, nor a cabinet full of figures and posters. There was only a single bed, a wardrobe, a desk and tightly closed curtains.
A young man in the living room was bent over, fiddling with parts. Lan Xi dodged the clutter and hopped onto the sofa, lying down to watch him assemble the cat climbing frame. Previously, she had been looking at him from a cat's perspective, thinking he was tall. But now, after jumping onto the sofa, she realized that, despite his height, he was thin as a clothes hanger, his baggy short-sleeved shirt hanging empty.
He was wearing a pair of casual home trousers and no slippers, his feet were bare on the floor.
When assembling, he moved carefully and slowly, holding a part from time to time to read the instructions. He was very patient and would not be discouraged if he made a mistake. He would also pay attention to make sure the little Siamese on the sofa was safe.
"I'm assembling your toy," the young man put down the parts and straightened up with difficulty, supporting his lower back with both hands, as if this could ease the pain a little, "but it's very slow, you may have to wait a while."
He squinted his eyes as he spoke, as if he was a little dizzy from standing up so suddenly.
Lan Xi meowed, jumped off the sofa, raised her paws and slapped the part, pushing it away, indicating that she didn't need this so-called toy.
"Mimi, no matter how much you like it, you have to wait until I finish installing it." The young man picked up the part and said to her with a smile.
“…”
It's a complete misunderstanding.
He rested enough and continued squatting to assemble the cat. After assembling it, he wiped it carefully again. He leaned on the cat climbing frame and beckoned her with his finger: "Come and try it, is it fun?"
Seeing that she didn't move, the young man realized something and hurried away from the cat climbing frame: "I'll stay here, go play!"
"Meow~"
It was really hard to refuse the kindness, so Lan Xi jumped onto the cat climbing frame in a few steps and sat down in a small hemispherical basket. There were a few plush toys hanging above it, shaking gently.
She stretched out her claws and scratched it.
The toy swayed back and forth, and her eyes followed it uncontrollably. This little Siamese body always had its own ideas. It would pounce on the frozen cat strips and get excited at the swaying plush.
It can't go against the nature of cats.
“Crack.”
She heard the crisp sound of a camera being taken. Turning around, she saw the young man half-kneeling on the spot, holding up his phone and snapping away frantically. Lan Xi suddenly jumped up: "Ah!"
The young man was startled, his reaction much greater than hers, and his phone clattered to the floor. He said tentatively, "Sorry, Mimi, I wanted to take a picture of you... Don't you like the sound of taking pictures?"
Could this also be stressful?
Lan Xi stared at him. Why was this guy always so startled?
She jumped off the cat climbing frame and took a tentative step closer to him, studying his expression without blinking. He was easily frightened by her, yet he was cautiously trying to be friendly, and this fluctuating distance was the best proof of that.
"Meow." She called softly.
Considering that he fed her and took the trouble to assemble the toy, Lan Xi felt that it was not impossible for her to use this kitten body to coax him.
The little Siamese cat has a pair of round eyes that are as blue as gemstones. Looking into its eyes is like a magic to eliminate bad emotions.
Realizing that the cat was not reacting, the young man moved closer and couldn't help but stretch out his right hand to touch its little head.
"Buzz...buzz..."
The man and the cat simultaneously looked at the source of the vibration—the phone. The screen lit up, revealing a call. Before the young man quickly picked up the phone, Lan Xi saw the caller ID marked "lf."
The young man answered the phone. He didn't know what was said on the other end of the phone, and his face looked pale.
He hung up the phone. The little Siamese in front of him was still calling softly, but he didn't try to touch it again. Instead, he quickly walked into the bedroom and locked the door with a "click".
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