Chapter 12 Looking Up to Tomorrow
Zhuo Can was, by a slim margin, a nine-to-five worker. Regardless of whether he could leave work at five in the evening, he always had to start work at nine in the morning. Including breakfast and a 40-50 minute commute, he usually had to wake up around seven.
He rarely stayed up late, and originally had enough sleep time. But ever since he accidentally brought the little Lord God back from another world, Zhuo Can had difficulty getting up - the little Lord God had no fixed rest time at all, and was really too noisy.
God does not need sleep and has no concept of regular schedules. He can play whenever he wants.
Zhuo Can felt a sinking sensation in his chest in the middle of the night, struggling in agony in a nightmare, as if he were back in the escape game; he was almost out of breath when he suddenly woke up and found the culprit riding on his neck.
In the dim light, Mian Li's eyes sparkled under the halo: "Cancan, get up and play!"
Zhuo Can raised his limp hands and moved Him aside, saying weakly, "Lord God, please let me get some sleep. I have to go to work tomorrow."
"What is work?"
"Going to work means..." Firstly, Mian Li is a child, and secondly, he is not from their world. Zhuo Can had to use an example that is closer to his life. "It means that the messengers of God have to play games with you every day."
After he finished explaining, he wrapped the demon's tail around his forearm and tightened it.
Kami-chan was unhappy again, and Zhuo Can asked cautiously: "What's wrong?"
Mian Li pouted, looking disappointed: "So you want to go play with others too?"
Zhuo Can imagined the scene of sitting together with his colleagues, supervisors, leaders and immediate superiors and playing Drop the Handkerchief.
Help!
Zhuo Can said smoothly, "No, I won't play with others. But I have to go out and earn money. Otherwise, how can I buy you cookies?"
Once again touching upon a blind spot in knowledge: “Money?”
"It's our world's... game points. You can redeem them for items at the mall here."
Mian Li suddenly understood.
As the creator of the game, He was very generous: "Then I'll give you extra points for the gift."
Zhuo Can laughed: "That won't work, this is not your world."
From the main god who can call the wind and rain to an ordinary person who participates in life, the gap must be huge.
Fortunately, children don’t understand anything, they don’t understand sadness or falling into despair. Children only want sweet cookies and a sense of dependence.
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Being transferred from one embrace to another, Mian Li felt the difference of a lower altitude and more delicate and fragrant aroma. She twisted her body and looked at Zhuo Can.
The human seemed to be the one who was more reluctant to leave: "You must listen to your sister. I will pick you up after get off work tonight."
Mian Li asked, "When do you get off work?"
"That's tonight."
"night?"
"When the sun sets and it gets dark, it's night."
In the world of gods, day and night change according to their moods, with no fixed time. Mian Li did not know how night in this world was composed.
However, this was the first agreement between the two of them.
When the sun sets, He will come and take Him home.
Mianli had never experienced separation anxiety, so she waved goodbye happily, held the chubby hand and then opened it again, as white and tender as a flower.
On the other hand, Zhuo Can kept looking back, with reluctance written all over his face.
Compared to his brother, he is more like a silly father.
Xiaohui smiled and shook her head, then carried the child into the house.
The girl still had work to do, and she didn't have enough energy to hold Mian Li all the time, so she put Him on the sofa first.
Yes, it was the sofa where He had slept before, and then was scared by the cat and destroyed the entire living room, and then was restored.
Sofa: Don’t come over here——!
God cannot walk by himself.
But Cancan also said that you cannot use "magic" in front of others casually, you cannot show your halo, and you cannot show your tail.
However, this sister already knew his identity, and Cancan did not let him hide his identity.
So Mianli asked politely, "Can I use the flying one?"
What a polite child! Xiaohui brought some snacks and smiled, "Of course, you can do whatever you want."
"Cat?" Mian Li opened his arms and gestured, "I want a cat."
"Oh, I didn't expect you to like Zhizhi so much." Xiaohui turned on the animation channel. "Wait, I'll go get it for you."
*
Last time, I was frightened by the paws of the ragdoll cat Zhizhi here, but luckily we finally reconciled. Now Zhizhi has become Mianli's little friend. He leans on her furry body to watch cartoons and occasionally feeds her some snacks.
"Don't feed her too much, Zhizhi is already fat enough." Xiaohui looked at the harmonious scene with satisfaction. "Sister, go back to your room to work first. Call me if you need anything."
The child nodded, and the cat responded with a sweet meow, both looking very well-behaved.
After Xiaohui returned to the study, Zhizhi immediately got angry: "I'm so angry! She actually called me fat!"
Mianli rubbed its belly and said nothing.
Zhizhi protested: "Do you think I'm fat too, meow? Let me tell you, I have the perfect, most toned body, meow!"
Mianli ignored him as he ate his chocolate bar with a crunching sound.
The boy was much lighter than I had imagined, and even when I leaned on him, he didn't feel that heavy.
Zhizhi took a nap and woke up with itchy paws. She needed to find a place to scratch them: "Kid, I'll take you to a nice place, meow."
Mianli hugged its neck like a teddy bear, burying herself in its thick, soft fur: "Lili, you are not a child, you are a god."
"God? What is a god, meow?"
"It will fly high."
"Fly?" The cat's eyes lit up. "Like a sparrow?"
The little god was merciful and decided to demonstrate it to the cat who had never seen the world.
He climbed up, a faint golden light flowing throughout his body, and in an instant, clouds and mist rose around him, carrying him up into the air.
Zhizhi stared with wide eyes: "You are so awesome, meow!"
In her original world, Mian Li was worshipped by millions of people. However, no one (including the gods) would dislike being worshipped. She was very proud and said, "Of course, Li Li is awesome!"
Zhizhi asked, "Can you take me flying too, meow?"
"Where are you flying to?"
"Fly... fly to where there are sparrows." Zhizhi moved her ears and changed her mind. "No, let's go to the balcony first."
The clouds expanded a little, and the cat jumped lightly and landed next to Mianli.
Sitting on it feels a lot like sitting on the owner's sweeping robot, except that it is dozens of centimeters off the ground, making it more free and majestic.
"Let's go, God." Zhizhi was very excited, "Let's show it!"
"It? Who is it?"
“You’ll know when you get there!”
*
There are two light green curtains embroidered with branch patterns on the balcony of Xiaohui's house. When the wind blows, it looks like willow leaves swaying.
Mianli and Ragdoll Cat stopped here.
Zhizhi jumped down from the clouds, looked up at the fluttering curtains and yelled, "Hey, I just flew!"
Who is it talking to? Mian Li also looked at the large piece of curtain cloth, and his divine power vaguely sensed that there was some kind of life hidden behind it.
The little god's self-preservation consciousness awakened again, and a faint halo wrapped around his whole body, alerting him to the sudden appearance of monsters.
No response.
Zhizhi unwillingly pulled at the curtains with her claws. Mianli noticed that the curtains, especially the ones at the bottom, had been worn into wisps, most likely due to the cat's fault.
Zhizhi shouted again.
The wind outside was not strong, and it barely lifted the curtains a little, but did not blow them up completely.
Mian Li's curiosity was aroused, but he didn't dare to lift the lid to see for himself, so he moved further away and looked at the puppet that was still meowing and scratching the curtain. He stretched out his hand, and an energy ring like water waves slowly emerged on his wrist.
That is the source of His energy.
Whether it is flying in the clouds, having an angel halo or a devil's tail, or even the golden light that emerges when using divine power, they are all given by this "bracelet".
A moment later, the pale green curtains were completely pulled open, revealing the real murderer hiding behind it—
A fat and strong tabby cat.
Sitting on the windowsill, I look up at tomorrow and ask the sky silently.
*
Even though its hiding place was exposed, it was not frightened. It just swept its tail a few times, and it was hard to tell whether it was leisurely or impatient.
The cat's eyes, green as emerald, glanced at the visitor who disturbed her sweet dream, looking down on all living beings.
If the previous Ragdoll cat gave people the first impression of being noble and dignified, then this one is arrogant.
He is more like a god than Mianli, the real god, and has no room for anyone in his eyes.
The Ragdoll Cat Zhizhi seemed to be very familiar with it: "Hey, brother, I brought Him here meow."
"Who's my brother?" The tabby cat's emerald green eyes narrowed into slits in the sunlight, staring at people with a look that was truly terrifying. "Will you bring it to me to eat?"
'eat'?
Mian Li's vigilance immediately rose to a higher level. However, no creature had dared to harm the gods.
Zhizhi jumped next to Lihua and said, "Don't scare the child. What if he cries again?"
Lihua sneered: "Who scared him to tears last time?"
Zhizhi raised her hind paw and scratched her ear: "I never thought he was so timid, meow."
"Lili is not a coward, it's you who treated Lili badly!" The little Lord God frowned, and finally spoke, raising his chin, "Who are you?"
Lihua glanced at him, snorted, and didn't answer. She turned her head and continued looking out the window.
Mianli had never been neglected like this before. His face turned red with anger and he felt it necessary to warn this unruly cat.
The puppet had seen the destructive power of this human cub—or maybe it wasn't human, but it was a cub anyway—so it quickly tried to smooth things over: "It and I are good brothers. It's my good brother, meow."
Lihua was disgusted: "Who would call you a good brother?"
Zhizhi put her big paw on it and said, "Of course it's you! Think about it, during those years when we went through hardships together, I called it getting rich quickly and you called it making a fortune——"
Lihua slapped it on the head and said angrily, "Don't mention that name!"
Children's attention is always easily distracted, and Mian Li immediately stopped being angry: "Name?"
Zhizhi had a tuft of hair scratched off, and she cried out, "Yes, I, we didn't call it that before...!"
Lihua refused to expose itself, and Mianli simply didn't wait for it to answer. He closed his eyes and let the golden light stick out like a hook.
He has touched the brains of many humans, such as the players in the tower, Zhuo Can, Qi Rui, and Xiao Hui.
This was the first time He had explored a cat's brain.
'Cat food tastes terrible.'
"The can of beef I opened today was pretty good. Is it in the fridge?"
"I want to eat sweet and sour sauce."
'Hey, that bird over there, stop right there!'
"So noisy, stupid humans."
'Get some more sleep.'
It's all unnutritious stuff.
Of course, the human brain isn't that advanced.
The little god quickly found out the information he wanted: contrary to its cold appearance, this green-eyed tabby cat has a soft and cute name, Taotao.
The puppet is called Zhizhi and the tabby cat is called Taotao.
Qi Rui bought Zhizhi, and Lihua was adopted later. Before Xiaohui came, they were called Baofu and Facai respectively; later the girls changed them to more elegant names.
In Lihua's memory, Mianli also saw Xiaohui tell Qirui to bring back a cup of Zhizhi Taotao tea after get off work.
Both cats are at home, so why bring them back in a cup?
The little fairy couldn't understand.
Mianli doesn't like Taotao very much because she once said something as terrible as "eating children".
He still had a sliver of fear in his heart that he was unwilling to admit, and he shouted, "Li Li wants to go back and watch cartoons."
As he spoke, he shook the little devil's tail, with the arrow end pointing downwards. As it shook, fragments of light swirled and fell.
Taotao, the tabby cat who had been indifferent just now, suddenly had his pupils dilated when he saw his tail. He snorted excitedly and then took an attacking stance!
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No kitty can escape the cat teaser!
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