Chapter 57 Nian Nian was bitten
Shi Nanqi and Shi Guilin exchanged glances and shook their heads in agreement. Shi Nanqi waved her hands repeatedly, "No need, Sister Xi. You've just settled down. We won't bother staying for dinner."
"That's no problem," Xi Zhu said, with an expression that said, "You're too polite." "Although I still need someone to take care of the chores at home, I already hired the cook long ago. It's no big deal for me to have you guys have a meal, so don't refuse. Besides, Nian Nian is my student. What teacher would let a student go home hungry?"
Before Shi Guilin and Shi Nanqi could say anything, Xi Zimu, who was holding the cat, became anxious. He grabbed Nian Nian's arm and eagerly persuaded her, "Niannian, please have dinner at my house. I just met you and we haven't talked much yet."
Nian Nian was quite happy and agreed immediately: "Okay, Nian Nian, eat." After the little foodie agreed, he asked Shi Guilin half a beat later: "Papa, Nian Nian, do you want to eat?"
Shi Guilin hummed helplessly, "Okay, let's eat." He turned to Xi Zhu and said, "Sister Xi, please excuse me, we'll have a free meal."
"No, no, it's nothing." Xi Zhu smiled.
Shi Nanqi thought about it and suggested kindly: "Sister Xi, my family has a stable and reliable channel to find housekeepers and servants. Do you need them? Otherwise, I can recommend them to you. This way, it will be more convenient for you and save time and effort."
"That's great! I couldn't ask for more." Xi Zhu took Shi Nanqi's hand and patted her like a good sister. "Come upstairs with me to look at the piano. There's a small one specially made for children. You can take a look and have one customized for Nian Nian. I'll call for lunch and have Auntie make it first."
Shi Nanqi: "Okay. Then let my brother help look after Nian Nian and Zi Mu on the first floor, and we can go upstairs without worry."
Shi Guilin had no objection: "You guys go ahead, I'm here."
Xi Zhu and Shi Nanqi went to the kitchen to give some instructions before heading up to the piano room on the second floor. The first-floor living room, despite the absence of two adults, was still bustling with activity. Nian Nian, Xi Zimu, and the two cubs and cat were enough to turn the living room upside down. Shi Guilin, like a camera, recorded their every word and action, preventing any potential dangers from arising.
Lailai scurried around the living room with his catlike steps, while Xi Zimu, the little cat slave, trailed behind him. The new cat slave, Xiao Nian Nian, had short legs and could only lag behind Lailai and Xi Zimu. The three little guys walked in a line, like kindergarteners on a spring outing.
Shi Guilin stood in the living room with his arms folded, watching them running around like headless flies following the kitten.
It would occasionally stop and lie down, but spent most of its time walking. After walking for a while, it finally seemed tired and hungry. Its light steps became slightly heavy as it slowly moved to the food bowl. The pink pads under its black paws patted the edge of the food bowl: "Meow, meow."
Nian Nian, who had a dog at home, was quick to draw inferences. He tugged at Xi Zimu's clothes and said, "Mumu, come here. Are you hungry?"
"Okay. I'll go weigh the cat food for it." Xi Zimu said as he started to leave.
"Hey, don't worry." Shi Guilin was worried about Xi Zimu, a little kid, going to get cat food, so he volunteered, "Tell me where it is and I'll get it."
Nian Nian nodded: "Mu Mu, daddy goes. Daddy, he's the adult." It's not his turn to feed Yuan Yuan at home.
"Okay." Xi Zimu handed the bowl of food from the floor to Shi Guilin. "The cat food is in the cabinet next to the refrigerator. There's a scale next to the cabinet. Mom said 50 grams at a time will be enough. Thank you, uncle."
Shi Guilin went there carrying the rice bowl.
Lailai got lazy and found a transparent plastic bowl next to the food bowl and nestled in it. From the outside, you could see Lailai's fur clinging to the bowl wall, his whole body sunk into the bowl, head to tail connected, his little black head resting on the edge of the bowl, looking very comfortable.
"Wow! Come here, that's awesome!" Nian Nian watched helplessly as a creature, whose body was a circle larger than the basin, came over and crawled into the basin, curled up its body, and lay in it perfectly, accommodating it just right.
"Of course," Xi Zimu boasted proudly, "It can get into any gap smaller than this one. Once, it even got into the crack of the sofa."
"Come here, you're better than Yuanyuan." Nian Nian admired the black cat in the basin, and took the opportunity to show off her good friend the dog at home.
Xi Zimu was about to ask who Yuanyuan was when Shi Guilin came over with a bowl of cat food. He put the bowl back where it was, then, smelling the food, came over, easily getting rid of the transparent plastic bowl, and leisurely walked over to the bowl to eat.
Nian Nian was concentrating on watching the cat eat. Xi Zimu forgot what he wanted to ask for a moment and squatted beside Nian Nian to admire her eating.
Before long, the one who had finished his meal came over to lick his lips, then nestled back into the plastic basin, squinting his eyes and taking a nap.
Shi Guilin suddenly felt a stinging pain in his eyes, so he closed them briefly and then opened them again. But it didn't seem to help. His eyes were still sore, and he rubbed them. Tears welled up in his eyes. It was a side effect of the medication he was taking, causing dry eyes.
He forgot to bring his eye drops when he went out today.
"Zi Mu, where is the bathroom in your house?" Shi Guilin wanted to get some water and wash his face slowly.
"Just go straight ahead along this corridor." Xi Zimu showed him the way.
"Got it." Shi Guilin turned to leave, but stopped just in time. He put his hands on his knees, bent down, and emphasized to the two little ones, "I'll be back in three to five minutes at most. Don't run around. Just stay here and play with the kitten, okay?"
Nian Nian responded positively: "Yes! Papa, Nian Nian won't run away."
Xi Zimu also said: "Uncle, you go ahead, we won't change places to play."
Shi Guilin calmed down, pressed his eyeballs with his fingertips through his eyelids, and walked towards the bathroom at the end of the corridor.
Nian Nian squatted, her chin in her hand, looking over at me and the plastic basin beneath her. Her long, thick eyelashes fluttered, and it was unclear what she was thinking.
Suddenly, he pointed at the two green buckets next to him and said, "Mumu, what are those?"
Xi Zimu looked in the direction he pointed and said, "It's the toy bucket, but I haven't played with it in a long time."
The bucket was neither too big nor too small. When he couldn't carry too many toys, he would use it to put them all in and carry them away at once. Nian Nian walked to one of the small buckets and looked down into it.
There was nothing inside. Nothing at all.
Nian Nian glanced at the thing shrinking in the plastic basin, looked down at the bucket again, and finally observed herself.
Xi Zimu also walked over: "What are you doing?"
Nian Nian didn't say anything. He turned around, facing the bucket with his back, holding the edge of the bucket with his hands, and sat down with his butt facing the bucket mouth. Fortunately, his fleshy butt was very suitable for the bucket. With his weight, his butt was stuck in it with a puff.
"Wow, Nian Nian, come in! Come here!" He and Lai Guo had the same skill of shrinking into objects.
He happily leaned back over the rim of the bucket, like a tortoise with its shell turned over. His legs, hanging from the outside, kicked joyfully, his feet swinging freely. Xi Zimu was stunned. He had never thought of developing such a game.
"Mu Mu, you, come here." Nian Nian invited Xi Zimu enthusiastically.
Xi Zimu's heart was immediately moved. Without hesitation, he went to Nian Nian's side and sat in another bucket. As soon as he sat in, his body sank uncontrollably into the bucket mouth. With his back exposed to the unknown, Xi Zimu couldn't bear the feeling of weightlessness. Before his butt was completely stuck, he jumped out in a hurry.
"How strange." Xi Zimu patted his butt and stamped his feet on the ground, regaining a sense of security. He urged: "Niannian, come out quickly."
"Okay, I'll wait for Nian Nian." The confident little guy imagined getting out of the bucket effortlessly, just like he had gotten out of the basin. He supported himself on the edge of the bucket with both hands and exerted force!
Um?
Try harder!
Um? !
Try harder!
"Wuwu..." The little fellow's fair eyes immediately turned red. He looked at Xi Zimu with fear and bewilderment, "Niannian, stop moving, wuwuwu..."
Xi Zimu was stunned. He quickly helped to pull the bucket out, but after two attempts, he failed to get it out. He was completely dumbfounded: "What should I do, Nian Nian? I can't pull it out!"
Good friends can't help me. Nian Nian's nose felt sore, and the desperate child burst into tears of regret, crying and calling for Shi Guilin.
“Papa, wuwu…save Nian Nian…wuwuwu…Tongtong, bite Nian Nian’s butt, wuwuwuwu…”
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