◇ Chapter 72 Airplane Ears
Bai Yu went straight home.
He passed by the market and picked up the meat that the two kittens liked to eat. Hawksbill preferred fish paste, and Tiger Skin liked chicken breast. Bai Yu also took a little from each, and then paused slightly when passing by the beef stall.
Illia's productivity was scarce, and in that era, beef was still a very expensive meat, with one piece equal to several days' salary for a doctor.
But Platinum Tuanzi just likes to eat beef. He is a tiny kitten, precious and difficult to raise.
Bai Yu paused for a moment, but still bought one.
He knew that Tuanzi was gone, but he still had a subtle expectation in his heart, hoping that when Tuanzi returned home, there would be food at home.
Bai Yu walked into the house carrying a bag and started preparing meal.
He didn't notice at all that a kitten fell from the roof and stood lightly on the windowsill.
Imur lifted his tail, walked gracefully to the roof of the neighbor next door with his paw pads and cat-like steps, then coiled on the tiles with his tail in his arms. He quietly stared at the house through a thick layer of glass.
In fact, outside of the mutation period, Imur rarely turns into a kitten.
The Grand Duke of Illia cannot be a slave of lowly status, and a cat-man bred by slaves cannot be the Grand Duke of Illia. This is the consensus of the entire upper class. Imur has been carefully hiding his identity. Once it is exposed, he may fall into an irretrievable situation at any time.
But when the doctor called Miller an idiot, Imur was still moved.
The Duke walked around the bedroom alone for a long time, and finally he sneakily turned into a kitten, took off his gorgeous clothes, and stood on the doctor's roof.
——He just wanted to come and see what the two kittens that had attracted the doctor to go home twice in three days looked like.
Tiger Skin and Hawksbill were in the kitchen, meowing around the doctor.
Ever since we went to the Grand Duke's Palace, the doctor's stove has been out of use and the knives have been put away and locked up, so there is no need to worry about them wandering around.
Imur looked down at them with dignity.
They are all mixed-hair wild cats, nothing special.
Tiger Skin and Hawksbill Turtle had no idea that there was a fellow on the roof next door. They only knew that there was the smell of meat in the kitchen and that dinner was about to start. So they turned around anxiously, bumping their heads against Bai Yu's trouser legs from time to time, as if urging the doctor: "When will you be ready?"
Bai Yu: "Wait a moment, it will be ready soon."
The two kittens were covered in wounds when they were picked up, and were frightened by the hammerhead sharks. When Bai Yu spoke to them, he unconsciously lowered his voice.
Just across the window, Imur bit his tail.
——The doctor had never spoken to him in that tone.
Both kittens have long legs, which are incomparable to the short legs of Platinum Dumpling. They jumped lightly, stepped on the rice jar and jumped onto the stove, and moved around on the edge of the chopping board.
Bai Yu pulled their heads apart and said, "I have a knife in my hand, be careful."
Tiger Skin was pushed aside by him, but he didn't get angry. He just meowed softly, with a long tail.
Tiger Skin is a half-year-old girl who has learned to act like a spoiled child without any instruction. It seems to know that it cannot get close to the doctor holding a knife, so it just rubs against Bai Yu, nudged the doctor's hand with its furry head, tilted its head and whispered tentatively: "Meow?"
——I want to eat.
Bai Yu sighed.
The kitten had been kept here by him for a few days and had grown from skinny to fat. At this moment, it was staring at the meat on the plate with a rather seductive look in its eyes.
Imur bit his tail in hatred.
"Damn it." The Grand Duke thought angrily, "Where did this wild cat come from that can do such a trick?"
Seeing that Hu Pi was really greedy, Bai Yu picked up a small piece of meat and handed it to Hu Pi: "Okay, okay, you eat it first."
Tiger Skin licked it with his tongue and quickly grabbed it with his teeth.
Daimao followed suit. He was a younger brother who was less than half a year old. He also nudged Baiyu's hand with his head and tilted his head: "Meow?"
He also wants to eat meat.
Bai Yu had no choice but to use tongs to pick up a piece of the slice he had cut for him.
The two kittens finished the food in their hands and looked at the plate eagerly. They rubbed the doctor's hands with their heads, one on the left and one on the right. For a while, the meowing sounds were endless, each one softer and more precise than the last.
Bai Yu was helpless and thought, "Looks like I have to carry them out and close the kitchen."
The two kittens had no idea what the doctor was thinking. They even crowded into his arms, trying to beg for more meat by rubbing against him.
But suddenly, they stopped moving at the same time, raised their eyes at the same time, arched their backs, and looked out the window.
Cats are perceptive and have a strong sixth sense. They can sense an unfriendly gaze outside the window, staring at them, as if trying to rip off their fur.
The owner of the gaze was very powerful, and it aroused the primitive fear engraved in their genes. The hawksbill turtles and budgies were like animals being targeted by top predators. Their fur stood on end and they turned their heads to stare at the source of the gaze.
On the roof next door, there is a pair of lake blue eyes.
Those eyes were dark and deep, carrying the solemnity of a superior, making cats afraid, but the owner of those eyes...
A short-legged platinum kitten.
Tiger Skin & Hawksbill Turtle tilted their heads and looked back in confusion: "Meow?"
The legendary top predator was nowhere to be seen. The platinum kitten on the tiles was a bit big, with short legs that were not as long as the tabby one. Its big, fluffy and furry tail was swaying back and forth. The tabby one looked at him, then looked at his strong and powerful long tail...
——I feel like a kitten that can be whipped away by her tail.
The tabby and hawksbill turtles simultaneously pushed the ground with their hind legs, making attacking postures and making gurgling warning sounds from their mouths.
Outside the window, Imur accurately received the information conveyed by his peers.
——What are you looking at? Are you the little cat?
With one part disdain, two parts sarcasm, three parts contempt and four parts ridicule.
"Damn it." The Grand Duke's face was gloomy and he began to grind his teeth.
It was really like a tiger in dire straits being bullied by a cat. Now, any stray cat dared to rub against the doctor's thigh and act arrogantly over him. Imur was filled with hatred and also kicked the ground with his hind legs, making an attacking motion. He lowered his voice and issued a warning like a tiger's roar and a dragon's roar in the arrogant manner of a duke and the solemn and majestic tone of a superior.
"Meow!"
Tabby hawksbill: “…”
They turned their heads away in boredom and began to pick at the doctor's plate.
At this time, Bai Yu couldn't care about them.
The doctor suddenly looked up, his eyes fixed on the eaves, and met those beautiful lake blue eyes.
Imur: “…”
He raised his paw guiltily and tried to slip away.
The Duke just wanted to come and take a look, and he wasn't ready to come face to face with the doctor in kitten form again.
But the doctor had opened the window.
He seemed to see through the kitten's intention, and he moved as fast as lightning. He flipped lightly and landed on the window sill. Then he grabbed the eaves with one hand and reached out to Imur with the other hand. Before the Duke could react, he grabbed him firmly by the scruff of the neck and lifted him into the house as easily as a sack.
Then, in front of Imur, he locked the window with a click.
Imur; "..."
The kitten struggled helplessly twice, but under the doctor's violent suppression, it had no room to resist.
Bai Yu clapped his hands and placed the kitten in front of him. His eyebrows were like an eternal glacier. He looked Yimuer up and down and said in a cold tone: "Do you still want to run?"
"Meow?"
Imur tilted his head, his tail curled up into a ball, his big eyes full of innocence and confusion.
——He started to act stupid.
Bai Yu was not moved at all. He picked up Tuanzi with one hand, brought it to the bedroom, and then locked the door.
Imur: “…Meow?”
He took a step back in fear.
This was a completely closed space, and no matter what the doctor did, he had no room to resist.
Imur took another step back and retreated to the corner.
The way forward was blocked by the doctor, so he could only run past the side, but running past the side would mean passing by the bed. Imur raised his hand and looked at his claws.
It's quite dirty to step on the eaves all the way here. If I step on the bed, the doctor will be angry, right?
Before he could figure out how to get out, he was already controlled by the doctor.
Bai Yu twisted him in another direction, then lifted his butt and spanked him lightly.
Imur: “!”
It didn't hurt, but he was stunned. He stretched out his claws and scratched the floor vigorously, unable to believe what was happening.
...He was, beaten?
Or was he beaten in such a place?
Imur exploded instantly. He was the most distinguished duke in this city-state, high above everyone else, with the power of life and death. No one could teach him a lesson, not even the doctor. He thought bitterly in his heart: "Damn doctor! In Illia, harming the duke is a serious crime punishable by death!"
The more Imur thought about it, the angrier he became. He turned his head, wanting to bite the hand that hit him hard, or to claw him, but before he could bite, a finger poked his head.
The doctor's cold voice came: "Do you know how dangerous it is?"
Bai Yu poked the kitten's head, showing a rare bit of anger: "Do you know that there are people from the Black Robe Society everywhere outside, they collect stray cats and kill them all? Do you know that winter has come in Illia, the lake is frozen, the outdoor temperature can reach below zero, and there is no food or water outside? Do you know that there are often gang fights near Xike Street, do you know that there are ladies in the city who specialize in collecting cat fur to make scarves, do you know that the neighborhood is not hygienic and it is easy to get ringworm if you wander around? All my doors and windows are locked, and you sneaked out?"
The doctor was quite tall among humans, and even bigger than a kitten. Imur was pushed into a corner by him, and listening to the doctor's harsh questioning, he should have been very scared, but he shook his ears unconsciously and relaxed.
The doctor was concerned for his safety.
Bai Yu has a cold personality and never shows his emotions. This is the first time that Imur has seen him talk so much and be so angry.
Because I was afraid something might happen to him.
Imur's anger had mostly subsided, and he quietly stretched out his paw and patted the doctor's trouser leg.
——Actually, he wanted to pat his forehead to signal the doctor not to worry, but the kitten was too short, and unless he jumped up and slapped the doctor, he couldn’t pat his forehead.
But Bai Yu was obviously not comforted and he was still angry.
He was not angry with Tuanzi, but with himself. The kitten had no intelligence and could not tell the good from the bad outside, so it slipped away. In the final analysis, it was Bai Yu's fault for not protecting him well, and it was the owner's fault.
The doctor said to himself, "The door is closed, the windows are locked... not even a mouse can get into this clinic. Tell me, where did you get out from?"
He still hasn't figured out where Tuanzi escaped from.
“…”
Imur withdrew his claws embarrassedly and meowed guiltily.
He looked up at the doctor, who scolded him for having unilateral ears. He blinked his lake blue eyes, trying to convey the emotions of "naivety" and "innocence".
Bai Yu held his forehead and sighed deeply.
After losing it and then regaining it, he felt mixed emotions. On the one hand, he felt self-blame and regret.
It's his fault.
If the window sealing was done better, Tuanzi wouldn't have to face these dangers.
Bai Yu looked down and saw the kitten lying listlessly in the corner with its ears drooping, as if it was frightened by him.
To be honest, Tuanzi is a very good kitten, and it is not the kitten's fault for getting lost. After Bai Yu's anger subsided, he felt guilty. He gently picked up the kitten, held it in his arms, rubbed its little butt, and softened his voice: "Did it hurt?"
Imur started to get angry again.
It was a light slap, and it didn't hurt, but when the doctor's hands were rubbing his face, a tingling electric current surged through his coccyx. The feeling was so strange and unfamiliar that he unconsciously kicked his hind legs and kicked the doctor twice.
Damn doctor, let him go!
Bai Yu sighed: "I'm sorry, it's my fault. I scared you on the first day I came back."
Imur raised his head in his arms, raised his tail and curled it around the doctor's arm, and whispered, "Meow."
I wasn't scared.
Bai Yu tapped his airplane ears, which had not yet popped up, as if they were very frightened. He looked at Tuanzi's fluffy, furry, and round head, and the kitten squatting obediently in his arms. He suddenly lowered his head and gave him a light kiss on the top of his head.
The kitten's ears moved.
The doctor sighed and lowered his voice: "Sorry, don't be scared."
The heat from the lips came from above his head, and Imur realized belatedly that he was kissed. He was almost stiff as a petrified sculpture, and almost fell headfirst from the doctor's arms. The hair on his tail exploded, and he hurriedly broke free from the embrace and fell to the ground.
"Meow!"
Frivolous, frivolous doctor, no, no fear, how can you kiss the Grand Duke so casually!
The kitten's arms were too short to reach the place that was kissed, so Imur could only rub the top of his head with his fluffy tail, where the strange touch still remained. His lake-blue eyes looked out the window from the ceiling, and he no longer dared to see a doctor.
So weird.
Bai Yuke had no idea of what was going on in his mind. Seeing that the kitten's airplane ears had recovered and seemed to have been coaxed, he took a step back and said, "You can play in the house first. I bought some beef and I'll cut some for you."
The best way to coax a kitten is to bribe it with food.
Imur: "Meow."
OK
He scratched the floor with his claws and thought, "Did you buy it especially for me?"
He remembered that the doctor didn't like beef very much.
There was still dust from outside on the pad of the paw. Both of them were so excited just now that no one paid attention to it. Now that he dug it, the claw marks left behind were very obvious.
Bai Yu lowered his eyes and looked at the claw marks.
Imur stepped on it, pressed the mark with his body, and continued innocently.
Bai Yu frowned slightly.
The platinum kitten was very clean, with fluffy white fur, as if it had cleaned itself, but it was still dusty, with its tail rubbed against wall dust and its paw pads also covered in dust. Its legs were too short, so the fur on its belly inevitably touched the ground, and some of it was rubbed against water and turned into wisps.
The doctor held his chin up: "It's a bit dirty."
He said to himself, "After eating beef paste, I'll grab it and take a bath."
“…”
The duke, who was squatting obediently, suddenly thought of something and got angry: "Meow!"
Damn doctor, how do you want to bathe this duke?
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After becoming a kitten, the Duke was furious every day.
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