035. Regular People
“Hey Blacky~ When you grow up a bit, shall we neuter you, okay?”
Right from the crack of dawn, Ning Chu was crouched in the corner of the dormitory, her hands on her knees, whispering devilishly.
“Then even if you really do become a catgirl, you’ll be a neutered one that doesn’t go in heat, right?”
The little kitten yawned, lifted its head, rolled onto its back without a hint of ladylike decorum, and lay down at his feet.
“Is its condition better?”
“Yeah, seems like it’s got a bit more energy.”
Sitting at the head of the bed, Wen Yang gazed at the small, cute figure squatting in the corner from afar: “That’s good. Have you thought about what you’ll name it?”
“Uh… anything works. How about Blacky?”
“How about Chocolate?”
Ning Chu abruptly turned around and looked up at Wen Yang on the top bunk.
“What?” Wen Yang scratched his head and said, “I think that’s a pretty good name. Chocolate is black, and it’s black too.”
Now Ning Chu could be sure, this kitten was indeed the catgirl from the plotline who was here to repay Wen Yang’s kindness.
That catgirl’s name is Chocolate…
Of course, it’s the wolf invited into the house!
If not for him meddling, maybe yesterday afternoon Wen Yang would have also brought the kitten back to the dorm.
“Ugly name… Let’s see,” Ning Chu got inspired and decided to name the cat after food. “How about Black Bean!”
“A bit ugly.” Wen Yang didn’t push the issue, flipping off the bed. “It’s your cat, your call.”
“Mm.”
Fortunately, it was still just a little kitten and was still far from posing any threat to Wen Yang’s virgin status. If the guess was right, this kitten was only about a month old, about a year away from X maturity.
Within this year, the plotline about the catgirl repaying kindness wouldn’t happen. Want to know why… because minors are prohibited from sexy times!
Don’t worry!
Ning Chu stroked Black Bean’s little head with her finger, stretched her back, stood up, and looked out the window.
The heavy rain from last night had ended, and outside the window, it was sunny again—annoyingly bright.
Militia training was about to start…
With no cat food available, Ning Chu could only leave Black Bean a bowl of goat milk and a crushed-up sausage. After having breakfast in the dormitory, she left with several roommates.
After the rain, the clear sky felt like a giant steamer. Ning Chu’s forehead broke out in a thin layer of sweat the moment she arrived at the humid large playground.
High humidity plus high temperatures made it feel like the air being breathed into the lungs had a temperature too.
“Turn ~ to the left! Backward ~ turn! Rest ~ easy!”
Military training as usual, and today the instructor had more of a mischievous streak. Every now and then, someone would make a mistake due to being caught off guard, causing the students to burst into laughter, adding some fun to the dull training.
Rarely enough, Han Jingye was also present at the training field today.
He sat down in a nearby spot, watching the students training from afar.
He must be looking for prey again!
Ning Chu sarcastically thought about Han Jingye, but this counselor’s image in her mind had already started to waver.
No matter how you look at it, he doesn’t seem like a bad guy… actually more like a pretty responsible counselor.
Maybe the instructor also felt the wet heat of today’s weather, as he didn’t take long before announcing a break. Ning Chu hurriedly ran to the shade of a tree and, without much thought for the still slightly damp ground, plopped down right onto it.
Crossing her legs, she pulled out her mobile phone to buy some cat food for Black Bean online.
“What brand of cat food is good?”
The prices here were pretty similar to what they were in her previous life. Cat food also ranged from a few dozen to several hundred yuan. She didn’t plan to buy the best kind of cat food; as long as Black Bean ate it healthily and didn’t get sick, it would be fine.
But even so, most of the brands recommended online had been flagged for negatives.
Caterpillars in the food, moldy food, cats dropping dead on the spot after eating…
Struggling, Ning Chu picked a two hundred yuan cat food that weighed ten jin, clicked to pay, and then noticed the insufficient balance reminder, realizing that she had completely run out of money.
She had spent a lot of money going to the amusement park with Wen Yang last weekend, and recently, she had always been lured by Zhang Shaoqing to buy reduced-price milk tea and late-night snacks. There was still nearly a week till the end of the month, but she only had a little over a hundred yuan left on her.
“Trouble…”
Though the over a hundred yuan was enough for her own use with some frugality, what would the cat eat? Surely it couldn’t drink goat milk and eat sausages every day?
Thinking of this, she suddenly remembered that the time of her parents sending her living expenses was almost here.
What kind of parents would she have in this world?
Although in her previous life, her family members passed away early, this strange feeling of having parents here still made Ning Chu somewhat resistant.
Wen Yang was sitting beside her; hearing her muttering softly to herself, he turned his head curiously to look.
Ning Chu’s bangs had already become wet with sweat, sticking damply to her forehead and temples, but she didn’t appear disheveled or ugly. Instead, Wen Yang found a kind of delicate beauty.
At the same time, he once again caught a whiff of that indescribable but pleasant fragrance.
Noticing the gaze from beside her, Ning Chu looked up in confusion. Wen Yang quickly shifted his eyes to her mobile phone screen, “Buying cat food for Black Bean?”
“Yup, not enough money…”
“Buy some sample sizes first. Anyway, the kitten wouldn’t eat much.”
“Good idea!”
Ning Chu’s eyes lit up. She immediately searched for cat food sample packs on the online shopping platform, but her peripheral vision was always focused on the pink thermal cup in Wen Yang’s hand.
Seemingly unintentionally, she asked offhandedly, “Which sister gave that to you? That’s so nice~”
“I don’t really like plum soup either, but it was from that girl yesterday morning.” Wen Yang sighed helplessly, “That girl looked extremely upset. I feel like if I didn’t drink it, she was going to cry right in my face.”
“Her…” Ning Chu curled her lips slightly.
It seemed only the plot characters would relentlessly pursue Wen Yang, while the non-plot characters acted more normally. Although they expressed their liking for Wen Yang, they were at least not so direct as to ask for his DNA outright.
She finally met a normal person!
Liking someone but not daring to say, silently sending a bottle of plum soup, and watching her crush from afar—this kind of shy, nascent love story was indeed moving in the overly filled royal novel.
“What? Upset?” Wen Yang teased with a smile, “Didn’t you have people liking you too? The coffee shop boss lady is a rich lady. I’m actually jealous of you.”
“My scrawny body probably isn’t enough for the rich lady to play with.”
“You’re really thinking too much.” Wen Yang glanced at Ning Chu’s mobile phone screen again and reminded her, “How about that cat pate you just scrolled past? Buy one? It’d be Black Bean’s welcome present.”
Ning Chu shook her head, “Too expensive, twenty bucks!”
“I’ll pay for it, consider it Black Bean’s welcome present.”
Suspiciously, Ning Chu looked at Wen Yang, “You don’t even have enough money for food, where do you get money to buy pate for Black Bean?”
“Did you get a part-time job?”
“Or is some girl giving you money to spend?”
Wen Yang felt a strong sense of pressure suddenly explode from Ning Chu and instinctively felt a bit guilty, unconsciously leaning back, “No.”
“No?”
“I just worked as a proxy gamer last night. I finished a job last night and earned more than twenty yuan.”
Ning Chu suddenly smiled brightly, “I was just curious.”
