At the school gate, Lin Jin suddenly remembered something crucial.

Her school had an automated system that texted guardians whenever students left campus. If her mom asked about her whereabouts, it would be trouble.

The kitten stretched out a paw and gently tapped Qin Yi’s palm.

Qin Yi’s hand immediately closed around the small white paw—tiny, warm, and soft—feeling quite pleasant.

“What’s wrong?”

Lin Jin tugged at her paw but couldn’t free it, so she let him hold it captive.

*Meow meow~* (My mom will know.)

Though cats couldn’t form full syllables, they could produce sounds resembling “meow.” Right now, her “meow meow” sounded remarkably like “mom.”

Having played together since childhood, Qin Yi could read her feelings with a glance. After a brief thought, he understood.

Qin Yi scooped up the cat and sprinted eastward.

East? What was he doing heading east? Only the cafeteria and service buildings were there. Was he going to sell her? This thought revealed Lin Jin’s IQ had noticeably dropped since becoming a cat.

As if sensing the big confusion in her small head, Qin Yi stated succinctly:

“There’s a small delivery door behind the cafeteria. We can get out that way.”

Oh~ So that’s it. She hadn’t expected he had so many connections.

*Meow meow meow meow!* (Then why didn’t you tell me? Making me walk all the way around to the main gate every day?)

Qin Yi seemed to truly guess the little tabby’s inner thoughts: “That door is often locked. In the mornings, we’d be late waiting for the delivery driver to unlock it.”

As they dashed away, they didn’t notice Discipline Director Xu inspecting college entrance exam facilities with Principal Zhao Fuguo in the teaching building square. Or perhaps Qin Yi had glanced up and seen him but couldn’t be bothered to care.

*Meow meow meow?* (So high?) The little tabby cat Lin Jin stared at the tightly shut iron gate, towering over ten times her height, utterly dumbfounded. *Meow meow meow meow!* (How do we cross this?)

“Jump over,” Qin Yi explained briefly, lifting Lin Jin above his head with both hands. “Jump.”

At 178 cm tall, Qin Yi’s raised arms nearly reached the gate top, letting Lin Jin step onto it easily.

Lin Jin wobbled unsteadily to her feet on the gate and meowed once.

(What about you?)

She glanced at the drop outside and meowed again.

(How do I get down?)

While Lin Jin looked outside, Qin Yi stepped back, leaped up, grabbed the gate top, and with a powerful arm pull, executed a graceful goat-like jump over.

By the time Lin Jin snapped out of it, Qin Yi was already outside.

“Come down,” Qin Yi said, opening his arms.

*Meow meow meow meow.* (Why aren’t you reaching out to catch me?)

“You’re a cat, not a baby,” Qin Yi said coldly, like an emotionless killer. “Jump.”

Lin Jin looked down, gritted her teeth, and jumped.

Qin Yi caught her firmly.

“Every creature has its unique talents. Don’t assume you can’t do something; how do you know until you try?”

Here we go again. Lin Jin stretched out her paw and covered his mouth.

The soft paw pads pressed against Qin Yi’s lips. Then, a cool, tingling sensation spread from her sensitive paw.

Lin Jin’s eyes widened in shock, her emerald-green irises filled with disbelief.

That scoundrel Qin Yi—daring to lick my paw?

Behind the wall, the late-arriving Discipline Director Xu’s face turned ashen. “Teacher Luo, please check which class is missing a student.”

“Understood.”

Daring to skip class openly and bring a pet to school? If I don’t make you submit completely, I’d have wasted over a decade as Discipline Director.