Could Xuechun actually understand him or not?
The answer seemed pretty obvious from the way her eyes suddenly lit up.
That was totally the look of a little kid getting excited.
Before he could buy the Skill Book: Language Learning, the tacit understanding between Gu Chuan and Xuechun often showed itself in moments like this.
“Meow!”
Yay!
As for her master not responding to her coquettish act, Xuechun actually understood that pretty well.
Because her master had to go do something called “school.”
But why did her master have to go to “school”...?
Was “school” prettier than she was!?
At this moment, the innocent little catgirl still had no idea that after “school,” there would one day be something called “class” waiting too, an unavoidable part of life that Gu Chuan had no way to escape.
Gu Chuan quickly made breakfast. He took a bag of frozen jiaozi out of the fridge, tore it open, and poured them into the pot. While waiting for them to cook, he made two cups of milk.
He also looked up whether catgirls could drink milk on Baidu Baike.
In the end, Baidu Baike seemed to assume he had made a typo, and only gave him answers to “Can cats drink milk?”
Still, after scrolling a few more pages, Gu Chuan finally found an answer posted by some helpful netizen under the question, “Can catgirls drink milk?”
Helpful Netizen: Wake up. Stop dreaming. If you keep dreaming like this, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei are gonna come swear brotherhood at your place.
Gu Chuan: ...
But while he was still thinking about it, a sneaky little catgirl had already appeared soundlessly at the kitchen entrance.
She picked up one of the cups of milk Gu Chuan had prepared, stared at it curiously, and lifted her small pale nose to sniff at it. Snff, snff.
A sweet, rich fragrance instantly filled her nose, and the little catgirl was intoxicated.
Xuechun immediately licked her lips.
Then, with complete loyalty to her own desires, she stuck out her tongue.
But the water Gu Chuan had poured from the thermos was still around sixty or seventy degrees.
So the next second, a miserable cry rang out.
“Myaow!”
Gu Chuan’s pupils shrank at once, and he looked toward Xuechun in concern.
“Xuechun...!”
He called her name almost on reflex.
But the scene before him made his eyelids twitch slightly.
At the dining table was a sight more than enough to send people’s thoughts wandering.
Little Xuechun had tried to sneak a sip of sweet milk, only to burn her tongue. So the rumor about cat tongues was true. Cats really were creatures that feared heat, and even turning into a catgirl didn’t change that.
But the key was her posture right now.
After burning her mouth, she quickly set the cup down. At least she was sensible enough not to make trouble for Gu Chuan. Then she stuck out her tongue into the air, trying to cool it that way.
At the same time, she was panting, “haa, haa,” in a strangely alluring way.
If that were all, it wouldn’t have been enough to make anyone imagine things.
The real problem was the milky white liquid clinging to the tip of her tongue—milk, to be specific.
And because it was so hot, her cheeks had flushed faintly red from panting, while her eyes rolled upward, exposing large patches of white...
“...”
Gu Chuan could now make a preliminary judgment.
Xuechun could drink milk.
Just not until it had cooled down.
“Meow! Meow... meow meow!”
It’s so hot! Master’s... master’s milk is so hot!
With tears in her eyes, Xuechun waited for Gu Chuan to comfort her.
And what could Gu Chuan do?
All he could do was walk over and gently pull Xuechun into his arms.
After all, he doted on her.
“You silly kitty. It was for you in the first place. Why were you in such a rush?”
“Meow...”
“Wait till the milk cools a little before drinking it. Here, eat some jiaozi. It’s food made by wrapping meat in dough. It’s a traditional dish passed down since the time of our ancestors’ ancestors. In the past, we’d only get a meal like this during New Year or festivals.”
“But mine are just frozen ones from the supermarket, so the taste is probably a bit worse. Next time, I’ll make fresh ones for you.”
Gu Chuan said it with a smile, but his gaze drifted far away.
He suddenly remembered a long, long time ago, in a quiet little village that felt almost like a paradise apart from the world.
During New Year, he would sit with his grandpa and grandma, eating steaming hot jiaozi stuffed with pork and napa cabbage. The pigs were raised at home, and the cabbage was dug straight from the field...
Xuechun couldn’t understand much, but she did understand the word “meat,” so she meowed in response.
Cats really were creatures that loved meat.
Gu Chuan soothed Xuechun and watched until she sat obediently in the chair by the table.
Then he went into the kitchen, scooped out the cooked jiaozi, and split them into two bowls. Xuechun’s bowl was a little smaller.
When he brought them out together, the aroma reached her from a distance. It tugged at her taste buds and made her keep sniffing.
So familiar... but also different.
Xuechun was puzzled, and when she saw the shape of the jiaozi, her eyes widened. That only made her more confused.
It was clearly her first time seeing this kind of human food, so why did it feel familiar?
The shape of the jiaozi. The thin wrapper around the meat filling...
A murmur rose in her heart without her meaning to.
Pork and napa cabbage jiaozi... are the best.
Because they’re eaten with... someone important.
Just like now.
Xuechun happily narrowed her eyes. Just smelling the jiaozi and Gu Chuan’s scent made her feel like she was already full.
“Meow~ Meow meow meow!”
Next time, make pork and napa cabbage jiaozi for me again, Master!
But Gu Chuan didn’t understand. Looking at that small bowl of jiaozi, he had thought it might even be too much.
Who would’ve guessed that in reality, Xuechun didn’t even care about burning her mouth anymore and started wolfing them down at once.
She finished the small bowl and still wasn’t satisfied. With a bright smile, she pushed her little bowl toward Gu Chuan.
Her expression plainly said, I want more!
A miscalculation, a total miscalculation. He hadn’t expected a catgirl to like jiaozi this much.
Smiling, Gu Chuan shared some of the jiaozi from his own bowl with Xuechun.
The human and the catgirl lowered their heads and polished off the rest together. Gu Chuan had planned to wash the dishes afterward, since it seemed like he still had time.
But before he could, Xuechun had already trotted off on her slender little legs, carrying both her bowl and Gu Chuan’s in her arms, and gone to the kitchen sink to wash them.
Though she was small and young, her dishwashing movements didn’t look clumsy at all.
That came from her skill: Housekeeping LV5.
“Meow meow!” she called while washing dishes, turning her head to shout at Gu Chuan.
It sounded like she was urging him on, and also telling him not to worry.
Xuechun was telling Gu Chuan to go do that thing called “school.”
And when one day “school” was over, then it would be time for...
Gu Chuan nodded, understanding what Xuechun meant.
Or maybe he only thought he understood.
But what bad intentions could a little catgirl possibly have?
“Then I’m heading out, Xuechun. Be good and wait at home for me.”
“Meow!”
Have a safe trip, Master~
“Meow! Meow meow!”
And one more thing! You’re not allowed to pet other cats anymore!
