Chapter 2 (2/2)

”You can understand Ben w.a.n.g?”

”Miaowr.” Mi Xiaoqi nodded proudly, face glowing with pride. Not just what words you say, but even the words you don't know about, I*, no, this cat also understands.

He pulled his lips together, laughing lightly.

”Ben w.a.n.g is the Third Prince of the North Lunar Country, Bei Gongyan.” The man introduced himself.

”Miaowr.” Mi Xiaoqi brought up her right claw.

'My name's Mi Xiaoqi, even if you can't understand, you can't blame me either.' She dropped her claw.

Leaning against Bei Gongyan's firm chest is something that she did with pride during her introduction.

Alright, could you really blame her for naturally taking advantage of the circ.u.mstances? Especially with such a handsome man right in front of her.

Bei Gongyan narrowed his eyes at her actions. Interesting.

Placing his hand on the cat's back gave him a good impression, not bad at all. The fur is indeed silky smooth and did not cloy his fingers at all.

Mi Xiaoqi meowed in shock, trying to get out of his restraining hold on her. Aima, what-what do you think you are doing?! I'm a girl, a girl! (T/N: … poor Mi Xiaoqi *smirking*)

Looking at Mi Xiaoqi bristling her fur, Bei Gongyan's dangerous aura rapidly appeared.

”Miaowr.” Mi Xiaoqi immediately noticed and calmed quickly, carefully leaning against his hand.

Okay, okay, go ahead and rub. Rub me, since I'm a cat right now a little petting won't kill me. It's still much better than being killed from this maniac's mood swings uh.

Mi Xiaoqi flicked her ears down, revealing a dejected expression.

Bei Gongyan suddenly felt that his chest was rather uncomfortable, almost as if his mood was brought down by the cat's unhappy state.

”You're not happy?”

Mi Xiaoqi lifted her head to look at him, carefully nodding.

”You don't like Ben w.a.n.g petting you?”

”Miaowr.” Because I'm a girl.

”Ben w.a.n.g is going to pet you.” Bei Gongyan didn't understand, obviously. Alright, since this guy obviously thinks he understood, he placed his large hand onto Mi Xiaoqi's s.h.i.+ny, silky fur.

Mi Xiaoqi meowed softly, gloomily lidding her eyes. As the large hand glided over her back, she gave a mental 'Ah!'.

No wonder cats loved people brus.h.i.+ng their fur. This is really comfortable actually.

Unknowingly, Mi Xiaoqi drifted off into dreamland.

Looking at Mi Xiaoqi's little snout steadily snoozing away, Bei Gongyan suddenly felt a feather light brush against his heart. It was so gentle and yet so, so itchy, yet not making him hate it.

Gently carrying her body, he placed her onto the couch.

T/N: Yes, good job. RULE THE WORLD WITH CUTE NEKOS!!!

Trying to keep the original tone of the novel is quite hard. Especially since the w.a.n.g ye behaves like the two-faced blac- *ahem*

Moving on.

本王Ben w.a.n.g - self-important address used by princes.

本姑娘Ben Gu Niang/I*- used as a joke by author to show the cat's superiority (ahem) in other matters LOL. For other matters, 本(status) is to show importance of the person when describing themselves. Only important for court ranks historically to address/ordering someone inferior (eg. 本宫 Ben gong), while often used as a joke in modern context. In a way it's like the j.a.panese -sama suffix but more formal.

Hope this was a fun read, especially since I had to wrack my brain for as many flowery vocab that I (never) used in this context. Note to self: maybe I lack good romance novels. Is it a sign to find some?

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