864 Is My Sister Sick? (1/2)

When Iris woke up, the lounge room sounded lively with familiar voices chatting away. She found herself lying in a more comfortable position on the biggest couch. Someone covered her with a warm, fluffy blanket, probably her darling. She petted Ice Cream who was curled on top of her stomach.

The grey cat meowed, and then rolled in an adorable manner to expose her fat, fluffy belly, asking for more rubs from her mommy. Iris chuckled softly and gave her eldest what she wanted. Ice Cream purred in pure satisfaction.

Iris looked up and saw Little Jun chasing Popcorn all around the room. His loud giggles caused the adults to chuckle at his cuteness. He was holding what looked like a half-eaten pineapple bun. His mother, Jiang Ying Yue, caught him and wiped the yellow, gooey mess on his face before letting him chase his equally hyperactive cat cousin Popcorn again.

”Boss, you're awake!” Dom's voice exclaimed, catching everyone's attention.

Iris looked the other way and saw Dom sitting together with Long Jinjing on another couch. There were several gift bags on the coffee table. Some of them had already been opened. There were different types of buns, cat treats and toys. She instantly knew that Long Jinjing must have been the one who brought the presents. Long Jinjing also brought some beautifully-wrapped pastries for the rest of them.

”Little Sister Xiulan,” Long Jinjing greeted with a smile. ”Were we too noisy for you?”

Iris shook her head and rose from her lying position. She made small talk with her friends while sweeping her eyes across the room. Finally, she saw who she was looking for.

Jin Liwei and her big brother were sitting by the bar counter at the corner of the room. The two men were both looking at her. Her darling gave her a warm, doting smile while her big brother's expression also gentled but only people who knew him would notice it. In other people's eyes, he looked stone-faced.

She smiled at them but her chest tightened and her stomach did some kind of a double-flip upon seeing her brother. It reminded her that the three of them were finally going to talk today about the truth of her and her brother's past lives. Then she turned pale as a powerful force rolled upwards from her stomach to her throat.

Jiang Ying Yue reacted the quickest. She was beside Iris in an instant holding a trash can she grabbed along the way. Iris bent over and dry-heaved over the trash can while Jiang Ying Yue held her hair up and murmured soothing words to her.

”Mama?! Mamaaaaaa!” Little Jun was shocked at seeing her Mama Xiulan acting like this. Fortunately, the little guy didn't cry but he looked quite scared.

Jin Liwei also moved quickly and was already beside Iris with a worried expression on his face. He whispered an instruction to Ketchup to call the private doctor and the butler so that Long Jinjing wouldn't hear him.

Long Jinjing and the other members of the girl squad living outside their household still didn't know about the existence of the cat AIs. They only knew that Iris and Jin Liwei had two additional cats, one white and one black. But for some reason, the two cats were too skittish and never showed themselves to visitors.

Lu Zihao also came over but didn't go near because he remembered that his sister couldn't stand his scent the last time that they saw each other. He couldn't risk her condition worsening because of him. His stone-faced expression cracked and revealed his own worry for his sister as he watched her vomiting nothing into the trash can.

Long Jinjing came to him and grabbed his arm. ”W-what's happening? Is my sister sick?”

”No, she isn't sick,” he said.