Chapter 17: Seemed like I fooled him (1/2)

No matter how anxious he felt, what fate had planned would still occur.

It was seven minutes past 4 p.m. in the afternoon. The sound of the door unlocking came from the living room.

Xiao Yu held his last bit of hope as he looked around the bedroom. He scantily confirmed that he had not left any ‘footsteps’ behind in the room and hid in his small house as he shivered.

Don’t find out, don’t find outtttttt…

Yan Jin stayed in the living room for quite some time, which was rare – previously, Yan Jin would enter the bedroom straightaway after he go to the villa. Regarding that, Xiao Yu often questioned the practicality of this villa. In fact, Yan Jin only used the first level and that one bedroom, but he was living in this huge villa. Didn’t CEOs in television shows always have some servants or butlers? But it was just Yan Jin (and now one hamster) – wouldn’t he feel lonely staying in such a huge place?

After staying together for such a long time, Xiao Yu had never seen him go up to the second level – and never did he bring Xiao Yu with him upstairs. Xiao Yu was very curious about the second level; if it was before, Xiao Yu might have felt that maybe Yan Jin was hiding someone up there. But Xiao Yu had never seen Yan Jin bring anyone into the house – it seemed like the rumors about Yan Jin keeping his hands clean was true after all.

But then again, with Yan Jin’s net worth and age, putting aside the fact that he had no intention of getting married – he didn’t even have a single scandal partner. That alone was weird for Xiao Yu..

But it was not the time to think of such things now. Xiao Yu still wasn’t sure what Yan Jin was doing outside. Yet, before he had time to wonder, Yan Jin’s footsteps approached and finally stopped at the doorstep.

Xiao Yu dared not move an inch; even his breathing got lighter. He silently practiced his speech for his ‘real identity’ in his heart.

A hamster that had become a spirit after cultivating for years – he usually stayed in the deep mountains and forests and occasionally roamed into the human world to play. He was somehow picked up by Yan Jin, and seeing the decent food that Yan Jin provided, he reluctantly stayed behind… something like that?

Xiao Yu raised his paws and scratched his head, and deceivingly thought to himself: Yan Jin would believe that, right?

If Yan Jin did not believe him, or if Yan Jin thought that a hamster spirit was too scary, would he throw him out?

Wait, wait, wait, he should not be thinking that negatively, that was just the worst-case scenario. Maybe Yan Jin did not even realize anything and thought that everything was just normal?

He would wait until Yan Jin entered the room. He would sit down before his computer and start working on his company matters, and then buy him a small tomato, a walnut, or a bunch of melon seeds perhaps?

Sadly, Xiao Yu was destined to be let down.

Yan Jin had already entered, but that was all he did.

He stood outside the cage and stared at it for two whole minutes. Even with the cage between them, Xiao Yu could sense the horrifying aura coming from Yan Jin.

That tiny bit of wishful thinking that Xiao Yu had began to sink.

He found out.

He definitely found out.

The actions that Yan Jin displayed these two days were more than enough to explain why he decreased the amount of time he allowed Xiao Yu out of the cage. Not opening the cage this morning was also on purpose.

And he risked getting his identity exposed just because of a boring game!

Xiao Yu regretted it.

Must he really leave this place?

Although Yan Jin was a nasty chairman, there wouldn’t be a second hamster owner like him in this world anymore – tasty hamster food, freedom, an iPad to play with and his little tomato as well…

If he had to leave, would Yan Jin agree to let him take those things along with him?

Tears started to accumulate in Xiao Yu’s eyes. He suddenly despised himself: how could he think poorly of Yan Jin all the time but act so reluctant when it came to parting ways.

It was all because of that idiot, Yan Jin.

“……” Xiao Yu seemed to hear a voice, but it was unclear. He quickly rubbed his face with his paw and perked his ears to listen to the commotion outside.

“… Fishy?”

“Fishy, fishy?”

Yan Jin seemed to be calling him.

His voice wasn’t loud, but it did not sound angry.

Xiao Yu hesitated for a moment. Then he gathered all his courage to allow him to break his limbs, stick his head out and get beheaded, and thirty years later, he would become a….

A good hamster?

He cringed in fear again.

It was not easy to get reborn again. What if things didn’t work out the next time? That was so not worth it. But he had to face his problems: he needed to tell Yan Jin the truth and pray that Yan Jin would let him off.

After making up his mind, Xiao Yu wobbled out from his little house.

“Squeak.”

Xiao Yu stepped out from the cage and saw Yan Jin standing not too far away. They both had some distance between them.

“Squeak!”

Hn, scaredy-cat.

He was even scared of a hamster spirit.

“Fishy!” Yan Jin suddenly raised his voice and that successfully shocked Xiao Yu, who was already upset. The angry squeaks immediately got extinguished.

Next, a surprising thing happened. Yan Jin did not suspect Xiao Yu’s identity like the hamster thought he would have. He instead took three big strides towards the cage and grabbed him immediately.

Xiao Yu could not even react in time as to what had happened. In the next moment, he was pressed against Yan Jin’s cheeks.

Pressed on Yan Jin’s cheek.

“Squeak?”

What happened? Wait? What happened?

Before he could even retort, Xiao Yu’s entire hamster body was viciously rubbed against Yan Jin.

Squeakkkkkkk –

“Thank goodness, I thought…” Yan Jin only said his sentence halfway, leaving Xiao Yu completely lost.