Chapter Thirty-Seven: Cat and Mouse Partners (1/2)

Thankfully, Fan Xiaoge was still level-headed – even though she was freaked out by that grey-colored creature on the coffee table, she managed to suppress the urge to scream out loud. She forcefully cracked a smile on her face.

“Mr. Yan, is this your hamster? It’s so cute.”

Fan Xiaoge’s mind was spinning nonstop – where did the problem come from? She had heard from Chu Ge that Yan Jin kept a Scottish Fold cat that he adored and pampered.

For the sake of winning a favorable impression from Yan Jin, she tolerated her hatred for small animals with great difficulty and bought a fairly-obedient Persian cat. But at this moment, who would be able to explain why the Scottish Fold cat became a hamster?!

Her hatred toward small animals was also classified into various degrees – dogs and cats were barely tolerable, but hamsters… that was like asking for her life.

Yan Jin pretended not to hear what Fan Xiaoge said. He did not think that there was a need to bother with such insincere praises.

“’Leave it at the door.” Yan Jin emphasized once again.

Fan Xiaoge clenched her teeth as she squatted down and placed Faye on the porch. Then, she silently took off the thing hanging on Faye’s neck and secretly clasped the item in her palm.

“Meow.” The cat felt pain from the tug as she meowed aggrievedly.

“I’m sorry Faye, you stay here for a while. I’ll come back quickly to pick you up.”

After Faye settled down, the two people sat on opposite ends of the sofa as they conversed awkwardly.

“Mr. Yan, you are being too formal, you can call me Xiaoge…”

“Not at all. I’m not that close with Miss Fan.”

“Regarding our wedding banquet and the actual dates…”

“Since the Yan and Fan families insist on making their own decision, I’ll let them hold their own wedding.”

It was indeed an awkward conversation – Fan Xiaoge was one-sidedly expressing her opinion the whole time, but Yan Jin refused to give any good responses.

Xiao Yu aimlessly walked around the coffee table. Even he could hear the rejection from Yan Jin’s every sentence. Yet Fan Xiaoge insisted on pretending that she did not hear them.

However, from the conversation between them, Xiao Yu realized something strange – although Yan Jin did not plan to accept this marriage, it seemed like he was being pressured by something that made him unable to reject the proposal. And Fan Xiaoge clearly knew that — which was why she could come here to pester Yan Jin.

This was the first time that Xiao Yu had seen such a real-life version of a ‘green tea bitch’¹– Fan Xiaoge had the disgusting motive of ‘I want to be married into the Yan family and become a rich mistress written all over her body. Even her adoration towards Yan Jin was obviously fake; yet she still thought that she had covered it up well.

Were these two people really involved in an aristocratic marriage of convenience?

Xiao Yu was a little puzzled. From his point of view, Yan Jin did not seem like the type who would rely on his dad’s wealth as a rich kid of the second-generation. The public also never mentioned what Yan Jin’s family was like; instead, they focused on reporting what Yan Jin was like or how YL was doing. Compared to a setting whereby this rich and powerful second-generation son was forced into a marriage of convenience, Yan Jin was more suitable to be tagged as a chairman who stood his ground against the opinion of the masses as he pursued his true love to marry that Cinderella.

“We’ve discussed quite a bit. You must be thirsty, I’ll go make some tea.” Fan Xiaoge stood up and looked at her surroundings: “The kitchen must be that way, please wait for a moment.”

Yan Jin frowned as he got up as well: “There’s no reason for a guest to make tea. I’ll do it.”

“Just sit back Mr. Yan. It’s a rare opportunity for me, so I’ll show you my skills.” Fan Xiaoge smiled wittingly. Without waiting for Yan Jin to reply, she promptly made her way into the kitchen.

Yan Jin sat back down again and chuckled.

Xiao Yu did not know if Fan Xiaoge heard that chuckle, but having heard it himself he was so terrified that he broke out into cold sweat.

After being with Yan Jin for so long, Xiao Yu knew when Yan Jin was really laughing and when he was purely hinting that someone was going to get into trouble.

Yan Jin raised his head slightly and faced the lowest part of the second level corridor. He asked, “How does it feel to see your ex-girlfriend?”

Xiao Yu was shocked by that sentence. It was then that he realized that Chu Ge was standing by the second level corridor the whole time, leaning against the railing with both his hands cupping his cheeks, watching them lazily.

His position was nicely oriented behind Fan Xiaoge’s seat. That also meant that when Yan Jin was speaking to Fan Xiaoge earlier, these two men were able to see one another all along.

That being said, this was not the ordinary case of catching a couple in the midst of committing adultery. It was a one-person-show hosted by Fan Xiaoge as Yan Jin and Chu Ge watched on.

In that instance, Xiao Yu was overwhelmed by that terrible taste of interest.

At that moment, Xiao Yu’s feelings towards Fan Xiaoge evolved from disdain to pity.

“It feels quite good. Thanks to you, I’m acknowledging how blind I was in the past.” Chu Ge reopened his scars without restraint. He didn’t lower his voice either: it was as if he did not care if Fan Xiaoge could hear him from the kitchen.

“But we’ve watched enough of the show. Shouldn’t you properly clarify things?” Chu Ge changed his tone to a serious one: “Don’t tell me you’re really planning on marrying this bitch?”

Yan Jin replied in surprise: “You actually scolded a woman? That’s so rare.”

“Hey, stop changing the topic, will you?”

“Relax, Fan Xiaoge won’t need me to take care of her.” Yan Jin’s expression became slightly eerie as he continued, “Nan Wei told me about the Nan family’s situation. There’ll probably be an explosion in the next two days.”

Chu Ge paused and showed a similar eerie expression: “You’re saying… that the Nan family would undertake this matter for Nan Chan?”

“About right.”

“You’re a, such a…” Chu Ge thought for awhile and found a fitting label: “Such a gravely sinful man.”

Yan Jin smiled without speaking.

If someone was willing to blow away the sand in his eyes, he would not mind who that person was.

Xiao Yu puzzledly listened to the two men as they talked in riddles. Although he did not understand them, that did not stop Xiao Yu from supporting Chu Ge’s opinion.

“Squeak!” That’s right, Yan Jin is a gravely sinful man! That’s so on point.

“Meow.”

“Squeak!”

The sudden sound of a cat meowing made Xiao Yu jump in shock. He turned around and found that Faye, who was originally sitting on the porch licking her fur, had unknowingly made her way towards him. Their distance was now less than five centimeters as that pair of bluish-green eyes stared fixedly at him.

Xiao Yu wasn’t scared of cats – during his university days, he even participated in a charity event to help stray cats get adopted. But at this moment, he was simply a hamster!

Facing the natural enemy that was much bigger than his size made him almost piss himself!

Xiao Yu screamed in horror.

“SQUEAKKK!!” Help! The cat is gonna eat the human, I mean, eat the hamster!

“Meow.” Who cares about eating you, hn.

… Wait what?