Chapter One Hundred and Thirteen: Making Glutinous Rice Balls (1/2)

Yan Jin was in the driver’s seat whereas Xiao Yu was comfortably taking up all the space in the back.

The sound effects from the movie boomed as if they were not afraid of affecting the driver.

The pitiful Chairman Yan had no choice but to switch off the music player in the car and drown out the noise with earplugs.

It wasn’t peaceful for long before an unpleasant sound effect echoed within the vehicle. The groaning sound went on for five minutes before Yan Jin could not stand it any longer. He pulled the car over and turned around.

On the display screen was a typical censored scene. Although the sound effects were disturbing, the entire screen was covered with mist and nothing else in sight.

Yan Jin sighed in relief and saw Xiao Yu who was lying flat at the side.

The little one was wearing an auspicious red colored cotton-padded jacket with the pointy hood falling off the side. The hamster was curled up into a ball like a gray and red-colored plush ball.

The plush ball was breathing rhythmically that upon closer inspection, he could even see its back heaving as the hamster was sleeping.

Yan Jin shifted out of his seat and reached out to switch off the video.

The strange and clamorous sound effects disappeared, yet the plush ball did not even react to the change.

Not too long after, a gentle and comforting lullaby played inside the vehicle.

The journey continued.

……

When they arrived at the destination, Xiao Yu was still asleep.

There had been too many things happening lately that had worn Xiao Yu out mentally. Even when he spent all day playing games at home and did nothing else, he lost so many matches that he was questioning himself.

He had woken up too early that day. There was the fumbling around with his belongings and the change of environment. It did not take too long before Xiao Yu started dozing off.

While the video was still loading, the hamster was already unconscious. The sound effects that appeared later were simply because the video was on auto-play and it switched to the next episode.

Yan Jin did not wake him up as he scooped up his little furball simply went into the Four Seasons Manor.

Xiao Yu slept for a long time. It was dinner time when he woke up.

He rolled over and lay on his back with his paws stretched out. He later stood up as he rubbed his eyes.

The room was the same room as before. Xiao Yu did not forget about that.

The sky had already darkened which meant that Xiao Yu could see even clearer. He quickly found Yan Jin who had been playing on his mobile phone in the spacious room. He walked towards Yan Jin’s direction and realized that the texture beneath him seemed a little different.

It was a soft mat placed inside a cradle that would sway as he walked in it.

“Squeakk.” You bought these pointless items again.

“Hm, you’re awake?” Yan Jin put down his phone and spoke: “The cradle is very useful. Don’t you feel that you can sleep more comfortably?”

Xiao Yu looked coldly at Yan Jin.

Comfortableness aside, the problem was that within the Four Seasons Manor, there were no less than twenty beds. And that did not include these little cradles, little cotton nests, little wooden hutches, and straw-weaved nests……

Although there was no concrete evidence, Xiao Yu was almost certain that he had been using pet items from this brand. As soon as this brand released a new series, Yan Jin would surely buy it for him even if it was just a new color of the same item.

If not for the fact that this brand was an overseas brand, Xiao Yu was almost convinced that it was Yan Jin’s company.

The vacation this time was not considered a long one. They had departed on Monday and would be returning on Thursday. It could not be compared to that ten-day self-declared vacation that Yan Jin approved himself after confirming that the deal was undoubtedly within their grasp.

Speaking of which, on New Year’s Day, Yan Jin was insane enough to turn down an eighty-million deal simply because Xiao Yu had too much fun. Seeing how indulged Yan Jin was toward Xiao Yu as time went on, he wondered what crazy things the chairman would do if Xiao Yu had not wanted to return on Thursday.

On Tuesday, it happened to be the Lantern Festival [1]. Under Xiao Yu’s suggestion, Yan Jin brought his pet and took over the kitchen of the Four Seasons Manor to make glutinous rice balls together.

Yan Jin’s artistic attainments with his cooking skills were decent, but he had never made glutinous rice balls himself before. If he had the craving, he could have purchased a packet from any eatery or the supermarket. There was no need to make it himself. In fact, before Xiao Yu appeared, Yan Jin spent most of his time in the company and even avoided going home after some incident had happened. There weren’t many chances to cook for himself, much less such extra activities.

However, although Yan Jin was the same as Xiao Yu, making glutinous rice ball for the first time, Yan Jin got the gist of it after several tries. The rice ball he made was decently-sized and round. As for Xiao Yu’s… it was slightly unbearable to look at.

At first, the hamster was earnestly stuffing the sesame filling into the glutinous dough. However, due to limitations of his body size and his ‘hands’, it was impossible for him to do better than Yan Jin. As such, Xiao Yu began freestyling after a short while. There were not many round-shaped rice balls; instead, there were plenty of flat, pointy, and out-of-shape ones.

Moments later, Yan Jin, who was prepared to cook the glutinous rice balls, realized that Xiao Yu had gone missing.

“Squeak.”

Although the hamster was not in sight, his voice could still be heard.

Yan Jin stared at the pile of ‘glutinous corpse balls’ that Xiao Yu had made and then picked out one that was particularly bigger than the others.

The warm ‘glutinous rice ball’ played along and squeaked.

“Hm, this doesn’t bad. We shall cook this.”

Yan Jin’s evilness was leaking out from him, making it obviously sensible.

“Squeak!” It’s me, it’s me!

Sensing that he was being moved around, the rice ball started squealing louder.

“Squeakk!!” It’s me, it’s really me!

Xiao Yu struggled with difficulty and finally pried open the dough that was wrapped around him. His head popped out and the first sight that greeted him was Chairman Yan who was trying his best to suppress his laughter.

Instantly realizing that he had been tricked, the hamster launched for a bite at Yan Jin.

He did not succeed as he bit into the glutinous rice.

The rice flour was prepared by the helpers who added the local nuts and coarse grains that could be found within the mountains. That was in consideration for the little hamster and it tasted pretty decent.

Xiao Yu did not resist as he took another bite.

It was slightly sweet.

“You made a mess everywhere.” Yan Jin said, somewhat unhappy: “Be responsible for your own actions.”