Chapter One Hundred and Forty-One: The Unusual Faye (1/2)

“Speaking of which, what is that?”

After their one-sided “gossip”, Xiao Yu noticed the small box next to Chu Ge’s feet.

It was about ten centimeters long, five centimeters wide, and not very high. A blue cover was draped over it.

“Well, this…”

Chu Ge very carefully pulled the blue cover back and revealed a gray rodent with a pair of large ears.

“Hey, is this a hamster?”

Xiao Yu examined the daft-looking creature in the cage. He felt it looked extremely similar to his own hamster form.

He wondered which one Yan Jin would think looked cuter.

“Almost. I think these things are called chinchillas.” Chu Ge himself wasn’t really clear on the difference either. Out of the all the pets in the pet store he had combed through, this one looked the most similar to Fishy.

“Are you giving it to Yan Jin?” Xiao Yu asked.

“Nope, he said he never wanted pets anymore. I rented it to help ease Yan Jin’s loneliness.”

Xiao Yu: ……

Chu Ge laughed, “Although it seems like Yan Jin doesn’t need it anymore.”

“Yep,” Xiao Yu laughed too.

“Right, this is for you.” Chu Ge took out a small bag of melon seeds meant for the chinchilla from the pocket of his windbreaker. Putting it on the table, he said, “Please accept my apologies for what happened in the hospital.”

“Thanks.” Xiao Yu gracefully accepted it.

With the conversation over and the gifts presented, Chu Ge felt it was about time he should leave.

“That’s about it for today. I’ll visit again when Yan Jin’s around next time.”

Without Yan Jin around, Chu Ge felt uncomfortable around Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu was slightly better, but it really sucked for Chu Ge. Whenever he saw Xiao Yu, he was always reminded of his premeditated role in the events following the car crash. Even though he was mentally aware of Xiao Yu’s true identity, changing his instinctive reaction still needed time.

To talk with Xiao Yu for so long like this already demonstrated Chu Ge’s exceptionally strong mentality. If anyone else were in his position, a more aggressive reaction might have included elevated blood pressure.

“Alright, I’ll see you out then.”

“No need, I know this place very well.”

Chu Ge waved his hands and lifted the cage to get up. Suddenly, he stumbled on something at his feet.

As Chu Ge fell forward, a stern call of “Faye!” was heard. It would have been a disaster if Chu Ge hadn’t reacted quickly and supported himself on the sofa.

“What’s this?”

Chu Ge lowered his head and saw a fluffy white bundle of fur hanging off his pant leg. Upon closer inspection, it seemed to be trembling a little.

Xiao Yu paced over and grabbed Faye. He lifted her up and rapped her head. “How can you doing something so dangerous? Hurry up and apologize!”

“Meow, ” meowed Faye very insincerely

“Hurry up and apologize.” Xiao Yu repeated.

“Meoww.” Hmph.

“If you don’t apologize, no food for you.” Xiao Yu threatened.

Chu Ge couldn’t watch from the side any longer and hurriedly went to broker peace. “No worries, it doesn’t matter. Why argue with a cat? I made a mistake too; I wasn’t paying attention to where I was walking.”

Xiao Yu grimaced apologetically at Chu Ge and sternly said to Faye, “Apologize, now! Otherwise you’ll really be in trouble when Yan Jin gets back.”

“Meowmeowmeow.” I’m sorry.

Only when she heard Yan Jin’s name did Faye very unwillingly apologize.

After lowering her head and giving three meows from Xiao Yu’s arms, Faye lifted her head and proudly wriggled around to point her butt at Chu Ge.

Chu Ge finally realized something was amiss.

“This cat, it can’t be that…”

Chu Ge looked between Faye and Xiao Yu.

With Xiao Yu’s existence as a basis, Chu Ge felt that nothing could surprise him no matter what he saw.

“Faye’s circumstances are slightly different from mine. She shouldn’t be a person that’s changed into a cat, but both Yan Jin and I believe she has some human understanding,” Xiao Yu answered.

On the morning Faye had been retrieved from the pet store, Xiao Yu had Yan Jin help specially examine Faye.

Although Xiao Yu could understand Faye, he wasn’t sure if that was because of his own abnormality or Faye’s. After he had explained to Yan Jin, Yan Jin had randomly asked Faye some questions. Regardless of whether Faye had actually answered, Yan Jin could understand Faye’s thoughts. He had concluded that while Faye definitely wasn’t a normal kitty, she didn’t display the same ingenuity Xiao Yu had.

After what Yan Jin said, Xiao Yu was pretty much convinced that Faye’s condition was different from his own.

However, Xiao Yu hadn’t realized that he’d overlooked a critical point: Yan Jin’s conclusion of “not displaying the same ingenuity Xiao Yu had”, compared to objective reality, seemed much more like a subjective assumption.

Hypothetically, if there were other members of Xiao Yu’s type and they were placed side-by-side with Xiao Yu facing Yan Jin, Yan Jin would still very shamelessly say “Fishy is one of a kind” and “No hamster could compare with Fishy.”

“Meowww.” Faye let out a long meow as if to say her high IQ was different from normal kitties.

“Heyy, why does this kitty seem familiar?” Chu Ge pushed his glasses up.

He was a little unsure since most Persian cats looked pretty much the same. He didn’t know why, but somehow he felt he’d seen this particular one before. Even the name “Faye” sounded familiar.

“Wow, you recognize her? This is Fan Xiaoge’s cat,” Xiao Yu happily said. “Even Yan Jin didn’t recognize her.”