Chapter One Hundred and Forty-One: The Unusual Faye (2/2)
“Sssss~~”
The moment he heard the name Fan Xiaoge, Chu Ge exaggeratingly covered his own ears. “Can we not bring up that woman? It was the humiliation of a lifetime to me.”
Xiao Yu played along and covered his own mouth using Faye.
He knew what Fan Xiaoge had done in that self-directed self-acted play of the year.
“Now that you mention it, I remember. No wonder why the cat looked so familiar,” Chu Ge sighed. “I gifted this cat to that woman.”
“Ah?” Xiao Yu didn’t expect that.
“Before we broke up, she said she wanted to raise a pet. I thought it was strange because I remembered she had been scared of little animals. Once when we came across a puppy no bigger than my palm, she still hid behind me. She told me she wanted an adorable kitty to help her overcome her fears as she raised it. My god, I believed all of it,” Chu Ge recounted brokenly. “I specially went to the pet store to select a cute and obedient Persian cat. I even accompanied her to pick out a collar bell. Look! It’s this one here.”
Now that he thought back on it again, the only reason Fan Xiaoge suddenly wanted to raise a cat was to get in Yan Jin’s good books. She’d probably heard Chu Ge occasionally mentioning Yan Jin’s spoiled Scottish Fold cat. She had decided to use Chu Ge one last time.
Chu Ge reached out for the little bell on Faye’s neck to show Xiao Yu. Unfortunately, he accidentally used too much strength and choked Faye. Her eyes flashed coldly and her paw whirled past.
Without enough time to withdraw his hand, Chu Ge was left with three bleeding scratches.
“Fuck!”
“Are you okay?!”
As a doctor, Chu Ge was much calmer in these situations than most. After examining his wound his first reaction was to ask, “Has this cat been vaccinated?”
“Yes, very recently.”
“Then it should be fine, it’s just red and bleeding very little.” With very practiced hands, Chu Ge unhesitatingly reached under the coffee table for the medical kit and quickly treated himself.
“Sorry sorry, Faye isn’t normally like this.” Xiao Yu looked ready to blow up in anger. His arms tightened around Faye.
Faye innocently blinked her large blue eyes. Her face seemed to be smiling.
Looking back from Chu Ge finishing up his own treatment, Xiao Yu rounded on Faye. “You still dare to smile? What is going on?”
“Meow.” Faye doesn’t like him.
“You can’t scratch someone just because you don’t like them. Why were you hanging from his pant leg earlier then if you didn’t like him? You almost got stepped on.”
“Meow.” Hmph, that’s just how I behave when I don’t like someone.
“It seems like you really like Yan Jin.”
“……Meow.” I dislike him even more.
Finished treating his cuts, Chu Ge picked up the cage and said his goodbyes to Xiao Yu. Xiao Yu very politely saw him out.
After, Xiao Yu placed Faye on the table and looked into her blue eyes. One word at a time, he said, “Explain yourself! What’s wrong with you? Otherwise we can wait for Yan Jin to come home and ask you personally.”
……
Yan Jin used his company’s landline to place a call.
“Hello? Who is this?” Chu Ge didn’t trust this unfamiliar phone number. How did they get his personal number?
“It’s me.” Yan Jin’s voice sounded.
“Shit.” That single word encapsulated Chu Ge’s mood.
“I don’t care if you’re busy, you have one minute to explain it to me clearly. Otherwise there’s no need to come back after you leave.” While tossing some mail into the trash, Yan Jin leaned on his desk and casually threatened his comrade.
Chu Ge cussed a few times before reluctantly acceding, “What’s going on with that guy?”
“Ah?”
“What are you pretending for? What’s with Xiao Yu, Fishy, and your reincarnated pet hamster?”
Yan Jin inhaled deeply and unconsciously glanced at the date. “When did you get ahold of the keys? What’s the Yan Family planning on doing?”
“…That’s not important.”
“You can get lost overseas now.”
“Heyheyhey, fuck. Whatever… It’s a little complicated. Come out so we can talk face to face; I’m about to pass your office.”
Chu Ge’s anger momentarily died down a little.
“Okay.”
“Before this, that guy Xiao Yu, what’s with him?”
“It’s pretty much as you understood today. If you want more details you can go ask Liu Ye.”
“Fuck, how is he even related?”
“Fate decreed.”
“Then I don’t want to know anymore. I don’t get along with that gloomy fellow.”
Yan Jin glanced at the date again and sighed regretfully. Chu Ge’s intuition really was too accurate; that “gloomy fellow” he didn’t get along with was about to take off with his only younger brother.
“Let’s talk again when we meet face-to-face.”
“Alright.”
……
Before hanging up, Yan Jin specifically emphasized, “No matter what role Xiao Yu played in this entire business, it’s all in the past now. His only identity in the future is my lover. Do you understand?”
“Fucking hell, okay okay. I’ll keep your secret. I really hope the saying ‘the more you flaunt your relationship the faster it falls apart’ is true for you, you scoundrel.”