Chapter One Hundred and Ninety-Nine: The Result of Overlooking the News (1/2)

The mess of events was brought to a conclusion by NN’s current chairman, Nan Chan, being sent to the hospital.

Truth be told, Xiao Yu was very interested in what would happen next, but Chu Ge insisted on handling everything himself. Even Yan Jin was no exception.

Chu Ge accompanied Nan Chan to the hospital, while Yan Jin took Xiao Yu home by taxi.

Right, by taxi.

Probably in all of Yan Jin’s years, there hadn’t been many times he didn’t have a car to drive. He didn’t even have any of the ride-hailing apps on his phone. In the end, Xiao Yu logged into his own account to help call a taxi.

The drug finally wore off when they got home. Xiao Yu was sitting on the rubber ducky washing himself when he suddenly changed back to a human, splashing water all over Yan Jin.

Now wet from head to toe, Yan Jin wiped the water off of his face and calmly began to undress.

“What are you doing?” On full alert, Xiao Yu got up from the bathtub and pushed the rubber ducky off his chest.

“Let’s bathe together. It’ll conserve our precious water resources,” Yan Jin said with a straight face.

“Bah! I see what you’re trying to do.” Although his mouth said one thing, Xiao Yu obediently shifted over to make room for Yan Jin after he’d undressed completely.

Maybe because of the current situation or the lingering shock from the events at NN, Xiao Yu suddenly brought up a very random topic.

“… Speaking of which, did you know that hamsters shouldn’t bathe in water?”

“I know, I asked the pet store before. They recommended a sand bath.”

“How come you still got me wet every day then?”

“You aren’t a normal hamster.”

Xiao Yu’s mouth twitched. “A normal hamster would have died to your baths a long time ago.”

Yan Jin scratched the back of his head.

“Hmph, it’s so easy to tell you’ve never raised pets before,” Xiao Yu grumbled.

“I have. I quite like little animals.”

“Really? What kind of pets did you have?” Xiao Yu asked doubtfully.

Yan Jin reminded him, “I’ve been looking after your Faye. Did you know she caught a cold a few days ago?”

“This…” Xiao Yu actually had no idea.

Only after Yan Jin pointed this out did Xiao Yu realize that he had lost a great inconvenience to his life after leaving Faye to Yan Jin.

Xiao Yu had subconsciously forgotten because he had lost this inconvenience instead of gaining it. Now that he thought about it, he realized that he didn’t even know what brand of cat food Faye was eating now.

“How bad is her cold? Has she seen the vet?” Xiao Yu was a little concerned.

“No, I gave her some cough syrup though.”

“What the fuck? You gave a cat cough medicine?”

“She was the one who wanted it. She got better after just two days of it.”

Xiao Yu: “…”

He had almost forgotten that Yan Jin could understand animals.

“Okay then, let’s come back to the original question. What other pets have you raised?”

“Pretty much anything on the market. Cats, dogs, rabbits, fish, tortoises…”

Xiao Yu laughed when he heard “tortoises”.

Nobody could have expected that Yan Jin had this adorable side to him.

“Haha, then have you raised hwameis before?” [TLN: popular pet bird in China]

“No, but I raised parrots before,” Yan Jin said seriously.

Xiao Yu had been teasing Yan Jin and hadn’t expected a reply. Furthermore, his reply was very serious. For a while, Xiao Yu didn’t know how to respond.

Yan Jin sensed something in Xiao Yu’s silence, so he quickly added, “They aren’t as cute as you are. From now on, just one pet is enough.”

This time, Xiao Yu really couldn’t contain himself and bent over with laughter. After recovering, he looked up and saw Yan Jin’s irked expression.

“Hey, sorry, sorry. I really didn’t expect—the disparity is just too adorable—”

Xiao Yu felt Yan Jin’s expression was too hilarious. He could only hide his head in Yan Jin’s chest to avoid looking at it.

“Okay, okay, I promise not to laugh anymore, hahahaha…”

Something collided against his head.

“Owww!” Xiao Yu cradled his skull. He really couldn’t laugh anymore.

After the pain faded, Xiao Yu said, “Well then, where are all your pets now? Let me see them. I should go learn from my predecessors.”

“All dead.”

“Huh? Don’t tortoises live very long?”

“Some ran away, and I don’t know whether they’re alive.”

Yan Jin seemed a little gloomy.

“How can that be? Aren’t you the Gol D. Roger? How can you let them run away?” [TLN: One Piece character]

Yan Jin narrowed his eyes at the familiar metaphor. “Who told you this name?”

“Chu Ge, but, I already watched the show before he said anything.” Xiao Yu felt Yan Jin’s stubbornness was somewhat strange.