A Cat Kept for a Thousand Days Comes in Handy Once

After Yousuli was taken away, Xiao He and Ye Wanqing helped the proprietress tidy up the shop.

"I didn't expect your boyfriend to be so amazing, a Mutant!" the landlady teased.

Ye Wanqing stammered, "Um... but I actually don't like him fighting. I'd rather he just live a normal life."

"It's alright to step in at a crucial moment, isn't it?" the proprietress said with a smile. "No wonder this child is so strong."

"Xiaoxiao, dinner's ready," the owner called from the kitchen. His wife responded and went into the kitchen.

"Willow Restaurant... is the proprietress Yang Xiaoxiao?" Xiao He wondered to himself.

Then the proprietress placed their food down and said with a smile, "We're treating you today to celebrate your engagement."

"Isn't that a bit inappropriate?" Ye Wanqing asked hesitantly. The boss, wiping his hands, came out of the kitchen. "It's not inappropriate at all. Consider it a thank you to your boyfriend for saving my wife. Otherwise, things might have been quite troublesome."

"Well, okay then." Ye Wanqing smiled, pursing her lips. "Please keep it a secret for us, okay?"

"Don't worry," the owner replied with a smile, "We don't have any evidence anyway. You can just deny it to the death, right? Besides, as the owner, I don't want to lose two regular customers in the future."

"Mmm!" Ye Wanqing smiled happily, "I'll keep coming back to eat here."

After finishing their meal, Xiao He and Ye Wanqing went to school for class in the afternoon. This was a long time coming for Xiao He, but today it wasn't him accompanying Ye Wanqing to class, but rather Ye Wanqing accompanying him.

There were very few classes in the second semester of his junior year because he had already earned enough credits. This year, Xiao He only had his main courses to attend, which were only two classes a week, making it quite easy.

However, Xiao He also realized a problem: he had no memories of university.

He didn't know any of the students in the class except Huang Ling, and he had never spoken to any of them.

"It feels like a stage of life has been skipped, which is a bit of a regret..." Xiao He thought to himself, resting his chin on his hand.

Thinking this, he turned to look at Ye Wanqing. The little girl was sitting next to him, swinging her pretty little legs while reading a book attentively. The way she looked made Xiao He want to laugh, so he reached out and touched her leg.

In the past, Ye Wanqing would probably have blushed, but now that Ye Wanqing was an experienced person, she nonchalantly turned a page and continued reading.

"My Xiaoqing is so cute." Xiao He thought to himself as he gently stroked a stray hair sticking up on Ye Wanqing's head.

"Oh dear, you should focus on your studies..." Ye Wanqing said coquettishly, her delicate eyebrows slightly furrowed.

Xiao He had no choice but to take out his phone, intending to read a novel to pass the time. As soon as he opened the app, he frowned upon seeing the recommended new book of the day. "<All Heavens: The Truth Revealed, I was eavesdropped on by the Empress of Qin at the beginning, sent to a courtyard in the Tang Dynasty to answer questions, and my survival diary was exposed>... What is this? It's so long?"

After class, Xiao He took Ye Wanqing to the supermarket to buy some things.

"Old Xiao, remember, today we need to buy soap, toilet paper, garbage bags, and..." Ye Wanqing looked at the memo on her phone, while Xiao He picked her up from behind in a princess carry.

"Ah! What are you doing?!" Ye Wanqing exclaimed in surprise.

Xiao He raised an eyebrow at her with ill intent, then turned to the shopping cart beside him.

Ye Wanqing was both ashamed and angry. She threatened, "You're not allowed to throw me in! If you dare to throw me in, you'll lose your mating rights tonight! Do you hear me? Put me down!"

But in the end, she was nothing more than fish on a chopping board, placed in Xiao He's shopping cart.

After struggling for a moment and realizing she couldn't get up, Ye Wanqing blushed. She looked absolutely adorable.

"Let's go." Xiao He leaned down and kissed her on the head, then pushed her into the supermarket.

Ye Wanqing, like a puffed-up Little Pufferfish, sat silently in the shopping cart until Xiao He passed a shelf, at which point she angrily said, "The soap is on this shelf! Are you going to walk any further?"

"Yes," Xiao He replied with a smile, went over and took the soap, placing it in Ye Wanqing's arms. "Anything else?"

"Toilet paper... I can just grab a bag from the side when I pay later," Ye Wanqing muttered.

"Anything else?" Xiao He pushed Ye Wanqing forward, while Ye Wanqing looked at her phone. "The trash bag, over there."

As they passed a fresh produce supermarket, Ye Wanqing's eyes suddenly lit up. Pointing towards the meat market, she said, "Hey! Old Xiao, push me over there! It looks like they have discounted ribs over there. Let's go check it out!"

After pushing Ye Wanqing over, the little girl pouted, "Even with the discount, it's still more expensive than the market next door..."

"So, are we buying them or not?" Xiao He asked, patting her head. Ye Wanqing thought for a moment and nodded, "Let's take two. We'll put them in that bag and pay at the cashier later."

However, Ye Wanqing had unknowingly forgotten that she was in the shopping cart and started giving orders.

After buying everything, Xiao He pushed a cart full of his girlfriend and the goods to the cashier to pay.

"Time to get up, little cutie," Xiao He said, picking Ye Wanqing up from the shopping cart.

"Hmph!" Ye Wanqing angrily punched him, then turned away, secretly pleased. "Don't forget the toilet paper."

Finally, of course, a grape-flavored lollipop ended the shopping trip. The two returned home, where Tuantuan was waiting for them at the door as usual. For some reason, Xiao He suddenly felt a sense of warmth and comfort.

"Okay, there's no other cat smell, right?" Ye Wanqing muttered. "The weather's warmer now, the stray cats and dogs downstairs don't need those cat houses and dog houses anymore..."

"But we'll still get to mooch a meal." Xiao He patted Ye Wanqing's bottom, changed his shoes, and went inside.

"Heave-ho." Ye Wanqing happily rolled up her sleeves and went to the refrigerator to check. "I'll stir-fry some chives and pork liver, then make some scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and some crispy pork. As for the soup..." Ye Wanqing thought for a moment, then turned to look at the pork ribs she had just bought and said, "These pork ribs are good for making winter melon and pork rib soup, but it'll take a while, you know?"

"It's alright, I can wait." Xiao He gently kissed her little cheek with his lips; it was soft and sweet, almost addictive.

"Then I'll begin. Why don't you go feed Tuantuan and change the litter?" Ye Wanqing said with a smile.

Xiao He came to the living room. Because they were worried that Tuantuan would have a stress reaction, Tuantuan didn't take Tuantuan to the deserted island. Tuantuan was happy to be home alone. At this moment, it was lying on the cat tree, lazily watching Xiao He scoop its litter box.

"Aren't you happier as a cat?" Xiao He poked it lightly on the forehead, Tuantuan squinted its eyes and rubbed against his hand, purring softly.

"Cats are such heartless pets..." Xiao He complained, scratching its chin, before heading over to the kitchen.

"Just like I said before," Xiao He said, arms crossed, watching Ye Wanqing busy in the kitchen, "No matter how clumsy or unreasonable you are usually, as long as you stand in this kitchen, I feel like you're shining."

"Why is he usually so clumsy and unreasonable?" Ye Wanqing glared at him and said irritably.

"Just an example," Xiao He said, coming up behind Ye Wanqing, resting his chin on her shoulder, and taking a deep breath. Ye Wanqing smiled and said, "Smells good, doesn't it? But we still have to wait two hours."

As she spoke, Ye Wanqing poked Xiao He's cheek and questioned, "What are you looking at? You're drooling."

"That's because the food smells so good." Xiao He glanced at Ye Wanqing's collar.

"Really? Then why is something pressing against me?" Ye Wanqing said irritably. "Go tidy up your room, don't make a mess."

Xiao He then returned to the living room, tidied up the full garbage bag, and prepared to throw it out. He then changed the cat litter.

"Come here, I'll play with you for a bit." Xiao He picked up the cat toy and waved it at Tuantuan Tuan on the cat tree. Tuantuan glanced at him sideways, lazily yawned, and then began licking its paws and washing its face.

"Hey!? You ungrateful beast!" Xiao He waved the cat Tuantuan at Tuan Tuan in annoyance, but Tuantuan just looked down at him arrogantly with a "stupid human" expression on its face, and then waved its paw symbolically.

"Look at your expression, it's like you're saying, 'I have no choice, I'll just play along.'" Xiao He frowned.

Just then, Ye Wanqing called out from the kitchen, "Dinner's ready!"

Xiao He patted Tuantuan on the head, then turned around to serve Ye Wanqing the dishes. Chives and pork liver, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, crispy pork, and winter melon and pork rib soup were all Xiao He's favorites.

"Oh dear, I'll have to eat three bowls of rice today," Xiao He thought to himself, swallowing hard.

"Eat more," Ye Wanqing said with a smile, handing over the chopsticks. "We can use the leftover pork rib soup to cook noodles tomorrow morning."

"To thank you, I'll make you noodles tonight," Xiao He said with a smile.

Ye Wanqing glared at him. "I told you I was going to strip you of your mating rights today, for bullying me at the supermarket..."

"But we didn't get intimate yesterday! I'll die if I don't get intimate for two days!" Xiao He said in alarm.

"No way!" Ye Wanqing poked his cheek and said irritably, "Eat it while it's hot."

Halfway through the meal, Ye Wanqing had almost finished eating, so Xiao He took the remaining half bowl from her, then turned around and added another half bowl of rice, pouring the remaining tomato and egg stir-fry, chive and pork liver, and crispy pork into the bowl all at once.

After thinking for a moment, he went to the refrigerator, took out a few radishes that his mother had pickled, mixed them together, and took a big bite.

"Ah, happiness..." Xiao He sighed with his eyes closed.

The sauces for the scrambled eggs with tomatoes and the pork liver with chives are both sweet and go very well together. Add to that the crispy texture and satisfying feeling of the fried pork belly, and the sweet and sour taste of the pickled radish to cut through the richness—this bite is simply heaven. Xiao He wished he could eat like this forever.

"Hmph hmph hmph..." Ye Wanqing watched from the side, amused. She rested her chin on her hand, filming Xiao He eating with her phone while gently swinging her legs and laughing, "After we get married, I'll film you eating every day."

"Ha, woman." Xiao He shook his head and chuckled, continuing to eat heartily.

After dinner, the two washed the dishes together, then held hands and went downstairs for a walk.

This kind of daily life, which he used to experience every day, now felt somewhat distant to Xiao He.

"But it's almost over..." Xiao He thought to himself. After the top four are determined in the next three weeks of this Mutant Competition, there will only be two more rounds of matches left.

As expected, Xiao He estimated that their opponent in the semi-finals would be the European Team, since the European Team was the only team in Group B with the strength to advance to the semi-finals.

Their next opponent in the finals will likely be M Country Team.

After these two teams are defeated, the Mutant Competition will come to a successful conclusion. However, both the semi-finals and finals will consist of three rounds, which will likely be a tough and lengthy battle.

After returning home from their walk, Xiao He and Ye Wanqing took showers. Instead of rushing to do what they wanted, they decided to entertain themselves separately.

Xiao He was playing games at his computer desk, while Ye Wanqing lay in bed watching a drama, occasionally letting out soft laughter—a perfectly harmonious scene. But Xiao He was unaware that an unprecedented and immense crisis was quietly approaching in the darkness...

"Screw you, you're AFK again! A bunch of useless trash!" Xiao He said, getting a little annoyed. Just then, with a "thud!" a dark figure descended from the sky. Xiao He looked closely and then retreated with unprecedented speed, like lightning.

He's never been this fast before, not even when he was facing Sebastian!

"Wanqing, Wanqing!" Xiao He pointed at the dark figure on the table and said, "Quick, hurry up!"

"What? A cockroach?" Ye Wanqing glanced at it curiously, then felt a chill run down her spine and screamed as she hid behind Xiao He: "This... this is a centipede!? It's huge!"

The black creature on the table resembled a centipede, but had long, thin legs, about ten centimeters long, and was wriggling on the table. The sight sent a chill down Xiao He's spine. "How should I know!? You, you hurry! Change your name, change your name!"

"I don't even know what it is, how am I supposed to fix it?! Is this... is this a centipede?" Ye Wanqing said nervously, gripping her phone tightly, her hands trembling.

But then the creature suddenly accelerated and crawled towards them, forcing the two of them to back up onto the bed.

"Since that's the case, there's no other way!" Xiao He gritted his teeth, ready to fight for his life. He didn't know which Superpower to use, nor what the consequences would be. In short, at this moment, the only person who could protect this family was...

"Smack!" Tuantuan leaped onto the table with lightning speed, slapped the centipede with one paw, then quickly scratched it a few times, giving it two more swipes. The centipede trembled on the table for a few moments and then stopped moving.

Tuantuan hunched her back, yawned, glanced at the two of them disdainfully, and then nimbly jumped off the table.

At this moment, Xiao He could only kneel down and kowtow. "Great Tuantuan Tuan Tuan, we are all your humble servants... I'm sorry, I shouldn't have called you ungrateful."

"It wasn't for nothing that I raised you for so long..." Ye Wanqing breathed a sigh of relief, then pointed at the terrifying creature and said, "Old Xiao, hurry up and get that thing away! It's so scary!"

"Okay, okay..." Xiao He stood a meter away, used his Psychokinesis to lift up the insect's corpse, then used his Psychokinesis to open the window and throw the thing's corpse out.