Chapter 38

The day of the School Sports Meet arrived in the blink of an eye.

Huiying High School's School Sports Meet was held over two days. The first day and the morning of the second were mainly for athletic competitions, while the afternoon of the second day featured performances by each class.

Lu Yao had just finished the boys' 200-meter race and advanced to the finals with first place in his group. Considering the competitors' need to recover their stamina, the finals were scheduled for two hours later.

Each class had its own base camp beside the track.

Lu Yao stretched out his long legs as he sat beneath the tent. Jiang Bai sat beside him, and the two chatted idly.

Lu Qi had signed up for the boys' 1,000-meter race at the School Sports Meet this time. He had been warming up outside the tent when he turned around and saw Lu Yao chatting merrily with Jiang Bai, that scheming smiling tiger.

Lu Qi cleared his throat and deliberately raised his voice to interrupt them. He ordered Lu Yao in the tent, "Lu Yao, bring me my headband. It's in the black rectangular sports bag on the table beside you."

Lu Yao turned his head and immediately spotted Lu Qi's rectangular gym bag. Just as he was about to stand up, he saw something inside the bag suddenly stir.

While they were attending the sports meet, the Lu family's housekeeper was nearly frantic with worry.

After finishing the cleaning, she had wanted to feed Milk, the Lu family's little kitten. But after searching every inch of the Lu family home, she still could not find him.

When she finally reached the entryway, she realized that she had not shut the Lu family's front door tightly earlier.

Thinking that the kitten might have slipped outside because of her momentary carelessness, she broke out in a cold sweat.

If she could not find the kitten, she would be in serious trouble.

The housekeeper hurriedly searched the neighborhood thoroughly, but she still could not find the kitten.

In the end, with no other options left, she could only call the kitten's owner, Lu Yao. But Lu Yao's phone could not be reached.

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The housekeeper had no choice but to call Lu Qi instead.

Lu Qi had been waiting for Lu Yao to bring over his headband when his phone suddenly began to ring.

Upon hearing that Milk had gone missing, Lu Qi's expression changed as well.

Milk had accompanied Lu Yao all the way from Mountain City to the Lu family home. Lu Qi knew how important the little kitten was to his younger brother.

Lu Qi even forgot to hang up the phone as he ran toward Lu Yao, unable to hide his anxiety.

"Lu Yao, Auntie just called and said Milk is missing! Let's hurry home and see what happened!"

Hearing that Milk was gone, Jiang Bai, who had been sitting calmly nearby, also stood up in alarm and looked worriedly at Lu Yao.

Seeing Lu Yao's calm expression, as though the news did not concern him in the slightest, Lu Qi's voice was full of urgency and confusion. "Lu Yao, did you hear what I just said? Milk is missing—your cat is missing!"

Lu Yao sighed helplessly. "I know he's missing, and I also know where he is right now."

Lu Qi froze and blinked in confusion. "Where?"

Lu Yao bent slightly and lifted the little kitten, who was happily munching on dried fish, out of Lu Qi's black rectangular bag on the table in front of him.

He gently raised one of the kitten's paws and waved its cute pink paw pad at Lu Qi.

"Here."

The youth's fair, slender fingers held the beautiful little kitten covered in black fishbone markings. His features were striking and cold, yet he solemnly waved the adorable little paw of the cat in his arms.

At the sight, something in Jiang Bai's heart suddenly gave way.

That adorable contrast instantly smashed the hard shell of armor around his heart to pieces. His heart was soft beyond measure!

Seeing Lu Yao actually pull the kitten out of the bag, Lu Qi cried out in surprise, "Why is he in there?!"

Lu Yao said, "Shouldn't I be asking you that? Why is there an opened packet of dried fish in your bag?"

When Lu Yao questioned him, Lu Qi suddenly remembered teasing the kitten with dried fish for a while before leaving home that morning.

He had probably casually tossed the opened bag of dried fish into his sports bag and then forgotten about it. Smelling the dried fish, the kitten had crawled into his sports bag, fallen asleep after eating his snack, and Lu Qi had zipped the bag up without checking carefully before leaving.

Lu Qi scratched his head and gave an embarrassed laugh. "No wonder this sports bag felt so heavy today."

After learning from Lu Yao that the kitten had been accidentally brought to school by Lu Qi, the housekeeper finally breathed a huge sigh of relief.

After ending the call with the housekeeper, Lu Yao lightly patted the kitten on the head. What a little troublemaker.

The homeroom teacher had an urgent family matter to deal with these past two days, so she had asked the English teacher to take charge of their class.

The English teacher for Lu Yao's class was a lively woman. The moment she entered the tent, she noticed the kitten in Lu Yao's hands.

She walked straight over to Lu Qi and the others. "What a cute little kitten!"

After hearing Lu Yao's explanation, the English teacher nodded with a smile. "It's fine. Just keep him here. It's the School Sports Meet today anyway, so he won't disrupt regular classes. Your family driver can come pick him up at noon."

With the English teacher taking the lead, the other girls in the class who had fallen for the kitten's cuteness also gathered around.

Seeing so many people crowd around him, the kitten seemed frightened and let out several hurried meows.

Lu Yao lifted his fair, slender finger to his lips and made a soft "Shh."

He stroked the kitten's fluffy, soft fur, and the kitten obediently curled up in his arms again.

The class publicity representative was a girl. She had been using a DSLR camera to capture candid shots of everyone in class at the sports meet, and since Lu Yao's group was particularly lively at the moment, she aimed her camera in their direction.

After capturing the scene of Lu Yao gently coaxing the kitten, she turned into a screaming fangirl in her heart, rolling around and shrieking wildly.

Although the girls gathered around Lu Yao still appeared calm on the surface, their eyes were darting wildly with excitement.

Too adorable!

Seeing such a soft side of Lu Yao made their hearts tremble from sheer cuteness!

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