Seeing how Ji Yanzhi blustered to hide his insecurity, Ji Ting smiled and soothed him. "All right, all right. No separate rooms. We'll sleep together."
"I'm serious! Don't think I'm joking!"
A little while later, the kitten had finished its milk, but Ji Yanzhi still hadn't calmed down. Holding the kitten upright to burp it after its feeding, he followed Ji Ting into the bathroom, sticking close behind him.
"Even if the world really ends one day and a meteor comes crashing down, you still have to share a bed with me! Otherwise, I'll throw this little rag out and make it a stray again!"
Ji Ting was carefully washing the bottle with his head lowered. At that, he looked at Ji Yanzhi in the mirror, his eyes smiling. He was just about to say something when Ji Yanzhi felt the tiniest tremor from the kitten cradled in his hand.
Ji Yanzhi abruptly froze, his eyes widening slightly in disbelief. "Ji Ear, it... I think it burped."
Ji Ting dried his hands and naturally took Chestnut from him, checking its round little belly. "You heard it?"
"Yeah, clear as day. It went gulp."
His imitation made Ji Ting laugh. "That means you did a great job burping it. You picked up the technique the doctor taught us so quickly."
The unexpected praise caught Ji Yanzhi off guard. Then he folded his arms. "Hah, what's so hard about it? It's just a couple of pats. Besides, I spent ages patting it. If it still couldn't burp, wouldn't that make it unbelievably stupid?"
Holding the kitten, which was already getting sleepy, Ji Ting suddenly tilted his head. "Ji Yanzhi, I've noticed you treat Chestnut exactly the way you treated me when we first met."
Ji Yanzhi choked. "Who says!"
"Look, you used