"The designs are just finished. A friend of mine did them, and she put real care into it. Since you'd already drawn up a rough plan yourself, filling in the details for you went pretty quickly."
At the Comics Company, Zhu Mengmeng tossed over a stack of design drawings.
While Qiu Wuji was looking them over, she scooped up the kitten and pattered away.
Qiu Wuji was both annoyed and amused. "Where are you running off to? Trying to steal the cat? You can run, but you can't hide."
Zhu Mengmeng stopped short at the door and turned back awkwardly. "What breed is this cat? Its coat is so pure, and its eyes are so intelligent, like it can talk to me. It-it's looking down on me, like it's saying, 'Where did this mortal come from?' Heartless! Cold!"
"What, you're happy to be looked down on?"
"Can't I enjoy being looked down on? I've seen plenty of these things, but never such a fine breed. Sob, sob..."
Watching her turn sideways with the cat in her arms, looking terrified that her beloved treasure would be snatched away, Qiu Wuji couldn't stop laughing. "All right, it's a breed from the book. It's probably truly one of a kind in the mortal world."
Zhu Mengmeng hugged the cat tightly, unwilling to let go. "Can you get Chu Ge to pull one out for me?"
"..." Qiu Wuji pointed at the Vermilion Bird perched on her shoulder, looking at the drawings. "There's a bird here too. Want him to whip it out for you?"
"Huh?" Zhu Mengmeng was utterly astonished. "Hey, never mind you making such a dirty joke, but didn't you used to get jealous over nothing? Now you're even making jokes like that?"
Qiu Wuji lounged against the sofa, looking at