Dizzy, dizzy, I'm going to faint

Ruanruan huffed inwardly. There have to be times when you're not looking. What's wrong with me touching it? What a cheapskate.

Though she grumbled to herself, Ruanruan acted as timid as could be on the outside. After withdrawing her paw, she obediently let the old lady hold her, listening as she had her granddaughter do her nails and chatted with Lu Linyuan about company matters.

Grandma Lu changed the subject and looked at her granddaughter, who had put on a meek face and drooped her head the moment she heard them talking about work. "I think it's time Yiyi went to the company to gain some experience."

"I'm still in school. Why the rush to send me to the company?" Lu Yiyi said at once, her face full of resistance.

Grandma Lu clicked her tongue. "When I was in high school, your great-grandfather took me to the company to learn the ropes. Your brother was already at the company when he was about your age, but you don't mention that. You're just lazy."

Lu Yiyi puffed out her cheeks. "Everyone in the family is hardworking, ambitious, and capable. Isn't it good to have one lazy person like me to balance things out? You've earned so much money; it's time you let a lazy person like me help you spend some of it." She spoke as though perfectly justified.

She made Grandma Lu laugh until she couldn't stop. "You, honestly! With a personality like yours, I really don't know what to do with you," she said again and again. She was clearly very fond of her youngest granddaughter and couldn't bear to be hard on her.

"Grandma, you're the best. Hehe."

"You're just like your grandpa. He never likes to concern himself with anything either."

"Right? I must have inherited Grandpa's personality. Isn't it good that I'm like him? I'll learn calligraphy and traditional Chinese painting too, and paint your portrait every day."

"You little rascal-" Grandma Lu reached out and tapped Lu Yiyi on the forehead, saying no more about it. "Then I'll let you have fun a while longer. No matter what happens in the future, you must go to the Lu Group to learn the ropes after graduation. It's our family's company. You can't possibly not even know how it operates or what it does. That wouldn't make sense."

Being able to put it off until graduation was already wonderful as far as Lu Yiyi was concerned. She giggled and said, "Mm-hmm, I'll definitely report for duty on time after I graduate!"

Ruanruan found it interesting just listening to their conversation, her face utterly serious.

Lu Yiyi noticed Ruanruan's gaze and said with a smile, "Look, Ruanruan's listening to us chat too, as if she can understand us. And I think she was attracted to your necklace just now, Grandma. Why not let her touch it?"

Ruanruan looked at Lu Yiyi in surprise. She had never expected the lovely Yiyi to be so thoughtful, even noticing that she had been about to paw at Grandma's jadeite necklace.

Before Ruanruan could recover, Grandma, who had undone the necklace at some point, fastened it again and slipped it straight over Ruanruan. It hung heavily on her like a medal.

Is this weight what happiness feels like?

Stunned, Ruanruan lowered her head to look at the jadeite hanging on her and touched it with a little paw as though it were a precious treasure.

Is this real?

It's a jadeite necklace, and she's just letting a cat play with it?

Seeing Ruanruan's unpromising display, Lu Linyuan pressed a hand to his forehead.

Lu Yiyi laughed. "Look! Why is she frozen in place, not moving at all? But her expression is so adorable. This is too funny."

Hearing that, Grandma Lu lifted Ruanruan up. Sure enough, Ruanruan wasn't moving at all, with only a hint of surprise on her face. It was as though someone had cast an immobilization spell on her, leaving only her eyes able to move.

"Hahaha, this cat really is as adorable as you said."

Seeing how happily Grandma was laughing, Lu Linyuan's gaze softened considerably as he looked at Ruanruan. It seemed she didn't just know how to eat; she was a little useful after all.

After Ruanruan came to her senses, she used both paws to touch the jadeite on the necklace. I wonder how much this whole strand costs?

"Grandma," Lu Yiyi said, "don't you think the color of the jadeite looks quite good on Ruanruan too?"

"Yes, it suits her quite well."

"How about we have a jadeite collar custom-made for her when she's a little bigger? It would definitely look beautiful."

"Sure. You arrange it and put it on my card."

"Yay!"

Hearing that, Ruanruan froze on the spot. Do you really mean it?!

Grandma Lu smiled. "Take Ruanruan with you when the time comes. It's best to get the size just right for her. It mustn't be too tight, or her neck will be uncomfortable."

"I know. I'll also have to tell the shop to pay attention to that. So should we use glass-type or high-ice-type jadeite?"

"How much could she possibly need? Choose glass-type, and have nice, rounded pieces set into it. It'll be delicate and beautiful."

Glass-type?

Ruanruan's head was spinning. Though she didn't know much about jadeite, she had heard a little about glass-type and ice-type. Glass-type must be the really awesome kind, right?

Heavens...

She had had a hard life as a human, but after becoming a cat, she had unexpectedly reached the pinnacle of cat life.

I'm going to pass out. Dizzy, dizzy, so dizzy.