Chapter 24

Editor: Xinghe

Translator: YuQiChen/Churen

Proofreader: Dark Nekoi

Fu Yixuan looked at the boy whose face was flushed and said lightly, “Is that so? I have water here, it’s normal.”

Feeling a bit cold, Tang Qing reached out and grabbed the hem of Fu Yixuan’s clothes, shivering nervously, “President Fu, could you help me check the water heater? Maybe I don’t know how to use it and pressed the wrong button.”

Fu Yixuan lowered his head to look at the boy. His long and fair neck, round and cute shoulders, with water droplets tracing along his sexy collar bone, sliding down his chest like delicate petals, all the way into the bath towel.

The boy looked up at himself, with jet-black eyelashes long and dense, a pair of round eyes clear and clean, full of anticipation. His skin was fair and tender, cheeks blushing, earlobes slightly flushed, like rose petals waiting to bloom.

Seeing those innocent and pitifully cute eyes, Fu Yixuan’s refusal suddenly changed, “Come to my bedroom to take a shower.”

Tang Qing stared at Fu Yixuan in surprise, “Ah…?”

Um… shouldn’t we first check if the water heater is broken? Not sure why, but the thought of taking a bath in Fu Yixuan’s master bedroom made Tang Qing feel a bit nervous.

Actually, Fu Yixuan didn’t know why he said such words.

It was too late to take it back, so he had to pretend to be calm and explain, “No guests have stayed at home, the water heater hasn’t been used for so many years, so it’s normal if it’s broken. Let’s call someone to fix it tomorrow.”

Tang Qing couldn’t possibly ask a dignified CEO to fix his water heater, so he nodded, “Okay, thank you, President Fu, I’m troubling you.”

Fu Yixuan turned aside to let Tang Qing enter the bedroom.

Perhaps because he wasn’t rinsed clean, when they brushed past each other, Fu Yixuan caught a faint scent of shower gel from the boy.

This shower gel usually didn’t smell like much, but it unexpectedly smelled good on the boy.

Tang Qing quickly closed the door, unaware of the person outside staring at his back, with an unclear and dark look in their eyes.

Tang Qing took off the bath towel and started to shower. He twisted the water heater, turned around, and started showering, only then noticing that the bathroom was equipped with semi-transparent frosted glass.

Ah… like this from the outside, can people see inside?

Tang Qing felt slightly nervous.

However, thinking that a big CEO like Fu Yixuan must have seen all kinds of sexy beauties and wouldn’t be interested in his male body, he relaxed a bit more. As a grown man, could he be taken advantage of?

With that in mind, Tang Qing relaxed a bit more and continued washing off the bubbles on his body.

After finishing the shower, Tang Qing dried his body and only then realized he had forgotten to bring clean clothes with him.

Ah… so silly.

After a moment of mental preparation, he mustered up the courage to twist open the bathroom door and walked out.

Huh? Fu Yixuan was not in the room.

Tang Qing heaved a sigh of relief, not daring to linger, quickly opened the door and dashed back to his room, closing the door behind him.

Although they were both men, being stared at by Fu Yixuan’s narrow and deep phoenix eyes always made Tang Qing feel a bit awkward.

After changing his clothes, Tang Qing came out to the living room, intending to clean up after Xiao Mi, only to find Fu Yixuan already petting the cat on the side.

He seemed lost in thought, with a lonely look in his eyes, staring into the distance without focus, his slender and porcelain-white hand bones distinctly visible as he gently stroked the cat.

Xiao Mi, being extremely lazy, laid expressionless on him. Its chubby body almost melting into him, eyes half-closed as if falling asleep.

Tang Qing squatted down next to the cat’s nest, picked up the scoop, and began cleaning the litter.

He was wearing a light yellow pajama, with freshly dried hair in natural curls, fluffy and soft, his skin steamed to a fair and tender state. The pockets on his chest were decorated with two three-dimensional cat ears, making him look clean and cute like a marshmallow.

Upon hearing a sound, Xiao Mi noticed the familiar scent of the human nearby. It immediately wriggled out of Fu Yixuan’s embrace and shot towards Tang Qing.

“Ah!”

Tang Qing, quick on his feet, caught the twenty-some-pound big orange cat flying towards him, stumbling and sitting on the ground.

“Xiao Mi, do you think you’re just a few pounds of cuteness? Haha.” Tang Qing was tickled by Xiao Mi’s nudging neck, laughing heartily, his round and beautiful eyes forming crescent shapes.

He played with the cat’s belly, Xiao Mi pretended to resist with its cat claws out, the two of them rolling around on the floor, having a great time.

Fu Yixuan looked at the boy on the ground, his expression somewhat absent-minded.

Since Tang Tang left, he realized that he wasn’t actually a cat lover. He was somewhat indifferent towards Xiao Mi, and Xiao Mi was also cold towards humans, not seeking affection or cuddles.

He had asked the doctor, who mentioned that some stray cats, even after being adopted, remained aloof from humans, which was normal. Cats, unlike dogs, didn’t necessarily need human companionship; many cats preferred being by themselves.

Given that, Fu Yixuan decided not to get closer to Xiao Mi. After all, Xiao Mi wasn’t his Tang Tang.

Every day, there was minimal interaction between one person and one cat. Only when he missed Tang Tang would he pat Xiao Mi.

It had been a long time since the house had heard such clear laughter.

Before going to sleep, Fu Yixuan walked over to Tang Qing and hugged the cat.

Tang Qing watched Fu Yixuan carrying the cat back to the bedroom, feeling a bit surprised.

Who would have thought that after all this time, Fu Yixuan had transformed from a cold and beautiful young man into an icy CEO, yet still retained this habit?

It was really hard to imagine that someone as handsome and aloof as Fu Yixuan, the iceberg CEO who made people drool, would also cuddle with the chubby and silly-looking Xiao Mi at night.

Wasn’t he afraid… the bed might collapse?

Just kidding, the CEO’s bed probably wouldn’t collapse even if dozens of people slept on it.

After brushing his teeth, Tang Qing returned to his room and lay on the bed, starting to play with his phone. It was his first day moving into Fu Yixuan’s house, and he felt a bit unfamiliar and nervous.

Before he could even lock his phone, he heard the sound of “meowing” coming from next door.

Was Xiao Mi feeling unwell?

Tang Qing quickly put on his slippers and the door was knocked on.

“What’s wrong with Xiao Mi?” Tang Qing hurriedly opened the door.

Fu Yixuan was holding Xiao Mi, his expression not looking too good. “As soon as I closed the door, he kept meowing and scratching at it.”

It wasn’t an exaggeration to say it was meowing.

In fact, not all kittens were like Tang Tang, where every meow sounded cute and sweet.

The first time Fu Yixuan heard Xiao Mi meowing like that, he was very nervous, thinking there was a problem with his vocal cords, so he called the family doctor in the middle of the night.

The doctor chuckled and said that kittens, besides meowing, also tend to “meow” at times. Especially during heat, kittens could meow like crying children in the middle of the night, not exactly pleasant to hear.

But it wasn’t Xiao Mi’s heat period, and it wasn’t just meowing, it was also continuously scratching at the door, very unusual.

Tang Qing took the cat from Fu Yixuan’s hands, carefully feeling its body all over. “Did you eat too much, Xiao Mi? What’s wrong with you?”

Xiao Mi couldn’t speak, it just kept sticking to Tang Qing. Once Tang Qing tried to give it back to Fu Yixuan, it would again start meowing loudly.

Fu Yixuan frowned, “Does it want to sleep with you?”

Tang Qing picked up Xiao Mi, walked into his own room, and sure enough, Xiao Mi was very obedient and cooperative.

“Um, President Fu… It seems like Xiao Mi wants to sleep with me? Can I let it sleep by my side tonight?” Tang Qing lowered his head, coaxing Xiao Mi.

Without even thinking, Fu Yixuan decisively refused, “No.”

Since five years ago…

Even though he knew Xiao Mi was not Tang Tang, Fu Yixuan couldn’t accept Xiao Mi not being by his side at night. Xiao Mi wasn’t as smart as Tang Tang, the house was big, with many corners, in case something happened to Xiao Mi…

He couldn’t allow Tang Tang to leave behind any risks.

“Ah? Then, what should we do?” Tang Qing was a bit puzzled, looking at the cold man in front of him with confusion.

Xiao Mi wanted to sleep with him, President Fu wanted to sleep with Xiao Mi, but President Fu was a cleanliness freak iceberg who could only sleep alone.

A dilemma.

Fu Yixuan looked down at Xiao Mi, the light falling on his handsome nose, casting a small shadow. His eyes were dark and unclear, his voice low and hoarse:

“Come to my room to sleep tonight.”

Author’s note:

Fu Yixuan on the surface: Chaste and pure, impervious to seduction, devoted to his wife, conservatively romantic.

Actual Fu Yixuan: Hiding in his room fantasizing about his assistant, turning the tables and claiming the assistant is seducing him, a classic LSP¹laosepi, AKA: pervert.

Xiao Mi on the surface: Eating and meowing a lot, seemingly useless.

Actual Xiao Mi: Assisting daily, hiding real talents and abilities.

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  laosepi, AKA: pervert ↩︎