Chapter 188. Cat Rice
Arc 7 : Last Nightmare
The car started and drove towards where He Jin lived.
The car was no longer as quiet as before. Fang Xiangxiang seemed to be worried about the white cat and kept soothing it in a soft voice.
He Jin listened to the noise behind him, and after a moment of silence, he finally found a reason to convince himself.
The cat was so quiet that one could not even notice its presence. Perhaps it was a little scared because there were too many people on the car.
He Jin felt that he had to turn around and show some kindness so as not to scare the already poor stray cat into any trouble, which would still make him feel bad.
Thinking of this, He Jin decisively turned around to take a look.
The white cat was sitting in the seat behind the driver’s seat, and He Jin could see its condition clearly just by turning around.
It sat upright in its seat, with an elegant posture and no sign of fear at all. When He Jin turned around, the cat also looked over, with no emotion visible in its amber eyes.
Of course, it can’t be seen. It’s just a cat. He Jin felt that he seemed to think too much.
Fang Xiangxiang talked for a long time but got no response. At this time, she saw He Jin turn around.
She thought He Jin thought she was too noisy, so she smiled awkwardly: “Ai, it seems that I am not very popular with cats.”
He Jin said: “Maybe not familiar yet.”
After He Jin finished speaking, he did not show excessive attention to the cat but turned his head and continued to look ahead. Suddenly, he felt a very subtle movement around him.
“Ah, cat, come back quickly.”
Fang Xiangxiang’s voice rang out, and He Jin turned around subconsciously.
It turned out that the beautiful white cat jumped onto the armrest of the car. When He Jin turned around, he met the pair of amber eyes.
The white cat just glanced at him, then looked forward, as if it was just treating the armrest as a special seat.
He Jin felt a little soft in his heart when it stared at him, and he subconsciously raised his hand to touch it.
Unexpectedly, as soon as He Jin raised his hand, the cat raised its head and looked straight at him with its amber eyes.
It was just a cat, and maybe it was just an instinctive reaction. But He Jin read something from its eyes, which was probably to avoid touching it.
He Jin withdrew his hand somewhat embarrassedly, feeling that he had not experienced this kind of feeling of being rejected everywhere for a long time.
Du Yan used his eyes to force He Jin’s hand away and then returned to his proud and arrogant look.
He was very calm, but Xiao Ba was anxious: “Du Xiao Yan, this is such a good opportunity, you should fully play your role as a cat, go up to him and act coquettishly, and let him take you home immediately…”
“My goal is not to become He Jin’s pet.” Du Yan said: “I don’t think He Jin will open his heart and trust a pet completely.”
Xiao Ba hesitated for a moment, then said: “But, now you can only go the pet route.”
“Uncertain.”
Du Yan just said these three words and didn’t continue.
Xiao Ba did not ask any more questions. He knew Du Yan’s personality now. He always had a plan for everything he did. However, when he did not want to talk, it was useless to ask him any more questions.
Throughout the journey, He Jin and the cat remained in this state. Silent and keeping their distance.
Fang Xiangxiang sat in the back and always felt that the man and the cat in front of him were inexplicably harmonious.
It’s just that He Jin always looked down at the cat from time to time, but the cat just sat there without even wagging its tail, as if it didn’t care about anything around it.
Fang Xiangxiang recalled the scene when He Jin and his Jiujiu were together. It was the same. That man was always focused on the work at hand, while the workaholic He Jin would always stop his work from time to time to look at him.
In this strange atmosphere of silence with everyone in the car having their own thoughts, the car had already arrived at the neighborhood where He Jin lived.
He opened the car door and looked back, and found that the white cat was still sitting upright, and there was no change because of his departure.
He Jin paused and suddenly felt a little angry. This cat, this cat… is so annoying!
He got out of the car angrily and closed the door, not even looking at the pretty but arrogant cat.
It’s just a cat. The reason why it affects his mood is that he is in such a bad state today. He will definitely not think about this insignificant cat tomorrow.
This is what He Jin thought when he left.
The next day, He Jin did not follow the doctor’s advice to take a day off, but went to the company as usual.
Although Fang Xiangxiang was a little surprised, she was not too surprised. With He Jin’s personality, it would be strange for him to stay at home and relax.
She went to He Jin’s office to report her work as usual and prepared to leave after finishing.
“Fang Xiangxiang.”
Fang Xiangxiang was stunned. He Jin always called her by her job title in the company, and only called her by her name when talking about personal matters.
Fang Xiangxiang stopped, nodded, and said: “What’s wrong?”
He Jin paused for a moment and seemed a little hesitant: “You, that cat from yesterday, how’s it?”
Fang Xiangxiang was stunned for a moment, thinking about He Jin’s excessive attention to the cat yesterday, and an idea came to her mind. It seems that the pet therapy proposed by Dr. Zhao is still feasible.
Her shoulders slumped, and she looked distressed.
“Ai, I don’t know why, it just refuses to eat cat food. It hasn’t eaten anything except a few sips of water all day.”
When He Jin heard this, his brows furrowed: “Is it sick?”
Fang Xiangxiang shook her head and said: “I don’t think so. From the look of it, it seems like it really dislikes cat food.”
“I asked friends who have cats, and they suggested that I cook cat rice, I’ve tried it but…”
Fang Xiangxiang didn’t finish her words but smiled awkwardly.
As Fang Xiangxiang’s friend, He Jin also knew that Fang Xiangxiang’s cooking skills were terrible, and it was fortunate that she didn’t poison the cat when she made cat rice.
He Jin nodded: “I understand, go ahead and get busy.”
Fang Xiangxiang closed the door and was stunned for a while. So that’s it? Was He Jin just asking casually?
She just felt that the plan had failed and left with some frustration.
He Jin thought so, too. He was just showing his concern for his friend. Fang Xiangxiang had a cat, and he had seen it yesterday. It was normal for him to ask casually.
The busy work left He Jin no time to think about other things. During lunch break, he did not go to the restaurant as usual, but asked the restaurant to deliver the food directly.
Although He Jin is a workaholic, he still eats his three meals on time. He knows that he has serious mental problems. If he doesn’t pay attention to his body, he will collapse before he finds the person.
He Jin looked at the simple yet exquisite meal in front of him and had no appetite.
He quickly finished his meal and was about to get ready for work, but then he remembered what Dr. Zhao had said yesterday that he should try to find time to relax and have fun.
He Jin turned on the computer and stared at the screen for a while, but he didn’t know what to do. He suddenly thought of what Fang Xiangxiang said about the white cat not eating cat food.
“It hasn’t eaten anything all day and seems to be very disgusted with the cat food.”
This reminded He Jin of that person again. On the surface, he didn’t care about anything and looked indifferent, but in fact, he was very particular about food. If he encountered something he didn’t like, he wouldn’t say anything, but he wouldn’t move at all.
When he has a poor appetite, he may even drink nothing but water for the whole day.
Because of this, He Jin developed a good cooking skill, and his cooking skill was completely based on his Jiujiu’s taste. When that person had a poor appetite, he would take care of all his meals.
He Jin smiled softly. Whenever he thought of the cat, he would think of all kinds of things about his Jiujiu. But whether it was a human or a cat, they would not be able to stand not eating for a long time.
So, He Jin typed a line of words in the search bar: How should cat rice be made?
The next day, Fang Xiangxiang went to He Jin’s office to report on her work as usual. When she was leaving, He Jin spoke again.
“Has the cat eaten?”
Fang Xiangxiang shook her head: “It ate some cat biscuits, but still don’t want to eat cat food.”
He Jin took out a bag from the drawer and handed it to Fang Xiangxiang.
Fang Xiangxiang took it and found a lunch box inside. She was stunned. This shouldn’t be the case. She had never eaten anything made by He Jin in all these years.
“What is this?”
“Cat rice.”
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Du Yan stayed on the huge cat climbing frame, feeling a little listless.
This cat climbing frame was delivered this morning. Fang Xiangxiang saw Du Yan seem to like that cat climbing frame when he was in the pet store, so she ordered the same one directly.
Du Yan really likes staying there, because only when he is on the cat climbing frame can he make up for the height difference between cats and humans, so that he no longer has the feeling of needing to look up to others everywhere.
Fang Xiangxiang is actually quite considerate of cats. Du Yan is not in a good mood because he has not eaten.
In total, he only drank some water and ate a few cat biscuits in two whole days.
But as a cat whose soul is still human, he really can’t convince himself to eat cat food.
The cat toilet is closed, so Du Yan can let his body instinctively take him there to solve everything. But the strong fishy smell of cat food is unbearable for Du Yan no matter what.
Perhaps before long, he will have to compromise.
Because last night, Du Yan saw the consequences of Fang Xiangxiang’s attempt to make cat food. The strangely colored unidentified object that appeared in the end, it was better to pinch his nose and swallow the cat food next to it.
There were footsteps outside the door. Du Yan’s ears moved slightly, and he quickly figured out that it was Fang Xiangxiang who came back.
Sure enough, a few minutes later, Fang Xiangxiang appeared in the living room. She put down her bag and walked directly under the cat climbing frame.
She looked up, held up the lunch box in her hand, and said: “There’s a gift for you.”
After saying that, Fang Xiangxiang walked into the kitchen.
After a while, Du Yan smelled an extremely tempting smell, which seemed to have an extremely attractive power to the cat’s body.
Du Yan couldn’t control himself and jumped down from the cat climbing frame, and walked to the kitchen door.
Fang Xiangxiang turned around and saw the arrogant and cold cat approaching her. She showed a surprised expression on her face and said: “It seems that you like this cat rice very much.”
Fang Xiangxiang brought back a bowl of cat rice?
Fang Xiangxiang placed the heated cat rice in front of Du Yan and said: “It’s a little warm, not too hot, eat it.”
Du Yan looked down at the cat rice in front of him and found that even the presentation of the dish was very thoughtful and looked very tempting. He looked at it carefully for a moment and felt that the presentation of the dish in the lunch box was very familiar.
Fang Xiangxiang misunderstood Du Yan’s meaning. Seeing that the cat seemed to be alert, she whispered to comfort him: “Do you still remember He Jin, the person who took the car with you the day before yesterday? This is a gift from him to you.”
It was indeed made by He Jin himself. Du Yan finally couldn’t resist the temptation and lowered his head to take a bite.
Cat rice has no salt or oil, so it is naturally not as delicious as human food. But compared to cat food, it is much better. In addition, Du Yan’s body is now completely that of a cat, so the rice in front of him is extremely tempting to him.
Du Yan looked up at Fang Xiangxiang, then began to eat slowly. Even though he was extremely hungry, he still ate slowly.
Seeing this, Fang Xiangxiang finally felt relieved. As long as he was willing to start eating, there shouldn’t be any problems in the future.
But before she could rest assured for long, she saw the white cat in front of her stop eating and raise its head.
“Ah? There’s still a lot? Aren’t you going to eat it?”
Du Yan lowered his head, sniffed the cat food, took another bite, and then chose to leave ruthlessly and jumped onto the cat climbing frame again.
Fang Xiangxiang followed the cat and looked up and asked: “Is it not tasty?”
Du Yan squatted on the cat climbing frame and finally meowed.
Fang Xiangxiang had a high level of comprehension and understood the cat’s meaning based on the cat’s meow.
She said: “Probably not. If it doesn’t taste good, you wouldn’t be that interested in it in the first place, and you wouldn’t be willing to eat it.”
Fang Xiangxiang stood there for a while but still couldn’t persuade the cat to come down, so she had no choice but to leave and go about her own business.
Xiao Ba finally couldn’t help but ask: “Why did you stop eating after a few bites? This cat rice should be quite to your liking.”
“Yeah.” Du Yan rested his head on his folded front paws, squinting his eyes and concentrating.
“Then why don’t you eat? Aren’t you hungry?”
“The few bites I ate just now were enough to keep me from starving to death. My goal is not to be a cat.”
He Jin’s reaction was somewhat beyond Du Yan’s expectations. Since the other party seemed to care about him, he might as well take this opportunity to let He Jin take the initiative to ask to take care of him.
Du Yan’s plans rarely go wrong, and this time is no exception.
The next day at work, after Fang Xiangxiang finished reporting on her work, He Jin kept her back.
He Jin asked directly: “Does it like it?”
Fang Xiangxiang was still busy with her work and was unable to react for a moment: “Ah?”
He Jin said: “Cat rice.”
Fang Xiangxiang heard this, and her face fell, revealing a distressed and puzzled expression: “The cat was quite excited when it smelled the cat rice. It jumped down from the cat climbing frame and followed me to the kitchen. You know, it has never been so active in the past two days.”
When He Jin heard this, the corners of his mouth lifted slightly unconsciously.
However, Fang Xiangxiang changed the subject and said: “I don’t know why, it stopped eating after two bites, but it’s obvious that it’s not full. Could it be that cat rice doesn’t suit its appetite?”
After listening to this, He Jin did not offer any suggestions as Fang Xiangxiang had expected. He just nodded and said coldly: “I understand. Go ahead and get busy.”
Fang Xiangxiang left in a daze, but she didn’t know that He Jin in the office had opened the computer and started searching.
What is the reason why cats don’t want to eat cat food?
That night, Fang Xiangxiang received a call from He Jin.
“Bring the cat to the office tomorrow. Some cats only eat fresh food.”
Fang Xiangxiang was stunned and said: “Ah? Can I bring my pet to work?”
He Jin’s tone was calm, as if bringing a cat to work was a matter of course: “I’m the boss.”
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