Is this the fat orange you dropped?

Qu Yanning gently rubbed Xie Xiaobao's belly. The cat in his arms had a round body and thick and soft fur. It looked like an adult cat, but in fact, Xie Xiaobao was only 23 years old.

Such an age is not young among human beings, but for cats with a long lifespan who only reach adulthood at the age of [-], Xie Xiaobao is still just a young cub.

If Xie Xiaobao hadn't accidentally eaten an unknown fruit when he was eight years old, which shortened his growth period, he would still be a carefree cub just like Xie Meili.

"Are you busy these days?" Qu Yanning pinched Xie Xiaobao's claws. Xie Xiaobao was fat, and even the claws were chubby, but the nails were a bit long and needed to be trimmed.

"Well...not too busy." Xie Xiaobao tilted his head and meowed.

"Sit up, and I'll trim your nails." Qu Yanning patted his furry belly lightly, Xie Xiaobao kicked his legs and turned over to sit up, and stretched out his claws cooperatively for his sister-in-law to cut his nails.

While cutting his nails, Qu Yanning said, "Grandma Li's 75th birthday will be in a few days, so you should go there too. The old man has been talking about you for many years, so you can go home for a few days on the way."

The two families are close to each other. Qu Yanning usually goes to He's house when he has nothing to do, to talk with the old lady, or to research some new snacks. Before Xie Xiaobao had an accident, he often followed Qu Yanning to He's house to eat. He is hurting like half a grandson.

After eating wild fruit by mistake, Xie Xiaobao endured the pain of rapid body growth for a long time. During that time, he could hardly maintain his human form. After going to rest for treatment, Xie Xiaobao never went to the He family again after that.

Grandma Li couldn't see anyone, so she often muttered a few words. It just happened that this time she celebrated her birthday, so Qu Yanning wanted to let Xie Xiaobao go too, so that she could take him home to live for a while.

Xie Xiaobao's physical condition has only stabilized in the past two years. When he was not good before, the whole family protected him as a fragile product. Xie Xiaobao has been a playful and lively personality since he was a child. He felt uncomfortable being treated so carefully by his family, so he simply moved out of the house.

Xie Xiaobao shook his ears and lived outside alone for a year. Although he still had the innocent nature of a cub, Qu Yanning could understand the meaning behind his words. He patted his tail and thought for a while before slowing down. Tun meowed: "Okay, but I can't stay for too long, I still have work here."

Qu Yanning put down the nail clippers and rubbed his cat's head, "Okay, let's go now, your brother is still waiting downstairs."

Xie Xiaobao's eyes widened, his ears pricked up, he patted his tail and meowed: "Sister-in-law, you're cheating on me with second brother again."

Qu Yanning comforted the furry cat cub, picked him up and walked out, "How can I say it's a lie, he just followed me to be the driver."

Xie Xiaobao whimpered, but finally, with his tail crossed, he was obediently carried downstairs by Qu Yanning.

Xie Qi leaned on the car and saw the chubby orange cat in Qu Yanning's arms from a distance. He frowned, resisted the urge to lift his brother out, and went up to him and said, "He's too heavy, let me carry it .”

Qu Yanning avoided him with the cat in his arms, not knowing what he was thinking, "Xiaobao promised to go home for a few days, so don't bully him."

Xie Xiaobao grabbed Qu Yanning's arm, shook his beard happily, and meowed twice at Xie Qi proudly.

Xie Qi frowned. Seeing his younger brother who dared to provoke him, he stretched out his hand and grabbed his ear, "I have gained a lot of courage."

Xie Xiaobao meowed, pressed his ears to the back of his head, shrunk his neck, and immediately gave in.

Qu Yanning gently pushed Xie Qi to let him drive, while he hugged Xie Xiaobao and sat in the co-pilot.

Xie Xiaobao squatted on his lap, looked at the second brother next to him, then at the sister-in-law next to him, lightly rubbed Qu Yanning's hand, and wagged his hairy tail happily.

The style of Jade Garden is exactly the same as before. The curved floor-to-ceiling windows in the living room are full of sunshine, and the pillows on the tatami are round and bulging. In the pile of pillows, there is a white milk cat lying on it, sleeping with its tail crossed.

Hearing the movement at the door, Xie Meili stood up vigilantly and looked over. When she saw Xie Xiaobao in Qu Yanning's arms, she meowed in surprise, jumped down with short legs, and ran to Qu Yanning's body .

Xie Xiaobao was also happy, he hadn't seen Xie Meili for a while, the two cubs were meowing and talking, Qu Yanning put him down and let the siblings play by themselves.

Xie Meili leaned forward and rubbed Xie Xiaobao affectionately with her face.

Xie Xiaobao happily hugged his sister with both paws and licked his hair. His current size was several laps larger than Xie Meili, who was still a kitten, so he squatted down and let Xie Meili climb onto his back.

Xie Meili lay down on his back, her claws grabbed his fur, Xie Xiaobao meowed, and happily ran around the room with her sister on her back.

Seeing the two cubs happily playing, Xie Qi, who had put his luggage down, turned back into a cat shape with a soft snort, and joined in.

The three cats chased each other around the house for a while, and finally climbed onto the tatami to spread their belly out in the sun. Xie Qi brought his squinting-eyed brother in front of him to bask in the sun, licked his fur, and patted his belly again. , the cat's face wrinkled slightly, "Not fat."

Xie Xiaobao was very happy. Hearing that he was not fat, he rolled over happily and patted his tail on the tatami.

Qu Yanning came out with fruit snacks, rubbed the cats' heads one by one, and put the platter on the tatami.

Xie Xiaobao jumped up and hugged his hand with a whimper, kicked his legs quickly, and said thank you meow meow.

Xie Qi narrowed his eyes, and quickly rushed up to pull down his younger brother who didn't have a long memory and put him under his belly. Although Xie Xiaobao had grown up a lot, he couldn't compare to Xie Qi in strength. Seeing them having fun, Xie Meili quickly climbed onto Xie Qi's back and squatted, meowing happily.

Seeing them making trouble, Qu Yanning could only smile helplessly, let them continue playing and go to the kitchen to prepare lunch by himself.

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Mrs. Li's birthday banquet was two days later, Xie Xiaobao was fine at home, so he was thinking about gifts for the old man, scratching his head and thinking for a long time, feeling that it was too late to do it again, so he picked from the things he made before.

When he was recuperating on the island, sometimes his body was too uncomfortable. In order to divert his attention, he started to do handwork, pieced together different small things, and made various jewelry ornaments, which made him temporarily forget about his body. The pain of being forced to grow.

Most of the crafts I made before were placed on Qujia Island, and a small part was brought to Jade Garden. Xie Xiaobao took out the storage box from the room and rummaged through it.

Xie Meili squatted on top of his head and watched with him.

When the old man celebrates his birthday, he naturally wants to give something festive. Xie Xiaobao looked around and found a bracelet made of red coral beads.

Coral is one of the seven treasures of Buddhism, among which red coral is the most precious. It happens that the old lady believes in Buddhism, so it is very suitable as a birthday gift.

Xie Xiaobao took out the coral bracelet, found a box and packed it, and then he was relieved.

Two days later, the family went to dinner together.

The old lady was nostalgic and didn't like extravagance, so the birthday banquet was held at the villa in Jade Garden, and all the guests were relatives and friends.

As soon as Xie Xiaobao and the others arrived, a servant came up to welcome him. The servant didn't recognize Xie Xiaobao, but he recognized Qu Yanning, and the family followed the servant inside.

The old lady was wearing a dark red Tang suit and sat on the main seat, smiling kindly and talking to the juniors around her.

"The old lady is as blessed as the East Sea, and her life expectancy is longer than that of Nanshan." Qu Yanning cupped his hands and handed over the congratulatory gift.

Although the old lady Li is old, she is still in good health. Before Qu Yanning had time to introduce Xie Xiaobao, the old lady recognized it by herself, "Oh, this is Xiaobao, right? When did you come back? He grew so big in a blink of an eye gone."

Xie Xiaobao took a step forward, took out the gift he had prepared, and said with some embarrassment: "I wish Grandma Li Songhe Changchun, and never grow old in spring and autumn."

"Okay, okay," the old lady took the gift, took Xie Xiaobao to look at it carefully for a while, and said with a smile: "It's the same as when I was a child, lucky!"

Xie Xiaobao blinked slowly, his cheeks puffed up unconsciously.

The old lady was still happy, she held him tightly, looked around and asked, "Xiao Yu?"

"Grandma looking for me?" A deep male voice came from behind, He Yu walked over slowly, raised his eyebrows when he saw Xie Xiaobao.

"Come and see, do you still recognize each other?" Grandma Li asked with a smile while holding one of them.

Xie Xiaobao looked up at the tall man, took a step back imperceptibly, shrunk his neck a little timidly, and stammered, "He, Mr. He."

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