[Honor of Kings] Bai Liang's Short Story Collection

One-sentence introduction: Li Bai plans to adopt a cat.

There used to be many stray cats in the city. After Zhuge Liang came, he opened a shelter.The shop that is open to the public is exquisitely decorated and divided into two sides, half of which is a cat activity area and the other half is a coffee shop.

Adopting stray cats is a big expense, and he doesn't look like a rich boy with spare money, and he is not very old, but he looks like a college student who came to do volunteer work.At first, everyone felt that he would not last long, and guessed that he had a special background, but Zhuge Liang was not very talkative and rarely mentioned his own affairs.

The only thing they could see were the cats lying in his arms obediently, or squatting on the cat climbing frame and licking their paws, looking innocent and harmless.

Most stray cats are afraid of people, they have been down for a long time, and they are not liked by others, but in Zhuge Liang's hands, they become submissive, extremely docile, and will take the initiative to lift their bellies.Gradually, the number of customers in the coffee shop increased. Compared with ordinary cat cafes, there is also a beautiful boss here, who is beautiful and delicious, and is twice as attractive.

But after all, there were still too many stray cats, and Zhuge Liang couldn't do it alone, so he hired several people to take care of them together.The work of receiving guests was also handed over to them. He seemed a little shy and not used to crowded environments. He often stayed in the cubicle and concentrated on taking care of the newly rescued kitten.

Occasionally there are a few weekday afternoons, when it is rare to be deserted, only Zhuge Liang is left in the store, sitting at the table reading a book, while the big orange cat squats beside his arm, with its tail wagging, ready to wriggle at the snacks on his plate.

It meowed, stretched out its claws, but just pressed it on the table, raised its head, and opened its eyes wide in the direction of the door.

Zhuge Liang turned his head following the sound, and saw a young man pushing the door and entering, with the sound of tinkling wind chimes.He met a pair of deep green eyes.

The guest came with a clear intention and said straight to the point that he planned to adopt a cat.

He introduced himself by the way: "My name is Li Bai."

Zhuge picked up the big orange and turned to meet Li Bai.

He is generally not in charge of the adoption procedures. Unfortunately, there is no one in the store, and they are all sent out to work, so they can only go into battle by themselves.

"What kind of cat does Mr. Li like?"

Li Bai didn't answer right away, he wandered around the shop, not showing any emotional inclination, he was very picky, and in the end he took a few more glances at the big orange in Zhuge Liang's arms.

Zhuge Liang saw that he was wearing expensive clothes, and the watches under his sleeves looked like expensive brands. He guessed that most rich people like expensive varieties, so he introduced a few puppets and English shorts.They lie behind the nest and look at Li Bai curiously. They have round blue eyes and are good-looking. They will become stray cats. They were abandoned by their owners because of illness. They were picked up by him earlier and cost a lot of money. It has been cured, and now it is alive and kicking, and there is no visible sequelae.

"I have been vaccinated and dewormed, and the pet hospital has also given a certificate..." Zhuge Liang counted them one by one, and after thinking about it, he added, "Sterilization has also been done, sir, you can rest assured."

Li Bai paused, raised his eyes to look at him, raised his lips slightly, and said very gently: "The breed cat is too delicate, I'm afraid I won't be able to take good care of it."

"There are also some easy ones to raise," Zhuge Liang rubbed the head of Daju in his arms, and introduced to him, "Pastoral cats don't need too fine imported cat food, and their temperament is more lively. What do you think of this one?"

Li Bai stared at it for a while just now, he thought he was interested in Daju.

But Li Bai still looked away, glanced around, suddenly remembered something, turned around and asked, "Have all the cats here been neutered?"

Zhuge nodded brightly.

"Not at all, uh..." Li Bai's tone was subtle, his expression seemed a bit embarrassed, and he looked at him questioningly.

Zhuge Liang explained to him that no matter whether it is a male cat or a female cat, when it reaches the right age, it will be difficult to deal with it once it is in heat, and it is easy to get sick.For their own good, of course they are all neutered.This is not a matter of being unbearable, it is for the health of pets.

Li Bai was noncommittal.

"There is a newborn litter, a little over a week old." Zhuge Liang hesitated for a while, but still said, "I will keep it in the back, sir, do you want to see it?"

Li Bai finally picked a black and white cow cat among them, a little bigger than the palm of your hand, lying on Zhuge Liang's arm, limply stretching out its paws, eagerly looking around.

Then it is to fill in the registration.Zhuge Liang saw that Li Bai was not proficient, and was about to tell him the key points for keeping cats, when he heard Li Bai casually say: "Are you so relieved to give the cat away?"

Li Bai glanced at the register. The form only needs a few basic information such as name, residential address, and contact information. It is not as demanding as other places. It needs to provide ID card, household registration and housing book, monthly income, and requires regular return visits...

Zhuge Liang raised his eyes to look at him: "People who like to abuse their pets will not take the initiative to ask such questions."

Li Bai said seriously: "I'm quite serious, don't think it's my first time here, but the preparations have already been done... By the way, I live nearby, Yunshang Community, the boss may as well go to my place to have a look Environment? You can also remind me if you are not well-prepared."

Meeting an adopter with good conditions is naturally more reassuring.

"There's no need to be so exaggerated? We generally don't need to come to the door—" Zhuge Liang hesitated slightly.

He tried to explain that he wasn't that interested in the privacy of his clients, but Li Bai insisted.

Zhuge Liang refused, but he looked around, guessing that there would be no other guests in the afternoon, and finally nodded and agreed.He took the cat bag and put the little cow in it, but Li Bai took the initiative to take it: "I'll do it."

Newborn kittens are not heavy, they are not strong in mobility, and they will not run around.Li Bai picked him up easily, without affecting his actions at all.

Zhuge Liang prepared the cat bag, just because he was afraid of an accident on the road.

"Cats are mostly afraid of life, and such a small milk cat is more likely to be frightened." He explained to Li Bai.

"Are you afraid of me too?" Li Bai asked with a smile.

"Unfamiliar with you at first, let it get used to your existence." Zhuge Liang thought for a while and said, "Be kinder to it, be gentler, and accompany it for a long time, of course it will like you."

Li Baian listened quietly, went out, came to the parking area, took the initiative to pull the co-pilot away for Zhuge Liang, and made a gesture of please.

Li Bai looked polite and full of grace, and he was very talkative when chatting.As he said, the place where he lives is indeed not far away, near the business district, and it is also a well-known high-end community.

Judging from his appearance, words and deeds, Zhuge Liang guessed that he should be an elite white-collar working nearby.However, it is also a bit unfamiliar, it is estimated that it has not been long since I moved here.So young and promising, he must be very popular with women.

However, only after entering the door did he find that Li Bai's house was unexpectedly simple and clean, leaving only traces of living alone, and he could not detect the breath of a second person.

Li Bai took him for a tour and said with a smile, "Are you satisfied?"

These words were vaguely weird, but Zhuge Liang didn't think about it carefully. He saw that there were no dangerous objects in the house, and the doors and windows were locked, so he released the little cow out of the bag with confidence, let it adapt to the environment first, and find a place by itself Play for a while, but it's better to let Li Bai accompany you.

Mr. Li was not in a hurry to develop a relationship with it. He said that he hadn't had time to prepare tea and asked Zhuge Liang if he would drink cold beer.

The semi-open kitchen is connected to the living room and dining room. It is bright and spacious. Zhuge Liang looked at the glass table, shook his head, and declined: "I don't touch alcohol very much."

"Then orange juice?" Li Bai said, he had already opened the freezer door, took two bottles of drinks from it, threw one bottle to Zhuge Liang, unscrewed the other bottle himself, and then went to see the little cow.

It seemed very vigilant to the unfamiliar environment, and didn't go far away, rubbing against the corner of the table, circling around Zhuge Liang's legs, and wagging its tail against him, appearing very dependent.Li Bai stretched out his hand to tease it, but it hid for a while, staring intently at his finger, and raised its paw to touch it.

"So cute." Li Bai hugged it up, put it on the palm of his hand, and stroked the hair gently.The little cow narrowed her eyes and leaned against him drowsily.

After a while, Li Bai raised his head and asked Zhuge Liang: "It's getting late, why don't you stay and have dinner before leaving?"

Zhuge Liang wanted to refuse.

He didn't want to leave the shop for too long, as there were many cats waiting for him to go back.But at this moment, just as he was about to say something, he felt his breathing was unstable, his mouth was dry, and he wanted to stand up, but his head was slightly dizzy.

He opened his eyes slightly, and looked at Li Bai blankly, with an unnatural blush on his cheeks.

"I'm still..." He couldn't stand still, and shook his support on the table. Li Bai had already put the little cow aside, went up to him, and stretched out his hand to support his waist.

Zhuge Liang suddenly felt that his palms were extremely hot, rubbing against his waist seemed to bring about a surge of heat, his dizziness became more intense, and his eyelids became heavy.He gasped in a low voice, and he realized his situation only when his head unconsciously rested on Li Bai's chest.

Li Bai gently supported him, took him to the sofa and sat down.But he didn't sit still, Li Bai let go, and sank limply into the sofa cushion, his chin was supported by him.Their eyes met, a pair of blue eyes were covered with mist, and the ends of the eyes were red.

"You seem to have a fever." Li Bai whispered, but there was a smile in his eyes.

Zhuge Liang was hot all over, his hands and feet were limp, and he was short of breath. He couldn't help but raised his neck, tilted his head, and rubbed the back of Li Bai's hand.

Li Bai held his chin, and gently stroked the short hair on the back of his head with the other hand: "So uncomfortable?"

Zhuge Liang wanted to shake his head and push him away, but his eyes were reddened. At some point, the cat ears hidden under the broken hair came out, and the delicate fluff was touched by Li Bai's fingers, and he became sensitively excited.

"I won't hide it from you now," Li Bai smiled, drawing circles on his ears with his fingers, "I've taken a fancy to this one, do you want to feed it?"

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(abridgement)

Before falling into the darkness in a trance, Zhuge Liang suddenly remembered what happened a long time ago.

At that time, he hadn't learned how to change form, and he was abandoned in the wild not long after he was born. A heavy rain almost killed him.

When it lay dying in the grass, the great white wolf passing by picked it up and brought it back to the wolf den.

Staring at him with a pair of green eyes, Zhuge Liang thought he was going to be eaten by him, but the other party raised him, fed him, and stuffed him into a herbal bath to raise him.He struggled to escape from the hands of the god of death, but he couldn't feel at ease when he was watched by such a predatory animal.

When he had just grown up and gained some strength, he slipped out while the white wolf was out looking for food, and ate and drank in the human city until he learned how to change form.

With a good skin, it is easier to survive in human society.Zhuge Liang understands this truth and knows how to take advantage of it.

But now...

He didn't expect that he would be approached by the original owner.

This time I'm afraid I won't be able to escape.

(abridgement)

But he was really exhausted, his voice was hoarse, his limp arms wrapped around Li Bai's neck, he narrowed his eyes lazily, buried his head in his neck, and closed his eyes heavily.

There was a light click, and a weight fell on the neck, against the fluff, which was not particularly uncomfortable.

He opened a slit in a daze, looked down, couldn't help stretching out his hand to pull it, and felt the familiar texture. Li Bai put the collar around his neck, and there was a cat bell hanging from it, jingling.He was well prepared.

Li Bai lowered his head and kissed the tip of his ear, and said in a soft and tender voice, "Are you still running?"

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The author has something to say:

Omit the white wolf and make the meowing part of the bright cat about a thousand.