"Meow, meow~, meow—, meow!"

"Meow meow, meow meow meow meow meowmeow meow meow."

"Seriously, what are you all doing?" Chi Xiaoyu pushed open the door and was shocked to see the house full of cats.

Opening the door, she saw 5 kittens sitting in a row on the floor, with Maomao in human form standing next to the TV directing them with a broom.

"Rehearsing meow."

"Times have changed, even anomalies are playing music now?"

"I've worked hard to assemble the Maomao squad, meow."

"Meow meow meow!"

The five kittens nodded in agreement.

"Fine, there's only anomalies in the house anyway, not a single person. Where's Bai Ling?"

By now, Chi Xiaoyu no longer cared if Lin Bai was home or not. After all, she had never seen Lin Bai at Lin Bai's place, so she directly asked where Bai Ling was.

"Don't know meow, she hasn't come back yet meow."

"Alright, I'm going to sleep first. Keep it down."

"Okay meow."

"Meow meowmeow meow meow meow meow meow meow~"

Chi Xiaoyu put on her earmuffs and sighed.

"Someday I'll open a store and stuff all of you in there. Business will definitely boom."

Bai Ling could hear the chorus of meows before she even reached the door.

Great, the cats she raised were always coming up with new antics every day.

"Master, you're finally back meow."

Maomao hurriedly rushed over to hug Bai Ling. Bai Ling was tightly embraced by the cat girl, who gave her several smacking kisses and licked her cheek with her tongue.

"Stop, stop, stop." Bai Ling shyly pushed Maomao away.

The five kittens meowed a few times in welcome.

"What are you doing, forming a band?"

"These five little ones want to extend their time in human form, so they need to learn human behaviors meow, that's why I'm teaching them meow."

"Fine. Tomorrow I'm going back to my hometown for a bit. Do you want to come?"

"Master, you're willing to take me along?" Maomao held Bai Ling's hands, touched.

"Of course."

Maomao raised her hands and ran around excitedly. The five kittens, seeing Maomao so happy, also meowed joyfully.

Just then, Chi Xiaoyu came out with a resentful expression.

"Are you all, going to let me, sleep or not?"

The two had bumps on their heads as they lay under the covers, with Chi Xiaoyu hugging Bai Ling, and Bai Ling hugging Maomao.

"Now, go to sleep properly!"

"Wuwuwuwu."

"Wuwu meow meow."

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Morning.

"Clothes, suitcase, backpack, and my cat."

Lin Bai was packing various luggage.

Chi Xiaoyu opened her sleepy eyes.

"Mmm—good morning!"

Chi Xiaoyu, wearing only her underwear, greeted Lin Bai.

"Good morning."

"Huh? Wait a minute." Chi Xiaoyu hadn't fully woken up yet. Looking down at her pink lace underwear, she hurriedly covered her chest.

"Ah! Y-y-you, when did you come back? Where's my Bai Ling? Where's my Maomao?"

"Bai Ling left a long time ago. Maomao is in my bag."

A Maomao head peeked out from the backpack, followed by five other cat heads peeping out together.

"Meow meow meow!"

Chi Xiaoyu covered her chest, her cheeks flushed as she looked at Lin Bai.

"You go out first, I need to get dressed!"

Lin Bai smiled and thought 'We've slept together and I've touched you before'.

Lin Bai waved his hand and left the room.

Shortly after, Chi Xiaoyu opened the door and looked at Lin Bai, pretending to be angry.

"Hmph, who said you could come in!"

"Uh, you told me to sleep here before. Isn't this my room?"

Indeed, she had initially let Lin Bai sleep there, but she hadn't seen Lin Bai return for days. Gradually, Chi Xiaoyu had been sleeping with Bai Ling all along. She didn't expect Lin Bai to suddenly come back.

"Well, well, I don't care, you have to take responsibility..."

"Take responsibility for what?" You're the one who pulled me into bed!

Chi Xiaoyu shyly turned her head away, then looked up coyly.

"You figure it out yourself."

"By the way, are you going back home?" Lin Bai asked.

"Are you inviting me to go back with you?"

"Uh, I guess so?"

"Well, then I'll reluctantly agree."

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Inside a black sedan

"Why do I feel like I've become the driver?" Chi Xiaoyu asked somewhat uncertainly.

"Not at all." Lin Bai smiled. He had invited someone to go back with him, but it turned into Chi Xiaoyu driving him back. Looks like he needed to hurry up and get a driver's license.

"Not at all meow!" Maomao echoed.

"Hey, what have you been doing these past few nights? You haven't found a girlfriend, have you?"

"No, I've been working part-time at night."

"Part-time? Doing what?"

"Role-playing stuff, dealing with various scenarios."

"Oh, sounds fancy."

"What about you? Why are you always hanging out with my Maomao and that Bai Ling? You're not a lesbian, are you?"

"What nonsense! I am not!" Chi Xiaoyu pouted.

"Then prove it?" Lin Bai challenged.

"How?" Chi Xiaoyu asked.

"Kiss me here and I'll believe you." Lin Bai leaned his face over, bringing it close to the driver's seat.

"W-what?" Chi Xiaoyu wasn't quite sure. Since when had Lin Bai become so proactive?

"Scared?" Lin Bai smiled. This was exactly how she had asked Bai Ling to kiss her before. He was just using her own tactics.

"I'm not scared of anything." Chi Xiaoyu lightly pecked Lin Bai's face. The moment the girl's lips touched his skin, that slightly moist and cool sensation in the hot summer improved his mood considerably.

"You actually kissed me." Lin Bai touched his cheek uncertainly, as if trying to memorize the feeling.

"Hehe." Chi Xiaoyu didn't respond further. In truth, the girl's face had turned as red as an apple.

'He asked me to kiss him, has he finally come to his senses, or did he learn this from some vixen outside?'

"Kiss me meow, master kiss me meow!" Maomao pointed at her own cheek and called out to Bai Ling.

"No!" Chi Xiaoyu hurriedly stopped her.

"Why meow? No fair meow!" Maomao protested.

Lin Bai patted Maomao's head.

"It's okay, be good."

"Meow~" Maomao lay in Lin Bai's arms, enjoying her master's caress.

'Why does Maomao call both Bai Ling and Lin Bai "master"?'

Chi Xiaoyu felt a hint of confusion but didn't think too much about it.

[Are you there yet, brother~]

[Almost.]

[Brother, I've prepared a surprise lunch for you!]

[Really? Now I'm looking forward to it!]

Maomao had sparkly eyes.

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D City, XX Residential Area, Lin Bai's home.

"Welcome home, bro-ther~"

"I'm back! Let me see the surprise lunch."

"Oh, you brought sister-in-law back with you?"

"Yaoyao, good afternoon." Chi Xiaoyu patted Lin Xinyao's head.

"Wow, brother, you've got cats now?"

They saw five little cats and one black cat crawl out of Lin Bai's backpack.

"So many!" The little sister happily picked up a kitten and spun around.

Lin Bai came to the dining table and saw it filled with a sumptuous lunch—and a bowl of instant noodles?

"What's this?"

"You eat the instant noodles, sister Chi and I will have the feast!"