bioinnovel Chapter 167 The Little Cat CEO Wakes Up in His 8-Meter Bed
Chapter 167 The Little Cat CEO Wakes Up in His 8-Meter Bed
On the day of the Kanto Tournament.
The morning sunlight streamed through the gaps in the blinds, casting long, thin streaks of light across the dining table.
Wang Yueling sat at the dining table, with a cup of hot black tea, a plate of golden-brown toast, and a small bowl of fruit salad beside her.
He was slowly spreading the jam with a knife, his gaze fixed on the wicker basket in the center of the table, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously curved into a smile.
"Luna!"
"Meow~"
Luna lay on her back, her two little paws clutching a small milk bottle, sucking on it with gurgling sounds. She was very engrossed in drinking, her little tongue occasionally licking the bottle opening, and her ears twitching slightly with each sucking motion.
The rattan basket was made by my maternal grandmother.
The basket is woven into the shape of a cat, with the outside covered in light beige cotton cloth printed with light gray cat paw prints.
Two triangular ears were sewn on both sides of the basket opening, with cotton stuffed into the tips, standing upright and round.
A ring of fabric fish-shaped wind chimes hangs above.
The little fish is sewn from thin cotton cloth, its belly stuffed with soft cotton, and a matte copper bell is attached to the tip of its tail. It makes a soft, tinkling sound when the wind blows.
When Luna is halfway through sucking milk, she will reach out her little paw and nudge the nearest little fish.
The copper bell rang once.
Its ears twitched, then it flicked them again, and the bell rang once more. It squinted, its tail tip slowly rising, then retracting, then rising again, as if keeping a rhythm only it understood.
Then continue breastfeeding.
It had a small gold lock hanging around its neck.
The lock face is only the size of a peanut, light gold in color, and polished extremely smooth. The front is engraved with a four-leaf clover pattern, and the back has four tiny characters: "Peace and Safety".
Jin Suo was tied with a light brown braided rope, the knot of which was made into a ruyi knot, hanging close to its chest fur, swaying gently with its nursing movements.
Wang Yueling put down the toast in her hand and her gaze fell on the golden lock.
He recalled seeing Yukimura wearing the lucky charm lock he had given him around his neck when he was guiding Yukimura's rehabilitation exercises yesterday...
"Grandma," he called out towards the kitchen, "when did you put this lock on Luna?"
Grandma's voice came from the kitchen: "The day you found Luna, I asked someone to find a master craftsman to rush the job."
She peeked out from the kitchen doorway, her apron damp. "What, you think it's too small?"
"No, it's just right." Wang Yueling reached out and touched the edge of the gold lock. "I just think... it looks pretty."
"Of course, I chose the pattern." Grandmother retreated back into the kitchen.
Wang Yueling smiled and fiddled with the kitten-shaped, creamy yellow bread slice-shaped Elizabethan ring.
This new circle is made of soft fabric.
The edge is printed with a circle of cat paw prints, and the opening is sewn with a soft edge so that it won't rub against the skin when worn around the neck. The overall design makes it look like a small black bean sitting on a piece of freshly baked toast.
Wang Yueling took a bite of the toast spread with jam, her gaze falling on Luna. Luna was drinking her milk with great focus, her little paws clutching the bottle tightly, as if afraid someone would snatch it away.
He rested his elbows on the table and tilted his head to look at it.
"You're living a more comfortable life than I am."
Luna's ears twitched, but she ignored him and continued sucking. After finishing the last sip, she released the bottle, let out a small burp, and lay back on the cotton pad, revealing her round belly, with her injured right paw wrapped in gauze and resting on her stomach.
It tilted its head and looked at Wangyue Ling, then stretched out its left paw and flicked the lock. The copper lock clinked against its teeth, its ears twitched, and it flicked the lock again.
Wang Yueling reached out and took the bottle away from Luna, then wiped the milk stains from its mouth with a small towel. Luna was being turned over and wiped, and it meowed unhappily, but it didn't struggle; it just nuzzled its head into his hand.
"Your great-grandmother is going to make you something delicious in a little while." Wang Yueling pulled her hand back. "Kitten biscuits, chicken puree, and maybe even some dried fish."
Luna's ears perked up, and she turned to look towards the kitchen.
That look was clear: Really?
"Of course it's true, your great-grandmother started preparing yesterday." Wang Yueling stuffed the last bite of toast into her mouth. "A whole cupboard is full of your snacks."
Luna sat up in the wicker basket, her short legs gripping the edge, craning her neck to look towards the kitchen.
Wang Yueling took another sip of black tea, casually glancing towards the living room, her cup hovering in mid-air.
He froze.
Next to the sofa in the living room stands a huge tree-shaped cat tree.
The tree trunk is shaped like a tree, with the dark brown bark texture rendered in a rough and realistic manner. The main trunk branches out into three or four thick branches, each ending in a round cushion and hammock. Several wooden platforms are interspersed in the middle, each covered with light green velvet. The bottom layer is designed to resemble a tree hole, with a tasseled curtain hanging from the entrance, and thick cushions lining the inside.
Three plush toys—a mouse, a fish, and a pom-pom—were hanging from the side of the tree trunk, all suspended by spring ropes.
It sways gently in the wind.
"This..." Wang Yueling walked over with the red tea, looked up at it for a long time, and said, "No matter how many times I look at this, I still think it's exaggerated."
Grandma came out carrying a plate of freshly baked cat biscuits, glanced at them, and said, "You chose the size, and they bought it accordingly."
"I chose the 1.2-meter one."
Wang Yueling turned around and pointed to the cat tree that almost touched the ceiling. "It's at least two and a half meters tall."
"Your assistant upgraded you."
Grandma placed the cat biscuits on the coffee table, glanced at the cat treehouse, and said, "This one is made of better material, the joints are more stable, and it'll be enough for the kitten to play with until it grows up."
"Once the little crescent-shaped paw pad is ready, it can also be used as a climbing wall."
"A three-week-old kitten, its claws aren't even fully healed yet, what are you doing climbing a tree?" Wang Yueling looked up again at the colossal structure that seemed to reach the ceiling, and an image popped into her mind. She cleared her throat and recited in a very formal, slightly childish tone:
"Early in the morning, the three-week-old kitten CEO woke up in its enormous 800-meter bed..."
Grandmother paused in her hand, which was holding cookies to feed Luna, and turned to look at him.
"What are you talking about?"
"I'm stating the facts." Wang Yueling pointed to the cat tree. "Look at its size, with such a high ceiling. The way it peeks out from the tree hole looks just like a CEO inspecting his 800-square-meter mansion."
Grandmother glanced at him, her lips twitched slightly, but she didn't say anything and turned to go to the kitchen.
Wang Yueling placed the teacup on the coffee table, walked to the cat tree, and touched the soft cushion in the bottom tree hole.
The cotton fabric feels great; it's thick and soft.
He reached out and nudged the dangling pom-pom fish; the spring rope swayed twice, and the pom-pom gently bumped against the tree trunk.
After Luna finished eating two cat biscuits, she reached the ground with her grandmother's help. She trotted to the cat tree with her short legs and looked up at the huge structure.
Its tail stood straight up, with the tip trembling slightly.
It turned its head to look at Wangyue Ling, then at the cat tree, and then at its grandmother.
"Meow..." The sound was drawn out and thin.
"You like it?" Wang Yueling bent down, scooped it up, and held it in her hands. "Want to go up and take a look?"
Luna clung to his wrist, craning her neck to look up at the cat tree. The velvet cloth covering the second-floor platform was warm and glowing in the sunlight.
The kitten rolled over in Wang Yueling's palm, exposing its belly, its paws tucked into its chest, and its tail hooked around his wrist, gently rubbing against him. It meowed softly in the direction of the cat tree, its voice as soft as cotton candy.
"Baby, wait until your little paws are better before you crawl."
Wang Yueling gently kissed the little ear and put it back in the wicker basket. "If you jump up now and fall halfway down, your dad will be heartbroken."
Luna curled up in the cotton pad, resting her chin on the edge of the basket, her eyes still glued to the cat tree. Wang Yueling stood up and went back to her room to wash up and change.
When he came downstairs drying his hair, his grandmother was changing Luna's dressing.
She gently dipped a cotton swab in iodine and carefully cleaned the wound on Luna's right front paw. Luna curled up slightly in the wicker basket but didn't flinch; instead, she rested her head on her grandmother's wrist and made soft purring sounds.
"alright."
Grandma took off the old gauze, replaced it with a new one, and then put a thin waterproof cover over it before patting its head.
"Change it again tomorrow, and it should be mostly scabbed over by then."
Luna looked down at her bandaged paws, raised her left paw to touch the gauze, and then put it down again.
When Mochizuki Ryou changed her clothes and went downstairs.
Luna's ears twitched first, and it turned its head to look. When it saw the gray and white Hyotei regular team uniform on Mochizuki Ryo, its gaze lingered on him for two seconds, and its tail slowly curled up and tilted to the side.
"How is it?"
Wang Yueling looked at himself in the mirror, then turned to the side and straightened his collar. He used hair gel to style his blond hair into a neat look from front to back.
A few wisps of hair framing her forehead, hanging loosely.
He took out a green headband from his pocket, checked its position in front of the mirror, and tied it diagonally to the left of his forehead, with the end of the headband just above his ear.
The edges of the fabric were already frayed, and the grass green color was very bright under the light.
Finally, put the black wristband on your left wrist.
The embroidery of Rikkai University's emblem should be just right at the edge of the cuff, showing a section of it.
"Isn't he handsome?"
Luna turned her head away.
Wang Yueling walked over, bent down, and poked its ear: "What kind of attitude is this?"
Grandmother stood up from the sofa, walked over to him, reached out and pulled out a small piece of fabric folded in on the right side of his collar, carefully flattened it, and then took half a step back to examine it again.
"Handsome." She nodded, then reached out and removed a loose thread from his side. "What, is Seiichi coming to watch your match today?"
Wang Yueling gave a haughty "hmm" and picked up her phone to take a look without changing her expression.
The screen displays a message that Yukimura had just sent.
[Seishi]: We're off. Rikkai's match venue is in Zone C. I'll go watch your match after I finish.
[Seiichi]: How's Luna today? Did you change her claws' dressing?
As Wang Yueling looked at the message, the corners of his mouth began to turn upwards. He lightly swiped his thumb across the screen; if he had a tail right now, it would probably have been whipping around like a propeller by now.
His grandmother looked up at him, then chuckled, "What are you laughing at? Like you just found some money."
"It's more fun than finding money." Wang Yueling looked down and tapped her phone.
I took a picture of Luna and sent it to her.
In the photo, Luna is lying face up in the wicker basket, with her two front paws on her belly, a piece of bread wrapped around her neck, and her golden lock half-exposed outside the cotton pad.
It had just finished eating cat biscuits, and there were still a few crumbs stuck to its mouth.
Wang Yueling slightly suppressed her smile and typed a reply.
[Ling]: Come over when you're done playing. I'll save you the best spot.
[Ling]: Luna just had her dressing changed, and her wound is almost healed. Grandma made her a new flavor of cat biscuits and also put a gold lock on her, which looks a lot like the one I gave you.
The other side replied very quickly.
[Seiichi]: I saw it. It's so cute. Grandma is so kind.
[Ling]: Of course. But it just tried to climb that giant cat tree, but I held it down.
[Jingshi]: It's only three weeks old.
[Ling]: I said the same thing. It wouldn't listen. Stubborn, just like you.
[Seiichi]: When did I become stubborn?
[Ling]: When did you say? I wasn't fully recovered yesterday and I already wanted to play gravity ball... (Chi-version Mochizuki Ling pointing and gesturing with her ears perked up.jpg)
The input status on the other end flashed twice, then stopped. A few seconds later, a new message popped up.
[Seishi]: Who does Luna get her stubbornness from? Think about it again. (White cat's warning look.jpg)
Wang Yueling stared at the sentence for three seconds, chuckled, and typed a reply.
[Ling]: Okay, whatever you want. They're all stubborn little cats I raised. (Q version of Wangyue Ling holding a small white flag.jpg)
A few seconds later, Yukimura posted another message.
[Seiichi]: Good luck in today's match. Good luck to Luna too.
Wang Yueling stared at the message, his thumb rubbing against the edge of the screen. He glanced out the window; the sun had risen, casting long shadows of the window frame onto the floor.
He replied out of the blue: "[Seiichi looks handsome today too. I haven't seen him yet, but he's sure to be good-looking.]"
The other side remained silent for several seconds this time.
Then they sent a meme of a white cat lying on a pillow with its eyes half-closed, accompanied by the small text: "Going to sleep, do not disturb."
Looking at that expression, Wang Yueling burst out laughing.
He put his phone in his pocket and took one last look at himself in the mirror.
A green headband held down her blonde hair, black wristbands encircled her wrists, and the collar of her coat was slightly open, giving her a neat yet slightly casual look.
Hmm... Seiichi... would definitely think it's handsome too.
After indulging in his narcissism, he turned and glanced at the living room.
Grandma was sitting on the sofa, with Luna on her lap, slowly combing its fur with a small comb. Luna lay on her lap, purring softly with its eyes half-closed, occasionally reaching out its paw to scratch at the comb in Grandma's hand.
"Grandma, I'm leaving." He walked to the door to change his shoes.
Luna's ears twitched, and she looked up.
Seeing that its owner's hand was already on the doorknob, it immediately stood up from its grandmother's lap, its two little legs stepping on her legs, and stretched its neck to look at him.
"Meow."