My Childhood Sweetheart Gradually Puffed Up CH.17
Chapter 17: The Cat Named Banben Spoke (Part Two)
After Wen Yu finished cleaning up, he fetched the cat carrier and forcibly stuffed Banben into it despite its angry meowing.
At this moment, Fu Chengque finally heard somewhat normal cat speech.
Meow? Meow?! Meow!!!
Meow~!
[What’s up? Why are you holding me?]
[What… what are you doing!! Human, what are you doing!]
[Ah… I won’t go in, I won’t! Let me out! Human, I warn you to let me out. I’ve stepped on more humans with my front paws than you’ve ever seen… Ah! Let me out…]
[Please, let me out…]
Fu Chengque’s expression gradually became strange.
Wen Yu carried the cat carrier and set off.
The two chatted and laughed along the way, while Banben remained silent inside the carrier.
“Wen Yu, have you noticed any changes in me recently?”
On the way, Fu Chengque suddenly asked.
“Fu Chengque has been getting more arrogant lately.”
“What kind of answer is that!”
“Aren’t you getting more arrogant?”
“…”
Fu Chengque was speechless for a moment; she had indeed been quite arrogant recently.
“Is it that obvious?”
“Otherwise, don’t you feel like you used to be as cold as an iceberg, but now you’re much livelier?”
“Well, I am sweeter now, and my charm has increased recently, have you noticed?”
“I haven’t.”
“Your neck is fine, but your brain is the problem,” Fu Chengque shook her head with a tut, “I’m getting more arrogant because my strength has increased. You understand? My strength has increased comprehensively, in all aspects, all-round. Mortal, you simply don’t understand.”
“Here we go again?”
“What do you mean, ‘here we go again’?”
“Empress.”
“I’ve always been! That’s my future. My progress is a sign that I’m about to conquer the world and become the Empress!”
Pausing angrily for a moment, she cheered herself up again, “I think I need to make some changes or decorations that match my future Empress status.”
“Such as?” Wen Yu asked curiously.
Fu Chengque tossed her hair lightly. “Such as dyeing this hair golden!”
What?
Golden hair?
Wen Yu suddenly stopped in his tracks, looking at Fu Chengque with a complicated expression.
“No, I don’t think that’s necessary…”
“What’s wrong? Is there anything bad about it?”
“I think your black hair looks pretty…” Wen Yu hesitated before continuing, “And if you dye it golden, I’m afraid of some accident…”
***
All the way to the pet hospital, Fu Chengque couldn’t figure out what accident might happen if she dyed her hair golden, and when she asked Wen Yu repeatedly, he didn’t say.
But she indeed couldn’t dye her hair golden in her senior year of high school, so they would discuss it later.
Wen Yu went to discuss vaccination and sterilization matters with the staff, while Fu Chengque sat with Banben in her arms, waiting.
She hugged Banben, who was unusually docile at the moment, seeming to rely heavily on her. This renewed Fu Chengque’s desire to communicate with it.
Activating her superpower, she tried calling out.
“Banben~”
“Meow~”
[I’m here… Where is this?]
Hearing the familiar yet unfamiliar response, Fu Chengque was pleasantly surprised. It felt like there was a translator in her ears, hearing “meow” but rapidly understanding its meaning in her mind.
“Oh, Banben can speak!”
“Aww, you’re such a good baby, my little darling!”
Holding it tightly.
So moved, this little guy is quite cute.
Banben was a bit surprised by the sudden affection, struggling and meowing a few times.
“What are you doing! Let go, you bad human with long hair on your head!”
“I mean, humans are so annoying. They can’t even speak properly but always like to shout. Understanding when they shout their names is already a great leap forward in inter-species communication!”
Fu Chengque stopped her hand.
Stunned, hearing such profound words from a cat’s mouth, her brain was a bit slow to react.
But then, she felt relieved.
If cats can speak, does it matter what they say?
Damn it, it’s a bit regrettable that Banben can’t understand what she’s saying and can’t converse.
Fortunately, relying solely on the ability to understand Banben’s needs, the Holstein cat gradually became comfortable in her arms.
Meow.
[Not bad, human, although you haven’t evolved language skills, at least you’re sensible.]
[So comfortable.]
It lifted its head, looked at the human holding it seriously, and meowed softly several times.
[This reminds me of my early life. The human I once named Doctor also held me like this.]
[It’s a pity that, although she always tried to communicate with me through research, she wasn’t a sentient being and couldn’t speak. Humans’ evolution is really lacking.]
Fu Chengque’s expression became increasingly strange as she listened.
After a moment of thought, she decided to ask, “Banben, what happened next?”
Banben seemed to understand.
It paused: Meow, meow.
[Oh, humans are making incomprehensible sounds again, but they’ll accompany me. Haha, are you in love with me?]
Banben leaned its head against Fu Chengque’s abdomen, stretched lazily, and let out a long meow.
[Ah~ So comfortable!]
[Let me tell you, I got impatient with the research later. I pressed down with my front paws, squashing several humans, and then ran away. I jumped onto a big ship, crossed the sea, and came here. I really miss the time at sea. I used to enjoy the sea breeze, climb to the top of the mast to watch the sunset, and when I was hungry, I would eat fat rats and catch seabirds. Those were the days of a true cat god.]
[It’s a pity that humans can’t understand such legendary experiences.]
It smacked its lips, as if not fully satisfied with something.
Meow~ Meow~
[But the current days are also good. The new companion is still a genius among humans, which is nice.]
[The annoying thing is the short-haired human on top only stares at the small block and taps on it, not playing with me. I need to find a chance to scratch him!]
New companion? Short-haired on top?
Fu Chengque thought for a moment. The new companion should be her, and the short-haired one on top should be Wen Yu.
Probably no one else can understand Banben’s genius humans like this.
Thinking of this, Fu Chengque’s mood improved.
This superpower is quite interesting after all.
Suddenly, her eyes lit up: perhaps… in the future, she can hear more about Wen Yu from Banben?
After all, it now lives at Wen Yu’s house, where he takes care of it all the time.
In the future, what Banben chats about will very likely involve Wen Yu. So, isn’t she planting an undiscovered ultimate spy next to Wen Yu?!
Hehehe, if she finds even a tiny secret of Wen Yu as leverage…
That would be fun.
Thinking of this, Fu Chengque found Banben even more cute and lively.
“Hehe, little kitty, just stay obediently at Wen Yu’s house, and I’ll bring you delicious food.”
The Holstein cat wagged its tail, indicating that it heard a human barking somewhere.
***
After getting vaccinated and returning home, Fu Chengque was intercepted halfway.
It was a tall girl in hot pants, with her hair tied up high and wearing glasses. There was a resemblance between her and Fu Chengque.
The girl in hot pants saw Fu Chengque first and started shouting from afar.
“Chengque, Qiao’er~”
Fu Chengque was startled for a moment, then immediately reacted, “Wow, cousin, why are you here! Don’t you have classes in university?”
Saying that, the two happily hugged each other.
“I missed you, little beauty, you’ve grown up again.”
“Cousin, you’ve become really beautiful, I almost didn’t recognize you.”
Then Fu Chengque waved to Wen Yu, “Wen Yu, you go back first, sorry, I’m going out to play with my cousin~”
“Yeah, going out to play~ If you’re looking for food, I’ll treat you.”
Before Wen Yu could say anything, Fu Chengque was pulled away.
He wasn’t angry. He actually knew about Fu Chengque’s cousin. She was a passionate university student, studying marketing, currently interning.
University student, cheap; intern, poor; studying marketing, skilled.
Very suitable!
So, is there a possibility that he could bring her in to do something for him…
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