ROLM 10

Chapter 10: Kick You Out of Bed

When the night finally came, Wen Cheng felt depressed. 

Dinner was a fish made by Yu Linfei. He didn’t know if it was intentional, but though the salt content wasn’t very much, compared to the dry cat food… it was much better. 

He felt satisfied in his small stomach. Wen Cheng lay on the table and watched Yu Linfei eat and licked his paws to clean them, relaxed and leisurely.

Yu Linfei slowly ate his warmed-up leftovers from noon and looked at Wen Cheng’s satisfied expression, reaching out to touch his head, “Where do you want to sleep?”

… Of course… in the bedroom. Wen Cheng gave Yu Linfei a glance, did he want to sleep alone in the living room? He might freeze to death on such a cold day.

“Well then, you’ll sleep with me.” Accustomed to Wen Cheng’s human-like nature, Yu Linfei shrugged, “Was the fish delicious?”

“Meow.” Pushing the plate towards Yu Linfei, Wen Cheng stood up from the table and yawned, jumping to Yu Linfei’s knees.

“… Eating and sleeping, are you a pig or a cat?” Yu Linfei smiled as he looked at the fluffy ball on his lap, poking the tip of his nose. “Silly Little Black.”

You are silly, your whole family is silly! Grabbing the tip of Yu Linfei’s finger in his mouth, Wen Cheng ground at it gently with his milk teeth, but didn’t exert any force… Who knew what would happen to him if he really were to bit Yu Linfei.

Not knowing that his image had become a two-faced person in the eyes of the cat, Yu Linfei didn’t pull out his finger. He let Wen Cheng hold it, feeling Wen Cheng’s soft tongue gliding gently over his finger and the small teeth poking his skin. Smiling, Yu Linfei reached out and hugged Wen Cheng. 

“You aren’t weaned are you, sucking on fingers?” Playing with the soft fur on Wen Cheng’s forehead, Yu Linfei’s expression was extremely loving, “Do you want me to find you a nursing bottle to drink milk from?”

“… Meowu.” Wen Cheng was too lazy and drunk off of food and drowsiness to care about Yu Linfei. He found a comfortable posture in Yu Linfei’s embrace and slept deeply, only vaguely feeling that Yu Linfei had put him down in a soft place. 

“… You must think that if I turn over on top of you at night, I won’t crush you.” Yu Linfei looked on helplessly at Little Black, who looked like a black fur ball on the middle of the bed. He gently moved the sleeping kitten to a place closer to the side of the bed, but before he even took his hand away… the little thing that was supposed to be sleeping actually moved back to the middle of the bed, eyes closed.

… What was happening? Yu Linfei sighed and said more to himself than to Little Black, “Are you going to steal the bed from me? How on Earth did I offend you?”

Naturally, there was no answer. Even if there was an answer, it would just be a meow. Looking at the cat in the middle of the bed, Yu Linfei decided to take a bath first and worry about his cat after. 

Really, Yu Linfei didn’t know why he allowed his pet to sleep in his own bed. Although he hadn’t had a pet before, he’d heard about the germs and parasites on animals. He clearly knew that he should drive Little Black, this lazy cat, to sleep on the sofa, but he couldn’t bear it when it was actually time to sleep. 

How cold would it be, shrinking into a tiny ball on the sofa, and Little Black was so small and stupid. He could easily fall off. If Yu Linfei didn’t do something, what would happen to him?

As he found excuses for himself in his heart, Yu Linfei felt rather bewildered as he wiped his wet hair with a towel. He Yi really sent him trouble… but this trouble… seemed pretty good. 

Sitting on the bed and turning on the lamp on the headboard, Yu Linfei put on his glasses and began to look at the documents in his hand. He spent his day on Little Black, so many work matters had been delayed. 

But when Yu Linfei was looking intently at the report, a fluffy thing crawled along his clothes and into his pajamas…

“Ah.” Shocked, Yu Linfei’s papers were scattered all over the bed. His eyes widened, surprised to see from the light that… his own cat, this god of rage that was sleeping in his house… actually climbed into his pajamas…

“Little Black!” Yu Linfei didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at Wen Cheng’s actions. He unbuttoned his pajamas and lifted the snoring (1) and sound asleep Wen Cheng out of his clothes. 

“This sleeping position… are you forcing me to make a bed for you sooner?” Yu Linfei wanted to wake Wen Cheng up, but hesitated for a while and still didn’t do it… Watching Wen Cheng comfortably sleeping, bubbles almost blowing out of his nose, Yu Linfei unexpectedly felt his heart go soft again. He put Wen Cheng next to his pillow and covered him with a blanket. 

“… Crawling around everywhere.” Discovering for the first time that cats could sleepwalk, Yu Linfei buttoned up his pajamas and picked up the documents scattered across the bed. 

… Was it so simple to solve a problem? Yu Linfei, you’re so naive…

Dreaming that he was chasing a butterfly, Wen Cheng began to arch and stretch again. After a lot of hard work, he finally made his way… into Yu Linfei’s clothes. 

Yu Linfei was calm the second time, lifting up his shirt without expression. Looking at Wen Cheng exerting extraordinary effort to arch and wriggle around randomly… he felt powerless.

Although the fluffy touch didn’t bother him, it was too much to let his cat sleep on his stomach… What was it? Yu Linfei, who couldn’t find the words, felt very anxious. He silently let Wen Cheng crawl up to his chest from his abdomen. At last, he panted as his small head was revealed at Yu Linfei’s collar. 

Panting… What was he dreaming about…Yu Linfei squeezed the corners of his eyes with his hand and decided not to care about his cat for now. If he continued wasting time with his cat, he wouldn’t be able to finish work today.

Yu Linfei let Little Black find a comfortable spot on his chest and lie down, then picked up the document and looked at them again. The best way to deal with Wen Cheng now… was probably just to ignore him. 

Meanwhile in the dream, Wen Cheng finally grabbed the butterfly and stuffed it in his mouth… tastes good… hmm… it’s slippery… hmm… really tasty… eh?

Yu Linfei once again found that indulging Wen Cheng was equivalent to putting oneself in a pit… Wen Cheng had already licked his chest enough to make it wet… The little tongue stretched out and licked happily and sweetly, squinted eyes bent into happy curves. It seemed like Yu Linfei’s chest was a delicious fish, he wanted to lick, lick, bite, and… swallow it down. 

“Huh.” Apart from crying and laughing, he really didn’t know what expression to make. Yu Linfei unbuttoned his clothes and lifted the naughty cat out of clothes once again.

“I really want to beat you up…” Looking at the still-sleeping Wen Cheng, Yu Linfei felt like he was punching cotton. 

Laying Wen Cheng next to him, Yu Linfei took a deep breath and told himself… if Wen Cheng crawled on him again… he would kick the badly sleeping cat out… out to the sofa…

In his sleep, Wen Cheng seemed to feel that Yu Linfei’s emotions were about to explode, so he obediently curled up, wrapped up in his blankets, and smacked his mouth happily. 

Yu Linfei naturally didn’t know that Wen Cheng had finally eaten the butterfly he’d been chasing for a long time. He looked at the invitation clipped on top of the reports, he held it and frowned.

“Hey,” Having put a call through on the phone, Yu Linfei’s tone was very cold, “Teng Fengyu, what’s going on?”

“It’s your father’s order.” Teng Fengyu was about to sleep when Yu Linfei called, so his voice was bleary, “Whatever rotten dance party, don’t go if you don’t want to. No one will force you.”

“That’s easy to say.” Yu Linfei laughed bitterly, “If I don’t give even this much face to my father, he’ll cut me off. Can I not go?”

“What do you think is good about Qin Xin?” Teng Fengyu also felt puzzled by Yu Linfei’s father’s intentions, “Stupid and has a bad character, apart from her figure and appearance… Hey, you don’t think your father has been looking at her butt as good for having babies, do you??” (2)

“…” Listening to Teng Fengyu’s slightly teasing words, Yu Linfei raised his eyebrows, “I suspect that Qin Xin’s father promised something to my father.”

“What could he promise?” Teng Fengyu was stunned, “Qin Xin would be marrying into your house, what special benefits could they give you?”

“I don’t know.” Yu Linfei obviously didn’t care about this, “What about the cat bed I asked you to order?”

“Ah…?” Pausing at Yu Linfei’s sudden change of topic, Teng Fengyu said, “Wasn’t it with Qin Xin, she didn’t bring it to you?”

“Order me another one,” Yu Linfei said after hearing Qin Xin’s name. “Send it to me tomorrow.”

“Are you really going to keep a cat?” Teng Fengyu asked in surprise. 

“Yes,” Yu Linfei responded, looking at the Little Black sleeping on the bed. His tone softened without him even noticing, “A lovely little black cat, I’ll show you when I have the chance.”

“Come on, you’d better let me sleep soon.” Teng Fengyu yawned before smiling wryly, “I have to get up early tomorrow.”

“Okay, good night.” Hanging up the phone, Yu Linfei put the reading information aside and turned off the light. Tonight, he really had to pay attention to his sleeping posture. If he crushed his cat, he’s afraid that it’d be his own heart that hurts. 

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A picture of Wen Cheng sleeping…. _(:з」∠)_ the tender heart is soft. 

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1. Literally “hūlū hūlū”, an onomatopoeia for snoring.

2. Popular phrase/myth “屁股大好生娃” that having a bigger butt is good for having a baby. An English equivalent would be like childbearing hips. I don’t think it’s true, but…