Chapter 219: You’re Hurt, Aren’t You Going To Kill It?
Zhou Wenxuan and Nan Yuanman stared at each other wide-eyed for a good while.
Nan Yuanman’s gaze couldn’t help but fall on his head, then on his face, her expression growing more and more surprised.
This little brother, she surprisingly couldn’t see through his facial physiognomy and destiny!
So rare!
Zhou Wenxuan calmly observed Nan Yuanman, his face showing curiosity at the right moment, and asked her again: “What are you doing here?”
“Catching kitty.” Nan Yuanman blinked, withdrawing her gaze from him, turning her head to look into the bushes, coaxing: “Meow meow don’t be afraid, I won’t hurt you, come out okay?”
Zhou Wenxuan slowly approached her and squatted with her to look into the bush.
Inside was a huddled white kitten, shrinking its body backward, its blue eyes fixed tightly on the hand reaching toward it, a low growl coming from its throat, baring its teeth at them in some fear.
Zhou Wenxuan glanced at the kitten and looked curiously at Nan Yuanman: “It’s just an animal, why not just get a servant to help? Why catch it yourself? Aren’t you afraid it will hurt you?”
He paused, then added: “My mom said cats and dogs in the wild have lots of bacteria, if you’re scratched, you have to get lots of shots, aren’t you scared?”
Nan Yuanman looked at him puzzled: “For something I can do myself, why trouble others? It’s an animal sure, but it’s also a life.”
“As long as I’m careful and don’t let it scratch me, it’s fine. If you’re scared, just stay far away!”
Nan Yuanman said kindly.
“I’m not scared, I’ll help you catch it.” Zhou Wenxuan said, and before Nan Yuanman could react, he suddenly stood up and strode into the bush, moving quickly, grabbing the kitten that was about to flee by the neck.
He gripped the kitten’s neck tightly and lifted it up from the ground, handing it to Nan Yuanman: “Here.”
The frightened kitten struggled wildly in discomfort, letting out shrill meows.
The meowing seemed to make Zhou Wenxuan uncomfortable, and the hand pinching the kitten’s neck used a bit more force.
Nan Yuanman jumped in fright and quickly snatched the kitten from his hand: “Don’t pinch its neck like that! It’ll feel bad!”
The kitten still struggled in terror in Nan Yuanman’s hands, its sharp claws scratching her fair tender hand back.
Zhou Wenxuan’s gaze fell on her injured hand back: “It’s bleeding.”
He stared at Nan Yuanman, his eyes holding an expectation she couldn’t understand.
Nan Yuanman frowned: “If it’s bleeding, it’s bleeding, a little blood won’t kill me.”
A trace of disappointment showed on Zhou Wenxuan’s face: “You’re not going to kill it?”
Nan Yuanman: “?”
A sudden vigilance toward Zhou Wenxuan rose in her heart, along with an inexplicable rejection.
Nan Yuanman held the kitten and took a big step back: “You’re so weird, always talking about killing, like that big pervert in the TV series.”
Zhou Wenxuan: “…”
“I’m not a pervert.”
“Perverts all say they’re not perverts.” Nan Yuanman looked around and found that the staff in doll costumes who had been nearby were gone, leaving only her and Zhou Wenxuan in this spot.
Nan Yuanman felt a chill in her heart, held the kitten and turned to run: “Thanks for helping me catch the cat, I gotta pee, bye!”
Zhou Wenxuan didn’t chase, standing in place quietly watching her leave.
He lowered his eyes to where Nan Yuanman had squatted earlier, a mocking arc slowly hooking up at the corner of his mouth: “Ominous Star…”
“Heh…”
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Only after Nan Yuanman left that area did the noisy cheers and laughter, like being wrapped in a membrane, surge into her ears.
Nan Yuanman held the now quiet kitten, recalling Zhou Wenxuan’s various words and actions, feeling he was more and more strange.
She secretly noted him in her mind, deciding to be extra vigilant in future situations with him around.
“Oh my little ancestor! These are the clothes you just changed into! How did you get them dirty!” Feng Jingcheng, who had come out looking for her after not seeing her in the room, went dark-eyed at her dirty state and couldn’t help letting out a shriek.
“And where did the cat in your arms come from?!”
The kitten, finally calmed, saw Feng Jingcheng and warily bared its teeth at him again, ears flattened like airplane ears: “Meow…”
“Hee hee, Sixth Brother~” Nan Yuanman gave him a fawning smile, slipped her hand under the kitten’s armpits, and lifted it up entirely: “I saw its hind leg was injured, and there was no cat mom around, so I went and caught it.”
“The world’s absolute best best best best Sixth Brother, can you take it to Uncle Su for me, have Uncle Su check its hind leg wound?”
At these words, Feng Jingcheng’s anger vanished, the corners of his mouth uncontrollably quirking up: “Fine, for calling me the best brother, I’ll take it to Uncle Su.”
“Hurry and change the clothes on you, the ceremony is about to start.”
Feng Jingcheng spoke while taking the kitten from her hand by the scruff of its neck; the kitten, which had been baring teeth and growling, instantly quieted.
Only after taking the kitten did he notice the scratch on Nan Yuanman’s hand back, immediately exclaiming: “How did your hand get hurt?!”
“Scratched once, doesn’t hurt, it’ll be fine soon!” Nan Yuanman said while taking a medicine talisman from her flower petal small shoulder bag and sticking it on.
The scratched wound healed at a visible speed.
Feng Jingcheng finally relaxed, grumbling inwardly as he held Nan Yuanman’s hand to first get her to change into a new set of clothes, then handed the kitten to Su Zerun who had come to the banquet.
Su Zerun holding the kitten: “…Jingcheng, is there a possibility I’m a doctor for people? Not for animals?”
Feng Jingcheng: “Aren’t humans also a kind of animal? Just treat it like a person.”
What he said was so reasonable, he was speechless.
While Nan Yuanman was dragged back to change clothes, Zhou Wenxuan also returned to his parents’ side.
Zhou family’s eldest son Zhou Yongfeng and his wife Zhuo Lerong hurriedly pulled Zhou Wenxuan and asked: “Axuan, where did you go just now? Did you meet any other Feng family members?”
Zhou Wenxuan quietly shook his head: “No.”
Zhuo Lerong squatted down, straightening Zhou Wenxuan’s slightly crooked bow tie, and said softly: “Axuan, seeing the Feng family’s setup, Feng Congqian must really value this biological daughter they found, listen to mom, you must get on good terms with her, got it?”
Zhou Wenxuan: “Got it, Mom.”
He certainly would get on ‘good terms’ with Nan Yuanman.
On the eve of the banquet starting, the atmosphere in the Feng family study room was unusually heavy, as Feng Congqian video called Feng Xingchi: “Jiang Tianzong and Jiang Xinxin still not found?”
“No.” Feng Xingchi’s face was solemn, somewhat ugly: “I only traced them leaving the airport, no trace after that, like they vanished into thin air.”
“Dad, for this family reunion banquet, send more people to protect Yuanman, I suspect Jiang Tianzong will bring Jiang Xinxin to make trouble.”
