Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Jiang Lan and Xue Meng went back to the Sub-district office smoothly, and there was no weird incident of picking up money on the ground along the way. After going out to work, it was close to the off-duty time when they returned, and Xiao Xiaoyu was not seen at the lobby reception, so the two walked straight to the office.
As soon as they arrived at the door, they heard Xiao Xiaoyu pinching her throat and talking in a soft voice: “Little baby, eat slowly. Don’t worry, this bag is yours…”
Xue Meng reacted before he arrived: “Xiao Xiaoyu, are you bewitched?”
Xiao Xiaoyu turned her head and sneered: “I think your skin is itchy.”
Xue Meng was about to retort when he saw the creature on the table and jumped in fright: “Fuck, where did you get a beast as a prisoner? Knowing the law and still breaking the law, you will be punished.”
——On Xiao Xiaoyu’s desk, a chubby lion cub the size of a grown man’s fist was sitting with his back to the door, holding a piece of corn sausage in his arms and gnawing on it.
Suan Ni turned his head when he heard the sound, met Jiang Lan’s shocked eyes, and immediately tilted his head and called out: “Meow.”
Xue Meng: ???
What breed of lion was this?
“I just said you’re blind and you still don’t admit it.” Xiao Xiaoyu sneered, and nodded Suan Ni’s head: “This is Jiang Lan’s cat.”
As if responding to her words, Suan Ni meowed again twice.
The voice was straight and round, and the meow was really like meowing.
Jiang Lan met his younger brother’s innocent eyes, and the corners of his mouth twitched, and he could only make up the words: “It’s my cat. He’s too young, so I brought him to work because I was worried.”
Xue Meng leaned closer to look at Suan Ni carefully, and tentatively poked his round ears: “At first glance, I thought it was a little lion. Is there another cat like this? What breed is it?”
“…A friend gave it to me, saying it is a new variety cultivated abroad, but I don’t know what kind it is.”
Xue Meng scratched Suan Ni’s chin and said in surprise: “Aren’t you so good? You have the guts to sit in a prison for the pleasure of raising a beast.”
Suan Ni squinted his eyes contentedly, pushed his fingers away from his head, and jumped nimbly from the tabletop to Jiang Lan with his small paws, then he climbed onto his shoulders and squatted down. After which he meowed and rubbed his head against him.
Xiao Xiaoyu felt sour: “I also want to have this kind of cute cat.”
After talking about the process of finding the kitten, she couldn’t help but condemn Jiang Lan: “You just locked the cat in the bag, it’s too easy to cause accidents. And you didn’t feed him at noon, right? The cat was starved.”
Suan Ni was sleeping at the time, so Jiang Lan did not feed him. Originally, he wanted to get him something to eat after he woke up, but he didn’t expect to be delayed when he went out to work. Who would have thought that Suan Ni would wake up by such a coincidence and let Xiao Xiaoyu find out.
He scratched his face: “I was negligent, I’ll let him stay at home next time.”
Unexpectedly, Xiao Xiaoyu immediately jumped up and objected: “Don’t. You bring it here. How pitiful it is to be a left-behind cat at such a young age. We can still feed him together in the office.”
Jiang Lan was a little hesitant, he had never heard of any unit that allowed pets at work, so he was all sneaky when bringing Suan Ni here today.
On the other hand, Uncle Zhou, who was watching the excitement, said slowly when he saw this: “Xiao Yu is right, such a small cub, adults won’t feel at ease leaving it at home. Director Cheng is very open-minded, your situation is special, I’ll just go and talk about it for you.”
Jiang Lan met his knowing gaze, remembering that Director Cheng had told him in the morning that Uncle Zhou was not an ordinary person either. So he guessed that the other party should know that Suan Ni was not a pet, but a family member.
He smiled gratefully at Uncle Zhou: “Then thank you Uncle Zhou.”
Uncle Zhou waved his hand, turned around and continued playing minesweeper.
Jiang Lan and Xue Meng wrote a simple report on their errand in the afternoon, and then it was time to get off work.
Uncle Zhou was old and didn’t get involved in the entertainment of young people. Only the three of them went out to have dinner together.
Suan Ni still stayed in Jiang Lan’s bag, but this time Xiao Xiaoyu stuffed a lot of ham and jerky and other small snacks into the bag, so he nestled in the bag happily and ate alone.
The place for dinner was a crayfish restaurant. May was the season for fat crayfish, and the restaurant was doing promotional activities again, so there were already many people sitting in the small restaurant.
The three of them were ushered to the empty seats by the window by the waiter and they began to order.
They ordered crayfish, minced garlic, sweet and spicy, one each, two plates of appetizers, and a pint of beer. The three of them ate very happily.
Jiang Lan thought that the beer belonged to him and Xue Meng, but Xiao Xiaoyu looked at them quietly, and when she drank it, she was very domineering. She drank six bottles by herself, and her eyes were clear and she did not seem at all drunk. However, Xue Meng, who had previously boasted about being an experienced drinker, blushed after drinking three bottles, and shouted that he couldn’t do it anymore.
Xiao Xiaoyu laughed at him unceremoniously.
The three of them ate shrimp and drank alcohol, chatted and spanked, until all they said were unnutritious slobbers.
But Jiang Lan felt relaxed and happy for the first time in a long time.
When he was in the Dragon Palace, Uncle Gui took care of his food, clothing, housing and transportation all by himself, and had the best food, but he was not that happy.
The eldest brother and the fourth brother ran a company in human society, so they were so busy that they could only come home once a week. Xiao Jiu didn’t come out of the nest all year round and slept in the shell. Suan Ni couldn’t transform into human form, and he was actually the only one in the huge Dragon Palace.
He had no friends, couldn’t go out, and had been staying in the deep underwater dragon palace for many years, with only Suan Ni to accompany him.
Looking at Xue Meng and Xiao Xiaoyu, who were drunk and still bickering, Jiang Lan narrowed his eyes and laughed. He was suddenly glad that he mustered up the courage to take the first step, walked out of the Dragon Palace that sheltered him, and stepped into this bustling city.
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The three of them ate until after nine o’clock in the evening before finally enjoying themselves enough.
Xue Meng’s drinking capacity was too poor, and he was completely drunk. Jiang Lan helped him to wait at the door, while Xiao Xiaoyu went to pay the bill. Before they came, they agreed to have dinner in AA[1], so there would be no dispute over who should pay the bill.
Xiao Xiaoyu came back after paying the bill, with a happy expression on her face: “We are lucky, we happened to be the 199th table tonight, and the shopkeeper said that our bill is free.” She shook her phone: “We didn’t spend a penny!”
Jiang Lan frowned, thinking of the 800 yuan he picked up in the afternoon, and then thinking of the free bill in the evening, he always felt that he was too lucky. He instinctively suspected that there was something weird about this fortune stone bracelet. But this time it was Xiao Xiaoyu who paid the bill, and he was a little uncertain for a while.
But he soon lost the concentration to think about it – Xue Meng, who was drunk, had already started singing a song.
He had no choice but to catch the drunken Xue Meng back, then he watched Xiao Xiaoyu get into the car first and go home. Only then did he stop a taxi car and stuffed Xue Meng in. Xue Meng was so drunk that he might not be able to go home alone, so he simply took him to his house for a night.
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