Not a god

Chapter 242 The Unremarkable Director Chen
A group of aunts and uncles surrounded Yiyi, making it impossible for her to get through.

This person wanted to hug her, that person hugged her again, and the little girl was being carried around for a long time without being able to get down. Her little face puffed up, and when others saw it, they thought, "Oh, she's even cuter!" and everyone would reach out and poke her cheeks.

She shook her head to stop them from poking her, her two little braids swinging back and forth.

"Yiyi, Yiyi doesn't want to play!"

"Yiyi, don't want to be hugged."

"Save Yiyi! Daddy, save Yiyi!"

Every time she plays with her mother and gets trapped and can't escape, she calls out to Chen Xi for help like this. It's very cartoonish, and when she shouts it out, it sounds silly and only provokes the perverse sense of humor of these aunts and uncles.

Chen Hongying, as the eldest aunt, stepped forward and rescued her. Little Chen Yi then ran behind the counter and hugged her father's leg.

The female students looked at the man wiping the tables behind the counter and saw that the store manager was an excessively young man. However, he was Chen Hongying's cousin, so his youth was normal.

Suddenly, the exquisitely beautiful white cat, almost elven-like, jumped onto the counter and meowed twice at the shop owner. The owner smiled gently, reached out, and stroked the cat, whispering:
"That's how cat cafes are. If you don't want to be touched, have your underlings do it. Just stay away yourself."

“Meow meow meow—”

"It's okay, there are still a few days before we open, you can train them for a few more days."

"Meow meow meow~"

"can."

The person and the cat seemed to have really communicated, exchanging words back and forth, and then the cat jumped away again and ran off somewhere.

Cheng Borui looked at him with a puzzled expression: "Cousin, how come you seem to be able to really talk to cats?"

Chen Xi didn't hide anything: "I can understand what she's saying."

"What? You can really understand... Huh? Is this your innate ability? To communicate with small animals?"

Chen Xi looked at Ji Jialiang and asked, "Brother Liang, what would you like to drink?"

"Ah, a latte will do."

Cheng Borui persisted: "Hey, what did you just say to it?"

"She said you guys are annoying, and then said she was going to get a cat treat, and I agreed."

"Really?" he asked, half-believing.

Sure enough, the same Snow Princess emerged from the corner, carrying a cat treat in her mouth. With her tail held high and her posture elegant, she jumped back onto the table, handed the cat treat to Chen Xi, and looked up at him, ready to be fed.

The girls were amazed and wanted to come up and pet the cat.

Chen Xi stopped her, saying, "Xue Ji is the boss of the shop. If she doesn't want to be touched, we can't force her. If you want to interact with any of the cats in the shop, you can talk to her about it."

"Wow, that's amazing!"

Is this cat that smart?

"My cousin really understands what the cat is saying? What kind of ability is that?"

"..." How did I suddenly become a group of people's cousins?

People with extraordinary abilities are now incredibly diverse, almost like we've entered an era of superpowers, and everyone is used to all sorts of fancy and unusual skills.

Chen Xi ignored them. He seemed aloof and cold, so they weren't bothered by her ignoring them. They just chattered away as they went to pet the cat.

The boys came along too; they were having a class reunion today and had agreed to meet here to discuss where to go later.

Chen Hongying then came over to complain about some trivial matters in her hometown, such as why her grandparents were disobedient, why there were fewer and fewer people in the village, and how her parents were pressuring her to get married.

He poured out his grievances.

Among the three generations of children in the Chen family, Chen Hongying is much older than the others. Even Chen Xi, the second oldest, is four or five years older. When she was little, she couldn't play with her younger siblings. Only Chen Xi could play with her. Although the two siblings disliked each other, they actually talked a lot every time they met.

"They actually arranged for me to go on a blind date? Unbelievable, is it really that urgent?"

Chen Xi glanced at her and said, "You're not young anymore; you're 29 this year."

She paused, pinching her chin, then shrank back somewhat sheepishly. She found it all quite amazing and started saying some silly things:
"Hey, how come I'm almost 30 already? I feel like I just graduated from college!"

"Auntie, Auntie!"

Chen Hongying looked down and saw the little girl holding up her hand, offering her two small cookies. Her expression was something like this: Ｏ(≧▽≦)Ｏ "Give them to your aunt!"

Chen Hongying's heart melted, and she reached out to take it, but Chen Xi snatched it away.

"What are you doing? My niece gave it to me!"

"That's for Xiao Huang to eat."

Who is Xiao Huang?

"That little golden retriever over there."

"..."

“My daughter can run and jump now, Chen Hongying, you’re really not young anymore.”

Chen Hongying felt stifled and stubbornly retorted, "This isn't your biological child..."

"I am married."

"..."

"Wanwan is currently trying to conceive."

"Really?" She glanced over there, holding her phone and banging it on, giving the girl who had been covering for Jiang Xiaowan a look.

In her mind, Jiang Wanwan was still a little girl who kept calling him "brother" and whining all the time; the concept of "preparing for pregnancy" was something that was very far removed from her.

She said she had mixed feelings.

She then felt a pang of sadness, realizing that she was indeed getting on in years.

"Do you think I'm really going to have to go back to blind dates?"

"Is no one pursuing you?"

"It's really strange, there isn't a single one!"

"..."

Chen Xi raised an eyebrow, sensing something was amiss, and turned to glance at Ji, who was chatting with his classmates.

Based on his years of experience listening to gossip, he could tell who was interested in whom with just a few words. How could he have gotten it wrong?

I thought this person might be a good match, and I could try to bring them together, but it seems that neither of us is interested.

Since that's the case, then forget it. Auntie's task is beyond completion.

"Wait a minute, why are you interfering with whether or not I date?"

Chen Hongying looked at him suspiciously: "Did my mom say something to you?"

Chen Xi rolled her eyes at her, indicating that she couldn't be bothered with her and wouldn't feel guilty even if she was discovered.

The two siblings chatted for a while, and their classmates talked about where they were going to go. Cheng Borui then asked, "Cousin, is it really possible to get tickets to the semi-finals?"

In his mind, this younger cousin was still a child, but now he actually opened a shop and got involved in a big organization like the Youth Federation. It felt a bit unreal.

Ji Jialiang also said, "How much does the ticket cost? It must not have been easy for you to get an internal ticket, right? I'll give it back to you."

"no need."

“Ai’ai, cousin, I know you best at your age. You’ve only been working for a short time and you like to act rich. There’s really no need for that!”

In his view, although his cousin was an insider and could get tickets at a slightly lower price, getting so many tickets would still be a considerable expense.

Chen Xi glanced at him, handed him the coffee she had brewed, and told him to keep quiet.

The following day, the Tianmingren League, Jiangcheng semi-finals.

Chen Hongying led her classmates into the VIP room, overlooking the entire venue. There were nearly 100,000 spectators below, and various advanced live streaming projection devices were flying around the stadium.

The host was introducing the judges for today's semi-finals, who were seated in their respective positions.
These included provincial leaders, the old Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain, the publicly acknowledged fourth-order King, the Provincial Public Security Bureau, and other heavyweight figures, as well as an unremarkable director of the Youth Federation.

"..."

(End of this chapter)