Live Cat Appraisal: Starting with a Beast That's Got a Long Prison Record

Chapter 237 Little Gray in the Bed

whoosh—hiss
whoosh—hiss
Heavy, rapid breathing echoed in Chen Nian's bedroom.

Chen Nian, who was fast asleep, suddenly opened her eyes, her pupils still showing the panic and suffocation of being awakened by a nightmare!

He felt as if a huge rock was pressing on his chest!

"I'm experiencing sleep paralysis?!"

"No...that familiar weight and feel!"

Chen Nian propped his head up and looked down, and sure enough, he saw a large purple fur ball nestled on his chest, fast asleep.

That increasingly robust body, rising and falling slightly with each breath.

This is the source of that 'unbearable weight of life'!

"Oh, it's a leopard-themed mattress!"

"Thank goodness."

Chen Nian suddenly threw off the covers in a fit of anger!

"Aotian! Are you trying to crush your father to death?!"

Xue Aotian, who was having a sweet dream, was caught off guard and suddenly felt the ground beneath him go empty. The leopard, like a giant plush toy, rolled along the tilted blanket towards the foot of the bed, finally stopping with a 'plop' after hitting the railing at the foot of the bed.

Then, it raised its bewildered face, which seemed to be filled with the question, "Who am I?", and looked at Chen Nian.

Chen Nian pointed at Xue Aotian and gasped for breath: "Do you know how much you weigh now! You still think you're a kid!"

Hum!
Xue Aotian cried out in grievance.

She shook her slightly disheveled head, her eyes even carrying a hint of defiance, as if to say:
It's not like I'm the only one betting!
A soft rustling sound—

Just as Chen Nian was preparing to give Xue Aotian a thorough ideological education, a slight noise suddenly came from under the corner of the blanket that had been lifted on the other side.

There was a pop.

Another fluffy little head, with its golden fur that exuded a noble air even when it was messed up from sleeping, slowly emerged.

It was precisely those elusive dots!
It somehow slipped in and joined the 'leopard bed-pressing' operation.

At this moment, he was looking at Chen Nian with a faint look of 'being woken up and very annoyed'.

"Dian Dian! How did you get in here!"

Seeing that Dian Dian was also there, Chen Nian subconsciously turned her head to look at the window.

really!

The window, which had originally been left with only a crack for ventilation, was now wide open, and a constant stream of cold air was blowing in from outside, causing Chen Nian, who was wearing only a thin nightgown, to shiver uncontrollably.

"It's so cold!"

Chen Nian quickly pulled the blanket over herself.

Then he looked at Dian Dian with an accusing expression: "You're just messing around with Xue Aotian too, aren't you!"

Xue Aotian and Diandian exchanged a glance, then very tacitly and obediently lay side by side at the foot of the bed, their fluffy tails wagging behind them in a flattering manner.

Then, their eyes all turned to the middle of the blanket.

There was a slight, barely noticeable bulge there.

"???"

Seeing this scene, Chen Nian suddenly felt a sense of foreboding.

Swish-!
He suddenly yanked the blanket off that section completely!

Under the blanket was Little Grey, fast asleep!
Little Grey was lying on his side on the mattress, his body perfectly curled into a big, sturdy gray ball. The blanket was suddenly pulled back, and the warm protection vanished instantly. The cold air rushed in, causing Little Grey to unconsciously curl up even tighter in his sleep.

At the same time, it hugged its head and ears with its forelimbs.

Its fluffy tail also wrapped tightly around its body, trying to retain the last bit of warmth and sleepiness.

"..." Chen Nian looked at the scene of 'catching the culprit red-handed' and her face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

So it was a gang operation, huh?!
Noticing that Chen Nian's face was getting darker and darker, and realizing that something was wrong, Dian Dian immediately and cautiously stretched out her little paws and gently patted the still-lying-in-bed Xiao Hui Hui with her paw pads.

Wake up!
Wake up! The truth has come out!
Ok?
Little Grey peeked out of its ball-shaped form, still half asleep.

He glanced sleepily at Xue Aotian and Diandian, who were sitting upright in front of him, frantically winking at him.

What happened, meow?
Where is my blanket?
Its brain seems to be still booting up and loading.

Until it felt a cold, murderous gaze fixed firmly on it from behind.

Little Grey stiffly turned its head away.

It met Chen Nian's face, which was as black as the bottom of a pot and had a forced, unsmiling expression.

Meow!

Little Grey instantly became fully awake!
Realizing that its plan had been completely exposed, its survival instinct was instantly activated. It immediately exerted all its strength in its limbs, trying to jump off the bed and escape the 'scene'.

"Trying to run?! Too late!"

As soon as Little Grey made a move, Chen Nian caught it back with lightning speed.

Little Grey, who was being lifted into the air, still tried to deny it.

It dared not look Chen Nian in the eye at all, its little eyes constantly glancing to the side, muttering to itself as if it were complaining about the unreliable behavior of its two 'teammates'.

After a while.

Xue Aotian, Diandian, and Xiao Huihui squatted side by side at the foot of the bed, like primary school students being punished to stand.

The three furry heads were all hanging down.

His ears drooped down, giving him a cowardly, defiant look that said, "We know we were wrong, but we might do it again next time."

Chen Nian, wrapped in a blanket, sat cross-legged in front of them.

The ten-minute "education on love" began.

Ten minutes later, after having had her fill of hands-on activities, Chen Nian opened the door and pointed outside.

"Get out of here!"

The three little ones felt as if they had been granted a pardon!
Ignoring their messy fur, they jumped off the bed one after another and ran outside in a row.

They were afraid that if they fell behind even a step, they would be dragged back for another baptism of love.

This scene was witnessed by Xia Qiyue, who came out of the opposite room. She blinked and asked, "Why are Dian Dian and Xiao Hui Hui coming out of Chen Nian's room?"

"Did we...slept together last night?!"

Inside the room, after kicking the three little ones out, Chen Nian tidied up the room properly.

Then he walked to the window.

As he expected, there were several small, dotted plum blossom-shaped footprints clearly imprinted on the windowsill.

At the same time, Chen Nian also felt a little strange.

The two little ones had sneaked in to play with Xue Aotian before, but they had never stayed overnight, let alone Xiao Huihui crawling into his blanket to sleep.

When Chen Nian looked up, intending to close the window, she suddenly froze.

The world outside the window had completely changed its appearance at some point!

Everything in sight was covered with a uniform and clean white layer!
Rooftops, courtyards, distant mountains, nearby trees.
Everything was covered in silver!
In the air, tiny, delicate snowflakes, like fairies, drifted silently and gracefully, painting the entire world like a pure, tranquil, and dreamlike fairytale world!

It's snowing?!

Almost simultaneously, the sound of a front door being pulled open came from downstairs, followed by Xia Qiyue's joyful and excited cheers, which echoed crisply in the quiet snow courtyard:
It's snowing!!!

(Let me see who hasn't voted for them yet~)

(End of this chapter)