I, the little cat, am a substitute for others who are starving and thin

"Meow?" Yimi blinked.

"I do not know."

Shiori nodded gently. "Although I'm not in a position to persuade Origami, I still hope that if I can see her again, Origami can have a good talk with her. She's not a bad kid. There must be something else behind what happened back then..."

She knew the reminder was subtle, not even highlighting Origami's hatred of elves. But she felt helpless. Adding more would only expose Origami's scars rather than reminding Yimi.

There was only silence in response to Shizhi, and the air was filled with visible awkwardness.

ps: I overslept, the second update may be a little later...4

Chapter 18: Sickness

"Then I'll take my leave first."

Shizhi stood up and took his leave.

"Then I'll take my leave first... Hell! Why are you leaving like this?" Qin Li scolded through the headphones.

Shiori sighed, "There's no other way. It seems Yimi doesn't like me. If I say too much and Origami shows her displeasure, she might even start a fight..."

She couldn't talk to Yimi alone in front of Origami, and she couldn't say too much in front of Origami either.

Although she is the main person in the strategy of conquering elves, she considers herself to be a normal human being and cannot only take care of elves and ignore the feelings of ordinary friends.

Shiori patted his head.

That's not right. She shouldn't have brought up Yoshino at all. Origami hated elves, so how could she have made such a mistake...

Even if I awkwardly claim to be a relative of Teacher Lingyin on the spot and say that I will leave the cat to her care, it will be more acceptable to both the man and the cat. But will this make Yimi find out that Miss Lingyin is related to me and make her lose her favorability towards me?

Anything said at this point will be in hindsight.

"I'm sorry to bother you. Never mind. You can only look for another opportunity later." Kotori comforted her through the headphones.

……

Did Shiori just mean that he wanted a cat too?

I'll buy one for her when I get back.

Origami looked down at the remaining unopened packages. Most of them were cat toys. They were clearly similar to baby toys, but the prices were completely different.

She took apart a transparent disc-shaped object. It was not the kind that you throw out and then pick up. There were many secret compartments of different shapes on the disc that were interconnected and adjustable. It was a very difficult little toy in the pet world.

Origami grabbed the cat food that the cat hadn't finished eating and put it in the secret compartment. Then he turned it around several times in front of the cat to adjust it, and finally put it in front of Yimi and waited for her to open it herself.

"Meow?"

Yimi looked down at the disk.

Without paying any attention, he stood up and jumped onto the table, opened the cat food can with his teeth and front paws, and ate it directly.

"..."

I don’t know whether this means the cat is smart or not.

"A-choo!" Origami sneezed again.

Her nose can't breathe. Her body should not be able to get sick all year round.

Origami took out the leftover medicine from his previous cold from the cupboard and drank it with boiled water.

The drowsiness brought by the drug immediately came over him, and even though he had just gotten up, Origami lay back down, ready to rush through the morning.

In the living room, the sound of Yimi hitting the cat toys with her meow fist was very obvious, but this could not stop the girl from feeling extremely sleepy.

While she was half asleep, she had a very bizarre dream. She dreamed that the cat she had just picked up the day before killed two swallows by driving a bus. In order to prevent her from discovering the cat, she hid the swallows in a plastic bottle and put it in the refrigerator. Then, after finishing her training at AST, she went home and drank the swallows.

The fact that she had such a strange and mentally polluting dream showed that her condition was very obvious.

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Seeing Origami go back to her room to sleep, the kitten lay by the window and quietly looked at the weather outside which was still not clearing up.

The small fry Shizhi was driven away. Although it was not clear what was going on, it seemed that the kitten was taken care of by the cat dealer.

Yimi gently pushed open the bedroom door with her head, jumped onto the bedside table, stared at the gradually cooling boiled water in the cup, and secretly stuck out her tongue to drink it.

The cat likes to steal the water from the big cat's cup.

"Meow?"

Then she seemed to smell something, jumped onto the bed, and looked at Origami in confusion, whose breathing had become a little hotter.

Many cats and dogs can sense different states of people.

Yimi gently licked Origami's face, which was covered with sweat.

"Congratulations to the host for unlocking the achievement [This taste... is the taste of lies!], rewarded with 5% portal energy."

"Host, your energy has overflowed again. If you encounter danger or find the main quest in this world too difficult, you can consume 100% of it and teleport directly to the next world. As the saying goes, there is life, there is hope."

Maomao still didn't understand the system's hint.

"She's sick." The cat's figure flashed, and a little girl in a pure white dress took the cat's place, lying on the edge of the bed and staring at the origami.

"How to do?"

"We're gathering relevant information for the host... The first step in caring for a patient is to send them to the hospital promptly. However, over 14% of humans, faced with symptoms like a cold, choose to endure it and save the expense of medical treatment. The remaining %, % of whom are under , will exaggerate a mild cold to buy a day or two of vacation..."

"Sorry, let's get to the point."

"First step, please ask the host to measure the patient's temperature."

"Take the temperature?" Maomao asked in confusion.

"Please put your forehead close to the other person's forehead first."

Yimi did as she was told.

It's warm and comfortable.

"Suspected fever symptoms, please use the thermometer to continue measuring."

"Thermometer?" It was the first time Yimi heard this word.

“Usually they’re kept in drawers or cabinets.”

Yimi stood on tiptoe to open the wardrobe and took a quick look. Bunny girl costumes, cat girl costumes, swimsuits, bikinis... so many clothes she had never seen before.

The cat stretched out its hands to grab a pair of cat ear headdresses, and opened its mouth in shock.

It turns out that big cats can take their ears off when they grow up!

She scratched her ear again, and it hurt a little after she scratched it hard.

"Host, there is no object here that fits the description of a 'thermometer'."

Yimi turned around and opened the drawer again, rummaging through it. She threw the things on the top onto the floor and pulled out what she thought might be a thermometer. "Is this it?"

"Congratulations to the host for unlocking the achievement [Naughty Child], and the bonus is +1 for the number of lucky draws."

"I'm a cat kid." Yimi reminded it.

The system ignored this and replied, "Host, this is just an ordinary pencil case. The thermometer is next to it. Please open the lid and remove it. Place the thin end under the patient's armpit and wait for five minutes."

"Underarm?"

"Armhole."

"Oh……"

Yimi climbed onto the origami bed, sat on her waist and lifted the quilt to hold her.

"Not through clothes."

"Oh……"

Yimi pulled open her collar and helped her put it in place, then lay on top of Origami: "How much is five minutes?"

Origami was still not awake after being tortured by her like this.

"...The countdown has begun for the host. Please pay attention to the patient's posture so that the thermometer does not fall out."

"Another possible location for temperature measurement is the rectum."

The cat ignored it because it was too lazy to change position.

Five minutes later, she took out the thermometer at the system prompt.

"38.9℃, identified as a high fever. It is recommended to seek medical attention immediately. Delay may even be life-threatening!"

"Seek medical treatment? Life-threatening?" The kitten has no relevant knowledge.

Although the big cat had bad intentions, she did give the kitten some delicious food.

Yimi lay on Origami, forehead against forehead.

The light flickered along her body, and at the same time, a camel taking a rest in a desert thousands of miles away shuddered.

Chapter 19 I'm going to step on you

The nightmare of spiritual pollution caused by drinking the dead swallow disappeared, and was replaced by long-lost happiness and comfort, just like when you were a child and your mother held you in her arms and stroked your hair, knowing that your home was right beside you.

Is that a dream?

Even though she subconsciously knew how terrible and lonely her life was, her brain still deceived her into accepting the sunshine temporarily and was unwilling to wake up.

Well, it’s mostly because I couldn’t sleep last night because of the cat making noises.

It's just that this "happiness" is somewhat weird. I always have the illusion that I'm being sleep-deprived and can't move or even breathe.

"Well?"

Yimi, who was lying on Origami, was a little confused: "Why isn't she awake yet?"

"Host, perhaps your body needs to be recuperated. When a serious illness first strikes, people will also experience a period of weakness. Dongfang usually cooks certain foods to nourish the injured."

Yimi jumped off Origami and vaguely remembered the basic cooking skills he had eaten in the previous world, which taught the basic operations of cooking porridge.

I have learned new knowledge but have never used it.

The little girl ran out of Origami's house, ignoring the elevator and climbing down one floor at a time.

She sniffed the air, but her sense of smell was already weakened and it had just rained, so she couldn't smell much. However, there was usually a supermarket under the apartment building, which saved Yimi a lot of effort.

Because the rain was heavy enough, a puddle could be seen on the steps leading out of the apartment building, and it was this puddle that successfully attracted the kitten's attention. Just like the back-and-forth between the devil and the saint, two consciousnesses once again began to fight in Yimi's mind.

Children’s instinct: step on it hard!

Kitten instinct: NO!!

Yimi glanced at the glass next to her. She was now a little girl.

There was a "pop" sound.

The dirty water stained her brand new clothes, but the little girl felt a great sense of satisfaction.

But when my feet left the puddle, I was replaced by the discomfort and annoyance of being wet.

"Om-"

The next second, this feeling of annoyance was escalated again, because a motorcycle suddenly passed by on the road in front of her without slowing down, and deliberately ran its side wheels over the puddle, splashing her with dirty water.

The kitten raised his fist and cursed loudly in a clear childish voice: "Fuck your mother!"

The stand-in disappeared in an instant, and the car suddenly skidded and flew out at a tricky angle, crashing into a public toilet on the side of the road and making a close butt contact without any injury with the buttocks of a big brother who looked like he was afraid of school violence.

Feeling much more balanced, Yimi happily skipped towards the supermarket.

Because it was lunchtime, there was only a sleepy cashier in the supermarket.

Yimi lowered her body and tiptoed in. Based on her experience as a house cat who occasionally liked to sneak out and run, the people standing here were the bad guys responsible for driving her away.

"Millet and pumpkin porridge..."

Yimi found millet packed in plastic bags according to weight, and pumpkins piled on the vegetable rack with labels directly on the skin. Fortunately, these things were not placed higher than her height.

Looking down at her white and tender little paws, Yimi picked up the smallest one and held it in her arms.

After turning around, she froze immediately, because the woman who was responsible for driving her away had dispelled her sleepiness and was staring at her straightly, her eyes full of confusion and incomprehension.

The cat didn't move, pretending that it had done nothing wrong.