Ch. 4 – Clementine Cat

After saying that, Zhou Tian rushed away, and Chi Zhao could only look at his retreating back, feeling puzzled.

Eventually, the teacher came, but very few of the students listened carefully. As a person who has already learned this lesson, Chi Zhao didn’t have the mind to pay attention to it.

Instead, he was deliberating with the system.

“He’s such a hot-tempered man. I haven’t done anything wrong. Why did he curse me?”

System: “…”

[He didn’t curse you; he was telling the truth! That upperclassman, Duan Bo, is the Duan family’s prince, the future successor of Duan family. The influence of Duan family and the Li family are about equal. Now that you’ve provoked him, there is absolutely no good end to this situation!]

Chi Zhao disagreed. “What’s wrong with that? I’m still the heir of the Li family.”

[… Brother, you are fake, but these ones are the real deal.]

Chi Zhao: “…Then what do you think I should do?”

[Don’t always ask me, this is your task, you are Qi Yuan now. Qi Yuan has what type of personality? What kind of choices will he make? Think about it some.]

Chi Zhao recalled Qi Yuan’s life and thought for a moment. He answered, “He would not have refused the invitation of Duan Bo. He would go against Li Yihan’s rules while still maintaining his image of cleverness and kindness in front of Li Yihan, all while looking back at Duan Bo.”

[That is correct. Youngster, it seems your intelligence has finally logged back on.]

Chi Zhao nodded thoughtfully, “Should I call him again then?”

Although Chi Zhao himself does not like those kinds of places, right now he is completing a task. Thinking about how after completing the task he can get ten points; he feels that it is necessary to make some sacrifices.

[No… after you hung up the phone, Duan Bo laughed three times, and right now is wondering how to teach you a lesson.]

Hearing the system, Chi Zhao thought that he would be forcibly brought to the bathroom by the school bully like he saw in the TV series, and then one of Duan Bo’s younger brothers would put Chi Zhao’s head in the toilet.

…In the end, nobody came.

Li Yihan and Qi Yuan’s contract lasted for five years. During these five years, the Li family was responsible for Qi Yuan’s eating and living expenses. Every month, Li Yihan would give him a certain amount of money for these expenses. After five years, when the contract ended, Li Yihan would pay him a large sum of money, and then, the two people would go their separate ways.

For his part Qi Yuan only needs to attend some events as the Li family heir, events such as shareholders’ meetings, charity parties, press conferences and so on. He doesn’t need to do anything for the rest of the time. He has a very comfortable life.

At present, Qi Yuan has only appeared with the Li family at two or three small gatherings. Now most people only know that Li Yihan has adopted a son and plans to cultivate him into an heir, but they do not know what the adopted son looks like or what his name is.

Chi Zhao came out of the subway station and slowly walked home. Someone would send him to school in the mornings, but after school there was no fixed curfew. So he let the driver go on ahead, and then he took the public transport back.

Chi Zhao walked along the sidewalk beside a park. After passing through an area, Chi Zhao blinked and stopped suddenly.

He started listening carefully for a weak crying voice. After following the voice and looking for it for a while, he finally found a little orange kitten hidden in some tall grass.

Chi Zhao was shocked. “How did it crawl into such a space? Where’s the mother Cat?”

Looking around, he couldn’t find any other cats. Chi Zhao squatted on the ground and tried to untangle his thoughts. The weather is getting colder and colder. If such a small kitten stays here, it will not survive, and if he takes the cat home… What if Li Yihan disagrees?

Fortunately, the kitten didn’t seem to be afraid of people. Now that it was already five o’clock in the evening, the temperature was gradually starting to drop. The little kitten was afraid of the cold and shrunk further into Chi Zhao’s outstretched hands. When it realized that Chi Zhao’s fingers seemed to be emitting a comforting warmth, it raised its head and rubbed them with its ears.

Chi Zhao’s heart was immediately captured by the fluffy, soft touch. He looked around to make sure that no one was there. With an anxious heart, he picked up the kitten.

Carefully holding it in his arms, he obeyed the meng selling kitten and said to himself, “Little one, this brother will take you home. There is a big brother in my family’s home. When we go home, you must try your best to sell some more meng so that you can stay.”

Naturally, the kitten couldn’t understand people, but when it heard Chi Zhao’s voice, it reluctantly echoed it back with cry. After hearing the faint meow, Chi Zhao was happy. “That’s a promise, isn’t it? Let’s go home. This brother will pour some milk for you.”

The system after observing the whole process: “…”

With the kitten in his arms, Chi Zhao’s pace was lighter and happier than before. He didn’t notice that a car was parked on the side of the road behind him. After he went on walking, the car started again.

Li Yihan owns a house near the company. He usually lives there. But when he thought of Qi Yuan’s request yesterday, Li Yihan began to rethink many things. It just so happens that he only had a little work today, so he can go back early. Who knew he would see this scene on his way home?

The black Rolls-Royce soon passed by Chi Zhao. Li Yihan looked at the young teenager in the rearview mirror, and his expression became more and more elusive.

Before Chi Zhao arrived home, he put the kitten in his shoulder bag. He had planned to smuggle the kitten upstairs and raise it for a while by himself. He’ll ask for permission when Li Yihan comes back. However, just two steps into the living room, he saw Li Yihan leaning over the tea table with a glass of water.

Chi Zhao was shocked and stammered out, “When did you come back Mr. Li?”

Li Yihan frowned. “This is my home. Can’t I come back?”

“Haha,” Chi Zhao laughed awkwardly. “Of course, you seem busy. I’ll go upstairs first.”

After that, he wanted to slip away, but when he was about to walk past Li Yihan, the latter slowly raised his hand and pulled his shoulder bag around. Chi Zhao was forced to stop. Before turning back, he heard Li Yihan ask him, “Why is your bag still moving?”

Ah…

The first battle has already been lost.

Chi Zhao pondered bitterly and then finally took the impatient kitten out from his bag. He was silent before whispering, “I picked it up from the roadside. It was trapped in the grass. I think it’s been separated from the mother cat.”

After that, he raised his head and looked at Li Yihan with a pursing lips.

Chi Zhao and the kitten almost looked the same. They both had a kind of pitiful, you don’t want me, you are a big bad egg look. Li Yihan’s fingers slightly gripped the glass harder, but his face maintained its indifferent expression, “So you want to keep a cat?”

Chi Zhao’s eyes lit up immediately. “Well, you can rest assured that I’ll be responsible for all its food and drink, and it will never cause you any trouble!”

Li Yihan’s eyes finally moved away from Chi Zhao’s face, and then fell on the little kitten. After a while, he lifted his eye and looked at Chi Zhao. “If I let you keep the cat, what good will it bring me?”

Chi Zhao was stunned. “Must it bring you something good?”

“Naturally,” Li Yihan’s voice was as clear as a spring and very pleasant to hear, “I am a businessman. Businessmen are not in a good position to give out charity. You should know this.”

Chi Zhao thought, “It can play with you.”

“I don’t like to play.”

“It can make you happy.”

“… I’m not interested in hairy creatures.”

The function of the cat is just these two things alone. Chi Zhao also wants to say that it can increase Li Yihan’s happiness. But looking at Li Yihan’s appearance, it’s estimated that he will immediately reply with another sentence like, “I don’t need happiness.” Half-silent, Chi Zhao asked, “What do you want then? You can say anything as long as I can do it.”

Zhang Bo rubbed the silver beside him. He thought that Li Yihan had nothing to want, and anything good enough to want was something Qi Yuan couldn’t afford. In his mind, Qi Yuan had said something useless.

But Li Yihan looked up and down at Chi Zhao and opened his mouth in a leisurely way: “Number one grade.”

Chi Zhao did not respond for a moment. “What?”

“At the end of the semester, the top score ranks first in the grade. If you can accomplish this, you can have a cat.”

Chi Zhao was stunned for a long time. “But the end of the term is in January. What about before the end of the term?”

Li Yihan put the cup of water on the table. “You can keep it here for not, but If you don’t get the result, you can say goodbye to it.”

With that, Li Yihan smiled slightly. “Rest assured, I will get Zhang Bo to help it find a good family.”

Chi Zhao: “…”

Too ruthless. After several months, he will have already developed feelings. If the kitten was sent away at that time, he would die of heartache.

Standing up, Li Yihan turned and left. Chi Zhao looked at Zhang Bo, who was pretending to be a silver polisher, with a weak, pitiful and helpless expression.

Zhang Bo put down his work. He went to Chi Zhao and scraped his brain for half a day. Finally, he came up with a comforting remark: “It’s okay young master, you don’t have too much pressure. It’s no big deal. I’ll send the cat to my house, so that if you want it, you can see it at any time.”

“…”

This is too much! Can’t they have some confidence in his IQ and learning ability?!