Chapter 496: Taking Credit (1)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
What the hell?! Xia Houqing almost threw the cup at the two of them.
At this moment, the stage below fell silent. The chanting and bamboo sounds stopped, and the first scene ended.
The applause was like thunder. The guests became as noisy as boiling water.
With a creak, the window of the booth was closed, blocking the view from below.
The distraught Baili Yin was standing at the entrance of the Tianyin Pavilion. He looked up and watched as the window closed. After standing there for a moment, he left in a daze.
After this window was closed, it never opened again.
Even when the second scene began, the window was still tightly closed.
It wasn’t until two hours later that Chu Yi sent Gu Yanfei back to the Gu Mansion.
It was already sunset. The fiery red clouds spread across the sky like a fire, dyeing the roof and trees red.
“Meow, meow, meow!”
As soon as she returned to Yuheng Garden, the calico cat pounced on her like a swallow returning to the forest. It shouted and reprimanded her righteously, questioning Gu Yanfei for abandoning it and running off to play alone for so long.
The cat pranced around Gu Yan three times and called out three times. Gu Yanfei picked it up from the ground and said with a smile, “Can you go to the Tianyin Pavilion to play for two days?”
Gu Yanfei smiled until her eyes curved into crescents. Her intelligence was obvious.
This cat has been spoiled rotten lately, being so particular and demanding. It’s all because of Xia Houqing… Ahem, no, that’s not right. I actually said I’d lend the cat to Xia Houqing to play with. I’m a person of integrity who keeps her word.
“Meow!” The cat’s clear green eyes instantly lit up, shining like a green gem. It was so happy that the few white beards on its cheeks trembled.
To it, the Tianyin Pavilion meant delicious food!
Qing Guang was overjoyed and rubbed against Gu Yanfei’s arms coquettishly.
This was great. It could freeload now.
“Meow, meow, meow…”
Gu Yanfei reached out and tapped the cat’s forehead gently. She reminded the cat, “Keep an eye on him… Tell that guy surnamed Xia not to drink alcohol and to keep the talisman with him.”
“Meow, meow!”
The cat agreed happily and jumped down from Gu Yanfei’s arms impatiently. It landed lightly and left quickly with its tail raised without turning back.
The calico cat left just like that. Along the way, it jumped over walls, climbed trees, and climbed the roof… It only took an incense stick of time to arrive at the Tianyin Pavilion.
The cat darted from the window to a private room on the second floor.
Only Xia Houqing was drinking alone in the private seat.
A talisman drawn with cinnabar was surprisingly pressed under the red fan beside the wine pot.
The cat landed lightly on the flower table, tilted its head, and meowed.
The man and cat looked at each other.
Under the setting sun, the cat’s pupils almost shrank into a thin line in its green and transparent eyes, with the coldness of a wild beast.
“…” Of course, Xia Houqing also saw the cat. The wine glass in his hand stopped in midair.
There was a hint of infatuation in his eyes. In the next moment, his eyes struggled for a moment, and his dark phoenix eyes returned to normal.
Cats never treated themselves as outsiders. Qing Guang jumped again and briskly flew to the table beside Xia Houqing. Then, it leaned its fluffy cat face over and sniffed with its pink nose.
The cat’s white beard trembled with its movement.
It stuck out its pink tongue and licked the wine in the glass again. Its round cat face instantly wrinkled.
It kicked the wine glass in Xia Houqing’s hand away.
“Bang!”
The wine glass fell to the ground and shattered into pieces. Liquor and countless broken porcelain pieces were splattered everywhere.
Xia Houqing was speechless.
His pupils moved slightly.
Since Gu Yanfei doesn’t know how to train cats, 1 might as well do it for her. Since its fur is so good at falling off, I might as well shave it all!!
Xia Houqing looked at the cat and smiled with undisguised malice. A cold aura was suddenly released.
Of course, the cat felt the dangerous aura and instantly exploded. The fur from its back to its tail exploded like a hedgehog, and it ran.
The furry cat bounced up like a fluffy ball, and its eyes widened.
“…” Xia Houqing chuckled softly.
That “heh” echoed softly in the private room.
The cat suddenly stopped a few steps away and turned around. It looked at Xia Houqing cautiously and warily, its tail trembling.
Seeing that the other party didn’t react, it took two more steps closer and shook its tail again. Then, it gradually curled up until it was about to reach the sky..