"You didn't utter a sound all day in your room." Zhao Jiujiu still didn't believe it. "How could such a lively girl stay cooped up in your room all day?"
"...She said she was in a bad mood and wanted to be alone." Shen Wuqiu really didn't expect her aunt to care about people so much.
"Why is she in a bad mood all of a sudden?" Zhao Jiujiu stood up. "No, I'll go upstairs and see her, and try to cheer her up."
Shen Wuqiu quickly stood up. "Aunt, please eat first. If you're worried, I'll go upstairs and call her down right now."
"What am I worried about? She's not my daughter. I'm just afraid that something might happen to her and some people would take advantage of the situation."
Some people's veiled meaning is quite obvious.
Daiying remained completely unmoved.
Shen Wuqiu was afraid of her aunt, so she quickly finished a small bowl of rice and said, "You guys eat first, I'll go check on my room."
Zhao Jiujiu nodded, "Young girls in their teens have a lot of ideas these days. Since you're close to her, you should try to guide her."
Shen Wuqiu nodded, then quietly walked around to the coffee table, pretending to wipe her mouth with a napkin, before quietly carrying the cat upstairs.
Chapter 51 Coaxing Me
As soon as they got upstairs, the white cat jumped down from Shen Wuqiu's arms and headed towards its room without a sound.
"..." Shen Wuqiu stood there for a few seconds before catching up. Taking advantage of the moment when she jumped onto the doorknob, he pulled her into his arms again. "Wangcai, you've been quite temperamental lately."
The white cat glanced at her and meowed angrily.
To prevent her from throwing another tantrum and running away, Shen Wuqiu grabbed her by the scruff of her neck and took her back to her room, locking the door before putting her down: "You little stingy cat."
The white cat licked its lips, then crawled under the thin air-conditioning blanket right in front of her.
Shen Wuqiu looked at the small bulge in the center of the bed and seriously reflected on herself—although she still couldn't understand what the cat was so angry about, she still softened her tone and said, "Your aunt is very worried about you. Go and show your face to her."
The cat hiding under the covers remained unmoved.
Shen Wuqiu stood by the bed for two minutes, but her patience ran out, so she had no choice but to take action and drag the cat out of the blanket.
Cat-shaped Gu Lingyu was very unwilling: "Meow~~"
Shen Wuqiu grabbed her by the back of the neck again, forcing her to look him in the eye, and commanded, "Quickly turn back into human form."
The cat, showing no respect, immediately turned its head away.
Enraged by the lack of a kiss, Shen Wuqiu demanded, "Are you going to kiss me or not?"
A cat twisted its head, full of pride: "Meow~~"
Shen Wuqiu glared at her, annoyed: "Then don't even think about me kissing you anymore."
One of the cats wavered slightly, turning its head back a little, but immediately turned it back again.
Shen Wuqiu lost her patience and threw her onto the bed. "I'm going for a prenatal checkup in a few days. You can just wait outside then."
After saying that, he made a move to leave.
The cat lying on the bed hesitated for a few seconds, then finally jumped off and followed her, nudging her leg with its paws: "Meow~"
Shen Wuqiu looked down at her and asked, "Want to kiss?"
Meow~
Shen Wuqiu pointed to the small desk, "Go sit there."
The cat immediately and obediently jumped onto the small desk and sat down.
Shen Wuqiu walked over and bent down slightly.
The cat understood and immediately tilted its head back to kiss him.
A few seconds later, the cat sitting on the desk transformed into a beautiful little girl.
Shen Wuqiu stood up, her face immediately expressionless: "Your aunt said she hasn't seen you all day and is worried about you. Go and say hello to her."
Gu Lingyu sat motionless at the desk and accused her: "You are cold-blooded, you are heartless."
That's funny, and it's also inexplicable.
Shen Wuqiu suppressed a laugh, "How am I cold-blooded and heartless?"
"I know, I'm just your little kitten that you can summon and dismiss at will."
Shen Wuqiu couldn't help but smile, "You're quite self-aware. But, a kitten can't be used like that—coming when called and leaving when dismissed. You've been clinging to me like a kitten."
Gu Lingyu looked at her, her face slowly falling: "So, to you, sister, I've always been clinging to you."
Her deep voice made Shen Wuqiu unable to laugh, and for a moment she didn't know how to respond.
She hadn't really sorted out her complicated relationship with Gu Lingyu yet. Gu Lingyu's sudden intrusion brought about earth-shattering changes to her peaceful life. Many times, when she touched her belly, she still felt that it was all like a dream.
Admittedly, she didn't dislike the other person, and even secretly hoped for a relationship between them. However, the thought of the gap between them immediately eroded that hope with countless unknown worries.
Therefore, she has always been unwilling to confront the relationship between them.
She didn't speak, so Gu Lingyu took it as a tacit agreement, her heart sinking. "Mother lied to me too. Even if I pestered you relentlessly, you still didn't like me. I know you like that Chen guy..."
Shen Wuqiu subconsciously retorted, "How do you know I like Shen Yan?"
“You get especially happy when you talk to him, both before and yesterday. When you saw him leaving, you looked reluctant to let him go and even said that I was just your friend…”
Gu Lingyu became more and more aggrieved as she spoke: "I have plenty of friends, I don't need you as a friend. Besides, do friends kiss each other and have babies together..."
Shen Wuqiu just stared at her, showing no intention of responding.
After pouring her heart out for so long, only to have the other person seem to be listening to gibberish, Gu Lingyu was extremely disappointed. Fearing that the other person thought she still had something to say, she added in a low voice after a few dozen seconds of silence, "I'm done. You can speak now."
Shen Wuqiu lowered her eyes and said, "Oh."
"..." Gu Lingyu was unwilling to give up: "Don't you have anything to say?"
"Hmm," Shen Wuqiu replied lazily, "No."
Gu Lingyu stared at her with a tense expression and pursed lips.
Shen Wuqiu felt uncomfortable under her direct gaze. "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"I'm angry."
How could he be such a clown?
Shen Wuqiu inexplicably wanted to laugh again, "Hmm, I can tell."
Gu Lingyu's last hope was shattered. Her lips moved slightly, then tightened again. She jumped off the desk and stormed towards the door.
With a "click," the door opened.
Before leaving, Gu Lingyu turned back and said to her, "I'm really, really angry."
Shen Wuqiu stood still. "Hmm, so?"
Gu Lingyu stared at her fiercely: "I don't want to be your little kitten anymore."
Shen Wuqiu touched her lips and chuckled softly, "Mmm."
Gu Lingyu walked out and slammed the door shut. Less than two seconds later, the door opened again from the outside, revealing a face that was trying to look fierce. "Let me tell you, the consequences of a kitten getting angry are serious. I advise you to coax me a little."
Shen Wuqiu tried hard not to laugh, "I won't coax you."
The fierce-looking kitten's face instantly wilted.
Just as Gu Lingyu was about to close the door again, Shen Wuqiu spoke up again: "I don't like Shen Yan."
Gu Lingyu's deadpan expression instantly brightened, and she quickly squeezed through the crack in the door: "Really?"
Shen Wuqiu nodded.
"But he likes you."
Shen Wuqiu did not deny it.
She wasn't unaware of Shen Yan's feelings for her. On her eighteenth birthday, Shen Yan personally carved a red bean with his name on it and gave it to her, jokingly saying, "Shen Wuqiu, if we didn't both have the surname Shen, I would definitely have pursued you."
She took his ambiguous remark as a joke, and it was precisely because Shen Yan had never said or done anything further that they had been able to maintain their friendship for so many years.
"Look at you, you're not saying anything anymore."
"It's their business if others like me, or do you think I'm not worthy of being liked?"
The last sentence was a bit serious, and Gu Lingyu quickly shook her head, "That's not what I meant."
Shen Wuqiu pressed aggressively: "Then what do you mean?"
Gu Lingyu said in a muffled voice, "I can tell that Shen Yan is different to you. I could tell the first time I heard you two talking that you don't dislike him."
That's true.
“We grew up together, and we just get along well, so we’ve always had a good relationship.”
Gu Lingyu was still worried after hearing her explanation, "Then will you like him in the future?"
Shen Wuqiu didn't want to answer such a stupid question, but seeing the expectation in her eyes, she still replied, "No."
Gu Lingyu's expression relaxed a little. "I believe everything you say."
Believe it or not.
Hearing her impatient tone, Gu Lingyu was even happier. "Alright, I'm not angry anymore."
Shen Wuqiu glanced at her. "Anyway, she's not my little kitten anymore. What does it matter to me whether she's angry or not?"
"I was just saying that in anger." Gu Lingyu quickly came over to appease her and took her hand. "Look, my little kitten is very easy to coax. You'll never find another kitten that's easy to coax."
They really know how to pat themselves on the back.
"Alright, go downstairs. Your aunt hasn't seen you all day and has been nagging about it." After a pause, Shen Wuqiu added, "And..."
Gu Lingyu looked at her obediently and said, "Yes, I'm listening to what you said, sister."
Shen Wuqiu hesitated for a few seconds before saying, "I didn't say the child in my belly is yours because I didn't know how to bring it up. In our human race, two girls can't have a child. And this kind of pregnancy in your race is unheard of here... So you understand what I mean, right?"
Gu Lingyu nodded, touching her belly, "I understand, I am... After that child is born, will you let them call me Mother?"
"Yes, it will." For Shen Wuqiu, the identity of the babies in her belly was like a ticking time bomb. She felt that it would explode sooner or later, so she never thought of hiding it from her family forever. She was just looking for an opportunity to minimize the power of this bomb.
Hearing her answer, Gu Lingyu was satisfied. She then leaned down and put her ear to her belly, saying, "You two must be good and not bully your sister, or your mother will beat you bald."