She had been chatting with Rong Lan for quite a while. Although Rong Lan was quite talkative, chatting for such a long time was tiring for her, who didn't usually like to talk much.
She managed to hold on for half an hour. Just as she felt exhausted and didn't immediately respond to continue the conversation, Chu Chuan interrupted their topic. "Little sister - in - law, your cat is so cute. Can I play with it for a while?"
Zhen Rui, whose complexion had just relaxed, tightened her face.
Rong Lan grabbed the paw of the small puppet cat. Hearing this, she glanced at Chu Chuan with a half - smile. "I've already told you, I—" am not your little sister - in - law, because you're not a real member of the Chu family.
Before Rong Lan could completely trample on his pride, Chu Chuan cut off her unfinished words. "I use the title 'little sister - in - law' out of respect. Little sister - in - law, don't think too much. I have no other intentions. I'm sure that those in the industry who are of the same generation as Brother Hengyuan but younger than him will call you little sister - in - law."
Rong Lan turned her head to the side and secretly rolled her eyes. If other people in the industry younger than Chu Hengyuan called her little sister - in - law, she would happily respond. But not Chu Chuan. She didn't like to hear it.
Zhen Rui gently nudged Rong Lan's arm with her elbow, signaling her not to argue with Chu Chuan over such a trivial matter.
Of course, she could tell that her daughter - in - law disliked Chu Chuan just like her. But for the sake of having a pleasant dinner tonight, she had already sat there for so long. It wasn't worth arguing with Chu Chuan in the Chu family. Although a certain person wasn't sitting there, he had probably entrusted the passing housekeeping aunt to observe their interactions more closely.
Rong Lan understood the meaning of Zhen Rui's nudge. She looked down at the small puppet cat, which was looking up at her innocently with big eyes. "Does little Amber want to go and play with that... uncle sitting over there?"
She pointed at Chu Chuan with the puppet cat's paw, showing it the direction.
Of course, she hoped that her little Amber would refuse. Although Chu Chuan definitely wouldn't do anything to little Amber in public, she didn't want her little kitten to come into contact with a bad person at all.
The small puppet cat looked at Chu Chuan following Rong Lan's gesture, then meowed and stood up.
Rong Lan was a bit disappointed. Little Amber's intention was very clear. It wanted to go and play with Chu Chuan. She stroked little Amber's head. "If you want to go, then go."
Sometimes, a kitten being too friendly might not be a good thing, just like now.
Chu Hengyuan finished the last sunflower seed in his palm, clapped his hands, and picked up his teacup.
Before he could even swallow a sip of tea, he saw his kitten extend its sharp claws and scratch hard on Chu Chuan's hand.
Chu Hengyuan: "!!!" Was their kitten that brave?
Weren't they just playing nicely with Chu Chuan? He was just surprised that Chu Chuan hadn't done anything bad to the cat secretly and had patiently played with it for five minutes. Why did the small puppet cat turn against him first?
Surprised as he was, he immediately stood up, took two quick steps, and grabbed the kitten that wanted to run away after doing the "bad deed", protecting it in his arms.
Rong Lan was equally stunned. She had been staring at little Amber all the time, afraid that Chu Chuan would do something to it.
She stared for five minutes, and the human and the cat were playing so harmoniously. Just when she was wondering why, why Chu Chuan could play with little Amber so easily, the usually well - behaved and friendly small puppet cat scratched Chu Chuan.
She was afraid that Chu Chuan would hurt the small puppet cat and was just about to stand up to protect the cat, but Chu Hengyuan was one step ahead of her.
Zhen Rui's eyebrows twitched, and she immediately called the housekeeping aunt over. "Auntie, go and find the first - aid kit quickly. Amber accidentally scratched Chu Chuan."
In her words, she defined the small puppet cat's sudden attack as an accident.
After all, a kitten that had been so well - behaved just now couldn't have intentionally scratched someone. It could only be defined as an accident.
Chu Chuan lowered his eyes and looked at the three bleeding scratches on the back of his hand. The smile on his face was a bit hard to maintain.
Chu Hengyuan soothed the small puppet cat in his arms whose tail was fluffed up. He coughed lightly and apologized actively. "Sorry, Amber accidentally scratched you. Go and rinse the wound with water first. I'll take you to the hospital later."
His tone was extremely sincere.
But Rong Lan always felt that there seemed to be a hint of a smile in her brother's tone.
She walked to Chu Hengyuan's side and took the small puppet cat from his hand.
With his hands free, Chu Hengyuan voluntarily went to find medicine for Chu Chuan, the "guest".
Chu Chuan forcibly suppressed his dissatisfaction, but his eyes still carried a cold glint when he looked at the small puppet cat. "It's okay. I know the kitten didn't do it on purpose. Maybe it's because I accidentally grabbed its tail just now, so it scratched me."
Rong Lan silently rubbed the cat ears of the little guy in her arms and didn't respond to Chu Chuan.
Chu Chuan stood up to rinse his wound. Chu Hengyuan couldn't find the right medicine in the Chu family's first - aid kit. He picked up his car keys and took Chu Chuan out to the hospital.
After Chu Hengyuan and Chu Chuan left, Zhen Rui, who had been pretending to be busy, took a break.
She looked at the small puppet cat being held by Rong Lan, so well - behaved that it didn't make a sound. She grabbed the puppet cat's paw and high - fived it. "Amber did a good job."
Rong Lan twitched the corner of her mouth. "Mother..."
Zhen Rui sighed with a bit of regret. "It's a pity that Chu Chuan was still on guard against Amber and didn't let Amber climb on his shoulder to play. Otherwise, Amber could have scratched that annoying face of Chu Chuan."
The small puppet cat voluntarily offered its paw to Zhen Rui's palm. Its sharp claws were already retracted, and its soft paw pad patted Zhen Rui's hand. "Meow~"
Rong Lan: "..." Was her little kitten echoing her mother?
No wonder she had just seen the small puppet cat constantly trying to climb onto Chu Chuan. She had even suspected that Chu Chuan was carrying catnip on him. It turned out that the little guy wanted to cause trouble.
But Chu Chuan was on guard against it. After playing for a while, it lost patience and just scratched the back of Chu Chuan's hand nearby.
It was really...
Little Amber's dried fish and cat food cans should be guaranteed. Her brother had barely been able to hide his smile when he saw Chu Chuan being embarrassed.
"Come here, Amber. Grandma wants a hug." Zhen Rui opened her arms towards the small puppet cat.
Rong Lan almost choked on herself when she heard the self - address of "grandma". Her fox ears twitched.
The small puppet cat was very cooperative. It stepped on Rong Lan's leg and jumped into Zhen Rui's arms, then rolled over and showed its belly. "Meow~"
Rong Lan was silent for a moment. "Mother really hates Chu Chuan's... face?" Just now, although her mother also liked Amber very much, she hadn't liked it to the extent of self - addressing as "grandma". And little Amber had just scratched Chu Chuan once, and its status had skyrocketed.
It was now recognized as a member of the Chu family by Zhen Rui, a status that even Chu Chuan didn't have.
Zhen Rui gently rubbed the small puppet cat's belly. "I really hate Chu Chuan, especially his face."