After Father Chu and Chu Chuan left, Zhen Rui played with the little Ragdoll cat for quite a while.
The little Ragdoll cat lost its energy after a while of frolicking and dozed off, lying on Zhen Rui's lap, sleepy.
Perhaps influenced by the little cat, Zhen Rui couldn't help yawning and covering her mouth.
She picked up the little kitten and placed it back on Rong Lan's lap. "I'm a bit sleepy. I'm going back to my room to rest. You two should go to bed early, too."
Rong Lan, who was engrossed in watching TV, came back to her senses and obediently replied, "Okay. Good night, Mother."
Zhen Rui paused for a moment. "Good night."
After changing the sleeping place, instead of waking up, the little Ragdoll cat rubbed its small head against Rong Lan's lower abdomen and then fell fast asleep with its head resting on her abdomen.
Chu Hengyuan sat down beside his little girl. "Shall we go back to our room?"
Rong Lan picked up the little Ragdoll cat. "Sure."
With Chu Chuan, who could amuse them, gone, it would be boring for them to stay in the living room. It would be better to go back to their room and have some fun.
Although they had been married for quite some time, this was the first time Rong Lan had entered Chu Hengyuan's room in the Chu family's old mansion.
After entering the room, her gaze fell on the wine cabinet filled with red wine and lingered there for a long time. Only someone who loved drinking would place a wine cabinet in their room. But how come she didn't know that Chu Hengyuan had such a drinking habit?
Chu Hengyuan knew that his little girl would be curious about his wine cabinet. He locked the door behind him and then gently ruffled her hair with a smile. "During the period right after Mom passed away, I often stayed up late and drank heavily. To make it more convenient, I placed a wine cabinet in my room. But I don't need it anymore."
Rong Lan: "..." But wasn't he still quite young when his biological mother passed away? How could a child stay up late and drink heavily? Didn't Father Chu care about his son at all?
Chu Hengyuan walked past the little girl who was still examining the wine cabinet. He went into the cloakroom and took out a coral fleece blanket, then spread it out in a corner of the sofa. "Lan Lan, put Amber here and let it sleep on its own."
They had only brought cat food and cat litter when they went out today. They didn't bring a cat bed.
After all, they were only staying in the Chu family's old mansion for one night. It would be troublesome to bring too many things. And it was easy to find something to replace the cat bed, so they decided not to bring the cat bed with them.
Rong Lan withdrew her gaze and carefully placed the little Ragdoll cat on the coral fleece blanket.
The little kitten was a heavy sleeper. Even after changing the sleeping place again, it showed no sign of waking up. It even adjusted itself into a more comfortable position in its sleep.
Chu Hengyuan covered the little cat with a coral fleece towel and then sat down on the other side of the sofa.
Rong Lan sat at the foot of the bed, her attention still on the wine bottles in the wine cabinet.
Seeing how curious she was, Chu Hengyuan said with a smile, "Lan Lan, do you want to open a bottle and take a few sips? Although I drank heavily when I was young, I cherish my life. I only drank wine, which has a low alcohol content. I used to get drunk easily, but now I can hardly get drunk."
Rong Lan hesitated, and the tips of her fox ears drooped. When she was still a fox, she had no interest in alcohol, so she had never drunk it before. There were very few memories related to alcohol in this body. She didn't know her alcohol tolerance. What if she got drunk? Getting drunk was not a big deal, but what if she said something she shouldn't after getting drunk?
Just as she was hesitating, the screen of the phone beside her lit up. She picked up the phone and saw a message from Zhen Rui.
"Brother!" the little fox exclaimed in surprise.
"What's wrong?" Chu Hengyuan looked up.
"Mother invited me to the small rooftop on the upper floor to watch the stars."
Chu Hengyuan: "???" How come he didn't know that Mother had such a leisurely mood?
Just as Chu Hengyuan was thinking about how to find an excuse for his little girl to decline the invitation, Rong Lan happily stood up. "Brother, you stay here and accompany little Amber. I'll go to the rooftop to watch the stars with Mother."
The corner of Chu Hengyuan's mouth twitched. "Lan Lan... do you like Mother very much?"
If it were someone else inviting his little girl, she definitely wouldn't be willing to go.
Rong Lan nodded without hesitation. "Yes, I like her. Mother and I have someone we both dislike. We get along very well." Of course, the most important thing was that Zhen Rui's karmic line was very clean. Among the Chu family members, even Chu Hengyuan's karmic line couldn't be said to be absolutely clean, but Zhen Rui's karmic line was like a clear stream in the Chu family.
She naturally had a good impression of people with clean karmic lines.
Chu Hengyuan secretly sighed. He grabbed the little girl who was eager to go out and stood up. "Lan Lan, wait for me for half a minute."
Rong Lan didn't know what Chu Hengyuan was going to do, but she still obediently nodded.
Chu Hengyuan let go of her wrist and spent half a minute going into the cloakroom to find a thick windbreaker.
He shook the windbreaker and put it on his little girl's shoulders. "It's quite cold at night recently. The wind on the rooftop must be strong. Lan Lan, wear this thick coat to watch the stars."
If only there were a hat suitable for a girl in his cloakroom, he would have taken one out for her to wear.
Although her second pair of ears were fluffy, he wasn't sure if the fur could keep out the cold.
He also didn't know if getting her ears cold would make his little girl sick.
Rong Lan obediently put her hands into the sleeves of the coat. "I know." She knew that she wouldn't get sick like ordinary humans, but she still wanted to accept the care from her brother.
"You're so good." Chu Hengyuan lowered his head and buttoned up the windbreaker for her.
After Chu Hengyuan buttoned up the windbreaker, Rong Lan tiptoed and kissed his chin. "Remember to take good care of Amber. I'm leaving."
After saying that, she turned around without hesitation, opened the door, and walked out, closing the door behind her.
She left so quickly that Chu Hengyuan reached out but couldn't even grab her wrist. Fortunately, he didn't manage to grab her wrist, or else Mother might not have been able to wait for the little girl to go to the rooftop to watch the stars with her tonight.
Chu Hengyuan sighed and sat back on the sofa. He picked up his phone and opened the shopping app.
The weather was getting colder. It was time for him to buy a few suitable hats for his little girl to protect the pair of ears on top of her head.
It was a pity that seeing her curiosity about the wine cabinet, he had planned to coax her to drink some wine to see if he could get her drunk and ask if she was a feline animal. But plans couldn't keep up with changes. It seemed that compared to drinking with him, the little girl preferred to watch the stars with Mother.
On the small rooftop of the Chu family's mansion—
Zhen Rui saw Rong Lan coming up wearing a clearly ill - fitting windbreaker. A faint smile appeared on her face. "I thought you would decline my invitation."
Rong Lan smiled so that her fox ears curved. "Why would I decline Mother's invitation? I like chatting with Mother very much."