"Meow~"
In the darkness, their pupils glowed even brighter.
Rong Lan saw the little ragdoll cat standing by the bed and understood its suggestion to hide the phone under the bed. However, although there was a faint light from the living - room lamp seeping into the room, it was pitch - black under the bed.
She didn't crawl under immediately. Instead, she first dropped the phone she had been carrying in her mouth and then started to measure how high she needed to jump to reach the light switch at her current height.
If she weren't so exhausted, she could have easily jumped up. But in her current state, it was obviously not going to be easy.
After roughly comparing her height with that of the light switch, Rong Lan took a step back, bent her knees to gather strength, and made a tentative leap, trying to press the switch with her paw.
However, lacking experience in her first attempt, she had stood too far away, and her paw couldn't reach the wall.
She tried again. This time, she jumped to just the right height, and the distance between her paw and the wall was also perfect. One of her four paws pressed the switch, while the other three pressed against the wall. She used the wall for support, leaped back, and landed gracefully on the ground. The room was instantly flooded with light.
"Meow~" The little ragdoll cat looked at Rong Lan with admiration in its eyes, as if saying, 'Mommy is so amazing'.
Rong Lan was about to float with pride under the admiring gaze of the little ragdoll cat and raised her chin proudly.
But she didn't forget her business. With the light on, it was not as dark under the bed. She picked up her brother's phone in her mouth and crawled under the bed.
Once inside, she understood why Little Amber thought the bottom of the second - bedroom bed was the safest place, because she saw several unopened packets of dried fish.
She remembered that the dried fish at home were always stored on the top shelf of the refrigerator. Was Little Amber that capable? How could it take the dried fish from the top of the refrigerator by itself?
Moreover, what was Little Amber doing hiding the dried fish here? It could just act cute if it wanted the dried fish.
Although she was very puzzled, Rong Lan didn't touch the dried fish under the bed. After coming out, she reached out her paw and stroked Little Amber's head. "Little Amber, why are you hiding the dried fish secretly? Don't tell me you're worried that if you make your daddy angry, he won't give you anything to eat?"
Taking advantage of Chu Hengyuan's absence, she openly started talking.
The little ragdoll cat, whose dried - fish hiding spot had been discovered, tilted its furry face up. "Meow meow meow meow!"
Rong Lan, who "didn't understand", looked blank. Usually, she could more or less guess what Little Amber meant, but this time, with so many meows, she really... couldn't guess.
Chu Hengyuan came out of the bedroom after taking a shower and headed straight for the living room.
He thought that by leaving the tablet for the two little ones, they would stay obediently in the living room and play with it.
However, he clearly underestimated the restlessness of the little ragdoll cat and the little fox. He searched the living room but couldn't find them, and his phone was missing.
Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed the light on in the second bedroom. Filled with confusion, he walked towards it and saw the fox and the cat lying on the bed in the second bedroom, paw in paw.
He let out a sigh of relief, squinted his eyes, and deliberately lowered his voice. "Amber, where did you hide my phone?"
He remembered clearly that he had left his phone on the coffee table in the living room. He had just taken a shower and come out, and the phone was gone. It had to be either the little fox or the little ragdoll cat who had taken it.
Although he thought it was more likely the little fox's doing, the little fox was currently a guest in the house. If he suspected her right away, she might turn the suspicion back on him. So he could only make Amber take the blame.
The scapegoat, Little Amber, glared fiercely at Chu Hengyuan. "Meow!"
Rong Lan felt guilty and didn't dare to look at Chu Hengyuan, afraid that he would suspect her of taking the phone.
"Hmm? You're still so fierce when Lanlan's not around. Do you not want to eat dried fish tomorrow?" Chu Hengyuan walked to the bed and looked down at the cat and the fox, his eyes smiling but his tone cold. "Amber, tell me where the phone is. I still need to call Lanlan."
Taking advantage of the fact that the little fox, whose ears were drooping guiltily, wouldn't look up at him, he didn't suppress his smile but only made his tone sound a bit angry.
Rong Lan, who really didn't dare to look up, thought that her brother was really going to deprive Amber of its dried fish. She secretly stroked Little Amber's paw to comfort it silently.
Don't listen to him. It's just dried fish. Tomorrow when he goes to work, she can take Little Amber to jump onto the refrigerator to get the fish.
The little ragdoll cat really didn't pay much attention to Chu Hengyuan. Anyway, it had its mommy to protect it. Dried fish? It could have as much as it wanted.
"Meow!"
Seeing the little ragdoll cat's attitude, Chu Hengyuan reasonably guessed that it knew the little fox was Rong Lan.
It was acting exactly the same as when it knew Lanlan was at home, fearless because it had a backer.
"Fine, I'll look for it myself. I'll also hide all the dried fish in the house." Afraid that he couldn't hold back his laughter, Chu Hengyuan made up an excuse and turned to leave.
Just as he reached the door, he remembered that the light in the second bedroom should have been off originally. He subconsciously glanced at the light switch.
It was okay that he didn't look, but when he did, he noticed something amiss.
Why were there scratch marks on the wall near the switch?
He raised his eyebrows and looked back at the two little ones on the bed. "Amber, did you jump up to turn on the light?"
Chu Amber: "Meow!"
It was beyond its height to do such a thing.
Rong Lan looked up at Chu Hengyuan, confused. Why was he asking this question?
Chu Hengyuan examined the scratch marks on the wall carefully and found that he couldn't even blame Amber for them. The width of the claw marks clearly showed that they couldn't have been left by the small - sized ragdoll cat. Moreover, before today, he had never seen Amber jump up to turn on the light.
"I can see clearly that these aren't Amber's claw marks. So, little fox, do you want to admit that it was you who jumped up to turn on the light?"
Claw marks? Did she leave claw marks on the switch when she turned on the light? Rong Lan was completely confused. She actively jumped off the bed and walked to Chu Hengyuan's side to get closer to the switch and see if she had left any incriminating evidence.
Seeing her coming, Chu Hengyuan bent down, picked her up carefully avoiding her wounds, and held her at the same level as the claw marks on the wall. "Look, is this your masterpiece?"
Only then did Rong Lan see the marks on the wall. She had been too hasty and hadn't retracted her claws when she jumped. The marks stood out clearly on the clean wall.
She reached out her paw to cover the marks, then turned her head and looked at her brother innocently, hoping that he wouldn't be bothered by this little thing.
Chu Hengyuan raised his eyebrows. "Ostriches in the sand?"
Rong Lan, the little fox, looked innocent. How could it be considered "ostriches in the sand"? Couldn't her brother just pretend not to see?