Chapter 20 of 93

Chapter 20

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Residual value

In Zhu Heng’s thirty years of life, today was probably the most bizarre and twisted day- he failed to infiltrate the cat cafe, gave up one after another, was tied up and then beaten by the cats, stayed up all night, washed the carpet all morning and had to mop the floor later.

……

He’s only here to steal a cat, and he hasn’t stolen it yet, so why was he so miserable?

Zhu Heng’s eyes were blackened as he listened to the cat cafe owner talking to another man, but the more he listened the worse he felt.

“I’ll take them away when we’re done mopping up, and I’ll be available if we need witnesses afterwards.”

“By myself?”

“Or what? Can I leave here? You’re a director, do you have a problem taking two people?”

……

The more Zhu Heng heard, the more he felt that something was wrong, taking them away? Where were they going to be taken?

A million horrible thoughts instantly came to his mind, and he seriously doubted that if he was sent away, he would not see the sun tomorrow. No, no… Zhu Heng violently dropped the carpet in his hand and turned his head to run to Bao Jin. “No! You can’t dispose of me!”

Pei Shiyi was suddenly interrupted by him. Holding his arms and swallowing the rest of his sentence, he raised his eyebrows at Bao Jin.

He was born with sword brows and phoenix eyes, and when he was not expressing himself, he was as solemn as a god sitting in a high temple, seeming as if he was not human. Once he showed his expression, he was surprisingly lively.

If he was slightly smiling, it was even gentle and affectionate.

Of course, it would have been better if his eyes weren’t similar to watching a big show.

Bao Jin’s gaze flicked around Pei Shiyi’s face and withdrew before dropping his eyes to look at Zhu Heng. “What?”

Thinking he hadn’t heard, Zhu Heng immediately repeated it.

Of course Bao Jin heard it. “I can’t deal with you?”

Zhu Heng anxiously said, “I’m not a national of this country! You can’t dispose of me here! I want to go to the embassy! I want to go back to my country! You unreasonable monkeys!”

Not a citizen?

A stern look passed through Bao Jin’s eyes, immediately remembering the several cases that the AMB had taken up in the past two days, clearly none of them was dealing with national demons.

So Bao Jin, who had been very sensitive about foreign demons and human populations lately, raised his eyebrows gently at the words and felt the need to take them seriously, or at least go through their history.

Zhu Heng could never have imagined that with a few words he would have dug himself a grave and filled it in, looking at Bao Jin with anticipation.

Nationality issues can be big or small and anyone that comes across it would get a headache. Zhu Heng believed that most people would not take it personally just for something as trivial as him soiling a few carpets.

Dealing with issues across geographical boundaries was already complicated and cumbersome, and with different forces to be devised, normal people would give up pursuing them.

Pei Shiyi was used to seeing multiple forces pulling the strings, and once he heard that the matter had to be linked to nationality, he was immediately disinterested and said, “You can sort it out yourself, I’m going downstairs.”

Bao Jin, “That’s not what you just said.”

Clearly, a few minutes ago, he said that if they needed a witness to come to him, but after hearing Zhu Heng’s words, he immediately changed his mind and used Bao Jin as if he had no dignity.

Pei Shiyi propped himself up on the armrest and turned back, his skin cold and white, a slightly taut shoulder and neckline sinking into the black collar, as he said, “It’s called being in the moment.”

Bao Jin, “…”

Isn’t that a double standard?

Probably because he was worried about Bao Jin being angry with him, Pei Shiyi put the brakes on just in time, stopped adding fuel to the fire and turned around and walked happily downstairs.

Zhou Yan had been waiting for him downstairs for a while, and when he saw him coming down, he hurriedly greeted him. “Boss, do me a favour.”

Pei Shiyi was unclear. “Hmm?”

Zhou Yan said, “Aren’t we preparing the third video, I want to shoot Fondant as ragdolls are still very popular online, but the… big boss won’t let me do it.”

Pei Shiyi laughed as he listened. “You chased after Fondant to shoot, didn’t you? Hmm- our little princess is a bit shy, Yun Chao is definitely going to be mean to you.”

Zhou Yan said to himself: Come on, the big boss just prefers women!

Pei Shiyi took Zhou Yan’s phone and went slowly to find the two fairies at home. With a resentful face, Zhou Yan followed him and went around the wall, and indeed saw Yun Chao and Fondant.

Fondant was lying on the floor and the customer opposite was waving a teasing stick around. Fondant was holding her head high, her eyes following the stick, head bobbing from side to side, lively as can be.

Finally, a little girl couldn’t hold back and reached out her hand, the long soft fur swept across her palm, a subtle tickle went straight from her hand to her heart, the little girl covered her chest and fell straight into her best friend’s arms. “I’m dead.”

Someone touched the cat, and several other titillated customers also stretched out their claws, Yun Chao remained still, allowing the girls’ delicate little hands to gently stroke over her body until… a significantly larger hand pressed her head, even her ears were pressed into aeroplane ears, and then smoothed her from head to tail…

Yun Chao, “…”

This kind of strength and technique that can’t wait to squeeze her hair down is not much like a girl’s…

When she turned her head, she saw a large boy crouched behind her, looking like students from Yu Chuan University, staring at her with bright eyes, and when he saw her turn around, an excited yet apprehensive expression appeared on his face as he once again reached out his claws at her.

It was this boy who had just touched her.

Yun Chao’s fur exploded all over her body, and when none of the customers reacted, a tail flicked over the boy’s hand and in the blink of an eye, she had bounced several steps away.

The boy, dumbfounded and not reacting at all, dully said, “What’s wrong?”

Yun Chao was both shocked and angry, from the top of her head to the tip of her tail, her whole body began to feel uncomfortable, beside her was the lady who often came to the cat cafe, seeing Yun Chao’s annoyed look, she hurriedly came up to coax her.

Without looking back, Yun Chao burrowed into the little girl’s arms and let her kiss and hug her, not moving like a fluffy ball of cat marshmallow.

The girl smiled and said, “Did our Yun Chao get scared?”

The boy panicked and said, “D-Did I do something wrong?”

Without waiting for a reply from those around him, he heard a smiling voice from behind him. “No, it’s our fairy Yun Chai that has a little temper, please don’t take it to mind.”

The voice was surprisingly clear. The boy and Yun Chao turned around at the same time, and the handsome cat cafe owner was standing behind them, holding a mobile phone.

Yun Chao jumped down from the girl’s arms, Pei Shiyi leaned down and Yun Chao immediately stepped on and nestled into Pei Shiyi’s arms.

The big cotton ball in his arms whimpered, her head pressed against Pei Shiyi’s chest, her ears and mood low.

The usually high and cold little fairy looked like she had been insulted. Pei Shiyi held back his laughter with difficulty, stroking along with Yun Chao’s fur, coaxing the fairy Yun, who had a rare temper tantrum, while saying to his guest, “She didn’t hurt you just now, did she?”

Yun Chao had always been measured and restrained in her temper tantrums, not hurting anyone at all, but as the boss, his greetings and apologies were still necessary.

The boy shook his head in a rush. “No no, nothing happened.”

Only the tail was swept over, just a sight itch.

The boy looked at the soft white fur peeking out from the crook of Pei Shiyi’s arm and eyed it. “Did I just touch it too hard and hurt it?”

The girl who had just hugged Yun Chao wasn’t too sure, but she often came to the cat cafe and knew very well the force and itchiness that Yun Chao liked, so she said, “You pressed her ears, right, and don’t pet her from head to tail, and be a little less forceful, our Yun Chao is a little girl and very delicate.”

The boys nodded repeatedly.

Zhou Yan, who had watched the whole accident from the sidelines, said with an expressionless heart: No student, your mistake is being a man.

However, Zhou Yan stared at his boss with a suspicious look on his face and moved over with small steps to whisper, “Boss, why doesn’t Yunchao reject you?” All the male creatures in the cat cafe were disliked by the big boss, even the boss’s friend could only watch her, but only the boss, at every turn, could scoop the big boss into his arms and hug her.

Pei Shiyi hugged Yunchao, surprised. “Why would my cat reject me?”

Zhou Yan was choked by his question and felt that his boss had a point. Zhou Yan looked at the cool Yun Chao and sighed from the bottom of his heart. “The flower of the mountain.”

What a standard example of using beauty to bully.

Yun Chao glanced at Zhou Yan and indifferently turned back, her head buried in Pei Shiyi’s arms, thinking: Men are all big pig’s feet.

Pei Shiyi smiled. “Fondant still hasn’t been shot yet, but we got Yun Chao on tape.”

Yun Chao looked up and rested her jaws on the crook of Pei Shiyi’s arm. Although she was a large cat, her bones were extremely well-built and her different coloured pupils showed obvious doubt.

It was the first time Zhou Yan had been so close to Yun Chao, and even though he was a Fondant fan, he was shocked by Yun Chao’s beauty. He held his phone and was very convinced of this cat’s appearance.

Pei Shiyi said, “Hmm… I just took a video, can I put it online?”

Zhou Yan looked at his tone of voice and demeanour as if he was communicating with someone and suddenly understood why Yun Chao was so special to his boss.

Yun Chao knew that the cat cafe was running an online promotion and felt that she had done nothing that couldn’t be shown just now, so she patted Pei Shiyi to show that she knew.

Only then did Pei Shiyi save the video and handed the phone back to Zhou Yan. “I’ll trouble you for the new video.”

Zhou Yan was still getting extra pay, so of course, he didn’t mind the hassle. Besides, that bit just now was really stellar, and a slight cut to highlight the difference in how the big boss Yun Chao treated male and female customers would directly make Yun Chao’s image completely stand out.

Zhou Yan gave a crooked salute to Pei Shiyi and ran away with his mobile phone in his hand, but within a few steps, he bumped into Bao Jin walking down the stairs. Zhou Yan took a glance at Zhu Heng and was surprised, “Isn’t this the cameraman from the programme two days ago? Why is he here?”

And why did he look so miserable? The clothes were all wrinkled, there was a big red swelling on his head, bloodshot eyes and bruises under his eyes, it was almost like he had been beaten with a sack over his head.

Zhu Heng, bruised and battered, absentmindedly followed behind Bao Jin, and when he heard Zhou Yan’s question at first, he hurriedly fired off a distress signal with his gaze.

Zhou Yan was baffled, his expression even more confused than his. “Do you have an eye cramp?”

Bao Jin paused in his steps and calmly said, “He said he wanted to make an extra video for our cat cafe, right?”

Zhu Heng had hot tears in his eyes but did not dare to argue. “…Yes.”

Pei Shiyi, who had been watching with his chin up for a while, said, “That’s good, Mr Bao, you can ask him to send it over as soon as possible so I can give it to Zhou Yan to edit.”

Zhou Yan happily said, “That’s great, a professional cameraman is certainly not the same as an amateur like me!”

Zhu Heng was unsure: Was this not a perfunctory excuse for ordinary people?

Bao Jin lowered his eyes and swept a glance at Pei Shiyi, the other party was obviously pitting Zhu Heng. It just so happened that he hadn’t had the time to say anything back after standing off against Pei Shiyi upstairs, and at this moment he casually put this displeasure on Zhu Heng. “He said he will finish videoing within five days.”

Zhu Heng’s eyes went black- Christ, he was for real!

He was just a pathetic little attempted thief, should he be squeezed for residual value like that?

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