Chapter 30: Wife’s name will be on my love

An Xingzhou didn’t have a single clue about what had just happened. Why did the comments become so censor-worthy?

He ended the live stream and sat in front of the computer while in a daze. Then he turned his gaze towards Peng Ci in suspicion.

He suspected that Peng Ci might’ve said something in the live stream when he had gone to wash his face. Otherwise, why would everyone be going explicit together?!

But Peng Ci didn’t look guilty at all.

Its posture was still the same as when An Xingzhou placed it on the table. Patting its small belly with its paws, Peng Ci was snoring.

If Peng Ci really did something behind his back, it wouldn’t be the way it was now. It would definitely pretend that nothing was wrong and lunge into his embrace, rubbing against him while calling “Wife.” Its chubby butt would be shaking too, as it went all out to act well-behaved.

It seemed like it was a misunderstanding on his part. An Xingzhou quietly apologized for his suspicion, thinking, ‘Nowadays, youngsters get all explicit with a single disagreement. Whatever, it’s probably just them playing by themselves.’

An Xingzhou placed the blame on his fans and glanced at the time, not planning to continue live streaming anymore. He just pulled Peng Ci over, placed it on his thigh to be a hand cushion, treating it like a pillow, and randomly chose a movie to watch.

For the next few days, An Xingzhou kept starting the live stream and playing co-op with Peng Ci. The fans, who had screamed over the smallest things, gradually got used to Peng Ci’s existence and remembered the rabbit called Ci Ci instead.

Peng Ci had already learned how to communicate with the fans from a distance. When it wasn’t playing games, it entered An Xingzhou’s live stream with its phone. Seeing the comments fly past, Peng Ci even took the time to answer. Wife didn’t let it appear on camera, but its voice could!

So when the fans asked, “Why hasn’t Ci Ci showed up in so long?”, he immediately responded, “Ci Ci is here!”

An Xingzhou: “…”

An Xingzhou immediately explained to the screen full of question marks, “Ignore him. He thought you were talking about him.”

Peng Ci responded from the side, “It’s me! Ci Ci is me!”

After Peng Ci said that, the comments were full of ‘Peng Ci is being jealous of Ci Ci? What sort of jelly king is this?’

“Yes, yes. You’re Ci Ci.” An Xingzhou made a “hush” sound and said, in accordance with his principle of spoiling his fans, “Wait a sec, guys. Since the live stream is almost going to end soon, I’ll bring Ci Ci over to say bye.”

Peng Ci immediately stood up on the table, extending its pawsies at An Xingzhou. “Huggie—”

An Xingzhou deftly clamped Peng Ci’s mouth together, whispering, “Be a rabbit. Don’t talk!”

“Oh…” Peng Ci nodded, immediately going from An Xingzhou’s husband to his cute pet. It waved at the camera obediently after being carried over by An Xingzhou, only asking after An Xingzhou ended the live stream. “Wife, what am I to you?”

This question was so random that An Xingzhou froze and answered subconsciously, “You’re my Y-youlemei 1 ?”

Peng Ci: “?”

Seeing that Peng Ci clearly didn’t have a single clue about this reference, An Xingzhou thought that he was too much of a bumpkin. After spurned himself a little, he said, “You’re a little bunny bun.”

Peng Ci rubbed its cheeks and asked closely, “Am I Wife’s little bunny bun?”

An Xingzhou didn’t know what Peng Ci was up to again and nodded his head carelessly.

After seeing An Xingzhou nod, Peng Ci rubbed its front paws against each other and thought through the logic in its mind.

‘I’m a bunny bun. I’m Wife’s bunny bun. I’m Wife’s. I’m Wife’s husband.’

‘Ci Ci is me. Peng Ci is me too. There’s no problem!’

‘I’m a pet and a husband too!’

An Xingzhou could only see Peng Ci suddenly fall into deep thought and nod very rhythmically, like it was confirming its line of thought.

He was used to Peng Ci’s imagination and had long fallen into the chill scumbag state of ‘think-whatever-you-want’. He didn’t mind, picking up a cup of water and taking a sip, and then realized Peng Ci had suddenly raised its head to look at him.

Peng Ci shouted loudly, “Wife! What about my collar?”

An Xingzhou: “???”

“Pfff—!” An Xingzhou immediately spat out the mouthful of water, dousing Peng Ci all over.

Peng Ci shook its fur, shaking off the water on its body, and said, “Is this the nectar of love, Wife?!”

“No, they’re the waterdrops of shock.” An Xingzhou pinched Peng Ci coldly and caught Peng Ci’s neck, saying coldly like a heartless killer, “Did you secretly watch some strange movies on my phone? Collar and nectar? You better explain.”

Peng Ci titled its head and tugged at the waterdrops remaining on its ears. “What movies? Does Wife want to watch movies with me—Agh!”

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Peng Ci was choked by An Xingzhou and immediately let out a screech. When An Xingzhou let go, it hurriedly shrunk and stretched its neck, saying aggrievedly, “Why did Wife choke me… Is it because Wife doesn’t want to buy me a collar…”

It coughed and stepped on An Xingzhou a few times with its head drooping. “I’m Wife’s bunny bun… Other pets all have collars. Is it because Wife doesn’t want me anymore that Wife won’t give me one?”

Peng Ci rubbed its face and lowered its head to rub its eyes with its short, little front pawsies, saying dejectedly, “Is Wife going to throw me away? Why… Is it because Ci Ci is too noob at playing games?”

An Xingzhou: “…”

An Xingzhou felt very conflicted on the inside.

He wanted to mock Peng Ci for having the self-awareness that it was a very noob gamer, but he felt a little awkward about having his mind in the gutter. As expected, Ci Ci was a pure little bunny; the dirty one was him, the adult.

An Xingzhou grinned and hurriedly held Peng Ci in his arms to comfort it. He rubbed its head and its belly too, finding a perfect excuse for his actions from before in the interval between rubbing the bunny bun. “Look. I just choked you softly, and you already felt uncomfortable. How could you wear a collar?”

Peng Ci’s ears twitched, and it raised its head a little to look at An Xingzhou, saying quietly, “So Wife isn’t buying it for me because Wife’s worried for me? But Ci Ci wants a collar too…”

“Of course it’s because I’m afraid you’d be uncomfortable!” An Xingzhou thought to himself that he really was a scumbag; his lies came at the drop of a hat. He had really grown up under Peng Ci’s “training.” “Let’s do this. I’ll wrap a comfortable ribbon around your neck, okay?”

Peng Ci was a little moved but after hesitating, it still said, “But the collar—”

“The ribbon it is!” An Xingzhou didn’t want to hear the word “collar” anymore. He felt awkward every time he heard it, so he just upped the game. “Think about it, you can sew things into a ribbon. We’ll sew my name on the back of the ribbon, okay?”

When Peng Ci heard the words “sew my name”, its eyes immediately lit up, and it yelled without a single ounce of hesitation, “Okay!”

‘The name is much more important than a collar! If I have Wife’s name, then I’ll really be an exclusive little bunny bun!’

‘And everyone will be able to see Wife’s name on my ribbon!’

Peng Ci immediately regained its vigor, planning to show Cheshire kitty its ribbon too. It asked urgently, “Then when will I get the ribbon?!”

An Xingzhou had to fill in the grave he’d dug for himself. He picked up his phone and clicked on the Taobao 2 app, searching while saying, “I’ll buy it right now, okay? It’ll come very soon. What color do you want?”

“Red!” Peng Ci peered over at An Xingzhou’s phone screen. “Red like roses! Humans say roses are love. Then Wife’s name will be on my love!”

An Xingzhou: “…”

An Xingzhou paused, his heart going numb for some reason.

It was probably from feeling moved from his pet’s love!

As he thought, he couldn’t resist feeling curious for the first time about what kind of person Peng Ci would be if it could really become human.

Author’s Note:

Setting a flag! Peng Ci will become human soon!

Footnotes

This is a reference to a milk tea advertisement in which a woman asks a man “What am I to you?” and the man responds, “You’re my youlemei (the advertised milk tea) because that way, I can hold you in the palm of my hand.” online shopping platform like Amazon