The salty life in Life of Pi

Chapter 53 New members, Laotie and Yuwan

Lying on the bed, Wu Xianyu casually said

"Sun Chuanchu, please draw the curtains. The sunlight is a bit dazzling. By the way, I would like to ask what program your science class has prepared."

"There is no result yet. No one in the class is planning to prepare a show. Lao Zhao just mentioned it."

Sun Chuan's voice came, and he easily pointed out that their class was currently experiencing unstable morale.

"Hey, Xianyu, what program have you prepared this time? I'm sure you can't refuse it."

Jiang Tianhao reacted immediately and leaned over the armrest to look at Wu Xianyu on the lower bunk, trying to find out about his show.
"As for me, I sang a song with Lin Miaomiao. If the fans on the radio station hadn't asked us to perform a show together, I really didn't want to go on stage with her. A handsome guy like me actually wanted to be paired with her."

"Hahaha, it's pretty good. Your radio program is really fun. Anyway, I only listened to your radio station that day. The rest of the time it was just background music for playing basketball."

Hearing Jiang Tianhao's praise, Wu Xianyu accepted it without hesitation.
"As long as you like it, it's worthy of this job."

"Hey, Xianyu, you only talked about your and Lin Miaomiao's program. Doesn't your class have any other programs?"

Sun Chuanchu was quick to react this time, and Wu Xianyu's tone was helpless.
"Our liberal arts class is full of girls, how could they be willing to play with us boys? I still don't know what program they have prepared."

"makes sense"

At this time, Lin Miaomiao returned to the girls' dormitory after a long absence and talked to her classmates about the chicken dance she designed in her freshman year of high school.

"I'm telling you, this dance was all my idea. I've been thinking about it for a long time. Believe me, the effect will be absolutely amazing. But let me make it clear in advance. If you choose to dance, don't be shy, as it will affect the quality of the dance. If you've decided, I'll come to the dormitory to help you practice during this time."

"Then Miaomiao, where are you going?"

"Stupid, Miaomiao wants to sing a duet with her, so she must practice too."

Before Lin Miaomiao could explain, other girls answered, but they all had different smiles on their faces. Although Lin Miaomiao kept saying that it was the fans' request, how could a girl be so easily fooled in matters of the heart?

Although the two of them did a good job of keeping the secret, some people could still unreasonably guess about their relationship based on their feelings. Wu Xianyu said that if they wanted to make such guesses, they could just let them do it and not explain. The more he explained, the more they would believe in their guesses.

Lin Miaomiao simply showed an impatient look and shook her hands.
"Whatever you say, I just completed the mission."

"Alright, alright, stop talking. You guys can make things sound like they're real when they don't happen."

Sure enough, Lin Miaomiao's performance made many people who believed in their own rationality believe that the two were innocent, and in turn made those who supported the CP stop talking nonsense.

Without wasting any time, everyone formed up and began to familiarize themselves with the moves.

Other girls passing by took a few glances and just thought it was fun and moved on.

At this time, the atmosphere in the science class girls' dormitory was not harmonious without Lin Miaomiao. Liang Yunshu and Li Yundi were discussing the math homework for lunch. Deng Xiaoqi was lying on the bed alone, thinking about what to do next.

Now I am in the breakup state with Qian Sanyi. Fortunately, I broke up by myself. Qian Sanyi has always wanted to get back together. If it is handled well, then Qian Sanyi's original plan to go through independent enrollment in colleges and universities in advance can also be solved, but perhaps it will cost something.
On Friday afternoon, Deng Xiaoqi returned home alone after the holiday. She ignored her aunt's greeting and rummaged in her bedside table. When she found something, she hesitated for a while, but made up her mind, picked it up and put it in her small bag.

"Auntie, I'm not eating at home today."

"He's not eating at home, kid, eh"

Turning around and closing the door, Deng Xiaoqi sent a message to Qian Sanyi
Xiaoqi wants to try harder: Come out and explain things clearly. I don’t want to continue in this confusion.

“Ding Dong--”

When the phone rang, Qian Sanyi put down the pen in his hand immediately. When he saw that it was a message from Deng Xiaoqi, he breathed a sigh of relief. But when he saw the content, his heart skipped a beat. He packed his schoolbag and walked out the door, saying to Pei Yin:
"Mom, I'm going out for a while"

"Are you still in the math group? Or why not just not go? Your grades have been unstable recently, and even your health isn't that good. I guess you've been busy with too many things and don't have enough energy."

While handing Qian Sanyi his coat, Pei Yin hinted that he should not go to that study group anymore. Although her son always had a smile on his face every time he came back from the study group, Pei Yin knew that was the smile when he was praised by everyone. For the sake of her son's self-confidence, she reluctantly agreed to let him go. But recently his grades have become increasingly unstable, so maybe he can stop going to this group?

"I have agreed this time. I have to go, but I can go or not depending on the situation in the future. I have already told them in advance and they understand."

"Okay, that's fine, go ahead and come back soon"

Pei Yin felt relieved when he saw that his son had his own plans. It was a good thing that his son had grown up and had his own ideas.

Qian Sanyi got on his bike and rode towards the entrance of the community. When he passed Building 2, he saw Wu Xianyu squatting at the door of the unit, and there seemed to be a few kittens in front of him?
Without looking closely, it didn't matter. Qian Sanyi quickened his pace and headed towards the agreed place.

As if sensing being watched, Wu Xianyu shifted his attention away from the motley stray cat, raised his head and squinted his eyes to see that it was Qian Sanyi's back.

"I've got the salted fish and ham."

Lin Miaomiao's voice came from behind, accompanied by the rhythmic sound of footsteps coming down the stairs, and there was excitement in her voice.

He came to Wu Xianyu, peeled off the outer covering of the sausage, cut it into small pieces and fed them to the motley stray cat.

But the stray cat was not in a hurry to eat. It meowed a few times in the direction of the bushes. Lin Miaomiao looked in the direction of the bushes with some doubts.
"Who are you calling?"

"Its baby. Didn't you see how much food it had in its belly? Winter is coming. It must be coming to us to store food for the winter."

Wu Xianyu reached out and touched the belly of the motley stray cat, and now it didn't react so violently.

"Oh, really, here they come, let me count, one, two, five!"

"Five won't do."

Lin Miaomiao responded reflexively and turned to look at Wu Xianyu in confusion.

“Why not five?”

"Because he didn't take it, it's okay, look at this kitten"

Lin Miaomiao, who was distracted, was already excited.
"I just saw these two little ones, one is all white and the other is all black. I don't know how they were born."

Reaching out to pick up the all-white kitten, Wu Xianyu took a closer look.

"Still a heterochromatic eye"

"Let me see, let me see"

Lin Miaomiao lay directly on Wu Xianyu and looked down at the all-white kitten.

"Really? One has blue eyes and the other has yellow eyes. Okay, put it down. It's meowing."

Putting the cats down and letting them eat the sausage, Wu Xianyu looked at the two cats, one black and one white, stroking his chin, thinking about something. After eating, the stray cat with three other kittens of similar color prepared to leave. The two kittens, one black and one white, wanted to follow, but were frightened back by the threatening sound from the big cat's throat.

Lin Miaomiao looked at the big cat's arched back and its standing hair, and was a little frightened. She pulled Wu Xianyu's arm.
"Hey, Xianyu, why doesn't the big cat let these two little ones catch up?"

“It gave us these two children.”

Wu Xianyu stroked the pure black cat and looked at the back of the big cat and the three kittens leaving with a complicated tone.
"Winter is coming, and the big cats can't afford to feed the kittens. Besides, pure-colored cats have a hard time surviving in the wild. As predators, it's hard for them to catch prey with such obvious body color. So, as a stray cat, it trusted us once."

Feeling the little white cat trembling in her palm, Lin Miaomiao couldn't help but feel pity for it. She touched Wu Xianyu with her shoulder.

"Xianyu, let's adopt it. Look, it's so beautiful."

Wu Xianyu smiled helplessly
"Since you've asked, how can I refuse? Give me the black one and give you the white one. Keep them at my house for now. I'll do that for tonight. Tomorrow I'll take them to the veterinary hospital for a checkup and vaccinations."

"Hey, you still understand me"

"Hey, don't kiss here, go inside, let's kiss you later"

. . . . . .

In the evening, at Lin Miaomiao's house, the family had dinner together. Lin Miaomiao naturally mentioned that she had adopted a cat. Before Wang Shengnan could get angry, Lin Miaomiao said

"The cats are all in Wu Xianyu's house now, and he is taking care of them."

Wang Shengnan wanted to slap the table but her hand stopped in mid-air. She looked at Lin Miaomiao who was eating in silence and didn't know what to say. Lin Dawei, who was observing her expression, spoke up in time and put Wang Shengnan's hand down.
"Hey, that child wasn't raised by Miaomiao, it was raised by Xiaoyu. You can't blame Miaomiao. There's no need to be angry."

After a while, Wang Shengnan thought of another question and frowned.

"So what do you do with the cat when you're in school?"

"I don't know. I plan to buy a feeder and water tomorrow and keep it at home first. At first, Xianyu wanted you to pay attention to it when you are free, but I refused."

When saying this, Lin Miaomiao secretly glanced at Wang Shengnan's reaction. If Xianyu's guess was correct, then Wang Shengnan should say
"Hey kid, why did you just refuse Xiaoyu when he asked us for a favor? He's doing us such a big favor, why can't we help with such a small matter? Tell Xiaoyu tomorrow that when you guys are in school, your dad and I will go and take a look."

"Oh, got it"

Pretending to look aggrieved, Lin Miaomiao tried hard to put rice into her mouth to prevent herself from laughing out loud. This guy Xianyu really understood Wang Shengnan.

After dinner, Lin Miaomiao brought some of her old clothes to Wu Xianyu's house and watched him use their old clothes to build a nest for each of the two cats.

"Once they get familiar with our scent, they will recognize us as their master. Now, there is an important matter: naming them. Do you have any ideas?"

"Although I haven't decided yet, I reject names like Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai"

Lin Miaomiao obviously understood Wu Xianyu's lazy personality, and first rejected the two names. Sure enough, Wu Xianyu smacked his lips regretfully. It seemed that he really thought so at the beginning.

"Then I'll call this black one 'Lao Tie'"

"What kind of a name is this? Why?"

Wu Xianyu sat on the floor and picked up the all-black cat

"In ancient times, all-black cats were called Wuyun Xiaotie. I took the Chinese character for iron and just called him Laotie to save trouble."

Hearing the word "old iron" from Wu Xianyu's mouth, the black cat also let out a trembling "meow".

Seeing this scene, Lin Miaomiao couldn't help but pat her forehead.
"I shouldn't have let you speak. Now the cat recognizes this name."

"What's wrong? Isn't the name Laotie a good one? Laotie is fine, maybe this cat won't get sick easily in the future."

Listening to Wu Xianyu's nonsense, Lin Miaomiao picked up her white cat and thought about what name to give it.

"White, white, white sugar? No, it doesn't taste good. Snow cake? It feels too crispy."

Listening to the food coming out of Lin Miaomiao's mouth, Wu Xianyu curled his lips and said, "She's not as good as my old friend."

Feeling the soft fur on the white cat and pinching its belly, Lin Miaomiao suddenly had an idea and lifted the white cat above her head.

"From now on you will be called Fishball!"

"puff"

Wu Xianyu couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"What? Mine doesn't sound better than your old friend's."

"No, no, it sounds nice."

Pet Hospital.

"These two cats have just been weaned, so it's a good time to adopt them. They look like tabby cats, but this pure color is rare. I guess they have crossed paths with other breeds. They are both healthy. Keep them warm during this period, and bring them here for sterilization after the Chinese New Year in the spring."

After saying goodbye to the veterinarian, the two came to the hospital front desk and bought some necessary things for raising a cat, such as cat litter, cat food, feeding and watering machines, and cat scratching boards. They originally wanted to buy an iron cage, but in the end they changed to one with iron bars. It happened that Wu Xianyu had a storage room at home, so they could just block the door with iron bars.

Seeing the two children running up and down the stairs for the cats, Wang Shengnan couldn't help her curiosity and went to Wu Xianyu's house to take a look. When she saw that they were two solid-colored cats, she was immediately filled with love and touched the cats' heads.
"Oh, these two poor little ones are so small. Luckily you met Miaomiao and the others."

The two put a cat house in the grass downstairs, which was big enough for four or five cats to live in, hoping to help the stray cat survive the winter.

Wu Xianyu and Lin Miaomiao returned upstairs and saw Wang Shengnan sitting on the floor holding two cats. The two looked at each other, and Wu Xianyu consciously left the house, leaving Lin Miaomiao to face Wang Shengnan.

After a while, Wu Xianyu returned home and saw Lin Miaomiao sitting on the floor of the utility room with two cats on her legs. Wu Xianyu walked in, sat on the floor face to face with Lin Miaomiao, hugged his old friend, and asked Lin Miaomiao:

"How did you tell Auntie?"

"What else can I say? She is the epitome of a soft-hearted person who is tough on the outside. I promised her that she would help take care of us when she has no classes."

"That's fine. You're a day student now anyway. I'll give you a key to my house and you can come over anytime after school. This room is not small and there are no heavy objects in it. You can just use it as a place for them to play. As long as they don't run away, there won't be any problem."

"kindness"

Lin Miaomiao only answered with one word, but Wu Xianyu couldn't help but roll his Adam's apple as he looked at her holding Yuwan with a gentle smile on her face.

(End of this chapter)