Chapter 32   - Those fingers are very white.

Yu Yan played two more matches and then looked at the time before saying goodbye to his teammate, “Let’s just play until here for now . It’s time for dinner.”

“Okay.” The person replied, “My viewers said that you’re also an anchor? On StarTV?”

Yu Yan responded, “… Right.”

“Cool. I’ll watch your livestream sometime when I’m free.”

Why watch his livestream?

Yu Yan didn’t understand, but questioning any further wouldn’t be good, so he just had to say okay.

The takeout arrived punctually; he had ordered hot and sour noodles today. As soon as he opened the bag, he could smell the spice. There were also fried peanuts on top of it, which made his mouth water.

He casually turned on a newly released variety show and spread some napkins around since he was afraid of dirtying the keyboard. Afterwards, he picked up the bowl and took a sip of the spicy soup.

Delicious.

They were watching a mystery variety show, and from time to time, Yu Yan would turn on his mic to analyze the plot with his viewers. However, Yu Yan didn’t open the barrage——these viewers were so bad. They just kept wanting to give him spoilers.

Yu Yan was seriously watching the show when his cellphone slightly vibrated. He casually glanced at it.

: Neighbor, what are you doing?

Yu Yan froze. “….”

The big mouthful of hot and sour noodles he had just eaten all coalesced within his open mouth. After a while, it fell back into the soup.

Hadn’t this person updated the nickname he had for Yu Yan too fast ?!!

His eyes were wide open as he carefully thought about it—he definitely hadn’t seen 1 enter the stream today.

Yu Yan: … Are you referring to me?

: Who else?

Yu Yan answered honestly this time: Eating.

Yi Chen didn’t reply. He fiddled with the cat’s tail on his hand, while keeping his eyes on his cellphone.

Sure enough, the words “Typing” appeared again, disappearing and reappearing several times.

Yu Yan: Have you eaten yet?

: Not yet. I just got home.

Yu Yan: Oh… Then, How did you find out about that neighbor thing? It didn’t look like you came to the stream today .

: I used a side account at the company.

So it was like that.

Yu Yan chewed on his plastic fork as he held his cellphone in both hands. He pondered over his words and sentences for a long time, but ultimately, he still failed to send the usual invitation to play together tonight.

Would 1 also feel like he was pulling him in to sell rot ?

He dillydallied for a long time, until his cellphone vibrated in his palm.

: I won’t play tonight. There’s no need to wait for me. Going out for a bit.

… Yu Yan was afraid that this person was actually a mind reader.

Yu Yan: Okay.

Yi Chen leaned against the sofa. There was a little white cat sitting on the trousers of his suit. The cat was lying on his belt with its face down, looking very pitiful.

On the glass table in front of him was a laptop with a livestream open. The anchor hadn’t unmuted his mic to talk for a while now.

: Do you like cats?

Yu Yan suddenly felt like the hot and sour noodles in front of him weren’t as appetizing. He put his dinner aside and focused on replying on WeChat.

Yu Yan: Yes, I saw the photo that you posted to your Moments. It’s very cute, is it a stray cat?

: No.

No?

… There’s actually such a dirty house cat?

: Do you still want to see it?

Yu Yan: Yes!

Although he wasn’t starving like before, he was still hungry. After replying, Yu Yan bowed his head and ate a big mouthful of noodles.

From how 1 said it, it sounded like he was going to send him a picture of the cat. Yu Yan had even already decided about what sitting position he wanted to be in to absorb the cat picture.

He was happily eating when his cellphone suddenly vibrated; the strength of the vibration was greater than before, and was continuous. Yu Yan had been teased so much that he turned as red as a crawfish. He was about to fan himself but looked up and saw that his livestream account’s private chat icon was flashing.

[Administrator 03: System alert, you have afked for more than 20 minutes. If a normal livestream is not resumed within 30 minutes, starlight value will be deducted. Please pay attention.]

[What is he doing? Planning to put on a variety show all night?]

[Eating for half an hour?]

[What the hell? I’m going to watch other anchors.]

“Go livestream .” Yi Chen glanced at the barrage on the computer.

“Wait!” Yu Yan stopped him and asked, “Can I take a few screenshots of him through the video call?”

“Yes, you can.” Yi Chen blinked. “But that’s not necessary.”

“Ah?”

“If you want to look at him, just video call me.”

As Yi Chen said this, he looked at the person on the screen.

The young man had tightly pursed his lips. He was too young to conceal anything; as soon as his lips loosened, it seemed as if they would fly up into the sky, and the tips of his ears were still red.

Yi Chen’s eyes looked deep and cryptic. He kneaded the cat a bit harder, to the extent that the cat felt so comfortable that he couldn’t help closing his eyes.

“…Alright then.” Yu Yan said, “I’ll ask you in advance if you’re free!”

Yi Chen chuckled, “Okay.”

After hanging up the video call, Yi Chen tossed his cellphone onto the table and kneaded the cat two more times.

“Ge, I’m back…” Yi Ran walked into the house and found that his Ge was actually sitting on the sofa in the living room. Seeing what was on his leg, Yi Ran’s eyes widened. “No way, Ge, you even brought it back?”

“En.”

“Since you brought it back, who is going to raise it ?” Yi Ran asked, “Where are you going to keep it? In the guest room?”

Yi Chen stood up and put the cat on the sofa. “Just in the living room.”

“Well, it just so happens that some of my friends particularly like raising cats. They hold cat get-togethers every other day or so.” Yi Ran went to the sofa, raised his hand to the cat’s chin, let out a “hehe”, and said, “I’ll take you out to see the world at that time.”

“Then, you’ll have to ask him if he wants to go.” Yi Chen turned around and walked into the bedroom. “His status in the family is much higher than yours.”

Yi Ran: “?”

Yi Chen changed his clothes and went out to a bar.

When his friend Mo Nancheng saw him, he immediately waved his hand at him, signaling that he was here.

Mo Nancheng poured him some alcohol and put it in front of him. “Haven’t seen you for two months, how are you?”

“Alright.” Yi Chen picked up the glass and took a sip. “Did you get that project?”

“Yes, I finally got it. You don’t know… I’ve drank so much during this time that I nearly got alcohol poisoning.” Mo Nancheng shook the glass in his hand. “How about you? Why are you late today? Usually, you’re not late.”

“Got a cat and took it to get groomed.”

“A cat?” Mo Nancheng stared at him with wide eyes and sized him up in disbelief. “You don’t look like a cat person… What, was this a whim of yours?”

“Can count it as that .”

Yi Chen seemed to think of something. He unconsciously raised the corners of his lips and said, “The cat had been sitting beside my car for several days; it is so thin and small. Every time, it would eagerly look at me and wind around my pant leg before rubbing against it.”

It was the first time he had heard something so tender come from his friend’s mouth. Mo Nancheng’s expression was complicated. “So then your heart softened?”

“No.”

“Then what?”

Yi Chen tapped his index finger on the table with a mysterious smile. “I thought that it looked like someone, so I couldn’t help it and brought it back home.”

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The author has something to say:

Every social account ID of Xiao Yan’s is yanxyan

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Juurensha: Idk exactly what’s going through Boss Yi’s mind, but I think it’s something like:

Boss Yi: I shall bring in a cute cat and ask the little anchor if he likes cats.

Yanyan: Kitty! (And hands!)

Boss Yi: Success

Divi: Would you adopt a cat that you thought looked like a particular someone? No? Same. Yi Chen you already like Yanyan pftt.

Noks: A small Yanyan kitty! And hands! Boss Yi’s ways of doing things all result in one reaction: a reddened Yanyan! xD

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