Chapter Sixty-Four p3
After a round of reminiscing, Bo Chi and Yu Zhao sat together, listening to them talk about what had happened in these past few years.
“I’ve already graduated from the academy.” Jin Xi’s tone was relaxed: “My parents know that I’ve always been at the top of the academy’s rankings, and they finally relented and didn’t force me to get married. My next step is to become an official. The current emperor is not very competent, and relies entirely on loyal officials to maintain the world, but they are all a bunch of old-fashioned people, afraid of this and that. I know I definitely can’t argue with them, so I decided to join them and change this world from within!“
Two years had passed, and Jin Xi had matured a bit, her ambition becoming even greater.
Probably influenced by Bo Chi, she had a filter for ghosts and monsters, and wanted to let kind ghosts and humans live together peacefully. Her plan was simple, first, she would try her best to make the inheritance of exorcists widespread, and secondly, she would mass-produce spirit-seeking compasses, so that everyone could have one, to distinguish between evil ghosts and good ghosts.
The following measures were too far away, and Jin Xi didn’t think about them anymore. For her, being able to implement these two things would probably require her to fight wits and courage with the old fogies in the court for the rest of her life.
“But it’s okay.” She said optimistically: “When those old fogies die, I’ll see if they continue to oppose or support it!“
The others chuckled, and Bo Chi asked curiously: “Wait, are you still dressed as a man? Then how did you hide your voice recovery from others?“
Jin Xi looked at her faintly: “Thanks to big sister, I’ve already mastered the skill of instantly changing my voice into a rough man’s voice. Big sister, listen, is my voice heroic now?“
Bo Chi suppressed a smile, and nodded seriously: “Big brother, you win.“
Jin Xi chuckled, and turned to look at Fu Shuang. Fu Shuang showed a shy look, and said gently: “I’m not as capable as Big Sister Jin Xi. In these two years, Qing’er and I have been learning embroidery. Now we have a little reputation, and even opened a shop in the capital. We can at least feed ourselves now.“
Bo Chi didn’t look down on her, but praised: “Being able to achieve something is enough to show your excellence. Earning money with your own hands, nothing is cheap.“
Fu Shuang looked at Bo Chi fixedly, then lowered her eyes and chuckled: “Chi Niang really hasn’t changed at all.” Still so gentle…
After understanding Fu Shuang and Liu Qinger, it was the little girl Hua Ci’s turn.
Hua Ci had grown a bit compared to two years ago, but she was still a minor. As soon as Bo Chi came back, she clutched Bo Chi’s sleeve tightly, her eyes fixed on Bo Chi.
Jin Xi looked at her like this, and seeing Bo Chi’s love for her, she suddenly had a flash of inspiration: “Hua Ci has always been close to you. After you were taken away, she cried and wanted to go find you. We locked her up for more than half a month, and she only calmed down after having a serious illness. Usually, she would quietly do her homework, and sit on a stool at the door every night waiting for you. It’s because you came back early today, otherwise, the first person to see you wouldn’t be Qing’er, but this little girl.“
“I see that you two care about each other, and you and Master Yu don’t have any children, why don’t you take Hua Ci in?” Jin Xi suggested: “Let her be your daughter.“
Her voice fell, and before Bo Chi could respond, Hua Ci’s eyes suddenly lit up, staring at Bo Chi unblinkingly, even her breathing becoming lighter.
Bo Chi was stunned for two seconds, and first turned to look at Yu Zhao: “You… what do you think?“
Yu Zhao frowned, her gaze sweeping over Hua Ci, then landing on Bo Chi’s face, and she said faintly: “I’ll listen to you.“
Bo Chi couldn’t help but smile, raised her hand and rubbed Hua Ci’s head, and said readily: “Okay, then from now on, you are our little daughter!“
Hua Ci was stunned for a while, as if she hadn’t reacted. After a while, she silently threw herself into Bo Chi’s arms, tugged at Bo Chi’s clothes, omitted the word ‘Chi’, and called out as she wished: “Mom…“
Jin Xi muttered on the side: “I said this little girl is scheming, she refused to call me big sister, and insisted on calling us Chi Niang with us, I think she probably had this thought long ago, just using the name as a cover.“
The others covered their mouths and smiled.
In the following years, Bo Chi and Yu Zhao stayed in the capital.
They didn’t reveal their identities, and taught Hua Ci like an ordinary couple, chatting and laughing with their friends.
Time flew by, and Yu Zhao, who had fought among evil spirits in her youth, was the first to die.
A few old ladies surrounded her, and one of them said suspiciously: “Did she deliberately seek death?“
The one beside her, whose teeth had fallen out, asked vaguely: “What do you mean?“
Jin Xi pouted: “A few days ago, she and Bo Chi went out, and Bo Chi rarely wanted to return to her youthful and beautiful appearance. As a result, when passersby saw their intimacy, they asked her – is this girl your granddaughter? Hahahahaha!“
The old ladies burst into laughter, and Yu Zhao, who still had her last breath, couldn’t stand it, and was angered to death.
Jin Xi said cheerfully: “She’s dead, dead. Hey, I’m leaving first, otherwise, when she becomes a ghost, she will definitely come to me to settle the score.“
Bo Chi held Yu Zhao’s gradually cooling hand, and smiled: “Don’t run, you’re old, just rest. Ah Zhao’s soul has gone to the ghost realm, I have to go pick her up, and then help her stabilize her soul. If you can’t find us after you die, don’t worry, just know that we’re still living well in other places, that’s enough.“
Jin Xi and the others didn’t understand the hidden meaning in her words, smiled and waved to her, watched her smile slightly, and left this world.
**
Another seamless transmigration. Bo Chi shook her head, thinking that she was used to the system’s perfunctory attitude, but when she raised her head and saw herself in the mirror, she immediately bristled, and said in shock: “Meow, meow, meow!!“
Help, where were her small waist and long legs?
How did she become a short-legged, long-haired cat?!
Bo Chi stared at herself in the mirror, her long white fur bristling like a fluffy ball.
In the eyes of Yu Zhao, who passed by, it was like she was frightened by another self, stupid, cute, and adorable.
Yu Zhao, who didn’t like cats and even hated cat fur, looked at this little white cat with blue eyes for the first time, and asked her colleague beside her with her limited knowledge of cats: “Is that a Ragdoll cat?“
The colleague didn’t look up: “You mean the one brought by Manager Zhao? Yes, it’s a Ragdoll, isn’t it beautiful? Do you want to raise one? Heh, let me tell you something scary, that cat cost Manager Zhao fifteen thousand, just one, fifteen thousand!“
The colleague raised her head, her face full of envy and jealousy, and finally stared at the little cat clumsily wagging its tail not far away, and said obsessively: “Ah, it’s so beautiful, wuwuwu, I also want to raise one!“
The expensive price dispelled Yu Zhao’s impulse. She looked away from the cat, and started to deal with the work at hand, and said faintly: “Wake up, we’re all interns who just graduated, we can barely pay the rent, how can we have the spare money to raise a cat?“
The colleague smiled bitterly: “You’re right, we can barely support ourselves, let alone a cat or dog.“
The two social animals felt the same, gave up their unnecessary fantasies, and focused on their work.
Bo Chi barely adapted to the cat’s perspective and body, shook her pointed ears, and began to explore the surroundings.
She seemed to be in an office on the first floor. Seven or eight desks and chairs were neatly arranged, and the employees were sitting in front of their computers, concentrating on their work. From time to time, someone would walk to other colleagues with documents and ask something.
And the place where she was now was in the corner. Not only were there water and cat food around her, but also toys like yellow ducklings and pink piglets, and there was even a salted fish with a strange glint in its eyes.
Bo Chi lowered her head and sniffed the salted fish, then slapped it away with her paw in disgust, walked to an empty chair with a proper cat walk, and pounced on it. She easily jumped onto the chair, and then jumped onto the table with the same move. Only then could she finally see the employees’ faces clearly without looking up at the ‘giants’.
Among the crowd, she saw Yu Zhao at a glance, meowed happily, and jumped over countless obstacles towards the other party’s desk.
Yu Zhao was frowning and thinking about something. When she heard the surprised voices around her, she didn’t realize anything was wrong. It wasn’t until a fluffy thing bumped into her chest that her hand trembled, and she snapped out of her concentration, lowered her head, and looked at the cat in her arms at close range.
It was a Ragdoll cat with snow-white fur, its pointed ears and the area around its eyes grayish, its fluffy tail wagging, the tip of its tail also a bit black, its eyes big and round, and even more rare, its pupils were blue, like the clear blue sky, and watery like the deep sea.
It snuggled into Yu Zhao’s arms, raised its little head and looked at Yu Zhao, as if there was only Yu Zhao in its eyes.
Yu Zhao’s heart suddenly throbbed, and she couldn’t help but feel a strong sense of love, feeling that all the cats and dogs she had seen before were not as good as the one in her arms.
It was a pity that this cat wasn’t hers, and she didn’t have enough money to raise a pet.
Yu Zhao calmed down, carefully held the cat, and put it on the table from her arms.
Just as she was about to stand up and go talk to Manager Zhao, the owner of the cat, the Ragdoll seemed to have misunderstood something, and lay down on the table, its paws raised obediently, revealing its long and soft white belly without any defense, and meowed coquettishly at her: “Meow~“
The author has something to say:
Bo Chi: Come and pet me~
Yu Zhao (losing her mind): I’ll fuck you until you meow!
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