After Becoming Pregnant With The Empress Cat's Cub - Chapter 23.1

Lan Ye explained, “It’s not a ‘thing.’ You can’t eat it, and you can’t wear it. So, you have to have all those other things first before you go and play with this ‘non-thing.’ Love is like the handful of green onions sprinkled on a dish before it leaves the pot, it’s just a garnish.”

At the mention of onions, Si Qing’s brow furrowed. She didn’t eat onions.

Lan Ye saw this and changed her analogy. “It’s the final handful of flower petals. Whether they’re there or not doesn’t affect your meal. You can’t give up what you’re supposed to have for something like that.”

Looking at this human who spoke profound truths in such a crude manner, Si Qing couldn’t help but ask, “What exactly did you do before?”

She seemed silly, but she was always leading people into traps, and her words were always unexpected. Occasionally, there were moments like this where she seemed to be spreading truth. It really felt like… there was a bit of “light.”

Lan Ye sighed. “Even if I told you, you wouldn’t believe me.”

Si Qing remembered asking before, and the human had said things like “top secret agent,” “MI555,” or “factory worker.” It sounded fabricated from start to finish. “That’s because you didn’t tell the truth.”

Lan Ye: “You’d believe the truth even less.”

Si Qing didn’t believe her. Why wouldn’t she believe the truth?

Lan Ye: “Fine, then I’ll tell you the truth. I used to be a pet groomer. Every day, I washed dogs and trimmed their fur.”

After speaking, she looked at Si Qing. Si Qing had a “Are you kidding me?” expression.

Lan Ye shrugged. “See? I told you you wouldn’t believe me.”

Of course she wouldn’t believe it. Currently, there were only three existing dogs in the entire country, all kept in a specialized protection base and carefully pampered. At most, they were shown to the public for one day a year, viewed from a distance through glass. This human wanted to wash and trim a dog’s fur? Even the Royal Family wouldn’t dare touch a single hair on those three dogs.

“Can you at least try to make your lies believable?” Si Qing looked displeased, feeling her intelligence was being dragged through the dirt. She wanted to say more, but suddenly, a shout came from behind.

“Lan Ye!”

The voice was loud, and everyone around turned to look. Lan Ye and Si Qing turned together toward the person who had shouted so loudly.

“Lan Ye! It really is you!”

Seeing the other party excitedly running toward her with arms wide as if to hug her, Lan Ye tried to dodge to the side. Si Qing was a step faster and blocked her.

Lei Xing performed an emergency retraction of the hug and looked at the person blocking her. “Who are you?”

Si Qing looked at her. “Who are you?”

Lei Xing tried to push her aside, but she couldn’t move her. She simply braced herself on the other’s shoulders and stood on tiptoe to look at Lan Ye behind her.

“Lan Ye, it’s me! Little Landmine!”

Lan Ye raised an eyebrow. “Little Landmine”… she had heard that unique name once yesterday.

“Kindergarten! On the first day, you said you were going to take me home. You even said I was the cutest little beastman in the whole kindergarten!”

Lan Ye remembered who it was. After all, her aunt had reminisced about this very event yesterday. She looked at the newcomer. The head of yellow hair was thicker than when they were kids, but that quite cute face hadn’t changed much.

Lei Xing hadn’t expected to run into Lan Ye here. “On graduation day, I wanted to go with you, but something happened at home. Later, we moved to the Lower 9th District.”

“I’ve missed you so much all these years. I’ve really wanted to find you!” Lei Xing truly had so much to say. For all these years, she had wanted to find Lan Ye, but the area she lived in didn’t allow for casual visits to the Central District.

Hearing “Lower 9th District,” Si Qing sharpened her vigilance. “Do you have a permit?”

Lei Xing nodded and opened her phone to show her. “I passed the Royal Guard exam! Not only do I have a permit, I’m now a government employee!”

Lei Xing was full of excitement as she told Lan Ye about this lucky turn of events. Generally speaking, those in the lower 11 districts might never leave for their entire lives. There was only one exception they called “reaching the shore” passing the Royal Guard exam.

It was very difficult. Not only did you have to pass multiple assessments, but more importantly, there had to be an opening. She had been waiting since she became an adult. After waiting for six years, a spot finally opened up this year. She heard that some guards were demoted for making mistakes, which freed up the positions. Lei Xing didn’t disappoint and passed the exam.

Si Qing looked at the permit. Hearing Lei Xing’s story, her eyelid twitched. She was one of the guards who had been demoted! The position that opened up was hers!

Returning the phone to the other party, Si Qing moved aside to send a message to the Princess. If they were recruiting from the lower 11 districts, was she never going to be allowed back?

Lan Ye’s understanding of this world was incomplete, but seeing how excited Lei Xing was, she roughly grasped that this was a difficult achievement. Seeing that the other person really wanted a hug, Lan Ye reached out and gave her an encouraging pat on the back.

“Congratulations.”

Lei Xing’s eyes turned red with emotion. “I saw you on the news this morning. You’re just like you were when we were little!”

Lan Ye let go. “You haven’t changed much either.” No wonder she was called Little Landmine, she spoke like a firework, both loud and fast.

Lan Ye wanted to leave it at that. She had things to do, and this wasn’t really her friend, but the original host’s. She didn’t have any old times to catch up on. But before she could speak, Little Landmine spoke again in her booming voice.

“Lan Ye, I’m single. What about you?”

“Huh?” Lan Ye was surprised. Why the sudden question? But the next sentence was even more surprising.

“If you’re single too, let’s get married.”

“Ah?” Lan Ye was completely stunned. What was going on lately? Had she stumbled into a nest of marriage fanatics? Why did everyone want to marry her?

Just as she was about to say it was too late and that she was already married, Little Landmine dropped another bomb.

“If you’re married, it doesn’t matter. I’ll wait for you to get divorced.”

Siss~ Lan Ye took a sharp breath. Those words felt familiar.

“If you won’t divorce, being your lover is fine too!”

Now that was a new one.

Lan Ye looked at the speaker. She watched as a blush crawled up that cute face, and from the golden hair on top of her head, a pair of fluffy white ears popped out with a swish.

Lan Ye: ! So cute!!! They were white, fluffy, and looked so thick!

Nearby, Si Qing felt a ripple of spiritual power. She steadied her phone and sent the video she had just recorded to the Princess. This was serious! A homewrecker had appeared!

Lan Ye clenched her fists, barely resisting the urge to pet them. The beastmen in this world really were direct enough. Lan Ye thought of Rin, why was her own so reserved? Remembering what she had promised her, Lan Ye tightened her fists.

“I’m married.”

Lei Xing wasn’t surprised at all. A human as good as Lan Ye must have many pursuers. She turned to look at Si Qing. “Is it this one?” Without waiting for Lan Ye’s answer, she gave her evaluation. “She doesn’t seem that great.”

Lan Ye agreed with her. “Indeed.”

Si Qing: …….!!! How was she “not great”?

Lan Ye: “It’s not her.”

Lei Xing didn’t care who the beastman was. It didn’t matter. “Lan Ye, I like you. If you divorce or if you want to find a lover, could you consider me?”

Looking at those white cat ears twitching in the golden short hair, Lan Ye agreed without much hesitation. “Sure.”

As she spoke, she grabbed a handful of air and said to Lei Xing, “Hold out your hand.”

Lei Xing did so immediately. Lan Ye placed the “item” in Lei Xing’s hand. “This is the ‘Number for Love.’ You’re Number 2.”

“Huh?” Lei Xing was confused.

Lan Ye explained, “There’s already someone waiting for me to get divorced. If you want to wait, you have to wait in line. You’re Number 2.”

Lei Xing happily accepted the “number.” She would definitely wait. She had waited six years for a single job opening, being Number 2 was a huge surprise! She wanted to tell Lan Ye loudly that she would wait even if there were 200 people in line, but just as she was about to speak, she saw Lan Ye clenching her fists, raising them to her chest, and shaking them in a frenzy.

She couldn’t take it anymore. No wonder the original host said this beastman was the cutest in kindergarten. Those round eyes, that golden soft hair, and those tall, standing ears, she looked exactly like a personified kitten from a manga. She wanted to take her home too! She had to leave quickly, or she wouldn’t be able to hold back!

“Um, I have things to do today, so I’ll be going now.”

Lan Ye finished speaking and walked away with rapid steps. She now understood the mindset of those who had cats at home but still went to cat cafes!

After walking a distance, Lan Ye looked back. Fortunately, Little Landmine hadn’t followed. She looked at Si Qing, who was still standing there dazed, and gave her a look to follow.

Si Qing snapped out of it. Before leaving, she glanced at that beastman who was looking down at her empty hand and smiling like an idiot… she didn’t seem very bright. How did she pass the Royal Guard exam…

Thinking about being replaced, Si Qing felt a tightness in her chest. Catching up to Lan Ye, Si Qing spoke with a serious face. “I won’t hide this for you.”

Lan Ye was confused. “Hide what?”

Si Qing: “About giving out that ‘Number for Love.’ I won’t hide it from Rin.” She had already sent the video.

Lan Ye: “Why hide it? It’s not like Rin hasn’t seen it before.”

Si Qing: “Huh?”

Lan Ye: “She watched me give out ‘Number for Love’ Number 1.”

Si Qing froze, her face filled with disbelief. “WHAAAT???”

Thinking of Rin, Lan Ye looked at a jewelry store ahead. “Let’s go browse there.” She remembered she had promised Rin a diamond ring.

Si Qing watched Lan Ye’s back, feeling as if her spiritual power was malfunctioning today. Was Her Highness the Princess… actually different from what she thought in this relationship? Was she really that humble?

In her surprise, her phone received a reply. She opened it to see it was from the Princess.

[Did she touch that beastman’s ears?]

Si Qing looked at the message. The “she” obviously referred to the human. In this situation, the first thing Her Highness cared about was that?