After Becoming Pregnant With The Empress Cat's Cub - Chapter 25

“Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!”

Si Qing turned back to Lan Ye, who was waiting nearby, with a look of regret. “No one’s picking up.”

The electronic voice prompted again that the dialed number was unavailable. Si Qing had no choice but to lower the phone from her ear. She glanced at the call log, this was already the fifth attempt.

The Princess was likely in the middle of some trouble that prevented her from answering.

Forget it.

She looked up at Lan Ye. “Looks like we won’t get an answer today.”

Hearing this, Lan Ye felt a bit disappointed, she’d missed out on an opportunity to make some money. Seeing her expression, Si Qing snorted. What was this human thinking? Why was she so sure she would win?

Lan Ye, of course, was making a reasonable deduction based on the facts. She didn’t know if Rin liked diamonds, but she had previously told her she would give her a diamond ring. Given how much Rin liked her, “love me, love my dog” if Rin heard about a diamond ring, she would definitely say she liked it.

What a pity. Since Rin didn’t answer, Lan Ye would just have to keep spending Rin’s money. Lan Ye gave Si Qing a small smile. “Saved you some money.”

Si Qing snorted. It was only because the call didn’t go through. If the Princess had answered, she was certain she would have said she didn’t like it. Seeing the human act as if she had been destined to lose but was saved by luck, Si Qing really wanted to roar, “Princess, pick up the phone!”

Wait, hold on!

Si Qing suddenly realized something. “This bet… if you win, I pay the bill. But if I win? I get nothing?”

Seeing that she had finally caught on, Lan Ye suppressed a laugh. “How can you say that?”

“Hmm?”

“If you win, won’t you be happy? Is there any better reward than happiness?”

Si Qing: “……”

A breath felt stuck in her chest. She realized she had been scammed again! In a moment of excitement, she had agreed to a completely unfair bet! This human was doing it on purpose, absolutely on purpose!

What a hateful human!

Si Qing looked at the face before her, smiling with crescent eyes, incredibly deceptive. Previously, she had worried about whether this human could adapt to palace life if the Princess brought her back. Now, she was worried about whether the people in the palace could adapt to her…

She felt like they would all end up like her, with a breath stuck in their chests.

Under Si Qing’s angry but helpless gaze, Lan Ye pointed ahead. “I’m going to get my phone first. Wait here for me like a good girl.”

Without waiting for an answer, she headed toward the mobile phone store. They had happened to walk near the pickup location while making the calls.

Lan Ye was excited. Finally, she’d have a phone. Using a children’s smart watch these past few days had been quite inconvenient. Phones in this world were a bit different, not in appearance or function, but in the fact that they couldn’t be bought or sold. Humans or Beastmen could make an appointment on a specialized website after reaching adulthood and then pick them up at a nearby store.

They were free.

Happy.

Lan Ye got the phone and felt like she’d scored a huge bargain, until the clerk handed her the bill. It wasn’t completely free… to take the phone, she had to pay an insurance fee. Only then, if the phone was broken or lost, could she make a new appointment for a replacement. This fee was paid annually.

Lan Ye sensed a trap. Sure enough, even when kittens evolved into people, they learned to use “human” tactics.

Lan Ye paid for the insurance. The clerk began promoting various paid software. Lan Ye, with her innocent and youthful face, stated she would bring her parent next time to buy them.

Si Qing, who had just entered the store and heard this: “……”

Seeing the human’s gaze turn toward her, Si Qing felt a bad omen, but it was too late. In the next second, she heard that shameless human shout toward her: “Step-mommy~ over here~”

Si Qing: “……”

She regretted it. She shouldn’t have been spiteful earlier. When the human told her to “wait like a good girl,” she had insisted on not waiting.

As the store clerks looked at her with surprise, wondering how someone so young could already be a stepmother. Si Qing’s eyes twitched uncontrollably!

Regret. Massive regret! She should have stayed outside!

“I’m not…”

Before she could finish saying “the mother,” the clerk already had an “I understand” expression and warmly invited her to choose suitable software for her “child.”

Taking advantage of the gap, Lan Ye sent a message to Rin.

[Rin, this is my phone number. I have a phone now.]

In this world, phone numbers were bound to the device. One identity could only have one number. Previously, she had been using Xiao Xiao’s children’s watch, and the number belonged to Xiao Xiao. Since Xiao Xiao was a minor, age restricted videos couldn’t be opened, such as the “lesson materials” she and Rin shared. Now that she had a phone, it would be much more convenient. Rin could send those materials to her.

Lan Ye re-saved Rin’s number, marking the contact as [Wife].

The message sent to her wife didn’t get a response until nightfall when Lan Ye was already getting sleepy.

Wife: [Understood.]

Looking at those cold three words, Lan Ye’s sleepiness vanished halfway. She directly initiated a video call. She wanted to see what kind of expression her wife had while sending such cold text.

“Bzz… Bzz… Bzz… Bzz…”

When the phone vibrated, Rin guessed who it was. But when she saw it was a video call, her steady face became a bit unnatural. She looked down at her current situation. To treat the wound on the back of her shoulder, she had stripped down to nothing but a tube top… After a moment’s thought, Rin declined the video and sent a message back.

Wife: [Is something the matter?]

Looking at those two even colder words, Lan Ye didn’t even think before calling again. To decline a video call in the middle of the night, there was either a ghost or a “person” involved!

Rin looked at the vibrating phone, her brow furrowed as she stared at the contact name.

[Lan Ye]

This human… sometimes she was so “wild” it seemed she had never received a social education. Normally, after a call was rejected and a message sent, one should know the other party didn’t want to talk… Out of politeness, she should have used text to explain why she was looking for her.

The constant vibration of the phone conveyed a persistent “will not stop until the goal is reached” energy.

Rin could almost see the human’s sparkling eyes filled with accusation. Those eyes were truly simple; it seemed one could see all her emotions in a single glance. Yet, at the same time, those emotions felt like a complete disguise.

Rin couldn’t understand her… yet she couldn’t help but feel curious. To feel curiosity toward “danger” Rin knew this was a dangerous thing. At the same time, she knew this danger was becoming uncontrollable.

A second before the video request timed out, Rin tapped “Accept.”

Lan Ye was already prepared for the call to go unanswered and planned to call again after it disconnected. She didn’t expect the screen to flash and reveal Rin’s face.

Seeing Rin’s current state, the interrogation that was on the tip of her tongue turned into a sharp intake of breath.

“Hiss…”

Lan Ye narrowed her eyes, her gaze lingering at the bottom of the screen. “Are you not wearing clothes?”

In the video, Rin’s shoulders and neck were bare. The video was framed just below the collarbone, above the chest, nothing below could be seen.

Rin met those dark, bright eyes in the video and clearly saw the sudden spark of excitement and thrill within them. She calmly replied “I am” before grabbing a nearby shirt and casually draping it over her shoulders, covering her straight frame.

Because Rin was holding the phone with one hand, the image shook with her movement. Lan Ye caught a fleeting glimpse of Rin wearing a black tube top.

Tsk, how excessive. This woman was clearly seducing her! No wonder she took so long to pick up, she was busy taking off her clothes. She didn’t even take them all off, just purposefully showing her shoulders. And now, she was using high-level tactics, letting her have just one look before naturally putting on clothes. It felt as if she had “accidentally” exposed her fragrant shoulders.

Yet she clearly had plenty of time to dress before answering.

Tsk, cunning.

Lan Ye’s narrowed eyes were full of mirth. Effort spent on “schemes” was a form of love.

Rin noticed that after she put on her clothes, the other person’s gaze seemed even more excited… What was wrong with this human?

“Is something wrong?”

Lan Ye shook her head. “Nothing, I just missed you.”

Hearing this answer, Rin’s eyelashes fluttered.

Lan Ye: “Is the house hunting going smoothly? Have you decided where to move?”

She really wanted to live together soon and do some “steamy” things. Lan Ye’s gaze stayed on the exposed bit of collarbone, she really wanted to take a bite. It probably tasted great.

Hearing the question, a strange light flashed in Rin’s amber eyes. “Moving and house hunting” was a temporary excuse she had given when they parted yesterday. It lacked any rigorous logic, and she didn’t expect the human to believe it.

She felt there was a very strange tacit understanding between them. They both knew the other had secrets, but neither exposed the other. She didn’t expose the human because she couldn’t be sure of her true identity or intentions. Why this human cooperated so well, she didn’t know.

But since the other party wanted to “act,” she would naturally play along.

“Still looking. It will take a little time.”

Lan Ye: “Then you’d better hurry. The wedding is at the end of the month. Auntie said tonight that there are many things we need to do together before then.”

“Okay.”

Lan Ye had much more to say, but sleepiness washed over her, and she gave a massive yawn. “I completely believe what you said now… pregnant women are prone to sleepiness. I get tired the moment the clock hits a certain hour…”

She felt that a normal human pregnancy wouldn’t involve such sudden and intense bouts of sleepiness, it was probably because she was carrying a kitten. Kittens loved to sleep.

“Sleep. Goodnight.”

Rin looked at the human in the video, rubbing her eyes and softening up, and a piece of her own heart seemed to soften as well.

Lan Ye hugged her phone and rolled over onto her pillow, lifting the device to kiss the screen. “Goodnight, mua~”

After the kiss, Lan Ye looked at Rin through bleary eyes. “Now you do the same. Give me a kiss.”

She couldn’t let it be like last time where Rin just said “Received.” When you receive a kiss, you have to return it.