After Becoming Pregnant With The Empress Cat's Cub - Chapter 30.1

Lan Ye lay back on the pillow, looking up at those amber eyes that were like ripples spreading across water.

She had to give her a “heavy dose.” Now that they were living together, they couldn’t keep going like before only looking, and only kissing the cheek.

This wouldn’t do.

Lan Ye’s hands slid down and cupped Rin’s burning face.

“From now on, I won’t take the initiative to kiss you anymore, and I won’t ask you for kisses either. If you want to kiss me in the future, you’ll have to beg me.”

Having said that, Lan Ye let go, looking like “you can go if you want to.”

Ju Rin didn’t move.

Lan Ye’s brow arched slightly: “Want to continue? Then beg me~”

She hadn’t expected it to be so effective. As expected, she had been too proactive before, for a tsundere cat like this, the more proactive she was, the more the cat would hold back.

Ju Rin looked down at her, staring at those red lips that had just touched hers, and her spiritual power began to fluctuate.

Her ears felt itchy, as if they were about to disappear.

Oh no.

“You rest well.”

As the words fell, Lan Ye saw the person who was on the bed vanish!

With a thud, the palace door opened and slammed shut.

Ju Rin leaned against the door, reaching up to touch her head. The furry ears were twitching in her palm.

Her amber eyes were filled with shock. Her spiritual power… why was it so… excited…?

Lan Ye sat up, looking at the tightly closed door. She blinked, realizing belatedly that she had run away…

And she had used “flash” to run…

A look of confusion appeared in her dark eyes. Why did she run?

After the anesthesia wore off, Si Qing was taken to the Princess’s palace.

She met her former subordinate, who had now taken her place as the head of the guards.

The other woman told her that the Princess had returned to the palace and wanted her to wait in the meeting room, she would come to see her later.

Si Qing also saw the newly added guards, including that “No. 2” who had confessed to Lan Ye and taken a number tag.

Looking at the guard uniform on her, Si Qing felt a sense of how things had changed.

It was truly sad.

She had been a perfectly good guard in the palace, but because the Princess left, she had been demoted to the Central District.

Now that the Princess was back, it seemed there was no longer a place for her in the palace.

She sadly ate an entire plate of Qu-Qu fruits.

She had learned this habit from that human, who said that eating something when you’re unhappy can relieve the sadness.

But right now, why was she getting sadder the more she ate? She wouldn’t be able to eat such delicious Qu-Qu fruits outside the palace anymore.

Finally, the door to the meeting room opened. Seeing the Princess walk in, Si Qing lunged forward and began to fake cry.

“Your Highness, now that you’re back in the palace, I should be coming back too, right?!”

Ju Rin stepped aside, avoiding Si Qing’s touch. She walked past her toward the sofa chair by the window.

After sitting down, she pointed to the seat opposite her: “Sit.”

Seeing that the Princess’s expression wasn’t exactly relaxed, Si Qing stopped her fake-crying, sensing something was wrong.

After sitting in the designated spot, she looked at the other woman.

“Your Highness, what’s wrong? You don’t look very well.”

Ju Rin had used her spiritual power multiple times this morning, and just now, because of being with the human, she had lost control a bit. Her spirit was indeed not in a great state.

“It’s nothing. How are you?”

Si Qing waved her hand: “I’m fine. You know that kind of anesthetic, it just makes you sleep for a while.”

And she had slept exceptionally soundly.

“What about that human? She’s okay, right?”

Ju Rin thought of that human and felt a bit awkward: “She’s fine. She’s asleep.”

Si Qing breathed a sigh of relief. When she saw Qiao Zi at the dress shop this morning, her first instinct was to tell the human to run, but Qiao Zi’s strength was above hers, she was knocked out before she could say a word.

She didn’t even have time to remind Qiao Zi that Lan Ye was pregnant.

Si Qing looked at the Princess: “Your Highness”

She wanted to say that since she was back, she wanted to return as well, but she was interrupted by Ju Rin raising her hand.

Ju Rin explained that she was only staying in the palace for a week and would be leaving afterward.

Hearing this, Si Qing’s eyes went wide: “What? Your Highness, you’re not going to be the Princess anymore?”

She had previously thought the Princess was just still angry; she thought that since she had returned this time, she wouldn’t be leaving again.

“Why? Because of that human?”

“No.” Ju Rin didn’t explain the specific reason, only saying: “If you want to come back as a guard, I will arrange it.”

Si Qing immediately shook her head: “I’m the Princess’s guard. If you’re not here, Your Highness, who would I be guarding…? Let’s just forget it.”

She had wanted to come back just because the Princess was back.

Fine, she would just be a good police officer.

To be honest, she was actually starting to find some joy in it now.

Mainly because of that human, because of that “Cat-People Justice League”…

She hadn’t told the Princess how many things that human had dragged her into during the three weeks she was away…

Let’s see.

They had helped a lost kitten find its mother, helped a kitten who lost its watch find it by digging through trash cans, helped a bullied kitten beat up a bully boss…

They had even helped a little beastman who failed an exam forge a parent’s signature. Lan Ye said that one didn’t count as “justice” and told her not to tell anyone.

The Cat-People Justice League was already somewhat famous among the cat circles in the Central District.

All those cats knew: if you have a problem, find the Cat-People.

She even had the contact info of many kittens in her phone, all forced upon her by Lan Ye. She even told those kittens to “find the police” if they had trouble.

Find her, the good police officer full of love and justice.

Thinking about it now, Si Qing realized she had lost herself step by step in the human’s flowery words, forgetting that she had initially insisted on quitting this Cat-People Justice League…

Thinking of the human, Si Qing looked at the Princess.

“What about that human?” Thinking about how the Princess said she had fallen asleep, “Is she leaving the palace today?”

If she were leaving, she could escort her.

Ju Rin: “She will stay in the palace with me for a week and then leave with me.”

Si Qing’s expression was a bit conflicted: “Your Highness, have you already decided to stay with this human from now on?”

Ju Rin looked at Si Qing, seemingly finding her question strange.

Si Qing: “I mean… her identity, her origins, none of that has been cleared up yet…”

Of course, after three weeks of being together, she felt the human didn’t seem to have any bad intentions.

She just had strange ideas, liked to boss people around, liked to talk nonsense, liked to dig pits for people to jump into, was stingy, vain, and narcissistic… other than that, she was okay.

But there really was something wrong with this human… just the fact of how a normal human like her could enter the safe house set up by the Princess couldn’t be explained.

Allowing someone like that to stay by her side, even in the palace, was somewhat inappropriate.

“How about letting the human leave the palace and go back to the Central District with me first?”

Hearing this, Ju Rin frowned slightly.

She knew there was a problem with the human’s origins, and the way she appeared by her side was too illogical…

But after being together, there was one thing she could be sure of.

She was inherently kind.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been worried about Si Qing being knocked out and taken away back in the Great Hall, even when her own safety wasn’t guaranteed.

Ju Rin didn’t know what the human’s goal was in coming to her side. She had originally thought that over time, she would eventually reveal some of her motives.

But after these few weeks, the only things she had pried from her were her personal preferences and the only thing she wanted was money, if those improper requests like wanting to see her chest during video calls were excluded, she hadn’t made any other demands.

This person seemed to be genuinely interested in her as a person.

Interest in her as an individual, separate from her identity.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have wanted to leave just because she found out she was the Princess back in the Great Hall.

She wasn’t after her status.

In that case, whatever identity the human had wasn’t important.

In the future, she would simply be her wife and the mother of her child.

“She will be with me from now on. I will watch over her.”

And protect her.

Having confirmed that Si Qing didn’t want to be transferred back to the palace as a guard and had no other requests, Ju Rin ended their conversation.

After all, being in the palace, it was more appropriate to leave some things until after they left.

It was only a week, anyway.

With Si Qing settled, Ju Rin had a few things of her own to handle. There were gifts in her car originally intended for Lan Ye’s aunt, and Ju Rin asked Si Qing to deliver them for her.

At the same time, Ju Rin called Lan Ye’s aunt to explain and asked to postpone the wedding by one day.

After handling these matters, Ju Rin returned to the bedroom and ran into Lola, who was coming to deliver some items.

Lola was the manager of Ju Rin’s palace. She had already arranged all the necessary supplies for the human to stay, as instructed by the Princess.

Because of the Princess’s emphasis on the matter, she had personally arranged everything.

She was currently about to deliver the prepared pajamas and change of clothes for when the human woke up.

Meeting the Princess at the door, she bowed and was about to greet her when she saw the Princess wave her hand, signaling for silence.

Lola understood immediately. Just as she was about to step forward to open the door for the Princess, the Princess moved first.

Ju Rin gently pushed open the bedroom door without making a sound.

Seeing this, Lola even lightened her breathing.

She knew the human was napping inside, the Princess had come to tell her before going to see Si Qing that she wasn’t to be disturbed.

Ju Rin stepped lightly into the room, and Lola followed suit.

The two walked without making a single sound.

Lola saw the Princess go to one side of the bed, so she went to the other, intending to place the clothes on the sofa chair on that side.

Ju Rin walked to the bedside and saw the gown on the floor, layers of white gauze piled up. Ju Rin carefully bypassed them and walked to the head of the bed.

Looking at the human, whose entire arm was outside the blanket, she remembered that pregnant women shouldn’t get cold. After hesitating, Ju Rin pinched the human’s wrist and lifted the arm slightly.

She wanted to pull out the blanket and then tuck the hand back in.

But after pulling the blanket aside, Ju Rin’s hand froze, and the light in her eyes trembled violently!

This human!

How could she sleep without any clothes on?!