("Today's mental state: 'excellent'")
… "Are you sure? You want to order these three dishes?"
Fu Xuan asked.
Selene tilted her head in confusion. Was there something wrong with these three dishes?
Hmm… the more something is wrong, the more This Meow wants to try it!
"Meow! (Definitely!)"
… About ten minutes later, the three dishes Selene ordered were served.
When Selene looked at the three dishes, her brows furrowed involuntarily, and her cat face was filled with "What is this stuff?"
"What's wrong? Why that expression?"
Fu Xuan asked knowingly, a faint smile playing on her lips.
"Meow? (Why is this sugar-coated fried 'sight-meat' purple? It looks so strange! And why do those white things look so much like eyeballs?)"
After Selene finished speaking, her small body trembled, clearly indicating her reluctance to accept it.
"Don't you know? The ingredients for these dishes are actually made from monsters! And those white things are the monsters' eyeballs! They're staring right at you!"
Fu Xuan lowered her voice and whispered into Selene's ear.
"Waaah!!!"
Hearing Fu Xuan's words, Selene instantly jumped from the chair and landed on Fu Xuan!
She clutched Fu Xuan's arm tightly with her cat paws, her small body trembling, her Tail tucked between her legs, and her ears drooped, looking utterly terrified.
Seeing this, Fu Xuan's smile became uncontrollable, harder to suppress than an AK!
"What? Scared? Then why did you order them just now?"
Fu Xuan asked with a playful smile.
"Waaah ah ah wah!"
[This Meow didn't know these were made from monsters!]
Fu Xuan: ? ? ? ? How can she be so scared she can't even meow? If This Meow couldn't hear her thoughts, This Meow really wouldn't understand what Selene was saying.
"Alright, alright, these actually taste quite good. I was just trying to scare you earlier."
Fu Xuan stroked Selene's small head as a form of comfort, then placed Selene back on the chair. She then picked up a piece of the 'sight-meat' and put it in her mouth, savoring it.
"See? It's delicious, try it quickly!"
For a moment, Fu Xuan inexplicably felt like she was coaxing a child.
Seeing that Fu Xuan had already eaten a piece, Selene slowly picked one up with her cat paw and put it into her mouth.
After chewing a few times with her eyes closed, Selene realized that this thing actually tasted pretty good! It wasn't unpleasant at all!
But when Selene saw the "eyes" in the dish again, she inexplicably felt a bit… Fu Xuan, who knew what Selene was afraid of, picked up her chopsticks and poked the so-called "eyes."
"These are air bubbles, Stupid Cat! How are you so easily fooled?!"
Fu Xuan said with a laugh.
Selene: …I'm really impressed by you, you old trickster!
Fu Xuan: What's an old trickster?
… After the meal, Fu Xuan carried Selene and strolled through Aurum Alley.
As they walked, Fu Xuan carried Selene into a pet store.
Selene was very confused by this. She didn't need any pet supplies, and Fu Xuan knew that, so why was she taking her to a pet store?
However, Selene's confusion quickly vanished, because… "Boss, do you have any leashes here?"
Fu Xuan asked.
Selene: ???
… When Fu Xuan put the leash on Selene, Selene was completely stunned!
[Wasn't This Meow being carried perfectly fine? Why put a leash on This Meow?!]
Listening to Selene's thoughts, Fu Xuan secretly chuckled to herself.
Hmph! You make This Meow carry you every day, what's wrong with walking on your own for a bit?!
However, while Fu Xuan thought this, what she said was completely different!
"Do you know why I'm putting you down?"
As Fu Xuan said this, a faint, mischievous smile played on her lips.
The naive Selene naturally shook her head.
"Because you're too heavy, This Meow can't carry you anymore."
Selene: I… I'm speechless?!
After saying this, Fu Xuan initially thought Selene would reflect on herself, then lose some weight, or perhaps become withdrawn for a while.
Unexpectedly, Selene's thoughts were like this:
[Ah ah ah! Fu Xuan thinks I'm fat! She thinks I'm fat!!! I haven't even complained that her chest is too hard! This Meow isn't comfortable sleeping on it at all!]
Fu Xuan: … My fists are clenching!
[I don't care! I just want Fu Xuan to carry me! Ah ah ah ah! Whoever wants this leash can wear it!]
Thinking this, Selene began to act cute and beg for a hug.
However, Fu Xuan was in a fit of pique at the moment, so she naturally wouldn't carry her.
[She's not carrying me! She's really not carrying This Meow anymore! This Meow will cry for her to see!!!]
Fu Xuan: Hurry up and cry, This Meow is waiting.
[Never mind, it seems I can't cry.]
[But, I'm so fat, doesn't Grand Diviner have any fault in this?!]
Hearing this thought, Fu Xuan was stunned. What does a Little Cat getting so fat have to do with This Meow, huh?!
[If Grand Diviner hadn't fed me so many delicious things every day, would I have gotten so fat?!]
[So, the root cause! It's Grand Diviner's own fault! It has nothing to do with This Meow!]
Hearing these thoughts, Fu Xuan was almost laughing from anger!
"Hmph! When This Meow picked you up, you were already a chubby little ball! Now you're blaming This Meow for feeding you too well?!"
After calming herself down, Fu Xuan suddenly said to Selene, "Are you feeling very wronged, thinking that This Meow made you so fat?"
Selene: ?! How does Grand Diviner know what I'm thinking?! Could she really have mind-reading abilities?! Impossible! Absolutely impossible! (Cao Cao's voice)
"Meow!!! (Yes! You fed me fat! So you must carry This Meow!)"
Hearing Selene's words, Fu Xuan's face showed a mischievous smile. She deliberately said, "Since This Meow made you so fat, then from now on, your food will be cut in half, and you're not allowed to only eat meat; eat some vegetables."
Selene: ??? This isn't right, is it?!
Seeing the look of shock on Selene's face, Fu Xuan nodded with great satisfaction.
Hmph! Didn't she say it was This Meow's fault?! Then it's simple, This Meow will just feed her less every day, won't that solve it?!
… For the next half hour, Fu Xuan continued to walk around Aurum Alley, leading Selene.
However, during this half hour, Selene's thoughts never stopped!
She kept rattling off the names of various delicacies, saying things like… goodbye my sweet and sour fish, goodbye my sweet and sour pork ribs, goodbye… Just by listening to the dish names, Fu Xuan heard no less than a hundred!
She couldn't help but feel a bit speechless. Was this Stupid Cat really so easily fooled? When did This Meow ever withhold a single bite of food from her?!
Eventually, Fu Xuan became annoyed by Selene's constant chatter. More accurately, hearing all the dish names made her hungry.
Helpless, she could only crouch down and pick Selene back up into her arms…
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