Selene, now held in Fu Xuan's arms again, finally stopped her endless mental recitation of dishes!
Fu Xuan also let out a long sigh of relief. This fellow finally stopped! Her mind was now filled with all sorts of dish names!
Selene: One must fight magic with magic... Little Sun: Evil spirits, begone! (in Old Man's voice)
...After strolling around Aurum Alley for a while, Fu Xuan took Selene to a place called Mirror Maze.
As the name suggests, it was a maze made of mirrors.
"Do you want to go in and play?" Fu Xuan asked, stroking Selene's Little Cat head.
"Meow! (Go! Why wouldn't I go if there's a fun place to go!)" Selene meowed incessantly, indicating she wanted to go.
"Then, let's go."
Saying that, Fu Xuan carried Selene and entered the hall of the Mirror Maze.
After Fu Xuan bought a ticket from the front desk staff, she took Selene to the entrance.
Just by standing outside the entrance, Selene could already see the general situation inside.
The maze was filled with interconnected mirrors. At a glance, it was genuinely hard to tell which way was passable!
When they arrived outside the entrance, Fu Xuan had already placed Selene on the ground.
"Do you want to walk with This Meow, or walk by yourself?" Fu Xuan asked Selene.
"Meow! (By myself!)" Selene replied without hesitation.
And this was exactly the answer Fu Xuan wanted.
"Then, let's have a competition. See who can get out of this maze first, how about that?"
Hearing this, Selene didn't immediately agree. Instead, she looked at Fu Xuan with suspicious eyes.
Because she always felt that her Fu Xuan Wife was definitely setting a trap for her!
Sure enough, Fu Xuan's next sentence began to talk about what the winning party could get...
"If This Meow gets out of the maze before you, then tonight, when This Meow sucks you, you are not allowed to resist with your paws!"
When Fu Xuan said this, Selene could clearly see the mischievous smile on her face.
[Wait?! This Meow seems to have caught the key point! When she sucks me tonight! Which means! She wants to suck This Meow again tonight! Ah!!!]
Fu Xuan: But Little Cats are born to be sucked, aren't they?
"Meow? (Then if This Meow wins, what can This Meow get?)" Selene asked.
"What do you want? As long as it's not excessive, This Meow can agree to it." Fu Xuan replied. For her, she could still fulfill a wish from a little Stupid Cat!
And Selene, upon hearing this reply, instantly became excited!
[Then isn't This Meow winning a foregone conclusion?! When I win, if I say I want to rub against Fu Xuan's white-stockinged legs, that should be fine, right? Hehehe...]
Listening to the perverted Little Cat's thoughts, Fu Xuan's expression also became a bit strange.
"Just rubbing against her legs? But it has already slept on This Meow's thighs, hasn't it? Why would it still want to rub?" Fu Xuan couldn't help but feel puzzled, as this request didn't even seem like a request.
But soon, Fu Xuan caught the keyword! White-stockinged legs!
"So? It prefers This Meow's legs when This Meow wears white stockings? Come to think of it, it has never touched This Meow's legs when This Meow wears white stockings, though it did wash This Meow's socks once..."
"Hmm? So when it washed This Meow's socks back then, it was actually because...?"
...After the human and the cat set their conditions for each other, they walked into the maze entrance together.
As soon as they entered, they saw many wooden signs near the entrance. Those signs had the words "Can Enter" written on them, and below the words was a number, indicating the entrance number.
Selene, however, directly chose the sign furthest from the entrance and entered the maze from there! The sign had the number seven written on it.
Fu Xuan chose a middle entrance; the sign had the number three written on it.
But in reality, no matter which entrance you took, you could get out. The only difference might be the difficulty.
For example, Fu Xuan, who entered the maze from entrance number three, had barely taken two steps when she encountered a fork in the road, with two passages appearing before her!
Selene, who took entrance number seven, also encountered a fork, but her side had as many as four passages!
Selene directly chose the path sandwiched in the middle. However, she had barely taken a few steps when she bumped into a mirror!
"Ow! (This Meow's nose!!!)"
Of course, this didn't mean Selene had chosen a dead end; it was simply because she hadn't distinguished that there was a mirror in front of her!
In contrast, Fu Xuan's journey was much smoother. Not only did she not bump into any mirrors, but she also didn't wander around inside the maze. Thus, in just a few minutes, she reached the maze's exit.
After leaving the maze, Fu Xuan looked around but did not find Selene.
"Hmph! Little Stupid Cat! You said you were sure to win! Just wait until you come out and see how This Meow will laugh at you!" Fu Xuan mumbled softly, a happy smile gracing her lips...
After waiting for about ten minutes, Selene still hadn't emerged from the maze, which made Fu Xuan a little anxious.
Therefore, she directly went to find the staff responsible for the maze and asked them to retrieve the surveillance footage.
However, as soon as she found the staff member, she saw that the person responsible for the maze was covering her mouth, trying to hold back laughter!
"Um, my cat seems to be lost in the maze. Can you help me find her?" Fu Xuan walked over and asked.
"Ah? You're not talking about her, are you!" The staff member pointed at a white cat on the screen, and the white Little Cat she pointed to was none other than Selene, lost in the maze!
At this moment, Selene was in a dead end, but due to her small size, Selene didn't realize it was a dead end and was even spinning around in it!
And her little head would occasionally bump into a mirror, making a "bang!" sound!
This was also the reason why the staff member kept laughing!
And Fu Xuan, watching the surveillance footage, couldn't help but start laughing along!
...A few minutes later, Selene was rescued from the maze by Fu Xuan...
"Meow! (My Fu Xuan Wife is finally here to pick up This Meow! This Meow thought This Meow would be trapped in the maze for life!)" Selene buried her little head in Fu Xuan's private airfield, began to incessantly act spoiled, and purred.
"Hmm? Since that's the case, how will you repay This Meow's life-saving grace?" Fu Xuan asked with interest.
Selene: Ah, this...
"Meow! (How about? I'll wash Grand Diviner's socks for life!)" Selene said earnestly.
Fu Xuan: ??? Are you sure this isn't a reward for you?! You perverted Little Cat!
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