Gourmet: Twins' Father and Chef of the Kindergarten-Chapter 174 - 166: Brazen Abandonment

"Daddy, look, quick, look over there at the wall, the kitty has come back..."

Qingqing also spotted the kitty, her little face filled with excitement and thrill, as she stretched out her hand, pointing to the moment the cat deftly slipped through the wall.

"Oh~"

Huang Jun looked from a distance in the direction she pointed...

The familiar orange cat was now standing at the crack of the wall, seemingly holding a tiny white fluffy object in its mouth.

Speaking of which.

What exactly was it carrying in its mouth?

Huang Jun stared at the kitty intensely, trying to discern some clue from the fluffy white thing it carried.

But, before he could get a clear look...

The kitty nimbly leapt into the sea of green among the shrubs and vanished in an instant.

Thus.

When Liu Ruihan and Yang Yuxi hurriedly looked towards where Qingqing and Weiwei were pointing, they couldn’t spot any trace of the kitty.

At this moment.

Liu Ruihan’s little face showed a "do you have a lot of questions" expression.

She asked with surprise and urgency, "Qingqing, Weiwei, did the kitty really come back? Where is it? How come I didn’t see it?"

Qingqing: ʅ(‾◡◝)ʃ

Weiwei: ┐(ﾟ～ﾟ)┌

The two felt this group of friends was hard to manage...

But since these are friends they made themselves, they would continue managing them, even tearfully...

Thus...

Qingqing and Weiwei pointed again in the direction where the kitty had disappeared, slightly raising their chins, signaling Liu Ruihan to observe closely: "Right over there!"

"Where?" Liu Ruihan followed their fingers, still full of question marks in her eyes.

"Right there, in the bushes..."

Qingqing and Weiwei, growing anxious, simply used the term "bushes" to describe it; it wasn’t that they didn’t want to say "shrubbery," but rather they weren’t adept at using the word "shrub."

While the three little friends hovered in a state of anxious questioning...

Suddenly...

With no warning at all, and without a care, the cat appeared within her sight, bringing surprise and sheer delight...

Indeed!

After a slight rustling in the bushes, the familiar orange cat gracefully emerged from the shrubs, appearing in front of Liu Ruihan, causing her to cheer in delight.

"Ah! I’ve found it! The kitty has really come back..."

Liu Ruihan’s face immediately burst into a smile of delight, and upon seeing that what the kitty carried was a fluffy little kitten, her eyes widened with amazement: "Oh my... it even brought back a little kitten~"

"A little kitten?"

Qingqing and Weiwei exclaimed joyfully, covering their mouths with big eyes shining with joy and disbelief.

"Wow... what an adorable little kitty!" Yang Yuxi’s eyes sparkled instantly, quickly squatting down, softly calling, "Come, come, come to me..."

"A kitten? A baby cat?" Huang Jun reacted quite differently, mouthing out the words again.

It seemed, for Huang Jun, surprise only remained surprise...

What surprised him even more...

The cat came right up to him, gently placed the baby kitten at his feet, then quickly slipped through the bushes and nimbly leaped back over the wall’s crack...

Leaving him stunned in place, utterly puzzled...

Aye aye, what’s this all about?

Aye aye, shouldn’t she take her own child with her if she’s leaving?

That said...

Is this considered blatantly abandoning?

Yang Yuxi and Qingqing, like him, were both amazed and confused, not understanding the kitty’s intentions behind this act.

However, never mind that, never mind! While the cat mom is absent, let’s enjoy the pleasure of cuddling the baby kitten!

Yang Yuxi gently encircled its little tummy with one hand, supporting its bottom securely with the other, gently lifting the entirely snow-white kitten whose only noticeable feature was a tuft of yellow fur on its head.

The baby kitten, restless in Yang Yuxi’s arms, twisted its little head, letting out a soft: "Meow!"

This cute, baby voice melted the hearts of Qingqing, Weiwei, and Liu Ruihan, causing them to all unconsciously show a face full of "I want to hold it" desire.

Weiwei looked on enviously, filled with anticipation, asking, "Miss Yang, I also want to hold the little kitty, can I hold it for a bit?" 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Qingqing also gazed at the kitten in Yang Yuxi’s arms, politely requesting, "Miss Yang, may I hold the little kitty?"

Liu Ruihan was even more eager, raising both hands: "Me too, I want to hold it! Miss Yang, let me hold it, please!"

"Don’t rush, one at a time, let Weiwei hold it first." Yang Yuxi comforted them, then as she handed the kitten to Weiwei, remembered to caution, "Be careful of its paws, don’t let them scratch you."

"Okay!"

Weiwei joyfully took the little kitten, which stretched lazily in her arms, swatting its little paws airily twice.

This scene in the eyes of the three little friends made them instantly beam with happiness.

Weiwei excitedly said, "Wow... look... it’s stretching lazily now..."

"Mmm, so cute! I really like it!" Liu Ruining smiled with curved eyes.

Qingqing gently petted the little kitten’s head and said tenderly, "Yes, it’s too cute. It’s such an adorable little kitten!"

The kitten nuzzled her palm with its soft little ears, making her palm itch in a pleasant way.

"Huh?"

Huang Jun suddenly heard a different sound from before, and he looked in the direction of the sound...

He saw the silhouette of the cat appear again in the bushes.

This time, it had brought over another little kitten, mostly white with a yellow head and uneven yellow spots on its back, with a tail that was yellow and white.

Oh, come on~

Again!

What on earth is going on?

Huang Jun watched this familiar yet puzzling scene with a bewildered expression, a phrase popping into his mind: How many kittens do you actually have? Why is each one so different...

While Huang Jun was feeling baffled and puzzled by the cat’s behavior...

The cat had already walked up to him again.

It gently put the kitten it was carrying on the ground, then lovingly licked the kitten’s body with its tongue.

After the kitten got a bit comfortable on the ground, it lifted its head, looked at Huang Jun with its crystal-clear eyes, and let out a tender "meow meow meow" sound towards him.

The cat, abandoning its previously aloof attitude, now had eyes twinkling with tenderness, gently rubbing its head against Huang Jun’s pant leg, its tail straight up, letting out a soft "meow"...

It looked like it wanted to be adopted...

This left Huang Jun completely flustered...

He initially thought the cat was abandoning the kitten, but now it unexpectedly brought another one and placed it before him, while the cat itself showed no sign of leaving, more like a "clingy admirer"...

Uh...

What’s the deal here?

What’s the idea of bringing the whole family?

Could it be...

It’s trying to "trap" him?

When this thought crossed his mind...

He startled even himself!

He never thought that by kindly "feeding" it, he would end up being pestered by the cat, and not just pestered, but the cat even brought its kids over...

Seriously?

Is it trying to make him raise its "kids" too?

He can barely handle his own kids, where’s the time to raise "someone else’s"?

Oh, wait...

This feels like it’s trying to make him support the whole family...

If he had known, he wouldn’t have foolishly fed the cat in the first place!

Now what...

How to deal with this "hot potato"?

Qingqing, a bit late to catch on, noticed this scene and immediately looked thrilled: "Wow, the big kitty is back and brought another little kitty..."

Saying that, she eagerly left the little kitten in Weiwei’s hands and rushed over to the little kitten in front of Huang Jun.

"Wow, there’s another kitten now..." Liu Ruihan came over with a smile and, seeing Weiwei already picked it up, pouted a bit unhappily and said, "Why are there only two kittens? It would be great if there were three, so Weiwei and Qingqing each have one, and I’d have one too..."

She looked at the big cat discontentedly and shouted, "Kitty, can you bring another kitten over, please?"

Cat: "..."

It turned its head haughtily, lightly flicking its tail, as if saying, "Hmph, you think I’m a vendor who can just pull out a kitten for you whenever you want?

Yang Yuxi saw this and was both surprised and delighted, then showed a knowing smile and teased Huang Jun, "Qingqing’s daddy, looks like your braised ribs sauce is too delicious, even the cat is bringing its family over to ask for adoption!"

Huang Jun shook his head a bit helplessly and said to Yang Yuxi, "Miss Yang, please don’t tease me. Where do I find the time and energy to adopt cats?"

However.

Qingqing looked at Huang Jun with expectant eyes, "Daddy, can we let the kitties stay at our house? They look so pitiful..."

Weiwei followed up, "Yeah, Daddy, can we adopt the kitty family? I really like them, they look so adorable!"

Adopt three cats?

Give him a break!

He can’t do it...

Huang Jun really felt a bit at a loss. Although ginger cats are generally easy to take care of, the problem is he works during the day, leaving him without enough time and energy to care for cats.

Not to mention three cats!

The house he lives in now is rented, and the landlady, Granny Jiang, is a clean freak. If she doesn’t like them keeping cats, it could become a huge hassle.

So this request, he really can’t fulfill!

But as the words were about to come out, Huang Jun saw the longing in his daughters’ eyes, and his heart softened.

After thinking for a bit, he gently said, "Qingqing, Weiwei, we are renting this house right now, and without Grandma Jiang’s permission, we can’t just keep cats here on our own. When we have the means in the future, I’ll buy you two cats, how about that?"

Qingqing and Weiwei, hearing their father’s words, still had a hint of disappointment in their eyes, but after some thought, they realized what their father said made sense, so they didn’t insist on adopting them.