Published at 8th of November 2020 11:12:05 AM
Chapter 28
Editor: SleepyMango123
Proofreader: Lore
An orange cat pondered under the moonlight .
A milky white and light tangerine-orange cat sat with its legs spread on the soft large hotel bed, bathed in the moonlight, as it quietly pondered .
A fluffy, small milky white and light tangerine-orange cat…
Xia Rong thought, No need to think about it anymore, TMD, this was definitely not a dream!
He raised his claw and aimed his paw pad at the face of the sleeping cat beside him . “Stop sleeping, Su Chi! Why are you sleeping on my bed!?”
The silver gradient British Shorthair1 had a good attitude after being woken up and honestly explained, “Because you forgot to close the door . ”
Xia Rong: “…”
Yesterday, the program group arranged for them to live in a large suite, which had exactly six rooms, one for each person . It was said that the purpose was to promote the relationship between members but also to facilitate the next day’s game activities . As Xia Rong had already closed the main door once when he was coming in, when he entered his separate room, it gave him the feeling that he was just entering his own bedroom . So under extreme fatigue, it really might have been possible that he had forgotten to lock the door .
Well fine, if that was the reason, then this situation really could be explained…
The h★ll not!
‘I didn’t lock the door’, was the reason a cat like you just soundlessly came to sleep next to me in the middle of the night? You think that I’d never learned the relationship between phenotype and genotype2, you treating me stupid?
Su Chi obviously also figured that this reason wouldn’t be enough to fool Xia Rong, so knowing his wrong, he corrected his mistake . “Because I had sensed that I might change into a cat again, so I wanted to knock on your door and discuss it with you . Then I found that you didn’t lock the door, and you were sound asleep . I couldn’t bear to wake you up… Adding to that, I was very sleepy as well, so in a lapse of attention, I also fell asleep . ”
Although Xia Rong couldn’t understand how this ‘in a lapse of attention’ could cause the other to ‘accidentally’ and silently fall asleep next to himself, he felt that there was no need to delve into all the details . After all, maybe it really was because he(XR) was too dead asleep? But his main question right now wasn’t this . “Didn’t you say before that you could basically control the transformation between human and cat already?”
“Yes . ” Su Chi calmly replied, “That’s because I also felt that you were about to transform as well . ”
Xia Rong looked down at his fluffy cat body, and indeed, could say nothing in response . “…”
“Why can’t I sense it myself while you can?” Xia Rong was puzzled . “I’ve also never received any feelings before on when you would have your transformations . ”
“Maybe it’s because you transformed late, and so your proficiency isn’t enough . ” Su Chi said, “How long do we have from now to dawn? We need to hurry up, otherwise, who knows what kind of lousy ideas the program group has planned for the morning . I think they definitely had some kind of intention for them to have us live in this kind of a large suite . ”
As soon as Xia Rong heard this, he felt that what the other had said was very reasonable, then suddenly, he also became tense . Relying on memory, he went to the head of the bed to paw over the phone that he had nonchalantly thrown to the side last night . With Su Chi on the side coaching him through, he was taught how to separate his claws to accurately slide to unlock his phone . He then checked the time .
The phone’s screen displayed that it was 4:30 a . m, so it had been about seven hours since Xia Rong fell asleep, and the sky outside has already started to slightly brighten .
When Director Xu had brought the cameraman over for a “sneak attack” last time, it was only 5:30 in the morning . Moreover, it was already the second day of filming today and everyone was sleeping in the same suite, so if there were to be a “sneak attack” today, the program team might’ve decided not to inform them in advance .
Thinking of it this way, Xia Rong felt that time was even more pressing . Su Chi’s large, round cat eyes shone with an incisive luminance within the dark . “We shouldn’t tarry, let’s start now . ”
The little orange cat who sat opposite him nodded solemnly with a grim face .
…
…
In the dimly lit room, a silver gradient British Shorthair and a small orange Chinese field cat3 were leaning their heads against each other, appearing incredibly intimate as they laid together .
And a scene of the two cats grooming each other’s fur played out .
Then, because of various omissions by the two lazy cats, a superficial listen of their conversation could lead one to some wild and fanciful thoughts—
“(helping the other cat groom his fur) This kind of a thing, it really is my first time doing it…”
“(Licking fur until) my tongue is already aching, I can’t anymore (really too tired, I don’t want to do it anymore)…”
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“Bend over a bit more, (it’s time for the back) I can’t reach it…”
“Stop moving around so much, (you’ve already kicked me from all your tossing and turning), all the hitting is oddly making my (head) hurt…”
“Meow ow ow ow…”
“Meow, meow, meow!”
…
Xia Rong: Obviously, the only things the two-legged beasts could hear were “Meow ow ow ow” and “Meow, meow, meow,” so what exactly could they feel fanciful about?!
They were as pure and upright as the water melted from snow atop Tianshan4, okay?!
No, you can’t do this, we’re just two kittens!
And so, the day has yet to dawn as the two kittens slurped and purred, working incredibly hard, busily grooming their fur .
The orange cat version of Xia Rong couldn’t help but feel deeply fortunate that the program team still left the entertainers some modicum of privacy and didn’t install any hidden visual or sound monitoring devices in their rooms . Otherwise, if they got caught right as they had just changed back and had yet the time to cover up, then wouldn’t they have to stage the act ‘Can’t Be Washed Clean Even After Jumping Into The Yellow River5 – 4 . 06’…
No, that’s not right, what-point-oh should it be by now…? Ah, forget it, it’s been too many times already, he was already too lazy to count anymore .
At 5:20 in the early morning, without any originality, the program group really came and enacted another ‘surprise raid’ .
Xia Rong wore a white tank top as he just sat on the bed with dead fish eyes, watching as the director came in with the entire filming crew while pushing in a large turntable while announcing that they would begin playing the ‘morning call game’ starting with him .
But he could only rejoice from the bottom of his heart that fortunately, he and a certain other cat managed to successfully transform back into human form five minutes ago after having fought bravely for more than half an hour, licking each other’s fur .
Those few seconds that they had just changed back into a human, facing each other in such a bare form while still being in contact, it was particularly and very embarrassing . However, the good thing was, for some reason, Su Chi’s reaction this time became very fast . He jumped out of bed at the speed of light while pulling his clothes along, changed within a few seconds, then directly walked out with his back to Xia Rong, calmly leaving behind a sentence, “I’ll leave first . If there’s anything, let’s contact through WeChat . ” before pulling the door and going out .
Meanwhile, Xia Rong just nakedly continued to sit on the bed . As he had just changed back to his human body from his cat form, he was still a bit muddle-headed and didn’t understand why Su Chi had to leave so quickly .
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After a foolish yawn, he conveniently picked up the clothes that were scattered on the bed and put on the tank top and loose boxers . Then, just as he tiredly yawned again, he could only helplessly watch with wide eyes as his door opened with a ‘squeak’, and everyone on the program team filed in .
Xia Rong then looked down at the bed under him that was covered with cat fur that he hadn’t had the time to clean up . “…”
Su Chi really is such a godly person7!
Naturally, Su Chi couldn’t have known that his image of being a “huckster8” had just been infinitely elevated and became refined within Xia Rong’s heart . If he knew, he would definitely want to say, I’m not, I haven’t, this isn’t the case at all!
After getting back to his room, he first took a cold shower, then changed out of the clothes from last night to a new set . Not long after he finished dressing in the bathroom, he heard the sound of a “di-” at the door’s card slot to his room and some rustling, as if a lot of people had come in .
When he walked out of the bathroom, as expected, he saw that Xia Rong was leading, followed by a large group comprised of the scenario writers, directors, and cameramen . Xia Rong saw that Su Chi’s hair was dripping wet as he came out and scratched his own head with some embarrassment, then faked a ‘sneak attack failed’ appearance as he remarked, “You’ve already woken up so early? Even took a shower already . ”
Su Chi also made an expression of having encountered something unexpected . “You guys, what are you guys doing here?”
“Morning calls . ” Xia Rong pointed to the large turntable brought in by the staff behind him . “There are all kinds of punishments listed on it . You’ll spin it yourself, and wherever it stops, you’ll ‘call’ the next person according to what it is on the turntable as pointed to by the arrow at the top . ”
“Hm? Then what did your spin land on?”
Xia Rong answered along with a ‘hehe9’, “Muah muah10 . ”
“What!?”
“That is, I can kiss anywhere, kiss you till you wake up, hahaha . ” Xia Rong obviously felt very lucky . “Fortunately, you’re already up now, so it shouldn’t be necessary anymore?”
He had directed that last sentence towards the on-site director . He was wearing a crew-neck T-shirt today, so his soft, fair neck that was previously hidden by his black hair was revealed with that slight turn of his face .
The director nodded, expressing his agreement . Since Su Chi had already taken a shower and changed his clothes, it wouldn’t be realistic to reenact a wake-up scene . Xia Rong can just spin the turntable again later and have the others make up the shots .
Everyone at the scene also knew that such an intense act as “kissing” could easily elicit various reactions from the fans, especially for stars with high popularity like Xia Rong and Su Chi, who had many female fans . Naturally, the process could still be okay, but if the performance was too obviously contrived, with just a minor slip and it would lead to a large-scale protest by the fans of both sides . Given that not even one episode of the program had been broadcasted yet, they had no clue as to what they could expect from the viewers on this matter, so they certainly didn’t dare to take this risk for the time being .
Xia Rong readily agreed . “No problem . I’ll draw again later, but let’s not draw ‘muah muah’ again . ”
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The director laughed as he replied, “It won’t, it won’t . How could it be so easy to get it again?”
“That’s true, hahaha . ” Xia Rong was pleased . “Moreover, the chosen Su Chi had also already gotten up and managed to escape the calamity . ”
Su Chi: “…” I should have been in bed and not here…!
Although his heart was bleeding, the game still needed to be played . Su Chi gave the big turntable a spin, and the morning call service he needed to provide was ‘use a feather to scratch their face, scratch until they wake up’ . Xia Rong looked at it with quite the envy . “The one you got seems to be fun!” As a result, what he got with his second spin was to ‘squirt at their face with a water gun, squirt until they wake up’ which made him terribly happy . “Hahahaha, who knows who would be so unlucky…”
He even started to hum a song out of tune . “An early bird has worms to play with, a late worm gets choked by water…”
Su Chi and the on-site director exchanged a look with each other, a gaze filled with silent sympathy for that upcoming poor, unfortunate soul .
The order of the morning calls was arranged according to their room numbers: Xia Rong – 01, Su Chi – 02, Gao Junming – 03, Zhang Xin – 04, Ye Mang – 05, and Kang Yifan – 06 . As Su Chi had spun the turntable first, the person who he needed to wake was room 03’s Gao Junming; whereas Zhang Xin, who was in room 04, was thus postponed to become that unfortunate worm who was about to be exposed to water .
Zhang Xin was contently asleep but was then cruelly awakened by the water down his face, he woke up almost bristling with anger . “Wo c11… Who is…!”
Unable to open his eyes because of the water, he could only vaguely see a person’s swaying silhouette and the murkily black lens in front of him, at which he finally realized that the filming had most likely already started . Moreover, he found that the water on his face wasn’t very cold and should have been mixed with some warm water, so the ‘visitor’ could still be considered to have some conscience, thus only by this was he able to barely suppress his anger . He stiffly sat up, wiped his face, and asked, “…What’d you do this for?”
Xia Rong stood next to the bed, and as he was laughing until he was out of breath, he handed over the already prepared towel so the other could wipe his face . “The program team wanted it, so I also didn’t have a choice . Hahaha . ”
Zhang Xin tautened his expressionless face as anger flared in his eyes . “To not even allow someone a good rest, this program is simply just a pit! The pit of all pits, king of pits!”
“From just looking at you, we can tell that you’ve watched too little variety shows . ” Xia Rong felt that the facts still had to be said . “From South Korea to Japan, then finally our country, this routine has become just too common . For example, personally, I’ve already experienced this countless times . ”
Zhang Xin was unreconciled and showed him the iPad at the head of his bed . “I’ve seen too little variety shows? Take a look at the videos on my iPad and try saying that again . ”
“OK!” Xia Rong looked through his iPad and said, “From just looking at you, we can tell that you’ve watched too little variety shows . From South Korea to Japan, then finally our country, this routine has become just too common . For example, personally, I’ve already experienced this countless times…”
Zhang Xin: “…”
Xia Rong: “Do you want me to say it again?”
Zhang Xin: “…”