Posted on June 28, 2015 Updated on June 28, 2015
Chapter 67 – The Second Meeting
Early morning the second day, after I had finished grooming my fur, I hastily ran out of the cave to yesterday’s meeting place under the peach blossom trees.
Under the peach blossom trees, Xiao Qi was waiting for me, and in his mouth was a single fried fish. He then used his paws to push it towards me and said, “Meow~ You haven’t eaten breakfast right? I brought this from home, so give it a try.”
He’s a really caring cat indeed. Having been touched by his actions, I lowered my head to give the fish a taste, although it does not compare to the fish at Xuan Qing Palace, the taste was not bad. After having another few mouthfuls, I raised my head up, and saw that Xiao Qi had been staring at me. Embarrassed, I quickly pushed the fish over to him, “Meow woo~ You eat too!”
The two of us just like that, finished the fish clean, and went to play together on the roadside. The cat song that Xiao Qi sang was very touching and very beautiful that I had also sang together with him. Meow woo, meow woo, these cries were spread throughout the whole Xijin mountain side.
The only drawback to this was that I kept feeling that someone was watching me from behind, but whenever I turn my head to check, no one was there, perhaps this was an illusion?
I did not continue to think about this matter. Xiao Qi brought me to meet the cats of Xijing, and they all emerged from a deserted courtyard as they saw me. They were all very happy when they came to greet me to indicate that I was welcomed here except for a few female cats. They gave me malicious and evil stares, and was probably due to the fact that Xiao Qi was the boss of this place. Very soon, after everyone greeted each other, they all began to disperse and do their own things, the ones that wanted to sleep went to sleep, the ones that wanted to fight began to fight, and the ones that wanted to be lovey dovey went to do lovey dovey things…..The cats here did not like to be seen being too intimate with each other, but liked to fight and assemble together. This kind of strange and conflicting feline behaviour was very confusing.
I have not seen and been with so many of my companions for a very long time, and seeing that they were having fun fighting, I also wanted to join in, but Xiao Qi held onto me, seemed a little shy, and said simply and straightforwardly to me, “Miao Miao~ I like you, will you marry me?”
“Meow woo~” Being stared at by those beautiful eyes, my heart skipped a beat, and then hesitantly, I said, “I have to return to Xuan Qing Palace tomorrow…..”
“Xijing is very beautiful,” Xiao Qi continued to say, “Can you stay here and live together with me?”
The handsome cat’s directness was admirable, but if I don’t go home, Bi Qingshen Jun will be angry…..thus I fell into a dilemma. After thinking about it for a while, I finally shook my head and said, “If I don’t return, Shifu won’t be happy, I don’t want him to be unhappy, so can you come back with me?”
Xiao Qi hesitated, and then asked, “Meow~ Then do you not like Xijing? We can have many little kittens together and raise them up ourselves.”
“But….. Shifu will be unhappy…..” As I licked my paws to hide my anxiousness, the feeling that someone was watching me from behind grew stronger and stronger.
Using the language of the cats, we argued about who should go where and who should live where for the whole evening. It was not until the sun had gone down the mountain that I had discovered that I’d just wasted my last day together with Xiao Qi.
Suddenly from behind, I heard the sound of hoarse voices conversing with each other. When I turned my head, I saw Mo Lin and Bi Qingshen Jun with a dark expression appearing, they smiled and said to me, “Miao Miao, weren’t you on a date with the handsome guy? How come I don’t see him?”
“How did you know?” I wasn’t too polite with him.
Mo Lin squatted down, gave me several glances, and then said, “Yesterday, when I visited Xuan Qing Palace~ I saw that Bi Qingshen Jun was walking around restlessly with an ugly expression. He suddenly took out his sword and wanted to go down to the mortal realm, thus I immediately held onto him and asked what was so interesting, and then came together with him to observe.”
I didn’t care about him, so I hurriedly rushed over to Bi Qingshen Jun and jumped into his arms, and asked, “Shifu, why are you unhappy? Who bullied you?”
“No one…..I’m not unhappy…..” Bi Qingshen Jun’s face was very rigid, “Weren’t you meeting up with someone named Xiao Qi? How come he hasn’t shown up yet? This kind of bastard that does not keep promises is definitely unforgivable.”
“He’s here!” I quickly said, “Xiao Qi keeps his promises, and he even gave me a fish to eat.”
“Where is he?” Bi Qingshen Jun looked left and right, placed his hand on his sword, and appeared extremely upset, as well as releasing a faint murderous aura.
I hurriedly pushed Xiao Qi over to where everyone was,and then introduced, “This is Xiao Qi, he is very handsome, right? See, I didn’t trick you guys!”
Both Bi Qingshen Jun and Mo Lin appeared shocked and stood there like wooden statue without talking for a very long time.
Seeing that they did not have any reactions, I then asked about the earlier questions, “Shifu, Xiao Qi wants to marry me, can you bring him back with us to Xuan Qing Palace?”
There was no response from Bi Qingshen Jun. Mo Lin had suddenly burst out into thunderous laughter, he laughed so hard, he had to lean on the wall for support, and also stammered out, “Bi…..Bi Qing…..you…..you…..you are a big disgrace, your beauty…..isn’t…..isn’t…..even comparable to a common cat’s.”
“Nonsense!” I immediately condemned Mo Lin’s discord, “Shifu is also very handsome! Super handsome! You’re the one that’s ugly and beautyless! You have an ugly face, a poor stature, and you don’t even have fur!”
“Yes! Yes~ I don’t have fur~” Mo Lin was holding his stomach and called out ‘aiyo’ from pain.
Bi Qingshen Jun finally gave a reaction, he used his finger and pointed at Xiao Qi, “This…..is an ordinary male cat?”
I sincerely nodded my head.
“You…..you like him?” Bi Qingshen Jun continued to ask, “He is the handsome guy who is 18000 times better than Ao Yun?”
I sincerely nodded once again.
Bi Qingshen Jun slowly walked several times around the courtyard, sat down on a dilapidated bench with his hands supporting his forehead, and then quietly whispered like a fly to himself, “Calm fown…..calm down…..I need to calm down…..”
Mo Lin did not spare him, and ran to continue to ridicule, “If you were to kill this ordinary cat right here, then I’m afraid you will turn into the biggest joke in the heavenly realm.”
“I don’t need your yapping!” Bi Qingshen Jun furiously slammed his palm onto the table, causing it to instantly shatter into many shards flying everywhere.
Although I didn’t understand why Bi Qingshen Jun did not like Xiao Qi, this chaos had caused me to panic and turn back into my human form, and rush over to him and ask, “Shifu…..don’t be angry, did Miao Miao do something wrong?”
Bi Qingshen Jun looked at me and slowly said, “Miao Miao, do you think you are a cat or a person?”
“Then is Miao Miao not a cat? I have cat ears and a tail…..” I quietly replied.
Bi Qingshen Jun did not open his mouth again, and just kept breathing. He appeared to let out some sighs and also changed his mood.
I weighed his words and Xiao Qi’s carefully in my heart and immediately came to the decision that no matter what, I mustn’t let Shifu be upset.
But before I even thought of how I would reject him, Xiao Qi slowly walked up to me, and sadly said, “Miao Miao, please forget about my proposal just now.”
“Why?” I was a little surprised.
“Because you are a demon, not a cat.” Xiao Qi raised his head up to stare at me, and firmly said, “I don’t like demons, I just want to find a real cat to get married with, and you aren’t.”
After saying that, he turned around and left under the glory of the brilliant sunset.
Although I was aware of the fact that I was quickly abandoned. Piece by piece my heart was slightly shattered and made me feel somewhat sad. I reflected on his words and then suddenly felt confused by them.
Why am I not a cat?
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