Translator: Vemmy This has not been edited, read at your own risk! I actually don't want to split this chapter in half… hmm can I combine the two parts after I'm done? Will anyone mind?
Xia Rong repeatedly explained that there was nothing improper between Su Chi and him, that this was just a complete coincidence. Although Shu Yi was still in a state of shock, after calming down to think about it, Xia Rong certainly didn't show any signs in this aspect before and had never had any ambiguous interactions with Su Chi previously. In the end, with Xia Rong's profuse grat.i.tude, she sceptically exited the room.
After closing the door, Xia Rong wiped at the cold sweat on his forehead and turned to complain, "You really screwed me over! If Sister Yi really believed it and told my parents, I won't be able to muddle my way through the entertainment circle anymore, they'll definitely drag me back and lock me in the little dark room!"
Unexpectedly, there was only silence behind him; no response at all.
"What's up with you…" Xia Rong thought that his eyesight blurred, when he walked quickly back to the bedroom, the Su Chi who had just been sitting there moments earlier was gone. He had to open his eyes wide in order to find that in his place, in the middle of the depression on the comforter, the silver-coloured short-haired cat from before.
"This cat, it's really you ah…" After personally seeing it, Xia Rong had to believe that, in this world, the phenomenon of turning into a human really existed. Although he found Su Chi himself hateful, towards this cat, he couldn't harden his heart. Not only could he not harden his heart, he felt that his fingers itched a little —— on one hand, Xia Rong furiously reminded himself that "this is Su Chi's transformation, Su Chi's transformation!" so that he could maintain a serious expression, on the other hand, he couldn't help reaching out to scratch the kitty's chin.
The kitty lovably reclined in place, stretched its tongue out to lick his finger.
With a "poof", two ♥ appeared in Xia Rong's eyes.
This… … this was too adorable! (T/n: Our mc….is done for LOL I understand, I love cats too)
"Wah Wah Wah, this is my first time seeing cats type!"
"Actually pressing on the keyboard! This is too magical!"
"Can I take pictures! Just a back view, I won't say its you! Ah Ah AH!
While using the paw pads to press down on the laptop's keyboard with difficulty, Su Chi also had to bear with the disturbance of the demonic noise from the person behind him, this was torture of a cat's life.
"Thank, you, for, saving, me." Xia Rong earnestly read the words slowly appearing on the screen, "My, clothes, cell, phone, room, card, are, in, the, under, ground, parking, lot, could, I, ask, you, to, help, me, retrieve, them?" (T/n: he actually read them character by character, out loud. If I was Su Chi, I'd punch him)
Su Chi really wanted to stop him from reading along, listening to him read the characters one by one, it made people more agitated than constipation. These few words already made his paws hurt (T/n: Because use they use pinyin to type, so multiple letters for each character.), so he subconsciously stretched out his tongue to lick his paw and leaned back, coincidentally leaning on the warm leg of the person behind him. Never mind, let him be, he thought.
With an unprecedentedly high sense of responsibility and enthusiasm, Rong Xu specifically put on a loose jacket, stuffed the cat into his bosom, and spiritedly[1] headed out towards the underground parking lot.
The jacket is the zipper style, to avoid notice in the hotel, Su Chi obediently huddled in Rong Xu's arms. After reaching the underground parking lot, when there were no longer any people around, Xia Rong pulled the zipper half way down, letting the cat poke his head out and cling to his chest.
"Which one is your car?" Xi Rong lowered his voice to ask.
Su Chi shook his ears, looked around and quickly found his car. He anxiously turned his head, using his paw to pat Xia Rong's chest before pointing in a direction, indicating that his car is in that direction.
"Hey, where are you scratching!" Xia Rong let out a "hiss" sound, he was only wearing a thin tee, it was evident that he had been scratched by the paw in a not very pleasant place.
"… …" Su Chi silently turned back and buried his face into Xia Rong's jacket.
Xia Rong was completely unaware, he just felt that since the other party could understand, if it hurt, he should say so. He didn't take it to heart and walked in the direction that Su Chi pointed to, asking, "Is this yours?"
The cat's head once again poked out and gave a quiet "Meow", indicating yes.
…… If the cat wasn't laying on his chest, Xia Rong would have clutched at his heart! How could there be something so adorable in this world!
Walking closer, it could be seen that Su Chi's car door wasn't completely closed, leaving a not very small gap —— When Su Chi ran out, opening the door was already impressive enough, he had no excess strength to close the car door. Luckily, there was not a lot of people in the underground parking lot at this time so no one found out that there was a car with an open door.
The open door was convenient for Xia Rong, he casually opened the door further, and saw that there was indeed a pile of clothes in the driver's seat, the black shirt and pants Su Chi usually wore, with the cell phone on top, screen still lit. Xia Rong picked up the cell phone and saw that there was four or five missed calls with the caller ID "Han Liang Hao".
Han Liang Hao was a pretty well known manager in the circle, Xia Rong looked down, "Your manager is looking for you, is it something urgent?"
The cat in his arms shook its head: Han Liang Hao had a habit of discussing everything with him ahead of time, it shouldn't be anything urgent. What's more, with his current form, speaking was impossible.
Therefore, Xia Rong held Su Chi's cellphone in one hand, dug out the room card provided by the program team, took a look at the room number and stuffed it into his jacket pocket. He then picked up the rest of the clothes and planned on sending Su Chi back to his room.
The kitty's warm little body quietly lay at his check, because of the large amount of clothes in the way, it was even less noticeable. Xia Rong carried him back to the seventeenth floor without any more incidents.
Su Chi's room card had the room number 1707, while Xia Rong's room was 1709. When they've almost reached Su Chi's room, Xia Rong joked, "So we turned out to be neighbours, adjacent ones ." Su Chi still hadn't responded when the phone in Xia Rong's pocket suddenly rang. Because it wasn't the ringtone that Xia Rong usually used, he froze a moment before reacting: this was someone calling Su Chi's phone.
Xia Rong had already took out Su Chi's room card, and was hesitating over whether he should answer the phone while standing in place, when 1708's door suddenly opened and someone came out, holding a cellphone, walking while speaking, "Su Chi, you're finally back! Why didn't you answer the phone before…"
Xia Rong had Su Chi's phone in his pocket, was holding Su Chi's clothes in his arms, and had Su Chi's room card in his hand. He turned his head and came face to face with Su Chi's manager.
Xia Rong: … …
Han Liang Hao: … …
The Su Chi cat hiding at Xia Rong's chest: … …
Once again, it was the manager big brother with a tenacious heart who reacted first——
He took a step forward, grabbed Xia Rong's shoulder and shook him, "Where is Su Chi? Where did you hide Su Chi?"
[1]雄赳赳氣昂昂 (xióng jiū jiū qì áng áng) – 雄赳赳 means 'valiantly, gallantly, full of power, imposing', while 氣昂昂 means 'full of mettle/vigour, spirited'. Whenever I hear this, I imagine a rooster, confidently strutting along XD
Part 2
The last few paragraphs were soooo hard ;^; I understand that this chapter is under the wrong novel again and I really don't know how to prevent it from happening so please bear with me as I try to get things sorted out….
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Xia Rong was actually stupefied, where in the world could he bring out a lively, human formed Su Chi for Han Liang Hao? Regardless of his room or Su Chi's, the distance was close and with a swipe of the room card, they would be exposed. He can't say he doesn't know, Su Chi's phone, room card, and clothes are all in his hands, who would believe him?
With a flash of inspiration, he confidently responded, "He's in the underground parking lot, in the car! You can be at ease, there's nothing wrong with him!" (T/n: … can I laugh? Xia Rong's a treasure XD)
Han Liang Hao took a step back and looked as if he was about to faint.
Xia Rong was still stupidly unaware until he saw the complex emotions surging through Han Liang Hao's eyes, which ended with a sigh. He(HLH) lowered his voice and said, "Even if you guys … … do that, it shouldn't be in the car! Public figures, if photographed by paparazzi, will have their reputation stomped on!"
Xia Rong: …
He suddenly realised what his words implied and wanted to bite off his tongue, but the words have already been said so he could only stammeringly continue, "You, don't overthink … Su Chi's clothes got dirty, yes, it was the clothes that got dirty! So I came up to grab another set for him, that's all …" (T/n: Let me welcome you all to Rong Xu's lessons on how to make things worse! *claps* *confetti*)
Who would have thought that the anguish in Han Lian Hao's eyes would become deeper, "You… how could you leave him in the car alone! I've been with him for so many years, he had always been clean-living and honest[2], he didn't even have a girlfriend, you, you are simply …"
He didn't finish his sentence, but Xia Rong felt that he could clearly see, in this uncle's gaze blazing with the flames of hate, the word 'sc.u.m' in his left eye and 'male' in the right!
Injustice ah! Tell me, where is the blizzard in June, return my innocence to me! (T/n: He's saying that he's being wronged because there is no blizzard in June. This is true, if you aren't Canadian)
After Xia Rong tried every possible way to persuade him and spoke until his lips were rubbed raw, he finally sent away this manager big brother and successfully swiped the room card. He held the cat as he leaned on the door, let out a long breath and felt that his heart was exhausted to the point where he could no longer speak.
The cat in his arms was in the same state, with dead fish eyes, looking as if there was nothing to live for anymore.
"We can't always do this, do you have any method of changing back?" Xia Rong raised his hand and poked the cat's face.
Su Chi moved his face away and shook his head.
"Then what should we do ah, you can't always be like this, cat one moment and human the next, how are you going to last ah."
Xia Rong's words were also Su Chi's worries, except Su Chi was used to keeping a calm and steady appearance in front of others so he had forcefully pressed the negative thoughts down.
Knowing that Su Chi couldn't speak, Xia Rong was already used to talking to himself, "You brought luggage, right? Do you need me to be a good person until the end and help you move your stuff upstairs?"
Su Chi shook his head again: he was in cat form right now, he wouldn't need his luggage anyways; when he can change into human form, then he can go grab it himself, there was no need to trouble Xia Rong.
Xia Rong took a look around Su Chi's empty room, suddenly thinking of a problem, "If I leave you here, do you have any food to eat?"
The hotel doesn't allow pets, without a doubt, there would be no suitable food.
"How about I bring the cat milk powder, canned cat food, and the food bowl over to your room?" Xia Rong thought for a moment before continuing, "No, its too difficult for the cat you to do it yourself … Oh right, I haven't bought cat litter yet, using the washroom is also not very convenient for you, you should live with me for the time being, I could also support you —— oof!" (T/n: in case you don't understand, he was planning on holding the kitty so the kitty could relieve himself)
As it turned out, even the good tempered Su Chi couldn't stand him anymore, a paw slapped on his chattering mouth, indicating that he should shut up.
Xia Rong had never comprehended the "Master scratched me to show they love me" mindset of cat slaves before, but now he could understand a little through experience. Also, Su Chi had sheathed his claws when he(SC) slapped him(XR), when the soft squishy[3] paw pad slapped him, he actually felt elated.
This time, Su Chi hadn't turned back to human even when it was time to sleep. Xia Rong sat on the bed with pajama pants, wholeheartedly rubbing the kitty's soft fluffy back, "Ha ha ha ha, rubbing cat fur is actually so invigorating! Su Chi, you got your just deserts …"
Dammit, accidentally spoke his sincere thoughts, what should he do!
Lowering his head to look, Su Chi was still lazily laying on his stomach, didn't even move an eyelid——In fact, this wasn't surprising. The grievances between Xia Rong and Su Chi weren't big but also were not small, both of them were actually very clear about it in their hearts.
The two phones on the bed sounded at the same time.
On Xia Rong's —— Shu Yi: You youngster better tighten your skin, don't think about hooking up with people just after breaking up, both male and female are not okay. If I catch you again, don't blame me for telling your dad!
Xia Rong wailed as he responded: I never thought about it! I told you, today was a misunderstanding!
Dammit, picked up a cat and became a sc.u.m male for no reason, is there anyone more wronged than him in this world?
Turning to look at Su Chi's —— Han Liang Hao: Saw the text, Little Chi, to be honest, you shouldn't indulge Xia Rong, that sc.u.m! Doing that in the parking lot … Is this something two popular male stars should do? If you don't love yourself, he also won't treasure you!
Su Chi was so angry that he made low "gu lu lu" (T/n: grumbling/growling) sounds in his throat, paw pads angrily slapping the phone screen with force, however, he was still unable to leave words on the touch screen.
Alright then, there was really someone more tragic than him.
Xia Rong spoke, "How about I help you respond?"
Sui Chi, "Meow!"
Xiao Rong, "How do you want to respond?"
Su Chi, "Meow meow meow ……"
Xia Rong, "Oh, like this ah …"
He didn't know how it happened but he felt that he could understand Su Chi's intention more and more —— even when others only heard "Meow", in his ears, it was vivid and descriptive, with highs and lows.
After turning the lights off, Xia Rong habitually scrolled through Weibo, to prevent his finger slipping (and pressing something random), he looked at gossip with his side account, 'Xia Rong Yu Zhou Di Yi Shuai' (Xia Rong Most Handsome in the Universe), and would only go on his main account when he needs to post something.
Su Chi's warm and soft cat body lay on his arm and looked through Weibo with him.
Xia Rong looked at subjects concerning himself first, after checking in with his side account, it showed that there was already more than 300 thousand people who checked in, which was close to the top of the celebrity board on Weibo. The hot topic today was mostly for the reality show 《Liang Shan Bo and Romeo》[4] for which the filming began tomorrow.
This variety show was as its name implied, the guests were all popular young celebrities, and would be on the most prominent channel within the country, Liu Ding, which had a powerful team shaping the key programs for the next half of the year. The television platform had set down a huge investment, invited guests, and was not at all frugal when it came to advertising. Everyone had high expectations for its future prospects and many people almost broke their heads trying to squeeze in (be involved in the investment), otherwise, with the grudge between Xia Rong and Su Chi, he wouldn't so easily agree to be in the 'same frame' as Su Chi.
In the hot topic section, the first few threads were regarding the brand of the program, and then all sorts of praises towards Xia Rong, towards the end, there was a strong scent of gunpowder —— the reason was that when the《Liang Shan Bo and Romeo》program team posted today, they had @ Su Chi first and had placed Xia Rong after.
Xia Rong's fans were angered: Why @ Su Chi first? Do they think that Xia Rong's position isn't high enough? Why didn't they @ Xia Rong first? Obviously the top few forwards of the program's Weibo hot topic were from their 'Rong World'!
Afterwards, someone brought up the news screenshots in the new posts from several websites:《Xia Rong and Su Chi finally meet! On the same program, compete and decisively determine who is better!》, after a.n.a.lysing the post word by word and ascertaining the author's stance, it was concluded that these were posted by Su Chi's team to praise Su Chi and stomp on Xia Rong! Su Chi's team was really shameless!
Xia Rong finished looking through these and then opened Su Chi's hot topics, and saw that the number of people who have checked in were only a third of his own. This wasn't hard to understand since Xia Rong had the talent compet.i.tion's popularity cheat, while Su Chi relied on his own ability and shooting dramas to gain popularity, when his dramas are not being broadcasted, there would be no news about him for two to three months at a time. Coming out to partic.i.p.ate in a variety show was an unprecedented first.
(T/n: I'm sorry, I don't use a lot of social platforms and stuff so I'm not very familiar with these terms >_
To be honest, Xia Rong knew that Su Chi's ability and resources surpa.s.sed his by quite a bit, but was held back by popularity and so it seems as if they are at the same level.
However, in Su Chi's hot topics, although the number of fans could not compare to 'Rong World', their fighting ability was no less: variety shows also talk about position? Don't make us laugh, your family's (celebrity) scope is so narrow and only shoots idol dramas, he can only rely on quant.i.ty at this time to force the program team;
The post? You think that those who praise Su Chi must be part of Su Chi's team? Based on your empty reflection? Is it wrong for those with eyes to speak the truth?
The two groups of fans fought back and forth and has almost escalated to a cat fight war.
Xia Rong became more and more drowsy as he looked on, signed on with his main account and posted the photos from the day, the ones of Su Chi's back while he pressed on the keyboard ——
Xia Rong V: My family's Po Po has become a spirit! Looking forward to starting a new trip tomorrow [heart][photo][photo][photo]
After sending the Weibo, Xia Rong threw his phone to the side of his pillow and reached out to scratch the chin of the kitty laying beside him, "Now I feel like there's nothing to argue about…" he laughed, "we are obviously fellow victims."
Eyelids becoming heavier, Xia Rong yawned and closed his eyes. Su Chi's eyes were still open as he stretched out his tongue to lick Xia Rong's finger tips.
Not fellow victims. If possible, he hopes the adjective used is …
Ill-fated lovers[5].
[2]潔身自好(jié shēn zì hǎo) – clean-living and honest (idiom); to avoid immorality; basically, he was single and didn't sleep around.
[3]軟綿綿 肉乎乎 (ruǎn mián mián ròu hū hū) – for the sake of cute phrases like this, you should learn chinese. 軟綿綿 translates to soft and fluffy, 肉乎乎 is fleshy and squishy. The beauty of this phrase is that you don't even need to risk your life grabbing a cat's paw to understand how meng it is…… I will include a link to cat paw marshmallows so you non-cat owners (like me) don't feel too left out…...
[4]Liang Shan Bo is the male lead from 《The b.u.t.terfly Lovers》, one of the Four Great Folktales. It's a tragedy, I personally feel its better than Romeo and Juliet…Juliet was 13, 13! Married within 24h, he slept her on the second day and died on the 4th.
[5]苦命鴛鴦 is the term used here, which translates to ‘bitter life mandarin ducks' so I used something a little more…romantic. I wanted to use star-crossed lovers but I was scared that someone would come beat me up since I hated on Romeo and Juliet in the footnote above.
Did you guys notice how Xia Rong is actually a very decent child? He embarra.s.sed himself before but it was out of good will, hated on Su Chi but still helped the latter out. He didn't think about telling the truth to either of their managers, taking advantage of this and revealing it to the public, etc. and even planned on keeping Su Chi kitty.
I don't know what's worse, being called sc.u.m, or being told to treasure yourself more. Anyways, it seems that Su Chi has a thing for Xia Rong~