Chapter 115: This Family of Bandits!

For Xueyan, this night was exceptionally happy, because not only did he have his parents accompanying him, but there was also the expectation of seeing Charlie the moment he opened his eyes the next day.

Although the whole family didn’t expect that the method Lu Jing used to bring Charlie over would be so tricky.

Because of Xueyan’s illness, Lu Jing would remotely participate in a special group meeting under Philenster’s laboratory every two weeks. Occasionally, Kremlin would also participate in discussions as a way to regularly observe the cub’s physical condition and judge new treatment plans.

However, just as today’s group meeting was about to end as usual, Lu Jing caught a glimpse of a familiar white figure not far behind Kuliko, and she scooped Xueyan up from beside her, brought him close, and greeted the camera.

“Hello, older brothers and older sisters… and Professor Teacher.”

Xueyan, held by his sister, looked somewhat curiously at the images on the computer, finding that everyone lived in a small box.

“Eh, Xueyan?”

When Philenster saw the little cub, his first reaction wasn’t vigilance. [Read on RanaTranslations🌸] He purely felt that Xueyan’s state seemed to be slightly better than the last time he came for an examination.

Although one could still see traces of illness, the expression between his brows and eyes was very lively.

However, before Philenster could finish speaking, Charlie nearby heard the familiar voice. He had already kicked his big disciple Kuliko’s head with one paw and monopolized the camera in front of Kuliko’s computer.

“Hey, hey, hey Charlie! You can’t bite the computer screen!”

“Meow? Meow~!”

A little cat naturally couldn’t understand computers, but it didn’t prevent the little cat from discovering that the person he liked had appeared on the computer screen!

Ever since he was brought home from the hot springs by the Professor, Charlie behaved quite normally at first. But every day he couldn’t help but linger under that tree in front of Professor Philenster’s office, as if wondering why Xueyan hadn’t been brought over by his parents to play with him today.

Even his interest in being a campus bully sharply decreased. Many students on the school forum were guessing what exactly happened to Charlie, that he didn’t even fight anymore, making everyone lose a lot of joy.

To this, Philenster was both hateful and helpless, feeling that whenever the Lu family came over, absolutely nothing good happened!

So much so that after watching Charlie meow at him continuously for a long time, as if asking when Xueyan would come find him to play again, Philenster gradually felt like he was becoming the “Queen Mother of the West” from the fairy tale of Country C, forcibly separating this cat and cub.

Translator’s Note: The Queen Mother of the West is a figure in Chinese mythology who separated the lovers the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.

“Charlie? Charlie, I’m here!”

Seeing Charlie jumping and bouncing on the screen, Xueyan was instantly held by his sister and brought close to the camera, attempting to shake hands with Charlie.

Everyone in the online meeting room watched this scene, having to admit this was simply too cute, but due to Professor Philenster’s expression, they didn’t dare to say anything.

Seeing this, Lu Jing revealed an imperceptible smile, lowered her head, and leaned close to Xueyan’s ear to teach him:

“What did you want to call Charlie here for? Just in time to tell Professor Teacher about it? Ask him if he is willing.”

Xueyan touched the computer screen and suddenly remembered what he wanted to do. So, he turned his head and looked at Professor Teacher.

“Professor Teacher… excuse me, can I invite Charlie to be a little guest and accompany me to a competition? I want to hug Charlie and play little tigers together.”

The cub’s voice transmitted softly like this, making Philenster’s originally furious expression pause for a moment.

What? Inviting Charlie to Country C for a competition? And to play a little tiger!?

“The situation is like this, Professor Philenster.”

Lu Jing opportunely presented a series of competition documents and the original picture book, explaining the specific details to Philenster.

Everyone in the entire meeting room listening to this scene felt inexplicably that it was extremely suitable. You have to admit, Charlie’s temper truly suited playing the King of Beasts.

At least when he roared, he was like an angry white flour bun truck, looking like he would run you over the next second. Even the dogs in the school would have to fear him.

“Meow? Meow!”

Logically, Charlie couldn’t understand, but seeing Xueyan speak, he hugged the computer screen and started meowing.

Kuliko nearby, who was deeply trusted by the teacher and normally responsible for helping take care of Charlie, watched this scene. While supporting Charlie on his head, he looked at the Professor nearby:

“Teacher, why don’t you just agree?”

“Doesn’t it just happen that I am going to Country C soon to attend an academic conference? I can drop by S City on the way to deliver…”

“No! Kuliko, absolutely not!! To have Charlie, this family must come pick him up themselves, you are absolutely not allowed to go to S City!”

Before Kuliko could finish, Philenster, with raised eyebrows and glaring eyes, already slammed the table and emphasized.

Originally, Kuliko going to Country C to attend this international academic conference hosted by Yunjing University was something Philenster only reluctantly agreed to after repeated hesitation.

Because Yunjing University was in City A, which was still some distance from S City where that family of bandits was located. Now letting Kuliko deliver the cat there sounded like sending a sheep into a tiger’s mouth, giving an uneasy feeling. Who knew what this family would do?

Unexpectedly, just as Philenster finished speaking, Lu Jing agreed in one breath:

“Of course you can, Professor Philenster. We originally planned to arrange a chartered flight to pick Charlie up and bring him to the country. You absolutely don’t need to worry about the care during this period…”

In just a few words, Lu Jing directly turned Philenster’s hypothetical sentence into a confirmed fact, and even sent a series of plans arranged well in advance to the meeting room folder.

“Thank you, Professor Teacher!”

Although Xueyan didn’t understand, he instinctively and happily said thank you along with her.

Philenster: ???

No, when did I agree! I clearly only said “To have Charlie, this family must come pick him up themselves”!

As for the subordinate junior directors, assistants, and students, they couldn’t help but quietly click open that document Lu Jing shared in the meeting room. Looking at the listed treatments inside, they were amazed.

When they themselves went to Country C to attend conferences, they never had the treatment of a chartered flight! They even equipped Charlie with a nanny team starting at three people!?

Is Charlie going to Country C to be a cat or an emperor?

For a time, everyone’s gaze looking at Charlie became anxious. A fellow student ascending to heaven (achieving success) is certainly enviable, but the professor’s cat becoming suddenly wealthy is even more anxiety-inducing. They had lived for so many years, and in the end, they were actually inferior to a cat!

“…I knew there was a reason your attitude was so good today, sure enough, nothing good comes of it!”

Philenster looked at Lu Jing in the camera with a knowing smile. Just as he wanted to slam his palm on the desk out of anger from embarrassment, he forcibly stopped upon seeing the little cub opposite him saying “Thank you”.

This is simply a family of bandits who use both hard and soft tactics and won’t rest until they achieve their goals!

That’s right, even that little one is a beautiful little bandit who is a bandit without realizing it!

Lu Jing watched all this without the slightest psychological burden.

This was a task Xueyan rarely assigned to the family.

Of course it must be completed with high efficiency.

Therefore, the day after Xueyan happily mentioned to everyone in kindergarten that Charlie would accompany him to the competition, Xueyan, who had just walked out of the kindergarten gate after school, unexpectedly saw his sister holding a small cat carrier today?

“Charlie?”

Xueyan looked over with doubt and anticipation. He and Charlie were clearly separated by such a great distance, would he truly come to his side so quickly?

Even faster than the dreams he had at night!

“Meow—”

The next second, Charlie’s door was opened by Lu Jing, and he instantly flew over with excitement!

“Xueyan, danger!”

This terrified Louis and the group of cubs behind him. They thought this evil white flour bun was pouncing over to crush Xueyan.

In Louis’s eyes, Xueyan was that kind of beautiful crystal figurine, the kind that would break from just a bump.

Pei Shuo not far away had an even darker expression. He instantly tossed his schoolbag to the driver nearby and prepared to charge forward directly to catch this unidentified creature.

“But this is Charlie, my competition guest! Charlie came from abroad to help me go to the competition.”

As a result, Xueyan fully hugged Charlie, then smiled and turned to look at his classmates in the Little Iris Class, introducing Charlie.

Charlie also rubbed against Xueyan’s cheek, his large tail, like a feather duster, swaying back and forth.

“Meow…”

He even meowed arrogantly at the group of little snots in front of him, until he locked eyes with the ferocious-looking Pei Shuo, only then squeezing back into Xueyan’s embrace and letting out a “meow”.

Quite a case of a cat acting arrogant relying on its owner.

Xueyan, unaware, purely buried his head and kissed Charlie again, feeling Charlie smelled nice.

And Lu Jing, watching this scene, was certain that washing this cat inside and out before coming was indeed very necessary. After all, Xueyan liked to hug and kiss him.

“Oh, this is too cute, what competition?”

Many adults surrounding picking up and dropping off cubs saw this scene, and were so charmed their gazes couldn’t move away at all.

Is this a cat or some other animal?

How on earth was it raised to be this big!

“Mom, I want to go see little class monitor Xueyan’s competition!”

A little friend, upon seeing this, couldn’t help but anxiously pull their parent and put forward the request.

“I want to go too, can I ask for a day off to go see the competition?”

After the first cub said this sentence, very quickly the other little cubs in the Little Iris Class all wanted to go see the little class monitor’s competition.

“Teacher Jiang Xian?”

The parents could only look at Teacher Jiang Xian, not knowing what exactly this competition was.

“Uh, about this, I will go ask the Principal when the time comes? If it’s possible.”

Teacher Jiang Xian, stared at by the parents, hurriedly raised her hand to explain.

This was indeed a bit difficult. On the day of the competition, with so many kindergartens’ little contestants participating, if every little contestant brought their classmates to watch, even the biggest auditorium wouldn’t be able to hold them.

Although probably not every little friend had so many little fans like Xueyan?

And Xueyan was attempting to let Charlie make friends with Pei Shuo.

“Will you two shake hands?”

Xueyan held Charlie’s little paw, attempting to let Pei Shuo also pet him.

One person and one cat stared at each other in silence, finally shaking hands in a friendly manner under Xueyan’s gaze.

“Meow!”

After shaking hands, Charlie hid behind Xueyan.

This made Xueyan look at Charlie and then at Pei Shuo with quite some confusion.

“It might be because I have Mo Dian’s smell on me.”

Pei Shuo explained gloomily.

“That also makes sense!”

Xueyan suddenly realized. After all, Mo Dian was a big tiger. It was very normal for Charlie to feel afraid after smelling a big tiger’s scent on Pei Shuo.

Pei Shuo stared relentlessly at this cat, his mind filled with the subtle emotion that Mo Dian actually lost to a cat and couldn’t be Xueyan’s competition guest.

What does this indicate? It indicates Mo Dian is truly too slack!

Fortunately, this Charlie is a cat. What if he were a Louis the Second…

Pei Shuo suddenly developed a strong sense of crisis.

As for Louis’s group of people, they were quite curiously playing with Charlie. Even Louis had to admit he had truly never seen a cat raised to be this big!

Sure enough, I should go catch a little lion and bring it back during the holiday this year.

Louis thought earnestly, because Xueyan seemed to really like this kind of fluffiness!

Or maybe when I grow up I’ll open a zoo? That way Xueyan will come look for me to play every day!

“Alright, say goodbye to everyone first. Old Third and Eldest Brother are waiting at home to take you to order clothes.”

Watching the scene before her where Xueyan became the focus of the entire kindergarten venue because of Charlie, Lu Jing also stroked the ends of Xueyan’s hair with her lips curled up, softly reminding him.

Hearing this, Xueyan blinked his eyes, not expecting the clothes to be this fast too.

He had clearly just told the parents during dinner yesterday, yet everything was actually fully realized the second day.

However, Lu Li and Lu Xun, waiting at home to relay Xueyan for competition preparation, reminded Xueyan that he could bring Charlie along after Lu Jing brought Xueyan home:

“Bring Charlie along too.”

“Is Charlie getting little clothes made too?”

Xueyan asked in amazement.

“Of course, since it’s a competition, it naturally requires perfection, doesn’t it?” Lu Xun smiled.

As for whether the other party would refuse to incidentally open up a new field of pet clothing, it was similarly not within Lu Xun’s scope of consideration.

Lu Li looked at Charlie, thinking to himself that this friend of his might accept such a brand new challenge.

After all, this cat Charlie was also quite pretty, meticulously cared for by Philenster to the point of being glossy and smooth, with distinct hairs.

Because one major characteristic of Simmons was that he was an Aesthete (someone who places high value on physical appearance).

This was also a common disease in the fashion industry.

An hour later, when this Simmons D. Ralph saw his friend Lu Li downstairs at the group building, under the bizarre gazes of his assistants and subordinates nearby, he directly and extremely enthusiastically pounced over.

“God, Li! Long time no see, the contradictory aura on your body has become increasingly astonishing! I heard you went solo? Truly worthy of congratulations…”

“Simmons, long time no see, but unfortunately I didn’t come to let you design new clothes for me today.”

Facing Simmons’s customary enthusiastic greeting, Lu Li instinctively found it hard to parry and took half a step back, incidentally interrupting the other party’s words and looking behind him instead.

Simmons’s certain keen perception indeed made him aware that he seemed to be hiding another half.

This was also the reason why back when he and Simmons accidentally met at a fashion week abroad, the other party had always paranoiacally hoped he would become a full-time model.

Only after being rejected by Lu Li using his contract status as a reason, did Simmons settle for the next best thing and begin designing various performance costumes for Lu Li.

It was just that when Chasing Light Entertainment pleasantly discovered Simmons’s existence, and proposed hoping to pay a certain remuneration to let Simmons design the costumes for the remaining teammates as well every time, Simmons’s flat refusal left Chasing Light Entertainment quite awkward and annoyed.

Causing Simmons to purely design private outfits only for Lu Li for quite a long time.

“Not designing for you? [Read on RanaTranslations🌸] It couldn’t be those three sticky nougat-like teammates of yours again, right?! I absolutely will not… Oh, God, could it be this one!?”

Upon hearing Lu Li’s explanation, Simmons’s expression initially turned terrified and annoyed. He had clearly been entangled by them several times before until his head spun.

To be honest, if it weren’t for his friend Lu Li, he fundamentally couldn’t possibly fly to Country C so frequently to attend events. Not to mention, in Simmons’s view, Lu Li’s three teammates could simply be called vulgar. When visiting his design studio headquarters in Continent M, the thoughts in their eyes were practically written on their faces!

But at this moment, as Simmons turned around, he saw Eldest Brother Lu Xun, who had just gotten out of the car behind Lu Li, wearing a black formal suit. His eyes instantly glazed over.

God! The aura on this Alpha, to fashion industry workers, was simply a lethal dose of poison!

The first second Simmons saw him, countless ideas had already surfaced in his mind.

“…?”

However, before Simmons could fly over, the caught-off-guard Lu Xun had already frowned tightly, reached out, and firmly grabbed Simmons’s wrist, silently pulling open the distance between himself and this designer who was like a flamboyant peacock.

Incidentally, he exchanged a quite suspicious glance with Old Third, as if asking if he had found the wrong person?

The driver behind, who was responsible for opening the car door, was dumbfounded. [Read on RanaTranslations🌸] He thought to himself, he didn’t expect that coming to order a set of clothes would also require bringing a bodyguard.

As a result, Simmons, whose wrist was grabbed, wasn’t annoyed. Instead, his eyes sparkled as he looked like he had found a priceless treasure at Lu Xun’s arm, whose muscles were slightly tensed because of forcefully gripping his wrist:

“Oh, heavens, look! Look at the muscle lines beneath this clothing, this is simply an existence born for art!”

This instantly sent a rare chill down Lu Xun’s arm, causing him to lose even the interest in gripping the other party’s wrist.

Having lived for so many years, this was the first time Lu Xun had come into contact with such an existence, and it was still because of Old Third.

“Simmons! This is my eldest brother, he is not a model.”

And Lu Li, who completely hadn’t had time to stop all this from happening, was already so embarrassed he wished he could turn back time.

He indeed knew Simmons had this occupational disease, but he also never expected Simmons to actually be so bold as to dare lay hands on Eldest Brother.

“Your eldest brother? Lu Li, this is where you are wrong.”

Simmons rubbed his wrist, looking at Lu Li with great dissatisfaction.

He even found that this seemingly cold Alpha was quite a gentleman. After being startled by him, he actually grabbed near the sleeve, and didn’t directly press his wrist.

“I am wrong?”

Lu Li asked suspiciously in return.

“You have such a perfect elder brother, why didn’t you tell me in advance?! Quickly tell me, how many other older brothers and sisters do you have in your family!”

“…”

Lu Li was already unable to speak.

Simmons’s professional abilities could be said to be an exceptional genius, but this personality was also truly too much to handle.

“I indeed came today to ask for your help designing costumes, but not to design for me, nor to design for my eldest brother. But to design kindergarten competition costumes for my younger brother and his cat…”

Therefore, Lu Li pretended not to hear Simmons’s words, and finally looked into the car at Xueyan, who hadn’t been carried down by Eldest Brother yet.

“What!?”

In this instant, Simmons, going from great joy to great sorrow, simply couldn’t believe his ears.

Actually asking him to design kindergarten competition costumes for a little brat and his pet cat?

Why don’t you use an atomic bomb to hit a mosquito!

He hated those randomly screaming little beagle-like children the most.

Although the next second, the words that just reached Simmons’s mouth paused again.

Because Xueyan, who was hugging Charlie and attempting to jump out of the car by himself for the first time, was hugging the cat in his arms and staring at Simmons not far away somewhat blankly.

He felt this uncle was colorful all over, with even more colors than his oil pastels.

But just as Simmons blinked his eyes and wanted to get closer, squat down, and take a close look at this “little model” of his, he was suddenly coldly lifted by the back collar by Eldest Brother Lu Xun.

“Lu Li, let’s go home, change a designer.”

Lu Xun’s tone was for the first time this cold and resolute.