You're My Belated Happiness - Chapter 12 Part 2

Translated by Team DHH at http://dhh-workshop.blogspot.com.

You’re My Belated Happiness

Chapter 12 Part 2

Xu Huaisong secretly sighed, picked up the kitten, and began to walk away. He turned back about halfway to the bathroom: “How do I wash it?”

“This isn’t your cat?”

He shook his head.

Then who had placed the kitten under his care?

Ruan Yu’s mind wandered off again. Then she heard him ask the question again: “How do I wash it?”

Where should she begin? She thought about it: “Do you have cat shampoo, an absorbent towel, a cat brush, and a blow dryer?”

Xu Huaisong nodded.

“Oh, right, and Frontline.”

“En.”

“Then you can wash it either in a bathtub or a basin tub, use warm water between 35 to 40 degrees, be careful……”

Before she could finish, Xu Huaisong put down the kitten and walked towards the laptop: “Wait.” Then he picked up the laptop and walked towards the bathroom, startling Ruan Yu.

The screen shook from side to side.

What was he trying to do?

Xu Huaisong placed the laptop on top of the wash basin. Without saying a word, he turned to walk out, leaving Ruan Yu there: “Hey, you……” Don’t go!

The webcam was facing his shower with the door wide open. Ruan Yu felt quite uneasy.

After a long while, Xu Huaisong came back with the kitten and quite a few items.

The vibe in the small bathroom suddenly became a little awkward, as if the screens between them had disappeared and the two of them were in the bathroom together.

Ruan Yu cleared her throat: “Adjust the water temperature first.”

Xu Huaisong put the kitten aside, turned on the shower, and took down the shower nozzle to test the temperature.

“Don’t use the shower nozzle on the kitten. Put the water in the tub, don’t let it go over the kitten’s neck.” Ruan Yu kept going while she watched Xu Huaisong from behind as he was squatting.

Xu Huaisong followed her instructions. But the kitten was just three months old and not used to being bathed. Once it touched the water, it wanted to jump out, splashing water all over.

A large part of Xu Huaisong’s shirt got wet.

“Use your left hand to hold its neck.” Ruan Yu quickly said and added: “Don’t use too much force.”

“Then?” Xu Huaisong turned his head to ask with his right hand dripping with water.

“Wet all the hair below its neck. Spread shampoo on it and gently rub it.”

Xu Huaisong continued to do what Ruan Yu said. While he was putting on the shampoo, his left hand slipped a little.

The kitten struggled again and water once again splashed onto his shirt.

Ruan Yu could almost see the faint lines of his abs through his soaked white shirt.

“......” She hurriedly turned her eyes away.

Xu Huaisong took a glance at her before turning his head back. His lips curved up when his face was at an angle where Ruan Yu couldn’t see it. He went back to wash the kitten and only said after he had washed off all the soap: “Done.”

Ruan Yu looked over and her eyes landed on the top of his head: “Use the towel to dry it. Use hot hair on the blow dryer, hold it a little farther away in the beginning, and set the blow dryer on the lowest setting. Don’t scare it.”

Xu Huaisong stood up, put the kitten on the wash basin counter, and began to blow dry the kitten.

His face wasn’t shown on the screen. Ruan Yu could only see a pair of bony hands.

Under the faint yellowish light in the bathroom, his careful handling of the kitten seemed even gentler, touching Ruan Yu’s heart.

Ruan Yu’s mind gradually drifted away. She felt like she was back in the arts building from a long time ago where there was also a cat and a pair of hands on the green grass after the rain.

The scene was like a long shot created by a movie master.

The change in time and location naturally amplified the audience’s emotions. The sentiment and regret about the passage of time and the changes in circumstances were suddenly magnified.

The kitten was feeling quite comfortable and meowed a few times. Ruan Yu was pulled out of her reminiscing and found that the kitten was almost dried.

The kitten was carried out of the bathroom. When Xu Huaisong came back, he started to pull his shirt out of his pants and unbutton it from bottom to top as if no one else was present.

Ruan Yu: “?”

After he had unbuttoned three buttons, Ruan Yu reacted by calling out to stop him: “Xu, Mr. Xu! I’m still here!”

Xu Huaisong paused, turned to look at the screen, then calmly said: “Oh, I forgot.” Seeing that she looked quite embarrassed, he added: “I want to take a shower.”

“Then you take me…… no, take the computer out of here!”

Xu Huaisong had a baffled expression: “Can’t you turn off the video chat?”

“......”

That’s right. Ruan Yu didn’t even bother to say goodbye but rushed to hang up the call. Then she sat in front of her computer and drank some water to calm down.

About fifteen minutes later, she received a WeChat message.

Sisi: [Xuejie, if it’s convenient for you, can we meet now?]

Ruan Yu stared at her cell phone screen. Her IQ quickly recovered.

Cen Sisi seemed anxious to meet her. She probably had realized that she had been recorded just now?

Xu Huaisong had told her that it wouldn’t be long before she found out about it. Usually the person would realize it once they thought back on it. But she already had the recording, therefore it didn’t matter much if the other person had found out.

Ruan Yu was too tired to deal with her now. She was straightforward: [It’s not convenient. We’ll see each other in court.]

After sending it out, she blocked Cen Sisi.

Less than two minutes later, Cen Sisi who had obviously confirmed her suspicion sent over a text message: [Aren’t you afraid that your fans will find out about your dirty trick? Let’s see who can really play dirty.]

Translated by Team DHH at http://dhh-workshop.blogspot.com.