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Yan Qing paused for a moment while holding the cup, then set it down and said, "I’ll keep the cat in my room. Of course, if you don’t mind it staying in the living room, I’m willing to cover half of the utilities."
He looked up and placed the cup down again. "What do you think?"
"Sounds good," Jiang Ming replied readily, then added, "But you don’t need to pay extra; I actually like cats. Just let me pet yours a bit."
Thinking of his own Cat Master’s proud temperament, Yan Qing fell silent for a moment.
"If you’re brave enough, feel free to hug it. However, it... well, it can be a bit shy around strangers and might bite you, so be careful."
Jiang Ming politely responded, "I’ll be careful. Thanks for the warning."
"You're welcome."
Yan Qing was about to tidy up and take a shower but suddenly seemed to remember something. He turned to Jiang Ming with a serious expression and said, "Oh, by the way, one more thing: in the common areas, please avoid wearing anything too revealing."
Jiang Ming was taken aback for a moment but nodded in agreement. "I won’t do that."
After hearing this, Yan Qing went to the kitchen to fill a pot with water and set it on the stove to boil. Then he went to his room to grab some clothes.
With an extra person around, Yan Qing, who usually wore light tank tops, reluctantly started using a basin to carry his clothes into the bathroom.
Ten minutes later, wiping his hair dry and half-holding the basin, Yan Qing emerged into the living room.
Jiang Ming, who had been engrossed in a TV show, turned his head at the sound but quickly looked away again.
Yan Qing was dressed in a short-sleeved shirt and shorts, with a long towel draped over her shoulder. Her black hair, damp from a recent wash, had been simply dried and combed, curling slightly at the ends, giving her an adorable appearance. Her face was flushed from the heat, exuding a lazy and comfortable aura.
After returning to her room with a basin, she soon emerged again.
On the nearby sofa, a dip formed where someone had sat. Jiang Ming sensed it but didn’t turn to look.
“Hey, add me on WeChat. We can talk later if needed,” Yan Qing said.
Jiang Ming felt a bit flustered as he picked up his phone from the coffee table. “I... should I scan you?”
“Sure.”
Yan Qing opened her QR code and held it out beside Jiang Ming. Perhaps they weren’t close enough, so she shifted a bit closer without noticing that Jiang Ming’s body had suddenly stiffened.
After he scanned the code, Yan Qing tucked her phone away and tossed it onto the sofa. While drying her hair, she shuffled toward the kitchen in her slippers.
With a soft "rip," perhaps due to muscle memory, Yan Qing spotted Cat Master, who had been sleeping soundly in its little nest. The cat dashed to her side, pawing at her insistently.
However, without wearing long pants and with Cat Master’s nails untrimmed for quite some time, it left several red marks on her legs.
Yan Qing instinctively let out a soft “ah” as she gently kicked Cat Master aside with her foot. She then took out another piece of ham, tore open the packaging, and walked out of the kitchen to place it in the cat bowl in the living room.
Cat Master followed out obediently. Seeing the red marks on Yan Qing's legs, Jiang Ming asked with concern: "What happened to your legs?" Yan Qing replied nonchalantly: "Nothing, a cat scratch." After looking up at Jiang Ming, he continued, "So, if you get bitten while holding it, remember to get a rabies vaccine. I'm reminding you in advance now, don't blame me for not telling you in the future." "Ah, have you ever had a rabies vaccine?" Yan Qing suddenly laughed: "Of course I did. I went last month, and the nurse even recognized me." "Last month?" "Yeah, I picked it up last month." Yan Qing leaned against the wall and shrugged, and added casually: "Friendly reminder, it has a bad temper. It's best to wait until it's full before playing with it, otherwise it's easy to get scratched by it." Jiang Ming: "..." Jiang Ming didn't understand: "Why do you keep such a fierce cat?" Yan Qing Qing was almost entering the kitchen, but after hearing this, he turned back again, looked at the cat still eating ham, and said in a serious and joking manner: "Who made me like to keep it?"
Upon hearing those words, Jiang Ming turned his head and glanced at the Cat Master still circling around Yan Qing's legs.
After finishing feeding the cat, Yan Qing turned back into the kitchen, took out his instant noodles, poured in the boiling hot water, added the first piece of ham, and sealed it with a fork. He then stood by the cupboard, patting his pockets before remembering that he had thrown his phone onto the sofa.
When he returned to the sofa, Jiang Ming was gone, and the television was off; only faint sounds could be heard from a distance.
Yan Qing looked up and noticed that the bathroom light was on.
Why was he taking so long to shower? Hadn't he already come in earlier? Yan Qing cast his eyes down to check the time in the upper right corner of his phone; it was already past eleven.
Opening WeChat, Yan Qing found that this new roommate had quite a unique profile picture, giving off an old-fashioned vibe.
A large white lotus occupied the entire frame, accompanied by the words "Tranquil and Elegant," while his Moments were surprisingly clean.
After browsing through a few posts casually, Yan Qing tossed his phone aside and walked back into the kitchen.
Yan Qing disliked unpleasant odors, so he usually dealt with strongly flavored instant foods like noodles quickly in the kitchen and made sure to take out the trash to the bin downstairs on time the next day.
Once he finished dinner and tidied up, Yan Qing left the kitchen.
As soon as he stepped out, he and Jiang Ming, who had just finished showering, appeared in the living room simultaneously. Their eyes met for a brief moment before Jiang Ming was the first to look away.
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