Yan Yan realized how ridiculous his actions were, then turned around intending to walk back.
As soon as he turned around, he heard the young girl’s soft and gentle voice:
"Big Yellow, Little Yellow, eat slowly."
The man’s footsteps paused, almost immediately discerning that the voice came from the nearby alley.
He walked over and indeed saw a fair and slender young girl, wearing a beige dress, squatting there with a large bag of cat food in her arms, feeding more than a dozen stray cats in front of her.
There were especially many stray cats, of all colors and breeds, big and small.
Leading the group were two big orange cats in front, possibly because their meals were too good, they were particularly fat.
At that moment, they were still burying their heads in the bowl, joyfully eating the canned food.
The young girl occasionally stretched out her tender white hand, alternately petting the heads of the two cats, showing rare softness on her usually expressionless face.
It’s easy to imagine that the Big Yellow and Little Yellow she shouted just now must be these two orange cats.
When Yan Yan heard these two names, his temples twitched involuntarily.
Yet, a curve lifted unconsciously at the corner of his lips.
Yun Qiqi squatted there and continued speaking to the little cats:
"Big Yellow, Little Yellow, I’ve got money recently, from now on I’ll feed you full every day. If you have any siblings or friends, you can call them over."
At that moment, more cats were continuously arriving from all directions, in less than five minutes, it was densely packed with cats in front of her.
Because there weren’t enough cat bowls, the cats were all crowding in, vying to eat.
The young girl seemed a bit helpless but her gaze was gentle, her dark eyes glimmering with a delicate light under the warm winter sun.
It was a completely different appearance from when she was in front of them.
Yan Yan did not expect that she would have such a side.
Since their reunion, his Little Gua had been like a bristling hedgehog, always filled with vigilance and caution.
Rarely seeing her like this, his heart moved slightly, and the dark and sinister phoenix eyes also shimmered with softness.
One night without seeing her, he missed her even more, his gaze burning as it fell on her, unable to move away.
There were really too many cats, and the cat food in Yun Qiqi’s arms soon ran out.
She stood up, paused slightly, and her glance swiftly swept in Yan Yan’s direction.
Then walked expressionlessly to the trash can and threw away the cat food bag.
Yan Yan realized she intended to leave and took a step forward wanting to go out.
He especially wanted to pull her into his arms and ask why she didn’t go to Hepburn, why she hadn’t contacted him these past couple of days.
Then he saw a young man in a black hoodie walking into the alley, a handsome young man with a black tattoo on his knuckles.
He was sipping milk tea and holding another cup in his hand.
He walked straight towards Yun Qiqi in a familiar tone: "Here you go, missy, the milk tea you wanted."
The young girl paused, reached out to take it, and asked, "Did you get some money?"
Shi Yunshen froze, his face immediately showing a hint of guilt: "No, just... got some money from recent tasks."
Yun Qiqi responded with a bland "Oh," lowered her head, inserted the straw into the milk tea, and began to drink.
Realizing she wasn’t planning to borrow money from him, Shi Yunshen finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He followed her for less than two steps and then squinted his eyes slightly.
In a low voice, he said, "It seems like someone is following you."
The young girl drank her milk tea with a calm expression, her dark eyes remained still, showing no reaction upon hearing this.