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nChapter 17: Seemed like I fooled him

nNo matter how anxious he felt, what fate had planned would still occur.

nIt was seven minutes past 4 p.m. in the afternoon. The sound of the door unlocking came from the living room.

nXiao Yu held his last bit of hope as he looked around the bedroom. He scantily confirmed that he had not left any ‘footsteps’ behind in the room and hid in his small house as he shivered.

nDon’t find out, don’t find outtttttt…

nYan Jin stayed in the living room for quite some time which was rare – previously, Yan Jin would enter the bedroom straightaway after he go to the villa. Regarding that, Xiao Yu often questioned the practicality of this villa. In fact, Yan Jin only used the first level and that one bedroom, but he was living in this huge villa. Didn’t CEOs in television shows always have some servants or butlers? But it was just Yan Jin (and now one hamster) – wouldn’t he feel lonely staying in such a huge place?

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nAfter staying together for such a long time, Xiao Yu had never seen him go up to the second level – and never did he bring Xiao Yu with him upstairs. Xiao Yu was very curious about the second level; if it was before, Xiao Yu might have felt that maybe Yan Jin was hiding someone up there. But Xiao Yu had never seen Yan Jin bring anyone into the house – it seemed like the rumors about Yan Jin keeping his hands clean was true after all.

nBut then again, with Yan Jin’s net worth and age, putting aside the fact that he had no intention of getting married – he didn’t even have a single scandal partner. That alone was weird for Xiao Yu..

nBut it was not the time to think of such things now. Xiao Yu still wasn’t sure what Yan Jin was doing outside. Yet, before he had time to wonder, Yan Jin’s footsteps approached and finally stopped at the doorstep.

nXiao Yu dared not move an inch; even his breathing got lighter. He silently practiced his speech for his ‘real identity’ in his heart.

nA hamster that had become a spirit after cultivating for years – he usually stayed in the deep mountains and forests and occasionally roamed into the human world to play. He was somehow picked up by Yan Jin, and seeing the decent food that Yan Jin provided, he reluctantly stayed behind… something like that?

nXiao Yu raised his paws and scratched his head, and deceivingly thought to himself: Yan Jin would believe that, right?

nIf Yan Jin did not believe him, or if Yan Jin thought that a hamster spirit was too scary, would he throw him out?

nWait, wait, wait, he should not be thinking that negatively, that was just the worst-case scenario. Maybe Yan Jin did not even realize anything and thought that everything was just normal?

nHe would wait until Yan Jin entered the room. He would sit down before his computer and start working on his company matters, and then buy him a small tomato, a walnut, or a bunch of melon seeds perhaps?

nSadly, Xiao Yu was destined to be let down.

nYan Jin had already entered, but that was all he did.

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nHe stood outside the cage and stared at it for two whole minutes. Even with the cage between them, Xiao Yu could sense the horrifying aura coming from Yan Jin.

nThat tiny bit of wishful thinking that Xiao Yu had began to sink.

nHe found out.

nHe definitely found out.

nThe actions that Yan Jin displayed these two days were more than enough to explain why he decreased the amount of time he allowed Xiao Yu out of the cage. Not opening the cage this morning was also on purpose.

nAnd he risked getting his identity exposed just because of a boring game!

nXiao Yu regretted it.

nMust he really leave this place?

nAlthough Yan Jin was a nasty chairman, there wouldn’t be a second hamster owner like him in this world anymore – tasty hamster food, freedom, an iPad to play with and his little tomato as well…

nIf he had to leave, would Yan Jin agree to let him take those things along with him?

nTears started to accumulate in Xiao Yu’s eyes. He suddenly despised himself: how could he think poorly of Yan Jin all the time but act so reluctant when it came to parting ways.

nIt was all because of that idiot, Yan Jin.

n“……” Xiao Yu seemed to hear a voice, but it was unclear. He quickly rubbed his face with his paw and perked his ears to listen to the commotion outside.

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n“… Fishy?”

n“Fishy, fishy?”

nYan Jin seemed to be calling him.

nHis voice wasn’t loud, but it did not sound angry.

nXiao Yu hesitated for a moment. Then he gathered all his courage to allow him to break his limbs, stick his head out and get beheaded, and thirty years later, he would become a….

nA good hamster?

nHe cringed in fear again.

nIt was not easy to get reborn again. What if things didn’t work out the next time? That was so not worth it. But he had to face his problems: he needed to tell Yan Jin the truth and pray that Yan Jin would let him off.

nAfter making up his mind, Xiao Yu wobbled out from his little house.

n“Squeak.”

nXiao Yu stepped out from the cage and saw Yan Jin standing not too far away. They both had some distance between them.

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n“Squeak!”

nHn, scaredy-cat.

nHe was even scared of a hamster spirit.

n“Fishy!” Yan Jin suddenly raised his voice and that successfully shocked Xiao Yu, who was already upset. The angry squeaks immediately got extinguished.

nNext, a surprising thing happened. Yan Jin did not suspect Xiao Yu’s identity like the hamster thought he would have. He instead took three big strides towards the cage and grabbed him immediately.

nXiao Yu could not even react in time as to what had happened. In the next moment, he was pressed against Yan Jin’s cheeks.

nPressed on Yan Jin’s cheek.

n“Squeak?”

nWhat happened? Wait? What happened?

nBefore he could even retort, Xiao Yu’s entire hamster body was viciously rubbed against Yan Jin.

nSqueakkkkkkk –

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n“Thank goodness, I thought…” Yan Jin only said his sentence halfway, leaving Xiao Yu completely lost.

nAfter Chairman Yan finished his crazy antics, he held Xiao Yu on his palm and gave him an ultra-solid walnut.

nXiao Yu, who was still in a daze, accepted the walnut, still unsure what exactly Yan Jin was up to.

nWhatever, I’ll calm myself down with a walnut.

nKakk –

nWhat the-, this is murder!

nXiao Yu looked at the ‘walnut’ that almost broke his teeth. He instantly felt his heart beating a lot faster.

nTechnically, it was a walnut, but it was a golden walnut!

nOr more accurately, it was a walnut made of gold. The exterior was carved beautifully with the insides emptied out. The design looked good and it was light, which was a very suitable gift for a powerless little creature.

nXiao Yu’s teeth left two light dents on this handcrafted “walnut”. It was not obvious, but Xiao Yu suspected if he had used more strength he might’ve lost his teeth.

nHe looked up and watched the creator of this evilness.

nXiao Yu’s gaze glowed dangerously with an ‘I don’t care what explanation you make and I’m going to bite you to death’ expression.

nChairman Yan did not sense Xiao Yu’s anger at all. He tapped on Xiao Yu’s little head and said: “I’m glad you’re still here.”

nThat random sentence instantly changed all of Xiao Yu’s frustration into doubt.

n“Squeak?” What?

nLooking at Xiao Yu’s confused and silly-looking face, Yan Jin happily gave the hamster a generous rubbing.

n“Keep it well, that walnut is yours from now on.”

nXiao Yu looked at the slightly damaged golden walnut again, not knowing what else to say.

nAlthough receiving presents was something to be happy about, what use could such ‘decorations’ do? (He seemed to have completely forgotten that just a while ago, he was tearing up while wanting to take that unnecessary ‘decorative’ tomato with him earlier.)

nYan Jin was in fact not a very stern nor difficult person to be with. Although he was indeed aloof and had a private Mr. Chairman personality in the eyes of the public, after getting closer to him, Xiao Yu could see the different unknown sides of Yan Jin. There were bad ones and good ones. And Yan Jin’s image in his heart had already become livelier.

nSo, Xiao Yu’s current confusion was, what exactly was Yan Jin happy about? “You’re still here,

nI’m glad.” What did that sentence mean?

nSuddenly, Xiao Yu came up with a seemingly logical explanation.

nMaybe, every month, for a few days, Yan Jin would always… go crazy?

nUnsure if it was Yan Jin’s joyful influence, or if it was because of his wonderful imagination, Xiao Yu wasn’t as depressed as he was earlier. He stole a glance at Chairman Yan who had ‘happy’ written on his face. Xiao Yu felt relieved.

nIt looked like his identity had not been exposed.

nEverything aside, at least he wouldn’t be chased out of the house.

nAfter the crisis was over, Xiao Yu started to consider a question that he was wondering for quite some time – why was Yan Jin acting so differently these few days?

n“DING-DONG- ”

nThe doorbell rang.

nYan Jin held Xiao Yu on his palm as he walked to the living room to open the door. Normally, Xiao Yu would lay on his stomach when he was on Yan Jin’s palm. But Xiao Yu felt guilty this time. So, he put aside his walnut and flipped himself over, exposing his stomach with his limbs spread out.

nThe rare scene of ‘lying down on palm’ quickly caught Yan Jin’s attention. Chairman Yan stretched his index finger and poked Xiao Yu’s stomach that was covered with white fur.

nNext, his finger was caught by Xiao Yu’s unusually coordinated limbs as the hamster hugged his finger like a ball.

nYan Jin watched with interest as he swirled his finger and scratched Xiao Yu’s little stomach. Xiao Yu felt ticklish and squeaked his protest, but he did not let go of the finger.

nThe human and hamster interacted for a while. When Yan Jin tried to pull his finger away, he did not expect Xiao Yu to have so much strength that he was unable to withdraw his finger.

nYan Jin tried a few more times but all his attempts failed.

n“DINGDONGDINGDONGDINGDONG – ”

nThe doorbell rang through the entire house, almost forming a rhythmic three short, one long staccato pattern.

nYan Jin reluctantly gave in: “Fishy, I can’t open the door if you act like this.”

nXiao Yu gripped on even tighter.

n“Fishy, let go. Fishy?”

nEven after calling the hamster out a few times, Xiao Yu refused to budge.

n“Squeakkk.” There is a hamster pretending to be deaf, it needs a pricey bribe.

nYan Jin actually understood as he laughed,

n“Look at what’s on the table. Wait until we get that uncle outside the door into our house then we shall start eating, alright?”

nXiao Yu took a glance at the dining table. He couldn’t believe his eyes as he looked at what was present before him.

nA huge cake and some…. Random, random things everywhere.

nThat was what Yan Jin was up to for so long?

nCake? Was it his birthday today?

nXiao Yu vaguely knew when Yan Jin’s birthday was. When he was still a human, he once attended Yan Jin’s birthday party, but he remembered that it was not during this season.

nRegardless of whose birthday it was, Xiao Yu was still delighted to be able to share the glory and have some of the cake. He cooperated and let go of his hands and legs. He flipped over and obediently laid on his stomach.

nYan Jin smoothed the gray fur on Xiao Yu’s back as a reward and then made his way to open the door.

n“PONGPONGPONG – ”

nThe person who realized that doorbell wasn’t useful started banging on the door.

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