Chapter 90: A Comforting Embrace

The first two sentences were simple, so Xia Yu could understand them. However, the following conversation left him completely confused.

It seemed that the old lady had wanted to steal him and give him to her granddaughter, who appeared quite delighted.

Tina took Xia Yu from her grandmother’s hands and held him in her arms.

Xia Yu narrowed his eyes, feeling rather comfortable.

This was a telepathy skill. The girl’s feelings were even better than those of the previous two strong men.

Lying on Tina’s lap, Xia Yu felt somewhat reluctant to leave.

This telepathy skill seemed only to serve as a warning and to judge good and evil, but in reality, it also provided a sixth sense beyond the five senses.

The five senses could bring pleasure, and so could this sixth sense naturally. Yawning, Xia Yu felt very content.

And this was only on a strange little girl. If he obtained this skill and then hugged Youxue or An Siyao, it would surely be even more pleasurable.

This made Xia Yu even more determined to acquire this skill.

Tina was speaking again in words Xia Yu couldn’t understand, which seemed to include some negative terms.

“Mimi…”

Right, that was the word.

“Mimi.”

Xia Yu sensed something was off. Why did she keep using this word?

“Mimi~” Tina said while stroking Xia Yu’s fur.

I absolutely refuse to be called that!

This house was definitely not a place to stay.

“Alright, go to sleep now.” The old lady turned off the light and went to bed.

Tina then held Xia Yu in her arms and lay back down.

Xia Yu closed his eyes, enjoying an hour of telepathic pleasure, then pushed the girl’s hand away and stood up.

He used his paw to brush the girl’s long golden hair and looked at her cute face.

Although this child seemed very nice, and Xia Yu felt quite fond of her, this world was a realistic one. A cute little girl couldn’t compare to delicious cat food and canned treats.

Jumping off the bed, Xia Yu made no sound at all.

Next time he went out as a cat, he wondered if he could obtain the stealth skill and later scare An Siyao.

Jumping onto the table by the wall, Xia Yu opened the window. Outside was a small balcony he could use to jump down and return to the pet shop.

However, upon reaching the balcony’s edge, Xia Yu didn’t leave immediately.

He thought for a while. There were still at least four hours left of the eight-hour gaming session. The lazy shop assistants wouldn’t come to work until around nine or ten o’clock. He had no need to rush back.

He decided to see how the little girl named Tina would react after he disappeared.

An hour later, Tina turned over in bed and reached out beside her, sensing something was wrong.

She opened her eyes and felt around on the bed.

Her movements woke the old lady.

“Go to sleep quickly.” The old lady urged.

“The cat is gone!” The girl’s voice was filled with grievance.

“Where could the cat have gone?” The old lady sat up, turned on the light.

They searched the house thoroughly, checking every corner, but couldn’t find Xia Yu.

The previously unconcerned old lady began to feel anxious.

“The house isn’t that big, where could the cat have gone!”

Realizing the cat was truly gone, the girl started crying sadly.

“Why are you crying? I gave you a cat and you couldn’t even take proper care of it!” The old lady became impatient. Her negative emotions unintentionally spilled over onto her granddaughter.

Tina felt even more wronged. Too afraid to cry out loud, she could only sob quietly as tears streamed down her face.

“Alright, alright, don’t cry. Grandma will get you another cat tomorrow!” The old lady knelt down to comfort her granddaughter.

“But I liked that cat.” Comforted by her grandmother, Tina’s grievances burst forth, and she sobbed even more intensely.

The old lady tried repeatedly to soothe her, but nothing worked.

From his hidden observation spot outside the window, although Xia Yu couldn’t understand their words, he could still judge their emotions based on their actions and expressions.

Tina’s crying made Xia Yu feel uneasy. A woman’s tears were a terrifying weapon, especially when shed by a cute little girl.

He resisted the urge for a while longer, but seeing no sign of Tina stopping her crying, he pushed open the window and meowed.

The girl immediately stopped sobbing. She looked toward the windowsill and, seeing Xia Yu, broke into a joyful smile.

Tears still hung on her face, and this smile was like a rainbow after the rain.

The old lady also laughed happily. She came to the window, scooped Xia Yu into her arms, and closed the window.

She then chattered on for a few sentences while locking the window.

What she said was undoubtedly something like “Let’s see how you run away after I lock the window.” Xia Yu really wanted to tell her he could pick locks.

Tina took Xia Yu back, happily calling his name while stroking his back.

After the old lady turned off the light, Tina didn’t fall asleep but continued to pet Xia Yu.

Because of the pleasurable sensations, Xia Yu actually fell asleep.

At 8 a.m., Xia Yu returned to his own body.

At that moment, he was sitting on the subway.

Closing his eyes, he stretched lazily.

He had slept extremely comfortably in the white cat’s body, even more comfortably than when sleeping in his own body.

The subway quickly reached the station, and he walked out toward his school.

He thought to himself that he could borrow Xu Youxiang’s notebook. With Xu Youxiang around, the game would be more fun, so there was no immediate need to buy a notebook.

Maybe he should buy a bicycle first?

He could park it at the subway station and ride it home on weekends.

Bicycles were cheap. He could even buy another one for Youxue. Although her school wasn’t too far from their new home, there was still some distance.

Deciding how to spend his savings, Xia Yu opened the game interface to check.

At that moment, he had 5,520 game points, which would roughly equate to eleven and a half experience cards.

Wait, where did this half come from?

As a person with obsessive-compulsive tendencies, Xia Yu had previously emptied his game points. He should currently have enough game points for twelve experience cards.

Why was there half a card missing?

Yesterday’s check had shown no problem, meaning something must have happened today.

Only when practicing skills would game points not accumulate. So was it because he practiced a skill?

But he hadn’t taken any steps as the cat.

Opening the skills menu, he didn’t see a new skill added, which was normal since a level 1 skill typically required eight hours of practice.

So what skill had he practiced?

After thinking for a while, he focused on the “Comfort” skill.

If he had done something unusual, what could it be?

Being stolen by the old lady and being petted by Tina.

Being stolen could eliminate suspicion.

Previously, he had also been petted by the shop assistants without any abnormality, so it probably wasn’t from being petted.

What other possibilities were there?

After thinking for a while, Xia Yu recalled something he had just overlooked.

Today was the first time he had used the white cat’s body to sleep.

Sleeping wasn’t the key, but sleeping comfortably could make a cat purr.

There was a group of cat lovers online who claimed that a cat’s purr could cure insomnia and relieve stress.

So was the “Comfort” skill related to this?

He would find out by testing it.

Early the next morning, Xia Yu once again entered the white cat’s body.

Before he could comfortably sleep in Tina’s arms to practice the skill, the front door was rudely knocked on.

The old lady immediately sat up. She looked through the peephole at the door and showed a look of shock.

She didn’t open the door, but the person outside had a key and opened the door in the next moment.

An officer from District Two walked in.