Chapter 576: He Doesn’t Understand Your Heart

So-called heavenly principles are good for reincarnation.

When Nian Nian was playfully tussling with Yan Rouwan, she never would have imagined that she would end up defenseless, curled up in Sang Zhe’s arms, transformed into a harmless butterball cat.

Currently, Yan Rouwan had reclaimed all the powers of the Earth Buddha’s treasure, making her the only one in the Abyss Realm who could wield such power. There was almost nothing she couldn’t achieve.

On the other hand, Nian Nian couldn’t even resist Yan Rouwan unless she clung to Sang Zhe. Now, she was utterly motionless, allowing Sang Zhe to carry her home, unable to speak, unable to use her powers, unable to return to her original form.

All she could do was glare at the giggling Yan Rouwan with her eyes full of indignation.

“Well then, Senior Sister Yan, rest up early,” Sang Zhe gently waved goodbye to Yan Rouwan. “I’ll go home and bond with this little creature.”

“Yeah. Good luck.”

Yan Rouwan replied indifferently, but her beautiful eyes were glued to the butterball cat, her smile almost breaking loose.

Even though Nian Nian had mentally cursed Yan Rouwan down to the underworld, she could only hope Sang Zhe didn’t bully her too much at the moment. After all, she had absolutely no capacity to fight back against him.

After bidding Yan Rouwan farewell, Sang Zhe returned to his room. He set the cat on the bed, stretched lazily, and flopped onto the mattress.

“What’s going on today?” He stared at the ceiling, muttering to himself, “Why is Senior Sister Yan acting so strangely?”

“I thought she wouldn’t care much about her experiences as Yan Rouwan, but today she seems to have a hint of her usual demeanor.”

“But she’s always so cold and distant toward me, it’s like she can’t stand the sight of me.”

“Really don’t get it…” he sighed in frustration.

Hehe. Nian Nian chuckled coldly.

Yan Rouwan, go ahead and play. By the time Sang Zhe loses all his patience and gives up on chasing you, you’ll be the one secretly crying.

“And that little brat Nian Nian.”

Before Nian Nian could finish her thoughts, she heard Sang Zhe grumbling again, “What’s with this girl? She tricked me into thinking the treasure of the heavens was out, but I searched everywhere and found nothing.”

“When I tried to talk to her, she started playing dead; no matter how I called, she wouldn’t respond.”

“I feel like I haven’t even annoyed her these past two days?” Sang Zhe looked gloomy.

For a moment, Nian Nian felt a bit guilty and turned her head away.

…Cough, cough. I’ve helped him so many times.

Just throwing a little tantrum this one time shouldn’t make him mad, right?

“This little brat can pretend to be dead for a lifetime.”

Sang Zhe suddenly huffed angrily, “When she shows her face, I’ll have to spank her bottom good.”

“Meow!!!”

A sharp cat meow rang out.

Before Sang Zhe could react, the butterball cat had jumped onto his chest, viciously scratching at him.

“Sorry!”

After managing to subdue the rampaging cat, Sang Zhe was filled with trepidation, “No wonder Senior Sister Yan said this cat has a terrible temperament.”

“Why are you suddenly going nuts and attacking me?”

You’re the one going nuts!

Your whole family is going nuts!

Who do you think you are to talk about spanking my bottom?

After all these years helping you, and you don’t even thank me, but now because of such a tiny matter, you dare to talk about spanking my bottom?

This is outrageous! Totally absurd!

Just watch, I’ll bite you to death, you ingrate! Nian Nian, without holding back, bit down hard on Sang Zhe’s hand.

“Hey, you little brat.”

Sang Zhe looked at the cat firmly clinging to his hand, refusing to let go, growing more and more frustrated.

“Why’s your temper so bad? You’re just like that girl Nian Nian, exploding at the slightest thing.”

The next moment.

The cat’s bite tightened.

After a great struggle, he managed to pry open the little cat’s mouth. Looking at the teeth marks on his palm, Sang Zhe pondered seriously.

“Senior Sister Yan told me to properly train this cat… How do I train her?”

“Jiao Jiao and Hei Xia are both naturally docile and well-behaved cats, and thinking back, I really don’t have any experience training cats.”

Hmph.

You think you can train me? Not a chance.

Nian Nian snorted, turning her head away haughtily.

After a moment of contemplation, Sang Zhe suddenly remembered something.

“Wait, I haven’t even given you a name yet.”

Staring at the butterball cat for a while, he stroked his chin and said, “Speaking of which, aren’t butterball cats usually called extreme bully cats?”

Swipe. Another row of bloody claw marks appeared on his hand.

Good.

Looks like she doesn’t like that name.

“Your temper sure resembles Nian Nian’s.”

Sang Zhe gently patted her head, “How about I just call you Nian Nian?”

Nian Nian meowed in dissatisfaction.

…Who do you call easily irritable! Want to test if I’ll bite you again?

After naming her, Sang Zhe lay down on the bed, staring closely at cat Nian Nian, tentatively calling out:

“Nian Nian?”

Nian Nian couldn’t be bothered to respond, huffing and turning her head away.

“Hey, sounds right.”

Sang Zhe seemed to get interested, continuing, “How about Good Nian Nian? Miss Nian Nian? All-Powerful Doraemon Nian? Mommy Nian Nian?”

Please stop giving me those ridiculous nicknames every day!

Nian Nian angrily swiped her paw, but in Sang Zhe’s eyes, it looked like she just wanted to play and act cute.

So he smiled and reached out to play with her, occasionally sneaking in a scratch behind her ear.

At first, Nian Nian was very resistant.

But whether it was Sang Zhe’s hand being too comfortable, or she had indeed started to pick up some cat-like behavior after turning into one, eventually, with Sang Zhe’s skilled hands working wonders, Nian Nian slowly began to give in, her whole body relaxing, letting Sang Zhe pet her.

How infuriating.

It’s not that I want to give in. It’s all Yan Rouwan’s fault, Nian Nian thought.

Seeing the cat gradually stop resisting, Sang Zhe was gently stroking her back while propping up his head, mumbling to himself:

“Little Nian Nian.”

“Do you think Mommy Nian Nian is mad at me?”

Nian Nian cracked one eye open, glancing at him sideways.

“Though I don’t even know what I did to upset her, I guess it’s because I’m a bit careless and ended up hurting her without noticing.”

“Sigh, I know I can sometimes be a bit careless with my words and not gauge the situation well when joking around.”

Sang Zhe spoke softly, “If I apologized to her, would she forgive me?”

His voice, gentle yet tinged with guilt.

Nian Nian looked at his face, suddenly feeling a bit sorry.

Actually, you’re not that bad.

I’m not really mad at you. It’s just… it’s just Yan Rouwan’s fault.

In the midst of Sang Zhe’s silence, he suddenly noticed the cat below him slowly extending her little tongue, gently licking his palm.

It tickled a bit. So nice.

Her cute and gentle appearance melted Sang Zhe’s heart.

“See, when you’re not causing trouble, you’re quite adorable.”

“Come on, let me take a whiff.”

Sang Zhe couldn’t help but lean in, burying his face in the cat’s belly and inhaling deeply.

“Meow!”

With an embarrassed cat meow, Sang Zhe ended up with a few more claw marks on his face.