Chapter 109: Chapter 100: "Good night, San Geng’s Mom", "Good night, Naonao’s Dad

After a long moment, Li Zhi looked up. "Shen Yuan."

"What’s up?"

"Um, well, maybe, I mean, I, you..."

Her stumbling words revealed the beautiful girl’s inner conflict.

Li Zhi gently bit her lower lip. "Let’s take it one step at a time. First, let’s solve the custody issue."

Shen Yuan immediately sat up on the bed, looking at Li Zhi with a serious expression.

"I’m all ears."

Li Zhi nodded. "I’ve now also adopted San Geng! That means I’m San Geng’s mom, too!"

Shen Yuan tilted his head. ?

The beautiful girl continued, "You’ve always been raising them, so you’re also Naonao’s dad!"

Shen Yuan’s brow furrowed. ??

"So now, I’m both Naonao’s mom and San Geng’s mom, and you’re both San Geng’s dad and Naonao’s dad."

"Then what does that make us?" Shen Yuan asked.

"It makes us their parents-in-name-only, from separate households, on a purely cat-parenting basis."

Shen Yuan blinked. ???

It was as if she had said something, yet said nothing at all.

Just then, Naonao meowed.

Shen Yuan spoke up. "Naonao says she doesn’t get it."

"It’s fine. As long as I get it."

As she spoke, Li Zhi placed Naonao in Shen Yuan’s arms. "Here, Naonao’s dad. Go ahead and pet your new daughter!"

Having said her piece, Li Zhi turned to find San Geng.

"Genggeng, come to Mommy!"

Shen Yuan looked at Naonao in his arms. The man and the cat stared at each other, wide-eyed.

After a long moment, Shen Yuan said to Naonao, "Naonao, your mom’s got a new favorite."

The little cat didn’t understand the complexities of human relationships, much less the complicated feelings between childhood sweethearts.

Shen Yuan sat on his bed, looking at the two cats who were already asleep on it. His head turned toward the window unconsciously.

From his window, Shen Yuan could see if the light in Li Zhi’s room was on.

Shen Yuan glanced down at the time on his phone. It was already 11:40.

After unlocking his phone, Shen Yuan opened WeChat, then tapped on one of his pinned chats.

Looking at Li Zhi’s kitten profile picture, Shen Yuan couldn’t help but smile.

Shen Yuan sent a knocking emoji.

Li Zhi quickly replied with a dragon meme.

Drag him out and behead him.jpg.

Shen Yuan typed out a complaint.

Shen Yuan: "Off with my head just like that? Not even a chance to defend myself?"

Li Zhi: "What have you got to say? Are you asking me for some profane bedtime material?"

The word "profane" was a masterstroke.

Shen Yuan chuckled and typed quickly.

Shen Yuan: "I’ve got something good to show you."

Shen Yuan quickly snapped a picture of the cats sleeping together.

The two cats had slept together since they were kittens, and they still did now that they were grown.

Seeing them both showing their bellies in unison, Li Zhi, who was also sitting on her bed, felt her gaze soften immediately.

’They’re all my little cats now.’

’This is perfect.’

Just then, a new message from Shen Yuan popped up in the chat window.

Shen Yuan: "Aren’t my little cats cute?"

Li Zhi: "Mine! Genggeng and Naonao are both mine!"

Shen Yuan: "Hehe, they’re mine, all mine. I get to sleep with them. Can you, though?"

Li Zhi: "Dumbass Shen Yuan, I’ll come get them one of these days! Then you’ll know how it feels to be separated from your daughters!"

Shen Yuan: "Perfect. You take them, you scoop the poop."

Li Zhi: "I’ll send them over to poop during the day and take them back to sleep at night."

Seeing Li Zhi’s message, Shen Yuan chuckled in amusement.

He said to the two little ones on the bed, "Hey, look at your mom. This is how your mom treats you! Isn’t your old dad better? Huh?"

After speaking, Shen Yuan glanced at the time.

’Time for bed.’

With that, Shen Yuan sent a message to Li Zhi: "Going to sleep. Good night, San Geng’s mom."

Li Zhi replied quickly.

"Good night, Naonao’s dad."

Shen Yuan looked at her reply, then typed out and sent another.

"Good night, Naonao’s mom."

Li Zhi almost immediately retracted her last message and sent a warning.

Li Zhi: "Take it back!"

There was also a sticker of a husky pointing a finger.

’Jeez, what’s this about?’

’Can’t "Naonao’s mom" and "Naonao’s dad" be in the same chat at the same time?’

’By the same logic, "San Geng’s mom" and "San Geng’s dad" can’t be in the same chat window either.’

Shen Yuan nodded, feeling like he understood something.

Then he retracted the "Naonao’s mom" message.

Li Zhi then immediately resent her previous message.

She also retracted the previous warning.

’Such a tsundere.’

After putting his phone down, Shen Yuan lay down to sleep.

Just before falling asleep, Shen Yuan placed his hand between the little cats.

"Tell me, your old dad is pretty slick, isn’t he?" 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

The little cats didn’t answer.

In the room next door, Li Zhi looked at the "message retracted" notification and touched her still-flushed face.

’Naonao’s mom... I clearly called myself that earlier, so why does it feel so embarrassing this time?’

’Is it because there’s a "Naonao’s dad" in the picture now?’

’But we’re just parents on a cat-parenting level.’

"Forget it! I’m not thinking about it anymore. It’s all Shen Yuan’s fault!"

"Dumbass Shen Yuan!"

Li Zhi tossed her phone aside and went to sleep.