Chapter 13: Dinner

"Why did you bring me to dinner with you?"

"Hello."

"Say something."

"Or what? I go alone?" Faye bent her body slightly to look directly into the green cat's eyes: "I don't know anything, you're not afraid of being exposed."

"Then I won't be of much help."

"No, if I say something wrong, you can just mess around and attract their attention."

"..."

"Wait, I remember something!"

"I remember you were bitten by a dog when you were a kid, and you got weak in the knees when you saw a dog?"

Faye stiffened for a moment and turned her head away: "What's the point of mentioning that, that's old news, I'm not afraid of dogs now!"

"Really?"

"They have a dog next door, a big dog, a golden retriever."

Faye completely froze, stood up straight and made a gesture to go to the kitchen. Even her voice revealed a few points of weakness: "Otherwise, you'd better send a tweet to reject it. Do you have instant noodles here? I cook noodles to eat."

"It doesn't seem too good to just say yes and then say no."

"In saying that, I don't have instant noodles at home, it's not healthy."

Faye was a bit devastated: "Why don't you have anything at home!"

"There are frozen dumplings, do you want some? But it's only stuffed with mushrooms and pork."

Faye: "I don't eat mushrooms."

"There are also frozen dumplings with peanut filling."

Faye:"... I don't eat peanuts either."

"I knew it, your picky eating crap hasn't changed at all."

It's strange to say that although she and Faye are very similar in terms of dressing aesthetics, but in terms of taste, it can only be said that they are very different, each eating their own.

"Otherwise you endure, I will go and say something, let the neighbor put the dog in the other room first."

"Also ... okay, it doesn't come near me."

Selene opened WeChat again, found Rowan's chat box, and started typing.

[Selene:In?]

[Rowan:Uh-huh.]

... What excuse should I make? Oh, come to think of it.

[Selene:My orange seems to be afraid of dogs. Can I put my brother in the bedroom or study?]

[Landlord: The dog isn't home. He's at the pet store getting a bath.]

[Selene: Oh, oh, that's okay.]

"[Landlord: The dog is not at home and has been taken to the pet store for a bath] [Selene: Oh, that's okay] [Landlord: Oh, that's okay].

Faye was relieved to hear that: "That's good, let's go then."

"Not to mention, this cat fur of yours is quite soft." Faye picked up the orange cat and rubbed the cat's head two more times, sighing: "Also, cats are much cuter than your human looks."

Selene:...

"Is there a possibility that we both look the same?"

Faye:"..."

Faye decisively removed the cell phone hanging around the orange cat's neck and threw it on the couch.

"Is there a possibility that cats don't use cell phones."

"Meow meow meow!"

"There's no use scolding me, can't understand."

Faye walked out the door holding Selene, who had turned into a cat, and after crossing an aisle, she reached Rowan's door.

The door was open.

Faye stood in front of the door and hesitated for a split second, but took off her shoes and crossed the threshold, changing into the brand new sandals that were sitting on the floor, obviously for the guests.

"Sister Selene, you're here! Come sit here." Mason, who had come out of the kitchen, caught a glimpse of 'Selene' frozen in the doorway.

"... Good." Faye responded unnaturally and walked over to the table and sat down squarely.

Selene also broke free from her sister's arms and hopped onto the floor.

It was the first time she had stepped outside of the house since she had turned into a cat, and it was quite refreshing.

The air was full of unfamiliar smells.

There was a savory bone broth scent, a fresh floral scent, and ... a unique composite aroma of warm pine mixed with a sweet popcorn smell, a smell that was somewhat familiar to her.

Selene tried to recall for a while before remembering that she had also smelled this light aroma when she was close to the golden retriever before, but since a human's sense of smell was far inferior to that of a cat's, it wasn't obvious at that time.

Of course, the most obvious odor at this point was the bag of mandarin oranges on the table.

Selene loved oranges, and would buy a lot of mandarin oranges in the fall, otherwise she wouldn't have given herself the cat name "Tangerine".

But for the first time, she realized that the smell of tangerines could be so pungent, and even a little bit nauseating if she smelled it too much.

While Selene was still thinking about it, she was startled by the sudden appearance of an enlarged human face in front of her.

Mason didn't reach out rashly, but just whispered a greeting: "Mimi, how are you?"

... How do cats generally react to this kind of thing?

Selene does not quite understand, but the impression is that cats are always very cold, as long as you turn your head and ignore people should be fine, right?

The orange cat squatting on the ground slowly twisted its head, a look of unwillingness to ignore people, a very high and cold look.

As expected, Mason didn't suspect anything, but acted even more excited.

"Brother, I kind of get you, this feeling of being loved by a cat is pretty damn charming."

Rowan, who came out with chopped vegetables, responded flatly, "... I'm not as sick as you are."

"Hahaha, just kidding."

Mason stood up, sat down at the table and looked at "Selene", seeing that she was still expressionless, he couldn't help but feel a little confused: "Selene sis, are you in a bad mood today?"

Not only did she not talk much, she didn't seem to have smiled since just now, not quite the same as usual.

"No." Still two simple words.

Faye felt that she couldn't talk about being in a bad mood yet, but eating hot pot with two strangers at a table was a bit of a test of one's mind.

"Just don't really feel like talking."

A subtle pressure swept over Mason's mind.

Truth be told, Mason was already starting to remember if he'd said something he shouldn't have when he'd gone to Selene this afternoon that had offended her.

"..."

Selene knew it was time for her to step in when she saw the mood of these two's chats take a sharp turn for the worse.

With a jump, Selene jumped into Faye's lap.

Faye looked at the cat on her lap with displeasure: "You... What are you doing?"

"Meow~" Selene, without any mental burden, got down on the spot and rose up.

Faye:...

Mason looked at the human-cat interaction, but there is a topic: "Selene sister, your cat's name ah?"

What is it called?

Faye lowered her head and fell into confusion. She hadn't asked Selene what her cat's name was, just pick one?

It was Selene who reacted quickly. She immediately used Faye's thigh as a springboard, jumped onto the table, walked to the side in front of the plastic bag, and scratched the plastic bag containing oranges.

Or else twins have something like telepathy. Faye followed Selene's brain circuits almost instantly.

She spoke with certainty: "It's called an orange."

"Oh, it's kinda easy to remember." Maso responded and fell back into the awkward position of having nothing to say.

Mason felt very strange, usually he and Selene sister chatting that is nothing to talk about, completely no generation gap, can talk about anything, now directly face to face, very awkward.

Rowan broke the awkward atmosphere.

He walked to the table, the plastic bag containing oranges picked up, turned toward the kitchen to go.

Mason was instantly displeased:¡°Brother, why are you taking the oranges to the kitchen? I still want to eat it!"

Rowan's clear and deep voice came from the kitchen.

"You come eat in the kitchen, the cat doesn't like the taste of citrus."

Mason looked at the orange cat on the table scratching his head: "Huh? Is there's such a thing? That's okay then, I'll eat later."

Selene nodded her head twice, sending Rowan another "good guy card" in her mind.

Even for a kitten, he was so attentive, it really touched the cat's heart.

After this, Rowan went back to the table, poured the cooked broth into the hot pot, turned on the hot pot, and put some vegetables into the hot pot, which were not easy to cook.

Then Selene saw another pair of hands reaching towards her.

The slender fingers were well boned, and the edges of the nails were cleanly and neatly trimmed, in the arc of a crescent moon, a pair of very good looking hands.

Looking at them, she forgot to hide for a moment.

Rowan picked up the orange cat on the table and incidentally stroked the cat's back before he contentedly bent down and gently placed the cat on the floor.

This series of flowing maneuvers almost made Faye, who was watching from the side, explode.

She stiffened her face and looked at Rowan with eyes full of caution: "Don't just hug my cat, she has a bad temper and it would be bad if she hurt you."

Rowan straightened up and smiled lightly:Â "It's fine, I feel it has a pretty good temper."

"..."

Faye wanted to say something, and glanced at the ground again, realizing that Selene the guy not only didn't resent it, but seemed to be quite taken by it, his eyes shining brightly.

The guy's face control was as bad as ever!

Thanks to her being so worried, she didn't realize that some people were really addicted to being a cat.

Faye withdrew her gaze and started to add vegetables to the hot pot without expression.

Mason saw that "Selene" had already started to eat, also quiet, honestly began to shabu shabu.

Although it is a gathering of family and friends, ... It is very much like three people who have never met each other sharing a table.

As a small cat, hot pot that is not related, Selene can only withdraw the envious eyes, begin to explore the new world.

This side of the house has the same layout as her side. Both are three bedrooms and one living room, with a master bedroom and a guest bedroom plus a study room.

Of course, Selene was still very modest. Although she was curious about what Rowan's bedroom looked like, she did not choose to go towards Rowan's bedroom.

The one in front of her should be Rowan's studies.

When you enter the door, you can see a very large wall of bookshelves, which are stuffed with a lot of literature, comics, various picture books, art theory books, gardening books ... and even a lot of recipes, so you can see that the owner of the study room dabbles in a wide range of things and has many hobbies.

Opposite the bookshelf is an L-shaped computer desk. The desk not only has a computer mainframe, there are several displays of different sizes, next to putting some Selene has not seen electronic equipment. Selene guessed that it should be the things needed for electronic painting, and the display next to the pot of very cute mini cactus.

The most conspicuous thing is that there is a hanging shelf above the computer desk, which seems to be a glass display counter, in which there are all kinds of artifacts. Not only the anime character artifacts that young people who like the second generation are keen to collect, but also a lot of mecha models, architectural models, monster clay models, and so on.

Oh, there are also cat models, a lot of numbers and colors.

Rowan also designed a separate glass display case for the kitten figures. I don't know if I should praise him for being romantic, but he made the glass display case into a model of a cat room, and surprisingly, you can also see a miniature cat's nest and a miniature cat climbing frame in it ...

It looks like he really likes cats. I just don't know why he doesn't have a cat, but a dog instead.

Selene doesn't have a penchant for prying into other people's privacy, so she just simply visited and walked right out of the room.

Next was the balcony.

Unlike the balcony in her house that was used for drying clothes, this side of the balcony could literally be described as a mini botanical garden.

One side was a solid wall, both sides were glass floor-to-ceiling windows, the top was also glass, but with a movable sunshade made, the wooden planter was filled with blooming flowers and plants on top of it, and the flowers and plants were well taken care of, so it was clear that the owner had put a lot of effort into it.

Looking at the picture in front of her, at this moment, Selene suddenly developed a strong curiosity about the owner of this house.

What she saw was obviously a person who loved life very much, but why did he seem bereft in Mason's description?

It was really so contradictory.

What kind of person is Rowan really?

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