Chapter 324: The cat which stole the show.
Du Fuzi's reminder had Caishen in a somewhat terrible mood for the rest of the party. Every time he saw his sister talking to Rongyan, his face soured.
He couldn't understand why his friends couldn't fish from ponds far outside their circle. Did they have to date people he knew?
Anyone that had eyes could see it so clearly that he was tracking them across the room with his eyes and he was not pleased.
"Let your sister be." Yura whispered to him.
He looked at his mother and gave her a reluctant gaze.
"Did you know about this?"
"Of course I knew." Yura replied.
"And you allowed it to happen!" He exclaimed.
Yura rolled her eyes as she found her son ridiculous to the brim. Rongyan was his good friend and they had known each other for years. He was young, well educated, a doctor from a wealthy family that owned a hospital, two, in fact because they had a branch in Guangzhou. He had never been married and he didn't have any known children born out of wedlock.
Which of those things did Caishen not approve of?
"He is a good match for her. Look at her, she is now calm, clear headed, well mannered, polite. She smiles a lot more often, doesn't waste money and her reputation is improving." She told him.
"All of those things are attributed to her spending time with my wife and my wife's friends. Rongyan is a good guy, I cannot dispute that fact but he has just started righting his life and he needs to concentrate on that.
Besides, his relationship track record is not the best...."
"He has just the one ex-girlfriend." Yura reminded him.
"That drove him into alcoholism and an ugly cycle he barely got himself out of." Caishen hissed. "What if she decides that she wants him back? Won't he break An's heart?"
Rongyan was like an addict when it came to his ex-girlfriend, or he used to be like that in the past. All he wanted to do was protect his sister but his mother would not understand the situation because she had not witnessed Rongyan's darker days.
Yura put a hand on Caishen's shoulder and she said in a gentle voice, "You have found happiness in your own marriage despite marrying someone neither I nor you approved of initially. How do you know that things will not work out for your sister? Pay more attention to your wife instead of your sister's love life because your marriage is still in its infancy.
Nobody knows what the future holds. Look at me, i went from being married happily to widowed, then unsure, separated and finally on my way to being divorced."
He sighed and shook his head. There was also another relationship to worry about, the one of his parents.
"You don't have to get divorced you know. I still think that there is a way to resolve this matter without such a drastic move. Don't you even want to try at all mother?"
Someone screamed, a high pitched fervent female scream which attracted the attention of everyone.
The scream came from the dining room and a voice accompanied it.
"Mother, come here quick and see what Majesty is up to."
Zhang An came from that direction and waved at Yura quite desperately.
Yura left Caishen and went where she was needed. She found the other women at the gathering and the teenage boys all fussing over the cats.
Baby was sleeping cutely with a round overstuffed belly facing upwards. But, she was not the one they were fussing over. It was Majesty who was sitting in a chair in a very human like manner with a cat snack in his mouth, dangling like a cigarette.
Almost everyone was snapping pictures or recording themselves around him. The cat was so unbothered. It continued on, acting pretentiously as it basked in the attention and praise they lavished on it.
"Mother, isn't he adorable? Look at how he is behaving so human like?" Zhang An continued snapping professional pictures which she planned to upload on Majesty's page.
"He looks like he is smoking." Yura replied.
"This cat is abnormal." Holea said in her usual voice.
She and Alix were the only ones that were not taking pictures. For Holea, it was because the cat was tsundere, in her opinion. It always acted as if it couldn't be bothered or want attention and affection but then it always sought it out.
Alix was not making a fuss because this was a special cat. It could talk, shrink it's body, was immortal and pretentious. Half the time, it said the opposite of what it meant.
"Aunt can I take Majesty to Switzerland?" Xiaobo asked her.
Alix looked up at the little boy and she twisted her lips. It was a definite no, Majesty could not go anywhere without her.
"How can you take a pet on your school trip? Your teachers will surely not agree." Zhang An told him.
She put the camera down on the table and started scratching Majesty's belly.
"Wow, a school trip to Switzerland!!!" Jin Kang exclaimed. "International schools are really something else. We never even visited another province for our school trips."
She had just finished speaking when Du Fuzi walked in and said, "Excuse me ladies, i would like to steal one of you for a minute."
He put an arm around Jin Kang and stole her away as he desired. She didn't forget to take her wine glass with her.
Holea, Alix and Zhang An watched the two leaving with a similar expression on their faces, worry. If there was a car that was about to leap off a cliff, those two were driving it with smiles on their faces.
"Damn it, she really isn't listening." Zhang An muttered.
"You are one to talk." Yura said slowly. "You know that your brother doesn't approve, right?"
Zhang An pouted and looked away.
"Sister Holea, i want to double my savings for the following month, can i? I haven't bought any new shoes or bags this month and grandpa gave me some pocket money."
"What savings?" Mo Qilu asked her.
Very proud, as if she was the pioneer of the saving scheme, Zhang An answered, "Our friends group savings and investments. At the end of the year, we meet up like a
company shareholders and share profits or buy something that all of us can use. This year we are going to buy a corvette."
While she explained, Alix chuckled. Zhang An had only joined the group but she was speaking as if she had been involved in the scheme for many years.
"Wait, when did we agree to buy a luxury sports car?" Holea asked her.
Zhang An slapped a hand over her mouth.
"Jin Jin." Alix said with a chuckle.
Holea shook her head. "You two are trouble makers. I knew that i couldn't count on you both for sensible suggestions. We are not buying a sports car."
Zhang An removed her hand from her mouth and she pouted. "Sister Holea, no...mama Holea."
"No." Holea said frigidly.
Zhang An turned her eyes to Alix and she begged for help with her eyes. Alix shrugged and shook her head. She couldn't offer her any help.
Yura was actually impressed by Holea's ability to reign in Zhang An's expenditures. She was also impressed by Zhang An's new attitude. She could afford to buy herself the car or ask her, her grandparents or brothers but she was choosing not to.
Mo Qilu meanwhile approached Yura and smiled politely.
"In-law, this sounds like fun. Should we form our own mothers saving group or something?"
Yura liked Mo Qilu and she responded positively. The two chatted for a while before pulling in the other aunties and grandma Tai.