Chapter 242: Am I Becoming a Grandmother?
After all, she’s just a cat.
After breakfast, Hei Dou flopped onto the bed, curled up, and started snoring away.
Cats can sleep fifteen to sixteen hours a day, and a Cat Girl is likely the same.
Ning Chu gazed at the sleeping Little Cat Girl, feeling quite troubled inside, but her gaze was unusually gentle.
Even though this is a parallel world, logically speaking, as long as you’re a character from a book, she could call her “Mom.”
Including Wen Yang, that was practically her own son!
Suddenly, she felt like her relationship with Wen Yang messed up ethical morals… she felt a bit guilty.
With Hei Dou asleep, there was no need to keep hiding her tail beneath her skirt. She let her tail slip out from the little hole at the back of her nightgown and wrapped it around her front. She lowered her head to examine her heart-shaped tail.
“Hmm, compared to Lily’s tail, it’s not as plump.”
“But it’s already quite… perky…”
That heart-shaped tip was a suggestive shade of pink, giving off quite the vibe.
Maybe it just needed one last plot disrupt or some time to develop, and it would fully grow.
Ning Chu gently stroked her tail, but without feelings involved, touching it was just… odd.
It was just an extra accessory, feeling a bit strange.
The rain outside was getting heavier, and she worried about Wen Yang who was out delivering takeout. One hand played with her tail, while the other supported her chin as she stared out at the gray world beyond the window.
After nine o’clock, Ning Chu finally called her mother.
It was too early and she was afraid of waking her mom up. She had been holding off until now.
“Hello?”
As expected, even though it was nine o’clock, her mother’s lazy tone suggested she had just woken up.
“Mom, still sleeping?”
“Just got up~” Her mother yawned and teased, “Why are you calling me today? Short on cash?”
“Um… kinda.”
Her mother complained, “If you weren’t short, you wouldn’t even call me back. I’ll transfer you fifteen hundred, remember to take it.”
“Okay~”
“By the way, have you found a boyfriend?”
“……”
Who rushes to find a boyfriend right after finding out their son has become a daughter?
“It’ll be hard to keep holding it in~” Her mother laughed teasingly, “Just find someone decent; it’s not like you’re marrying for life anyway.”
Ning Chu found it hard to accept the concept of a succubus, so she just replied with an “uh-huh.”
Although her mother wouldn’t approve of promiscuity, she had a pretty casual attitude towards dating.
“If nothing else…” Her mother’s voice hesitated for a moment, “Buy some toys.”
“……”
Ning Chu’s face was getting hot. She lowered her head, fiddling with the tip of her tail, not knowing how to respond.
“You’re not just calling for money, right?”
“Not really, Mom…,” when it came to serious matters, her mood turned anxious as she hesitantly asked, “Would you mind having one more daughter?”
“Ah?” Her mother was momentarily stunned, then her tone became high-pitched and flustered, “Did your brother also turn into a girl?!”
Ning Chu hurriedly denied, “No, no! Not at all!”
“Don’t scare me like that.”
She relieved her mother’s misunderstanding and sighed in relief, but suddenly heard a sweet, sticky shout from behind: “Mom! Play with me!”
“!!!”
Ning Chu jumped, turned around quickly, and saw the Little Cat Girl sitting at the end of the bed, her tail listlessly waving behind her, looking at her eagerly.
When did you wake up?!
She lowered her voice, holding the phone further away, then dissatisfiedly corrected, “How many times have I told you? Call me ‘Sister!’”
“Rawr~”
“Wait for me to finish the call.”
Ning Chu wasn’t sure if her mother heard Hei Dou, so with nervousness, she put the phone back to her ear and guiltily explained, “Mom… I’ve picked up a homeless little girl.”
“……”
Her mother seemed stunned on the other end, not speaking for a while.
What’s going on?
Leaving home for school at the end of August, and coming back in November a girl?
And in these three months, she conveniently had a talking daughter? How is that even possible?
Ning Chu didn’t get a response, so she plowed ahead, “Mom, my plan is… I’ll take her home, and you help look after her.”
She thought her request was quite overboard since Hei Dou was a mess she caused herself.
She shouldn’t have written that Small Royal Text! Otherwise, where would all this have come from?
The two of them remained silent for a long time, Ning Chu waiting for her mother’s answer, head lowered, anxiously pondering what she would do if her mother refused.
Usually skipping classes, now she had to find time to care for Hei Dou or get a part-time job.
She also had to hustle on her novel, aiming to send the beginning to the editor before Monday.
She was still just a kid! Why did she already have to start taking on responsibilities like a parent!?
“Are you hiding something from me?” After a long pause, her mother finally asked, “Were you a girl in high school all along?”
She thought her son had secretly turned into a daughter and even had a daughter without telling the family.
But that logic didn’t quite add up.
“How could that be…”
Hei Dou snuggled closer, sitting on Ning Chu’s lap, looking up with curiosity in her eyes.
Then her attention was caught by Ning Chu’s tail.
As she was about to reach for it, Ning Chu quickly grabbed Hei Dou’s hand and told her mother, “So it goes like this… I found a cat, and for some reason, the cat turned into a Cat Girl.”
No more hiding it, she honestly laid everything on the table except for the reason Hei Dou transformed.
“Not quite understanding…”
“……” Ning Chu paused, decided to just surrender, “Just think of me suddenly having a ten-year-old daughter! You’re becoming a grandmother now! Got it?”
“Now that makes sense~ I’m a grandmother now, huh?”
“Mom, don’t mess with me…” She sighed, “Are you coming to pick her up, or should I squeeze in a trip to take her back? Wait, she has no identity; she can’t take a train.”
Her mother thought for a moment and replied, “That’s easy, I’ll drive over and pick her up; I’ll keep her registered in my name.”
Perhaps it was because this parallel world retained some magical elements; her mother quickly accepted the idea of a cat turning into a Cat Girl after the initial shock.
“I’ll pick her up at the end of the month; you take good care of her until then.”
“By the end of the month?”
“When your new ID comes out, I have to make a trip anyway.”
“Mom, you’re not abandoning me?” the Little Cat Girl sitting on Ning Chu’s lap asked pitifully as she tugged at her sleeve.
Seeing those big, teary eyes, Ning Chu’s heart softened, and she instinctively replied in a gentle tone, “Of course not~ Just sending you to Grandma’s…”
“Not, to Sister’s house.”
Almost got off track there.
Ning Chu rubbed Hei Dou’s little head and continued discussing with her mother how to settle Hei Dou.
“I’ll send you another thousand for living expenses this month…”
“Is that really necessary?”
“Don’t let my precious granddaughter starve~”
Hei Dou’s ears perked up, quickly hearing the voice on the phone, then tugging at Ning Chu’s sleeve, “I’m hungry! I want meat!”
“Mom, I’ll take her to eat first.”
They just had breakfast an hour ago! Already hungry again?!
Ning Chu instinctively tightened her grip on Hei Dou’s hand, making her let out a delightful purring sound.
She had to take care of her for a whole month!
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