The Last Cat in the Universe

Chapter 51

For some reason, after Marshal Ji brought Yue An out for a few rounds that day, he bought more than 20 cat dolls the moment he got home. He even built a small bed next to his bed and placed all the dolls on it.

Then, he said to Yue An, "I bought the dolls for you."

Yue An's ears twitched as it looked at Ji Xiuyun in shock.

What's wrong with you?

Marshal Ji was puzzled by Yue An's shock.

"You seem to like them a lot," he said.

He still remembered how happy Yue An had looked when it was rubbing its ears against the dolls in the office.

"Meow!"

Yue An retracted its gaze and jumped onto the small bed before burrowing into the pile of dolls.

When Marshal Ji woke up, he realized that there were more than just pillows, blankets, and cats on his bed.

There were also more than 20 cat dolls.

Yue An was lying on its side and hugging a doll. Both the cat and the doll's tails were mischievously sticking into Ji Xiuyun's pajamas.

Marshal Ji sat up carefully and caught a few of the fluffy dolls that had slipped off. Then, he placed the dolls beside Yue An and walked quietly to the bathroom.

Yue An's five senses were very sensitive when it was in cat form. After a lot of training and adaptation, its senses in human form gradually improved.

Ji Xiuyun knew that Yue An would be awake by the time he woke up. However, Yue An was the type that would want to sleep for a few more minutes after waking up.

Therefore, Ji Xiuyun would not disturb him during these few minutes.

Yue An reached out its four paws and hugged the doll beside it. It rubbed its head against the doll, which was very similar to its own fur. Then, it got up and walked to the bathroom with its short legs.

Ji Xiuyun had been getting busier and busier lately. After the slack period, work had come crashing down on him like a mountain.

Sometimes, he didn't even have time for his morning exercise and had to go out directly.

Today was one of those days.

Ji Xiuyun had said that he wanted to go out with him, so he had to work several all-nighters to free up half a day yesterday.

Yue An couldn't persuade him to go and rest. However, he just patted his head and brushed him off.

He was so busy that Yue An never mentioned that he wanted Ji Xiuyun to go out with him again.

— — Planet Sintes was nothing!

They were going to go out into space in the future!

When the time came, with Ji Xiuyun, the world was so big. After the war, they could look for special delicacies, catch interstellar pirates in the sky, and when they landed on a desolate planet to rest, they could even catch some strange cosmic creatures.

At that time, he would catch those creatures and let Ji Xiuyun roast them.

They could even extravagantly roast them.......

Yue An wagged his tail and sent Ji Xiuyun out as usual.

Fortunately, Marshal Ji didn't have to worry that Yue An would start slacking when he wasn't home.

Yue An had developed a good habit of exercising, so he would go to the virtual community every day to roll a few rounds.

The milky-white furball squatted at the door and watched Ji Xiuyun leave with the other commanders. He calculated the difference between his points in the virtual community and the last place on the overall leaderboard and decided to play fewer matches today so that he could find Lady Ellie and spend some time with her.

Even after Yue An became Marshal Kevin and his wife's name, he didn't see them much.

Yue An felt that he had taken advantage of this. Even if he couldn't fulfill his responsibility as a son, he should at least be able to give his beautiful wife something to be happy about.

Yue An didn't know that Lady Ellie was already very happy because of his existence.

After all, Yue An was now a rising star in the limelight.

His adoptive father was the first Marshal Kevin, and his teacher was the second Marshal Ji Xiuyun. His ride in the virtual community was the Silver Blade, and it was very smooth and pleasing to the eye. He was basically an awesome person.

These days, Marshal Kevin wasn't the only one who was overjoyed. Even Lady Ellie, who was always elegant and calm, had a gentle and proud expression on her face.

However, it would be even better if Yue An could come and spend more time with them.

Lady Ellie had a few military wives as guests today. These wives were all influential people and had broad horizons. They chatted about all sorts of topics without any awkwardness or awkwardness.

Yue An came to visit at this time.

He was carrying a big box.

Marshal Kevin gave Yue An permission to enter and leave his house after he got the documents. This time, Yue An directly opened the door.

The wives in the house were stunned. Even Lady Ellie was slightly stunned.

Yue An was also stunned for two seconds. His gaze swept across the elegant and noble ladies in the living room and finally landed on Lady Ellie. After two seconds, he pursed his lips and said in a voice as soft as a mosquito, "Mother."

His voice was so soft that the ladies in the living room didn't hear him.

Yue An paused and raised his voice, "Mother, mother!

Good afternoon, ladies! "

Then, under the gaze of the group of ladies, he cowered again in a second and muttered softly, "I'm back …"

Lady Ellie, who was called mother for the first time, was stunned for a few seconds. Her beautiful face suddenly bloomed with an extremely beautiful smile.

She stood up and took out the indoor shoes that she had prepared for Yue An.

"What did you bring?" she asked softly.

Yue An changed into the shoes and answered, "Some small games."

Then, he added in a small voice, "Ancient Earth."

Lady Ellie suddenly understood.

The other madams also looked over curiously.

Yue An brought in a big box.

In the box, Yue An spent the entire morning buying paper cards and physical printing tools to slowly research and create small games.

There was Monopoly, Poker, Aeroplane Chess, Werewolf Legend of the Three Kingdoms, Military Chess, and so on.

There was still a portion that he hadn't finished, but he took a portion of it and played with it.

Yue An didn't understand the more high-end games himself. These were all games that he had played through the internet in the past. He still remembered the rules and cards very clearly, so he drew them one by one. The rules were also clearly written on the interface.

Human hands and technology were indeed much more flexible and convenient than cat claws. Yue An had to admit that he had been busy for the entire morning and had only finished five to six games.

"These are Poker cards."

Yue An took out the Poker cards and slowly and accurately controlled his pronunciation. At the same time, he opened the recording interface and placed it on the table. It recorded the rules and rules of the Poker cards that he had played before.

"There are many ways to play."

After Yue An finished speaking, he took out another Monopoly and Aeroplane Chess game that he had made and placed the matching rules on the interface.

The ladies had a good impression of this awesome young man who had stirred up a storm in the virtual community. When they heard what he said, they all copied a copy and looked at it.

Yue An placed everything that he had made on the interface.

Then, he glanced at the ladies who were focused on reading the rules and flipping through the props according to the rules. He carried the tools and materials in the box and found a small corner to continue working on them.

He was still three colors away from completing the checkers.

It took Yue An a lot of effort to come up with the idea of making these little toys.

He wanted to give Lady Ellie some good memories, but he wasn't sure what good memories were for humans.

To Yue An, being saved by the first human girl was a very good memory.

When he had just gained sentience, he had been picked up by the old man. The years he had spent in the ancestral land were very warm memories.

Although the beginning wasn't very good, Yue An was very happy to be able to meet Ji Xiuyun.

Yue An felt that he was very lucky. He had never met a bad person.

Yue An also felt that this was a very good thing.

However, for humans, it was not so easy to achieve beautiful things that left a deep impression on them.

Therefore, Yue An could only settle for second best. He chose to teach Lady Ellie some entertainment that he still remembered but no one played anymore.

Regardless of whether it was good or bad, these entertainment games were always able to bring happiness to people.

He had taken over the identity of Lady Ellie's son, so it was his duty to please her.

"Yue An, come over quickly." Lady Ellie waved at him while holding a plate of snacks.

Yue An put down the round chess pieces in his hands and ran over eagerly. He took the plate and agreed to Lady Ellie's plan to livestream this game.

Before the livestream, Lady Ellie specially opened a patent account in Yue An's name to prevent this game from being stolen like mahjong. Then, she stuffed all these games into the patent application of the Ancient Earth Intangible Cultural Heritage.

The livestream was purely to spread the entertainment of Ancient Earth.

After all, Lady Ellie was the ambassador of Ancient Earth's cultural heritage.

Yue An's cards were quite cute. The most cute part was the cat paw print on the back of the cards.

The ladies excitedly started to play according to the rules. Yue An hugged his big box and sat on the side, concentrating on making other small toys. Occasionally, he would raise his head and correct the ladies' mistakes.

In Lady Ellie's livestream, the viewers all expressed that it was no wonder that she didn't go to the battlefield today. It turned out that she was staying at home to accompany her mother.

In reality, Yue An wasn't far from the bottom of the leaderboard.

He was like a large, dried sponge that had fallen into the midst of the group of extremely outstanding military academy students who had received a proper education. He madly absorbed the knowledge that they revealed, instinctively using the techniques that he had stolen from others to equip himself with even more impenetrable weapons.

His learning speed could be said to be terrifying. His improvement was visible to the naked eye. Even an outsider could see some of the knack.

With such amazing combat instincts and talent, it was no wonder that the media frantically praised him as a genius. They said that he would become the second Ji Xiuyun of Empire.

Even the top ten students of this year's leaderboard were like they had been injected with chicken blood. They ran to the virtual community every day, very worried that they would wake up one day and be kicked off the leaderboard.

But their chicken blood was of no use.

Yue An had a very regular schedule. In the morning, he would accompany Lady Ellie. In the afternoon, he would go to the virtual community. In the evening, he would cooperate with Ji Xiuyun to do practical training or rest.

A month later, the cat paw ID steadily climbed to the top.

The media was like crazy, blindly bragging all day long.

Every time Marshal Kevin appeared in front of the public, the smile on his face was like a blooming flower. Even Lady Ellie's recent photos seemed like she had returned to her teenage years. Her vigorous vitality and satisfaction almost drowned people who were addicted to her beauty.

This was probably what it meant when people were in high spirits.

Marshal Kevin and his wife were full of smiles. It was as if they were 60 years younger.

On the other hand, Marshal Ji was the opposite of this couple. Recently, he had been as busy as a dog.

What did war need?

They needed money, soldiers, supplies, and logistics.

The military couldn't provide all of these, right?

Then they had to ask the country.

The two Marshal Kevin and his subordinates, who were still in the Imperial Capital, were all active. They argued with the Ministry of Finance, the logistics department, and the government's top officials. They slammed the table all day long. When they were angry, they wanted to roll up their sleeves and directly punch those idiots in the face.

Marshal Kevin, who didn't have to send troops, was slightly better.

Marshal Ji, who bore the pressure of sending troops, was simply angry that he hadn't been angry for decades.

In the past, when he fought big wars, the former emperor gave him the green light. Small wars were basically supported by routine military funding. So Ji Xiuyun never felt that it was so difficult to ask the Ministry of Finance for money!

And this was a simple model after Marshal Kevin had taken the lead and pulled the support of most of the government's top officials.

"The vanguard has already set off. The main army will leave the Imperial Planet in three weeks. The money and supplies I asked for must be allocated."

After Ji Xiuyun finished speaking, his gaze swept over the calm Prince Kells. Finally, his gaze fell on the little emperor.

"What do you think, Your Majesty?"

The little emperor was frightened by his gloomy expression and shrank his neck. Just as he was about to say something, he was interrupted by Prince Kells.

"It depends on what you say, Marshal Ji. His Majesty also wants to go with you. Naturally, he will give you what you deserve."

Ji Xiuyun looked at him unhappily. The consequence of lack of sleep and excessive liver heat was that his gaze was like that of an evil spirit crawling out of the abyss.

It was full of murderous intent and bloodthirst. Like a sharp knife, it stabbed straight into the chest of the person who was being stared at. Then, it twisted twice cruelly.

Prince Kells shuddered and his face turned pale all of a sudden.

The little emperor seemed to be shocked by Kells' speech. He raised his head abruptly and retorted, "When did I say I wanted to go with you?"

Kells was interrupted like this. After looking away, he instantly recovered. The fat on his body shook, "You said it, Your Majesty."

"I remember Uncle Kells clearly said that you wanted to go."

The little emperor straightened his neck and the scepter in his hand thumped on the ground, "Uncle, are you old and have mental disorder?"

"Nonsense!" Prince Kells retorted loudly.

Mental disorder was a disease that almost all contemporary people who overdid mental work in their later years would suffer from in their later years.

The initial manifestation was confusion in memory, followed by hallucinations. In the end, the level of mental strength would plummet below the level of a normal person. They would not even be able to connect to the Star Web until the brain completely stopped functioning and finally died.

This was a disease of the elderly. When one fell ill, they could basically prepare for their death.

Prince Kells did not expect that the little emperor, who had been under his control, would refute him. He did not care about the little emperor's face at that moment. He questioned and reprimanded him in public, louder and louder.

The little emperor's eyes were red from his scolding, as if he was about to cry in the next second.

The two Marshal Ji Xiuyun and Marshal Kevin were annoyed after listening for less than half a minute. Marshal Kevin simply said, "Then just ask the doctor to check. If you are really sick, it is not suitable for you to continue to stay here."

As soon as these words came out, the entire conference hall fell silent.

During this period of time, Marshal Kevin was very active, so much so that after he finished speaking, no one in the entire conference hall refuted him immediately.

Marshal Kevin waved his hand and directly let the doctor outside in.

The crisp gesture and the swift and forceful suppression of Kells' movements by the several "doctors" all told the people in the conference hall that this was an extremely rough and unscrupulous clean-up operation.

And it might have been instructed by the young emperor, who was now sitting on the main seat and had grown up.

Because he did not look surprised at all. If it were in the past, he would have cried long ago.

But other than the person who realized that something was wrong and was struggling and cursing, no one in the entire conference hall refuted.

Soon, the person involved also lost the opportunity to speak.

The entire conference hall was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.

Except for the little emperor's eyes that were still a little red, he looked very calm. Most of the people in the room already knew what was going on. The remaining few who did not have time to stand in line or stood in the wrong line naturally remained silent.

Ji Xiuyun gently knocked on the table and broke the silence, "My military expenses."

In order to numb the prince so that he would not realize that something was wrong and leave the Imperial Planet to take refuge, Marshal Ji had been following the procedures for a long time. He had truly suffered a lot.

Right now, he just wanted to go back, hug his cat, take a deep breath, rub his little belly, and rub his little head.

The little emperor's eyes were still wet, but he still managed to maintain the attitude that an emperor should have.

Without hesitation, he picked up a stamp and stamped the document in front of him. He also stamped the transfer document of the energy planet's mineral vein below.

The little emperor was very pained. He sniffed and said, "I approve!"

Ji Xiuyun did not linger at all. He took the two documents and turned to leave.

This time, the wrangling took a long time. When Marshal Ji walked out of the conference hall, the sky was already dark.

But Marshal Ji still checked out the nearby restaurants with good reviews and bought a bunch of food for Yue An to take back.

Tomorrow, Lady Ellie would be going to the film planet for a closed-door filming. Today, she cooked and made a sumptuous dinner.

However, it was a pity that only she and Yue An were eating together.

Yue An was very supportive. Other than leaving a portion for Marshal Kevin and Ji Xiuyun, he happily swept away all the food on the table. His mouth was as sweet as honey, and he coaxed Lady Ellie until the smile on her face never disappeared.

"I'll bring it back to Ji Xiuyun!"

Yue An watched the housework robot tidy up the dishes and put the portion for Ji Xiuyun into the lunchbox. Then, he kissed Mrs. Ellie on the cheek and ran back home, skipping three steps at a time.

Yue An and Ji Xiuyun arrived home at the same time.

Less than a minute after Yue An turned on the porch lights, Ji Xiuyun opened the door.

Yue An was still standing at the porch. When he turned his head and saw Ji Xiuyun walk in, he raised the food box in his hand.

"Clang, clang!"

The young man's voice was full of vitality. After Lady Ellie's careful education, the expression on his face was no longer stiff.

He wantonly bloomed with a beautiful smile that tugged at one's heartstrings and went up to Ji Xiuyun.

"Mother Ellie's dinner of love. Are you surprised?"

"…"

Marshal Ji was silent for two seconds. He put the food box in Yue An's hand and the takeout box in his hand on the low cabinet by the door. Then, without any explanation, he hugged the young man in front of him and pulled him into his embrace.

There was no cat, but hugging a person was also good.

Yue An's body was slender, but it was quite firm and sturdy.

His white hair was as soft as a cat's fur, and his body exuded a peaceful and pleasant milky fragrance. His body temperature was high, and he was as warm as a small sun.

The exhausted Marshal Ji hugged the young man in his arms and rubbed against him again and again.

Yue An grabbed the material of his clothes at his waist. "What's wrong?"

Marshal Ji answered vaguely, "I'm tired."

Yue An nodded.

How could he not be tired?

He had to stay up all night and fight at night. He had to go out early in the morning and come back late at night.

Marshal Ji's work was definitely not easy, especially when he was about to go to war.

Yue An recalled how humans comforted each other. He reached out and hugged Marshal Ji, who was a little taller than him.

Then, he patted his back to comfort him.

Marshal Ji stopped and looked down at the little white head in his arms.

Yue An looked up at him. His beautiful blue eyes were full of confusion. "Are you tired?"

"No."

Ji Xiuyun let go of his hand and carried the food boxes on the low cabinet into the dining room.

Yue An followed him and opened the takeout box happily.

Ji Xiuyun looked at Yue An's satisfied face as he ate. Finally, he looked away.

The warmth of the young man's body still lingered on his palm and neck. The delicate and gentle touch and the slightly hot breath almost burned his skin.

The place on his back that was gently patted still seemed to recall that wonderful gentleness.

"You're not eating?" Yue An turned to look at Ji Xiuyun, who was in a daze, and asked him.

"I'm eating."

Marshal Ji picked up the cutlery.

How good would it be if this cat wasn't going to leave in 20 years?

Ji Xiuyun thought.