DSMC Chapter 134.2

While grooming himself, his gaze fell on the study. Why was Teacher Qu keeping his twin brother locked in the room and not letting him out? Or was he pretending not to know that his twin brother was in the room?

Now that Yan Jiyun is nominally Qu Wanqiao’s “pet cat”, there’s no reason to hide things like that. 

Seeing that the little black cat’s gaze was fixed on his study, Qu Wanqiao said, “There’s nothing in my study, why are you staring at that place?”

‘Of course there are! Your brother is clearly hiding inside, but you won’t let me see him!’

Plus, he almost got the list.

Teacher Qu seems to be particularly obsessed with the idea of ​​”obedience”.

When Qu Wanqiao faced a student, that student must obey him, or they would face death. When Qu Wanqiao faced his pet cat, that cat also must obey him. 

But he didn’t say how a cat could be considered disobedient.

Isn’t Qu Wanqiao the villain of this instance? Why didn’t he give a main mission? Shouldn’t he cause trouble to incite the plot? 

Yan Jiyun sharpened his claws on the fabric sofa. His claws were sharp enough to carve a thin line into the sofa.

Rr—ip . 

It’s now torn open.

He followed his instinct and did a second and third scratch. Then, he felt a dark shadow looming over his head. 

Hey, sometimes he couldn’t control his instinct to play.

Qu Wanqiao stared at him with his brown eyes, standing right next to him without moving. Yan Jiyun met his gaze, and neither of them blinked.

This is a standoff; whoever blinks first loses.

Yan Jiyun also noticed that Qu Wanqiao’s right hand was behind his back. He wondered what he was hiding. A weapon perhaps? 

A few seconds later, Teacher Qu raised his right hand and called out Yan Jiyun’s new name in a deep voice: “Wuyun.”

As soon as Yan Jiyun heard this, he knew that Teacher Qu might be angry. He immediately jumped off the sofa and quickly crawled under the dining chair he had his eye on!

Teacher Qu held a pair of scissors in his raised hand. What was he planning to do? Was he going to cut him to death with the scissors?

Scary!

Teacher Qu did not chase after Yan Jiyun, but instead picked up scissors and cut off the silk threads from the torn sofa. 

Snip.

Yan Jiyun breathed a sigh of relief; Teacher Qu wasn’t going to cut his fur.

After Qu Wanqiao finished cutting the silk thread, he walked to the edge of the dining table and tried to reach out to fish the little black cat out, but the little black cat kept shrinking back inside.

He stretched out his long and slender hand across the dining chair, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t reach Wuyun who was hiding from him. 

Teacher Qu: “Wuyun, come out.” 

Yan Jiyun certainly wouldn’t go out! Teacher Qu definitely was angry.

Qu Wanqiao moved the chair away, leaving the black cat nowhere to hide, but as soon as he moved the chair, he found that it had slipped away from under the dining chair and crawled directly under the sofa.

Yan Jiyun hadn’t crawled under the sofa before because he thought it was dusty and dirty. Also, he subconsciously felt that as an adult cat, he wouldn’t fit there. But then he realized his body was smaller now, and after measuring with his whisker, he could crawl there. 

He slipped in effortlessly.

The space under the sofa was quite spacious for him, and there was hardly any dust, which suggests that Qu Wanqiao is a clean man.

Teacher Qu felt that the black cat was challenging his bottom line, perhaps because his three rules were not clearly defined.

He took a cushion and placed it on the carpet. He sat on the cushion and said to Yan Jiyun, who was under the sofa, “Wuyun, you must not crawl under the sofa, scratch the sofa, crawl under the dining table, or run around the house.”

Yan Jiyun ignored these conditions. He just wanted to know when Teacher Qu would shift his attention to something else and stop worrying about his new pet cat and instead let him play by himself.

Clearly, Teacher Qu, like Long-Haired No. 2, couldn’t hear his true feelings at all.

Teacher Qu’s voice suddenly became exceptionally gentle. He had reverted to the mild-mannered vocal coach he was during the day. “Wuyun, I bought you some delicious food. Come out, okay?”

Yan Jiyun: “…” The gentler Teacher Qu’s voice was, the more terrifying it became! If anything, Yan Jiyun was even more determined not to get out!

Normally, he could hold on for a while until Teacher Qu spoke normally. But not now! He won’t get out at all!

[Want to be Human] livestream channel: 

“Oh my God, Kitty Baby has finally clashed with the yandere Qu-laoshi. Will he go out? Will Qu-laoshi flip the sofa over with his bare hands?” 

“I don’t know much about Qu-laoshi, but I really like the way he acts when he’s on the offense. Kitty Baby is really amazing! He is just acting normal but he’s able to push Qu-laoshi into this state.” 

“I think Qu-laoshi actually likes Kitty Baby. He even thoughtfully gave him a name.”

“At this point, I’m used to NPCs giving our Kitty Baby a name. It seems he had a natural instinct on finding cat-lovers. He always finds one in every instance he’s in.” 

“Did no one notice that Mimi was staring at the study’s door? I don’t know if it’s just my imagination, but I think I saw a shadow inside!”

“Upstairs, I was using the first-person perspective too, and I think I saw what you saw. Is someone hiding in Qu-laoshi’s room? Unbelievable, he’s hiding a secret there!”

Yan Jiyun continued to lie under the sofa. When Teacher Qu saw that it wouldn’t come out, he stopped talking, sat on the cushion for a while, and then opened the refrigerator and took out a steak.

Is Teacher Qu starting to make dinner for himself?

The apartment has an open kitchen, and although there is a range hood, the aroma still wafts through the air.

Yan Jiyun was indeed hungry after expending a large amount of energy. 

Who would have thought that Teacher Qu could cook?

No no no no. He couldn’t be swayed by mere aroma. His target is Teacher Qu’s study; he needs to get the list and leave this place quickly.

Teacher Qu was cooking and probably didn’t have time to pay attention to him.

Yan Jiyun quietly peeked out from under the sofa. Teacher Qu was a little distance away from him with his back facing Yan Jiyun, stirring something in the pot with a spatula. Teacher Qu must be cooking meat. Yan Jiyun could smell it. 

But his target was the study.

Yan Jiyun moved his tucked-up limbs and slowly crawled out from under the sofa.

He moved along, keeping an eye on Teacher Qu’s movements, making sure he didn’t turn around.

Teacher Qu put the meat from the pot onto a plate, and Yan Jiyun quietly crawled out from under the sofa. His paws moved silently as he ran straight to the study’s door. 

Just as he was about to jump up and open the door to go in, the study door suddenly opened a crack from the inside.

He almost fell inside.

Wait a minute, there’s still one person inside. If he sneaked inside, wouldn’t he be found out? 

But then, the opened-door now has narrowed. 

Yan Jiyun decided to squeeze through the small opening. He had dealt with Long-Haired No. 2 before and considered him an “old acquaintance” of this instance.

Long-Haired No. 2 had taken off his baseball cap, finally revealing his entire face. 

His eyebrows, his eyes, his face, his hair— sure enough, Long-Haired No. 2 looked identical to Teacher Qu!! 

They really are identical twin brothers. 

Yan Jiyun faced off against Long-Haired No. 2 once again.

Teacher Qu’s twin brother closed the door, sat down in a chair with an air of superiority. He stared at the black cat. “Little Kitty, which one do you prefer: coming back with him or me?” 

Yan Jiyun: “…” What a strange question!

Does it matter who he comes back with? They both live in the same house.

Besides, what’s the point of asking a cat? Cats can only understand human speech when they want to; otherwise, they basically can’t understand it.

Yan Jiyun didn’t know the names of Teacher Qu’s twin brother, nor did he know which was the older one. For now… he would call this man “Teacher Qu No. 2”, because they looked identical in every way. 

Teacher Qu No. 2 occupied the chair next to the desk. If he jumped onto the desk, he would be positioned very close to the man. So, he could only use a roundabout way to jump onto the paper and then turn the page.

The study only has bookshelves; there’s really nothing in it that could even remotely attract a cat.

Wait— there’s a tennis ball that rolled onto the corner. 

Yan Jiyun rushed over and played with the green tennis ball.

The tennis ball was quite sturdy and heavy, making it difficult to push, but he still managed to push it to Teacher Qu’s feet.

Teacher Qu No. 2 raised an eyebrow. His expression was clearly different from Teacher Qu’s, so his personality seemed to be different as well.

He picked up the tennis ball from the ground and muttered, “You still want to play ball with me? Looks like you really did come back here to be with me.”

He didn’t catch Teacher Qu No. 2 when they met in that building. So, Yan Jiyun decided to “play” with Teacher Qu No. 2 to get to know him better. 

However, why is Teacher Qu No 2 so fixated on who Yan Jiyun came back with?

Teacher Qu No. 2threw the ball out. Yan Jiyun pretended to find it fun and chased after the ball for a while, and then pushed the ball back in front of him.

After repeating this three times, Yan Jiyun pretended to be tired and bored. He jumped onto the desk and pretended to casually lie next to the list. With just a flick of his paw, he could turn the page and see the list on the second page.

Teacher Qu No. 2’s mouth was sharp. “You’re really useless, getting tired after a few runs.” 

Yan Jiyun rolled his eyes at him. Then he deliberately stretched her paws onto the second page of the list.

Finally, he saw a name different from the one on the first page.

Teacher Qu No. 2 had no idea that Yan Jiyun had just tricked him. 

He was still muttering to himself, “The name ‘Wuyun’ doesn’t sound good either. What kind of name is that? Kittens… are born to be eaten. I think you should be called ‘Guoba¹锅巴; aka Crispy Rice Crust. It’s cooked glutinous rice that has been rolled flat and fried until crispy. “Wuyun” is used to match “Guoba”.’ instead.” 

Yan Jiyun, who was delighted to receive his second name for this instance: “…” 

‘This name is not even as good as Wuyun. You have zero taste!’ 

However, while Teacher Qu No. 2 was naming him, Yan Jiyun had already memorized the twenty names on the second page of the list.

There was no third page.

This is the “Proposed Training List for the National Singing Competition,” not the “Final Confirmed List for the National Competition,” but Jiang Shiwen’s name is on it.

With the list in hand, he could leave.

But the question is: how does he leave now?

His stomach suddenly growled, and he decided to express his thoughts to Teacher Qu No. 2: “Meow~”. Translation: “I’m hungry.”

Teacher Qu’s No. 2 stiffened slightly. “It seems that ‘Guoba’ isn’t a good name either. You only think of eating all the time.” 

Yan Jiyun: “…” ‘YOU are the one who named me that!!!’ 

T/N: Another reason I’m keeping “Wuyun” is that the “yun” in Yan Jiyun’s name means the same. 

Also, here’s what a Guoba looks like!

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  锅巴; aka Crispy Rice Crust. It’s cooked glutinous rice that has been rolled flat and fried until crispy. “Wuyun” is used to match “Guoba”.