The Nutrition is Too Good - Chap 48 Extra 02

As a specially invited human guest, Zhong Yi had the privilege to attend a roundtable meeting at a cat cafe.

He sat with a table full of small animals in the lobby of the cat cafe, watching them discuss new drink flavors and plate designs for the next month with seriousness and dedication for three hours.

At the end of the meeting, Kong Sandou suddenly stood up and called out Rong Mian’s name, saying that he wanted to show him his newly purchased treadmill.

Before Zhong Yi could react, Rong Mian was already being dragged away by Kong Sandou.

Then, the next second, the Guo brothers excitedly held up their phones and led Zhong Yi into a WeChat group. Rong Mian was not in this group, but the group’s name was “Rong Mian’s Birthday Surprise Party.”

At the same time, Zhong Yi happened to catch a glimpse of the screens of the two brothers’ phones and noticed that they had both saved his contact as “Rong Mian’s VIP guest.”

Zhong Yi felt like he might never get over this hurdle in his life.
Rong Mian’s birthday was still two weeks away, and the group owner, Kong Sandou, had already prepared a detailed party plan and privately messaged Zhong Yi, urging him to keep it a secret.
On the morning of the birthday, Rong Mian first received birthday wishes from fans on Weibo and then spent a long time replying to messages from Shen Yan, Shi Cheng, and Liu Yuanfeng on WeChat, one by one.

And today, Zhong Yi’s task officially began. His role was actually just a driver, responsible for driving Rong Mian to the cat cafe.

A “Closed for Business” sign hung on the door of the cat cafe, but the moment Rong Mian pushed the door open, the birthday song started playing, and confetti flew in the air. Yun Min put a birthday hat on Rong Mian’s head.

Rong Mian paused for a moment, then showed a very surprised expression and said, “Thank you all.”

Rong Mian’s expression satisfied the main planner, Kong Sandou.

But Zhong Yi could discern the difference between genuine emotions and acting. After examining the boy’s profile for a while, he realized that Rong Mian is pretended to be surprised, and he is probably anticipated this moment long ago.

“That day when I helped you pass the fashion nail salon, I accidentally saw your WeChat messages.”

While Kong Sandou bounced into the kitchen, Rong Mian quietly admitted to Zhong Yi, “And Sandou is not good at keeping secrets on his face.”

The lobby of the cat cafe was decorated as a birthday party venue, with ribbons and balloons hanging on the windows and walls.

Recently, Yun Min took Kong Sandou in his dog form to play with a ball in the square and encountered a seemingly not very smart Husky. Not only did the Husky steal Kong Sandou’s ball, but it also refused to let go.

Kong Sandou became angry, and Yun Min and the Husky’s owner failed to stop them, resulting in a fight between the two dogs.

Although Kong Sandou eventually won, her face was still bruised, so when she was in human form of a Kong Sandou , a small patch of her right eyebrow appeared bald.

A normal girl would have been anxious a long time ago, but she cheerfully ignored it and simply covered it with a band-aid, then pulled Rong Mian to see the birthday cake she had prepared for him.

The so-called special cake had no eggs or cake. It was made by mixing many cans of small tuna cans in a cake mold to create a larger can. The top was decorated with freeze-dried toppings, and the edges were decorated with delicate cat-shaped decorations. Finally, a few well-shaped candles were inserted in the middle.

Rong Mian really liked it.

Rong Mian held the sliced fish cake and tried to feed a mouthful to Zhong Yi, who was fully occupied. Zhong Yi had difficulties expressing his grievances and quickly opened a fashionable nail salon app on his phone, indicating that he was focused on clearing a level and couldn’t be distracted.

Guo Sigua, holding Guo Wukui in the form of a cat, also solemnly gave Rong Mian a gift: “Winter is coming soon, so Wukui and I made you a pair of woollen pants. I made the left leg, and he made the right leg…”Guo Wukui in his arms also meowed at Rong Mian, and Zhong Yi felt that it should be “happy birthday” in the language of cats.

While Guo Wukui went to drink water in the distance, Guo Sigua began to secretly disclose some information. He said that just a few months ago, the male college student who often visited Guo Wukui’s business had finished his studies abroad.

Moreover, not long ago, the male college student sent a handmade lace skirt to Guo Wukui from London.

Guo Wukui doesn’t know exactly when the male college student will come back, but he hopes that the moment he returns and pushes the door open, he will see himself wearing a skirt.

“He said he doesn’t like this skirt at all, but now he doesn’t even want to take it off when he goes to the bathroom.”

Guo Sigua said anxiously, “His butt has always loved getting dirty, and recently it’s been making Uncle Yun very worried.”

And then it’s Yun Min’s annual melancholic memory time.

Whenever there is a small animal’s birthday in the cat cafe, Yun Min always takes out a thick photo album and forces all the cats in the cafe to sit in a circle to reminisce about the bitter and sweet times.

“This is the first month after we picked you up.”

Yun Min pointed to one of the photos and said with a sigh, “At that time, you were very protective of your food. Every time Sandou brought you food, you would growl at her.”
The photo showed a round black kitten with its mouth stuffed full of cat food, staring fiercely at the camera, with a curious black Shiba Inu standing next to it.

Kong Sandou proudly added, “But by the second month, we were already good friends.”
Zhong Yi looked at the photo and felt his heart melting. But for Rong Mian, this was equivalent to publicly playing his dark history. Rong Mian anxiously tried to cover Zhong Yi’s eyes and whispered to him not to look.

Then the party moved on to the KTV segment.

Zhong Yi felt that the song selection favored by the small animals was also very unique. For example, Yun Min loved folk songs, Guo Sigua started singing “Happy Sheep and Grey Wolf” while holding his younger brother. Kong Sandou sang a Japanese song, claiming that she had Japanese ancestry, although Zhong Yi felt that her Japanese was a bit broken.

Usually, Zhong Yi would be seated in a prominent position and attended to by the organizers during various events. But this time, he willingly played a supporting role for this group of small animals and applauded for a full hour.

But he found it very amusing.

Finally, the microphone was passed to Zhong Yi. Knowing his own skill level, he quickly declined, saying that it was unnecessary. However, under Rong Mian’s eager gaze, he reluctantly stood up and gave it a try.

After the song ended, there was a moment of silence from the cats and dogs present. Yun Min quickly coughed to break the silence and called everyone to the kitchen to wash the dishes together.

Guo Sigua muttered, “Well, at least it was better than the performance at the Spring Festival Gala that year.”

Rong Mian pursed his lips.

He was afraid that Zhong Yi would feel sad, so when Kong Sandou started singing the next Japanese song, he secretly kissed Zhong Yi’s cheek and earnestly said to him, “It’s okay, at least you’re really good at acting.”

Zhong Yi replied, “…You don’t have to force compliments if you can’t genuinely give them.”

On a noisy evening, although Rong Mian didn’t say much, he ate a lot of fish cake. Zhong Yi knew that he was very happy.

Rong Mian returned home holding a gift as tall as a small mountain. He sat at the dining table, unwrapped the gift one by one, and carefully flattened and folded the wrapping paper.
Zhong Yi felt that a little kitten’s heart could be easily filled.

“Take a picture of me drinking water.”
Rong Mian held the water bottle given to him by Kong Sandou and said to Zhong Yi, “I want to send it to Sandou, she will be very happy.”

After taking the picture and sending it to Kong Sandou, Rong Mian started to feel a bit sleepy.

But because it was his birthday, Rong Mian didn’t want to sleep early. He was in a good mood and wanted Zhong Yi to touch him while also wanting to talk to Zhong Yi in human form.

So he lifted his clothes a bit, then lay on Zhong Yi’s lap, and let his tail appear for Zhong Yi to touch.

Zhong Yi used one hand to stroke the fur on Rong Mian’s tail and held a thin ribbon from the gift packaging, swaying it above Rong Mian’s head. Rong Mian slowly swayed his tail and reached out to grab the ribbon on top of his head.
The two of them played like this for almost ten minutes. As if remembering something, Rong Mian suddenly put down his hand and lightly called Zhong Yi’s name.

Zhong Yi asked, “What’s wrong?”

Rong Mian seemed to hesitate for a moment, then looked at Zhong Yi’s face and hesitantly said, “…It’s nothing.”

Zhong Yi knew that this “nothing” definitely meant something was wrong, but seeing Rong Mian’s hesitant expression, he felt that if he continued to press for answers, Rong Mian would be even less willing to speak.

So Zhong Yi just made a sound of acknowledgment and picked up the lint roller next to him. He first rolled it over Rong Mian’s tail and then over the cuffs of his own clothes, picking up a large amount of cat hair as expected.

Then he heard the person lying on his lap ask another question, “Zhong Yi, do you think the birthday gift Sandou gave me…looks good?”

The four words “birthday gift” were emphasized in Rong Mian’s tone, and if Zhong Yi couldn’t figure out the meaning behind this question, he would truly be a fool.

But Zhong Yi still pretended to be nonchalant and calmly said, “It looks great. It has a large capacity, and you can take it to the filming location to have water conveniently. Very practical.”

Rong Mian let out a soft “oh” and didn’t say anything else.

Zhong Yi felt the tail in his hand become slightly limp, swaying at a noticeably slower frequency. Zhong Yi silently took a deep breath, lowered his head, and started to hold back his laughter.

And then Rong Mian was someone who couldn’t hide his thoughts at all.

He pursed his lips and then raised his eyes, straightforwardly saying to Zhong Yi, “But Zhong Yi, you haven’t given me a birthday present yet.”

“I know you’ve been busy lately, so if you forgot, it’s okay.”

Rong Mian said somewhat embarrassedly, “It’s just that this is our first birthday together, so I wanted to leave some memories. You can just fry some bacon for me now, just as a formality. I don’t need…”Rong Mian didn’t finish the second half of his sentence and suddenly fell silent.
Because he saw Zhong Yi put down the curling iron in his hand and then put his hand into his coat pocket, taking out a square velvet box.

Zhong Yi smiled and said, “I just wanted to see how long you could hold out.”
Rong Mian blinked.
“When it was my birthday before, didn’t you give me a bell collar?” Zhong Yi said.

“So this time, I’ll give you a collar too.” Zhong Yi said, “It’s this collar, it might be a little small.”

“Happy birthday,” he said, “After you wear it, we’ll be tied together for the rest of our lives.”

Rong Mian’s long silent Weibo account finally showed some activity on the second day of his birthday.

His way of posting and replying to Weibo was very interesting, almost like an AI, with a precise and methodical style. However, based on his previous performances on variety shows, people realized that this young boy’s personality was just like that.

Rong Mian posted a series of Weibo posts in one go, starting with the first one, where he thanked his fans.

The second post mentioned Shen Yan, with the caption “Thank you, Senior Shen Yan, for the cufflinks,” accompanied by a picture of the cufflinks.

The third post mentioned Liu Yuanfeng, and the fourth post was about the sneakers sent by Shi Cheng. Each post had the same sentence structure and accompanying pictures, with a touch of sincere simplicity in the stiff remarks. However, it was evident that he had put a lot of effort into taking each photo.

The comment section was immediately filled with “hahaha” and “happy birthday”.

However, Rong Mian’s last Weibo post didn’t mention anyone, and the caption was just a short sentence: “Thank you for the little ring you gave me.”

For a moment, the audience didn’t understand who the “you” and the “little ring” referred to. But when they clicked on the picture, they discovered that it showed two hands intertwined.

A larger hand covered another hand, and keen-eyed people quickly noticed that both of their ring fingers were adorned with identical rings.

Later, this Weibo post by Rong Mian went viral and was hailed as a classic case of showing affection in a flamboyant way. The term “little ring” trended for a long time on the hot search, and Zhong Yi openly admitted to the media that he had proposed on his own initiative.

However, a few months later, during an interview where both of them were present, the observant host noticed that only Rong Mian was wearing a ring, while Zhong Yi’s hand was empty.

Curious about why Zhong Yi wasn’t wearing a ring, the host asked, and Rong Mian looked somewhat guilty as he lowered his gaze. Zhong Yi glanced at the person beside him and finally just shook his head, revealing a helpless smile.

“You’ve never raised a cat before,” he said.

[End]

And that’s the official conclusion of this story.

The answer to the ring has been pinned in the comments. Thank you all for accompanying me along the way, and I hope everyone can have adorable little kittens to cuddle with!

Comment section:

“The little kitten will play with the ring, swatting it on the ground like playing ice hockey, and eventually make it disappear into some nook or cranny. Hahaha!”