You're dumping me, huh? Fine, then I'll just pick up the school beauty and make her my wif

Su Qinghe was amused by him and carried Xiaoman over to take a look.

The cat bed is round with a semi-enclosed canopy, and it's lined with a plush pad, making it look warm and cozy.

Next to it are a matching litter box and two ceramic bowls, one for water and one for food.

"Let's clean its ears first." Jiang Che rummaged through the medicine bag and pulled out ear mite medicine and cotton swabs. "The doctor said to do it twice a day."

Su Qinghe nodded, then picked up Xiaoman and put her on her lap, gently pinching her ears to open them.

Xiaoman's ear canal did indeed have a lot of dark brown secretions, and when you smelled it up close, there was a faint odor.

She dipped a cotton swab in the medicine and carefully inserted it to wipe the wound.

Xiaoman shook her head uncomfortably and gently kicked her leg with her claws, but did not extend her nails to hurt her.

"It'll be done soon," Su Qinghe soothed gently as she wiped it clean. "It won't itch anymore once it's clean."

After cleaning Xiaoman's ears, she applied ointment to the skin lesions on Xiaoman's back under Jiang Che's guidance.

Xiaoman was very cooperative throughout, only occasionally meowing in a hoarse voice when she felt uncomfortable, as if she was complaining or being affectionate.

"Next up is the shower." Jiang Che rolled up his sleeves and headed towards the bathroom. "This is going to be tough."

His prediction proved to be completely correct.

The moment Xiaoman was placed in the warm water basin, the cat seemed to explode.

The fur on its back stood up instantly, its tail bristled like a feather duster, and its four paws struggled wildly in the water, splashing water all over Jiang Che's face.

"Hey, hey, hey—don't move—"

Jiang Che held the cat down with both hands, and the veins on his arms were bulging.

Xiaoman ignored him and struggled even more fiercely, kicking her hind legs wildly in the water and slashing her claws across the back of his hand.

"hiss--"

Jiang Che gasped, a faint red mark appearing on the back of his hand.

"What happened? What happened?!" Su Qinghe jumped up from the side, her face full of tension. "You've been arrested?!"

"It's nothing, just a scrape, not even a scratch." Jiang Che showed her his hand, his tone nonchalant.

Su Qinghe grabbed his hand and looked at it over and over again.

Even after confirming that there was no broken skin or bleeding, her brows remained furrowed.

"I should have bought gloves..."

She muttered softly, gently touching the red mark with her fingertips again and again, "Doesn't it really hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt at all." Jiang Che laughed heartily at her nervous expression. "You're so upset because it scratched me, but you don't seem to care when you scratch me in bed?"

By the time Su Qinghe realized what Jiang Che was saying, it was too late.

Her face flushed instantly, and she quickly released his hand and turned her head away: "Don't talk nonsense! I wouldn't grab you, okay!"

She was holding Xiaoman in her arms when she said this, her face and ears were red, and she looked like a cat whose secret had been exposed, wishing she could hide her head in her collar.

Jiang Che couldn't help but laugh out loud.

He shook the water off his hands and reached out to ruffle her hair: "Alright, alright, I'm not teasing you anymore, keep washing it."

The second half went much more smoothly.

Su Qinghe gently comforted Xiaoman throughout, and although Xiaoman was still reluctant, she was much quieter than at the beginning.

After taking a bath and being wrapped in a towel, it huddled in Su Qinghe's arms, trembling like a leaf. Its fur was wet and clung to its body, making it look even thinner than before.

Su Qinghe used a hairdryer on the lowest setting to dry its fur little by little.

After being dried, Xiaoman finally looked a bit like a cat.

The calico's fur appears as a patchwork of white, orange, and black under the light. Although its fur hasn't fully grown in due to a skin condition, you can already tell that it has a very beautiful base.

Xiaoman nestled comfortably in her new cat bed, dozing with her eyes half-closed, her tail tip occasionally twitching as if she were having a sweet dream.

Su Qinghe squatted next to the cat's bed for a long time, her smile never fading.

"Let's go, let it rest." Jiang Che helped her up, turned off the main light in the living room, and left only a small night light on.

After going upstairs, Su Qinghe went to take a shower first.

Jiang Che leaned against the headboard, scrolling through his phone, and habitually opened the Peking University Forum for a glance.

Then his brows furrowed.

A trending post floats at the top of the homepage, posted more than an hour ago, and has already received over two hundred replies.

The title is: [Gossip] I saw campus beauty S "picking up stray cats" downstairs in the boys' dormitory today, and someone was filming her the whole time.

The content in the main post is even more disgusting.

"I passed by the boys' dormitory in the afternoon and saw S squatting in front of the bushes, fiddling with sausages. Her rich boyfriend was standing there watching, and he even found a few people to help take pictures."

"By the time she brought the cat out, the phone was already set up next to her."

"It took almost twenty minutes to film. The stray cat was trembling like that, but she really knew how to pick the right angle."

"In the end, he left with the cat, and a group of people followed and filmed him, like they were making a movie."

"So now even stray cats at Kyoto University are being used as props for creating a persona? Rich people really have all sorts of tricks when it comes to dating."

Three photos were attached below.

The first picture shows Su Qinghe squatting in front of the bushes putting out sausages. The angle is from the side and behind, and it does look like she is fiddling with something.

The second photo is of her standing up from a pile of cardboard boxes while holding Xiaoman. The expression on her face was captured in a candid shot, making it seem somewhat deliberate.

The third picture shows Jiang Che standing to the side, but the lighting is dim, and his expression is not clear.

The comments section of the post was even more lively.

"Holy crap, no way! Isn't that Su Qinghe? The one who played the piano blindfolded?"

"Hmm, I was wondering why I suddenly started picking up cats, turns out it was all staged for photos."

"To be fair, stray cats are very timid and normally won't let anyone near them. The fact that she was able to pick up the cat means she must have been squatting there for a long time. What's there to criticize?"

"Upstairs, did you miss the point? The point is that she brought people to specifically follow and film her, okay? This is called posing for photos to create a persona, which is completely different from genuine compassion."

"Is it possible that someone saw it and took the photo on the spot? It might not even be someone she brought with her."

"Hilarious! You think everyone's a paparazzi, just passing by and snapping so many pictures? It's obviously a pre-arranged camera position."

"Isn't Jiang Che's family very wealthy? What's wrong with spending a little money to 'style' his girlfriend?"

"Let's have a rational discussion. If it really was staged, then it's a bit... well, if it was just taken by someone else secretly, then the person who posted it is disgusting."

Jiang Che read the post from beginning to end, and then clicked on the poster's avatar to take a look.

However, this person's homepage is very clean, and this gossip post is the first thing they have posted.

Su Qinghe came out of the shower, her hair still wet, and walked to the bedside wrapped in a bathrobe.

"What are you looking at?" She leaned closer and rested her head on his shoulder.

Jiang Che didn't dodge; he openly handed her his phone to show her.

Su Qinghe took the phone and glanced at it, her smile gradually fading.