The Way of the Blind Girl Chess Saint

"So, what about the cat's dinner?"

Ji Hongying gently took Ji Yingting's white cat, stroked its white fur, and asked a question.

Actually, what Ji Hongying wanted to ask at first was what the cats' dinner was, but Ji Yingting told her about their dinner instead.

Of course, Ji Hongying knew that Ji Yingting actually understood that she was asking about the cat's dinner, because the two of them had seen the maid cutting up a rabbit in the kitchen earlier that day.

She didn't answer simply because she didn't say it aloud.

“Cats can just eat grass,” Ji Yingting explained softly.

"Didn't Mom say that cats can't eat grass?"

"But there's no fish tonight, and the cat doesn't like cat food."

"Can cats eat rabbits?" Ji Hongying asked again.

"I think it's okay, but my mom says no."

Ji Yingting gently opened a sliver of her pale purple pupils and spoke, her tone filled with confusion.

She was very puzzled: why could humans eat rabbits but cats couldn't? What was the difference between the two?

Ji Yingting didn't know, but Ji Hongying did: why cats can't eat rabbits.

It's not because she's inferior to humans, but because they are different.

Birds in trees can fly, so why can't humans? It's not because humans are inferior to birds, but because they are different.

Why can some people see themselves in a mirror, but blind people can't...?

Everyone's understanding of things is different; humans are inherently different.

People said it was strange that the two of them named their cat "Maomao" (meaning "cat"), but they didn't find it strange at all...

Because both of them are strange people.

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Chapter 273: Little Red Tassel, Little Sakuraba, Little Ice Source.

"Meow!"

The white cat lowered her head somewhat reluctantly; a bowl of cat food was placed in front of her.

That's right, the cat still has to eat cat food in the end. After all, there was no fish for dinner tonight, and she felt that the cat food might not taste as good as the hay that her little owner fed her.

"Sister, I want to eat this."

Beside me sat a little girl with an ice-blue bun hairstyle. Her name was Ji Bingyuan, and she was six years and two months old.

Her hair wasn't long enough to style into a bun, so she just wore a childish little bun, which looked a bit silly.

Xiao Bingyuan has a slightly chubby face, which is very cute and endearing, but she is not my biological sister; she is my cousin who lives with us.

Ji Bingyuan pointed with his chopsticks at the rabbit leg in Ji Hongying's bowl and said, "The rabbit leg, dripping with golden rabbit fat, exudes a delicious aroma."

His fiery red eyebrows furrowed slightly, but I didn't respond. His fiery red eyes showed a hint of hesitation.

Because I also want to eat rabbit legs.

Isn't it normal to not want to share something you like with others?

Snap... Ji Hongying pondered for a moment, then gently cut half of the rabbit leg with a knife and placed it in Ji Bingyuan's bowl.

"Thank you, sister," Ji Bingyuan said softly, her beautiful, icy blue eyes narrowing into crescent shapes with happiness.

I gave it to her because sometimes it's not that I don't want to or am unwilling to do something, but that's not something I can simply avoid doing.

Just like how Mom would make a "no" sound every night when she went to sleep, but Dad would still make her lie naked in bed and sleep with her, Ji Hongying thought to herself.

"Kitty, come eat rabbit." The little girl with long, light green hair gently squatted down and placed a rabbit leg on the kitten's mouth.

“Sakuraba, cats can’t eat rabbits…” said the beautiful girl with long, light green hair. She looked to be only in her early twenties, but she was already a married woman.

"Rabbits like to eat grass, so why can't cats eat rabbits?" Ji Yingting tilted her light green head slightly.

"Why can't you eat poop, sister?" I thought to myself. Of course, I didn't dare say it aloud, because she would pull my hair if I did.

Her fiery red bangs fell gently over her forehead, and Ji Hongying chuckled softly.

"Ah! I want to eat cat!" Ji Bingyuan suddenly shouted.

"Little Ice Source, cats don't taste good..." Ji Yingting said softly, swaying her long, light green hair as she sat back down in her seat.

How does my sister know if cat food is delicious or not when she has never eaten it before?

"Why? Have you ever eaten cat food, sister?" Xiao Bingyuan asked.

"No, I just think the cat would be sad if it got eaten," Ji Yingting gently shook her long, light green hair.

"Won't the rabbit be sad if it gets eaten?"

Ji Bingyuan stared wide-eyed in curiosity. So, there's a concept of whether animals are sad or not when they're eaten?

"Then, the rabbit is so pitiful!" A few tears welled up in Ji Bingyuan's icy blue eyes.

Before saying that, I couldn't help but think, "Please look down at the rabbit leg on your plate."

"Awoo, awoo"

The cute little girl with her ice-blue bun suddenly lowered her head and swallowed the rabbit leg in a few bites, then licked her lips with satisfaction.

Why are you eating even more heartily now? Ji Hongying blinked her fiery red eyes, slightly puzzled.

"Being eaten happily is also good, at least it won't be painful, and it can bring joy to people," Ji Bingyuan said softly.

So you're planning to eat more? I thought to myself.

"So you plan to eat more?" Ji Yingting, a young girl with long, light green hair, asked bluntly.

“No, I’ve decided to eat less rabbit from now on,” Ji Bingyuan replied.

“I like coconut beef, so I want to eat more coconut beef in the future,” Ji Yingting said.

No, you don't actually like coconut beef, you just like eating coconut beef...

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After dinner, it's time to go to bed.

The sky outside the window darkened, becoming pitch black. A child's day is always very simple.

Three little girls dressed in light white pajamas lay side by side on a soft, white bed.

Ji Yingting held a snow-white kitten in her arms, and the kitten gently stuck out its soft tongue to lick its beautiful face.

"Good kitty, go to sleep."

"Meow……"

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"Whoo, whoo, whoo"

Soon, the sound of their even breathing came from their noses. I turned to face my sister and looked at the cat in her hand. Its beautiful light green eyes looked so pure and beautiful in the moonlight.

Soon, we will begin our studies.

They learn something called Go. All the sisters in this family learn Go, and the adults also play Go.

However... my sister doesn't need to learn Go because she can't see the board.

Looking at my sister's long, light green hair and her beautiful sleeping face, I always feel at ease.

Because, just the thought that I am as beautiful as her makes me realize that I am a special being.

Her long, bluish-green hair was unique, a softer beauty than my fiery red. Her eyes, which she couldn't open, were also unique, because she could never imagine how beautiful they truly were... pale purple eyes, like the starry sky.

But I think her eyes are more like those chessboards displayed at home, with their antique textures.

Where are my eyes? Could they be the sun?

I think I'm being really silly by thinking about these things; actually, I'm just suffering from insomnia.

"Anyway, let's go to sleep..." Little Red Tassel muttered to herself, slowly closing her fiery red eyes.

Back then, I never thought about what would happen tomorrow, and I never considered whether tomorrow's dinner would be coconut beef, rabbit, cat, or grass...

Back then, I only reminisced about today and never thought about tomorrow.

Xiao Bingyuan, she left the very next day.

Ji Bingyuan, the little girl with the ice-blue bun hairstyle, left us crying. Her biological parents have returned.

Ji Bingyuan's biological parents, whom she hadn't seen for many years, had returned from another planet... so she had to leave.

"Waaaaah, Sister Hongying, Sister Yingba, I don't want to leave!"

The cute little girl cried, her face looking so sad, she cried very emotionally.

The little girl with her ice-blue bun hairstyle was being held in the arms of a strange woman, and she seemed a little lost.

A little girl with long, dry, yellow hair was standing on the ground, staring at us with a cold expression.

Her name is Ji Qiuyao, and she is said to be Xiao Bingyuan's biological older sister. The two of them look very alike and are twins.

Let's call her Xiao Qiuyao for now. She might appear in my sight and at the Ji family's place more often in the future.

Of course, at that time, I didn't know why I had a strange, indescribable feeling in my heart.

Xiao Bingyuan is gone, my little cousin is gone, I'm very sad, I feel like crying.

Ji Hongying's cherry-like lips pursed slightly, and her nose felt a little sore.

……

As I watched her leave, my thoughts became complicated. It was the first time I had ever considered the future.

What if one day, Sakuraba-neechan also leaves, leaves us... and leaves Neko-chan too?

Will I be sad?

Will I feel sad? Will I shed tears?