"About what?" Yao Shen asks, wiping his sweaty palms on his pajama shorts.
Would playing dumb work with Xin Hulei?
He seems to operate on the basis that Yao Shen is dumb, so, maybe?
Xin Hulei gives him a frosty look as he pets the black cat, who curls up his spine to meet his fingers and closes his red eyes in obvious pleasure.
"You shouldn't be able to see him," he says, his gaze impassive as he scritches the cat under the chin, making it purr loudly.
"Oh? Because it's a very expensive cat?" Yao Shen asks, having made his mind about playing dumb, and now fully committed to the act. "Do I need to pay a fee?"
Xin Hulei doesn't answer him.
The cat continues purring.
It seems they have reached a standstill.
Yao Shen briefly considers leaving his own room and sleeping in a stairway somewhere.
"Come here," Xin Hulei says, patting the empty space next to him on the couch.
