Heimao stares at Yao Shen, his wide, crimson eyes unblinking, and finally lets out a soulful, "Meow," before jumping up onto the counter and rubbing himself alongside Yao Shen's arm, purring loudly.
Xin Hulei picks him up unceremoniously, and lifts him up in front of his face.
"Have you cultivated to a human form?" he asks, looking into the cat's red eyes.
Heimao gazes lazily back, and then opens his fanged mouth in a large yawn.
Xin Hulei lets go of him and he jumps gracefully to the floor, his tail swinging high in the air.
"He's fine, he isn't even speaking yet unlike Jincan, of course he wouldn't have cultivated a human form," Xin Hulei says, picking at his noodles again.
"And you arrived at that conclusion because he didn't tell you so himself?" Yao Shen asks, dumbfounded.
Xin Hulei hums around a mouthful.
