Shen Xuan heard this, poked his head out of the carriage door, and saw that there were indeed two small cats lying in the middle of the road. They were not very clear from a distance.
Shen Xuan put on his veiled hat, got out of the carriage, and walked up to the two kittens. These two cats seemed to be strays, very thin and on the verge of death, probably because they hadn't eaten enough for a long time.
As he got closer, he could hear the faint meows of the two kittens.
Just as Shen Xuan was about to get back into the carriage to tell Lu Yu about adopting them, he turned around and saw Lu Yu standing behind him at some point.
"Wife, let's adopt them."
Lu Yu lowered her head and saw Shen Xuan squatting there, his eyes shining as he looked at her, full of anticipation. She smiled and nodded, "If you want to keep them, you can."
Anything you want, I will fulfill.
Each person held a kitten in their arms and placed them on the carriage.
"They probably haven't eaten for a long time, they're so pitiful."
"Huh?" Shen Xuan held a kitten in his arms and his hand touched its belly. Perhaps because it was too thin, the feeling on its belly was more pronounced.
"Wife, quickly help me see if this kitten is pregnant?" Shen Xuan took Lu Yu's hand, wanting her to examine the kitten.
"How... how do I look?" Lu Yu didn't quite understand. She didn't know much about raising small animals, so how could she tell if the kitten was pregnant?
"Aren't you a doctor?"
Shen Xuan's words made Lu Yu both amused and exasperated. In the end, she couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Xuan'er, I am a doctor, not a veterinarian. I treat people, not animals."
"Ah... I, I forgot." Shen Xuan was also a little embarrassed.
When he encountered something he didn't understand, he instinctively sought help from Lu Yu. In his impression, it seemed that Lu Yu could solve all problems and knew everything. He had forgotten this in his haste just now and instinctively wanted Lu Yu to help examine the kitten.
Lu Yu put down the kitten in her hand and took the one that seemed pregnant from Shen Xuan's arms. She carefully felt its belly and indeed found a small hard lump, but it wasn't very obvious yet.
"It's possible she's pregnant. I'll find a veterinarian who knows about this to check on the kitten in a couple of days."
When she was usually away, Shen Xuan would have the two kittens for company. Seeing Shen Xuan's current demeanor, he would be very happy.
Shen Xuan was indeed very happy. He had never raised such small animals before. In the Shen Manor, because Shen's mother was allergic to animal fur, there were never any small animals.
This was the first time Shen Xuan had come into such close contact with a small animal. Feeling the kitten in his arms meowing, Shen Xuan stroked its soft fur, already planning how to fatten it up.
"Wife, is it a female cat?" Shen Xuan pointed to the kitten Lu Yu had just put down and was lying on the carriage.
"I just checked, it's a female cat," Lu Yu nodded. "If this male kitten is really pregnant, I guess the kittens would be hers."
"Are they husband and wife?" Shen Xuan exclaimed with surprise upon hearing Lu Yu's words. "We are also husband and wife, and we found a pair of kittens. It's truly fate."
"From now on, she will be called Xiao Xuan." Shen Xuan pointed to the male kitten that looked pregnant, thought for a moment, and decided to give it that name.
Then he pointed to the female kitten lying on the carriage, "She will be called Xiao Yu, okay?"
When Shen Xuan said the name, he turned his head and looked at Lu Yu with innocent, blinking eyes.
Lu Yu was once again made to feel both amused and exasperated. "Who names their cats after themselves?"
"Pretty please," Shen Xuan sat next to Lu Yu and acted spoiled. "I like this name."
Lu Yu reached out and pinched Shen Xuan's chubby cheeks, smiling and nodding.
"Wife is the best!" Shen Xuan opened his arms and gave Lu Yu a bear hug, his eyes narrowing into slits as he smiled.
Seeing Shen Xuan become more and more at ease and cute under her care, his smiles becoming more and more unrestrained, completely different from his former self, Lu Yu couldn't help but feel happy.
Upon returning to the Shen Manor, Lu Yu handed the two kittens to A Fu, instructing A Fu to have others wash them clean and then bring them to their room.
"Remember, don't scare them." Lu Yu couldn't help but add another instruction to A Fu as she saw Shen Xuan looking at the kittens with concern in his eyes.
The two returned to their room. Shen Xuan took out the clothes they bought that day and put them away. Touching the same pattern on the hem of the two cloaks, Shen Xuan smiled sweetly.
"I really hope winter comes quickly." Shen Xuan murmured to himself, looking at the cloak in his hand.
"Why?"
Lu Yu, holding a kitten in each arm, had just entered the room and heard Shen Xuan say this.
"They're done washing so quickly?" Shen Xuan turned his head and saw the two kittens in Lu Yu's arms, exclaiming in surprise.
After being washed, the original colors of the two kittens were revealed. The male kitten's fur was light gray, and the female kitten's fur was dark gray. This was not apparent before bathing, and they had only thought the two kittens were the same color. Now, after washing, there was quite a difference.
The fur color of the kittens born in the future would definitely be gray, and they should be very beautiful. Then he would call them Xiao Hui.
Lu Yu could never have imagined that in just this short while, Shen Xuan had already thought of names for their offspring, and they were so... so uninspired.
Logically speaking, Shen Xuan had read quite a bit, so why was he so casual with naming?
Shen Xuan reached out to take the kittens from Lu Yu's hands, but Lu Yu turned and dodged him.
"Answer my question first. Don't you dare put me behind them now that you have kittens." Lu Yu glared at Shen Xuan, looking as if she wouldn't give them to him if he didn't answer.
Shen Xuan couldn't help but laugh out loud at Lu Yu's sudden jealousy.
His wife wasn't jealous of that lecherous little servant just now, but she was jealous of these two cats. Shen Xuan couldn't figure it out.
Perhaps one day when Shen Xuan experienced jealousy himself, he would understand.
Because this was a relationship of active and passive roles, Shen Xuan's heart was what Lu Yu valued most. Shen Xuan's heart wasn't on that little servant, so Lu Yu didn't need to be jealous. But now, Shen Xuan was actively caring for the kittens, and furthermore, he had done so without answering her question.
Shen Xuan's personal safety was paramount. Now that they were alone in the room, Lu Yu naturally had the mood to be jealous.
"Because... I want to wear that new cotton cloak with you."