The mother cat was a chubby ginger cat with a white belly and a golden back, commonly known as a 'golden quilt on a silver bed.'

She was quite sturdy, but her fur was a bit dirty.

She was likely a stray cat that people fed.

Lin Miaomiao finally saw the color of the kitten's fur and tugged on Chen Cheng's arm, very excited.

'Brother Cheng, Brother Cheng, the kitten has a solid-colored pattern!'

Chen Cheng didn't keep cats, so he didn't quite understand why she was so excited.

'Is there something special about that?'

Ye Zhenzhen stared unblinkingly at the golden-furred cat: 'It's a rare color, the best among ginger cats. Old people really like them.'

Chen Cheng turned to look at her, 'Since when do you know so much about cats?'

'My grandfather keeps a bunch of stray cats he picked up in his courtyard.'

Chen Cheng smiled, 'The old man is quite kind-hearted.'

Ye Zhenzhen proudly tilted her chin, 'Of course.'

Unlike Lin Miaomiao, who was overflowing with compassion, Ye Zhenzhen, Lucy, Zhu Zhe, and Deng Xiaoqi didn't have as many thoughts; they were just curious.

Deng Xiaoqi pointed at the bloody lump the mother cat was biting and asked:

'Sister Zhenzhen, what is the mother cat biting?'

'It's the placenta. She's replenishing her energy. It's probably because she's a stray; she ran out of energy after giving birth to the first one.'

Lin Miaomiao, the cat lover, immediately got anxious and turned to look at Chen Cheng hopefully, 'Brother Cheng, let's find something for the mother cat to eat.'

Ye Zhenzhen shook her head; just bringing her food wasn't enough.

She looked at the sky, 'In this weather, there's only a bit of sun around noon. Who knows how long it will take to give birth; once the sun goes down, the cat will get cold. We have to get her inside.'

After speaking, she turned to Lin Miaomiao and said, 'Miao Miao, go check the kitchen. I saw fish when I went there earlier.'

'Oh~'

Lin Miaomiao, who was flustered, immediately responded to the command and rushed off in a flurry.

Ye Zhenzhen watched Lin Miaomiao's back and twitched the corner of her mouth; she hadn't even finished speaking yet.

She turned to look at Chen Cheng, 'Do you have any blankets?'

Chen Cheng was stunned; he really didn't know if there were any blankets in the house.

He thought for a moment, took out his phone, and called Eleven.

'Eleven, go find a vet and bring them over. There's a mother cat in the yard giving birth to kittens.'

'Tell the doctor to prepare everything needed.'

After finishing the call, Chen Cheng shrugged, 'Why go to such trouble?'

Ye Zhenzhen rolled her eyes at him speechlessly, 'You really don't tire yourself out at all.'

Chen Cheng didn't care about her sarcasm at all and retorted, 'Can you deliver kittens, or can I? Or can Gigi and Xiao Qi deliver them?'

Ye Zhenzhen lifted her chin, 'Your sister here is a PhD in biochemistry. Although it has the word 'chemistry' in it, the number of little mice and rabbits that have died in my hands is well over a hundred or eighty.'

'Cutting an umbilical cord for a kitten isn't that complicated.'

The way Lucy, Zhu Zhe, and Deng Xiaoqi looked at Ye Zhenzhen changed. You couldn't tell at all usually, but is Zhen Zhen this ruthless at work?

Being stared at by the three women, she felt a bit embarrassed and her eyes darted away, 'Why are you looking at me like that?'

'Laboratory animals, do you understand? Laboratory animals.'

'I'm not a sadist.'

Zhu Zhe immediately leaned back tactically. You can explain, but what was with that proud tone you just had?

Chen Cheng's mouth twitched with laughter, and he teased her, 'Did you just shoot yourself in the foot?'

Immediately, Lucy and Zhu Zhe couldn't hold it back either and laughed out loud.

Only Deng Xiaoqi looked at Ye Zhenzhen, then at Chen Cheng, not knowing what she was thinking.

Before long, Lin Miaomiao ran over carrying a plate.

She squatted down, not minding the dirt, and used her bare hands to pick up the crucian carp from the plate and handed it into the bushes to the mother cat.

Lin Miaomiao's hand waved in the bushes for a long time before the mother cat smelled it, stretched out her body, and bit down on the palm-length crucian carp.

Looking at the dense bushes, Lucy turned to look at Chen Cheng, 'Are there any tools at home? We should prune some of these flowers. Otherwise, the doctor won't be able to get her out when they arrive.'

Chen Cheng thought for a moment, 'There should be some in the tool shed. I'll go get them.'

Soon, Chen Cheng returned with three pairs of garden shears: large, medium, and small.

Before he could hand them out, Lin Miaomiao grabbed a small pair and turned to prune the branches of the bushes in front of her.

Chen Cheng smiled helplessly but didn't scold her.

Last month, at Country Garden, the stray cat she often fed was poisoned to death by someone.

The girl had been sad for a long time. Today, coming to Chen Cheng's place, she encountered cats again. And it was a litter of kittens being born; Lin Miaomiao's overflowing affection made her a bit anxious.

Ye Zhenzhen watched and reminded her, 'Miao Miao, be careful.'

'Although the mother cat doesn't have the strength to run now, keep your movements small so you don't scare her.'

Lin Miaomiao pushed up her black-rimmed glasses and nodded, 'Mm~'

Zhu Zhe reached for the medium-sized shears, 'Give me this one; I can handle this job.'

Chen Cheng readily handed it to her.

Ye Zhenzhen, Lucy, and Deng Xiaoqi observed the condition of the mother cat.

Chen Cheng looked; there was only a little over a meter of space. Lin Miaomiao was trimming on the right, Zhu Zhe was trimming on the left, and three people were squatting in the middle.

He had nowhere to step, so he stood there holding the large shears.

Watching Lin Miaomiao's clumsy movements, one could tell at a glance that she had never done this kind of work before.

Chen Cheng watched her anxious appearance, the corners of his mouth lifted, and he tugged on her sleeve.

'You go watch the mother cat; I'll do the trimming.'

Lin Miaomiao stubbornly shook her head, 'I can do it.'

Chen Cheng's mouth twitched, and he subconsciously reached out to ruffle her hair, 'I trim faster.'

'Alright then,' Lin Miaomiao said reluctantly after Chen Cheng said that, and moved out of the way.

In less than ten minutes, Chen Cheng and Zhu Zhe had cleared over a meter of the bushes blocking the cat, which was more than enough to get the cat out.

Chen Cheng looked at the garden. Back when they were rushing the construction, they didn't do much with this garden, just added a BBQ area to the lawn and a set of outdoor sofas.

Today, after being trimmed like this, the bushes along the perimeter wall suddenly looked out of place.

Chen Cheng planned to have someone tear it all out another day and plant flowers instead.

After the mother cat finished the crucian carp, a few minutes later, she gave birth to the second kitten.

The second one looked very much like the mother cat, a golden quilt on a silver bed.

Just when Chen Cheng was thinking about going back inside, Eleven returned.

She ran over with a pitter-patter, handed the box in her hand to the three women squatting on the ground, 'Here, cat treats.'

Chen Cheng raised an eyebrow, 'Where's the vet?'

Eleven: 'Jimmy went to pick them up; they'll be here in a few minutes.'

Chen Cheng nodded and turned back to the house; he just remembered that there should be blankets in the cabinet of the media room.

The group worked together to move the cats onto the blanket and carried them to the open space in the living room.

The vet arrived, and the group went to eat.

Lin Miaomiao didn't spend more than ten minutes eating; she shoveled in a few bites and ran to the living room to see the cats.

Watching Lin Miaomiao's back, the group couldn't help but laugh.

Chen Cheng's lips curled slightly, 'She likes cats so much, it really suits her name, Miao Miao, meow meow~'