[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-bigshot-s-sweetie-is-a-cat":3,"chapter-bigshot-s-sweetie-is-a-cat-bigshot-s-sweetie-is-a-cat-chapter-1228":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Bigshot's Sweetie Is a Cat!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},682308,914,"Chapter 1228: Yingying...","bigshot-s-sweetie-is-a-cat-chapter-1228",1228,"\u003Cp>Sarcastic, really too sarcastic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xiao’ai sat back under the shade of the tree, exhausted, leaning against the trunk, feeling utterly drained both physically and emotionally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A hand reached out to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xiao’ai lowered her gaze and saw that Nie Jiuque was holding a handful of candy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The candy wrappers were colorful and very beautiful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Wen Xiao’ai looked at the candy in his hand, her mind was filled with the image of Jun Moyan, and she felt a momentary daze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked away and said weakly, \"I don’t eat candy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t want candy, she didn’t want anything, only Jun Moyan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hand holding the candy visibly stiffened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Weren’t you the one who liked candy the most?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His tone was as if he was sharing his most cherished thing with the person he loved most, yet the other person didn’t like it at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had indeed said that candy was her favorite... why wasn’t she eating it now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How do you know I like candy?\" Wen Xiao’ai asked, looking at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suppressing the urge to unveil his mask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...I guessed. Girls are supposed to like sweets.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I do like it, but I only eat the candy given by Jun Moyan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He silently withdrew his hand, looking at the handful of candy, feeling as if he’d bitten into something bitter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing her refusal might have hurt him, Wen Xiao’ai gently pursed her lips and looked at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why do you always wear a mask? Is your face injured?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nie Jiuque gathered his emotions upon hearing her take the initiative to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a smile, he replied, \"No, it’s just...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just what?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This face... isn’t mine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first hearing, the words sounded inexplicably chilling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Wen Xiao’ai suddenly remembered, the Demon Lord Nie Jiuque was someone reincarnated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This face was naturally different from his in the past life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your eyes are very beautiful, your face shouldn’t be hard to look at. Even if it was, so what? A body received from one’s parents, no matter how beautiful, is just a shell. Being a good person is what matters.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she felt that his reason for wearing the mask all the time wasn’t this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re right.\" He smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then... can you show me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She truly wanted to see his face, the Nie Jiuque in her dreams and the one before her now, both gave her a feeling of familiarity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why ’not yet’?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did that mean not now, but it could be in the future?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nie Jiuque pondered for a moment, then purposelessly remarked, \"This outfit of yours looks much better than that wedding outfit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmph, if you don’t want to show, then forget it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xiao’ai pouted and stopped looking at him, closing her eyes while leaning against the trunk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lately, she always felt mentally drained, lacking strength in everything she did, constantly drowsy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nie Jiuque looked at Wen Xiao’ai, who seemed a bit mad at him, and couldn’t help but chuckle silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just sat there quietly, staring blankly at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His intense gaze lingered incessantly on her delicate face, tracing from her eyebrows, to her nose, to her lips...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been so long, so long, since he looked at her this way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yingying...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lost in thought, he couldn’t help but mutter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xiao’ai’s eyelids fluttered, then she opened her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nie Jiuque, not realizing he had spoken out loud until he saw Wen Xiao’ai open her eyes, was suddenly aware of what he had said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Were you calling me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Xiao’ai looked at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t answer, just watched her nervously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither denying nor admitting.\u003C\u002Fp>",603,"2026-06-02T08:42:37.397Z",1,"novelbin.me","a4463ad7d0e67df3540816894f706b37a7674454a08fc4617f68676a1845ee6f","bigshot-s-sweetie-is-a-cat-chapter-1229","bigshot-s-sweetie-is-a-cat-chapter-1227",1425,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbigshot-s-sweetie-is-a-cat-cover.jpg"]