[{"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-355":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},681085,914,"Chapter 355: Getting Close Again","bigshot-s-sweetie-is-a-cat-chapter-355",355,"\u003Cp>\"I didn’t expect you to actually come, and to this beach no less.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On hearing Ais’s words, Gu Yao smiled, \"It seems we really are fated.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, fated indeed, but I hope you came here just to enjoy the scenery and not because I mentioned I was feeling down and you needed to unwind.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yao looked down and gave a bitter smile, remaining silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yao reached out and accepted a painting Ais handed to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she unfolded it and saw, to her surprise, it was a painting of her sitting on the rocks watching the sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could paint too, and very well at that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How long have you been here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yao asked, realizing he might know she was in a bad mood, yet he didn’t ask why, which made her feel a certain fondness for his non-gossipy nature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, it was possible that he asked not out of gossip or malice, but eventually to offer comfort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But compared to talking about her own sorrows and receiving others’ comfort and sympathy, Gu Yao much preferred someone like Ais, who didn’t ask anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Before you,\" Ais turned and pointed towards the Sea View Tower not far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As long as you’ve been here, that’s how long I’ve been standing there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yao looked at the painting in her hands, then raised her eyes towards Ais, \"Do you come to this beach often?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yao remembered he was from Holy City and hadn’t been here long, so she rephrased, \"Do you go to the beach often?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm... it’s okay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe because he had said before that he goes to the beach when he’s feeling unhappy, Ais felt a bit awkward answering Gu Yao’s question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s getting late, and it’s quite far from your home. You should head back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing his evasive answer, Gu Yao knew that he really did go to the beach often because he was feeling down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yao naturally wouldn’t pry into why he was feeling down either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t want to go back yet,\" Gu Yao shook her head, rolled up the painting, and stored it away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you don’t mind, maybe I could walk with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Yao thought for a moment, stood up, and jumped down from the rock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rock wasn’t high, but the ground below was sandy. Although she didn’t fall, she didn’t land very steadily either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ais almost instinctively reached out and grabbed her arm, steadying her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you,\" Gu Yao withdrew her arm and politely thanked him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ais smiled, said nothing else, and began walking along the beach with Gu Yao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that he remained silent, Gu Yao took the initiative, \"Did you study painting?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Learned it for a while.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just because he knew you could paint and wanted to catch your attention, so he crammed for a few days—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During those days, Ais went through quite a few paintbrushes, tore up a lot of paper, and drove away quite a few teachers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even couldn’t help cursing while learning, lamenting why Gu Yao had to like painting as it was so hard to learn—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then you are really talented, it is very good,\" Gu Yao said upon hearing he had only learned for a while, even if it might have been for almost half a year, that was indeed very talented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you still painting now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, I gave it up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No time, and also... a bit boring,\" Ais admitted, the last part not only to catch her attention but also how he truly felt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How can it be boring, I think painting is great, sometimes I can paint all day without getting bored.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm? You paint?\" Ais looked at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, I was at an art college but had to drop out because I got sick,\" Gu Yao said, feeling quite saddened and regretful about it.\u003C\u002Fp>",645,"2026-06-02T08:42:19.000Z",1,"novelbin.me","4f25fb7b3ef42700d5adb53f87673a0fbd17eab7d9ffc47f5ffe926d79762678","bigshot-s-sweetie-is-a-cat-chapter-356","bigshot-s-sweetie-is-a-cat-chapter-354",1425,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbigshot-s-sweetie-is-a-cat-cover.jpg"]