[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-trapped-in-paradise":3,"chapter-trapped-in-paradise-trapped-in-paradise-chapter-241":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Trapped in Paradise",{"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},1875516,2483,"Chapter 240","trapped-in-paradise-chapter-241",241,"\u003Cp>Since classes usually started at 8:20 a.m., Wen Yang had long gotten used to waking up early.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he opened his eyes, it was just 7:30.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yawning, he habitually glanced over at the empty bed across from him, only to find that the figure he often dreamed of wasn't there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He scanned the dorm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Shaoqing was still fast asleep, while Wang Jie had already woken up and was sitting on his bed playing on his phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Wen Yang picked up his own phone to check if Ning Chu had messaged him last night while he was sleeping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, there was a message...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bad news?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Yang froze for a second, suddenly feeling anxious. He quickly turned over and got out of bed, hurriedly putting on his clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heading out this early?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Jie peeked out from his bed and asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Something urgent came up.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Something about Ning Chu?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even someone as dense as Wang Jie had started to pick up on the close relationship between Wen Yang and Ning Chu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Something like that. I gotta go.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before leaving, Wen Yang gave himself a quick once-over in the mirror. Seeing that everything looked fine, he dashed out of the dorm with a worried expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time he arrived at Ning Chu’s rental apartment, it was already 8:30 a.m.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carrying a few bags of breakfast, he was filled with confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His initial panic had somewhat faded. After all, Ning Chu hadn’t just said there was bad news—she’d also specifically told him to bring breakfast for three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt a little uneasy as he pulled out the key from his pocket and unlocked the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the door opened, he immediately looked inside and froze on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Chu was calmly leaning against the headboard, playing on her phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next to her, a young girl with black cat ears on her head was resting against her shoulder, peeking curiously at the phone screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The atmosphere between them…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Were they sisters? Or mother and daughter?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wen Yang, you’re here?” Ning Chu finally looked up at him. “Why are you just standing there? Come in, I’m starving.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Starving!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Yang’s mouth twitched. He didn’t quite know how to respond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the 'bad news' Ning Chu mentioned… is this cat girl loli?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pushed open the cat gate at the entrance and stepped inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She’s… a relative visiting you?” he asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A succubus with a cat girl relative... well, they were both non-human girls. It kind of made sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nope.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cat girl turned to Wen Yang with a sweet, innocent smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m Mommy’s daughter!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Yang’s whole body went stiff, his mind going blank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hold on—Ning Chu’s only eighteen, right?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could she have a daughter who looked around ten?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t talk nonsense. I told you to call me ‘sister,’ didn’t I?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Chu sighed and gently pressed down on the cat girl’s little head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked at Wen Yang and explained, “This is Black Bean. When she woke up today, she had turned into a cat girl...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“???”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was still a shocking revelation—but definitely easier to accept than Ning Chu having a kid at eight or nine years old.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Yang didn’t even know what kind of expression to make anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is kind of… absurd.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Very absurd~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black Bean didn’t seem to notice the weird tension in the room at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hurriedly jumped off the bed and ran up to Wen Yang, staring eagerly at the breakfast bags in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Daddy~ I’m hungry!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What did you just call me?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Daddy! You’re Mommy’s boyfriend, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hngh—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Yang felt his scalp tingle. He and Ning Chu hadn’t done anything! Kissing doesn’t make babies!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now he finally understood why Ning Chu always had that helpless, tragic look on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a stiff posture, he placed the breakfast on the table and helped unpack the food containers, chopsticks, and spoons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Black Bean dig in with a spoon, Wen Yang’s headache worsened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If she’s really Black Bean… why can she talk?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How would I know...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, that’s how it was written in the original story. Back then, she just wanted it to be convenient—who cared about logic?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Yang sat on the edge of the bed, staring at Black Bean’s little figure as she ate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He muttered in disbelief, “She’s really Black Bean?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm-hmm, really.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you said that Black Bean snuck out last night, and you just happened to catch a cat girl thief... I feel that explanation would actually make more sense.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if that were true, the cat girl wouldn't have been lying naked on top of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nor would she have said things like, \"Mommy used to be Daddy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Chu leaned her head against Wen Yang’s arm with a troubled sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop overthinking. It's Black Bean. It really is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve never heard of anything like this before...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maybe this is how the first demi-human girl in the world came to be?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And strangely enough... that explanation kind of made sense?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Yang gave a classic confused \"old man on the subway with a phone.jpg\" face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment’s pause, he asked Black Bean,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why do you keep calling her... mom?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because when I was starving, it was Mommy and you who brought me home~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Well, that checks out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rubbed the bridge of his nose and looked down at Ning Chu, who was still leaning against his arm with a dead-inside expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing how down she looked, he teased,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cheer up. You’re a mom now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"......\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment of silence, Ning Chu looked up and locked eyes with Wen Yang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So what now? Are we raising her?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do we have a choice?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if a little girl was around all the time, then Wen Yang and her wouldn’t be able to...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait, no. That’s definitely not what she should be thinking about right now!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a pause, she decided to push the problem away:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, how about this? I’ll call my mom later and ask if she’d be okay... with me having a younger sister.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That... could work?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now the real question was—how would they even begin to explain where Black Bean came from?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Chu rubbed her grumbling stomach in protest, got out of bed, and walked over to Black Bean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She picked up a breakfast portion and looked down—only to see that this cat girl had turned herself into a mess while eating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soup all over her face, and she was even letting out a deep, purring king-of-the-world rumble from her throat. Clearly, she was in a great mood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, she was just a kitten, after all. What kind of stress could she possibly have?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Chu gently rubbed her little head, and Black Bean looked up at her with wide eyes, asking pitifully:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mom, can we have meat for lunch?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Call me sister... But yeah, meat’s fine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they went to the school cafeteria, a meat dish wasn't too expensive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given Black Bean’s small size, two portions would be her limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, compared to dry cat food that cost 20–30 yuan a pound and could last forever…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their expenses had just gone way up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While mentally calculating her future budget, Ning Chu pulled out a napkin and wiped the soup off Black Bean’s mouth, gently reminding her,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Try to eat more neatly next time. Don’t get food all over yourself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Yang watched her lovingly clean up the little cat girl’s face with such patience and care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t help but feel a wave of motherly energy radiating off Ning Chu...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With her always-meddling personality, she probably wouldn’t be able to just abandon Black Bean now that she had turned into a cat girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm heading out to do deliveries,\" Wen Yang said as he stood, walking over to Black Bean and standing next to Ning Chu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He teased, \"If I don’t work hard, I won’t be able to afford to raise the two of you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t talk nonsense.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So I’m off, then?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s raining—be careful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Daddy, stay safe!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Yang genuinely felt, for a moment, like they really were a family of three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>--------------------------------------\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tn: If you want to see more chapter of this story, please join my , for $5, you can read all of the available chapter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ko-Fi Account:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Latest Chapter In Ko-Fi:Volume 2 Chapter 1 \u002F Chapter 281: January\u003C\u002Fp>",1402,"2026-06-10T06:04:15.011Z",1,"novelbin.me","bdd58c56fd1179247aef5a3adf75c16b8df9bfc4f185888f90bba6de8cadb931","trapped-in-paradise-chapter-242","trapped-in-paradise-chapter-240",471,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ftrapped-in-paradise-cover.jpg"]