"No... well, if that's what you think, then I really don't have much to explain."

The man smiled wryly and shook his head, saying, "Director Ye, you don't know this, but these kittens came to my house from a stray cat."

“I originally planned to keep them secretly until they left the nest, or until they survived the winter, and then let the old cat take them out. But who knew that my family would find out.”

“My family doesn’t like this thing and they’re forcing me to throw it away. I don’t want to, and we even had a fight about it.”

oh.

Ye Yun asked calmly, "And then?"

The man sensed the sarcasm beneath Ye Yun's nonchalant tone, shook his head helplessly, and sighed, "I'm not very capable, and I easily lose control of my emotions."

“My wife said she would divorce me if I didn’t throw them away.”

"I was so angry at the time that I acted impulsively and just grabbed them and threw them away!"

He seemed to recall the argument he had with his wife the night before, and shook his head helplessly.

Gu Yingying couldn't stand it anymore. She rolled up her sleeves and sneered, "Ha! I told you to throw it away, not to kill it! And you can't even find a good place to throw it away? What? Did your wife specifically ask you to throw it into a stinking ditch to drown it?"

The man touched his nose. "It was indeed my fault. I got carried away with my emotions..."

No matter how you look at it, you're vicious!

Gu Yingying said coldly, "You still have the nerve to come back looking for me? Who are you trying to fool with your hypocrisy? If my sister-in-law hadn't found the kitten, you would only have found a few corpses by now!"

The man was so bewildered by her scolding that he could barely open his eyes. He kept his head down and repeatedly agreed, not daring to utter a single word in rebuttal.

Ye Yun turned her head and stared at Gu Yingying, who was filled with righteous indignation. She raised an eyebrow. What term had she just heard from this girl's mouth?

Seeing Ye Yun looking at her with an inscrutable expression, Gu Yingying angrily pointed at her:

Why are you looking at me like that? Go yell at him!

Ye Yun: "..."

Pulling the cursing Gu Yingying behind her, Ye Yun looked at the man opposite her and said calmly, "Now that you know the kitten is with me, you don't need to look for him anymore."

"If I may be so bold as to ask, how are they doing now?" the man asked somewhat reservedly.

He was the culprit who threw away the kittens, and he had the least right to ask these questions. If Ye Yun didn't tell him, there was nothing he could do.

"Five of them, all pretty good."

The man nodded upon hearing this, seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and lowered his head, falling into silence.

Ye Yun didn't continue talking to him and took Gu Yingying's hand, intending to leave.

"Director Ye, wait a minute!"

Suddenly, the man behind him called out to him.

The man hurriedly caught up with them, his hands tucked into his sleeves, and said nervously, "Director Ye, do you want the old cat? It's the mother cat who gave birth to those kittens. She didn't see the kittens when she came back yesterday and has been looking for them in the neighborhood."

Ye Yun raised an eyebrow, "Old Cat is still alive?"

"Alive."

As the man spoke, he wiped the tip of his nose sheepishly, implying that he had killed the old female cat.

His behavior last night was truly despicable, so Ye Yun's speculation about him was understandable, and he didn't have any justifiable grounds to refute it.

Ye Yun thought for a moment.

The kittens have long since lost their original scent, and even if the mother cat came, she probably wouldn't recognize her kittens.

Leaving the mother cat outside to search for her kittens seems a bit unethical...

"Director Ye, I know Old Cat well. If you're willing to take it in, I'll catch it tonight and send it to you. Is that alright?"

"Please have some compassion and take in the old cat. It's obedient and affectionate. There are people around here who eat cat meat. If you don't take it in, I'm afraid it might get caught one day..."

"Then bring it to me."

Upon hearing his second sentence, Ye Yun's expression turned slightly cold, and she did not refuse again.

If the old cat doesn't recognize the kitten, she'll raise them separately. Besides, Tian Xiaohui also said that there are always rats at the pastry shop. If the old cat doesn't recognize the kitten, she can put it at the pastry shop to catch rats first.

The man was overjoyed to see Ye Yun agree.

“Great! In that case, Director Ye, Old Cat will come to my house looking for food at eight o’clock every night. I’ll catch him and bring him to you.”

"Can."

Ye Yun thought for a moment and then politely asked, "What's your name? I'll tell the security guard."

"Oh, my name is Xun Xiangbin!" The man looked flattered when asked his name, and excitedly gestured with his hands, saying, "Xun as in Xun Yu, Xiang as in direction, and Bin as in both literary and martial arts, Xun Xiangbin!"

Ye Yun was slightly taken aback.

After a two-second silence, she tentatively asked, "Xun... Xiang Bin?"

Xun Xiangbin nodded, "Yes!"

But soon, he noticed that Ye Yun's expression was growing colder, and a look of confusion appeared on her face. "Director Ye, what's wrong..."

Ye Yun's face visibly turned cold.

After a long silence, he let out a cold laugh: "So that's why you were so adept at abandoning the kitten. It turns out this isn't the first time you've done something as heartless and cold-blooded as abandoning and betraying."

"What?"

Xun Xiangbin was speechless.