"Eat—eat—"

Liu Shengrui is particularly persistent.

The kitten forced itself to eat a few bites, but then couldn't eat anymore, so it meowed and rubbed against Liu Shengrui's leg, trying to win his affection.

"Meow—meow meow—"

The kitten rubbed its head against Liu Shengrui's leg and then climbed onto it, seemingly wanting to get close to him.

"Hmm!"

Liu Shengrui found it extremely novel.

Seeing the kitten climbing onto his lap, he suddenly had an idea.

"Hold hands!" Liu Shengrui suddenly said, then grabbed the kitten's front paws and forcibly pulled it to stand up.

"Meow—" The sound turned shrill!

Because Liu Shengrui was using a lot of force, he thought he was holding hands, but for the kitten, its front paws were being pulled very painfully. However, it couldn't break free from Liu Shengrui's grasp at all and could only keep meowing to express its dissatisfaction and discomfort.

Unfortunately, Liu Shengrui obviously couldn't understand it.

Even if they understand, it doesn't necessarily mean they'll do what the kitten wants.

"Hold hands!"

"Meow meow meow—"

The kitten kept making pitiful cries, but because the cries were so cute, they didn't attract the attention of the adults in the family. They all thought that Liu Shengrui was just playing a game with the kitten, and that making a little noise was normal.

The kitten's increasingly urgent and pitiful cries were like a perfect stimulant to Liu Shengrui's ears.

He probably didn't even realize that he would get very excited when he heard that sound.

Thus, a vicious cycle begins.

The more pitifully the kitten cried, the harder Liu Shengrui "held its hand".

"Meow meow meow—"

"Meow--"

The kitten couldn't break free at all and was completely manipulated by Liu Shengrui. He could make it hold his hand, make it stand up, and make it eat.

In short, it doesn't resemble a pet; it's more like a living toy.

They were to be completely controlled and manipulated by Liu Shengrui.

Liu Shengrui only released the kitten's front paws after he had played with it enough.

The kitten collapsed onto the ground.

Perhaps because it had just been brought home, the kitten was unfamiliar with the place and felt insecure. Even though it was very uncomfortable, it still wanted to please Liu Shengrui, so it forced itself to go over and continue rubbing against his leg, trying to get close to him with its head. However—

"Smack—"

In return, Liu Shengrui slapped the kitten on the head.

The kitten was knocked to the ground!

"Hehe! This is fun!"

By sheer chance, a new world opened up before me.

Liu Shengrui discovered a new and fun way to interact with the cat: hitting its head or body.

"Get down!"

"Get down!"

While hitting him, Liu Shengrui kept yelling for the kitten to lie down, seemingly wanting the kitten to cooperate with him.

There was no need for cooperation at all, because Liu Shengrui exerted so much force that the kitten, which was so big, had no choice but to lie down; it simply couldn't withstand the strain.

After several rounds, the kitten was completely exhausted.

"Meow—" The kitten's meows became weak and listless as it lay on the ground.

They played like this for a long time, until Liu Shengrui lost interest in the lying-down game again, and he finally stopped and just stroked the cat's back.

When the kitten was first gently stroked, its body was still tense—

It's already terrified of being beaten, and its subconscious instinct is that it will be beaten again.

So when the gentle stroking landed on its back, the kitten couldn't believe it and let out a pitiful cry.

After being bullied for so long without any adult standing up for justice, Liu Shengrui suddenly became "gentle," so Mo Youyou and Zhang Cuihua went to the living room to see how Liu Shengrui was playing with the kitten.

"Xiao Rui, are you having fun playing with the kitten?" Mo Youyou asked, squatting down next to her son. She looked the kitten over and wondered, "Why does it look so listless? Is it a sick kitten?"

"It shouldn't be! It's probably just tired from playing. Besides, kittens don't have much stamina, that's normal!" Zhang Cuihua said.

The kitten is so wronged!

"Hmm, maybe..." Mo Youyou didn't pay much attention and stared at her son, asking, "Did you have fun? Do you like kittens?"

"I like it, it's fun!" Liu Shengrui was especially happy.

How could it not be fun?

"I knew it! Xiao Rui would definitely get along well with the kitten. It was definitely the right decision to buy it!" Mo Youyou was also very happy, feeling that this incident provided strong evidence to refute the claim that Liu Shengrui was Chao Xiong.

"Our Xiao Rui takes such good care of the kitten. Xiao Rui is the most loving person, isn't she?!" Zhang Cuihua coaxed the child, "Xiao Rui is such a gentle and kind child, how could she be...?"

Zhang Cuihua didn't dare mention the name Chaoxiong, feeling it was unlucky.

"Exactly, only those brainless people would be led astray. To put it bluntly, they're just jealous of our Xiao Rui. Do they really think no one can see through their little schemes?" Mo Youyou said disdainfully.

"Kitty." Liu Shengrui gently stroked the kitten's back.

If you look closely, you can see the kitten trembling.

But both Mo Youyou and Zhang Cuihua looked at Liu Shengrui with eyes full of love, completely unaware of the kitten's subtle trembling.

"Fun, so much fun!" Liu Shengrui was especially happy.

Even so, the military wives in the compound were still very wary of Liu Shengrui and did not allow their children to play with him.

Just like last time, everyone was having a good time, but when Mo Youyou and Liu Shengrui appeared, everyone immediately scattered like birds and beasts. This has happened more than once.

Mo Youyou finally understood.

"Hmph, if you don't want to play with us, then don't play with us. Do you think we're special?" Mo Youyou was very stubborn. She didn't think much of the military wives who accompanied the soldiers.

In Mo Youyou's view, a military family like hers is the only one with a truly righteous and upright lineage.

As for those military wives who accompanied their husbands, it was only because their husbands hadn't achieved much in the countryside, and they happened to join the army, and then happened to get promoted and allocated housing in the family compound, that they had the opportunity to live in the same family compound as people like her.

Ultimately, it was they who lowered her standards.

She hasn't even complained yet, but these people are already putting on airs; they're really making a big deal out of nothing.

“That’s right, we don’t need to care at all. The more we care, the happier those people might be behind our backs. We shouldn’t give them any attention.” Zhang Cuihua agreed with Mo Youyou’s words.

Although she said it well, Mo Youyou was still bothered by it in her heart.

She can only be the one to dislike others first, and then others will dislike her. Why should they?

In the end, it probably all came down to that argument with Su Yueya before, when she mentioned the name Chaoxiong, which was overheard by the other military wives.

This is what caused the military wives to suddenly reject Liu Shengrui.

“What do those military wives know? How could they possibly understand what Chaoxiong means?” Zhang Cuihua said.