Just as he was destined to find Xiaomi sooner or later, Liu Shengrui was destined to catch Xiaomi sooner or later.

And after going through all sorts of hardships to find Xiaomi, his desire to "bully" Xiaomi became even stronger, and he even felt that it was a "reward".

"Gotcha, huh?" Liu Shengrui said smugly.

"Meow—" The little kitten, whose neck was being grabbed, was in despair and could only keep meowing for help.

But Zhang Cuihua was diligently mopping the floor, and Liu Dekai and Mo Youyou were not home, so it could only let Liu Shengrui do whatever he wanted to it.

"Xiao Mi, are you still going to hide?"

"Do you still dare to disobey me?"

I'm going to teach you a lesson!

I'll teach you a lesson!

These little phrases were all learned by Liu Shengrui from other military wives.

Sometimes when we go out, we see military wives disciplining their naughty children, whipping their bottoms with small twigs while muttering something similar.

Liu Shengrui had encountered and heard about it a few times, so he imitated it.

"I'll hit you! That'll teach you to behave!" With that, Liu Shengrui slapped Xiaomi hard across the body.

"Meow—" Little Mimi reacted instantly, arching her entire body, "Meow—meow—"

The increasingly urgent shouts only fueled Liu Shengrui's excitement.

"You're still yelling?! You're still yelling?!"

"You're disobedient! I'll hit you!"

"Smack—"

Slap after slap, the more pitiful Xiaomi cried out, the less Liu Shengrui could stop. He loved the feeling of completely controlling and dominating Xiaomi, which made him feel omnipotent.

I'll hit you!

"Little Mimi, will you be good? Will you be good!"

Xiao Mi couldn't speak at all, so even if it wanted to beg for mercy, Liu Shengrui couldn't understand it. Therefore, what awaited it was endless beatings and scoldings.

But Liu Shengrui's hands are also made of flesh and blood, and they hurt quite a bit after being hit so many times.

He felt he hadn't had enough, hadn't trained the kitten properly, and needed to continue training it, which meant he had to keep hitting it.

"My hands hurt a little..." Liu Shengrui rubbed his hands, his eyes glancing at the toys he had neglected lately.

Oh, right, you can use toys to hit them!

Just like those military wives who use small twigs to spank their children, he didn't use his own hands. He didn't have small twigs, but he had many toys, and the effect was the same.

"Hit him again! Hit him again!"

At first, Xiao Mi would keep meowing to beg for mercy, but later, after being beaten so badly that it was almost on the verge of death, it didn't even have the strength to meow anymore and could only lie on the ground.

"What, you've become famous?"

Liu Shengrui was very curious. Xiaomi was always white with some black markings, a black and white tabby cat. How could it suddenly have red markings?

"Xiao Mi, you're red!" Liu Shengrui exclaimed as if he had discovered a new continent, reaching out to touch the red part.

Then, his fingers were stained red!

It turns out that Xiao Mi was actually beaten by Liu Shengrui until she bled!

"Red, red!" Liu Shengrui became more and more excited, his eyes sparkling as he stared at the red on his fingertip and then at the red on Xiaomi's body.

Just then, Zhang Cuihua, having finished mopping one room, passed through the living room, intending to wash the mop, when her eyes swept across the room—

She didn't notice the bloodstains on Xiaomi's body immediately, but instead saw the bloodstains on her eldest grandson's fingers first.

Zhang Cuihua was terrified.

"Xiao Rui!" She threw down the mop and rushed to her eldest grandson's side, squatted down, grabbed his hand anxiously, and stared at his fingers. "Xiao Rui, what happened to you? How did you get hurt? Why is your finger bleeding?"

Zhang Cuihua looked around, thinking that since there was blood, there should be bloodstains.

“Xiao Mi.” Liu Shengrui calmly pointed to the kitten.

Zhang Cuihua then looked at Xiaomi and noticed that Xiaomi also had blood on her body, so it was Xiaomi who was injured, not Xiao Rui.

She breathed a brief sigh of relief.

Thankfully, it wasn't her precious grandson who got hurt!

"Xiao Rui, why is Xiaomi bleeding? What happened to it?" Zhang Cuihua asked.

Liu Shengrui's eyes darted around.

Even when he bullies Xiaomi, he won't do it in front of his family, so it's absolutely impossible for him to have caused Xiaomi to bleed.

"Um... Xiaomi, she ran around and fell down, and she's bleeding," Liu Shengrui explained.

Zhang Cuihua didn't think much of it, let alone suspect anything.

My eldest grandson said he fell and got injured, so he fell and got injured. There's nothing more to say about that.

However, Zhang Cuihua still felt a little sorry for her.

Firstly, a kitten is a life too, and quite lovable, especially since it's the eldest grandson's favorite; secondly, they paid money to buy this kitten, so they have to take good care of it.

"Come here, Xiaomi, Grandma will treat your wound." Zhang Cuihua carefully picked up Xiaomi and went to find the first-aid kit at home.

Liu Shengrui watched as his grandmother took Xiaomi away, blinking in confusion, but said nothing, just watching quietly.

At first, Xiao Mi didn't understand what Zhang Cuihua meant, but when Zhang Cuihua took it away, allowing it to escape Liu Shengrui's clutches for a short time, it was extremely grateful.

I am not only grateful, but also feel very at ease.

Everyone in the family is normal, except for Liu Shengrui.

So as long as she's not with Liu Shengrui, Xiaomi is okay with it.

"Don't move around. It might sting a little when I apply this medicine, but I need to disinfect it first. Otherwise, if it gets infected, you could die..." Zhang Cuihua said, gently wetting a cotton ball with alcohol and then wiping Xiaomi's bleeding wound.

"Meow—" Little Mimi struggled instantly.

It hurts so much!

It was even more painful than being abused by Liu Shengrui.

Just as Xiao Mi was about to struggle and run away, Zhang Cuihua pinned her down.

"Ouch, I know it hurts, but if we don't disinfect it, you'll get an infection. Be good, it won't hurt in a bit." Zhang Cuihua was quite patient in coaxing Xiaomi, after all, it was something the family had spent money on.

"Meow—" Little Mi struggled but couldn't move, and could only silently endure it.

Fortunately, the irritation from the alcohol was temporary. After disinfection, Zhang Cuihua applied medicine to Xiaomi and bandaged it up simply, and the pain subsided.

"Meow--"

Xiao Mi was grateful. Although it was in a lot of pain at first, Zhang Cuihua's actions made it realize that Zhang Cuihua was saving it, so it obediently cooperated.

After Zhang Cuihua bandaged it up, it gently rubbed its head against Zhang Cuihua's hand and meowed to express its gratitude.

The soft little head rubbed against her palm, and Zhang Cuihua thought the little kitten was really quite adorable.

No wonder Xiao Rui likes Xiaomi so much; the little thing is really adorable.

"Xiao Mi, you have to be good!" Zhang Cuihua said, petting the cat while speaking softly to it, not caring whether Xiao Mi could understand. "Get along well with Xiao Rui, don't run around and jump. Look at you, you've fallen and hurt yourself. It hurts so much. In the end, you're the one who suffers."