Chapter 19 The Cat Cult Makes Great Contributions; Cats Gather in the Ward

Yaohai City Workers' Hospital.

Gu Yiliu waited on the hospital lawn for half a day before a stray cat finally came to eat the food she had prepared.

She beckoned to the kitten, "Mimi, can you come here for a second? I need to ask you something."

The tabby cat, who was eating, paused briefly upon hearing the sound, then continued eating. It planned to leave after finishing its meal.

"Mimi?" Gu Yiliu called out again.

The tabby cat thought it had had enough, bent down to lick its fur, and prepared to run away. However, before leaving, it glanced at the woman who had given it food.

Give it some to eat, okay.

I don't know if people are good or bad.

Gu Yiliu watched the tabby cat leave, clicked her tongue, and grew impatient to wait any longer. She looked around, took out a rope, and pulled it. The rope's softness changed; it became very elastic and could even bend when patted in the hand.

Gu Yiliu threw it directly at the tabby cat, accurately catching its round body.

"Meow!" You bad woman, let me go!

The tabby cat hissed fiercely, and Gu Yiliu picked it up with one hand. "You were just saying I was a good person, and now I'm a bad woman?"

"Meow!" You wicked woman!

Gu Yiliu pinched its mouth with his free hand. The little fat cat was all flesh, even its cheeks were very chubby. "Try calling me a bad woman again?"

The tabby cat opened its mouth and bit down on Gu Yiliu's household registration, but froze after biting down because it was too hard and its teeth hurt.

"Meow..." This time, the sound was much weaker.

Why is it so hard?

"That's right, my hands are harder than iron."

The tabby cat suddenly realized something, and its fur stood on end.

"Meow!" How do you know what I'm saying?!

“I understand.” Gu Yiliu stroked its shiny head. “That’s why I called you over just now, because you weren’t cooperating.”

The tabby cat's eyes widened in shock as it stared at Gu Yiliu.

What's your name?

"Mimi." That's what everyone calls Mimi.

"Meow meow meow," who are you?

Mimi arched her back warily, but Gu Yiliu gently pressed her down.

"My name is Gu Yiliu. I'm a police officer. I've been asked to help find someone. Don't be afraid. If you help me, I'll find you a place where you'll never have to worry about food or drink. Is that alright?"

The tabby cat glanced at her, swishing its long tail from side to side, and finally carefully observed Gu Yiliu's reaction before gently climbing onto her wrist.

"Mimi, about a month ago, on the night of June 6th, did you see anyone acting suspiciously at the hospital, like someone carrying a child?" Gu Yiliu changed from lifting to holding, gently stroking the tabby cat's fur.

The tabby cat's stiff body slowly softened, and it lay obediently in her arms, occasionally letting out a purring sound.

"Meow!" I don't know, I can't remember.

Can't remember? Gu Yiliu thought for a moment, "I'll take you to see someone. Ask her about her scent, see if it's familiar, and then try to remember carefully."

Cats are very intelligent animals, especially stray cats living near hospitals, which are full of spirituality.

"Gurgle gurgle"

The tabby cat didn't meow or speak, but the sounds of enjoyment indicated that it appreciated Gu Yiliu's petting and obeyed his instructions.

Gu Yiliu took the tabby cat to see Xu Chengxiu. The tabby cat, like a little mouse, actually sniffed Xu Chengxiu's scent very carefully.

Xu Guancun watched quietly. Xu Chengxiu, seeing this, was not only excited but also deeply moved. The two siblings now only hoped that the tabby cat could learn something.

But to their disappointment, the tabby cat looked up at Xu Chengxiu, then shook its head at Gu Yiliu.

The light in Xu Chengxiu's eyes vanished instantly. Xu Guancun couldn't help but feel disappointed; he couldn't bear to look into his sister's eyes.

"Meow meow meow"

"Meow meow meow"

"Meow meow meow"

I'm not familiar with them, but there are other cats. I wonder if they are familiar with them?

Officer Gu, do you want to see other Mimi?

I know a lot of cats.

Gu Yiliu relayed Mimi's words to the Xu siblings.

“We can call them over!” Xu Chengxiu finally spoke. Her heart was pounding.

Overwhelmed with emotion, she felt a little dizzy and looked at Xu Guancun. "Brother, I want to eat something."

Xu Guancun nodded quickly. This was the first time his sister had asked for something to eat since the child went missing. "I'll go buy some!"

“Go and call Mom and Dad, and the baby’s dad too. I think we can find the child today.” Xu Chengxiu thought that if there was a chance to find the murderer who stole the child, she hoped they could all witness it.

"Yes, she will, she definitely will." Xu Guancun hoped that she would be like this, not averse to seeing people or eating.

After his nephew was stolen, his little niece was taken home to be raised. His sister didn't want to see her husband, and they would argue every time they met. Xu Guancun knew that his sister was sad and resented everyone. He heard his sister crying and complaining many times at night, wondering why she was pregnant with twins and how much better it would have been if there was only one.

"Then I'll have Mimi call the other cats to this ward," Gu Yiliu said after the brother and sister had finished speaking.

Xu Chengxiu nodded, tightly gripping her cold hands.

Mimi yelled and ran out.

So, people on every floor of the hospital could see a cat patrolling the corridors, like a king of the cats surveying his territory. It would meow as it walked, and if a cat responded, it would meow twice more. It would wait in place for a while, and then everyone would see another cat come out.

The hospitalized patients and their families couldn't help but be curious about the kitten.

"Whose cat is this? What's it doing?"

"It must be calling to other cats. You see, when a cat responds, it stops and waits for that cat."

After observing for a while, everyone found that it was indeed the case.

"Why are there so many cats in the hospital?"

"They must be stray kittens that have gathered at the hospital. If someone gives them a bite to eat, they will gather in larger numbers."

That makes sense.

Curious family members followed the kittens and eventually discovered that they had all gone to a ward in the maternity department.

Groups of family members walked to the ward door and were shocked by what they saw. There was a group of cats in the ward.

"1, 2, 3, 4... 16, 17, 18, there are 18 cats."

"What is this for?"

Everyone shook their heads, listening to the cats meowing in the ward.

One of the family members happened to be a reporter. She looked around the room and didn't recognize the people in bed or the men, but she recognized the person surrounded by a dozen cats.

She stared at Gu Yiliu for a long time, watching her interact with the group of cats. It seemed that they could speak animal language, and she suddenly thought of someone.

Gu Yiliu. Yang was stunned by this information, a huge sense of joy welling up inside him.

With her keen journalistic instincts, she immediately ran to the public phone area and made a call to her workplace. Then she rushed back to the ward door to watch the interaction between the patient and the cats.

"Meow meow meow"

"Meow meow meow"

Officer Gu, can you really understand what we're saying? You understand everything I'm saying right now?

Officer Gu, I heard from Mimi that since you were able to settle us down and you need our help, how can we help you?

Gu Yiliu nodded, "I understand." She pointed to Xu Chengxiu on the hospital bed, "You need to find a one-month-old baby, smell her scent, and then try to recall if you remember that scent."

"Meow meow meow" Okay, I'll do it.

A black and white cat volunteered and stepped forward first, raising its tail high and strutting around the bedside, its three whiskers twitching on either side of its mouth.

"Meow meow meow," Officer Gu, I remember this smell, but I don't have much of an impression of it.

Xu Chengxiu looked at Gu Yiliu, "What did it say?"

"Meow meow meow!" But I can help you find it in every ward!

The black and white cat raised its little head, looking very confident.

Gu Yiliu said, "It said it could help you find people in each ward."

A hint of moisture flashed in Xu Chengxiu's eyes. "Thank you, but the child should have already left the hospital. We searched for the child immediately after the loss, but we couldn't find him."

Gu Yiliu didn't know how to comfort her; all she could do was communicate.

"Let it go look for it first," Gu Yiliu said. Xu Chengxiu nodded, and the black and white cat immediately ran out of the ward.

Several more cats approached the hospital bedside, sniffing Xu Chengxiu's scent.

Without exception, they had "no impression" of her scent.

This is actually quite normal. Hospitals are crowded with people every day, and there are all sorts of disinfectant smells. If a cat recognizes the smell of a particular brand of disinfectant, it must have been exposed to it before.

But none of these cats had ever been in contact with Heo Sung-soo.

As more and more cats shook their heads, Gu Yiliu glanced apologetically at Xu Chengxiu and Xu Guancun.

Outside the ward, Yang's colleagues, whom he had notified, had arrived. He glanced at the ward and thought, "It really is Gu Yiliu." He excitedly raised his camera and quickly snapped a photo.

Four or five cats were looking up at Gu Yiliu, and he guessed they were talking.

He planned to talk to the others about the photos later, mainly because he felt that he shouldn't disturb the people inside right now.

"I've already thought of a title: 'The Cat Cult Makes a Great Contribution,'" Yang Yin said.

"How so?"

“I just asked the woman in the next ward. Her baby was stolen, and she has never given up looking for her child. She hasn’t been transferred to another hospital in order to find her child,” Yang Yin said.

In the ward, Xu Chengxiu was crying. She only ate two bites of the food that Xu Guancun had just bought and then stopped eating.

Gu Yiliu looked at the cat, and everyone meowed dejectedly because they hadn't been able to help Gu Yiliu and Xu Chengxiu.

The human cubs know that those who steal human cubs are despicable.

The only sound in the quiet ward was crying, until a thin orange cat, after smelling Xu Chengxiu and Xu Guancun's scent, suddenly let out a sharp cry, its voice filled with anger, and its fur stood on end.

"What's wrong?" Gu Yiliu asked quickly. "Does it remind you of anything?"

Xu Chengxiu immediately stopped crying and looked at the angry orange cat.

"Meow meow meow!" the orange cat meowed at Gu Yiliu.

That person kicked me, kicked me down the stairs from the third floor, and broke my leg.

Gu Yiliu then noticed that the skinny little orange cat's hind legs looked broken.

She then repeated what the orange cat had said to the Xu siblings.

"The stairs to the third floor? This floor is the third floor."

"Did he hold the baby that day?" Xu Guancun asked nervously, looking at the orange cat.

The orange cat let out a short meow.

"have!"

"Meow meow meow!" I remember her scent! I need to check other wards; if she's still in the hospital, I can confirm it's him.

"Okay!" Xu Chengxiu's face flushed with excitement.

"Little orange cat, please take the other cats with you to look for it. Thank you for your help," Gu Yiliu said.

A group of cats meowed a few times, as if they were chanting a slogan in unison, and then ran out of the ward.

It was quite a sight to see 18 cats running out of the ward at once.

Yang knew her report was going to be a success, so she instructed her colleague, "You go and film it, I need to go and tell the family."

"The cat cult has done a great service!" Yang clenched his fist excitedly and knocked on the ward door.

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Synopsis: He Xiaocui is 20 years old. Her parents told her that they are getting old and it should be her turn to be the head of the family as their only daughter.

The first major thing He Xiaocui did after taking charge of the household was to find a son-in-law who was willing to move in with her family.

Just as she was looking for someone, the village secretary heard about it and approached her.

He Xiaocui thought the village party secretary, this old-fashioned man, was going to lecture her, but it turned out he was there to introduce her to a son-in-law.

"Xiao Cui, what do you think of this man as your son-in-law?" The village secretary pushed the man forward.

“I found this man in the mountains. He is strong and hardworking, so he is perfect to be your son-in-law.”

The man was dressed strangely, but he was handsome. He Xiaocui was particularly attracted to his well-developed biceps, so she asked him to demonstrate his strength. The next second, the man easily lifted a cow with both hands.

He Xiaocui's eyes lit up, and she immediately took him home. With him, how could she not become rich!

——

Meng Zhangzhang was seriously injured and fell into a coma. When he opened his eyes, he found himself in a country called Huaguo.

Upon his arrival, he was packaged up like a piece of merchandise and handed over to a woman, "..."

A general who commands the three armies, when has he ever been so wronged!

Later, Meng Zhangzhang actually fell in love with it.