Yu Yao is a detective who firmly believes in materialism, and she trusts supernatural things the least.
Yet, ever since she was little, she could hear strange things.
At the crime scene...
Yu Yao thought about it and thought of Shu Wen.
"Okay, then I'll go back first. If I'm free tomorrow, I'll come back to water the plants for you." Yu Yao waved her hand and stood up.
"We don't need you to water us! We have people to serve us! Don't come!" The delicate flowers shouted and unanimously rejected Yu Yao.
Yu Yao turned a deaf ear and continued riding her bicycle home.
"It's so rare for something happy to happen, but the only person I share it with is Shu Wen. I'm really terrible at interpersonal relationships."
"The little flowers aren't listening to me anymore," Yu Yao murmured as she pedaled her bike. "I'm pretty tired after going out today. I'm going to treat myself to a nice meal as a reward for my hard work. If I have a chance next time, I can ask Dr. Bai to go out for dinner with me."
While calculating, Yu Yao rode her bike to her favorite store.
After finishing the meal successfully, Yu Yao returned home. She was in a better mood after eating. She rushed into the room quickly, jumped into the house, and shouted excitedly.
"Let me tell you, I had a very happy experience today."
The room was very quiet, and no voice answered her.
"You are allowed to talk today! Come on, ask me what it is?" Yu Yao sat down on the chair in front of the computer desk, drinking some water to relieve her fatigue while looking around expectantly.
After two seconds of silence in the room, the magazine on the table made a sound.
"Is this the Doctor Bai you were talking about yesterday?"
Yu Yao's eyes lit up, "How did you know?"
"The only thing that's made you happy lately is this person. Didn't you go out with her today? You came back so happy and excited, it's probably because of her."
The magazine spoke in an orderly manner.
Yu Yao came to the table and rubbed the magazine with her fingers.
"I've been using you as a fan for so many years, but I didn't expect you to be so smart."
The magazine was silent for two seconds.
If books could roll their eyes, their expression would be quite pretty right now.
"I am a book after all. Although the content recorded is from many years ago, I still have a certain amount of knowledge and am cultured. Don't treat me as an ordinary piece of paper."
It is serious.
Yu Yao waved her hand and sat up straight, "Okay, I know you're smart."
"I did go out with Dr. Bai today. Anyway, something happened when we went out alone and came back."
The magazine thought again.
"Have you two been alone together?"
Yu Yao's cheeks flushed faintly, "How did you know?"
"Why else are you so excited? You don't even have the most basic space for two people, how can you be blushing and your heart beating fast? What are you happy about? What are you trying to achieve?"
Yu Yao pulled the corner of her mouth awkwardly, "That's right."
"So what happened to you guys?"
Yu Yao chuckled, "I touched Dr. Bai's paws today. His fingers are super thin, with distinct joints. They look really nice."
The magazine was silent for two seconds, as if it was somewhat disappointed with Yu Yao.
"I know you're obsessed with a lot of things, not just looks, but I didn't expect you'd even be obsessed with hands."
Yu Yao said confidently, "I love the whole family."
The magazine was speechless.
When it comes to being thick-skinned, Yu Yao is blessed with a natural talent.
"Then I also investigated some things about the recent case." Yu Yao moved closer to the table again, staring at the thin magazine on the table.
"I just want to ask you something. Have you ever seen an animal with a very spiritual aura?"
"I'm just a magazine, don't make things difficult for me."
“Aren’t you a cultured magazine?”
"From the time it was printed in the factory to the store, and then after you bought it, it spent the rest of its life gathering dust on your bookshelf. How would I know?"
Yu Yao nodded.
That makes some sense.
She turned her head and glanced elsewhere in the room, "What about you guys?"
Most of the items in the house have been replaced by Yu Yao, and she would replace some of the old items every few years when she moved.
There were not many people who could talk in the room, and the one who communicated with Yu Yao the most was this magazine.
The others are usually quiet and rarely speak.
"We're similar to magazines. We were only in the store for a short time before you bought us. So we probably stayed at your house longer."
Yu Yao scratched her head, "That's right."
"Ahem..." A small voice rang out from the corner of the room. "Actually, I do know..."
Yu Yao looked in the direction of the voice and saw a small object she had placed on top of the bookshelf. She remembered it was a cell phone that had been broken a few years ago. It was quite expensive to repair and she was a bit poor at the time, so she just left it there without repairing it.
Later I brought it here when I moved, put it on top and forgot about it.
"I remember I bought you the phone. You probably don't have the chance to go out like them, right?"
The small cell phone on the bookshelf made a weak sound.
"Actually... I bought it second-hand..."
Yu Yao was stunned and stood up from the chair.
"I remember it was quite expensive to buy you."
The old phone was silent for a moment. "Actually, I just changed the shell to a nice one. The components inside have been used by several owners."
Yu Yao was furious. "That unscrupulous businessman actually dared to cheat me."
"Because it broke shortly after I bought it, I didn't notice anything wrong. Later, when I used it, it started to jam and I thought it was broken."
The phone coughed lightly, "Anyway, since I've had several owners, I know more than anything else in the house."
Yu Yao sighed deeply, "What do you know about spiritual animals?"
"My former former owner worked at a zoo, so I'm lucky enough to know a little bit about the animals."
"Some intelligent animals will be able to speak like us, without time constraints."
Yu Yao nodded, she knew this.
Spiritual animals that can talk are far rarer than talking plants and objects.
Yu Yao only vaguely remembered encountering a cat when she was a child, but she never encountered one again after that.
Therefore, very little relevant information is known.
"The owner was working at the zoo at the time and was responsible for taking care of a giant panda."
"Hmm?" Yu Yao looked at the phone on the shelf blankly. "Are you sure your master works in a zoo?"
"That should be it. Anyway, it's a black and white giant panda. It's also an animal."
"Hmm..." Yu Yao didn't know where to start.
"At the time, I felt that communicating with it was no different from communicating with a human. The giant panda often complained to me that it wanted to live outside, but there was no one to take care of it outside, so it could only act cute and coquettishly in the zoo to make a living."
"It can talk, but animals that are too clever can cause discomfort to humans, so it often pretends to be an ordinary panda."
"But sometimes I can't help but reveal some minor problems, but no one cares."
Yu Yao nodded. "So spiritual animals are very similar to humans?"
"That's about it. After all, humans are animals too, we just have to be more rational."
"Yu Yao can also treat spiritual animals as half-humans."
Yu Yao touched her chin and said, "Maybe the little black cat can communicate well. If they can communicate, then there won't be a big problem."
"Is it the black cat that Yu Yao is worried about?" Another voice came from another corner of the room.
"Black cats are very different from pandas. Although they both have the word 'cat' in their names, black cats are more down-to-earth. According to rumors and legends in different places, they are actually more powerful."
The beautiful bracelet was placed on the table and she began to speak confidently.
"How is it more powerful?" Yu Yao looked over.
"What are some rumors about cats? They are very credible. If you are interested, Yu Yao can go check them out."
Yu Yao nodded slowly, staring at it in confusion. "Didn't I buy you from the jewelry store too? How do you know all this?"
The bracelet chuckled and said, "Actually, I'm also second-hand. I've had many masters before."
Yu Yao: ...
"Are there any other second-hand goods in the house? You can tell them all about them."
"Cough, cough, cough..." The guilty coughing sounds came one after another.
Yu Yao: ...
"I was wondering why so many things in my house become spirits within two years of being there. I thought it was just a problem with my constitution."
"How should I put it..." A calm voice sounded in the room, "Maybe it's because you, Yu Yao, look so easy to fool."
Yu Yao was speechless and choked with emotion.
"Okay... I'm going to take a shower first. I have something to do tomorrow. You guys should be quiet and stop talking."
"Okay." The voices in the room said in unison.
When Yu Yao thought about how much money she had wasted on some second-hand goods that were almost gone bad and brought them home, she burst into tears and choked up as she went into the bathroom.
The room was quiet for a while, and only after Yu Yao started to pee did a small sound come out.
“…It’s actually a physical problem.”
"Zheng Yuyao can hear our voices. It's more comfortable to be around her than with others. It's also fun to chat with her, even though she doesn't allow us to talk most of the time."
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When Yu Yao came out of the bathroom again, the room was already very quiet.
She glanced at her phone and quickly jumped onto the bed.
The latest message from Bai Fang was displayed on the phone screen, and it looked like it was sent before she took a shower.
[See you tomorrow at noon, good night]
Yu Yao lay in bed, chuckling, and prepared to reply to the message.
"It's been a while since I came out of the shower. I wonder if Dr. Bai has fallen asleep already."
"It's better not to disturb her sleep. We can see her tomorrow anyway."
She stared at the screen for a while, climbed out of bed to turn off the lights, then turned back to hold her phone and fell asleep with a smile on her face.
As the night deepened, Bai Fang returned to the sofa, wiping his hair.
There were several books spread out on the table, and a computer was turned on next to it. The pages and books displayed rumors about various black cats.
She sat down and took a look, then pushed her wet black hair back and stared at the contents of the computer page. Drops of water dripped down her shoulders, leaving a mark on the fluorescent light of the computer screen.
"Sure enough, there are quite a few records of rumors about black cats and spirits, but there are no reports of people possessed lying or behaving strangely."
"Wei Tian and Liang Wan, whose story is wrong?"
Bai Fangchuimou was in deep thought, drying his hair bit by bit with a towel.
While she was in a daze, she suddenly glanced at the mobile phone that was charging next to her. The screen of the phone was on and not turned off.
The chat box displayed above only contains the last message she sent.
Bai Fang picked up his phone and repeatedly scrolled through the pages twice, his brows slightly furrowed.
“…No reply?”
"At this time yesterday, he replied to messages very quickly."
Bai Fang sighed silently, put down his phone, wiped his hair with a towel, and frowned slightly as if he suddenly thought of something.
"Based on her usual attitude, she wouldn't fail to reply to messages. Could she have encountered some danger on the way back?"
"Did you encounter some thugs or get robbed?"
She poked her brow, which was furrowed in annoyance.
"She looks so easy to deceive. She might have been kidnapped..."
Thinking of this, Bai Fang picked up the phone again. His finger paused on the message editing page for a long time, then switched to the phone page and dialed Yu Yao.
When the cell phone rang, Yu Yao was still half asleep. She didn't even check the caller ID and just swiped to answer the call.
He mumbled a sleepy response.
“Um…who is it…?”
Listening to the sleepy voice on the other end of the phone, Bai Fang pulled the corners of his mouth helplessly and hung up the phone silently.
"I fell asleep..."