Chapter 85 Do you want to see his...ghost?

After hearing Gu Nian'an's answer, Zhong Wan turned to the father and daughter who were still standing downstairs and invited them, "Come up first."

"OK."

Carrying Niu Niu, Lü Guodong walked up the stairs step by step, his heart gradually tightening with nervousness.

The higher you go, the more noticeable the coolness becomes. It's not the refreshing coolness of air conditioning; rather, it's a chilling, bone-deep feeling.

Niu Niu clearly felt the chill. She hugged her father's neck tightly with both hands, buried her face in his neck, and whispered in his ear, "Daddy... is brother really on top?"

Lu Guodong held Niu Niu tightly in his arms, swallowed unconsciously, and said in a slightly dry voice, "Yes, brother is up there."

He carried Niu Niu upstairs, and looking at the antique yet cozy decorations, and then at the cat-themed paradise, he instantly felt a sense of relief.

Lu Guodong glanced at Zhong Wan, then at the man sitting at the table, and at the orange cat lying on the table. He didn't see anyone else.

His heart sank instantly, and he lowered his eyes in disappointment.

As expected, the tales of ghosts and spirits are ultimately too absurd.

Lu Guodong gave a self-deprecating twitch of his lips. He should have known sooner; after all, he had a wife working in the public sector at home.

He couldn't help but sigh inwardly, then composed himself.

He forced a smile and greeted Zhong Wan, "Hello, Boss Zhong, I'm Lü Guodong."

"This is my daughter, Lü Ziyi, whose nickname is Niu Niu."

Upon seeing them come up, Zhong Wan and Lin Yan'an stood up.

She, of course, also noticed the fleeting disappointment in his eyes.

Zhong Wan glanced at Gu Nian'an standing to the side, then looked at Lü Guodong and introduced, "Hello Mr. Lü, hello Niu Niu."

"I am Zhong Wan,"

“This is my husband, Lin Yanan, and our cat son, Zhong Suisui.”

Lin Yan'an nodded slightly in acknowledgment. Zhong Suisui sat upright on the table in front of the two, leisurely swishing her tail. When she heard her name, her cat eyes curved slightly, and she gently meowed at Lü Guodong and Niu Niu.

Meow~

Zhong Wan introduced them one by one, and then invited them, "Please sit down, let's sit down and talk."

Lu Guodong carried Niu Niu over, and the others sat down one after another.

Lin Yan'an glanced at Niu Niu in his arms, then gently patted Zhong Suisui's head: "Go get Niu Niu a bottle of yogurt."

【Meow~ I know.】

Zhong Suisui obediently turned around and jumped down.

When they suddenly heard a cat speak, Lu Guodong and his daughter were already startled. What stunned them even more was...

Zhong Suisui turned around and leaped... she actually jumped into thin air?!

The two stared wide-eyed as it merrily ran through the air to the refrigerator and took out a yogurt.

Lu Guodong became instantly excited.

Since arriving at this desolate and eerie shop, his emotions had been in turmoil.

Now his eyes are filled with hope.

Seeing the orange cat dragging the yogurt towards him from afar, he quickly looked at Zhong Wan and the other person opposite him.

With expectant eyes, he asked, "Mr. Zhong, Mr. Lin..."

Zhong Wan glanced at his expectant eyes, then at Niu Niu, who had been unusually quiet since going upstairs.

At first, I didn't feel anything strange, except that the child was a little too thin.

But later she discovered that Niu Niu seemed unusually...slow to react to the outside world?

Her father was very excited when he heard Zhong Suisui speak, but Niu Niu remained calm until she saw Zhong Suisui return from afar carrying yogurt, at which point her eyes showed emotion.

Lin Yan'an reached out and picked one up, placing it in front of Niu Niu. Looking at her, he said gently, "It's a little cold. Niu Niu can let it sit for a while before drinking it."

Niu Niu glanced at him timidly, then looked at Zhong Sui Sui, who was already lying opposite her, licking her paws. She was both curious and afraid, her little hands clutching her father's clothes tightly.

Seeing this, Lü Guodong raised his hand and rubbed her head, a hint of pain flashing in his eyes: "Niu Niu, drink it."

Niu Niu nodded slowly: "Thank you... Uncle."

Lin Yan'an smiled slightly and shook his head gently as he looked at her.

"Thanks."

Lu Guodong nodded his thanks, picked up his teacup, and took a sip.

Zhong Wan lowered her eyes, pushed the drawing paper in front of her over, and looked at Lü Guodong in a deep voice, "Take a look at this first."

Is the person in the picture above the one you're looking for?

Lu Guodong was taken aback upon hearing this. He looked down, puzzled, and saw the thin-faced boy above him. Seeing his familiar features, he instantly became excited.

"Yes, yes, that's him!"

"Where is his... soul..."

Before he could finish his question, in the instant he looked up, he caught a glimpse of a transparent figure slowly appearing on his right.

Lu Guodong suddenly turned his head, his pupils contracting.

My eyes instantly welled up with tears after I saw it clearly...

Niu Niu looked up at her father, puzzled, then followed his gaze. Her eyes filled with confusion, she reached out and tightly gripped his sleeve, her voice timid as she said, "Daddy..."

"Why,"

Lu Guodong quickly snapped out of his daze, looked down at Niu Niu with a slightly choked voice, and asked, "Niu Niu..."

"Dad saw your brother, you..."

"elder brother?"

"Um,"

"Do you want to see his...ghost?"

Ghosts? A word that would scare children just by hearing it.

Gu Nian'an lowered her eyes, pursing her lips to hide the complex emotions within.

Unexpectedly, Niu Niu's voice became excited. She gripped her father's sleeve tightly with both hands and asked expectantly, "Niu Niu wants to!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Nian'an immediately looked up in surprise, staring at Niu Niu with disbelief in her eyes.

Suddenly, those previously vacant eyes were filled with anticipation.

"Niu Niu wants to see her brother!"

Her voice was youthful yet firm, and perhaps because she hadn't spoken in a long time, it was slightly hoarse.

Lu Guodong nodded quickly: "Okay, okay."

He quickly looked up at Zhong Wan and Lin Yan'an, and asked expectantly, "Mr. Zhong, Mr. Lin, how can we let Niu Niu see the little hero too?"

As he spoke, he looked at what was in front of him and asked with some excited confusion, "Should I offer her tea or let her look at the painting?"

After all, it seems like he's only done these two things since he arrived here.

You saw a ghost so easily?

Seeing that he picked up his teacup after speaking, Zhong Wan quickly said, "Just let Niu Niu look at the painting."

"Okay, okay."

Lü Guodong quickly put down the cup, picked up the painting, and handed it to Niu Niu.

Niu Niu looked at the familiar faces on the screen, and tears instantly streamed down her face.

She raised her hand and gripped the drawing paper tightly, her little mouth pouting, and she sobbed, saying intermittently, "Waaah..."

"It's my brother!"

Perhaps because she was small and her hands were small, the piece of paper she was tightly holding fell off the moment she picked up the drawing paper.

It fell onto the table with a "thud".

Niu Niu was taken aback, then quickly reached out and picked it up, carefully examining it. Only after seeing that her eyebrow wasn't damaged did she breathe a sigh of relief.

Zhong Wan and Lin Yan'an looked at them with some confusion.

Lu Guodong explained with a wry smile, "This fell out of the pocket of the little hero who was protecting Niu Niu the day she had the accident..."

He sighed as he spoke, "She holds onto it every day, but her mother won't give it to her even if she asks."

As if remembering something, he quickly added, "Oh right, her mother is a police officer."

Gu Nian'an's eyes widened instantly upon seeing the fragment; she... no, she became quite excited, her voice trembling with emotion.

"A fragment! That fragment is mine, from the toy my dad left me..."

"That toy that my cousin broke..."