Chen Cheng's face darkened, and he flicked Shatang's forehead with his finger: "Sit up!"

Shatang struggled to get up from the bed and sat down, but ended up lying down again; he helped Shatang lean against the wall, but she lazily slid back into the quilt.

Chen Cheng couldn't help but hold his forehead with his hand. It turned out that the cat girl was also liquid?

"Master..." Having just woken up, Shatang, who was already dull due to illness, became even duller. In Shen Cheng's eyes, she looked a little silly and cute.

Seeing Shatang patting the side of the pillow, he said, "Sit here..."

After a moment of hesitation, Shen Cheng moved his butt to the pillow: "What's wrong?"

Under Shen Cheng's puzzled gaze, the quilt-wrapped sugar squirmed twice like a catworm, then slowly crawled out of the quilt and crawled into Shen Cheng's arms, resting the back of her head on Shen Cheng's chest, sniffing her nose, with a look of satisfaction on her face.

Seeing that the sugar was about to slide down again, Shen Cheng subconsciously reached out to hold it.

“…” The delicate body pressed tightly against him, the scent of grass lingering on his nose, and the furry touch of cat ears brushing against his chin made Shen Cheng sigh.

Charming? Sorry, with this silly and stupid looking Sugar in his arms, Shen Cheng couldn't have such thoughts. He just felt like an old father.

"Ah——" Sugar opened her mouth again, and Chen Cheng scooped up a spoonful of brown sugar water and put it into her mouth.

Seeing the sugar shake its ears in satisfaction, Shen Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, then he stirred it in the bowl twice and scooped out another spoonful of brown sugar water.

Spoon after spoon, the bowl of brown sugar water was soon empty. Shen Cheng was about to ask Shatang if he wanted another bowl, but he saw that Shatang was breathing evenly and had fallen asleep.

Smiling silently, Chen Cheng put the empty bowl aside, carefully picked up the sugar, and placed it on the pillow without waking the sugar up.

After gently covering Shatang with a blanket, Chen Cheng sat at the head of the bed and looked at Shatang for a while. After confirming that she would not wake up for a while, he slowly got up and prepared to deal with the brown sugar water in the pot before coming back.

"Woo..." Just as Shen Cheng touched the door handle, he heard a sudden sobbing sound that sounded like mourning and fear coming from behind him.

Turning around, I saw that Shatang's eyes were tightly closed, tears were faintly visible. One hand reached out from under the quilt and tightly grasped the sheet. She must have had a nightmare. She kept mumbling, "It's so dark... so scary... save me..."

"..." Shen Cheng, who placed his hand on the door handle, was stunned for a moment, his thoughts a little confused.

After coming to his senses, Chen Cheng quickly walked back to the bed and reached out to hold Shatang's soft hand that was tightly grasping the sheets.

It was very soft and tender, covered with a layer of fine sweat, making it a little cool.

The moment she felt the warmth of Chen Cheng's palm, Shatang felt as if she had found a ray of warm light in the endless coldness and darkness. She quickly grasped it tightly with both hands, and at the same time put her forehead on the back of Chen Cheng's hand. She curled up into a ball, and her whole body surrounded Chen Cheng's outstretched palm, as if it was a bonfire in the extremely cold winter.

As if he had caught Shatang's fear in her memories, Shen Cheng couldn't help but feel a touch of pity in his heart. He stretched out his free hand and gently stroked Shatang's soft white hair, trying to comfort Shatang.

As Shen Cheng moved, Shatang's trembling gradually subsided, and she finally calmed down. Her breathing became even again, but she still held Shen Cheng's hand tightly.

After that, Chen Cheng did not leave, but sat quietly beside the bed to accompany Shatang, allowing Shatang to hold his hand.

Of the two cat girls at Guangdian Cat Cafe, only Cheese's origin can be traced - she is a little blue cat who once met Chen Cheng on a trash can, and this was confirmed after various verifications.

But Shatang is different. Where did she come from? What happened before she came here? When did she change from a cat to a cat girl... It can be said that Shen Cheng knows absolutely nothing about Shatang!

And judging from Satoshi's reaction just now, she seems to have some unknown past.

But...so what?

Even so, Chen Cheng didn't care about anything, because after just three days of getting along, he had already regarded Shatang as his own family.

Not only him, but also Lin Yuhui and cheese.

Now sugar has become an inseparable part of this family.

"If this kind of life could continue forever..." He muttered, and the sleepiness rose more and more. Shen Cheng felt his vision blurred for a while, and then it went dark, and he fell into a deep sleep.

…

Darkness, endless darkness. A chill penetrated the skin, and there was nothing else in the ears except a few cold words from humans.

She no longer cared about what those humans were saying. Her heart seemed numb. Laughter, crying, worry... these emotions that she seemed to have once had had long since subsided.

There is only fear - the fear of endless darkness is deeply engraved in my heart.

It seems that at the beginning... I longed for redemption?

But in the end, all we got was darkness and loneliness day after day.

I can only use a thick barrier to isolate my heart.

At this moment, a faint light appeared in the field of vision, and in this silent and dark space it seemed... extremely dazzling!

He walked forward slowly and tentatively reached out his hand to touch the light.

Very warm and comfortable.

She stretched out her hand again eagerly, and this time, all the light was held in her hands.

Fearing that the light would dissipate, she curled up into a ball, tightly protecting the light in her arms...

"..." He opened his eyes and saw that the light he had just protected in his arms had disappeared, replaced by a broad and warm palm.

As I looked up, I saw the sleeping face of a man with regular features lying on the bed.

Holding Chen Cheng's hands tightly with both hands, Shatang was a little dazed and murmured absentmindedly: "Master..."

"Hmm?" Because he was a light sleeper, Shatang's tiny murmur woke Shen Cheng up.

After exchanging a glance with Shatang, Chen Cheng grinned and said, "Awake? Feeling better?"

As if she had not yet recovered from her trance, Sugar just nodded subconsciously when she heard the voice.

Seeing this, Shen Cheng frowned slightly, stood up and stepped forward.

As Shen Cheng stood up, Shatang's clenched hands naturally retracted, making Shatang feel a little lost.

But the next moment, that hand was placed on her white forehead.

While Shatang was in a daze, Chen Cheng muttered with a puzzled look on his face:

"Strange! His fever has clearly gone away, but why is he still dazed and stupid? Could it be... that his relative hasn't recovered yet?"