Chapter 54

Sui Jiangbao recently fell in love with a set of toy guns. He asked his parents for their opinion, but they refused, saying he was about to enter middle school and needed to focus on his studies. He didn't have the cash to buy them, but he really liked them, so after much deliberation, he decided to buy them from Sui Yusheng.

He knew that Sui Yusheng never carried cash with him, and there was no guarantee that he could make money from Sui Yusheng. The relationship between the two brothers had been bad for more than a year or two, so how could he stoop so low to Sui Yusheng just to ask for money?

So he made an agreement with his classmates. He would steal his brother's cell phone and use Sui Yusheng's cell phone to add his classmates' contact information so that he could transfer money to his classmates and ask them to buy toys for him.

He is a very nice person at school and his classmates all want to be friends with him. If this request is not agreed, in the words of children of this age, then he is not a brother and is not loyal enough!

Without hesitation, his classmates bought him a pistol in advance, and he had to fulfill his promise and return the money for the pistol.

Sui Jiangbao knew Sui Yusheng's lock screen password. He'd stumbled upon it the other day, accidentally catching a glimpse of her using numbers to unlock the screen at the dinner table. The child had a good memory, and he'd memorized the password in just one glance, never expecting it to come in handy.

After owing money, Sui Jiangbao deliberately observed Sui Yusheng almost every day. Finally, he found that Sui Yusheng got stuck at the same point when taking a shower. When he went to Sui Yusheng's room that day, he thought that the other party would lock the door as usual, but he didn't expect that Sui Yusheng's room door was not closed.

He thought that the chances of this plan being successful were slim. At worst, he could just ask his father for the money to pay it back. After all, the toy model had already been bought, and he had his own guardian. As a parent, he couldn't just owe money and not pay it back.

Sui Jiangbao shuddered suddenly. Tears welled up in his eyes, and his voice became muffled. He gritted his teeth and spoke with hatred, "I hate Sui Yusheng for not locking the door that night. Why did I have to see that kind of thing? It was so bloody and disgusting... It was like killing a child, beating it to death, even dismembering it, with so many cats trembling beside it!"

He was very emotional. Li Ying'an moved from my side to sit next to him, put his arm around his shoulder, and whispered soothingly, "I heard that eating a piece of dessert can produce a surge of dopamine, which makes you happy. I'll go to a nearby shop and buy you two cute little cakes. Try them. Don't be too anxious to feel sad, or too quick to hate him. What if you misunderstood your brother? Where did you see the video?"

"I won't misunderstand him. He is just bad. I will become a police officer and smash his head off."

Sui Jiangbao, tears streaming down his face, said to Li Ying'an in a serious tone, "He sent a message to someone else, and I accidentally clicked on it. And then I saw a video so gory it could get an account banned."

He said the overall atmosphere of the video was terrifying, with the color appearing a dark red, like blood. He couldn't see the abuser, but could only hear light footsteps, which were almost completely drowned out by the cat's shrill screams.

Li Ying'an was silent for two seconds before he asked a question the other person might not be able to articulate: "Do you remember what the note was for the person he sent the video to?"

Unexpectedly, Sui Jiangbao nodded. "I, I was so scared at the time that I only took a quick glance, but I still remembered it. The name only has two characters: Da (Da) for arrival and Ling (Ling) for command. It doesn't sound like a Chinese name, more like... like an English name from an English textbook."

"Oh yeah! There's a letter in front of it."

Not only Li Ying'an, I also wondered: Letters?

Sui Jiangbao couldn't understand my sign language and just kept repeating what he said: "Yes, it's a letter, W."

He still felt his words were incoherent, so he dipped his chopsticks in the water in the cup and wrote down the notes from his memory on the table.

W. Darling.

I lifted my butt from the bench and leaned forward to observe the note, and in the end my expression became as confused as Li Ying'an's.

What does this remark mean?

Could it be that the other person’s surname is Wang and his name is Darling?

Li Ying'an and I looked at each other, puzzled.

This is all the information Sui Jiangbao knows, and we can't let him spy again. Sui Yusheng must have been on guard against him after the last accident, and letting him take risks again is obviously not a good idea.

Given this, Li Ying'an and I could only think of one solution: to find some excuse to force the police to search Sui Yusheng's phone. While this wasn't a wise move, the reason for Sui Jiangbao and Sui Yusheng's last argument was almost obvious. Any sense on Sui Yusheng's part would have erased all the videos from her phone.

Right now, although we have collected useful information, we are at a loss as to what to do next and we are unable to do any useful work.

At this point, I turned back to seek Li Ying'an's advice.

Li Ying'an was at a loss for the moment: "Go home and sleep."

People should be honest. Since Li Ying'an promised to buy two small cakes for Sui Jiangbao, he was serious about this matter. He would not just talk about it. The two small cakes must be bought.

"Remember to study hard and don't make your mother angry."

Before leaving, Li Ying'an touched Sui Jiangbao's hair.

Sui Jiangbao nodded reluctantly as Li Ying'an caressed him, his face filled with frustration. "But she doesn't like me."

"Nonsense, she's your biological mother. What biological mother wouldn't like the child that came out of her belly?"

I raised my eyes and looked at Li Ying'an's profile cautiously with a look that contained thousands of words.

Did Li Ying'an's nose grow long when he said this? He clearly knew that his mother didn't love him, but he still wanted to use this sentence to deceive a child, perhaps a child like him who was not liked by his mother because of something.

All the pity was like holding a piece of coptis chinensis, the bitterness spread everywhere in my mouth, and in the end, only two words could be condensed in my mouth:...Is that so?

But the child was still deceived by him. Sui Jiangbao thought he was right and nodded, saying, "She is my mother."

She is my mother, she must love me secretly.

When we got home, Li Ying'an fell asleep as soon as he hit the bed, and I knelt beside the bed and stared at him. I was obviously too sleepy to open my eyes, but I still couldn't fall asleep because of what he told Sui Jiangbao.

Even though he seemed unconcerned, I could still smell the bitterness emanating from him, like a white pill dissolving in my mouth. He was used to masquerading as gentleness, and even though he himself wasn't feeling well, he still prioritized other people's feelings, leaving himself wounded and refusing to heal.

I really feel sorry for him.

I thought of the time before I met Li Ying'an, when an old lady took care of me for a while. She was in poor health and her legs and feet were not flexible. Her children paid for her three meals a day from their neighbors and then ate a bite from others.

On weekdays, she would sit alone in the yard, doing nothing but holding me and humming a song.

One day, someone passed by her house and saw her holding me as usual, rocking on the recliner. So he asked her curiously if she felt comfortable and if she felt bored.

She answered that person and said that she was not bored and that she had never felt bored at all since she had raised me.

"You all think I'm raising the cat, but actually, the cat is raising me. I feel very happy when it's around. If it weren't for it, I, this old man, would have died long ago."

She said that as long as she felt the furry things around her and smelled the scent of kittens, her mood would naturally improve.

But in the end she still didn't live to be a hundred years old...

So I turned back into a cat without hesitation, ran to Li Ying'an's pillow, curled up beside him, quietly looked at his gentle sleeping face, and then fell asleep.

Intermittent sleep can still keep a person's spirit full. At least Li Ying'an looks much better now than at noon. It turns out that sleeping is a panacea.

Needless to say, after a short nap, I can look radiant when I open my eyes again. What's more, I have been working night shifts recently, which is much quieter than during the day. This kind of atmosphere makes me feel very comfortable. Even though I look like a cat basking in the sun and am lazy all over, I am still in good spirits.

So when someone approaches me, I can notice it immediately and turn back before that person calls out to me or touches me.

Four pairs of eyes collided unexpectedly. Wen Liangxi wanted to say something but stopped, and in the end all his words turned into a smile.

When he smiled, his eyes seemed to ripple with water, and everything he looked at became gentle. My emotions were also drawn by the corners of his mouth, and a smile also broke out on my face.

I always tend to be lazy during the night shift, so a bench is an indispensable item. When Wen Liangxi came, I took the initiative to stand up, pushed the only bench over to him, and warmly invited him to sit down first and then talk.

Wen Liangxi didn't hesitate and sat down without hesitation.

The evening shift wasn't busy, so the supermarket would occasionally be empty for a while. My colleague across from me was about to hit his head against the table, already starting to dance rhythmically. Seeing this, I leaned against the cashier counter, my body slumping as if I were sitting on a stool, but I had something to support me so I wouldn't collapse awkwardly.

Ignoring the surveillance camera, I was as relaxed as when I got off work, and naturally turned my head to talk to Wen Liangxi.

I was not surprised by Wen Liangxi's arrival. Although I was severely threatened that day, I still remembered clearly that he wanted to look for me. I would pay attention to the door every day when I went to work.

I first apologized for not being able to find me because I had taken leave earlier. I was sick that day, so I didn't come to work. I heard from a friend that you came to see me. What's the matter?

"Well, I did look for you. I happened to run into your friend who was looking for a lost cat, so I told him about it." Wen Liangxi stated the facts at a leisurely pace. Occasionally, his gaze would shift away from mine, and he sounded a little indifferent, but this was a false impression. When you stare at him and explore him deeply, his eyes will stick to you again. "His cat is very cute. Such a cute cat must be carefully watched, otherwise..."

His actions supersede his words.

I saw him looking for something with his head down. Just as I was about to change his posture and lean forward to take a look, the screen was thrust in front of me.

"This is a video of several minutes. The content of the video may be disturbing. I can tell you that it records the process of a cat dying. It is up to you whether to watch it or not."

"The cat is the orange cat you're looking for."