The rat, with its exaggerated acting skills, travels a thousand miles to save the demon.
Shuyi was so angry that she didn't even finish her cake before rushing off to find Lili. After confirming with Sheyang that Shuyi was in good health, Shen Zhizhou took Shuyi home to pack her luggage before heading to the high-speed rail station.
Shen Zhizhou rummaged through his desk drawer and found the agreement he had signed with the girl. After casually flipping through it to confirm the information, he stuffed it into his bag and boarded the high-speed train with Shuyi. Luckily, he had worried that Shuyi's demon identity would make it difficult to move around in the human world, so he had asked a friend to help him get an identity. Otherwise, Shuyi would probably have had to transform into her original form and be transported by baggage today.
He took out the agreement he had found from his bag and called the girl using the phone number on it. He dialed twice but no one answered. Frowning, Shen Zhizhou dialed a third time. He had specifically dialed the number in person when he signed the agreement to verify its authenticity, so the number should be fine. Just as Shen Zhizhou was about to run out of patience on the third try, the call connected.
"Hello, who is it?" came the impatient voice of a girl who had been woken from her sweet dream.
Shen Zhizhou pressed down Shu Yi's hands, which were trying to grab the phone, and tried to keep his voice steady and friendly: "Hello, is this Ms. Hu He? I'm Shen Zhizhou, the staff member who helped you adopt the pet mouse Lili. You are now..."
Before he could finish speaking, the other end of the line slammed down the phone. Shen Zhizhou was stunned for a moment and immediately dialed back, but the other end kept saying, "The number you dialed is currently busy..."
Realizing he'd been blocked, Shen Zhizhou couldn't help but roll his eyes, gripped his phone tightly, and turned to Shu Yi to send her an invitation: "Want to go all out?"
Their eyes met, both sensing each other's displeasure. Shu Yi was annoyed because she didn't want to see her monster companion suffer, while Shen Zhizhou was simply annoyed that he had been blocked before he could finish speaking. So, the two hit it off and decided to cause trouble.
On the high-speed train, Shen Zhizhou asked a friend to help him check Hu He's information, only to find out that Hu He's information was fake except for his phone number. It can be said that Hu He made full preparations in order to successfully take Li Li away.
After getting the address from their friend, Shen Zhizhou and Shu Yi rushed to the scene, but unexpectedly found it empty. They asked the landlord, who said that he had only rented it for one month but had just canceled the lease a few days ago.
Shen Zhizhou and Shuyi sat on the curb and took out Shuyi's account, which hadn't been blocked yet, to watch the girl's live stream. After watching for a while, Shuyi stared intently at the screen to memorize Lili's appearance and used her demonic power to track the girl's location, eventually pinpointing it to an apartment building.
The human and the demon discussed how to bring Lili out without arousing suspicion. After discussing for a long time, they decided to follow Hu He's example and start a live broadcast to attract people out first.
Shu Yi opened her account, trying to come up with a catchy name to attract viewers. After a moment's thought, Shen Zhizhou decided: "Let's call it 'Two Women and One Man Fighting for Me, I'm Going Crazy After Binding to the Charismatic System'!"
Shu Yi glanced at Shen Zhizhou and commented sharply, "Indeed, you're no different from a mad concubine in the cold palace now... Couldn't you have chosen a more normal name?"
“A normal name won’t get you any traffic. Do you want an audience or something artistic?” Shen Zhizhou glanced at Shu Yi and gave her a choice.
Shu Yi stopped talking and directly adopted Shen Zhizhou's suggestion. Looking at the viewers who had entered the live broadcast room because of the explosive title, Shu Yi's acting skills suddenly soared. With tears in her eyes and clutching her chest, she began to tell the audience in the live broadcast room in a pained manner.
"I've never had parents or friends since I was little. The only person who's been with me is a fancy mouse named Lili. Although she hasn't been with me for long, I've always considered her my pillar of support. Now that she's been taken away by bad people, I've emptied my savings just to bring her back to my side. My family, please give me some support and help me bring Lili back!"
Shen Zhizhou, watching from off-camera, was laughing so hard he was rolling on the floor. How come he never noticed how good this little mouse's acting was before? She should have gone to the entertainment industry with Little Sparrow Zhizhi to study; who knows, she might have become an Oscar-winning actress.
Shu Yi rolled her eyes at Shen Zhizhou, who was laughing heartily. What does this bastard know? This is the most popular way to live stream right now, allowing viewers to interact and feel emotionally connected. The main idea is to make them feel like they are there and empathize with the experience.
[The main package is really in a bad situation, I feel so sorry for it.]
[This pet hamster, which could ivory carve, was incredibly skilled. What happened to it?]
[Did the main client mistreat the mouse? Otherwise, why would the mouse have run away?]
Seeing the comments on the screen, Shuyi's eyes lit up and she started making up a story. Her tragic life story was comparable to Meng Jiangnu's weeping at the Great Wall, and her bizarre and convoluted plot was comparable to Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. The viewers in the live stream kept sending messages in the comments section saying, "I feel sorry for the main character."
Shuyi and Shen Zhizhou arrived at the apartment building where the demonic power was located while Shuyi was live streaming. After exchanging glances, they sent a message to Hu He as planned to lure him away. Shuyi then transformed into her original form and took the opportunity to find Lili and bring her out.
Shuyi clutched her stomach, pretending to have eaten something bad, and handed her phone to Shen Zhizhou for a live stream. Watching Hu He hurriedly take the elevator downstairs after receiving the message, Shuyi quickly transformed back into her original form and pressed the elevator button to find Lili.
After getting off the elevator, Shu Yi climbed directly from the public window to Hu He's residence. Pressing tightly against the wall, she watched as the connecting road disappeared at the end, leaving only two air conditioner outdoor units as footholds. Shu Yi encouraged herself in her heart, not daring to look down at all. She leaped onto the air conditioner outdoor unit and immediately jumped onto the windowsill, opened the window, and went inside.
As soon as she entered, Shuyi couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief. She glanced back with lingering fear before quickly going inside to find Lili.
Watching Lili being locked in a small, messy cage, with a few rotten vegetable leaves lying around inside, and not a single drop of clean drinking water, Lili struggled to squeeze her body through the narrow gaps in the cage, trying to reach the water glass on the coffee table.
Seeing this, Shuyi quickly pushed the cup to Lili's front, opened the cage that was locking Lili, and Lili rushed to the cup like a gust of wind, burying her whole body in it and drinking water in big gulps.
"Drink Lili slowly, don't choke." Shuyi patted Lili's back, her eyes full of heartache.
After drinking almost all the water in her cup, looking at her round belly, Lili finally lay down and hugged Shuyi, wailing, "Waaah, Shuyi, I missed you so much! That bad woman was never nice to me! I hate her!"
"I know, I know, that's why I'm here to take you away today! Shen Zhizhou has already held her off downstairs, let's go now." Shu Yi affectionately stroked Li Li's fur, which looked like a clump of dry weeds, and regretted in her heart that she should have stopped her more.
Lili shook her head, crying, and said, "I won't leave. I heard her talking to Master on the phone last time. If I wait a little longer, I'll be able to see Master."
“If you don’t leave now, she’ll torture you to death. Are you crazy? Shen Zhizhou and I will help you figure out what to do with the master. Come with me now! Shen Zhizhou can’t stop you for long.”
Lili gritted her teeth, tears welling in her eyes, and shook her head vigorously, refusing to go with Shuyi. No matter what Shuyi said, she insisted on seeing her master. Shuyi was so angry that she jumped up and down. How could this monster be so stubborn?
Meanwhile, downstairs, Shen Zhizhou and Hu He were battling it out. Hu He didn't know how they found the place, but she just wanted to get rid of them as soon as possible. She had made a lot of money from Li Li's live streams recently, and she wasn't going to be foolish enough to let go of this cash cow.
"You're quite good-looking, but why is your personality so annoying? I'm warning you, don't bother me again. I'll let it slide this time." Hu He covered his face and waved his hands, trying to leave quickly, when he saw Shen Zhizhou live streaming.
However, Shen Zhizhou did not give Hu He a chance to leave. He blocked Hu He's way and asked Hu He to buy time to call Li Li's original owner. Hu He had only taken Li Li away by impersonation because he valued her popularity and worth. Naturally, he was unwilling to let go now. Annoyed by the noise, Hu He snatched Shen Zhizhou's phone, which was broadcasting live, and smashed it on the ground.
Looking at the phone shattered on the ground, Shen Zhizhou smiled slightly. Hu He had indeed fallen for the trap. By smashing Shen Zhizhou's phone, he now had a legitimate reason to call the police and find out who Lili's original owner was, saving him the time of searching for the owner later. This was a perfect solution, killing two birds with one stone.
Hu He was dumbfounded when he saw Shen Zhizhou pull out another phone from his pocket as if by magic and call the police. This guy was good-looking, how could he be a lunatic...?
No matter what Shuyi did, he couldn't persuade Lili. He considered whether to use force to take her away. Lili, seeing Shuyi's hand slowly rising as he approached, immediately became alert: "What do you want, Shuyi? I'm not leaving! I'm waiting for my master here! I'm a demon, I won't die so easily..."
Inside the house, the atmosphere was tense as the two monsters faced off, while downstairs, two others were locked in a fierce battle. Police arrived quickly after receiving a call. Shen Zhizhou showed the police the original agreement and, pointing to his shattered phone on the ground, feigned innocence while making a complaint.
“We were just conducting a routine inspection, but we didn’t expect this lady to not fulfill the agreement. Not only did she obstruct us in every way, but I also discovered that the ID card she gave me was fake. According to Article 280 of the Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China, the act of forging, altering, or selling a resident ID card is punishable by imprisonment of up to three years.”
After reading the agreement Shen Zhizhou handed over, the police officer looked up at him and replied, "You seem quite familiar with criminal law."
Shen Zhizhou said with a smile, "I looked it up on Baidu when I first arrived."
The police asked Hu He to go upstairs and bring the disputed rat down to the station for discussion. Hu He seemed very embarrassed. When he recognized the fancy rat online, he did think about telling his friends, but after seeing the commercial value of the rat, Hu He still chose to keep it for himself.
However, because the police officers were adamant, they had no choice but to take them upstairs to retrieve it.
Inside the house, Shuyi kept trying to persuade Lili to leave, but Lili was determined to wait for her master. Just as the two were at an impasse, Shuyi and Lili heard the sound of a key opening the door.
The two demons stared wide-eyed at the gate in terror.
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