Zhang Cuihua was afraid that Mo Youyou would misunderstand and think that she had mistreated her eldest grandson while they were away, and that she was the one who made her grandson cry, so she quickly stepped forward to explain what had happened that day.
“Youyou, here’s what happened. I took Xiaorui out to play today, and I also brought Xiaomi with me. But in the blink of an eye, Xiaomi disappeared. I’ve been looking for her for a long time but haven’t been able to find her. Xiaorui can’t accept that Xiaomi is gone, so he’s a little unhappy,” Zhang Cuihua said.
Mo Youyou had no doubts.
Mo Youyou couldn't stand anything else about Zhang Cuihua, but when it came to loving Liu Shengrui, even she couldn't say that Zhang Cuihua didn't love her child.
"I thought it was nothing serious, but it turns out Xiaomi is missing," Mo Youyou said with a smile, kissing her son on the cheek and coaxing him, "Don't cry, sweet Xiao Rui. It's okay if Xiaomi is missing. It's just a cat. Mommy will just buy you another one."
In Mo Youyou's eyes, Xiaomi was no different from Liu Shengrui's other toys.
It's gone, so be it. There's really no need to cry over it.
"Really? Buy more?"
Liu Shengrui immediately stopped making a fuss.
Ultimately, he didn't really like Xiaomi that much. Or rather, he just liked the little cat he could manipulate and control at will. It could be Xiaomi or any other little cat; it made no difference.
So when Mo Youyou promised to buy another one, he immediately stopped making a fuss.
What's there to make a fuss about?
He will soon have a new toy.
“Of course it’s true,” Mo Youyou said with a smile.
She thought her son was so cute. It's just buying a kitten. They could buy ten, let alone one. It's not like they can't afford it. He's so silly.
Liu Dekai remained silent the whole time. He hadn't wanted to say anything, but when he heard Mo Youyou say she was going to buy Liu Shengrui another kitten...
He remembered.
When Xiaomi first came to our home, she was very lively and affectionate. She was especially close to Liu Shengrui and everyone else, and even lay down to expose her belly for us to touch.
But I don't know when it started, everything changed.
Xiao Mi seemed very afraid of them, no longer taking the initiative to get close to them, and even often hiding away—although Zhang Cuihua always said that it was Xiao Rui and Xiao Mi playing hide-and-seek, Liu Dekai didn't think that was the case.
He could sense that Xiaomi was no longer lively, but fearful.
Why did this change occur?
Liu Dekai was certain that he had never done anything bad to Xiaomi, so he couldn't have made Xiaomi like that. Furthermore, he didn't think Zhang Cuihua and Mo Youyou would be so bored as to bully a kitten. Therefore, the only possibility was that Liu Shengrui had done something to Xiaomi.
And it's a bad thing.
In this situation, it's hard to say whether Xiaomi's "loss" is a good thing or a bad thing.
Perhaps this is fate.
"Youyou, how about we call it quits?" Liu Dekai, who had been silent, suddenly spoke up.
"What?" Mo Youyou didn't even react. She was playing with her son and asked, "What did you say is fine?"
“I think we should stop buying cats,” Liu Dekai said, instinctively feeling he should stop it.
He knew the reason in his heart, but he couldn't say it.
Because he had no evidence, and even if he told Mo Youyou and Zhang Cuihua, they wouldn't believe him, and it would only lead to another pointless argument, so he chose to stop it in another way.
“Why not buy it? A cat doesn’t cost much. If it makes Xiao Rui happy, we can buy it if he wants it,” Mo Youyou said. She didn’t understand why Liu Dekai was objecting at this time, but she felt it wasn’t about the money.
After all, their family wasn't so poor that they couldn't afford it.
“It’s not about the money. If Xiaomi can get lost, we can just buy another one, and it might get lost too. So, if it gets lost, we can just buy another one. This cycle of losing and buying is a bottomless pit. Xiao Rui is too young now. If he really likes kittens, we can wait until he’s older and can take care of them before buying one,” Liu Dekai said, making his point.
So, Mo Youyou actually listened to her.
If Xiaomi can get lost, it means that cats are really not easy to tame. Maybe today it wasn't even "lost," but that the little thing ran away while playing and got lost.
Thinking about it this way, it is indeed quite troublesome. If we buy a new one and then lose it again, Xiao Rui will make a fuss all over again, which is also quite pointless.
"Xiao Rui, how about we don't buy a cat?" Mo Youyou discussed with her son.
What? You're not buying a cat?
Liu Shengrui was furious. His mother had clearly said she would buy him another kitten, and it was true. How could she change her mind so easily?
"Liar!"
Liu Shengrui pouted. He had been sitting properly in his mother's lap, but now that he was unhappy, he started to fidget and thrash around to vent his dissatisfaction.
"Mommy's lying! I want the kitten, I want it!"
Liu Shengrui was unhappy, and his emotions, which had just been calmed down, started to flare up again.
He just wanted a kitten!
Especially since Xiaomi looks somewhat similar to Lu Si'an's kitten, he always felt that he could use Xiaomi to get closer to Lu Si'an and eventually get Lu Si'an to agree to exchange kittens with him, and then go a step further and agree to play with him.
Now that Xiaomi is gone, he feels as if the road ahead has been cut off.
Mo Youyou said she would buy him another one, and he figured it would be best to buy an even cuter cat than Xiaomi this time, then Lu Si'an would definitely change his mind.
As a result, Mom said she wouldn't buy it.
Liu Shengrui could not agree.
"I want the kitten, I want to find Xiaomi, I want—" Liu Shengrui struggled, trying to break free from Mo Youyou's arms.
Mo Youyou was worried that her son was too emotional and something might happen, so she held him tightly and didn't let go of him even when he struggled.
"Xiao Rui, stop making a fuss. Can you let Mom finish what she has to say?"
“Mom said she won’t buy you a kitten, but she can buy you other toys. Playing with a kitten is the same as playing with toys, isn’t it? Besides, toys won’t be easily lost, isn’t that great?” Mo Youyou patiently coaxed her son.
Liu Dekai's heart skipped a beat when he heard this.
Mo Youyou actually said that playing with a kitten is the same as playing with a toy...
He really couldn't agree. A kitten is a living, breathing creature, while a toy is just an inanimate object. How can they be compared?
For a moment, Liu Dekai had a strange feeling that Liu Shengrui's transformation was also due to the subtle influence of Mo Youyou.
But he said nothing, only listened to his son and wife's "negotiation".
"No, no!" Liu Shengrui waved his arms to express his dissatisfaction.
"I want a kitten! I want a kitten, not a toy!"
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