Chapter 394: Year after year (High Cruelty Part 2)
Shen Zhichu touched its injured body with trembling hands. His hands were covered in blood. He saw that Nian Nian's limbs were tied tightly by ropes that had sunk into the flesh. The body, tail, four legs and head were all covered in blood.
“Niannian…” Shen Zhichu’s eyes were horribly scarlet and dry. He felt so uncomfortable that even crying was a luxury.
Chen Zhichu didn't know how she untied the ropes that bound Nian Nian. All she could see were Nian Nian's skin and flesh burned by fire, and the four tiny bloody holes in its bloody mouth.
The four sharpest teeth have been clamped off by someone. How painful must it be for Niannian?
"Niannian, I'm here to pick you up. Look at me, didn't we agree to be together forever? I have clearly taken you back in this life. Can you please hold on a little longer and not leave me? I will turn down my work... From now on, I will always be by your side and I will never hand you over to anyone else..." Chen Zhichu trembled as he held the bloody Nian Nian in his arms.
Niannian was lying in Shen Zhichu's bed. When it heard Shen Zhichu's voice, it tried its best to open its eyes.
It’s the beginning of the...
Chuchu came to pick it up, came to take it back...
But it couldn't go back, it had no strength left and couldn't go with Chuchu.
Niannian opened its mouth and blood flowed out of it. No sound came out of its bloody throat.
It was just a cat and couldn't even call Shen Zhichu's name.
Twenty minutes.
Nian Nian was tortured by Zheng Xiuxiu for a full twenty minutes.
She ripped out its teeth with pliers, cut it with a box cutter, poured gasoline on it and set it on fire.
When it was being burned by fire, it wished someone could put out the fire on its body. It didn't want to die yet. It hadn't seen Shen Zhichu happy yet, and hadn't seen someone come into her life and take care of her.
Finally, after the fur on its body could no longer be seen in its original form, Zheng Xiuxiu "mercifully" put out the fire on its body with her feet.
Every year, I start with struggle and then end up gasping for breath.
It was only twenty minutes, but it felt like several years had passed. It felt sore, tired, and sleepy, and it wanted to see Chuchu.
It closed its sleepy eyes and wanted to fall asleep, but it knew that if it fell asleep, it would not be able to survive until Chuchu came.
It held on until now because it knew Chuchu would definitely find it.
Nian Nian didn't want to die, so it waited for a long time until Chu Chu came to pick it up.
If it dies, what will Chuchu do...
It didn't want Chuchu to cry. What if it died and she was bullied?
Niannian tried hard to open his hazy eyes, and used all his strength to pull out his bloody mouth: "Meow..."
Its voice was no longer recognizable as it originally was. No one knew what kind of pain it had gone through during those twenty minutes, and no one could imagine it.
"Niannian, hold on a little longer. We're finally together. I'll take you to see a doctor..." Chen Zhichu staggered to his feet while holding Nian Nian, his body swaying.
“Meow…” Niannian raised her little paws with difficulty, and Chen Zhichu lowered his head when he saw it.
It used up the last bit of its strength to raise its neck and gently kissed Shen Zhichu on the face, saying goodbye with tears in its eyes: I want to hold on too, I don’t want to leave either. If possible, I hope to still be your cat. Sorry, I have to go first.
In the end, Niannian closed her eyes, and her heartbeat and breathing gradually disappeared.
Covered in blood, it curled up in Shen Zhichu's arms, just like it slept obediently in her arms as usual, but Shen Zhichu could no longer feel its warmth.
Chen Zhichu trembled all over as he looked at Nian Nian in his arms. She opened her mouth and screamed silently, her eyes seemed to be stained red with blood.
"Chirp--" A sharp bird cry rang in my ears, as if mourning for Nian Nian's death.
She thought that she could protect what was precious to her in her new life, but it turned out to be the same as her previous life.
She had been feeling uneasy these past few days. Xu Nian was acting strangely, and she had clearly sensed all of this. Why hadn't she been more cautious? Why had she only just discovered it?
The severe pain in his chest felt like a burning fire. Shen Zhichu's face was as pale as a sheet of paper, in stark contrast to Nian Nian who was covered in blood.
"Niannian, I will take you home..." Chen Zhichu took two steps forward holding Nian Nian, groaned, and was so angry that he tasted the blood rising from his throat.
She held Nian Nian in her arms and hailed a taxi on the side of the road to go to the nearest pet hospital.
Along the way, she was photographed by many people and posted online. The online marketing accounts didn't care about the truth of the matter. They only cared about the popularity and wanted to make money, even if the money was stained with blood and was snatched from other people's hearts.
The topic #陈智初虐猫# became a hot search. When you click on it, you will see Chen Zhichu holding a ball of blood, and it is almost unrecognizable that it is a cat.
Netizens cursed and commented as ugly as they could be.
Some rational netizens also noticed something was wrong.
"If Shen Zhichu abused a cat, would he appear in front of the crowd holding the cat?"
"She must have abused the cat. Look at her holding the cat with such a nonchalant expression. There aren't even any tears on her face."
“If something happened to my cat, I would cry to death, Shen Zhichu, this vicious woman.”
…….
But at this time, no one pays attention to such comments. When turbidity is the norm, innocence becomes a crime.
…….
In the pet hospital, Shen Zhichu stood at the door waiting.
Not long after Nian Nian was sent in, the doctor came out and shook his head at Shen Zhichu.
"It was delivered with its heartbeat stopped and there was nothing we could do."
Chen Zhichu pulled the corner of his mouth: "Impossible... No, we clearly agreed to be together... It won't leave me, it won't..."
Shen Zhichu looked at the doctor, praying that he could say a few words to comfort her, such as that the examination was wrong, or that he was just playing a joke on her.
But the doctor kept shaking his head and saying sorry to her.
She didn't want an apology.
"It's badly injured." The doctor said with difficulty. It was the first time he saw a cat so seriously injured. People who abuse cats are worse than animals!
Shen Zhichu's eyes were bloodshot. She felt sore and her chest was aching, but she couldn't even cry.
It was as if her heart was wrapped in a densely woven net, getting tighter and tighter, as if stopping her heart from beating.
Her eyes were so red that they had lost their luster. She looked inside through the doctor's figure. Niannian was lying inside. The collar around its neck had been taken off and placed next to it.
She took a step forward and the doctor stepped aside to let her in.
At this moment, Shen Zhichu seemed to have her soul taken away, and her whole body was stiff like a puppet. She walked to Nian Nian, picked her up again, and clenched the cat tag on the collar with her right hand.
The words engraved on the cat tag were almost imprinted on her palm.
——There will be fish every year.
The smell of blood in her throat became stronger and stronger, and Shen Zhichu's usually clear brain stopped working. She carried Nian Nian out. In the corridor, she squatted down without warning, her body shaking, and she calmed down after calming down.
The blood on Nian Nian's body had dried up, sticking hard together. She reached out and gently combed its fur and scratched its neck, just like when it was still alive, but... Nian Nian would never respond to her again.
She buried her head, her nostrils filled with the pungent smell of blood. She was so caught up in the pain that she didn't notice a figure running towards her.
Until a shadow came down: "Chu Chu."
Chen Zhichu raised her head and looked at Bai Qiujing who was squatting in front of her. His eyes were filled with pain. He wanted to say something, but when he saw Nian Nian covered in blood in Shen Zhichu's arms, his heart suddenly ached.
He couldn't utter a word to comfort Shen Zhichu.
Nian Nian was clearly fine two days ago. He even put the collar he had carefully prepared around its neck and told it to take care of itself. He didn't expect that everything had changed when they met again.
Shen Zhichu rested her head on Bai Qiujing's shoulder, her right hand tightly gripping the collar. Her knuckles turned white and her entire arm was shaking from exerting too much force. She raised her hand and placed it on Bai Qiujing's chest.
Her whole body was shaking like a blade of grass in the wind, as if the wind could tear her tense soul apart with just a little effort.
Bai Qiujing felt as if his heart was being cut by a knife. He hugged Shen Zhichu and gently patted her shoulder. This pat directly brought out Shen Zhichu's suppressed emotions.
She choked with sobs and said, "Year after year... year after year it died... it died."
This was the cruel reality she had to admit. She died in its arms every year, her breathing and heartbeat stopped in the most painful way.
"Chu Chu, cry it out. It will make you feel better."
Shen Zhichu's eyes were like ink dropped into water, gradually spreading out.
She hugged Nian Nian tightly and leaned in Bai Qiujing's arms, crying loudly.
"Ah--" She opened her mouth and let out a broken cry. In just a moment, her face was covered with tears, and her blood-red eyes were filled with tears that kept flowing out from the corners of her eyes.
Her emotions had collapsed, so much so that she could no longer tell whether it was reality or a nightmare. Her eyes were blurry, her ears were deaf, and thunder kept coming out of her brain.
The extreme pain was like a sharp knife tearing apart the memories she had kept for so long. She searched desperately, but could not find a single complete and beautiful memory of Niannian. Her mind was completely occupied by the scarred and bloody Niannian. It was so painful. She wanted to live so much, but she loved her so much.
Filled with pain and despair, he desperately wanted to find a way out.
Shen Zhichu grabbed Bai Qiujing's clothes, and only Bai Qiujing could see his desperate look.
The shrill sound attracted the attention of others.
"What's wrong? You're crying so loudly."
"Oh, my pet died. I just saw it. It was so sad. It was all blood..."
"It sounds pathetic."
"Isn't it just a pet? You're treating it like your parents are dead. You probably haven't cried this loudly even when your own relatives died."
"Just buy it when you die."
"Dead..."
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