[President Chapter 2] Don't scream

The warm tip of the tongue touched the red and swollen frostbite on He Sinian's hand. Although the barbs on the cat's tongue stung him, the pain was nothing compared to the warmth she brought.

He Sinian saw that the kitten didn't eat and only licked his hand weakly. Then he realized that such a small cub might not be able to eat bread.

He didn't mind putting the piece of bread that Chu Jiao licked but didn't eat into his mouth. He was no longer a child who was used to being spoiled. He often ate one meal and then another, which made him cherish every bit of food he could eat.

"Well, shall I find you something to drink?"

He Sinian gently put the kitten back into the shoebox, and tore off the tattered scarf he had picked up from somewhere, covered Chu Jiao with it, and began to rummage through the garbage.

This area is the old city area. The city is developing vigorously, and many old buildings are being demolished. A large CBD is being built not far away, leaving the living area for the "rats and bedbugs" who make a living by picking up garbage and begging in the city. The area where they live happens to be a gray area, with alleys everywhere, and all around are old city residents waiting to get demolition money. The environment is poor.

"Found it!" Chu Jiao stared with her hazy eyes at the little boy who found something not far away and ran towards her excitedly.

Cats have different vision from humans. They have a wide field of vision and are more sensitive to light, but they are nearsighted and cannot clearly capture distant scenery, so everything in their eyes is blurry.

"Here, drink it quickly. Here's the milk." He Sinian carefully poured a little milk on his palm and moved it in front of Chu Jiao. "

Meow~"

This time, the fragrance of milk hit her nose. Chu Jiao felt the hunger in her stomach and licked it with her tongue.

He Sinian looked at the kitten buried in his palm drinking milk, and his other hand gently stroked the kitten's soft head.

Chu Jiao did not resist, but rubbed his hand.

He Sinian smiled for the first time in a long time, as if he had obtained a precious treasure.

The man and the cat drank half a bag of milk, and He Sinian carried Chu Jiao back to his nest.

Yes, it was a nest, a windproof place made of old cardboard at the bottom of the overpass.

The trafficker who kidnapped him wanted to sell him to a childless couple in the mountains, but he acted crazy and acted stupid all the way, and almost ruined the man's plan. The man simply dumped him to the city of M along the way and sold him to a criminal gang that made a living by begging and stealing.

This gang mainly took advantage of people's sympathy for children, pretending that the kidnapped or picked up orphans were their own children, and made money by begging together. If they are nimble, they will be trained to be thieves, relying on their small size and people's relaxed vigilance to shuttle among the crowds in the shopping mall and steal property.

He Sinian knew that stealing was wrong, but he was afraid of having his legs broken and asking for money as a disability. He was surrounded by a group of children. Although he seemed mediocre, he was actually trying to survive.

Under the overpass is a paradise for the homeless. A large bridge tunnel can accommodate dozens or even hundreds of people.

He Sinian was reluctant to leave the kitten in the cold garbage dump, so he secretly stuffed her into his torn cotton quilt.

It was a little late, and on a night without entertainment, the homeless people went to bed early.

He Sinian nimbly walked through the ground where people were lying all over the place and returned to his nest.

"Uncle Wang, I'm back."

He greeted the neighbor next to him, who was the beggar who had taken him with him before and was actually following him.

When the man saw him coming back, he hummed and closed his eyes to sleep.

This is why he didn't run away.

M City is not big, but it is not small either. It is a small third-tier city, and there are countless connections between beggars. If he is not fully prepared, he will be discovered and caught before he escapes to the train station.

"Meow~" Chu Jiao crawled out from the boy's clothes, looking around with pupils pricked up.

"Pfft——"

He Sinian quickly covered Chu Jiao's mouth and stuffed her and himself into the quilt.

"Be good, cat, don't scream~"

He is not an adult, and fairy tales still exist in the child's heart.

So he believed that the kitten could understand what he said, and treated her every word and action as if she were a close friend.

Chu Jiao shut up obediently and snuggled into the boy's arms.

The night was dark.

He Sinian, who had always had trouble falling asleep due to his living environment, finally fell asleep that night with a fluffy kitten in his arms, and slept very sweetly.

Chu Jiao also closed her eyes, so she didn't notice that the bright moon hanging in the sky at night, the halo of light falling on the two of them with the flow of the moonlight, was brighter and clearer than everything around them.