☆, Chapter 32
While holding the kitten and anxiously waiting for the bus, a motorcycle with a loud buzzing sound and flashing lights passed by. Xiu Yangui squinted his eyes due to the dazzle of the headlights and inadvertently saw the person wearing a helmet on the motorcycle.
He could never forget those eyes, the unspoken malice in them.
The kitten made a hoarse and weak cry, and its fragile life seemed to have entered a countdown. On this cold winter night, spring was about to come and the New Year seemed to be tomorrow, but Xiu Yangui felt cold all over. He seemed to be like the kitten, who had been cruelly abused and then casually placed in a tattered box, abandoned like garbage in a dark and cold alley.
When they arrived at the pet hospital, Xiu Yangui watched the veterinarian bandaging the kitten. His unfocused pupils seemed to be looking at the dying kitten, but also seemed to be looking at another self.
After buying things the kitten could use, Xiu Yangui took the kitten home. This time his steps were not as light as before, as he wanted to go see Xi Mo again.
Just one glance.
I wrapped the sleeping kitten in a scarf, held it in my arms, and walked towards Xi Mo's house with two big bags hanging on my arms. I thought I could see the lights, but everything was dark.
Xi Mo's room was dark, even the entrance to the house was dark. Xiu Yangui unconsciously took two big steps forward, getting closer to Xi Mo's house, but was stopped by the iron gate.
Xiu Yangui stared at the doorbell on the front door, hesitating between pressing it or not.
It was so cold that his neck, without the protection of a scarf, was already painful from the cold. Xiu Yangui finally stretched out his stiff hand and pressed the doorbell.
After waiting for a while, the cold wind blew his hair and blurred his eyes. There was only the sound of the wind whistling in his ears, nothing else.
Maybe Xi Mo is asleep. Come back tomorrow. Come back tomorrow.
Xiu Yangui was talking to himself, as if he had returned to that time. At that time, just like now, the door of the Xi family was closed, and even if he rang the bell, he would still be turned away and no one would answer.
In an instant, the world was spinning, and his consciousness and soul were ethereal. Xiu Yangui slowly turned around and hugged the kitten in his arms, as if he was hugging himself at that time.
"Return of the Restoration Banquet?"
Xi Mo was wearing a thick coat and plush pajamas underneath. Xiu Yangui in front of her looked a little strange. He was covered in gray, like a withered flower.
"Xi Mo..."
Xiu Yangui's body regained its warmth. He concealed his dejected look and smiled again, holding up a scarf in his arms. "Want to see the kitten?"
Xi Mo took two steps closer, "Where is it?"
"It's shrunk. The doctor said it's only one month old and is malnourished."
Xi Mo was looking at the kitten, and Xiu Yangui was looking at Xi Mo, carefully examining her features, as if he wanted to engrave her image in his mind. "Where did you go just now? I rang the doorbell but no one answered."
Xi Mo met his misty amber eyes, the emotions in them were too heavy to understand.
"I went to buy Spring Festival couplets. I forgot to buy them before."
"So that's how it is, so that's how it is..." Xiu Yangui murmured, his face turning red.
Seeing him carrying a lot of bags and small bags, and now it was so cold, Xi Mo asked, "Do you want to come to my house?"
"Ah, invite me. It's not a good idea, Xi Momo, for us to be alone."
Although Xiu Yangui still looked playful and casual, Xi Mo always felt that his smile was like crying, with bitterness and sadness.
"It's okay, my parents aren't home."
The more he listened, the more something seemed off. It was like a young couple having an affair. Xiu Yangui opened his frozen lips and said, "Okay, then I'll accept your invitation."
After entering Xi Mo's house, seeing that Xi Mo had turned on the light in the entrance hall again, Xiu Yangui breathed a sigh of relief and said nonchalantly, "You went out to buy something, why did you turn off the light? I just thought you were asleep."
"I don't remember. I think I just turned it off casually."
Xi Mo's head has been hurting since she came back, and her whole body is cold, but she remembered that she hadn't bought the Spring Festival couplets yet, and she didn't want to delay, so she went out to buy them again, without even realizing that she had turned off the lights.
"It's a good habit. I know to turn off the lights."
The temperature in the room was relatively high, and the body gradually warmed up. Xiu Yangui took out the things in the bag and placed them on the coffee table. Xi Mo sat on the sofa holding the kitten. The kitten had woken up and was crying for milk.
"I'll go boil some water, you hold it."
Xiu Yangui took the bottle to make milk powder and heard Xi Mo ask him in the living room: "Where did the kitten come from?"
He paused, "You picked it up, or else it's my child?"
Xi Mo smiled. The kitten's fur was very soft, fine and soft, very cute. It was a tabby cat, and its overall color was brown, the same as Xiu Yangui's eye and hair color. It looked quite like his biological child.
Xiu Yangui saw the smile on Xi Mo's lips and asked, "What are you laughing at?"
Xi Mo petted the kitten, then looked at him, her eyes curved as she said, "They're the same color, just like yours."
Xiu Yangui also laughed, handed the bottle to Xi Mo, asked her to feed, and then squatted beside Xi Mo, "You know what, it's the same as me."
"Okay, I gave birth to the child, so give him a name."
The kitten closed its eyes and drank milk very hard, with its little ears pulled back hard. The more you look at it, the cuter it becomes.
"What should I call it?" Xiu Yangui propped up his head and thought, "Since it's a tabby cat, let's call it Moli.
"My 'Mo'?"
"Yeah, your 'Mo' sounds nice, doesn't it? I'm really good at naming, right?"
Xiu Yangui really thought that the name he had was nice, especially the word "茉". It was not the "茉" that sounded nice, but the "茉" of Xi Mo that sounded nice.
"Is it a girl?"
Xi Mo asked a crucial question, but Xiu Yangui didn't care. "You can call them boys or girls. I gave birth to them, so you should listen to me."
Under Xiu Yangui's tyranny, the kitten's name was "Moli".
Little Moli fell asleep after drinking her fill. Because she was too small, she needed to wait a few hours for her to defecate before being fed. It was already very late, so Xi Mo asked Xiu Yangui to stay at her home for one night and go back tomorrow.
Xiu Yangui had lived in Xi Mo's house before. After a few years, he returned to the room he had lived in before. The room was cleaned regularly by an aunt, so it was very clean and had all the necessary things.
Even if it was incomplete, Xiu Yangui would not say it out loud. He had booked a place to stay tonight and brought his family with him. Little Moli was a good excuse to stay overnight, because Xi Mo liked it.
The next morning, Xi Mo knocked on his door and wanted to come in to see little Moli. Xiu Yangui got up in the middle of the night to feed little Moli twice. She was still not awake, so he opened the door to let Xi Mo in first, and then climbed back into bed to catch up on some sleep.
He slept on the left side of the bed, leaving most of the space on the right side for little Moli.
Xi Mo and Xiao Moli have a very good time playing together. Although Xiao Moli is lazy and doesn't like to move, Xi Mo likes it no matter how she looks at it.
Xiu Yangui took a nap and became a little more awake. He sat up. Xi Mo was lying on the edge of the bed, playing with a cat toy with the little Moli who was rolling around on the bed.
"There's something at home."
"have."
Without Xiu Yangui explaining clearly, Xi Mo knew what he was asking, which was whether there was anything edible at home.
Xi Mo told him last night that the aunt at home was on vacation, so there was no one at home to cook today and they had to rely on themselves.
Xiu Yangui got out of bed, washed up and prepared breakfast for him, Xi Mo and Xiao Moli. The structure and content of the Xi family's kitchen were similar to what he remembered, except for some additional shelves and new appliances, so making breakfast was a piece of cake.
Xiu Yangui brought the dishes to the dining table and heard the phone ringing in the room. After a while, Xi Mo came quickly with a cell phone in her hand. She ignored Xiu Yangui's outstretched hand, put the phone on the table and immediately returned to the room to play with Xiao Moli.
Seeing her so anxious, Xiu Yangui was amused, "Xi Momo, I've already stretched out my hand. You can just take a few more steps and put the phone in my hand. Are you in such a hurry?"
I picked up the phone and saw that it was on a call. It was Chen Nianyu calling.
"Hello?"
"Hey...Ayan..." Chen Nianyu's voice sounded weak, as if he was about to die.
"What’s wrong with you?"
"What's wrong with me? Why are you... with the princess? Isn't it only half past nine? What are you doing behind my back?!"
Xiu Yangui ignored Chen Nianyu's strange questions and said, "I have a cat. Do you want to come and see it?"
Chen Nianyu was quickly fooled by Xiu Yangui, "You, you have a cat! When did it happen? I want to see it!"
"I gave birth to my baby last night. She's called Moli. Sounds nice, doesn't it?"
"That sounds good, that sounds good. I want to see it, I want to see it. Given our relationship, I should at least be your godfather."
"Okay, you are the godfather." Xiu Yangui scooped the cooked porridge.
Being a godfather before he even reached adulthood, Chen Nianyu was very excited and couldn't wait to see his godchild. "Then I'll go over at noon."
"Okay, come over at noon. Let me know when you arrive, and I'll order some takeout and bring it up when you go upstairs."
"No problem, no problem! I'll bring some more gifts for Moli."
Xiu Yangui didn't bother to be polite with him, "Don't buy any snacks yet, it's still small and can't eat them all."
"Just buy some toys and kitten milk powder, that's all."
"oKoK, I'll do the work, don't worry."
After hanging up the phone, Xiu Yan went back to call Xi Mo for dinner, "Xi Momo, stop playing with Moli and come eat."
"Go wash your hands first."
"The bowls and chopsticks are already taken. The porridge is still a little hot, so be careful."
Maybe it was because he became a father last night that made Xiu Yangui become a real old father.
Xiu Yangui fed Moli while taking care of Xi Mo's meals. The scene of Da Mo and Xiao Mo eating together made Xiu Yangui feel soft and heavy in his heart.
After breakfast, Xiu Yangui returned to his home. Xi Mo wanted to go with him, so Xiu Yangui let her hold the cat while he followed with the bag.
"Can I stay at your house?"
Xi Mo's eyes were full of anticipation. Xiu Yangui knew she was doing this for Xiao Moli, but his heart was still a little flustered. "Okay, Chen Nianyu will also come at noon to eat together."
"good."
Xi Mo held little Moli in her arms, adoring her so much that she wanted to stare at her every moment. By the time Xiu Yangui had put his things in the living room and tidied them up, it was almost eleven o'clock.
Chen Nianyu couldn't wait any longer and told Xiu Yangui that he had already gone out. Xiu Yangui then ordered takeout and brought it up when Chen Nianyu arrived.
He ordered takeout from a famous restaurant in the city. It was healthy and hygienic, and much more nutritious than what Chen Nianyu had ordered for Xi Mo before.
"I'm here! Where's my goddaughter and goddaughter cat?" Chen Nianyu rushed in threateningly and went straight to the sofa.
Xi Mo held the little cat in Chen Nianyu's hands and reminded him, "Cat Moli is a male. He's your adopted... adopted cat."
It seemed a little hot when Xi Mo said this, and she stuttered. Xiu Yangui laughed out loud when he heard it, and Xi Mo also laughed.
The first week of winter vacation was spent in the Internet cafe, and the rest of the week was spent at Xiuyangui. Chen Nianyu, relying on his good final exam results, stayed away from home every day and ran to Xiuyangui. The same was true for Xi Mo. Since Xi Yicheng and Ruan Wenwen had not returned home yet, she rarely went home either, and stayed at Xiuyangui for most of the day.
It was a new day again. Xi Mo went to Xiuyan with cat food and kitten snacks. When she returned home and entered the community, there were some elderly people sitting downstairs chatting. They saw her and then looked at each other.
Xi Mo didn't notice their gazes. She had just returned to Xiu Yan's apartment building when she found that a cat toy had fallen. She went back to look for it and heard them chatting.
"How come the relationship is getting better again? I remember we stopped communicating two years ago, didn't we?"
"Alas, it's not that this girl from the Xi family is stupid. She was sold by others and still counted the money for them."
"What did I say before? Wu Manlin's son is very resourceful. His mother is a foxy seductress. Her sons are also dishonest. They are all vain and like to find rich men and hang out with wealthy men."
"My grandson said that Wu Manlin's son hangs out with female classmates at school every day and only talks to girls, especially those who are beautiful and rich. Isn't he just like his mother? If the top beam is not straight, the bottom beam will be crooked!"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, it's so sad, such a good girl was ruined like this."
"Do you still remember Fang Guoxiang? He's still in jail and hasn't been released yet! Poor Fang Sai, she has to have such a father."
"Oh oh oh oh, I remember! He cheated on his wife and embezzled public funds in an attempt to escape and elope with Wu Manlin!"
"Yeah! I heard Fang Sai's mother, Fang Guoxiang's ex-wife, has gone crazy. I don't know what happened to Fang Sai. I haven't seen them since they moved away."
"Alas, fate plays tricks on us. If I had known earlier that Wu Manlin and her son would move in, I should have chased them away to prevent the neighborhood from becoming so chaotic."
"I heard that Wu Manlin is having some affair with Xi Mo's father."
"Is this true? Xi Mo and Wu Manlin's son have such a good relationship now, isn't that incest?"
"Hahahahaha, what nonsense are you talking about."
Originally, Xi Mo would not have heard these words. In her previous life, she and Xiu Yangui had a distant relationship, so these gossipers would not have the opportunity to make up stories about her. In this life, her relationship with Xiu Yangui has become closer again. Now that she has little Moli, she comes to Xiu Yangui's house more often.
When they saw her and Xiu Yangui together, they started to gossip about her and regarded talking about others as entertainment.
Now that the Chinese New Year is approaching, the people in the community have also taken the elderly in. With more people, there are more people who are sarcastic and talkative.
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