Chapter 75 Rumors stop at the wise
Chang Xile touched His Majesty's ear and asked softly, "Is he okay now... When can I see him again?"
"I don't know." His Majesty shook his head, but he flicked his tail and prepared to leave. "But he would be very happy to hear you say that."
"Why?" Chang Xile asked, but got no answer. He saw His Majesty running out of the room.
The weather was beautiful today, and the patients at Blue Mountain Hospital were out for a stroll. On the lawn, a child was blowing bubbles. The huge, cascading bubbles shone with a rainbow of colors in the sunlight. Through them, the child spotted a white cat hurrying along. He exclaimed to his companions, "It's His Majesty! His Majesty is out on a secret visit!"
His friend, having never been to the hospital before, thought it was some ancient version of a playhouse game and grinned, "Who's your Majesty? I'm still the Emperor."
Without looking back, His Majesty trotted along the edge of the flower bed. He reached the end of the path and leaped onto the hospital wall. There lay a black cat. They chatted for a moment, then the cat stood up, stretched, and then leaped down the wall and ran west.
On this day, many people in the mountain town happened to see two cats whispering to each other on the roadside. However, this was just a small part of their daily life, and no one noticed that these kittens were communicating with each other.
"But why are you so happy to hear this question?" The last tabby cat conveyed the words diligently, and then couldn't help asking out of curiosity.
The person in front of it did not answer immediately, but only made even breathing sounds.
Oh, this gentleman is seriously injured and needs to rest well. The tabby cat understood and left quietly.
After a long time, the lion cat finally smiled slightly in his dream.
[I used to always ask her when we would meet next time.]
Before the afternoon class, the department head, Lao Lin, was already in the classroom preparing for the lesson. He was a bespectacled, elderly man with a kind and caring personality. He prepared his lessons meticulously and with a commitment to originality, which is why his classes always had the highest attendance. For a while, he had been particularly fond of calling on Chang Hee-le's name; he had a deep impression of this girl who had taken the initiative to sit in the front row.
When Yang Guisi entered the classroom, several students were explaining to Teacher Lin why they hadn't been there for roll call the previous time. It was actually quite easy to ask for leave from his class; you just had to give a reason.
"Teacher, the little goldfish I raised died, so I held a funeral for it." said a boy with short hair.
"Well, then I will observe a five-second silence for it." After saying this, Teacher Lin put his hands on his lapel and closed his eyes.
"Teacher, the senior I had a crush on in high school now has a girlfriend. I couldn't concentrate on class, so I didn't come." A girl with short hair lay on the table, looking a little dejected.
"I understand. But you must remember that there are fish in water all over the world. You must be strong after you have been sad. Only when you become strong can you meet a better person." Teacher Lin nodded and comforted.
The girl looked at the ceiling and muttered, "It's not that I can't understand it. A nice guy like him would definitely want to be with someone he likes! I just never thought the song I hummed in high school would come true."
"Oh, what song is that?" Teacher Lin asked, tilting his head.
"I just kinda wish you were gay——" the girl started a tune, and as she sang, she held her face with her hands and became melancholy.
Teacher Lin blinked, then understood. He smiled and said, "You hope he lives a good life, and he is with the person he likes. Isn't that great?"
The girl nodded, cheering up again. She smiled and said, "So I came to this class!"
Yang Guisi listened for a while, but she didn't wait for everyone to leave. She said to the teacher directly, "Teacher Lin, I'd like to ask for leave for Chang Xile from our class."
"Well, Chang Xile, I remember her. Is she on personal leave or sick leave?" Teacher Lin nodded reasonably and showed concern for the students as usual.
"She was attacked with a knife while trying to stop students from torturing cats in our school. She is currently in the hospital." Yang Guisi spoke briefly and to the point. She didn't speak very loudly, but the classroom soon fell silent.
The reason for Chang Xile's absence quickly spread to his classmates, then to the next class, and then to the entire college. The phrase "The director of the photography department was caught abusing a cat and then attacked someone with a knife" was shocking no matter how it was arranged, and it caused a huge uproar throughout the school.
The campus walls were filled with this topic for a while, and some students strongly condemned the cat abuse and human injury behaviors.
"People who abuse cats should go to hell!"
"I just said there have been fewer cats in school recently... and I thought I was being overly sensitive. Oh my god, I shudder just thinking about it."
"He even injured someone with a knife. Shouldn't he be put in jail?"
Some people are still skeptical about the authenticity of the protagonist.
"Head of the Photography Department, Chen Moxin? He's such a nice guy. I often see him feeding street cats. He wouldn't do something like this..."
"You can't judge a person by his appearance. I heard a while ago that he kicked the former director of the photography department out for the sake of his family's rights."
"Don't talk about things you don't have evidence for. Spreading rumors is illegal, don't you know?"
Soon, a video was posted on the campus wall.
In the video, Chen Moxin's behavior, expression and words of abusing the cat are very clear and cannot be denied.
The video garnered thousands of comments, but five minutes later, it was deleted. This was followed by a statement on the campus wall: "Rumors stop with the wise. From now on, this wall will no longer publish submissions related to the 'cat abuse' incident."
There are very few comments under this statement, and any negative remarks will be deleted.
"What the hell… is this still considered a rumor now?"
"I missed the video. Does anyone have it? Is it real or fake?"
"I think someone invited the wall to have tea, haha."
However, the video had already been saved by many people and was quietly circulated in places where people could not see it.
Suddenly, calls for Chen Moxin to resign as director of the photography department and to withdraw from the school grew louder. School officials also visited Chang Hee-le to inquire with her and the police about the incident. Furthermore, many classmates spontaneously visited Chang Hee-le at Blue Mountains Hospital.
After seeing off the last group of visitors, Chang Xile leaned back against the pillow, feeling somewhat weak. Yang Guisi sat beside her, peeling an apple for her. She asked, "Do you want me to use Guisi's account to further expand the social influence of this matter?"
Although public opinion is a double-edged sword, sometimes the anger and scrutiny of the people can urge those in power to make decisions quickly and fairly.
Chang Xile shook her head. She looked at Yang Guisi and asked, "Don't you want to reveal Gui Si's identity?"
Yang Guisi hesitated for a moment and said awkwardly, "For you, it doesn't matter."
Chang Xile's eyes fell on the dinner that Yang Guisi bought for her - she only bought two steamed buns and some pickled mustard greens as a side.
"Mr. Gui, the last time I went to Yang Shu's house, I saw a few notices posted on your door. They seemed to be urging you to pay the water and electricity bills. Did you see them?" Chang Xile asked casually.
"Ah? Oh... I haven't lived here in a long time." Yang Guisi scratched his head in annoyance and said, "We'll see when the time comes. Anyway, I might not rent it for a while, and the rent is quite expensive."
Chang Xile blinked and said, "Remember the 'My Cat is a Little Weird' recruitment notice? How are you organizing the submissions you received? When will we start our first live broadcast?"
When Yang Guisi heard this, he looked up at Chang Xile.
She hadn't forgotten about the recruitment notice. The number of submissions had been steadily increasing. And ever since the last time they'd livestreamed their encounter with the bad guys at the door and played a recording, a clip of "Ghost Secretary" and "Blue Eyes"'s livestream had been made into a video and gone viral, so the submission box had seen a small spike in activity over the past three days.
There were some high-quality and interesting submissions, but Yang Guisi never brought them up with Chang Xile.
One reason is that Chang Xile is so busy that she can't even take a rest, let alone make time to do a side job.
Secondly, Yang Guisi felt a bit embarrassed to invite her to join him on his livestream. The original Guisi account was no longer operational because Yang Guisi had lost the ability to sense ghosts, leaving only knowledge of them. While Chang Xile knew nothing about ghosts and spirits, her ability to communicate with them through cats perfectly complemented Yang Guisi's.
However, Chang Xile's understanding of the supernatural had grown rapidly over the past period. She could even see ghosts with her own eyes. In fact, Chang Xile was completely capable of running the "Blue Eyes" account on her own. Yang Guisi's proposal to collaborate with her at this point looked like he was taking advantage.
After listening to Yang Guisi stuttering out her concerns, Chang Xile got out of bed, which was a rare occurrence for her, and leaned her hands on the wall behind her.
"You...what are you angry about?" Yang Guisi leaned against the sofa, with Chang Xile's hands blocking her way. She was used to seeing Chang Xile smiling, and it was rare to see him so serious. She was not used to it. She changed the subject and said, "Why don't you even wear slippers? Go back to bed quickly. If Nurse Xu sees you, she will definitely nag you for a long time."
"Let me ask you, the Lantong account originally had no videos posted and no fans. How did it gain over 10,000 fans now?" Chang Xile ignored Yang Guisi's jokes and just asked her.
"...Ghost Secretary." Yang Guisi answered, but still couldn't help but refute, "When I initially attracted traffic to "Blue Eyes", it was just to make people more accepting of your joining and to build momentum for subsequent activities."
"But you didn't feel you were at a disadvantage at the time." Chang Xile said, "You didn't feel you were at a disadvantage when you helped Fang Xinai find the starving ghosts and accompanied me to Changle Mountain to find a way to break the seal."
Yang Guisi looked at her extremely serious expression, and the words of rebuttal in his mouth gradually died down.
"So, I don't feel disadvantaged." Chang Xile released her hand and crossed her arms condescendingly. It was a rare opportunity for her to replace Yang Guisi as the cool sister. She ordered, "This weekend we'll have our first live broadcast of submissions. Any objections?"
"No more..." Yang Guisi looked at her blankly, his emotions churning in his heart.
"I have an objection." A gentle yet serious female voice came from the doorway. The ward door was flung open with a swish. Nurse Xu stood at the doorway and asked unhappily, "How many times have I told you, Chang Xile, you are not allowed to step barefoot on the floor!"
"Ahhh, I'm sorry, Nurse Xu. I won't do it again next time." Chang Xile covered his head and ran away, and ran back to the bed when Nurse Xu drove him away.
Seeing this fake cool sister's flawed appearance, Yang Guisi couldn't help but burst out laughing. She laughed so happily that tears welled up in the corners of her eyes.
Xile, why are you so nice?
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