Chapter 46 The Cat Judge sentences you all to death!
Memories I thought would have faded are surprisingly clear.
It was from that moment that Jiang Yingxu came to a profound understanding that he only had himself and could only rely on himself.
After saying his last sentence, Jiang Yingxu lowered his eyes and remained silent for a moment.
Before he could even look up at Shi Miao, the kitten had already climbed up heavily.
True to its word, the cat scratched his cheek with its paws, pressing the fluffy bib fur close to his face.
Shi Miao's voice was tense, but she tried to remain calm.
"No more."
"Jiang Yingxu, I'll be with you from now on."
"..."
Jiang Yingxu gently pinched the kitten's downturned ears, and with the long fur warmly soothing him, his eyebrows relaxed. "Okay."
He kept this matter to himself and never told anyone else.
Now, he only tells this story to Shi Miao.
He no longer cared about the matter, but that didn't stop him from using it as a weapon to gain sympathy.
Under the tender gaze of the kitten, he smiled faintly.
"Meow, always with me."
Then let's be a little more caring and indulgent.
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With the living room lights off, it was pitch black, with only the touch panel of the air conditioner emitting a faint glow.
Shi Miao had tossed and turned in several different positions, but still couldn't fall asleep.
She swiftly rolled over and jumped lightly and silently onto the wooden bed, then took a few steps forward and lay down beside Jiang Yingxu.
The boy was asleep with his eyes closed, breathing lightly, and in a relaxed posture.
Shi Miao carefully used her fleshy pad to pry open Jiang Yingxu's left wrist, revealing the whitish scar there.
So that's how this injury came about.
He was only nine years old then.
The kitten's eyes welled up again. It sniffed and rested its head on Jiang Yingxu's arm.
With a gentle flick of its tail, it instinctively wrapped its arms around his wrist.
[Unification.]
Shi Miao poked the system, her voice still slightly nasal, and fierce like a kitten baring its teeth, [Where are Jiang Pinghai and the others?]
When she kicked them out, Shi Miao asked the system to keep an eye on the three of them so that she could respond promptly if they made any moves.
System: [It seems the nightmare is still affecting them. After getting their wounds treated at the hospital, they checked into a hotel and didn't report it to the police.]
The system listened to Jiang Yingxu's entire account and offered to help for the first time.
[In the plot, Jiang Yingxu was able to send them to prison, so he must have obtained evidence of their crimes. I can access the data and check to see what we can find.]
Shi Miao: [Commander, you're so kind!]
She knew it; the leader was tough on the outside but soft on the inside!
The system muttered something like, "It's all for you," "I'm not soft-hearted," and "I can't guarantee I'll find it," before allocating some RAM and starting to search through the endless stream of data.
This investigation took half the night.
With something on her mind, Shi Miao was sleeping lightly next to Jiang Yingxu, so she immediately opened her eyes when the system called her.
"How was it?" she asked impatiently.
Shi Miao's attention was focused on the messages brought back by the system, and she didn't notice at all that the boy under the wrist wrapped by the tail gently moved his fingers.
The system's tone was enthusiastic; it had clearly found something extraordinary.
[I originally started my investigation with Jiang Pinghai. He definitely has problems; he gambles and frequents prostitutes, but he just hasn't been caught yet.]
Chen Xiumei is fine, but Jiang Tianhao is the problem. He's a petty thief and has been involved in gang fights. I have all the evidence.
But you'd never guess what I found when I suddenly had the idea to search around Jiang's village.
Shi Miao listened intently and urged him on anxiously upon hearing this.
[Speak quickly! Speak quickly!]
The system stopped keeping us in suspense.
[The family across the street from the Jiang family's old house, having overheard someone fall down the stairs at the village entrance, bought a security camera, installed it, and is still testing it out; nobody knows about it yet.]
Shi Miao looked on with eager anticipation.
The system nodded: [That's right, the entire surveillance video was recorded. After that family discovered it, they specifically saved the screen recording, which I've also stored in the database.]
Shi Miao: 【!】
Shi Miao: [Wow, that's irrefutable evidence!]
The kitten finally cheered up, its tail tip swaying gently as it rubbed against Jiang Yingxu's wrist.
The skin, already warmed by the heat, had a faint red tinge, and the areas that had been injured and healed were even more sensitive.
The tip of its tail swept across the water for the fifth time before being grabbed by long, slender fingers.
Shi Miao was startled. She turned her head to look at the tail that was being held in someone's hand, and then looked furtively at Jiang Yingxu.
The boy slightly opened his eyes, his long eyelashes drooping lazily. "Meow?"
His voice also sounded very tired.
Shi Miao let out a soft "meow" in a coquettish voice, a little embarrassed that she had woken him up, and tilted her head to rub against his arm.
The cat is doing parkour in the middle of the night. Ignore the cat, go to sleep.
Jiang Yingxu turned over, silently withdrew his slightly trembling left hand, and closed his eyes again.
Shi Miao strutted around on the wooden bed, her tail wagging, as if she wanted to pack up the couple and throw them in jail the moment she got out of bed.
The system cruelly poured cold water on her enthusiasm.
Don't be too happy yet, Jiang Pinghai actually knows about this too.
Shi Miao froze: [Meow?]
Why?
How did he know?
Wasn't that family hiding the video because they were afraid of retaliation?
System: [That family's youngest son is also a gambling addict. When he runs out of money, he threatens Jiang Pinghai with photos, and has already extorted over 100,000 yuan from him.]
Shi Miao: [...]
Okay, okay, so everyone's a villain, huh?
The kitten shook its whiskers angrily.
Holy crap.
Go to jail!
Judge Cat hereby sentences you all to death today!
But no matter what, getting the evidence is a good thing.
Shi Miao sulked for a while, then turned to the system to discuss how to handle the evidence.
Should I just send the package to the police to report it?
The police will definitely contact Jiang Yingxu, the person involved, to cooperate with the investigation.
With the competition finals approaching, it's unclear whether this will affect Jiang Yingxu's exam preparation.
Shi Miao tilted her head and thought for a moment before finally making a decision.
[After Jiang Yingxu finishes his final exam, please send him the package anonymously and let him make his own decision.]
Three cobblers can outwit one Zhuge Liang.
Even if you combine the abilities of Yi Mao and Yi Tong, you definitely can't compare to the clever villain designated in the original book.
Let Jiang Yingxu, the person involved, decide when to call the police.
No one can make the decision for him.
As for this period of time, find something Jiang Pinghai did that violate the law, throw the evidence at the police, and send him to the detention center for a while.
We mustn't disturb Jiang Yingxu's exam.
After Shi Miao finished discussing with the system, the sky began to lighten faintly.
I have to get up for school in an hour.
Shi Miao collapsed onto the bed with a thud, trying to get some sleep as quickly as possible.
Being young is great.
The kitten fell asleep as soon as it lay down.
Its soft belly is covered with long hair and undulates gently.
The system also went into brief hibernation.
As the room fell silent once more, Jiang Yingxu quietly opened his eyes, his gaze falling lightly on the scar on his wrist.
He seemed lost in thought, a slight smile playing on his thin lips.
[Ding!]
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