Under the overpass, a little kitten, carrying a cloth bag, lay unconscious in a corner, its belly up, one paw covering its face, as if it were fast asleep.
The hotel agent searched every corner but couldn't find the cat. Having no other option, he had to bite the bullet and approach the suspect.
Tan Yi likes cats, and the agent thought that if the kitten couldn't be found, he would replace it with another one for Tan Yi.
However, he wasn't sure if Tan Yi would want a new kitten.
Backstage at the recording studio, the agent paced back and forth, wanting to rush up and call Tan Yi over, but not wanting to disrupt the recording.
This variety show has a lot of viewership, isn't that great? It's worth talking about.
I don't know how much time has passed.
Near the overpass, the streetlights dimly illuminated.
"Old man, come here quickly."
An elderly woman with a hunched back was collecting scraps when she happened to find this little kitten lying in a corner under the overpass.
The old woman was getting on in years and her eyesight was failing; she couldn't tell whether the kitten was alive or dead.
The old man he called out to had a limp and walked with a cane.
He slowly moved over, and at his wife's prompting, went to see the kitten.
"It has a heartbeat; it's a live kitten."
“He’s been abandoned here, is he unwanted? Old man, let’s take him back. He’s still young, we’ll just give him a little more food.”
The old woman was kind-hearted; seeing how tiny the kitten was, she couldn't bear to leave it there unattended.
"Okay, I'll do as you say."
The lame old man listened to his wife very much. When he picked up the kitten, he realized that there was a cloth bag tied to the kitten's body.
They opened the bag and, lo and behold, it was full of money.
"Cuifen, look at this cat, how come it has so much money on it?"
The old man hugged the cat to his arms and then took the money to show the old woman.
The old woman looked at the money, then at the cat, but she didn't know what was going on.
It was already late, and the old woman was uneasy carrying so much money.
“Old man, let’s go home first. When it’s light tomorrow, we’ll go to the police station and hand over the money.”
"good."
The elderly couple lived nearby, and coincidentally, it was the same place Bai Li had visited not long ago.
He wandered around this area for a long time, but because he was lost, he didn't realize that he was in the vicinity of the place he had been before.
"Cuifen, you have to keep this money safe. Don't let Ergang see it."
“I know. Sigh, that kid Ergang… We can’t let him see our kitten. I saw him kicking a stray cat on the street last time.”
Bai Li, who was being carefully held by the old man, did not hear what the two were saying at all.
Not long ago?
Still in the same old residential area, the elderly couple covered the cat with a cloth to prevent it from being seen.
Their place was dilapidated, small and run-down, but it was very clean inside.
The old woman walked into the room covered with newspapers, turned on the light, and found it to be dimly lit and cramped.
"Let the cat over here."
The old woman found some clean old clothes and had the old man put the kittens away.
They carefully hid the money they found on the kitten in a tin box, and then put the box under the bed.
"You cook something, and I'll tidy up the things we've collected outside."
"Then I'll cook some porridge and stir-fry some potatoes."
"Add a little more rice, we'll feed it to the kittens later."
"I remember."
Bai Li, lying in bed waiting to be fed, didn't know if she was really hungry, but her stomach rumbled several times even though she wasn't awake yet.
The lame old man cooking porridge heard the gurgling sound and a smile appeared on his wrinkled face.
This kitten looks like a glutton.
In the dimly lit room, the rice cooker started running, and the old man chopped potatoes, glancing at the kitten every now and then.
The atmosphere was warm and tranquil.
Just as Bai Li was unconscious for a long time and was about to wake up, he heard a noisy commotion.
"Dad, Mom, I'm home."
"Ergang, have you eaten? Wash your face here, I'll go in and call your dad."
When the old woman saw her tall and strong son, her first reaction was not joy, but panic.
She rushed inside, wanting her husband to quickly put the kittens away, and also to make sure their son wouldn't find the money.
But her son, with a fierce look on his face, shoved her impatiently to the side and strode into the house.
"Dad, give me some money. Cha Ge and Hu Zi got into some trouble, and I need to lend them some money."
The lame old man who was cooking porridge felt a tightness in his chest when he heard this.
“I have no money. Your mother’s blood pressure medication is almost finished, and we don’t have money to buy more. Ergang, you’re already thirty. You should find a proper job instead of just hanging around outside all day.”
"Stop talking nonsense." Ergang said impatiently, "You two will still be counting on me to bury you in the future. If you don't support me now, then it's not certain whether I'll bury you or not."
As he spoke, he began rummaging through drawers and cabinets right in front of the old man.
Upon finding the bed, he exclaimed "Huh?"
"Where did this cat come from?"
"Other people's."
The old woman who came in supporting her back didn't dare say she found it; she only said it belonged to someone else: "I'm going to return it to them tomorrow."
"gab."
Er? He didn't believe this explanation just now, so he roughly picked up the kitten on the bed by its legs, lifted it upside down, and swung it around in the air.
Bai Li: "..."
Bai Li, who was already close to waking up, opened her eyes in a daze and meowed.
Where is this?
The second one, upon hearing that meow, shook even more violently.
The old woman couldn't stand it anymore and raised her hand to snatch it away: "Ergang, put the cat down."
Second? He just isn't willing to let go.
This kitten is of good quality, much better than the stray cats he'd seen on the street before...
"Meow!"
Bai Li, jolted awake by the shaking, realized that the person who had grabbed her was no good, so she flailed her body.
"Mom, I've taken the cat to live with. You two can continue eating."
The congee and shriveled potatoes in the pot made him lose his appetite.
Bai Li reached out and scratched the back of the hand of the person holding him. He didn't want to be taken away to be raised!
"Meow!"
Put me down!
Bai Li's fierce meows and scratches had no effect on the man.
He seemed to know the cat's weakness well; by pinching the soft flesh on the back of the cat's neck with his fingers, he could prevent the cat from escaping.
Bai Li's demon core had been overdrawn once, and she couldn't activate it a second time.
He could only look at the old woman and old man in the room with pleading eyes.
The two elderly people were determined to save him; the old man even raised his cane and angrily pointed it at his son.
"Ergang! You can't do such a terrible thing!"
Ergang showed no respect for the two old people's words and strode out with the cat in his arms.
Bai Li struggled but couldn't move. He was so angry that he tried to bite her, but he couldn't reach Er Gang's hand.
The old man's eyes turned red with anger as he tried to catch up with the kitten after it was taken away.
"What should we do? Old man, isn't Ergang going to be bad for that kitten?"
"Sigh, we shouldn't have brought the cat back."
"No? No? We should have brought the cat back. We shouldn't have brought this child back in the first place."
Ergang is not the biological son of the two elderly people. He is an orphan that the two people picked up from a garbage dump. At first, he was fine, but as he grew older, they became less and less able to take care of him.
One of the elderly people is disabled, and the other is ill. Apart from providing food and drink for the children and earning some tuition fees for them, they are powerless to do anything else.
This kid is a disappointment. He dropped out of school after a short time and just hangs around all day. He's uneducated, lazy, and never looks for work.
The elderly couple felt annoyed whenever they talked about him.
The two people behind, whose legs were not very mobile, were unable to catch up with the cat. Bai Li, who was being held by the neck, could only let the man carry her away.
It was already completely dark outside. Bai Li thought about the phone call she made to Xie Chen before she fainted.
He looked down at Claw, a little dejected; his master was sure to be worried about him.
He should have hidden himself more carefully before he passed out.
That way, when he wakes up, he can continue to call his third brother.
The little kitten, temporarily unable to escape, was being carried around, unsure of where to go.
After the show, when the agent finished talking about the lost cat, I felt like I'd been struck by lightning.
"Lili, lost???"
Tan Yi stared at his agent in disbelief. After the agent nodded in confirmation, he trembled with anger: "Why didn't you tell me back then?!"
"Why weren't you notified me immediately after Lili went missing?!"
"Brother Tan, you were recording a show at the time. This show is very important, I really..."
I didn't want to hear a single word of what the agent was saying.
He slammed the door shut and strode out.
How can this program, which is so important to the agent, compare to his Lili!
Even if he loses his job, he can't lose his Lili.
Thinking of all the suffering Lili had endured before she found her, Tan Yi felt as if a piece of her heart had been ripped out.
The pain was so intense that he could barely breathe.
As night deepened, Tan Yi, who had originally planned to attend a banquet, disregarded his plans and transformed into a blue and white shorthaired cat to search for his younger brother.
As for why he didn't call, he did call, but no one answered.
"Meow."
Lili.
The blue and white cat used the most primitive method, trying little by little to search for its younger brother's figure, its meows echoing in the cool night.
Outside the airport.
Xie Chen, who had just gotten into the car, felt his heart clench as he watched the red dot on the GPS tracker keep moving.
He knew that Lili had fainted and couldn't move.
Even if he wakes up later, she will definitely call him first, instead of constantly moving around like this.
"Drive faster."
Although he had just arrived in S City, his very capable secretary Anna had already made arrangements in advance. As soon as he got off the plane, someone was waiting outside to pick him up.
"good."
The driver was also from the Xie family. He listened to Xie Chen's instructions and drove as fast as he could towards the place Xie Chen had indicated.
While they were frantically searching for the person, two trending topics suddenly appeared on Weibo.
#Talking about acting like a diva on set and bullying extras#
#During filming, Tan Yi allowed his cat to injure someone#
The two trending topics not only targeted Tan Yi, but also the kitten scratching someone in the photo.
Especially under the trending topic of cats injuring people, the comments were full of malice.
Although this cat looks cute, it's really going too far to maliciously attack someone. If the owner can't keep a close eye on this cat, euthanasia is recommended.
It has to be said, like owner, like cat. During a film shoot, a cat scolded an extra, and the cat immediately scratched the extra [vomiting emoji].
[I'm so angry, so angry, so angry! How could Tan Yi be like this?!]
Those negative comments were placed at the top, undoubtedly a deliberate attempt to stir up trouble.
Unable to find a broker to talk to, they turned pale when they saw it trending on social media.
The company kept calling him.
"There were online trolls involved."
"This whole thing has been turned upside down! Tan Yi was attacked by two extras, and the kitten was just trying to protect him!"
The agent explained the situation to the company and discussed how to resolve it.
But for some reason, the company's attitude suddenly became ambiguous.
The agent was both angry and anxious, and almost lost control of her emotions and started yelling.
As they wandered further and further off the road, Bai Li, who had been carried for a long time, was finally thrown off someone's hands when they arrived at a messy tenement building.
"arrive."
After closing the door and making sure the kittens couldn't escape, I went to boil water.
Bai Li was thrown so roughly that she rolled twice.
"Meow?"
He sat on the cold floor, a hint of fear in his beautiful amber eyes.
What is this person doing boiling water?!
Are you going to stew the cat?
Bai Li frantically ran around the room, trying to hide herself.
Ergang, who had just grabbed a bowl of instant noodles to cook, was on the phone with one hand free.
"No? You want to buy a cat? Come here, name your price."
"It's in excellent condition, pure white. You could even give it as a gift without losing face."
After the phone call ended, Er Gang looked for the little kitten in the room.
Finally, it was found under the bed.
The chubby little kitten was hiding in the middle of the bed, its paws covering its head, as if that would prevent it from being seen by anyone.
Two? He just chuckled.
"You're lucky. Otherwise, if I had just happened to know someone wanted to buy a cat, tsk, you would probably be screaming your lungs out tonight."
Before he could finish speaking, there was a knock on the door.
Er was taken aback: "How did you get here so fast?"
He just hung up the phone a few minutes ago, could it be that the other party was actually nearby?
Filled with doubt, Er stood up, casually put the instant noodles on the table, and went to open the door.
The kitten hiding under the bed suddenly twitched its nose, and then its beautiful amber eyes widened abruptly. A few seconds later, it rushed out like a whirlwind.
"Meow!!!"
Yes, sir!
The red-lacquered door opened, and Er Gang laughed, "Why did you get here so quickly? I won't sell that kitten for less than two thousand..."
The laughter abruptly stopped.
Er Gang stared blankly at the unfamiliar man in front of him. The man was wearing a high-end-looking suit and was very handsome, but his cold and intimidating expression made Er Gang feel a little weak in the knees when he looked at him without speaking.
"You, who are you?"
Ergang had never met anyone who made him feel so intimidated. The person looked somewhat familiar, but he couldn't quite place where he had seen them before.
"I've come to pick up my cat."
Having abandoned his meeting and spent several hours rushing here, Xie Chen looked at the man in front of him and coldly uttered these words.
Ergang's palms were a little sweaty. He forced a smile and said, "I don't know what you're talking about. What's your cat doing here?"
"I have something to do, you—"
Before you could even mute yourself, a snow-white figure darted over from behind.
"Meow!"
gentlemen.
Bai Li meowed urgently, and just as her round body ran up to us, she was scooped up by a pair of large hands.
"Don't be scared, okay?"
Xie Chen lowered his eyes, and sure enough, the meowing kitten was frightened and its eyes filled with tears again.
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