Chapter 146, First Release of Banxia Novel
"I can run."
The kitten, who hadn't run around freely in a long time, flapped its paws, wanting to do parkour in the living room.
Xie Chen didn't indulge him this time; since it concerned the kitten's health, he was extra careful.
"Lili, let's go have some soup. Uncle Xie made you pork rib soup and pig's trotter soup, both of which you love. There are also some freshly made pastries."
Faced with food, the kitten struggled for a few seconds, but ultimately chose to be obediently picked up and fed by its owner.
During the time he was sick, he visibly lost a lot of weight.
These past few days he's been feeling a bit better, and his older brothers, his husband, Uncle Xie, and even the kittens have all been taking the opportunity to feed him.
Kittens are naturally prone to gaining weight quickly from eating a lot; just now, when I touched them, they were already chubby.
Xie Chen rubbed his soft little belly and felt his mood improve.
"Lili, can you smell the fragrance?"
When Uncle Xie saw him coming over, he asked him with a smile.
Bai Li sniffed, her beautiful amber eyes sparkling: "I can smell it!"
Uncle Xie simmered the soup over low heat for several hours, and as soon as the ceramic pot was opened, the aroma wafted out.
Bai Li didn't want Xie Chen to hug him anymore. He ran back to his bedroom, transformed into human form, and started cooking.
While Bai Li was eating, Uncle Xie pulled Xie Chen aside.
"Sir, have you prepared the gifts for Lili's visit?"
Uncle Xie was extremely worried: "I heard from Lili's older brothers that they have many elders on the mountain who dote on Lili. You have to be careful when you go there."
Xie Chen nodded and listened patiently to Uncle Xie's instructions.
"I know."
He said calmly, "I will do my best."
"That's good."
Uncle Xie patted his shoulder, his eyes filled with expectation for Xie Chen.
In his lifetime, he was able to see Xie Chen find someone he loved, and that person was none other than Lili, whom he liked more and more each time he looked at her. Xie Bo felt very comforted.
While Xie Chen was preparing gifts for his return to the mountain, Old Master Lang, who had been guarding a certain formation, also sent a message back.
The formation is loosening; he can bring Xie Chen's parents out.
Upon receiving the news, Xie Chen rushed over overnight.
He left at night.
Around dusk, he told Bai Li that he was leaving, and Bai Li didn't say a word and started packing her things.
"Lili, it's cold there, you can't go."
Xie Chen held down his paws, preventing him from continuing to pack: "Wait for me at home. I'll pick him up and come right back."
Upon hearing this, Bai Li's face immediately fell.
"I want to go too."
Xie Chen was going to a place far away, unlike the company or hospital, which were close to home.
Bai Li didn't want to be separated from him for so long.
Xie Chen kissed his head gently, but his attitude remained firm: "No, you need to stay home and take good care of yourself."
Bai Li shook her head, unwilling to listen.
"You can bring the medicine with you."
He said, "If I bring the medicine, I won't get sick."
"It's cold there, so even bringing medicine won't work?"
The person and the cat argued for quite a while about whether or not to go.
Xie Chen hadn't managed to soothe the kitten until he left.
He didn't say when he was leaving, but after nightfall, he calmly coaxed the kitten to sleep.
After the kitten fell asleep, he tiptoed out of the bedroom.
Bai Si, who loves to sleep with his younger brother in his mouth, waited at the door of the room.
"Are you leaving?"
"Okay, after I leave, please take good care of Lili."
Bai Si snorted: "Isn't that obvious? If I don't take care of my brother, who will?"
As he spoke, he urged Xie Chen, "You should leave quickly, or you'll wake Lili up."
Xie Chen turned back and glanced reluctantly at the kitten Qiuqiu on the bed before finally getting up.
He didn't bring a driver; he put his luggage in the trunk himself and drove off alone.
The routes were all planned in advance.
Xie Chen also made sure to go early and return early, and he didn't stop much along the way.
The following day.
Light streamed through the window into the room, warmly bathing the large bed.
Bai Li stretched out her body, yawned, and slowly opened her eyes.
"Meow."
gentlemen?.
As always, he called him "sir" in a sticky, affectionate way.
I called out several times, but there was no response from the gentleman.
"Meow meow".
Good morning, Lili.
Another meow sounded from above. Bai Li was stunned and looked at his fourth brother, who had appeared at some point, standing beside him and licking his fur.
Fourth Brother's eyelids weren't fully open, they were half-closed, and he instinctively pulled him into his arms, pressing him down as he wanted to continue sleeping.
Bai Li: "???"
Bai Li twitched her little paws and meowed, "Fourth Brother, where is the Master?!"
Bai Si stretched lazily and said casually, "He's gone."
Bai Li was stunned when she heard this.
He took a while to react before blankly saying, "The sir...sneaked away."
Why aren't you taking him with you?
Bai Si knew he was attached to Xie Chen, so he didn't stay in bed any longer, but sat up to coax his younger brother.
"Xie Chen told me that he's only going away for a few days and will be back immediately."
"What do you want to do these next few days? What do you want to do? I'll accompany you."
Bai Si, who always loved to sleep, raised his stakes even higher: "I can also take you to the amusement park."
"I'm not going."
Bai Li sullenly got out of bed, jumped to the floor, and walked outside.
Seeing this, Bai Si also jumped off the bed.
There are two cats, one big and one small. The big cat comes over every now and then to rub against its little brother and meow a few times.
But the kitten remained completely unmoved.
When Uncle Xie outside saw the two cats, his face crinkled with laughter.
"Xiao Si, Li Li."
Uncle Xie, with a cat in each hand, was so happy he was almost fainting: "You two wash your paws, shall we start eating?"
Bai Si: "Meow."
OK
Bai Li lowered her head and leaned against Uncle Xie's shoulder without saying a word.
Uncle Xie knew that Xie Chen's departure would upset the kitten, so he considerately refrained from mentioning Xie Chen.
I've had breakfast.
Bai Si stayed by his younger brother's side at all times, afraid that he might pack his bags and set off to find Xie Chen.
Uncle Xie didn't want his cat to be cooped up at home, so he simply took both cats to a cat cafe.
What a coincidence!
Black-footed Cat Bro is also in the cat cafe.
"Blackie."
Bai Li jumped out of Xie Bo's arms and ran off to find Hei Ge.
The black-footed cat was playing with the little wolf. When he came over, both the little wolf and the cat came to greet him.
"Kitty, are you feeling better now?"
The black-footed cat knew about the kitten's condition, so the first thing it asked him about was his health.
Bai Li obediently replied, "I'm all better now. I just need to take some medicine every day."
With her fourth and fifth brothers, one researching the prescriptions and the other responsible for brewing the medicine, it was difficult for Bai Li not to recover well.
The black-footed cat reached out its paw to pat the kitten's head and led him to the cat tree to play.
Bai Si watched for a while, and finally, seeing that his younger brother was playing harmoniously with the other cats, he crawled into the cat bed and went back to sleep.
"Blackie."
Seeing that Fourth Brother was asleep, the snow-white kitten playing on the cat tree poked the black-footed cat: "I have something I want to tell you."
"What is it?" Black-footed cat approached.
The kitten snuggled close to his ear and meowed softly, "I want to find the gentleman."
Black-footed cat: "..."
The black-footed cat glanced at him and said, "Don't even think about it. You can't go out."
"I'd like to ask you, sir?"
The kitten continued to meow pleadingly, "Sir? You've been gone for too long, I want to see you."
The black-footed cat pondered for a few seconds, then turned around and fetched a cell phone.
The WeChat video call started.
Black-footed Cat pointed at the screen: "Kitty, now you can see Mr. [the Master]."
The kitten is looking at the man in the video...
Just now he was telling the black-footed cat that he missed Mr., but now that he sees Mr., he suddenly turns his back, leaving Mr. with only his chubby back view.
Xie Chen parked his car on the side of the road, looked at the cat throwing a tantrum in the video, and apologized sincerely and readily.
"Lili, pay attention to me?"
Bai Li didn't want to talk to him?
"It's my fault. I shouldn't have left without saying a word."
Xie Chen first explained the reasons for his apology, and then, disregarding the fact that there were other cats present, he began to coax the kitten with sweet words.
The black-footed cat looked at the cat and the human, licked its paws, turned around and jumped onto another cat tree.
The video had been running for about half an hour.
The tantrum-throwing kitten had already calmed down. It stared longingly at the gentleman on the screen, whom it could only look at but not touch, and meowed, "Gentleman, you have to take me with you next time you go out."
"good."
Xie Chen agreed quickly, but whether he will actually bring it is another matter.
Bai Li checked the time and hung up the phone.
He didn't want to bother the gentleman anymore; the sooner the gentleman went, the sooner he could come back.
Bai Li waited patiently at home for two or three days, growing increasingly anxious.
The signal was bad where Xie Chen was.
He used to call every day, but for more than a day now, no one has replied to Bai Li's WeChat messages.
"Lili, I'll take you out for a bit."
When Tan Yi returned from outside, she noticed he was in a bad mood, so she took him to the hospital.
Bai Rongkang is doing well; Gong Zhe is still in her hospital room.
The two were discussing something, and Bai Rong's expression looked different than usual.
There was sadness, there was anger; in short, the emotions in her eyes were very complex.
"Second sister, I'm here."
Bai Li was brought over by Tan Yi in the form of a cat. After entering the ward, Tan Yi handed him over to her second sister.
As for Gong Zhe, who was standing to the side, Tan Yi glanced at him but said nothing.
"Second sister, Xiaoyi and I will go buy you some food. You and Lili wait for us here."
"Go by yourself, I—"
Before she could finish speaking, Tan Yi was dragged out by Gong Zhe.
"Damn it, let me go."
Tan Yi was dragged outside and angrily bit Gong Zhe: "Why did you drag me along when you went to buy things yourself?"
"Your second sister has something to say to Lili."
Gong Zhe ruffled his hair, soothing the frizzy cat: "Let's go in later."
Tan Yi frowned: "What does Second Sister want to say to Lili?"
"Give me a kiss and I'll tell you."
"If you're not going to kiss me, get lost."
Outside the ward, the irritable third brother was cursing online, while inside, a tiny kitten sat on the bed, listening to his second sister talking to him.
"Jin Jin, Jin Jin... he's gone." Bai Rong's voice was hoarse as she said this.
Time seemed to stand still for a moment.
Bai Li blinked and asked, "Second Sister, what did you say?"
“I said, Jin Jin, he’s gone. He didn’t leave that forest.”
Linzi.
In Bai Li's mind, there was Jin Jin's bleeding leg, and the way Jin Jin made him run away...
How could that be?
Bai Li couldn't believe it. He shook his head and said, "No, Jin Jin is a very good fighter. He won't die."
Although Jinjin kidnapped him for her second sister's sake, and even put him in danger.
But Jinjin came to save him too?
He was one of the few people Bai Li considered a friend, and Bai Li didn't want him to die.
"I'm not lying to you. I heard that he didn't make it because his wound got infected and he didn't get timely treatment."
With each word Bai Rong spoke, Bai Li's heart clenched a little tighter.
He had imagined his own death, after all, he had been a sickly child since he was a child, but he had never witnessed the death of someone around him.
Especially since Jin Jin isn't much older than him.
He was perfectly healthy and could have lived a very, very long time.
“Lili”.
Bai Rong looked at the kitten with red eyes and picked it up: "Don't be sad, I will bring Jinjin's body back for burial."
She hasn't seen the body yet. She's only received the news, but hasn't gone to confirm it herself.
She was overwhelmed with emotion.
The siblings stayed in the ward for a long time. Bai Li's eyes were wet, and she buried her head in Bai Rong's arms, unable to lift it for a long time.
He was very sad.
"Jinjin said we should watch a movie together."
He never imagined that this promise would be impossible to fulfill.
Bai Rong patted his back, comforting him repeatedly, as if trying to calm herself down as well.
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