Nightmare
Thick fog enveloped Shen Yi'an's villa like a veil, leaving only blurry outlines of the surrounding scenery, and the fountain in the courtyard transformed into a hazy ghostly figure.
Yun Jin jumped off the black van and plunged into the fog. Although it was summer, there was a slight chill in the air.
The villa's front door was ajar; when pushed open, it made a soft creaking sound that seemed particularly jarring in the quiet space.
The motion-sensor lights in the corridor gradually lit up with her footsteps. Yun Jin arrived at Shen Yi'an's room with practiced ease. The door was half open, and it was pitch black inside.
He lay fast asleep in bed, his breathing long and steady. The colorful script was still lying on the bedside table, with a pen casually pressed on the cover.
Yun Jin lightly leaped onto the edge of the bed, placing her paws on his exposed arm. Shen Yi'an remained motionless, only his eyelashes trembled slightly. Yun Jin sighed and curled up into a ball beside his pillow.
After an unknown amount of time, a scream woke Yun Jin from her sleep.
Yun Jin suddenly sprang up from her sleep and looked up to see Xie Xinrou standing at the door, her face as pale as paper, her hand tightly covering her mouth.
Shen Yi'an had somehow appeared in front of Xie Xinrou, his eyes cold and unfamiliar.
"Meow meow meow? -- What happened?"
Yun Jin jumped off the bed, puzzled and confused.
"Monster." Shen Yi'an's voice seemed to come from a great distance. "Don't you even look at yourself?"
What?
Yun Jin slowly turned her head.
The mirror reflected a distorted figure: a human torso topped with fluffy cat ears and a long, bushy tail trailing behind.
What happened?
“I even hugged you before…” Shen Yi’an reached for the bedside table and picked up a piece of blue-glowing gravel. “Disgusting.”
In the instant the excruciating pain exploded on her forehead, Yun Jin saw blood splatter on the mirror, staining the monstrous reflection red.
She curled up in fear, her tail tightly wrapped around her trembling body, unable to utter a word.
Warm liquid slid down her cheeks and dripped onto the floor.
Shen Yi'an's figure blurred into a distorted shadow in the blood, and Xie Xinrou was held in his arms and comforted softly.
"How could I have become like this?" Yun Jin's voice was hoarse and unlike her own. Her claws scratched her face, and blood quickly flowed in front of them.
He held the trembling Xie Xinrou in his arms, his fingers gently stroking her lower abdomen: "Don't be afraid, I'm here. Don't harm the baby."
“Yes, our child…” Xie Xinrou looked up, a sweet smile spreading across her lips.
These words struck Yun Jin's mind like a bolt of lightning, leaving her frozen in place.
A dark shadow seeped out from the mirror, gradually solidifying into the shape of that annoying crow: "Admit it, you're only nice to Xiaohua because she's not Shen Yi'an's child."
"I didn't!" Yun Jin's tail swept fiercely, and the black shadow dissipated and then coalesced again like smoke.
The shadowy voice echoed in Yun Jin's ears.
"You're secretly pleased. Shen Yi'an and Xie Xinrou don't get along, and you think you have a chance."
"But even without them, why would Shen Yi'an like you?"
"You're not good-looking, your personality isn't likable, and you're not capable."
"If it weren't for that accident, he would never have had any contact with you."
Darkness surged in like a tide, and Yun Jin's claws began to petrify, spreading from her fingertips to her limbs. She struggled desperately, but could only hear her own silent cries.
"Help me... Yun Chen!"
"Sis, are you in the bathroom?" Yun Chen's voice rang out like a savior.
Yun Jin's limbs felt as heavy as lead. No matter how much she struggled, she couldn't even move her claws. Only her tail could sway slightly, and she could only manage a few weak whimpers from her throat.
Move... move faster!
She screamed in her heart, and in the darkness, she could only hear her own rapid heartbeat.
Suddenly, a sliver of light pierced the darkness and gently landed on the tip of her nose. Yun Jin blinked, and tears suddenly burst forth.
"Oh dear, sis, how did you fall through the crack in the bed and get out?"
ah?
Yun Chen pulled Yun Jin out like a radish. Yun Jin, now free, stood stiffly on the bed, her mind blank.
"Sis, why did you turn into a cat to sleep?" Yun Chen leaned closer to Yun Jin, both amused and exasperated. "And, you cried."
"No, I accidentally turned into a cat, and then some accidents happened." Yun Jin's voice was a little hoarse, and her face slowly turned red.
Under Yun Chen's puzzled gaze, Yun Jin quickly fled to the bathroom, looked at her disheveled hair in the mirror, and breathed a sigh of relief.
It was just a nightmare.
The icy water splashed on her face, washing away the non-existent bloodstains on her forehead. Yun Jin stared at the whirlpool formed by the water flowing into the drain, and in a daze, she saw herself again in her dream, half-human and half-cat.
"Sis?" Yun Chen's voice came through the door, accompanied by a worried knock. "Did you fall into the toilet?"
"It'll be ready soon!" Yun Jin replied, her voice still trembling slightly.
——
Starting today, Yun Jin will be staying with Shen Yi'an for a while.
Yun Jin stood in front of the French windows, reliving her second nightmare. Gray clouds hung low outside the window, and raindrops fell one by one onto the windowpane. She took a deep breath; the damp air was mixed with the scent of rain and earth.
Fortunately, there was no fog today, just a cloudy and rainy day.
Shen Yi'an, who spent most of last night trending on social media, is currently sitting in his living room flipping through a script, seemingly undisturbed by the online controversy.
However, he frequently trends on social media, which is commonplace for him. Deleting comments, reporting, sending lawyer's letters… a smooth series of moves, and the internet is back to a peaceful state.
Yun Jin secretly ran around, but Xiao Hua and Xie Xinrou were not there. Their rooms were cleaned spotlessly, and there was no sign that anyone had lived there.
It seems that yesterday's photos were taken when Xie Xinrou picked up Xiaohua.
In a few days, the crew of the show "Amazing Furry Friends" will be filming at the celebrity's home. I wonder if Shen Yi'an will have time. If he doesn't, Yun Jin can rest again.
Oh, right, there were a few strands of my own hair under Shen Yi'an's pillow.
Thinking of this, Yun Jin turned and ran into Shen Yi'an's room. She lightly jumped onto the bed and went straight to under the pillow, but there was nothing there!
What's going on?
Has the cleaning lady come to clean yet?
But it's not normal for a grown man to suddenly have a few long hairs in his room!
If Auntie finds out, she'll definitely tell Shen Yi'an, and then Shen Yi'an will discover his secret.
Yun Jin, who was in a disheveled state, was lifted up by a pair of large hands. "What's wrong? Want to sleep?"
Just like their first encounter, those light purple, smiling eyes looked at Yun Jin, making her heart flutter.
"But we need to cheer up now, we still have to go to film." Shen Yi'an put Yun Jin in his arms.
The car started again, heading towards the location of the film crew of "Secrets in Spring".
The warning tape that had been placed earlier was trampled into the mud by the crowds coming and going, and the crew members were all busy wearing plastic raincoats.
As soon as Shen Yi'an opened the car door, a staff member came up to him with an umbrella. Shen Yi'an waved his hand and pulled an umbrella out of the car.
In an empty teaching building, at the end of the first-floor corridor, only the classroom of "Senior Three (2) Class" is bustling with people.
The moment Shen Yi'an pushed open the classroom door while carrying Yun Jin, more than twenty pairs of eyes lit up at the same time, and the extras in their dark blue school uniforms all straightened up.
They were all student extras hired by the school. One of the students got so excited that he accidentally knocked over a desk, making a loud noise that immediately silenced the noisy classroom.
"Teacher Shen, is the trending topic from last night true?" a girl sitting in the back asked.
Yun Jin noticed that Shen Yi'an's smile froze for a moment, and then he responded politely, "Of course it's not true."
"Don't get agitated, the sooner we finish filming, the sooner everyone can leave."
The stagehand shouted, rolling up the notice in his hand and slapping it against the "No Photography" sign on the wall.
"We don't want to leave early." Someone shouted, and everyone burst into laughter, with some even peeking out their phone cameras from behind their textbooks.
The stagehand hunched over and leaned closer to Shen Yi'an, his crumpled stagehand notebook rolled into a tube and tapping nervously in his palm.
"Mr. Shen, let's film the rest of the scenes first," the production assistant said cautiously. "As for Ms. Ding Zhizi... sigh..."
“The contract was already signed, but yesterday…” His voice lowered even further, “that person brought their own funding to the project, and now the investors are demanding a replacement…”
"Okay, I understand." Shen Yi'an nodded expressionlessly and walked to his seat.
Yun Jin squatted by the window next to him. The afternoon's scenes were relatively simple. For example, in the first scene, the second male lead, played by Shen Yi'an, suddenly fell ill in class, and the kitten, played by Yun Jin, broke through the window and delivered a letter from the female lead.
To be honest, Yun Jin thought this kind of scene was pretty silly. Cats don't break through windows; they just open the window and crawl in.
"Action!" At the director's command, the actors quickly got into character.
A moment later, the pen in Shen Yi'an's hand suddenly fell. His slender hand trembled as he gripped the edge of the desk, his knuckles turning white from the force. The stray hairs on his forehead were soaked with cold sweat and stuck to his pale skin.
Now!
Yun Jin used her hind legs to propel the cat towards the window.
"Splash!"
The prop glass shattered with a crash. She nimbly flipped in the air and landed gracefully in front of Shen Yi'an, a deliberately aged prop letter dangling from her mouth, along with a strong smell of cheap perfume.
If it weren't for filming, Yun Jin wouldn't have put something like that in her mouth.
Upon seeing the letter, Shen Yi'an's eyes filled with tears, and the blood from the prop he had prepared beforehand spilled from the corner of his mouth, slamming heavily onto the letter.
Then, as he "fainted," his head slowly tilted to one side. Yun Jin immediately pounced on his chest, pressing her paws against the collar of his school uniform, meowing sadly...
As the setting sun slowly climbed onto the windows of the teaching building, the stagehands began to gather up the scattered props. Yun Jin squatted on the windowsill, watching the crowd recede like a tide.
Shen Yi'an stood in the backlight of the corridor, talking quietly with the director, his school uniform jacket casually draped over his arm.
When his gaze swept over her, Yun Jin immediately turned her head away, pretending to be interested in the birds on the branches outside the window.
In the chaos, a little girl was pushed out. Yun Jin looked up and saw that it was Xiao Hua.
Xiao Hua's left cheek was frighteningly swollen and red. Her hair tie was half loose, and there were still ripped marks on the collar of her clothes. As if she had made up her mind, she shouted in Shen Yi'an's direction:
"Dad, please don't abandon me!"
The tearful voice made everyone present turn their heads.
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