Chapter 40 Cat's Home (2)
With a lingering thought of returning to one's roots, Lin Chujiu picked up the little orange cat's body, intending to take it to be buried.
She took it back to its home with a group of cats.
Xiao Bai leaned closer to look at her, and after seeing what was in her arms, it didn't make a sound, but just stared at her blankly.
Lin Chujiu didn't dare to look at it, so she picked up a few branches from the ground and started frantically digging a hole.
She could have simply thrown the little orange cat into a trash can or into the bushes and ended it all, but she didn't want to.
Although she had only spent a few days with the kitten, Lin Chujiu had already deeply remembered the little orange figure.
Lin Chujiu felt very guilty about its death.
In fact, Lin Chujiu felt guilty about the deaths of Yu Xuan and the little orange cat. It was a kind of guilt stemming from her inability to save the people she wanted to save.
Back then, could we have gone even just a little bit faster?
No, she could have gone faster, but her cautious nature as a player forced her to consider the dangers in the surrounding environment.
Lin Chujiu couldn't help but feel guilty.
She finished digging the hole in no time. The hole was a bit small, and after the little orange cat was buried, a small bump would rise up in the spot. Lin Chujiu covered it with some fallen leaves, as if she were covering it with a blanket.
The little white cat watched from the sidelines the whole time, without approaching Lin Chujiu again or making a sound.
Little Tabby returned midway and tried to get close to Lin Chujiu, but was stopped by Little White.
Finally, it took one last look and ran away.
Lin Chujiu finished filling the hole, smiled at Xiaobai, and vaguely wanted to hug it again, but Xiaobai dodged her.
Lin Chujiu sadly withdrew her hand and left.
The walk back to her dorm wasn't long, but she walked very slowly.
Having gotten used to having a little thing following her around these past few days, Lin Chujiu felt a little uneasy when the little thing suddenly disappeared.
As dusk approached in the distance, a setting sun cast its pale light nearby.
When Lin Chujiu was digging the hole, her finger hit a rock and scraped off a little bit of skin.
The weather was very cold that night, as if a snow had suddenly fallen in her heart, and Lin Chujiu's wounds were also frozen and painful.
She shuddered and walked back like a zombie.
The further I walked, the more I remembered Yu Xuan's smiling face in her white dress that day, talking about building up her hometown; the more I remembered the adorable way the kitten tilted its head and looked back at her when it took her to the cafeteria...
But all of that is gone...
Lin Chujiu tilted her head back, letting the tears stream down her face.
She was truly useless, failing to grasp the intricacies of the rules and simply watching Yu Xuan get hit and killed by a car; she was truly useless, seeing the cat standing in the road but unable to save it, just watching helplessly as a car ran over it…
In a daze, she seemed to sense something, yet she felt that she hadn't sensed anything at all.
She returned to her dormitory crying. Although Jiang Tiantian and Fang Duo were also sad, they saw that she seemed even sadder than they were, so they temporarily stopped their own sadness to comfort her.
"Jiu Jiu, Yu Xuan is dead. Don't be scared out of your wits," Jiang Tiantian advised.
"Did something happen outside?" Fang Duo noticed something was wrong and asked her.
Lin Chujiu cried, "Xiao Ju is dead... Waaah... Xiao Ju is dead..."
She burst into tears as if she had suddenly found an outlet for her emotions.
Two people and animals around her died one after another in the past two days, and she was the first to witness them. Her sanity of the first twenty-two years was about to drop to zero in just two days.
To put it bluntly, she always thinks about the scene of their death, and she's afraid.
She was crying and sobbing in the dormitory, like a crazy woman. Fang Duo and Jiang Tiantian comforted her for a long time before being called out for a talk.
While they were talking, Lin Chujiu started a live stream.
Her emotions had actually calmed down considerably, and now, facing the audience in the live stream, she forced a smile:
Good evening, everyone in the live stream!
She really cries a lot, but she doesn't like to cry in front of her fans.
Constant crying will annoy those who don't like her much to begin with, and it will also worry those who like her a lot.
She went to look at the comments section.
[Jiu Jiu, my wife, you're still so slender even after crying. I just want to kiss you.]
[Haha, my ass! How can some people have the nerve to be fans of such a cold-blooded woman?]
Why didn't you save it? If it were Ruoruo, she definitely could have done it.
[Crying, crying, all you do is cry. You're so useless. What are you doing broadcasting in this horror livestream?]
[Why are they still hyping up this "stupid beauty" thing? Is being stupid something to be proud of? I bet that face is all photoshopped.]
[Where did these dogs come out and bite people again? The camera in this horrifying live stream has absolutely no filters!]
Lin Chujiu had just seen the fans praising her and was about to force a smile, but she instantly felt sad after seeing the comments criticizing her for not saving the kitten.
Her eyes, which had stopped crying, started to redden again.
Why are you crying? You're so useless, how dare you cry?
[What's wrong? She's not beyond saving, she just can't be saved. She's still much better than some people who only know how to talk big.]
【Yeah, so many stray dogs and cats get hit by cars and die on the streets every day, and nobody seems to care for them. What right do you have to bark here?!】
[Idiot, you can't even save a cat, what's the point of even trying to beat the game? Just go die!]
Even though Lin Chujiu has a gentle nature, she couldn't help but laugh out loud when she saw these comments.
Her tone remained soft, but her words carried a sharp sarcasm:
"I've done my best, but no one in the world can guarantee whether I can be saved or not in this situation."
Some of you wouldn't have tried to help in that situation yourselves, so why do you put yourselves on a moral high ground online and then vehemently criticize those who try to help?
For some reason, she felt that the comments on this live stream were a bit strange, with malice appearing out of nowhere, as if it had been pre-planned.
She didn't know why she suddenly remembered the time when she was the target of online criticism to promote the company's newest actress.
At this moment, when Lin Chujiu checked the live stream again, she discovered an unexpected visitor.
[Han Yu entered the live stream room]
[Hanyu: Well said. No one can criticize another person without putting themselves in their shoes. Don't advise others to be kind if you haven't experienced their suffering. The host is right.]
[Hanyu sent 999 lollipops (11 diamonds) to streamer Tianjiu]
Upon seeing Han Yu's words, Lin Chujiu, who had been somewhat agitated, instantly calmed down, and her aura softened.
Her older brother came to her rescue.
Lin Chujiu has accumulated nearly a thousand fans after two live streams, but the number of fans is not large enough, and her ability to tip and her cohesion are not strong. As a new streamer, it is difficult for her to gain a foothold in some situations.
Although it's shameful to talk about relying on others for a living, it's the truth.
To gauge a streamer's strength, one must largely consider the number and financial resources of her powerful backers.
This is a lesson Lin Chujiu learned from experiencing several crises involving fake people in her live streams.
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