Category: Revenge of the Garfield (Page 6 of 10)

       However, Li Zhenruo seemed to have misunderstood Li Zhenran.

       Because at the same time he fell down, Li Zhenran reached out and grabbed him. But Li Zhenran just happened to only grab his tail, which made him shriek in the middle of the night

       Li Zhenran hurriedly pulled his tail to lift him up and put him on the windowsill.

       Li Zhenruo was still in shock, plus, his tail was pulled up painfully. The whole cat was in a trance, just burying his head and licking the root of his tail.

       Li Zhenran looked at him, his slender legs rolled over the window frame and hung outside. He sat on the window sill, raised one hand and stuffed a cigarette into his mouth, and then lit the cigarette with a lighter in the other hand.

       Li Zhenruo smelled the smoke and looked up at him. It seemed that he hardly ever seen Li Zhenran smoke, but now he was sitting on the windowsill looking into the distance with a cigarette in his mouth, which made Li Zhenruo feel a little uncomfortable.

       If he had to summarize this emotion, Li Zhenruo felt that Li Zhenran was probably heartbroken.

       The pain at the base of the tail became less distinct. Li Zhenruo hesitated for a long time, stretched out his paw, and touched Li Zhenran’s thigh nervously.

       He should actually turned into a human form and sat down to have a serious chat with Li Zhenran, but he was a little timid. He always felt that he didn’t need to talk if he looked like this, so he didn’t need to face Li Zhenran’s questioning.

       Li Zhenran ignored him. He just bent his left leg and stepped on the window sill, his left arm rested on his knee and held the cigarette between his fingers.

       Li Zhenruo looked a little bewildered at his handsome side profile.

       Li Zhenran suddenly opened his mouth and said, “Why are you climbing to my room in the middle of the night?”

       Where in the middle of the night it is? Li Zhenruo cursed, but after he heard him say this, he finally felt relieved and thought that Li Zhenran was probably not so angry.

       He carefully withdrew his sharp claws, placed the soft pad of flesh against Li Zhenran’s waist, and raised his head while looking at him, while gently pressing his waist.

       Li Zhenran still ignored him.

       So he pressed again.

       Li Zhenran looked at him this time and said, “I’ll throw you down.”

       Li Zhenruo quickly retracted his cat’s paw.

       He hesitated for a while, and finally stretched his limbs to become a human and sat beside Li Zhenran. The two men crowded the same window sill. Li Zhenruo’s naked skin was close to Li Zhenran’s body, and he could feel the temperature of Li Zhenran’s skin through a thin layer of cloth.

       Li Zhenruo said, “I can’t say that I came to Li’s house and stayed with you for no purpose, but it has nothing to do with my feelings for you.”

       Li Zhenran took a puff of smoke, and suddenly spew all the white smoke on Li Zhenruo’s face. He then asked him, “What kind of feelings do you have for me?”

       Li Zhenruo shrank his neck back, looked at Li Zhenran, thought about it and said, “Isn’t it the master…”

       Li Zhenran didn’t answer, took a puff and spew the smoke on his face.

       Li Zhenruo raised his hand and waved the smoke away, and asked Li Zhenran tentatively, “What’s that supposed to be?”

       Li Zhenran said coldly, “How do I know? Think for yourself, and tell me if you understand.” With that, he turned into the room and walked towards the bathroom.

       When he went to bed at night, Li Zhenruo still didn’t know how to answer Li Zhenran’s question. Li Zhenran’s attitude towards him was cold, but not as angry as when he confessed his identity to him at first.

       Maybe Li Zhenran forgave him after the entanglement and he didn’t care about his impure intentions at the beginning. Perhaps it was enough to know that he was now a good cat who was devoted to his master.

       Li Zhenruo slept beside Li Zhenran’s pillow, but Li Zhenran refused to reach out and hug him. Li Zhenruo somewhat suffer from insomnia, and he didn’t fall asleep for a while. Li Zhenran didn’t move next to him, and he didn’t dare to toss and turn for fear that if he woke Li Zhenran, he would be thrown out of bed.

       After he lay down quietly for a while, Li Zhenruo changed himself back to the appearance of a cat, quietly got up and made a circle on the pillow. He stared straight at Li Zhenran. After staring for more than ten minutes, he felt sleepy, yawned and closed his eyes to sleep.

       The next morning, Li Zhenran didn’t talk to Li Zhenruo when he got up. After Li Zhenran took a bath and dressed, he went downstairs to have breakfast.

       Li Zhenruo looked disappointed, washed his face with his paws, and followed Li Zhenran downstairs.

       During breakfast, there were only Li Zhenran and Wen Chun in the dining room, and neither of them spoke, making the Li family particularly cold. In fact, there weren’t many people in the past, but Li Zhenzi and Zhu Kai never kept their mouths shut, and Li Zhentai was always friendly and liked to engage in small talk with his younger brother.

       Wang Ma probably also felt a little down. She turned on the TV in the living room after eating breakfast early.

       Li Zhenruo swallowed a few pieces of cat food and suddenly heard Li Zhenran say, “Sister-in-law enjoy your meal, I’ll be going first.” He immediately turned to look and saw that Li Zhenran had picked up the coat hanging on the back of the chair with one hand and was already going out.

       So Li Zhenruo didn’t care about the cat food he hadn’t swallowed, and hurriedly wanted to chase him out, but Li Zhenran closed the door as soon as he got in the car.

       Li Zhenruo rushed over and throw himself at the door. He then tried to jump up and saw that the window was not open.

       Wang Ma chased him out and picked him up. She took two steps back, and said, “Be careful, they’re going to drive.”

       Sure enough, Li Zhenran didn’t even look at him and asked the driver to drive.

       Li Zhenruo stared blankly at the car driving away and weakly dropped his head in Wang Ma’s arms.

       He was listless all day, lying on the back of the sofa in the living room, waiting for Li Zhenran to come back. But at the same time, he was a little dazed, not knowing what Li Zhenran should say to him when he really came back.

       In the morning, when Wang Ma went to help in the kitchen, Wen Chun came down to the first floor and stood outside in the courtyard to make a phone call.

       Li Zhenruo looked at her slender back and felt that she was a little pitiful, but when he thought of her relationship with Li Zhenzi, he felt that she was to blame.

       Li Jianglin came back from a walk, took a book and sat on the reclining chair in the yard. He was flipping through the book.

       Li Zhenruo hesitated for a moment, then got up and walked out, straightened up and leaned on the side of the reclining chair. When Li Jianglin saw him, he bent down and stretched out his hand to lift Li Zhenruo up and put him on his lap.

       When Li Zhenruo lay down, Li Jianglin stroked his head and back with his rough palms.

       Li Zhenruo was already a little aggrieved, but he felt even more aggrieved by being treated so gently by Li Jianglin and closed his eyes quietly.

       However, in the afternoon, Li Zhenruo was lying on the stairs to take a nap when was awakened by the sound of Wang Ma’s footsteps suddenly passing by. He saw Wang Ma hurrying upstairs, and followed quickly. But unfortunately, he couldn’t ask what happened.

       He saw Wang Ma go to Li Zhenran’s room on the third floor, opened the door, went in, opened the closet, and unexpectedly started packing.

       Li Zhenruo was startled and felt strange. He grabbed Wang Ma’s legs and began to “meow meow” with his mouth on and on.

       Wang Ma was tired of being pestered that she reached out and gently lifted him and said, “Your master is going on a business trip. I’ll help him pack up, so don’t make trouble.”

       Li Zhenran is going on a business trip? Why didn’t he tell him so suddenly? Li Zhenruo was stunned for a while.

       After a while, Wang Ma packed the suitcase and dragged it outside.

       Li Zhenruo tried to stop her, but he couldn’t stop her. So he could only lie on top of the suitcase in the end.

       Wang Ma dragged the box to the top of the stairs, and raised her hand to drive him down, but failed. She put down the suitcase and called the gardener to help.

       The gardener was a middle-aged man in his forties. He picked up the suitcase and walked downstairs regardless of whether there was a cat or not. Li Zhenruo almost fell in an instant, but fortunately, he still had his claws firmly grasping the handle of the suitcase.

       Wang Ma instructed the gardener to put the suitcase by the door of the living room and ignore the cat that was still lying on it, and go about his own business.

       After half an hour, Hua Yibang drove over.

       Wang Ma brought him to get the suitcase. Hua Yibang stood at the door of the living room, looked at the cat lying on it, and was slightly startled.

       Wang Ma asked, “Did Zhenran say he was going to take the cat with him?”

       Hua Yibang shook his head blankly.

       Wang Ma asked again, “Are you going with him? How many days are you going to go?”

       Hua Yibang replied, “I guess about half a month.”

       Wang Ma was a little surprised, “It’s so long! Then take care of yourself and keep an eye on Zhenran.”

       Hua Yibang nodded, “I know.”

       Wang Ma felt a little strange again, “He’s not going to bring the cat? He didn’t take the cat with him even though he was gone for so long?”

       Hua Yibang let out an “um”.

       Wang Ma said, “So I guess it’s probably going to freak out when it’s not going to find its owner for half a month.”

       Li Zhenruo felt that he was about to go crazy in less than half a month.

       Hua Yibang obviously couldn’t be that thoughtful to Li Zhenran’s pet cat. He only said to Wang Ma, “Mom, I have to go, or I won’t be able to catch the plane.”

       Wang Ma said, “Oh, oh, go quickly.”

       Hua Yibang pointed to Li Zhenruo, “The cat.”

       Wang Ma understood and held Li Zhenruo’s two front paws to carry him down. Li Zhenruo was clinging to the suitcase to death, his claws were about to go in, but after all, his strength was not as strong as that of humans, so he was finally pulled off by Wang Ma and let out a cry.

       Hua Yibang put the suitcase into the car.

       Li Zhenruo was unwilling to give up and waved his paws, “Meow…”

       However, Hua Yibang had already gotten into the car. But after hearing Li Zhenruo scream forlornly, he just glanced at his face and started the car mercilessly.

       Wang Ma held him tightly in her arms and said to Hua Yibang, “Be careful!”

       Hua Yibang responded, “Mom, take care of your health.” Then he drove the car away.

       Wang Ma stood there and watched her son drive away, and then went back to the house with the cat.

       After Li Zhenruo was put on the ground, he jumped up and wanted to rush out, but just after he left the living room door, he stopped.

       He originally thought he could leave the Li family after taking human form to catch up, but then he thought, Li Zhenran went out of town on a business trip, his ID card was locked by the other party, and he couldn’t catch up with him if he couldn’t buy a plane ticket. And since Li Zhenran deliberately avoided him, what would happen if he caught up with him? Li Zhenran asked him some other questions, but he was still speechless. The final result, he afraid might not be any different from now.

       He felt his heart cold, Li Zhenruo stopped and lay down.

       Wang Ma thought he was about to run away. She was startled and just chased after him, only to see Li Zhenruo lying down at the door again. Frightened, she walked over and lightly kicked his ass with her feet in slippers, and scolded, “Troublemaker!”

       Li Zhenruo was kicked and shook for a while. He raised his paws to cover his face.

       Li Zhenran’s visit really lasted half a month, and he didn’t call back halfway. No, he may have called Li Jianglin, but he didn’t call Li Zhenruo.

       It was impossible for him to say on the phone: Let my cat answer the phone, I want to talk to it.

       Li Zhenruo was listless all day and lay motionless on the sofa. When he slept at night, he went back to the third floor. Sometimes his mind wandered and he slowly walked to the door of Li Zhenran’s room before he even realized it, Then he would finally lay down against the door, resting his head on his paws.

       Li Zhenruo thinks that his current mood was probably the same as someone who was lovelorn. Every morning when he opened his eyes, he thought of Li Zhenran, and then he falls into endless worries. At night, he couldn’t sleep for a long time. The cat was left alone and left here, and bursts of sorrow flooded into his heart.

       One day at dinner, Li Zhenruo was licking cat food carelessly, and sometimes he would pause for a few seconds after eating one.

       Li Jianglin sat on the side and observed him for a long time, and asked Wang Ma, “What happened to the cat?”

       Wang Ma said, “Maybe the owner has been away for too long and it is in a bad mood.”

       Li Jianglin sighed, “This is the first time I’ve seen such a humane cat.”

       Wang Ma also said, “Yes, this cat is very smart, just like a child.”

       Li Zhenruo raised his head and looked dazed, only to feel that the cat food in his mouth was rough, dry and tasteless.

       Li Jianglin turned his gaze back at this moment, glanced at Wen Chun, who was sitting across from him eating silently and said, “My birthday is on the seventh of next month, and I plan to have a drink at home. Please invite your parents to come.”

       Wen Chun was a little surprised when he heard the words, “Didn’t Dad say you don’t want to celebrate?”

       As early as half a month ago, Li Zhenran asked Li Jianglin if he wanted to arrange a birthday for him. At that time, Li Jianglin said there was no need, and the family would just have a meal together. But now listening to Li Jianglin’s tone, it felt like another show to invite guests.

       Li Jianglin said, “I’m just inviting some close old friends and relatives. There are only two or three tables in total. We are not going to eat out, and can just eat at home.”

       Wang Ma was also eating with her at the dining table and then said with a smile, “Okay, okay, I’ll go talk to the kitchen later, plan it out properly, and write a menu out for you to look over first. It’ll be lively then.”

       The house has been deserted for a long time, and even Wang Ma was looking forward to being able for the whole family to come back for a gathering.

       For Li Jianglin’s birthday, no matter how big the conflict, it was impossible for Li Zhentai and Li Zhenzi not to show up. It was impossible to pull each other down when they come back since there were going to be so many guests at home. It seemed that Li Jianglin couldn’t bear it either, and wanted to find an opportunity to resolve the current situation.

       Li Zhenruo had a portion of cat food in his mouth, but he didn’t swallow it.

       Li Jianglin nodded, “I’ll call the eldest later and tell him to come back. The second child is not here recently. This matter still has to be handled by him.”

       Wen Chun replied softly, “Okay, Dad.”

       Sure enough, that night, Li Zhentai rushed back from the outside, and after returning home, he went into Li Jianglin’s study and closed the door to talk to him.

       Li Zhenruo was not in the mood to eavesdrop. After dinner, he took Erhuang for a walk in the yard and then jumped in from the living room window after the walk. Before he hit the floor, he was caught by Wang Ma and went to the bathroom to wash his feet, wiped clean water and thrown to the floor.

       When he came out, he met Li Zhentai who also came out of Li Jianglin’s study. Instead of leaving, he went to his room on the second floor.

       Li Zhenruo walked behind him, went to the second floor and looked around, and saw Li Zhentai reach out to close the door.

       Li Zhentai stayed at home for the night that night, and he went home to sleep every day after that.

       Li Zhenzi also came back, but it was daytime. Li Zhentai hadn’t come back at that time. As soon as Wen Chun saw Li Zhenzi, he went upstairs without saying hello, presumably to avoid suspicion.

       Li Jianglin asked Li Zhenzi to enter the study, and the father and son chatted for about an hour, but Li Zhenruo didn’t eavesdrop. In fact, he has no interest in doing anything recently, but he guessed that Li Jianglin must have asked Li Zhenzi to apologize to Li Zhentai.

       Otherwise, Li Jianglin couldn’t persuade Li Zhentai to stop worrying about it. He should know that even if Li Zhentai really didn’t care about it, the knot in his heart will never be solved there, and it would probably stay with them for a lifetime.

       Li Zhenruo suddenly felt that if he was Li Jianglin, he would just let Li Zhentai and Wen Chun divorce, so why bother?

       Although Li Zhenran was not there, in order to prepare for Li Jianglin’s birthday banquet, the family suddenly became lively, especially Wang Ma, who has been instructing the cleaning aunt to clean up thoroughly for the past two days and wiped the windows and glass of all the rooms with ladders repeatedly.

       At the same time, she was still planning the dishes for the banquet and asked the kitchen to make a list for Li Zhentai to look over. Li Zhentai felt that it was not satisfying enough, so he simply asked his assistant Gao Qi to go to the restaurant to order a few dishes to send over.

       When they were cleaning, Li Zhenruo was given a cold shoulder by this family more than once because he got in the way. He was a little angry, and thought that he never chase the robot vacuum cleaner or the mop, so why was he treated like he got in the way?

       In anger, Li Zhenruo left the living room and went to the yard, and ran to Erhuang’s doghouse to lie down with him.

       A dog and a cat were waiting for their owners to come back soon.

       Life without a master always seemed to pass very slowly. However, no matter how slow, as he stared at the clock’s second hand going up and down, half a month had passed before he knew it.

       Li Jianglin’s birthday came, and Li Zhenran still didn’t come back.

       The night before, Li Zhenruo heard Li Jianglin tell Wang Ma that Li Zhenran would come back before lunch the next day.

       Wang Ma heard the words and said, “That’s good then.”

       Li Jianglin said, “Let Yibang stay and eat together.”

       “Ah,” Wang Ma smiled.

       When Li Zhenruo heard their conversation, he suddenly had a little appetite. It was not that he pretended to be pitiful. When Li Zhenruo looked in the mirror in the bathroom last night, Li Zhenruo felt as if he had lost weight.

       He was not too sure. He turned around in front of the mirror a few times and finally pulled the hair on his chin with his paws with difficulty, before nodding with certainty, that he had really lost weight.

       The next morning, Li Zhenruo woke up shortly after dawn. He got up from his nest and jumped to the window to look outside.

       Although it was still early, it could already be seen that today would be a good day and everything would be fine, Li Zhenruo told himself.

       Wang Ma also got up very early and started to be busy after breakfast. Wen Chun did not stay in the room, but wore a beautiful dress with decent makeup on her face, and helped Wang Ma direct the workers in the house to make preparations.

       It was rare for Li Zhentai not to go out, so he called Gao Qi soon after getting up and told him to go to the restaurant to confirm today’s order.

       Li Zhenruo went downstairs full of energy, stood at the door of the living room and looked outside, waiting for Li Zhenran to come back.

       However, he waited until almost noon. When the guests had all come together, the tables were placed directly inside the courtyard. A total of three tables.

       Li Zhenzi came back. Although Li Zhentai did not communicate with him, he did not embarrass him in front of the guests.

       Wen Chun’s parents also came, and Li Zhentai put his arms around Wen Chun’s waist in front of his father-in-law and mother-in-law, as if the husband and wife were in a good relationship.

       Where is Li Zhenran?

       Just as Li Zhentai and Li Jianglin greeted the guests to sit down at the round table together, Li Zhenruo saw a black car driving in from outside. He didn’t have to look carefully to know that it was Li Zhenran’s car.

       The car drove until it stopped nearby, Hua Yibang opened the passenger’s door and got out, and the rear door also opened from the inside, and Li Zhenran stepped out first with his long leg.

       Li Zhenruo was a little excited, took two steps forward and hesitated whether he should pounce, but saw Hua Yibang go around to the other side of the back seat and open the car door, and a beautiful woman with long hair and a tall slender figure came down from inside.

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This is probably how Li Zhenruo looks like

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       Li Zhenruo didn’t care much about Zhu Kai’s kiss just now, but what he pondered in his heart was that Zhu Kai said he knew a secret.

       What secret? It must be a secret related to the Li family. Otherwise, Zhu Kai wouldn’t feel the need to be so talkative, and other secrets were meaningless to him.

       So what’s the secret? Li Zhenruo felt that if he could only guess it by his imagination, there was no way to guess it.

       When he looked back to find Zhu Kai again, he found that Zhu Kai had caught a car on the side of the road and run away. If he let Li Zhenran know, and he was determined to find Zhu Kai, it would not be impossible for him to find Zhu Kai. But even if he found him, who could force Zhu Kai to say things he was not willing to say?

       Could this secret have something to do with Li Zhenruo’s death?

       Li Zhenruo had some speculation in his heart, was Zhu Kai dealing with the people of the Li family to avenge him? It was impossible if he thought about it. Zhu Kai’s feelings for him were not deep enough to this point.

       Li Zhenruo felt that he wouldn’t be able to guess, and squatted on the side of the road holding his head in pain. He suddenly remembered something he was thinking about before. When he had a chance, he wanted to go to Aunt Wu, who left the Li family in a hurry, and asked if she had taken the blood-stained tissue from his room at that time and gave the tissue to someone. By now, he felt that he had to wait for that opportunity, which was probably difficult to wait. He was hooked by Zhu Kai’s words, and suddenly had an idea that it was almost time to act.

       It was not difficult to find out about Aunt Wu’s hometown, but if he wanted to go now, he had to find a way to deal with Li Zhenran.

       How could Li Zhenran allow him to disappear for two or three days without saying anything?

       Li Zhenruo felt a little distressed. He thought that Li Zhenran had some speculation about him, but he didn’t know how much he knew. Before this, Li Zhenruo thought to himself that if Li Zhenran really asked about it one day, he would say that he had received some favour from Li Zhenruo before. Although his benefactor had died, he did not give up trying to find the murderer. But he didn’t expect that until now, Li Zhenran didn’t ask a word. What was Li Zhenran thinking about?

       Since Li Zhenran refused to ask, wouldn’t it be better for him to take the initiative to give a hint to Li Zhenran?

       With this little concern in his mind, Li Zhenruo did not go back to find Li Zhenran that afternoon until he got off work. Later, Li Zhenran called him and asked him where he was. Li Zhenruo replied, “I’m hiding. Come and find me.”

       Li Zhenruo still has a positioning collar on his neck, and it was easy for Li Zhenran to find him.

       It was just that Li Zhenran seemed a little unhappy when he heard Li Zhenruo’s words, and coldly said one sentence, “Just you wait.”

       About an hour after hanging up the phone, Li Zhenran found Li Zhenruo in the woods outside Li’s house. There was a swing hanging on a tree here. Li Zhenruo still remembered that this was when he was young. At that time, Li Zhentai and Li Zhenran had grown a little bit, and they hung it together.

       Li Jianglin did not allow them to come here to play, because the surrounding woods were inaccessible and too remote, and he was afraid that children would have accidents. However, Li Zhenruo and the others would still sneak out. It was like an adventure to explore every corner of the forest.

       However, when they grew up and had enough freedom, they lost interest in this forest and almost never went in again.

       This old swing was still very strong, but the wooden board below was a little rotten, and the forest was so humid that Li Zhenruo felt a little sticky when he touched it with his palm.

       Despite this, he sat down on the swing and kicked the ground with his feet a little nervously, causing the swing to sway slightly.

       After a while, he heard the crisp sound of dry leaves being smashed, raised his head and looked forward, and saw that Li Zhenran was still wearing a suit and leather shoes, walking slowly in this direction.

       Li Zhenran went straight to Li Zhenruo and stopped. He looked up and looked around, and asked him, “How did you find this place?”

       Li Zhenruo shook the swing, “This is where you guys played as kids, right?”

       “We?” Li Zhenran heard the words and looked at him, “Who are you referring to?”

       Li Zhenruo took a deep breath and said to him, “You and Li Zhenruo.”

       After he said these three words, Li Zhenran was silent for a while. The surroundings were very quiet, and only the sound of insects in the distance could be heard. The sound was monotonous and more secluded. In this dense grove, the sun couldn’t shine in, and the light was gloomy as if they were isolated from the world.

       Li Zhenran clasped his arms around his chest and asked him, “Why Li Zhenruo?”

       For some reason, Li Zhenruo suddenly flinched a little. He changed the subject and said, “I saw Zhu Kai today, and he told me something.”

       Li Zhenran stretched out his hand towards Li Zhenruo’s head.

       “Huh?” Li Zhenruo was frozen for a moment.

       Li Zhenran just plucked a leaf off his head and asked him, “What did he say to you?”

       Li Zhenruo couldn’t help but raised his hand and touched the top of his head, and said, “Zhu Kai said that he knows a secret of the Li family.”

       Li Zhenran still held the dead leaf in his hand and looked at Li Zhenruo, “What secret?”

       Li Zhenruo said, “Do you think he will tell me?”

       Li Zhenran didn’t seem to be curious about what secret Zhu Kai said at all. Maybe he didn’t believe that he could hear anything serious from Zhu Kai’s mouth. He held Li Zhenruo’s jaw to make him look up to him, “Why are you so interested in our Li family’s affairs?”

       If it were in the past, Li Zhenruo would have said smoothly: Don’t you think it was because of you?

       But today, Li Zhenruo was silent for a while and said, “Because I want to know how Li Zhenruo actually died.” After he said this, Li Zhenruo noticed that his heart was beating wildly. He was a little nervous and subconsciously made a gulping action. His eyes were still fixed on Li Zhenran.

       Sure enough, Li Zhenran was not surprised. His gaze somehow become sharp and said to Li Zhenruo, “How did Li Zhenruo die, what does it have to do with you?”

       Li Zhenruo said, “I have a positioning collar on me. You always know where I went, right?”

       Li Zhenran said frankly, “I know sometimes, but I don’t have time to stare at you 24 hours a day.”

       Li Zhenruo couldn’t help but say, “Then why don’t you ever ask me?”

       Li Zhenran suddenly exhaled a long breath and said to Li Zhenruo, “What do you want me to ask you? What is your relationship with Li Zhenruo? What’s your purpose for sneaking into the Li family? You—why are you approaching me?” The last sentence was whispered by Li Zhenran as he came up to Li Zhenruo’s ear.

       Li Zhenruo was stunned when he heard the words, and suddenly stood up, “I’m not…” He stopped halfway after speaking. He originally wanted to say that he didn’t approach him for any reason, but he immediately remembered that he did approach him at first. Originally Li Zhenruo’s purpose was to find out the truth of his murder, not it was for nothing like what he wanted to say now.

       Even before he met Zhu Kai today, he didn’t plan to show Li Zhenran that he was investigating Li Zhenruo’s affairs. The choice was not carefully considered and planned at this time. It was more or less a spur of the moment.

       He was a little nervous and uneasy. All he thought about was whether Li Zhenran would doubt his identity, and how would he make up a lie to modify his identity to make Li Zhenran believe that he was just a cat demon who wanted to repay Li Zhenruo’s gratitude.

       However, he did not expect that Li Zhenran would suddenly ask a question like that.

       Li Zhenran looked at him with cold eyes, waiting for his answer.

       Li Zhenruo took a deep breath and said, “It was an accident that I came to Li’s house, but I deliberately wanted to stay in Li’s house to try to find out the real cause of the Fourth Young Master’s death, but I didn’t approach you for this.” At this point, he paused a little, “As for me and Li Zhenruo, he once saved my life.”

       When he said the last sentence, Li Zhenruo was momentarily wavered, and had the sudden impulse to make him want to confess to Li Zhenran, but at the last moment he still shrink back. For some reason, he was a little afraid to see Li Zhenran’s expression when he learned the truth.

       He was a cat. He didn’t know how long he could maintain his human form with the help of external spiritual power. In the past, he always wanted to leave the Li family to find a family to adopt him after revenge and then retire with peace of mind. Today after he heard Xia Hongshen’s words, he thought that he might be able to practice cultivation with Xia Hongshen, and even if he couldn’t become a powerful demon, he could at least live a few more years. However, no matter what the plan was, he never thought about what would happen between him and Li Zhenran in the end.

       He used to feel that he was just using Li Zhenran and would not hesitate to sell his body. But now he felt guilty when he heard Li Zhenran’s questioning. Li Zhenruo was very confused and couldn’t sort out and cleared his mind.

       Li Zhenran said, “So you approached me to find out who was responsible for the murder of the fourth child?”

       Li Zhenruo couldn’t help but retort, “I said it wasn’t for this reason to approach you.”

       He looked up at Li Zhenran but felt that Li Zhenran’s expression was cold and hard, and he didn’t seem to believe him at all.

       Li Zhenruo felt a little resentful and said, “I—”

       Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard Li Zhenran sigh softly, with some melancholy and despair.

       Li Zhenruo was stunned for a moment. He saw Li Zhenran reaching out and touched his face gently, then turned around and stepped on the dead leaves to leave.

       How did it get to this point?

       Li Zhenruo sat down on the swing, but in the end, he just raised his hand to cover his head in dismay.

       By the time he returned to Li’s house, Li Zhenran had already finished eating and gone upstairs.

       Li Zhenruo’s clothes were old clothes borrowed from Song Jun. There was no way to bring them back to Li’s house, so he could only take them off and fold them on the swing, and plan to find a way to pick them up tomorrow.

       Back at the door of the house, Li Zhenruo rubbed his cat’s paw on the mat at the door, intending to rub off the soil on it, but when Wang Ma saw him, she said, “Why did you come back late at night. Every day you go out and hang out, it’s like you’ve become a wild cat.”

       After saying that, she picked him up and took him to the bathroom to wash his feet.

       The rice bowl was still full of cat food. He leaned in to eat two mouthfuls, which he felt tasteless and unpalatable. He walked slowly to the stairs and looked towards the third floor, but he couldn’t see anything.

       The house was very quiet, the eldest, third child, and Zhu Kai were not around. Wen Chun just glanced at him after dinner and went upstairs in silence.

       Wang Ma was sitting on the sofa watching TV and wearing a sweater, while Li Jianglin went out for a walk alone. He had limited mobility and often couldn’t walk far, so he just walked around the house.

       Li Zhenruo wanted to go upstairs to find Li Zhenran. He stepped on the stairs and hesitated. He knew why Li Zhenran was angry, but for those few questions, Li Zhenruo still felt that he could not face it openly. Li Zhenran was right, he purposely got close to him, using his identity to do things for himself.

       However, shouldn’t Li Zhenran have guessed it long ago? But why was it suddenly mentioned now? Or Li Zhenran has always had a grudge, but never mentioned it, and was just waiting for him to confess?

       As he thought of this, Li Zhenruo couldn’t help but regret it, thinking that if he told Li Zhenran earlier, would he not be so angry?

       Feeling depressed, Li Zhenruo hesitated to go upstairs, and finally sat down against the wall.

       He was really just squatting down, with the two hind legs bent, the back against the wall and the round buttocks sitting on the ground. Unfortunately, his two front legs were not long enough and his body was too round, so there was no way to hug his legs. He couldn’t put his head on his knees despite all of his efforts. Besides, he had no knees.

       Even with the melancholy, his posture was very ridiculous, and Li Zhenruo’s mood worsened.

       Wang Ma occasionally turned her head to look at him, so she was stunned, looked at him carefully for a while, and called out, “Dumpling?”

       Li Zhenruo looked up at her.

       Wang Ma was inexplicable, “Why are you in this posture?”

       Li Zhenruo couldn’t answer, so he lowered his head again.

       After a while, Li Jianglin came back from the outside with his crutch, walked straight to him and stopped, panting slightly.

       Li Zhenruo looked up at him.

       Li Jianglin felt a little strange, and asked Wang Ma, “What’s the matter?”

       Wang Ma said, “I don’t know, it seemed to be in a bad mood.”

       Li Zhenruo felt even more depressed when he heard their conversation.

       It was inconvenient for Li Jianglin to squat down, so he raised his crutch and touched the top of Li Zhenruo’s head lightly. Li Zhenruo’s eyes were teary. This physiological reaction came very easily, and immediately soaked a bunch of fluff under his eyes.

       Li Jianglin seemed to see him as pitiful, and said to Wang Ma, “Tell the second child to carry the cat back.”

       Wang Ma responded, got up from the sofa, and walked upstairs.

       Li Jianglin went back to his room by himself.

       After a while, Li Zhenruo heard a knock on the door on the third floor, and then Li Zhenran opened the door and spoke to Wang Ma. The sound came down from the stairway but was very clear.

       Wang Ma told Li Zhenran that there was something wrong with his cat and asked Li Zhenran to take a look. Li Zhenran said, “Let him be.”

       After he said that, Li Zhenran closed the door.

       When Li Zhenruo heard Wang Ma’s footsteps going downstairs, he felt an unbearable heartache. He got up and ran towards the living room window, then jumped out of the open window.

       He didn’t want to go somewhere, but he was in a depressed mood. He didn’t feel much better about Wang Ma’s concern at home. He came out of the window and walked towards the yard with his tail drooping. He saw Zhu Kai’s Erhuang lying motionless in his kennel from a distance.

       Erhuang has been very quiet recently, probably because he hadn’t seen its owner for several days, and the whole dog seemed to be depressed. Erhuang also saw Li Zhenruo from a distance, but only slightly flapped its ears and didn’t stand up.

       Li Zhenruo suddenly felt a little bit of pity for it and walked slowly towards its kennel until he stopped in front of it.

       Even though Erhuang was in a bad mood, it still reluctantly lifted his tail to greet Li Zhenruo.

       Li Zhenruo then circled around him, rolled himself into a ball and lay down against it, leaning his head on it. Unexpectedly, Erhuang noticed Li Zhenruo’s movements, so he lay down on his side to show his soft and warm belly for him to lean against.

       Li Zhenruo moved his head comfortably and exhaled a deep breath, which sounded like a sigh.

       He thought to himself: Even the family dog is more gentle than Li Zhenran, as a pet cat, he had a really miserable life.

       After lying down for a while, Li Zhenruo closed his eyes and fell asleep because it was too comfortable.

       When he woke up, it was already dark, and the street lamps in front of him were glowing softly. Erhuang kept lying on his side and didn’t move. When he noticed that Li Zhenruo was awake, he turned his head and licked the top of his head.

       Li Zhenruo rarely disliked it. He lowered his head and rubbed Erhuang on its neck, then got up and ran towards the swimming pool. From the swimming pool, as soon as he looked up, he could see the window of Li Zhenran’s room. It was not too late, but the lights in the room were already turned off.

       Li Zhenruo didn’t know whether he had already slept or gone out, so he couldn’t help being curious, and after a little hesitation, he went over the pipe and climbed to the third floor.

       He hadn’t climbed the window for a long time, and his movements were already a little rusty. With difficulty, he climbed to the third floor and found that the window was closed. Just as he put his face on the window and looked in, he suddenly saw Li Zhenran standing in front of the window, raising his hand to push the window.

       As soon as the window was opened, Li Zhenruo, who had just climbed up the third floor, was knocked flying and fell to the ground.

       His heart was cold, and he said silently: Li Zhenran, you are ruthless!

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This is probably how Li Zhenruo looks like

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       Li Zhenruo snored loudly in his sleep and didn’t wake up until dawn the next day.

       When he woke up, he still felt a throbbing pain in his head, which was simply the reaction after a hangover. It was just strange since he didn’t get so drunk last night, so why was the physiological reaction so strong today.

       It was already bright outside, Li Zhenruo opened his eyes and found that Li Zhenran was no longer lying on the bed. He raised his hand to cover his head but found that it was still a cat’s paw, so he used two cat’s paws to cover his face together.

       Li Zhenran went to the bathroom, and Li Zhenruo could hear the sound of water coming from inside.

       Li Zhenruo turned over, stretched his limbs and stretched his waist. At the same time, he felt the spiritual energy rushing to all the limbs and bones, the fluff faded, and the bones and skin stretched. It’s just that he felt a little bit of a blockage in the process. It was not obvious that he was drunk last night. Now that he was sober, the feeling of the spiritual power being blocked was particularly clear.

       He felt a little baffled. He tilted his head and moved his limbs and fingers, but he didn’t feel anything wrong.

       After a while, Li Zhenran opened the door of the bathroom and came out. As he saw the young man lying naked on the bed, he couldn’t help but stop in his tracks.

       Li Zhenruo felt that his reaction was a little strange. He rubbed his eyes and looked at him, and said, “What?”

       Li Zhenran stood there looking at him and asked, “You don’t think there’s anything wrong with you?”

       “What’s wrong?” Li Zhenruo was puzzled.

       Li Zhenran pointed at the top of his head.

       Li Zhenruo was stunned for a moment, then showed a surprised look, and said, “No way?” As he said that, he reached out to touch the top of his head, and surprisingly he once again felt the pair of fluffy ears.

       Not just the ears, he immediately reached out and touched the back of his butt. Unsurprisingly, he touched the tail.

       “What’s going on?” Li Zhenruo’s whole body was frozen.

       Li Zhenran was quite calm, “How do I know what’s going on?”

       Li Zhenruo jumped up from the bed and ran towards the bathroom with bare feet. He tried looking in the mirror, but when he passed by Li Zhenran, his tail was grabbed by Li Zhenran.

       Usually, cats were usually sensitive to their tails, Now there was such a piece of things in the body, it made him unexpectedly more sensitive.

       He hurriedly reached out to grab his own tail, “What is it?”

       Li Zhenran didn’t let go after he grabbed it, and he pulled it back forcibly.

       Li Zhenruo was so big now, and he was not as light as a kitten. Li Zhenran grabbed his tail and pulled it, but he couldn’t be dragged over, and it hurts. He frowned and said, “Let go!”

       Of course, Li Zhenran was not so talkative and dragged his tail to the side of the bed.

       Li Zhenruo was in pain from being pulled and didn’t dare to struggle, so he could only walk over with his strength and was pushed down on the bed.

       Li Zhenran was half-kneeling by the bed, grabbing Li Zhenruo’s tail and scratching at the base of his thigh.

       Li Zhenruo clamped her legs all of a sudden, and said in horror, “What kind of immoral behaviour are you playing in the early morning?”

       Li Zhenran said confidently, “You’re all cat ears and tails early in the morning but you won’t allow me to play a little erotic game?”

       Li Zhenruo was stunned by his shamelessness and said, “It’s not like I did it on purpose.”

       Li Zhenran grabbed his tail, scratched the inside of his legs with the tip of his tail, and at the same time leaned over and bit his cat ears.

       When Li Zhenruo was bitten by him, half of his body suddenly softened, and he lost the strength to resist.

       After being tossed by Li Zhenran early in the morning, the hair on Li Zhenruo’s tail turned up in a mess. He grabbed his tail and licked it subconsciously, but after he licked the cat hair, he spat it out quickly.

       Li Zhenran went to take a shower again, and while getting dressed, he asked him, “Do you want to go out?”

       Li Zhenruo was a little anxious, “How do I go out like this?”

       Li Zhenran looked at him without saying a word.

       Li Zhenruo tried hard several times, but he still couldn’t get his ears and tail back to how it was. He was very annoyed. The important point was that this way he would have no way to go out and meet people.

       When he saw that Li Zhenruo didn’t respond, Li Zhenran packed up and went downstairs to eat.

       Li Zhenruo stopped him quickly, “Ran ge, will you take me to Doctor Feng’s place?”

       Li Zhenran asked knowingly, “What are you going to do?”

       Li Zhenruo glanced at him, “Of course, I went to ask how to return the ears and tail.”

       “Why return it?” Li Zhenran said and walked to him, reached out and rubbed the top of his head, and rubbed his two soft ears until Li Zhenruo blushed, and then continued, “This looks so good.”

       Li Zhenruo slapped his hand away, “Stop it, if this goes on I really can’t see anyone.”

       As he heard this, Li Zhenran actually bent down and looked directly into his eyes and said, “Then don’t go out to meet people. It’s enough for me to look after you alone.”

       When he heard this sentence, Li Zhenruo suddenly felt that his heart skipped a beat. He opened his eyes and watched Li Zhenran without saying anything for a while.

       Li Zhenran pinched his ears.

       Li Zhenruo suddenly came back to his senses and said, “No! I have to restore the form. Can you take me to see Feng Junyuan? Please?”

       Li Zhenran let go of his hand and said, “Let’s go.”

       After breakfast, Li Zhenran personally drove his cat to go out, because he always took his cat to work, the family was not surprised, at most they thought he had an odd hobby.

       Li Zhenruo sat in the passenger seat and asked Li Zhenran to fasten his seat belt. Because he didn’t dare to appear outside as a human, he still maintained the appearance of a cat. He was silent all the way and looked a little melancholy.

       It was just that the seat belt was not in the right position. When Li Zhenran stepped on the brakes in panic, the seat belt slipped onto Li Zhenruo’s face several times.

       While waiting for the red light at the intersection, the traffic police stood in front of their car, turned around and saw a cat sitting on the passenger seat, and was stunned for a moment. He came over and knocked on the window and asked Li Zhenran to pay attention to driving safety.

       It goes without saying that Li Zhenran went out late today, but he deliberately took a detour to take Li Zhenruo to the hospital. When waiting for Feng Junyuan to pick him up, he calmly said, “I was late today.”

       However, Li Zhenruo felt like complaining when he heard what he said. He couldn’t help gnashing his teeth and thought: isn’t it because you were in heat early in the morning?

       But now with his appearance like there was no way to quarrel with Li Zhenran.

       Soon, Feng Junyuan came down from the surgical building, somewhat baffled, “What happened?”

       Li Zhenran handed the cat to him and said, “He will tell you himself. I have something to go first.”

       “Oh,” Feng Junyuan caught the cat, and Li Zhenran turned around and left.

       Feng Junyuan lowered his head and asked, “What’s the matter?”

       The young and handsome doctor was talking to a cat, and everyone who passed by couldn’t help but look over. Feng Junyuan himself quickly felt it was inappropriate, so he carried Li Zhenruo to a different place.

       This was a remote path behind the inpatient building, and there was no one nearby, but Li Zhenruo suddenly remembered one thing before transforming, that was, Li Zhenran threw him here and left, but did not even leave a piece of clothing for him.

       Although it was only Feng Junyuan watching him, he didn’t want to run naked. But Feng Junyuan didn’t understand the language of cats like Xia Hongshen. After thinking for a while, he used his paws in the mud on the lawn next to him. He drew a person, then pointed to himself.

       Feng Junyuan was very patient and said, “You said it was you?”

       Li Zhenruo nodded quickly, then drew a pair of ears on top of the little man’s head and a tail behind his buttocks.

       Feng Junyuan squatted beside him, looked puzzled for a while, then looked at Li Zhenruo, slightly surprised, “You mean you have a pair of cat ears?”

       Li Zhenruo nodded.

       Feng Junyuan opened his mouth slightly in surprise, and asked again, “Can’t you get rid of them?”

       Li Zhenruo shook his head.

       Feng Junyuan thought for a while, “That won’t work, I’ll take you to find them.”

       Of course, the ‘them’ he was talking about were Song Jun and Xia Hongshen.

       At this time, Xia Hongshen was teaching the students, and Feng Junyuan was merely taking some time out to go out, and he had to rush back for the wards rounds. He handed Li Zhenruo over to Song Jun and immediately returned to the hospital.

       Song Jun was also surprised to hear what Feng Junyuan said. He took Li Zhenruo to hide in Xia Hongshen’s office, locked the door, and said to Li Zhenruo, “Can you show me?”

       Li Zhenruo put himself in the corner of the sofa and turned his head to ignore him.

       Song Jun said, “I’ve seen a little demon with insufficient spiritual power when he first transformed into a state of incomplete transformation. Why don’t you show me what’s going on?”

       Li Zhenruo still doesn’t know what the identity of Song Jun and Feng Junyuan was, but Xia Hongshen was so powerful, and Song Jun has a close relationship with him. Li Zhenruo thought that he was probably not an ordinary person. In addition, after he heard what Song Jun just said, he loosened his mind, glanced at the closed office door and shrank in the corner of the sofa, stretching his limbs.

       Song Jun sat on the coffee table and looked at him without blinking. He saw the fat cat turn into a beautiful young man with a soft body. Although he was still squatting in the corner, he could clearly see the pair of cat ears on top of his head, not just cat ears, Song Jun also saw the cat’s tail behind his ass.

       “What’s going on?” Song Jun looked at him with wide eyes in surprise.

       Li Zhenruo wasn’t too bashful either, he simply sat down beside the sofa and said, “I drank a lot of alcohol last night, and then somehow my tail came out, and my ears couldn’t be retracted.”

       Song Jun reached out and pinched his ear, “Are you sober now?”

       Li Zhenruo fanned his ears and said, “I woke up early.”

       Song Jun showed a smile, “So cute!”

       Li Zhenruo rolled his eyes, “Senior brother, be serious. What the hell is going on here?”

       Song Jun looked at him with a smile, “Get up and turn around and I’ll take a look.”

       Li Zhenruo felt that Song Jun was having fun with himself. He got up and covered his lower body with his hands, turned around and asked Song Jun, “Is there any way to get these two things back?”

       Song Jun said, “I don’t know. You are a demon after all, and the way the aura works in my body is different. You may have to ask Senior Brother Xia to find out.”

       Li Zhenruo couldn’t help but ask him curiously, “Then what are you?”

       Song Jun hooked his fingers at him, and asked him to get closer before sticking to his ear and said, “I’ll tell you, I’m actually—”

       Before he finished speaking, the door of the office was kicked open from the outside, making a loud “bang”, which startled both Li Zhenruo and Song Jun.

       As he saw this scene, Xia Hongshen, who had just kicked the door, had some indescribable ambiguity in his eyes. His expression was ice cold, and asked, “What are you doing?”

       Song Jun hurriedly took a step back, “Senior Brother Xia…”

       Xia Hongshen pointed at Li Zhenruo, “Why aren’t you wearing any clothes? To seduce my man?”

       Song Jun quickly pulled Xia Hongshen and said, “Senior brother, you misunderstood, look at his ears and tail.”

       Xia Hongshen’s gaze fell on Li Zhenruo’s cat ears and tail. After examining it for a while, he asked Song Jun thoughtfully, “Do you like it?”

       Song Jun was taken aback for a moment, and hesitantly said, “It doesn’t seem so bad…”

       As soon as he finished speaking, Li Zhenruo saw a pair of black ears popping out from the top of Xia Hongshen’s head, belonging to the cat family. Then Xia Hongshen flicked his tail, rolled it to Song Jun’s waist and pulled him to his side, he said, “I have it too.”

       Song Jun was speechless for a while.

       Li Zhenruo interrupted their intimate moment and said, “Xia laoshi, can I ask you how I can retract my ears and tail?”

       Xia Hongshen looked over at him and said, “It’s good, keep it.”

       Li Zhenruo covered his face in pain, “Xia laoshi, stop joking.”

       Song Jun also said, “He looks very cute like this, but he can’t go out to meet people. Senior brother, please help him.”

       Xia Hongshen walked in front of him and pinched his ear.

       Li Zhenruo let out an “aiyo” and said, “Don’t pinch.”

       “What?” Xia Hongshen asked unhappily.

       Li Zhenruo said, “It’s uncomfortable.”

       The cat’s ears were really sensitive, and when Xia Hongshen pinched him, his whole body trembled.

       Xia Hongshen asked him, “How did it get like this?”

       Li Zhenruo answered, “Last night I drank too much like a madman, but I don’t know if it has something to do with drinking.”

       Song Jun interjected, “Mostly it is.”

       Xia Hongshen looked at him and pressed his palm on top of his head. After a while, Li Zhenruo felt a warm force pouring into his body, and then he could even clearly feel his ears and tail slowly retracting.

       He reached out and touched it, and found that the ear was really gone.

       Xia Hongshen withdrew his hand and said, “It’s best to not drink alcohol. You are not the master of your body, and you can’t control its spiritual power. Alcohol can easily make the spiritual power out of control. You can’t control it in the first place, so you can only try to avoid it in the future.”

       After speaking, Xia Hongshen retracted his ears and tail.

       Li Zhenruo looked a little envious. Although he was only a half-assed cat demon, he also felt that he was too useless and couldn’t do anything except transform.

       Song Jun next to him looked at him with a bit of pity in his eyes.

       Li Zhenruo felt even more envious. He said to Xia Hongshen, “Xia laoshi, do I have the means to cultivate?”

       Xia Hongshen answered, “Yes, it’s just that you need to endure loneliness and stay away from worldly affairs. Finding a place rich in spiritual energy can get twice the result with half the effort.”

       Li Zhenruo couldn’t help feeling a little sad when he heard the words, he said, “I still have revenge to avenge, and I can’t do it now.”

       Xia Hongshen did not speak.

       Song Jun glanced at Xia Hongshen, and said to Li Zhenruo, “Come back when you have taken revenge, the future is long.”

       When he heard Song Jun’s words, Li Zhenruo suddenly thought of Li Zhenran and was a little confused about the future.

       He borrowed a set of clothes from Song Jun, dressed like a student and left the academic building. He walked along the school path, Li Zhenruo took out his mobile phone and called Feng Junyuan, saying that he was leaving first, and thanked Feng Junyuan.

       At this time, a tall and thin boy walked over from the opposite side. Li Zhenruo just hung up the phone and looked up and saw the boy’s appearance and was stunned.

       He had seen that boy once, the last time he and Li Zhenran went to eat crayfish on the roadside, and he still remembered the very strong physical reaction at that time.

       However, at this moment, Li Zhenruo couldn’t restrain his heartbeat which was beating fast. He stopped and stared blankly at the boy approaching.

       The boy kept looking at him with a puzzled look on his face, until he stopped in front of Li Zhenruo, “You—” he wanted to say something.

       “Let’s go!” At this moment, a girl suddenly ran over and jumped on the boy’s back, pulling his arm to leave.

       So the boy was pulled away before he could finish his words, leaving Li Zhenruo standing there for a while inexplicably, before he continued to walk outside the school.

       Li Zhenruo stood at the school gate, and he was a little dazed. As if there were a lot of things to do but he didn’t have a clear idea of ​​what he should do first.

       He stood alone for two minutes and suddenly felt that there was a familiar person across the street.

       The man was wearing tight jeans and a black shirt, with a pair of large sunglasses on his face, and his dyed yellow hair tied up behind his head. It was clearly Zhu Kai.

       The pedestrian crossing in front of him just turned on the green light, and Li Zhenruo ran in the direction of Zhu Kai without thinking about it.

       Zhu Kai soon noticed that someone was running in his direction. He turned his head and saw that it was the young man who attended the wedding with Li Zhenran last time. He frowned slightly and then turned around and ran.

       Li Zhenruo ran and chased after him, hating himself for having two fewer legs and not being able to turn into a cat on the street.

       Zhu Kai ran for a while, but Li Zhenruo was in hot pursuit behind him. The two ran two streets one after the other. Zhu Kai finally couldn’t bear it and stopped on the side of the road. He was holding on to a telephone pole and gasping for breath.

       Li Zhenruo chased in front of him and stopped to look at him. He was in better condition than him, but he was also gasping for breath.

       Zhu Kai said, “Are you crazy? Why are you chasing me?”

       Li Zhenruo said, “Then what are you running for?”

       Zhu Kai said, “You chase me, why shouldn’t I run?”

       Li Zhenruo panted and looked at him, leaning his back against the wall.

       Zhu Kai raised his hand and scratched his hair, “Aren’t you Li Zhenran’s lovers? What do you want from me?”

       Li Zhenruo said, “Do you know that the Li family is looking for you?”

       Zhu Kai surprisingly smiled, “Of course I know. You have to find a place to spread the fire for such a big thing. Isn’t Li Zhenzi miserable?”

       Li Zhenruo didn’t answer, just asked him, “Why did you make the photo public on that occasion?”

       Zhu Kai looked him up and down, “What’s your business? Who are you to the Li family?”

       Li Zhenruo did not answer him.

       After a while, Zhu Kai said, “Aren’t you just Li Zhenran’s lover? What? Do you still expect Li Zhenran to marry you into the Li family as the young lady of the house? You expect too much!”

       Li Zhenruo was accustomed to the way Zhu Kai spoke, and did not get angry with him, but asked, “What makes you think I have an affair with Li Zhenran?”

       Zhu Kai said, “I haven’t seen Li Zhenran with any woman for more than 20 years. If you are not his lover, then he must be impotent.”

       Li Zhenruo thought about it and felt that what Zhu Kai said was very reasonable, and asked him, “Are you going to tell Li Jianglin?”

       Zhu Kai squinted at him, “Why should I tell Li Jianglin? What do I care about your business?”

       Li Zhenruo thought that whether he told Li Jianglin or not, Li Zhenran didn’t care anyway, and so he didn’t need to care.

       Zhu Kai took a moment to catch his breath, stood up straight and turned around to leave.

       “Zhu Kai,” Li Zhenruo suddenly stopped him, “Why are you doing this? Are you not going to say anything now that the Li family is in confusion? Does it means nothing to you?”

       Zhu Kai stopped when he heard the words. He looked at Li Zhenruo for a long time and beckoned him to go over with his fingers. When Li Zhenruo approached, Zhu Kai leaned closer to his ear and whispered, “Because I know a secret, but I can’t tell you.”

       Li Zhenruo couldn’t help frowning.

       Then Zhu Kai “smooched” him on the face, turned around and ran away while Li Zhenruo was in a daze.

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       A few days later, Li Zhenruo received a call from Yue Zijia asking him to have dinner together.

       During this time, Li Zhenruo has been keeping in touch with Yue Zijia, and on social networks, has been calling her jiejie¹sister sweetly.

       Li Zhenran saw him lying on his office sofa with his cell phone sending messages, and said with a cold face, “You should stop.”

       Li Zhenruo turned her head to look at him, “I helped you spy on the adulterous affair between Li Zhentai and Yue Zijia, what do you have to be unhappy about.”

       Li Zhenran crossed his long leg, “Are you spying on her or is she spying on you?”

       Li Zhenruo grabbed the phone and said, “Everyone is testing each other and getting what they need.”

       “Is it necessary?” Li Zhenran asked him.

       Li Zhenruo was silent for a moment and asked Li Zhenran, “Do you know why I have to know?”

       After asking this question, he carefully paid attention to Li Zhenran’s expression.

       However, Li Zhenran showed no expression. He said, “I don’t know. No matter what you want to do, just remember who your master is.”

       Li Zhenruo pouted.

       Li Zhenran said coldly, “Do you have something to say?”

       Li Zhenruo said quickly, “How dare I?”

       He turned over and stood from the sofa, walked behind Li Zhenran’s office chair, put his hands on Li Zhenran’s shoulders, bent down and pressed his face to his face, “You are the only master in my life.”

       This sentence was true, Li Zhenruo thought that all his lifetime, he could never think of becoming else’s pet one day.

       Li Zhenran smiled, raised his hand and touched his face.

       Li Zhenruo said, “Can I have dinner with Yue Zijia?”

       Li Zhenran replied, “No.”

       When Li Zhenruo heard Li Zhenran refused without even thinking about it, he cursed in his heart: Childish! You just want me to beg you!

       Then, he walked from behind Li Zhenran to face him, sitting on his lap, wrapping his arms around his neck and saying, “Master—”

       Li Zhenran leaned back slightly and did not speak.

       Li Zhenruo reached out towards his legs. Anyway, things that could be solved with the lower body were not a problem. While touching, he said, “Look at me now, it’s useless for women.”

       Li Zhenran said, “You think I didn’t see you that day digging your face into Miss Yu’s chest?”

       Li Zhenran’s provocation aroused up Li Zhenruo, and he was short of breath. He said, “It’s not the same, I just think the soft touch feels good.”

       Li Zhenran leaned into his ear and whispered, “So you like soft ones?”

       The heat of Li Zhenran’s breath scratched his ears, so Li Zhenruo could not help shrinking his neck, bit his lip and said, “Rascal.”

       Li Zhenran suddenly grabbed Li Zhenruo’s waist and made him stand up, made him turn around to lie on the table, then got up himself and spanked Li Zhenruo’s ass, reaching out to unzip his pants.

       At this moment, Hua Yibang suddenly opened the office door and said, “Zhenran, Manager Luo has already—” waiting for you outside…

       Halfway through his words, he consciously went out and closed the door of the office.

       Manager Luo was still waiting for Li Zhenran to summon him. When he saw Hua Yibang’s strange reaction, he asked, “What’s wrong?”

       Without changing his expression, Hua Yibang responded, “It’s nothing, wait a moment.”

       Li Zhenruo was startled, and quickly got up and buttoned his pants, and said angrily, “You dare to not let Hua Yibang knock on the door first when he comes in? Are you not afraid of being impotent if he keep coming in a few more times²Li Zhenruo was referring to being hard but being interrupted again and again without any release!”

       Li Zhenran said calmly, “I won’t, will you?”

       Li Zhenruo was too lazy to pay attention to him, and he had devoted himself to such a degree that even if Li Zhenran didn’t agree with him, he didn’t care. After tidying up, he turned around and took out a thousand yuan in Li Zhenran’s pocket and put it in his bag, then left with his phone in hand.

       Li Zhenran didn’t stop him, but after Li Zhenruo left, he pressed the pager and asked Hua Yibang to invite Manager Luo in.

       Li Zhenruo and Yue Zijia made an appointment. They didn’t eat dinner at any restaurant but went to a club. Yue Zijia has a wide range of contacts. Not only did she invite Li Zhenruo to this meal, but she also invited many young people to sing after eating, saying that the young people came out to get together.

       The price for eating in this club was not cheap, Li Zhenruo thought that Yue Zijia was relying on Li Zhentai to support her behind her back. Otherwise, with her current family background, how could she afford all of this? She also invited so many people.

       The so-called friends she invited were ones she always played outside with, and they all called out Zijia jie affectionately. It was the first time they met Li Zhenruo, but they quickly became familiar with each other. Li Zhenruo was naturally not afraid of strangers, talking and laughing with a group of people, singing and drinking.

       Especially with Yue Zijia, after drinking a few glasses of red wine, the two sat in the corner and chatted. Yue Zijia put one hand on Li Zhenruo’s shoulder and said, “Jason, you and I really hit it off at first sight. It’s rare to meet such a person.”

       Li Zhenruo said, “I also like you a lot, jiejie.”

       Yue Zijia smiled and patted his face, “We should get together more when we have time.”

       Li Zhenruo heard the words and said, “I’m afraid your boyfriend will be jealous.”

       Yue Zijia said, “Where is my boyfriend? What makes you think so?”

       Li Zhenruo said in surprise, “The man you were with when we first met was not your boyfriend?”

       Yue Zijia was stunned for a while, but after recalling it for a while, she couldn’t remember who the man Li Zhenruo was talking about. She smiled bitterly and said, “No, I don’t have a boyfriend.”

       Li Zhenruo took her hand and said, “Zijia jie, you mustn’t be too picky, if you meet the right man, why not consider it.”

       Yue Zijia smiled and asked him, “What about you?”

       “I—” Before Li Zhenruo finished speaking, his phone suddenly rang. He took it out and saw that Li Zhenran was calling. He didn’t avoid Yue Zijia and answered the phone directly.

       Li Zhenran finished his company’s business and called Li Zhenruo, asking him where he was.

       Li Zhenruo said, “I’m drinking with Zijia jie.”

       Li Zhenran glanced at the time, “I’ll pick you up?”

       Li Zhenruo began to pout, “Two more hours later, okay?”

       Li Zhenran was silent for a while and said, “I’ll give you an hour.”

       “Okay!” Li Zhenruo was very content.

       He hung up the phone, and Yue Zijia asked him, “Did your parents call? They urged you to go home so early?”

       Li Zhenruo smiled and did not deny it.

       Yue Zijia put one hand on her face and asked, “I heard that Luo Fei is your cousin?”

       Li Zhenruo pretended to be surprised, “How do you know?”

       Naturally, Li Jianglin told Li Zhentai, and Li Zhentai told Yue Zijia. In fact, Yue Zijia’s determination to get closer to Li Zhenruo, was probably what Li Zhentai’s intended.

       Now the Li family brothers were suspecting that the assistant beside Li Zhenran was his little lover. Li Zhentai hoped to get some evidence so that he could put it in front of Li Jianglin.

       Yue Zijia smiled and took a sip of red wine, “This circle is so big, what’s there to hide from others?”

       Li Zhenruo seemed a little embarrassed and ruffled his hair.

       At this time, someone brought a wine glass to toast Yue Zijia.

       Yue Zijia pulled Li Zhenruo and said, “My little brother is here. If you want to drink with me, drink with my little brother first!”

       Li Zhenruo knew that Yue Zijia wanted to make him drunk, but he wasn’t afraid at all about it. He was not as useless as his brothers. In the Li family, Li Zhenruo had always been the best drinker.

       And he had a good alcohol tolerance, even if he drank to unconsciousness, he just sleeps with his head covered, and it was really difficult to hear any information from his mouth.

       So Li Zhenruo smiled and picked up the glass and said, “I’ll toast for my jiejie.”

       The young man who came to toast said, “Okay, then come and drink.”

       Li Zhenruo clinked him with a glass of wine and drank it.

       As soon as the first one started, naturally, there was no way to easily back away easily. After that, a group of people started to toast each other. Not only Li Zhenruo drink a lot, but even Yue Zijia couldn’t escape, and later drank a lot.

       Li Zhenruo didn’t continue to fish for Yue Zijia’s information, this was not a matter to be finished in one or two days. He should let Yue Zijia think that he was an honest child and then talk slowly.

       Unknowingly, an hour had passed, Li Zhenruo heard the phone ringing. He took a look and found that Li Zhenran was calling. The surrounding environment was too noisy, so Li Zhenruo went into the bathroom with his mobile phone, closed the door and leaned against the door to answer the phone.

       Li Zhenran’s voice rang in his ears, “Time is up, I’ve already come.”

       Li Zhenruo felt a little itchy at his tailbone, so he stretched out a hand and scratched across the pants, he said, “You come here, I also want to go back too.”

       Li Zhenran said “Um” and hung up the phone.

       Li Zhenruo still felt itchy on his tailbone, he heard that they were still dancing outside like a madman, so he hid in the bathroom and didn’t want to go out. He scratched his tailbone with his fingers, and after a while, he felt something break through the skin and protrude. It was not painful, but it was itchy.

       His fingers scratched something fluffy this time.

       He inexplicably grabbed it, Li Zhenruo was stunned. What did he grab? Did he seem to have caught a cat’s tail? This is not true, is it?

       Li Zhenruo hurriedly ran to the front of the mirror, turned around and stood on tiptoe to look behind his buttocks. Sure enough, he saw a fluffy cat’s tail, like a big caterpillar, which pierced his pants and stretched out.

       Li Zhenruo was dumbfounded.

       Because he had been in the bathroom and couldn’t go out, someone walked to the bathroom door and knocked on the door, “Who’s in there? How come you’re not out yet?” This person was also quite drunk judging from the way he sounded.

       Li Zhenruo really drank a lot at night. Although his brain was half awake, his reaction was slow for half a beat. He was a little flustered for a while, and he didn’t know what to do, so he could only take out his mobile phone and call Li Zhenran.

       Li Zhenran had already walked to the door of the private room according to the location of the collar. As soon as he answered the phone, he heard his cat say incoherently, “Ge! Master! What should I do?! My tail is out!”

       “Tail?” Li Zhenran couldn’t help but be slightly startled.

       Li Zhenruo said, “Yeah, a big tail!”

       Li Zhenran thought about it for a while, and thought it might be what he thought, and said, “Wait a minute, I’ll be there soon.”

       He immediately hung up the phone, knocked on the private room door and pushed it open.

       A group of young people were already drinking too much inside, and almost no one noticed that someone pushed the door in. Only Yue Zijia was a little more sober. She didn’t expect Li Zhenran to find it directly, so she stood up in a daze, “Zhenran?”

       Li Zhenran said, “Is my assistant here?”

       A drunk girl suddenly pounced on Li Zhenran with a bottle of wine, “Who are you, handsome? Let’s have a drink!”

       Li Zhenran politely pulled her hand away and asked Yue Zijia, “Where is he?”

       Yue Zijia reacted at this time, smiled and said, “It seems that he had gone to the bathroom. You can come and sit for a while, and wait for him to come out.”

       Li Zhenran didn’t respond to her, went directly to the bathroom door and knocked on the door, and said inside, “I’m here.”

       The door opened a crack, Li Zhenruo let Li Zhenran in, then closed the door tightly, turned around to show him behind him, “Look.”

       Li Zhenran frowned slightly, reached out and grabbed his tail.

       Li Zhenruo was still nervous, “What should I do?”

       Li Zhenran said, “You try to restart once.”

       “Restart?” Li Zhenruo was at a loss.

       Li Zhenran explained to him clearly, “Return to the original form and then become a human being.”

       “Right,” Li Zhenruo looked at him, “You are so smart!”

       Li Zhenran didn’t look good when he heard the compliment, “You drank a lot.” This sentence was a declarative sentence, and he was not happy.

       Li Zhenruo couldn’t hear it at this time. His attention was still on his tail. In front of Li Zhenran, he first turned into a cat, and then stretched his body into a human shape.

       Clothes were scattered all over the place, Li Zhenran looked at the naked boy kneeling on the ground with his body curled up, and he couldn’t help raising a hand and gently rubbing his lips with some interest.

       Li Zhenruo still stretched out his hand to touch his tailbones, but he still touched his fluffy tail. He immediately raised his head to look at Li Zhenran, “It’s still there, what should I do?”

       Li Zhenran said solemnly, “Get up and look in the mirror.”

       Li Zhenruo heard the words, hesitantly got up and walked in front of the mirror, and was horrified to find that it wasn’t just the tail, this time even the cat’s ears appeared!

       He was startled and frightened. He raised his hands and pinched his ears, and he was at a loss. His cheeks burned with alcohol, and his brain continued to crash. He could only turn around and grab Li Zhenran’s hand and ask him, “Why don’t I become a cat and you take me back?”

       Li Zhenran said, “Yes, but how do you explain to them that you are missing and there is an extra cat in the bathroom?”

       Li Zhenruo said frantically, “Then what?”

       Li Zhenran reached out and pressed his lips, “Don’t yell, put on your pants first.”

       Li Zhenruo heard the words, squatted down and picked up his pants. He sat on the toilet lid and put them on with difficulty, and finally tried to pull the tail out of the hole above the buttocks, and the fur was flailing side to side.

       Afterwards, Li Zhenran wrapped his upper body with his coat, carefully wrapped his tail together, then carried him in his arms, and covered Li Zhenruo’s head with his coat, saying, “Don’t move, I’ll take you away.”

       How could Li Zhenruo still dare to move? He obediently put his face in Li Zhenran’s arms, pretending to be drunk.

       When they came out of the bathroom, Yue Zijia saw that Li Zhenran had carried the person out. She hurriedly stepped forward and asked, “What’s the matter? Drunk?”

       Li Zhenran nodded, “He drank too much, I’ll take him back.”

       Of course, Yue Zijia couldn’t stop Li Zhenran, she just said, “Be careful on the road, I’ll walk you out.”

       Li Zhenran let her go to the door and said to her, “No need to walk us out, you guys have fun.”

       Yue Zijia nodded with a smile, and said, “Be careful on the road.”

       Li Zhenruo lay in Li Zhenran’s arms and pretended to be dead all the way until he felt that Li Zhenran carried him into the car, then he tore off the coat covering him, and in a panic reached out to touch the top of his head, and found that the cat’s ears were still there.

       Li Zhenran got into the driver’s seat and started the car.

       Li Zhenruo rushed over from the back seat and said, “What should I do?”

       Li Zhenran seemed impatient, “What to do?”

       Li Zhenruo said, “Ears! And tails!”

       Li Zhenran glanced at him from the rearview mirror and said, “Go back to sleep, you will lose your ears when you wake up.”

       Li Zhenruo thought it made sense and said, “Then I’m going to sleep!”

       Li Zhenran waved his hand and told him to go to sleep.

       Li Zhenruo then lay down in the back seat. Of course, he didn’t forget to transform himself into a cat before falling asleep. After all, he would have to go home with Li Zhenran later.

       Later, when Li Zhenran returned home, he found that his cat had slept to death. Li Zhenran thought it was very interesting, so he grabbed one leg and dragged him out.

       Wang Ma just opened the door to let him in. She saw that Li Zhenran was carrying the cat by his leg, but the cat didn’t respond at all, she was startled and said, “Oh, what’s the matter?”

       Li Zhenran raised the cat a little higher and said to Wang Ma, “It’s drunk.”

       “Drunk?” Wang Ma looked surprised, “Why do you give it a drink? Are you torturing it?”

       Li Zhenran said indifferently, “It’s him who wants to drink, it’s fine.” After that, he carried Li Zhenruo upstairs.

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       Li Zhenruo sat by Li Zhenran’s bed, and when Li Zhenran passed by, he patted his cat’s head. He looked up at Li Zhenran blankly and saw him walking towards the bathroom.

       After a while, Li Zhenran came out of the shower and patted his head again as he passed by.

       Li Zhenruo was confused, “?”

       Li Zhenran went to the cabinet to find a pair of clean underwear to put on and then patted him again before going to the bathroom.

       Li Zhenruo couldn’t bear it any longer. He turned into a naked youth, jumped up to stand and asked, “What do you want to—”

       He originally wanted to ask what you were doing, but before he could even ask the question, Li Zhenran was already crushing him on the bed. Li Zhenruo immediately reacted. Li Zhenran didn’t want to do anything, he just wanted to fvck him.

       How treacherous!

       Although he was indignant, at the same time he was inexorably caught up in desire.

       Later, Li Zhenruo lay on the bed panting and couldn’t recover his breath for a long time. He saw Li Zhenran turn over and sit up, walked to the window and opened it. He even sat up with his hand propping his body, his long legs stretched out of the window and swung into the air.

       Li Zhenruo couldn’t help but say, “You are not afraid that the people downstairs would think they saw a pervert?”

       Li Zhenran didn’t speak.

       Li Zhenruo was still lying on his stomach, propping his face with one hand, and said to him, “Today, such a big thing happened in your house, you still have such a good mood?”

       Li Zhenran said, “Then what? Should I go hug my eldest brother and cry together with him?”

       “Really cold and heartless,” these words were really Li Zhenruo’s evaluation of Li Zhenran.

       Li Zhenruo was actually a little sad as he saw Li Jianglin’s attitude today. He found that it wasn’t just the brothers who were indifferent in this family. Even Li Jianglin, the person who held together their blood relationship, was actually indifferent.

       Li Zhenran didn’t speak.

       The lights and air conditioners in the room were turned off, and he sat by the window, feeling the cool breeze outside on his naked body.

       Li Zhenruo rested his chin on the back of his hand, thought for a while and then said, “Why do you say your father insists on letting the eldest marry Wen Chun? Things were already like this.”

       In regards to Li Jianglin’s thoughts, Li Zhenruo always found them difficult to understand. In the past, he could only discuss with Yan Xiujie, but Yan Xiujie’s understanding of Li Jianglin was limited. He didn’t expect to have the opportunity to talk about this topic with Li Zhenran now.

       He couldn’t help but think of a sentence: The God of destiny makes fools of the people.

       Li Zhenran heard the words and said slowly, “Because the eldest was not valued high enough.”

       Li Zhentai was not as good as the other sons in Li Jianglin’s heart, everyone could see it to some extent. But to say he was not as good as Wen Chun, wouldn’t it be too much?

       However, just like the big families in ancient times, there were a few people who could make their own marriages, and they don’t have to be under the orders of their parents. Li Jianglin’s idea of ​​making Li Zhentai marry Wen Chun was understandable, and it was normal not to allow him to divorce. Li Zhenruo believed that Li Zhentai will be the one who finally compromises, but Li Jianglin must also do something to appease Li Zhentai, right?

       Li Zhenruo was in a trance thinking about it. After a while, Li Zhenran went back to bed and put his arms around him to sleep. He felt a coolness on Li Zhenran’s skin, so he put his face on his firm chest, yawned, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

       Just as he expected, Li Zhentai only tensed up for two or three days, and now that he was sober, he has come back to compromise with Li Jianglin.

       The father and son were locked in the study for an afternoon. Li Zhenruo turned to the window to eavesdrop, but as soon as he ran to the window sill, he was chased down by Li Zhentai, who was standing by the window.

       Li Zhenruo hid under the window sill, but there was still some distance to the window, and the glass window of the study was closed tightly, so he couldn’t hear it clearly even with his cat ears.

       However, it was possible to guess what the father and son said. Li Zhentai could not give up the entire Li family for this matter. Li Jianglin gave a stick first and then jujube to eat¹it’s similar to the sticks and carrot analogy. Whether Li Zhentai was willing or not, he always had to give in.

       Li Zhenruo circled the house and went back to the living room. When he saw Wen Chun standing on the stairs, he seemed to want to go down to the first floor, but suddenly stopped for some reason and turned back upstairs.

       Wen Chun stayed at home for the past two days and didn’t go anywhere. Originally, after the wedding, she and Li Zhentai planned to go out for their honeymoon, but in this situation, the honeymoon plan has naturally been cancelled.

       Wen Chun still has about a month’s vacation, and she seemed to plan to stay at home so quietly.

       Although it was true that Wen Chun had an affair with Li Zhenzi, but no one knew how many mistresses Li Zhentai had outside. When this matter was exposed, Li Zhentai was completely a victim, which made Li Zhenruo feel it was a little unfair to Wen Chun.

       Obviously, there were problems with both of them, but Wen Chun broke up with Li Zhen after deciding to marry Li Zhentai, but Li Zhentai was still entangled with Yue Zijia.

       Li Zhenruo sighed suddenly, not because of Li Zhentai or Wen Chun, but because it was not easy for a cat to worry about the Li family.

       Li Zhentai did not stay at home for dinner, and Li Zhenruo estimated that he would not come back to sleep tonight. Although he chose to compromise, Li Zhenruo believed that Li Jianglin must have also made concessions for his compromises. During this time, Li Zhentai would spend the night outside, and Li Jianglin would definitely not pursue him.

       Oh my, such a marriage that exists in name only, why should it be maintained?

       Li Zhenruo thought sadly while chewing cat food.

       Li Zhenran finished dinner, wiped his mouth with a napkin, and said to Li Jianglin, “Then I’ll go now, Dad.”

       Li Jianglin said, “Well, go ahead.”

       Li Zhenruo was stunned for a moment, only to realize that he had been distracted just now, and he didn’t notice what Li Zhenran and Li Jianglin said. When he saw Li Zhenran get up and walk outside, he quickly dropped the half-eaten cat food and followed.

       Li Zhenran walked to the gate and stopped to look at him, “What are you doing following me?”

       Li Zhenruo threw a look at him, you know.

       Li Zhenran gave him a cold look but did not stop him from following him out.

       Without calling the driver, Li Zhenran drove a car by himself. Since the time Li Zhenruo could freely change between the two forms, Li Zhenran’s driving time had obviously increased.

       Li Zhenruo got into the car and realized that he didn’t bring his clothes out. Before Li Zhenran started the car, he put his paw on his arm to remind him with a “meow” and wanted him to go upstairs and get his clothes off.

       Li Zhenran actually understood what he meant and said, “Just stay like this, I’m going to find the third child.”

       Li Zhenruo was stunned for a moment. He originally wanted to ask Li Zhenran what he was going to do looking for Li Zhenzi, but he thought it would be troublesome to have to turn into a human to speak, so he stayed quiet and analyzed the matter by himself: It might be that Li Jianglin asked Li Zhenran to find Li Zhenzi to tell Li Zhenzi not to go home for a short time.

       After all, Li Jianglin was still more partial to the third child.

       While driving, Li Zhenran took out his mobile phone and called Li Zhenzi.

       Li Zhenruo looked at him and felt it was dangerous, so he couldn’t help raising his paw hesitantly to put it on his wrist. Li Zhenran turned his head to look at him and pinched his face when he had time waiting for the red light.

       With such a simple action, Li Zhenruo was inexplicably a little shy. He retracted his claws and sat quietly in the passenger seat and thought: Damn, so cool!

       Li Zhenzi has lived with Yu Bingwei ever since he was kicked out by Li Jianglin.

       Li Zhenran carried Li Zhenruo upstairs and rang the doorbell. Li Zhenruo tried his best to stick his head out and look around. He still has some feelings for Yu Bingwei’s mother and daughter and this home. After all, she was the first owner after he left the mama cat, and this owner was both a beautiful woman and very kind to him.

       The person who came to open the door was Yu Bingwei’s mother. He had not seen the old lady for a long time, but she was still in good spirits. But when she opened the door, she looked at Li Zhenran with a look of doubt and vigilance. Later, she noticed the cat that wanted to pounce on her, opened her mouth for a while and said, “Oh, is this Dumpling?”

       Li Zhenran let go of his hand, allowing Li Zhenruo to jump into Mama Yu’s arms.

       At this time, Yu Bingwei heard the movement and walked to the door of the room to look, and asked, “Who is it, Mom?”

       Mama Yu said, “Dumpling is back!”

       When Yu Bingwei saw Li Zhenran, she gave a slightly surprised “ah” and turned back and shouted, “Daniel, your second brother is here.” Then she warmly invited Li Zhenran into the room.

       Li Zhenran called Li Zhenzi before he came, otherwise he wouldn’t have known that he could be found here. So when he saw Li Zhenran, Li Zhenzhi was not surprised at all. He still had bruises on his face. It was estimated that he would not have the face to go out to meet people in a short time, so he could only hide on Yu Bingwei’s side.

       Li Zhenzi told Li Zhenran to sit down on the sofa.

       Yu Bingwei asked Mama Yu to pour tea and reached out to take Li Zhenruo into her arms.

       Li Zhenruo buried her face in Yu Bingwei’s chest, took a deep breath, and then felt Li Zhenran’s piercing gaze shooting toward him. Although he couldn’t see it, he also felt a chill on his back, and he quickly pulled out his face.

       Li Zhenzi put his elbows on his knees and leaned forward slightly when he sat on the sofa. Li Zhenruo peeked at him secretly, only to think that his always handsome face was red and swollen, which was very funny.

       He didn’t speak, and the atmosphere was a little awkward for a while.

       Yu Bingwei was very good at looking at reading the atmosphere. When Yu’s mother made the tea, she carried Li Zhenruo into the kitchen, closed the door slightly, and washed the dishes with Yu’s mother.

       They had just finished the evening meal, but there were only three of them to eat and not many bowls to wash.

       Li Zhenruo pricked up his ears and heard Li Zhenran say to Li Zhenzi outside, “Dad asked me to come and see you.”

       Li Zhenzi was silent for a moment, and asked, “Is Chun jie okay?”

       Li Zhenruo was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously glanced at Yu Bingwei who was holding him, but Yu Bingwei obviously didn’t hear the conversation outside, she was helping Yu’s mother to get the clean dishcloth.

       Mama Yu’s face didn’t look very good, she wiped the bowl silently, and said to Yu Bingwei while putting the bowl in the cupboard, “What happened to him? It looks like there is a conflict with the family, right?”

       Yu Bingwei scratched the top of Li Zhenruo’s head lightly with her fingers and said, “Well, there’s a trouble with the family.”

       Mama Yu opened her mouth and seemed to hold back what she wanted to say.

       Yu Bingwei said, “I know how far to go and when to stop in my heart, Mom, don’t worry. In a few days, it will be easy to part without hard feelings.”

       When Li Zhenruo heard Yu Bingwei’s words, he couldn’t help being stunned for a moment, not even noticing what Li Zhenran and Li Zhenzi said outside. He thought, after being together for a long time, Yu Bingwei didn’t have much sincerity towards Li Zhenzi, but she just took what she needed and waited for the right opportunity to move and break up.

       After a while, someone knocked on the kitchen door.

       Yu Bingwei went over to open the door and saw Li Zhenran standing at the door. He said to her, “We’re going to leave.”

       “Oh,” Yu Bingwei reacted, and immediately returned the cat in her arms to Li Zhenran.

       Li Zhenran touched the top of Li Zhenruo’s head heavily.

       Li Zhenruo hurriedly lay in Li Zhenran’s arms, looking up at him pitifully.

       When they came out, Li Zhenzi sent them to the gate and said, “I’m fine, it’s my fault, I’ll go to Dad to apologize in a few days.”

       Li Zhenruo listened to his sincere tone but felt that Li Zhenzi probably didn’t really think so in his heart, otherwise he wouldn’t have done things like hooking up with Wen Chun in the first place. The guilt now was nothing more than for Wen Chun, because once the matter was exposed, Wen Chun was destined to be wronged in the Li family in the future.

       In the evening, Li Zhenruo lay on Li Zhenran’s bed and listened to the sound of water in the bathroom.

       After a while, when he heard the sound of the water stop, he stood up and sharpened his claws on the edge of the bed, preparing himself to get ready.

       When Li Zhenran opened the bathroom door and came out, Li Zhenruo jumped on it at once, and perfectly achieved the transformation in the air. The beautiful naked youth threw himself into Li Zhenran’s arms, who was also naked.

       He was so enthusiastic to deliver, and of course, Li Zhenran would not refuse. He reached out to catch Li Zhenruo and then pressed him on the bed.

       Li Zhenruo thought to himself: maybe it doesn’t matter if one was straight or not. He didn’t know if he was too liberal or too greedy for pleasure. Anyway, now he maintained this relationship with Li Zhenran, not only he didn’t feel uncomfortable, but he also liked it.

       Halfway through, he had an idea, if he suddenly turned into a cat in the middle of the next time he was doing it, he wondered if Li Zhenran would go crazy.

       But when he thought about it seriously, Li Zhenran might not only go mad, but it was possible to tear him apart, so it was better not to do these unnecessary things to provoke Li Zhenran.

       As he was lying on Li Zhenran’s shoulder, Li Zhenruo nibbled on his shoulder with some boredom and said, “Will your father be very angry if you let him know that Li Zhentai has a mistress outside?”

       Li Zhenran lay on his back with his hands under his head, and turned to look at him, “Do you think my dad doesn’t know that the eldest has a mistress?”

       Li Zhenruo was slightly taken aback.

       Li Zhenran said, “You forgot, he has so many mistresses outside.”

       Li Zhenruo was silent for a while and said, “But if Wen Chun knew, Li Jianglin would have no reason to stand by Li Zhentai.”

       “So what,” Li Zhenran said, “It’s just a show for Wen Chun to see, what effect can it play?”

       Li Zhenruo’s chin rested on Li Zhenran’s shoulder, and he suddenly felt a little disappointed, “I think your father doesn’t seem to care about anything.”

       Li Zhenran stretched out his hand to squeeze his face and asked him, “What do you think he cares about? Is this important to you?”

       Li Zhenruo said, “I don’t think you gave it a thought yet. Your Li family has such a big business, but the brothers are fighting over it. It’s not worth it.”

       Li Zhenran actually laughed, “It was originally something from our Li family. They took what they deserved, and I took what I deserved. What’s not worth it?”

       Li Zhenruo looked at Li Zhenran and saw that he was smiling slightly. The words he spoke seemed to be very casual, like a joke but not like a joke.

       It’s just that Li Zhenruo thought to himself: I believe there’s something fishy about you.

       Li Zhenran said to him, “But you, what do you think of our brother’s things? You don’t want to get a hand in it too?”

       Li Zhenruo felt that Li Zhenran probably suspected him of something. Indeed, from the beginning, he had many loopholes, and he did not hide many things from Li Zhenran. He felt that Li Zhenran’s attitude of indifference was strange, and so it was normal to have doubts.

       It was just that when he thought about himself from Li Zhenran’s point of view, and no matter how many abnormal behaviours point him to Li Zhenruo, he feels that Li Zhenran would only suspect that he has anything to do with Li Zhenruo, instead of thinking that he was Li Zhenruo. After all, it was incredible if Li Zhenran really had such an idea. He would want to just knock Li Zhenran’s head out to see what kind of strange brain circuit he had.

       Anyway, Li Zhenran was suspicious. Li Zhenruo was going to expose the truth, so he put his whole body on Li Zhenran and asked him, “What do you think your father really cares about?”

       Li Zhenran looked at him and said, “What he really cares about is that Yunlin can develop better in the hands of whomever he hands over. The rest are not important.”

       Li Zhenruo said, “The human heart is full of flesh²meaning that the human heart must have feelings, I don’t believe that he is not biased at all.”

       Li Zhenran smiled, “Of course he is biased, he doesn’t like the eldest very much, but this was based on his consideration of the abilities of several sons, you should understand.”

       Li Zhenruo thought: What do you mean I should understand?

       Having said this, Li Zhenruo felt a little sad. He put his head on Li Zhenran’s shoulder, closed his eyes, and sighed softly.

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       Li Zhenruo was probably the first person to know about the relationship between Li Zhenzi and Wen Chun, but he never told others, so he felt that maybe he could use this as a bargaining chip and use it to threaten Li Zhenzi and Wen Chun in the future if it was necessary.

       But he didn’t expect Zhu Kai to make things so big.

       There were too many people around the door of the lounge, and there was no movement inside. Li Zhenruo stayed for a while and walked outside, and saw Yue Zijia was looking this way with a small handbag in her hand. As she saw Li Zhenruo looking at her, Yue Zijia showed a gentle smile.

       Li Zhenruo hesitated a little and walked towards Yue Zijia, “Miss Yue.”

       Yue Zijia nodded, “Hello, may I ask what’s going on inside?”

       Li Zhenruo thought for a while, “It seems that the groom and the bride are quarrelling.”

       “Oh?” Yue Zijia was a little surprised. She turned her head to look in the direction of the lounge, and couldn’t help but take two steps forward, “What’s going on?”

       Li Zhenruo said softly, “Zhentai ge might be in a tight spot.”

       Yue Zijia looked at him inexplicably.

       Li Zhenruo shook his head, “Nothing. Are you not going to eat?”

       Yue Zijia smiled and said, “I’m not hungry yet.”

       Li Zhenruo said, “You have to eat something even if you are not hungry. Why don’t you come and sit with me.”

       Yue Zijia didn’t know what was on Li Zhenruo’s mind, and after a little hesitation, she nodded and agreed. The two of them went back to Li Zhenruo’s table and sat down. Li Zhenruo also took the initiative to help giving food to Yue Zijia with chopsticks.

       Zhu Kai had already left. Of course, Li Jianglin would not let him go like that after he caused so much trouble for the Li family. So he left first before anyone could find him.

       Li Zhenruo couldn’t guess what was on Zhu Kai’s mind anyway, so he concentrated on dealing with Yue Zijia.

       Yue Zijia was a well-rounded person. After a few conversations, the two of them regretted that they couldn’t know each other earlier, and their names were changed to that of sisters and brothers.

       Li Zhenruo pondered in his heart that it was good for him to approach Yue Zijia on purpose. Judging from Yue Zijia’s appearance, it seemed that she was also trying to get closer to him, but he didn’t know what for.

       Later, he thought that it was mostly related to Li Zhenran. Yue Zijia saw him with Li Zhenran several times, and Li Zhentai also met him in and out of Li Zhenran’s office. At that time, he looked at him with ambiguous eyes, maybe he was going to catch Li Zhenran’s misdeed.

       If this was the case, although Yue Zijia looked like a flirtatious and wanderlust person, she was still sincere toward Li Zhentai.

       After a while, Li Zhenruo saw Li Zhentai and Wen Chun coming out to toast together.

       The smiles resumed on the faces of the two of them, and they didn’t even show any sort of moodiness in front of Wen Chun’s parents. They toasted their relatives and friends with wine glasses all the way.

       When they got to their table, Li Zhenruo realized that Li Zhentai was drinking very boldly today, holding the white wine without blinking and lifting the glass and drinking it all. Wen Chun still had that gentle and gentle appearance, holding the wine glass in her hand, and then followed Li Zhentai to the next table.

       After a while, Li Zhenran came over. He first glanced at Yue Zijia next to Li Zhenruo, then sat down and asked, “Where’s Zhu Kai?”

       Li Zhenruo said, “I don’t know, it seems that he left first.”

       Li Zhenran picked up Li Zhenruo’s cup and took a sip of water, and said, “Then he’d better go farther, I’m afraid dad is going to kill him.”

       Li Zhenruo asked softly, “What’s going on?”

       Li Zhenran leaned into his ear and said, “Someone saw with his own eyes that Zhu Kai moved the USB flash drive where the photos were placed. And who else but Zhu Kai could take that kind of photo?”

       After he said that, Li Zhenran greeted the people at the same table, saying that he had something to do first.

       Li Zhenruo said quickly, “I’ll go with you.” Then he said to Yue Zijia, “Zijia jie, I’ll go first, enjoy your meal.”

       Yue Zijia smiled and nodded, “Okay.”

       Li Zhenruo followed Li Zhenran and left the restaurant in a hurry. After getting in the car, he hurriedly asked, “Are you looking for Zhu Kai?”

       Li Zhenran started the car, turned his head to look at Li Zhenruo and said, “Dad is angry, someone has to go back and bear his anger.”

       Li Zhenruo thought about it and said, “Shouldn’t it be the third child?”

       However, Li Zhenran changed the subject and asked him, “What are you and Yue Zijia talking about?”

       Li Zhenruo whispered, “Do you know that Yue Zijia is Li Zhentai’s mistress?”

       Li Zhenran had already driven the car out, but at this time he lightly stepped on the brakes and looked at Li Zhenruo, “The eldest’s mistress? Are you sure?”

       Li Zhenruo hesitated, “Either that or your father’s mistress.”

       Li Zhenran said, “Stop talking nonsense.”

       “Hmph,” Li Zhenruo snorted softly, “Just you wait and see.”

       They drove to Zhu Kai’s house in the city, but no one found him. For the first two days, Zhu Kai had been living in Li’s house with Erhuang, and now Erhuang was running wild in the yard.

       Li Zhenran called Wang Ma back and asked Wang Ma if Zhu Kai was back.

       Wang Ma said in a low voice, “Zhu Kai didn’t come back, it’s just that your father and the third child came back and he is teaching him a lesson.”

       Li Zhenruo thought that Li Jianglin had long known about the affair between Li Zhenzi and Wen Chun. He had pretended not to know and probably wanted to cover up the incident. Unexpectedly, he had to come forward to teach Li Zhenzi a lesson now that things have come to light.

       If you think about it this way, Li Zhenruo felt that Li Jianglin was not so concerned about Li Zhentai’s affairs.

       When Li Zhenruo even entered the gate, he lowered his head to prevent the surveillance camera from taking pictures of him. After Li Zhenran parked the car, he saw the cat running down and went around to the back and climbed the window into the house.

       When Li Zhenran entered the room, he saw Li Jianglin sat on the sofa with a serious face and his hands on the crutch’s dragon head, while Li Zhenzi was standing beside him. It seemed that he planned to kneel down, but when he saw Li Zhenran walking in, his slightly bent legs straightened again.

       Li Zhenruo came in directly from the window on the second floor. In a hurry to watch the show, he ran down the stairs to the first floor, but did not have the time to brake, and tumbled all the way from the stairs to Li Zhenran’s feet.

       Li Zhenran looked at him coldly and said, “Are you stupid?”

       Li Zhenruo quickly got up and saw Li Jianglin glancing at them, obviously looking a little unhappy. He immediately hid behind Li Zhenran.

       Li Zhenran walked over to the sofa and sat down, and said, “Zhu Kai is not here. So I guess it’s impossible to find him anytime soon.”

       Li Jianglin took a deep breath to calm down. Compared with Zhu Kai, naturally what Li Zhenzi did was the most unethical thing in this matter. If it wasn’t for him seducing Wen Chun, it was meaningless for Zhu Kai to secretly take more photos of them.

       Li Zhenzi felt embarrassed, he was not as casual and free as Zhu Kai. Because Zhu Kai didn’t care about the Li family’s things even a penny, but Li Zhenzi did. Although his interest in Yunlin was limited, Yunyi’s stock share was mostly in Li Jianglin’s hands, and Yunyi was closely related to Yunlin. To be honest, he thought about the possibility of being discovered, but he didn’t expect to be exposed on such an occasion, and he felt somewhat embarrassed.

       That photo flashed by, but didn’t Yu Bingwei beside him recognize him at a glance? Even Su Yao probably guessed it to some extent, and in addition to Li Jianglin, he has to face Li Zhentai next. There was no deep hatred between him and Li Zhentai, and seducing Wen Chun was pure cheapness, but in this way, their relationship was considered to be finished.

       Li Zhenruo analyzed Li Zhenzi’s thoughts in his heart and wished he could pass on the sentence “Are you stupid” that Li Zhenran said to him just now to his third brother.

       Li Zhenzi said, “Dad, I’m going to apologize to eldest brother.”

       Li Jianglin sneered, “Do you think your eldest brother can accept your apology?”

       Li Zhenzi lowered his head and said nothing.

       Li Zhenruo leaned up and looked up at his face secretly.

       Li Zhenzi took a deep breath and said, “I will try my best.”

       Li Jianglin still smiled coldly.

       At this time Li Zhenran said, “Dad, whether the eldest brother accepts it or not, the third child still has to apologize to the eldest brother.”

       Li Jianglin also understands this in his heart, but this apology was definitely meaningless. Li Zhentai would not forgive Li Zhenzi, and may not even forgive Wen Chun. Although the wedding was completed under his insistence today, what would become of this family in the future, no one would know.

       “Sigh…” Li Jianglin closed his eyes and shook his head slowly. His back that had always been straight finally leaned back weakly.

       “Dad,” Li Zhenran advised him, “Just go and rest.”

       Li Jianglin stood up and left the sofa on crutches, but instead of going back to the room, he walked outside.

       Li Zhenzi took a step forward, and Li Jianglin pointed at him and said, “Don’t follow me.”

       Li Zhenran stood up and grabbed Li Zhenzi’s arm, and said, “Go and rest.”

       At this moment, Li Zhenruo looked up at Li Zhenran and hesitantly followed Li Jianglin to the outside.

       Li Jianglin’s back looked somewhat crooked. He had bad legs and feet, but his back has always been straight, which makes him look very energetic. Only today, a word popped out of Li Zhenruo’s head: the shadow was waning.

       They walked to the swimming pool, and Li Jianglin stopped. He slowly sat down on the deck chair by the swimming pool. Not long after sitting down, Zhu Kai’s Erhuang ran over excitedly and wagged his tail at him.

       Li Zhenruo thought Li Jianglin would be angry, but unexpectedly he saw him gently touch Erhuang’s head.

       Erhuang wagged his tail and lay down beside him.

       Li Jianglin also saw Li Zhenruo at this time and waved to him.

       Li Zhenruo thought that he wasn’t a dog, but it didn’t stop him to walk toward Li Jianglin, and stopped at his feet. He jumped onto his lap, and sat down in half a circle.

       Li Jianglin touched the top of his head with his hand.

       Li Zhenruo felt very comfortable, but suddenly felt a little sad, and thought: Why are you not my father?

       That night, when Li Zhentai came back, he was very drunk.

       Wen Chun originally helped him into the room, but as soon as he entered the living room, he vigorously pushed Wen Chun away and shouted bluntly, “Get out!”

       Wen Chun’s face changed again and again, but she never said anything.

       In the living room, the Li family were all there. The door leading to the side building was locked, and no other workers in the family were there. Only one Wang Ma looked at them with some difficulty.

       As he saw that Li Zhentai pushed Wen Chun, Li Zhenzi couldn’t help but took a step forward and said, “Eldest brother, don’t do this. Just take it out on me if you’re angry.”

       “You?” Li Zhentai looked at him with a sneer, stumbled two steps and rushed over, grabbed the front of his shirt with one hand, and punched him in the face with the other hand.

       Li Zhentai probably did his best with this punch, but Li Zhenzi didn’t resist. As a result, his whole body was almost twisted by him, and then Li Zhentai was pulled over and kicked in his lower abdomen.

       Li Zhenran got up quickly, went up to hold Li Zhentai, stopped him and said, “Eldest brother, stop fighting! Do you want to kill the third child?”

       Li Zhentai struggled violently, “Let go!”

       Bloodshot overflowed from Li Zhenzi’s lips, and half of his face quickly became red and swollen. However, the most painful thing was probably the kick Li Zhentai gave him, causing him to bend over in pain.

       Wen Chun looked at them in horror and anxiety, tears could not be restrained from falling down, but she never said a word.

       Li Zhenruo was lying on the back of the sofa quietly at first but also stood up restlessly at this time.

       Wang Ma wiped away Wen Chun’s tears beside her. She couldn’t hold back. She came to support Li Zhenzi and said to Li Zhentai, “Don’t fight, he is your brother after all.”

       Li Zhentai let go of Li Zhenzi’s clothes. The smell of alcohol was very strong on his breath. He was gasping for breath and barely standing still with Li Zhenran’s help, and said to Li Jianglin, “I want a divorce.”

       Wen Chun’s eyes were red. She looked at Li Zhentai and didn’t object.

       Li Jianglin shook his head slowly, “I don’t agree.”

       Li Zhentai was a little emotional, “Why not? She gave me a cuckold before she got married! Well, I could put up with it in front of so many people today. Do you want me to endure it for the rest of my life?”

       Li Jianglin looked at Wen Chun, “Xiao Chun, let me ask you, do you still have contact with the third child?”

       Wen Chun shook her head, “I’ve broken up with him,” she said, “Dad, I’m sorry.”

       Li Jianglin leaned on his crutch and said to Li Zhentai, “Did you hear what she said?”

       Li Zhentai sneered, “Do you think I can trust such a woman?”

       Li Jianglin said, “She is your wife.”

       Li Zhentai suddenly laughed twice, “My wife? If my wife has a child in the future, I’m afraid I don’t know if it’s mine! Oh, yes, of course! You wouldn’t care. Anyway, if worst comes to worst, it was the third’s child, as long as it’s not the fourth. Yes, they are all your grandsons!”

       When Li Zhenruo heard his words, his heart sank suddenly.

       Li Jianglin was also angry, stood up, and shouted, “Zhentai!”

       Li Zhenran supported Li Zhentai’s arm and tightened it, and said solemnly, “Eldest brother, you’ve had too much to drink, what are you talking about!”

       Li Zhentai also knew that it was a bit too much to mention Li Zhenruo to anger Li Jianglin, so he gasped and fell silent.

       Li Jianglin’s crutches slammed hard on the ground and he loudly said, “I have the final say in this family, I’m not allowing the divorce! Either you accept it, or get out of my way. Just say that you are not the son of Li Jianglin, and never come back to the Li family again. Just do whatever you want in the future!”

       For a moment, everyone in the family fell silent.

       After a while, Li Zhentai pushed Li Zhenran away, stood up straight and said to Li Jianglin, “Okay, I know that I was not as good as them in your heart since I was a child, and I can’t even be compared to that wild bastard of the fourth child. I understand!”

       After speaking, Li Zhentai turned around and walked outside with vain steps.

       “Zhentai!” Wang Ma called his name.

       Li Zhentai did not respond. He opened the door and walked out.

       Li Zhenruo couldn’t help looking at Li Jianglin and saw that his face was cold, but one of his hands trembled slightly, and he raised his crutch and pointed at Li Zhenzi, “You, get out of here too, I don’t want to see you.”

       Li Zhenzi still had a bruised face and looked miserable. As he heard what Li Jianglin said, he raised his hand to cover his lower abdomen with a painful expression and walked outside.

       Wang Ma took a step forward, but in the end, did not have the heart to stop him.

       Wen Chun seemed to suddenly come to her senses. She glanced at Li Jianglin and probably wanted to leave.

       Li Jianglin said to her, “Go upstairs to rest and we’ll talk about it tomorrow.”

       Wen Chun hesitated, nodded, and said, “Dad, I’ll go up first.”

       In the end, only Li Zhenran was left to help Li Jianglin back to the room.

       Until Li Jianglin was lying on the bed, he patted the back of Li Zhenran’s hand, who was covering him with the quilt, and said, “Behave yourself.”

       Li Zhenran nodded, “Dad, have a rest.”

       After turning off the lights and coming out of Li Jianglin’s room, Li Zhenran saw his cat sitting in a daze in front of the stairs, so he stepped on his tail lightly.

       Li Zhenruo looked back at him.

       Li Zhenran bent down, picked him up, and walked upstairs.

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       They came out of Li Jianglin’s ward. Li Zhenran walked in front, and Li Zhenruo followed him closely.

       After they entered the elevator, Li Zhenran said, “You act innocent enough in front of your grandfather.”

       Li Zhenruo thought at first that the “your grandfather” Li Zhenran said was referring to himself but later realized that he was referring to Li Jianglin. He couldn’t help but say, “Enough, I just accidentally said the wrong thing, you really want me to regard you as a father, huh?”

       Li Zhenran laughed and raised his hand to touch Li Zhenruo’s head.

       In order to facilitate Li Zhenruo to change his form and changed his clothes, Li Zhenran still did not let the driver drive but chose to drive himself.

       As they sat in the car, Li Zhenruo thought about it and said, “Then, have you gotten in touch with Luo Fei?”

       Li Zhenran looked calm, “Luo Fei’s side is good.”

       After a moment of silence, Li Zhenruo said, “How long will your father stay in the hospital?”

       Li Zhenran said, “He won’t stay for more than two days, eldest brother’s wedding is less than two weeks away.”

       Li Zhenruo counted the time after hearing the words, only to find that the wedding of Li Zhentai and Wen Chun was really less than two weeks. He couldn’t help but feel a little emotional. He didn’t expect Li Zhentai to be married. Perhaps he would have his children in a blink of an eye.

       His brothers have grown up, but he was the only one who stayed at the age of twenty-three forever.

       When he found that his cat was suddenly silent, Li Zhenran reached out and rubbed his head, “What?”

       Li Zhenruo shook his head.

       As Li Zhenran expected, Li Jianglin insisted on being discharged after staying in the hospital for less than a week. He said that he just had some old man problems. Anyway, as long as he was careful not to have an attack in the future, there would be no major problems.

       After he visited Li Jianglin, Li Zhenruo suddenly felt that he could enter and leave Li Zhenran’s office justifiably. From time to time, he followed Li Zhenran to the company for a walk, and most of the time he stayed at Li’s house.

       Because the wedding was about to be held, Wen Chun and Li Zhentai were often at home, and Li Zhenruo couldn’t help but want to keep an eye on them.

       One day, Li Zhentai accidentally dropped his phone on the sofa in the living room. When Li Zhenruo saw his phone screen flicker, he couldn’t help but look closer and saw that someone sent a text message.

       The content of the text message was: See you tonight.

       It didn’t say the time or place, and Li Zhenruo didn’t know if there was a summary of the previous situation.

       The sender’s name was: Y.

       Y? Who? Yue Zijia?

       When Li Zhenruo heard Li Zhentai’s footsteps going downstairs, he quickly ran to the sofa’s armrest to plop down and put his face back on his paws.

       That night, sure enough, Li Zhentai didn’t go home for dinner.

       Wen Chun was at home, and Li Zhenran asked her, “Eldest brother went out alone?”

       She smiled and said, “Yeah, he said there was something going on, I don’t know where he went.”

       Li Zhenruo rolled the cat foods into his mouth with his tongue. He felt that Li Zhentai must be going to meet his mistress. The husband and wife were unexpectedly both adulterous couples.

       Even so, the wedding of Li Zhentai and Wen Chun was held as scheduled.

       Wen Chun’s parents were very traditional. All wedding procedures must follow traditional rules. The best time to join both families was also calculated by someone.

       As a cat, of course, Li Zhenruo couldn’t attend the wedding, but as Li Zhenran’s assistant Li Tuan, he could show up at the wedding in an open and fair manner.

       Because Li Zhenran wanted to accompany Li Zhentai to pick up the relatives, he got into Li Zhenran’s car early in the morning and hid in the back seat and transformed into a human figure, putting on the clothes prepared in advance. Anyway, even if he come and go like a shadow, the Li family couldn’t care less about him today. They were all busy with the wedding.

       Li Zhenran and Li Zhenzi accompanied their eldest brother to pick up the in-laws, while Zhu Kai directly accompanied Li Jianglin to the restaurant.

       The best man was Li Zhentai’s friend and a son of a big entrepreneur. This convoy drove in a grandiose way to pick up the in-laws, and Li Zhenran also drove a car behind to help support the scene.

       Li Zhenruo sat on the passenger seat, lowering his head and wearing socks. After putting on his shoes, he yawned and turned his head to look out the car window.

       It was a lively morning. He didn’t know if Wen Chun really wanted to marry Li Zhentai. Anyway, when she was being hugged in her wedding dress, Li Zhenruo still saw some tears of excitement flashing in Wen Chun’s eyes.

       Li Zhenzi joined the crowd and laughed happily, without pretending.

       Wanfulai was decorated in antique Chinese style, but the wedding of Li Zhentai and Wen Chun was a Western-style wedding.

       Li Zhenruo thought it was really boring. If it were up to him, he would have a Chinese wedding, with a big red flower tied to his chest, standing at the door of the restaurant and greeting guests with a salute¹, “Welcome! Welcome!”

       He kept walking forward absentmindedly, and suddenly bumped into Li Zhenran’s back.

       Li Zhenran turned to look at him, and Li Zhenruo complained, “Why did you stop suddenly?”

       Li Zhenran raised a hand and grabbed his face, pulling him in front of him.

       Li Zhenruo said in a low voice, “Let go! Let go!” He didn’t want his swollen face to be seen by everyone later.

       At this wedding banquet, Li Zhenruo met a lot of acquaintances. Most of them were relatives and friends of the Li family and most of Li Zhentai’s friends that he knew.

       Li Jianglin was also in a suit and leather shoes today. His white hair was meticulously combed, he was leaning on a crutch in his hand, and had a smile on his face. He stood with Wen Chun’s parents, and when all the guests arrived, they greet Li Jianglin first.

       Zhu Kai stood not far behind Li Jianglin and was looking left and right when he suddenly saw Li Zhenruo next to Li Zhenran. He walked in this direction and said with a smile, “Zhenran, are you not going to introduce him to me?”

       Li Zhenran then said to Zhu Kai, “This is my new intern assistant, Jason; this is my little uncle, called Zhu Kai.”

       Li Zhenruo shook hands with Zhu Kai and said, “What a young uncle.”

       Zhu Kai laughed out loud at his words, and Li Zhenruo didn’t know what he was happy about.

       Fortunately, Li Zhenruo was familiar with him, so he ignored him and treated him as a lunatic.

       At this time, the music played by the band gradually became quieter, and the wedding host took the microphone to the stage. Today, a well-known TV host, who hosts entertainment programs that was extraordinarily funny and humorous was invited.

       He came to the stage and said a few words to shift the atmosphere and announced that the wedding was about to start.

       So Li Zhenran and Li Zhenruo sat down at the nearest table, and Zhu Kai just sat next to Li Zhenruo.

       For today’s wedding, although the preparations were a little rushed, the Li family spent a lot of money. Li Zhentai was Li Jianglin’s eldest son, and he was the first among the other children in the generation line to get married, which was naturally a big deal for the Li family, and at the same time, Li Jianglin also wants to give more reputation to his old friend.

       Although Wen Chun’s family conditions were superior, compared to the Li family, there was still a big gap. Her parents pay attention to their reputation, and Li Jianglin has instructed his sons to give the Wen family this honour so that they could feel that their daughter was married in a graceful manner.

       So not only was the whole wedding scene luxuriously decorated, but the wedding steps were also a bit complicated and lengthy.

       Li Zhenruo couldn’t make himself really excited for Li Zhentai. When the host pulled Li Zhentai to chat, he began to get distracted.

       At this moment, Zhu Kai suddenly leaned into his ear and whispered, “Today’s wedding will be very exciting, please pay attention.”

       Li Zhenruo was stunned, he looked at Zhu Kai vigilantly, and a thought suddenly popped up in his heart: Did he recognize me? It was just that after Zhu Kai finished saying this, he turned back to look at the front with great interest, and Li Zhenruo thought that maybe he thought too much.

       So what’s the point of Zhu Kai saying that to him?

       Looking at Zhu Kai’s expression, according to Li Zhenruo’s understanding of him for many years, he felt that Zhu Kai was looking forward to something. But what is he looking forward to? Everyone knew the steps of this wedding in advance. There was nothing that Zhu Kai could look forward to. Could it be that he did something in the middle, and then he was excited to show off to people that he grabbed Li Zhenruo who happened to be sitting next to him and said that?

       What will Zhu Kai do?

       At that time, Li Zhenruo thought it was a little prank, and Zhu Kai was sometimes keen on these meaningless things. But it was really inappropriate for this occasion today, right?

       As a result of what he said just now, Li Zhenruo couldn’t help but get nervous.

       The wedding went on in order. Wen Chun, who was wearing a wedding dress, entered the area holding his father’s hand, and then was handed over to Li Zhentai.

       Li Zhenruo’s eyes followed Wen Chun’s slow pace and accidentally noticed Yue Zijia sitting opposite.

       Yue Zijia also wore a beautiful little dress, with delicate and decent makeup, and her expression was normal.

       Not far from Yue Zijia’s side, he saw Li Zhenzi, and with Li Zhenzi was Yu Bingwei. When the bride entered, Li Zhenzi turned his head and whispered to Yu Bingwei, and Yu Bingwei showed a gentle smile.

       Li Zhenruo picked up his cup of tea and took a shallow sip.

       The wedding has reached the most sensational stage. The huge projection screen began to display a group photo of Li Zhentai and Wen Chun, including a wedding photo and a daily photo of the two of them. Words from acquaintance to acquaintance, promises to love each other. There was even a photo of the two of them when they were children. What an enviable couple.

       Beside him, Zhu Kai rested one elbow on the table, and lightly rubbed his lips with his fingers.

       Li Zhenruo felt that his whole body was a little tense, so he couldn’t help but start to pay attention to the stage nervously.

       Suddenly, the large screen, which had always been warm tones, suddenly dimmed. In order to show the slideshow, the lights in the entire banquet hall were dimmed. When the screen went dark, everyone was a little strange, and the place started to be a little restless.

       Soon everyone noticed that it was only because the photo was changed to a dim tone, and the photo was blurred because of the magnification, but it could be seen that in the dark night, a man in pyjamas hugged a woman in suspender pyjamas from behind.

       The photo flashed by like other photos, because it was just the back, many people didn’t see it clearly, they just thought it was a photo of Li Zhentai and Wen Chun. At most, people just found it strange why such a blurry photo was chosen.

       But the Li family members at the scene, especially the parties involved, could see it clearly. Although the photo just now was very dark, it could still be seen clearly by the ambiguous light. The background of the photo was the dining room on the first floor of the Li family’s house. It was definitely true that the woman was Wen Chun, and the man, even if he was only seen from the back and pyjamas, they could clearly tell that it was Li Zhenzi.

       The photo disappeared in a flash, but the expressions of everyone in the Li family changed.

       Li Zhenruo noticed that even Li Zhenran frowned, not to mention Li Zhentai and Wen Chun on stage.

       Only Zhu Kai beside him covered his mouth and lowered his head with a muffled laugh, then let go of his hand and made a serious expression. Li Zhenran glanced at him, stood up and walked towards Li Jianglin.

       Li Zhenruo was a little confused. He still remembered what happened that night. He saw Li Zhenzi and Wen Chun cheating in the dining room on the first floor. He also remembered that Zhu Kai found out and took pictures at that time.

       But after a long time, Zhu Kai has not exposed this matter. He thought that Zhu Kai just told Li Jianglin privately, but he did not expect such a thing to be done on such an occasion today.

       He knew that Zhu Kai had always desired to see the world be plunged into chaos, but he still felt that Zhu Kai had done too much, and Li Jianglin might not let it go.

       Li Zhenruo turned to look at Li Jianglin and saw that although Li Jianglin still maintained his expression, the hand holding the crutch was obviously very tightened, and even trembled slightly.

       He whispered a few words to Li Zhenran who walked over. Li Zhenran nodded and turned around to walk towards the side of the ceremonial platform where the wedding was held.

       Li Zhentai was also about to lose his composure. Li Zhenruo guessed that he was in a complicated mood, and he must have wanted to slap Wen Chun hard, but at the same time, he was worried about his reputation and didn’t want others to see it.

       Li Zhenran walked to the ceremony table, called Li Zhentai over, and then whispered a few words in his ear. Li Zhentai heard the words and looked in the direction of Li Jianglin.

       The host was somewhat baffled, waiting for the groom to come on stage to kiss the bride. Even though the bride kept silent, she raised her head slightly and straightened her back.

       When Li Zhentai returned to the stage, under the guidance of the host, he pulled Wen Chun’s shoulder and kissed her on the cheek.

       Wen Chun reluctantly curled the corners of her mouth, not even showing a smile.

       At this time, there was another person with an ugly face. Li Zhenruo looked toward Li Zhenzi and saw that his face was slightly pale. Everyone on the stage noticed the strangeness, but not many could relate to that one photo just now. Some people thought that Li Zhentai lost his temper because of the wrong photo.

       But Li Zhenzi had two people who were familiar with him, one was Su Yao, who was looking at Li Zhenzi with a frown; the other was Yu Bingwei. Li Zhenruo saw Yu Bingwei smiling bitterly to herself. She suddenly stood up and wanted to leave.

       Li Zhenzi grabbed her wrist, “Weiwei?”

       Yu Bingwei smiled at him, “I’m going to the bathroom.”

       Only then did Li Zhenzi let go of his hand.

       The wedding continued.

       Li Zhenran returned to the seat and sat down, leaned back slightly and raised one of his long legs.

       Li Zhenruo asked him in a low voice, “Is that Li Zhenzi just now? How is your eldest brother?”

       Li Zhenran said plainly, “Dad said the wedding will continue.”

       Li Jianglin has spoken, and with Li Zhentai’s character, he would definitely not disobey him. But it was a bit hard for him to continue to pretend to hold the wedding as if nothing was wrong when he just found that he was wearing a big green hat²a figurative symbol of a husband who was cheated by his wife.

       Zhu Kai had been in a happy mood from the beginning. He didn’t care even when he saw Li Zhenran was looking at him, he raised his glass and said, “What a wonderful wedding.”

       Even if he didn’t admit it, Li Jianglin would definitely ask someone to check, and in the end, it would always be found on his head.

       As soon as the wedding ceremony ended, Li Zhenran got up and walked toward the lounge next to the banquet hall, and Li Zhenruo quickly followed. He saw Li Zhenzi stand up and walk in the direction of Li Jianglin, it seemed that he was going to surrender himself first and strived for leniency.

       At this time, the banquet had already started. Wen Chun should have gone to change a set of clothes along with Li Zhentai to toast the guests, but after she came into the restroom from outside, she had been sitting in silence.

       Li Zhentai walked in behind and pushed everything on the dressing table to the ground.

       The bridesmaids and the makeup artist were all taken aback. Li Zhenran followed closely and said to the bridesmaids and makeup artists, “Please go out first.” He then asked the best man to leave, including Li Zhenran’s assistant, Gao Qi, to go out.

       Gao Qi was a little unhappy, but seeing that Li Zhentai was silent and did not speak, he had to go out silently.

       Li Zhenruo wanted to follow up, but Li Zhenran said to him, “Wait for me outside.”

       He was a stranger to Li Zhentai and Wen Chun, and it was not suitable for him to appear on such an occasion, so he could only obey Li Zhenran’s instructions and wait at the door.

       The bridesmaids and groomsmen were whispering, not knowing exactly what happened, but there were guesses in their hearts.

       After a while, Li Jianglin also came over with the help of Li Zhenzi.

       Li Jianglin opened the door of the lounge and went in. Before entering, he said to Li Zhenzi, “Don’t go in.” At this time, Li Zhenzi’s entry would only make Li Zhentai furious, so it was better not to show his face.

       Li Zhenzi nodded.

       After Li Jianglin entered, Li Zhenzi seemed to feel a little embarrassed when he saw the group of people surrounding him. He took out a cigarette, hesitated when he wanted to light it, and finally turned around and walked outside.

       Li Zhenruo couldn’t hear what was said inside, but he guessed that Li Jianglin must be persuading the two of them to continue the wedding. With so many people on such a big occasion, the Li family couldn’t afford to lose face.

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Dog my cats³is an internet term used as a mild curse, or to express surprise, from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn., the plot has all been guessed!

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You know, just my own thoughts. It’s kinda unfair for Zhentai to be THAT mad when he was also cheating. Just because no one knows he cheats, doesn’t mean he’s frigging innocent.

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       “Have you eaten yet?” Li Zhenran asked him.

       At that moment, Li Zhenruo decided to tidy up his messy emotions. He touched Li Zhenran’s hand, held it, and said, “Not yet, how is your father?”

       Li Zhenran took his hand to make him stand up, sat on the office chair by himself, and then held Li Zhenruo’s waist and let him sit on top of him.

       This was a bit awkward, well, it was not too awkward, since Li Zhenruo has long been used to sitting on Li Zhenran’s lap.

       As Li Zhenran rubbed Li Zhenruo’s side waist lightly, he said, “It’s nothing, he’s going to stay in the hospital for a few days for observation.”

       Li Zhenruo asked him, “Then why did you come back?”

       Li Zhenran said, “The hospital has nurses, so I don’t need to watch the night. Eldest brother and the third child have already rushed over.”

       Li Zhenruo said, “That’s good.”

       Li Zhenran suddenly chuckled, and Li Zhenruo turned to look at him inexplicably.

       Li Zhenran tilted his head with a smile in his eyes, “My dad said that the boy who rescued him in the elevator pretended not to know him at first, but when he saw him sick, he immediately knew who he was.”

       Li Zhenruo pretended to be bashful, “It’s my fault for being a little nervous about being in the elevator with him. I’m afraid he would suspect our relationship.”

       “What’s our relationship?” Li Zhenran held his hand tightly.

       Li Zhenruo shook his upper body gently, “Isn’t it the relationship between the owner and the pet?”

       This sounded like it had a double meaning, and Li Zhenruo knew that it would definitely be an answer that would satisfy Li Zhenran.

       Sure enough, Li Zhenran let out an “um—” sound. “You know, there are some things the owner will worry about. As a pet, all you have to do is to make the owner happy, right?”

       Li Zhenruo wanted to roll his eyes, but his mouth was exceptionally smart, “I know, Master.”

       Li Zhenran reached out and pulled the collar on his neck, “Let’s go, I’ll take you to dinner, what do you want to eat?”

       Li Zhenruo replied, “Eat whatever you want, as long as it’s not cat food.”

       At this time, the driver had been sent back by Li Zhenran, and when he came out of the company, Li Zhenran personally drove the car and took Li Zhenruo around on the street without a destination.

       Later, when he saw a long queue at a small restaurant on the side of the road, Li Zhenruo pointed out, “Let’s eat that.”

       Li Zhenran didn’t object. He found a place to park the car nearby and walked over to eat with Li Zhenruo.

       Before getting out of the car, Li Zhenran took off his suit jacket and tie, made an opening on his collar, and rolled up his sleeves. In summer, the evening temperature was nearly 30 degrees. Li Zhenran usually stayed in places with air conditioning. Suddenly walking on the street like this made it look like he was dressing too thick.

       And Li Zhenruo dressed casually in a T-shirt and sweatpants, like a student.

       When Li Zhenran rolled up his sleeves, Li Zhenruo suddenly felt that he was terribly sexy.

       “Let’s go,” Li Zhenran patted Li Zhenruo’s head, opened the door and got out of the car.

       It was just a quick glance just now. Li Zhenruo only saw a lot of people lining up outside the restaurant and didn’t know what they were eating. Only then did he come to know that it was a shop selling spicy crayfish.

       They took a number and asked the restaurant waiter. They knew it would take almost half an hour to line up.

       Li Zhenruo was a little hesitant because it was too hot outside, but Li Zhenran didn’t care and sat down on the small stool.

       It was a strange feeling. If it were in the past, even if he were killed, he wouldn’t believe that one day he and Li Zhenran would sit in line outside a small roadside restaurant, waiting for a meal of crayfish. Even if it was really delicious, Li Zhenruo would only ask someone to buy it for him, instead of sitting here stupidly queuing up, let alone with Li Zhenran.

       Suddenly, Li Zhenran reached out and held the hand he had placed beside him.

       Li Zhenruo could not help but tense up for a moment and tried to see if anyone around noticed. At this time, the people in line were either chatting or looking down at their mobile phones. No one paid attention to them anyway. After a little twitching, he took Li Zhenran’s hand back as a matter of course.

       The two of them didn’t speak, they sat on the side of the road and held hands quietly. Even if it was their first love, Li Zhenruo had never tried to be so clingy with others.

       After waiting for about ten minutes, Li Zhenruo saw a young man and woman pass by in front of him. They looked like they were dressed like college students.

       When he passed in front of him, the man stopped in his tracks, and the long-haired girl continued to walk forward to find the waiter in the restaurant to line up.

       The boy stood still, turned his head and looked at Li Zhenruo.

       Li Zhenruo was stunned and looked at the boy, only to see that he was tall and thin, with fair and handsome features. The boy was wearing a plaid shirt and denim trousers and looked very refined.

       The boy looked at Li Zhenruo’s eyes with some doubt, but Li Zhenruo felt his heart beating violently at this moment. He looked at the boy and almost couldn’t help standing up, but when he moved, he felt that Li Zhenran was holding his palm with the strength increased slightly.

       Li Zhenruo turned to look at Li Zhenran and saw that Li Zhenran was frowning at him before he snapped out of it.

       At this time, the girl who was with the boy got the number, went back to him and joked with him, took his hand and walked to the vacant seat next to him to sit down and wait for the number.

       The two left Li Zhenruo’s sight, and he heard Li Zhenran ask him in his ear, “Do you know him?”

       Li Zhenruo shook his head a little dazedly.

       Li Zhenran said, “Then what are you looking at?”

       He felt that Li Zhenran’s tone was a bit unhappy and quickly said, “I just think…… He might not be human.”

       Li Zhenruo said this nonsense casually in order to divert Li Zhenran’s attention. It was a bit strange to tell the truth just now. The reason for the rapid heartbeat was that Li Zhenruo felt an indescribable attraction. At that moment, he even thought he was in love with the boy at first sight.

       But when he thought about it carefully, there was something wrong. The attraction was not so much a mental attraction, but a physical one, completely out of the control of his own thinking. Li Zhenruo thought it was strange, so he decided to remember this matter and consult Xia Hongshen when he had time.

       And Li Zhenran was successfully distracted by him, “Not a human?”

       Li Zhenruo nodded, “I guess he’s my kind. You should be more careful next time you see him.”

       Li Zhenran had no idea in his mind, so he ignored his words.

       After waiting in line for half an hour, it was finally the two of them’s turn.

       Li Zhenran sat down and read the menu for a while, then raised his head and asked the waiter, “Can cats eat crayfish?”

       Li Zhenruo was wiping the table with a piece of paper, and looked at him for a while, and saw that he had a serious look on his face.

       The waiter froze and said, “Ah, can it? Don’t cats like to eat fish? Fish and shrimp should be similar, right?”

       Li Zhenran thought about it for a while and seemed to think it made sense, so he said, “One pound each for fried and steamed.”

       The two had a full meal outside, and then the young man and woman came in and happened to be sitting at the table behind Li Zhenran. As soon as Li Zhenruo looked up, he found that the boy on the opposite side was looking at him. When he looked over, the boy didn’t turn his eyes away and just stared straight at him.

       Later, Li Zhenruo didn’t dare to stare at him for too long, for fear that Li Zhenran would notice and it would make him unhappy.

       As they returned to Li’s house in the evening, Li Zhenruo hid in the car and changed back to the appearance of a cat. The clothes that fell off were folded by Li Zhenran and brought back upstairs for him.

       Li Zhenruo followed Li Zhenran into the living room and saw Wen Chun talking to Wang Ma in the dining room.

       When Wang Ma saw Li Zhenran, she stood up from her chair and said, “Did you take your father to the hospital today?”

       Li Zhenran nodded.

       Li Zhenruo stuck his head out from his leg and saw Wang Ma also look worried.

       “How did he have an attack in the elevator?” Wang Ma asked with a sigh.

       Li Zhenran said, “It’s probably due to the elevator malfunction. It’s already fine, don’t worry, Wang Ma.”

       “Oh dear—” Wang Ma shook her head and said, “As you get older, your health just gets worse and worse.” He didn’t know if she was talking about Li Jianglin, or herself.

       Wen Chun was sitting by the dining table with a water glass in her hand, but she also stood up and asked Li Zhenran, “I heard that the person who gave dad first aid in the elevator today was your new assistant?”

       Li Zhenran nodded, “Yes.”

       Wen Chun said strangely, “How come I haven’t seen him before?”

       Li Zhenran said to her, “The new one is still on probation.”

       Wen Chun replied, “Oh…” After she finished speaking, she noticed the cat following Li Zhenran’s legs, smiled and waved, “Dumpling.”

       Li Zhenruo wanted to raise his paw to wave at her, he half raised his paws and felt it was not quite right. So he grabbed Li Zhenran’s trouser leg, pretended to be afraid, and pressed his face to Li Zhenran’s leg.

       Li Zhenran glanced at him and said to Wen Chun and the others, “I’ll go upstairs first.”

       Li Zhenruo sprang out from his legs and ran upstairs first.

       Early the next morning, Li Zhenruo turned over beside Li Zhenran’s bed and didn’t notice that his cat’s paw hit Li Zhenran’s face and woke him up.

       Li Zhenran opened his eyes and grabbed his paw. He was originally about to throw Li Zhenruo off the bed, but he just put Li Zhenruo’s paw on his lips and kissed it lightly.

       Li Zhenruo opened his eyes inexplicably, looked at him with sleepy eyes, and scratched his eyes with his paws.

       Li Zhenran sat up and called the hospital to ask about Li Jianglin’s condition.

       Li Zhenruo turned over and got out of bed to go to the bathroom. When he came out, he had become a naked young man. He walked to the bed and sat cross-legged, yawned, and asked, “Is dad all right?”

       Li Zhenran threw the phone aside, leaned his body back against the bed, looked at him and said, “You called him so affectionately?”

       Li Zhenruo was still half awake, and when he heard Li Zhenran’s question, he quickly got up and rushed forward, wrapping his arms around Li Zhenran’s neck, almost touching his lips and saying, “Then what should I call him? Grandpa?”

       Li Zhenran put one arm around his waist and rubbed lightly, “Then aren’t you going to call me dad?”

       Inside his heart, Li Zhenruo was thinking, Li Zhenran you are so shameless, I really didn’t see this before! But his mouth said, “What are you talking about!” After that, he kissed Li Zhenran’s lips.

       An inexplicable conversation developed into a passionate scene early in the morning. Li Zhenruo felt that he should be cautious and not make Li Zhenran suspect him. Otherwise, Li Zhenran wouldn’t always be able to be fooled, and he would definitely doubt him over time.

       Maybe Li Zhenran had suspected him for a long time, but his thoughts were too deep to let Li Zhenruo see it.

       Li Zhenruo was panting slightly, his sweaty head resting on Li Zhenran’s shoulders, his arms wrapped around his waist.

       Li Zhenran said suddenly, “Dad asked you to come over.”

       Li Zhenruo wanted to ask “What did Dad call me over for?”, but he knew that he couldn’t say it without saying the word “Dad”. With a knot in his head, he said, “What did Grandpa tell me to do?”

       Li Zhenran laughed, his chest shook, and he pinched Li Zhenruo’s face and saying, “He wants to see the grandson.”

       No matter how thick-skinned Li Zhenruo was, he couldn’t help being a little ashamed. He scratched his face and said, “What if he suspects us?”

       “What can we do?” Li Zhenran said, “It doesn’t matter.”

       Li Zhenruo looked up at his expression and saw that Li Zhenran’s expression was calm as if he really didn’t care if Li Jianglin knew that his son was entangled with a man.

       Li Zhenran had already got up at this time, patted Li Zhenruo’s head, and said, “Son, go take a bath, and follow me to the hospital later.”

       Li Zhenruo knew that his temporary slip of the tongue would definitely be made fun of by Li Zhenran for a long time. He wanted to go out and call Li Zhenran dad, but after all, he couldn’t say it, because it reminded him of Li Jianglin, so he could only endure the sulking.

       When he went out with Li Zhenran in the morning, he was still a cat, but when he arrived at the hospital, he became a handsome young man. But it was a pity that the clothes were the same as yesterday.

       “You left all your clothes in the company,” Li Zhenran said impatiently, “My dad can see if you are wearing my clothes.”

       Li Zhenruo took the T-shirt and smelled it, and could still smell the smell of crayfish.

       Li Jianglin lives in the VIP ward and was guarded by a dedicated nurse and a doctor who was directly in charge of his hospital bed. It didn’t matter even if there was no family to accompany him.

       Li Zhenran knocked on the door first, then twisted the door handle to go in.

       Li Zhenruo stood by the door and did not follow up immediately, but quietly leaned against the wall to wait for him. After a while, Li Zhenran opened the door and said to him, “Come in.”

       Li Jianglin had already woken up and leaned on the bed. He seemed to be in good spirits.

       Li Zhenruo walked in, bowed respectfully and greeted, “Mr. Li.”

       Li Jianglin looked at him for a moment, then smiled and said, “Are you Zhenran’s assistant?”

       Li Zhenruo said quickly, “I’m still in the internship period, and I haven’t officially become the second assistant.”

       Li Jianglin asked him, “What’s your name?”

       Li Zhenruo glanced at Li Zhenran and said, “Jason.”

       Li Jianglin said, “What about your Chinese name?”

       Li Zhenruo took a deep breath, hating himself for not being able to rush over to strangle Li Zhenran. He gritted his teeth and said, “My name is Li Tuan¹he deliberately didn’t say Tuanzi(dumpling) to avoid suspicion..”

       Li Jianglin couldn’t help frowning slightly and then asked, “Which Tuan²he’s asking about what Chinese word is his Tuan. See note below.?”

       Li Zhenruo said, “Tuan as in regiment.”

       Li Jianglin laughed when he heard the words, “Does your family want you to be a soldier?”

       Li Zhenruo thought to himself, thank God that Li Jianglin didn’t think of a cat called Tuanzi in the Li family, and replied with a wry smile, “Yes, my dad didn’t tell me.”

       Li Jianglin looked at him for a while, “How old are you? You look quite young.”

       Li Zhenruo said, “I am nineteen years old.”

       Li Jianglin heard the words and said, “Looks like a high school student. Why did you work at the age of nineteen and didn’t go to college?”

       The more he talked, the more issues were exposed. Li Zhenruo was unable to make up an identity story out of the blue, he was afraid that the story would be too careless, and Li Jianglin would know that there was a problem after checking.

       So if you tell a lie, you need to keep lying to make up the lie, which was really painful.

       Li Zhenran answered at this time, “He is doing an internship while going to university, and it is just summer vacation now.”

       Li Jianglin nodded. It was hard to say whether he believed it or not. He propped himself on the mattress with his hands and wanted to change to a more comfortable position.

       Li Zhenruo hurriedly stepped forward to help him.

       Li Jianglin patted the back of his hand to show his thanks and then motioned for Li Zhenran and Li Zhenruo to both sit down, since there was no need to stand while talking.

       When Li Zhenran sat down beside the bed, he said, “Jason is Luo Fei’s cousin.”

       Li Zhenruo bit his lip and pretended to be a little embarrassed.

       Li Jianglin nodded with understanding and said, “Is that so.” Then he asked Li Zhenruo, “If you know me, why did you pretend not to know me in the elevator at first?”

       Li Zhenruo’s fingers were crossed and he squeezed them nervously, “When I rushed in, I thought it was you but I weren’t sure. And after hesitating, I was embarrassed to speak, so I pretended not to know you. Didn’t I worry about you afterwards?”

       As Li Jianglin heard him say so, he smile and shook his head.

       Li Zhenruo asked cautiously, “Old man, is your body okay?”

       Li Jianglin said, “It’s nothing, since you are Luo Fei’s cousin, just call me Uncle Li, you don’t need to be so distant.”

       Li Zhenruo nodded, coyly afraid to call out.

       Li Jianglin asked him again, “How do you know that I have medicine on me?”

       Li Zhenruo said, “One of my uncles has a heart attack. He said that he takes medicine with him wherever he goes. So I thought I’d give it a try then, thinking it would be good if I could find it. I hope it has helped you.”

       Li Jianglin smiled at him, “You have helped me a lot, thank you, young man.”

       Li Zhenruo lowered his head and smiled.

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Notes:
This happens a lot to Chinese when they are asking for names. For example, if your name is Zhang, they will ask you which Zhang as in which character is the Zhang is written to know the meaning of their name. In the story, Li Jianglin was asking which Tuan because the character 团 (tuán) can mean several things such as round, lump, ball, regiment, group, and society.

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       Finding someone to unlock Zhao Yuqiong’s former residence was much easier than Li Zhenruo expected.

       At first, he was worried that the next-door neighbour would come out and accuse him as a thief, but he didn’t expect that the building was really about to be demolished, and even the few remaining residents had moved out.

       Li Zhenruo found an unprofessional locksmith and spent 100 yuan for that person to help him unlock the door.

       The locksmith took the money and left. Li Zhenruo slowly pushed open the wooden door that had been covered by dust for a long time, and the old mouldy smell filled his nostrils. Actually, the house was kept clean. Although Zhao Yuqiong had left, Li Jianglin had found someone to clean the room. All the furniture was covered with white cloth, and the windows were all locked from the inside.

       It was just that Li Jianglin seemed to have forgotten about the house after he found someone to clean it up. No one has come in and touched the furniture for so many years.

       The furniture in the house was very simple. It was just a small apartment with one bedroom, one living room, and a very old TV style. Li Zhenruo has some doubts that if it could be used at all now. He stood quietly in the living room for a while, and in a trance, he seemed to see a young woman with a big belly sitting down on the sofa with difficulty, then lowered her head and gently stroked her belly.

       He took a deep breath and walked toward Zhao Yuqiong’s bedroom.

       The bedroom has a large bed, a bedside table, a desk and a wardrobe. Since the room was not big, the furniture was arranged compactly.

       Li Zhenruo reached out and opened the cabinet, and thought that he could see Zhao Yuqiong’s previous clothes. To be honest, his emotions were very complicated, and he was even a little scared, but when he opened the door of the cabinet, he found that there was nothing inside.

       He was stunned for a moment, Li Zhenruo wondered if there was a custom to burn all the clothes of the deceased. He didn’t know much about it, but he seemed to have heard of it when he was a child.

       So he walked to the front of the desk. Li Zhenruo sat down and opened the drawer.

       There were some miscellaneous items in the drawer, including some women’s small jewellery and one ruby ​​necklaces that looked very tacky now. The ruby was obviously an artificial fake gem, and it was not worth much, but Zhao Yuqiong still carefully store it away.

       Li Zhenruo found an album in the drawer on the right side, he hurriedly took it out and opened it, but found that it was an empty album with no photos posted in it.

       After he stared blankly for a moment, Li Zhenruo noticed that it was a children’s album, from the baby’s one-month-old birthday to the age of one or two, recording the trajectory of the child’s growth. He thought that this might have been prepared for him by Zhao Yuqiong, but unfortunately, she was not able to accompany her son to grow up.

       There were a lot of emotions that he thought he wouldn’t care about, but at this time they came out in a flood. Li Zhenruo lowered his head and put the album back, and slowly closed his eyes.

       He rummaged through the drawers of the desk and couldn’t find anything of value. He didn’t find a letter or the diary he hoped for, just as this empty room didn’t leave many records about this woman.

       Li Zhenruo stood up and put his last hope on the bedside table.

       There were two drawers on the bedside table. The one on the top was filled with keys and some old certificates, while the one on the bottom was empty. The bottom was covered with newspapers, perhaps previously used to put socks and underwear within the personal belongings.

       Li Zhenruo was originally squatting on the edge of the bed and wanted to get up at this time, but suddenly noticed that there seemed to be a white piece of paper under the mattress, showing a small corner on the outside. If he didn’t look carefully, he wouldn’t notice it at all.

       He reached out and grabbed a piece of paper, raised the mattress with the other hand, and pulled out the piece of paper. Only then did he see clearly that it was the back of a photo, and there was not only one photo under it. He hurriedly pulled out the other one as well.

       As he flipped the photo to see the front, Li Zhenruo saw that it was a group photo of two people. The colour in the photo seemed to be too old and had begun to turn yellow. The background of the photo was probably a scenic spot in China, and there were two people in front, one of them was a young Zhao Yuqiong, and the other was a young man. Because the person was photographed somewhat small, it was difficult to see the man’s face clearly, but Li Zhenruo was sure that it was not Li Jianglin.

       He flipped through another photo, this time it was a one-person photo. It was the man in the photo just now, wearing the same clothes, standing in front of a stone monument in a scenic area. This photo was so clear that Li Zhenruo can see his facial features carefully.

       He unconsciously tightened his fingers while holding the photo, because he could see clearly that the man’s appearance was clearly similar to his.

       If that man were to stand with Li Jianglin, he would probably doubt that he was not Li Jianglin’s biological son just by looking at him.

       Li Zhenruo’s legs become a little numb after squatting for a long time. He got up and sat down beside the bed regardless of the dust on the bed. He never took his eyes off the photo. He knew what these two photos meant. If Li Jianglin saw these two photos at the beginning, then he would not be Li Zhenruo, maybe his surname was Zhao, or maybe it was something else.

       Before, he had been thinking about who had discovered what clues and began to doubt his relationship with Li Jianglin. Now he was holding these two photos in his hand, and he began to have some thoughts in his heart.

       Li Zhenruo bent down and carefully looked at the traces under the mattress. He believed that these two photos should have been pressed here for more than 20 years and no one could find them. When he pulled it out just now, it was even stuck to the bedboard and needed to be removed with force. So are there other pictures? Could it be that the man in this photo has appeared?

       He sat up straight and raised his hand to rustle his hair.

       If he had discovered these two photos a few years ago, his first reaction would have been to destroy the remains, but now it was no longer necessary. Anyway, it was a secret that was no longer important.

       He stood up with the photo and planned to take it away. There were other things besides the picture, and it seemed that Li Jianglin has completely forgotten about the existence of this house. Even if it was demolished, he would definitely not come to remove the things, because it was meaningless to him. At that time, this stuff would probably be transported and disposed of together with the construction waste. If he wanted to take away some memories of Zhao Yuqiong, then there was only now.

       But Li Zhenruo also has a problem, that was, that he had no place of his own now, and he must live with Li Zhenran. No matter where these things were stored, it would be difficult not to be discovered by Li Zhenran.

       After he hesitated for a while, Li Zhenruo put away the photos, including the tacky ruby ​​necklace in the drawer and the blank photo album, and put them into an empty file bag, then quietly exited and closed the door.

       Li Zhenruo left Zhao Yuqiong’s former residence and called Feng Junyuan.

       Dr. xiao Feng was still working in the hospital at this time and received a call from Li Zhenruo asking him to come to the hospital to find him.

       Li Zhenruo took a taxi and found him in the surgical department where Feng Junyuan worked. He handed the file bag to him and said, “Doctor Feng, could you please help me keep these things?”

       Feng Junyuan saw that his attitude was so solemn, and asked, “Is it a very valuable thing?”

       Li Zhenruo shook his head, “It’s not worth the money, but it’s important to me.”

       Feng Junyuan looked down at the old and yellowed file bag, nodded and replied, “Okay.”

       Li Zhenruo couldn’t help but smile, “Thank you so much, you have helped me a lot, but please don’t tell Mr. Luo about this, I don’t know if it’s okay?”

       Feng Junyuan replied, “Well, but even if Luo Fei knew about it, he wouldn’t say anything to Li Zhenran.”

       Even when he knew what he was thinking was seen through by the other party, Li Zhenruo didn’t care, and said, “It’s nothing really, I just don’t want him to know something now.”

       Feng Junyuan said, “Don’t worry.”

       For some reason, Li Zhenruo felt very relieved when he heard Feng Junyuan say “don’t worry”. He has a strange sense of trust in Feng Junyuan and Song Jun, probably because Feng Junyuan offered him a helping hand when he was most at a loss and helpless, making him feel that this person was truly reliable.

       As he left the hospital, Li Zhenruo saw that it was late, so he took a taxi back to Yunlin.

       The security guard downstairs already knew him, and no one came forward to stop him. It was almost time to get off work at that time, and Li Zhenruo was in a hurry to leave, afraid that Li Zhenran would call him later. He hurried into the VIP elevator leading to the 22nd floor and above. When he looked up, he found that there was still a person standing inside, and it turned out to be Li Jianglin.

       The elevator came up from the first floor, and Li Zhenruo was frozen. He realized that Li Jianglin had probably returned from something temporarily, and had just come out of the underground parking lot to go up to the twenty-fourth floor where his office was located.

       The elevator dedicated to the Li family was not forbidden to be used by other employees, but except for new employees or people from outside who occasionally made mistakes, the company employees usually do not use this elevator.

       When Li Zhenruo rushed in, Li Jianglin just glanced at him, stood up straight with crutches in his hand, and said nothing.

       He didn’t ask, Li Zhenruo simply pretended not to know, and even pretended not to recognize Li Jianglin, pressed the elevator door with his back to him, and pressed the button leading to the twenty-third floor.

       The elevator went up smoothly, Li Zhenruo lowered his head and wanted to hum some songs pretending to be indifferent.

       When they reached the tenth floor, the elevator seemed to shake. Li Zhenruo immediately looked up and saw that the elevator was still going up, but as it goes up two more floors, the elevator shook more and more. Li Zhenruo began to feel that something was wrong, so he reached out and pressed the nearest elevator floor and want the elevator to stop.

       Sure enough, when it reached the thirteenth floor, the elevator stopped, but it stopped completely. After making a clanging sound, it stopped firmly, but the elevator door did not open.

       Li Zhenruo hurriedly pressed the door button, but there was no response, and the light above his head flashed and suddenly went out.

       Now he could be sure that he has encountered an elevator failure. After he dazed for a little, Li Zhenruo pressed the call button outside and called for help.

       “Anyone?” Li Zhenruo shouted. He didn’t hear a reply from outside, and he didn’t know if the communication line was malfunctioning, or if no one could hear his call for help.

       At the same time, Li Zhenruo heard a crisp sound behind him. He didn’t realize what it was at first, but then he suddenly remembered that Li Jianglin was still inside, and the sound just now sounded like Li Jianglin’s crutch fell to the ground on the elevator floor.

       Not only did Li Jianglin fall down on his crutches, but he also seemed to be very uncomfortable. His hand was propped on the elevator wall and looked like he was trembling.

       Li Zhenruo could barely see Li Jianglin’s figure by the emergency light on the elevator panel. He stepped forward to help him and asked, “Old man, are you alright?”

       With the help of Li Zhenruo, Li Jianglin stood up forcibly, covering his chest with one hand, as if he was too uncomfortable to speak.

       Li Zhenruo knew that Li Jianglin had a heart problem, but he didn’t expect that he would suddenly fall ill at this time. At this time, he couldn’t care to continue to call for help. He could only help Li Jianglin to lie down first, and knelt on the ground to let him rest on his knees. He reached out to touch Li Jianglin’s jacket pocket. He knew that Li Jianglin had the habit of carrying medicines with him.

       After he found the medicine bottle, Li Zhenruo hurriedly unscrewed the cap, poured out the medicine and fed it to Li Jianglin’s mouth, saying, “Old man, take the medicine first.”

       Li Jianglin opened his mouth and swallowed the medicine.

       Li Zhenruo then immediately took out his mobile phone and called Li Zhenran. His tone was hurried. As soon as Li Zhenran answered the phone, he said, “Your father and I are trapped in the company elevator. Your father has a heart attack now, quickly find someone to get him out!”

       Li Zhenran asked calmly, “Which floor are you on?”

       Li Zhenruo said, “The thirteenth floor! We’re in the VIP elevator, hurry up.”

       Li Zhenran seemed to have already acted, and he said, “Wait for me.”

       He didn’t hang up the phone, but Li Zhenran didn’t care to talk to him. He called out to Hua Yibang to call the engineering department and the security department, while he took another elevator to go down to the thirteenth floor.

       In the small and dark space, Li Zhenruo could only hear Li Jianglin’s rapid breathing, and he couldn’t help raising his hand to wipe the sweat from Li Jianglin’s forehead.

       Li Jianglin was not his biological father. Although he knew it for a long time, he still felt nervous and heartbroken at this time.

       Li Zhenran’s side was very efficient. In less than two minutes, many people had gathered outside the elevator, planning to pry open the elevator door directly.

       When Li Zhenruo heard Li Zhenran calling him on the phone, he quickly put it to his ear and said, “I’m here.”

       Li Zhenran asked, “Are you all right?”

       Li Zhenruo said, “I’m fine, but your father is not very well.”

       At this time, Li Zhenruo found that the elevator door had been pried open, and soon after that, several security personnel opened the elevator door that was powered off for safety. Li Zhenruo half supported and carried Li Jianglin first and sent him out.

       Li Zhenran reached out and took Li Jianglin, picked him up in person, and hurried into the elevator next door. He had to take Li Jianglin to the hospital.

       Li Zhenruo was a little out of strength and stretched out his hand to hold the inner wall of the elevator. The staff outside called him loudly. With the help of others, he got out of the elevator, waved his hand and said nothing, and then stood quietly with his back against the wall for a while.

       “Are you okay?”

       Li Zhenruo suddenly heard someone ask him, and turned to see that it was Hua Yibang.

       Hua Yibang said to him, “Zhenran asked me to take you back first. Shall we go now?”

       Li Zhenruo was stunned for a while and thought that he would definitely not be able to go back to Li’s house like this. He was somewhat ashamed to turn into a cat in front of Hua Yibang, so he simply shook his head and said, “No, I’ll go to Ran ge’s office and stay there for a while, you can go first, don’t worry about me.”

       Hua Yibang was obviously hesitant because Li Zhenran ordered him to send this… um… his cat back to Li’s house.

       Li Zhenruo pointed upstairs, “His office is unlocked, right?”

       Hua Yibang took out the card from his pocket and gave it to him.

       Li Zhenruo took it and said with a smile, “Thank you, xiao Hua ge,” and then walked to the side and pressed the elevator upstairs.

       Hua Yibang did not follow him upstairs but called Li Zhenran to say that his little cat refused to go back, and was in his office now. In fact, Hua Yibang’s word in his heart was “your little stray cat”, but he was too embarrassed to say it.

       Li Zhenran said to Hua Yibang, “Let him go, you don’t have to worry about him.”

       Li Zhenruo went up to the 23rd floor alone, opened the door of Li Zhenran’s office with a key card, and then turned on all the lights. He walked slowly to the desk to sit down.

       Li Zhenran’s office was almost the same as his previous office. He sat on a chair with his eyes closed and seemed to be transported back to the past.

       Li Zhenruo experienced too many things in just one day, and he was a little exhausted. As soon as he closed his eyes, an old photo of Zhao Yuqiong appeared in the darkness, and the sound of Li Jianglin’s rapid breathing in the elevator just now sounded in his ears.

       Li Zhenruo began to make up stories for the two of them in his head, thought about how they met, how Zhao Yuqiong had fornicated with other men and got pregnant and then tricked Li Jianglin into handing over the child to him.

       When he opened his eyes, those pictures disappeared. Li Zhenruo knew that he would never be able to piece together a complete truth just with imagination, but the deeper he dug, the sadder and exhausted he felt.

       He took a deep breath, Li Zhenruo sat on the table and chair, turned for half a circle, slid forward a certain distance and stopped in front of the floor-to-ceiling glass window. He stared at the city outside motionlessly and saw that the sky was slowly darkening until it was pitch black, the surrounding tall buildings were lit up one after another, the streets were jammed with cars, and the colours looked like a gorgeous river.

       He stared blankly. He didn’t know how long it was, and suddenly heard the sound of the office door being opened.

       Li Zhenran was back.

       He was still wearing the suit he used to go to work today, his slender legs wrapped in straight suits and trousers, and walked slowly towards the window. When he passed the desk, he threw the key card on it and made a crisp sound, and then stood behind Li Zhenruo.

       “What are you looking at?” Li Zhenran asked Li Zhenruo.

       Li Zhenruo did not answer.

       Li Zhenran reached out with one hand, and pressed his palm against Li Zhenruo’s neck, slowly stroking it upwards.

       His palms were dry and warm, full of irresistible force, holding Li Zhenruo’s lower jaw to raise his head, then bent down and kissed Li Zhenruo’s lips.

       A kiss full of encroachment, after the kiss ended, Li Zhenruo found himself gasping for breath.

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       When Li Zhenran came down to eat breakfast, Zhu Kai said to him with great interest, “Zhenran, are you swimming in the afternoon?”

       Li Zhenruo went downstairs before Li Zhenran and was lying next to the dining table looking at today’s breakfast. When he heard this, he turned his head to look at Li Zhenran.

       Li Zhenran smiled and replied, “Yes.”

       Li Zhenruo knew that Li Zhenran’s swimming skills were very good. He remembered that Li Zhenran seemed to have participated in a national swimming competition when he was in high school. Although Li Zhenran only won second place in the end, Li Zhenruo felt very amazed at that time.

       In his memory, he had seen Li Zhenran more than once in front of the swimming pool at home, wearing a pair of dark swimming trunks, stretching his slender body and jumping into the water, swimming forward like a fish through the waves.

       Later, as he got older, his time at home gradually became less, and he had less communication with Li Zhenran. Unexpectedly, there was nothing much to remember.

       The workers at home spent the morning cleaning out the swimming pool and began to fill up the water at noon. In the afternoon, Li Zhenruo took a nap and was lying on the window sill of Li Zhenran’s room on the third floor. He looked down and saw the rippling water as if he could feel the cool water coming to his face.

       Zhu Kai was the most energetic. He changed into a pair of swimming trunks, revealing a slightly thin and pale body. He stood on the edge of the pool, and shouted at the window of Li Zhenran’s room, “Zhenran, come down and swim!”

       Wang Ma took her unfinished sweater and sat under the parasol next to the swimming pool, smiling and watching Zhu Kai making a fuss by the swimming pool.

       Li Zhenruo jumped out of the window at this time. He ran to the bed and slapped Li Zhenran, who was still taking a nap with his paws, urging him to go swimming.

       Li Zhenran rubbed his eyes and sat up, went over to open the closet and started rummaging for his swimming trunks.

       When Li Zhenran stood in front of the swimming pool wearing swimming trunks, Li Zhenruo felt a little excited for no reason. Li Zhenran’s figure was much better than Zhu Kai’s. He has broad shoulders, a narrow waist and tight muscles. He made a standard exercise for entering the water, while Li Zhenruo spun on the side and almost fell into the pool.

       Then he calmed down and thought to himself what he was getting excited about.

       Li Zhenran didn’t jump into the water, but raised his hand and patted Li Zhenruo’s butt next to him, and patted him to dive in first. 

       Li Zhenruo fell into the water with a “slap” sound, only splashing a little water. Then he immediately started to be flustered and scrambled up. He was supposed to be able to swim, but at this time his limbs were uncoordinated and he didn’t know how to swim up.

       Wang Ma let out a burst of laughter.

       Immediately afterwards, Li Zhenran jumped into the water and supported Li Zhenruo’s forelimbs with his palms to lift him up.

       Li Zhenruo was still in shock, spit out the water he swallowed and gasped for air.

       Li Zhenran raised his hand and placed him on the shore of the pool, then stretched his arms to cut through the waves, and his slender and vigorous body was wrapped in white water and shot out like an arrow shot from a bow.

       Li Zhenruo stood on the shore, the fur all over his body was wet and sticking to his body. He looked thin and pitiful and sneezed twice. He stared at Li Zhenran in the water and was stunned.

       Zhu Kai sat aside, and patted Erhuang on the head, letting it go play by itself.

       Erhuang came towards Li Zhenruo, lowered his head and sniffed at him.

       Li Zhenruo quickly got up and moved away.

       Erhuang followed and seemed to be full of curiosity. Erhuang leaned close to Li Zhenruo’s head and sniffed hard.

       At this time, Li Zhenran had already swam back and forth to the edge of the swimming pool. He reached out and grabbed Li Zhenruo and put it on his shoulders. Li Zhenruo was afraid of slipping off, so he quickly grabbed Li Zhenran’s neck with his paws.

       “So lively today?” Li Zhenzi’s voice suddenly came from the shore.

       Li Zhenruo turned to look and saw Li Zhenzi wearing a casual suit and black leather shoes stepping on the white tiles next to the pool.

       Zhu Kai just jumped into the water. When he saw Li Zhenzi, he said, “Daniel, come down and play.”

       Li Zhenzi hasn’t come back since last night’s charity dinner. He should’ve spent the night at Yu Bingwei’s. He squatted down on the edge of the pool at this time and said with a smile, “I can’t swim, so I’d better watch my second brother swim. His movement is the most beautiful, and is all professional.”

       Li Zhenran’s wheat-coloured skin was stained with bright water droplets, and it shone in the sun. Li Zhenruo hugged his neck and stuck his head out from his shoulders, looking down. He was seeing the firm and supple chest, flat belly lines clearly extended to the swim trunks inside, covering the most beautiful scenery.

       Well, Li Zhenruo knew what the powerful thing that was underneath, and he suddenly felt a little shy when he thought of it, just like a young girl in love.

       He buried his face in Li Zhenran’s neck and rubbed it hard, and felt that Li Zhenran raised his hand to hold his ass.

       He didn’t know when, but Li Jianglin also came to the edge of the pool on his crutch.

       Wang Ma quickly got up and gave him her seat, and took another small stool to sit next to him.

       Li Jianglin was sitting on the chair, his eyes passed over Li Zhenran, looked at Zhu Kai, and finally waved to Li Zhenzi who was by the swimming pool, “Come here.”

       “Dad?” Li Zhenzi hurriedly walked over when he heard the words, slightly bending down and waiting for him to speak.

       Li Jianglin asked, “Where did you go last night?”

       Li Zhenzi often spends the night outside, and Li Jianglin knew this son well. He usually didn’t ask much, so no one expected him to ask such a question suddenly today.

       After a little hesitation, Li Zhenzi said, “I went out to play with my friends.”

       Li Jianglin’s eyes fell on the swimming pool, and he said to Li Zhenzi, “Your eldest brother is getting married. You’d better behave yourself during this time.”

       What did Li Zhentai’s marriage have to do with Li Zhenzi? What was the use of asking Li Zhenzi to behave?

       Li Zhenzi frowned slightly, and replied obediently, “Yes, I know.” But he couldn’t help but think more.

       In the swimming pool, Li Zhenruo was still holding on to Li Zhenran and refused to let go.

       Li Zhenran didn’t pull off his paws but simply sank into the water. Li Zhenruo could only follow him to sink into the water, drank a few mouthfuls of water, and was picked up by Li Zhenran.

       This time, he didn’t want to hold on to Li Zhenran anymore, but swam desperately to the shore, waving his little paws.

       Li Zhenran didn’t tease him anymore. He grabbed him and threw him ashore.

       It could be said because Li Zhenran swam in the afternoon, he was exhausted and went to bed as soon as possible at night. But somehow, he seemed to have not depleted all of his energy. In the end, he caught Li Zhenruo and torment him hard at night.

       Li Zhenruo felt like he was drowning again. With Li Zhenran’s violent movements, moving up and down. He dizzily thought that fortunately, Li Zhentai and his wife went out and were not downstairs. Since no matter how good the soundproofing of this floor was, it would not be able to cover the voice wholly. It was estimated that when tomorrow morning came, they would think that Li Zhenran was a pervert.

       Although the air conditioner was on, Li Zhenruo was sweating and felt sticky on his skin. He was hugged by Li Zhenran from behind, struggling to take a shower.

       Li Zhenran didn’t feel sleepy at this time, he tightly wrapped Li Zhenruo’s waist with one hand, and pulled his face with the other hand to make him turn to look at him.

       Li Zhenruo’s neck almost broke.

       Li Zhenran said, “Are you a cat demon?”

       This topic has not been brought up for a long time, and Li Zhenruo almost forgot. When he had just transformed into a human form, Li Zhenran had doubted him and felt that Li Zhenruo knew too much, and he didn’t look like an ignorant little demon who had just transformed into a human form.

       Later, he interrupted him. Li Zhenran hasn’t mentioned it for a long time. Li Zhenruo didn’t know what he did today that made Li Zhenran suddenly grab and asked him about this matter.

       Li Zhenruo said, “Yes, otherwise what am I?”

       Li Zhenran squeezed his face with a lot of strength, “I think you are a thousand-year-old demon?”

       Li Zhenruo wanted to roll his eyes and retorted, “From where is that age from?”

       Li Zhenran said, “Did an old demon from Montenegro send you to seduce men and suck people’s Yang energy?”

       Li Zhenruo took a deep breath, grabbed Li Zhenran’s hand and pushed it away, “Don’t talk nonsense, you are the one tormenting me to death yourself, and now you have the nerve to blame me?” He rolled over and sat up, his waist was still a bit sore and weak.

       Li Zhenran propped his head on one hand and looked at him with a faint smile on his face.

       Li Zhenruo turned his head, hesitated, and then turned his whole body around. He casually sat cross-legged in front of Li Zhenran and said, “I’m not a thousand-year-old demon, I’m just an ordinary young demon. I met some catastrophe and suffered some injuries. Then in order to defend the core, I transformed into a cub, and ended up in a pet store just to be bought by someone.”

       This was complete nonsense. If Li Zhenran wants to insist on getting to the bottom of the matter, Li Zhenruo may not be able to complete the whole story, but he felt that with Li Zhenran’s character, he would not ask too much.

       Originally, it was bizarre enough for a cat to become a human, so let’s make it a little more mysterious and make up a reasonable history for himself.

       Besides, there really were demons in this world. Didn’t you think Xia Hongshen is?

       Li Zhenran really did not pursue it until the end. He just raised his hand, touched Li Zhenruo’s chest, right where the heart was, and asked him, “Is the injury healed?”

       Li Zhenruo felt his heart pounding wildly, he stared at Li Zhenran and said, “Yes, you see I can even maintain my human form.” After speaking, he licked his lips again, trying to hide his nervousness, and said, “In the past, only when I was in a rut, and the spiritual power was unstable, it was possible to transform into a human form.”

       Li Zhenran raised his hand and stroked Li Zhenruo’s moist lips with his fingers.

       This kind of tender look at Li Zhenruo really made Li Zhenruo feel a little uncomfortable. He simply closed his eyes, rushed towards Li Zhenran, pressed him on the bed and kissed his lips.

       What’s the point of talking so much? You’d better do it directly.

       On Sunday night, Li Zhentai and Wen Chun returned from Saipan after taking their wedding photos. They didn’t go for a long time this time, mainly because there were still many things to prepare for the wedding, and there was not too much time to rest.

       Because Li Zhenzi was hammered by Li Jianglin, he has been abnormally well-behaved in the past two days. After dinner, he went back to his room and locked himself up without harassing Wen Chun.

       During dinner, Zhu Kai asked Wen Chun, “Is it fun?”

       Wen Chun smiled, “Where’s the fun, just busy taking pictures and feeling exhausted.”

       Zhu Kai said with a smile, “At the most beautiful moment of a woman’s life, with her favourite man, wearing the most beautiful clothes and leaving a memory of love in the most beautiful place, what is a little tired?”

       Wen Chun heard the words and still smiled, but if one looked closely, the smile was somewhat reluctant, with a little unclear meaning.

       Li Zhenruo was lying on the side and thought that Zhu Kai must have done it on purpose. In the beginning, he made a special call to ask Zhu Kai to tell Li Jianglin of Wen Chun’s affair, of course, Zhu Kai couldn’t have forgotten it so quickly.

       He knew that Wen Chun had a problem with Li Zhentai’s feelings, and he deliberately said it to irritate people.

       Zhu Kai is such a s/ut!

       Li Zhenruo licked his paws and looked at Li Zhentai, who was talking to Li Jianglin: Was it you who called Yue Zijia that night?

       On Monday morning, Yunlin had a relatively large board of directors, and Li Jianglin was invited to attend.

       Li Zhenruo followed Li Zhenran into Yunlin, but Li Zhenran ignored him. He packed up and walked towards the conference room. He left Li Zhenruo to put on a set of clothes by himself and rummage through the cabinets. He still could not find his ID card, so he could only collect the money and card and went out.

       Hua Yibang had also followed Li Zhenran to the conference room at this time. Li Zhenruo had just come out of Li Zhenran’s office when he saw the door of the opposite office open, and Li Zhenzi hurriedly walked towards the elevator.

       Seeing Li Zhenruo, Li Zhenzi suddenly stopped, and then smiled at him, “Are you here to find my second brother?”

       Li Zhenruo pretended to be timid, “Ran ge said he had a meeting and told me to go first.”

       Su Yao came out after Li Zhenzi and was a little surprised to see Li Zhenruo, but she reminded Li Zhenzi, “We’re going to be late.”

       Li Zhenzi didn’t have time to talk nonsense with Li Zhenruo. He pressed the elevator and hurried in.

       Li Zhenruo waited for him to leave, then pressed the elevator button-down and stood in the corridor waiting quietly.

       He has something he intended to do today, which has been in his heart for a long time, and he has not acted because he was worried about Li Zhenran.

       To this day, he still wore the collar that Li Zhenran put on him by himself. And in order to make him less obtrusive when maintaining his human form, Li Zhenran gave him a thinner collar. If one didn’t look carefully, it seemed like he was wearing a necklace around his neck. This collar still has a positioning function, and apart from cutting it with scissors, Li Zhenruo couldn’t take it off without knowing the password.

       The reason for wearing the collar was because Li Zhenruo had sneaked away once, and Li Zhenran said that this kind of behaviour should be put to an end. But Li Zhenruo didn’t know whether Li Zhenran would always keep track of his whereabouts and observe where he went. In fact, for Li Zhenran, even without this collar, it was not difficult to know where he went.

       Of course, Li Zhenran would not necessarily do this.

       After overhearing the phone call between Yue Zijia and “that person” of the Li family at the charity dinner, Li Zhenruo had a thorn in his heart. He had already decided that the call must have been with Li Zhentai, and there was always a voice telling him to rule out the possibility of it being Li Jianglin.

       Where did Yue Zijia get Li Jianglin’s semen? Did she hook up with the son and then hooked up with his father?

       Li Zhenruo was restless. He thought about Zhao Yuqiong’s former residence. The last time he went, he thought about finding someone to unlock it and go in to see if he could find any of Zhao Yuqiong’s remnants. After that, he had to temporarily put the idea down because of various things.

       Now, Li Zhenruo felt that he couldn’t wait any longer.

       When he stepped out of the elevator, he suddenly thought about how he should answer if Li Zhenran knew and asked him. After thinking about it, he felt that he had no way to answer because Li Zhenran was a smart person. If Li Zhenruo’s mother was involved, Li Zhenran would not believe it if he said he wanted to distance himself and hide the relationship.

       Then let’s do it at that time, Li Zhenruo thought to himself, anyway, he was sure that Li Zhenran had nothing to do with this matter.

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Why do you think something will happen? The swimming pool is for the sullen¹Originally the word is 闷骚 (mēnsāo) which is the transliteration of the English “Man show”, which commonly refers to a person who is calm on the outside but enthusiastic on the inside. second brother to go unrestrained…

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Notes:
Lmao, it’s a fan service chapter for Zhenran
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