Day: January 23, 2022

       The Li Zhenruo who chased her out couldn’t do anything much.

       Auntie Wu tidied up everything last night. She told Wang Ma she quit her job early this morning, and she was now sitting and talking with another aunt who has worked in Li’s house for a long time.

       Li Zhenruo went over to eavesdrop and found that Auntie Wu hadn’t mentioned yesterday’s affairs, so no one knew why she quit the job except Wang Ma and Li family brothers.

       Wang Ma settled her salary for this month.

       Auntie Wu dragged her luggage away, even Li Zhentai said he would arrange for the driver to take her to the station, but she refused.

       Li Zhenruo looked at the back of Auntie Wu leaving and felt that he had been busy for nothing. He thought in his heart that if he was a human, everything would be easy. He could chase after her, grabbed Aunt Wu, shook her shoulder, and asked her what she had done and what she knew.

       In the next few days, Li Zhenruo was a little listless.

       Only when Li Zhenran came back to tease him, he reluctantly cooperate, but he couldn’t be bothered with others.

       However, one night, when Li Zhenzhi mentioned to Li Zhenran to send him back to Yu Bingwei, Li Zhenruo suddenly realized that it had been a month since he arrived at the Li family.

       Li Zhenruo was shocked.

       Li Zhenran, who heard Li Zhenzi mentioning this matter, had no expression on his face, and answered one word: “Okay.”

       This made Li Zhenruo even more shocked. He has been working hard to please him with his cuteness so that after Yu Bingwei came back, Li Zhenran would be reluctant to let him go. But he never thought that Li Zhenran would be so crisp and clear, and agreed to Li Zhenzi without hesitation.

       Li Zhenruo didn’t get back to his senses for the whole night.

       In addition to being nervous about being sent away, he also had a new understanding of Li Zhenran’s coldness and ruthlessness as a person.

       Standing under his cat climbing frame, Li Zhenruo could only feel all the mixed feelings, and he suddenly remembered the conversation between Princess Iron Fan and Zhi Zun Bao in Stephen Chow’s “A Chinese Odyssey”¹https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Chinese_Odyssey: When you watched the moon with me in the past, you called me little sweetie. Now that you meet your new lover, I am now Mrs. Niu²The Bull King’s Wife?!

       Li Zhenruo sighed for a long time, thinking that he is as helpless as Mrs. Niu. Li Zhenran was his life-saving straw, and he couldn’t let him go no matter what, even if his self-esteem suffered a big blow?

       He slowly walked towards Li Zhenran’s room.

       Li Zhenran didn’t know what Li Zhenruo was doing today, so he locked the door early.

       Li Zhenruo didn’t give up, scratched the door with his paw and hit the door with his head.

       Finally, the door of Li Zhenran was knocked open.

       Li Zhenran looked at him with no expression.

       Li Zhenruo decided to ignore his gaze and got inside from his leg.

       Li Zhenran stood by the door for a while, closed the door and returned to the room. He sat in front of the desk using the computer.

       Li Zhenruo followed and rubbed his head against Li Zhenran’s leg.

       Li Zhenran didn’t seem to want to pay attention to him, so the left leg that was originally on the right leg was put down and moved to the side.

       Li Zhenruo glanced at him bitterly, then moved to continue rubbing, and he rubbed all the hair on his head and back into a mess.

       He didn’t know if Li Zhenran was annoyed by him, but Li Zhenran turned off the computer and lay down on the bed, opened a book and read it under the desk lamp.

       Li Zhenruo obviously felt that he was disliked, but he didn’t know what he did to make Li Zhenran dislike him. Thinking that he might have to be sent away tomorrow, but Li Zhenran was still so indifferent to him, made him sad for no reason.

       Li Zhenruo finally followed on the bed, climbed up and stepped on Li Zhenran’s leg.

       Li Zhenran turned his head to look at him, and he seemed to be somewhat feeling comfortable.

       Li Zhenruo saw that Li Zhenran liked it, so he strenuously stepped on Li Zhenran’s lap, buttocks, and on the back with his short legs. Later, because he was feeling tired, he fell asleep on Li Zhenran’s back.

       When he woke up in the morning, Li Zhenruo had already found himself lying on the side of Li Zhenran’s pillow.

       He got off the bed and heard the sound of people walking outside. He wanted to go out, but the door was locked by Li Zhenran. Li Zhenruo had no choice but to keep meowing in Li Zhenran’s ear until he woke up.

       Li Zhenran got up sleepily and went to open the door for him.

       Li Zhenruo went out and saw Wang Ma was instructing people to clean up his cat litter and cat climbing frame. He also heard Wang Ma say, “Clean up carefully, and put it in Zhenzi’s car later. He will send the cat away in the afternoon.”

        Upon hearing the news, Li Zhenruo’s whole fur stood up.

       He suddenly turned around and rushed back to Li Zhenran’s room. At that time, Li Zhenran had just lay in bed and was going to sleep for a while, and Li Zhenruo hurriedly got into Li Zhenran’s bed.

       Li Zhenran was dazed by a furry thing drilled in, and he was still taken aback, but he stretched out his hand to hold and pressed Li Zhenruo’s tail.

       Li Zhenruo turned around and hugged Li Zhenran’s arm, thinking that if he didn’t let go all day today, no one would want to take him away.

       Later, after Li Zhenran got up, Li Zhenruo kept holding his calf.

       Li Zhenran went to wash his face and brushed his teeth, he followed. Li Zhenran went to the toilet, he also followed, but he turned his face away and did not look.

       As Li Zhenran finished packing up and going down the stairs, Li Zhenruo stumbled along the way, but his two front paws kept holding Li Zhenran’s legs tightly. The hind legs knocked on the edge of the stairs several times, causing his face to wrinkle in pain.

       When they reached the second floor, they ran into Li Zhenran coming out of his room, standing at the entrance of the stairs looking at them, “Aiyo” he said. “Second brother, you look like you’re wearing snow boots, what’s going on early in the morning?”

       Li Zhenran looked down at Li Zhenruo and said, “I don’t know.”

       Li Zhenzi looked closer, “Could it be in heat?”

       Li Zhenruo cursed in his heart: “Yuck!”

       When they had breakfast, all of Li Zhenruo’s household utensils were packed and put into Li Zhenzi’s car.

       Li Zhenruo’s heart sank deeper and deeper. Seeing that Li Zhenran hasn’t reacted at all until now, he always feels that he couldn’t escape today. If he was really sent back to Yu Bingwei, he was afraid he would have to find a way to get out.

       After breakfast, Li Zhenzi called to him, “Dumpling, we are leaving.”

       Li Zhenruo simply closed his eyes and clenched his teeth, clinging to Li Zhenran’s leg and not letting go.

       At this point, Li Zhenran finally bent down and reached out to pick him up.

       Li Zhenruo felt nervous for a while, fearing that Li Zhenran would pick him up to return him to Li Zhenzi, so he still refused to let go of his front paws.

       Li Zhenran seemed a little helpless, and said to Li Zhenzi, “Is the owner of Dumpling, Miss Yu?”

       Yu Bingwei is famous, the Li family has heard about her name. Yu Bingwei and Li Zhenzi have their own affairs, and Li Zhenran might know it to some extent.

       After hearing the words, Li Zhenzi replied, “Yes, Bingwei bought it not long ago.”

       Li Zhenran said, “Are you free today? Could I invite Miss Yu to come out for a meal tonight?”

       “Huh?” Li Zhenzi was a little surprised.

       Li Zhentai was all packed up and ready to go out, but then stopped and looked at Li Zhenran.

       Li Zhenran said, “Maybe I can talk to Miss Yu and resell this cat to me.”

       When Li Zhentai heard him, he seemed to find it a bit funny and shrugged his shoulders and walked towards the outside.

       But Li Zhenzi was stunned for a second, and then smiled, “Second brother, why didn’t you say it earlier? Look, I’ve packed everything.”

       Li Zhenran took a step forward to show his leg to Li Zhenzi, “To be honest, now when I look at it this way, it seemed to be really a bit reluctant to give up.”

       At this point, Li Zhenzi also saw that the cat hugged Li Zhenran’s leg, and made it clear that it knew it would be sent away today, and it did not want to leave.

       He sighed with some sorrow, “How can this cat be raised like a dog?”

       But Li Zhenruo is ecstatic now. He raised his head and stared at Li Zhenran in a daze, only to feel that the other party was waving a pair of holy wings behind, like an angel.

       Li Zhenzi thought for a while and seemed a little troubled. He finally said, “I’ll call Bingwei later, or you can talk to her at night. I can’t say anything or she’s going to think I was greedy for her cat.”

       Li Zhenran nodded, “Okay.”

       “Hey,” Li Zhenzi walked outside and asked the driver to put down all the pet cat supplies in the car.

       Li Zhenran was about to go out too and stepped out only to find that Li Zhenruo was still holding his legs. He lowered his head and said to him, “Let me go, I won’t send you away.”

       Li Zhenruo glanced at Li Zhenzi, and he was always a little worried. He was afraid that he would be sold by Li Zhenran as soon as he let go.

       Li Zhenran looked at the time, and simply dragged his foot with him out.

       Seeing that Li Zhenran was about to get in the car, Li Zhenruo thought he might as well get into the company with Li Zhenran. Anyway, he could only feel safe by staying next to Li Zhenran.

       Li Zhenran didn’t get rid of Li Zhenruo until he got into the car.

       The driver asked him, “Second Young Master, what to do?”

       Li Zhenran sighed helplessly, and said, “Let the third child bring his toilet and rice bowl over, and take it to the company today first. Later, bring it along to see Miss Yu in the evening, so that Miss Yu can rest assured that the cat is in my hands.”

       “Oh,” the driver responded and got out of the car to get something.

       Li Zhenruo reluctantly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard these words. He let go of the legs holding Li Zhenran and watched Li Zhenran reach out to grab him, then quickly retreated to the corner of the car and shrank under the front seat.

       He was very contradictory. He relied on Li Zhenran even though he distrusted him. He was still afraid of being grabbed by him and thrown out by hand.

       It was better to keep a proper distance.

       Fortunately, Li Zhenran didn’t insist on grabbing him. When the driver came back with his things, he asked the driver to drive.

       Li Zhenruo stayed in the corner for a while and felt a little relieved. He then jumped to Li Zhenran’s lap and lay down.

       This was the first time he has gone out since he arrived at Li’s house. He couldn’t help but become active, thinking about whether he could find a chance to slip away, and what he wanted to do. It is best to continue to check the clues that they found in the first place.

       But he was worried that his slip would make Li Zhenran angry. If Li Zhenran didn’t want him, he would never go back to Li’s house.

       His whole cat looked very serious and complicated along the way.

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Although you are all asking me when he will change, I want to tell you that I have already written chapter 40, so it is useless for you guys to remind me when it is time for him to change!

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       Li Zhenruo followed behind the two people.

       Auntie Wu pulled Wang Ma into Li Zhenruo’s room and went to the bathroom to show Wang Ma the bloody tissues in the trash can.

       Wang Ma frowned and said, “Who throws things into xiao Ruo’s room?”

       Li Zhenruo thought silently, Wang Ma’s reaction was normal. If it were him, the first reaction would be wondering who was throwing things here as a prank.

       Auntie Wu’s face really was not looking good. She said, “Wang Ma, do you think it’s Li Zhenruo… He…”

       “What nonsense!” Wang Ma was a little upset.

       Auntie Wu said, “This room is usually locked. I only opened the door for a while to clean. I didn’t even come here yesterday.” 

       Wang Ma heard the words and said, “You are not the only one who has the key!”

       In fact, she forgot to close the door yesterday after cleaning. If she recalled it carefully, she wouldn’t be so alarmed. He didn’t know if it was because she was too nervous, but at this time, she couldn’t remember at all.

       But when one thought about it. Usually in the morning when she cleaned, there would be no one else on this side of the main floor except Wang Ma, it really didn’t seem like someone was doing a prank.

       Of course, no one would suspect a cat.

       Li Zhenruo tried to stare at Auntie Wu’s face, and her voice trembled a little.

       Wang Ma said again, “Anyway, it’s just a piece of toilet paper. Where’s the ghost in that?”

       Auntie Wu didn’t know what she was thinking, and asked, “Then you tell me, who would do it?”

       How could Wang Ma know who did it? She also felt that there was something strange about this matter. So she could only say to Auntie Wu, “Anyway, don’t yell and make a fuss anymore. I will talk to Zhentai and the others in the afternoon and check out who did the prank.”

        Maybe because it was about Li Zhenruo who had passed away, Wang Ma was a little angry. She asked Aunt Wu to use a plastic sealed bag to pack the tissues, and said that she must find the prankster.

       Auntie Wu did as she ordered, but her expression never recovered, and her whole self was a little absent-minded.

       Li Zhenruo thought to himself, Auntie Wu might have received money from someone to do this kind of thing. She might not intend to cause harm, but she also knew the consequences her behaviour had brought afterwards. Of course, Li Zhenruo wouldn’t resent her, if it wasn’t this blood-stained tissue, it would be something else. If the other party found a woman to get his semen, he would feel even more disgusted if he learnt about it afterwards.

       What he wanted to know most now was who Auntie Wu gave the things to?

       Li Zhentai, Li Zhenzi or… Li Zhenran?

       Auntie Wu went back to the small building on the right after cleaning. Li Zhenruo wanted to follow her, but was picked up by Wang Ma halfway through and was asked to stay here quietly.

       Later, he sneaked out into the courtyard and saw Auntie Wu was washing clothes in the washing machine. Her face was pale, but she hadn’t contacted anyone, nor had she spoken to anyone.

       It is impossible for Li Zhenruo to keep an eye on Auntie Wu all day. At this time, he hates his powerlessness as a cat. If he was a human, at least he could think of some way to monitor Auntie Wu’s phone call to see if she has tipped off anyone.

       Unfortunately, these ideas just existed in his mind, and Li Zhenruo couldn’t do anything about it. 

       This afternoon, the three Li brothers were not out socializing but went home for dinner.

       Li Zhenruo habitually climbed onto Li Zhenran’s lap. Just after the meal was served, Wang Ma told them about the blood-stained tissue that Auntie Wu found in Li Zhenruo’s room today.

       A trace of bewilderment appeared on the faces of several people at the same time. This matter was really a little strange.

       Li Zhenruo’s eyes didn’t blink as he tried to check their expressions.

       Li Zhentai asked first, “What kind of tissue?”

       Wang Ma took out the paper towels in the plastic bag and showed them.

       Li Zhentai frowned.

       Li Zhenzi raised his eyebrows and said, “Who would do such boring things?”

       Li Zhenruo suddenly realized that he couldn’t see Li Zhenran’s expression. He jumped onto the dining table and walked towards the end of the rectangular dining table. From this angle, he could observe the expressions of three people at the same time.

       Li Zhenran was the coldest one. He even took a slow sip of the soup and asked Wang Ma, “Was there anyone else there besides you and her?”

       Wang Ma shook her head, “Just me and her.”

       Li Zhentai’s brows are still frowning, “It wasn’t Auntie Wu pretending to be a ghost, right?”

       Wang’s mother said, “It doesn’t look like it, her face was blue with fear.”

       Li Zhenzi laughed when he heard that, “What is she afraid of? It’s not like the fourth child appeared.”

       Wang Ma looked at him, and discouraged him, “Don’t say such things.”

       Li Zhenzi shrugged and stopped talking.

       Li Zhentai looked puzzled, “A piece of tissue? A bit of blood? What does it represent?”

       Wang Ma didn’t understand either and just shook her head.

       Li Zhenran wiped his mouth with a paper towel, moving gracefully, and suddenly said, “It’s not really a big deal, tell Auntie Wu not to be afraid. There are no ghosts in this world. In other words, even if the fourth child comes back, it means that for every grievance there was someone responsible¹in this case Li Zhenran is saying that the fourth child will be dealing with the person who caused him grievance by himself, and he couldn’t find the reason to make her responsible. If someone pretended to be a ghost, I’m afraid it won’t be just this time, let’s see what this person is going to do next. There is no need to publicize this matter, tell Auntie Wu to keep her mouth shut and not to make the whole Li family tense.”

       Wang Ma obviously agreed with Li Zhenran’s words. She said, “I told her to shut up and stop being so shocked.”

       Li Zhentai also said, “That’s it.”

       After he said that, Li Zhentai suddenly noticed the cat sitting on the dining table. He turned to Li Zhenzi and said, “Third child, look at your cat.”

       The eyes of the three brothers suddenly turned to Li Zhenruo.

       Li Zhenruo was still thinking that his three elder brothers were really thorough in handling things, and by now he couldn’t feel which one of them was more suspicious at all. In comparison, Auntie Wu was just making a huge fuss and couldn’t maintain her composure.

       Li Zhenzi stared at Li Zhenruo and said, “Big brother, don’t you think it is more appropriate to call it the second brother’s cat now?”

       Li Zhenran laughed when he heard the words, stretched out his hand to Li Zhenruo, and said, “Come here.”

       His tone was very calm, but it was accompanied by a commanding attitude that does not allow resistance. The more he behaved like this, the more Li Zhenruo didn’t want to do what he wanted. But if he wanted to live well in Li’s family, he had no choice but to rely on Li Zhenran.

       Although he was unwilling, Li Zhenruo walked towards Li Zhenran and got a small piece of boiled chicken in plain water.

       At night, Li Zhenran was lying on the bed and talking on the phone.

       Li Zhenruo wanted to listen to the content, but it’s mostly the other person who was talking and Li Zhenran just responded with a few flat “um”.

       His forelimb injury was not completely healed, but today it was not as painful as yesterday.

       Li Zhenruo sat on Li Zhenran’s tatami, raised his paw and licked the wound.

       Suddenly, Li Zhenran squeezed his paw from the side and turned it over to look at his wound.

       Li Zhenruo felt a little strange for a moment because Li Zhenran had already helped him with his wounds last night.

       Li Zhenran looked at his injury for a while, and asked, “Did someone scratch you?”

       At this time, if Li Zhenruo wasn’t a cat, he believed that he would have been covered in cold sweat. He had never thought that Li Zhenran would be so keen. In fact, in this house, no matter what he did secretly, he was the least suspicious one, because no one would suspect a cat.

       But now, Li Zhenran associated the bloodstains on the tissues and the blood on his wounds, thinking that someone else did it, and it really made Li Zhenruo sweat.

       Fortunately, Li Zhenruo doesn’t need to answer Li Zhenran’s question.

       No matter what kind of doubt Li Zhenran faces, his answer was very simple. He just open his eyes wide and answered him, “Meow~”

       Li Zhenran looked at him for a while, stretched out his hand and rubbed his head, then let the matter go.

       Li Zhenruo felt that his mouth was dry, so he didn’t dare to run immediately. He lay down beside Li Zhenran’s leg for a while before turning over and getting out of bed to drink water outside.

       That night, Li Zhenruo didn’t go to Li Zhenran’s room to sleep. Of course, he was a little wary of Li Zhenran in his heart, and second, it was to facilitate him to sneak out at night.

       After 11 o’clock, everyone went to sleep one after another, and Li Zhenran’s door was locked from the inside.

       Li Zhenruo slipped outside from the window and went directly to the small building on the right.

       Because most of the families’ nanny, chef, and the driver gardener get up early, the lights in the small building have almost gone out.

       Li Zhenruo had seen it during the day and remembered that Auntie Wu’s room was on the far right side of the second floor. At this time, only her room was still showing faint light. So he climbed directly up the window and looked in from the window sill.

       The window in Auntie Wu’s room was closed, and the curtains were closed, leaving only a gap.

       The room is dimly lit, and Auntie Wu hadn’t slept. She sat on the bed and recited some words, because her voice was very low and fast, Li Zhenruo still couldn’t hear clearly what she recited even when he pressed his ear.

       He stood by the window for more than ten minutes, but Auntie Wu sat on the bed and recited for more than ten minutes.

       Finally, Li Zhenruo became impatient and wanted to scare her. He stretched out his paw and grabbed the window glass hard, making an ear-piercing noise.

       Auntie Wu’s eyes widened suddenly, and she sat motionless on the edge of the bed.

       Li Zhenruo turned around and jumped from the windowsill. He was shrinking in the corner and when he looked upward, he saw Auntie Wu open the window to look outside with a face overwhelmed with fear.

       The next morning, Li Zhenruo went downstairs after washing his face with his paws.

       Just as he reached the first floor, he heard Wang Ma said to Li Zhentai, “Auntie Wu said she’s quitting. She wanted to go back to her hometown.”

       Li Zhenruo was dumbfounded all of a sudden. He wanted to scare Aunt Wu, but he didn’t expect she would be too scared and chase her away. As Auntie Wu left, the clue he obtained with great difficulty broke again.

       Li Zhentai had no expression when he heard it, and said, “If she wants to leave, just let her be, and settle this month’s salary for her. Our Li family will not treat her badly.”

       Upon hearing those words, Wang Ma said, “Oh, all right.”

       Li Zhenruo froze and thought to himself whether he had the ability to keep Auntie Wu.

       Suddenly, someone kicked him gently from behind. He turned his head and saw Li Zhenzi who had just come downstairs.

       Li Zhen said to him, “A good dog doesn’t stand in the way.” After speaking, he smiled and changed his words, “A good cat doesn’t stand in the way.”

       Li Zhenruo was not in the mood to respond to him and ran towards the outside of the gate.

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