Month: March 2022 (Page 3 of 4)

TL: Hoenimochi
TLC: Hoenibean

       Zhu Kai was Li Jianglin’s wife, Zhu Yun’s younger brother.

       Li Zhenruo always felt that Zhu Yun was the only person Li Jianglin really loved, and one of the reasons was because of Zhu Kai.

       Zhu Kai was much younger than Zhu Yun, but not far from Li Zhenzi’s age. Because his parents were too old to take care of him, Zhu Kai grew up with Zhu Yun and Li Jianglin since he was a child.

       Sometimes Li Zhenruo felt that Li Jianglin loved Zhu Kai more than his own sons.

       Growing up in Li’s family, Li Zhenruo didn’t have a single friend, but Zhu Kai had always had a good relationship with him. However, Zhu Kai’s character was too untrustworthy. Perhaps because he lacked parental discipline from a young age, he had a wild and unrestrained personality. He dared to cause all sorts of trouble.

       Although Li Jianglin liked Zhu Kai, perhaps it was due to his unreliable personality that he never let him get involved in Yunlin’s affairs. Instead, he gave him a lot of money and let him go wild.

       When he received a call from Li Zhenruo, Zhu Kai seemed to have not fully woken up at first. But when he heard the words Li Zhenruo, he was suddenly wide awake.

       He sneered, “Say that again, who are you again?”

       Li Zhenruo said to him, “I am Li Zhenruo.”

       Zhu Kai laughed when he heard his words, “Li Zhenruo? Li Zhenruo fvcking died a long time ago, didn’t you know? You’re Li Zhenruo?”

       Li Zhenruo was not angry. He knew Zhu Kai well. The friendship between the two needed quotation marks. They could spend a lot of time and drink together, but was impossible to confide in each other. He didn’t expect Zhu Kai to feel this much grief over his death.

       Li Zhenruo said, “Where are you now?”

       Zhu Kai snorted, “I’m on vacation with your dad on the coast, don’t you know? Aren’t you dead? Don’t you have any sources telling you this at all??”

       Li Zhenruo lowered his voice, “You don’t believe me? Did you forget the 500,000 yuan I lent you for gambling that you haven’t returned to me yet?”

       Zhu Kai said, “Li Zhenruo said that to you?”

       Li Zhenruo continued, “Do you remember the time you secretly swapped my dad’s cigarettes for marijuana blunts?”

       This matter was quite a secret, Zhu Kai only told Li Zhenruo and it was completely a mischievous mentality. The two of them actually shared a lot of little secrets. That was not a big deal, but they always kept each other’s promises, and no one ever said any more about them.

       Zhu Kai didn’t expect him to bring this up. After a few seconds of silence, his tone became more serious, “Who are you?”

       Even if it wasn’t Li Zhenruo, it must be someone who had a very close relationship with Li Zhenruo.

       Li Zhenruo still said, “I’m Li Zhenruo.”

       Zhu Kai was different from Li Zhenran. Li Zhenruo didn’t dare to give Li Zhenran any hints to make him think in that direction. He was afraid that Li Zhenran could find out the whole truth if he caught a little clue. But for Zhu Kai, Li Zhenruo believed that the other party would not believe it at all.

       Zhu Kai snorted coldly, “Stop talking bullshit! Tell me who you are? I’ll hang up if you don’t.”

       “Ah, be patient,” Li Zhenruo said quickly, “There is something I want you to say to Li Jianglin.”

       Zhu Kai laughed sarcastically, “Isn’t he your father? Where are your manners?”

       He had to admit that he was a little offended by his words but Li Zhenruo’s tone was calm and he didn’t give away his emotions at all, “Tell him to get Li Zhentai and Wen Chun married quickly or else Wen Chun will run away with someone else.”

       Zhu Kai’s tone was somewhat puzzled, “What do you mean?”

       Li Zhenruo said, “It’s exactly as I said, bye.”

       After he finished speaking, he hung up the phone.

       Afterwards, Li Zhenruo sent a text message to Li Zhentai’s phone on his mobile phone: “I have a picture of your wife, please contact me if you are interested.”

       After he sent it, he didn’t wait for a reply. He tore out the phone card, broke it into two pieces and threw it away.

       It would be too irrational to think that Li Zhenzi had something with Wen Chun just based on the perfume smell on Li Zhenzi’s body. But now whether he had something with Wen Chun or not, Li Zhenruo felt that he should muddy the water within the Li family first. When the water got muddy, what everyone wished to conceal would be exposed, emerging little by little.

       Li Zhenruo put the original phone card back, turned around and walked towards the neighbourhood. He found an aunt on the side of the road to ask for directions and walked into a small alley in the direction pointed by the other party.

       This address was the past address of Li Zhenruo’s biological mother.

       Li Zhenruo was very persistent about matters relating to his mother for a long time, that is, when he was still young and unable to control his own life.

       He remembered one time when he was wronged because of something, he cried and told Li Jianglin that he was looking for his mother and that he planned to run away from home. As a result, Li Jianglin became even angrier and he was punished to kneel for half a day.

       Zhu Kai secretly brought him dinner that day.

       Later, when he had the ability to find his mother’s whereabouts, he was no longer so persistent anymore. He was no longer a child who needed a mother, but a man who had other goals to pursue.

       However, he still asked someone to help him find the whereabouts of his mother. But he only got one address, because his mother had been dead for many years and this address was where his mother used to live until she died.

       It was obvious that they were in the same city, so close to each other, but she never had the thought to see him.

       Li Zhenruo, who got this address, had never been there before. He felt that it was meaningless.

       This time, he came over not because of his previous obsession with his mother, but because he wanted to find some clues, such as how his mother and Li Jianglin met back then and why his mother would be pregnant with someone else’s child and lied to be with Li Jianglin. This secret has been buried for so many years and the party involved has died. Who was the one who dug it out?

       Li Zhenruo wanted to know a lot of things but he never thought about finding his biological father. If Li Jianglin was not his father, then a father was someone non-existent to him.

       This building has been around for a long time. It was hidden behind the high-rise buildings in the city. It would be difficult for Li Zhenruo to find it unless someone showed him the way.

       Perhaps faced with demolition, many residents of the building had moved away, and now there were less than half of the original residents left.

       Li Zhenruo’s body and identity changed, which brought him a lot of benefits. At least he didn’t need to cover up what he did and no one would suspect his identity.

       He followed the room number written in the address and climbed the stairs to the fifth floor. He walked to the room on the far left, raised his hand and knocked on the door.

       He tried knocking four or five times repeatedly, but no one came to open the door for him. Instead, he knocked on the next room.

       It was a man in his fifties who opened the door. He looked him up and down, and said, “Did you knock wrongly?”

       Li Zhenruo asked politely, “Is there no one home?”

       The man said, “No one has been there since more than ten years ago.”

       Li Zhenruo asked him, “Excuse me, may I ask if a lady named Zhao Yuqiong living here?”

       Hearing this, the man frowned slightly and said, “I don’t know. There used to be a woman in the house. No one has lived there since she disappeared more than ten years ago.”

       Li Zhenruo regretted not coming out with a pack of cigarettes. At any rate, it was convenient to have a few words with the other party after handing them a cigarette. He could only say, “I’m really sorry to bother you, but how long have you lived here?”

       The man said, “Twenty or thirty years.”

       Li Zhenruo said, “Then you must know when the lady who lives in this house moved in?”

       The man recalled it carefully and said, “It seems that she moved here more than 20 years ago. She was alone when she moved in. After a few months, her belly became bigger.”

       Li Zhenruo asked quickly, “Have you ever seen a man with her?”

       The man shook his head, “I haven’t seen another person with her before, and this woman also didn’t move in with anyone. Later, I didn’t know when she went to give birth to the child. Anyway, her stomach deflated, but the child was not brought back.”

       Li Zhenruo put his palm on the door, “Did anyone live here later? Does the house belong to her?”

       The man still shook his head, “I don’t know. I don’t know where she went. Anyway, one day I suddenly didn’t see her, and no one lived there anymore.”

       Li Zhenruo couldn’t help but ask, “Then her remnants…”

       At this moment, a woman’s voice came from behind the man, calling him, “Who is that? You’ve been talking for a long time!”

       The man said, “It’s nothing,” and then before Li Zhenruo finished asking, he hurriedly said, “I don’t know.” He closed the door hard.

       Li Zhenruo did not leave immediately.

       At this point, he was in a different state of mind than when he first learned of his mother’s death. Although he was not Li Jianglin’s biological son, it was a bit too ruthless for Li Jianglin to let his mistress be so lonely until she died of illness.

       The wooden door in front of him was mottled, and Li Zhenruo felt a burst of sadness. He took a deep breath and then turned to leave.

       He had an idea and hoped to find someone to pry open the door so he could go inside to take a look. He wondered if he could find Zhao Yuqiong’s remnants.

       Zhao Yuqiong died in the hospital more than ten years ago. It was said that she broke off relations with her family long ago and it was Li Jianglin who handled the funeral for her.

       She has been dead for more than ten years. If the house was originally registered in Zhao Yuqiong’s name, after her death, Li Zhenruo should’ve inherited it. But at that time Li Zhenruo was too young. He didn’t even know who his mother was, let alone knew that such a house existed. After a long time, when he was able to find someone to check his mother’s identity, he found that the house had been registered under Li Jianglin’s name.

       Li Jianglin certainly didn’t look after such a house. According to what the neighbour’s family said, maybe Zhao Yuqiong went to the hospital at the time, but she didn’t expect to never return. So was it possible that no one has touched anything in this house until now?

       Li Zhenruo walked downstairs and thought that this matter can’t be rushed. He has to take one step at a time. Now what he feared most was that his every move would arouse Li Zhenran’s suspicion.

       If Li Zhenran suspected him, he probably wouldn’t be able to go back to Li’s house. Well, this was just one of the reasons. More importantly, he didn’t want Li Zhenran to suspect him.

       Just as he went downstairs, Li Zhenruo’s cell phone rang.

       Li Zhenran’s meeting was over, and he asked him, “Where are you?”

       Li Zhenruo said, “I’m looking for my mother.”

       Li Zhenran asked him, “Have you found her?”

       Li Zhenruo replied, “No, I seem to have misremembered the address of the pet store. I have to check it again.”

       Li Zhenran said, “After you find her, take a picture for me to see.”

       “…” Li Zhenruo gritted his teeth and said, “Okay!”

       Because of Li Zhenran’s sudden request, Li Zhenruo had no choice but to go to the pet store to find his cat mother. When he left that time, Yu’s mother put him in a cage and took a taxi back. Right now Li Zhenruo didn’t know the exact address. He only vaguely remembers the name of the pet shop and searched the Internet on his mobile phone.

       He went to eat Thai hot pot alone at noon.

       Although the people around him, including the waiter, cast strange stares at him intentionally or unintentionally, he didn’t care. This sour and spicy taste really suits his tastebuds.

       After lunch, Li Zhenruo took a taxi, showed the driver the address of the pet shop he found and asked the driver to take him there.

       Li Zhenruo found that it was indeed a happy thing to find a rich and generous owner. He was used to living a good life since he was a child, and he didn’t want to feel bad at all when it came to food and clothing expenses.

       The driver sent him to the address. When he got off the bus, Li Zhenruo took a look at his surroundings and found that he was right. This was the pet shop where he was born.

       There was a large cage in front of the pet store, and several small Samoyeds were basking in the sun.

       He walked in like a customer. The boss greeted him and lowered his head to shave a teddy¹a dog breed.

       Li Zhenruo found the pet cage he was born in that was now replaced by a litter of British shorthairs. He looked around and found the mother cat in a small pet cage in the corner.

       The female cat was sleeping on her stomach at first. He didn’t know whether it was because she heard the movement or smelled the scent, but she suddenly opened her eyes and raised her head.

       Li Zhenruo was a little excited for no reason, he put his face close to the cage and looked inside.

       His mother cat suddenly stood up, leaned close to the cage and stared at him.

       Li Zhenruo felt that the other party probably recognized him.

       The mother cat stretched out a paw from the gap in the cage, and Li Zhenruo lowered his head and asked her to touch the top of his head with her paw. She probably really wanted to get closer to Li Zhenruo, but unfortunately, she was blocked by the cage and couldn’t get out.

       Li Zhenruo stretched out his fingers and stroked the top of her head with difficulty. At this time, he remembered Li Zhenran’s request and took out his mobile phone to take two pictures of her.

       At that moment, Li Zhenruo really wanted to buy her, take her home and forget about it.

       But even if he brought her back, Li Zhenran would definitely not agree to keep one more cat. Li Zhenruo himself didn’t know what to do in the future, how could he afford the life of another cat? It’s better to let her eat and drink here and sleep idly every day.

       Before leaving, Li Zhenruo kissed the mother cat’s nose and said silently, “Goodbye, I’ll come back to see you later.”

       He thought that if one day he had the ability to, he would take the mother cat back to retire.

       Li Zhenruo got home before five o’clock in the afternoon.

       Before returning, he saw a long queue outside a small shop selling pastries outside the pet store, so he also ran to the line to buy a bag of mung bean cakes.

       Of course, Li Zhenran couldn’t have come back so early. It was almost seven o’clock in the evening when he came back.

       Li Zhenruo was a little hungry, so he ate two mung bean cakes to fill his stomach.

       When Li Zhenran came back, he saw Li Zhenruo lying comfortably and leisurely on the big lounge chair on the balcony.

       His cat was always lying on his stomach lazily, and never came to greet the owner when he got home, but sometimes he was obedient like a pet dog and followed him every step of the way.

       Li Zhenran walked to the balcony, bent down and fiddled with Li Zhenruo’s hair.

       Li Zhenruo opened his eyes, “You’re back?”

       He moved to the side. The reclining chair was large enough for two big men to lie down side by side, so Li Zhenran sat down beside him.

       Li Zhenruo wanted to be a good pet. He reached out and picked up the mung bean cake from the side and took the initiative to feed it to Li Zhenran.

       Li Zhenran glanced at him, opened his mouth and bit the mung bean cake.

       Seeing him take a bite, Li Zhenruo asked, “Is it delicious? I’ve waited in line for more than 20 minutes.”

       Li Zhenran said, “It’s good.”

       Li Zhenruo continued to feed him until Li Zhenran had eaten the whole thing. Li Zhenruo saw that some crumbs had fallen off the front of his shirt and reached out to help him brush it off.

       It was almost summer, the weather was getting hotter day by day. Li Zhenruo was wearing a pair of thin trousers and when his legs were pressed to Li Zhenran’s legs, he could clearly feel the heat of the other person’s body.

       It didn’t seem right to be so close like this, but there seemed to be nothing wrong with it.

       However, once it was quiet, Li Zhenruo suddenly felt that the other party’s breath was very obvious. He could hear Li Zhenran’s slight breathing and could see his chest rise and fall slightly. The presence of the other party suddenly became too strong, making Li Zhenruo a little uncomfortable.

       He had hot pot for dinner last night, so today’s dinner was Chinese food. Li Zhenran rejected Li Zhenruo’s proposal for Japanese cuisine again.

       It was in an exquisite small private restaurant. You have to make reservations by calling half a day in advance to get a place.

       Li Zhenruo followed Li Zhenran and knew that Li Zhenran should have planned this in advance.

       The environment here was very elegant. It was more like an elegant study room than a restaurant, with a bookshelf full of books around. Li Zhenruo was bored and couldn’t help but stand up and look over.

       It was a small single room for two people.

       The boss didn’t let you order your own food. He usually ate whatever dish was served, but Li Zhenran insisted on ordering comprehensive sashimi, which could be in order to satisfy Li Zhenruo’s desire to eat Japanese food.

       During the meal, Li Zhenruo showed Li Zhenran the photos taken by his mobile phone.

       Li Zhenran looked at the big cake-faced cat mother in the photo and said, “It looks exactly like you.”

       Li Zhenruo said, “Well, I think so too.”

       His colour and facial features were very close to the mother cat, and he was considered to be the best in that litter of kittens.

       Li Zhenran asked him, “Where’s your father?”

       Li Zhenruo took the chopsticks and stabbed the sashimi, “How would I know, it must be a breeding cat.”

       After all, Zhao Yuqiong was still Li Jianglin’s mistress in name. His cat mother and cat father were probably a momentary fling, and when their physical needs are met, they would no longer meet.

       Looking at the photo, Li Zhenran seemed a little regretful, “It’s a pity that I didn’t take a photo of you, when will you be able to change back?”

       Li Zhenruo raised his eyelids to look at him and cursed in his heart: Die, cat fetishist!

       They talked and ate. When almost two-thirds of the dishes were finished, the private room door was suddenly pushed open from the outside.

       Li Zhenruo turned to look and saw that the woman standing at the door turned out to be Yue Zijia.

       Yue Zijia was wearing a small white dress with exquisite makeup. She seemed to be stunned for a moment. She took a step back to look at the door sign and said, “I’m sorry, I made a mistake.”

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       In any case, he was locked up and couldn’t get out, so Li Zhenruo stayed at ease.

       He walked around Li Zhenran’s house and thought that Li Zhenran and Li Zhenzi were really different. Li Zhenzi’s house outside was probably used to keep women, but Li Zhenran’s place was clean and it looked like no one has lived there for a long time. It looked like someone has been hired to clean it on a regular basis.

       Li Zhenruo walked to the bathroom, and filled the bathtub with warm water, with the intention to take a bath.

       Today, he had been sitting in the car for a long time and had tossed a lot last night, so he still feel a little tired.

       Li Zhenruo took off his clothes and lay down in the bathtub, closing his eyes comfortably.

       This body was not his past body, but compared to the cat’s body, it was much easier to use. At least he can pick up things with his hands instead of poking around with his paws.

       After he soaked in the water for a long time, Li Zhenruo felt a little hot. He couldn’t help moving his legs and felt an impulse suddenly appear from the bottom to the top. He was stunned. After a while, Li Zhenruo reached out and touched his lower body.

       To be honest, he hasn’t done this kind of thing for a long time. Almost since he knew that he might not be Li Jianglin’s own son, he has been under a lot of pressure at that time, and he didn’t have the heart to think about it at all. Later, he became a little kitten and has not even thought about this.

       Li Zhenruo couldn’t help to sigh when he suddenly felt a sensation in his body today. He also hadn’t touched a woman for a long, long time.

       When he got out of the bathtub, Li Zhenruo felt somewhat exhausted. He ignored the clothes he had just taken off and went straight to Li Zhenran’s room. He opened the wardrobe and found a set of Li Zhenran’s clothes.

       Li Zhenran was taller than him. In fact, Li Zhenruo used to be taller than he was now. Every time Li Zhenruo looked in the mirror, he felt that he looked like he was not yet an adult. He thought that he was a half-year-old kitten that had just matured, so it was understandable this was the form when he turned into human.

       But where did the pie face go?

       Li Zhenruo pinched his face.

       It took almost two hours for Li Zhenran to came back from Li’s house. When he entered the door, Li Zhenruo was lying on the sofa watching TV.

       He was really lying on his stomach, probably because he was used to this position. He didn’t sit or lie down. He just lay on the sofa and raised his body slightly with his elbows.

       Li Zhenran picked up a box and put it next to the sofa.

       Li Zhenruo turned to look and asked, “How long are you going to stay here?”

       As he walked into the room, Li Zhenran said, “We will go back if you change back to your original form.”

       Li Zhenruo was speechless for a while, thinking that if he couldn’t become a cat again, Li Zhenran would probably go crazy.

       “Are we going out for dinner?” Li Zhenruo asked him when Li Zhenran came out of the room.

       Li Zhenran was rolling up his sleeves and asked him, “What do you want to eat?”

       You see, Li Zhenruo has been hungry for a lot of food after eating cat food for so long. God knows there were so many delicious foods in this world, but why couldn’t cats eat them?

       Li Zhenruo started making a list in his head and said, “Let’s eat Japanese food today.”

       Li Zhenran refused without thinking, “No.”

       “…” Li Zhenruo looked at him fiercely, “Thai-style hot pot?”

       “No.”

       Li Zhenruo’s chest began to rise and fall even more, “French cuisine?”

       Li Zhenran said directly this time, “There is a Chinese restaurant outside that tastes good. Otherwise, a Sichuan hot pot is not bad. You can choose it yourself.”

       Li Zhenruo took a deep breath and said, “Sichuan hot pot.”

       Li Zhenran said, “Get up.”

       Before going out, Li Zhenruo pointed to the collar on his neck, “Can I take it off?”

       Li Zhenran said, “No.”

       Li Zhenruo said in his heart, Are you not afraid of any strange misunderstandings caused by others seeing it?! But on second thought, The second young master Li was not afraid, so what was he afraid of, so he calmly followed Li Zhenran out.

       Li Zhenran walked in front. While waiting for the elevator, Li Zhenruo looked at Li Zhenran’s back and had a strange feeling. How to describe it? Although this was his second brother, they seemed to rarely have the opportunity to walk alone together like this. The impression of Li Zhenran was even more distinctive when he has become a cat.

       As a cat, he was too small. When he was so close, even if he raised his head, he could only see Li Zhenran’s legs, but not the back of his neck. The current experience was a little new.

       When the elevator was about to arrive, Li Zhenran suddenly turned around to look at him, and then stretched out his hand towards his neck.

       Li Zhenruo: “?”

       However, Li Zhenran just helped him tidy up the front of his clothes, just like tidying up the hair on the top of his cat’s head.

       Li Zhenruo bowed his head slightly, and when Li Zhenran’s hand left, his fingers brushed against his cheek. Li Zhenruo was slightly startled by the touch, and he couldn’t help raising his hand to touch the skin on his face.

       At this moment, the elevator door opened, and two people walked in one after the other.

       Li Zhenran was awfully selfish.

       Li Zhenruo didn’t seem to feel it before, but it was only after he became his cat that he felt it deeply. Because he was his cat, he was his property, and he must obey him.

       Li Zhenran took the menu and ordered more than ten dishes, and threw the menu to Li Zhenruo for him to see.

       Li Zhenruo glanced at it and said, “Can you finish the meal if you order so much?”

       Li Zhenran actually said, “Then you don’t order.”

       Li Zhenruo did not bother to pay attention to him. He ordered a few more dishes that he liked, and handed the menu to the waiter.

       Even if they were just eating hot pot, Li Zhenran also found a hot pot restaurant with luxurious decoration and a quiet environment. The two of them sat in the small private room facing each other.

       After he ordered, Li Zhenran ignored him and leaned back on the back of the wooden chair, holding a mobile phone in one hand while watching the stock market, while the other hand held up the cup on the table and slowly drank the tea.

       Li Zhenruo, on the other hand, picked up his chopsticks and tapped them on the table casually.

       After a while, Li Zhenran glanced at him, “It’s noisy.”

       Li Zhenruo paused for a moment and intensified his efforts by separating the two chopsticks and pounding on the tabletop bowl and teacup.

       Li Zhenran looked at him coldly.

       Li Zhenruo stopped, picked up a chopstick and put it to his mouth and bit it. He was unable to restrain the corner of his mouth from turning up slightly. He liked to annoy Li Zhenran, and Li Zhenran always went along with him.

       He was more afraid of Li Zhenran when he was a cat because he could do nothing to Li Zhenran, but now he was not so afraid. After all, every part of him was so big, and except for the time he slipped away, more often than not Li Zhenran’s anger was not too severe.

       Li Zhenran ordered a lot of dishes, but after the dishes were served, he didn’t eat much.

       “Why don’t you eat?” Li Zhenruo could also see that he didn’t eat much.

       Li Zhenran didn’t answer, just said, “You eat faster.”

       Li Zhenruo ignored him and said, “We’re eating a hot pot yet you also urging me to hurry up.”

       After a while, Li Zhenruo discovered that Li Zhenran had to take a cup to drink water every time he took a bite of the dish. He even directly let the waiter bring in a pot of tea, and immediately understood that Li Zhenran couldn’t eat spicy food.

       They have been brothers for more than 20 years, but this was the first time Li Zhenruo has discovered that Li Zhenran couldn’t eat spicy food.

       He thought back carefully, Li Zhenran didn’t seem to like many of the dishes he liked to eat. Li Zhenran ate light food just to nourish himself, which Li Zhenruo used to disapprove of.

       As long as there was a distance in your heart, even if you met every day, you would refuse to understand each other.

       At this time, Li Zhenran suddenly said, “What are you looking at me for?”

       Li Zhenruo said, “It’s just, you are handsome.”

       Li Zhenran snorted and did not continue.

       After they ate, Li Zhenruo stood on the side of the road and stretched his arms, breathing in the night air deeply.

       Li Zhenran stood beside him with his hands in his pockets. When he saw that Li Zhenruo was smiling while looking at the sky, he asked strangely, “What are you smiling at?”

       Li Zhenruo lowered his head, but the smile on the corner of his mouth still remained on his face, he said, “I don’t know, I just didn’t expect that there would be such a day. I cherish it very much.”

       He had a lot since he was a child, and then one day he lost all of it, including his life. What encouraged him these days was not only revenge but also the idea of ​​​​living properly.

       Of course, the hatred had not been forgotten, but Li Zhenruo sometimes thought about what’s the point of hating blindly. If one were to live happily, while at the same time also letting the other party live in misery, that would be the biggest blow.

       If you have lost, you wouldn’t be afraid of anything. Now he has a big house to live in, good food to eat, and an older brother as a bonus, which was actually quite good.

       “Second brother,” Li Zhenruo blurted out.

       Li Zhenran frowned slightly, “What?”

       Li Zhenruo reacted quickly and immediately said, “What what?”

       Li Zhenran said, “What did you call me just now?”

       Li Zhenruo said, “Ran ge.” In fact, there was some drumming in his heart, but it couldn’t be seen on his face.

       Li Zhenran raised his chin slightly to look at him, “I heard you call me second brother.”

       Li Zhenruo had a strange expression on his face, “Where did the second brother come from? How old are you? Your ears just don’t work anymore, huh?”

       Li Zhenran’s face turned cold as expected.

       However, Li Zhenruo was not afraid of him, so he took his arm and walked forward, “Let’s go home first.”

       Back home, Li Zhenran went to the bathroom to take a bath. But Li Zhenruo planned to wait for Li Zhenran to finish taking a bath because he took a bath in the afternoon. He had already taken a shower and he was still fine.

       When Li Zhenran was taking a shower, Li Zhenruo moved a stool and sat at the door of the bathroom. He was cutting his toenails while talking to Li Zhenran, he said, “Can I go out tomorrow?”

       Li Zhenran raised his head and seemed to be drowsy. As he heard the words, he asked, “Where are you going?”

       Li Zhenruo casually babbled, “I want to find my mother.”

       “Your mother?”

       Li Zhenruo raised his head and made up something, “Mama cat, she should still be in the pet store.”

       Li Zhenran was speechless for a while, then asked him, “What for?”

       Li Zhenruo said, “You don’t miss your mother?”

       After he asked this sentence, Li Zhenruo suddenly felt a little regretful and stopped cutting his toenails. Just like him, Li Zhenran probably hadn’t seen his mother very much.

       Sure enough, Li Zhenran was silent for a while, and then said, “I don’t have a mother.”

       Li Zhenruo tilted his head back, leaned against the wall, and said silently in his heart: Neither do I.

       Li Zhenran only said that sentence. Instead of continuing to talk about himself, he asked Li Zhenruo, “What can you do when you see your mother? Are you going to buy it?”

       Li Zhenruo said quickly, “Not going to buy her. She is used to living there, so she may not like it when she got bought.”

       Li Zhenran asked at this time, “Can you communicate with each other?”

       Li Zhenruo was slightly stunned. He turned his head towards the bathroom door and asked, “What kind of communication?”

       Li Zhenran said, “Just like we communicate, using words.”

       Li Zhenruo thought about it for a while, “We can communicate, but it’s not a language. More precisely, it would be like a signal. You’ll understand what her cry and action mean over time”

       Li Zhenran didn’t speak.

       Li Zhenruo then asked him, “Would you like to go with me?”

       Li Zhenran bluntly refused, “I don’t have time.”

       Li Zhenruo knew that he would not go, so he deliberately asked him a question, but he did not expect to hear Li Zhenran say, “You also don’t go too.”

       “Huh?” Li Zhenruo was immediately unhappy, “Why?”

       Li Zhenran said, “There is no reason.”

       After Li Zhenruo came out of the shower, Li Zhenran was already lying on the bed in the bedroom watching TV.

       His hair was still wet, and he was wearing a pair of new underwear that Li Zhenran gave him. He walked over and sat down by the bed, shouting, “Ran ge…”

       Li Zhenran ignored him.

       Li Zhenruo called out again, “Master…”

       Li Zhenran looked at him this time.

       He knew that Li Zhenran would yield to a soft approach and refused a brute approach. Li Zhenruo leaned over and said, “Are you tired? I’ll help you massage your shoulders.”

       Li Zhenran lay down and didn’t get up, but only lifted his legs.

       Li Zhenruo silently cursed, but he obediently went over and knelt down beside Li Zhenran’s leg to help him massage his leg.

       Li Zhenran’s legs were slender and strong, and his muscles were strong. As he saw Li Zhenruo sit over, he raised one leg and placed it on Li Zhenruo’s thigh.

       While Li Zhenruo was helping him massage his leg, he thought to himself that Li Zhenran’s mother must be a great beauty, to be able to give birth to such a son.

       Li Zhenran tilted his head back and suddenly said, “It seems that a human can still do more than cats.”

       Li Zhenruo thought he wasn’t talking nonsensically. He raised his head and asked Li Zhenran with a smile, “Then how about I stay like this?”

       Li Zhenran replied coldly, “Not good.”

       Li Zhenruo thought to himself: What a pervert.

       After he finished massaging Li Zhenran’s legs, Li Zhenran seemed to feel comfortable. He turned over on the bed for Li Zhenruo to massage his shoulders.

       Li Zhenshou got on top of his back and massaged the muscles on his shoulders with both hands.

       Li Zhenran’s body was slender and well-proportioned, and the skin on his back was full of healthy lustre. Li Zhenruo only felt that the touch under his hand was smooth and delicate. As he massaged him, his imagination was roaming.

       When he came back to his senses, his breathing was a little short.

       And Li Zhenran said coldly, “Get up.”

       Li Zhenruo and Li Zhenran were too close to each other. He knew that Li Zhenran noticed his physical condition, and he couldn’t help feeling a little embarrassed. He lifted his legs and got off Li Zhenran’s back and sat aside.

       Li Zhenran turned over and said, “Who gave you permission to be in heat with your master?”

       Li Zhenruo grunted, “I was originally in rutting period…”

       Li Zhenran snorted, “I asked you to have surgery, but you refused to do it.”

       Li Zhenruo, “…”

       Li Zhenran said, “Go to the bathroom and take care of it yourself.”

       Li Zhenruo had just gotten out of bed when Li Zhenran suddenly stopped him.

       “What?” Li Zhenruo wondered.

       Li Zhenran opened the drawer of the bedside table, took out a spare key and threw it to him, saying, “You must come back before five o’clock in the afternoon.”

       Li Zhenruo caught it and said with a smile, “No problem.”

       The next morning, when Li Zhenruo was sleeping beside Li Zhenran’s bed, he was woken up by a doorbell. He heard that Li Zhenran also turned over, and thought that Li Zhenran was going to ask him to get up and open the door, but he didn’t expect Li Zhenran to sit up, walk around him and get out of bed.

       Li Zhenruo yawned and sat up. He didn’t like to stay in bed as much as Li Zhenran. Then he heard Li Zhenran open the door, and then came the voice of someone talking.

       The person who came over in the morning was Hua Yibang.

       Because Li Zhenran’s house was too open, Hua Yibang walked in and saw a young man in Li Zhenran’s room through the gap of the partitioned wine cabinet.

       Hua Yibang who was such a calm person suddenly lost his voice. He stretched out his hand and pushed his glasses to look at Li Zhenran.

       Li Zhenran didn’t want to explain, and asked Hua Yibang, “Did you bring the things?”

       Hua Yibang took a small bag and handed it to Li Zhenran, which contained a new mobile phone and a SIM card.

       Li Zhenran put the card in the mobile phone, walked to the bedroom and handed it to Li Zhenruo, “Take it. Remember to answer when I call.”

       “Oh,” Li Zhenruo obediently agreed.

       Hua Yibang tried his best not to look sideways, but when Li Zhenruo stood up from the bed, he still saw what looked like a cat collar around his neck.

       Moreover, he knew this cat collar. It was the collar he helped Li Zhenran custom-made it before.

       Although it was not convenient for him to ask the identity of the man in the room, he could ask other questions, such as, “Zhenran, where is your cat?”

       Li Zhenran said, “That’s my cat.”

       Hua Yibang clenched his hands into a fist against his lips and coughed softly. He and Li Zhenran almost grew up together, but he never knew that Li Zhenran had that kind of hobby. As his assistant, Hua Yibang felt that he could not interfere, so he stay silent.

       Li Zhenran was going back to the company for a regular meeting in the morning, and didn’t have time to eat breakfast. Before he left, he threw a secondary credit card to Li Zhenruo and told him to eat by himself.

       Li Zhenruo hurriedly said, “Give me some change. I can’t swipe my card and take the bus, can I?”

       Li Zhenran then gave him another 2,000 yuan in cash.

       After Li Zhenran and Hua Yibang left, Li Zhenruo got up and washed quickly. He found a set of Li Zhenran’s clothes to put on and went out.

       He bought two buns for breakfast. After he ate, Li Zhenruo bought a new SIM card at a nearby canteen and put it in his pocket.

       He stretched out his hand to take a taxi. After he got in the car, he gave the driver an address.

       The address was not too far from here, but there was some traffic jam on Monday morning, and the driver drove for nearly an hour to arrive.

       Li Zhenruo paid the money to get out of the car and stood alone in front of a secluded lawn on the street.

       He glanced at the time and knew that Li Zhenran had already started the regular work meeting on Monday morning, so he took off the SIM card on his mobile phone and replaced it with a newly bought one.

       He made a phone call according to his memory.

       The phone beeped several times, and a young man over there answered the phone. His tone was not very nice, and he said lazily, “Hello? Who is it?”

       Li Zhenruo said slowly, “Zhu Kai, this is Li Zhenruo.”

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       Li Zhenruo’s mind was still somewhat a bit complicated.

       Whether Li Zhenran believed him or not, he didn’t care. He believed that he survived because God gave him the opportunity to take revenge. And so he had to take revenge.

       It’s just that last night, Li Zhenran mentioned a possibility that he could not help thinking about it for a long time. That was, if he thought that the physical change caused by the rut has made him become a human being, was it possible to change back after the rut period ended, and so did he need to wait until the next heat period to come to change back to a human?

       This thought made Li Zhenruo a little nervous.

       He still has a lot of things to do, should he waste time by staying on Li Zhenran’s side? But when he was thinking of ​​leaving, he began to hesitate again. If he left, would Li Zhenran still accept him once he changed back to a cat?

       Li Zhenruo were a little helpless. He always thought too much and kept himself stuck in place.

       He stood in front of the mirror and looked at himself. He was guessing how old the person inside was. Was he twenty? This person looked really young.

       Li Zhenran became impatient at this moment, came over and knocked on the bathroom door, “Are you finished?”

       Li Zhenruo quickly wiped his face with a towel, “I’m done.”

       He went back to the sofa and sat down, turned on the TV with the remote control and stared at it in a daze. Since he became a cat, he has been doing nothing for a long time every day, so he was used to being in a daze.

       Sometimes he stared at the garden on the first floor from the top floor and could stare at it all afternoon.

       When Li Zhenran came out of the bathroom, Li Zhenruo raised his head and said to him, “Can you give me a shirt to wear?”

       He was still wearing the bathrobe from last night. It was not like he could just wear it all day, right? And according to Li Zhenran’s plan, they should go back this afternoon.

       This time, Li Zhenran found a shirt and a pair of jeans for Li Zhenruo to put on.

       The shirt was fine, but the jeans were too long for him. So he had no choice but to roll up the trouser leg a length.

       Li Zhenran still asked Luo Fei to go fishing in the morning.

       When Li Zhenruo followed, Luo Fei raised his eyebrows in surprise, and asked Li Zhenran, “You brought a cat yesterday, but today it was replaced by a beautiful young man. What does it mean?”

       Li Zhenran said, “My cat has transformed.”

       The collar on Li Zhenruo’s neck was so eye-catching that Luo Fei and the others noticed it almost at once.

       Feng Junyuan looked at Li Zhenruo with a thoughtful look.

       Li Zhenran sat down on the deck chair and prepared his own fishing tools.

       Li Zhenruo found that he had no seat, so he asked Li Zhenran, “Where is my seat?”

       Li Zhenran didn’t even look at him, “Did you have a seat yesterday?”

       He knew that Li Zhenran couldn’t believe him at all and was deliberately making things difficult for him. Li Zhenruo didn’t bother to argue with him and simply sat down beside Li Zhenran’s legs.

       After a while, Li Zhenruo felt someone poking his back lightly. He turned his head and saw that it was Feng Junyuan.

       Feng Junyuan said to him, “Can I come over and have a word with you?”

       Before Li Zhenruo could answer, Li Zhenran’s eyes swept over first.

       As he saw this, Luo Fei smiled and said, “Don’t worry, xiao Feng won’t do anything to your cat. Let them go and exchange a few words.”

       Only then did Li Zhenran say, “Go ahead.”

       Li Zhenruo said to himself, I didn’t need your consent, but when he heard Li Zhenran say this, he still stood up, dusted off his hands, and left with Feng Junyuan.

       Li Zhenran glanced at the back of Li Zhenruo leaving.

       Luo Fei rested his head on one hand, leaned on the reclining chair, and said, “You are a little absent-minded today.”

       Li Zhenran said, “Don’t you think what I said just now is ridiculous? A cat can turn into a human?”

       When Luo Fei heard this, he laughed loudly, and said to Li Zhenran, “Do you know what I thought just now?”

       Li Zhenran looked at him.

       Luo Fei said, “What you said just now sounds like you brought a boy from somewhere to play with, but you were too lazy to make excuses. So you just said something nonsense.”

       Li Zhenran’s tone was serious, “What I said is true, I can’t find my cat anymore and Dumpling’s positioning collar is on his neck. The password has not been changed, but the collar’s size has changed.”

       Luo Fei pondered for a moment and said, “You mean you think what he said is true?”

       Li Zhenran lightly held the fishing rod with both hands, “I don’t believe anything he says. I only believe my own judgment, but I can’t explain the collar thing.”

       Luo Fei said to him, “I think what he said might be true.”

       Li Zhenran glanced at him and seemed to find it a little funny.

       “Zhenran,” Luo Fei said, “Just because you haven’t seen many things in this world doesn’t mean they didn’t happen and didn’t exist, do you understand?”

       Li Zhenran leaned forward slightly. He leaned his elbows on his knees, and pressed his slender fingers to his lips, “I agree that because I haven’t seen one that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. You say that there are demons, ghosts and gods in this world, and I think it’s possible. People should not be limited by their own poor imaginations. If my cat ran out and turned into a human but was willing to come back to me, I would be happier than if it just ran away and never came back. But what I want to know now is, if he is really Dumpling, and when will he be able to change back?”

       Luo Fei asked, “Why did he become like this?”

       Li Zhenran’s tone was not quite sure, “He said it might be because of the rut.”

       Luo Fei said with a smile, “I didn’t see him in heat.”

       Li Zhenran turned his head to look at Li Zhenruo, who was talking to Feng Junyuan, and said, “His pants are loose, right?”

       Luo Fei said, “I’m not an expert on this question, but I can ask xiao Feng to help you.”

       Li Zhenran was a little puzzled, “Is he a veterinarian?”

       Luo Fei quickly denied it, “Of course not, but he has a relative who is more familiar with this type of feline and can help you ask about it.”

       Li Zhenran said, “Help me ask about it. I’ll wait for your answer.”

       Luo Fei smiled and nodded.

       At this time, Feng Junyuan left a phone number to Li Zhenruo on a note, saying, “If you need any help, you can call this number. His name is Song Jun, and he is one of my kin.”

       “Your kin?” Li Zhenruo was a little puzzled.

       Feng Junyuan said, “My brother¹in here Feng Junyuan is not addressing Song Jun as gege(哥哥) but as xiōngdì(兄弟).”

       The word “brother” made Li Zhenruo feel a little uncomfortable. He couldn’t help but look back at Li Zhenran, and then asked Feng Junyuan, “Why do you think I need help?”

       Feng Junyuan said, “Why are you able to transform?”

       “?” Li Zhenruo didn’t understand what he meant.

       Feng Junyuan said, “Didn’t you just take human form last night?”

       Li Zhenruo looked at him suspiciously, “Do you really believe what Li Zhenran said?”

       If it were him, he would definitely not believe it. He followed Li Zhenran out like this and looked more like Li Zhenran’s little lover who came to him. Then he made a random excuse for Li Zhenruo to evade Luo Fei and him.

       He didn’t expect Feng Junyuan to believe it.

       Feng Junyuan approached him and seemed to be sniffing him, “The scent is the same, you are yesterday’s Garfield.”

       Li Zhenruo held the note in his hand. His expression became more and more puzzled and serious, he asked Feng Junyuan in a low voice, “Are there demon in this world?”

       Feng Junyuan actually asked him back, “What do you think you are?”

       Li Zhenruo was actually very uncertain and uneasy because he didn’t know what he was. At this time, he felt that Feng Junyuan’s situation was probably not that simple, so he couldn’t help but ask him for help, “What I’m going to tell you, you must not tell Luo Fei, let alone let Li Zhenran know, okay?”

       Feng Junyuan nodded, “Okay.”

       Li Zhenruo said in a low voice, “I wasn’t originally a cat. I was a human who died in an accident and was then reborn as this kitten. Although I can’t speak in human languages, I have all human memories.”

       When Feng Junyuan heard him say this, he didn’t show any surprised expression at all. He said, “So that’s how it is.”

       Li Zhenruo looked at him, “Why? I never thought I was a demon in the past.”

       Feng Junyuan suddenly stretched out his hand and pressed it against Li Zhenruo’s chest. After a while, he said, “You are not a demon, but this cat’s body is not simple. About what’s going on, I have no way to answer you.”

       Li Zhenruo thought that what he said was quite reasonable. Maybe it was the cat that belonged to a demon. But somehow he took over his body, and now he has the ability to turn into a human.

       There were still many doubts, so he asked Feng Junyuan, “That brother of yours can know exactly why?”

       Feng Junyuan said, “Maybe, I can help you to ask about it to him first, and if you need it, you can try to find him.”

       Although Li Zhenruo felt that it might not work, he was very grateful to Feng Junyuan for his willingness to lend a hand, so he said, “Thank you.”

       Feng Junyuan shook his head, and when he turned to leave, Li Zhenruo grabbed his arm.

       Li Zhenruo asked him, “Am I going to change back?”

       Feng Junyuan said, “Your aura is very unstable, and it is indeed very likely that you will change back.”

       Li Zhenruo instantly tensed up, “For how long?”

       Feng Junyuan shook his head silently, expressing that he did not know.

       Li Zhenruo had to let him go and said again, “Thank you.”

       It was already the weekend, and tomorrow Li Zhenran has to go back to work in the company, so it was impossible to stay in this villa for a limited time.

       During lunch, the manager found Li Zhenran, and apologized again and again, saying that he had asked many questions on the nearby mountains, and no one had seen a yellow-and-white Garfield cat. He really didn’t know where it went.

       The manager felt very uneasy and took the initiative to offer compensation to Li Zhenran.

       Li Zhenran said, “No need, just leave it alone if it ran away. You’ve done well.”

       When the manager left, he couldn’t help but glance at the collar on Li Zhenruo’s neck.

       In fact, everyone who saw Li Zhenruo today was looking at the collar on his neck quietly. The collar looked like some kind of impure toy, which symbolizes the abnormal relationship between him and Li Zhenran.

       At this point, Li Zhenruo could cut the collar with scissors, regardless of the code, but he didn’t do it. He didn’t want to provoke Li Zhenran.

       “Sometimes, when he thinks about it, Li Zhenran’s attitude is actually quite polite, but he calmed down and thought about it. He also wanted to make use of Li Zhenran. With his current status, if he wanted to step into the Li family again, he could only rely on Li Zhenran. So being scolded for a few words was nothing, it didn’t matter if he slept by the bedside, or if he has suffered all kinds of hardships. Now he has nothing to lose.

       When he went back, the driver was surprised to find that Mr Li the second who had brought a cat on vacation two days ago, returned with a beautiful young man with a cat collar on his neck today.

       The Li driver’s mind was going full speed ahead, and automatically filled in 10,000 words, but he didn’t dare to ask Li Zhenran a word.

       Just when Li Zhenruo’s daily utensils were loaded into the car, he couldn’t help but asked Li Zhenran, “Then, what about the cat?”

       Li Zhenran said, “He will go back by himself, don’t worry about that.”

       The driver was a little dazed and thought that this place was too far from the city. Even if the cat knew the way home, it wouldn’t be able to run back.

       But since Li Zhenran said so, he couldn’t care less, so he closed his mouth and got into the car to prepare to drive.

       Li Zhenran took Li Zhenruo to say goodbye to Luo Fei and the others. Luo Fei and Feng Junyuan also planned to leave at this time. However, Luo Fei drove by himself, and he only had a few things. He stopped by Li Zhenran for a while and left first after saying goodbye.

       Only then did Li Zhenruo follow Li Zhenran into the back seat.

       Not long after the driver drove the car out, Li Zhenruo pulled the collar around his neck and said to Li Zhenran, “Can you take it off?”

       Li Zhenran said coldly, “Why?”

       Li Zhenruo put his finger inside the collar, scratched his neck, and said, “It’s a little itchy after a long time, maybe I’m allergic.”

       Li Zhenran said, “Wear it, I still want to see you change back.”

       Li Zhenruo cursed in his heart and decided not to bother with Li Zhenran.

       Li Zhenran then said, “Come here, I’ll scratch it for you.”

       When Li Zhenruo heard the words, he immediately lay his head on Li Zhenran’s lap and asked him to scratch his itch.

       The driver looked straight ahead without changing his expression, not knowing what to do.

       Li Zhenran stretched his fingers into the middle of the collar and gently helped him scratch his neck, just like he used to do to brush his fur in the past. Li Zhenruo felt that this feeling was comfortable and familiar, so he couldn’t help closing his eyes.

       He slept on Li Zhenran’s lap, and when he woke up, he felt that Li Zhenran was still gently ruffling his hair with his fingers. Li Zhenruo suddenly felt warm in his chest, as if someone was tickling him with a feather.

       After a while, Li Zhenran stretched out his hand and pulled Li Zhenruo’s ear again, as if he didn’t take him as a human at all, but as the cat.

       He couldn’t help but lifted Li Zhenran’s hand, sit up, and asked, “What do I do if you go home?”

       Li Zhenran said, “Come home with me.”

       Li Zhenruo couldn’t help but be stunned for a moment, “Stop joking. What would your brother think if you brought a man home?”

       Although Li Jianglin was not at home, what big or small things at home can escape Li Jianglin’s attention? Li Zhenran brought a man home, and wouldn’t that make Li Jianglin terrified to death? But that way, he would make Li Zhentai and Li Zhenzi in a good mood.

       Li Zhenruo had the best relationship with Li Zhentai in the Li family in the past. But now, of course, he hoped that Li Zhenran could get the biggest piece of cake from Li Jianglin.

       He didn’t want Li Zhenran’s future to be ruined by him.

       Li Zhenran said, “Aren’t you a cat?”

       Li Zhenruo said, “Knock it off, you know what I mean.”

       Li Zhenran stretched out his hand, put his fingers against his chin and raised his face, “Concerned about me, huh?”

       Li Zhenruo said, “You are my master. I still want to eat the best royal cat food and royal dried fish in the future.

       Li Zhenran didn’t let go of his hand, but raised his head a little higher with more force and said, “I can feed you those right now.”

       Li Zhenruo resisted the urge to roll his eyes, grabbed Li Zhenran’s hand, and said coquettishly, “I still want to live in Buckingham Palace and sleep with the little female cat of the British royal family.”

       “Hmph,” Li Zhenran snorted coldly, and let go of his hand.

       Li Zhenruo wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and felt that Li Zhenran was a really difficult person to deal with. In the past, it was fine because he didn’t have to talk, but now that they could communicate, it was a bit torturous for the two of them to be together for a long time.

       But after he said that, Li Zhenran didn’t have to take him back to Li’s house, but ordered the driver to drive to a residential area in the centre of the city.

       These days, who of the Li brothers didn’t have a private house in the city?

       It didn’t even matter if it was a serious girlfriend, not to mention a person who they messed around with was definitely impossible to bring to Li’s house, especially when Li Jianglin was at home in the past.

       Li Zhenruo also had a private place. When he just moved out of the Li family, he went back to the apartment. He also had some private investments and deposits in his hands, but after his death, they had all been returned to the Li family.

       He only knew that Li Zhenran have a private apartment in the past, but this was the first time Li Zhenruo had the opportunity to see it with his own eyes.

       The driver drove the car to the underground parking lot of the apartment and asked Li Zhenran whether he should leave the cat’s household utensils here or sent them back to Li’s house.

       Li Zhenran said to leave it here first and then asked the driver to wait for him. He had to go back to Li’s house later.

       The elevator needed a fingerprint lock. When Li Zhenruo followed Li Zhenran upstairs in the elevator, he asked him, “Are you leaving me here alone?”

       Li Zhenran said, “No, I’ll come over too.”

       Li Zhenruo suddenly had a strange feeling of being kept in a golden house²it’s an idiom of keeping a mistress tucked away in a luxurious house or apartment.

       But Li Jianglin was not there, even if Li Zhenran didn’t go home for a few days, no one would ask about him.

       There was only one door to go out of the elevator, and it was still locked by fingerprints. After they entered, Li Zhenruo found that this house has a very good layout and a very modern decoration style. There was only a partition, and one could see the whole house at a glance.

       The master bedroom was still in the style of Japanese tatami. The wooden structure around the mattress was raised, and there was no full bed set up there.

       There was no secondary bedroom, besides the master bedroom, there was also a study room and a recreational gym. The living room was directly opposite a large semi-circular balcony with bright light.

       Li Zhenruo thought of Li Zhenran’s tatami in Li’s house and thought that he probably liked this open and unobstructed style.

       Li Zhenran put down his things and said to Li Zhenruo, “I’ll go back and get some things. You stay here and wait for me to come back for dinner.”

       Li Zhenruo nodded.

       Li Zhenran’s tone was cold and harsh, “Don’t run.”

       Li Zhenruo said, “Where am I going to run? I was afraid that if you didn’t want me anymore, I would have nowhere to go.”

       Li Zhenran stood by the door and waved to him, “Come here.”

       Li Zhenruo walked to him without knowing why, and his lower body was suddenly grabbed by Li Zhenran. He opened his eyes wide and looked at Li Zhenran in shock.

       Li Zhenran pinched it and said strangely, “Aren’t you in heat?”

       Li Zhenruo was gritting his teeth in anger, so he lunged over and bit Li Zhenran’s shoulder, but he didn’t exert much force. After he bite him, he said to Li Zhenran, “That’s enough. You are going too far.”

       Li Zhenran let go of his hand, pointed his finger at Li Zhenruo’s nose and said, “Don’t let me see you hooking up with a female cat. Behave yourself.”

       Li Zhenruo replied bitterly, “There is no female cat, you don’t have to worry!”

       Only then did Li Zhenran turn around and leave, and at the same time he closed the door hard.

       After he left, Li Zhenruo was starting to be more attentive. He tried to open the door but found that Li Zhenran had locked the door from the outside. Now he also needed a fingerprint or a key to open the door.

       But he didn’t have either, which was equivalent to being locked in this room by Li Zhenran.

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       Li Zhenruo was originally a human.

       He was the fourth son of Li Jianglin, the chairman of Yunlin. He was young, promising, handsome and outstanding. Although he has three older brothers, he thought that was nothing to be afraid of, since he was the best.

       However, that has become a thing of the past.

       He was killed and turned into a cat, and now he was struggling to survive and to take revenge. He persisted until now and planned to live as a cat until the end of his life more than a decade¹because an indoor cat’s life expectancy is around 13-17 years later.

       He thought that when he was reincarnated, he had to make a good choice and not enter the path of beasts again²in Buddhism you have several paths in reincarnation, so he was saying he doesn’t want to be reincarnated as an animal next time. He still wanted to be a human being.

       But one night, when he was tortured to the point of madness by the pain of the animal’s rut, he suddenly turned back into a human in the dark woods.

       Furthermore, he was naked.

       He stood up, panting slightly, and turned around blankly.

       Why did he become human? Wasn’t he a cat? However, this question was like asking why he was reborn as a cat, and not a person. No one would answer him.

       But he was turned back into a human! Surely God was giving him the opportunity to be reborn once again. God has not given up on him.

       Li Zhenruo raised his head and laughed loudly. After laughing for a while, he quickly covered his mouth to prevent himself from disturbing others.

       A cool wind blew and the leaves rustled. At the same time, he felt his body shivering, so he finally regained his senses and began to think about the real problem. That was; one, he has no clothes, and two, where should he go?

       The first problem was not too difficult to solve, and now he need to consider the second problem because once he figured out the second problem, the first problem would also be solved.

       In fact, he didn’t want to go anywhere, he wanted to go back to Li’s house. He became a man and had more ways to find out the truth and avenge himself. But he had changed back to Li Zhenruo, how could he go back to the Li family? Everyone knows that he was dead, and if he appeared again, he would only be regarded as a liar and no one would believe him.

       What’s more, Li Zhenruo was not Li Jianglin’s biological son at all, and his existence would not even have any commemorative value.

       “What should I do?”

       Li Zhenruo raised his hand and felt that the collar on his neck was still there. He froze for a moment, then raised his legs and walked out of the woods.

       It was very late at this time, but Li Zhenruo still had to be careful, because he had no clothes on, and he didn’t want to be seen by others as a naked pervert.

       At night, the forest villa was dark and quiet, and the buildings around it emitted soft lights. The antique pavilion located on the lake was even more dimmed with a dusky silhouette, along with the steaming water, which created a strange effect.

       The surroundings were completely silent. Only the chirping of insects and the sound of water from the waterfalls in the mountains could be heard. It was just for appearance and the sound was inaudible during the day, but it was clearly audible when it was quiet at night.

       Li Zhenruo silently lowered his body and walked to the lake. He squatted down, stretched out his head and used the light next to him to create a reflection on the water.

       The reflection in the water was not very clear, but the outline and facial features can already be seen clearly, Li Zhenruo couldn’t help but be startled when he saw the shadow in the water because it was not his own face.

       To be precise, it was not Li Zhenruo’s face, but the face of an unfamiliar young man. The face looked very young, with a little childishness, with curved eyebrows and beautiful lines, like a lightly outlined ink painting, he looked delicate and elegant.

       Li Zhenruo was at a loss when faced with this face. It was understandable that he did not change back to Li Zhenruo’s appearance, because he was a Garfield cat, but it shouldn’t be like this. No matter how he thought about it, the face should be a big round face, with facial features like being flattened by a pan and set on the disc face.

       There was a mess in his head. He calmed down from the ecstasy at the beginning and thought more about his current way of handling things.

       Also, he felt cold since he was not covered with fur, so he had to find some clothes to wear.

       At this moment, Li Zhenruo suddenly saw the reflection of a person behind him in the water. Because he became a person, his alertness even dropped! When he saw the person, he immediately wanted to get up, but the person grabbed the collar around his neck.

       The collar was suddenly pulled back and strangled Li Zhenruo’s neck. He had to reach out and grab the collar. The next thing he heard was Li Zhenran’s voice ringing in his ear, “Who are you? Where’s my cat?”

       The collar was already very tight, and because it was password locked, Li Zhenruo couldn’t open or take it off by himself. Now because Li Zhenran pulled it hard, he couldn’t breathe. He tried to put his fingers between the collar and his neck and said with difficulty, “Let me go first… I can’t speak.”

       Li Zhenran was originally bending over to speak near his ear, but now he stood up straight and loosened his hands slightly, but still held on to the collar. He said once again, “I’ll give you a chance, where’s my cat? If you don’t say anything, I’ll call someone here. Where are you from, the pervert who runs naked in the middle of the night?”

       Li Zhenruo finally caught his breath. He almost rolled his eyes, but he didn’t know how to answer Li Zhenran’s question. He turned his head quickly, thinking about what he should say.

       Li Zhenran saw that he didn’t speak, and immediately released his voice and shouted, “Is there anybody?”

       Li Zhenruo was startled, and he said quickly, “Don’t call anyone! I know where your cat is!”

       Li Zhenran looked at him coldly.

       Li Zhenruo said, “Can you let me stand up?”

       Li Zhenran slowly released the fingers that were holding the collar.

       Li Zhenruo put his hand on the ground and stood up, and turned to face Li Zhenran. He found that Li Zhenran was wearing pyjamas when he came out, but he himself was wearing worse than, so there was nothing to say.

       He reached out to touch his neck, and Li Zhenruo remembered that the collar was positioned. No wonder Li Zhenran found him so quickly. The collar was never taken off for a day. No matter where he went, Li Zhenran could easily find him.

       Li Zhenran was still waiting for his answer, and obviously he was starting to lose his patience.

       Li Zhenruo didn’t have time to make up a perfect lie and then took Li Zhenran to find his cat. He knows how possessive Li Zhenran was to the cat. If he couldn’t give Li Zhenran back an identical Dumpling, the other party would definitely not let it go easily. He didn’t want to be treated as a pervert.

       So, he took a deep breath and said, “I’m your cat.”

       Li Zhenran looked at him impatiently at first, but now has a look of a psychopath on his face. He reached out and poked Li Zhenruo’s chest, “Give me back my cat.”

       Li Zhenruo also felt that Li Zhenran was a psychopath. Wasn’t he just a cat? It was not like he was his wife?

       He then took a step forward, almost sticking to Li Zhenran, and said to him again, “I’m really your cat, listen, meow~”

       Li Zhenran suddenly reached out and grabbed his wrist.

       Li Zhenruo was stunned for a moment and didn’t understand why he do that, but he didn’t expect Li Zhenran to take out his mobile phone and dial 110.

       “Hey!” Li Zhenruo struggled for a while, and found that Li Zhenran’s hands were so strong that he couldn’t break free, so he could only rush to grab his mobile phone, “How can you trust me? If you call the police now, your cat will never be found back!”

       He didn’t dare to let Li Zhenran call the police. He didn’t know what he was, nor how could he prove his identity. If he went to the police station, he couldn’t tell what would happen.

       Li Zhenran grabbed the phone and swung his arm back, and Li Zhenruo almost hugged him. He tried his best to grab Li Zhenran’s hand that was holding the phone.

       The 110 wasn’t dialled out. Li Zhenruo said anxiously in Li Zhenran’s ear, “I am Dumpling, you asked for me from Yu Bingwei, and I sleep beside your bed every night. The collar was custom-made for me, the inner ring has your name and phone number in case I get lost. My cat bed is red, and there is a cat’s head print on my rice bowl. I slipped out of your bath just now, not because I wanted to run away, but because I seemed to be in heat!”

       “In heat?” He said a lengthy list, but Li Zhenran probably only caught these two words.

       At the same time, a flashlight shone in their direction. Just now, Li Zhenran’s call was heard by the staff of the villa after all. At this time, the flashlight shone from a distance and asked, “Who?”

       Li Zhenruo was startled and quickly hid behind Li Zhenran. He grabbed Li Zhenran’s clothes and said, “I’m not a pervert, help me!”

       Li Zhenran stretched out his hand to pull him away, but the palm of his hand touched the smooth and slightly cool skin. After hesitating for a while, he said to the staff, “It’s me, Li Zhenran.”

       The man originally wanted to shine a flashlight on their faces, but when he heard it was Li Zhenran, he immediately put the flashlight away and said respectfully, “So it’s Mr. Li, did you call out for someone just now?”

       Li Zhenran glanced at Li Zhenruo and said, “It’s nothing. I’m just joking with my friends, I’m sorry to disturb your work.”

       “No,” the man said, “I was worried that you encountered something, it’s good that nothing happened, then I’ll go to patrol first.”

       After saying that, the man hurriedly turned and left.

       Li Zhenruo let out a long sigh of relief, and his head was almost touching Li Zhenran’s shoulder. During this period of time, he was so used to sticking to Li Zhenran, and he didn’t seem to feel anything wrong.

       Li Zhenran still grabbed his wrist and said, “You make it clear to me now.”

       Li Zhenruo moved his hand, “Can you let go?”

       Li Zhenran refused mercilessly, “Want to run?”

       Li Zhenruo said, “I don’t want to run at all, can we go back? Don’t you see that I didn’t have any clothes on? Where can I run?”

       Li Zhenran did not agree with him immediately and looked around.

       Li Zhenruo knew that he still didn’t give up and wanted to find the cat, so he said: “No need to look for it, you can’t find it. Or, just look at the collar, how do I take it off and put it on my neck unless I cut it with scissors? Besides, I’m not sick in the head. What’s the use of robbing the cat’s collar?”

       Li Zhenran was really uncertain, he took Li Zhenruo’s hand and said, “Let’s go back.”

       Li Zhenruo was pulled by him and almost fell. He was embarrassed to walk too far without wearing pants. He almost trotted all the way and was taken back to the villa by Li Zhenran.

       As soon as he entered the room, Li Zhenruo pleaded with him, “Give me some clothes to wear, second… Ran ge.”

       He originally wanted to call him second brother subconsciously, but then he immediately changed his words when he felt it was wrong³二哥 = Èr gē. He was about to call him er ge but changed it to Ran ge, and went down to call him Ran ge⁴a way to call someone older than you (male).

       Li Zhenran glanced at him, not knowing what to think, then went to get him a bathrobe to wear.

       Although he didn’t even have any underwear, it was better than running naked all the time. Li Zhenruo immediately put the bathrobe on the outside and wrapped his body tightly.

       Li Zhenran sat on the sofa, raised one leg and looked at him without saying a word.

       At this point, Li Zhenruo was too lazy to make up stories. He planned to tell Li Zhenran the truth. As for whether Li Zhenran believed it or not, he didn’t care. But there was one thing he would not reveal, that was his original identity.

       Li Zhenruo sat down on the sofa, told Li Zhenran about his physical condition in the past two days, and then said, “I was so anxious when you went to take a bath tonight that I couldn’t help running out. As a result, I fainted in the woods and woke up like this.”

       Li Zhenran asked him blankly, “Have you found a female cat?”

       Li Zhenruo shook the hairy buttocks image in his head. He frowned and said, “How can there be a female cat? I don’t want to find a female cat.”

       Li Zhenran didn’t speak and just stared at him.

       Li Zhenruo looked at Li Zhenran, “You don’t believe me?”

       Li Zhenran sneered this time, “From what point do you think you look like a cat? Do you think I believe you?”

       Li Zhenruo knew the problem with what Li Zhenran said. He really didn’t look like a cat, because he wasn’t a cat at all, his language and other expressions were too human-like. He was uncomfortable when he was naked and was looking for clothes to wear everywhere.

       But if he really was a cat who had just become a human, he wouldn’t be like this. He should still act like an animal, not a human right away.

       He could tell Li Zhenran that he was originally a human soul attached to the cat, but that would lead to other troubles. Li Zhenran would definitely figure out his original identity. He might have accidentally revealed the purpose of his visit to the Li family.

       The situation in front of Li Zhenruo was really difficult to understand. For a while, he had nothing to say to Li Zhenran.

       After a while, he heard Li Zhenran say, “But Dumpling doesn’t look like an ordinary cat.”

       Li Zhenruo didn’t understand what he meant and looked up at him.

       “Turned into a human?” This is too absurd, Li Zhenran sneered, and he said to Li Zhenruo, “Why do you think you became a human?”

       Li Zhenruo shook his head, seeing Li Zhenran’s unpleasant expression, and said, “Maybe it’s because of the rut…”

       “Okay,” Li Zhenran said, “Twenty days is enough for a cat to be in heat, right? I’ll give you twenty days. You can change back and return to me after you’re in heat. I won’t care about anything. But if you are still a person by that time, I will dispose of you directly.”

       Dispose of me?

       Li Zhenruo’s eyes widened in amazement, was he a rubbish?

       However, with that said, Li Zhenran did not seem to believe him at all and made a phone call to inform the manager to help him find his cat within the mountain resort.

       Li Zhenruo heard him call and whispered, “It’s really me, you can’t find it.”

       Li Zhenran ignored him and went back upstairs to sleep after the phone call, regardless of the commotion outside. When he went upstairs, he glanced at Li Zhenruo, “Aren’t you going to sleep?”

       Li Zhenruo’s cat bed was not brought here, because he has always been able to sleep beside Li Zhenran’s bed.

       Now that Li Zhenran asked him to sleep, in order to prove that he was Li Zhenran’s cat, he could only follow him to the bed.

       Li Zhenruo lay down at the end of the bed, but he was used to curling up in a ball. Unfortunately, his body was not as flexible as before, and he could only form a half ball. Fortunately, the bed was still very big, so it didn’t look very crowded, but after lying down, Li Zhenruo raised his head uncomfortably and said to Li Zhenran, “Aren’t you uncomfortable with two men sharing a bed?”

       Li Zhenran asked back, “Aren’t you my cat?”

       Li Zhenruo was speechless for a moment.

       He literally lay on Li Zhenran’s legs all night. When he woke up in the morning, his body didn’t feel so sore. It seemed that it had something to do with his cat’s body.

       Just when he woke up, Li Zhenruo was a little dazed. He thought he was still a cat and wanted to scratch his face with his claws, but after licking it, he realized that it was fingers instead of claws.

       Li Zhenran had woken up and was lying on the bed with his eyes open watching his movements.

       Li Zhenruo shook his head, rolled over and got out of bed. He walked to the cat toilet on the first floor for two seconds, turned around and walked towards the bathroom.

       Li Zhenran sat by the bed for a while when he heard someone knocking on the door.

       He put on his pyjamas, went down to the door, opened the door, saw the villa manager standing outside, and respectfully apologized to him, “I’m really sorry, Mr. Li, we couldn’t find your cat.”

       Li Zhenran asked him, “Is there nothing anywhere?”

       The manager said, “I searched and found nothing. Later, we adjusted the monitoring and found that at around eleven o’clock in the evening, your cat ran from the vicinity of the villa to the woods, because there was no monitoring in the woods, it was not known where it went, and there was no trace after that.”

       Li Zhenran pondered for a moment and asked, “So did you see a man without clothes coming out of the woods?”

       The manager shook his head when he heard the words, “I don’t know which direction it was from. There are no cameras in some locations.”

       Li Zhenran asked again, “What’s behind the woods?”

       The manager said, “There is a mountain behind the woods. This hillside is very steep and has no vegetation. It was not easy to climb up.”

       Li Zhenran thought for a while, “But it’s a cat.”

       The manager nodded again and again, “Yes, okay, we’ll find someone to look up the mountain.”

       Li Zhenran said, “Don’t worry too much, just ask if there is any family on the mountain that has a female cat, and just go and find out if they have seen my cat.”

       The manager replied, “Okay, Mr. Li.”

       Li Zhenran nodded and said to him, “I will give some allowance to the staff for finding the cat. Sorry to trouble you.”

       “It’s okay, it’s no trouble,” the manager said. “It is our honour to serve Mr. Li.”

       Li Zhenran didn’t want to listen to him anymore, so he thanked him and closed the door.

       Li Zhenruo had finished going to the toilet by this time. He looked at him next to the bathroom door, and said, “You can’t find it, so don’t waste manpower and resources.”

       Li Zhenran ignored him.

       Li Zhenruo went back by himself, took a new toothbrush prepared by the villa, unpacked it and started brushing his teeth.

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