When Lin Qian rushed to the pet hospital, He Jingyuan was sitting in the monitoring room.

The surveillance camera clearly captured the incident. This hospital has a cat director who always likes to wander around.

At night when there were not many people around, Yunyun called the dean who was wandering around over, beat him up even though he was in a cage and seriously ill, and threatened the cat dean to open the cage for her, then broke free from the Elizabethan collar and staggered away.

Even though he was seriously ill, he was still the cat king.

After all, it was because the cage was not closed properly during the night rounds that Yunyun escaped.

The hospital has now closed its doors and windows and is searching everywhere for the kitten. It has even mobilized employees to divide the search efforts and finally confirmed that Yunyun had escaped from the hospital.

Lin Qian quickly informed Fang Die of the situation, and the official account of the Cat Association also posted a notice looking for the cat on various platforms.

He Jingyuan's face showed no emotion. He simply said, "He shouldn't have gotten far. You're responsible for contacting a professional cat-finding team for me and covering the corresponding expenses. No matter what, you must find him for me."

And Yunyun is afraid of cars...she definitely can't run far.

The hospital, knowing they were in the wrong, quickly offered a solution: "We're truly sorry. We'll have someone search the area and update you daily on progress. If we find the kitten, we'll provide free vaccinations."

"If you haven't found a cat yet...we can also help you screen other kittens for adoption."

He Jingyuan was silent for a long time.

"I don't want any other cats, I want this one."

…

After escaping from the hospital, Yunyun ran towards the school. As it was late at night, there were few cars on the road, so Yunyun had a smooth journey.

The last time he went out, he kept staring out the car window at the scenery, and now it came in handy.

The cat also has the idea of returning to his roots. Now he just wants to go back to school and find a place in the back mountain to wait for death.

The pain in her body still could not be ignored. Yunyun walked and stopped, and when it was dawn, Yunyun finally returned to Yuncheng University. She walked to the back mountain where there were few cats, found a good feng shui spot for herself, and slowly lay down.

After walking all night, his paw pads were worn and bleeding, his white gloves had turned black, and he was cold and hungry.

The little orange cat was trembling all over and had no time to care about anything else. He slept soundly on his own grave.

When he woke up again, his condition became worse.

This time I couldn't even open my eyelids.

Because the pain had lasted for so long, Yunyun was almost immune to it. She endured the discomfort and dug a hole for herself. It was a bit crowded, so she squeezed the cat and its tail in together.

The pit is not deep, but just right.

He stared at the sky above his head with empty eyes, and the feeling of impending death became stronger and stronger.

I lay there for two days.

It rained from time to time, and I would be woken up by the cold rain while sleeping.

Because she hadn't eaten for two days, Yunyun didn't even have the strength to turn her neck.

I'm really dying now.

The little orange cat thought helplessly.

I don’t know if He Jingyuan has looked for him these days.

I just hope that this person can be as heartless as other kittens and forget about him soon... But I must pay back the canned cat food I owe. Although I can't eat it now, it would be nice if you could burn it for me.

Just don't give it to other kittens.

Her consciousness gradually became confused, and Yunyun felt that she was getting closer and closer to her mother.

Suddenly, there was a soft "click" sound all around, as if something was coming over.

Yunyun moved her ears and continued to lie motionless in the pit.

The ecology of the mountain behind the school is quite good, and it is normal to see other small animals walking around.

But he is weak now and no longer has the strength to fight with other small animals.

I'm afraid that I will die from starvation or be eaten by other animals.

Yunyun closed his eyes quietly and felt the animal coming closer and gently sniffing his body.

Then Yunyun heard a series of unfamiliar meows.

"Uncle, are you still alive?"

Yunyun:?

uncle??

The newly grown male cat opened his eyes in disbelief and was almost scared when he saw the cat.

This is a seven-month-old Ragdoll cat with long hair that is tangled in large patches and its pads are covered with moss and mud.

Yunyun didn't want to pay attention to him, turned her head away with difficulty, and continued to wait for death.

The little ragdoll cat nudged Yunyun with its head, and when Yunyun didn't respond, it just walked away.

Just when Yunyun thought she had some peace and quiet, the Ragdoll cat came back and put half a sausage next to Yunyun's head.

"Uncle, are you hungry?"

Yunyun couldn't stand it any longer and meowed angrily: "Who is your uncle? I'm obviously very young!"

Yunyun hadn't had water for a long time, and her voice was hoarse. Her grinning face looked particularly scary, and the little ragdoll cat ran away.

Impolite little brat!

Yunyun got up and took a look at the sausage on the ground. The rich aroma of meat and fat went straight into the cat's nose, and he swallowed unconsciously.

Looks much better than canned cat food.

The little orange cat looked left and right, confirmed that the Ragdoll cat was not nearby, quickly lowered its head, bit the sausage, and swallowed it whole.

After a simple meal, Yunyun continued to lie down.

As a result, the Ragdoll Cat came again the next day.

This time he stood farther away and called out carefully, "Can you give me back my sausage from yesterday?"

All eaten!

Yunyun said unhappily, "No."

He wanted to use the same trick to drive the ragdoll cat away, but the ragdoll cat suddenly cried out, "But I haven't eaten for a long time."

How can I cry more than him...

Yunyun frowned: "You gave me sausage when you have nothing to eat?"

The Ragdoll Cat said weakly: "Didn't I see that you were dying?"

"Then you can't hunt by yourself?" Although this ragdoll cat is skinny, it at least looks much healthier than him.

"……Won't."

"You can't even catch a mouse?"

"No."

Yunyun was speechless: "Then how did you survive before?"

The Ragdoll Cat chuckled and said, "My master used to give me cans of food when he came back from hunting."

Yunyun looked it up and down. Its lazy and clueless appearance really did look like a domestic cat. "So where's your owner?"

"My owner and I are lost." The Ragdoll Cat said, "One day I woke up and walked out of the cat bed to find myself in this place, but my owner was gone. I was afraid that he might have had an accident, so I kept looking for him."

The little orange cat has seen a lot of things like this at school. The Ragdoll cat must have been abandoned.

He didn't tell it the truth directly, but pointed out a clear way for the ragdoll cat: "Go down the mountain and find other cats in the school. They will teach you how to survive."

The ragdoll cat awkwardly stamped the dirt with its paws: "I went to look for them, but they thought I was ugly and chased me away."

Yunyun: ...

White cats are doing very well among the cat group.

To put it bluntly, those cats are xenophobic. After a while, when they become familiar with the smell of Ragdoll cats, they will accept it.

The words were on the tip of her tongue, but Yunyun took them back.

How come cats can't hunt?

When he was three months old, under the guidance of his mother, he caught a large southern rat that was almost the same size as himself. Nowadays, cats don't hunt.

Each generation is really worse than the previous one!

"Forget it, I'll teach you." Yunyun paused and added, "Just think of it as compensation for the sausage."

It's really weird that a sick cat teaches other cats to catch mice.

Rats usually live in dark and damp places.

Yunyun propped herself up and walked around the back mountain with the ragdoll cat for a long time, then suddenly lowered her body.

The ragdoll cat stared at his movements and imitated them.

Five meters away there was a mouse gnawing on fruit.

"Watch carefully, I will only teach you once."

The little orange cat's ears were pressed tightly against its head, and its paw pads were gently digging the ground. When the mouse appeared, it suddenly popped out like a spring, accurately covering the fleeing mouse.

Although the movements were a bit slow, there was not a trace of redundancy and they were still very precise.

The kitten loosened its claws a little, giving the mouse a chance to struggle and escape half a meter forward, then slapped it back with its claws, teasing the mouse repeatedly.

Then he let the mouse go and said to the ragdoll cat, "Now go and try it yourself."

Ragdoll Cat is actually an excellent student and can understand things quickly.

First, he moved slowly to let the mouse relax its vigilance, and then he suddenly jumped out when he was at the right distance. His movements were a little clumsy, but at least he managed to force the mouse into a corner.

The ragdoll cat killed the mouse with one bite, then jumped over to Yunyun to enjoy the food.

When only half of the food was left, it stretched out its paw and pushed it towards Yunyun: "Here you go."

The little orange cat showed a look of disgust: "I don't want it."

"Then you won't eat? You'll starve to death if you don't eat."

He just can't get used to it now.

The Ragdoll Cat insisted that Yunyun eat half of the mouse as tuition.

Yunyun really didn't want to eat this raw thing.

He saw a half-eaten fruit on the ground by a mouse, pointed at it and said, "You should use this to pay my tuition."

It was just a casual remark, but I didn't expect the Ragdoll Cat to actually listen to it.

For several days in a row, he would go to Yunyun with the mice and fruits he caught.

Sometimes he would giggle at Yunyun after she finished eating the fruit, and sometimes he would say that he couldn't find any water and asked Yunyun to teach him how to find some water to drink.

Yunyun couldn't even die in peace. The moment she opened her eyes, the ragdoll cat called her to go to work.

A week later, Yunyun couldn't stand it anymore and yelled at the Ragdoll cat: "Can you please stop bothering me? I just want a cat to lie quietly."

The Ragdoll Cat was suddenly scolded, and his face was full of grievance: "But you are the only one who doesn't dislike my ugliness and comes to beat me."

"Then you shouldn't come here every day." Yunyun meowed angrily, "Can't you see I'm a patient? I'm dying. Can you please leave me alone for a while?"

"Wait until I die in front of you, then you can cry."

He originally wanted to chase the ragdoll cat away, but the ragdoll cat didn't leave and looked at him seriously.

"You're almost dead, doesn't it?"

Yunyun was stunned when she heard that.

Ragdoll Cat said: "And you don't look sick now."

After it reminded her, Yunyun realized that she no longer felt any pain all over her body.

I haven't felt weak all over in the past few days. The mice can't eat, but they enjoy the fruits.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, the ragdoll cat sniffed aggrievedly: "Okay then... I'll leave and not bother you anymore."

Yunyun stared blankly at it as it left.

He lowered his head, touched his tail with his paw, and licked his white plush neck scarf.

There's really no discomfort.

My illness...is cured?

It seems like I won’t die.

After the joy, there was great embarrassment.

Ten days after escaping from the hospital, I thought I was going to die. I cried and dug a hole for myself to wait for death.

After all the trouble, everything is fine now.

The little orange cat ran back to the hole he had dug, quickly filled it with soil, and patted it hard with his paws, trying to press the soil tightly as if nothing had happened.

Yunyun sat at the edge of the grass, swinging her tail back and forth, hitting the grass hard with each swing.

This disease is too much of a joke!

Come when you want and go when you want.

After running away for ten days, how could he go back and face He Jingyuan?

The little orange cat thought for a long time angrily, but still felt sleepy and decided to take a nap first.

Lick my fur clean tomorrow before looking for someone.

…

Yunyun has been missing for ten days.

Fang Die found He Jingyuan again and almost didn't recognize him.

He looked like his spine had been removed, his eyes were extremely blank, and he mechanically flipped through Yunyun's photos on his phone.

There was still no news today. The hospital found her and kept asking her to persuade He Jingyuan to give up looking for the cat.

The Cat Association has also edited Yunyun's obituary early and is ready to send it out at any time.

Lin Qian, who was standing next to He Jingyuan, saw Fang Die coming and quickly pulled her aside and asked carefully, "Did you find Yunyun?"

Fang Die shook her head.

Lin Qian's expression gradually became disappointed.

This is a scene that no one wants to see.

Lin Qian couldn't help but pull her aside and talk: "You know, I haven't dared to let him out of my sight these past few days. He's been in a daze, not paying attention in class, and can't sleep every day."

"A few days ago, he had a very high fever and insisted on going to look for the cat. He ended up taking a mixture of ibuprofen and paracetamol. I was so scared that I quickly grabbed a box of medicine and threw it away..."

Fang Die was silent for a while: "Should we ask his parents to persuade him?"

Lin Qian sneered, "Persuade? I've never seen parents like him, so biased. You said that after a typhoon, normal parents would at least ask about their safety, but his parents are so different. They haven't even seen him for a few days to say hello or even call to check on their son."

Thinking about it this way, Yunyun is actually He Jingyuan's only family.

Fang Die was at her wit's end and hesitated, "Let's look for it for a few more days. If we really can't find it..."

"That's it."

Lin Qian silently took on the task of communicating with He Jingyuan and walked to his side.

But when I really saw He Jingyuan's haggard face, I couldn't say anything.

"It's noon." Lin Qian said cautiously, "Why don't we go to the cafeteria to eat first."

People will starve to death if they don’t eat, so he had to drag He Jingyuan to the cafeteria.

As a result, during the meal, He Jingyuan still looked at the messages in the group in silence.

He hoped that someone would tell him in the next second that Yunyun had been found.

It's all my fault.

If only I had held on a little longer and not left the hospital.

His hands were tightly gripping the phone, his fingertips starting to turn white, as if only this could offset the self-blame surging in his heart.

Lin Qian also felt very uncomfortable.

When his cat ran away, he cried so hard that he almost fainted.

He Jingyuan was already trying very hard to force himself to find the cat.

However, Lin Qian’s cat had only been missing for three days at most, and Yunyun was a sick cat... Logically, she shouldn’t have been able to run far.

I'm afraid it's going to be disastrous.

Lin Qian kept sighing in his heart, thinking back to how he had found the cat.

He really wanted to comfort He Jingyuan, but he couldn't say it.

Lin Qian had no choice but to pick up a piece of beans and put it in his mouth, then remained silent.

Lin Qian quickly finished his meal as he couldn't stand this weird atmosphere anymore.

He put down his chopsticks with a snap: "Let's go, let's continue looking for the cat."

"I have another idea."

The two returned to the dormitory, holding a bag of cat food and the kitten bowl that Yunyun had used, and went directly to the express delivery station.

"This method should be somewhat useful. Let the other cats help look for Yunyun." Lin Qian naggingly said to him, "Yunyun has a good relationship with the cats in school. You can just feed her some cat food and let them smell Yunyun's things."

"Then we'll go look for stray cats near the hospital. If people and cats work together, we'll definitely find them."

He Jingyuan was like a drowning man. At this point, he would try to grab hold of any rope he saw.

From a distance, I saw the Sheriff and Huahua sitting there basking in the sun.

The sheriff was lying comfortably with his eyes closed when he suddenly heard footsteps. His ears moved and he looked up. It was the man who often fed the boss.

The Cat Association made such a high-profile search for the cat that almost all the cats in the school knew that Yunyun was missing.

In the first few days, Huahua also tried to take the other cats to look for Yunyun, but unfortunately they didn't find any trace of Yunyun, so they had to give up.

Why is he still looking...

Even the sheriff had to admire He Jingyuan's perseverance. He turned over and sat up to see what this human was going to do.

He Jingyuan held a plastic cat bowl in his hand and looked at the two kittens on the ground.

In the past, Sheriff, Huahua, and Yunyun, the three cats often appeared together at the door of the express station, and occasionally they would fight together, but the fights were not very fierce.

The sheriff wagged his tail. "Meow?"

What are you doing here?

He Jingyuan squatted down without saying a word and placed the cat bowl in front of the two cats: "Have you seen Yunyun come back?"

The sheriff kept meowing at him, as if trying to answer his questions, but He Jingyuan didn't understand a word he said.

The feeling of powerlessness came over him again, and he filled the cat food containers for both cats.

Huahua licked her paws and was about to go forward to eat, but Lin Qian took the cat bowl away.

He said to He Jingyuan, "There's no need for the tabby cat. You're not afraid that Yunyun will get beaten black and blue."

Huahua:?!

Damn stereotypes!

He Jingyuan pursed his lips and still gave Huahua the cat food.

He waited quietly for the two kittens to finish eating, then took out Yunyun's kitten bowl and let them smell it.

"Yunyun has been missing for a long time. Can you help me find him?" He Jingyuan spoke slowly, trying hard for the two cats to hear clearly: "Don't hit him. I just hope he comes back... I'm really worried about him."

He Jingyuan's eyes were bloodshot, and there was only a stubborn blank in his heart.

He was exhausted from searching for the cat these days.

He didn't care about anything anymore. It didn't matter whether Yunyun was a cat, a human, or some other weird thing, as long as she was alive.

As long as you are safe.

The sheriff sniffed the cat bowl gently, lowered his head and finished the cat food without saying a word, then cleaned up and prepared to go to work.

Suddenly, a hot tear fell on the floor in front of me.

The sheriff looked up and saw that tears were still condensed on He Jingyuan's eyelashes, and every sob seemed to be punishing himself.

…

This action scared the cat badly.

Since you have eaten the cat food sent by He Jingyuan, you should start looking for a cat seriously.

Huahua was very active and immediately gathered the cats together to ask if they had any clues.

There are so many cats in the school, and after a while I actually found out some information.

The orange cat who lived at the foot of the mountain behind said weakly, "I once saw a very ugly cat with a fruit in its mouth. I could faintly smell the scent of the boss on it."

"But I didn't pay much attention to it at the time. Could it be that the boss was kidnapped by it?"

The boss was kidnapped?!

The sheriff, who had eaten He Jingyuan's cat food, was furious: "We must rescue the boss!"

A group of cats marched forward to attack the back mountain.

As a result, the ragdoll cat confessed everything as soon as it saw them, and quickly led this group of bully cats to find the little orange cat.

The sheriff saw an orange cat lying on the ground from a distance.

Like an abandoned ball of orange wool, its fur is fluffy and covered in dust.

The Sheriff and Huahua suddenly stopped.

They had never seen Yunyun in such a miserable state.

The sheriff suddenly remembered what He Jingyuan said, that Yunyun was seriously ill.

The cow cat couldn't stop crying on the spot and rushed forward crying "Meow meow meow".

Boss, please don't die!

After the pain in her body subsided, Yunyun suddenly became very deep in sleep.

But I was still woken up by the dead noise.

When he opened his eyes, he saw a familiar cow cat rushing towards him, hugging him and howling, "Boss——!!"

Yunyun: ...

Damn, why did you come here suddenly?

Huahua also rushed forward and raised her hand, wanting to hit Yunyun several times in anger.

But thinking of He Jingyuan's instructions, the tabby cat said fiercely: "Why don't you go back these days? Everyone is looking for you like crazy."

Yunyun felt guilty and her tail twitched: "I'm sick."

"If you're sick, get treated." Huahua gritted her teeth and said, "Why are you hiding?"

After howling, the sheriff quickly told him what was happening outside: "Those students are looking for you every day, especially your sea crucian carp. When I saw his appearance today, I was almost scared."

Yunyun's expression was stunned: "What happened to the sea crucian carp?"

"He couldn't find you, so he came to us for help," the sheriff said loudly, so loud that all the cats present could hear him. "And you know what? He was so anxious that he cried when he couldn't find you. He cried all the way from the dormitory to my door. There was a huge cat bowl filled with his tears. He almost fainted from crying!"

Yunyun:?

Is this He Jingyuan?

"You don't believe me?" The sheriff's eyes widened. "We Cow Cats never spread rumors!"

Yunyun just didn't expect that he would cry so sadly.

Unspeakable guilt surged in his heart. The little orange cat lowered his head and said sullenly, "I know I was wrong. I will apologize to him."

Huahua sneered, "You should apologize. He spent a lot of money just to find you. He's basically fed all the cats in school."

Yunyun screamed, "What?! He also fed you?"

That's my cat food!!

Throwing all the guilt behind her, Yunyun rushed to the dormitory at the foot of the mountain.

The sheriff and Huahua looked at each other, and rushed over one after another to find He Jingyuan.

Yunyun rushed to the dormitory panting and found that the door was not closed.

The kitten walked in and saw that there was no one inside. Even the cabinet containing the cat food and cans was not locked.

Good, in order to feed the other cats, he was so anxious that he didn’t even close the door!

Yunyun counted the cat food and canned cat food inside.

It’s incalculable, but it’s just too few.

The kitten stuck its head in, pulled out a bag of cat food with its tail raised, opened its mouth to reveal its sharp teeth, and suddenly punched several holes in it.

After biting for a while, the cat food was immediately torn into a big hole. Yunyun opened her mouth wide and dug hard, chewing it hard.

...I'm clearly recovered from my illness, but why is it still so unpalatable? QAQ

After the little orange cat finished eating all the cat food in its mouth, it refused to eat anymore. It jumped onto He Jingyuan's bed in a dirty state and rolled over.

Then he squeezed into the soft quilt little by little and closed his eyes comfortably.

After sleeping on the mud floor and in the cage for so long, the sea crucian carp's bed is still more comfortable.

The kitten struggled in the quilt, and the fatigue of the past few days was finally swept away. Smelling the scent of He Jingyuan on it, it fell into a deep sleep peacefully.

…

As soon as He Jingyuan walked out of the classroom, he saw a tabby cat waiting for him outside.

He walked forward in a daze, and the tabby cat immediately rubbed against his legs and circled around him, took a few steps forward, then turned back and meowed for He Jingyuan to follow.

"Where are you taking me?"

The tabby cat looked back at him every few steps, as if to confirm whether He Jingyuan had lost it.

He Jingyuan also followed him all the way to the dormitory building.

He pursed his lips, guessed something, and went upstairs in two steps, only to find that the dormitory door was not closed.

When the tabby cat saw him arrive at the dormitory, it left quietly.

He Jingyuan pushed the door open and saw the wide-open cabinet door and the cat food on the table.

He walked over and picked up the package. It was covered with densely packed small holes, which were obviously caused by cat bites.

The bad cat did something bad secretly, but didn't make the dormitory a mess. Only this bag of cat food suffered.

Yunyun is back.

He locked the door without saying a word, fearing that the kitten would run away again.

The sound of even breathing came from my bed.

He Jingyuan determined the cat's location, suddenly pulled open his curtains, and when he looked at the bed, he froze in place for a moment.

There is no cat, but there is a person.

A very handsome boy curled up with his eyes closed, his long golden hair spread on the pillow, a few strands of hair hung down on his flushed cheeks, trembling slightly with his long breaths.

At the slightly bent knee, a centipede-shaped suture scar meanders to the base of the thigh.

The boy suddenly turned over unconsciously, his furry cat ears trembled above his head, and his fluffy tail slipped out of the quilt -

He Jingyuan recognized it at a glance; these were the cat ears and tail that he had chewed.

He instinctively reached out to touch it, and the tail wrapped around his wrist as usual.