He Jingyuan grabbed the pillow and slowly put it back: "Then I will chase her."

Yunyun really didn't want to pay attention to him anymore.

But the human refused to give up and continued to push forward: "But you should at least tell me where we are now? Can I hold hands? Can I hug? Can I kiss..."

"I'm really getting angry." Yunyun interrupted him with a red face.

The sea crucian carp is still the same sea crucian carp. It was shameless at the beginning and it is still shameless now!

He Jingyuan paused: "If we are together in the future, do we need to tell your mother? Should we go look for her?"

"You can't find it."

Yunyun didn't want to listen at all. She snorted, turned into a kitten, and hid back in the cat's nest.

You're already thinking so much before you even start pursuing him! It's hard to say whether you'll ever be with him again.

Yunyun scratched the cat's bed hard. He won't sleep on the bed these days!

But after lying down for a while, the kitten, who was used to sleeping in the bed, got up angrily.

This cat bed is hard and cold, far worse than a bed.

Take back what you said and sleep on the bed.

As soon as the claws came out of the cat's nest, Yunyun immediately retracted them.

No, what if a sea crucian carp takes advantage of me while I'm sleeping in bed?

The kitten pondered for a full ten seconds...

Why should I sleep in the cat bed?!

Yunyun thought angrily, He Jingyuan should sleep in the cat bed! I'll sleep on the bed!

The kitten rushed out like a cannonball, landing accurately on the neatly folded quilt, creating a small dent.

He Jingyuan couldn't help but smile.

But the smile in his eyes slowly faded before it could even fade away.

Kittens that grow up in the wild will gradually master survival skills such as hunting and avoiding danger from their mother cats when they are 2-3 months old.

Then, no matter how reluctant they are, they will be ruthlessly expelled by the mother cat and start to face the world alone.

The strong survival ability demonstrated by Yunyun clearly points to one thing: he was carefully taught by a responsible cat mother before he could live independently.

He Jingyuan always thought that Yunyun was abducted to Yuncheng University by bad guys after she left her mother.

But Yunyun said for the first time, "You can't find her anyway."

So He Jingyuan tentatively asked a second time, but Yunyun said the second time, "You can't find it."

The tone was like stating a fact.

He gripped the cold armrest of the sofa, forced himself to calm down, and sorted out the known clues.

Yunyun once lived outside "a school".

He is "Mom's only son".

He is terrified of cars.

He Jingyuan closed his eyes and suddenly had a guess in his heart.

It can't be Yunyun.

He almost instinctively killed the thought and didn't dare to think about it any further.

After taking a shower, He Jingyuan returned to the bedroom with steam all over his body.

The kitten, curled up into a ball of orange fur, seemed to be asleep.

Hearing the noise, the cat's ears moved almost imperceptibly, and the kitten opened its eyelids a little, secretly glanced at him, then closed them again, and deliberately moved its body to the side, trying to stay away from this human.

He Jingyuan sighed silently, lifted the quilt and lay down.

He didn't try to get close to Yunyun, but just leaned against the head of the bed and took out his cell phone.

The light from the screen illuminated his expressionless face.

WeChat is filled with unread messages.

My uncle and aunt cautiously inquired about my safe arrival. In the class group chat, the class committee urged me to fill out an insignificant form. The lawyer I had previously hired sent a message with the contact information of a lawyer specializing in foreign-related litigation.

He Jingyuan opened the new lawyer's dialog box and explained the situation briefly.

The other party responded quickly: "Mr. He, I have a preliminary understanding of the situation. Based on my experience, the defendant's real estate in China will be the key to this case. The court is very likely to order the sale of the real estate to repay the debt, or directly mortgage the real estate to you."

[Although subsequent implementation may be difficult, there are still options. Please rest assured, I will handle the professional matters.]

Looking at the long string on the screen, He Jingyuan's eyes were a little vague.

He subconsciously reached out and gently touched the warm little kitten next to him.

"Yunyun," he asked softly, "Do you like that old house?"

The kitten opened its eyes and tilted its head: "Meow?"

He Jingyuan's fingers unconsciously combed the soft fur on the kitten's back. "It's the villa we went to last time. The garden inside is very big, enough for you to run around for several laps. You can lay a wide wooden floor in the coolest and most comfortable place. That way, no matter it's summer or winter, you can lie there comfortably to bask in the sun and enjoy the scenery..."

He paused and said, "The house is for you."

As a cat, Yunyun knew how expensive that house was.

The little orange cat twisted its body suddenly, turning its head and butt to the other side, leaving He Jingyuan with only its back as if it refused to communicate.

Damn humans!

He actually wanted to corrupt the cat with sugar-coated bullets and money.

The kitten closed its eyes and pretended not to hear anything.

He practiced his idea of "never getting close to He Jingyuan" and firmly occupied the other side of the bed.

However, when He Jingyuan woke up in the middle of the night, he felt a heavy weight on his chest.

Looking down, he saw that Yunyun had moved over to him at some point and was now lying comfortably on his chest, sleeping with her arms and legs spread out, her belly rising and falling with her breathing.

Completely defenseless.

He Jingyuan's heart instantly softened.

He couldn't help but lower his head and gave a very light kiss to the top of the furry head.

"Meow..." The kitten in its sleep seemed to be aware of something. Its little paws unconsciously stepped on his pajamas and it mumbled in its sleep.

The next morning, sunlight streamed in through the gaps in the curtains.

Yunyun still maintained her cat-like posture. She yawned and was dug out of the quilt by He Jingyuan.

He carried Yunyun to the sink and carefully wiped the kitten's cheeks with a warm, wet towel, then the four pink pads.

Yunyun: ...

A little uncomfortable.

He Jingyuan also wiped his face and paws before, but the feeling was completely different.

At that time, he was helping the cat boss to wake up, but now he is plotting something bad!

Especially that look, which made the cat's scalp tingle and its limbs go weak, and it just wanted to run away immediately.

He lay on the sink, enduring this "sweet torture" while falling into confused thoughts about the life of a cat.

When He Jingyuan was first brought home, he was indeed very polite.

Reserved, restrained, and keeping a distance.

The turning point seemed to be when I ran to the classroom door to block him, angrily asking him why he didn't kiss me anymore, and even forcing him to kiss my face...

Then it was as if some strange switch was turned on for this bad human.

He is becoming more and more courageous, and dares to kiss everywhere, the head, the paws, the belly... and it is getting worse and worse!

It turns out there were already clues!

It turned out that he had provoked it himself.

Yunyun beat her chest and stamped her feet.

It's like inviting fish into the house and asking for cat food.

After washing up, He Jingyuan took out the mushroom cat bowl that had not been used for a long time, mixed the breakfast and poured it into it.

The kitten sat alertly at the other end of the dining table.

In order to prevent food from getting on his fur, he tied a small light yellow bib around his neck, which made the orange fur look even brighter.

Yunyun turned her grief and anger into appetite, worked hard, and ate very quickly.

As soon as the bowl was empty, the kitten jumped off the chair, ran to the entrance door, and squatted down upright.

"Are you going out?" He Jingyuan asked while cleaning up the dishes.

The kitten immediately stretched out its front paws and scratched the door panel a few times, its meaning was obvious.

"Go find the sheriff?" He Jingyuan guessed.

Yunyun's tail twitched expectantly: "Meow!"

He Jingyuan didn't want to let him go and play.

But pushing too hard will only backfire.

He took a deep breath and gave in to the cat.

"Wait a moment." He turned and went back to the room, took out the cat bag and locator, and put the locator on Yunyun.

…

Yuncheng University is still bustling on weekends, with many foreign tourists.

He Jingyuan found a secluded corner in the shade of the trees, unzipped the cat bag, and the orange kitten rushed out. Without looking back, it dived into the depths of the dense bushes and disappeared without a trace.

"I'll pick you up at noon." He Jingyuan whispered to the empty bushes, not knowing whether the kitten that ran away heard him.

He stood there for a while, looking in the direction where Yunyun disappeared, with a complicated look in his eyes.

Finally, he picked up the empty cat bag and turned to walk towards the school gate.

He didn't go home. He stopped a taxi at the school gate and told it his destination:

"Master, go to Yuncheng No. 1 Middle School."

He Jingyuan rarely returns to his alma mater after graduation, and this time he came back to confirm something.

It is obvious that bringing Yunyun here for identification is the most convenient way, but once there is any speculation... He Jingyuan dare not bring Yunyun here.

Compared to the hustle and bustle of the university, this place seems too quiet.

Most of the familiar stationery stores and snack bars on both sides of the street were closed, with only a few still open.

He Jingyuan got off the car at the intersection and slowly walked along the street he remembered.

When I was in high school, the city was demolishing an old bridge that was considered a safety hazard and building a new one on the original site. To facilitate cross-border traffic, a temporary bridge across the river was also built in front of the road leading to Yuncheng No. 1 Middle School.

During that period, large trucks roared at the school gate day and night.

Now that the new bridge has been completed, traffic has been diverted to a wider road, and the place has returned to its former tranquility.

He Jingyuan stopped walking.

His eyes fell on the road.

A brand new metal isolation guardrail has been installed there, clearly separating the two-way lanes.

And the small piece of asphalt road below the guardrail, close to the inner lane, is where the long-haired orange female cat was hit and killed.

On his birthday in his senior year of high school, He Jingyuan first met the stray cat mother and son.

Like a pervert, he watched their daily lives from a distance.

In order to find food, female cats often appear when the flow of people is the heaviest.

The little orange cat would only come out timidly in the afternoon when the sun was the best and there were the fewest pedestrians on the road. It would snuggle up to its mother, spread out its soft belly, and bask in the sun lazily.

But because the kitten was too afraid of people, it would hide in a pile of debris whenever someone walked by. He Jingyuan tried to get close to it, but every time he could only see its tail and couldn't even see what the kitten looked like.

He Jingyuan gradually figured out the pattern of their appearance.

That little cat is chubby and very cute.

It's also very cute to see him learning various survival skills from his mother.

It was as if I would be exactly like this little orange cat, with my mother by my side, teaching me how to grow up step by step.

Realizing that he was still spending time in the tight schedule of senior year and projecting his expectations of family onto Maomao and her son, He Jingyuan smiled self-deprecatingly.

He began to try to feed it.

Being inexperienced, he ran to buy the most expensive can of goose meat and carefully placed it in a corner where the goose often appeared.

The first time, the mother cat observed vigilantly for a long time before approaching cautiously and taking a few bites quickly.

But she didn't finish it. Instead, she picked up the remaining can, ran back to her hiding place quickly, and brought it to her children to eat.

A wonderful tacit understanding was formed in this way.

At the fixed time every day, He Jingyuan appeared on time and put down the canned goose meat.

The mother cat will appear after confirming that it is safe and take the food away.

Then he secretly hid in the distance and watched the kittens happily wagging their tails, circling around their mother, and eating canned goose meat with their heads down.

Until one day, the mother cat behaved a little abnormally.

She didn't take the food away immediately, but walked a few steps closer, raised her head, and carefully sniffed He Jingyuan's fingers hanging by his side.

Then, she raised her head and meowed a few times at He Jingyuan.

He Jingyuan didn't understand and could only look at her blankly.

After calling, the female cat turned and ran away, disappearing around the corner of the fence.

The next day after school, He Jingyuan came to the old place as usual, put down the food, and waited quietly.

Time passes by every second.

The mother cat did not appear.

The fearful little kitten didn't show up either.

He Jingyuan waited until dark, but still didn't see the two cats.

He kicked the stones under his feet in annoyance.

The owner of the nearby dried rice noodle shop was washing his chopping board at the door and couldn't help but ask warily, "What are you hanging around here for?"

The bespectacled high school boy adjusted his backpack strap and pointed to the corner. "Uncle, have you seen those two cats that used to hang out here? One big, one small, orange?"

The boss said "Oh", lowered his head and continued to scrub the chopping board vigorously, splashing water everywhere, and said in a flat tone: "The big one? Tsk, it's a wild cat, running around everywhere. Look, it's right here during the day."

He casually pointed at a patch of road with his brush. "It got hit by a truck. What bad luck! The sweeper came over and shoveled it directly into the garbage dump."

"...and the little one?"

"Little one?" the boss said without even looking up. "Who knows where he ran off to? He must have been scared away, right?"

He Jingyuan pursed his lips suddenly.

He waited until there was no one on the street and found the green trash can that emitted a foul stench.

With almost no hesitation, he held his breath and forcefully lifted the heavy lid of the barrel.

A sickening smell hit me in the face.

He Jingyuan gritted his teeth and, using the dim light of a distant street lamp, ignored the dirt and reached out to rummage through the piled-up garbage. Rotten vegetable leaves, greasy lunch boxes, used tissues...

Finally, his fingertips touched a cold corpse.

With trembling hands, he forcefully carried the mother cat out of the garbage heap and continued to search, but he didn't see the kitten.

He Jingyuan found a secluded place to bury the female cat.

In the days that followed, he still showed up at that time every day.

Still put the can of goose meat in the same place.

Then he walked away, hid behind a big tree, and waited with bated breath.

The can was placed there alone, and the little orange cat was nowhere to be seen.

The canned goose meat was left for several days. A week later, He Jingyuan saw that the can had been licked clean and was surrounded by several unfamiliar adult stray cats.

At that moment, He Jingyuan realized——

The big cat died and the little cat disappeared.