Chapter 119

Chapter 119

Chapter 119 — First published on Jinjiang Literature City

“I’ll take you back. I’ll look again later.”

The black-pawed cat was used to being out and about, but he didn’t plan on taking the little milk kitten out after dark.

That could be dangerous.

Bai Li looked at the black-pawed cat and meowed a question: “What if we still can’t find them?”

He wanted to stay and help Hei Ge search.

“Don’t worry, I’ll find them.”

The black-pawed cat’s meow was firm. He sent Bai Li back to the cat café, then quickly turned and dashed off.

Inside the cat café.

Mei Mei and Da Hui were playing. When they saw Bai Li return, they hurried over and asked, “Big Brother, did you find the dogs?”

“Not yet.”

Bai Li raised his paw and rubbed his face: “Hei Ge went to keep looking. He told me to go with him again tomorrow during the day.”

The cats sat on the floor, chatting with each other.

Outside.

Bai Liu walked in with Jin Jin.

When Bai Li saw Jin Jin arrive, he quickly ran into the back room, pa ji transformed into a human, and came out after putting on clothes.

“Sixth Brother, Jin Jin, what brings you here?”

“Jin Jin didn’t have any clothes, so I brought him out to buy some. We happened to be nearby, so we came to pick you up after work,” Bai Liu said, shaking the bag in his hand. “I bought some for you too.”

“Thanks, Sixth Brother.”

Bai Li said goodbye to the kittens and left the cat café with Bai Liu and Jin Jin.

Bai Liu didn’t drive.

Jin Jin said it had been a long time since he’d had a proper walk around the streets outside, and he sounded quite pitiful.

Since Bai Liu saw he was about the same age as Li Li and had been through such things, he ended work early and took him out shopping for clothes.This area was a bustling commercial street.

Aside from the large shopping mall with its vast footprint and dense crowds, there were also many snack shops lining both sides.

Bai Liu bought two of everything he saw, handing them to Bai Li and Jin Jin.

As for Jin Jin’s claim that someone was trying to catch him and take him back, Bai Liu wasn’t the least bit worried.

Not only was it hard to make a move in such a crowded area, but even if they were caught alone...

The little gadgets Bai Liu had developed in his lab weren’t just for show.

“Jin Jin, do you like matcha or original flavor?”

Bai Li saw Sixth Brother holding two ice creams and quickly asked Jin Jin.

Jin Jin silently observed his expression, then spoke: “I’ll have the matcha.”

Bai Li let out a breath of relief and said happily, “Then I’ll take the original!”

He didn’t like matcha—only the original flavor.

The two of them each took an ice cream, following behind Bai Liu, chatting now and then.

“Jin Jin, if you don’t know where your sister is, how are you going to find her?”

Bai Li couldn’t help but ask.

Jin Jin bit into his ice cream and smiled faintly: “As long as I stay safe and don’t get caught, the people trying to catch me—the longer they linger here—the more likely my sister will be drawn in.”

“When that happens, I’ll be able to see her.”

“Oh.”

Bai Li nodded, half understanding. He wasn’t sure what Jin Jin meant exactly, but from the look of it, Jin Jin would find her.

Jin Jin finished his ice cream and squinted his eyes in contentment.

He needed to wander around out in the open, to let those people know he was here.

But he couldn’t get caught.

He had to drag things out until his sister arrived.

Thinking of his sister’s face, Jin Jin unconsciously clenched the ice cream wrapper in his hand.

It had been a long time.

He hadn’t seen his sister in a very long time.

They hadn’t even hit every snack shop yet, but Bai Li was already too full to eat.

“Sixth Brother.”

Bai Li reached out and tugged on his brother’s arm: “My belly’s round now.”Bai Liu: “……”

Bai Liu touched his round, overstuffed little belly, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

“Silly cub, if you were full, why didn’t you say so earlier?”

Bai Li didn’t say anything.

He was full, but every new snack Sixth Brother bought was always so tempting.

Once Bai Li and Jin Jin were both full, Bai Liu didn’t take them around anymore.

The three returned home. Bai Li stayed with Sixth Brother for a bit, then went back to Xie Chen’s villa.

Xie Chen was busy with an urgent official matter, so he messaged Bai Li, telling him to wait for him at home.

At the villa entrance.

Just as Bai Li was about to go in, he noticed someone standing at the door like a doorman.

“You are—”

Before he could finish asking, the person turned around. It was a woman Bai Li remembered.

Her name was An Ni.

The An Ni who had won many awards and was often called a film queen.

“What are you doing here?”

Bai Li grew alert and questioned An Ni.

It was such cold weather, yet An Ni was dressed scantily. Her face was stiff from the cold, especially after seeing Bai Li—her expression became indescribable.

“I came to see Xie Chen.”

An Ni had bright red lipstick on. Otherwise, given how frozen she was, her lips would have been pale and bloodless.

“You came at the wrong time. Mister isn’t home.”

Bai Li kept a stern face and tried to drive her away: “Go back. No matter how long you wait here, you won’t see him.”

An Ni sneered and said, “This is Xie Chen’s house. What right do you have to tell me to leave?”

Bai Li blinked and answered confidently, “I do have the right. Mister and I are getting married. He said this house belongs to the two of us.”

Getting married.

Those two words pierced An Ni like a thorn.

She sneered coldly: “You? Do you really think you and Xie Chen will last?”

“Stop dreaming. Sooner or later, Xie Chen will get tired of you.”Bai Li listened to this and retorted bluntly: “Whether Mister will get tired of me in the future, I don’t know, but I do know that you don’t even have the chance to make him tired of you.”

“Mister definitely didn’t even glance at you. You’re too pathetic.”

There was no denying it—Bai Li’s every word stabbed directly at An Ni’s heart.

There was no one else at the villa entrance besides them.

An Ni, furious to the point of losing control, suddenly raised her hand to slap Bai Li’s face.

Before the slap could land, Bai Li reacted fiercely, blocking her arm and shaking it off.

Bang—

Wearing high heels, An Ni lost her balance and fell hard to the ground.

She had been standing at the villa entrance too long, so her legs were already numb. When Bai Li blocked her arm, she couldn’t maintain her balance at all.

Her ankle twisted painfully.

An Ni glared fiercely at Bai Li, about to say something, when Xie Chen’s footsteps sounded behind them.

“Mister!”

“Xie Chen.”

Both voices sounded at the same time—the former filled with joy, the latter tinged with grievance.

Xie Chen walked over in a few steps, ignoring An Ni on the ground, opened his arms, and securely embraced the child who rushed into him.

“Why are your hands so cold?”

Feeling Bai Li’s icy hands, Xie Chen frowned: “It’s hot today. Did you take off some clothes?”

Bai Li: “…”

He had secretly taken off a warm layer and was too guilty to meet his gaze.

“I’ll deal with you when we get back,” Xie Chen pinched his palm and mock-scolded.

Their eyes were only for each other; An Ni on the ground seemed like a joke.

She pursed her lips unwillingly and called out, “Xie Chen, can you help me up?”

Xie Chen turned his head and looked down at her with obvious disgust in his eyes.

“I remember I told you not to let me see you again.”

Xie Chen said coldly, “Have you forgotten that?”

An Ni was provoked by the disgust in his eyes, clenched her fists, and angrily said, “Xie Chen, don’t go too far!”

“You took something from me. What, you want to turn around and deny it?”

“Your things?”Xie Chen’s cold eyes narrowed slightly as he stared at An Ni, the chill in his gaze making her shiver for no reason. “Are you sure that was your stuff?”

An Ni felt as if her throat had been instantly strangled, unable to utter a single word of defense.

That thing really wasn’t hers.

But, but the thing was originally in her hands...

“Get lost.”

Xie Chen showed no mercy: “If you dare show up here again, you’ll have to bear the consequences yourself.”

An Ni was both angry and furious, but when she met Xie Chen’s cold eyes, all her momentum turned to ashes.

Xie Chen was truly angry—she could tell.

If she stayed any longer, An Ni didn’t dare imagine what the consequences would be.

After An Ni dragged her twisted ankle and stumbled away, Xie Chen finally held Bai Li’s hand and returned to the villa.

Once back, Xie Chen began to explain on his own initiative: “I don’t know how she found this place. I didn’t give her the address.”

Bai Li looked at him slowly: “Oh.”

Seeing Bai Li’s reaction was not good, Xie Chen continued: “The stuff she mentioned belongs to my parents. She used some dirty tricks to get it, planning to use that stuff to make me compromise with her.”

“I gave her a lesson and took the stuff back.”

“All of this was done by people I hired. I haven’t met her again.”

Xie Chen clearly remembered that last time Li Li told him not to see An Ni again.

All the issues hadn’t fermented into misunderstandings; everything was sorted and explained clearly.

The little kitten, a bit emotional, was soothed by stroking and lost the chance to flare up.

“Alright then.”

Bai Li glanced at him: “If that person tries to find you again, you have to drive her away immediately.”

“Okay.”

Xie Chen pulled him into his arms and kissed him on the head: “By the way, I was about to tell you, the stuff I got from An Ni, I plan to send it to Grandpa Langhe to see if he can help find the person.”

Because he had to go to the mountains, Xie Chen had been working overtime these days, planning to handle more things in advance and arrange the next phase of the company’s plans.

That way, he could free up some time.

After hearing this, Bai Li asked, “When are you going to the mountains?”

“Soon.”

“Then wait a moment, I’ll help Black Brother find the dogs first, then we’ll leave.” As they talked, Bai Li didn’t even realize the topic had already shifted elsewhere.The next day.

Bai Li spent the day looking for dogs and sat in the cat café at night. The white-collar woman came to the café again.

This time, unlike before, she had a smile on her face.

“Manager, thank you for sending me the video.”

She sincerely thanked Bai Li: “The video is very cute, I really like it.”

Bai Li: “...”

He stared at her blankly, his beautiful amber eyes suddenly widening.

Sigh.

Where did the dark aura around this woman go?

“If you still have videos of that little kitten, you can keep sending them to me, I don’t mind paying.”

The woman continued talking to him: “I really like the kitten’s meowing song.”

Bai Li nodded blankly and couldn’t help but ask her: “Have you encountered anything special these past two days?”

The woman hesitated for a moment, then replied: “No, I’m still living my routine life, just watched the videos you sent me more often and suddenly my mood got a lot better. As for other things, nothing special has happened.”