Chapter 125
Chapter 125
Chapter 125 — First Release on Jinjiang Literature City
That night, Bai Li slept soundly in Second Sister’s room.
Next door, Xie Chen didn’t sleep well. He clearly understood Second Sister Bai’s attitude toward him.
It seemed like she hadn’t killed him, as if she had accepted him.
But he knew, this was not acceptance—it was that she still didn’t trust him.
Early the next morning,
Bai Li groggily sat up from bed, instinctively calling out “Sir.”
“Sir is outside.”
Bai Rong had already woken up, tied her hair in a neat ponytail, wearing a sports tank top and white jacket—just back from working out.
The little milk cat sitting on the bed was still rubbing his eyes and yawning with his paws.
“Meow.”
He wanted Sir.
Bai Li hadn’t seen Xie Chen all night; still groggy now, he was clamoring for Xie Chen.
Bai Rong thought about the man who had been pacing at the door for a long time, then looked at the little cat on the bed and felt a bit helpless.
“Alright, I’ll let you go find Sir.”
She scooped her brother up, opened the door, and handed him to the man already waiting outside.
“Meow, meow meow.”
The little cat, who hadn’t fully woken up, immediately brightened when he saw Sir and pounced into Xie Chen’s arms with open paws.
Xie Chen caught him, a smile in his eyes.
“Good boy.”
After taking the little cat, Xie Chen wanted to thank Bai Rong, but she had already closed the door and gone to shower and change.
Bai Si had prepared breakfast; Bai Lin wasn’t eating here and had left early.
“Sir.”
Bai Li clung to Xie Chen so tightly, rubbing his neck, softly asking, “Will you really always like me?”“Yes.”
Xie Chen answered without any hesitation.
He didn’t know what Bai Rong had told the little milk cat to make him feel a bit insecure, but he never hesitated to give the little cat extra reassurance.
“Li Li, you have to believe, I love you very much.”
With no one around, Xie Chen lowered his head to press his forehead against the little cat’s, speaking sincerely.
Bai Li blinked and also confessed, “I love you very much too.”
But Second Sister said her lover had loved her once too.
Bai Li didn’t tell Xie Chen anything about Second Sister’s past.
He had a grazed bullet wound and stayed under observation with Bai Si for a while; since no symptoms like high fever appeared, Bai Si breathed a sigh of relief.
Xie Chen didn’t stay at Bai Si’s place, carrying the little cat with him.
“I’m going with Li Li to attend a wedding.”
When Bai Si wanted Li Li to stay, Xie Chen calmly refused, “You can ask Li Li if he’s willing to skip the wedding and stay here.”
Bai Si looked at his younger brother.
Bai Li shook his head hard, “Fourth Brother, I want to attend Black Brother’s wedding.”
“Black Brother?”
“Black Brother is a black-footed cat.”
He was smuggled in from abroad and quite impressive.
Bai Si had heard about him, so he didn’t insist on keeping his brother: “Go ahead. By the way, remind Yan Cen to take his medicine on time and take good care of his health.”
Last time the black-footed cat transformed, Bai Si sent someone to check on him.
There, Bai Si also treated wheelchair-bound Yan Cen.
He was very skilled at healing monsters; a mere human was no problem at all.
As Xie Chen was about to leave with Bai Li, Bai Rong changed back into her uniform, patted her brother’s head: “Baby, big sister has to go to work again.”
The city’s criminals hadn’t all been caught yet. Besides two who escaped that day, there was a certain scorpion who never stayed with them.
For the safety of the city’s ordinary people, Bai Rong had to keep fighting dangerous elements.
As for the wolf cub who helped Bai Li find his dog last night, he bit Bai Rong’s pants leg, whining to be taken along too.
Second Sister Bai was such a cool woman.
The underage wolf cub, who had originally wanted to devote himself to Bai Li, after seeing Second Sister’s bearing last night, was utterly captivated and lost his wolf heart.
“Awooo.”Take me with you, I can help catch criminals.
The wolf cub, slightly bigger than a bear cub, launched a proactive attack on Second Sister.
Too bad.
Bai Rong looked at the wolf cub, who wasn’t even bigger than her brother yet, and just wanted to treat him like a son.
“Want to come with me to catch criminals?” Bai Rong squatted down to look the wolf cub in the eye.
“Aw!”
Right.
The wolf cub struck a pose he thought was very cool, pinched his chubby cheeks, imitating a domineering CEO from a melodramatic TV show, and gave Bai Rong a sly smile: “Woman, I’m a purebred Bian wolf. From now on, with me around, I will protect you.”
Bai Rong: “...”
Bai Li watching: “...”
Wow.
So stupid.
Bai Rong also showed a face that was hard to look at directly. If it weren’t for the Bian wolf’s keen sense of smell, she would seriously have kicked the wolf cub away.
“Little wolf cub.”
Bai Rong stood up and called to the wolf cub who was acting like a CEO: “If you want to protect me, then let’s go.”
The wolf cub happily followed without even bothering to greet Bai Li.
The little milk cat sitting in Xie Chen’s arms watched the wolf cub run off, then said to Xie Chen: “Sir, he’s silly.”
Xie Chen agreed.
Obviously, Grandpa Wolf was calm and smart, but this wolf cub was so dumb it made the cat furious.
They returned home and rested for a day.
In the evening.
Xie Chen was placing the gifts he bought in front of Bai Li: “Take a look, are these okay?”
Bai Li was stuffing cash into red envelopes. As a generous cat, he packed the gift money for Black Brother very plump.
“Let me see.”
After finishing with the cash, Bai Li hurried to look at the gifts Xie Chen brought.
Xie Chen prepared very thoroughly, everything was there.
Naturally, Bai Li was completely satisfied with what he prepared.“Great!”
Bai Li’s eyes sparkled as he hugged Xie Chen: “We’ll deliver these to Black Brother tomorrow.”
“Mm.”
After preparing Bai Li’s gifts, Xie Chen went to prepare his own gift.
Bai Li was giving gifts to the black-footed cat, while Xie Chen’s was for Yan Cen.
With both gifts ready, Xie Chen soothed Bai Li to sleep and then went to handle other matters.
Old Master Lang went out of the mountain with him, helping to search for his missing parents.
Next door.
Jin Jin, who lived with Tan Yi’s family, brought over some nourishing stew thoughtfully for Bai Li.
“He’s still sleeping.”
Xie Chen took the soup but didn’t wake Bai Li: “I’ll ask him if he wants some when he wakes up.”
“Okay.”
Jin Jin smiled shyly.
“Brother Xie, are you going out?” After putting down the soup, Jin Jin didn’t rush off but started chatting with Xie Chen.
Xie Chen was just about to go to the company, and upon hearing this, looked up at him.
“You’re going out?”
“Yes.” Jin Jin looked a bit embarrassed: “I want to go out to take care of something.”
Xie Chen frowned: “Is it necessary to go?”
Jin Jin nodded.
“Bai Liu can’t take me today, so I have to stay here. If it’s inconvenient for you, it’s fine—I can go alone.”
When Jin Jin said that, Xie Chen was already planning to go out, so seeing this, he simply told him to get in his car later.
“That’s really troubling you.”
Jin Jin gave him a grateful smile.
Before leaving, Xie Chen checked on the still-sleeping little milk cat.
The milk cat sensed his presence and stretched out a small paw to grab him.
Fearing he’d be stuck if the cat clung on, Xie Chen slipped a plush toy into the cat’s paw for him to hold.
“Wait for me at home.”
Xie Chen kissed his forehead and turned to leave the bedroom.Soon.
Jin Jin got into Xie Chen’s car and smoothly left.
He gave an address for a plaza, which Xie Chen had heard of, though it required a detour.
The driver received Xie Chen’s instructions and rushed over as fast as possible.
On the road, Jin Jin rolled down the window, staring intently at the rapidly passing scenery outside.
Xie Chen was handling work on his laptop; the two did their own things without speaking.
“Sir.”
Then the driver suddenly spoke: “Our car is being followed.”
“That white Audi behind us has been tailing us for a long time.”
Someone was tailing them; Xie Chen wasn’t surprised.
He glanced back through the mirror to confirm the car was there, then asked the driver, “Can we shake them off?”
“I’ll try.”
The driver’s palms were sweating as he gripped the steering wheel, staring at the road ahead, thinking about how to lose the tail.
After a while, they took several detours but still couldn’t shake the car off.
“Brother Xie.”
Jin Jin turned his head to look at him: “Please drop me off.”
“They’re targeting me. If you drop me off, they won’t chase you anymore.”
Jin Jin was right, but who was Xie Chen?
To ditch Jin Jin just to escape and let him be taken by ill-intentioned people—this wasn’t something Xie Chen would do.
“Stop the car.”
After a turn, Xie Chen told the driver to get out and took the driver’s seat himself.
“Fasten your seatbelt and sit tight.”
Xie Chen gripped the steering wheel—not just driving, but racing.
As the car sped off, Jin Jin’s face changed.
During the chase, Xie Chen spotted a third car, from which howling sounds were already audible.
No doubt—it was the dumb dog—no, the dumb wolf.
It seemed the second car tailing them was after Jin Jin. The third car was the one with Bai Rong and the wolf cub chasing after them.Thinking of this, Xie Chen turned on the microphone and dialed the phone.
After a brief pause, the call was finally transferred to Bai Rong.
“Let’s cooperate and block that car,” Xie Chen said calmly. “Lili is still sleeping at home; I’m in a hurry.”
He was taking advantage of Lili’s sleep to quickly go to the company. When Lili woke up, she would definitely fuss looking for him, so he wanted to return early.
“Okay, bring them to a place with few or no people.”
“Okay.”
Using Jin Jin as bait, Xie Chen lured the followers to relentlessly chase them.
After leading the second car to a remote suburb, the few remaining fugitives pulled out their guns and aimed at them.
The guns were pointed at Jin Jin, but Jin Jin showed no fear; instead, he was excited.
Xie Chen suddenly stopped the car. The fugitives tried to rush forward, but Bai Rong didn’t hold back and shot first.
“Sister’s here.”
Jin Jin’s eyes sparkled as he opened the car door and ran excitedly toward Bai Rong.
Chaos ensued.
Amid the chaos, Xie Chen, who originally saw himself as an observer, suddenly caught a glimpse of a dark shadow.
Xie Chen: “?”
He closed his eyes briefly, then opened them again. The black mist entwining the fugitives was definitely not his hallucination.
He instinctively curled his finger, and the black mist seemed to respond to his control, gathering more and more.
“Damn.”
Xie Chen murmured softly, “What exactly are these?”
When the old man told him, he had been evasive and secretive.
Xie Chen, being sharp, had already figured out from the old man’s evasiveness and attitude—
That his true identity was probably not something good.
The chaos finally ended.
Xie Chen walked over and saw Jin Jin being petted on the head by Bai Rong.
“Sister, I miss you so much.”
He was still acting spoiled.