Chapter 17

Chapter 17

The number of fans watching the livestream wasn’t too many or too few—about a hundred or so.

Bai Li’s urgent meowing gave the fans only one impression—

Damn, so cute!!!

Unaware of the fans’ thoughts, Bai Li straightened his chubby little body and made a bowing gesture with both paws.

“Meow woo, meow woo woo!”

Come quickly to save the cats!

While pleading for help, he bowed politely to the fans, truly a very courteous little cat.

Gifts appeared on the screen, and Wang San’s eyes lit up when he saw them.

Though he had been livestreaming for a long time, his popularity was actually low, and not many people sent gifts daily. His income mainly came from reselling cats.

Wang Wu’s kidnapped little kitten unexpectedly turned out to be a lucky charm, earning money on the very first livestream appearance.

Bai Li streamed for a long time, going over all the information here, yet Wang San still didn’t let him end the stream.

Sleepy Bai Li finally lay down in front of the camera, closed his eyes, and snored loudly.

Wang San wanted to wake him up but, because of the livestream, he only frowned and didn’t dare to disturb him.

“Forget it.”

He glanced at the backstage, feeling this little kitten had earned him a couple hundred, which was pretty worthwhile.

Even after this livestream ended, there were other accounts where the other cats were forced to perform and act cute on camera.

When Black Foot Cat Brother was forced to livestream, he licked his paw tips, and those cold, ruthless cat eyes seemed to say: Dare to boss me around? You’re asking for death.

“Meow.”

Mei Mei, not yet asleep, comforted from behind Cat Brother with a meow.

Hearing this, Black Foot Cat Brother barely controlled his temper and pretended to be an obedient cat, sitting still in front of the camera. For some reason, Wang San was oddly intimidated by him, so he only let him off camera and didn’t dare hit him.

From 7 to 10 at night, the cats were all put into cages, and during this time they were mostly listless.

Wang San and Wang Wu had a private small room; they went back together to settle accounts and sleep.

Around eight o’clock, Bai Li woke up groggily.

Black Foot Cat Brother had just moved Mei Mei to his side; now their cage held only their own cats.“Big Brother.”

Mei Mei rubbed against Bai Li’s head: “What do we do now?”

Bai Li looked at the cage seriously: “We’re going out now.”

The cage wasn’t very sturdy. After all, the cats living here didn’t have much strength or spirit. Wang San never considered the possibility that they might break the cage.

“Boss.”

Bai Li looked at Black Foot Cat Brother expectantly, waiting for him to show his power.

This rough, low-quality cage was indeed no challenge for Black Foot Cat Brother.

Sure enough, after Bai Li called “Boss,” a sharp light flashed in Black Foot Cat Brother’s eyes.

“Scratch scratch scratch—”

With a few swipes of his paws, Black Foot Cat Brother violently tore apart the rough cage.

Bai Li could actually open it too, but it required overdrawing his demon core energy, unlike Black Foot Cat Brother who relied entirely on his own fierce physical strength.

“Black Brother, you’re amazing!”

Bai Li happily changed his tone, his eyes full of admiration for Black Brother.

Black Foot Cat Brother proudly walked to the front, carrying the air of a king used to small victories.

Bai Li followed behind, watching Black Brother dismantle one cage after another.

Besides the cat cages, there were also dog leashes outside, which the cats bit through together.

As the leader cat, Black Foot Cat Brother organized all the cats and dogs properly.

Amid Black Brother’s low growling meows, everyone remained completely silent.

“Li Li, you lead them away.”

Black Brother didn’t expect things to go so smoothly, but the ease made him instinctively sense something was wrong.

Bai Li wasted no time; as soon as Black Brother gave the order, he waved his paws to signal everyone to follow him.

“Meow-ow!”

Quick, follow me.

Black Foot Cat Brother retreated to the doorway of Wang San’s room to keep watch. Bai Li was responsible for leading the main group to move.

But as they reached the door, a formerly obedient patchy dog suddenly tore open its throat and howled.

“Woof woof woof!!!”

Master, everyone is escaping!

The sharp barking shattered the quiet of the night. The howling confused all the cautious cats and dogs trying to escape.

Bai Li reacted fastest.He rushed over to the patchy dog, ignited his demon core, and slammed hard on the dog's head.

The patchy dog was knocked out, but his barking woke Wang San and Wang Wu immediately.

The two men were very sensitive to the dog's barking; as soon as they heard it, they woke up right away.

“Grab this.”

Wang San was experienced; he tossed an air rifle to Wang Wu. The air rifle was originally a controlled weapon, but Wang San had obtained it through some illicit means.

Wang Wu caught the air rifle and skillfully prepared the anesthetic. No matter what happened, they were ready.

The door opened.

Black Foot Cat Brother leapt up, claws sharp, swiping at Wang Wu who was leading the way.

The smell of blood spread in the air, igniting Black Foot Cat Brother’s wild instincts.

Bai Li heard the commotion inside but stayed calm, continuing to lead the cats to escape.

Their goal tonight was to get out of here.

“Meow-ow, ow!!!”

Don’t look back, run!!!

Bai Li, along with the heavy dogs, rammed the door open with all their might.

At the moment the door burst open, Wang San ran out of the room. He left Wang Wu to struggle with the cat and came to handle the situation.

Wang San’s neighbors, whether awakened by the noise or notified by a call from Wang San, all came over with sticks to check the situation after the door was broken open.

“Mei Mei.”

Seeing them approach, Bai Li knew the situation was bad. A single small kitten like himself couldn’t deal with so many people.

“Take everyone and run.”

Bai Li instructed Mei Mei, while he went to block the men wielding sticks.

Mei Mei ran quickly, obediently leading everyone in chaotic zigzags to shake off their pursuers.

Not far away, some wild dogs came to help.

However, a few slower, timid kittens lagged behind.

Bai Li couldn’t abandon them, nor could he face Black Foot Cat Brother at the same time.

Resolutely, after seeing the main group leave, he stopped in front of the fallen, small kittens.

“Meow-woo.”

Bai Li cleverly acted cute and innocent, as if he were just a harmless kitten following the crowd.He behaved well, and knowing he couldn't run away, he directly led the kittens back to the yard.

In the yard, Black Foot Cat Brother, who had just been shot at from a distance, had jumped over the wall and left. He never saw Bai Li and had no idea Bai Li hadn’t escaped.

The two cats missed each other precisely.

Bai Li and the other kittens slipped back into the cage, acting very obedient and well-behaved.

Wang San looked at the messy yard, his eyes full of hatred as if blood was about to drip.

“Brother, what do we do now?”

Wang Wu’s face was covered in blood: “They all ran away. They all ran away. We lost big this time.”

Wang San turned his head and looked at the obedient little kittens in the cage. For a moment, he wanted to punish all of them.

But he couldn’t.

Now these few cats were all he had left; from now on, he still had to rely on these few cats to make money.

Maybe because Wang San was so frustrated, he told Wang Wu to clean up the mess, while he took Bai Li to a clean room and made him livestream again.

“Behave better. If you don’t make money, I’ll stew you by dawn.”

Wang San’s eyes were red, looking like a truly evil monster who would eat cats.

Bai Li averted his gaze, deliberately not looking at him.

Once placed in front of the camera, Bai Li started a new round of pleas for help.

“Meow meow.”

Someone come save the cats.

It was already 3:30 a.m., deep into the night when most people were asleep.

Of course, some insomniacs were still awake and clear-headed at this hour. For example, Xie Chen in his bedroom.

His room was brightly lit, and the curtains were not drawn. Standing by the window looking out, he could see all the way to the door.

A certain little kitten said it would come, but by now, there was still no sign of it.

Xie Chen waited bored and casually took his phone to flip through his photo album.

The kittens in the album were so cute and hardworking, their beautiful amber eyes so pure it softened one’s heart just to look at them.

After admiring the cat photos for a while, Xie Chen opened Weibo and on a whim searched for the “cats” super topic.

Perhaps because the search term wasn’t right, the super topic he found was local, with few followers—only a few hundred.

Just as Xie Chen was about to exit, his eyes suddenly fixed on something.

In a new post from two minutes ago in that super topic, he saw a video screenshot.

【Hahaha hiccup, found a treasure little kitten streaming live. Want to steal!】Image: Three video screenshots

Xie Chen opened the screenshots, and after clearly seeing the little kitten making a bow in the screenshot, his gaze turned cold.

Others saw the kitten as just being cute, but he immediately noticed that the kitten’s eyes were wet—clearly hurt and wronged.

Suppressing the irritation in his heart, Xie Chen followed the watermark on the screenshot and downloaded that livestream app.

Not long after, in the deep night with only a few dozen people in the livestream room, a new user joined.

The new user was a string of random numbers, obviously a system-generated account.

Bai Li was already very tired and sleepy, but he sat in front of the camera, still struggling to livestream.

If he didn’t livestream, Wang San said he would beat them and even stew them.

“Meow meow.”

Save the cats.

Bai Li kept repeating the pleas for help, his voice already hoarse.

Xie Chen looked at the little kitten’s state on the screen, his heart twisted painfully.

He hurriedly changed clothes, made a call while continuing to watch Bai Li’s livestream.

“Sir.”

He typed two characters in the chat, then to make sure Bai Li saw it, sent a gift.

The gift had special effects. The listless little kitten perked up upon hearing the sound effects.

At that moment, he saw the two characters “Sir.”

Almost the instant Bai Li saw “Sir,” he couldn’t hold back anymore; his beautiful amber eyes were brimming with tears.

“Meow woo.”

Sir, save Li Li.

Xie Chen could understand his meows. Hearing the pleading “save Li Li” with a crying tone almost made his steps falter.

He wanted to comfort the little one but feared disturbing whoever was forcing the kitten to livestream.

“Good boy.”

He could only type that.

Bai Li sniffled, held back his tears, and meowed out the address here.