Chapter 28

Chapter 28

Bai Li hugged the boss’s arm with his paws. When he heard the boss mention “Mr. Xie,” the beautiful amber eyes showed a flicker of confusion.

Obviously, he didn’t yet understand why the boss suddenly brought up Mr. Xie.

“It’s all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding.”

Li’s father, who had just refused to apologize, now looked at the little kitten meowing pitifully and broke out in a cold sweat on his back.

He forced a laugh and said, “Kids don’t understand things, they should be taught a lesson. But Hu Hu definitely didn’t mean to kill Mr. Xie’s cat.”

When he said the latter half, Li’s father felt a surge of fear in his heart.

The seafood seller, Old Liu, would never lie to him about this.

The little kitten that Xie Chen took such care of—if it really got killed by Hu Hu today, the Li family would be finished!

Luckily, luckily, Yangyang protected the little kitten, otherwise…

Thinking about the terrifying consequences, Li’s father felt anxious, angry, and panicked all at once.

“Li Hu!”

He shouted angrily, “Come here and apologize!”

Li Hu: “???”

Li Hu stared in disbelief at his father yelling at him, his expression completely dumbfounded.

“Dad.” He walked up to his father, tugged on his clothes with his small hand, and looked up, asking, “You want me to apologize?”

“Yes, apologize.” Li’s father’s eyes were cold: “Apologize to the kitten. If it doesn’t forgive you, then beg for forgiveness.”

Although in Li’s father’s eyes, the kitten was just an animal, probably not even knowing what forgiveness means.

But now he had to make a show of it, or else if the little kitten was taken home upset by Old Liu, knowing Xie Chen’s temper, they definitely wouldn’t let him off.

“I won’t apologize, I just won’t.”

Li Hu was arrogant. When he bullied Li Yang before, Li Yang still had to apologize to him. This time he didn’t even hit Li Yang or hurt that broken cat!

Feeling wronged, Li Yang clung to his father’s thigh and started throwing a tantrum.

“Wuwuwu, Li Yang pushed me, he should apologize to me! Dad, make Li Yang apologize to me!”

Li Hu’s crying and yelling made Li’s father’s heart restless. Especially since this brat was so stubborn, and without his mother around to guide him, his words were getting stranger and stranger.

“It’s all because of that broken cat. Just because of that broken cat, Li Yang dared to push me.”Throwing a tantrum, Li Hu wiped his tears. He was scared by Li Yang, who had just accidentally hit himself and turned around, so he didn’t dare to provoke Li Yang now. Instead, he shifted his hatred onto the little kitten.

The little kitten itself was still sulking, looking pitifully at the boss.

Seeing that, Li Hu felt even angrier.

He picked up the discarded pinwheel from the ground and swung it toward the little kitten.

Bai Li wasn’t scared at all.

The seafood shop boss watched carefully and stepped back a few steps before the pinwheel could hit.

Li’s father saw that Li Hu not only refused to admit his mistake or apologize but even made things worse, so he completely lost his temper.

“Smack—”

“I told you not to act so recklessly!”

The slap and the angry scolding came at the same time. Li’s father’s slap made Li Hu stagger and fall crookedly onto the ground.

Bai Li was scared to see Li’s father hitting someone and didn’t even dare to make a sound.

“Old Liu.”

After hitting Li Hu, Li’s father didn’t even look at him, focusing instead on comforting Old Liu. “This kid was probably taught by the nanny to be like this. He wasn’t like this before.”

“I’ll educate him properly, and on his behalf, I apologize to the cat in your shop.”

“Sorry.”

Li’s father looked sincerely at Bai Li. “Kitten, is there anything you want to eat? I’ll have someone make it for you.”

Bai Li shook his head fearfully, finding this man who could still smile after hitting someone a bit scary.

The boss frowned, looked at Li’s father, then glanced down at the little kitten in his arms.

“Li Li, his apology…”

Before he could finish speaking, Li Hu’s mother—who is still beloved as the gentle Best Actress on the big screen—happened to return.

“Hu Hu, Hu Hu, why are you on the ground?!” The woman hurried over anxiously when she saw her son lying on the ground crying.

The scene quickly descended into chaos.

Bai Li really couldn’t take it anymore and finally buried his head in the boss’s arms, covering his ears with his paws. He didn’t want to hear the children’s crying, the woman’s questioning, or Li’s father’s violent hitting.

The boss’s face also darkened from the commotion, so he took the chance to leave with Bai Li.

One man and one cat soon left the villa, and outside, they also brought Meimei along.

“Li Li, we won’t do business with this family anymore,” the boss said, glancing back at the villa. “This whole family isn’t doing well at all.”

He had wide connections and knew the Li family’s background very clearly.

The Lis used to be poor boys with little money, but the original wife was wealthy. He got rich by relying on her. After he got rich, the original wife died, leaving only a son.The son wasn’t even that old, but the Li family already had a bunch of messy affairs, and in the end, he ended up with a female star who back then wasn’t even a Best Actress yet.

Tsk.

The boss petted the little kitten’s head, glanced at Meimei behind the kitten, and seriously advised Bai Li, “Li Li, if you ever want to find a female cat, you have to find a good one.”

Not like the new and old wives of the Li family, who appear as goddesses in public but are really no good behind the scenes.

Bai Li tilted his head and meowed, “I won’t look for a female cat.”

He already had a fiancé.

The boss wanted to find Bai Li a match, but today’s chaotic situation wasn’t suitable.

If they stayed there, and someone went crazy and hurt Li Li, it would be a huge loss.

“Let’s go.”

The boss put Bai Li and Meimei in the car and took them back to the seafood shop. “We’ll head back today. Don’t worry, the Lis will come to apologize to us.”

What Bai Li wanted wasn’t an apology but hoped that Yangyang would have a better life from now on.

He sat in the back seat, resting his paws on his cheeks, seriously thinking about how to solve this problem.

Yangyang was smart; maybe soon… he would come up with his own ideas.

Meimei was confused and didn’t understand what big brother and the boss were talking about.

Before long, the car arrived at the seafood shop.

“The last two orders, we won’t run them today.”

When the boss led Bai Li and Meimei into the shop, he was preparing to pack some seafood for Bai Li to take home.

But Bai Li tugged on the boss’s pants and started his cat hypnosis.

“No.”

“My orders aren’t finished yet.”

Bai Li tilted his head up and said to the boss, “Let me run two more orders, please.”

Every day with the boss, he could earn a lot of money. The orders the boss gave him were all for wealthy people who tipped generously.

The boss never took those tips and always gave them all to Bai Li.

Bai Li was a grateful cat and didn’t want to take too much advantage of the boss.

The boss liked how obedient and sensible he was. Seeing that Bai Li insisted on finishing today’s orders, he thought for a moment, found two orders that were closest in distance from the list, and let him run those.

Meimei continued to follow big brother.

While the two cats were running orders, they passed the community again. This time, no squad appeared to hit cats or dogs.“Big brother.”

Meimei ran while talking to Bai Li: “Heige has been so busy lately.”

Bai Li was stunned for a moment: “Where does Heige live?”

“He lives in a human’s home.” Meimei replied very knowledgeably, “That human is so pitiful, can’t even walk.”

Can’t walk — from these few words, Bai Li inexplicably thought of someone.

The first time he went to find Heige, besides meeting the master in the room, he also saw a person in a wheelchair.

But he couldn’t clearly remember what that person in the wheelchair looked like.

“Big brother, when you’re not busy, let’s go see Heige.”

“Winter is coming, let’s ask Heige if he has any plans.”

“Okay.”

Bai Li nodded, agreeing with the suggestion.

Winter is a harsh test for little cats and stray dogs.

Especially in City A, where the winter is said to be particularly cold, and it starts snowing early.

Bai Li wanted to see the snow, but he didn’t want to see stray cats and dogs freeze.

During the chat with Meimei, the last two orders were delivered smoothly. The distance was short, and the customers were all good-tempered. When Bai Li delivered the orders, they just took pictures and sent him off.

After finishing the orders, Bai Li struggled to decide between visiting Third Brother, who was sick, or asking the master some questions…

While he was hesitating, Meimei called him: “Big brother.”

Seeing that he wasn’t moving, Meimei poked him and asked doubtfully, “Aren’t we going home yet?”

Meimei, who had moved into the Tanyi household, treated that home as Big Brother’s home.

“Going back.”

Bai Li planned to go back to see Third Brother after Meimei’s inquiry.

Before leaving, they went under the overpass to call Diandian and Big Hui.

Diandian and Big Hui, the twins, were looking more and more alike and growing fast.

Seeing Bai Li and Meimei approach, Diandian and Big Hui proudly showed off the scraps they found today.

“All the food was given to other stray cats.”

Diandian pushed a wool ball toy he found toward Bai Li: “Big brother, when we go back, we can play with the wool together.”The wool ball was dirty. Bai Li resisted the urge to claw at it and put the wool ball into the bag.

“Diandian, this needs to be washed before we can play with it.”

Diandian obediently listened. They had no toys, so they could only pick up things others discarded outside to play with. Bai Li tidied up the things left under the overpass that hadn’t been taken, each little cat carried some, then they started heading home together.

Passing by the street-side cat café, Diandian stopped, looking at the clean floors inside, the fun cat climbing frames, and the cat teaser toys that made any cat’s heart flutter, filled with envy.

“Big brother, when can we work at the cat café?”

Rejected by the cat café before, Bai Li said a little dejectedly: “We can’t come. The cats who work at the café can’t be strays.”

Those cats had to be vaccinated, neutered to ensure a gentle temperament that wouldn’t harm people, and be healthy with no viruses to be hired.

Hearing this, Diandian’s expression also drooped.

However, the little cat’s disappointment didn’t last long. After walking for a while, Diandian started meowing about something else to big brother again.

When the cats got home, Bai Li finally saw Third Brother’s big house.

So huge!

“Big brother, look, our new cat nest! It’s so soft.” Diandian happily pulled Bai Li to show him his new cat nest.

To ensure the cats could return smoothly, Tanyi had someone keep the door open and waited at home.

The cats explored the big house. Bai Li was very curious and looked around every place.

After looking around, Bai Li’s gaze fell on Diandian and the others.

“You stay at home. I’m going to the hospital to see Third Brother.”

Third Brother hadn’t come back yet. Bai Li wanted to go see him at the hospital.

Diandian, rolling on the floor playing, nodded at the words, watching big brother leave.

Because Bai Li often ran errands outside, he was very familiar with the routes here, making him a very suitable cat for errands.

At the hospital.

Tanyi was hugging a pillow, confronting the manager and the doctor.

To help him recover faster, the doctor wanted to give him an injection.

Tanyi refused. His handsome face flushed red, and he stiffened his neck, angrily telling the manager and doctor: “Today I’d rather die, even jump out of this fourth-floor window, but I won’t get a butt injection!”

Butt injections hurt a lot!

Not only did it hurt, Tanyi also felt very embarrassed.

He was already such a big cat... and was determined not to get another butt injection.

“Tanyi, don’t be stubborn.”This morning, the manager who almost sent Tanyi to the psychiatric ward said wearily, “This illness really can’t be delayed anymore. You need to get better quickly.”

If the company kept having Tanyi postpone his jobs…

Those high-level executives who only care about money and have dirty intentions might be scheming some bad plans against Tanyi again.

The situation was tense.

Through the slightly open door of the hospital room, a round little kitten squeezed in.

“Meow, meow meow?”

The little kitten jumped onto the bed right after entering, grabbing onto Tanyi with his paws.

Tanyi: “...”

Listening to his precious little brother asking what happened, Tanyi pursed his lips but didn’t answer.

Bai Li looked at the doctor, then the manager, and finally at stubborn Third Brother. His little head was filled with big question marks.

“Tanyi.”

The manager ignored the little kitten and was still trying to persuade Tanyi: “Just take the injection. The doctor said injections make you get better faster.”

“No.”

Tanyi said stubbornly.

After hearing the conversation, Bai Li finally understood why Third Brother was acting like this.

He patted Third Brother’s arm with his paw, wrinkling his small round face seriously, and meowed, “You have to take the injection!”

Tanyi lowered his eyes, avoiding his brother’s gaze.

“Third Brother.”

Bai Li tugged at Third Brother again, insisting he look at him.

When Third Brother met his gaze, Bai Li suddenly tilted his head, rubbed against him, and softened his voice. It was like when their dad comforted him to take medicine on the mountain, coaxing Third Brother: “I don’t want Third Brother to keep being sick.”

“Injections make you better faster. I want Third Brother to get better.”

Faced with his precious little brother’s hopeful eyes and meowing plea, Tanyi sighed softly.

“All right then.”

He looked solemnly at the doctor in the white coat, closed his eyes, and resignedly said, “I’ll take it!”

The manager breathed a sincere sigh of relief at those two words.

“Doctor, please take care of him.”

“No trouble at all.”

While Tanyi was getting the injection, Bai Li sat on the bed, not leaving.

He was small and didn’t take up much space. The chubby little body sitting on the bed made the doctor giving the injection glance twice.“Your cat is very cute.”

The doctor chatted casually with the nervous Tanyi, trying to help him relax.

Hearing someone praise his little brother, Tanyi’s face lit up: “Of course.”

Not even looking at whose brother it was.

“Where did you buy him? I’m thinking about getting a cat recently too,” the doctor deliberately continued chatting with Tanyi while pressing the needle against Tanyi’s butt.

“Not bought—ah!!”

Tanyi’s expression changed abruptly, his tone harshly dragging out a scream like a pig being slaughtered.

Bai Li: “...”

Bai Li trembled, covering his eyes with his paw, too scared to look at the needle.

Not only was Third Brother afraid of injections, Bai Li himself was also very scared.

In the hospital room, one brother was getting the injection, while the other watched Third Brother endure it...

Meanwhile, under the overpass, Xie Chen, who came to pick up the little kitten, was left empty-handed.

“Sir, are we going home now?” The driver asked Xie Chen while holding the steering wheel.

Xie Chen folded his hands, casually touching the rough, poor-quality ring on his right ring finger with his left hand. A trace of thought flashed in his cold eyes.

“No.”

He ordered in a calm voice, “Go to Daniel’s place.”

Daniel specialized in electronics manufacturing and communications.

The driver followed instructions and drove straight to Daniel’s residence in A City.

Before long,

Blond-haired, blue-eyed Daniel listened in confusion to the man’s request before him: “You want me to make a phone for a cat? It has to be able to do video calls? Also with monitoring? And tracking?”

“Xie, don’t you know this is—”

“More money.”

Xie Chen interrupted him and placed a card on the table.

Daniel’s eyes flickered, his hand unconsciously reaching for the card: “How much money is on this card? You should know, I make expensive stuff.”

Xie Chen casually named an eight-figure sum.

The next second,

Daniel pocketed the card and personally brought Xie Chen a cup of tea.“Xie, do you have any other requests? For example, should I install a projector that can play games or watch TV?”

Daniel eagerly offered additional services: “Any requests, just ask, don’t hesitate to ask me!”

Xie Chen thought for a moment, repeated all his requirements again, then stood up: “Make it as soon as possible for me.”

“Don’t worry, don’t worry!”

Daniel said happily, “I’ll start working today.”

Watching Xie Chen leave, he sighed again: “Xie’s cat’s value is about to soar.”

Really envious, he also wanted to be Xie’s cat.

After leaving Daniel’s community gate, this time Xie Chen told the driver to drive back to the villa.

Since the little one said he’d come back at night, he should be back at night.

Author’s note: Lili: I’m super expensive!