You are my wife, don't doubt it!

While Yu Bo was talking to Yu Luying, Xiao Yao was chatting with Shen Jie.

"Where did you pick up this cat? Why does it look so familiar to me?" Xiao Yao said.

"In school." Shen Jie said as if it was a matter of course: "At noon on the rooftop, he came to me and asked for food."

Xiao Yao held his forehead with his hand: "Isn't that a stray cat from school? You brought it home like this on the second day of school?"

"So what?" Shen Jie looked at the cat head with eyes full of love and pampering: "You said it was a wild cat, I thought no one wanted this cat."

"You're using the bus for personal purposes, right?" Xiao Yao said. "You're locking the shared bikes, right?"

"What does shared bicycles mean?" Shen Jie looked up and asked Xiao Yao.

"Shared bikes are..." Xiao Yao said, "I don't know either. I've heard Tianyun say it a few times, but that's what it means."

"No matter what," Shen Jie continued to pet the cat: "I just like it - it bravely jumped out to save me today, right Mimi?"

Xiao Yao felt reluctant to tell Shen Jie that grandma hated small animals.

"Okay," Xiao Yao said, "What name do you want to give it?"

"I haven't thought about it," Shen Jiehu touched the cat's belly, raised his head again, and showed a clear and innocent look: "Dad, come and get it."

Hearing the word "Dad", Yu Bo and Yu Luying turned their heads and looked at them.

Xiao Yao: "? What dad? Stop talking nonsense."

"Hurry up and give the cat a name." Shen Jie urged.

"Then call it dog..." Xiao Yao wanted to say "dog meat", but suddenly remembered that Yu Luying was right next to him, so he decided not to make trouble for no reason, so he said, "Just call it dog, one word."

"I don't know if it's a dog or not," Shen Jie said dissatisfiedly, "but you are a real dog."

"Meow~" said the Chinese rural cat.

"Mimi, what did you say?" Shen Jie reached out to pull its beard: "Do you like this name?"

"Meow~" said the Chinese rural cat.

"Okay, then you will be called dog from now on." Shen Jie said.

Yu Luying: “?”

Yu Bo also turned his head at this time: "Are you two sure that you did not enter the mirror or the shadow time at that time?"

Shen Jie carefully recalled and reviewed the entire incident and told it to Yu Bo, Xiao Yao and Yu Luying.

"I noticed it, too. It doesn't look like a shadow time at all," Xiao Yao told Yu Bo. "Yu Luying and I were looking for it along the way home from school. When we heard the sound, we hurried over. You said there was a large invisible mirror lying there. That's impossible no matter how you think about it."

"You said, that person is Zhang Zhengkai?" Yu Bo pondered.

"I'm not 100% sure," Xiao Yao told Yu Bo, "but I can be almost certain that the person I met today was the one who won the World Cup - oh, the Asian Cup, wasn't Shen Jie and I watching the game in the bar that day? The dark figure peeping at us from the back door, I'm almost certain it was him. My first reaction that day was also Zhang Zhengkai, because the face stuck to the back door looked like him."

"My first reaction today was also Zhang Zhengkai," Shen Jie added, "but after he talked to me and followed me later, I knew he was not - even if he was Zhang Zhengkai, he was not the Zhang Zhengkai we usually knew."

"I am not familiar with Zhang Zhengkai, so I won't comment on it," said Yu Luying.

"I was wondering that day, if it was Zhang Zhengkai, how could he run so fast, how could he have such good physical fitness? How could I not catch up with him?" Xiao Yao continued: "Now I am almost certain that it was a shadow, a shadow made up of obsession and pure malice."

"This is the assumption I have never dared to make," Yu Bo said, "Think about it, a shadow can come to the real world, exist for so long, and even fight. What does this mean?"

"He's not the only one who can fight," Shen Jie reminded Yu Bo: "In that place, the three of us can all use the power of the fortress."

"Your teacher Yao mentioned this to me before," Yu Bo said, "He recalled that his shadow had briefly come to the main material plane, but it was only for 7 or 8 minutes."

The three little ones fell into collective silence.

"Brother Bo, do you remember that alley?" Xiao Yao seemed to suddenly think of something. "I once had a fight with Feijitou and his gang there and rescued Zhang Zhengkai. Later, you came here too. It should be that alley, right?"

"Of course I remember," Yu Bo said in a deep voice, "That's where I first met Xu Wuchen and his gang - and Zhang Zhengkai."

"Zhang Zhengkai's shadow," Yu Luying guessed, "transformed that place, the space around him, into a place where the real world and the shadow world overlap...?"

"Hmm... a very interesting hypothesis." Yu Bo commented.

The four of them discussed for a while, but there was no significant progress. Yu Bo said he had to go back and report to Karl Schederling, and asked him to contact him anytime if he had any questions, then he drove back.

Hmm? Yu Luying has no intention of going back with Yu Bo?

"Go home, what are you still standing there for?" Yu Luying said coldly to Xiao Yao and Shen Jie, "Do you still need to stay in the hospital for observation?"

"Go back, which home?" Xiao Yao asked anxiously.

"Go back to your grandma's house. Which other home can you go back to?" Yu Luying said expressionlessly.

Chapter 355 Castrate him for me!

2023-10-20

On the way home, Shen Jie was very careful with her cat.

She held her schoolbag in both hands and held it against her chest, while the cat sat inside the bag, scratching the opening of the bag with its furry little paws. It kept calling out all the way while sticking out its chubby little head and looking around curiously.

This is a Chinese rural civet cat with a slightly grayish color. Judging from its size, it should be an adult cat, but it is as lively and active as a kitten that has never seen the world. Its eyes are a little golden, shining with a warm light under the weak sunset, and its fur is soft and smooth, and feels great to the touch.

The "dog" stretched out one of its little paws and politely, courteously but firmly pushed Xiao Yao's hand away, reminding him to maintain social distance.

"I can see that you have bad intentions." Shen Jie chuckled. Her relaxed look didn't tell at all that she was someone who had just returned from a near-death experience.

"What are you talking about?" Xiao Yao said dissatisfiedly: "I am your father."

As he spoke, he patted the cat's head.

The "dog" put up a fierce resistance and even gave Xiao Yao a scolding.

"Oh, oh, you kitten is so fierce! I'm going to go back and tell grandma to ask her to kick you out." Xiao Yao threatened the "dog".

"You dare." Shen Jie said with a smile.

The "dog" gently shook and fluttered its small ears, looking nonchalant. Its cat ears were small and exquisite, with slightly upturned ear tips, making it look very cute.

Xiao Yao actually doesn’t care much about the kitten, he is more concerned about its mother.

He walked side by side with Shen Jie, stealing glances at her warm, happy expression.

This was the first time Xiao Yao saw Miao Mama show such an expression since Miao Mama ran away from home for the second time.

That’s right, what kind of cat mother is a cat mother without her cats?

Shen Jie's happy expression reminded Xiao Yao of the time when he was in the last year of kindergarten and received a red flower for the first time. He had a similar expression.

There was also a time when, as a child, his parents finally showed mercy and allowed him to watch an episode of Ultraman.

Xiao Yao stretched out his hand.

Mother cat is petting the cat, and the dog is petting mother cat.

“Meow~~~~”

We all have a bright future.

As mentioned before, the dog's little paws gently scratched the opening of the schoolbag, making a slight sound. Its eyes were bright and smart, like two obsidian stones flashing a mysterious light.

Yu Luying walked up silently.

Since leaving the hospital, Yu Luying and Shen Jie haven't said a word to each other. They just followed behind the two of them, silently typing something on their phones as they walked.

When the "dog" saw Yu Luying approaching, it opened its mouth slightly, revealing a row of small fangs, as if ready to whimper at any time.

"Dog, be obedient." Shen Jie reached out and pinched the skin on the back of the "dog's" neck.

The "dog" remained silent, lowered its head, and let Yu Luying gently stroke its soft fur.

Yu Luying felt the "dog's" slightly trembling body, and then she heard the cat purring.

"It likes you very much." Shen Jie said to Yu Luying with a smile.

"...Yeah." Yu Luying was silent for a few seconds and answered softly.

The "dog" began to stick out its chubby little tongue and gently licked Yu Luying's palm. Finally, it simply stuck its upper body out of the schoolbag and nudged Yu Luying's palm with its wet little nose until she smiled.

"Now, I am the only 'unwelcome person'." Xiao Yao said self-deprecatingly.

The two girls laughed loudly, and the tense atmosphere between the three of them was suddenly relaxed.

"I've always wanted to have a cat," Shen Jie said to Xiao Yao and Yu Luying, "but my dad is allergic to cat hair..."

"Maybe he just doesn't like having pets and said that on purpose," Xiao Yao said.

"My mom is fine," Yu Luying told Shen Jie calmly, "When I was in elementary school, my family had a dog. We called it 'Xinxin'."

"What happened next?" Shen Jie held the "dog's" head, stuffed it back into the schoolbag, and half-buttoned it.

"Later," Yu Luying said as if she was talking about someone else's family, "Then one day, Xinxin suddenly disappeared. She was stolen."

"It got lost, right? What kind of people like us would steal a dog? What for?" Xiao Yao was dumbfounded.

"I don't know," Yu Luying replied cheerfully, "Maybe the dog dealer stole it and sold it to a dog meat restaurant?"

"Impossible," Xiao Yao waved his hand like Cao Cao, "Absolutely impossible!"

Xiao Yao insisted on believing that Xin Xin was lost and was picked up and adopted by someone, but Yu Luying sneered at his naivety.

Shen Jie saw that the situation was not good and quickly spoke up to change the subject.

The two "sisters" chatted casually about all sorts of things under the sun. No one mentioned what happened at noon again, but Xiao Yao could feel that there was some awkward politeness, coldness, courtesy and unfamiliarity between the two girls, and they were no longer as close as they were "in the past".

When they walked into the alley, the shop owner took the initiative to greet Xiao Yao: "Yaoyao, Yingying, you're back."

"Ah." "Ah." Xiao Yao and Yu Luying both responded subconsciously.

"Bring your classmates back to play." The old woman seemed to be in a particularly good mood today and continued to talk nonsense.

The corners of Shen Jie's mouth drooped slightly, and she walked quickly into the alley with her head down.

This is outrageous. After all, I have lived in this alley for such a long time, Shen Jie thought.

Before arriving home, two neighbors came to greet the three little ones.

Grandma was busy preparing dinner in the soap room. When she saw the cat in Shen Jie's schoolbag, she was stunned at first. Then she saw Yu Luying following in, and she was stunned again.

Yu Luying volunteered to take over the task of making dinner, and after confirming that the cat was the one that Shen Jie wanted to keep and not one that Xiao Yao picked up, grandma happily went downstairs to buy cat litter and cat food.

"This is too unfair," Xiao Yao complained while standing in the soap room, "Am I his biological grandson?"

"what happened?"

"At the beginning, I also said that I wanted to raise a cat for fun, and she scolded me. Now that Shen Jie wants to raise a cat, she... This is too hypocritical. At least she should act." Xiao Yao deliberately complained like this.

Yu Luying rolled her eyes slightly: "This just proves that you are my grandson."

"Ah?" Shen Jie placed the enamel bowl her grandmother gave her on the floor between the soap slices with some uneasiness, and poured bright milk into the bowl: "Xiao Yao, so your grandmother doesn't like cats? Why didn't you tell me earlier? Oh no, am I being too self-centered when I pick up a cat? Will it hurt my grandmother's impression of me?"

Xiao Yao secretly complained in his heart, you finally realized that you were talking to yourself, but he said, "No, grandma doesn't dislike cats, she's just lazy and finds it troublesome."

"Oh..." Shen Jie said, "Then I will take good care of it, no need to trouble grandma."

"Well," Xiao Yao said, "My grandma was against me getting a cat because she said, 'You can't even take care of yourself, and you still want to get a cat.'"

"Grandma is right." Yu Luying continued.

"Besides, how can I tell you?" Xiao Yao continued, "Just tell it yourself... You picked it up, and when I see the way you look at it, my heart melts. How can I tell you that grandma doesn't like it? Can I let you throw it away? I've thought about it. If grandma doesn't want you to keep it, I'll fight her."

"You're talking nonsense again." Yu Luying said while shaking the spoon.

"Gouzi, I knew you were good to me." Shen Jie acknowledged.

"You two, one is called Dog and the other is called Gouzi. Will you get confused with each other?" Yu Luying said.

"Oh, by the way, are dogs male or female?" Mother Cat said as she turned the tabby cat over as it struggled and protested.

"It has a penis," Xiao Yao squinted his eyes and observed for a while: "It's a male cat - no wonder he kissed you two and not me."

"Really?" Yu Luying said, "I always thought it was a female cat."

"Castrate him for me!" Xiao Yao said viciously.

"Do you think everyone is like you? Little pervert!" Shen Jie bared her teeth at him.

"No," Xiao Yao explained to Shen Jie, "You have to castrate male cats, or you'll be in trouble in the spring."

"Of course I know." Shen Jie rubbed the belly of the tabby cat in a somewhat depressed manner. The latter was lying on the beautiful girl, grinning, squinting his eyes, looking very comfortable, and completely unaware of the disaster that was about to befall him.

"Ah, being a cat is so pitiful," Yu Luying sympathized with it, "I was living a carefree life at school, being loved by everyone, but one day you suddenly tied me up and locked me up here, and made me castrate myself and become a eunuch."

"It's not a big problem if the male cat really doesn't want to be castrated. At most, we can find him a girlfriend," Xiao Yao stroked his chin and said, "If I really adopt a female cat, she will come home with a belly full of kittens in two years, or even run away with stray cats outside. How ungrateful will she be?"