Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Three: Earth Day (1/2)

From a certain perspective, it was quite a strange sight.

Xiao Yu had had Faye for quite some time and had always been helpless when it came to dealing with this little cat that persisted in her own ways. He could not scold her or hit her and if his tone were slightly harsh, Faye could easily ignore him for days. Even when Faye knew the fault was on her, she could just give him her pitiful and adorable gaze and easily make Xiao Yu obediently clean up her mess for her.

He was a typical textbook cat slave.

Xiao Yu initially thought that his interaction with Faye would remain that way forever. He did not expect that his days of living under Faye’s duress would come to a complete stop two weeks earlier.

Yes, it was the day when Yan Jin took Faye back.

For some reason that Xiao Yu still did not understand, Faye had been exceptionally obedient in front of Yan Jin.

Although Faye’s real image would be revealed the moment Yan Jin left, at least whenever Yan Jin was around, Xiao Yu’s status would be upgraded from cat slave to cat owner. Xiao Yu was still capable of using his powerful connections to intimidate and give orders. Thus, he quickly realized that it was possible to use Yan Jin to threaten Faye to be obedient.

And so…

“Explain yourself. What is going on? Answer me or else I’ll get Yan Jin to interrogate you personally when he’s back.”

“Meowww.” I still think he looked familiar. I don’t like him.

Faye licked her paw and said unwillingly.

“Familiar? You mean Chu Ge?” Xiao Yu thought and said, “Didn’t he just say that you were purchased by him as a gift for Fan Xiaoge? That’s probably why you felt that he looked familiar.”

“Meowww.” I don’t like him. I don’t want to see that person ever again.

Faye turned her face away proudly. It was obvious that she had no intention to continue the topic.

Xiao Yu logically speculated that it might be because Faye had been abandoned by Fan Xiaoge before, so she particularly despised Chu Ge, who gave her to that woman.

Nevertheless, all that was in the past, and Chu Ge did not expect that things would develop in that way. It was not like he had purposely landed Faye to wander the streets. Regardless of whether he was innocent or not, Faye’s actions earlier were undoubtedly suspicious. He must get the truth.

“Even if you didn’t like him, you can’t just pull tricks on him.” Xiao Yu turned Faye’s head to face him, forcing her to look him in the eye. He persuaded patiently, “I’m at fault in this too. I did not take into consideration your situation. If there’s any strangers visiting us again, I’ll put you in the room instead. Although there’s always exceptions, but with the situation today… I know that you are different from normal cats, and you have a mind of your own. But, if there’s anything you want, you can tell me, and I’ll try my best to satisfy you. No matter what, it is wrong to purposely play tricks on others. If there’s similar accidents again in the future, you must tell me and leave it to me to resolve it. Don’t do such things ever again, alright?”

Faye was clearly uninterested in such a lengthy discussion. She retracted her clawsnails and used her squishy little paw pad to tap on Xiao Yu’s hand, looking at him with an innocent face.

“Meow, meow.” Okay. Is it meal time yet?

Xiao Yu let out a sigh of defeat.

Without a choice, he could only hope that Faye had listened to his words.

“Yan Jin is coming home early to fix dinner. He should be here soon. If you’re hungry, how about you have some snacks first? I have a bag of melon seeds.”

……

After a short conversation.

Yan Jin sat back in his chair and twirled the ballpoint pen in his hand.

“Basically, that’s what happened to Fishy.”

Chu Ge nodded his head and then shook his head again. “It’s too fantasy-like. It’s simply unbelievable.”

“There’s a lot of things that you don’t know about this world,” Yan Jin said with deep meaning.

“Fine. With the truth right before my eyes, I don’t have a choice but to accept it.” Chu Ge sighed as he continued, “My thesis on materialism back then was a full mark paper.”

“Then your philosophy of idealism can also be a full mark paper now.”

“Scram,” Chu Ge said annoyedly.

As the conversation came to an end, the office slipped into a moment of silence as both men did not speak.

After leaning on the sofa and stared at the ceiling, Chu Ge’s expression turned serious as he broke the silence. “We’ve investigated the incident at the hotel thoroughly.”

“Oh, how is it?” Yan Jin put down his ballpoint pen on the desk.

“It was indeed more than one group of people. It was a smart choice not to act rashly.” Chu Ge sighed emotionally. “Only you can think that far.”

“Is it settled?”

“Do you still have to ask me? You should have received that information long ago, right?” Chu Ge rolled his eyes and his tone became more imposing, “But that person you mentioned, Lin Zhou? We haven’t found any concrete evidence, be it the proof that he tampered with your little boyfriend’s vehicle or that he hired a hitman.”

Yan Jin did not even frown as if he had guessed the outcome already.

“What do you plan to do?”

“Nothing really. We’ll wait and see,” Yan Jin answered casually.

Chu Ge clicked his tongue and with interest asked, “Are you not afraid that he will be driven to take desperate action and harm your little boyfriend?”

“For this sort of person, when their desires cannot be satisfied, they would not choose to take desperate actions. Instead, they would slowly kill themselves with assumptions.” A tinge of blood-thirst flashed through Yan Jin’s eyes as he continued, “To wish for something and get nothing in return would be the best retribution to that person. It’s too easy to ask for death. A life of living hell should be their real punishment.”