Chapter 117: 以後可能再也見不到宋知許了
[In the future, I might never see Song Zhixu again!]

The sound of a milky cat came from behind a rubbish bin not far away, but Lin Ran couldn’t see it because the bin was blocking his view.

He subconsciously looked around and found that there was no one around, so he bit his lip before boldly walking over and tilted his head while looking behind the rubbish bin from a small distance.

There was a sound coming from a small cardboard box, and the orange-coloured kitten was climbing on the edge of the cardboard box, trying hard to poke its head out.

However, because of its small body and slender limbs, even though it was trying very hard, it could only reveal a pair of ears and eyes, so the kitten kept meowing inside.

“Kitten?” Lin Ran’s eyes revealed surprise, he walked over and stretched out his finger to gently tap its head.

The little kitten has no strength, plus the box is a bit high. Lin Ran touched it, it had no strength then it fell down, a buttocks fell in the box and lay on its, “meow”.

“That’s right … I’m sorry, Ran Ran didn’t have the strength.” Lin Ran hurriedly apologized in a low voice, although he didn’t use any force, he still pushed the kitten off the edge of the box.

Luckily, the little kitten didn’t hold any grudges, and quickly got up again and climbed back up to the edge.

The evening sky darkens very quickly, Lin Ran slightly delayed some time, the sky is a little dark, he squatted next to the rubbish bin for a while, but also afraid of people coming over, and finally took the kitten together with the box and with his shopping bag, somewhat difficult to carry it back to the house he just rented.

Lin Ran rented a small house that was originally backlit, even during the day there will not be much light penetration, not to mention in the evening. He opened the door inside yet it was already dark, he turned on the lights and put the things on the table. Inside the house, he looked for a moment to find a small container, filled it with water, and put it in the box for the cat to drink.

“Little kitty, drink water.”

Lin Ran squatted next to the box and watched.

The little kitten inside was probably really thirsty, and when it smelled the water, it buried its head and drank it with a lick.

Lin Ran’s face showed a smile, and reached out his finger to poke again, this time he subconsciously eased the force, the kitten was drinking water, and did not pay attention to him, Lin Ran become bolder, with the back of his hand gently rubbed the cat’s fur.

When he went to the convenience store, he didn’t hear the cat’s cry, but when he came back, he heard it, and it was still packed in a box, probably thrown out by someone whose cat had given birth and couldn’t be kept. The cat’s body was still quite clean.

After drinking the water, Lin Ran looked again, he seemed to have nothing that he could eat here. In the end, he could only take the buns that Wang Auntie sent him, tore them into small pieces and softened them with water for the kitten to eat.

Fortunately, the kitten wasn’t picky and ate some of it in small bites, and when it was full, it looked at Lin Ran in the box.

One person and one cat were staring at each other.

After a while, Lin Ran tentatively reached out to touch it, but the kitten in the box seemed to be frightened and shrank back, refusing to let him touch it.

When Lin Ran was disappointed and wanted to take his hand back, he made a move and the kitten leapt up again, supporting the ground with its two back paws and holding Lin Ran’s finger with its front paws, not allowing him to take it back.

The little milk cat didn’t stretch out its nails, its cat paw’s pads softly hugged Lin Ran, Lin Ran froze, and the lustre or radiance came back into his eyes.

“Does the little kitten also like Ran Ran?”

The little milk kitten purred grandma again, Lin Ran had been drifting around outside for days until now, and only now did he finally reveal a smile.

“The little kitten accompanies Ran Ran and the baby, okay?” Lin Ran murmured in a small voice, afraid of scaring the soft little family member.

The kitten didn’t answer him, just looked at him with its dark eyes, probably because its hind legs were tired and it didn’t have the strength to support itself, so it let go of Lin Ran’s fingers and shrank back into the box, curling up into a ball after eating and drinking.

Lin Ran has not slept well in the past few days, and now that he finally has a place to live, he is also very tired. He looked at this not very big house, and then held his waist and stood up, briefly swept the floor of the living room, and then opened the cover that Auntie Wang brought, and laid it down next to the cardboard box, and wore the clothes before then he lie down.

Lin Ran hugged his shoulder bag and touched his hungry stomach with one hand, lay down on the floor with his clothes on, turned on the light, and not long after that he fell asleep.

In the middle of the night, Lin Ran felt underneath his body hard, woke up in a daze, reached out and touched his body, but did not find Song Zhixu, he violently opened his eyes, looked at the strange small room, he froze for a long time before reacting to the fact that there is no Song Zhixu here at the moment.

I may never see Song Zhixu again in the future.

Lin Ran’s tears couldn’t be stopped all of a sudden and flowed down the corners of his eyes, he bit his lip and cried silently.

“Meow~”

Not knowing how long he cried, Lin Ran suddenly heard a cat’s cry, he opened his tearful eyes, the top of the cardboard box revealed two small furry paws, climbing the edges of the cardboard box, it didn’t take long for the two pointed ears and eyes to reveal themselves from the box, looking at Lin Ran.

Lin Ran froze for a moment, thinking that his crying had probably woken up the kitten. He apologized in a low voice, then carefully took out the cat and placed it beside him, slowly stroking its back.

The kitten was so comforted by Lin Ran’s touch that it lay down on the top of the bedding, making “gurgling and gurgling” noises, and did not move.

Lin Ran also lay down beside him, his eyes were still wet, and he could not resist the urge to sleep again.

This time, Lin Ran slept until dawn, and a ray of light from the window shone right on his face, waking him up.

Lin Ran wore clothes and slept a little tired, sat up from the makeshift bed, subconsciously touched his stomach, and only after a while did he react with an afterthought and took a look at his own side.

But last night, also lying on the edge of his pillow, the little family members sleep, not knowing when the cat already not there, Lin ran somewhat panic, stood up in the room then looked round, whispered,

“Cat? Cat, where are you? Are you hiding?”

Lin Ran just called out a few times, he doesn’t know from which crack came the sound, not long after one small family member with orange and yellow patterns all over its body drilled out.

The little milk cat’s tail was raised high, four paws that were only as thick as his thumbs stepped on the ground, and with a head full of dust, he elegantly paced to Lin Ran’s feet, “meowing” and rubbing the dust on his head against Lin Ran’s trouser legs.

Lin Ran was not angry, squatted down and gently patted its little brain.

There was nothing to eat at home, only the buns that Auntie Wang brought yesterday were left, so one person and one cat ate, and drank some cold water, it was considered as breakfast.

After eating, Lin Ran remembered the White Rabbit Milk Candy he bought at the convenience store yesterday.

He took one and opened it for the kitten, but the cat just smelled it and didn’t eat, so Lin Ran could only eat it by himself.

“Kittens can’t be picky eaters, it’s not good to be picky.” Lin Ran ate the candy while teaching in a low voice, but the cat ignored him.

After finishing one candy, Lin Ran froze for a while, and then cleaned again in high spirits.

This old house, he doesn’t know how long it’s been unoccupied, there’s a lot of rubbish inside, the table is covered in dust except for where he wiped it before, and there’s a bedboard in the bedroom, but it’s also terribly dirty.

Lin Ran found a piece of cloth, holding his stomach while slowly putting away all the rubbish, then wiped the table, and also the sofa in the corner.

The kitten who had eaten enough kept running after Lin Ran at his feet, Lin Ran was afraid of stepping on it, so he put it into the box again, the kitten was a little dissatisfied, “meow”.

Lin Ran was noisy for half a day, until he finished cleaning up, so tired that his waist can not straighten up, only then he put the little family out, nodded its head and said,

“Kitty isn’t obedient at all, from now on it’ll be called Little Bad (Xiao Huai), okay?”

Lin Ran’s eyes darkened, and lowered his head, some sad red eyes, he came out too quickly, Xiao Guai and Xiao Guai’s wife, he did not bring them out, do not know whether Song Zhixu have taken care of them or not, already give them food to eat or not.

Lin Ran was sad for a while, and changed clothes ready to go out. The things he bought yesterday are not complete. There is no hot water, there is no pot, only cold buns and drink cold water, the baby in the stomach will not suffer.

But he doesn’t know how to use electrical appliances, so he still has to ask Auntie Wang.

Lin Ran packed up, put Little Bad in the box, before leaving.

After Song Zhixu came out of the hospital, he started to look for Lin Ran frantically. During the day, he drove around to look for Lin Ran, and at night, when he was tired, he ate something and slept directly in the car.

The company was temporarily suspended, and the employees were paid as usual, and the work was to look for people every day.

In a few days, the whole capital city business circle knows Song Zhi Xu’s little wife left him, ran away, Song Zhi Xu is almost crazy, searching for the person.

But after a week of searching, there was no news.

Song Zhixu’s clothes had not been changed for more than ten days, and he really could not wear them any longer, so he drove back to the villa to change his clothes.

The car drove into the courtyard, Song Zhixu subconsciously looked to the floor-to-ceiling windows, but this time there was no ‘that person’s figure’ in the window who was waiting for him every day.

Song Zhixu put the car into the garage, and then walked to the door of the villa, his fingerprints have some trembling hands, obviously the door is not open, his eyes have been covered with a layer of fog.

Before this, every time he got off work and opened the door, Lin Ran would be waiting for him inside the door and then pounce on him to hug him. This time, he knew that Lin Ran wasn’t there when he opened the door but he couldn’t help but have a touch of fantasy.

Song Zhixu stopped his hand, straightened his clothes, tried to adjust a smile, before pressing the fingerprints again.

The doorway “drops” a sound, the door opened in response, Song Zhixu’s face forced to squeeze out a smile that was still frozen on his face, looking at the empty villa inside, and for a moment could not step forward.

He stood at the door for a long time before walking in, the room was empty, not opened for more than ten days, only the faint smell of wooden furniture dyed.

“Ran Ran?” Song Zhixu tried to call Lin Ran’s name, but got no response.

His heart was instantly cold, and his body trembled a little. The villa was so quiet that it was as if you could hear his breathing.

Song Zhixu stood in the centre of the living room at a loss for words, unable to make a move.

After a while, Song Zhixu’s emotions stabilised, only to find some small sounds in the villa, like the sound of fingernails gently scratching on the glass. He looked over and saw the fish bowl on the tea table, starved for more than ten days. He looked at the struggling two turtles, Song Zhixu’s body violently stiffened.

He walked over to the fish bowl with a trembling hand, and finally couldn’t help but cry out once again.