The more he thought, the more shocked he became.
Remembering how Ah Zai would leave and return punctually every day after he went to work, a bold idea surfaced in his mind, Could Ah Zai have become a spirit?
Qin Shou shook his head dismissively, rejecting the thought.
Perhaps Ah Zai was just a bit smarter than ordinary kittens?
Smiling wryly, Qin Shou couldn’t even convince himself.
Playing with his phone, he finally dialed Lin Xiao’s number.
After one beep, the call was quickly answered.
Lin Xiao’s serious voice rang out, “Mr. Qin, is there something wrong?”
Pressing her lips together, Qin Shou said, “My cat is missing. Please have someone post a missing cat notice. There will be a generous reward for finding her.”
She then hesitated, “Also, could you… look for a reliable master in the capital?”
On the other end of the phone, Lin Xiao’s expression was conflicted, Master? Not the kind of master she was thinking of, right?
The internal complaint didn’t stop Lin Xiao from responding on the phone, replying earnestly, “Understood, Mr. Qin. I’ll handle it as soon as possible.”
“Is the BOSS possessed?”
Lin Xiao thought, heartbroken.
Superstition truly was dreadful.
***
Su Yu had staked out the Su family villa for three days.
Su Qingwen would return every day after work but didn’t go out, and no one else came or went from the villa.
The news from his uncle’s side was also that everything was normal.
Su Yu felt anxious, pacing back and forth on the windowsill, flicking his tail.
These three days, he had successfully befriended the mischievous child, Su Cheng’an.
Though the child would occasionally tease him, he had finally gained access to the Su family villa.
No more having to stake out on the garden wall every day.
On the afternoon of Su Yu’s fourth day of staking out.
Someone arrived at the Su family villa.
The person was wearing a black suit.
There was a scar above her brow bone.
Su Yu pondered, this person didn’t look like a decent individual.
***
Furthermore, judging by Shi Jing’an’s attitude, this person seemed to have visited more than once.
The woman didn’t linger after arriving, going directly to Su Qingwen’s study.
Su Qingwen’s study was on the second floor.
Su Yu’s spirits lifted.
Along the base of the villa’s outer wall, he quietly crept up to the second-floor study.
The Su family villa had a European design, with many prominent decorative window sills.
Su Yu cautiously clung to the window sill, hiding behind the hanging basket outside the window.
Faint voices from inside the study vaguely carried out.
Su Yu, motionless, perked his ears.
“Have you found the place?”
“Yes, but now not only the Luo family is looking, it seems another force is also searching.”
“Can you find out who the other side is?”
“Can’t.”
The unfamiliar woman said impatiently, “I told you to just deal with her directly back then.”
Su Yu’s heart tightened, then she heard Su Qingwen angrily say, “I wish I could, but the recording is still in her hands. If she died, it would be over, but if the recording got out, none of us would be safe!”
“Then what do you say we do now!”
The woman said displeased, “If she refuses to give it up, are we just going to keep supporting her?”
Realizing the woman’s anger, Su Qingwen appeased her, “It won’t be long. You guys hide her well first. After a while, when the Luo family isn’t watching so closely, I’ll bring Su Yu over too. Then she’ll have no choice but to talk.”
Silence fell in the study for a moment.
Su Yu held his breath, waiting quietly.
“Alright, we’ll do as you say. I’ll get her out of here first.”
The sound of a door opening came from the study.
Su Yu leaped into the courtyard, hiding in the flower bushes, waiting for the scarred woman to come out.
Following the woman to the parking lot, silently memorizing the woman’s license plate number, Su Yu quickly found the bodyguard hiding outside the villa.
Although the bodyguard didn’t understand Su Yu’s meows, he was smart.
Su Yu tugged on her pants and pointed to the car on the road.
Looking confused, the bodyguard tentatively asked, “You want me to drive?”
Su Yu nodded eagerly, “Meow!”
The cat and person successfully got into the car.
Su Yu sat in the passenger seat, vigorously patted the steering wheel, and then pointed forward, signaling the bodyguard to quickly follow.
This time, the bodyguard quickly understood, started the car, and drove off.
Su Yu was practically plastered against the window, his eyes fixed on the black Toyota ahead.
Seeing the black Toyota make a left turn at the upcoming intersection, temporarily leaving Su Yu’s sight, Su Yu was so anxious he almost bounced, urgently patting the dashboard.
He then pointed to the left, and the bodyguard understood, sped up, and also turned left in pursuit.
The road to the left led towards the outskirts, and the number of cars on the road significantly decreased.
The bodyguard looked at the few cars ahead, realizing this kitten seemed to want to follow that car.
Thinking about what the boss had instructed earlier, the bodyguard gave a surprised look at the cat clinging to the car window.
This one really has become a spirit.
Su Yu, while keeping a close eye on the car ahead, pondered how to make the bodyguard understand which car he wanted to follow.
Seeing a few more cars join the traffic ahead, Su Yu gritted his teeth and desperately gestured on the car window with his fuzzy paws.
The bodyguard initially looked bewildered at Su Yu’s wild gestures.
Su Yu angrily slapped the car window and started gesturing again.
The bodyguard, realizing the cat in front of him was writing, was almost at his breaking point.
“Holy cow!”
“The boss only said this cat was specially trained and very smart, but he didn’t say this cat could write!!!”
“Is this really a spirit!?”
“Mommy, I want to go home QAQ”
The startled bodyguard drove while silently inching closer to the car door.
Although the fluffy ball looked quite cute, he still felt a bit unnerved.
After crudely and simply making the bodyguard understand his meaning, Su Yu breathed a sigh of relief, relaxing completely on the passenger seat.
Clinging to the car window and staring wide-eyed at the car ahead was also very tiring for a kitty.
***
After many twists and turns, the cars on the road grew scarcer, and the bodyguard’s expression grew more serious.
After another turn, the bodyguard said to Su Yu, “Cat Immortal, the car ahead has probably spotted us.”
His tone was respectful, his gaze fixed forward.
The bodyguard praised his own composure, showing no hint of the fear he felt inside.
Cat Immortal:
“Never mind dealing with foolish mortals.”
He gestured, “Keep following.”
It grew increasingly desolate.
Su Yu grimly stared at the surrounding woods.
This place was remote, not somewhere people lived.
It was possible the other party had deliberately lured them here.
The bodyguard apparently thought the same, his previously smiling face now grim.
He said to Su Yu, “Great Immortal, we’ll probably have to engage soon. Please hide in the car and don’t poke your head out.”
Seeing Su Yu remain silent, he boldly confirmed, “Can you understand?”
Su Yu gave the bodyguard a disdainful look, and meowed, indicating he understood.
After driving for a while, the car ahead indeed stopped, and the bodyguard also turned off the engine.
The two cars faced off dozens of meters apart.
Su Yu hid under the car seat, keeping himself hidden from the scarred man.
After a few seconds of standoff, the scarred man was the first to lose his patience, walking towards Su Yu and the bodyguard, a steel pipe in his hand.
The bodyguard flexed his fingers, instructing Su Yu, “Great Immortal, hide well, don’t come down. I’ll be back after I deal with this jerk.”
Saying this, he grabbed the baseball bat by the seat and was about to open the door to get out.
Su Yu bit the bodyguard’s pant leg and quickly typed on the phone he had just snagged:
“Stall him, I’ll sneak onto the car, you go back and send the message!”
Ignoring his surprise, the bodyguard nodded, grabbed the bat, and aggressively went to meet him.
The two sized each other up, and quickly began to fight.
Su Yu tensed his body.
While the scar-faced man had his back to him, he seized the opportunity to dart out like lightning, nimbly slipping into the car.
Su Yu curled himself into a ball, lurking under the driver’s seat.
The scar-faced man didn’t notice the quickly darting cat shadow, but the bodyguard, who was constantly watching the Cat Immortal, did.
He savagely kicked the scar-faced man.
The bodyguard feigned defeat, clumsily fled to his car, quickly made a U-turn, and sped off.
The scar-faced man spat, “Coward! Still dares to tail your grandpa!”
Angrily, the scar-faced man got into his car and started driving down another small road.
Su Yu hid under the driver’s seat, his body tensed, his breathing light.
Thinking he would soon find his mother, his heart gradually quickened.
After about an hour of driving, Su Yu felt the car stop.
He felt the scar-faced man get out of the car, the door slamming shut heavily.
Su Yu, under the seat, gently let out a breath, then tensed his nerves again, listening to the faint voices from outside.
He waited until deep into the night before daring to crawl out.
His bones felt like they were about to fall apart.
Stretching his stiff body, Su Yu quietly and gently rolled down the car window and slipped out through it.
***
Su Yu first cautiously observed the area from under the car.
This place seemed to be an unfinished construction site.
Not far ahead were a few completed villas.
One of the villa’s windows had lights on, which must be the scar-faced man’s and his gang’s hideout.
Su Yu carefully approached the villa under the cover of shadow.
Two men were guarding the entrance.
The guards were sitting at the door drinking.
Su Yu observed secretly that these two seemed to have been drinking for a while, complaining as they drank.
“Who knows when we can go back? This godforsaken place is suffocating me.”
The other man heard this, took a big gulp of alcohol, and spat, “Is one woman really worth us making such a big fuss guarding her? If you ask me, tie her up with a rope, and she won’t be able to run.”
The two grumbled their complaints.
Su Yu took advantage of their inattention and ran to the side of the villa.
He didn’t know which room his mother was locked in.
Su Yu looked at the villa’s windows.
It was still early, and the other few windows were open.
Only one window on the third floor, in the middle, was open.
Su Yu stepped back a few paces, gathered his strength, pushed off, and vigorously leaped onto the water pipe by the wall, climbing up the second floor along the tree canopy.
Voices were coming from inside.
Su Yu listened intently.
By the sound, it was the same scar-faced man from earlier in the day.
“Boss said, in a couple of days when things are arranged over there, we’ll take the person over.”
“Why change places again? This remote corner, will anyone actually find it?”
The scar-faced man snorted coldly, “What the boss says, we just follow. Meddle too much and you might not make it back alive.”
Another voice hummed in dissatisfaction.
Just as he was about to speak, the scar-faced man made a shushing gesture, interrupting him, and quickly rushed to the window, alertly saying, “Who?!”