As soon as he heard that he was going to find someone tomorrow, the glutton immediately rebelled and quickly floated to the ceiling. He placed his two chubby hands in front of him, closed his eyes, and fell asleep in a second.
Seeing this scene, Xianjiu, who had become weak, could only reluctantly turn off the lights and go to sleep.
"..."
The next morning, before the alarm clock even went off, Gu Ling was licked awake by the glutton's tongue.
When Gu Ling woke up, he was in a daze and his face felt a little numb.
Although Greedy Ghost did not actively initiate the tongue licking skill, there was still some residual skill effect.
Gu Ling quickly got up and went to the bathroom to wash up. After washing his face with a towel, the numbness on his face gradually subsided.
"Jie Jie~"
The glutton floated above Gu Ling's head, and when he saw his own image reflected in the mirror on the sink, he started to pull the sides of his mouth with his chubby hands enthusiastically, and then pulled it left and right!
Suddenly, the glutton in the mirror opened his mouth with a bloody mouth. If you saw it accidentally at night, the picture would be quite scary.
"Crash..."
Gu Ling was brushing his teeth and could only look helplessly at the various antics of the glutton in the mirror.
One second the glutton was opening his big mouth, and the next second he pulled down his eyelids. As soon as he let go, it bounced back as if it had elasticity, and he was having a great time.
After brushing his teeth, Gu Ling wiped his face with a towel, then turned his head and curled his fingers towards Gluttony: "Gluttony, come here."
"Jie?" The glutton tilted his head and floated down.
The next second, Gu Ling pressed his thumb against the running faucet, and the water spurted out in an instant, hitting the glutton's entire face.
"Jie Jie!!"
The glutton's face was poured with water, and his chubby hands waved in the air in panic.
Gu Ling chuckled: "This is scary."
"...Jie."
The glutton's face fell. He covered his eyes with his chubby hands and let his light body rotate 360 degrees in the air several times, looking like he had been severely hit.
Gu Ling got a clean new towel and helped the glutton wipe the water stains on his face.
"Okay, stop being weird." Gu Ling touched Greedy's head, and then pointed his eyes in the direction of the door: "Go and wake up Xianjiu, we should go out."
"Jie Jie~"
The glutton's eyes rolled, as if it thought of something, it started to smile evilly again, it nodded to Gu Ling, and then floated out.
Ten seconds later——
"...Miwu!!"
Xianjiu's screams sounded in Gu Ling's room.
When Gu Ling returned to the room with a confused look on his face, he saw Xianjiu chasing and kicking the glutton with an angry look on his face, while the glutton was laughing and running away in the room.
"Jie Jie~"
The Fiery Rat, who was also woken up, was yawning lazily at the moment, lying on the ground watching the chase and fight between Xian Jiu and Greedy Ghost.
Greedy Ghost could float, while Xianjiu could stay in the air for a short period of time using his telekinesis. The two beasts chased each other from the floor to the ceiling, non-stop.
Seeing this scene, Gu Ling immediately guessed what had just happened.
Gu Ling sat by the bed, first put on his coat and sneakers, and then packed the items in his backpack. He turned to Xian Jiu and Greedy Gui, who were still fighting, and said, "Stop making trouble, we should go out."
The glutton took the opportunity to float behind Gu Ling, then stuck out his head and smiled evilly at Xian Jiu: "Jie Jie~"
Xianjiu stood on the bed with his hands on his hips, his face filled with anger: "Meow!" Bad guy, I won't let you play games tonight!
"...Jie!"
Upon hearing this, the glutton's smile fell.
After realizing the seriousness of the matter, the glutton gave in as if he was spineless, and began to wave his chubby hand at Xianjiu with a flattering look.
"Don't be angry, I'll let you eat one more cat bar today." A guilty Gu Ling coughed twice.
It was she who asked Greedy Ghost to wake up Xianjiu.
Even without seeing it with his own eyes, Gu Ling could guess that Greedy Gui, a dishonest guy, would definitely not wake up Xian Jiu in a serious way.
"Miwu~" Xianjiu was still a little frustrated. He stretched out his little paw towards Gu Ling and made a "2" gesture.
"Okay, okay, two cat strips."
Gu Ling picked up Xianjiu and patted Xianjiu's furry little head.
Xianjiu snuggled into Gu Ling's arms, glaring fiercely at the glutton who was hiding behind Gu Ling, and now became extremely well-behaved, and then he managed to calm down.
"..."
Gu Ling went downstairs with his three pets. In the kitchen on the first floor, Gu Mingsheng and Xiang Jinli were busy inside. One was cutting meat and making steamed buns, and the other was washing rice and making porridge.
"Second uncle and second aunt, I'm going out."
The glutton smelled the aroma and floated into the kitchen. When he saw a basket of freshly steamed cakes, his eyes lit up and he stuffed the cakes into his stomach in a few seconds.
Gu Ling on the side looked a little strange.
After being fully evolved, the glutton seems to have an extra-dimensional space in its belly that can store things.
Gu Ling originally thought that Greedy Ghost had not fully evolved and the extra-dimensional space had not yet been created in his stomach. He did not expect that Greedy Ghost could use this ability now.
"Glutton, can you put this in?" Gu Ling handed his backpack to Glutton.
The glutton patted his stomach to show that it was okay, then took the backpack and stuffed it into his stomach.
Xian Jiu, who was sitting on Gu Ling's shoulder and eating cat sticks, couldn't help but be attracted by this scene.
"Miwu~"
Can there be a lot of canned Bobo and cat strips in here?
Can you take it out and eat it anytime and anywhere in the future?
"Jie Jie~" The glutton patted his belly and nodded with a playful smile.
Xianjiu's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Miwu~"
Help me pretend to be a cat in the future, and I will forgive your behavior today.
"Jie Jie~"
Seeing that the two foodies were about to discuss again, Gu Ling hurriedly walked towards the door.
The Greedy Ghost and Fiery Rat behind him saw this and followed suit.
Taking advantage of the fact that it was early in the morning and many people were still at home, Gu Ling took his three pets and walked down the rows of houses on both sides of the street.
Every time you reach the door of a house, let the glutton walk around a few times to feel the soul breath emanating from inside.
The glutton seemed a little disappointed when he didn't feel the soul breath in his memory. Then he cheered up again the next second and continued to float to the next house with a playful smile.
In this way, one person and three pets wander around other people's houses.
"Xiao Ling, what are you doing?"
"Morning exercise, I'm doing morning exercise."
This strange behavior, which looked like a thief coming to stay early, quickly attracted the attention of the nearby neighbors. If it weren't for the fact that most of them knew Gu Ling, they would have thought it was a thief.
Time passed bit by bit, and the number of people on the street gradually increased.
"Wow, green balloons."
"No, no, that's a big onion."
"But aren't onions white?"
"That's the big watermelon! The flying watermelon!"
"..."
Because the appearance of the Greedy Ghost is so unique, when you look at it from a distance, it's like seeing a big green light bulb floating in the air. It immediately attracts many children to follow behind them, and they follow them from a distance without daring to come forward. , and at the same time couldn't help but chattered with his friends.
Seeing that he was getting more and more attention-grabbing, Gu Ling waved to Greedy Ghost: "Glutty Ghost, take out my backpack."
The glutton's chubby hands rummaged inside his stomach for two seconds before taking out Gu Ling's backpack.
Gu Ling opened his backpack and gestured to the glutton: "It's not convenient to be followed by a group of children like this. You hide inside first."
"Jie Jie~"
Hearing this, the glutton obediently got into his backpack.
Greedy Ghost is a ghost-type pet that can possess certain items, so even if the chubby Greedy Ghost hides in a backpack with a small space, it will not be a problem.
After putting the glutton into the backpack, the children saw that the 'green light bulb' was gone and gradually stopped following Gu Ling.
Seeing this, Gu Ling breathed a sigh of relief.
It's finally not that eye-catching.
Gu Ling considered that it would be too inefficient to search one house after another like this, so he chose to look for people in small parks and small squares where old people often exercise in the morning.
But after walking back and forth for an hour, there was still no clue.
"Gulu..."
Gu Ling's stomach growled, so he had to go home for breakfast.
On the way back, Gu Ling pondered in his heart.
During the National Day holiday these days, people who go to other places to work or go to school will come back. Even if there are elderly people in the family who have moved out, they will come back with them. Now you can take advantage of the crowds in the town these days to see if you can find someone.
If you wait until the National Day is over, many people will leave Ping'an Town, and it will be troublesome to find someone by then.
In fact, Gu Ling wanted to ask the glutton if he wanted to go to the cemetery?
But this kind of words... Gu Ling couldn't say it.
Is it possible to tell the glutton that the person it is waiting for may no longer be in this world?
When Gu Ling returned home, the whole family had already gotten up and were about to have breakfast.
Seeing Gu Ling coming back, Gu Mingsheng asked, "Did you find it?"
Gu Ling shook his head and sat at the dining table: "No, just walking to find someone. The town is too big and I can't find him for a while."
While looking for someone, Gu Ling asked Greedy again if he remembered the little boy's name.
But the glutton doesn't know anything about it.
"I'll first ask someone to find out how many elderly people over 80 years old are in the town. I'll count the number and address. This will make it easier to find someone."
After saying that, Gu Mingsheng took out his mobile phone and made a call.
"Lao Li, it's me. I have something to ask you..."
The "Old Li" Gu Mingsheng refers to is an employee of the town's government unit. It happened that a census was conducted two years ago and has the latest data.
Although these information are not very confidential documents, some of which can be found by searching online, but ordinary people will definitely not be able to get it if they ask for it directly.
Gu Mingsheng has a staff in the Pet Beast Guild, and he is considered a half-government employee. In addition, he is familiar with Lao Li, so it is not difficult to obtain this information.
Soon, after some pleasantries, Gu Mingsheng received a document from Lao Li.
Gu Mingsheng forwarded the file to his family WeChat group.
After receiving the file, Gu Ling gnawed on the bun and clicked on the file to check it out.
"Ling Ling, are you looking for an 84-year-old man?"
"right."
Gu Ya and Gu Zhou also clicked on the files in the group and helped screen out "84-year-old male elderly people".
The glutton was circling above the heads of several people, but because he couldn't read, he could only watch their movements.
After finishing breakfast, the information in the file was filtered out.
Gu Ya counted the filtered data: "There are currently 346 elderly people over 80 years old in the town, of which 36 are 84 years old and male."
The documents contain the home addresses of these elderly people, making it easier to find them.
After getting this information, Gu Ling continued to go out looking for people with three pet beasts.
The only way to find someone is for Greedy Gui to do it himself, and Gu Ya and the others can't help.
Because so many years have passed, some elderly people may have poor memory and may have forgotten past events.
Instead of going to each door and asking questions, and risking asking the wrong questions, it is better to let the gluttons find it on their own.
…
This time, Gu Ling went out on his bicycle and followed the address door to door.
"A glutton, isn't this old man?"
"Glutty, do you have any at this house?"
"..."
Most of the day passed. Except for the eight elderly people on the list who were neither at home nor in the town, Gu Ling also searched for the elderly people staying in the nursing home in the town.
But still no one was found.
The glutton, who had been searching for most of the day but couldn't find anyone, was sitting in the front basket of the car, feeling a little dejected.
Gu Ling looked at the list of eight remaining elderly people, glanced around, and stopped at a familiar name on it.
"Grandpa Nian is also among these eight old people..."
Gu Ling couldn't help but think of Grandpa Nian's experiences over the years, and how he often met Grandpa Nian at the beach a few days ago... At that time, Grandpa Nian kept looking in the direction of the island.
An idea gradually formed——
Could it be that... the little boy the glutton is looking for is the old man?
Gu Ling reached out and patted Gluttony: "Glutious, let's go home first. We may have a clue."
"Jie?" The glutton blinked his big blood-red eyes.
"..."
As soon as he got home, Gu Ling immediately went to find Xiang Jinli: "Second aunt, was Grandpa Nian sent to the hospital yesterday? How is he doing now?"
Xiang Jinli nodded: "Yes, I just talked to Aunt Li. The old man was transferred to the county hospital in Qiuye County last night. The situation is not optimistic..."
"Second Aunt, I want to go to the county hospital. I feel that Grandpa Nian may be the person Greedy is looking for."
When the glutton on the side heard this, he became excited and waved his chubby hands rapidly.
Xiang Jinli thought for a moment: "The old man's age... seems to be 84 years old this year, which is right."
At this time, Gu Mingsheng, who had just returned from a trip, heard the conversation between the two and walked over: "Since that person may be an old man, I will drive you to Qiuye County."
Greedy Ghost is not a contracted pet, and he has not applied for an adoption certificate. He is still a wild pet. According to the regulations set by the Pet Alliance: wild pets are not allowed to appear on public transportation.
Fortunately, Qiuye County is not far from Pingan Town. If there is no traffic jam on the road, you can reach the county seat in more than an hour's drive.
Gu Ling nodded: "Okay."
Without further ado, Gu Mingsheng went out to find an acquaintance to borrow a car, and then the group set off for Akiye County.
