As soon as Bai Zhu entered the door, he jumped into his arms, a pair of fluffy cat ears dangled in front of his eyes.
"Why are you back now, boss? I haven't dared to put the dumplings in the pot. I'm already hungry."
The one-eyed cat is the youngest, just sixteen years old this year. He was less than three years old when he entered the [Garden]. He has lived with a group of female cats in heat for more than two years. He does not know how to dress or feel ashamed, and he has no understanding of language. Certain barriers to understanding, even if Baizhu tries to correct them later, will still remain.
Fortunately, kittens have sharp claws and are capable of protecting themselves and killing people.
Bai Shu couldn't move any further, so he lowered his head and asked, "What do you want?"
The one-eyed cat blinked and said strangely: "It's the New Year, of course the boss has to give me New Year's money, otherwise you will have an extra waist pendant for this year's New Year's Eve dinner."
"What kind of threat is this? You have been Baizhu's leg pendant since you were five years old, okay? You can't even pull your legs off the floor and break them off." Cheng Youyue stuffed a red envelope for her and urged, "Take it. Just leave the red envelope as soon as possible. You have become a bar owner and you are still talking nonsense. Isn’t it enough to count the money all day long?”
The one-eyed cat got the red envelope and ran happily to show off to others.
"I thought you were going to stay for the New Year's Eve dinner, so I almost asked them to serve the dumplings directly," Cheng Youyue said with confusion, "At least you can accompany the Major General. We don't need you to be filial to us."
Bai Shu glanced at her and didn't really want to talk to her.
"No, at least tell me. I've given out the red envelope for you. Isn't it unethical for you to remain silent?"
Bai Zhu calmly replied: "I have no morals."
Cheng Youyue choked.
"But since there was no fight and he looked fine when he came back, it seems that it has nothing to do with the major general."
Cheng Youyue looked at Baizhu's expression and relaxed slightly: "So it's a misunderstanding? I said you should meet as soon as possible, so it would be okay if you didn't talk about it earlier, but it's not too late now... Why don't you say anything?"
"You've already said all the nice things yourself, and I'm still talking nonsense." Baizhu took off his coat, "I'm hungry, let's go eat."
"Okay, okay, let's go eat! Remember, don't just give red envelopes to the one-eyed cat. You should also give red envelopes to other people. When Gong Ling is an adult, you have to give it too. Families with many children are most afraid of favoritism. My dad used to make trouble with me like this. Bye..."
The New Year's Eve dinner was lively.
At the end, Bai Shu told the one-eyed cat about Meng Ya, hiding the part about throwing stones.
"No wonder the boss has been gone for so long. It turns out that he tripped on the road. I have seen that little girl. She is very vicious. She often throws stones at officials and rich people. She doesn't like to talk much. She wants to talk every day. Die with the world..."
Having said this, seeing that the others looked wrong, Nicks put down his chopsticks, and the one-eyed cat turned his head and said in surprise:
"Boss, how did you meet her? Was she stoned?!"
Bai Shu knew from the moment the one-eyed cat said "throwing stones" that he couldn't hide it. He was too lazy to lie, so he said "hmm" indifferently.
"Oh, it's already like this. Why should the boss take care of it? If those kids don't appreciate it, then stop taking care of it. We've already done our best. It's hard enough to do good deeds without being criticized by a bunch of little white-eyed wolves."
The one-eyed cat complained, raised the red wine at hand, and poured another glass for Baizhu:
"Saving people is just a good deed on our part, not an obligation. We are most responsible for our lives if we can stay alive. We don't like the nonsense of [with great power comes great responsibility]. Isn't it moral kidnapping? And you are I didn’t see that group of people eating like that, it was really…”
Drinking makes things worse. No matter how courageous the one-eyed cat is, he would never talk to Baizhu about this.
"One-eyed cat!" Lu Chi interrupted coldly, "You just listen to what the boss says, and follow orders when given. You won't be able to keep your mouth shut while eating. Do you have to keep talking?"
"Why are you so angry, Mute Lu? You usually don't speak. Why are you shouting so loudly now? I'm just telling the truth."
The one-eyed cat refused to eat. She was hot from drinking, and there were no outsiders here, so she directly pulled off the sweat-soaked blindfold. There was only a terrifying hole in the covered eyes.
Lu Chi suddenly became speechless. He moved his lips but made no sound. He lowered his head and continued to eat.
This eye was gouged out by an alien when the [Secret Road] was built, but the alien originally cut Lu Chi's neck artery, and the one-eyed cat blocked the knife for him, and he owed his life.
The New Year is in full swing, and Baizhu didn't seem to want to ruin the New Year's Eve dinner because of this. He said in a gentle voice, "Have you wanted to ask this question for a long time? You can actually hold it back until now."
Baizhu has always left the one-eyed cat and Lu Chi in charge of rescuing refugees. The two people have complementary personalities and can take care of each other in work. However, because the one-eyed cat grew up in a less human-friendly environment, he doesn't have much regard for people other than Dis. Feeling.
She cannot sympathize with the deaths of her own people, and she only watches when suffering comes.
"Wine makes cats bolder." The one-eyed cat burped and laughed.
"Actually, it's easy to understand," Bai Zhu said with a faint smile, "because I picked you up too. Before you were six years old, you were no different from these street children, except that your life was better. If I were a cold observer, you would be the same as these street children. I will starve to death, freeze to death, or be bitten to death by wild dogs, and I will not sit here drinking warm wine and question me again."
Her voice was soft, but her words were like a direct stab of blood. The one-eyed cat was so frightened that he woke up.
Lu Chi stopped talking, and everyone else at the table fell silent.
The one-eyed cat holds the power given by Baizhu in her hands, and has acquired the wealth and luxury that is rare in this poor and poor village. She is still young, and she has suffered too much in the past ten years by following Baizhu to open the "secret road", and the sudden increase in her social status and indulgence When the mind is drunk, it will inevitably lead to arrogance.
The inherent coldness almost turns to cold-bloodedness.
Everyone present knew the reason why Baizhu gave her the relief mission. They thought that the one-eyed cat could change a little in the mission, but now they know that there is still a lack of guidance. Lu Chi never pointed out this, so she just regarded it as an ordinary mission.
"We are just luckier than those wanderers, that's why we are here today, but this bit of luck is nothing under the red moon, and it is nothing in the eyes of those in high positions."
Bai Zhu picked up the goblet and poured the one-eyed cat's full glass of red wine onto the ground, spreading like blood:
“If no one cares about their fate, then in the future, no one will care about our life and death.
"--understand?"
A chill ran down the one-eyed cat's spine, staring at the flowing red on the ground. He nodded hurriedly as if he had just woken up from a dream. There were some tears in the corners of his eyes, looking pitiful.
"Good boy," with a hint of sincerity in his smile, Bai Zhu put the goblet on the table, "Go and pour another glass. I'll pretend I never heard what you just said."
(End of chapter)
