On the second day after reuniting with Lucian, the first thing Wade did was to take his bank card to redeem Lucian.
The three-party talks started like this. The cat cafe owner and Wade sat on one side, and the internet celebrity cat An An, wearing a bow, sat on the other side.
"Fifty thousand," said Weed.
The shop owner said: "An An is the most popular cat here..."
"One hundred thousand," said Weed.
The shop owner said: "We have a deep relationship with An An..."
Vader: "Two hundred thousand."
Shopkeeper: "Um... do you want to pay by cash or card? WeChat or Alipay?"
Wade successfully brought the cat home with the image of a "stupid, rich, bad-tempered, handsome foreign guy". The owner generously gave An An a cat climbing frame and various things he usually used.
"An An was abandoned by its previous owner. It's not in good health and may not live long. When we picked it up two months ago, it was dirty and wary of people... But we didn't expect it to behave so well in the cat cafe..." said the owner, "If one day you don't want to keep it anymore, please find another family to adopt it."
"Also, An An may have physical problems, so he sleeps much longer than ordinary cats, and his reactions are also slower. Don't dislike him."
Wade looked down at the cat in the cat bag. The cat opened its blue eyes and didn't seem to understand what was about to happen to it.
"I will take good care of it," Vader whispered, "until I die."
The shop owner was relieved and reluctantly sent the handsome rich man away.
When they reached the entrance of the cat cafe, Wade looked at the sky which had cleared up. He lowered his head to look at Lucian in the cat bag and whispered, "... Let's go home."
There was endless tenderness in that voice.
But the cat just looked back at the cat cafe. It seemed to realize something, and it turned around in the box anxiously and meowed loudly.
Wade laughed softly, put his finger into the vent, and said gently, "Don't worry, we'll be home soon."
Vader: …
Then he was bitten by the cat.
Wade withdrew his bleeding finger and thought, how could Lucian have such bad intentions
Maybe it was just a casual bite.
Lucian sighed in the cat bag until he arrived at Wade's residence. They were now in a very livable city with a humid climate, developed transportation, a good economy, and most importantly, the residents were all lazy and preferred shopping and sunbathing to working 996.
Wade bought a large flat here. He returned home and just put down the cat bag. As soon as he opened the cat bag, Lucian ran out.
Lucian has now become a small animal, but it is also mentally retarded and unrecognizable. Wade was not very disappointed. Lucian paused on the sofa for a long time, still seeming to be confused about where he was. It looked around the room blankly, and Wade was looking at it.
"This will be your home from now on," said Wade.
Lucian hesitated for a long time before jumping off the sofa. The shop owner was right. Lucian's movements were clumsier and his reactions were slower than those of ordinary cats. He ran around the house slowly, dragging his tail, and finally crawled to the front door of the house with a meow.
Vader:
Lucian: “Meow~ meow~ meow~ meow~~”
Lucian fiddled with the door for a while, then jumped up and tried to grab the door handle. Wade squatted beside him and studied for a while, and finally realized what Lucian was up to.
Vader: …
Lucian actually wants to go back to the cat cafe
Lucian saw that he couldn't open the door. He tilted his head back and made a long "woooooo" sound at the door handle. Wade poked his head with his finger, and Lucian lay down on the ground, exposing his white belly, looking at him in confusion, as if he was ready to be slaughtered.
But when Wade reached out to pick it up, he realized that this was not the case—this position just made it easier for Lucian to raise his claws to scratch him.
Lucian kicked him with all four paws and made a cute “meow” sound.
Vader: …
Lucian still wanted to go back to the cat cafe. He found a place at home to lie down, and together with his long white fur, he formed a fluffy blanket with a pink nose and pads of the same color in the blanket.
It stared blankly at the sky. Wade knew that this was a sign of a broken soul. With a broken soul, Lucian's IQ was much lower than that of an average cat.
Wade touched its head with his hand, and Lucian did not avoid it. It squinted its eyes, seemed to be a little sleepy, and its head curled up and fell asleep.
It curled up into a big, fluffy chicken leg when it fell asleep. Wade tried to move it gently, but it didn't wake up.
This is just as well, Vader thought.
Lucian had persevered through all those years as a tree, a flower, and a fish, so it wouldn't matter if he waited another lifetime as a cat.
At least Lucian can still make sounds now, and that is enough.
Wade held Lucian in his arms and sat on the balcony with him to bask in the sun. In the evening, Lucian woke up. He yawned a long cat yawn and licked his paws.
Then I realized that I was in a person's body.
"Good evening, Lucian," said Wade.
He stared at Lucian, trying his best to appear kind and gentle. But Lucian just stared at him, and then...
It kicked Wade's leg and ran away quickly.
Vader: …
…
Number Two often comes to this small world, and each time she comes, there is a year between them. One year in this city is also the time it takes for her to complete a world.
Because of the help she had given, she had established a good relationship with Wade and Lucian. This time, she visited them at their homes.
"Long time no see, Little Five." She brought a bag of cat toys and greeted Lucian in the living room with a smile. The cat stared at her and ran away quickly.
"It's always like this." Wade looked at Lucian and shook his head.
"It's afraid of seeing me." Number Two said with a smile.
"It doesn't like to see anyone, and neither do I. As soon as I approach it, it runs away. Every day it either plays hide-and-seek with me or slaps me with its paws." Wade pointed to the scratches on his arm.
The two chatted casually in the living room for a while, and No. 2 said again: "I have good news for you. No. 4 is finished."
Vader said "Oh?"
After entering the control center, the second thing he did was to find number four.
Number Four had not expected him to be here at all. After seeing him and not seeing Number Five, he stammered and frantically asked Vader where Number Five was.
Wade nearly crushed him to dust, but Four had already lost the will to live when he heard the news of Five's death.
"I never thought he would... he would actually do that for you..."
Vader didn't just let him die, that would have been too easy for him. He threw him into various small worlds for endless wandering.
"He messed with the wrong people, so he's done for." Number Two shrugged. "By the way, his number is currently blank. If you're interested, you can take it."
"Let's talk about it next time." Wade said.
"OK."
No. 2 was about to say something, but at this moment, there was a sound of broken dishes coming from the kitchen. Wade frowned and went there to check.
He saw Lucian standing in the kitchen, with two white bamboos standing obediently. It looked up at him and wagged its tail.
Next to it was a pile of broken dishes that had been pushed over.
Wade looked at it for a long time and smiled.
"I don't have time to entertain you any longer," Vader said to No. 2, "You can go now."
"Okay, I'm going to meet someone." Number Two didn't care. She waved to Lucian and left the house.
That night, Wade was reading on the sofa, while Lucian was walking around on the sofa above his head, with his tail wagging on Wade's head. Wade was annoyed by the wagging and grabbed Lucian off.
Lucian pretended to struggle in his arms for a few times, then he nestled in obediently. Wade put his chin on its warm little body and thought to himself.
Come back soon.
…
The next time they met No. 2 was in the fall. Wade went to a nearby mall to buy cat litter, and when he came back he saw No. 2 sitting in a cafe. The bright girl was holding a cup of coffee in a glass, silently looking at the people across the street.
Wade followed her gaze and realized that she was looking at a hospital with a ginkgo tree at the entrance. Standing at the entrance of the hospital was a tall and thin young man. He was wearing a white coat, handsome and indifferent, and was seeing off a patient.
After seeing off the patient, the doctor still stood there. He could have gone back to rest, but he was looking at the ginkgo tree, wondering what he was thinking.
Wade heard the people next to him call him "Doctor Lu".
After seeing Wade, No. 2 regained her smile. She waved her hand and said, "I bought something for No. 5 again."
"Yeah," said Vader.
He saw the man disappear and said to No. 2, "The ex-boyfriend in this world?"
"Did Number Five tell you something bad about me? He said I have a boyfriend in every world." Number Two shook his head and laughed, "What he said is true, but Doctor Lu is not."
“He’s the only one who’s not my ex-boyfriend,” she said.
The wind blew through the ginkgo leaves, making a rustling sound. Number Two looked at the nail polish on his fingers, suddenly smiled, and said, "I made him forget about me. It's been ten years, and when I came back this year, he still hasn't married. It's so annoying."
“You come back every year to see him.”
"I came to see if he got married. But I won't show up. I'm not one of those ex-girlfriends who haunts him. When he gets married, or dies, I won't come."
Wade didn't know the story of No. 2. He just looked at the gentle and elegant man and said, "Why not give it a try?"
"We are not from the same world. It is more painful to lose something after you get it. I will accompany him for the rest of his life, and he will get a lovely and charming girlfriend, but in the end, he wants me to remember him even in the future without him. How can such a good thing happen in the world?" Number Two shook his head and said, "Isn't he too selfish?"
Despite saying this, she still did not leave. She just smiled while holding her coffee, her eyes quietly looking in the direction of the hospital.
Travelers who do not belong to this world travel across thousands of mountains and rivers every year just to come back and see him.
Watch him grow from a stubborn boy into a gentle young man, watch him get married, watch him grow old.
This went on until the end of his life.
But in a room shaded by ginkgo trees, is Dr. Lu also looking at the sky
"Hey," she said, "be nice to Five."
Wade paused and smiled, "I will."
When he returned home, Lucian was still sleeping on the sofa. In recent years, Lucian's sleeping time has been getting longer and longer.
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