Chapter 42: Resentment

  To take care of Lin Ke, Xiao Cian goes to Chu Li's house every day to cook porridge and then leaves some for Chu Li. She also has to leave some for Lu Yan, or else he will definitely say that she is doing it on purpose. Then she goes to the hospital. Originally, the hospital suggested staying for a month, but Lin Ke is young after all, and can be lively and active in just one week.

  In that week, Xiaocui was always running between home and hospital. At Chuli's house, she often saw Lu Yan, and when she asked Chuli about him, he just said Lu Yan was there to play. Most of the time, Xiaocui and Lu Yan chatted with each other in a foul-mouthed way, he scolded her as an ugly monster, and she called him uncle. Every time, they could make Lu Yan so angry that he wanted to vomit blood, but he couldn't do anything about it. However, maybe Xiaocui was too sensitive, she always felt that Lu Yan had a faint sense of hostility towards her, as if she had offended him somewhere. But she had just met him, where did she offend him?

  It wasn't until later that Xiao Chuan found out why Lu Yan had disliked her from the start, and even detested her. However, due to Chu Li's relationship with her, he had to tolerate her presence, and for Chu Li's sake, he even protected her.

  Pangzi returned two weeks later, and when he came back, he didn't mention Lin Ke's hospitalization at all. Lin Ke naturally wouldn't bring it up either, so the two of them acted as if nothing had happened and went about their usual business. Lin Ke even accompanied Pangzi to go swimming, and his body really seemed to be perfectly fine.

  Xiaochan knew that she could only advise her not to squander her youth, for there would be a day of reckoning. However, Lin Ke wouldn't listen, thinking that everything she was doing now was a profitable investment with substantial returns. Seeing that her advice was futile, Xiaochan gave up. After all, she wasn't a living Lei Feng, lacking the patience to constantly remind others. If someone didn't even love themselves, why would they be worthy of others' love?

  Xiaochan collected some food that the little hamsters liked to eat and rushed towards Chuli's home. She thought she was already late, after all, most people get up at 10 o'clock, except for a few lazy ones.

  How did she know that after knocking on the Chu family's door, someone opened it in just a few knocks. Then Xiaocui saw Lu Yan, who was only wearing a tight-fitting four-cornered pants and sleeping with his eyes half-closed, looking at her. Seeing Xiaocui's shocked expression, he sneered: "Where are you looking, ugly woman! Slut!"

  Xiaochan spat blood, hating that she couldn't go up and kick him a few times. He himself came out with his clothes not covering his body, how dare he blame her?! Even though she felt a bit embarrassed in her heart, her mouth still refused to admit defeat: "You this pervert! Who's looking at you? Look at your dried-up appearance, I'm too lazy to look at you!"

  Chu Li just came out of the bathroom, he was dressed properly, seeing Lu Yan's almost naked appearance, his face turned black and he scolded "Lu Yan, go back to your room!"

  "You're not busy, are you? I came out to open the door and it's wrong?" Lu Yan showed a wronged face when facing Chu Li, then seeing that the other party didn't look at him, he pouted and turned into the room.

  Chu Li ignored her, and Xiao Cui also ignored him. They both ran to the hamster's nest with all their hearts, but when they arrived at the balcony, they found that it was empty and there was nothing there. Xiao Cui thought they had moved to another place, so she looked left and right, even circling around Chu Li's house, still not finding any sign of the hamsters. She stared at Chu Li with a confused expression, "Where are my hamsters?"

  "I think it's too smelly, so I threw it away." Before Chu could leave, Lu Yan, who had already put on his clothes and walked out, replied lightly. Then, Xiaochan seemed to have been struck by lightning and couldn't move.

  "Are you really lost?" Xiaocui muttered, a bit at a loss and a bit dazed.

  "It's just two little mice, the smell is too big and I'm uncomfortable, so I threw it away. What's the big deal?" Lu Yan had a nonchalant expression on his face as he lazily walked towards the sofa, and then lay down softly, like someone who had been drained of all energy.

  Chu Li's hand paused as he opened the refrigerator, realizing for the first time that there was no sign of the hamster. He turned to look at Xiao Chan and saw that her eyes were starting to redden, and she would probably burst into tears soon. In that instant, Chu Li felt a pang in his heart and furrowed his brow, asking Lu Yan in a low tone, "Where did you put it?"

  The hamsters are disinfected by someone every day, and Xiaocui also comes over to change the sand bath for the hamsters every day. She says it's impossible for the hamsters to stink, this is just a random excuse made up by Luyu.

  Lu Yan lazily raised his head, spreading his hands to indicate that he had really lost them. "Why are you all like this? If you want me to catch two mice for you, I can do that."

  "Where did you throw it?" Xiaocui felt a dull ache in her chest, and her eyes were really about to well up with tears. She really liked those two hamsters, they were cute and simple, spending their days eating and sleeping, living the life of a typical foodie, just like pigs. But despite this, she still liked them. And having raised them for so long, she had developed some feelings for the two hamsters, and at first, she couldn't bear to part with them, let alone now?

  Lu Yan didn't want to bother with Xiaochan at first, thinking that they were just two annoying little mice and it wouldn't matter if they got lost. But seeing Chu Li's gaze on him like a hungry person, he couldn't help but tell the truth: "Ah, I haven't lost them, I just put them outside on the balcony step, so they're out of my sight and won't smell bad."

  Xiaochan ran over to take a look and indeed the cage was stuffed outside the stainless steel guardrail on the balcony. The guardrail above was empty, not blocking the wind or rain. Today's weather wasn't very good, no sun, just a gentle breeze and a few drops of rain, making the inside of the cage quite chilly. Xiaochan quickly brought the hamsters back in, only to see the two hamsters huddled tightly together, looking as if they were freezing.

  When she saw the master, it was just a pitiful hum of two voices, not like usual, running over to open mouth and begging for food. Xiaocui only felt that her heart was in pain. This is her pet, she wants to raise her pet well, but still let them suffer.

  Chu Li couldn't help but come over to take a look, originally he disliked hamsters, but seeing Xiao Chuan liked them so much, he didn't dislike them either. At this time, seeing Xiao Chuan's distressed expression, he couldn't help but comfort her saying "Don't worry, I'll call the vet right away to take a look."

  Xiaochan didn't say a word, she didn't want to speak. Perhaps in her heart, there was also some resentment and sorrow. Because she had left the hamsters at his place, he had agreed to help take care of them, no need to feed or care for them, just provide a safe location would be enough. But now, the little hamster had caught a chill, she wanted to take them away, but there was nowhere to go, so she remained silent and didn't know what to say.

  Chu Li was a perceptive person, with just one glance he knew that Xiao Chan's heart was resenting him, and his own heart didn't feel good either. "It was my fault, I had something on my mind last night so I wasn't paying attention."

  "Was it last night? Xiaocui's heart felt even more uneasy, and she looked at Lu Yan and asked "Did you put it outside yesterday night?"

  At this time, Lu Yan was no longer speaking because he felt that Chu Li had become angry, so he could only choose to be silent. His silence was equivalent to admitting it, and Xiao Chuan only felt disappointed and disheartened. Perhaps she should try her best to bring the hamster back home, now that her parents were being nice to her for Rong Yun's sake, maybe they would accept the hamster too.