Chapter 1: 07. Good day, let me protect you!

  Why is it sympathy! He hates such eyes! He hates!

  Liang Chen hugged his head, as if he couldn't stand firm, and Mao Ni wanted to support him, but was pushed away by a hand.

  He clenched his fists and rushed out in a daze.

  The sunlight stretched out his back shadow, and the cat clearly saw the tears in his eyes. In the moment he rushed out of the pavilion, he raised his hand to wipe them away fiercely.

  She frowned and followed him out.

  She never thought that one day she would be running around for a kid, but now she has to take care of him because he saved her life, didn't he.

  Liang Zhen ran all the way to the playground before stopping, his legs weakening as he knelt on the ground. His body trembled from holding back emotions, he wouldn't cry, he had promised his mom that he was a man, and men never cried. He would protect his mom.

  But these hands, no, he didn't want to become like that man, he wasn't a madman, wasn't a murderer. He suddenly grabbed a stone and fiercely smashed it towards his right hand, again and again, numbly, mercilessly.

  It seemed as if he could hear the sound of his bones shattering, he gritted his teeth and held back tears. Like this... He would never be able to hurt anyone else again, like this... He could control himself.

  He will never become a murderer, never.

  "What are you doing!" A pair of hands pulled him up from the ground, his hand clutching a stone struggled to shake off the cat's paw, but was pinned down by it. She pressed him to the ground and saw his bloody right hand, tears welled up in her eyes.

  The boy's delicate face still had no expression, as if it were just a hollow shell.

  "You're crazy!" Meowth yelled, "Why don't you cry? Why don't you give up?! Why do you have to push yourself so hard, you're just a stinky little kid, how can you treat yourself like this, what kind of world are you living in?!"

  Liang Chen gritted his teeth, holding back the tears that filled his eyes. He struggled with all his might, trying to break free from the cat's control, but it was no use.

  The power of Meow has never been so great, indeed, she felt that this kid was strange at first sight, the second time, she thought he was inexplicable and rude, until this time, she suddenly pitied him extremely.

  He's just a kid, after all. Every child who comes here is lonely, she knows. Because she has always been deeply lonely too.

  "Listen up, I don't know what's happened to you, but I'm the boss here, got it?! From now on, you're going to follow me and let me protect you! I won't let anyone hurt you, and I won't let you hurt anyone else either! Got it?!"

  Her fervent tears fell on his face, damn it, if he wasn't protecting himself, he wouldn't have exposed that terrible side either.

  Gazing blankly at the sky, biting hard on his teeth, neither nodding nor shaking his head.

  "Did you hear that?!" Meowth bellowed again, his eyebrows furrowed in effort, but still stubbornly refusing to acknowledge her.

  The cat's meow had no effect, and she was worried about how to make him compromise. Suddenly, she saw a small pendant hanging from his white neck. What is this? She pulled it down and jumped up from the ground.

  Li Chen's face changed suddenly, and he ignored the pain to get up from the ground and pounce on the cat nest. A hint of anxiety appeared on his cold face.

  The cat saw that he had reacted and became even more unwilling to give it to him.