Chapter 4: The Mysterious Intruder (Added for 700 recommended votes)

  When I put her in, she might have twisted her stomach. The symbol paper water that had just been fed into her mouth flowed out from the corner of her mouth. I hurriedly let her lean against the ice cabinet wall and sit down, found a paper towel to wipe her clean, and then let her tilt her head for a while before letting her lie down - this is because if the water was still in her mouth, it would freeze in the ice cabinet, and if she woke up, she might not be able to open her mouth.

  It's unlikely she'll wake up. I was just daydreaming.

  To prevent the water from freezing after pouring in the talisman paper, I set the temperature to 5 degrees above zero.

  I finally let out a sigh of relief after taking this bath, I'm really exhausted.

  Throw your underwear into the washing machine as well, add detergent and disinfectant, and let it spin on its own.

  I also took a bath, put on clean clothes, picked up my phone and walked out the door. Before leaving, I instructed Mo Mo: "I'm going for a walk, I'll be back soon. You must listen to me, don't make a mess again!"

  As I walked out of the compound gate, I dialed the number that had just called me twice in a row.

  It was Wang Haichuan's voice: "Lin You, were you busy just now? Hmm, nothing. I saw the picture you sent. Coincidentally, if you asked me a few days ago, I might not have known either. We've been doing biology experiments these past few days and just saw this - it's an atrophied cat ovary cyst."

  "Ovarian cyst? Whose?" I asked in surprise.

  "Is that so. This thing is quite strange, how did you get it? What have you been up to lately?" Wang Haichuan asked with a suspicious tone.

  "This thing, a friend of mine has been having a streak of bad luck recently, so he called in a Taoist priest to take a look at his place. I tagged along for the excitement. The priest found this object and said it was the root of all the trouble, some kind of Southeast Asian voodoo or something. I don't understand any of that stuff. After the priest broke the spell, I brought this weird thing back home." I came up with this lie on the spot, and even impressed myself.

  Wang Haidong chuckled and said: "You guy, when we were in school, you were the least likely to believe those things among our classmates. How come you've started believing now?"

  "Alas, in my youth I didn't know the taste of worry, now I'm forced to talk about it with new words! By the way, what's the mysterious effect of this thing?" I hastily pulled out poetry and songs to divert attention.

  Wang Haifeng thought for a moment and said, "What kind of weird effect? I'm dizzy, this thing is just a bunch of tumor cells, what effect can it have? Do you think this is Cordyceps sinensis? However, I've heard that some places are superstitious about cat ovarian cysts, thinking that this thing can enhance human heart and lung function... all nonsense, don't go eating this stuff!"

  "Ugh, don't disgust me. I'm not that heavy-tasted. My body is fine! What's so special about this thing?" I know Wang Haichuan and I are the same, we like to read some messy books. When he was in school, he was a jack-of-all-trades. His dream major was biology, from which he should have known more.

  As expected, Wang Haichuan pondered for a moment before saying: "What effect? What kind of effect can cancer cells have? Oh, in some places in Southeast Asia, the smell of this thing is used as an antidote. Some people who are poisoned by tropical diseases will put it on their pillow and the smell emitted can alleviate the symptoms of poisoning. Take a sniff, doesn't it have a strange smell?

  I've already counted in my heart and will hang up the phone after a couple more perfunctory sentences.

  Actually, I just heard the phone ring and could have put Xiao Luqi in a wooden bucket first before going to answer it. Why did you have to rush out to pick up?

  Because I may have been tapped.

  Actually, the scattered cat litter on the floor was intentionally sprinkled by me. And I did it with great skill: although not eye-catching, it looked like it had fallen off the cat's fur; but in fact, each grain of cat litter was placed in a very deliberate position, and anyone who wanted to enter the bedroom would definitely not be able to avoid it. Especially when I saw Momo, I felt that everything was reasonable and wouldn't think twice about it.

  When I got home, I found that a lot of cat litter had been trampled. Cats are very agile animals and they won't deliberately trample the cat litter, no, they won't even touch it because there's the smell of their excrement on it.

  In that case, someone must have come to my home while I was at work. Whoever it was, they must be a master lock picker. Because there are many people coming and going in my building, if you spend ten or so minutes picking the lock, you'll definitely be seen by someone. Moreover, this person entered my home but didn't take Xiaoluqi away, nor did they steal anything, probably just to install a bug.

  My home is no longer safe. So I deliberately scolded Momo for scattering cat litter, actually saying it to the person who might be eavesdropping, letting him think that I didn't notice he trampled on the cat litter, and next time when he comes again, he won't intentionally avoid it. I don't answer the phone, and also deliberately pretend to be angry at the caller, worried that in case Wang Haicheng gave me some important clues, the person eavesdropping on me would find out.

  The question is: Who exactly is investigating me and eavesdropping on me?

  Wang Yongshun? Police?

  It's definitely not the police, otherwise they would have found Xiao Luqi in my room and taken me away with all the evidence a long time ago. Why bother playing hide-and-seek with someone like me who has no background or connections?

  After finishing the phone call, I wandered into a store that sold computer accessories and bought a pair of headphones, the cheapest kind, for only 18 yuan. Although it was cheap, at least it had a microphone on it, so when I plugged it into my phone, I didn't have to hold the phone while making calls, and could put it in my pocket, freeing up one hand. Think back to the old days, our ancestors couldn't speak and could only communicate with gestures, because both hands were needed to hold farming tools, which was very inconvenient. Language was born out of necessity, liberating people's hands and greatly improving production efficiency and communication efficiency. I also bought a small electric fan, with only two plastic blades, the kind that runs on batteries and can be held in your hand. After all, it's almost June, and the weather is getting hotter. If I put it next to my pillow and cover myself with a cooling mat, maybe I can get through this summer. For someone like me who's really stingy, even if it's sweltering hot in the summer, I still wouldn't dare turn on the air conditioner all night.

  I walked past a 2-yuan daily necessities store, and the broken loudspeaker in the store kept playing: "2 yuan, 2 yuan, all 2 yuan, all 2 yuan, 2 yuan, you can't buy it at a loss, 2 yuan, you can't buy it at a scam, don't miss it when you walk by..." I believe many people have heard this recording. I went in and turned around for a while, looking left and right, but there was nothing good to buy. Suddenly, I found a bell necklace. Hmm, this is not bad, 2 yuan, worth it. So I quickly bought it and prepared to give it to MoMo.

  Since that thing was a cat's ovarian cyst, not a human organ, there is no need to bother Jiang Junpeng from Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine to ask his classmates. After returning home, I first sent him an email on QQ, saying that the thing we talked about at noon was lost by mistake, and he didn't have to help ask anymore. Anyway, I was just curious, thank you very much.

  After sending the email, I opened all the cabinet doors at home and then grabbed Momo, put a collar on it, and asked: "Little Momo, is this collar fun? Do you like it?" As I said that, I put it on the ground.

  It ignored me, took two steps, and suddenly heard several crisp bell sounds, feeling very curious, took another two steps, and finally understood the causal relationship between walking and the bell sounds, got excited all of a sudden, and ran around the room.

  I used scissors to cut off one of the blades of a small fan, and then found a piece of black cloth, stuffed some paper towels inside, tied it with a string, and held it in my hand to tease Momo. Momo obviously loved chasing this thing that looked like a little mouse, probably due to its nature: as soon as my hand shook, the black cloth ball moved twice, and its eyes stared at it intently. When I dragged the string back and forth, Momo also followed closely, running wildly and jumping around with joy, the bell ringing non-stop. In the end, Momo found that it couldn't catch up no matter what, and suddenly jumped high, pouncing on it. However, without adjusting its landing movement, it fell flat on its stomach.

  Momo isn't a fool either, and if I tease it like this, it will soon not want to see this black cloth ball. Seeing that no matter how I tease it, there is no reaction, I pick up the black cloth ball and hide it behind the table leg, making it look like the ball has hidden itself.

  Miao Miao saw the situation and came again with strength, leaning forward slowly to approach the target quietly, suddenly pounced, two front paws stretched out, and firmly grasped the cloth ball. I didn't expect it to be so agile, and it got its way, hurriedly pulling back. One person and one cat started a tug-of-war.

  Look at this resentful gaze... Cut... Can't even tease you? Who made you so annoyingly endearing?