It was now evening.
Lin Siyin realized there were no groceries at home and decided to go downstairs to ride her electric bike to buy some.
However, what Lin Siyin did not expect was that Lu Zixun also followed her downstairs.
He even consciously jumped into the small metal basket in front of the electric bike.
Once they arrived at the vegetable market, Lin Siyin immediately got off the bike to buy groceries.
Lu Zixun was left on the bike.
It wasn't that Lin Siyin didn't want to bring Lu Zixun, but because pets were not allowed in this vegetable market!
"Excuse me, excuse me."
The bored Lu Zixun lay listlessly in the small metal basket in front of the electric bike.
Suddenly, he heard several bicycle horn sounds.
Several Special Guards hurriedly passed by the bun shop, heading towards the affordable housing complex next to the vegetable market.
Curious onlookers gradually followed in the direction the Special Guard had gone.
Meanwhile, Lu Zixun overheard some shocking news from the mouths of some onlookers.
"Hey, hey, hey, it looks like there's something exciting happening, let's go check it out quickly."
One onlooker, seeing the Special Guard hurrying by, couldn't help but feel curious.
"They're probably dealing with another death, why bother getting involved? It'll bring bad luck."
Another onlooker held back the curious one who wanted to go see the spectacle.
"How do you know it's a death?"
The restrained onlooker was clearly not convinced and wanted to argue properly with the other.
"Haven't you watched the news? Our neighborhood hasn't been peaceful these past few days. A few people have died just last week; I heard they were bitten by something and completely drained of blood, with only a layer of skin left on their bodies."
"That bizarre?"
The restrained onlooker sat back down.
If what he said was true, the chance of death indeed seemed tremendously high.
And with only a layer of skin left, that gruesome scene wouldn't attract viewers even if the spectacle was significant.
"It sounds like some alarming news has been heard..."
Lu Zixun licked his own little cat paws.
Curiosity killed the cat, and even when a person becomes a cat, curiosity could hardly be hidden.
On both sides of the vegetable market stood old buildings with walls unseemly with peeling paint and moss growing, and many parts blackened with mold.
First floor, second floor, third floor...
Using the agility of his cat body and the speed of Flash, Lu Zixun reached the crime scene in just a few seconds.
A crowd gathered at the door, pointing and whispering, most of them neighbors from the next building.
Finding a gap, he slipped through.
Lu Zixun, avoiding the sight of the Special Guard, finally discovered an unidentified middle-aged man's dead body inside a bedroom.
Just as an old man had described that morning, the person before him was like a deflated balloon, crumpled and spread across the bed.
His eyes were wide, as if he had seen something horrifying before he died.
Though the rest of his body was intact, a large chunk was bitten off the major artery in his neck.
"Where did this fat cat come from?"
Lu Zixun approached the body, startling the forensic doctor beside him.
The forensic doctor quickly shouted to the other two Special Guards in the room, "Hey, you two, take it out of here quick, don't disturb the scene."
As soon as he finished speaking,
his eyes widened.
The fat cat, tilting its head in a curious manner, cautiously extended a cat paw and twisted the corpse's head.
"Crack!"
The corpse's head snapped off.
Like a Barbie doll severed from the neck, the head drooped lifelessly to one side, maintaining a right angle with the body.
"Ding, detected Ma Liang's anger value +50"
Lu Zixun retracted his hand with great embarrassment.
He had only wanted to examine the wound closely but accidentally twisted the head off with too much force.
I'm sorry, the mission wasn't successful...
While the room's Special Guards weren't yet planning to catch him, Lu Zixun very sensibly jumped onto the head of the stone-faced Ma Liang.
Then with a kick of his hind legs, he leaped out of the room.
Midair, a few strands of black hair, along with the orange cat, fell to the ground.
"Ding, detected Ma Liang's anger value +100"
Having reached the doorway, Lu Zixun's body shivered; he was done for, now the Special Guard would hold a grudge against him.
Hurry and leave the crime scene.
Lu Zixun fled back downstairs like flying, from a distance, he saw Lin Siyin sitting on an electric bike, seemingly waiting for someone.
Her eyes occasionally flashed with anxiety and unease.
"Wow, look who's the lovely lady, could you be waiting for meow?"
Lu Zixun approached with the speed of Flash, and the words he thought in his mind turned into a sweet "meow—" by the time they reached Lin Siyin.
"Meow—"
Lin Siyin snapped back to reality, turned her head with a delighted look, and saw the fat orange cat jumping into the bike basket.
"Hey, fat cat, you finally came back! I was scared to death, thought you were lost."
Lu Zixun yawned, gave her a casual glance, and turned his head away.
"Kawaii~!"
Lin Siyin, channelling her soft cute Lolita persona, gently stroked Lu Zixun's head.
"Ding, love value from Lin Siyin +99."
Lu Zixun squinted his eyes, enjoying the process of being stroked by a human.
He finally understood why cats liked being stroked by hands moving back and forth on their bodies—it really was blissful!
"Hey, beauty."
A ruffian-like voice came from behind Lin Siyin.
Lin Siyin furrowed her brows.
Turning back, she saw a social youth with brightly dyed green hair, smoking a cigarette, and ogling her with lecherous eyes.
"Brother has been watching you for a long time, you're from Yu Ren Middle School, right? Brother lives nearby, often sees you going to and from school, how about it, interested in going to a bar with Brother for some fun?"
The social youth took a deep drag of his cigarette, shook his leg, thinking he looked quite dashing as he spoke.
"Not interested." Lin Siyin's expression instantly fell, as she coldly replied.
"What? Not interested? Don't refuse the drink only to be forced to drink as a penalty."
The social youth took two steps forward, intending to sit behind Lin Siyin.
Lu Zixun's gaze gradually became dangerous.
Damn, you dare to ask my sister out? And looking like this? Where did you get that courage? Was it given by Fish Leong?
Lin Siyin looked at the social youth, revealing a sunny smile.
The social youth was instantly dumbfounded, and snot unknowingly started to flow.
Just as Lu Zixun couldn't help wanting to make a move, Lin Siyin sinisterly smiled.
She quickly got off her electric bike, delivering a dark shin-kick that carried a chill.
As fast as lightning and startling as the clanging of bells, she kicked the social youth's vital point.
The social youth's face instantly twisted, his mouth forming an "O" as his body involuntarily bent down.
Then, Lin Siyin did not give him a chance to react, delivering an uppercut, a side kick.
A backward pull, followed by a shoulder throw, completing the entire sequence smoothly and effortlessly.
"Oh no, spare me, heroine."
The social youth was in tears, laying on the ground groaning in pain.
Lin Siyin snorted lightly, her look disdainful as she said, "Dealing with hoodlums, I'm a professional."
Lu Zixun watched this scene in astonishment.
It felt like his worldview, life perspective, and values were all collapsing.
What's going on?
Who is this violent beauty before my eyes?
What happened to the gentle little sister I knew from home?
Did she transform into a butterfly and fly away?
Lin Siyin, unconcerned about the man on the ground, pushed her bike and said softly to Lu Zixun, "Alright, fat cat, let's go home with big sis."
"This... doesn't quite match the image of the gentle sister in my mind..."
Recalling that moment, Lu Zixun swallowed hard.
Stealthily glancing to the side, he saw the social youth covering his groin area, lying on the ground as if he was in a trance...
Suddenly, he felt a chill in his lower body.
He had no objections to Lin Siyin's suggestion.
"Ding, love value from Lin Siyin +20."
"Ding, anger value from Ma Liang +10"
The last extremely discordant sound made Lu Zixun's cat face frown.
Is everyone so vindictive these days?