"Oh, I accidentally got scratched by a branch, but I’ve already applied dicine." Clyde Sumrs said casually.
"Be more careful in the future."
"Got it, I’m heading back to my room."
Clyde waved his hand, tucked his hands into his pockets, and went inside.
The housekeeper glanced at his back and smiled as he spoke to Old Master Sumrs, "The young master seems to be in a good mood today."
Old Master Sumrs nodded slightly, "Hmm, there does seem to be more smiles than usual."
The old housekeeper remarked with great feeling, "The young master has grown up, looking just like you in your youth, not only in appearance but also in deanor."
"Oh?" Old Master Sumrs chuckled, "What kind of deanor? The kind where you look down on everyone?"
"If you say so, then I suppose so." The housekeeper laughed too.
For a father burdened with debilitating health issues, nothing is more comforting than watching his child grow up and show promise.
...
Clyde Sumrs skipped a grade, making him the youngest among the boys in class, yet everyone respected him.
So people are born leaders; no matter where they are, they’re the one at the helm. Especially when he’s good at academics, bold, fights fiercely, and cos from a wealthy family.
Yes, particularly wealthy.
After school, Clyde Sumrs returned ho, changed his clothes, filled his pockets with money, and began pondering how to court Atra Blanc.
Buy a bouquet of red roses? She’s so shy; she might not want to accept it.
It’s trendy to give music tapes recently, but he doesn’t know whose songs she likes, nor if her family has a tape recorder.
Lost in deep thought along the way, as he neared the traditional dicine clinic, he still hadn’t decided what to buy.
It seed like fate was giving him a chance; just as he rounded the corner, he saw Atra Blanc rushing towards him, almost colliding into his arms!
But didn’t.
Atra Blanc stopped just in ti.
Clyde felt a bit disappointed, "Why are you in such a hurry? Where are you going?"
"Pi—Pinky is missing, I’m going to look for it..." Atra Blanc replied, panting.
Hearing this, Clyde frowned, "Where will you look for it?"
Atra Blanc shook her head, gasping for air, speaking haltingly: "I don’t know... I’ll just have to look around first..."
"It’s getting dark, how are you supposed to find it like this?" Clyde said, "You go check by the riverbank first, I’ll gather so people to help you search."
Atra Blanc hurriedly said, "Thank you."
"Alright, get going." Clyde waved impatiently, "Figure out how to thank after you find it."
Atra Blanc nodded, hastily jogging off towards the riverbank.
Clyde then went to the video hall and pulled out seven or eight boys, directing them to search for the cat.
Blondie nearly whined, "Bro, we were watching ’A Better Tomorrow 2’! Leslie Cheung got shot, it’s the crucial point! And you want us to look for a kitten on the street?"
"Stop the nonsense, hurry and search; check the streets and alleys, walls and corners, even where there’s garbage." Clyde ordered firmly, "Anyone who doesn’t go gets beaten, those who go will pass next week’s exam, guaranteed."
The boys scattered all at once.
"Quickly search, quickly search!"
"You go that way... Bighead, co with to check the alley!"
"There are always a few stray cats in Grandma Lewis’s backyard, maybe it’s there..."
Clyde glanced at the sky; the sunset was slanting westward, dusk wouldn’t last much longer. If they couldn’t find it before dark, they might never recover it.
If it were any other cat, it might co ho on its own; but this white cat was already so skinny it’s all bones, sick, long-unfed, running away ans death.
Thinking this over and over, Clyde felt inexplicably annoyed.
Later, his foreboding proved true; just as it was getting dark, Blondie and so boys found the cat in a dead-end alley—it had already died.
Everyone gathered around the cat, unsure of how to handle it.
Clyde also felt troubled.
Were they supposed to take a dead cat to Atra Blanc?
Just then, Bighead’s shout was heard from afar, "Found it! Found the cat!"
Bighead ca running over excitedly, holding a white cat in his arms.
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