497: Chapter 497: The Cat Walking with the Devil (Third Update, Seeking Monthly Pass) 497: Chapter 497: The Cat Walking with the Devil (Third Update, Seeking Monthly Pass) “Why am I trending again?”
Han Fei opened the trending page, where there was a video being wildly shared.
On closer look, the content of the video was Han Fei singing on the rooftop, then gradually approaching Liuli Cat, and eventually successfully rescuing her.
The person filming seed to be an employee inside the building, standing at the entrance to the rooftop, recording the entire process.
From his perspective, the intertwining of Han Fei’s singing with Liuli Cat’s humming was difficult to describe in words—the feeling of toasting to despair in the eting at the bottom of the Abyss.
Compared to Liuli Cat, although Han Fei’s singing was quite average, his voice seed to possess a special kind of magic, and coupled with his indescribable aura, he always seed able to support the other’s voice.
If Liuli Cat was like an elf in the darkness, then Han Fei seed like the darkness itself.
The video had just been uploaded when it started being shared frenziedly.
The person filming didn’t know that Han Fei had saved Liuli Cat with those initial words he said; the video only started from when Han Fei joined in humming the tune with Liuli Cat, which led everyone who watched the video to believe that Han Fei saved the person only by singing.
Save a suicidal person with a song?
The comnt sections under this video on various platforms blew up too.
“Seeing the title about saving a suicidal person with singing, I thought it was just hype, damn clickbait!
After watching the video, I realized the title is too modest!
Such a heart-stopping event!
Such a voice!
No, I need to co up with a more shocking title for you!”
“My mom asked why I’m kneeling while watching the video.”
“Holy crap!
That’s Han Fei!
Isn’t he a bounty hunter?
How can he sing too?
And sing so well?”
“How many tis has Han Fei clarified?
He’s not a bounty hunter; he’s an undercover agent for the police!
Do you understand?”
“Are those two guys above telling the truth?
I always thought he was an actor.”
“Without him on The Voice, I won’t watch.”
“Damn, I’m going to see him on the legal channel again.”
Righteous acts like what Han Fei had done were many, and would usually not create much of a stir; mainly, no one expected that Han Fei, a horror film actor, would have such a pleasant voice—it was a complete surprise.
The video’s popularity continued to soar.
Han Fei’s only relief now was that the person filming had the sense to blur Liuli Cat’s face, preventing anyone from harassing her.
“Gained more followers, and I feel like my fans aren’t here for my movies.” Han Fei was browsing his social dia account when Director Zhang suddenly called.
“Director Zhang, do you need sothing?”
“You can sing too?!
Why didn’t you tell you had this talent?
You’re a treasure!” Director Zhang was very excited.
“Mystery Novelist” was about to be released, and the massive attention Han Fei brought at this mont was excellent for promoting the movie.
“I might sing a bit here and there.”
“Don’t be modest.
If I had known you sing so well, I would have tasked you with our movie’s the song and ending song.
Better to use our own than seek elsewhere.
With your talent, as long as you keep producing works, you will eventually beco a top-tier actor!
Also, I have several variety shows interested in you—Celebrity Detective, Infinite Decryption, Real n, etc.—each offering a higher price than the next.
If you have ti, co and participate.
Anyway, I mainly called to check on your condition, worrying you might be injured.
Seeing you’re absolutely fine, I’m relieved.
Rember to co to Baixiang Pavilion tonight to discuss the script.”
After the call ended, Han Fei waited for a long ti before Liuli Cat finally ca out.
Her eyes no longer looked numb, just severely swollen.
Upon leaving the office, she kept apologizing to the police, making them sowhat embarrassed.
“The last thing us police are afraid of is trouble.
Your troubles an that you trust us, and that gives us purpose in our work.”
The older policeman tried to comfort Liuli Cat.
After speaking, he looked at Han Fei: “Look at him.
I heard from colleagues at the city bureau that there was a ti he visited the station more diligently than our shifts, yet every ti he ca, everyone greeted him warmly.”
“I can verify that he’s not wrong; you can always trust the Xinhu Police.” Because they had not caught Butterfly in reality, the police were still deployed in the Old City District, protecting Han Fei’s safety.
“Go and rest well when you get back, if there’s anything, just call us.” The older policeman patted Han Fei’s shoulder again: “I don’t know how you two t, but spend more ti with her.
This is the most vulnerable ti for her.”
The police asked Han Fei so routine questions as a formality and then let him and Liuli Cat leave.
“It’s noon already, what would you like to eat?
My treat.” Han Fei walked ahead with Liuli Cat following behind, like his shadow.
“Let treat you instead; after all, you saved my life today.” Hearing Han Fei’s voice, Liuli Cat timidly lifted her head.
She didn’t know why, but every ti she saw Han Fei, scenes accompanied by singing surfaced in her mind.
A little cat wandering at the bottom of the Abyss, looking up at a devil that was utterly brutal and terrifying, terrified to the point of puffing up, but the devil was clasping her nape, placing her on his shoulder, wanting to take her far away.
She was a bit scared of Han Fei from the bottom of her heart but felt that he was the only person she could rely on in this world.
“A cat and a devil…” Her mouth unconsciously voiced the thought, and realizing it, Liuli Cat quickly picked up her pace.
“What are you talking about?
Have you encountered the Devil?
When did you et?
Speak up, I might be able to help you.”
The two of them walked with frequent stops, and finally, Liuli Cat led Han Fei to a small restaurant at the street corner.
The eatery was modestly decorated, run by a husband and wife.
After entering the restaurant, Liuli Cat made her way straight to the second floor; she looked at the wooden table against the wall, and felt compelled to walk over, then picked up the nu on the table.
“When Granny decided to adopt , the first al she took out for after leaving the Welfare Ho was here, at this very table.
The Boss back then was a chubby old man.”
Sitting down, Liuli Cat ordered the sa dishes she had the first ti, except this ti, it wasn’t Granny accompanying her for the al, but Han Fei.
Being adopted by Granny was the first ti she had seen light in her life.
Returning here for a al could signify a fresh start for her life.
After a fulfilling al, the two felt closer to each other.
Throughout the al, Liuli Cat kept looking at Han Fei and finally couldn’t help but ask.
“How should I address you?
Just Han Fei?
Or…”
“Just call Han Fei,” Han Fei replied, making sure there was nobody else around, his gaze fixed on Liuli Cat’s eyes, “Rember what I cautioned you about last night, you must not tell anyone else.”
Liuli Cat nodded again and again, she swore not to reveal a thing, the little cat would keep the Devil’s secret.
“I will let you see that old lady again, but before that, I have many questions for you.” Han Fei put Liuli Cat’s school bag on the table, which bore nothing but the na of the Welfare Ho and a number—031.
“As an exchange, I will tell you so things first,” Han Fei’s hand moved away from the school bag, and he spoke slowly, “I grew up in an orphanage too, but those mories have beco very blurry.
I vaguely rember it’s related to Eternal Life Pharmaceutical, but sohow I seem to have forgotten my own number.”
“You grew up in a Welfare Ho as well?” Liuli Cat was surprised, “You only seem to be two or three years older than ; if we were in the sa ho, I must have seen you.”
“The Welfare Ho I was in has been abandoned, it went up in flas, and all its external walls and furniture were coated in red.” Han Fei shared the mory fragnts he had seen in the Deep World, “I rember many details, but now, I feel that there’s sothing wrong with them.”
After Han Fei shared things related to the Welfare Ho, Liuli Cat was astonished; the Welfare Ho he described seed to be the one where she spent her childhood.
However, how could it be possible for both of them to have lived in the sa Welfare Ho without ever having seen each other?
Not the slightest impression of one another?
“Your number is 031, does that number have any special aning?”
“It must be an experintal number.” Liuli Cat opened the backpack she used to carry as a child, which contained a photo of her with the old lady and so song lyrics she had written herself.
Flipping page by page, Liuli Cat placed one of the pages of lyrics in front of Han Fei, “Look at the back.”
The first thing Han Fei did upon entering the restaurant was to check the surveillance, knowing there was no cara that could capture them here, so he didn’t bother to hide anything.
He flipped the sheet of paper on the table, and the back displayed handwriting completely different from the lyrics.
“Child number 031—failure of a perfect Personality?”
“This was left by my Granny before she passed away.
She worked her whole life for Eternal Life Pharmaceutical, but in the end, she seed to feel she had done sothing wrong.” Liuli Cat felt sad whenever she ntioned the old woman who adopted her.
“A perfect Personality type?” Han Fei eyed Liuli Cat skeptically, “Do you rember what kind of tests you’ve been through?”
“I was too young back then, I don’t rember the specific tests,” Liuli Cat shook her head, “it feels like the more tests I underwent, the more I forgot.”
“You are number 031, aning there were thirty other children before you.
Do you have any mories of them?” Han Fei was trying to grasp what had happened in the past, the scars were deeply etched in his mory, yet he could not recall who had inflicted them.
“I rember their childhood faces and their corresponding numbers, but once I was adopted, I completely lost touch with them.”
“Rembering their faces from childhood is enough.” After a long mont with his phone tapping lightly on the table, Han Fei finally spoke again, “So people treat our lives like they’re experints, seeing our humanity as a tool that can be reshaped.
Our lives are senselessly disrupted, filled forcibly with endless despair and pain.
We might need a lifeti to heal the scars from childhood, yet they remain at large, trading our mories for money and status.
Do you think that’s fair?”
Liuli Cat shook her head lightly, “It’s not fair.”
“I also think it’s not fair, so we must live well and reclaim fairness.” Han Fei looked at Liuli Cat with a smile, “Will you help ?”
The Devil was smiling, uttering tempting words, reaching out a hand stained with blood.
Liuli Cat gazed at Han Fei, the Devil in the song rging with Han Fei in front of her.
She knew well how dangerous he was, yet she nodded solemnly.
“I am willing.”
In the depths of the Abyss, the little stray cat had t the Devil in search of light; she staggeringly followed behind the Devil, choosing to walk alongside him.
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