Deities Are All Just My Food
Chapter 1229 - 562: I Have a Home in Haijing!

Chapter 1229: Chapter 562: I Have a Home in Haijing!

The moon shrouded in darkness, the wind howled through the unlit alleyway, which was still permeated with a strong stench of blood. Not to mention a young girl, even a timid boy would probably turn tail and run immediately.

Lin Baici rubbed his nose and activated A Sip of A Hundred Flavors.

The smell of blood, the odor of rotting garbage, urine, and the lingering stink of some animal that had been decaying for who knows how long...

All these odors mingled together, assaulting the nostrils.

Achoo! Achoo!

Lin Baici sneezed twice in succession and quickly covered his nose, then followed the scent of blood.

In a corner by the roadside, Lin Baici found a black plastic bag with claw marks indicating it had been torn open.

The scene seemed to suggest that someone had tossed it into a trash bin, and then some stray cats or dogs looking for food had dragged out the bag.

"Could it contain human limbs?"

Lin Baici immediately thought of various dismemberment murder cases he had seen in the news.

Calling 110 was definitely not an option—if his guess was wrong, that would just waste police resources.

Surrounded by surveillance cameras everywhere, Lin Baici also did not dare use the White Deer Horn Bone Flute in this location. With no convenient tools available, he had to find a tree branch to pry open the black plastic bag.

A chubby plush cat peeked out.

The cat’s belly was huge, resembling a ball.

It was a bit dark, and at first glance, Lin Baici thought it was a discarded toy, but he quickly realized something was off. The fur, color, and shape were too lifelike.

Crouching down for a closer look,

Lin Baici’s brows immediately furrowed.

This skin was definitely real cat skin.

"Which sicko is abusing cats?"

Lin Baici cursed.

He saw clearly now; this must be a stray cat with a bruise on its back, likely hit by something like a marble.

Whoever abused the cat grabbed it, cut open its stomach, scooped out the insides, and then stuffed something else inside. After inflating it so it resembled a ball, fully stretching the skin, they stitched it up with needle and thread.

At a glance, it looked just like a toy.

The stray cat’s head was intact, but its eyes were sewn shut.

Occasionally in the news, you hear about people under great pressure from studies or work who vent by abusing stray cats, but the state of this stray cat in front of him was too rare, too cruel.

Above all, the mental state needed to carry out such an act was definitely not normal.

"Let’s hope this guy doesn’t escalate from abusing cats to killing people!"

Lin Baici tidied up the cat’s corpse and left the alley.

Not long afterwards, a calico cat stepped along the courtyard wall and arrived.

Meow!

The calico cat jumped down, silently approached the black plastic bag, and scratched at it a couple of times.

Meow!

The calico cat sniffed, looked around, and then followed a scent along the base of the wall, chasing after it.

...

Outside the residential area, a boutique fruit shop.

A woman entered, heading straight for Gu Qingxiang: "Remember me? We live in the same neighborhood!"

Gu Qingxiang did not respond.

There were only apples left at home; it would be too monotonous to make a fruit plate for Lin Baici. After eating dinner, Gu Qingxiang came out to feed the cats and to buy some fruits. No sooner had she walked in than the enthusiastic aunt who had wanted to set her up last time came in.

"The young man I mentioned to you last time, he got a promotion and a raise these days, earning over ten thousand a month now."

The enthusiastic aunt came in leading with conditions, trying to tempt Gu Qingxiang: "Without a house in Haijing, this income is a bit modest, but that young man owns a house in Haijing, making his circumstances much more comfortable."

"Going out to dine less than ten or eight times a month would be an injustice to such a salary!"

Gu Qingxiang remained indifferent, seriously selecting her fruit.

"Pick this one, this kiwi is delicious!"

The enthusiastic aunt put a kiwi fruit in Gu Qingxiang’s shopping basket: "Niece, I mean well for you, I think you’re pretty, demure, and it would be a pity if you couldn’t enjoy the good life!"

"I have a boyfriend!"

Gu Qingxiang couldn’t stand it; the aunt was like an incessant fly,

So annoying!

Hearing Gu Qingxiang finally speak up, especially about what she was most concerned with, spared the aunt from steering the conversation in that direction herself, so she proceeded to inquire.

"Is it the young man who lives with you?"

The enthusiastic aunt had heard from neighbors in the neighborhood that a young man was living with Gu Qingxiang.

Someone like Gu Qingxiang, beautiful but plainly dressed, obviously a straightforward girl—easy to control if married into a family, and with a decent job working as a counselor at Haijing Polytechnic.

Several of the neighborhood’s women wanted to set up their sons with her, so they paid close attention to her.

Of course, being neighborhood aunties, they cared about every person and every little thing that happened, but Gu Qingxiang was a prime target.

"It can’t be, right? That young man looks so much younger than you, by several years, just like he’s started college!"

The enthusiastic aunt probed further.

Hearing ’several years younger than you’, Gu Qingxiang’s brows slightly creased.

The enthusiastic aunt did not notice Gu Qingxiang’s change of mood, or perhaps she did but wanted to get to the bottom of it and kept asking: "Is he a relative of yours?"

After some thought, Gu Qingxiang earnestly replied.

"He is my family member!"

Gu Qingxiang sped up her fruit selection, then weighed and paid for her purchase, heading back to the neighborhood.

The enthusiastic aunt clung on like a plaster, continuing her prattle as she followed Gu Qingxiang.

"What kind of family are you? Just for that bit of boutique fruit, you’ve spent over three hundred."