Paranoid Doctor Only Loves Me
Chapter 567: Story of Little Douding 530 (2 more)

Chapter 567: Story of Little Douding 530 (2 more)

Longliu escorted Tang Su upstairs before leaving.

Downstairs, Yingzi hadn’t returned yet. The house across from Lu Han’s was also empty. On the two-story building, Tang Su didn’t even know who lived opposite Yingzi. It was the first time Tang Su felt so utterly alone.

She missed Lu Han so much.

No sooner had Tang Su thought of him than Lu Han’s call came through.

"Hello, husband," Tang Su choked out.

"It’s all right, don’t worry. Little Douding is very obedient. It might just be playing around for a bit. When I fed it downstairs before, it was actually quite mischievous."

"Maybe it feels that it has repaid the kindness of us bringing it home and now just wants to roam the world and see everything. It’s fine, let it be," Lu Han consoled.

"..."

Little Douding was portrayed by Lu Han as a heartless cat, which was admittedly an ingenious depiction. Tang Su’s guilt didn’t feel as heavy anymore.

Instead, she felt that Little Douding was a truly ungrateful little thing.

Even if it wanted to roam the world, couldn’t it have parted on good terms? It could have at least said goodbye to her, its owner, in advance. After all, they had been together for several months.

"Lu Han, are you blackening Little Douding’s name on purpose to keep me from blaming myself?"

"Absolutely not. You don’t have to feel guilty. The bond we have with our pets only lasts a few to a dozen years. If it comes back, we’ll continue to take care of it; if it doesn’t, we’ll just get another pet in the future."

"This isn’t your fault. It’s like if our child ran away from home in the future. Don’t indulge them. Let them go wherever they want. Once they’ve had enough hardship, they’ll know how good home is and will come back on their own."

"If they don’t come back, then it means they haven’t had enough hardship, so let them keep at it."

Tang Su: "..."

There was no denying that Lu Han knew how to offer comfort.

"I thought you’d blame me for losing Little Douding."

"If a cat means more to me than you, then that means I’ve gone mad. As a husband, I need to reflect seriously for letting my wife harbour such a big misunderstanding. That’s my fault," Lu Han expressed his regret.

"Lu Han, thank you."

"Don’t mention it. Get some good sleep and don’t worry too much."

"Okay."

Tang Su was persuaded.

After hanging up Lu Han’s call, Tang Su took a bath in an attempt to get a good night’s sleep. She quietly prayed that Little Douding wouldn’t get bullied by bigger cats or dogs outside and that even if it never returned to their home, as long as it had a good life, it was okay.

That night, Tang Su dreamed that Little Douding had returned to its former owner, looking spirited and eating lots of cat food just like before.

When it bumped into her on the street, it was still affectionate towards her, but when it came time to leave, it followed its former owner away.

Tang Su smiled as she watched them depart together.

The next day, upon waking up, Tang Su hoped that if Little Douding’s fate were indeed like that in her dream, then it was a good thing.

**

Two days later.

Despite the efforts of the Longmen Elite Scouting Team, there was no news of Little Douding.

The main reason was that nobody had expected that Little Douding would spend the past two days in a cemetery, guarding a fresh grave.

Inside it lay its young former owner.

Little Douding looked small, but in truth, it was just petite in stature—its age was certainly not small.

Before being abandoned by its young owner’s mother, it was already an adult cat. However, it had a petite build and did not grow very large. As a result, it looked like a kitten.

During the days Tang Su and Lu Han went to Beijing, it stayed at the Tang family home. When they went to the countryside, they would take it with them, and everyone would gather to watch TV together.

Little Douding was a Ragdoll cat with a very high IQ.

The young owner fell ill, but she still didn’t allow her mother to give it away to someone else. Every time it was given away, the young owner would take it back into her arms.

Latter on, the young owner’s illness became more severe—so severe that she had to go to the hospital. When the young owner’s mother couldn’t find a kind person to adopt it at short notice, she abandoned it in their original residential area.

It was taken to Tingzhu Building by a naughty boy far smarter than it, who wanted to keep it. It liked the little boy too; however, the boy’s parents wouldn’t let him because they disdained its dirty and skinny appearance.

At that time, it had been bitten by a stray dog to the point where it was losing skin—a situation that would have been fatal for most cats without immediate medical intervention.

But its self-healing ability was incredibly strong. By the time it encountered Lu Han, its wounds had already started to heal. After Lu Han picked it up and took it to a pet hospital, with professional care, it recovered even faster.

It liked its new owner, Lu Han, and it liked Miss Tang Su, the little sister, even more.

Yet, it always had its original young owner in its heart.

It grew up with its young owner. The bond they shared could not be replaced by anyone else.

One day, while in the countryside with a group of cats sitting in the yard watching the TV set nearby, it saw its young owner. It had been only a few months since they parted, but its beautiful and adorable young owner was already gone.

People say pets are foolish and lack spirituality.

In fact, the pet world is just like that of humans. There are both fools and the super-intelligent—those whose intelligence most people can’t even fathom.

The same goes for the pet world. There are adorably foolish pets, even to the point of gnawing on their deceased owner’s corpse, the slightly clever ones, and then those, like it, who are top-tier in intelligence.

That day, it wanted to leave.

But it felt it should say goodbye to Tang Su and Lu Han.

It had a great memory. It couldn’t read, but it could recognize environments and easily find a specific plant in nature with its strong sense of smell.

After Lu Han left, it stayed with Tang Su for a week. It realized Tang Su was not alone; she had friends to talk to and bodyguards hidden from sight to protect her.

It decided it was time to go.

That night, it left.

And it would never return; it intended to stay in the graveyard, keeping watch over its young owner.

It couldn’t accompany the young owner when she was in the hospital, but after her passing, it could, and now no one could stop it.

It was just a stray cat. People in the graveyard wouldn’t drive it away. As long as it didn’t cause destruction, the things they threw away were enough to fill its stomach.

It didn’t eat much to begin with.

Little Douding immersed itself in showing heartfelt devotion to its young owner. The little girl’s mother, unable to let go, came to the graveyard to accompany her daughter for several hours every day after her burial.

Once, Little Douding wasn’t quick enough and was spotted by the little girl’s mother.

The little girl’s mother was incredulous, calling out in disbelief, "Xiaobao?"

Xiaobao (Little Douding): ...

It turned its head and glanced at the little girl’s mother.

It etched the love from its young owner into its heart, grateful and intending to repay kindness. However, despite being abandoned by the little girl’s mother, it harbored no resentment and would not grow close to her again.

"Xiaobao, it really is you. How could you..." The little girl’s mother was excessively delighted. For a moment, she even wondered if her daughter’s soul had taken over Xiaobao.

Xiaobao (Little Douding) jumped, leaping over the trash can in front of it, and then disappeared from sight.