My whole family is the protagonist, and I am the only cannon fodder!

I fell asleep at around 2:30 in the morning last night, and for some reason I had another dream about falling into the deep sea. However, the dream was still messy and fragmented, just like the few fragments that accidentally appeared in my mind during the swimming class before, and disappeared very quickly.

Lu Zaozao had a headache trying to recall whether she had watched any movies or educational films about the ocean recently. The answer was obviously no. She had never even been to the beach, which was one of the most regrettable things in her life.

Of course, this was not the only reason that caused her insomnia—there was also the scar on Lu Qingwan’s back.

The events that happened one after another made Lu Zaozao realize more clearly that there must be more deviations in his two lives. It is probably impossible for him to figure it out by himself. It is really necessary to ask the parties involved.

I opened my phone and realized belatedly that today was already the 16th - it was time for Xie Huinian to return Dengdeng.

The last time I delivered Dengdeng to Xie Huinian, I told him that next time he came back, he could just send him to the cat cafe in the city center. I also reminded him the name of the store and the exact time a few days ago. With Xie Huinian's memory and personality, there shouldn't be any big problems.

Not long after lunch, Lu Zao Zao went to her small garden to water the flowers, and then took a taxi to the cat cafe. Because of Waitong's relationship, Lu Zao Zao became good friends with the owner and went there almost every week, sometimes helping her to look after the store or bringing some pet supplies and cat food.

While in the car, Lu had already sent a message to the other party.

[Sister Xiaoye, has the food been delivered yet? ]

It is very likely that the other party is busy and will reply after twenty minutes.

[It was delivered and is playing with other kittens now.]

Then the screen kept showing that the other party was typing, but after waiting for a full minute, no message came. It must be that the other end was constantly deleting and revising. Later, Lu Zao Zao received another message.

【Are you almost there? 】

[Yeah, it’s almost there.]

The other party replied with "Come quickly" and added an OK gesture at the end.

As soon as she got off the car, Lu Zao Zao went straight to the store, opened the door, and saw Ye Ran standing in front of the cashier counter. When she saw Lu Zao Zao, she started to wink at her. Lu Zao Zao walked towards her confused, "What's wrong? Sister Ye, why are your eyes twitching?"

Ye Ran pulled Lu Zaozao by her sleeve and pulled her aside, saying in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Who's the man sitting over there? The one who raised Deng Deng with you? He's so handsome!"

"?" Lu Zao Zao asked in confusion, "What man?"

Ye Ran groaned, her eyes full of uncontrollable curiosity and gossip, so she began to explain to Lu Zao Zao, "It's the boy who sent Deng Deng here. He has been waiting here for more than an hour. I told him to just leave Deng Deng here and you would come to pick him up. He said it was okay and he would not feel at ease until he handed him over to you in person."

Lu Zao Zao suddenly realized that the person Ye Ran was talking about should be Xie Huanian, so he walked into the inner room and saw Xie Huanian sitting on a low stool beside him, watching Deng Deng and other kittens playing very attentively. His drooping eyelashes were long and black, and the sunlight cast a very light shadow under his eyelids, and his expression looked particularly soft.

Lu Zao Zao took a few steps closer, but his footsteps were so light that they should not alarm anyone. The sunlight shone in through a piece of glass on the upper floor, illuminating the dust particles floating in the air, and also clearly illuminating the faces of the two people.

At this moment, Xie Huinian suddenly seemed to sense something and turned her head slightly. In the silent air - she and Xie Huinian happened to meet each other's eyes and saw each other's expressions clearly.

Lu Zao Zao quickly looked away, walked forward, stepped past Xie Huinian, picked up Deng Deng from the group of cats, and held him in his arms.

"Let's go home."

Wait waited for a while to flutter in her arms, then jumped out of her arms and tapped Xie Huinian's calf with its claws. Lu Zao Zao called its name a few times to call it back, but Wait waited remained indifferent and continued to pull at Xie Huinian's trouser legs with its claws. It was unknown what it wanted to do.

Lu Zaozao was very embarrassed because she didn't know whether she should pick up Deng Deng from Xie Huinian's feet. She stood there anxiously looking like an empty-nest elderly person waiting for her rebellious children to come home.

Xie Huinian glanced at Deng Deng, touched his head with his fingertips, then suddenly raised his head and said to Lu Zao Zao, "It's short of cat food."

"Oh." Lu Zao Zao said, "I still have some at home, it's okay."

"Some?" Xie Huanian frowned slightly, looking very dissatisfied with Lu Zaozao's words. "Last time you came to my house to give the cat away, you almost emptied out all the money in my family. Now you must be short of it. Go buy some."

That made sense, so Lu nodded and agreed, "Okay, I'll go buy some later."

"I will go with you."

"...?"

After a brief period of aphasia, Lu Zaozao felt that his facial expression must have been wrinkled into a big question mark, the kind of very obvious doubt.

But Xie Huinian seemed not to see her expression, nor did he care whether she agreed or not. He stood up from the stool and straightened his trouser legs that were wrinkled by Deng Deng.

Then he walked out and said to Ye Ran, who was standing in front of the cashier but looking inside, "Excuse me, could you please look after me for a while? We need to go out and buy some things."

The attitude is very good and the tone is very polite.

"Okay, okay, no problem, leave it to me." Ye Ran, who had accurately grasped the word "we", began to smile so hard that her teeth could not be seen. She waved her hand and said, "Oh, you can go without worry, go, go——"

Lu Zaozao walked out of the cat cafe as if in a trance. When he opened the door, he saw Ye Ran winking at him again.

I don't understand why they just came to pick me up, etc., and then things developed like this. It's like a movie with no logic at all and scenes keep jumping. It's really frustrating.

We walked one after the other, at least twenty meters apart, and finally arrived at the shopping mall.

Entering the elevator, the two stood at two corners of the elevator.

The square gilded box was as smooth as new, like a mirror glass that could reveal everything, reflecting Lu Zaozao's panic and confusion. Lu Zaozao looked up and saw clearly all the subconscious expressions on her face. Shopping in the supermarket with Xie Huinian was still too much for her to understand.

She took a deep breath and finally asked, "I can buy it myself. If you have something to do, please go first."

Xie Huanian remained unmoved, staring straight ahead indifferently, and then uttered two words without any emotion.

"fine."

"..."