206 Seductive
Murong Hao could not help but look at the shelf bed.
The old lady, who was sleeping under the bed canopy, still had her eyes closed. Her skin was pale and dry, and her body was so shriveled that she was almost skin and bones. Her eyebrows were protruding, and her eyes and cheeks were deeply sunken. Breathing between her mouth and nose was barely visible. She was lifeless, like a living dead.
“Bang!”
The sound of a clapper pierced through the night and came from afar, as if a hammer had hammered into the couple’s hearts.
Murong Hao punched his fist lightly on his knee twice and looked at the old lady with flickering eyes.
The emotions in them were abnormally complicated. There was sadness, helplessness, sighs… There was also a hint of pity.
“Master, this is all for the Murong family.” Madam Murong naturally saw that her husband was wavering and advised him softly.
Yes, for the Murong family.
Murong Hao’s gaze only shifted for a moment before turning as deep as an abyss.
“Mother,” Murong Hao said in a low voice to the unconscious old lady on the bed. His voice was a little hoarse. “Hang in there for a few more years. Our Ah Yong is about to get married…”
He dragged out the end and finally let out a long sigh.
At some point, a flying insect had appeared in the lampshade. The flying insect flapped its wings inside and rampaged mindlessly. The magnified shadow of the insect cast on the walls of the house made the originally heavy atmosphere even more strange and sinister.
The old lady on the bed extended a finger from under the embroidered blanket. The finger moved slightly, and her shriveled, purple mouth opened slightly in a silent sigh…
Rustle…
The flying insect in the lantern flapped its wings even more violently, making a subtle scraping sound as it hit the lampshade.
The cat outside the window was attracted by the rapidly fluttering light and shadow and the flapping wings of the flying insects. Its mind went blank, and it flew towards the window…
Its hind legs kicked off the branch, and it swayed again, causing the cat’s calculations to deviate a little. The cat’s front paws clung to the window threshold, but its hind legs missed, and it could only cling to the window in a slightly sorry state.
At this moment, Gu Yanfei’s sigh sounded in the cat’s ear again. “Look at you, you’re already as fat as a ball. You might not be able to jump far next time!”
The cat’s face almost collapsed. Its front paws reached out and hooked the window sill with its sharp nails. Its hind legs hung in midair as it tried to pedal the air…
“Meow!”
With a roar, the cat finally pushed himself up with a burst of strength and struggled up the window sill. Then it eagerly raised a paw to tug at a talisman stuck to the window.
“Where did this wildcat come from!” a slightly sharp female voice shouted.
The commotion caused by the cat was naturally noticed by the couple in the house.
Madam Murong and Murong Hao frowned at the long-haired calico cat in the window and were shocked.
“Guards!” Murong Hao was about to order someone to hit the cat when he saw it turn to look at them. Its emerald eyes glittered in the candlelight.
“Meow~”
The cat’s eyes were clear and spotless. They were so shiny and dazzling.
Its charming eyes were like silk, captivating them.
Murong Hao and Madam Murong looked at the calico cat in a daze. They were mesmerized, and their eyes were filled with infatuation and piety.
“Kitty, do you want that?” Murong Hao said gently as he pointed at the talisman stuck to the window.
The middle-aged man deliberately softened his rough voice, making it seem a little flattering and comical.
“Meow!” The calico cat meowed bossily, cockily leering at the two stupid humans.
“It’s too high for you to reach, right?” Madam Murong understood and approached the window eagerly. She smiled like a flower, and her eyes were filled with flattery. “I’ll get it for you.”
The calico cat meowed again, chin high, elegantly crouched, tail wagging happily behind it like a feather duster.
Murong Hao rushed to the window, but Madam Murong tore a talisman off the window before he could.
Then, she held the talisman in both hands and respectfully handed it to the cat. She even asked considerately, “Kitty, are you hungry? Do you want to eat some dried fish before leaving?”
The cat’s eyes lit up and it salivated, but Gu Yanfei’s words rang in its ears again. “You’re as fat as a ball.”
The cat trembled and quickly calmed down. It meowed and bit the talisman handed to it. Then it turned around and leaped towards the tree outside the window…
