[Friendly Reminder: Complete 10 missions to upgrade the System Mall and unlock the Second-Tier Life-Extending Pill.]
The Second-Tier Life-Extending Pill cost 15 points each, and the lifespan it exchanged for increased from three days to ten.
Lu Ruo was pleasantly surprised to learn that completing missions could also lead to upgrades, so much so that she didn’t even notice when Gu Qi had left.
Meanwhile, Gu Qi, who had stepped out of the ward, closed the door behind him and casually pulled a White Rabbit candy from his pocket, popping it into his mouth.
“What a shame. Back then, one little girl’s words made our Captain Gu trade his cigarettes for candy. Now that you’ve met again, she doesn’t even remember who you are.”
The speaker was Gu Qi’s partner, Zhao Kuo. He stood one meter eighty tall, yet had a youthful baby face.
Gu Qi knew what Zhao Kuo was teasing about, and his eyes held a helpless look. “Zhao Kuo, we’re on a case, not filming a reunion scene.”
“We’re on a case, not filming a reunion scene~” Zhao Kuo had been laughing as he mimicked Gu Qi, but as he spoke, he let out a sigh. “Ah, such a young girl, and she’s got this kind of illness. She’ll probably have to stay in the hospital from now on.”
At the mention of Lu Ruo’s illness, Gu Qi pressed his lips together tightly. His well-shaped sword-like brows furrowed as he said coldly, “That family, they’re absolute scum.”
Inside the ward, Lu Ruo vaguely heard Gu Qi cursing someone as scum and instinctively glanced at the door.
This Captain Gu… he wasn’t cursing her, was he?
Never mind. Her original intention was only to repay Grandmother Gu’s kindness to her.
Lu Ruo steadied herself and asked the little calico cat in her arms in a very soft voice, “Huahua, earlier I asked if you remembered who hid the baby in the trash pile. Have you thought about it?”
Huahua loved staying on Lu Ruo’s body.
It shifted into the most comfortable position and said in a sweet, cooing voice, “I didn’t remember at first, but before the cat came to see you, some other person grabbed me and gave me a bath.”
“That person’s paw-paw right here, right here.”
A soft little paw pad suddenly rested on Lu Ruo’s wrist.
Huahua leaned its little head in, making sure it was pressing the right spot, then continued, “There was something on them just like what the cat has, right here.”
The little white paw stretched out in front of Lu Ruo, flipping over to reveal the black, vestigial toe beans that every kitten has.
These black bumps, when they grow on humans, are just moles. Some are raised, some are flat. The little kitten didn’t understand, having only caught a glimpse and unable to tell the difference.
“Thank you, Huahua.” Lu Ruo stroked Huahua’s head, then suddenly added, “When other people are around, I can’t always talk to you. If I do, they’ll find out I’m different.”
“What happens if they find out?” Huahua tilted its little head, eyes wide and round, not quite understanding what Lu Ruo meant. “You’ve always been different. Only you’ve always known what the cat says. Other people don’t know at all.”
In Huahua’s eyes, Lu Ruo had always understood it perfectly.
When it had kittens and asked Lu Ruo for lots of meat and fish, Lu Ruo would quickly bring those things over.
When it told Lu Ruo the kittens were born and it was cold, Lu Ruo would immediately bring soft, warm clothes.
Lu Ruo had always understood cats. Those people who thought Lu Ruo was different were just jealous!
Thinking all this, Huahua rubbed its little head against Lu Ruo’s chest again and again, then agreed sweetly, “Human, if that’s what you want, then when others are around, the cat won’t talk to you. When it’s just the two of us, we’ll talk in secret!”
Lu Ruo was deeply moved by Huahua’s promise.
She called out loudly for Gu Qi to come back in, but this time, Gu Qi wasn’t alone when he entered the room.