Lu Ruo asked Duo Duo the question exactly as Gu Qi had instructed.
As a result, Duo Duo’s temper flared up. It stood in the corner facing the wall and huffed back angrily: “No extra meals, meow is mad. Meow doesn’t want to talk to anyone anymore!”
“It says it doesn’t want to talk to anyone anymore.”
Lu Ruo also really wanted to catch the culprit quickly, but she didn’t want to force a little cat to take responsibility for human affairs.
Seeing Lu Ruo’s dilemma, Old Mrs. Gu slapped Gu Qi on the arm: “You brat, the answer’s already been handed to you. As a detective, can’t you figure out a way to catch the person?”
Gu Qi: “I was just trying to gather a bit more intel, wasn’t I?”
With that, Gu Qi thought for a moment, pulled a White Rabbit candy from his pocket, and handed it to Lu Ruo.
He hadn’t planned to say anything, but seeing Lu Ruo look at him with a puzzled expression, he couldn’t help adding: “Treatment isn’t easy to endure. Have a candy—it’s sweet.”
Only then did Lu Ruo understand what Gu Qi meant.
She took the candy and smiled at Gu Qi. “Thank you, Officer Gu.”
“Don’t call him Officer Gu—too formal.” Old Mrs. Gu cut in, introducing him properly. “Gu Qi, your grandmother here has taken Ruoruo in as a god-granddaughter. I’m preparing a recognition banquet. From now on, we’re all family.”
Then she said to Lu Ruo: “Ruoruo, this boy is the third in the family. Just call him Third Brother. If you don’t want to, you can call him Little San’er directly—he wouldn’t dare complain.”
Earlier, when she’d heard Old Mrs. Gu call Gu Qi “Gu Little San’er,” Lu Ruo had found it a bit odd.
Now hearing Old Mrs. Gu introduce him again with a perfectly straight face, a hint of amusement crept into her eyes. She looked at Gu Qi and said softly: “Third Brother, please… please take care of me from now on.”
Gu Qi actually quite liked this little sister.
He smiled and nodded. “Alright, little sis… Ruoruo, I’ll go get to work now.”
With that, he strode out the door.
The speed of his exit showed he was genuinely in a hurry to solve the case.
Encouraged by Gu Qi’s proactive attitude toward work, Lu Ruo clenched her fists.
She couldn’t just keep sitting in the hospital wasting time either. She had to finish ten tasks as soon as possible—otherwise, upgrading the System Mall would be nowhere in sight.
[Can I take on two tasks at once?] Lu Ruo tentatively asked the System.
[Yes, you can.] This time, the System didn’t stay silent.
Lu Ruo felt relieved.
As long as the test results came out, she wouldn’t have to stay in the hospital anymore—she could leave. She just wondered what her physical examination report would look like now that she was in a healthy state.
Speak of the devil—just then, the doctor walked in.
They didn’t avoid Lu Ruo and spoke in shocked tones: “In just one day, Miss Lu’s cancer cell division has slowed to nearly a halt! This is a sign of recovery! For now, chemotherapy isn’t necessary—we don’t want to do more harm than good.”
After saying this, they looked at Lu Ruo again. “Although you’re cleared to be discharged, we’d still like to ask if you’d be willing to stay in the hospital so we can continue monitoring your condition.”
“Monitoring what?” Before Lu Ruo could refuse, Old Mrs. Gu spoke up. “This is a society governed by law. Are you trying to restrict a citizen’s freedom?”
Everyone present knew who Old Mrs. Gu was.
Not to mention that the late Old Mr. Gu was a decorated hero—just Old Mrs. Gu’s grandson alone was not someone to mess with.
So they could only say: “Apologies, apologies. Please don’t be upset. We’ll process the patient’s discharge right away.”
Twenty minutes later, Lu Ruo was already in a car heading to the Gu family villa.
She hadn’t actually intended to take advantage of her status as Old Mrs. Gu’s god-granddaughter, but the old lady kept holding tightly onto her hand the whole time.
With no other choice, she went along.
The Gu family villa was at No. 6, Yuxi Longting. Old Mrs. Gu said Gu Qi’s parents had gone traveling, so for now only she, an old woman, lived there—and she was feeling quite lonely.
Seeing the old lady’s wistful expression, Lu Ruo couldn’t help but take her hand. “Then… then I’ll keep you company from now on.”
Old Mrs. Gu secretly smiled to herself.
She seemed to have found a way to get along with this little granddaughter.
“This is the reward money for your tip.” Old Mrs. Gu paused. “As for your daily necessities, Grandma will have the housekeeper arrange for someone to bring them over. Huahua can stay with my Duo Duo—my Duo Duo loves taking care of little cats.”
With a series of arrangements made, they arrived at Yuxi Longting.
Just then, a batch of daily necessities was also delivered, and among them were brand-new electronic devices.
Under Old Mrs. Gu’s instructions, the housekeeper directly sent everything to a room decorated in an adorable style, without even giving Lu Ruo a chance to speak.
The room featured a two-meter-wide bed covered with a sky-blue quilt, complete with a walk-in closet—cozy and comfortable.
Standing at the doorway, Lu Ruo suddenly thought of the room she’d lived in at the Lu family home.
It was located on the first floor of the villa, in the darkest, most sunless corner, with a small 1.2-meter bed and nothing else fitting inside.
So she could live in a place this nice too?
“Do you like it?” Old Mrs. Gu asked. “This is the girl’s room that I and the old man personally oversaw the decoration of. Oh, right, come with me to offer incense to the old man, so he can get to know you as his daughter.”
This time, Lu Ruo didn’t refuse.
She truly wanted to live in such a beautiful room, to have family who liked her and whom she liked in return.
Since Grandmother Gu was willing to take care of her like this, all she needed to do was repay her well.
After kowtowing to the Gu family patriarch and formally acknowledging the ancestors, Lu Ruo began decorating the room according to her own preferences.
Old Mrs. Gu didn’t disturb her.
Once the decoration was done, remembering that she needed to quickly complete tasks, Lu Ruo looked at the new phone Grandmother Gu had bought her and decided to try livestreaming first.
Going out and running around hoping to get lucky wasn’t realistic—the internet was where she could reach the most animals.
Lu Ruo asked the housekeeper, who had someone deliver a livestream stand.
By then, Lu Ruo had already changed her initial numeric account name to “Pet Communicator Ruoruo.” She titled the livestream room “Cat Communicator,” ignored the beauty filter feature, and clicked confirm to start broadcasting.
As a new streamer going live, only a couple of people occasionally wandered into the room, and no one stayed.
Thinking that doing business required hawking your wares, and livestreaming must be the same, Lu Ruo suppressed her embarrassment and spoke up: “Hello everyone, I’m a cat communicator. I can help you communicate with your cats. Anyone want to give it a try?”
Just as she spoke, the livestream got a boost of traffic, and ten people came in at once.
Someone posted a comment: [This profession has already been proven to be a scam. Streamer, don’t be silly thinking you can build an account on this.]
Once one person spoke, others started chiming in too.
[I agree. Streamer, you’re really pretty. Don’t do this scam stuff—you could easily build an account as a looks-based streamer with your face.]
[Wait, hasn’t anyone noticed the pretty girl is sitting on a hospital bed? Is she sick?]
While netizens were discussing in the comments, a familiar account suddenly appeared.
Yaoyao’s the Best: [Pet Communicator Ruoruo? Hah, are you trying to start livestreaming to beg for money? Don’t embarrass yourself—turn it off now!]