Bald Uncle, Save Me!

Starting yesterday morning, "Egg Pie" started behaving a little strangely.

The cat only ate less than half of the food—normally it would finish that portion completely.

When Liu Shiling was leaving for kindergarten, it didn't run to the door to see her off—it usually would come and meow.

Shiling's Mother didn't find this strange at all, nor did she pay much attention to it. It's not unusual for a cat to occasionally be lazy, eat less cat food, or not see its owner out, right?

Let alone the cat, she herself almost overslept and forgot to take her daughter to kindergarten on the first day of school.

But Liu Shiling was very concerned about this, her little face was miserable, and she even looked like she wanted to stay at kindergarten with Egg Pie.

Left with no other option, Shiling's Mother had to promise her daughter that after sending her to kindergarten, she would take Egg Pie to see the doctor.

When Shiling's Mother returned from dropping her daughter off at kindergarten, Egg Pie was still listlessly dozing on the sofa cushion. When Shiling picked her up, she didn't struggle at all.

This made Shiling's Mother wonder if Egg Pie was actually feeling unwell, because it wasn't easy for her to pet her daughter's cat normally. Occasionally, she would manage to pet it with delicious treats, and Egg Pie would feel like she was "reluctantly doing this because you're Shiling's Mother."

But now, the cat is completely powerless to resist. It's a warm, soft, big lump in my arms, not meowing, not moving, and not struggling.

However, when Shiling's Mother took Egg Pie to the vet, spent a lot of money, and had a bunch of tests done, the vet's assessment was that the cat was perfectly healthy except for being a little chubby. There was nothing wrong with it; it was probably just lazy or in a bad mood. The vet said it would probably get better on its own after a while, and maybe it would be lively and energetic again by tonight.

But when Liu Shiling returned home that evening and saw "Egg Pie" still listless and refusing to eat any cat food or treats, she became quite anxious.

Although Shiling's Mother told her daughter many times what the vet said, that Egg Pie was perfectly healthy and had no problems, and that it was probably just lazy or in a bad mood.

But Liu Shiling still tearfully murmured several times, "Is Egg Pie going to die? Will Egg Pie die? What will happen if Egg Pie dies? Egg Pie can't die..."

Although she didn't scream or cry, but just squatted pitifully next to the Egg Pie and talked to herself, Shiling's Mother still felt a bit overwhelmed. However, she couldn't get angry. To be honest, her daughter had been very, very obedient and sensible lately. The reason she was so "concerned" about the Egg Pie was probably because she was too lonely.

Although she has now become friends with Xiao Mei in the neighborhood and they often play together at kindergarten, after returning home, she can still chat and study with Xiang Kun and some of Xiang Kun's friends through QQ and video calls.

But deep down, this little girl is probably still lonely.

So Shiling's Mother took her daughter and Egg Pie to the vet again that night, and had the vet perform a routine check on Egg Pie in front of them, and personally told Liu Shiling that the cat was fine.

But to her surprise, Liu Shiling still didn't sleep well that night after returning home. She kept getting up to check on the Egg Pie, and now that it's almost dawn, she's gotten up again to feed Egg Pie.

"Shiling, you heard the doctor say it too, the Egg Pie is fine. You keep nagging it, it can't rest properly, which is actually bad for it..." Shiling's Mother advised helplessly. She had said similar things countless times since last night, and she was getting a little annoyed.

She couldn't help but be annoyed. The vet said the Egg Pie was fine, and the cat itself didn't have a fever, diarrhea, or any other obvious symptoms. It was just eating less cat food and being lazy. Liu Shiling was really making a mountain out of a molehill.

Liu Shiling suddenly remembered something, ran to the living room, picked up the iPad on the coffee table, and went back to her room.

Seeing her daughter open QQ, Shiling's Mother was taken aback and asked, "What are you doing? It's so late... You're not going to bother your... Uncle Xiang, are you? He needs to sleep and work. You should stop messing around..."

Shiling's Mother initially wanted to snatch the iPad away, but seeing her daughter's upturned face and the tears welling up in her eyes, she softened. After all, it was just a message on QQ, not a direct phone call, and the notification sound shouldn't wake Xiang Kun. So she said gently, "Just leave one message. Your Uncle Xiang will reply when he wakes up."

Liu Shiling rubbed her eyes, nodded, and then sent a voice message on QQ: "Bald Uncle, help!"

Standing behind her daughter, Shiling's Mother was exasperated. She could already imagine Xiang Kun woke up and heard this news a few hours later.

Unfortunately, she had just told Liu Shiling that she could only leave one message, and sending another one now to explain might wake Xiang Kun up.

Just as Shiling's Mother was thinking about whether to call Xiang Kun during the day to explain and apologize, Liu Shiling's QQ unexpectedly received a video request from Xiang Kun.

The video call was immediately connected, Shiling's Mother quickly said to Xiang Kun on the other end, "Oh dear, Mr. Xiang, I'm so sorry, it's so late..."

Then she suddenly noticed that in the video, not only was Xiang Kun there, but also a very beautiful girl sitting diagonally above Xiang Kun's head, staring wide-eyed at the camera.

It was past four in the morning, and the girl was clearly wearing pajamas, her hair was obviously hastily tied up, and there was a single tuft of hair sticking up on top... Shiling's Mother's burning gossip fire started to burn uncontrollably.

"Mom, these are Roast Chicken Wing Sister!" Liu Shiling didn't think much of it and introduced them directly to her mother.

"Ah, roasted chicken wings, hello... no... silly girl, why are you calling people that like that? That's rude!"

In the other video, Xiang Kun laughed and said, "It's nothing, it's nothing. Lao Xia said he was going to treat Little Bell to roasted chicken wings. That girl has been talking about it. Lao Xia and I were discussing something and hadn't gone to sleep yet, so we weren't woken up. Don't worry."

"Ms. Xia, hello, hello." Shiling's Mother quickly greeted Lao Xia via video call. Then she finally remembered that this Lao Xia, "Roast Chicken Wing Sister," was one of the three girls who often came to play Xiang Kun house.

Liu Shiling, ignoring her mother's gossip, quickly grabbed her iPad and ran to Egg Pie's side, pointing the camera at the seemingly sleeping cat. "Uncle Baldy! My Egg Pie seems to be dying! It hasn't eaten anything today! And it won't play with me! Something's wrong with it!"

Shiling's Mother quickly explained, "Mr. Xiang, I took the cat to the vet for a full check-up yesterday. The vet said there's nothing wrong, and it should recover on its own in a while. It's just that Shiling is too attached to the cat; she can't even sleep properly..."

On the other end of the video call, Xiang Kun said, "I understand, Shiling's Mother. You go and rest first. I'll chat with Little Bell. It'll be fine."

When Xiang Kun heard the Little Chubby Girl's tearful voice message crying "Uncle Little Chubby Girl, help me!", Xiang Kun was genuinely startled. However, he immediately analyzed the tone of her voice and the surrounding sounds to determine that she was not facing any direct danger. He then confirmed this by sensing the chopsticks that had been given to the Little Chubby Girl as an Emotion-Infused Object.

After connecting via video and learning the reason why the Little Chubby Girl made the "cry for help," Xiang Kun did not think, like Shiling's Mother, that the Little Chubby Girl was "overly concerned and confused," and was too concerned about the state of the "Egg Pie."

Because he knew very well that Liu Shiling was not an ordinary child. In his "Super-Sensing Item System," the Little Chubby Girl had extremely deep association abilities. Many of her "intuitions" and "instinctive" reactions were not just willful judgments.

Moreover, based on Xiang Kun's cognitive model of the Little Chubby Girl, it can also be concluded that the Little Chubby Girl's strong concern about the "Egg Pie" must have a reason, even if she herself may find it difficult to express this reason.

When the Little Chubby Girl pointed the camera at the Egg Pie, Xiang Kun suddenly had a strange feeling. This wasn't the first time he'd seen this cat; he'd seen it more than once when video chatting with the Little Chubby Girl before. But he hadn't paid much attention to the cat before, but this time it felt different.

"Little Bell, put the Coin I gave you and the chopsticks next to the Egg Pie, and set up a 'magic circle' for it. I'll cast a spell on it and make it alright, don't worry. After you've set up the 'magic circle,' go to sleep first. When you wake up, I'll tell you what's wrong with the Egg Pie."

Xiang Kun didn't avoid talking to Shiling's Mother and directly instructed the Little Chubby Girl.

Shiling's Mother didn't doubt his words at all; on the contrary, she was somewhat touched— Mr. Xiang was always willing to follow Liu Shiling's train of thought and always patiently played these childish games with her.

This is perhaps why the daughter trusts Mr. Xiang so much and is willing to listen to Mr. Xiang.

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