Su Ling trembled all over, desperately wanting to escape. He used both hands and feet to crawl to the edge of the cage, reaching out to grab the person outside.
Liu Ruyan didn’t dodge, letting Xiao Canfei’s hand grab her. But to her disappointment, after grabbing her, Xiao Canfei just looked at her pleadingly, without any other action. She slapped Su Ling’s hand away, took a step back, pulled out something like a remote control, and pressed it hard!
“Mmph!—”
An extreme current spread from his neck through his entire body. Su Ling was in too much pain to make any move, not even able to shed tears.
Liu Ruyan withdrew her hand, and Su Ling collapsed limply to the floor. At last, tears flowed, large drops turning into streams, falling to the ground little by little.
“Don’t try to do anything pointless. If you dare, I’ll electrocute you!”
“I’m leaving now. There’s an automatic feeder over there, filled with cat food. Just lick it with your tongue and it will open.”
“Remember, don’t use your hands. If you use your hands, I’ll electrocute you too.”
With that, she actually left, leaving him alone, staring blankly at the cage above. He lay on the floor for a while before slowly getting up and curling back onto the bed. He wrapped himself tightly in the blanket.
Su Ling slept. When he groggily opened his eyes, his gaze was still vacant, his mind always on the Linking. He remembered the teacher once saying that after making a Link, one would become very sleepy—it was the body’s way of protecting itself. But Master didn’t intend to make the Link, and that hurt his heart.
‘Does Master hate me? That’s right, I don’t listen and always make her angry.’ As Su Ling thought, he couldn’t help but recall his former self. Back then, he was carefree, protected by his parents and his sister, saying and doing whatever he wanted. ‘So my personality was probably a bit bad too—otherwise, why didn’t I ever make a single friend?’
He didn’t know, he had no memories of that. ‘Maybe it was because of my bad personality that I kept angering Master? Disobeying again and again, that’s why Master is so angry with me? It must be hard to get along with her, right?’ As Su Ling thought, he slowly drifted back to sleep.
When Su Ling woke again, it was from a pang of hunger. He rubbed his aching stomach and sat dumbly on the bed, not knowing what to do. ‘Should I go eat that cat food? But if I do, it means I’ve really become a cat—a cat that belongs solely to Liu Ruyan!’
Behind him, his tail drooped weakly, his ears flopped limply, and even the white fur seemed to have lost its luster. Su Ling bit his lip and looked around. It was pitch black all around, nothing could be seen, and the light above only illuminated the cage. ‘It seems no one is around…’
Su Ling crawled off the bed. He moved on all fours, the stump of his leg wrapped in thick bandages. The wound had healed, but these bandages allowed his stump to touch the ground without pain. So he didn’t remove them. Perhaps Liu Ruyan thought the same and didn’t intend to take them off either.
On all fours, he shuffled over little by little to the water dispenser. He gently licked the spout with his tongue. The next moment, a thin, slow stream of water flowed out. Su Ling lowered his head and took small sips.
As he sucked, his body gradually let down its guard. Without thinking, he stuck out his tongue and gave a small lick. The tip of his tongue curled, scooping up a thin stream of water into his mouth!
Su Ling froze. Feeling the amount of water in his mouth, far more than when he sucked, he stood stunned! Trembling, he stuck out his tongue again. It easily curled up the water and sent it into his mouth. Su Ling’s eyes went wide, and he fell backward in terror. He scrambled backward on hands and feet until he reached the bed and stopped!
‘Why? Why is this happening? How can I drink water with my tongue? I’ve… I’ve really, really turned into a cat?’
Su Ling trembled, tears falling with a pattering sound.
Tap, tap, tap!!!
Footsteps approached. Panicking, Su Ling grabbed the blanket and wrapped himself tightly inside.
Bang! The iron door opened with a dull thud! Liu Ruyan stepped in lightly and kicked the bundled figure. “What, you think covering yourself up will hide you from me?”
“Don’t be so naive.”
Su Ling slowly moved the blanket aside, revealing a look of utter despair! Liu Ruyan paused for a moment. Xiao Canfei looked utterly pitiful—red-rimmed eyes, drooping ears, face full of tears, and a small, delicate mouth twitching.
“Tsk, you really are a mess! But what does that have to do with me?”
She crouched down, lifted Xiao Canfei onto the bed, and took hold of his remaining foot, which was exquisitely small! Su Ling trembled, watching her, not understanding what she was about to do. Liu Ruyan stared at this small foot. It was delicate and pink, emitting a faint, enticing fragrance that made one want to bite it off!
Liu Ruyan took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down. She placed this small foot on her shoulder and glanced regretfully at Su Ling’s stump. Su Ling bit his lip hard. He sat dumbly at the edge of the bed, watching this person play with his foot, thinking only that she was a pervert, a huge pervert, a super huge pervert! Otherwise, how could she even toy with his foot?
Liu Ruyan seemed to read Su Ling’s thoughts and smiled slightly. She picked up a long cardboard box she had brought with her. Opening it, she took out a delicate mechanical object that looked like a leg. She scrutinized it, pulled out an instruction manual, fiddled with it for a bit, then picked up the leg and slowly pressed it onto Su Ling’s stump!
Su Ling didn’t resist; he just stared blankly. ‘I think I understand what she’s doing? But how is that possible? How could she possibly be nice to me? It’s a lie, a lie, right?’
But no matter how much he denied it in his mind, the mechanical prosthetic limb was attached to his body.
“Want to get up and give it a try? It’s not custom-made for your leg, but it should do in a pinch.”
As she spoke, Liu Ruyan helped Su Ling up and made him stand! Su Ling, dazed, was helped up. This time, his left leg had support, and his body no longer wobbled like before when standing on one leg.
He stared blankly at this “leg.” For the first time, a strange feeling arose in his heart. Then a pain like flesh being torn apart shot up from his leg, causing him to fall to the ground!
Liu Ruyan smirked, crossed her arms, and looked at him with a pleased expression.
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