Xia Liang"s hair stood up, soo did her tail.
It was a cat"s subconscious reaction when it was startled. She had no control of it.
"Liang, don"t be afraid. It"s alright. I will protect you." Ji Yue stroked her hair and kissed on her little head.
Xia Liang felt a little hot in her ear, so she couldn"t help scratching it with her little paw. This man had a nice voice which made her ear kind of itchy.
"Come on. How can you have time to comfort a cat!" Nangong Ze rushed at the door and opened it. When he didn"t see Ji Yue behind him, he rolled his eyes at him. He couldn"t understand Ji Yue.
"Let"s go. There is no rush since she is already dead." Ji Yue stood up together with Xia Liang and said calmly.
It was Xiaomei.
A maid who showed some kind of affection to Ji Yue.
She fell down from the roof. The roof was only three-story high. She wouldn"t die immediately if she didn"t fall with her head down.
Unluckily, she fell down on a sticking-out steal iron rod in the backyard.
Her head was pierced through by the rod because of gravity and the rod poked out through her right eye.
Her face was ruined. There was blood and brains everywhere on the ground, looking pretty scary.
Servants screamed when they saw this. They even puked.
Xia Liang was not scared. But it was really not pleasant to look at. So she looked away once she had a quick look at it.
"Don"t walk around or get close to the body. Just wait here. Do you get it?" As Ji Yue needed to get a closer look at Xiaomei"s body, he had to put her on the ground and told her so.
"Meow!" I know.
Xia Liang wagged her little tail and nodded her cat head at Ji Yue like a good cat.
"My good girl." Ji Yue smiled and complimented Xia Liang before he walked toward Xiaomei"s body.
Xia Liang wagged her tail and listened to Ji Yue"s suggestion. She just took a short stroll around.
"Woof!" Liang, come over.
Suddenly, Xia Liang heard someone was calling her, not, it was dog actually.
Xia Liang turned around and saw a German Shepherd barking at her from a distance, wagging its tail quickly.
"Meow!" Are you calling me?
Xia Liang ran over and asked.
Was this dog a friend of the original cats"?
She traced back the original cat"s memory and found out they were actually good friends. The dog had a surprisingly cute name, Benben.
"Woof!" Liang, listen, I saw someone pus.h.i.+ng Xiaomei off the roof.
Xia Liang was shocked and asked, "Meow!" What?! Benben, who did that? Tell me.
"Woof! Woof!" It was too high and far to recognize the face. I only saw a man in black.
"Meow!" Did you hear anything?
They preceded their conversation by meowing and woofing. Finally Xia Liang got to know a lot of gossip about this manor.
"The owner of the manor, Master Nangong, doesn"t like his wife. And he is a womanizer. He had flung with many maids…"
"Her late lady didn"t like the master either. She and the butler were intimate. I saw them snuggling once. I was so shocked."
"Miss Nangong used to a very cute and kind girl. She used to play with me and I liked her very much. She was my favorite person except for my owner. But now I can only hear her scream every day."
Benben"s owner was the eldest son of Nangong family. Since he went missing, Benben was so sad that he wanted to find him alone.
But he had been on a leash ever since. He couldn"t go anywhere but his dog house. He was so worried about him.
"Woof!" Liang, I don"t think my owner has left the manor. He must be somewhere here.
Because I have a good sense of smell. I traced all the way for my owner down last time. When I nearly found him, those b.a.s.t.a.r.ds caught me and locked me up.
"Woof!" I hate them!
Benben barked loud this time to express his anger.
"Meow!" Are you sure? Your owner has been missing for a few days. If he is still in the manor, he should have been found.
"Woof!" I am not sure. The next day when my master went missing, I traced his smell to the horse ranch, I just didn"t fine him there/
Benben lied on the floor. He was very sad, wagging his tail listlessly.
"Meow." Don"t be sad. We will find him.
Xia Liang meant to pet him on the head with her little paw. But she was not tall and her paw was too short to touch him on his nose.
"Woof!" Liang, it"s very nice of you. It"s been a couple of days since you came last time. I understand that you are sad about your master"s death. My master was sad too because I saw him crying. He didn"t even walk me those days…
"Meow."
Xia Liang petted his nose with his little paw to comfort him.
"Meow." We should go check the horse ranch in the evening to see if we can find anything about your master. You once smelt him there, didn"t you?
"Woof." Great. Deal!
Benben jumped to his feet with joy and barked with excitement. But he lied down on his belly soon after he realized that he was still on a leash.
"Woof!" I am tied here. I can"t get out of here.
Xia Liang compared the giant iron chain with her little paw. She was worried too.
What should she do?