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    Chapter 30 Chapter 30 Cat Ghost (5)

    “You went up the chimney to look for the cat?” Xu Cheng was startled when he saw her expression. Chu Yu held the photo in both hands and raised his head…

    “You went up the chimney to look for the cat?” Xu Cheng was startled when he saw her expression. Chu Yu held the photo in both hands, with the photo high up to her chin. She tilted her head and gestured with difficulty: “Get a bag.”

    Xu Cheng hurriedly pulled off the largest shopping bag from the shelf next to him, and smashed the photos into the bag. Ashes flew everywhere for a while, and several photos fell to the ground. Xu Cheng looked over and asked: “Auntie, where did you pick up the black paper shell?”

    The curtain at the door moved, and very light footsteps approached.Chu Yu squatted on the ground and was busy cleaning up: “Don’t worry about it.”

    “Okay, what about the cat…” Xu Cheng said cautiously. When she said this, she dragged her face and stared at the counter in a daze, for fear that tears would burst out accidentally.

    Chu Yu lowered his head and said, “I can’t find it. I’ll look for it later. Are there any cat thieves near your house?”

    “Stealing cats! How is that possible! If there is a cat thief, I will beat her until the mouths of her eighteen generations of ancestors will ooze!” Xu Cheng shouted loudly, waving her fists and holding her head high like an aggressive chicken.

    Don’t cry, don’t cry, don’t cry, Xu Cheng tensed his face and prayed silently.

    The footsteps paused, and a pair of camel-colored suede shoes stopped beside Chu Yu.

    A slender hand picked up the photo and handed it to Chu Yu. Chu Yu was stunned for a moment, then raised his face to face a baby face with short hair, square glasses, and thin eyebrows and eyes.

    “Thank you…” Chu Yu took the photo, and the woman stood up and patted the creases on her corduroy pants.

    “How much do these cost?” She whispered softly. On the counter were a pair of gloves, a pair of scissors with a cold light, and a rope.

    Chu Yu’s movements slowed down, and she raised her head to stare at the woman.

    “Ah, five yuan…twelve…seventeen, just give me fifteen yuan.” Xu Cheng grabbed a piece of paper and blew his nose loudly. Her eye circles were still red and she asked with a nasal voice: “Teacher Huang, you are decorating your home. You have to buy ropes several times.”

    Huang Xia swept away seventeen yuan, put the things in her bag and smiled: “Let’s build a shelf for the cucumbers in the yard, otherwise so many cucumbers will be soaked on the ground.”

    “It’s a big project.” Xu Cheng was always talkative, but today she didn’t say a few words. She waved her hands and sat down behind the counter.

    “Has your cat been lost?” Huang Xia asked softly, leaning against the counter, her face full of concern.

    Xu Cheng sighed and stopped until her lungs were about to be squeezed into a vacuum. She nodded: “It’s the rhubarb nest. You liked it when I posted it on WeChat Moments. Now all the nests are gone. I’m so worried.”

    “I’m afraid someone stole it if the nest is gone… Hey, people nowadays are so bad.

    After school a few days ago, I saw the children in our class grabbing a milk cat and dunking it into the water by the river. When I passed by, the cat was hardened and didn’t even open its eyes. It was pitiful.”She wiped her eyes.

    Xu Chengcheng felt uncomfortable. When he heard this, his mouth trembled, and he immediately opened the door and ran into the courtyard. Before he ran a few steps, Chu Yu heard a cry.

    Huang Xia gently covered her mouth and said nothing. She turned around and saw Chu Yu, who was leaning against the shelf and looking at her expressionlessly. She smiled awkwardly and said, “Are we friends?”

    Chu Yu didn’t say anything. She touched the edge of her trouser pocket and opened the hem of the coat that covered the pocket. Xiao Huang poked her head out and said, “Go home! Why didn’t you let me out just now! I miss Xu Cheng so much!”

    “Yes, let’s come and see her cat.” Chu Yu replied slowly.

    Huang Xia didn’t wait for an answer. She turned around and took half a step forward. When she heard this, she paused.In the old dim supermarket, her outline was illuminated with a furry light.

    Huang Xia turned her head slightly and said softly: “That’s really a pity.”

    After the door curtain opened and closed again, Chu Yu grabbed Xiao Huang and asked, “Do you have any impression of the person I was talking to just now? Did she give you meat?”

    Xiao Huang tilted his head and said in a daze: “She came to see me. Xu Cheng brought her here. Meat? I didn’t see who gave it to me. It fell on the ground and I ate it.”

    Chu Yu gritted her teeth. She ignored Xiao Huang’s punches and kicks to find Xu Cheng, stuffed it into her pocket, and rushed out of the supermarket.

    We will discuss Li Heru’s matter later. The most urgent task now is to find the murderer.

    She ran along the road where she saw Xiao Huang, carefully looking for the yellow in the green belt.

    However, the green belt was too dense and she couldn’t see it even if she stood there, so she had to kneel on the ground and crawl forward while looking inside.

    It’s rare to see a cold-faced woman with tall legs and long legs crawling around in the street. A few old ladies gathered around and gathered shoe mats to watch.

    Chu Yu recognized it at a glance as the group of retired employees of the welfare home that she met the last time she came here. She remembered that Xu Cheng’s mother was also there, but now was not the time to think about that.

    The sun in early autumn was still fierce, and the cement road in the village was full of gravel. After a while, her palms were burning and hurting. Xiao Huang squeezed out his head and lay in her pocket to look at her: “What are you looking for? I’ll help you find it.”

    Chu Yu was enlightened and pulled it up: “Look for the place where you woke up.”

    After a while, one person and one cat saluted the dead cat thrown beside the trash can. A big black cat jumped out of the trash can with a blind eye, cast a noble and cold eye at Chu Yu, and walked past the cat corpse.

    Xiao Huang held Chu Yu’s arm with his two paws, and his immature brain was stunned by the shock of the scene before him: “I…am I dead?”

    “Well, you’re dead.” Chu Yu said calmly.Humans are destined to die, and so are cats. Once they die, they are dead. There is nothing to cover up. The more you cover up, the more pitiful the deceased becomes.

    “But there’s nothing wrong with you becoming a ghost, except that no one can see you.” Seeing Xiao Huang’s round head trembling and her two little ears slowly drooping, she couldn’t help comforting her.

    After waiting for a moment, Xiao Huang didn’t say anything. She leaned over to pick up the cat body and put it in her arms. To be honest, she wanted to carry it in a bag, so the plastic bag was stuffed in the other pocket. But seeing Xiao Huang’s pitiful look, she gritted her teeth and endured it.

    It was already pitiful to die before the full moon was over, and she didn’t want it to feel that she disliked it.

    “I died and turned into a ghost, but my mother and sister didn’t turn into ghosts. Are they still alive?” Xiao Huang raised his head with watery eyes, and Chu Yu felt his heart being pinched hard.

    Not all beings will turn into ghosts when they die. In most cases, they are dead when they die, like paper that burns to ashes and is blown away by the wind.

    But she couldn’t say this to the kitten. Seeing the hope in Xiao Huang’s eyes getting weaker and weaker, she gritted her teeth, closed her eyes and said, “Let’s go look for him, he should still be alive.”

    Xiao Huang cheered, climbed onto her shoulder expectantly and looked ahead: “Let’s go!”

    She didn’t see Li Heru along the way, and she didn’t know where he went.They agreed to work together, but in the end she was the only one left. Chu Yu sighed.

    In the small courtyard, the wind was blowing in the woods, and a rattan table was placed under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree. Xu Cheng had cried all his tears and stared blankly at the stiff little yellow corpse in front of him.

    Xiao Huang’s hair was messy, his four legs stretched straight down, there was blood on the corners of his mouth, and his half-open eyes were foggy and gray.

    “I swear, I will definitely find the murderer.” Xu Cheng squeezed out a sentence through his teeth. She stood up suddenly, and the bamboo chair behind her hit the ground. Chu Yu hugged her arms and trembled.

    Xu Cheng walked to the kitchen and came out with a large, bright kitchen knife in his hand.

    The kitchen knife hit the table with a clang, and the chickens foraging for food in the vegetable garden nearby were frightened and fled in all directions.”Start the investigation now, and I will kill whoever I find.” Xu Cheng’s eyes were red, not knowing whether he was crying or angry.

    Chu Yu took out a piece of paper, took off the cap of his pen and asked, “It is certain that they were poisoned at the moment. I guess the person who poisoned them used food to stun them first, and then packed them up and took them away. Who can usually come into your yard?”

    Xu Cheng had a bad expression: “This… doesn’t my family own a supermarket? Usually if I am busy moving goods, I call my mother to look after the store, but most of the time she is busy playing cards. There is no one in the store, and the people who come to buy things are all acquaintances. They all come in alone, pay for the goods according to the price list…”

    Chu Yu looked up at the door leading from the supermarket to the yard. It was wide open and not even locked.”So, can anyone enter your yard?” Chu Yu asked slowly.

    Xu Cheng nodded, his expression awkward.”Where’s the surveillance? There’s always surveillance, right?” Chu Yu asked.

    Xu Cheng frowned: “Yes, but it can only illuminate the door. There are too many people coming and going at the door.”

    “That’s enough. Write down the last time you saw your cat and the time you found out the cat was gone. We’ll adjust the surveillance system.” Chu Yu took a piece of paper and pointed at the courtyard door: “Install a lock. Trusting the residence is not that trustworthy.”

    In the police station, a policeman in navy uniform responded to their request and called up surveillance for a total of 20 hours.The last time Xu Cheng saw the cat was at 5pm the day before.

    “I was busy loading the goods that day. I went in at five o’clock to feed him a meal, but I never went in again. I usually give him some midnight snacks after nine o’clock. Hey, it would be great if I could go in.” Xu Cheng was dejected.

    “From five o’clock to ten o’clock in the evening is the peak business period of the supermarket. There will be more people coming in and out. As long as you stay back until late at night, you can spot the people.” Chu Yu leaned over and looked at the black and white monitor.

    The policeman nodded and pulled the progress bar back. However, as soon as it reached about twelve o’clock, the camera suddenly went dark.

    “Oh, you are very professional, and you can even block the camera.”

    The police slowed down, and several people could clearly see that the camera was shining at the entrance of Chengcheng Supermarket. It was twelve o’clock, and most people were asleep. There were only a large group of moths wandering under the solar lights. However, the next second, the camera went dark.

    It was not until five o’clock in the morning the next day that the camera returned to normal. Several people watched the surveillance before and after this time again and again, and there was nothing abnormal.

    Everyone who entered the supermarket came out at the same time. Only an old lady came out at six o’clock in the morning, holding a huge black bag in her hand, hiding and looking suspicious.

    “Please zoom in on this person.” Chu Yu pointed at the screen with squinted eyes.

    Xu Cheng coughed lightly: “This is my mother. In the bag are the dancing equipment of their sisters.” “Then why does she look so strange? What is she looking for?” Chu Yu was confused.

    “My neighbor’s old lady used to dance with her. The old lady took my mother into the square dance circle. After that, my mother broke up with her. Now she dances with another group in a different place. The old lady is foul-mouthed and bad. My mother doesn’t want her to see her, otherwise she will gossip behind my back again.”

    Chu Yu and the policeman looked at each other. They had a clear understanding of each other. Chu Yu slapped the table and said, “Let’s go.”

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