his cat [Rebirth]

In July, Xing Yingtai started her summer vacation.

That's right, doctoral students also have summer vacation, but the time is shorter, and it can be adjusted at any time according to the needs of the supervisor.It just so happened that Xing Yingtai's tasks were not heavy during this time of year, and his mentor gave him a good vacation.

The parents who got the news asked him if he wanted to go home for a few days. Considering Chongshan's situation, Xing Yingtai politely refused, saying that he had to teach students and had no time to go home.

Mother Xing sighed and said, "You are always so busy."

Xing Yingtai quickly explained: "Because I will be preparing for graduation in one year, so..."

"I know," Mother Xing hesitated for a moment, before exhorting, "Last time I read the news, it was said that a doctoral student stayed up late to write an article and died suddenly in the dormitory. It was only discovered three days later, and the skin on his face was all on the computer. It's on. Boss, you must not be exhausted, and pay attention to your body."

Xing Yingtai was startled, nodded and said, "I see."

After hanging up the phone, Xing Yingtai couldn't help turning her head to look for Chongshan.

Mother Xing just said that the doctoral student died suddenly after staying up all night, which reminded him of Chongshan's previous life.He remembered that Chongshan also died suddenly at home.

Hearing the horror described by his mother, Xing Yingtai was inexplicably depressed, and he called out while searching: "Chongshan."

"Ow."

The tabby cat sleeping next to Xing Yingtai's pillow heard the owner's call, opened its sleepy eyes, let out a hoarse cry, jumped off the bed, and trotted to Xing Yingtai's feet.

Xing Yingtai held it in her arms and walked towards the desk.

Zhaocai lay crookedly, looked at Xing Yingtai a little puzzled, and licked his fingers.

Because there are barbs on Zhaocai's tongue, it is very itchy to be licked. Every time Zhaocai licks his fingers and palms, Xing Yingtai will smile in his eyes, which fascinates Chongshan.

It was the same this time, Xing Yingtai shrank back timidly.He quickly walked to the desk, sat down, then put his legs together, and put Zhao Cai on his lap.

Zhaocai lay on the young man's lap and yelled a few times in confusion. Before he could start asking, the next second, Xing Yingtai scratched its neck with his hands.

"...Aw, aww."

Zhaocai subconsciously raised his neck, letting Xing Yingtai's thin and long fingers gently scratch his neck, ears, and head.It thought that Xing Yingtai had something to say to itself, so it concentrated for a while, but soon fell into a trap.Zhao Cai made a snoring sound from his throat, his eyes narrowed, he even rolled over to reveal his belly, and rubbed his back against Xing Yingtai's leg.

That's the bad thing about being a cat. It's so cool to be touched by the owner's neck, and I can't help it.

...No, there are many bad things.

This was the last thing Chongshan thought when he was able to use his brain to think. He was soon immersed in Xing Yingtai's caress and couldn't extricate himself. He couldn't ask 'what's the matter' even though he tried to condense his thoughts.

Its hind paws flicked lightly with the frequency of Xing Yingtai's fingers, and its body was as loose as mud because of its wholehearted belief. If Xing Yingtai hadn't put his legs together, the fat cat Zhaocai would have dropped to the ground along the gap.

During dinner, Chong Shan tried his best to cling to Xing Yingtai's shoulder, flattering him: "From now on, you rub me like this once a day, and I won't be in a bad mood again."

"Are you in a bad mood?"

"A little bit recently." Chongshan said vaguely, dug a spoonful of carrot puree with a spoon, brought it to his mouth, and then asked, "What's wrong with you? Did you call your mother just now, are you upset?"

Thinking about it, Xing Yingtai's tickling just now was not only to appease Zhaocai, but also to calm Xing Yingtai's own mood.

You know, Xing Yingtai is a child adopted by the Xing family.He is kind and honest, but his self-esteem is extremely high. After being adopted by the Xing family, he always felt that he was dependent on others, and he was very polite to his parents and younger brother.

He himself is polite to his family, but he doesn't like his family to be polite to him, so when he communicates with the Xing family, he usually feels unhappy, and then he becomes sullen all by himself.

Chongshan was very clear about his little nephew's temper, he thought his guess was pretty close, but Xing Yingtai shook his head.

He said: "It was my mother who told me that a doctoral student died suddenly. Chongshan, I thought of you."

"what?"

Xing Yingtai was startled, thinking what the hell, and asked, "Didn't you die suddenly?"

Chongshan was even more confused: "I died suddenly? It seems so."

"It seems that you are so confused even to die."

Chongshan felt wronged and said, "I can't help it! At that time, my mental condition was so bad...you didn't even come to see me."

Having said that, both of them were silent.

Xing Yingtai paused, and asked in a soft voice: "Then you lied to me when you said you were very comfortable when you died?"

Chongshan said: "I didn't say 'very comfortable', I said 'comfortable', I didn't lie to you. Yingtai, are you so curious about how I died?"

"..."

"If you really want to know, I can tell you too."

Xing Yingtai looked at him quietly, then said, "I want to know."

Chongshan smiled complacently, as if to say 'I knew it', and it took a while before he restrained his smile.He mused and recounted in detail: "The weather was very bad that day, um, I remember it rained, and then... I cried very sadly. The nanny knocked on my door several times, and then came in with the spare key, and I Didn't hear anything because I started having severe tinnitus."

Xing Yingtai's face gradually became serious.

"It was already dark at that time, and the nanny had prepared dinner. She heard me crying in the rainstorm and was worried that I was unwell, so she knocked on the door. She wanted to turn on the light in the room, and then I yelled at her. , she was a little scared and ran away."

I also want to know how depressed Chongshan was at that time, and he was able to scare away the nanny who had worked in his house for many years with his face and voice.

Chongshan thought about it and said: "I felt chest tightness, so I stood up from the bed and opened the window. I said that the rain was really heavy that day, and when I opened the window, all the steamy rainwater fell on me, but I It was cool, so I opened the window like this."

Even though he was listening to Chongshan's memories, Xing Yingtai was inexplicably nervous. He asked, "Did you... jump?"

"How come?" Chongshan said with a smile, "That's the first floor, it's useless for me to jump down. But when you say it like this, I remembered that I might really want to jump down at that time, haha, because I opened the screen window, When unconscious."

Xing Yingtai frowned and opened her mouth, thinking about what to say, but in the end she just sighed lightly.

Chong Shan saw that he was not very happy, so he speeded up his speech: "I am soaked all over. A few lightning bolts pierced the sky, lighting up the darkness in an instant. I heard a few thunderclaps, as if you Hiding somewhere, crying to me, calling to me."

"..."

"Of course, I know you won't cry that loudly," Chongshan laughed, although Xing Yingtai didn't think it was funny.Chongshan continued, "I turned my head to look for it, and another bolt of lightning pierced the sky, allowing me to see clearly in the dark, the mirror beside the wardrobe."

Having said this, Chongshan stopped, staring at Xing Yingtai who had put down his chopsticks.

Xing Yingtai was waiting patiently for him to finish speaking, seeing that he had been silent for a long time, she urged: "And then?"

"No," said Chongshan, "and then I died."

Xing Yingtai asked: "Then tell me, where is it comfortable?"

Chongshan showed an inscrutable smile, didn't say anything, but directly pinched a piece of cat food with his hands, put it in his mouth, and started to eat it like melon seeds, with a sound of 'knock', the smell of the meat was overflowing.

Xing Yingtai said: "Chongshan, you have to be careful, whether you can eat canned food tomorrow."

Chongshan's inscrutable expression suddenly froze, he leaned into Xing Yingtai's arms and said, "Good Yingtai, obedient Yingtai, don't treat me like this, I will obey you in everything."

"Then you continue to talk," Xing Yingtai said, "I always feel that you have something to hide from me."

Chongshan hesitated for a while, then suddenly turned back into a cat, and crawled onto Xing Yingtai's neck, twisting left and right, barking wildly.It wrapped around its master's neck like a restless scarf, messing up Xing Yingtai's hair.

... He would not tell Xing Yingtai why he felt comfortable dying.

Just like Chongshan never wanted to seriously complain, Xing Yingtai never came to see her in her previous life.

In fact, on the night Chongshan died, he saw the phantom of Xing Yingtai in the mirror lit by lightning.

That's why Chongshan feels that death is not a terrible thing, and makes him feel at ease and happy when his life ends.

Chongshan didn't want to tell Xing Yingtai about this matter.He decided to use it as the last trump card between the two of them, and save it for later use, in case one day he really angered Xing Yingtai, he would use it to save the situation.Chongshan wants to live with Xing Yingtai for the rest of his life, and he can say flattering words at any time, but he has to be prepared, and can't use them easily.After all, what Chongshan wants is Xing Yingtai's love, not guilt.