CHAPTER 178: CHAPTER 178: SUSPICION

"Laicai, are you hungry? Sorry, I forgot you’re here today..." Lin Xiaoyan said as she walked outside.

Last night, her brother put the dog food in the living room cabinet.

She opened the dog food and poured some for Laicai.

Seeing the dog food, Laicai immediately ran to his bowl to eat.

Looking at Laicai’s obedient demeanor, she couldn’t help but think of those poor cats and dogs at Zhang Zhe’s house.

She took out her phone, searched for Zhang Zhe’s account, and immediately saw the new post Zhang Zhe made in the middle of last night.

The video showed him disciplining a small tabby cat.

She watched the entire video and realized that if she hadn’t "seen" those images before, she wouldn’t notice anything wrong.

Now knowing Zhang Zhe’s true face, watching this video again, she sees that every move of Zhang Zhe has traces.

First, the cat was desperately struggling in his hands, even scared enough to defecate.

Any animal experiencing loss of bladder control means it’s in a state of extreme fear.

Also, every time he picked up the cat, if you looked carefully, you could see his hand exerting force, causing the cat’s body to slightly deform.

Yet, no one in the comment section noticed these things.

Some even said, "For cats that scratch like this one, I’d just kick it out of my house."

"Cats that hurt people don’t have long lives; let them wander and taste the hardships of the human world!"

"When my cat first came, it bit people too. Later, my partner hit it almost to ’death,’ and after that, its eyes became very clear, always affectionate when it sees us, and it even acts spoiled, no longer causing trouble."

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"The blogger treats it too well; discipline it when necessary, or it will think it’s the boss, and it will be problematic and hard to serve later."

"Hahaha, Little Eight is so funny, so pathetic, just be obedient."

"Little Eight, these people are your providers, be good, or you’ll be wandering..."

...

Lin Xiaoyan continued to scroll down and watched other videos.

Each video contained actions of training cats and dogs, and in some, the cooperation between the animals was high.

But... thinking of those scenes where the animals were abused, her heart ached.

She exited Zhang Zhe’s account, not wanting to see anymore.

Such a person deserves to be bitten by those cats and dogs!

It’s what he deserves!!!

Lin Xiaoyan saw that Laicai had finished his dog food and decided to take him out for a walk and buy some breakfast.

Her brother didn’t eat at home this morning; he ate directly along the way.

She dressed, leashed Laicai, and went out.

Excited to be going out, Laicai paced back and forth, urging Lin Xiaoyan to hurry up.

"Wait, wait, let me close the door!" Lin Xiaoyan locked the door behind her and took Laicai to the elevator.

In the elevator, Lin Xiaoyan took a picture of Laicai and sent it to the group chat.

"Look at our family’s new member, Lin Laicai!"

At this time, both her parents should be awake.

The elevator arrived, and Lin Xiaoyan tucked away her phone and took Laicai outside.

After buying breakfast, she bought some groceries, waited for Laicai to finish pooping, and then brought him home.

Back at home, Lin Xiaoyan wiped Laicai’s bottom and paws, then left him alone.

She sat alone on the sofa, looking at the replies in the group chat on her phone.

It had been three days, and her mom hadn’t said a word in the group.

Lin Xiaoyan wondered if something was up with Lin Mu.

She pondered for a while and decided to call Lin Fu via video chat.

Soon, her dad picked up.

Looking at the background behind her dad, Lin Xiaoyan asked, "Dad, have you eaten?"

Lin Fu looked at his daughter and happily replied, "Yes, I’ve eaten. Already had my meal. How about you? How is Laicai? Let me see Laicai."

Her dad’s attitude was as usual, and Lin Xiaoyan turned the camera to show Laicai playing with his toys.

"Dad, where’s Mom? Why hasn’t she been talking these past few days?"

Lin Fu laughed, "Your mom has been busy. She’s been out with your aunt to buy things for the kids."

Lin Xiaoyan responded with an "oh", said a few more words, then hung up.

After hanging up the call, Lin Xiaoyan looked a little serious. She sent a message to her sister-in-law, inquiring about Lin Mu.

Fan Lalan was already awake and saw the message from her sister-in-law, feeling a bit conflicted.

Previously, her father-in-law and mother-in-law repeatedly stressed not to tell the siblings, fearing they’d worry while they’re away.

After hesitating for a moment, Fan Lalan replied, "I don’t know either, haven’t been home lately. I’m staying at my parents’ house. How about I go home today to check on Mom?"

Seeing the reply from her sister-in-law, Lin Xiaoyan’s face turned somber. Obviously, her brother said last night that his wife was staying at home, yet now she’s saying she’s been at her parents’ house.

She then made a call to her aunt to inquire about her mom.

However...

The aunt said, "I don’t know either; haven’t contacted your mom recently. I’ll call her later."

Lin Xiaoyan: ...

Didn’t Dad just say Mom was with Aunt these days?

The more Lin Xiaoyan thought about it, the more she felt something was definitely wrong with her mom.

Feeling anxious, Lin Xiaoyan quickly booked a flight ticket to prepare to return home.

Regardless of whether her mom was alright, she needed to go back and see what’s happening.

Lin Xiaoyan booked the ticket and went to her room to pack.

She hurriedly packed her things and took Laicai out the door.

She needed to drop Laicai off at the shop first, then catch a taxi to the airport.

Her flight was at eleven, and now it was eight-thirty, giving her plenty of time.

Arriving at the shop, Lin Xiaoyan set the dog down at the cage by the door, and apologetically stroked Laicai’s head, "Sorry again, today you’ve been inconvenienced. When I return, I’ll play with you every day!"

"Woof~" Laicai barked at Lin Xiaoyan, wagging his tail happily.

"Why are you at the shop?" Lin Hao saw his sister arrive with Laicai and came out.

The shop was empty; everyone was already at work, and the delivery orders were being handled by the staff.

Lin Xiaoyan stood up, "Bro, I’m going home for a bit. I’m worried about Mom."

Lin Hao heard his sister, and his face turned serious, "What’s wrong with Mom?"

Lin Xiaoyan told her brother what had happened, and Lin Hao pulled out his phone to call his wife.

"Bro, don’t ask sister-in-law. If Mom really has something, it’s definitely Dad and Mom not letting sister-in-law tell us." Lin Xiaoyan stopped her brother.

Lin Hao thought about it, realizing that was indeed their parents’ usual style; he too was worried, "Then travel safely, and let me know when you get home."

"Okay, I’m off now, bro."

After saying goodbye to her brother, Lin Xiaoyan took a taxi to the airport.

Meanwhile, Lin Fu returned to the hospital room and looked at Lin Mu receiving an IV, "Luckily, I was downstairs just now when Yanyan called for a video chat. She was probably worried since you haven’t said anything in the group."

Lin Mu smiled upon hearing Lin Fu, "I told you to use my phone to reply, but you insisted on not doing so!

Hand over the phone, I’ll message our daughter."