Grumpy Cat's Way Home

Chapter 16 The Painting Without Ears
Xiao Li's mother took a sip of tea, Auntie really likes you so much, if my son is half as good as you, I will burn the incense, and I don't have to be so angry.

"Auntie, you are too good, why don't we go and see Xiao Li." Song Qing stood up holding Song Xi who was dozing off.

"Auntie just noticed that you are still taking the cat out."

"You're just talking about it, it's normal if you don't see it." Song Xi cursed.

"Well, don't worry about leaving it at home, but take it with you when you're out for a few days," Song Qing explained.

"Auntie thinks you are a caring child. If I have a daughter, I must introduce it to you. Do you have a girlfriend?" Auntie paid close attention.

"Yes, thank you, Auntie."

"Oh, what a pity." Xiao Li's mother sighed.

Song Qing saw Song Xi in his arms shaking silently while holding back a laugh, he put her down and walked in.

Entering the room, Song Xi looked up and looked around.A man stood in front of the window, singing and doing opera moves gracefully.People come in and don't care.

There are some personal paintings on the walls of the room, some are sketches, some are painted; some are landscape paintings, some are portrait paintings.

She always felt that the paintings were a bit strange, until she found that one of the big head paintings had no ears.

Looking at other paintings, none of them have ears, or the ears are blocked by hair, or are blocked by the face, or there is no painting at all, so I know why I feel strange.

"Xiaobao, Master Song has come to our house, call someone quickly." Xiao Li's mother said to Xiao Li.

Goosebumps came out all over Song Xi's body. If my mother talks to me like this, I might as well be S. It's too embarrassing.

Song Qing was also a little embarrassed, pretending to look at the paintings on the wall.

Xiao Li ignored it and sang by himself.

Xiao Li's mother made a gesture to hit her, but was stopped by Song Qing.

"Auntie, can I spend time alone with him?" Song Qing asked.

"Can't I watch?" Sensing Song Qing's negative eyes, "Do you need me to help you take the cat out?".

"No, thank you." Song Qing replied.

"Call me if you need help. I'm right outside the door." The closed door opened again, and Xiao Li's mother poked her head in and said.

The door was closed again, but both Song Qing and Song Xi felt uncomfortable. It was a strange feeling to think of someone leaning against the door and listening to the movement in the room.

"The soundproofing performance of the door is good, you don't have to worry about being spied on." Xiao Li walked over to lock the door behind him as he said that, it was a normal male voice.

He moved a chair to Song Qing, and sat on the edge of the bed himself.

Song Xi squinted to see a tail behind him flicking back and forth on the sheet, and resisted the thought of jumping.Jump onto Song Qing and get down on the ground.

"The song is really good, better than those in the theater." Song Qing opened the topic.

"It wasn't me who sang it, it was a friend who sang it." Xiao Li clarified.

"Her songs are good, and your paintings are good." Song Xi pointed to the paintings on the wall, "You painted these yourself, right?"

"I just drew it for fun," Xiao Li said, but there was a trace of complacency in his subtle expression, obviously very satisfied with his painting.

"These paintings are handled very well from composition to details. I have a question I would like to ask."

"The characters in these paintings have no ears. Is there any special meaning?" Song Qing asked earnestly.

"It seems that I'm not the only one who finds it strange." Song Xi thought to himself.

"Really? I didn't notice that." Xiao Li looked at the paintings one by one, but found that he really couldn't see them. "Probably blocked by the hair."

"Look at this girl with a ball head. If I were to draw it, the ears would definitely be indispensable. This picture is just blocked by other things."

Song Qing pointed to the painting, "They all disappeared in your consciousness, is there any reason?"

Xiao Li is obviously also aware of the problem, if it is just one or two pictures occasionally, it doesn't mean anything.

Indeed, the ears of each of his paintings were blocked for one reason or another, and he fell into deep thought.

"I'll answer this question for you, handsome guy." A female voice sounded.

"But—what's the use of answering you?"

Song Xi looked up at her, and there was a hazy shadow of a fox's head on Xiao Li's face.

Looking at Song Qing again, he was not at all surprised by the female voice.

"It doesn't matter if you answer or not. I have plenty of other ways to find out, and I probably already guessed the reason."

"It's just to let him go on. He has to walk his own way. If you help him for a while, can you help him forever?" Song Qing said against the general.

After a "hum", Xiao Li's face became clear.

"I just analyzed it myself." It was another male voice who spoke.Probably because I grew up surrounded by my mother's constant nagging. "

"When I was young, I didn't feel it. I often felt that I was not good enough, so she kept talking."

"The more I grow up, the more I feel that she is talking about everything, and she is not satisfied with what I do."

"As long as she is at home, there is no quiet moment at home. I am getting more and more silent, and I hope more and more that I have no ears and can't hear anything."

"This suffocating love you won't understand."

"Sometimes I wish I was never born, so I don't have to make her suffer, and I suffer too."

"So Hu Xiao. Hu Meimei will help you fight your mother in this way, so that you can vent your depression, right?" Song Qing asked softly.

"Once I couldn't stand it anymore, and then she appeared and said she could help me. Now I see my mother suffering and bewildered every day, and I feel a faint pleasure of revenge."

"Actually, I don't want to torture her like this. She is sad, and I feel even sadder."

"Actually, my request is not high, as long as she stops nagging."

"It's really not easy for you to persevere until today." Song Qing also felt concerned.

"Parents' love is like a house, it can be a protective umbrella against wind and rain, or a cage for imprisonment."

"You want to escape from this cage, but are you ready to go out alone and face the stormy world outside?".

"If you don't have both, you can only choose one." Song Qing asked.

"I'm sure. If this goes on, I don't know how long I can last." Xiao Li stood up with a resolute expression.

"Okay, I see."

Song Qing stood up, hugged Song Xi and walked out.

As soon as the door was opened, Xiao Li's mother staggered and almost fell in. She smiled awkwardly and looked into the room.

Song Qing walked to the living room, opened the backpack and prepared to take something.

"Little master, how is my son?" Xiao Li's mother asked anxiously.

"The situation is serious." Song Qing looked serious, "He'd better leave home, as far away as possible. Otherwise, something more serious will happen if he stays here."

"Leaving home? He's graduating soon, and I asked someone to find a good place for him.
It's working now, is there any other way. "Xiao Li's mother asked persistently.

(End of this chapter)