Rebirth 96: Begin the life of a monster from kindergarten

The weather suddenly turned cold, as if it happened overnight. Snow fell on Yueshan Mountain without any warning, and when daybreak came, everything was covered in silver.

Zhang Yihang walked out of the house, stood in the yard, and blew out a deep breath, which immediately sounded like he was puffing out smoke.

Zhang Yixing felt a rubbing sensation at his feet, and when he lowered his head, he saw the old cat Xiaobai rubbing against his trouser legs, again and again, and then looked up and meowed at him twice.

Zhang Yixing smiled. It had been a long time since he heard Xiaobai call him like that.

He squatted down and touched Xiaobai's head.

Xiaobai stretched out his front paws and placed them on Zhang Yixing's calves, which was a gesture of asking for a hug.

Zhang Yixing was a little surprised. He held Xiaobai in his arms and took a look at him, but didn't see anything unusual.

Just as he was about to stand up, Xiaobai struggled a few times and slipped out of his arms.

Afterwards, Xiaobai stared at Zhang Yixing again, and then slowly walked towards the gate of the courtyard.

In the past two years, Xiaobai never went out, whether in the DreamWeaver compound or in the small compound on the mountain.

Zhang Yixing watched it walking slowly, leaving plum blossom footprints on the snow. He thought of something and stood at the door, at a loss.

"Xiaobai, come back!" Zhang Yixing was stunned for a while and finally shouted.

Xiaobai stopped and turned around to glance at Zhang and Yihang, then turned back and continued walking out.

Zhang Yihang followed silently behind until they reached the gate of the courtyard, and watched it continue to walk into the mountain. He opened his mouth, but swallowed the words back when they reached his throat.

Xiaobai chose to leave like this, maybe this is the best farewell!

"Boss, why are you up so early?"

I don’t know when Chen Ruyi arrived at the gate of the courtyard. She looked at Zhang Yixing in surprise and saw that he was as motionless as a wooden man. It was so strange.

Chen Ruyi scratched his forehead and followed Zhang Yixing's gaze. He saw two rows of plum blossom marks on the ground. In the far distance, a white fluffy ball was moving into the mountain. Because the snow is also white, it would be difficult to spot it if you didn't look carefully.

"Xiaobai? Why did it run outside?" Chen Ruyi muttered and was about to chase after it, but suddenly heard a voice from the side saying "Don't chase it, let it go!"

Chen Ruyi turned around and exclaimed "Ah", wanting to ask Zhang Yixing why, only to then notice that Zhang Yixing's face looked more desolate than ever before.

Zhang Yixing murmured, "Xiao Bai is old!"

Chen Ruyi was suddenly startled.

She has been with Zhang Yixing for so many years, so she naturally knows how important this white cat is in his heart. A cat that he has raised for more than ten years has become an integral part of his life.

The two people stood silently at the gate of the yard, watching the white shadow go away until it completely disappeared from their sight, and they were speechless for a long time.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhang Yixing turned and walked into the yard, muttering, "I'll take a few days off. Tell the director!"

Chen Ruyi watched Zhang Yihang enter the house and see the door close, and couldn't help but sigh.

The boss is a sentimental man, he must be very sad now!

She only knew that the cat had been with Zhang Yixing for twelve years, but she didn't know that these twelve years were also an opportunity given by fate. Before that, it was a regret in Zhang Yixing's childhood in his previous life.

Zhang Yihang returned to his bedroom and lay on the bed, feeling empty inside. He should be happy about the extra twelve years he had made up for his regrets, but he still felt bad!

Chen Ruyi hurried down the mountain and quickly drove to the studio, where she saw that many members of the crew had already started preparing for a new day's work.

After finding the director, Chen Ruyi expressed her apologies in person. After all, Zhang Yixing was originally scheduled to have a scene that morning, and if he couldn't come, the shooting would have to be rescheduled.

After she asked for leave, she hurried back. When she walked out of the studio, she happened to meet Liu Yifei coming in.

Seeing Chen Ruyi looking absent-minded, Liu Yifei quickly called her over and asked, "Sister Ruyi, what's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry?"

Chen Ruyi sighed and said, "Xiaobai is gone!"

"Xiaobai?" Liu Yifei opened her eyes wide and asked, "Are you talking about the cat on Yihang?"

"Yeah! I saw that the boss was very sad. He said he would take a rest for the next two days and would not come!"

Liu Yifei naturally knew about Xiaobai. After all, this cat had appeared in Zhang Yixing's works. One of the protagonists of "Natsume's Book of Friends" was Teacher Xiaobai.

Liu Yifei is also a cat lover. She has adopted stray cats at home, so she understands what it means to have a pet that has been with her for more than ten years.

Her scenes were basically opposite Zhang Yixing. When Zhang Yixing took a break, her scenes would also be postponed. She said to Chen Ruyi, "Wait for me. I'll go see him with you!"

After saying that, she ran into the studio, asked for leave from the director, and then ran back.

The two got in the car and soon returned to the mountain.

When I walked into the yard, I found Zhang and his group were busy in the yard. They were holding a broom and sweeping the snow in the yard. There was smoke coming out of their heads. It seemed that they had been working for quite a while.

Liu Yifei pursed her lips. Seeing Zhang Yixing busying himself, she thought of the time when she was sad.

When she was sad, she would either let go and act crazy, or let go and eat a lot. In short, she had to do something, as if by doing something else, she could forget about other things.

She looked around and saw a broom and other tools by the wall of the yard, so she ran over to pick one up and came to Zhang Yixing to work with him.

Chen Ruyi scratched his forehead, thought about it, found a shovel, and joined the snow removal team.

Zhang Yihang continued sweeping the snow for a while until he heard the sound of shovels scraping the ground. Then he realized there were people behind him. Turning around, he saw Liu Yifei and Chen Ruyi working hard to clean the yard together.

Liu Yifei obviously didn't look like she had done much work before, and Chen Ruyi was obese, so both of them were working hard and one could even hear them panting.

Zhang Yixing exhaled, wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Yifei, why are you here? Stop working and take a rest!"

Liu Yifei straightened her back, rubbed her hands and exhaled, "It seemed like you were sweeping the snow easily, but once I started, I found it difficult to do!"

"I've been doing farm work since I was a child. This little bit of work is nothing!" Zhang Yixing thought for a while and put the broom aside. He realized that if he continued to work, the two people in front of him would probably have to insist on following him.

"Not sweeping anymore? I think I can also be a good hand at farm work!" Liu Yifei proudly shook the broom in her hand, looking like she could still hold on.

Zhang Yihang waved his hands and said, "I don't want to do this anymore. Let's take a break!"

Liu Yifei said "oh", and Chen Ruyi was as if she had been pardoned. She opened her down jacket to let out the heat, and murmured, "Oh, I'm so tired!" (End of this chapter)