Starting with taking in female college students

Chapter 69 Dilemma

Chen Rang learned that the police had not obtained much useful information from the two employees at the cat cafe.

This surprised him.

Aside from the male employee known as Brother Yong, the other girl named Yang Hui should be someone who really loves cats. She cherishes every single cat in the cat cafe, and even once paid out of her own pocket to have Chen Rang treat a cat for a medical checkup.

Logically speaking, she should have known a lot about the cats, so how could the police not have gotten any clues from her?

However, after asking Li Shiwei, Chen Rang finally understood why this had happened.

It turned out that after learning about the incident at the cat cafe, Yang Hui's parents, fearing their daughter would be implicated, had already sent her to stay with relatives in Chu City through her grandparents. Furthermore, when Officer Sun brought Li Shiwei to their home to inquire, the two weren't particularly welcoming. Although they managed to get Yang Hui's phone number and WeChat from them, her grandparents wouldn't allow her to say too much, seemingly worried about being implicated and facing retaliation.

In short, even though Officer Sun and Li Shiwei visited several times and tried their best to persuade Yang Hui's family, they were still unwilling to cooperate.

Faced with this situation, the police didn't have many options and could only lament how difficult it was to do community outreach.

Fortunately, they still had Chen Rang as an option.

"If I remember correctly, that cat cafe had three golden shaded cats. Two big ones, one male and one female, and a very cute little one. Then there were two chinchillas and two ragdolls, one of which is with me, and the other is missing. That cat had a very distinctive feature: her ears were folded, which is what people call a particularly valuable folded-ear cat. Hmm... wait a minute, I have a picture here."

As Chen Rang recalled the events, he quickly remembered something and pulled out his phone.

As a veterinarian, he had maintained contact with Yang Hui. Although he found that she had deleted all her posts on WeChat Moments, there were still many photos of their exchanges about cats' illnesses and vaccinations.

Coincidentally, Chen Rang didn't have the habit of deleting WeChat records. Even though WeChat was taking up more and more of his phone's memory, he always kept all the records.

"Tsk! You guys really talk a lot!"

Li Shiwei scrolled through Chen Rang's phone, endlessly scrolling up while pursing her lips. She forwarded all the photos to herself, her eyes glued to the chat messages, as if checking up on him.

Chen Rangqian chuckled, glanced back at Officer Sun, then glared fiercely at Li Shiwei, implying that she shouldn't say anything stupid at this moment.

For some reason, he felt particularly guilty at that moment.

Sun Zhengdong sat to the side, smiling without saying a word.

As someone who's been through it all, how could he not see the special feelings Xiao Li had for this boy? Even though the two of them seemed clueless about how to make things clear, isn't that what youth is all about?

"snort"

Pretending to be casual, Li Shiwei glanced at Chen Rang's chat with the others again, but ultimately found no flaws. Satisfied, she put down her phone and breathed a sigh of relief.

Chen Rang also breathed a sigh of relief.

He was glad that Ni Youlin didn't contact him via WeChat.

If Li Shiwei checks his phone messages, and those conversations with Ni Youlin are discovered, he won't be able to explain himself no matter what.

"No! What am I feeling guilty about? Ni Youlin and I don't have any secrets. What is there that Li Shiwei can't know? It's just that I temporarily took in a homeless little stray cat. I wouldn't do anything bad to her!"

Chen Rang quickly realized what was happening, shaking his head and trying to justify his innocence in his mind. On the surface, however, he remained calm and composed.

Li Shiwei felt guilty and didn't notice anything unusual.

With Chen Rang's help, a lot of clues about the cats in the cat café have been collected. Almost all the cats have close-up shots, and by comparing them, we should be able to find traces of their existence.

She had to admit that without Chen Rang's help, it would have been extremely difficult to find clues about that group through this method.

Police often rely heavily on helpful members of the public when solving cases. Without the assistance of these kind citizens, it would be extremely difficult for the police to solve cases on their own.

"Alright, that's all for today. Thanks for your support, Mr. Chen. I won't bother you anymore, but please don't hesitate to help if you need anything else. Um... I'm heading back to the police station now. What about you, Xiao Li?"

Sun Zhengdong turned to look at Li Shiwei, raising his eyebrows to hint that she could leave work early today and spend some quality time with this young man, Chen Rang.

"Is that even a question? I'll go back with you!"

Li Shiwei stood up without hesitation.

She has never been the type to prioritize personal matters over public ones, not to mention that she felt a little embarrassed after Sun Zhengdong said that.

She waved to Chen Rang with some regret and then decisively followed Sun Zhengdong away.

"Stay for dinner before you leave!"

Chen Rang tried to persuade him to stay.

Although he knew it was a bit too early to have dinner at this time, he still felt reluctant to let Li Shiwei leave.

"Forget it, stop working! We still have a case to work on, I don't have time to eat with you."

Li Shiwei shook her head.

But becoming a police officer was her own choice, so Chen Rang had to make do and wait until she had time to have a proper relationship.

Anyway, she believed that Chen Rang would understand her.

"Slow down!"

Chen Rang saw the two men out, exchanged a few pleasantries, and watched them get into the police car.

He took two steps forward, then suddenly sensed something. Looking up, he immediately saw a figure flash across the third-floor balcony before disappearing quickly. Only a cat's head remained on the balcony, staring down with wide eyes and an innocent expression.

"Aren't you afraid of falling?"

Chen Rang roared at Eunuch Yin in annoyance.

You see, the third floor is different from the second floor; the third floor doesn't have an enclosed balcony. My mother is a miser; she's generous to her son, but she can't bear to spend money on unnecessary things. If Chen Rang hadn't been watching the house, it would have been almost impossible to let the cat up on the third floor.

"Aww~"

Startled, Eunuch Yin turned and fled without hesitation.

Seeing that the third floor had calmed down and there was nothing else unusual, Chen Rang patted his chest. Worried that something might happen, he looked up again to make sure that Ni Youlin wouldn't come out to cause trouble again before he could truly relax.

"What are you doing?"

Li Shiwei leaned out of the driver's seat, puzzled.

"hey-hey……"

Chen Rangqian chuckled, choosing not to lie to Li Shiwei.

Anyway, if she asks again, he'll just honestly tell her there's a girl living on the third floor; he can't just lie to her like a jerk. He undoubtedly has feelings for Li Shiwei too, but unfortunately, he can't just ignore Ni Youlin.

But if he were to confess voluntarily, he was worried that Li Shiwei would misunderstand and make the situation worse, so he could only continue to delay for now.

Fortunately, Li Shiwei did not ask any further questions.

Looking up at the third floor, she saw a men's T-shirt hanging there. Without thinking much of it, she waved and drove away.

"That was terrifying. I can't do anything bad again. This feeling of guilt is really awful. Maybe I should just introduce them to each other; maybe they can become good friends... But what if she misunderstands?"

Chen Rang shook his head and muttered to himself as he returned to the shop.

Nothing else happened after that. Ni Youlin stayed obediently on the third floor and didn't come down. Even for dinner, Chen Rang had to go up to the second floor to call her before she would come down to eat.

What are we having for dinner?

Ni Youlin looked at Chen Rang with anticipation, showing no dissatisfaction at being ignored for an afternoon. Chen Rang even had a feeling that even if he ignored her for several days, she might not have any negative feelings.

In short, she's a girl who evokes a lot of sympathy; she's just like a little kitten.

It was precisely because of her pitiful appearance that Chen Rang had no choice. Based on what he already knew about Ni Youlin's experiences with her father, he felt that if he didn't intervene, she might foolishly be bullied to death!

"Why!"

With a sigh, Chen Rang felt that it was truly foolish of him to do something that affected his life, given his status as a nice guy.

But if he were to explain to Li Shiwei now that he had been hiding many things from her that could cause misunderstandings, would it lead Li Shiwei to truly misunderstand him?

Chen Rang didn't know.

He had a feeling that Li Shiwei seemed to know something.