Chapter 22

Translator: Atlas Studios

Editor: Atlas Studios

Seeing the cat which he was chasing, Chen Hao’s eyes curved into crescents as he focused.

This was not a normal black cat. It could be the cat demon from the legends, so he couldn’t agitate it too much, else it might harm the girl.

Chen Hao looked at the black cat. The black cat tilted its head as it looked at Chen Hao. Its fur puffed up immediately and it screeched at a painfully high pitch.

“Aiya, blackie, you’re not being good. Are you hungry? Don’t worry, I will get it for you right away. Be good, okay. Hehe.” The girl reached out to caress the black cat. She wasn’t shocked at all and was instead looking at it with adoring eyes.

Under her cooing, the black cat gradually calmed down. Its gaze never left Chen Hao, remaining alert and threatening.

Hmm, this is your owner? Do you think that I can’t do anything to you just because your owner is here?

Chen Hao pursed his lips and looked towards the girl. But then, he was startled.

The girl was not tall, only around 1.5m. But at her age, she could still grow, so it wasn’t rare. She had porcelain white skin and her facial features were youthful. Along with black long hair dancing behind, her petite and well-developed body was the kind that would excite a guy’s hormones.

But the perfection of her features was soiled by blood-red marks, as big as the size of a palm, on the right side of her face.

It looked like capillaries which had burst, interlocking tightly together. It was briefly connected to her eyes and looked scary no matter what.

But in Chen Hao’s eyes, these blood-red mark lines were not ordinary. Within them was the red energy that came from the black cat.

She was tainted by demonic energy!

Chen Hao’s expression darkened and became unfriendly.

He could tell that the girl loved the cat, but this cat was attempting to hurt her. Wasn’t that just being an ungrateful fellow?

What an ass, he couldn’t tolerate this ghost.

Without hesitation, Chen Hao strode over.

The terrified cat jumped out of the girl’s embrace. It looked like it was going to run away, but after a few steps, it turned back and stood in front of the girl. With its fur puffed up, it hissed in a low tone as if warning Chen Hao to not come any closer.

Chen Hao obviously ignored it and continued forward.

Meow!

The black cat was angered. It dashed towards Chen Hao. With a leap, it extended its sharp claws towards Chen Hao’s throat.

How vicious! This ghost was definitely the cat demon.

Chen Hao was not startled. Once the cat neared, he slapped it out of the air.

With a resounding thud, the cat was thrown several feet away, tumbling on the ground for a few rounds before it whined pitifully.

“Blackie!”

The little girl was shocked by what had just happened. Upon seeing the black cat trembling as it tried to get on its feet, she ran over to pick it up. She then glared at Chen Hao angrily. “Why did you hit Blackie!”

Chen Hao ignored her as he sized the cat up.

Within a single bout, Chen Hao had already exposed the black cat.

This small thing probably gained possession of a demonic art, which allowed it to delude people, but its true self was not that much stronger than other cats.

To that end, the difference between this black cat and the one from the legends was too different. Although Chen Hao heaved a sigh of relief, he was disappointed too.

He raised his head to look at the girl before he said plainly, “Did you see? That it attacked me first?”

The girl paused. That was true… Blackie acted like it was crazy as it tried to scratch that person. But why would Blackie be so vicious? Could it be that…

The girl thought for a while before she continued to glare at Chen Hao angrily. “You must have mistreated Blackie in the past, which is why it’s frightened to see you and tried to attack you. You bad guy.”

Chen Hao was speechless.

Forget it. It was probably pointless to talk sense to an ignorant girl.

Chen Hao said directly, “Lass, this cat is strange. Pass it to me.”

The girl tightened her hold on the cat as she glowered at him. “I won’t give it to you. Go away or I’ll scream.”

Chen Hao frowned. “Do you know that this cat is unlucky. Furthermore, you…”

The girl cut him off and shouted, “Someone help! There’s a bad guy here, help me please.”

Chen Hao was speechless.

F*ck, I’m doing this to save you. Truly, she was wronging a kind-hearted person, mistaking a good man like him for a bad one.

But he couldn’t leave, or it would be affirming the girl’s words.

At this moment, a few people around the area quickly ran over to block Chen Hao’s escaping path.

“Little Summer, what’s the matter? Did someone bully you?” A woman around twenty years old walked to the girl’s side and watched Chen Hao cautiously.

With someone to help her, the girl calmed down. She looked at Chen Hao and said, “This bad guy hit Blackie and even wanted to take it away from me.”

The woman was speechless.

This man wasn’t bullying Little Summer but a cat? This person must be sick in the head!

But no matter which one he bullied, those were not the doings of a good person.

The woman looked at Chen Hao and said, “Youngster, you’re not going to try to explain yourself?”

Chen Hao replied plainly, “I didn’t bully anyone. I’m just trying to save this girl. Since the two of you know each other, you should be able to tell the strangeness of those red markings on her face.”

Oh!

His stance was unexpected. Why was he talking about the red marks on Little Summer’s face?

The people surrounding them looked at each other in confusion.

The little girl paused too.

The red marks on her face were unbearably painful. Because of that, she had to stop school and self-study at home. If there was nothing important, she wouldn’t even go out, afraid of facing the looks of others.

Chen Hao continued, “I’m not trying to cause alarm, but this girl’s family probably brought her to see different doctors, but they all said that the red marks were incurable. Else, they would have disappeared by now.”

Chen Hao paused before looking at the girl and continuing, “These red marks probably appeared after you came in contact with the black cat. If you say that that isn’t the case, I’ll apologize and leave immediately, never appearing in front of you again.”

“It did appear after she found the black cat. This young man, you’re saying that it’s related to the black cat? Can those red marks on my child’s face still be removed?” A voice came and a woman in her 30s came running over, looking hopefully at Chen Hao.

Seeing the woman, the faces of the few people present relaxed. Little Summer’s family was already here, so there wasn’t much need for them to be here anymore.

But the situation unfolding was interesting, so no one left, opting to look on with interest.

Chen Hao said, “The red marks are not a big problem. It shouldn’t be too difficult to remove the marks, but I have a request. I’m taking this black cat with me.”

The woman was elated. She quickly replied, “Sure, this black cat was just some stray. It’s not my house’s cat. As long as you can remove these marks from my daughter’s face, I will agree to anything.”

“Mom, you can’t agree. He’s definitely planning to do something evil to Blackie.” The girl suddenly voiced her objection as she glared angrily at Chen Hao.