"It ran away?" Jinxia exclaimed in surprise.
"Mm, it ran away because the servant didn't watch it properly. They accidentally opened the door to the room, and then the cat ran away. Sheng Yan was downcast for a long time because of this. He was quite young then, and his little face was always tensed up, just like his father, not very talkative."
Aunt Rui reminisced, "I saw how depressed he was, so I tried to comfort him by saying, 'Don't be sad, I'll go buy you another cat,' but he refused. He very righteously held my hand and told me not to buy another one. Even if I did, he wouldn't raise it. The cat he wanted was the one that was lost.
I was really worried. After the incident, he barely ate. I printed out many lost cat notices, and many people provided clues every day, but none of them came to anything.
