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It is said that when the old cat is about to die, it will choose to leave the house secretly without telling anyone, and find a remote corner to wait for death slowly.

His Majesty probably also had this sign.

For more than a month, Shen He has not been at home, and it is rare to go back to Yancheng, and most of them use work as an excuse to stay overnight in Sheng Boyong's villa.

Since the king came back from abroad, he has been staying in the book bar, missing for a while every now and then.

Shen's father and Shen's mother have never been used to calling the king's name, they always yell "Mimi" or "cat" indiscriminately, and occasionally they will honestly call the king's name when they think of it.

But he has a stinky temper like a king, even if Shen's father and Shen's mother call him the wrong name, he will turn around and pay attention to these two-legged beasts.

Just a few days ago, the king's ears seemed to be not very good.There is always a cat squatting on the top of the cat climbing frame that Shen He specially placed in the corner of the book bar, silently watching the cars passing by outside the window.No matter how Shen's father and Shen's mother called it, it didn't respond.

Those students who come to the book bar occasionally reach out to touch it.In the past, it would always be scratched with a paw, or pia on the face or hands with the meat pad, but now, it just lies on its stomach, touching it as it pleases.

If Shen's mother hadn't noticed that the king started to have blood in his stool, the two old people who didn't have much experience in raising cats might not have noticed that something was wrong with the king's state.

When Shen He rushed to the pet hospital, the hospital happened to be vaccinating a husky.One dog barked, and two, three, four, five, six dogs barked together.

As soon as Shen He opened the door and went in, his ears were filled with the sound of dogs barking. After looking carefully, he saw Shen's mother sitting in a chair waiting in line for the veterinarian to see her.

"Mom, how is the king?"

When Shen's mother saw Shen He appearing, she almost cried out holding the cat bag.

Cats have feelings after they have been raised for a long time, not to mention that the king is actually very good, and the days when his son is not around, it is good to have cats to accompany him.

Now someone suddenly said that the cat is very old, and the blood in the stool may be dying at this time. The more Shen's mother thought about it, the more sad she became.

"The students in the book club said that the cat is getting old and is about to leave...but it looks pretty good..."

Shen's mother's eyes were red, and many of the owners who brought their pets to see the doctor heard this, and their eyes were also red.

Whose pet is not raised in front of the family, and the most important member of the family is leaving, and everyone will feel distressed.

"How's its appetite recently...?"

"Not very interested. The last time I went abroad with you, it was fine, and it was in good condition just after returning home. As soon as I got home, your dad opened a few cans for it and fed it with goat milk. Your dad saw it a few days ago. It didn’t eat much cat food, and thought it was not to its taste, so it turned to many websites and made cat food by itself, but it didn’t eat two bites.”

At that time, Shen's father thought that there was something wrong with the king's teeth, so he hugged the cat and broke its mouth.A mouthful of teeth was clean, and no problems were found.

"I don't eat much, and I either lie on the cat climbing frame in the book bar and stare out the window all day long, or sleep on your bed and refuse to move. I want to call you, but your dad said you are busy with work, so let's take a look first." I will contact you again. As a result, today, when it was going to climb the cat climbing frame, it was a little difficult, and it was carried by a student... and there is blood in the stool... What do you think if it really disappears?"

Probably because he heard Shen's mother's crying, Da Wang, who had been sleeping quietly in the cat bag, let out a soft "meow".

Mother Shen felt even more sad, and turned her head to touch her tears.When he turned his head again, the cat bag lightened on his lap, and Shen He had already hugged the king out of the bag.

When he first returned to China, his fur was shiny and shiny, but now he is not only thinner, but also darker in color.Shen He's heart suddenly froze, he hugged the king, bowed his head and kissed its ear.

"Next person."

It's the King's turn.Shen He didn't let Shen's mother follow him in, and walked to the veterinarian with the king in his arms.

After some inspection, it turned out that the cat was old and dying.

"The internal organs are failing. But it's normal. Your cat is in his twenties. Converted to human age, he is also a centenarian. An old cat of this age will not live for long. Probably, it can be delayed. For a week, I can’t eat anymore, and it’s almost time.”

Already accustomed to facing pet owners' reluctance or indifference towards their dying pets, seeing Shen He holding the king's hand tightly and unwilling to let go, the veterinarian pushed his eyes and coughed twice: "Do you want to give up?" Euthanasia is more... painless."

Euthanasia of pets is the last choice of many owners of seriously ill pets to relieve their pets.

Shen He was shaken for a moment, but when his fingertips were gently licked by the wet tongue, he suddenly recovered and shook his head: "Thank you, no need."

He paused, then asked again: "What can I finally...can do for it?"

"Stay with it more."

One month after "Golden Ge Iron Horse" hit the air, there are still many variety shows or entertainment magazines hoping to invite the leading actors for program recording or interviews.

But Shen He was the only one who couldn't be invited.

Some people say that he is famous and a big name.

Some people also say that he does not expect fame and fortune, and does not like a life that is too ostentatious.

For those outside voices, Shen He did not give any explanation or answer.Even Weibo seems to have suspended its updates, and only the regulars of the book club can occasionally see the tall and thin young man, holding an old cat with jet-black fur, standing on the balcony basking in the sun.

Be careful, along with Shen He's fans who followed Meng Zhang, soon discovered the reason why Shen He declined those variety shows and magazine interviews on his Weibo.

On Meng Zhang's Weibo, there have not been any publicity announcements recently.Some of them are one or two photos from different angles and background colors.

The subject of the photo is a cat.

Some are lying on a pair of feet, the long tail is hooked to the ankle of the person who is not shown in the picture.

There is this black cat squatting on the balcony, the sun is shining on its body, with long eyelashes, beautiful pupils, and a pair of big hands clapping one of its raised paws.

"This...is Shen Xiaohe's cat?"

"It seems to be. I remember that in the stills of "The End of the Road" that broke out a while ago, there was a photo of Shen Xiaohe and a black cat. Didn't the director say at the time that the cat was raised by Shen He himself."

"But how did I hear that this cat belongs to the actor Shanda, and he entrusted Shen He to take care of it?"

"The answer is really rich..."

No matter what the netizens on Weibo commented.Meng Zhang is still updating the photos at a rate of one or two per day.A black cat can be seen in all the photos, as well as some part of a man's body.

One might be a hand, the other might be a foot.

Or a back view when cooking cat food, there must be a black cat squatting next to the induction cooker, supervising the work.

Meng Zhang helped Shen He push all the recent work, but the script has been in communication with the crew. Several crews expressed their willingness to wait for Shen He to have time to read the script carefully before making a final decision.

He hung up the phone with Tang Mufeng, pushed open the door of Shen He's room, the king was lying on the bedside, didn't seem to hear any movement, squinted his eyes to enjoy the young man's touch, and let out a comfortable grunt.

It has become more and more immobile now.At the beginning, I was able to jump on cat climbing frames, balconies, and bedsides by myself.In the past few days, Shen He has been carrying him to bed, carrying him downstairs, and carrying him to the balcony to bask in the sun.

There was a piece of paper on the table in the room, with Shen He's characters on it, listing the changes in the king's weight every day.

The top one is the ten catties that Shen He weighed when he brought the king back home.At that time, the king was already very thin, and he was put on a few catties while abroad.The following record is the king's recent weight.

It fell directly from ten catties to six catties, and then slowly fell from six catties to more than three catties today.

"Has it not eaten today?"

Meng Zhang was holding a bag of cat food that he had just brought back from abroad.It is said to be suitable for elderly cats.

Shen He glanced at it, opened it casually, and didn't care if it was on his bed, directly placed the can in front of the king, coaxing it to eat a couple of bites in a low voice.

The king didn't seem to hear the sound, he only stared at the can for a few times, leaned over to smell it, but still didn't open his mouth.

"It looks like it's really going to die." Meng Zhang sighed, put the other canned cat food aside, sat on the edge of the bed and reached out to touch it.

The king didn't move, and he didn't feel unhappy, he let Meng Zhang touch his body.

"It only drinks water today, probably... almost."

Shen He looked at the king, held its front paw and rubbed it in the palm of his hand, the stiff muscles gradually softened, the king moved, stood up from the bed, and staggered into Shen He's arms.

"You can't even walk...?"

"Um……"

Meng Zhang didn't stay with Shen He for long.Shen He hugged the king and sent him downstairs, and when he was about to go back to his room, the phone in his bag rang.

Sheng Boyong seemed to be having a reception, the piano was mixed with the violin, the music was melodious, and there were occasionally one or two standard F country accents speaking.

"How is Mimi?"

The two are now separated in two places, and they keep in touch on the phone every day.Turning down all the work just to accompany the king, Shen He did not hide it from Sheng Boyong.

Perhaps for others, it would be foolish to give up work for a pet.But the meaning of the king to Shen He is different. Sheng Boyong is very supportive of him, and has been consulting famous local veterinarians in Country F in his spare time, asking about possible treatment methods.

Hearing Sheng Boyong's voice, Shen He's depressed mood because the king didn't eat today got a little better: "I didn't eat anything today, so I just drank some water. I asked Young Master Chen to help find glucose."

Sheng Boyong seemed to change his phone from a quiet place over there: "You really don't think about euthanasia?"

"I'm not willing." Shen He hugged the king tightly in his arms.The black big king's fur has lost its luster, his eyes are dull, and he nestles sleepily in his arms.

"But I don't like euthanasia, and I feel that I am torturing it... It can't even eat, and I still hold it back..."

"Shen Xiaohe, maybe there is still a way. I have finished my work today. I will visit the most famous local veterinarian tomorrow morning. I heard that his old cat lived for 24 years and died in a car accident. Maybe... …He has a way of keeping Mimi alive for a few more years."

In fact, such a promise is meaningless.

For a cat in his 20s, he has experienced too many things in his long life.There was a master who became famous early but had no prospects for 20 years. He was kicked out of his warm home and almost wandered on the streets. He followed a two-legged beast that couldn't even remember his name, and... recognized a different body. original owner.

Shen He sometimes wondered, if the king was a human being, able to speak and write, would he write a story about my reborn master.

But Dawang is a cat after all.All Shen He can think about now is to hope that God will give it a chance. In the next life, it will not be reincarnated as a cat, but be a human being.Even if you go through hardships, you can have a lifespan of at least five or sixty years. You don't need to hurt the people who love it around you, and you can grow old together with you.

"It's okay. You don't need to go to any famous veterinarian." Shen He forced a smile and kissed the king's forehead. The cloudy cat's eyes seemed to take a lot of effort to see where the person who kissed him was. The corners of his lips grazed.