Chapter 149

The female streamer Chacha went completely limp, kneeling on the ground; her eye sockets instantly reddened, and large tears plopped down one after another.

"Gaogao… my Gaogao…"

The repressed self-reproach made her want to beat herself to death; a living life was slipping away in her arms, and it was her beloved Gaogao—yet at that moment she became completely clear-headed.

Her gaze fixed straight on the cat food bowl filled with vomit.

It's it! It must be it!

"Cough, cough." Ling Yue coughed once: "Take another careful look."

She said this, letting out a breath of relief; when she looked again at the kitten in Chacha's arms, Ling Yue's eyes were filled with infinite pity.

The others were stunned by her words, staring at Ling Yue in shock—what did she mean?

The female streamer Chacha lowered her head, looking at the limp little Gaogao in her arms, finally realizing something was off—like, Gaogao seemed to be breathing?

Its round little belly rose and fell; although still very weak, it no longer had the earlier death‑rattle feeling, instead becoming long and even.

"Gaogao it—"

Chacha seemed to realize something, hastily tightening her lips, but in that instant her expression was already seen by everyone and etched in their minds.

What does she mean?

Gaogao is dead, so how can she still laugh?

Chacha burst into tears, hearing the others' chatter, she turned her head fiercely: "Who said Gaogao died! Gaogao it—obviously it's still doing fine!"

"Look—

She said this, giving the kitten a tug; knowing Gaogao's most sensitive spot, the "dead" little Gaogao suddenly flicked its tail, its soft, fluffy long tail swooshing up, barely staying upright for a second before flopping down again.

The originally doubtful crowd, tears still in their eyes, instantly burst into laughter, surrounding the kitten with silly giggles.

Startled, Gaogao hurriedly clutched its long tail, unaware of how excited these "cloud parents" were at that moment.

Waa waa waa, Gaogao is still alive—how wonderful!

They no longer delayed, immediately sending Gaogao to the pet hospital.

After a series of emergency measures, Gaogao lay in the hospital's prepared incubator; the doctor earnestly told her: "Gaogao should be congenitally frail, its body never very strong, possibly having contacted some allergen, causing an acute onset……"

Afterward, a bunch of Chachas didn't really understand much, but she caught one sentence: contact with an allergen!

Gaogao's food, clothing, housing, and transportation were all managed by her, just as usual; what it ate… the streamer Chacha's lips trembled, she stammered for a while but couldn't utter a word.

How should she put it? Only today had she switched to the cat food sent by the advertiser; before that, Gaogao had never tasted a bite, and the brand sent for the ad was the well‑known domestic PetLove line's newly launched nutrition cat food, touted as rich in nutrients and positioned for cats.

Seeing her like that, Ling Yue knew she must have a guess in mind; the others were even more indignant, the little Gaogao so small—what had happened? They had to find the cause!

The usually quiet streamer Chacha suddenly spoke: "It's the cat food!"

Everyone looked at each other, some bewildered.

Chacha said, covering her face as she went home, her voice choked with tears: "It must be the cat food! Gaogao uses only things from home; it's never had a problem before—this time, I switched the cat food."

She told everyone the whole story: "Before the celebration I happened to receive a brand's cat food promotion, thinking I'd try it first; today was actually the first time I fed it to Gaogao, and I never imagined it would cause Gaogao such suffering!"

"What?"

Someone exclaimed in shock; the speaking Chacha was already completely embarrassed, she looked at her fans: "I checked the ingredient list—I swear I never thought of harming Gaogao; it didn't list Gaogao's allergen, and Gaogao is allergic to corn, which I've always known, but it wasn't written there at all."

"I don't know… I really don't know…" she regretted to death, crying as she said, over and over only that sentence.

Everyone else was stunned; no one had expected things to turn out this way.

Some sensible people comforted her, saying perhaps it wasn't like that, since the results weren't out yet, they couldn't jump to conclusions.

But anyone who heard Chacha's words couldn't help but speculate—maybe it really was? At least there was an eighty percent chance, given what Chacha had said before.

No one expected Ling Yue to speak up then: "That cat food—do you have it with you now?"

Chacha nodded quickly: "I've always carried it on me!"

Before the incident, she had been carrying it, because the producer seemed to be taking a high‑end route, even the cat food bags were individually packaged, touted as convenient and quick, supplementing multiple nutrients.

Having taken on many commercial deals, Chacha certainly knew this trick—it wouldn't increase the food's amount, only make it more expensive!

Because it was easy to carry, she prepared to test it out, but the result nearly turned into such a tragedy.

She hurriedly pulled out the cat food from the big pocket of her windbreaker; seeing the fans' packaging, she froze—was this cat food? Surely not a candy‑like bag, it's ridiculously tiny!

They usually purchase ten or eight catties at a time.

How many grams is this?

"Two hundred grams per bag, one hundred grams for ten pieces, they say it's rich in various meat powders, fish powders, seafood powders, claiming it can conquer any picky cat, supplementing cats with multiple trace elements, doubling nutrition, doubling happiness!"

After the female streamer Chacha finished speaking, she suddenly realized she had said a lot; even the initially indignant ordinary people couldn't help but look at her, at a loss for words.

Chacha: "QAQ"

"Believe me, I didn't do it on purpose—I just memorized it."

The wealthy sponsor, generous with money, directly threw cash at her, demanding she shoot something unique and good‑looking, money being no issue.

So the streamer Chacha simply memorized the lines they prepared, but using them now comes across as especially ironic and laughable.

Ling Yue nodded, gave a light cough: "Let's not discuss this; hand over the pet food, I'll take a look."

Don't forget, she has top‑notch smell and can decipher these things' ingredients in a split second.

Ling Yue took the cat food, first glancing at the ingredient list on the bag: meat powder, fish powder, various novel additives; Ling Yue's brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

The others were even more tense, faces grave, because whenever Ling Yue wore that expression, something was bound to happen!

She suddenly spoke, her voice like a mountain spring flowing slowly: "Inferior chicken powder…… fish powder……"

Ling Yue spoke with certainty, continuing: "And…… rice powder! A portion——

Ling Yue said with absolute certainty: "Corn powder!"

"Impossible!"

As soon as she said that, everyone turned to look at that person, who blanched and whispered: "But you just said the ingredient list didn't have corn, right?"

Its ingredient list simply didn't list it, and Gaogao's allergen is corn!

Ling Yue remained calm and unafraid, looking at her and smiling confidently: "Just because it's not written doesn't mean it really doesn't exist, does it?"

That person was stunned for a moment.

Ling Yue continued: "Besides these, there are also attractants……flour……sand……sawdust……"

With each item she named, everyone's faces turned a shade paler, until finally Ling Yue looked around and said: "If you don't believe me, we can wait, wait for the test results to come out."

She said this and then went to find a nearby doctor; the hospital certainly had testing equipment, and they only needed to wait patiently for a few minutes.

But now the matter is practically right before our eyes.

Little Gaogao's accident, the culprit is the hateful toxic milk feed!

Streamer Chacha trembled, her heart filled with shock and anger, she almost gritted her teeth as she said: "After I received the pet food, I've been happy all along, because the other party paid twice the usual commercial rate, so I was happy to make money."

But——

Her eyes red, she stared fiercely: "But I never imagined this money would almost become Gaogao's life‑selling money!"

If Gaogao hadn't had an accident, I might still be kept in the dark until now, and……" She spoke as if thinking of something extremely terrifying, trembling like a sieve: "I took the order; after the anniversary celebration, I was going to promote it, I was going to tell my fans to recommend this toxic cat food!"

Upon hearing this, the others instantly exploded in an uproar.

"Ahhh, just a little bit off, just a tiny bit!"

"Waa, does that mean if Gaogao hadn't had an accident, our little darlings would also have eaten this toxic cat food?"

"I am a loyal fan of the streamer, I have two furry kids at home; whatever the streamer recommends, I will definitely buy it! Ahhhh I'm going crazy! I really am going crazy!" said the frantic fan.

"Selling toxic cat food, how can those vicious merchants not just go die!"

"Streamer, you say, who is the merchant? I want to blacklist this brand for life, and I'll send it to my pet mutual‑aid group! I'll call on everyone to boycott together!"

"No no no, the urgent priority is to quickly check this company's other cat foods; you wouldn't naively think they'd dare do this only once, would you?"

Streamer Chacha shuddered violently: "PetLove! It's PetLove!"

Upon hearing those words, almost everyone: "!!!"

"PetLove? That's a domestic pet brand; besides cat food, they also have a chain of pet stores. Coincidentally, it's the same company as the wealthy young lady who previously targeted Ling Yue, a listed firm with a market value of billions."

Ling Yue suddenly took in this belated gossip, also startled; she had almost forgotten this company existed.

As a pet owner, before obtaining the little milk bits—that is, pet food—she had always bought pet food, because her sense of smell is especially discerning; thus, brands like PetLove, she never even bothered to look at.

Beside Ling Yue, many people watching began to feel anxious, and the rustling sounds reached her ears.

"Our cat eats PetLove; I heard others say their products are especially high‑end, a big brand, and we've been feeding it for a while! Oh my goodness!"

Seeing her near‑collapse state, not to mention Ling Yue feeling sigh‑worthy, others felt their noses sour from listening.

"No, I have to go check; our cat master also eats this cat food—ahhh, will our kitty be okay?"

At this moment, the matter had already spread online, beginning to gradually ferment.

With so many people present, so many eyes and ears, someone would surely post it online; once posted, pictures with the truth instantly sparked a strong reaction from a large group of young people.

With the passage of time, these most common young people have become the pillars of the new generation of pet‑raising army. They guard their own furry kids as carefully as they would their own eyeballs.

Upon suddenly hearing such words, the enraged crowd could hardly be contained.

At this moment, at PetLove's headquarters, some people still hadn't reacted, lost in their grandiose dreams.

Little did they know, the pet food under their own brand had already been sent to a testing agency; earlier allegations that their cat food caused pets to fall ill and deteriorate in health had also been exposed.

Their current situation could be summed up perfectly by the saying "when the wall falls, everyone pushes."

Ling Yue, the great hero of this rescue operation, while receiving praise, also had her life‑saving "medicine" talked about with relish; soon, someone noticed something was off——

"【Are you really sure that the thing the streamer pulled out to save lives is a special‑effect medicine?】"

"【Good grief, why does that thing look so familiar to me? I rack my brain—I really have seen it before! It's incredibly familiar!】"

"【What special‑effect medicine? Isn't it just the pet food the streamer pulled out?】"

"【???】"

"【I've seen it before—don't you all remember when we used it to lure the sea‑eagle?】"

"【Impossible, I don't believe it; it must be fake!】"

Ling Yue didn't know about this; she was holding Yezi and preparing to go home.

A few minutes earlier in the hospital, Gaogao's condition had clearly improved; there was no need for her to keep watching, and besides, she wasn't of much use there anyway.

The rightful owner Chacha was still there.

Ling Yue first went to the ceremony site to pick up the cat Yezi; when she arrived, Yezi was hiding in the cage, about to be taken by the staff to the stray‑cat rescue station.

Seeing her approach, Yezi immediately puffed up and let out a loud meow.

"You bad human, why did you only come now? Meow‑meow thought I'd never see you again!"

Ling Yue: "Sorry, I was delayed earlier."

She apologized first, then turned to the staff: "This is my cat. Earlier, because of some things, I didn't have time to take it away."

She spoke kindly and without any airs; the staff, flattered beyond belief, didn't even question her, handing over the cat together with its cage: "Here you go, here you go!"

Ling Yue settled the cat Yezi, finished dinner, then glanced at her watch—it was just past nine.

She lay on the sofa, her eyelids slightly closed.

Though one could say she was sleeping, it wasn't quite that; it was more like resting.

Ling Yue set an alarm on her phone, to depart at ten‑thirty.

She hadn't been asleep long when she suddenly felt her vision darken; in a haze she sensed that the light seemed to be blocked, and Ling Yue snapped her eyes open——

Her sleeve was rolled up, revealing a young man's wrist; he leaned slightly forward, holding a blanket, which he draped over her.

Wait, how could there be a man in their household!

Ling Yue, still half‑asleep, hadn't yet reacted; she jerked upright, and a cold snort sounded from beside her.

Da Lao Hu Jun Jun glared with a pair of tiger eyes, sharp and bright: "You shameless bum!"

Ling Yue: "……"

She glanced at her watch; only twenty minutes had passed, she yawned, seeing the situation as tense as water and fire, Ling Yue wore slippers and went upstairs.

Can't afford to provoke her, can't even hide from her?

Watching her disappear around the corner, the lying Da Lao Hu Jun Jun immediately rose, energized.

It glanced at the man beside it, that gaze seemed to say: 'With me here, you dare not even think of getting close to Yue Yue!'

Bai Ze's gaze flickered, the plain lenses on his nose bridge glinted, he meaningfully looked at the sturdy, mighty Bai Hu: 'Are you jealous?'

"Obviously you are mine..." his voice extremely low, only they themselves could hear.

Da Lao Hu Jun Jun seemed offended by him, his fur exploded all over with a bang.

It swished and jumped away.

An hour later, Ling Yue went downstairs and started the car.

Night deep, people quiet, moon dark, wind high, exactly a good time to catch ghosts。：，,.