Chapter 41: Cat and Bat (Part 1)

Bulusi lay on the hospital bed. Harvey adjusted his upper body a little higher and then poured him a glass of water.

Bulusi said somewhat distressed, "She is moody and temperamental, really like a cat. I can't figure her out. Now I only worry that her irritability will hurt others. After all, I have the best medical resources in all of Cat Getan, but others may not."

"You should be glad you didn't have a ruptured kidney. That dagger was very short and only left a very shallow scratch on your organs, otherwise you would only have one kidney left now."

Harvey put down the water pot and said, "When I was in school, I also had a girl I liked. I was crazy for her. I launched a warm pursuit of her. One day, when we went on a date, she deliberately threw the bottle far away to tease a cleaner."

"At that time, I thought, how could she do this? She was really too bad and didn't deserve my liking. But later when I think about it, it was my love for her that shaped her into a perfect person in my mind. In fact, she had always been that bad-tempered, liked to mock others, and looked down on anyone in the service industry. She had never changed herself, but I had infinite expectations for her because of intense love."

"I proposed to break up with her, and she felt inexplicable. At that time, I didn't know that I indeed looked like a lunatic, first pursuing her crazily regardless of everything, confessing to her, but suddenly proposing to break up cleanly. This was a kind of humiliation in anyone's eyes, so she was very angry."

"Later when I think about it, this is also normal."

Bulusi felt a little ashamed to speak, but he still said, "The problem with that girl is much more serious than your ex-girlfriend, and it is possible to hurt others, the kind on the body."

"The problem is not here, the problem is when you met her and fell in love with her, didn't you know this problem?"

Bulusi thought, didn't he know? He knew it very clearly. He even met her during the process of Catwoman's crime.

He couldn't help but think somewhat absurdly, how could he fall in love with a criminal? And at her crime scene?

After Harvey left, Bulusi fell asleep because of sleepiness.

In the dream, the brilliant lights of the jewelry store shone on the string of pearl necklaces scattered on the ground. Suddenly all the lights went out, as if everything had returned to that dark alley, and only the string of pearl necklaces was shining with a faint luster.

Batman never liked any jewelry, especially hated things that would flicker, just like a real bat.

But his mind was full of the girl holding the shiny gem and showing a sly smile.

In the hazy, the luster of the pearls in his memory suddenly became not so hideous. And at the end of the dream, it was still a group of bats with heavy shadows crossing the sky.

The next day, when Shiler saw Bulusi in the psychological consultation room, he was quite surprised. He looked Bulusi up and down and said, "Your injury is already healed? Can you walk so quickly?"

"Actually, it still hurts a little, but it doesn't matter. My internal organs didn't suffer very heavy injuries, and now they are almost healed."

Shiler said, "Then it seems you don't need to waste a cup of my coffee." Saying that, he only poured himself a cup of hot coffee. Bulusi was a little speechless and said, "Give me a glass of water."

After the two sat down, Bulusi said, "Harvey doesn't know my true identity yet. I think it's better not to tell him for now, but I am very distressed now. The female thief who gave me a knife appears in my dreams every day."

"I am even resistant to putting on the Batman suit now. Once I meet her, I don't know what to say to her."

Shiler never dreamed that the first psychological consultation question Batman opened his heart to him was actually Bulusi's teenage love trouble.

As everyone knows, in comics, Batman and Catwoman are true love. Writers use a lot of ink to describe the love story of the two. Indeed, a Dark Knight with a sea of blood and deep hatred, and a cunning and beautiful criminal, even if the background of all this is the dark Cat Getan City, there will still be a large number of readers who buy it.

Shiler said, "It seems Harvey should have already enlightened you, but it seems it didn't work?"

"Harvey makes sense. Before I fell in love with her, I already knew she was a thief. I even met her exactly when she was stealing from the jewelry store. I don't know how I could fall in love with a criminal. This is too absurd..."

Shiler said, "What do you think caused you to become Batman?"

Bulusi pondered for a while and said, "Many things."

"Then what do you think caused her to become a thief?"

Bulusi was silent.

"So, you are sulking here without knowing anything about a woman's past and family."

"Are you sure you really like her? Instead of just wanting a romantic one-night stand?"

"I haven't even slept with her yet," Bulusi said.

"Do you want me to applaud your innocence?" Shiler said, and then his gaze fell on Bulusi's waist. He said, "You haven't slept with her yet, and she gave your kidney a knife. I am a little worried about your life safety now."

"Do you think I should talk to her?" Bulusi said.

Shiler sighed and said, "You like that thief, if you don't talk to her, do you want to talk to me? Whoever you like, go and fall in love with whoever, understand?"

Shiler said somewhat helplessly, "Otherwise, what do you think falling in love is? Two people ran around on the roof of Cat Getan for several days, and they didn't even know who each other's parents were. You don't sleep with her, and you don't fall in love with her. If I were you, I would also give you a knife."

Bulusi paused and said, "Alright, I'll go talk to her."

The next day, Batman caught Catwoman at an exhibition hall again. Although he didn't understand Catwoman's past and family, he was very accurate about her habits.

Catwoman saw him, cursed secretly, and immediately wanted to run away.

But she didn't run away. Batman grabbed her cape again. Catwoman cursed, took a deep breath, turned her head and said, "Let go of me! You freak! Don't make me use a knife!"

Batman said, "Let's talk."

"What's there to talk about between me and you? Don't hinder me from doing things!"

Ten minutes later, the two came to the roof of the exhibition hall. Catwoman waved her hands helplessly and said, "Alright, alright, my little boy, what do you want to talk about? Give me a big truth? I'm almost able to recite your pile of truths."

"No, I just want to hear your story," Batman said.

Catwoman was a little surprised. She was silent for a while, looked at the pair of sharp ears on Batman's head, and said, "For the sake of your aesthetics in dressing, alright."

"... I come from the slums in the east. You know, it's the biggest and most chaotic one. My mother was an alcoholic, my father was a drug addict, but I was lucky and didn't get addicted to drugs. I followed a madam since I was a child. She was a retired acrobat and taught me a lot of things. Of course, she was also bad-tempered, and I was beaten a lot, but fortunately I learned real things."

"When she wanted to sell me to a stinky middle-aged man, I ran out. I was 12 that year."

"Later, there was a meddlesome orphanage that insisted on letting me live there. I said alright, then I'll go. Later, someone there wanted to adopt me, but later I offended the administrator there. He wanted to abuse me, so I stole his diamond necklace and ran out again."

"I met a thief leader. We all called her Lucky Mama. She specifically trained little girls like us to steal things for her. I practiced acrobatics and my skills were good. I was her favorite child."

"But good times didn't last long. The diamond necklace I had been hiding on my body was discovered by her. You know, that is very valuable, enough for her to retire and not do it anymore. She wanted me to hand it over, but I didn't want to do that, so I ran out again."

"Later I met a sister, her name is Maggie. She was very good to me, but her boyfriend always beat her and wanted to kill her. When he was about to do it, I killed that man and was wanted. I didn't want to implicate my sister, so I have been drifting. But sometimes when I made money, I would send it back."

"That's it, a very ordinary story, not very exciting. I think it should not be as exciting as your life experience, right? Big hero."

Batman seemed a little silent. He said, "Not exciting enough? Is it not exciting enough?"

Catwoman shook her head and said, "Oh, I forgot, you are a young master who grew up in a rich area. People there should all go to school step by step, right?"

"But it's not like that where we are. There aren't one or two students in a block. Actually, my mother loved me very much, but she was a little controlled by alcohol. She spent more time on cats than on me."

"My parents had no ability to provide me with schooling. My neighbors were all like this. It was already very good that one of the parents was clear-headed, at least not to the point of starving to death. I also heard that there were parents who were both drunk, and as a result, the child climbed onto the stove and was scalded to death."

"Of course, the growth experience of people like us is about the same. If you are lucky, like me, learn a craft. The best way out is to work for a gang. If you can become a dealer in a casino, that is really a decent job. Maggie's boyfriend was a thug in a casino. He was so popular, several bar hostesses there were sticking to him."

"Actually, Lucky Mama was also good to me. Sometimes she would be like a real mother. Whenever I stole a lot of jewelry for her, she would praise me and even give me candy. Of course, she beat and scolded the children who couldn't steal things, but in my opinion, they were just young, and it wouldn't be much different after practicing for a few years."

Catwoman said intermittently in a relaxed and lively tone. This kind of life was described by her as quite interesting.

For example, she practiced acrobatics. The first time she fell from the eaves, she hit a person. As a result, that unlucky drunk had just touched more than ten dollars from someone else, and it fell into Catwoman's hands. She took this money to buy food for the cat her mother raised, and also got a kiss from her mother.

Batman didn't speak all the time. He listened quietly. Catwoman stopped after talking. She looked at Batman and said, "Alright, alright, I know this story disappointed you. I don't have any rich and exciting college life, nor do I understand your job hunting goals. We are people from two completely different worlds. You rich people should have no interest in this kind of slum life, right? After all, it sounds very dirty and messy."

Batman's voice was a little low and said, "No, this is the most exciting story I have ever heard."

Catwoman raised her eyebrows and said, "Your mouth is really sweet. You praised me until I was a little embarrassed. Actually, I am also very happy, because no one is willing to listen to me talk about these things. Maggie's health is not very good and she can't go out. When we two chat, she prefers to listen to the stories of me shuttling in the rich area, listening to me tell her about those rich ladies, the dresses they wear and the necklaces they wear."

Batman asked, "Do you like jewelry that much?"

"I knew you would ask this question," Catwoman blinked and said.

"At first, it was just because these jewels could be exchanged for better treatment at Lucky Mama's place. I didn't want to be beaten."

"But later when Lucky Mama asked me for that diamond necklace, I realized that I actually liked their original luster, not how much money they could sell for. Thinking that Lucky Mama was going to take these treasures to sell for money, I felt very painful."

"That kind of charming luster, especially the light under the light, is the most beautiful thing in the world! My dream in my life is to have a huge castle, piled up with all these beautiful gems..." Catwoman's tone became lighter and lighter, as if she was about to bubble with happiness. ===== CHAPTER 42 =====