Chapter 777

"Hollywood?" Bruce raised his voice and asked, "What are you going to Hollywood for?"

"None of your business." Selina turned to tidy up her things. Bruce sighed, stepped over the messy debris in front of the door, walked in, and then hugged Selina from behind.

In the past, at this time, Selina would turn her head, stare at him with big eyes, then turn around, hug his waist, and press her face against his chest.

But this time, Selina pulled his hand away, walked forward a few steps, and then turned around and said, "Bruce, let's break up."

Bruce's hand hadn't been pulled back yet, and he froze on the spot. He asked, "Why? What's wrong?"

Selina flicked her hand and said, "No why, I've had enough fun. I think you're annoying now. You've been dumped, get it?!"

As she spoke, she walked past Bruce and continued to organize her suitcase. Bruce turned and said, "Selina, what's going on? How did you suddenly..."

He paused and then said, "Alright, I've been a bit busy lately and haven't accompanied you, and I ignored your feelings. But now, I have time again, and I came to see you the first chance I got..."

Bruce looked at his watch and said, "I booked that restaurant you like best. If we go now, we'll still make it in time to see the sunset."

Selina froze on the spot, and then she slowly squatted down and said, "My favorite restaurant... yes, that French restaurant in the city center, on the most prosperous commercial street, with the best storefront, the most professional service, the most expensive ingredients, and the best chefs..."

She stood up, touched her arm, and said, "If it weren't for you, I would never be able to eat such things in my life. I should be grateful, right?"

"Selina, what's wrong with you?" Bruce walked up and looked down at Selina's face. She was still beautiful, just looking a bit haggard.

Bruce felt something and said, "Have you encountered anything recently? Did someone say something to you? Or did you encounter any danger?"

He took a deep breath and said, "You're angry, right? But I actually..."

"No, it has nothing to do with you." Selina turned her head to the side and said, "It's just that I've thought about a lot of things recently, so I plan to leave this city for a while."

"What exactly happened?" Bruce asked again.

Selina took a deep breath and looked out the window. She recalled what had happened at the police station.

At that time, Leon had approached her and explained his intentions, which was actually to make Selina obediently listen and help them win over the celebrities on the West Coast to complete the Great King's cause.

The unruly Catwoman naturally couldn't listen to him. Standing in the interrogation room, Catwoman attacked Leon with sharp profanity, calling him a daydreamer and telling him to get out immediately.

Leon was relentless and tried to get closer to Catwoman, but was scratched by her directly.

The pain stimulated Leon, making him start to curse. At first, he only attacked Catwoman's appearance, but that was completely unreasonable slander. Catwoman's beauty was unquestionable, and no matter how picky one was, one couldn't find many flaws.

So, Leon's words became dirtier and dirtier, and he began to make some groundless speculations. The topic began to involve Catwoman's parents and her background.

If the uninhibited Catwoman had any weakness, it was her mother.

I don't know which sentence stimulated Catwoman, triggering the violent factor in her personality. She directly pried open the door of the interrogation room and almost stabbed a knife into Leon's chest.

Fortunately, Gordon arrived in time and stopped Catwoman, but his reaction further stimulated Selina. His first reaction was not to comfort her, but to send someone to find Bruce.

Gordon's reaction wasn't wrong. After all, although Catwoman was a thief, she was also one of the most dangerous thieves in Cat Getan. If she suddenly lost control and ran out, ordinary police definitely wouldn't be able to deal with her and would have to rely on Batman.

Plus, although I don't know why Catwoman lost control of her emotions, Batman was her boyfriend after all. Letting him come over could also comfort her.

But this stimulated Catwoman even more. She directly broke free from the police's restraint and ran out of the Cat Getan Police Department, running wildly among the high-rise buildings of Cat Getan.

That day, the storm in Cat Getan never stopped. Exhausted, extremely tired, and already hovering on the verge of fainting, Catwoman came to Maggie's new residence.

Maggie was stunned when she saw her. Catwoman's uniform was covered in mud, her mask had been torn, and the hair that was exposed was completely soaked, sticking to her face wetly.

Selina's face was pale, and her lips were almost bloodless. When Maggie took her hand, she found her limbs were cold.

Maggie hurriedly pulled her into the house, poured her a cup of hot water, and forced it down her throat. Then she put it in a cup and let Selina hold it in her hands. She wiped the water off Selina's body and covered her with a dry and warm quilt.

Looking at Selina shivering, Maggie's heart ached. She said, "What happened? Why did you run out in such a big typhoon?"

Selina remained silent, but Maggie actually knew her good friend very well. She said, "Did you lose control again? Who stimulated you?"

Selina remained silent. Maggie sat beside her and said, "Even if no one is willing to listen to you, I am definitely willing to listen, just like when we first met..."

"She would rather talk to the cat..." Selina looked ahead with dull eyes and said, "I was sitting beside her, looking at her with expectation, but she just hugged the cat and said it was her baby..."

"The meaning of my existence is to work, earn money, and buy food for her and the cat." Selina's whole face was pale, but only her eye circles were very red. She looked like she was about to cry, but there were no tears.

Selina, like every Gothamite, adhered to the bottom line of not showing weakness, but she was actually more determined than others because cats are always proud.

"From the time I had memories, I have always been an accessory. No one's attention would ever be placed on me first. It has always been like this..." Selina kept muttering in a low voice. She said:

"When I was at home, my mother treated me as part of the cat. When I was a thief, my mother treated me as part of the jewelry necklace. And now, I have become part of Bruce Wayne..."

Accompanied by the pattering rain outside the window, a line of rain fell from top to bottom into a pitch-black alley. A little girl with black hair dragged a bag of cat food into the door with great effort.

A woman rushed out of the bedroom and screamed in surprise, "Oh, my little Selina! You brought food for my baby again! You are always Mom's favorite child!"

Little Selina put down the cat food, looked up at her mother, and said, "Really? Do you love me the most?"

"Of course! If it weren't for you, my little babies would starve to death!" The woman picked up the bag of cat food and walked into the bedroom without looking back. Selina, standing in the dark living room, only saw the pairs of glowing cat eyes in the crack of the door.

In there, she saw savagery, saw terrifying indifference, and saw pride without reason.

Standing on the spot, little Selina thought, why can cats be so justified? Why do they firmly believe that everyone likes them? Why can they do what they want without being transferred by other people's will? Why can they attract people to love them?

If I became a cat, could I be put in the first place?

Selina didn't know. She only knew that on that rainy night, she curled up in the corner of the living room and dreamed that she had become a carefree cat.

Her mother picked her up for the first time, kissed her forehead, and said to her, "You are my favorite baby, Selina."

Shuttle through the lines of rain over Cat Getan, just like the wind passing through a dense forest, a small figure jumped between the steel jungle, flipped down from the roof with a flexible figure, jumped into a balcony, opened the door, held the jewelry necklace in her hand high, and said:

"Mom! Look! I just stole it!"

"Oh, my God!" A scream rang out. A fat woman rushed in with stumbling steps, snatched the pearl necklace from Selina's hand, and said, "My little Selina! You are simply the cutest child in the world. I love you to death!"

Standing in the rain curtain on the balcony, little Selina, soaked all over, stared and asked, "Really? Do you love me the most?"

The fat woman stared at the pearl necklace in her hand without blinking, put it to her mouth and kissed it, then turned and moved her fat body, muttering as she walked: "I must put this little baby in the deepest part of my safe, and must not let others discover it..."

Selina saw that in the crack of the door that was slowly closing, the luster of the jewelry, like a cat's eyes, could always be the last to go out in the darkness.

She thought, shiny things always attract attention, and when put together with everything else, they will definitely be seen first.

Returning to the dark and narrow room, little Selina curled up her body. She thought, if I could become jewelry that everyone loves, I would definitely be cherished and put in the first place.

In her dream, she saw again that countless jewelry formed a large castle. In the steel jungle, that was the most eye-catching existence.

"I don't hope Bruce loves me, but I hope he loves me the most. If he doesn't love me the most, then stay away from me." Selina wiped the rain on her temples and said, "Maggie, I told you before that I yearn for freedom, but that's actually because, besides freedom, I can't get anything..."

"No one will put me in the first place. They never treat me as a complete person. If they don't care about me, then I don't care about them. I will say I yearn for freedom because I can't beg them..."

Selina's eyebrows frowned, but the tears still didn't squeeze out of her eye sockets. She whispered:

"Because I've tried it before, no matter how I beg, it won't bring more love."

"So, I said I don't need it. That way, at least I can be decent. And if someone makes me have the urge to beg him, I will run away immediately..." Selina's lips moved and said, "... Am I like a mental patient?"

Maggie hugged her and said, "Don't say that, Selina, that's not your fault at all. During this time, Bruce might be too busy. He doesn't not care about you, he just might really not be able to spare the time..."

Selina stopped talking. No matter how Maggie comforted her, it was like this. Maggie knew that this wasn't the first time Selina had lost control like this. In the time they had known each other, there had been at least a dozen such situations.

Even if Maggie didn't know much about psychiatry and psychology, she knew that such a situation was abnormal, but she didn't know how to solve it at all and could only accompany Selina for a night.

Until the wind stopped and the rain ceased, Selina suddenly returned to normal and then left as usual.

And now, Bruce, standing in the room, found that he couldn't read her emotions from Selina's body language at all. He felt that she was as elusive and incomprehensible as a cat.

"Why did you choose Hollywood?" Bruce asked.

Selina's movements paused, then the corners of her mouth raised, she smiled, lowered her head, and said:

"Perhaps, if I'm there, I can play a lead role?"