It doesn't seem so cold anymore.

With a dull ache in his head from the lack of oxygen and a choking sensation around his neck, Xu You doesn't have time to digest what's going on, so he tries to find a way to save his cat's life.

She could no longer make the shrill cat noises, but only a small "meow-ow-ow-ow" sound, and she couldn't even lift her tail after scratching her paws twice.

The child in front of her, with pursed lips and determined eyes, was determined to eat her.

If she's a human being, can she be strangled by a kid?

Xu You yells in his head, "Seven Eight, help, I've turned into a fucking cat?"

"I don't know!" Chichibu crumbled as well, "I can't intervene, soooooo, help yourself!!!! I'm pulling out."

"......" Didn't expect to be able to rely on it in a pinch, it's just that her brain was choking out white light.

That's it? Cannon fodder has survived longer than she has.

Xu You in her heart, while spitting, while resigned and resigned, she heard a "bang" sound, the broken wooden boards were kicked open.

Four or five children walked in, each looking bigger and stronger than the boy who was pinching her, and the little shack instantly seemed crowded.

Then the leader of the fat boy, aggressively came over to kick the little boy on the back, the little boy was kicked to the ground, along with his loose hand strength, Xu You was thrown into the corner.

The sudden rush of air, made her throat burn even more, and she slumped helplessly to the ground, gasping for air.

"You're a freak who killed a family, and you dare to hang around in front of our eyes, and I'll beat you to death."

The children surrounded the boy, punching and kicking him, "You must have stolen the sweet potatoes from my family's vegetable field in the past, and you've learned to steal things that killed people, so I'll teach you a lesson today!"

"He lives hard enough, too."

"If I were him, I wouldn't have the face to see my parents in the Yellow Springs when I die."

Xu You raised his eyes in utter disbelief, those children at the age of innocence, with the most disgusted expressions, uttering the most vicious words, perhaps they did not yet know what the nature of their behavior was, anyway, they did it fearlessly, embracing the hostility of the group did it.

The little boy who had been choking her just moments before was curled up on the ground, his already skinny body looking weak, his face buried between his arms, his expression visible only from Xu You's angle on the ground.

There was no anger or fear on his face, there was just a lack of life, only cold numbness in his eyes and a bit of leaden gray misanthropy.

He looked indifferent as if he was beyond that body, coldly watching, as if he wouldn't react too much even if he was killed just like that.

Xu You was shocked for a moment, this was really not the state of a teenager.

She couldn't look away and closed her eyes.

I don't know how long it took, but Xu You smelled urine, she froze and looked up again, I don't know who started it, ripped off his pants and pissed on the shrunken man on the ground, the yellowish liquid slid across his cheeks and dripped down his skinny disembodied chin, the ground swooshing with watery trails.

"......" Xu You was shocked, so shocked that his three views cracked, and after mentally cursing countless expletives, he took another look at the little boy's reaction.

It was found that his response was - no response.

The group of kids made a scene before leaving with jeers and abuse.

The room was silent, the rotten wooden door was open, the cold wind whistled and poured in, fine snow drifted outside, and the twilight sky looked like it was already evening.

"Seven-eight," Xu You said breathlessly, "Send the worldline quickly."

Seven Eight hesitantly said, "I didn't receive it either."

"What?!"

"It could be that you're dressed as a cat and can't send the world line."

Xu You said expressionlessly, "Then why am I dressed as a cat."

"Matching the host with a character inside the world, of course, is to pick the identity that is close to the mission object and has the highest degree of match," Seven Eight was puzzled, "Who knew that you and a cat had a 99.8% match."

Xu You gritted his teeth, "So what now?"

Seven Eight: "I've submitted a fact sheet to the switchboard side for approval."

"How long."

Seven Eight took out a pillow and laid it on the ground, saying very leisurely, "I don't know."

Xu You looked down at herself, so what did she use to brush up her trust value, a language that didn't make sense and a short coat of hair?

She asked again, "What's the name of the mission's target?"

"Neither."

"......" Xu You are so bad you want to chop it up for firewood.

Since they were teleported according to the proximity of the quest object, this miserable child not far away must be it.

Xu You surveyed the place, the pavilion-sized hut can not even put a bed, of course, tables, chairs and stools are not, only a few broken bowls, some straw and wood, hut everywhere leakage, some mold on the wooden boards.

Xu You saw him still cowering there, his hands were frostbitten and swollen and cracked, and his exposed calves were red and blue from the ankle to the ankle.

Xu You looked at the door, the cold wind blowing like a knife scrape, she stood up, walked two steps, a crooked step, face directly at the wall hit the past, Xu You adjusted the pace, the front and back of the legs extremely uncoordinated two steps, directly forked and rolled to the ground.

Xu You : Hey, how the hell do these four legs go.

"Ouch, Host," Seven Eight couldn't stand to watch anymore, "the cat walks with its back foot stepping on the spot where the front foot walked, and only two strings of footprints will be left on the ground, walking forward in a straight line."

Xu You felt insulted, but she didn't say a word, and tried again, passing the boy with a stiff, unsteady stride, nervous for a moment that he'd suddenly grab her and kill her on the grounds that "this cat is so stupid it can't even walk, so why don't you just eat it".

But he didn't even respond when she moved to the door.

Xu You raised her paw and pushed the door panel, it didn't move, she used all her strength to push it again, it still didn't work, there was no other way, she disliked her whole face, and her four paws stepped on the ground to make it work.

But at the moment the wind was too strong and there was too much resistance for her to push a third of the arc, so she simply sat on her butt and recuperated for a bit while she waited for the wind to die down a bit more.

After about half an hour or so, Xu You finally pushed the door shut, but the house was still very cold, and the child was too thinly dressed.

Xu You walked to his side to look at him, after watching for a while, he probably understood why he had been shrinking on the ground and not moving, before he was enduring through the pain, now he was too tired, hungry and weak to want to move.

She saw his right hand resting on the ground, a deep gash in the tiger's mouth, still oozing blood.

And she couldn't do much at all in her current state.

The boy lay on the ground, all his bones aching, he suddenly felt tired and weary, the days of torture and pain had no end in sight, he didn't want to struggle, death was not much effort, just living had used up all his strength, and he had no strength left.

That kitten was the dish that had inadvertently broken into his house today, and he had taken great pains to catch it, and had just thought it was going away, but he had not expected it to return.

What else did it come back for?

Then he saw this kitten sitting on his hand, lowering its head and sticking out its little tongue to lick his bloodied tiger's mouth.

It's hungry, and well, whatever, he thought.

Xu You licked the blood clean, but this wound still looked like it hurt, she reached out her paw and touched the back of his hand, his hand was cold as ice, Xu You thought about it, and simply lifted her front leg across his hand, then balled herself up and wrapped his whole hand in her belly.

At first her stomach went cold and her whole body shook with it, then it felt as if his hand warmed back up a bit.

The nerves that had been so tense before were relaxed, and sleepy, Xu You couldn't hold himself up and fell asleep.

The boy looked at the kitten a little dazed, a fine, soft, plush feeling coming from his right hand, as well as some body heat.

It is at ...... Warming his hands?

Why, clearly before ...... He was trying to kill it.

The child, who had never been shown kindness before, was as good as seeing a faint flame in this moment, in the darkness and bleakness of the night.

............

Xu You woke up in the middle of the night, the wind was blowing and snow was dancing outside the house, there was no light inside the small house, and the silver glow of the Moon was leaking through the cracks of the windows.

It was as if she was immobilized by some pressure and couldn't move, the sweep of her clawed tail touched warm skin and her brain moved upwards to touch what seemed like her chin and neck.

Judging, Xu You knew, and the boy took her in his arms.

Probably thinking that she had been woken up by the cold, the boy subconsciously wrapped his arms around her more tightly and touched her head with his other hand.

Xu You didn't move, resting peacefully against his skin, hearing his rhythmic heartbeat and the occasional rattle of the wind blowing through the window, and slowly closed her eyes again.

The boy and the kitten passed some body heat to each other.

On this ordinary winter night, it's still cold, and it seems like it's not so cold anymore.