The Night Before the Breakup

"I don't know why you insist I keep that cat."

"What if it dies again?"

Yu Shuang frantically messaged her boyfriend, Huo Bingke, but all she got was his calm reply: "Wait until I get back."

That night, the cat died.

Yu Shuang broke up with Huo Bingke, unilaterally.

The next day, at the pet funeral home, Yu Shuang cried bitterly. How could she not have loved her cat? It was just that she remembered how, when she was lonely and helpless, her mother had waited in the rain for her father to come home and take her little brother to the hospital.

Her brother had died, and her parents had divorced. At that moment, Huo Bingke made her feel not the slightest bit safe.

Huo Bingke flew back and bought a cat from a pet shop. "It's for you. Keep raising it."

"We've already broken up." Yu Shuang couldn't forgive Huo Bingke, even though he hadn't done anything.

Three months after they broke up, they ran into each other at a convenience store. Huo Bingke showed up with the cat. It curled up on Yu Shuang's checkout counter and hooked its paw around her calculator. She tried to stop it, but the kitten only snuggled closer to her.

"It's been missing you," Huo Bingke explained.

Theme: Responsibility