I Wasn't Born Lucky

206-210 (Edited)

Chapter 206

The place that Xiao Li has spoken about was the church he had visited yesterday. It was also the cross domed castle that appeared on Wen Wenwen's map. There was no other reason. To some extent, a temple and a church were the same places. The place with the sphinx should be here.

It was a castle with a cross on top. The entire building was made of grey bricks. Unlike the magnificent castle of people's imaginations, this castle was extremely depressing. Compared to a castle, it was more like a place where prisoners were punished.

Xiao Li had originally planned to set an alarm clock to meet the 'first ray of light' in the prophecy. However, there was the incident with Jin Handong and everyone was called before the alarm clock went off. Therefore, he took the opportunity to come here. The entire town was still sleeping. The wind was strong and blew dust on people's faces in the darkness.

Xiao Li silently put on his cloak and hat. He covered his mouth and nose with his hands and let out small breaths as he walked up the steps. There was no one at the door and there wasn't even a lock. It was as if it was a random place where anyone could go in and out. Xiao Li placed his hand on the door and used force to easily push it open.

The inside of the castle was very empty. The stairs were in a circular arc shape and went round and round like a snake tangling around the building. There was a decoration carved on the handrail of the staircase. Xiao Li looked closer and found it was a statue of a sphinx that had been shrunken down countless times.

The sphinx lay languidly on the armrest, lifelike. It was as if it would come alive the next second, opening its mouth to yawn.

"Meow."

For some reason, the little black cat took the initiative to jump out of the little yellow book. He stretched out his paws and hit the head of the sphinx on the stairs of the first floor. Then he looked back at Xiao Li as if wondering why the body was similar to himself but the head was a human.

Apart from these stairs, the entire church was empty. There were no windows, only the closed glass skylight above his head. Candlestick after candlestick was attached to the wall but there were no candles.

Xiao Li looked around and waved to the little black cat.

The little black cat cocked his head and jumped off the statue of the sphinx. He walked briskly in front of Xiao Li. After being grabbed by Xiao Li and rubbed back and forth on the bottom step like a cat blanket, his pure black fur was covered with dust.

"Meow meow meow?"

He was so angry that he couldn't even react. He could only watch as the shameless human sat down on the place that had just been cleaned. Before the little black cat could pounce, Xiao Li raised a finger. "Change for three cans, pure meat."

The little black cat's movement stopped due to this simple sentence. After a long time, he stretched out a paw and placed it on Xiao Li's knee. "Meow."

Five.

Xiao Li replied, "Okay."

The little black cat swung his tail and jumped into the arms of the human in front of him. He rubbed twice against the human and licked this person's nose.

Xiao Li retracted his gaze from the skylight above to look at the cat. He reached out his right hand to scratch the little black cat's chin. The cat purred comfortably from his throat.

Time passed and the night had ended. The sky turned from black to dark blue. Thin clouds surged on the horizon and the first rays of light penetrated through the darkness and spilled into the castle.