The Cat's Inheritance

In the eighth winter after taking over his humans, Sparta finally decided to find a qualified successor for his humans.But recently he has become lazy, doesn't want to move, doesn't want to go out.Moreover, he was unwilling to leave Miwu for too long.Perhaps it would be better for him to start again after the snow melted and spring came.

When winter is over, the pear tree will bloom again.

What kind of cat should I choose?A raccoon cat?The raccoon cat is very cute, but maybe Miwu would like a different cat.

Sparda yawned, remembering the young cats who had come to his classroom.

Long-haired cats are pretty, and Maine Coons are big and majestic.However, in the Maine Coon cat, there seems to be no suitable cat selection.Maybe it's better to choose a stray cat. The stray cat is capable and can protect meow.However, stray cats are more independent, do they like meow?

Sparta screened possible suitable cats in his mind, and he was not satisfied with this, and he was not satisfied with that. It seemed that there was no cat that could completely trust his human beings to him.

Sparta couldn't help but become worried, and after thinking about it, he didn't have to be like this.With good human care, domestic cats can live into their teens and even their twenties.Like Dai Mochi, who is still alive and strong, and beat a young unruly tom cat two days ago.He is still a strong old cat now, with a healthy body and shiny hair. Although he has become less active, he has no ailments, and even his teeth are still in good condition.He may still be with Miwu for a long, long time, there is no need to worry at all.

However, there was still an inexplicable uneasiness in his heart for no reason.He vaguely remembered that an old cat had told him before that when they were about to leave this world, they would have a feeling in their hearts.This unspeakable induction will guide them through the last days of their lives.

Thinking of this, Sparta couldn't help but look at the humans who were still sleeping peacefully by the pillow.For some reason, Miwu is still the same as when he first saw him. In Sparta's memory, he has never changed, so gentle, just like the speechless pear tree.Sparta raised his chin, resting it lightly on Miwu's neck, feeling the steady beating of the human pulse.

thump -- thump -- thump --

The voice reassured Sparta.He closed his eyes and purred softly.

Amidst the soft grunting sound, Hardin woke up, his neck was prickly, and Sparta wrapped him tightly like a fur scarf.Hardworking couldn't help smiling, and stretched out his hand to gently stroke Cihuamao's back.

Sparda raised his head and looked at his humans silently.

As Sparta got older, his eyes became more gentle.Xin Qin sometimes doubts whether he sees himself as a child he needs to take care of.Qin Qin hugged Sparta into his arms and kissed his head lightly, "Good morning."

Sparta opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

Qin Qin looked down at him, and slowly combed his fur with his fingers, teasing him: "Baibing, look at you, you don't put your tongue back when you sleep, are you a puppy?" He pinched the tip of Sparta's tongue with his fingers.

Sparta didn't struggle, but licked his fingers lightly with his tongue.

Work hard to get up with Sparta in his arms and prepare breakfast for him.Now Sparta eats less, and is no longer as curious about human food as before.Hardworking added a certain proportion of prescription food for him, and I can't say whether Sparta likes it or not, but he will eat it clean every time.

After breakfast, Sparta would run to his favorite corner and lie down on the soft cushions prepared for him by humans.After the sun climbs up, you can enjoy the warm sunshine here.His humans would come by in a moment and play him a prose recitation in Anthropocene.This is a new interest in Sparta in recent years.At the beginning, he wanted to learn human language better. There is no material more suitable for contacting human language listening than slow and simple prose recitation.Later, he began to like this kind of gentle recitation with complex emotions unique to human beings.

Sparta's favorite song is called If I Were a Desert Island.

It took him several years to gradually understand what it meant.It was an interesting article, strange, but one that would keep him listening in silence for a long, long time.

Whenever he quietly listens to the reading audio, his human will quietly accompany him.Sometimes, Miwu will cut his nails. Now that he does less exercise, his nails tend to grow very long and will not peel off by themselves.Sometimes Miwoo brushes his hair, and he can't tell the color of his own hair, but it seems that some parts of his hair are starting to get lighter.Sometimes, as Miwu listened, he would suddenly stop what he was doing and remain motionless. Then, he would lean over and kiss Mao Mao on the top of his head.

After the beginning of spring, the weather gradually becomes warmer.Hardworking took Sparta to the clinic for a routine physical examination. The results of the physical examination were satisfactory. Sparta maintained a good weight and was very healthy. His physical fitness was even better than some younger cats.But he is still aging inevitably, and will become more restless and silent.

Hard work carried Sparta home in a cat bag. After arriving home, Sparta was still sleeping in a ball in the cat bag, unwilling to come out.Hard work did not force him.

At this time, an unexpected guest came to the house.Sparda just raised his head and sniffed the air.His sense of smell wasn't what it used to be, but he still recognized it as the scent of the cotton swab lady.He didn't like Ms. Cotton Swab, but in the past few years, Ms. Cotton Swab came more and more frequently, and Sparta was used to it.He could feel that Miwu didn't like his mother, but he never rejected her.

Human beings are probably used to staying on their own deserted islands.But they do not resist visitors, after all, their desert island is so barren.

Sparta lay down again, and the sound of two humans talking echoed in his ears, but it didn't prevent him from continuing to sleep.He fell into a drowsy sleep, and soon fell into sweet dreams.In the dream, he seemed to be in a small boat, just like the one that Miwu took him out to sea before, rickety and rickety, but actually quite comfortable.

Mrs. Dong came today to tell Xin Qin that she agreed to sign a divorce agreement with Mr. Dong.Qin Qin did not speak. He had made a similar suggestion a long time ago, but he was just a bystander and had no right to comment.Mrs. Dong was very different from her usual self. Her makeup was sloppy, her coat and shoes didn't bother to match, and her voice trembled when she spoke, probably due to her poor mental state due to the shock of divorce.Although Qin Qin has nothing to say to her, it is not easy to drive people out of the door.He went into the kitchen, boiled hot water for Mrs. Dong, and planned to let her have a cup of hot tea before leaving.

When he came out with hot tea, Mrs. Dong was gone.

And his raccoon cat was gone too.

When Sparta woke up, he found that he was still in the cat bag, but the opening of the cat bag was tightly fastened.Surrounded by a strange atmosphere, Sparta realized that he did not seem to be at home.He tried to yell a few words loudly, but soon became quiet again.He doesn't know where he is, but if he is discovered by other strange humans, he may be in danger.He clawed at the zipper of the cat's bag, but found nothing.

Sparta frowned, lay down and began to lick his paws, while quickly thinking about how to get out.To get out of the cat bag, it is necessary to seek human help.But how can he find trustworthy humans?

Sparta can vaguely see the outside situation from the air vent.It seems to be a remote place, and few people pass by.Sparta lay quietly in the cat bag for a while, letting go of a human passing by on a bicycle, and letting go of an adult male human.In the end, it was two human cubs he sent the distress signal to.A human cub is curious and weak, so he has a greater chance of getting away.

Sure enough, the two human cubs were attracted by Sparta's cry, and marveled that there was a big cat here.Without any scruples, they opened the cat bag directly, and the two argued, trying to stroke Sparta's head first.Sparda dodged the human cub's claws, grabbed a gap, and slipped away between the two human feet.

It took Sparta a while to patrol the surrounding area, and finally confirmed that he was indeed not at home, not even within his familiar range.This place is probably still Mao Chun, but it is far, far away from his meow.Sparta has never been here, it's too far away.His ears and nose are not working very well, and his internal compass may not be pointing him in the right direction.

Meow, I still have to seek help from humans.Sparta sat down, yawned, and began to think about the next plan.

First of all, he had to understand the surrounding situation.No resident knows the terrain better than stray cats.Sparta made up his mind and walked towards the area where stray cats were mixed.

Hardworking made more than [-] phone calls to Mrs. Dong, but none of them answered.After waiting until the afternoon, I finally got the consent of the person in charge of the security room, and called up the surveillance video of the entrance and exit of the community that day.When seeing Mrs. Dong disappearing at the gate of the community with the cat in Sparta, the hardworking heart was cold.He never knew that a weak person like Mrs. Dong could carry Sparta so fast and take Sparta away in such a short time.

Why did she take Sparta?Where would she take him?

Hardworking called the police and was told that if it was a dispute between relatives, it is recommended to find out in private first, as they are temporarily unable to call the police.Hard work had to continue to call Mrs. Dong.The phone ran out of battery, so he went home to charge it up, prepared another charger, and started to search nearby while continuing to make calls.

When the lights came on, Mrs. Dong finally answered the phone.Her voice sounded hoarse, and Xin Qin didn't recognize it all at once.She said calmly: "I gave away your cat. I told you a long time ago, don't keep cats."

Qin Qin felt incredible, and for a while, he couldn't say anything.

Mrs. Dong continued on her own: "I told you a long time ago, you are not obedient. Don't keep cats, cats are not good. You don't listen to me." She repeated these few words.

Facing the huge intersection, I don't know where to go.He took a deep breath, calmed down, and shouted to the phone: "Mom."

Mrs. Dong fell silent instantly.Through the current, her breathing can be heard clearly.

Hard work has not yelled this word for more than ten years.

He choked up a little, and continued, "I beg you, tell me where he is."

There was silence on the other end of the phone, and after an unknown amount of time, Mrs. Dong finally spoke."I don't know," she said.

Green lights come on and go off, neon lights flicker against the silent night sky.Hard work looked up at the dark sky. "Do you remember the last time I called your mother?"

Mrs. Dong did not reply.

"19 years old, on my birthday. I won't shout anymore. In my heart, you have long been a stranger and have nothing to do with me. But you don't care, you only care about yourself, whether others care about you. You Always want to control everything, when you find yourself unable to control, you will abandon. You have abandoned me before, and now you have thrown my cat without permission. Why? Why.” Xin Qin laughed, tears dripping On the cheek, it is hot. "If I can't find my cat, I'll file a lawsuit against you and you should see a psychiatrist, you're not normal. I think your husband- no, your ex-husband and daughter would be more than happy to cooperate with me Litigation. Never show up in front of me again." He finished the last few words and hung up the phone.

It was already time for Sparta to have dinner, and Sparta didn't know if he was hungry.Where is he?

Maochun is only a small and medium-sized city, but at the moment it seems boundless.Hard work felt weak for a while.

I'm hungry--

Sparda groaned.He bent over and licked his belly.I really want to eat canned food.But I can't find meow.Hey, he spat out the fur in his mouth, and shouted at an orange stray cat beside him: "When will that human being you speak of come over?"

Sparta finds a small group of stray cats that are reasonably friendly.According to one of the cats named Wangwang, a female human comes to feed them every night around ten o'clock.That human is nice and trustworthy.

Wangwang turned his head, seemingly puzzled.He was only four or five months old, and he was very thin. He shrank his head when he spoke, and looked very lacking in confidence.He said softly: "I don't know, that human is usually very punctual." He was a little worried, and looked towards the end of the alley.That gentle human always walks over slowly with delicious food, calling them with a pleasant voice.

The stray cats nest together in twos and threes, dozing listlessly.Although the weather started to warm up, it was still very cold at night when the evening wind blew up.Even though Sparta had a whole body of flesh and blood, he was shivering from the cold.Meow, he misses Miwu's warm embrace.The human didn't come for a long time, and some stray cats couldn't bear it anymore and left first.Gradually, only Sparta, Wangwang, and three or four other hungry kittens remained under the street lamp.Wangwang involuntarily shrank to Sparta's side, so close that Sparta could hear his teeth chattering.Sparta didn't mind at this time either. After all, two cats are better than one for keeping warm.They stared helplessly at the alley.

Finally, under the dim streetlights, a black figure came.The figure gradually became clear. It was a long-haired human being. She was dressed thickly and carried a bag of things in her hand, which smelled delicious.

Wang Wang beside him stood up involuntarily, and meowed softly at the human.

The human replied softly: "Wait in a hurry, sorry, I worked overtime today and missed the last train." She untied the plastic bag in her hand, took out the food prepared for the cats, put it on the newspaper, and greeted the stray cats Let's eat.After a while, she noticed Sparta.In a group of dirty and thin cats, the chubby Sparta is too conspicuous. "Huh?" The human whispered, "You have a collar, have you lost it or your master doesn't want you?" She was talking, trying to reach out to touch Sparta.

Sparda shook his head.No, Miwu didn't want me!He protested, but still lowered his body obediently, allowing the humans to approach.But at this moment, he suddenly straightened his body, his ears trembling vigilantly, and looked towards the dark place.

He smelled something unsettling to the cat.A human is approaching.

When Xiao Lin was strangled from behind by a strange drunk man, his body subconsciously fell backwards, and he fell heavily onto the cold ground.The stray cats were frightened and fled away.She was dressed thickly, and she was not injured after the fall, but the mental shock made her feel cold all over, and her limbs were weak. She subconsciously wanted to scream loudly, and was quickly covered by the drunk man.He was very strong, and his whole body was pressed against Xiao Lin. There was a strong smell of alcohol in his breath, which made Xiao Lin almost faint.Realizing that the man's other hand was trying to tear off the coat on her body, Xiao Lin struggled vigorously and bit the hand covering his mouth with his mouth open.

The drunk man screamed, wriggled up, and covered the back of his head.

Xiao Lin was still in shock, but he didn't notice that beautiful big civet cat jumped down from behind the drunk man, proudly showing its paws.

Ouch, my waist.Sparta frowned.Well, I am really old.I used to be able to jump up and shoot small balls on the roof.He really wanted to lick his waist, but the situation was urgent.That stinky human is so strong, it's hard to deal with.He breathed loudly at the human, while loudly reminding the female human to run away.The stray cats have long since disappeared, and Sparta has no helpers. In such a stalemate, their chances of winning are slim.

Xiao Lin panicked, struggled a few times before getting up, and quickly ran towards home.The drunk man finally came to his senses, kicked Sparta hard, and pursued Xiao Lin.

Sparta narrowly avoided the kick, but his waist felt even more painful.Seeing that the female human being was about to be overtaken, he was about to run over, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw that the orange cat named Wangwang hadn't left.He shouted at Wangwang: "Are you a fool? Help!"

Wangwang was obviously frightened by the accident just now. After being drunk by Sparta, he instantly woke up. After hesitating for a moment, he rushed out from his hiding place, using all four legs, and quickly caught up with the male human, imitating the way Sparta fought. , also stretched out its claws to scratch him.

Under the harassment of the two cats, the back of the drunk man's head was covered with bloodstains, his footsteps were chaotic, and he finally failed to catch up with Xiao Lin.At this time, Xiao Lin had already run to the streetlight at the gate of the community, and he could vaguely see a figure in the distance.The drunk man muttered, not knowing whether he was sober or still drunk, and stumbled away from one direction.

Sparta stared at the human until he was sure he was leaving, then told Wang Wang to follow him and catch up with the other human.

Meow, she still wants to help me find Miwu, but I can't let her run away.

Hey, wait for me, human!