Ideal country

The short few days of travel ended quickly. The two packed their luggage and drove back to the city. But before going home, they went to the pet store to pick up the five foster cats there, and sent them to the store to settle down. , and then went home.

As October passed, the weather gradually became colder, and more and more cats came to the backyard to eat in the evening.Huo Ke looked at these cats, and felt a little sad in his heart. It is hard to find food when it is cold. When winter comes, the food shortage and the cold weather in winter, the number of these stray cats will only decrease.

He touched the back of a black kitten, and the kitten purred comfortably from its throat. He suddenly thought of the black cat that came here to ask him for help in early June, and he didn't know how it was doing. Yes, is its owner okay with it?Although that person seems to be a stranger, he should also be a kind-hearted person.

Just as Huo Ke was thinking about it, he suddenly saw a black cat with tea-golden eyes that was covered with dust on its fur, but still couldn't hide its bright black color. It jumped off the wall and landed lightly in front of him.Huo Keshang was a little unsure, and he was not completely sure until it opened its mouth - this is the black cat from before.

The black cat squatted in front of him for a long time, then lowered its head a little lonely: "Here I am again."

Huo Ke hesitated, and reached out to touch the black cat's head: "Did that person not want you? Or did he treat you badly?"

The black cat flicked its tail lightly: "Neither. I ran out by myself."

Huo Ke didn't speak, and sat cross-legged in front of it.

The black cat jumped onto his lap and tangles up: "He's going to have a girlfriend."

Huo Ke still didn't understand: "Does his girlfriend not like you?"

"No. But he has a girlfriend, and I can't stay any longer."

"why?"

The black cat was silent for a while, and then whispered: "I like him, so I can't tolerate him having other cats or other people. Now that I have one, I can't stay any longer."

Huo Ke opened his mouth, but did not make a sound, and said after a while: "Then do you have a place to go? I can ask Xing Ye if I can let you stay, and I can pay for the cat food..."

The black cat shook his head, but didn't speak.

It was originally a stray cat, but only because it has someone it likes, it is willing to let go of its dignity to ask others for help, and strive to become that person's pet.But ah, pets alone can no longer satisfy it.It doesn't want to watch that person have other mates.Since you can't be with you, you have no choice but to leave.

Huo Ke sat opposite it in silence for a while, then went to the store to get a canned cat food, opened it and ate it.

After the black cat finished eating, it proudly licked its paws, said goodbye to him, and disappeared over the wall.

Back in the shop, Huo Ke didn't mention this matter to Xing Ye either.

He just felt that this matter was like a big rock, weighing heavily on his heart.

Not willing to be just a pet...

He thought again when he met Xing Ye for the first time in January—why did he have to approach him as a human being?Why not settle for just being a cat?Things that I couldn't figure out at that time seem to have vague answers now.

He tightened the quilt around his body and turned over, but he still didn't feel sleepy.

Early the next morning, when Huo Ke went to the store, he found someone squatting at the door from a distance, but when he got closer, he found that it was the unsmiling man from before.

His hair is disheveled now, his eyes are black and black, and he looks nothing like when he came to the store a few months ago.

Seeing Huo Ke approaching, the man who was still squatting there smoking suddenly stood up, speaking incoherently: "...the cat! Is that cat... from a few months ago... with you? I...yesterday, it It's gone, I can't find it..."

Huo Ke couldn't bear it, he saw the man's eyes were bloodshot.

Xing Ye, who rarely followed Huo Ke to the store early, frowned and said, "Speak slowly, what happened?"

The man tried to calm down his emotions: "Yesterday, I took my friend home, but Xiao Hei didn't seem to like her, and he was very unhappy all the time. I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, but after eating, I realized that it was gone." Speaking of The eyes of the man here are a little red, "I searched everywhere, but I couldn't find it. I want to ask if it's here with you...It's going to be winter soon, it's a cat, how can it live outside..."

Huo Ke pursed his lips: "Xiao Hei... probably ran away because he felt that you brought someone else home, that you were left out and that your sovereignty was violated." Say it, I won't bring outsiders home after I say it! You know it will happen, I..." The man couldn't continue.

Huo Ke opened his mouth, but found that he couldn't confide a word about the truth.What do you say?Saying your cat is in love with you is something close to the Arabian Nights?

Huo Ke looked at the man who was on the verge of collapse, and said with difficulty: "Xiao Hei is here with me now, it...doesn't want to go back. I will take good care of it."

Xing Ye gave him a surprised look.

Hearing this, the man stood like a sculpture for a long time before softly saying, "Can I... take a look at it?"

Huo Ke shook his head with difficulty and firmness.

The man showed a smile uglier than crying: "It's okay, it's okay, I'm relieved knowing that it's here with you. Please... treat it well... it's actually quite delicate. I don't eat beef-flavored cat food, and ..."

He couldn't go on.

Huo Ke silently watched the man walking away in despair, and sighed softly.

Huo Ke probably told Xing Ye what happened, but omitted some details.Xing Ye patted Huo Ke's head and didn't ask any more questions.

Huo Ke didn't expect that after two or three days, the man came again.As soon as he entered the door, he rushed over angrily and picked up Huo Ke's collar: "You lied to me, Xiao Hei is not here!"

Before Huo Ke came to remember to speak, Xing Ye rushed over, pushed the man away, and kept Huo Ke behind him: "If you have something to say, why do you move?"

The man took a deep breath: "Where is Xiao Hei?"

Huo Ke pushed Xing Ye's hand away, and stepped forward: "Xiao Hei came here once before he left. I wanted to keep it, but it didn't want to, and I don't know where it went."

The man still didn't believe it, Huo Ke said: "Believe it or not, Xiao Hei is indeed not with me."

The man was silent for a while, then turned and left.

After that, Huo Ke didn't see this person again for a long time, but he often saw cat hunting notices posted by this person.

I don't know if Xiao Hei saw it.

Hawke thought.