Strange Life of a Cat

Zheng Tan felt that it must be due to his lack of energy and lack of activity recently. He felt tired after just climbing the stairs. After jumping up the stairs alternately with both legs, the muscles in my legs still hurt a little. It was probably from pulling too hard just now. Fortunately, I didn't cramp, otherwise I would have rolled down the stairs.

Without taking any time to rest, Zheng Tan ran to the door where Xiaojiu was closed, looked at the keyhole in the door lock, and then at the key. Fortunately, there was only one that seemed to fit the keyhole, and it didn't take a few. Try them all and save a lot of effort.

He picked out the key and held it with one paw. The cat, which had just finished jumping up the stairs, used its hind legs again to jump up and hooked the paw without the key on the door handle. The key was more complicated than the Jiao family's wooden door key. Zheng Tan had to insert it several times before inserting it.

inside the room.

Xiaojiu lay on the iron frame bed in the room, looking at the light coming from the window, in a daze.

The window was sealed with a security net, and it was also sealed. It was impossible to open it. Even if she screamed for help from here, people outside the house might not be able to hear her. Instead, she would attract those outside the door. Xiaojiu had met many people in the village, and she could feel the dangerous aura of these people. So she behaved herself all the way here.

When she first arrived, these people took a tube of blood from her arm, as if to send it to the buyer for inspection. In the past few days, every time they came in, they would bring food to her, for fear that she would lose weight due to hunger. Sometimes Xiaojiu felt like a pig, fattening it up and then selling it for a good price.

Although she has only attended the first grade of elementary school and does not know much about books, she is far from being as naive as other children in the village.

Her hearing is actually better than that of many children in the village, perhaps because she often looks for food outside. Therefore, even though she was separated by a door, she vaguely heard some of what those people said. She actually doesn't understand things like blood type, she only knows that she will be sold because of this.

Every time he wakes up, Xiaojiu will think of the house in the village that was leaking from all sides.

The alienation and indifference between the sisters, the different attitudes of parents towards their children, and her own personality caused a accumulation of conflicts. But even so, even though she was often beaten with injuries all over her body, even though there was no formal bed at home. Even though he didn't let her sleep, Xiaojiu would still go home. Blood relationship is a very strange thing.

But what happened this time intensified the conflict, and Xiaojiu's previous luck and expectation were gone.

An old lady in the village once told her that people must have faith so that they can survive difficult times. Xiaojiu didn't think that before, now that she was locked up in this room of about ten square feet, she wished she had faith. But what exactly is faith? She is still very vague about the concept of this word.

Xiaojiu looked around and his eyes fell on the bag of candy on the table.

This was a request she made to those people after she was imprisoned here. Seeing that she was quite cooperative, she might have filled a stick with sweet dates. One of them went out and bought a bag of candies and threw them to her. However, Xiaojiu She felt that this candy was not as delicious as the toffee she had eaten a few days ago. Looking at the production date on the bag, it was more than a year old. It must be what the kid in the village who always shows off in beautiful dresses calls it a bargain.

Xiaojiu counted his wishes on his fingers. If he could go out, he would work hard to make money to buy candies. If he could go out, he would make a lot of money to buy his own house. Well, raising a cat would also be a good idea. If I could get out... I would never go home again.

Just as she was thinking about what else she wished for, Xiaojiu heard the door lock ring. She thought it was those people coming and did not get up.

The door lock rang and then there was no movement. But Xiaojiu didn't care.

After a while, the door lock started to ring again, this time it was the sound of the key opening the door.

Squeak——

The small sound of the door opening was clear in the quiet room.

Xiao Jiu frowned and turned to look at the door, ready to see what these people were planning to do.

There's no one at the door...

If you feel something, move your gaze downwards.

A black cat.

Xiaojiu: !!!

Xiao Jiu's first reaction when seeing the black cat at the door was that he rubbed his eyes with disbelief on his face.

She really didn't expect to see this cat at this time.

Why is it here?

What about those people?

Why does it have a key?

How does it open the door?

However, Zheng Tan didn't wait for Xiao Jiu to think too much. He saw Xiao Jiu in the room. After the girl seemed to have no big problem, he ran out, took two steps and looked back at Xiao Jiu, signaling to leave quickly.

There was no time to think too much, or to take out the key from the door, Xiao Jiu quickly followed. She just wanted to leave here right now, and, she couldn't explain why, she felt that she would be safe if she followed this cat. She never thought about the possibility of the black cat in front of her being with those people.

Zheng Tan went downstairs. When he came to the stairs, he looked around cautiously and twitched his ears. The one named Sickle was still taking a bath inside, but he should finish washing it soon, and the snakehead and the other person were not there either. When I came back, I didn't hear anyone else on the first floor.

Seeing the alert look of the black cat in front, Xiaojiu followed behind and lightly stepped downstairs. When she was in the village, she would sometimes go to the corner to have fun. And at the moment, she was still wearing the same pair of cloth shoes she wore in the village, so there was nothing unusual about her. Therefore, it is not difficult for Xiaojiu to be both gentle and quick.

Zheng Tan had seen this floor and had to go through the main door to get out.

The door was a thick security door, and Xiaojiu made a click-click sound when he opened it.

As soon as he heard the sound, Zheng Tan ran out quickly. Xiaojiu also quickly closed the door and ran out after Zheng Tan.

Sickle, who was taking a bath, heard the movement at the door and said something loudly. He thought it was the smuggler or another person coming back, but after waiting for a few seconds and not hearing any movement outside, he suddenly felt something bad. With a premonition, I opened the door and looked outside, and shouted twice more, but still no one answered.

Ignoring the thought of wiping off the water on his body, Sickle ran around and looked at several rooms while putting on clothes. When he ran upstairs to look around, he found that the door to Xiaojiu's room was open, and his key Then insert it into the door lock.

Over there, after Zheng Tan and Xiaojiu went out, they didn't go far when they met a snakehead who was returning from shopping.

What bad luck!

Zheng Tan cursed in his mind.

The snakehead didn't notice Zheng Tan, all his attention was on Xiao Jiu. As soon as he saw Xiao Jiu, the snakehead knew that something was wrong with Sickle. He threw the large bag of things he was carrying on the ground and immediately chased after him.

Zheng Tan was planning to take Xiao Jiu to Chuhua University before. Returning to his own territory would be a boost. But now, Zheng Tan can only take Xiao Jiu in another direction. However, from here, he can Where to run and hide? Should we take a long way back to Chuhua University? He was probably caught before then, so he might as well find a place to hide.

Anyway, let’s run away first.

I met some pedestrians on the road, but Xiaojiu didn't ask for help. She didn't know if shouting would help, or if anyone would help. Moreover, she was afraid of attracting more enemies.

Just looking for a passerby?

She didn't know if those passers-by would join those people. She was now in a strange environment and was wary of her surroundings. She didn't trust the strangers around her at all. Moreover, the cat in front did not stop, she just had to follow closely.

Zheng Tan decided to take Xiaojiu to the street first. When there were more people, whether Xiaojiu called for help or found a suitable place to hide, the success rate would be high.

After all, Xiao Jiu is still young, and his physical fitness is not as good as that of Snake Tou. Snake Tou is already closing the distance quickly. If a man pushing a fruit stand hadn't walked by just now and stopped Snake Tou, Snake Tou would have caught Xiao Jiu. However, in that case, Zheng Tan would definitely jump up and kick the snake's head without hesitation.

Zheng Tan's speed slowed down. If Xiao Jiu, who was running behind, threw her too far away, it would be difficult for her to respond quickly when she was caught by the smuggler.

When looking back, Zheng Tan found that the scythe behind the snake head was also chasing after him. Although sometimes the scythe is not as cautious as the snakehead, it is definitely quick enough in action.

While running at a reduced speed and waiting for Xiao Jiu to catch up, Zheng Tan paid attention to the surrounding situation to see where he could use his shelter.

After running through a narrow alley, Zheng Tan suddenly stopped, quickly retreated, looked inside the alley, and then ran in.

It's that blind old man!

It was only a quick glance just now, and it was a bit far away. Zheng Tan just suspected it, but now it seems that it is indeed him.

Zheng Tan really wanted to howl loudly at this moment.

Blind man, I love you so much! !

Zheng Tan knew that Master Kun lived some distance away from here, and when he followed Master Kun before, the old man had never walked past this place, but no matter what, seeing the old man, Zheng Tan was confident of getting out of trouble.

Ye Hao and the others had said that this blind old man was actually followed by people, but usually no one noticed it, and the people who followed and protected the old man were all masters, and could be called masters by both Ye Hao and Wei Leng. , absolutely extraordinary, should be more than enough to deal with snakeheads and scythes, right?

For Xiaojiu, at this time, he should run to a crowded place. There is a shopping mall in front of him, and there are many people there. He can just run inside and find a place to hide, but the black cat in front of him went into that small alley. Walk. However, despite doubts, Xiaojiu ran in after Zheng Tan.

For Master Kun, today has not been a pleasant day so far.

There were people quarreling and committing suicide on the overpass this afternoon. One of them shouted and jumped off the overpass, attracting many onlookers and seriously affecting Mr. Kun's mood for playing the erhu. So, the old man just packed up his things and left. On a whim, he wandered around for a while before taking a shortcut back.

The surrounding area is much quieter, but there are too many narrow paths crisscrossing inside. If a taxi drives in on some paths, no one can leave. They can only continue walking after the taxi leaves. On some paths, even taxis cannot enter. , so generally there is basically no car in this area.

Even though there are many trails and there are steps in some places on the road, people with a weak sense of direction will still feel dizzy here, but it is not difficult for Mr. Kun, and he will walk here several times a month.

As he was walking, Mr. Kun's ears twitched and he stopped. Turn around.

The next moment he turned around, Zheng Tan rushed to Master Kun's legs.

Luck is a very naughty guy. Sometimes it can play tricks on you to death and make you want to commit suicide. But sometimes, it can really help you a lot and make you want to kneel down and thank God. Of course, this is also a relative thing. For some people, it is the latter, while for others, it is the former.

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