Chapter 75: The Little Orange Cat is Raised by a Big Dog (4-1)
“Fuck—”
The sudden turn of events left the man stunned. He cried out in pain, his face contorted, and instinctively covered his scratched face.
Blood seeped through his fingers, the stinging pain fueling the rage in his chest.
Where did this cat come from?!
He whipped his head around, not about to let the cat go. He would smash it to death to avenge his scratched face. But as he turned, the man froze, his trembling pupils reflecting a large dog with its hind legs tensed, as if ready to pounce and tear him to shreds at any moment!
This was a large, muscular, and powerful dog. In the darkness, only the phone’s light fell on its side, revealing the ferocity of a mad dog in its eyes, its bared teeth sharp and dangerous.
—It looks like it has rabies!!
The man grew even more terrified. His chest heaved, and he subconsciously took half a step back.
Just then, the dog, as if sensing he was about to run, took a slow, deliberate step forward, a clear threat. The man swallowed hard, staring at it, and saw the light reflect off its dark eyes with a strange, cold glint.
News reports of people being dismembered by dogs suddenly flashed through his mind.
Run!
The man abruptly turned and bolted. Ji Yan easily caught up. He didn’t seem to be in a hurry, circling the man like he was walking a dog, until the man’s legs were trembling and he was on the verge of a mental breakdown. Then, a bright light appeared in the distance!
A cheerful, delicate meow sounded. Ji Yan stopped and looked up to see Shu He running over, his tail held high, followed by a traffic police officer who had been on duty on a nearby road.
He didn’t know how he had managed to communicate with the traffic police, but after they arrived, they subdued the man in a few moves. The man initially struggled and cursed, yelling at them for being crazy and asking why they were arresting him instead of the dog and cat!
If he didn’t give the owners of this cat and dog a good beating, the man couldn’t quell the hatred in his heart. He glared at the little orange cat sitting beside the dog.
The little orange cat showed its claws and hissed at him. The German Shepherd also bared its sharp teeth and looked at him darkly. The man’s heart skipped a beat, and the fear of being threatened by this dog surged back.
He turned his head in anger, about to speak, but saw that not only did the traffic police have no intention of catching the cat and dog, but they were also on the phone, saying that he had been arrested last time for molesting a passenger on a bus, and he was trying it again?
“I—” The man thought of his original intention and his face flushed with guilt. But he hadn’t had time to do anything this time! The man couldn’t help but stick his neck out and shout, “What? I didn’t do anything! I was just walking here. Stop slandering me!”
Traffic Police: “This isn’t the way to your home. No need to say any more. Come with us. Ma’am, do you have time to cooperate with our work?”
Lin Yin was bending down to pick up her phone.
The phone’s quality was really good. Even after being thrown so hard, only the screen was cracked. It could still be turned on and used. Her mind was in a chaotic state, thinking about how much it would cost to replace the screen, when she was suddenly asked this question by the traffic police.
Lin Yin came back to her senses and said without thinking that she had time. It sounded like this man was a repeat offender. She had to cooperate with the police to get him a longer sentence.
As she thought this, Lin Yin’s gaze subconsciously drifted to the side.
While the few of them were talking, the little orange cat had already led the German Shepherd more than ten meters away. Its tail was held high in the darkness, the tip slightly curved, like a bright, unfailing flag.
This was a very smart, brave, and witty little fat cat. Lin Yin still remembered how it had charged over to defeat the man.
Its little belly was soft, and its chubby cheeks made it look a little naive, but its limbs were agile and fast. It had run all the way, leaped onto a green tree by the roadside with an amazing height, and then jumped down, scratching the man’s face with its sharp, blooming claws.
It was this cat that had saved her.
Lin Yin held her phone and, after composing herself, said to the traffic police if they could wait for her for a moment. The traffic police nodded, and Lin Yin turned and quickly ran towards the little orange cat.
She lived here alone and had just graduated, so she didn’t have much money, but she could still manage to raise a cat… Did it have an owner?
Was the dog next to it its friend?
What were the two little animals meowing and woofing about?
Lin Yin’s mind was racing. By the time she came back to her senses, she was already standing in front of the cat and dog. She lowered her head and saw the little orange cat looking up at her with its round, chubby face, its orange, slit-pupiled eyes beautiful and innocent.
It was very clean, its fur soft and fluffy. It didn’t look like a stray cat. And the dog next to it had a collar around its neck. It must have an owner, right?
Lin Yin tentatively stroked the little cat’s head.
The soft little cat head gently nudged her palm. Lin Yin smiled in surprise and said, “You’re so cute. Why are you so friendly?”
“Do you have an owner?”
Lin Yin asked herself, “Can I take you home and raise you? Although I don’t have much money, I can at least provide you with cat food, canned cat food, and chicken breast every week…”
Ji Yan frowned.
He was the one raising the cat.
Trying to poach his little cat right in front of him, wasn’t that a bit rude?
Ji Yan expressionlessly lifted his paw. A few seconds later, Lin Yin watched, dumbfounded, as it gathered the little cat into its arms. Its dog eyes gave her a sideways glance, probably expressing contempt.
“…”
“Meow.”
Shu He stomped his paws and seriously rejected the girl’s offer to raise him. Lin Yin didn’t quite understand and was about to say something else when she saw the little cat stick its butt up, stand on its hind legs, and leave with the German Shepherd.
The road ahead was endless.
Ji Yan looked down at the little cat walking under him and asked how he had managed to communicate with the traffic police.
Shu He said proudly, “Lord Cat King is omnipotent.”
“It was quite magical. We were checking for drunk drivers when we saw a cat charge over and meow at us from a distance.”
The police station had sent a car. The traffic police pushed the man into the car and, at the same time, smiled and explained the fantastical scene from a moment ago to Lin Yin. “It was waving its paws and pointing in your direction. When we didn’t move, it even whipped our pant legs with its tail. If we still hadn’t reacted to such a vivid performance, wouldn’t we have been fools?”
“So, with a bit of suspicion and a ‘what if something is wrong’ mentality, my colleague and I went to check, and we really did catch someone.”
At this point, the traffic police shook his head as if in amazement. “It’s really magical. Do you think it can understand what we’re saying?”
Lin Yin remembered the way the little cat had meowed at her just now and couldn’t help but smile, saying wistfully, “Maybe?”
She would be really disappointed if she couldn’t raise such a smart little cat.
**
It was nine o’clock at night.
The Ji Group building was still brightly lit and bustling with people. The reflective revolving glass doors were constantly being pushed open. It wasn’t until one in the morning that the building gradually became a little quieter.
The lights were still on.
For a company like this, operating 24/7 was the norm.
The little orange cat was tired from walking. It lay on the German Shepherd’s back, panting with its tongue out. It had melted into a little cat pancake, its limbs spread out limply, its little ears twitching in the wind.
The further they walked, the more familiar the road became to Ji Yan.
This was a place he often came to when he was human, the Ji Group. It had been almost a year since he had become a dog, and Ji Yan had rarely thought about things before the car accident, and he had rarely thought about the Ji Group, the wealth that had once belonged to him.
He usually just focused on raising the little cat, thinking about how to make it fatter.
Shu He was a bit difficult to raise.
He didn’t know what kind of person he was before he became a cat. Even as a little cat, he was particularly clean. The cat food had been in a tightly sealed box for three days, and it was still good, but he insisted that it tasted strange and refused to eat it.
Ji Yan had tasted it himself and didn’t think it was expired.
Stealing cat treats for him was inconvenient. Sometimes, the cat treat package would fall on the ground while he was licking it.
The food inside was still clean, but Shu He refused to eat it, saying it was already dusty.
Even as a cat, he wasn’t afraid of water.
At first, he would always jump into the river to wash himself. Later, he discovered that washing too often was not good for a little cat’s health, and Shu He listlessly prolonged his grooming time.
He wasn’t afraid that Ji Yan would accidentally swallow him. Every time he couldn’t take a bath, he would climb on Ji Yan’s mouth and ask it to lick his fur, saying that licking himself was tiring and made his tongue sore. Once, he almost climbed right into the dog’s mouth.
Especially difficult to raise.
Very mischievous.
After raising him for a few months, Ji Yan slowly got the hang of it and felt he was familiar enough. He wanted to ask Shu He about his life before he became a cat.
For example, where he lived, which school he graduated from, and how many times he had been in a relationship.
Lord Cat King said he was three thousand years old and couldn’t remember.