The Cub Comes from Planet Meow 43

Chapter 43: Meow

These cat grasses were planted before the kitten Mimi passed away. The kitten left before the cat grass could grow well, so Jing Mimi was so excited to take a bite when he saw the cat grass in the small flower pot just now.

After Jiang Suifeng came back, he helped Jing Zhi take care of those succulents and also tidied up the cat grass. The plants at home were growing quite well.

Cat grass is actually wheatgrass. Eating a little raw at home isn’t too harmful to the human body, but it’s still not very hygienic and hard to digest.

Jing Zhi felt slightly relieved and quickly asked him to spit it out.

Jing Mimi was also obedient and spat it all out under Papa’s serious gaze.

When he was the kitten Mimi, he liked cat grass quite a bit and would nibble on it when he had nothing to do. After becoming a little human, the taste suddenly changed, somewhat astringent and bitter, hard to swallow.

But because it was something he used to like very much, he was reluctant to spit it out, so he kept chewing, lying in the cat nest, reminiscing about the happy times when he was the kitten Mimi, until Papa asked him to spit it out.

“Cat grass is for kittens. If humans eat it raw, they will get a stomachache, which is bad for their health. Don’t eat it anymore. Papa will take you to eat other delicious things.” Jing Zhi handed him a cup of warm water to rinse away the grassy taste in his mouth.

Jing Mimi nodded his little head and rinsed his mouth obediently.

Jing Zhi made an exception and gave him a candy to get rid of the grassy taste in his mouth.

It was a gummy candy. Jing Mimi started chewing again. The chewy and sweet taste completely defeated the grassy taste.

The little human Mimi quit cat grass just like that.

Afraid he couldn’t break some of the kitten’s habits, Jing Zhi took him around the house and reminded him of some things to pay attention to.

For example, the cat climbing frame cannot be climbed. It’s hard to bear the weight of a little human. Falling down will be very painful, and serious injuries may occur.

For example, the litter box cannot be used. Little humans must use human toilets.

For example, the scratching board cannot be scratched. Papa will trim his nails.

…

Jing Mimi remembered them one by one.

They didn’t plan to throw away the kitten Mimi’s things for the time being; the little guy would definitely be reluctant.

Decide what to keep and what to discard when moving later.

Having not lived here for a long time, plus the luggage brought back from the welfare institute, Jing Zhi had a lot of things to pack. Jiang Suifeng helped him. Afraid he would be too tired, and since the garbage bags at home were used up and the snow outside was heavy, he called a runner to deliver them and bought a pack of gummy candies for Mimi to make up the minimum order.

Jing Mimi couldn’t help much, so he slipped into his favorite cat room, curled up in the soft cat nest, and found some cat hair left by the kitten Mimi on it.

It was light yellow.

Some were darker than his hair, some lighter.

The Cat God said his hair combined all the fur colors on the kitten, taking the average color.

Although different from his papas’ hair color, he still liked it very much.

Just as he was thinking, a familiar voice suddenly sounded in his head: “Mimi, welcome home!”

It was the Cat God.

Jing Mimi twisted his little body happily in the cat nest.

“The next missions will be heavier.”

“It doesn’t matter.”

As long as he could stay by his papas’ side, even doing missions every day was fine.

Moreover, he liked helping kittens fulfill their wishes.

It was their wishes that fulfilled his wish, and he was very grateful.

“I’ll arrange new missions for you after you rest for two days. Now enjoy your new life at home with your papas.”

“Okay!”

…

When Jing Zhi and Jiang Suifeng finished tidying up and pushed open the cat room door, the little cub was already curled up asleep in the cat nest.

Sleeping sprawled out, close to the warm floor heating, cheeks flushed red.

The size of this cat nest was bought too big; it wasn’t the kitten Mimi’s favorite when he was alive. Unexpectedly, it became the little human Mimi’s new favorite.

Jing Zhi and Jiang Suifeng smiled at each other, carefully picked up the little guy, and put him on the big bed in the master bedroom.

When Jing Mimi woke up, he rolled happily on the soft big bed several times, rubbing his soft hair into many cowlicks.

Since becoming a little human, he hadn’t slept in such a big bed! And it was the familiar big bed at home!

The beds in the hospital and the welfare institute were small, and he couldn’t stretch out at all.

Finally rolled enough, Jing Mimi walked out of the bedroom pushing the door open with a head full of cowlicks.

It was getting dark outside, snow was still falling, and the tip of his nose caught the smell of delicious food.

Papas were in the kitchen. Jing Mimi ran over da da da immediately.

Jing Zhi was wearing an apron cooking, and Jiang Suifeng was helping him on the side, picking and chopping vegetables.

Seeing the little guy’s head full of cowlicks, Jiang Suifeng smiled, wiped his hands clean, brought a comb, and combed his hair.

Jing Zhi glanced sideways at the two and said abruptly, “Mimi’s hair has grown longer.”

A month passed, the originally short hair grew longer and softer.

Jiang Suifeng nodded, rubbed the top of his head, and said, “Take him to the barbershop for a trim before the New Year.”

Jing Mimi suddenly raised his hand to cover his head and dodged, “Don’t cut.”

“Hmm?” Jiang Suifeng bent down, bringing his eyes level with him. “Why don’t you want to cut it?”

Jing Mimi answered obediently: “Let it grow longer, can give it to other children.”

He already knew that humans were different from cats. Shorthair cats and longhair cats had distinctions in fur length. Shorthair cats’ fur would never grow long, while human hair would keep growing if not cut. Even if he was a little human transformed from a shorthair cat, his hair would grow long.

Some children in the welfare institute had no hair. If he grew his hair long, he could cut it and give it to them as a gift.

The sister who touched his head not long after he arrived at the welfare institute liked his hair very much. When it grew long, he wanted to cut it and give it to her first.

Jiang Suifeng was stunned, understood immediately, and his heart softened completely. He kissed his little face twice.

Their Mimi was really a very, very good child.

In the evening, the three of them enjoyed a delicious dinner around the table happily.

After dinner, Jing Zhi turned on the TV for Jing Mimi to watch cartoons and went to the study to prepare for work. Jiang Suifeng finished tidying up the dining table and dishes and also came to the sofa to watch cartoons with Jing Mimi.

The TV came with the rented apartment. Jing Zhi and Jiang Suifeng hadn’t watched it since they moved in. Unexpectedly, there was a day when it would be used.

To let Jing Mimi watch his favorite cartoons, Jing Zhi directly paid for a month of TV membership.

After watching two episodes of cartoons, Jing Mimi suddenly fiddled with the phone watch on his wrist.

This was put on his wrist by Papa when leaving the welfare institute today. Some numbers were stored in it. Besides Papas and Brother Qiuqiu, there were Uncle Fang Yuan, Great-Grandpa, and Grandma.

Jing Mimi wanted to call others too.

Seeing this, Jiang Suifeng turned off the TV, held him in his arms, and accompanied him to make calls.

Jing Mimi called Great-Grandpa first.

Because Uncle Fang Yuan and Grandma were in City A, very close, and could meet offline anytime, but Great-Grandpa had already left City A and gone to City C.

Grandpa Jiang was discharged after New Year’s Day. The checkup results were okay. Some old physical problems had been controlled well over the years; just maintain it and have regular checkups.

The purpose of coming to City A this time had been successfully achieved. Afraid of causing trouble for the younger generation, he didn’t stay long and went back directly.

As soon as the call connected, the sound of a kitten meowing rang out.

“Meow-woo… meow-woo…”

Very soft and cute, like a kitten.

Jing Mimi’s eyes lit up instantly.

“Hello? Who is this?” It was Grandpa Jiang’s puzzled voice.

Jing Mimi didn’t have time to answer the question and asked eagerly: “Great-Grandpa! Do you have a kitten there?”

Grandpa Jiang was stunned. So it was his little great-grandson Mimi. His heart softened instantly, and he answered: “Yes, picked up a very clingy little black cat while walking.”

Jing Mimi exclaimed “Wow” in surprise. Unfortunately, Great-Grandpa’s elderly phone couldn’t make video calls, so he couldn’t see the kitten’s appearance. He could only settle for the second best and ask: “What’s its name?”

Grandpa Jiang: “Called ‘Xiao Bao’ (Little Treasure).”

Jing Mimi chanted “Xiao Bao” twice, thinking it sounded very nice.

Xiao Bao, Xiao Bao, little treasure.

As if to echo him, the black kitten ball curled up on Grandpa Jiang’s cotton shoes meowed twice again.

The wrinkles at the corners of Grandpa Jiang’s eyes deepened with a smile.

The kitten was sitting on the foot he sprained in the welfare institute that day. But it didn’t hurt anymore. Warmed by the kitten, his heart was also warm.

Listening to the old and the young chatting for a while, Jiang Suifeng suddenly interjected: “Grandpa, did you buy a litter box, cat food, and those things? or are you planning to let it roam free?”

Grandpa Jiang said: “Xiao Li gave me some litter and cat food. I put the litter in a basin, and the cat food and water in bowls.”

Xiao Li was a neighbor living next door, about the same age as Jiang Suifeng, who raised a longhair cat.

Jiang Suifeng hummed, thinking Grandpa should be planning to keep it indoors. “When I go back for the New Year, I’ll bring you some… uh… supplies from the kitten Little Jing and I used to raise.”

While speaking, Jiang Suifeng glanced at the little cub in his arms. If he minded, he would go buy some new ones to bring back.

Jing Mimi naturally didn’t mind. Anyway, he couldn’t use them anymore; might as well give them to Great-Grandpa’s kitten.

Grandpa Jiang: “Okay.”

Grandpa Jiang didn’t dare to say too much. After all, the kitten his grandson raised passed away. It was better to mention sad things less.

Ending the call with Great-Grandpa, Jing Mimi dialed Grandma again.

The phone rang a few times and was suddenly rejected.

Jing Mimi tilted his little head in confusion and dialed again.

Not long after, it was rejected again.

Jing Mimi bit his lip and looked up at Big Papa helplessly.

Jiang Suifeng immediately sent a WeChat message to Jing Zhi to ask.

When Jing Zhi was working in the study, Jiang Suifeng never went in to disturb him unless Jing Zhi needed something.

Jing Zhi replied quickly, saying: [My mom usually doesn’t answer calls from strangers. I just told her on WeChat. She should call back when she sees it later.]

Just after receiving the message, Jing Mimi’s phone watch received a call from Grandma.

Jing Mimi couldn’t wait to answer, calling “Grandma” aggrievedly.

Xu Sumei felt a bit annoyed and hurriedly coaxed the little cub on the other end of the phone.

Because of her ex-husband’s harassment back then, Xu Sumei gradually developed the habit of being cautious about answering calls from strangers. Her circle was almost all people of her age, and they rarely changed phone numbers. She saved everyone’s number well. She didn’t order takeout or shop online much usually, so there were almost no important calls from strangers.

Plus the harassment of some phone scams, generally, she would only answer an unsaved non-local number if it called her a third time.

And the SIM card in Jing Mimi’s phone watch was the one Jiang Suifeng got in City C during his business trip, not a City A number, so Xu Sumei hung up twice.

Coaxed by Grandma for a while, who also said to let Papa take him to Grandma’s house to play when the snow stopped in a few days, Jing Mimi’s mood brightened up again.

Ending the call with Grandma, Jing Mimi dialed Uncle Fang Yuan again.

Fang Yuan answered very quickly.

He was a teacher and received calls from various students’ parents from time to time. Some parents worked out of town, and their phone numbers were also from out of town. Generally, he wouldn’t reject calls.

It was still during evening self-study time, not off work yet.

It happened that he was tired of scolding a student. While answering the phone, he gave the student standing in front of him, smiling playfully and unrepentant, a glare.

Passing notes during evening self-study was one thing, but throwing one in a parabola and hitting his head was really lawless.

The student restrained his expression slightly and stood straighter.

Fang Yuan spoke into the phone grumpily: “Hello? Who is this?”

“Uncle Fang Yuan, guess who I am.” The little cub’s soft and cute voice sounded close to his ear.

Like a face-changing master, Fang Yuan smoothly switched to the soft expression humans have when seeing cute kittens, and his voice unconsciously pitched higher: “Who is it? Uncle can’t guess.”

After saying that, suddenly remembering something, he looked up at the student standing in front of him. The student looked horrified as if he had seen a ghost.

Fang Yuan: “…”

That night, Teacher Fang Yuan won the new title of “Uncle Clip Voice” (pretending to have a cute voice) in the class. Anyone could guess whose credit it was.

Fang Yuan ruthlessly made that student recite texts for a whole month.

In the final exam not long after, that student’s Chinese score improved by a huge margin, breaking records.

…

After making calls one by one, the study door suddenly opened, and Jing Zhi walked out with headphones hanging around his neck.

He strode to Jiang Suifeng, picked up Mimi from his arms, rubbed his little face, kissed him, and spun around holding him.

Jing Mimi felt like he was back to when he was the kitten Mimi.

At that time, when Little Papa finished streaming and came out of the study at night, he would pick up the kitten curled in Big Papa’s arms, rub his furry little face, kiss it, and spin around holding the kitten like a baby.

Nothing had changed.

It was still that warm home, and he was still his papas’ favorite Mimi.

That night, Jing Mimi slept between his papas and had a very happy, happy dream.

The next day, Jing Mimi was woken up by suffocation. Opening his eyes groggily, he found himself sandwiched between his papas, having some difficulty breathing.

Big Papa’s one arm crossed in front of him, and the other arm went under his neck, hugging him and Little Papa tightly.

Papas were like two pieces of bread, and he was the filling in the bread, about to be squeezed into a kitten pancake.

Jing Mimi immediately tried hard to break free from his papas’ embrace.

Unfortunately, little humans were different from kittens. Kittens were liquid and could slip out easily, but little humans could only wake their papas up.

Jiang Suifeng was sleepy-eyed, still immersed in the happiness of having his wife and child in his arms. Jing Zhi reacted first and removed Jiang Suifeng’s arm hugging his waist.

Jing Mimi finally breathed smoothly.

Jiang Suifeng, who finally reacted, felt guilty and kissed Jing Mimi’s forehead several times.

Jing Zhi suggested: “How about buying a small bed for Mimi first? Just put it in the master bedroom, still sleeping in the same room with us.”

Jiang Suifeng thought it was okay.

Although he also liked sleeping with Mimi—the little cub’s body was soft and had an indescribably good smell—it wouldn’t be good if two grown men squeezed him uncomfortably every day.

Jing Mimi rested his chin on the little fish doll in his arms, somewhat reluctant, but recalling the feeling of being squeezed into a kitten pancake just now, he hesitated.

He wanted to sleep between his papas but didn’t want to be squeezed into a kitten pancake again.

Jing Zhi saw his emotional change and coaxed him familiarly: “When you go to kindergarten in March, Mimi will have to sleep alone on a bed for naps like other children. When you get into college in the future, you also have to leave home and live in the school dormitory. Now Papa will accompany Mimi to practice at home first. Mimi is a brave and independent child, right?”

Jing Mimi couldn’t withstand Jing Zhi’s “killing with praise” the most. Coaxed into a daze, he nodded his little head and agreed.

After breakfast, Jiang Suifeng went to work. Jing Zhi decided to take Mimi to IKEA by taxi when he got off work, meet him there, and buy a small bed Mimi liked.

But when Jiang Suifeng changed his shoes and opened the door, he froze there and didn’t leave.

Cold wind sneaked in from the corridor, swallowing the heating at home.

Jing Zhi sensed something wrong, strode to the entrance, and asked, “What’s wrong?”

Jiang Suifeng didn’t answer, just handed the thing in his hand to Jing Zhi.

Jing Zhi looked closely, and his brows furrowed instantly.

It was a piece of paper.

Written on the paper in scarlet English was: “Welcome back!”

Welcome back.

Like an absurd prank.

Jing Zhi looked up, met Jiang Suifeng’s eyes, took his arm, pulled him in, and closed the door with a “bang.”

Only after closing the door did he lower his voice and ask, “Is it blood?”

Jiang Suifeng also lowered his voice: “I smelled it; it shouldn’t be.”

Jing Zhi’s fingertips gripping the note turned slightly white from force.

Not blood, such an inexplicable string of English, they couldn’t call the police either.

Jing Zhi: “Is it the man opposite?”

Jiang Suifeng: “Possible.”

A brief silence.

Jiang Suifeng suggested: “I’ll order a visual doorbell camera now, deliver and install it within the city. How about you take Mimi to stay at your mom’s place for a few days? I can make do at the company.”

The environment of this community was actually good. They were two men living together, and Jiang Suifeng had practiced a bit, so they didn’t install a visual doorbell camera at the door, only putting one in the living room.

Jing Zhi hesitated: “I have to stream that horror game tonight. The desktop and equipment are hard to move. How about you take Mimi to make do at the company?”

Jiang Suifeng obviously disagreed: “I’m not reassured leaving you alone at home.”

Actually, if it was really the man opposite, the two of them could easily take him down. The man wasn’t big, estimated to be about 1.75 meters tall, not muscular.

But normal people inevitably fear psychopaths. Psychopaths going crazy shouldn’t be underestimated.

Another brief silence between the two.

Finally, Jing Zhi said: “Install the door camera first. I’ll contact the property security to report it. You bring something for self-defense, and I’ll prepare some at home too. We won’t go out with Mimi today. Be careful when you come back at night. Let’s look for new second-hand houses in good locations and move out of here as soon as possible.”

The door at home was still very sturdy, and the lock was safe. After installing the camera, if someone approached, they could call the police immediately, and he could also deal with it immediately. Generally speaking, people wouldn’t be stupid enough to do something during the day.

New second-hand houses were also quite good. Most of them were renovated but never lived in and had to be sold for some reason. They could move in directly with bags, and just arrange and add soft decorations according to their preferences.

“Okay,” Jiang Suifeng was still very worried. “Call me immediately if there’s a situation.”

The two didn’t plan to tell Mimi about this, afraid the little guy would be on edge with them.

While discussing in whispers at the entrance, Jing Zhi also kept an eye on whether the little cub approached in his field of vision, but the little guy seemed to have gone to play in the cat room again and didn’t notice the movement at the door.

Jiang Suifeng waited until the camera was delivered and installed before going to the company.

Both of their hearts were suspended all morning. Fortunately, no one appeared in the camera.

Approaching lunchtime, seeing Jing Mimi clutching his little tummy saying “Papa, I’m hungry,” Jing Zhi rubbed his little head and went to the kitchen to cook two bowls of noodles.

Just as he was frying eggs, the phone in his pocket suddenly rang.

Jing Zhi was about to take out the phone from the pocket under the apron when he heard the doorbell ring too.

Jing Mimi’s da da footsteps approached the door.

Jing Zhi’s heart skipped a beat. He turned off the fire quickly and rushed to Jing Mimi who had already walked to the entrance.

“Papa, is a guest here?” Jing Mimi looked up at Jing Zhi, his eyes full of impatience.

Jing Zhi turned on the phone that was still ringing. The doorbell merged with it, like a death knell, inexplicably resembling the plot in some horror games he played.

In the game, soon a “ghost” would rush in from outside.

The caller was Jiang Suifeng, probably calling to remind him after seeing the surveillance footage at the door. Jing Zhi didn’t answer but quickly switched to the surveillance backend bound to the phone and saw the person outside the door.

Sure enough.

It was the man opposite.

The man should have heard the movement behind the door and looked up at the camera.

The surveillance image was inevitably distorted, making that face even more eerie.

Just as Jing Zhi hesitated on how to respond, the little cub beside him suddenly stood on tiptoe, his hands reaching for the door handle.

Jing Zhi picked him up reflexively. Although the door was locked and the little cub couldn’t open it even if he pressed it, doors were very scary existences in horror games and should be kept away from.

Because of being picked up, Jing Mimi saw the surveillance image in Jing Zhi’s hand and said to him happily: “Papa, it’s the uncle opposite. He’s very nice. Open the door for him quickly.”

Very nice…?

Jing Zhi looked at the little cub in his arms in surprise, not knowing why he had such an impression of that man.

Afraid Papa wouldn’t open the door for the uncle and miss the good opportunity to do the mission, Jing Mimi urged even harder: “He likes kittens super super much!”

The kitten Mimi also liked this neighbor uncle very much.

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Author’s Note:

[Cat Head] Uncle is also a good person!