The Cub Comes from Planet Meow 49

Chapter 49: Meow

Wang’s father and Wang’s mother looked confused and asked him, “What’s wrong? Didn’t you like that kitten very much before?”

Wang Qiuqiu didn’t know how to explain. The secret that Mimi was a kitten couldn’t be told to anyone.

He was really afraid of Mimi crying.

He made Mimi cry the first time they met and was at a loss for a long time.

Although Mimi didn’t cry because of him this time, it still scared him.

The Dog God told him that the Cat God said Mimi was a crybaby kitten and needed to be taken care of more.

Some cats were very territorial and couldn’t accept other cats shaking their status. He could understand.

He was afraid Mimi wouldn’t be close to him anymore after learning he also wanted to raise a kitten.

Compared to Mimi and the little kitten he only met once in the cattery, he decided the trade-off in just one second.

His parents’ gaze was still on him. Wang Qiuqiu’s lips moved: “Just suddenly don’t want to raise it…”

Children often have three-minute enthusiasm. Wang’s father and Wang’s mother didn’t think too much about it, but still said to him: “This situation is a breach of contract, and the deposit is non-refundable. It’s equivalent to giving the money to them for nothing. It’s Qiuqiu’s responsibility, and Qiuqiu has to be responsible for it.”

They took him to the cattery to choose a cute light yellow kitten, but because the kitten was too young, they had to wait a while before taking it away, so they paid a deposit to reserve it first.

That little deposit was nothing to them, but they had to teach the child the spirit of contract.

Wang Qiuqiu nodded obediently and asked, “How can I earn money?”

When he was a police dog, he had a salary, but the salary was automatically used for his daily expenses. Now that he had become a little human, he didn’t know how to earn money yet.

“Go help in the estate next spring. The uncle in the estate will ‘pay wages’ to Qiuqiu.”

Wang Qiuqiu nodded his little head again.

He also wanted to go back to the estate to see. That was where the puppy Qiuqiu lived with his mom and dad for a long time.

He also wanted to take Mimi there. It was very fun there; Mimi would definitely like it.

Wonder how Mimi is doing… Did his papas coax him well…

The worry in Wang Qiuqiu’s heart surfaced again. He turned back to his room and left a few voice messages for Mimi using his phone watch.

After Wang Qiuqiu left, Wang’s father whispered to Wang’s mother: “Qiuqiu still has that three-minute enthusiasm.”

Wang’s mother gave a faint smile: “I feel it’s actually okay. You used to buy him too many toys; he couldn’t play with them all. Raising a cat this time was indeed a bit impulsive, but children are easily interested in everything, which is normal. Rather than losing interest after bringing the cat back, it’s better to stop the loss in time. Next time he encounters a similar situation, he can think more carefully before making a decision.”

Too many people couldn’t let go of sunk costs and gritted their teeth to stick to past decisions, which might not be a good thing.

Taking and letting go were both important.

People have to learn to grow in these experiences.

Wang’s father thought Wang’s mother made sense. He scratched his head and said, “I didn’t buy that many toys for the puppy Qiuqiu before…”

Wang’s mother glanced at him sideways and counted on her fingers: “Bought one of every color for the exact same bouncy ball, bought a basket of electric ball toys, charging them one by one took a long time every time. My tennis ball was chewed up by Qiuqiu, and you bought a whole tube back for Qiuqiu to play with.”

Wang’s father’s voice was small: “Isn’t it because Qiuqiu likes playing with balls…”

Wang’s mother: “With so many balls, he could play with one a day for several months.”

Wang’s father: “Alright, alright.”

Wang’s father quickly changed the subject: “Take Qiuqiu to learn tennis indoors in a while. He should like it.”

Wang’s mother nodded, leaned into Wang’s father’s arms, opened her phone, and looked through photos of the puppy from the past.

Yes, after spending time together day and night, they recognized early on that Qiuqiu was their dog child.

Parents couldn’t mistake their own child.

Although they didn’t know how he went through untold hardships to come back as a little human, hearing him call them Mom and Dad, they knew he would be their only treasure.

…

Jing Mimi was taken out of the closet by his papas.

Before taking him out, Jing Zhi and Jiang Suifeng listened to the little cub’s aggrieved complaints outside the closet for a while, finally understanding what had happened.

They found it funny but also felt a bit sorry for him.

So it was a misunderstanding.

They actually hadn’t decided on the whereabouts of the little orange cat yet. Zhu Shan said he couldn’t raise a cat in his situation, so they brought the kitten back to take care of it temporarily. They had a lot of cat supplies and strong floor heating, so the little orange cat would be more comfortable. They would decide whether it stayed or left after it recovered from its injury in a while.

They didn’t expect Mimi to care so much.

Actually, they could vaguely sense it when Mimi was still a kitten.

Every time he heard cat meows in videos on their phones, the kitten Mimi would come over immediately to check. Sometimes when the two came back after petting cats outside, the kitten Mimi would sniff them for a long time. Once Jing Zhi was dragged by Fang Yuan to a pet café, which had cats, dogs, and exotic pets. Jing Zhi was stained with various smells. The kitten Mimi sniffed him with a drooping tail for a long, long time until Jing Zhi went to the bathroom to wash his hair and body and change into clean pajamas before stopping.

However, it wasn’t very obvious at that time. After all, cats were different from dogs. Other cats rarely visited their home, and they only raised Mimi, so they didn’t know how Mimi would react to other cats entering his territory.

Now they finally knew the answer from the little human Mimi.

In their hearts, Mimi was naturally the most important; no kitten could compare to Mimi.

If Mimi cared, they couldn’t keep that little orange cat.

Raising a “second child” must consider the feelings of the “first child.” If the “first child” couldn’t accept it, then don’t raise it.

When the little orange cat’s injury healed, they would try hard to find a reliable new owner for it or send it to a relevant rescue station.

While Jing Zhi wiped Jing Mimi’s tears, Jiang Suifeng held him in his arms and coaxed him, quickly explaining the origin of that kitten.

Listening, Jing Mimi finally stopped sobbing and shedding tears.

So… that’s not a new kitten Papas are planning to raise.

Papas rolled it into a burrito because it was injured and cold after just coming back, to keep it warm and immobilized.

Sleeping on the cat nest was also because it was a kitten and should sleep on a cat nest.

Jing Mimi wasn’t stingy about giving his cat nest to other kittens, but the premise was that it wouldn’t take away his papas’ love.

He was a selfish and possessive kitten.

He hoped his papas would always love only him, the kitten.

Even though he had become a little human.

After listening to his papas’ explanation, Jing Mimi felt much better. The tears on his eyelashes were wiped dry, and nestled in Papa’s arms, he proactively asked to go to the cat room to see the injured kitten.

The little orange cat still maintained the burrito shape lying in the cat nest. Hearing someone approaching, its golden eyes looked over instantly.

Beside it was a familiar Elizabethan collar, not yet put on. The kitten Mimi also used it when he was sick before to prevent the kitten from licking wounds or medicated areas, affecting recovery speed.

The little orange cat was probably about a year old, not very small in size, so the kitten Mimi’s Elizabethan collar fit it perfectly.

If it were too young, being abused, having its tail cut off, and thrown in the snow, it might not have survived.

Jing Mimi walked closer quickly, reached out his small hand, and touched its little head.

He used to be a kitten and knew how to pet a kitten to make it comfortable.

Not long after, a low purring sound came from the little orange cat’s throat, and it squinted its eyes comfortably.

It could be felt that it was relaxed, knew the people in front of it were saving it, and was willing to trust them.

Moreover, compared to Jing Zhi and Jiang Suifeng, it was closer to Jing Mimi, perhaps because he used to be a kitten of the same kind and had a reassuring scent for cats.

Jing Zhi and Jiang Suifeng looked at each other, seeing soft smiles in each other’s eyes.

Mimi was a very, very good child.

Even though he cried a lot because of misunderstanding the little orange cat, it didn’t affect his kindness towards the little orange cat at all.

Under the guidance of the two, Jing Mimi personally put the Elizabethan collar on the little orange cat.

In the past, the kitten Mimi disliked wearing this thing very much. After wearing it, movement was inconvenient, he couldn’t nestle properly in his papas’ arms, and couldn’t groom himself well. The germaphobe kitten felt uncomfortable all over.

But as he got sick more and more often, the kitten Mimi gradually got used to the existence of the Elizabethan collar.

His papas would groom him carefully and reach into the collar to stroke his head—his papas’ love made him reconcile with the Elizabethan collar.

The little orange cat accepted the Elizabethan collar well, neither struggling nor resisting, always obedient.

After putting on the Elizabethan collar, under the guidance of his papas, Jing Mimi unwrapped the small blanket on its body.

The comfortable heating in the room made it no longer feel cold. Being wrapped in a blanket for too long would be stuffy and uncomfortable. Kittens had fur to keep out the cold and weren’t as afraid of cold as humans.

After the blanket was unwrapped, Jing Mimi finally saw the full coat color of the little orange cat.

It was an orange and white cat with cute white gloves on all four paws.

He wondered if there would also be a cute white tip on its tail.

Unfortunately, there was no way to know.

The tailbone, where a long tail should have grown, was bare now, bandaged up, and nothing could be seen.

Because of the pain and incoordination after losing its tail, after the blanket was removed, it stumbled a few steps and fell back into the soft cat nest, not moving anymore. Only a pair of golden eyes still looked spiritedly at everything around, wondering what was on the cat’s mind.

Jing Mimi pursed his lips and stroked its fur with heartache.

Hateful cat abuser… will definitely get retribution.

Hope a very, very scary dog appears and abuses him like he abused kittens!

This was the most terrifying punishment the kitten Mimi could think of.

Seeing this, Jing Zhi also touched Jing Mimi’s little head and said, “Mimi is now a kitten big brother. During the time the little orange cat recovers at home, Mimi must take good care of it.”

Jing Mimi nodded seriously.

This was his first time being a big brother.

Jing Mimi spent almost the whole day in the cat room accompanying the little orange cat.

During this time, he called Wang Qiuqiu again and explained the misunderstanding about the little orange cat.

Wang Qiuqiu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After all this tossing, he had no intention of raising a kitten anymore.

Mimi said his papas were planning to buy a new house, intending to buy one close to Wang’s home. In this way, they could play together often, so it didn’t matter whether he raised a cat or not.

In the afternoon, the sun came out. Jing Mimi pushed the cat nest with the little orange cat to a place where the sun could reach, nestled beside the little orange cat, and fell asleep with it.

The warm sunlight gently enveloped them, like a scene from a fairy tale.

In the evening, before dinner, Jing Mimi soaked some cat food in goat milk for the little orange cat with the help of his papas.

Because of the pain from the broken tail, eating some soft food would be more comfortable recently.

Before soaking the cat food, Jing Mimi curiously took out a piece of cat food and threw it into his mouth.

This bag of cat food was left by the kitten Mimi before, a familiar taste.

Still the crunchy texture in memory, but far less delicious than when he was the kitten Mimi.

Human food was still more delicious…

The little glutton Mimi easily betrayed the Cat Cult.

After soaking the cat food, Jing Mimi couldn’t wait to hold the small bowl to the cat room and feed the little orange cat.

The place where the little orange cat’s tail broke hurt too much. Even small body movements would pull on the painful spot, let alone getting up to eat. Jing Mimi thoughtfully scooped up the goat milk cat food with a small spoon and brought it to its mouth to feed it.

His papas took good care of the kitten Mimi before, and the little human Mimi also learned a lot by mimicking them.

Family education has the deepest influence on children.

Just like bear children (naughty kids) often have bear parents behind them.

Children are blank sheets of paper. Whatever adults add to it, they will present.

Jing Zhi was still cooking soup in the kitchen. Jiang Suifeng finished setting the table and went to the cat room to take a look when he had nothing to do. Just one look scared him. He rushed in quickly and picked up Jing Mimi, who was lying on the ground sticking his head into the Elizabethan collar worn by the little orange cat.

“Mimi, what are you doing?” Jiang Suifeng scooped up the little cub under the armpits, holding him at eye level like picking up a kitten.

Jing Mimi licked his lips, adjusted to the sudden suspension of his body for a while, and explained: “Goat milk splashed on Little Orange’s ear. I’m licking the fur for Little Orange.”

Little Papa also licked the fur for the kitten Mimi like this before.

And more than once.

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Author’s Note:

Jing: [Cat Head] Just basic operations for cat owners.