Strange Life of a Cat

The wind is a bit strong today, and the wind blowing into the building from the ventilation window in the corridor pushed the door open a little.

Zheng Tan thought for a while and walked in to see if the man in sunglasses and Er Mao would fight. For Zheng Tan, watching the excitement was also a great pleasure and entertainment when he was bored.

After Qin Tao and Er Mao exchanged a few words, the atmosphere relaxed slightly. However, Zheng Tan could tell from the conversation between them that the two were familiar with each other and did not seem to hate each other.

Just as Zheng Tan had guessed, Qin Tao, Er Mao and Wang Bin all grew up together. They were classmates in the same class back then, and they were basically together from elementary school to high school. The origin of the nickname "Beast" was caused by Qin Tao himself. When he was in elementary school, he was forced to write his name. As a result, the word "Tao" in the book was missing three points, and all the words "Qin Shou" were densely and crookedly written. , but Qin Tao didn't find out yet, so he circulated it to the class, and then the nickname "Beast" followed Qin Tao. However, only people who have a good relationship with Qin Tao or have similar status dare to call him that. , otherwise this guy would have been punched by him.

Compared with Wang Bin, Qin Tao and Er Mao actually have more revolutionary friendship. When they were in middle school, these two people always occupied the bottom one or two in the class. It is not that these two people are hopelessly bad at studying. Their status Relationship, they are always thrown into classes with more top students and teachers with strong teaching ability, and Wang Bin is always in the top ten. Therefore, when it comes to common topics and glorious deeds of the year, Er Mao and Qin Tao will definitely have more to talk about. , this is one of the reasons why Wang Bin asked Qin Tao to come over.

"Speaking of which, why did you come to Chuhua City? Shouldn't you be going to Mingzhu City to have fun?" Er Mao threw an unopened bottle of mineral water to Qin Tao.

"I got into some trouble and was thrown here to study with my uncle. In fact, it's just a sinecure. There are people helping with other things. I don't need to do it myself. It's boring to death." Qin Tao said so many words and turned away from the mineral spring. He drank a few gulps from the water bottle, and when he turned his head, he happened to see the black cat standing at the door of the room looking over.

"Pfft--" Qin Tao got excited, and the water in his mouth spurted out. He choked and his face turned red. He remembered again the time when he was hit with bird excrement.

After recovering, Qin Tao pointed at Zheng Tan who was standing at the door of the room: "Are you familiar with this cat?"

Although it is a question, the tone is very affirmative.

Er Mao was a little surprised when he saw Zheng Tan, but he was relieved when he thought that he had indeed forgotten to close the door just now. The public security around here is good, and the people living in the building are teachers and retired professors. Their quality is very good, so there is no need to be too cautious.

"What, you suffered a loss in its hands?" Er Mao asked.

Qin Tao told the story about being hit with bird poop just now.

"Tsk, why are you following it, and you're following it so idiotically? Just wish it didn't lead you into another trap. It's better to be hit with bird poop than to be injured," Er Mao said.

"No way? Is this cat so dangerous?" Qin Tao looked at Zheng Tan again.

"Believe it or not, it's up to you." Ermao said and sniffed, "What does it smell like?"

Qin Tao was crossing Erlang's legs, and Er Mao's eyes finally fell on Qin Tao's shoes.

"Beast, you stepped on shit!" Er Mao looked disgusted.

"ah?"

Qin Tao spread his legs and sniffed, then vomited. He quickly found a packaging bag, took off his shoes and threw them in the bag. He asked Ermao for a pair of shoes.

"No wonder the landing felt a little bit wrong when I was hurdling just now." Throwing the plastic bag containing the poop shoes at the door of the house, Qin Tao looked at the black cat still at the door and felt that the cat looked at him. There is a bit of schadenfreude and contempt in it?

Zheng Tan was indeed gloating about his misfortune, but he despised Qin Tao's behavior of throwing away his clothes and throwing away his shoes when they were soiled. Prodigal son, prodigal son.

Shaking his head, Qin Tao got rid of the fuzzy feeling in his heart, and hit Ermao on the arm with a mineral water bottle that was still half full. "It's not all your fault. If I hadn't come to find you, I wouldn't have come here." Are you going to suffer here?"

"Meow--" Heimi, who was lying on the computer table, pressed his ears and sounded a warning, looking at Qin Tao with a fierce look.

Hearing this voice, not only Zheng Tan, but also Er Mao and Qin Tao, who were about to continue to expose each other, looked at Heimi.

For a moment, no one in the room spoke.

Zheng Tan and Er Mao knew that this cat was absolutely fierce and fierce, but Qin Tao was a little confused. After a moment of silence, Qin Tao seemed to have thought of something and took the mineral water bottle and knocked it on Er Mao again.

"Meow--" The warning sound was louder this time.

Qin Tao looked at the black rice, blinked, and knocked again.

"Woo——" Not only did the warning sound get louder this time, but he also bared his teeth. The person who was originally lying down also stood up.

"Hahahaha!" Ermao scooped up the black rice from the computer table with a proud look, "My daughter, you are indeed protecting your father!"

Qin Tao was originally surprised that the cat was so protective of his master, but after hearing what Er Mao said, he looked constipated, "Daughter?"

"That's right." Er Mao happily raised one of Hei Mi's front paws and waved it towards Qin Tao, "If you hit me with a bottle again, I'll let my daughter scratch you."

Qin Tao snorted, "Why do you want to raise a cat?"

Ermao just gave a brief explanation and did not go into details about how to treat the cat abuser. "I don't want to raise a cat that is too powerful, and I don't want one that is docile and can't even catch mice. Moreover, the people at the pet center said that this The cat must have been domesticated before, but later became a stray for some unknown reason. However, in general, it is quite friendly to people."

Qin Tao looked at the tabby cat nestling obediently in Ermao's arms, and mentally discounted the word "friendly".

Without taking any further action, Qin Tao explained the reasons why Wang Bin asked him to find Ermao.

"So you followed this cat here?" Er Mao turned to look at Zheng Tan, who was squatting at the door of the room watching a show, "Are you betraying me?!"

Zheng Tan tugged at his ears. What happened today was a coincidence. He really had no intention of bringing Qin Tao here. It was just that Er Mao appeared at that time.

Er Mao and Qin Tao didn't expect to get any answer from the cat, so they continued chatting.

After seeing the point, Zheng Tan went to pick up Xiaoyouzi. When he returned to the attached building, Er Mao's door was already closed tightly. He didn't hear any sound from inside, so he probably went out.

The next day, when Zheng Tan was about to go home and surf the Internet after sending Xiaoyouzi to school, he saw that the door of Ermao's place was open again. Er Mao dislikes closing the door less and less now, probably because he always forgets to bring the key, and it is not easy to use the wire to open the lock often, so he simply leaves a crack open. Anyway, there is an access control in the building, which can not only prevent the random people outside the building from coming in, but also can Prevent your cat from escaping.

After thinking about it, Zheng Tan opened the door and went in. According to what the man said yesterday, Ermao's family would probably come looking for him.

There was no one else in the room, Er Mao was playing games on the computer, and Heimi was playing hard with something on the ground. After noticing Zheng Tan entering the room, he glanced at it and continued to play with the thing with his paws bent.

Zheng Tan saw that there was no fun today, so he was about to leave. Suddenly he caught a glimpse of the thing that Heimi was playing with. Zheng Tan's eyes narrowed, with some doubts and uncertainty. He retracted his legs towards the door and entered the room.

Probably because he was familiar with Zheng Tan and believed that Zheng Tan was not a threat, Heimi did not show hostility towards Zheng Tan, but seemed to be on guard against Zheng Tan snatching his toys.

Zheng Tan ignored Heimi and looked a little closer at the things on the floor. This is a pendant. Heimi mainly plays with the rope of the pendant, while Zheng Tan's attention is entirely on the pendant.

This thing is very familiar. It looks similar to the jade token given by that nagging old woman.

Just as Zheng Tan was thinking about it, Ermao over there had already finished a game.

"Hey, I'm talking about black coal, it's not good for you to come in uninvited all the time... Hey, daughter, you can't play with this thing!"

Er Mao didn't care about criticizing Zheng Tan anymore. He quickly picked up the pendant on the ground and wiped it with his sleeve. Seeing that the pendant rope had been bitten and scratched again, Er Mao was wondering when to change the rope. Anyway, this pendant has been replaced several times. A rope.

After putting the pendant back in place, Er Mao saw Zheng Tan staring at him and waved his hand, "Go back to your house and play. Don't snatch Hei Mi's cat food."

There is an automatic feeding machine in the living room, and there is always some cat food there, but Ermao has never seen this black cat eat it.

Zheng Tan went back with deep thoughts. Judging from Er Mao's appearance, that pendant was quite important to him.

What did the old woman say when we were at Dad Jiao's hometown?

Zheng Tan thought about it for a moment, then went to Xiaoyouzi's wardrobe, dug out a small bunch of keys from an inconspicuous corner, flexed his paws, inserted one of the keys into the hidden drawer above the cat climbing frame, and opened it. , found the jade plaque that Jiao’s father had placed inside, and looked at it carefully.

It’s quite similar! The words above are similar.

Could it be that the person the old woman is looking for is related to Ermao?

No matter what the relationship between the two is, Zheng Tan decided to take the jade token and wave it in front of Er Mao. Then he would know the answer to the mystery. Even if you look at Er Mao, you won’t rob him by force. Father Jiao was not here, so it was hard for Zheng Tan to inform him. If such a matter could be solved, it would be a good thing. Didn't Dad Jiao always say that he would repay the old woman?

Hanging the pendant around his neck, Zheng Tan locked the drawer again, hid the key, and went downstairs to Ermao's room.

Ermao started a new game, while Heimi lay in a corner of the bed and slept in a circle.

Zheng Tan jumped directly onto the computer desk and stood next to the computer.

Er Mao was startled by Zheng Tan's actions, but he was fighting hard and didn't focus on Zheng Tan, so he couldn't move to push Zheng Tan off the table.

Zheng Tan was not in a hurry, so he squatted aside and watched.

When Ermao finally finished playing a game, before he could talk to Zheng Tan, his newly purchased mobile phone rang.

Zheng Tan watched Er Mao talking on the phone impatiently, and played with the mouse in boredom.

Er Mao noticed Zheng Tan's movements and came to stop him, so that Zheng Tan could not close his game interface. Suddenly, Er Mao's movements froze, he stopped talking, looked at the jade plaque hanging around Zheng Tan's neck, and held it for closer inspection. one time.

The person on the other end of the phone didn't know what he was talking about, so Er Mao cut off the phone.

"Hey, I'll take it off and take a look, and I'll return it to you later." Er Mao said as he took the pendant off Zheng Tan's neck.

Er Mao's first reaction when he saw the pendant hanging around Zheng Tan's neck was, when did this cat steal his things and hang them on a rope? At the second glance, I can see some subtle differences. After all, I have been carrying it for more than ten years, so I can notice every little difference.

There is no doubt that Zheng Tan's jade pendant is absolutely genuine, not a low-quality imitation. The quality of the jade is almost the same as Er Mao's own. Even if Er Mao doesn't understand this aspect, Er Mao can feel that this piece is similar to his own. The jade quality is almost the same.

He took out his jade plaque that he hadn't had time to replace the pendant rope and put them together to compare.

Then, the chicken was bleeding.

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