CH 18.5

Lunch was eaten by two humans and one cat; Guo Chao Ming followed the routine and brought nutritious old hen soup for Qin Xiao.

Bai Xia Xia got a taste; it was greasy to death.

At one o’ clock, Bai Xia Xia took Guo Chao Ming, who was yawning without stop and who was also forced to hold a box, and walked out of the hospital; the cat was in the front leading the way, occasionally stopping to see if Guo Chao Ming had slipped away halfway.

This guy, he was still unhappy about her running to the fourth floor to bluff. Qin Xiao had also taught her a lesson, going as far as taking away the kitty’s favorite fish-flavored pork slices[1].

Fish-flavored pork slices dish

Bai Xia Xia: My heart has been broken into pieces.

A human and a cat walked and stopped, the cat was afraid that the human would get lost, Guo Chao Ming felt that it was losing dignity. The scene was extremely interesting, making the grandpas and aunties by the road look at them some more times.

There were also people talking about the matter of stray cats on the side of the road, guessing about the reason.

Some even worried about the stray cats flooding and running wild in the future, thinking about going there to chase them away.

Guo Chao Ming was not very clear about Bai Xia Xia’s plan— —whatever this cat is planning, it’ll not be anything good for sure.

Slyly clever, has too many thoughts too. It especially picked this box of ham sausages from Qin Xiao, very politely, fawningly, and stubbornly calling me to follow it…

However, Guo Chao Ming did not think too much either. He surmised that Bai Xia Xia was a soft-hearted little kitty, since it had eaten until full, it wanted to find someone to feed the stray ones from her own race.

Guo Chao Ming did not forget to educate on the way: “Only you would be blindly kind, the things we have on our hands aren’t much, so we can’t feed stray cats everyday, being able to feed yourself full is already not bad! In the future, don’t do these foolish things, do you understand?”

“If you have the time, it’s better to think about how to feed yourself until full!” Guo Chao Ming made use of every second[2] to think about abducting the cat back home: “If it weren’t for me, would you have been able to eat so well? You would be like those unlucky stray cats… just look, every time, it’s me who does things for you!”

Real hammering human tool Guo!

“F*ck!”

Guo Chao Ming had not been paying attention, when he raised his head, he was so shocked that he almost threw away the box!

Even he, who had a strong psychological quality, when he followed Bai Xia Xia into the alley, he was still stimulated by the scene in front until his scalp turned numb, adrenaline secreting frantically.

He had heard Lu Jianhua and Qin Xiao speak about their reaction in the moment they encountered the tiger, body completely out of control, legs turning soft, blood rushing to the head, mind filled with the thought of I’m done, I’m done…

Guo Chao Ming’s body was still under his control, but his Adam’s apple rolled up and down, so nervous that he swallowed saliva without stop, the blood rushing to the top of his head— —stimulated past limits!

His muscles tensed, hard like rocks. His back was bent slightly, the veins on his arms were bulging, and beads of sweat were faintly oozing from his forehead.

The box that he was holding with both of his arms was now mostly pressed on his left hand, the joints of his right hand clenched, a posture that was slightly crouched demonstrated a vigilant posture that could exert force most easily.

The Guo Chao Ming right now was frigid and serious, sharp like a knife, like a knife that had been soaked in cold water during winter.

With a dazzling cutting edge.

Damn it, where did so many cats come from?!

Guo Chao Ming had charged through rain of bullets, seen outlaws, and many times had almost died on the battlefield, but he had never been terrified!

Him being able to become the vice captain, was not because he relied on his weak and polite scholarly appearance and his smooth mouth.

He had seen many big scenes, but ones that were this extraordinary… made people’s hair stand up and feel a chill coursing through their spine, as if they had crashed into the house of a spooky cat witch.

Tens of cats of different sizes were nested in the alley, some were concealed in the dark shadows by the corner of the wall, with their cat eyes glowing faintly.

The inside of the alley was full of cats, sitting in the corner licking their fur, lying on the top of the wall while looking down, pacing back and forth in the alley… every single pair of eyes were bright as snow, as if… they had been waiting for a long time.

Tens of cat faces watched Guo Chao Ming who was pacing in, the uncoordinated moves seemed to freeze and take shape at that moment.

Orange cats, calico, tortoiseshell, black tabby, orange tabby… meowing sounds rose in cadence, like waves surging violently.

Guo Chao Ming subconsciously wanted to pick up Bai Xia Xia, then turn and run.

Two fists could difficultly be a match to four hands, even if he could fight one against ten, with tens of cats, they would be able to eat them alive easily.

Bai Xia Xia: …comrade, why is your escaping posture so practised?

Bai Xia Xia thought that the number of stray cats that would gather would at most be ten to twenty, but Black Cat was unexpectedly competent.

Cats were the best at hiding, Bai Xia Xia brushed her gaze over, but was not able to see how many stray cats there were.

Big and small sizes, of different colors clustered, their vertical pupils were eerily cold, spectacularly strange.

Fortunately, the sun was shining brightly, so the remote alley was filled with dazzling golden sunrays, the gilt sunlight illuminated the group of furriness.

Even though it was like that, at first glance, it could still frighten people until their legs weakened.

The weird terrifying feeling of encountering a ghost.

Bai Xia Xia was very satisfied with the part-time team leader’s work, so she complimented it.

Little Black Cat did not care about the compliment, it only cared about the pay: “Can increase the pay?”

Bai Xia Xia: “…”

Translator’s comments:

Finding the names of the types of cats was so difficult T^T.

Happy New Year dear readers!!!! Can’t believe it’s already 2023.

Translator’s notes:

[1] Fish-flavored pork slices is a Sichuan dish made with the following main raw materials: pork, water, vinegar, ginger, garlic, pickled pepper, sugar, salt, oil, cooking wine, and soy sauce. Despite being fish-flavored, it has no fish in it.

[2] Idiomatic expression ‘见缝插针 (jiàn fèng chā zhēn)’: lit. translation: ‘seeing a gap and sticking in the needle’. It means ‘to make use of every second and inch’.