Chapter 173 Human, your little trick has successfully attracted the cat!

You need a needle and thread to mend the fish pendant.

The human male lowered his long eyelashes, as if he was thinking. After a few seconds, he pinched the old little fish and spoke to the beautiful calico cat.

"Come with me."

He stood up and took a few steps forward.

When I turned my head, I saw a tiny cat, like a tumbleweed, huffing and puffing as it tumbled after me on its short legs.

It ran to his feet, tilted its little head back, and meowed in confusion.

The cat's amber-green eyes were quite intelligent, and the look it gave seemed to ask, "Why aren't you leaving?"

It seems to be a smart cat.

The boy thought to himself, and led her through the tree-lined path to a building not far away.

He went in and knocked on the window of the duty room.

Inside, a middle-aged woman was knitting a sweater while wearing reading glasses, her gaze projecting out from above the lenses.

Upon hearing his request, she exclaimed "Oh!" and very enthusiastically opened the drawer, finding a round cookie box with dented and chipped paint on the corners.

"Look, we have threads of all colors."

"Little student, you can do this too?"

The aunt was surprised and praised with a smile, "Kids these days are so spoiled. They throw away perfectly good things, let alone mend them with a needle. It's really rare."

He didn't say anything, just smiled faintly, and picked out a small yellow thread post with a needle inserted.

After thanking the aunt, he walked outside, sat down on the edge of the flower bed next to the building, and pulled out the needle.

Threading and sewing.

Poverty during childhood becomes an eternal mark, deeply rooted in the soul.

Even now, they wear clothes costing hundreds or thousands of dollars and travel in luxury cars worth millions.

But when he sat down and picked up the needle...

It felt like I was back on that cramped and narrow balcony.

On a sweltering summer night, he borrowed a box of needles and thread from his grandparents on the first floor, sat on the wooden bed, and, under the moonlight, clumsily tried to sew up the collar of his short-sleeved shirt, which had been washed until it was torn.

Impoverished times force people to learn many things.

My clumsy attempt to thread the needle resulted in the needle pricking my fingers, but the rough calluses from my part-time job prevented it from getting in the way.

The needle tip barely grazed the surface, leaving only a white mark.

That short-sleeved shirt with its crooked stitches accompanied him through at least another summer.

"..."

The boy paused slightly as he threaded the needle, because a kitten's head eagerly peered over from the side.

You can often see stray cats on campus that are not afraid of people and chase after them, meowing for food.

But this cat is a little different.

At first, it sat a few steps away, alert and dignified, its fluffy tail curled in front of it, covering its snow-white paws.

Perhaps their attention was drawn to the needles moving back and forth.

She swayed her head back and forth, and after a while, she actually dared to lean closer.

Its front paws landed squarely on his thighs without any hesitation, and its long whiskers even grazed the back of his hand.

Seeing that he stopped moving.

She even raised her paw and patted his wrist, tilting her head to look at him with cat eyes that seemed to hold a hint of reproach.

He had never owned any pets and didn't pay much attention to the stray cats around campus.

My impression of cats mostly comes from the orange cat that occasionally appeared in the old house.

He's gotten so fat he's like a mountain.

Eat, then sleep, then eat again when you wake up.

She has an exceptionally chubby, flat face that looks particularly obsequious.

This kitten has a pointed face and a particularly petite body.

It's probably a kitten that's still growing.

He thought to himself, and readily continued with the action.

The hole in the little fish was quickly repaired, the thread was cut off, and the bits of leaf stuck in the fabric seams were patted clean with the fingertips.

Then he handed her the small fish that had been restored to its original state.

The kitten immediately let out a meow, then rolled over on the edge of the flower bed while hugging the little fish pendant. The rabbit kicked twice and made excited whimpering sounds.

He watched the kitten's purest joy for a while, smiled slightly, and got up quietly without disturbing her.

then.

When the kitten finally remembered that it should thank the kind human who could fix the fish, it looked up and couldn't find him anymore.

kitten:"?"

Everyone else was eager to spend more time with the cat and wanted to take the opportunity to pet it.

How could this human be completely unmoved by the cat's beauty?

All right.

The cat admits, human, your little trick has successfully attracted the cat!

But the campus is so big, and there are so many ways for people to get around.

Even if the cat king issues a wanted poster for humans among the cats—

The calico cat jumped onto a large rock and meowed solemnly at the scattered stray cats below.

"If you see a human male who smells very good and has black hair and eyes, come find me."

She even reluctantly brought out the little fish that the boy had squeezed and turned over, so that the cats could line up to smell the lingering scent on it.

Humans can use a brick the size of a palm, called a "cell phone," to contact other people.

The cat could only stay on a tree-lined path, squinting and curling up like a seaweed and pork floss bun, waiting for a little cat brother to smell her scent and then come over meowing and whining to tell her.

When the calico cat ran over excitedly.

You can usually only see his back as he walks into the dormitory building or leaves the school gate and gets on the bus.

The dorm supervisor can chase away cats.

Of course, she's a clever little cat, and she could easily slip in by exploiting a blind spot.

But after lingering downstairs for a long time, she finally couldn't stand the stench inside anymore, so she reluctantly hopped away with her tail drooping and lay down again to wait.

They haven't come out yet.

The cat association members, who considered her a major threat, came over with nets and cat cages, determined to catch this perpetually cunning cat that had escaped and was still not neutered.

Sigh, it looks like we're going to have to fight a guerrilla war again.

The kitten lazily stretched, rubbed its paws against a nearby tree trunk, and then, before the cat association students could approach it with bated breath and stealth, it leaped away with exceptional agility and easily disappeared from sight.

Those people were left standing there, hands on hips, screaming in despair: "She ran away again!!!"

But the kitten didn't come away empty-handed.

She gradually learned which teaching building the other person would be attending classes in.

I noticed that the car he was in was black and shiny.

He heard the humans beside him calling his name.

—Jiang Yingxu