Chapter 458: Teaching Kittens to Hunt

While Yao Tao was making supper, Bai Lin played with the kittens.

While tidying up her space, she found some teriyaki sauce, so she prepared teriyaki chicken drumstick rice for dinner.

The chicken legs were all stock in her space.

Choose chicken thighs, mix salt, five-spice powder, oil, and minced garlic and marinate for 20 minutes in advance.

While the meat was being marinated, she went out to check to prevent Bai Lin from eating the cat's head.

Fortunately, the kittens have grown a lot and their heads can no longer fit into Bai Lin's mouth.

A group of cats were playing and fighting, sharpening their claws on the tree trunks from time to time and biting a leaf as prey.

A tabby cat appeared out of nowhere, holding a giant mutant rat in its mouth.

The kittens immediately let go of Bai Lin and ran over.

The tabby cat put down the mouse in its mouth.

Yao Tao thought the mutant mouse was dead, but it turned out to be pretending to be dead. As soon as the tabby cat put it down, it ran away.

The kittens were startled. Some fell down in panic, some had their fur stood on end, and some were slapped in the face by their companions in the chaos. They were stunned and started spinning around in circles.

Yao Tao jumped up and rushed to the kitchen immediately.

Never let mice get into the kitchen.

She will defend the kitchen to the death!

Bai Lin sat there cross-legged without moving.

The mutant mouse ran around for a while and seemed to feel that these kittens posed no threat, so it became bolder and stood up, trying to bite the kitten closest to it.

As soon as it opened its mouth, the tabby cat held it down with its claw.

The mouse lay down again.

Seeing that the mouse was motionless, the tabby cat let go of its claws.

After going through this several times, the mutant mouse finally realized that it didn't need to go home for dinner tonight.

Mom, you don't have to prepare my meal tonight.

The kittens gradually grew bolder and began to attack the mutant mice tentatively.

Bai Lin sat there watching, eyes full of curiosity.

"What are they playing?" he asked Yao Tao.

"This is hunting training," Yao Tao explained. "When animals are young, they don't know how to hunt. Their mothers teach them hunting techniques, and when they grow up, they leave and live on their own."

Bai Lin was silent for a moment, "Will you also leave and live on your own when you grow up?"

Yao Tao: “…”

Doesn't she live alone now?

After thinking about it, she felt that the boss might be asking whether she would leave him.

"Don't you like living with me?" she asked tentatively.

Bai Lin stretched out the corners of his mouth, that was his unique way of smiling.

Just like the ghost king in playing cards, bright and a little weird.

To others, his smile symbolized an unknown death.

Only she knew that his smile was simply a way of showing others how he felt at the moment.

It's different from the smile that comes naturally when you eat delicious food.

He tried to smile a normal, social human smile.

But he didn't do it well, so making people laugh would make people feel horrified.

"Since you like living with me, why don't you consider how to help me get more prey? Prey is most abundant in the summer... Also, you can teach these kittens to hunt, so that when they grow up and leave, they won't go hungry."

It was time to marinate the chicken legs, so Yao Tao returned to the kitchen to continue cooking.

The frying process is not complicated.

Heat oil in a pan.

Fry the marinated chicken thighs in a pan over medium-low heat.

The chicken slowly unfolded, and the fat kept bubbling and crackling around it.

Flip when one side is almost cooked.

When the other side is almost done, pour in the teriyaki sauce and cover with a lid for a while.

While the pot was simmering, she put the freshly cooked white rice on a plate.

After the chicken legs are out of the pot, place them on top of the rice and finally pour the teriyaki sauce from the pot on them.

The chicken legs are shiny and glossy, with a brilliant color, as bright as the sun.

"It's time for dinner..." Yao Tao opened the window and wanted to call Bai Lin to eat, but she suddenly found that it was quiet outside.

Not only was Bai Lin missing, but all the little kittens were gone as well.

The only big cat left is Big Orange.

It held onto a tree branch, using all four claws to hold on tightly, as if it would rather die than leave.