One late autumn afternoon.
Some time has passed since that unpleasant first encounter.
With his social skills and unbeatable claws that have made him a familiar face in the local stray animal community, Li Yuheng has become quite the character.
Shu Bai remains the same aloof, solitary, and agile neighborhood cat tyrant.
That day, Li Yuheng had just bravely protected a juicy sausage from the mouths of several wild dogs during a fight.
He was smugly carrying his spoils, looking for a quiet place to enjoy them, when he spotted the back alley behind the trash cans, a secluded corner piled with cardboard boxes.
He happily jogged over, completely unaware that in the cleanest-looking and most comfortable cardboard box, Shu Bai was curled up in a ball, sleeping soundly.
The stray cats and dogs on this street all know that it is Shu Bai's territory, and ordinary people do not dare to approach it easily.
Ke Liyuheng was completely unaware of this. He placed the sausage in front of the cardboard box and bent down to eat.
The rich aroma of roasted meat instantly filled the air.
Shu Bai sniffed in her sleep, disturbed by the nearby fragrance.
He impatiently twitched his ears and barely opened one eye.
What came into view was Li Yuheng sticking out his big buttocks, about to take a bite of a grilled sausage placed at his door.
Good heavens, this crazy dog not only blocked his door, but also provoked him with a sausage at his doorstep?
"Meow—!"
Get out of here, you stupid dog!
Shu Bai instantly bristled, leaped out of the cardboard box, and swiped at Li Yuheng's upturned buttocks with one paw.
"Who attacked me?!"
Li Yuheng jumped up in pain, almost dropping the sausage in his mouth.
He turned around in shock and anger, only to see Shu Bai in a standard attack stance, baring his teeth at him.
Li Yuheng has also become popular.
What did I do to deserve this? I was just having a nice meal.
Why did this cat attack right away?
And why not just hit the buttocks?
A scholar can be killed but not humiliated!
What are you doing! Are you looking for trouble?!
Unfortunately, due to the language barrier, Shu Bai was too lazy to waste words and was convinced that Li Yuheng had come to provoke him.
Shu Bai decided to confiscate the provocative object first.
When Li Yuheng saw this, he thought, "This is outrageous!"
Is this cat trying to steal the sausage he's painstakingly guarded?!
How can we tolerate this?!
"You dare steal my food? I'll fight you to the death!"
Thus, a fierce battle erupted, sparked by a misunderstanding over territory and the ownership of food.
Li Yuheng charged recklessly with brute force.
Shu Bai relies on the agility and precision of felines, leaping and bounding to target the lower body.
Suddenly, the back alley was filled with barking dogs and howling cats, and dog and cat hair flew everywhere.
Li Yuheng winced in pain, but held onto the sausage tightly, letting out a threatening growl.
After its initial strike, Shu Bai was relentless, its cat claws striking with both hands, specifically targeting the dog's nose and ears—vulnerable spots.
"You crazy cat! Don't you have any sense of reason?!" Li Yuheng shouted as he dodged, trying to reason with them in dog language.
Shu Bai didn't understand and was too lazy to listen. Seizing the opportunity, he slapped the dog's head with his paw again, showing his attitude with his actions: there's no point in reasoning with a robber who broke into your home.
A cat and a dog rolled from a pile of cardboard boxes to a trash can, making empty cans clang loudly.
Li Yuheng used his size advantage to pin Shu Bai down, but before he could even feel smug, Shu Bai kicked out with his hind legs.
Li Yuheng clutched her stomach and rolled to the side.
Taking advantage of the gap, Shu Bai grabbed a grilled sausage and tried to run away.
With red eyes, Li Yuheng rushed forward and bit into the other end of the sausage.
"Give in!"
"Give in!"
Two people were having a tug-of-war in the alley, each biting into the same sausage.
Finally, the sausages, having endured too much grilling, broke in the middle, and both fell backward at the same time.
Li Yuheng fell flat on his back, while Shu Bai crashed into the wall and landed nimbly.
They stared at the half-eaten sausages in their mouths, then at each other's disheveled appearance, and suddenly froze.
Shu Bai suddenly noticed that the stupid dog's ear had been scratched open and was oozing blood.
Li Yuheng also noticed a fresh wound on the cat's front leg.
The atmosphere, which had been tense and life-or-death just moments before, seemed to freeze for a moment.
The two, each with half a sausage in their mouths, stared at each other from a distance of a few steps.
Li Yuheng felt the burning pain in his ears and several places on his body where the cat's claws had touched him.
He let go of the half-eaten sausage he was holding, and the sausage fell to the ground.
"Tsk."
Li Yuheng clicked his tongue impatiently, feeling incredibly frustrated and angry.
He covered his burning ears, feeling that he had never been so unlucky in his life.
All I wanted was to eat a sausage in peace and quiet, right?
What did they do to deserve this?
That mad cat, it's too ruthless.
He Liyuheng has always been arrogant and domineering in the underworld since he was a child.
Although he's been forced to study lately, he's still the crown prince.
When have I ever been treated like this?
This feud has become huge!
Almost at the same time he made that sound.
Shu Bai also released the half-eaten sausage from his mouth.
"Tsk."
He also let out a short, disdainful smack of his lips.
Shu Bai was equally extremely unhappy.
My afternoon nap was ruined, my beloved cardboard box bed was half destroyed in the fight, and I even got into a brawl with this crazy dog and got injured.
It must be incredibly unlucky to keep running into this stupid dog.
Li Yuheng covered his stinging ears and looked at the equally disheveled but still fierce-looking cow cat opposite him, his frustration reaching its peak.
This fight was so inexplicable, and I couldn't get any answers from the arguments. It was incredibly frustrating.
When has Li Yuheng ever suffered such a silent injustice?
No, I have to get this off my chest and make the reasons clear.
Seeing that Shu Bai was about to turn and leave, Li Yuheng made up his mind.
Forget about the rules of the underworld, the prohibition against using ghostly power at will in the mortal realm.
Today he's going to make this stinky cat understand dog language.
A faint light, imperceptible to mortals and cats, instantly entered Shu Bai's body.
Just as Shu Bai was about to leap onto the wall, he suddenly stopped.
He clearly understood what Li Yuheng said:
"Hey! You stinky cat! What did I do to you? You attacked me right away. Did I dig up your ancestral graves just to eat a sausage in peace?"
Shu Bai: "???"
He turned around abruptly, looking at the silly dog glaring at him angrily from the alleyway with a mixture of surprise and uncertainty.
Li Yuheng saw Shu Bai stop what he was doing and look over.
"What are you looking at! I'm talking to you! You sleep your sleep, I eat my sausages, we keep to ourselves, why are you hitting me?!"
As Shu Bai listened to the barrage of accusations, after a brief moment of shock, came even greater anger and a barrage of sarcastic remarks:
"Ha, are you out of your mind and blind? This cardboard box is my den, I've been sleeping in it for three months, everyone on this street with a brain knows that. You're blocking my doorway, sticking your big butt out and eating heartily, you're practically splattering oil on my face, isn't that a provocation, are you offering me tribute?"
Li Yuheng paused for a moment, then subconsciously looked back at the cardboard box that he had bumped into and deformed.
Well……
Is this tattered cardboard box the cat's home?
"...Who knew this was your house! It looks like a garbage dump. Besides, even if it were your house, I was just eating something at the door, I didn't go inside, why did you have to be so violent? Look, you've scratched my ear raw!"
Shu Bai sneered, "Of course, absolutely. Who knows if you're planning to ambush me when I'm not looking?"
"And last time you bumped into me on the street, you didn't even offer a proper apology, you just grinned like an idiot. You're obviously no good."
Li Yuheng was completely bewildered by his accusations.
"Last time? What last time?... Oh, the time around the corner? Didn't I apologize and greet you then? I said, 'Hello, little brother!' I was so warm and friendly!"
"Friendly my foot. Your silly grin is enough to give me nightmares for three days straight. Who's your little brother? Don't try to claim kinship with me, I can't afford to lose face like that cat."
"Damn it, how can you be so unreasonable, cat? Is it wrong for me to compliment you on your appearance?"
"I don't need your praise, just seeing you brings me bad luck."
"You're the bad luck! You ruined my perfectly good meal!"
"Oh, you ruined my peaceful dreams, demolished my house, and you still have the nerve to complain?"
"Where did I demolish your house? I only brushed against it a little."
"Not even for a moment. That's my place. You idiot."
They glared at each other, one feeling the other was being unreasonable and vicious.
One person thinks the other is stupid and stupid, and then provokes and causes trouble.
This grudge didn't resolve itself just because the language barrier was suddenly overcome; instead, it deepened.
Li Yuheng thought viciously: This stinky cat has such a terrible personality. What a waste of such a beautiful cat face.
Shu Bai was equally indignant: This stupid dog has something wrong with its head. He decided that he would avoid this bastard from now on.
No, it's scratching whenever I see it.
I scratch it every time I see it.
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