The moonlight, like water, shone clearly on the roof tiles and illuminated the two figures lying side by side.
Li Yuheng tilted his dog head back, gazing at the moon in the sky, which was as round as a silver plate, and suddenly uttered a seemingly random remark:
"The moon is so round tonight."
Shu Bai rolled her eyes: "Nonsense. If it's not round, can it be square?"
Li Yuheng ignored his argument and continued to be lost in his own thoughts, resting his chin on his paw:
"The last time I saw such a round moon was probably the last time."
Shu Bai: "..."
Li Yuheng turned his head, a hint of displeasure on his face: "Hey, why aren't you saying anything? Don't you have anything to say?"
Shu Bai glanced at him, puzzled. "What am I supposed to say?"
Li Yuheng stared at Shu Bai's expressionless cat-like face for a few seconds without saying a word.
That's not right.
This kind of atmosphere is common in TV dramas.
With the full moon high in the sky, lying side by side, the protagonists are often moved by the scene and share their innermost thoughts with their best buddies.
Why did I get stuck on this stinky cat?
Could it be that I'm doing something wrong?
Li Yuheng's brain was working at lightning speed, recalling all the novels he had read.
Suddenly, a brilliant idea struck him.
I understand now!
It's just missing that good thing called wine!
Which of those great heroes and literati didn't drink wine under the moon and then pour out their hearts to each other?
Li Yuheng's eyes lit up, and he immediately leaned closer to Shu Bai: "Hey, silly cat, have you ever drunk alcohol?"
Shu Bai was taken aback by his abrupt change of thought, then moved aside in disgust: "No."
"I don't have any either," Li Yuheng honestly admitted, but then became excited again, "Then let's drink together!"
Shu Bai gave his answer the instant Li Yuheng finished speaking, decisively and without the slightest hesitation.
"don't want."
Li Yuheng's excitement froze instantly. He tilted his head, his eyes full of confusion: "Why? Just try it, it's so much fun!"
"There's no reason why. I just don't want to drink."
Shu Bai couldn't imagine drinking with Li Yuheng.
This stupid dog is already annoying enough when it's sober, enough to annoy the cat, enough to... drive people crazy.
If he drinks again, who knows what even more outrageous things he might do or what even more nonsensical things he might say.
Just thinking about that possibility made Shu Bai feel uneasy, as if something was beyond his control.
"Why is your cat so boring?" Li Yuheng grumbled in dissatisfaction. "It has no adventurous spirit at all."
"...Is this how you use your adventurous spirit? If you want to drink, drink it yourself, don't drag me into it."
Having said that, Shu Bai gave Li Yuheng no more chances to continue entangled, turned around, and lightly leaped off the roof, disappearing into the night in a few bounds.
"Hey! Stinky cat!" Li Yuheng called out to him from behind.
Shu Bai didn't stop walking, and didn't even turn his head.
Li Yuheng looked in the direction where Shu Bai disappeared. Instead of feeling annoyed at being rejected, his dog-like face slowly stretched into a confident smile.
The more decisively the cat refuses, the more determined he is to get it done.
There's nothing Li Yuheng can't do if he sets his mind to it.
It's just drinking, isn't it?
He insisted on drinking with this stinky cat!
…
Shu Bai returned to its den, which had been converted from an abandoned parcel locker, and began its routine of grooming itself.
When he licked his front paw, his movements suddenly stopped.
It's this paw.
I just took a picture of that stupid dog's paw.
Although it was only a brief contact, a lingering, persistent sensation remains.
He stared at his paws for a few seconds, then, almost as if possessed, leaned closer and sniffed them.
It doesn't smell like dog.
Only his own body carried the familiar scent of sunshine and dust.
But he just felt something was off.
It was as if that guy's unreasonable presence was branded onto his claws through that slap.
Shu Bai shook his head irritably, trying to shake off the absurd thought.
He hesitated for a moment, then finally lowered his head and quickly and forcefully licked the paw a few times.
After making this move, he was stunned.
What is he doing?
It was just a slight touch.
In the past, when they fought, it was common for them to scratch each other until they were covered in wounds, and to get each other's blood and hair on their bodies, but he never cared.
Why this time...?
Shu Bai suddenly stood up and paced around the cramped express delivery locker in frustration.
Something's not right.
Everything started going wrong from that inexplicable licking under the ginkgo tree.
He found himself beginning to overanalyze Li Yuheng's every move and every word.
When that stupid dog gets close, he unconsciously tenses up.
When that stupid dog grinned with such a smug look, besides wanting to scratch it, a strange emotion would also well up inside him.
Just now, that stupid dog only suggested having a drink together, and he ran away in a panic.
Shu Bai stopped walking, leaned against the cold metal cabinet wall, and slowly slid down to sit.
He raised the paw and held it in front of his eyes.
Moonlight shone through the crack in the cabinet door, illuminating the pink paw pads.
A thought, so clear it startled him, exploded in his mind like a thunderclap.
He suddenly covered his face with his claws, letting out a low growl that was almost a groan.
"He's gone mad..."
He must be crazy.
Shu Bai buried her head in her paws, trying to banish Li Yuheng's dog face, which always wore an arrogant smile, from her mind.
But that guy's voice kept echoing like a ghost.
"From now on, you'll be my best friend cat!"
Good friend cat...
Screw your best friend cat!
Who wants to be your best friend!
Shu Bai raised his head, staring at a point in the void with a complicated expression.
He remembered Li Yuheng standing in front of him, remembered that guy cursing him while secretly helping him, remembered the bag of iced milk, remembered the unexpected lick under the ginkgo tree...
Looking back on each and every one of these events now, they all seem to be tinged with a sense of unease and unease.
It seems that something has changed without us realizing it.
And he only realized it now, so belatedly.
Shu Bai scratched its ear with its hind paw in frustration.
What do we do now?
Pretend you don't know?
But he already knew.
So annoying.
Can't that stupid dog show up right now so we can beat him up?
The moment that thought crossed my mind.
"Silly cat! Silly cat, silly cat, silly cat—! Come out quickly! Look what good stuff I've gotten!"
Li Yuheng's clear, slightly smug voice, like a pebble thrown into a calm lake, suddenly rang out from outside, growing clearer and clearer as it approached.
Shu Bai froze, his claws gripping the metal plate abruptly stopping.
He almost wondered if he was hallucinating because he was so engrossed in thinking.
...What is this?
May all your wishes come true?
Or is God just annoyed with him enough?
"Hey! Black and White Flower! I know you're in there! Stop playing dead, come out now!"
Li Yuheng's voice had reached outside the express delivery locker, and he even patted the metal locker door with his paw, making a clanging sound.
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