Seeing people coming and going in the night market, Jiang Xia suddenly didn't know what to do. If he forcibly jumped into the green belt to look for it, it would only make the kitten more stressed. If it escaped to another place, he would never be able to find it again.
"Are you two looking for a cat?" The uncle selling kebabs next to them glanced at the two of them.
"Yes, yes, uncle, have you seen it? It's a very beautiful calico." Lin Yanwan nodded immediately, her eyes shining with hope.
"Hey, I don't know which one you're talking about. Anyway, there are a lot of stray cats around here, but they usually don't come out when there are a lot of people around. Why don't you try tempting them with food?"
The barbecue vendor took out his own sausages, a salesman's smile on his face: "Want some sausages? One yuan fifty each."
"Yes! But not sausages, sir. Do you have any uncooked meat skewers?"
"We only have lamb skewers that aren't marinated. Large skewers are 3 yuan, and small skewers are 1.5 yuan. Which do you want?"
“It’s a big bunch, but uncle, you need to make sure it’s securely tied to me.”
"That's easy."
Lin Yanwan paid without hesitation. She didn't know if it would work, but what if Yu Yuan got hungry and was tempted by the food?
The lamb skewers were skewered in advance with long barbecue skewers. Jiang Xia, with his longer arms, bent down and slowly reached towards the spot where the cat had meowed earlier.
There was no response for a minute or two, but neither of them was in a hurry. They knew that cats were very patient, especially kittens, which were very alert and could run away at the slightest disturbance.
About two minutes later, Jiang Xia suddenly felt something pulling at the lamb skewers in his hand, and it was quite strong.
He winked at his wife and whispered, "She's taken the bait."
"Don't rush, bring them out slowly." Lin Yanwan also lowered her voice, her heart pounding in her throat.
"I'll give it a try."
Jiang Xia tried to pull the lamb skewers back little by little. Perhaps the kitten had tasted the meat and didn't want the meat to fly away, so it kept biting the lamb and pulling back forcefully, while breathing out air as it pulled.
Both of them held their breath until Jiang Xia pulled the lamb skewer out intact, only to see a skinny little cat clinging to the lamb and easily catching it in mid-air.
Seeing this, the barbecue vendor was stunned. He had just said it casually, simply wanting to sell the couple an extra skewer, but he never expected to actually catch a cat.
"Taro balls, it really is taro balls!"
Looking at the little calico kitten in front of her, Lin Yanwan was so excited that she almost shouted out loud. Although the kitten looked to be only two or three months old, the tuft of black fur under its neck that resembled a tie looked exactly like a taro ball!
Before Yuyuan could even assess the situation and escape, Jiang Xia swiftly grabbed it by the scruff of its neck with just two fingers.
The kitten froze as if petrified, held motionless by him. Its blue eyes, still covered by the membrane, stared blankly at Jiang Xia, while its furry tail curled up shyly, covering its bottom.
“Little guy, you didn’t expect to see me again, did you? This is what you call fate, you know?” Jiang Xia said with a smile. He naturally recognized it as the cat he had raised for ten years.
I couldn't help but sigh. The Buddha said: Five hundred glances in a past life are exchanged for a single brush in this life. Taro Ball followed them for ten years in a past life, so in exchange for meeting them two years earlier in this life and suffering two years less of wandering.
"Don't let go! There are too many people here. Let's go somewhere else first," Lin Yanwan said.
Jiang Xia nodded and walked to the door of a closed shop. Under the streetlights, the surroundings were not too dark.
He carefully placed the taro ball on the ground, keeping a close eye on it so it might run away to another place. Unexpectedly, once it left the bustling night market, it was no longer afraid. It lay there blankly, looking up at the two huge humans in front of it.
"Does the taro ball recognize us? It doesn't seem very scared."
Lin Yanwan stroked the kitten's head. Its small body and fluffy fur were all ruffled, but it rubbed its head against her hand and made purring sounds.
"Taro Ball wasn't reborn, so how could it recognize us? It was probably still inside its mother's womb before it was born."
"What if? Aren't they all said that cats are spiritual beings?"
Lin Yanwan stopped arguing with him now, and was overjoyed to find the kitten she used to feed.
"I had thought before that Taroball might have survived the earthquake. Although it was very old, it was still a cat, and it had nine lives. It should have been able to hold out until the rescuers arrived." She said to herself, tears of joy slowly welling up in her eyes.
Meow~
Taroball responded with a meow and rubbed against Jiang Xia's feet, just like it used to stage an accident.
Jiang Xia stroked its fur: "Whether it is or not doesn't matter anymore. We've met it in two lifetimes. This is fate arranged by God."
"Uh-huh!"
Lin Yanwan nodded heavily, took the lamb skewers from Jiang Xia's hand, and tore them apart little by little to feed it.
"Taro Ball, eat up, are you starving? You called out when we were about to leave, did you already recognize us then? But why did you hide from your parents and not come out?"
"When you were faking an accident in your past life, you were all dirty and skinny. I didn't realize you were so cute as a child."
"Now you don't have to suffer outside anymore~ As long as Mom has food to eat, you will have food to eat too."
Watching her talking to herself while talking to taro balls, Jiang Xia was both amused and exasperated. Why couldn't she be this nice to him? Was he really not as good as a cat?
Taro Ball was eating mutton in big mouthfuls, making increasingly loud gurgling sounds, until it sounded like a tractor engine.
"So here's the question: should I raise the taro balls for now, or should you? Or should we do it the way before, where I take them back and raise them?"
When I first found the cat in my previous life, I gave it to Jiang Xia to feed because my wife's factory had gone bankrupt and she didn't have the extra energy to take care of a cat. Later, when school started, I brought it to the house we shared.
"It's close to my home, so of course I'll take care of it."
Lin Yanwan hugged Yuyuan tightly, unwilling to let go. The cat from her past life must have come to repay her kindness in this life.
"Do your parents agree?"
"No problem, even if you disagree, there's still Xiaoman."
"That's true."
Jiang Xia was actually a little envious when he saw Yu Yuan looking so comfortable in his wife's arms.
"I want a hug too."
"You're not a child anymore."
Lin Yanwan muttered something, opened her arms and gently hugged him, and the family of three was finally reunited.
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(Sorry, I went out in the wind today and had a headache all day, so the update is late. Good night.)
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