Chapter 173 I Can Keep a Cat
"……What?"
For a moment, Tan Zhaozhao thought he had heard wrongly.
But seeing Li Shan's gloomy and bitter expression, Tan Zhaozhao subconsciously hugged Xingxing tightly. When he spoke again, his voice was a little hoarse, "What did they say?"
Li Shan scratched her messy hair in annoyance, looked at her parents who were busy in the kitchen, and after making sure they couldn't hear her, she whispered, "It's just as you think. Ever since we heard about the doomsday, my parents have advised me to get rid of the cat. They said...they said that by then we won't even be able to support ourselves, so how can we keep a cat?"
"..." Tan Zhaozhao listened in silence, but finally couldn't help but pursed her lips and retorted: "But your parents obviously liked Xiaojuzi very much. When they heard that Xiaojuzi was going to give birth, they bought a new cat bed and eggs and fish meat for you to supplement Xiaojuzi's nutrition."
Tan Zhaozhao didn't think that the two elders were people who didn't like cats.
Hearing this, Li Shan smiled bitterly and shook her head.
She seemed to sigh, her eyes following the big orange cat nursing its kittens in the cat bed, and her eyes slowly turned red.
"I used to think so, but cats are always no match for humans when it comes to life and death. I understand their thoughts, but... I can't throw them away. But they gave me an ultimatum, saying that if I don't throw the cat away within the next day, they will do it themselves when I'm not at home."
For a moment, both of them were silent.
Before today, they might not have been willing to believe that such words and such a decision would come from the mouths of two such amiable elders.
Li Shan was even more reluctant to speculate about her parents with bad thoughts, but the fact was that she was now forced to throw away the cat she had raised for nearly five years.
In the end, it was Tan Zhaozhao who spoke first to break the uncomfortable silence.
"I can understand that." She hugged Xingxing and said slowly in a calm but numb tone, "Uncle and aunt are considering the overall situation. They did nothing wrong."
It's just a little cold and cruel, but once a person is in a situation where he can hardly survive, how can he care about cats and dogs?
Tan Zhaozhao expressed her understanding, but she did not agree.
"What do you think?" She tilted her head and asked her friend who had remained silent the whole time.
Li Shan shook her head, her eyes moist, her tone was extremely bewildered, "I don't know either, Zhaozhao, I even wondered if there is no such thing as doomsday, then we can go back to the peaceful and harmonious days before, and little Juzi would still be the treasure of my parents' hearts, as if nothing had happened."
Tan Zhaozhao knew her too well, just as Li Shan also knew Tan Zhaozhao very well.
So Tan Zhaozhao understood the hidden evasion in her words.
So Tan Zhaozhao also turned his gaze to the fat orange cat who was still unaware of humans' decision.
Li Shan really took good care of it. It has a plump body and shiny fur. Even during the confinement period after giving birth, it did not lose any weight. Instead, it became much fatter than before.
Can it understand human speech?
Does it know that it is about to be abandoned in the prelude to the end of the world?
"We have made a lot of preparations. We will have enough to support them." Tan Zhaozhao raised his eyes and looked at Li Shan again.
Li Shan: “…I don’t know what to do.”
She is not actually a weak person, but when her parents stand against her, she is like a long line being pulled at both ends. If she does not lean towards one side quickly, she will break and be destroyed sooner or later.
Tan Zhaozhao looked at the confusion and pain on her face, then looked at the two figures cooking in the kitchen. For some reason, he suddenly felt like laughing.
When she made the decision, she needed a push from her best friend, and Li Shan, as her best friend, did give her a push without hesitation.
Now, it seems that it is my turn to reach out.
Tan Zhaozhao touched the kitten in his arms who seemed a little uneasy, stood up, packed up and prepared to leave.
Li Shan stood up as well, still looking worried.
"Come with me." After Tan Zhaozhao said this to her, she politely smiled and said goodbye to the two elders who heard the noise in the kitchen and came out to try to keep her.
After being sent out by them, Tan Zhaozhao said to his friend who followed him out, "Shanshan, I can't persuade you to go against your parents' wishes, but Xiaojuzi was just a stray cat at the beginning. You wanted to bring it home yourself. At that time, you didn't get the cat's consent. If you want to abandon it now, you don't need its consent. It's just... it and its children will not survive."
"The end of the world has just begun. Three lives will die because of you. If you can do this, I will have no objection to any decision you make."
As Tan Zhaozhao spoke, he carefully put the stars into the pocket of his warm clothes. Then he smiled at Li Shan and went straight up the fire escape without taking the elevator. Her home was upstairs.
When he got home, Tan Zhaozhao placed the stars on his chest and collapsed on the sofa with a sigh.
She maintained this posture for a long time before she slowly asked the kitten who was squatting on her chest, "Baby, what do you think she will decide?"
Xingxing twitched her ears and meowed weakly.
The cat doesn't know, and the cat is also very curious.
The next second, it was held in the palm of the human's hand. The human kneaded its soft paws and rubbed the paw pads, muttering to himself while thinking: "No matter what decision she and her family make, Mom will never abandon you. Mom will not leave you at their house in the future. What if they also secretly abandon you without telling me? If you, a stupid little cat, can't find the way home, where can Mom find you?"
"Besides, you are so small. If you go out and meet some perverts who eat cat and dog meat, I'm afraid you won't be able to fill the gaps between other people's teeth. So Xingxing must listen to mommy and stay by her side. Don't sneak out, and don't let others trick you away with just a word of dried fish, understand?"
“…”
Perhaps inspired by his words, Tan Zhaozhao held the stars in his hands, stared into the kitten's light green eyes, and muttered a lot.
But the more Qiuqiu listened to those words, the more familiar they seemed.
It copied a section to search its own database, and then remained silent.
Isn’t this a standard PUA template for scumbag men and women?
So Tan Zhaozhao is using human language to pua a kitten that shouldn't understand human language?
This human being is really something!
Xingxing felt a little dizzy from all the talking.
Its originally energetic eyes gradually became out of focus as its human mother chattered on, and finally its little head drooped, its body fell limply into its mother's warm neck, and a faint snoring sound came from it.
Tan Zhaozhao, who had nagged his baby to sleep, said: "..."
Okay, okay, I’ll read it to the baby after he wakes up. I must let him know that people’s hearts are treacherous and the world is cruel!
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The fourth day of the apocalypse.
Tan Zhaozhao still takes Xingxing out with her.
When you go to shopping malls and supermarkets, you can find that the country has indeed begun to implement the control and mobilization of materials. Customers who come to the supermarket today are told that many things are subject to purchase restrictions.
Tan Zhaozhao bought some fresh fruits and vegetables, and went to the pet store to stock up on more cat food, canned cat food and cat litter, and basically spent all the money he had.
However, this batch of cat supplies was not stockpiled for Xingxing, but for the big fat orange cat at my best friend’s house downstairs.
Tan Zhaozhao knew that her best friend probably wouldn't be able to convince her parents, so even though she said that she respected and supported Li Shan's decision, she still prepared a large amount of supplies for the cat.
She even dragged Xingxing, who had just woken up, to "discuss" for a long time last night, and finally made the decision to close the building.
Don't get me wrong, the entrance to the fire escape on her floor was sealed. It didn't prevent those people from going to the top floor, but only the entrance to the corridor from the fire escape was sealed.
Tan Zhaozhao also thought about what to do if a fire occurred after the building was closed, but heavy rain would cause water accumulation, making it basically uninhabitable downstairs, and fire was basically impossible to occur.
The authorities will definitely organize a large-scale rescue and relocation, and by that time, there will probably be no one left in this building.
Therefore, Tan Zhaozhao was very rational in discussing the matter of "rescuing cats" with Xingxing.
She kept talking, and Xingxing squatted in front of the can of goat milk that she "bribed" with, tilting her little head and listening attentively.
Finally, Tan Zhaozhao said to the kitten who seemed very serious: "Baby, if you eat this goat milk can, it means you agree with your mother's idea. If you eat this cod cat strip, it means you disagree with your mother's idea."
The human lay on the carpet with his butt sticking up, holding an open can of goat milk in one hand and a torn cod-flavored cat strip in the other, waiting anxiously for the kitten to make a choice.
Star:"……"
Qiuqiu: “…”
Good democracy.
Xingxing didn't eat anything, but raised his paw and placed it on the can of goat milk.
Let’s not talk about how excited Tan Zhaozhao was about her own child’s intelligence, cuteness and unparalleled in the world. Anyway, she and Xingxing had reached an agreement, so she spent the last dime in her wallet today and finally made all the preparations.
When she came out of the pet shop and was about to walk home with an umbrella, her cell phone suddenly rang.
It's a fairly familiar number.
Tan Zhaozhao paused and swiped to answer the call.
Xingxing squatted on her right shoulder, and Qiuqiu squatted on the human's left shoulder. Both of them pricked up their ears, which might or might not exist, and listened attentively with curiosity.
It was a call from the police.
Thanks to them for reporting the case promptly after discovering something was wrong, so that they could also mobilize and prepare for the response in time before the doomsday comes.
On the phone, the official's tone was very grateful, and he informed Tan Zhaozhao that her neighbor, Song Qianyi, would not return there, but a new person would move in today.
Tan Zhaozhao heard the hidden meaning in the words.
It was probably because this was the "safe zone" chosen by Song Qianyi, so even though many people would be evacuated from the city, there would definitely be official personnel left behind, and the place next to me was probably one of the garrisons.
When she got the news, Tan Zhaozhao's eyes lit up.
She suppressed her excitement, and when she heard the other party asking her if she wanted to evacuate with the main force, she quickly shook her head to refuse.
Then we got the news that the authorities would not force people on high floors to evacuate, and would distribute some daily necessities to each of their families. But after all, the doomsday covers the entire world, and assistance is needed everywhere. It is impossible for the authorities to only provide assistance to a single city, so more often than not, the people can only rely on themselves in a disaster.
After hanging up the phone, Tan Zhaozhao stood in the heavy rain with an umbrella and called her best friend. She was excited to share the news with her as soon as possible, especially the news that official personnel would move in next door to her house.
But as soon as the call was connected, Li Shan spoke before her.
"Zhao Zhao, my parents listened to their relatives and decided to follow the official evacuation. I can keep a cat now."
Tan Zhaozhao was stunned again.
This is really... a joke from hell.
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