Chapter 192 You Can Only Choose One Between Me and the Cat
As the spicy aroma of the beef hotpot and the fresh fragrance of the mushroom soup hotpot intertwined and evaporated in the thick white steam, everyone had a smile on their face to varying degrees. They raised the cups in their hands and collided them in the steamy air, making crisp collision sounds.
"cheers!!"
What spilled out of the cup was milk and juice.
Each took a long, hearty sip.
In just over twenty days, they went from being strangers to teammates fighting side by side in a small team, and then to friends who could rely on each other. It was not until today that they actually sat at the same table, raised their glasses and expressed the warmth of their feelings.
No one knows how many times we will have dinner together in the end of the world, but everyone will cherish and remember the present moment, turning it into a highlight in their memories.
The star was placed next to its mother's hand. Because it was so small and was so valued and loved by its mother, it had the same right to sit at the table for dinner as humans.
And the bottom of the separate mushroom soup pot is filled with blanched meat rolls and pumpkin slices.
Qiuqiu squatted beside Xingxing's small bowl and watched what Xingxing was eating. He then wrote a digital snack with the same flavor for himself and ate it with the same delicious smack.
The kittens Xiaoqiu ate very seriously and didn't care what the humans talked about at the dinner table. After their bellies were full, Xingxing stretched out his paws to poke at his mother.
After her mother helped to wipe her paws, mouth and face clean, Xingxing hugged the ball and curled up in her mother's hood, falling asleep peacefully with a snore.
Qiuqiu looked at the kitten curled up into a small ball, completely defenseless against the noise made by humans, and his heart gradually calmed down.
Eat well, have fun, be healthy and be loved.
Perhaps, this is the happiness that stars can experience from humans?
-
The second day after the heavy rain stopped.
The seedlings that had been exposed to enough sunlight finally stretched out their branches and leaves and began to grow rapidly.
The chicks, ducklings and geese also have more energy to chase and play on the roof. They begin to grow new feathers, and their claws are no longer tender, but gradually become hard.
Xingxing was still small, lying on the stool, quietly watching the chickens, ducks and geese making noise.
The kitten with sealed super powers couldn't understand their chirping.
But their thoughts should be simpler than those of kittens and humans.
Xingxing swung his tail, yawned, and squinted his beautiful gem-like green eyes under the warm sun. He watched over the chickens, ducks, and geese with sleepy eyes and began to doze off.
This is the common property of it, its mother and everyone.
So the kitten sleeps with its ears pricked up to guard.
Therefore, when a large number of black spots appeared on the horizon, Xingxing suddenly stood up from the stool, with his ears pressed back, and called out in a childish but fierce enough voice to urge the unaware chickens, ducks and geese to leave the top floor quickly.
“Meow——!!”
The kitten's claws had actually been sharpened very sharply by it. Seeing that the black spots were getting closer and closer, but the chickens, ducks and geese were still running around on the ground in a mess, Xingxing didn't care about much else. He jumped lightly from the stool and chased after them, shouting threats fiercely, while also paying attention to the black shadow in the air that was getting bigger and bigger as it approached at a very fast speed.
"It's a falcon." Qiuqiu said quickly: "Xingxing, don't worry about these animals, run back quickly! They are very fast! You are so small, if you are caught, you won't be enough to fill their teeth!!"
When the weather is fine, not only do humans start to move around, but animals that have been holding back for so long and are still alive will also gather together to look for food and hunt because of the survival crisis.
"I know!" Xingxing responded hastily. As the shadow cast by the huge wings spread out got closer and closer, the palm-sized kitten cried sharply at the ducklings under the claws of the falcon that quickly folded its wings and swooped down.
But in just a blink of an eye, they fell to the ground, without even seeing the shadow of their natural enemies before they died.
Encountering their natural enemies, these little guys, without their mothers or adult companions to lead them, fled in panic and made a mess. Xingxing was the only existence they were familiar with, so after hearing Xingxing's sharp and urging meows, they all frantically flapped their tender wings and crawled towards it.
The leading falcon did not miss its target, but it only took away a duck and a chick in its two huge, sharp claws.
Those who were still alive, including Xingxing who had already run to the fire escape door, were fanned by its reopened wings and became so shaken that they could not stand steadily.
Until this one left with one blow, the overwhelming swarm of falcons behind it made the weaker ones even more panicked.
Xingxing brought these little guys into the door. Those that couldn't step on the stairs, it could only lower its head to bite them and then put them into the space to transfer in. The falcon hovered at a low altitude, staring accurately at the weak prey below that had no power to resist. Xingxing's hair all over his body exploded unconsciously.
"Xingxing, escape by yourself! Humans are coming! Don't use space!!" Qiuqiu screamed to remind the kitten who was trying hard to carry the chickens, ducks and goose chicks at great risk when the blood and feathers of chickens were scattered in the sky.
Tang Jin and Liu Yi heard the noise and ran up with weapons.
Xingxing threw the chick in his mouth onto the steps inside the door, and his legs went weak and he almost fell down.
"——Meow!!" The kitten's tender cry carries an anxious urging tone that humans can understand.
Tang Jin and Liu Yi were the first to look at Xingxing. When they found that it was not injured except for being a little embarrassed, they all breathed a sigh of relief. Then they hid behind the door with their weapons, one providing cover while the other frantically fished out the poultry chicks that were blocked outside by the steps.
Seeing that the food was getting less and less, the hunters who were already circling at low altitude to lock onto their prey were unwilling to do so. They swooped down towards the door where Tang Jin and the others were, howling loudly. Their speed was too fast! ! If they were touched by their sharp claws or claws, the two would be injured if not killed.
"Quick! Close the door!!" Tang Jin had to abandon the remaining poultry chicks.
While dodging, Tang Jin could only rely on instinct to shoot at the swooping black shadow. Blood spurted out and wailing sounded, but all of them were isolated outside the door in an instant.
The two looked at each other and counted the frightened young poultry inside the door, huddled together close to the stars and shivering constantly, knowing that the remaining ones outside would probably all die.
"It's troublesome." Liu Yi's tone was solemn. Listening to the chaotic noise outside the door, he whispered: "These guys are a bit vindictive, and they already know that they can get food here. Don't underestimate their intelligence. In the future, when you go out and raise these poultry, you must be very careful."
"... Let's get them down first." Tang Jin sighed, then squatted down and smiled, rubbed Xingxing's head, and praised her earnestly: "Xingxing is awesome, she will definitely grow up to be a very powerful and smart kitten in the future!"
If they hadn't heard the threatening cries of Xingxing when he was fighting his enemies downstairs, given the speed and ability of falcons in hunting, I'm afraid that by the time they came up, all the poultry chicks would have been wiped out.
In just a short period of time, Tan Zhaozhao, who was originally on the 17th floor making the last ginger soup for Li Shan and the others, also quickly ran up. Without even having time to understand the situation, he reached out and pulled the little orange cat surrounded by poultry chicks into his arms.
After holding the kitten up and examining it carefully from head to toe, Tan Zhaozhao finally breathed a sigh of relief and hid Xingxing in his arms.
When she learned about the situation outside, her expression became a little ugly.
"If they deliberately broke the window glass for food or revenge..." Many possibilities flashed through her mind.
"I'm not sure, but most birds' revengeful behavior is to shit on human glass! Falcons probably don't hold grudges as well as crows and owls, but for the sake of food, they might be more brutal than we think. In any case, we have to be careful and guard against them." Liu Yi knew a little about birds, but not much.
Others who heard the noise also ran up, and the seven of them gathered together behind the door.
Hearing this, Bai Yichen said, "That's great. Those who stay behind should use this time to quickly lay down thick blankets and curtains from the roof and secure them. This will not only block out the sight and temperature, but also effectively block out the sound."
This was actually the preparation they had made long ago to deal with the high temperatures, it was just brought forward now.
"Someone needs to be on guard." Li Shan reminded: "If these guys are too vengeful, they will move together in such a large group that one or two people alone may be easily attacked."
"Then I'll stay." Liu Yi said first: "I'm stronger than you, so it'll be easier for me to lay those things and reinforce the doors and windows."
Hearing this, Tan Zhaozhao glanced around at everyone and said, "I, Brother Liu, and Mingyue will stay here. As for the rest of you, just do what you should do. Just remember to be careful when you go out."
"If you have weapons, these falcons will avoid this place after a few losses, so you don't have to worry too much about your home."
Tang Jin nodded in agreement: "Then let's arrange it this way."
As they were talking, there was no movement outside. Tang Jin and the others carefully pushed open the door and saw the mess on the floor. After a moment's silence, they all started to clean up.
Tan Zhaozhao took the baby poultry downstairs, and after settling them down, he reached out and poked Xingxing's head.
"When you encounter danger in the future, don't worry about those messes. Xingxing must be the first to hide in a safe place. Remember?"
"Meow~" the kitten responded softly and cutely.
The voice was childish and soft, without any of the sharpness and ferocity that it had during the crisis just now.
Tan Zhaozhao was so touched by its cuteness that she couldn't help but kiss it. Her eyes curved up as she stroked the kitten gently and said to it, "Xingxing was awesome today. But next time you encounter something like this and mom is still not around, you must escape from danger quickly, because in mom's heart, all the chickens and ducklings in the world are not as important as Xingxing, do you know that?"
Xingxing tilted her head and rubbed her mother's warm cheek, meowing in response obediently.
After experiencing this crisis from the sky, Tan Zhaozhao no longer allowed Xingxing to go to the roof to bask in the sun, and took it with him wherever he went. Li Shan also took the opportunity to rub Xingxing's little head and laugh at it for being a mama's boy.
The little star kitten, who was said to be a mama's boy, was not angry at all. Instead, he stood on his mother's shoulder with his tail erect and meowed proudly.
“So proud?” Li Shan felt that she was showing off, and couldn’t help but laugh and tell a horror story: “Xingxing, you know, you are still small and cute now, but when you grow up a little bit, you will look more and more like your biological cat mother, Xiaojuzi~”
In the kitten's clear and round eyes, the human female's smile gradually turned evil and terrifying, and she said in a faint voice, "The kitten that eats the most in the world is the orange cat, and the one that is most likely to grow fat and round is also the orange cat. You are a little orange cat now, and when you grow up a little, you will become a fat and round big orange pig, just like my little orange. By then, you won't be able to sleep in your mother's hood, nor can you stand on her shoulders and let her hug you..."
The star's hair has completely exploded.
Tan Zhaozhao didn't understand her best friend's bad taste.
But after seeing her being slapped hard by the kitten's paw, leaving a round paw mark on her face, she finally couldn't help but hugged Xingxing and couldn't stop laughing.
"Meow!" The kitten held by its mother still refused to let go of the hateful human.
Li Shan covered her face, unilaterally believing that Xingxing must have cursed very badly at this moment.
She also started to get angry: "Zhao Zhao! You can only choose one between me and the cat!!"
Xingxing was also furious: "——Meow!!"
Mom, you can only choose one!!!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
