Chapter 168 The Only Good News
Xingxing ate up all the goat milk and fish paste in the small bowl.
Xingxing stretched out his paws and played with the hanging cat toy for a while.
Xingxing lay in the cat's bed, holding Qiuqiu and slept for a long time.
The sound of the wind outside the window did not stop. By the afternoon, raindrops as big as beans were already hitting the transparent window glass, and the wind blew out winding or sharp water marks.
Xingxing was lying on the sofa, her little tail wagging gently behind her, and her pair of round light green cat eyes were staring quietly at the dense rain outside the window in a daze.
Qiuqiu also squatted beside Xingxing and stared blankly with it.
The two children didn't seem to want to think about anything, and when they knew that this was the prelude to the natural disaster and the end of the world, they didn't have any extra reaction.
Perhaps it’s because they have already experienced a more chaotic and dangerous apocalypse.
Stars are also one of the sources of danger in the apocalypse...
While Qiuqiu was thinking about all sorts of things in his mind, he would fly up from time to time to look out the window and downstairs.
Although Xingxing trusts humans and the police very much, Qiuqiu doesn't trust them so much. He is always a little worried that if the two humans go over so rashly, they will only be regarded as two mentally ill patients with weird ideas.
Just as I was thinking about it, the sound of the elevator door opening suddenly came from outside.
The star in the nest raised its head slightly and looked straight towards the door.
Soon, the door handle was pushed down, and two girls, still soaking wet and holding umbrellas, walked in with serious expressions.
Seeing their expressions, Qiuqiu's heart skipped a beat.
It looks like... it's not going well.
It rolled over to Xingxing with a little worry.
Xingxing tilted her head and saw that her human mother not only did not continue to be dejected, but also raised a gentle smile the moment she looked at her.
Tan Zhaozhao quickly changed her shoes, hung the umbrella in the bathroom, and walked out quickly.
She walked to Xingxing's nest and squatted down. Then she gently touched Xingxing's furry head with her slightly wet palm, pressing down a little of the kitten's orange fur. She put her other hand mysteriously in the pocket of her coat and asked the kitten in the nest with its head tilted up and staring at her with a smile: "Baby, guess what your mother brought you back?"
Xingxing stared at her face, which had a gentle smile written all over its eyes and eyebrows, and began to think seriously.
"Oh~" Can Can?
When the human mother went out, she said she would bring some fragrant cans for the stars.
Tan Zhaozhao didn't understand the kitten's meowing, but she smiled and shook her head to deny it: "Wrong, wrong, guess again?"
The tuft of hair that was pressed down on Xingxing's head slowly returned to its original shape. The kitten shook its ears in confusion, took two crooked steps towards her with unfamiliar kitten steps, then raised its upper body and used its paws to carefully and curiously pick at the pocket of the human's clothes that was emitting a strange fragrance.
"Ding Ding~" Tan Zhaozhao took out a piece of flower branch like a magic trick, and under the kitten's surprised gaze, he handed the flower bud that was emitting fragrance but not fully bloomed to its wet nose for it to smell.
Behind him, Li Shan watched this scene and couldn't help shaking her head and sighing, "Zhao Zhao, we all have cats, but now when we compare, I really don't pay enough attention to my pups. When I go back tomorrow, I will definitely bring back a few more cans for Xiaojuzi and his pups as compensation."
Of course, Tan Zhaozhao insisted on picking branches on the way, saying they were "enrichment toys" for the kittens. When she returned home, her own cats would not be left out either.
Tan Zhaozhao actually didn't understand it either, but she had watched a lot of videos of cat-raising bloggers these days, and learned how to raise cats from them little by little. She accidentally saw a video saying that the smell left on these flowers and plants is a very important channel for kittens to understand external information, just like various platform software is for humans.
Tan Zhaozhao was not sure whether this was scientific or accurate, but just bringing a bunch of flowers or a piece of grass for her baby when she went out was a happy and worthwhile thing for her, even if the baby just smelled it out of curiosity.
Isn’t it the same as what my best friend Shanshan does with her own kittens?
However, Tan Zhaozhao looked at Xingxing Cat who was sniffing the flower buds, turned his head and asked his friend in confusion: "Do you think Xingxing seems a little stupid?"
She has watched the videos of those bloggers and learned that other people’s cats like these small branches very much. Even if they don’t like them, they will use their paws to scratch them and come close to sniff them back and forth.
But when she looked at the stars, she felt that... this little guy smelled the flowers just like humans smelled flowers, just simply smelling the fragrance?
Perhaps it is not even as good as humans, because the kitten just sniffed it and then sneezed suddenly, and its round head and small body staggered and fell flat on the branch.
Tan Zhaozhao, who was unable to reach out: "..."
Li Shan was also a little curious. She squatted over and poked the kitten's head with her hand. She wondered, "You said before that it can't meow? Could it be that it has been in its mother's belly for too long and its body is weak, so its brain is damaged? Could it be that it is..."
As he spoke, in front of the kitten's confused and shocked gaze, he slowly uttered three words: "Intelligent, retarded, cat?"
Xingxing: “Me?!”
I was so shocked that I screamed.
Tan Zhaozhao was also stunned.
After being stunned for several seconds, he suddenly reached out and covered the innocent kitten's ears, and said hurriedly: "Pah, pah, pah, what are you talking about? Our Xingxing is very smart, it is not a mentally retarded kitten, it is obviously the smartest kitten in the world!"
Qiuqiu, who was watching from the sidelines: “…”
This is probably what is called the self-deception in human fables, right?
The mentally retarded kitten Xingxing finally stood up. Under the protection of its mother, it grabbed a branch on the ground with its claws and wanted to throw it at another human. But after thinking about it, it couldn't bear to do it. After hiding the branch in its mother's arms, it turned its head away and bared its teeth at the guilty human.
In the cat teaching video, when the kitten encounters a natural enemy or a threat, it will scare the enemy away in this way.
I don’t know if Xingxing is of any use. Although it seems to be of no use, it has unilaterally added this human who said he was a mentally retarded cat to the kitten’s blacklist.
The next second, the cute and fierce little orange cat had its head easily covered by the human's hand.
"Xingxing, be good. Don't be angry. Strictly speaking, she is your grandma. We can just let it go if the elders say a few words to us. It's okay. Just pat her fur. You won't be angry~"
Tan Zhaozhao coaxed the obviously angry kitten. After the blown-up fur on Xingxing's body had gradually calmed down and its little ears had trembled in his palm, he nudged his friend with his elbow helplessly, "I've already said that Xingxing is very smart and can understand a lot of things. Don't say bad things about it."
Li Shan also gained some insights.
A cat that is so human-like...it's really rare.
Could it be that it has become a spirit?
Tan Zhaozhao didn't dare talk to her about Xingxing anymore, for fear that she would say something that would make Maomao angry. So he simply opened a can of food for Xingxing while changing the subject and finally got to business.
"Although the police promised to investigate her, I still feel uneasy. She is so mysterious, yet she has to make so many preparations. What is she guarding against?"
She was still worried, but the heavy sadness between her brows had dissipated a lot because of her interaction with Xingxing just now, and even her tone was not so heavy anymore.
Li Shan shook her head, lay on the sofa, stared at the ceiling with lifeless eyes and said: "I don't know either. It would be great if I could become a worm in her stomach."
Tan Zhaozhao was suddenly disgusted by this assumption: "..."
She wanted to laugh a little, and touched the star in her arms who was in a daze beside the peach blossom branch. Then she leaned back and lay on the back of the sofa, half of her body pressed on her best friend's shoulder, staring at the ceiling and sighing: "Actually, I have some guesses, but I dare not guess, and I dare not not guess. I am afraid that my guess will come true, and I am also afraid that I will guess right but not be prepared."
"I know, it's the end of the world. There's been a lot of chaos online lately. Some disease has been spreading like crazy overseas, and some people are saying that humans might turn into zombies in the future. I was watching videos after training, and I followed the trend and signed a zombie contract in the comment section saying 'Chinese people don't bite Chinese people.'"
Star:"???"
Do all zombies have to sign this kind of contract?
Tan Zhaozhao: "..."
She stood up, turned her head and stared at her best friend's fine head, thought for a moment, and asked in a deep tone: "Did you sign with your real name or your online name?"
Li Shan grinned, "I signed your name, hehe~"
Tan Zhaozhao: ...Very good, she is definitely my best friend.
She picked up Xingxing and put her on Tan Zhaozhao's face, saying fiercely: "Xingxing, help mommy bite this bad guy!"
Xingxing was suddenly suspended in the air, grabbing the peach branch in a daze. After lowering his head and looking at the human under his belly, he belatedly curled up his tail and hugged it with his paws, trying to curl himself into a small ball.
Cats also need their own privacy.
Li Shan, who was not attacked by the cat's claws but was hit in the face by the peach blossom branch, coughed dryly and became serious again: "Hey, don't interrupt, aren't we talking about the end of the world?"
When she heard those two words, she couldn't help but frown and said in a deep voice: "If it is really what we think, then all your neighbor's actions can be explained."
Tan Zhaozhao, who had just felt a little relieved, couldn't help but sigh with a wry smile upon hearing this: "Yes, it's precisely because the explanation makes sense and is completely reasonable that I can't be happy at all, and I don't want to believe this possibility at all."
That's the end of the world.
It will definitely be a doomsday where people will eat each other.
It is also the hellish doomsday when women are the easiest prey.
So the neighbor installed a heavy door in the corridor and connected high voltage electricity to the door.
"The only good news is..."
Li Shan looked at her, and they were silent for a moment, then said in unison: "It is safe here for the time being."
This is the only good news that can be found among all the bad news.
But this "safety" also means that if they live here, they will become a thorn in the eyes and will be coveted and attacked.
So behind this security are more uncertain and dangerous factors.
"Whether our guess is right or not, at least we should start preparing now to be prepared for any eventuality."
Li Shan was still the first to speak, and her voice contained a calmness and determination that reassured Tan Zhaozhao.
"No matter if it's the end of the world or not, no matter how mysterious it is, we should prepare for the end of the world first. If it's just a misunderstanding, we can apologize to her and make amends. We can also sell the materials we prepared so they won't be wasted. But if it's not a misunderstanding, then our preparations are necessary. At least this will help us smoothly transition from peacetime to the end of the world."
Tan Zhaozhao nodded, but opened his mouth to talk about something else: "Since you're sure my place is safe for the time being, then you can move in with me. Your parents, as well as Big Fat Orange and its cubs, it will be safer for us to live together, and we can take care of each other."
Li Shan remained silent.
She stared into Tan Zhaozhao's sincere eyes, looked away, and said vaguely: "Let's prepare first, and we'll talk about the rest later."
She has a family.
There are many, many people, a whole family.
She understood Tan Zhaozhao's good intentions, but she also understood Tan Zhaozhao's dilemma.
Even if Tan Zhaozhao didn't say a word, Li Shan knew Tan Zhaozhao too well. Because she understood Tan Zhaozhao's character, she knew even more clearly how much courage and trust in her it took for Tan Zhaozhao to say these words without hesitation.
"Get ready first." She repeated her previous words in a louder voice, as if trying to persuade Tan Zhaozhao not to be soft-hearted, and also to persuade herself not to be greedy.
Then, in the face of Tan Zhaozhao's disapproving gaze, he pretended to smile and said to her, "Don't worry, the end of the world won't come so soon. In any case, prepare as much supplies as possible. I'll also check if there are any empty rooms for rent upstairs or downstairs in the next two days. If there are, we won't have to go through so much trouble. We can help each other then."
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