Chapter 29: Seriously Injured
Qiao Lan took a bite of the stir-fried green beans.
Slightly spicy, but really delicious.
After frying, the beans lose some of their moisture and are neither too crispy nor too soft. They are chewy and flavorful.
Meow……
The thin voice became slightly stronger.
"Sister Lan, there seems to be a cat."
Xiao Li looked around.
There was a power outage, and the room was lit by a rechargeable desk lamp. The large basement space was filled with furniture, and there were many shadows, making it difficult to see clearly.
"Don't look, he's not in the house."
Qiao Lan has good hearing.
I could tell the cat was meowing outside the door.
Even through the iron door of the basement, she could tell that the cat was either injured or sick, and was in a very weak state.
The strong winds killed many people, and pets and stray cats and dogs living in the city also suffered.
But Qiao Lan didn't intend to care.
She couldn't even take care of people much, and was only able to support Xiao Li and Xiao Tang, let alone small animals.
Besides, before long, biological mutations would begin, and animals would have their own way out: either die faster or become stronger.
Qiao Lan continued to eat. The fish-flavored shredded pork was really delicious and smelled great with the rice.
After a tiring day of work, it feels so comfortable to have my hungry stomach comforted by delicious food.
Meow… meow…
The cat's meows became more frequent and more shrill.
There was also the sound of claws scratching at the door.
Could it be that he smelled the fishy aroma of the fish-flavored shredded pork?
Qiao Lan thought, there is no fish in the fish-flavored shredded pork, silly cat.
Xiao Li couldn't bear it any longer and got up to open the door. Qiao Lan didn't stop him because she wanted to see what kind of stupid cat was acting silly outside the door.
The door opened and a white shadow rushed in.
He passed Xiao Li and rushed directly to Qiao Lan's feet.
Meow……
It is a big white cat, pure white with black eyes.
He raised his head, looked at Qiao Lan eagerly, and meowed at her.
The voice was less shrill and more pleading.
Qiao Lan scratched his head while holding up his chopsticks, thinking it was strange that a cat's meow could reveal such strong emotions.
It's like a spirit.
However, the cat was seriously injured. Its originally pure white fur was now stained with blood and dust, making it look dirty. It was difficult to see how many injuries it had. What could be seen clearly was that its tail was broken, one of its hind legs was lame, there was a big cut on its abdomen, and half of its ear was missing.
"How pitiful."
Xiao Tang felt compassion.
Looking at the table full of dishes, he tentatively scooped half a spoonful of rice and put it to the cat's mouth.
The cat remained unmoved and continued to meow at Qiao Lan.
Xiao Tang changed the dish to another piece of pork knuckle, but the cat still refused to eat it.
"What do cats eat?" Xiao Tang didn't understand.
Xiao Li came over and said, "Let's treat its wound first. Maybe it will be more energetic to eat after it's healed."
The cat still ignored it.
He just called out to Qiao Lan, then tilted his head and pointed to the door.
Qiao Lan read some meaning from the white cat's dark eyes.
"It seemed to ask me to go with it."
Qiao Lan looked at the table full of food reluctantly and struggled to get up. "Just outside the door. It's too far. I can't go. I'm busy eating."
The big white cat seemed to understand. It meowed at Qiao Lan gratefully, then turned and left.
Even with a limp and wounds all over its body, it was running very fast.
After running for a while, he turned back and signaled Qiao Lan to hurry up and catch up, looking very anxious.
Qiao Lan wrapped herself in her windbreaker and went out with it against the wind.
The wind was howling outside, the sound was terrifying.
The wind speed was slowed down by the ruins and winding passages, but it still made it difficult for Qiao Lan to walk when it blew on his body. He didn't know how the cat managed to run over in the strong wind.
"Meow!"
In a half-human-high passage, at a winding corner, the big white cat stopped at an obstacle that Qiao Lan had deliberately set up with broken bricks.
Qiao Lan walked over with a crouched posture, shone the flashlight, and found that two kittens had appeared in the corner of the obstacle.
Small and furry, one is white and the other is black and white, with the same pattern as a cow.
"Yeah, it's a little kitten that just opened its eyes not long ago. It should be only two or three weeks old, not even a month old."
Xiao Li, who was following behind Qiao Lan, exclaimed.
In the small corner, just slightly sheltered from the wind, the two kittens curled up together.
His eyes opened a crack, then closed again under the flashlight.
Meow……
The big white cat called to the two kittens, its voice full of nostalgia.
He lowered his head and licked the kitten again and again.
The kitten squinted its eyes and raised its little head, rubbing against the big white cat's belly, looking for milk.
The big white cat cried out in pain, dodged, and lay beside it, shaking.
A lot of blood was flowing out of the cut on the abdomen.
It even had a piece of intestine.
Meow!
It lay on the ground and cried out in pain to Qiao Lan.
"Sister Lan, what... should we do! It..." Xiao Li was anxious.
Qiao Lan reached out and gently touched the big white cat's head.
"It's hopeless."
There are many medicines and medical equipment in her space, but the cat was seriously injured. It is estimated that it was forced to move while seriously injured, which exhausted its life. There is no use in treating it.
It is entrusting its orphan to someone else.
Qiao Lan understood the pleading in its eyes.
But, silence.
If she hadn't experienced the end of the world, she would definitely adopt two kittens.
She used to love pets, too, and couldn't help but pass by pet shop windows, but she was too busy with school and business to keep one. She couldn't keep one herself, but if she came across stray cats and dogs on the street, she would always feed them.
But in the apocalypse, she had seen too many mutated animals and was really afraid of them.
Who wouldn’t be afraid if the cute little cats and dogs suddenly turned into ferocious beasts with jagged fangs and could bite off a person’s neck in one bite?
The mutant beast left a heavy psychological trauma on Qiao Lan.
Meow, meow, meow...
The big white cat continued to call out to Qiao Lan.
Each cry was weaker and more anxious than the last.
It was as if it knew that its time was running out.
"This cat is very smart." Xiao Tang, who was following behind, sighed.
Among the three of them, the cat only asked Qiao Lan for help, as if it understood that Qiao Lan was the one in charge and the one who could provide food.
But no matter how smart you are, there is no hope.
"Or, Sister Lan..."
The cat's cry was so sad that Xiao Tang couldn't help but persuade it.
Meow……
Meow...
Oh, never mind, just keep it.
Qiao Lan looked at the big white cat for a while and agreed.
"However, when the mutation comes, if your two children turn into man-eating beasts, they may die faster next to me." I will kill them myself.
She warned the big white cat.
The big white cat meowed, as if it understood.
He gave Qiao Lan a very firm look, as if to say, my child will not turn bad.
Its wish was fulfilled. It lay on the ground for a while, then struggled to stand up and licked the two children again.
Give them a final body cleanse from head to toe.
Meow--
With infinite attachment, I say goodbye to the little kitten.
Then it did not lie down and wait to die, but stood up and walked out of the passage little by little.
This time he walked very slowly, obviously exhausted. When he reached the corner, he looked back, took a last look at the two kittens, and then disappeared around the corner.
The two kittens were confused and curled up together, not knowing what was happening.
"I heard that some animals will find a secluded place and die alone before they die." Xiao Li burst into tears.
"I'll go and take a look." Xiao Tang followed the big white cat's route.
Qiao Lan picked up the two kittens, held them in her arms, and used her clothes to shield them from the wind.
"Come inside. It's very windy here. A kitten that's not even a month old will get sick if it catches a cold."
Not long after taking the kitten back to the basement, Xiao Tang came back.
Her eyes were red, as if she had shed tears secretly.
"That mother cat wasn't going to die alone." His voice was heavy.
Xiao Li asked: "What did it do? Is it still alive?"
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