She carefully walked over step by step.
Meow~
By the moonlight, a black cat emerged from under the locust tree, carrying a rather fat-looking mouse in its mouth, which it must have just caught.
Behind the black cat was a tabby cat with a slightly swollen belly, which looked like it was pregnant.
The black cat suddenly saw someone, arched its back, its fur stood on end, and it let out a fierce growl.
It spotted humans, thought they were going to steal its food, and prepared to attack.
"Woof~"
Mao Mao burrowed out of Su Ruojin's arms and meowed at the black cat.
When the black cat saw Mao Mao, it instantly wilted, lowered its guard, and trembled slightly. It put the mouse down from its mouth and pushed it towards Mao Mao with its paw.
Su Ruojin understood: the black cat was afraid of Mao Mao, so it was giving up its food for Mao Mao.
Mao Mao barked again, stood up straight, and waved its little paws, seemingly gesturing for the black cat to leave.
Seeing this, the black cat felt as if it had been granted a pardon, and turned to leave with the tabby cat, abandoning the mouse behind.
Ever since encountering the group of Heavenly Scale Scorpions in the Zhao family's treasure vault, Su Ruojin has brought Mao Mao along when she goes out to sneak into the princess's residence at night, just in case she encounters any other strange poisonous creatures. It's better to be prepared than not.
Unexpectedly, instead of encountering any poisonous creatures, they scared away a pair of wild cats.
Seeing the stray cat jump over the wall and run away, Su Ruojin breathed a sigh of relief; she didn't want to hurt the pregnant animal.
It seems that, as Qiu Shu said, this courtyard is secluded and has many stray cats. The sound just now must have been the sound of the black cat catching a mouse.
Xiao Yanchu looked at the rat on the ground, somewhat puzzled, "Ah Jin, isn't this rat a bit fat?"
This place is quite a distance from the main courtyard of the princess's residence, and there's practically nothing to eat here. How could a rat get so fat?
"Maybe they were captured from somewhere else." Su Ruojin didn't care. The princess's residence was so big, it was hard to say.
If it was captured from somewhere else, then what was that sound just now?
But there was really nothing here, and they should leave. If they lingered too long, it would be bad if they were discovered.
No matter what, the other party is still my royal sister. It would be a bit awkward if there were any misunderstandings.
"Ah Jin, let's go," Xiao Yanchu said.
"Okay," Su Ruojin replied, and was about to leave.
"Woof~" Mao Mao barked.
Su Ruojin stopped in her tracks. Mao Mao was very intelligent and wouldn't bark easily.
What was discovered?
Could it be that the pair of stray cats have returned?
"Woof~" Mao Mao barked again. Su Ruojin looked at it and saw that its right paw was pointing forward.
Looking out from under Mao Mao's little paws, all you could see was a locust tree and that dry well; there was nothing else.
Just then, Su Ruojin seemed to hear a sound, clearer than before.
She looked at Xiao Yanchu, and judging from his expression, he had obviously heard it too.
The two listened carefully; the sound was very faint, and if it weren't for the silence around them or some other noise nearby, it would have been completely masked.
The sound was coming from the dry well!
Su Ruojin and Xiao Yanchu exchanged a glance, and the two walked towards the well in tacit agreement.
Gently remove the well cover from the dry well opening, and the sound becomes clearer than before, with a faint rhythm to it.
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