Chapter 39 Cat's Home (1)
The grove of trees at school wasn't actually remote; it was crisscrossed with paths. Little Cat led Lin Chujiu through these paths, turning and twisting, until they arrived at a place that looked like a small house.
There were many small houses, which looked a lot like the chicken coop that Lin Chujiu's family used to have when she was a child. They were covered with plastic sheets, which seemed to be rainproof.
The house is just big enough for one cat to sleep in.
Lin Chujiu felt that this should be a cat house.
A white kitten lay comfortably under the house, basking in the sun.
Lin Chujiu stared blankly at everything. The little orange cat stopped, turned around, and meowed at her, as if gesturing for her to come and play.
A tabby cat came out of the cat house, saw Lin Chujiu and the orange tabby cat, and lazily jumped down with a cat-like gait.
It looked up at Lin Chujiu and meowed.
Lin Chujiu was a little at a loss. The little orange cat circled around to her and gestured for her to pet it.
Lin Chujiu tentatively reached out and touched Xiao Ju, then nervously touched Xiao Li Hua.
The little tabby cat was very well-behaved and let her touch it. Lin Chujiu was worried that the little tabby cat would scratch her before touching it, but she found that the little tabby cat was exceptionally docile.
He was also very close to her.
The kittens at the school grew up enjoying the love of the students, carefree and with great personalities.
Lin Chujiu petted the kitten and felt her mood improve a lot.
She grew bolder and went to touch Xiaobai again, and was pleasantly surprised to find that Xiaobai was just as obedient, letting her touch it.
The comments in the live stream also reflected this sentiment:
It's been many years since I graduated from university, and I suddenly remembered my little Mimi from university.
The kittens at university are all so well-behaved; we even had a cat-like senior back then.
Hehe, I've successfully brought my cat-like senior home to raise.
[How dare you abduct Hakimi from the school?!]
[Haha, the school applied for me to adopt this cat, and I'm taking very good care of my senior! [Picture: Petting a fat orange cat]]
This orange cat is getting so fat it's practically a ball!
Nine out of ten orange cats are fat.
The rules have emphasized the cat so many times, it feels like the current situation is closely related to the cat, but so far the only strange thing is Yu Xuan's death.
This comment in the live chat left everyone stumped.
Yes, the rules don't mention anything related to students.
[Of the five rules, three mention kittens, one specifically mentions slowing down, and the other is a basic student obligation. There's really no mention of the possibility of hitting and killing someone.]
[No, Yu Xuan was hit and killed by a school teacher's car in a speed bump. That's not right.]
[I wonder if the anchor has noticed, but these rules and events seem to be gradually converging with traffic regulations.]
[Is Gibber there? Tell Jiu Jiu quickly!]
[Crazy Big Jiba: Received]
Lin Chujiu, however, was unaware of this and continued to leisurely pet the cat.
She petted the three kittens, enjoying the afternoon sun, feeling as if it were a beautiful world unlike any horror story.
Although she is smart, she cannot always understand the rules, and at this time, the help of netizens is crucial.
By the time she received the private message from Crazy Big Jiba, she was already heading back to her dorm.
[Crazy Big Jiba: Jiu Jiu, the audience's suggestion that this instance is likely related to campus transportation]
The man on the other end of the screen rubbed his temples, and after much deliberation, he finally sent the message.
Logically speaking, he shouldn't have done that.
Lin Chujiu was somewhat surprised when she saw the message; she had thought this instance was related to cats.
She had been clueless about Yu Xuan's fate before, but now, thinking about it from the perspective of transportation, everything became clear.
[Sweet Wine: I understand, thank you, Chiba.]
Lin Chujiu put away her phone, looked up, and saw the cat head road sign on the side of the road.
She wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but she always felt like the cat's head on the road sign was staring at her.
Lin Chujiu felt a chill run down her spine and tried to cross the road quickly with Xiao Ju.
Suddenly, the cat-headed creature winked at her, its eyes reddening in a human-like way, as if it were about to burst into tears!
Lin Chujiu shivered and withdrew her foot.
She had already stepped halfway onto the road; the consequences of taking another step forward were self-evident.
The familiar sound of a ship's horn rang out again in the distance.
Just as she was about to breathe a sigh of relief, she heard a small voice coming from ahead—
"Meow--"
Upon hearing the meow, she reflexively looked behind her, and finding no cat, immediately looked ahead—
A small, orange figure stood in the middle of the road, looking at her with a puzzled expression, and meowed.
It seemed to be urging Lin Chujiu to hurry up and leave with it.
It was as if they were unaware of the danger.
The viewers in the live stream instantly screamed!
[Kitty, run!]
[Hurry up, silly cat! Weren't you pretty smart before?]
[Hurry up!]
No one can bear to watch a life slip away before their eyes!
The sound of a car running over someone rang out again.
"Boom boom boom—thump, thump!"
Lin Chujiu's blood seemed to turn backward at that moment!
She glanced at the cat's head, which had been peaceful, now weeping blood, its gaze filled with despair as it looked at everything before it.
"boom--"
Lin Chujiu grew anxious and took a step forward, wanting to go out—
But the car was going so fast, it was as if it was deliberately playing a joke on her, laughing at her overestimation of her abilities.
The car drove right past her, without veering off course.
A huge shadow instantly enveloped the little orange cat. The little orange cat was confused, and when it looked up, its wet cat eyes were even a little bewildered.
"Meow—"
A heart-wrenching meow rang out, so desperate and so agonizing!
The car sped past in an instant, so fast that it was impossible to see how it ran over the little orange cat.
The orange figure had a piece cut off its neck and struggled violently, its limbs flailing wildly, seemingly trying desperately to escape. It struggled a little, but could not get off the spot.
Lin Chujiu felt as if there was a gust of wind in front of her body.
She watched from the sidelines, her mind completely blank, her only remaining thought not to cause it any more pain in its final moments.
After a long while, she could no longer bear it and went to the cat's side, wanting to hug it, but she had no face to destroy its last bit of life.
I'm sorry, I couldn't save you.
Lin Chujiu watched with heartache as the cat's struggles lessened until it finally stopped moving.
Those cat eyes that always looked at her with curiosity were now looking at her too, but she died with her eyes wide open.
Blood was seeping from the corner of its mouth, clearly indicating that it died from internal injuries.
Once the cat stopped struggling, Lin Chujiu carefully moved it and held it in her arms.
Lin Chujiu struggled to stand up, but felt a chill run through her entire body.
She stared blankly at the corpse in her arms, completely lost in confusion.
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