novelbin Chapter 483, shall we follow Zhang Anning's quadrant?
Chapter 483, shall we follow Zhang Anning's quadrant?
Lin Feng looked at Hua Hua, his tone softening slightly: "By the way, how did you fall into this manhole?"
Hua Hua, with her tail drooping, spoke with a wronged expression:
"I... I caught a few fresh fish to take back to the children. But on the way, I was surrounded by a few stray cats."
"The leader was a thin, dark-skinned cat with a gaunt appearance."
"It stole my fish, and then... it said it hated seeing me so elegant and spotless."
"After saying that, he pushed me into the well."
"A skinny, dark cat?" Lin Feng's pupils suddenly contracted, and he and Yuan Bao exchanged a quick glance.
Could it be the black cat we summoned when we were gathering information?
At the time, the black cat deliberately steered the conflict toward the stray dogs in the woods. Now, thinking back, those words were clearly malicious, intended to muddy the waters.
"This is outrageous!"
Yuanbao's fur bristled, and his vertical pupils blazed with fury.
"I'll tear it apart!"
He whirled around, his gaze fixed intently on Lin Feng: "Feng, help me find that black cat!"
Lin Feng nodded, then immediately closed his eyes and activated the Wild Call.
An invisible spiritual fluctuation spread outwards like ripples on water.
A moment later, several gray sparrows fluttered their wings and landed from the treetops, chirping as they circled around Lin Feng twice.
Lin Feng listened intently, nodding occasionally.
The sparrows chattered and pointed out the direction—the black cat was in the row of abandoned warehouses in the abandoned industrial park.
Upon hearing this, Yuanbao pushed off the ground with its four paws, and its body suddenly transformed into an orange lightning bolt, disappearing from everyone's sight with a "whoosh".
"Keep up!"
Lin Feng gave a low shout and took the lead in chasing after them.
Su Wan bent down and picked up the flowers from the ground, then followed at full speed with Evelyn and Wasim.
The group passed through several broken walls and rubble, bypassed waist-high withered grass, and ran all the way to the row of abandoned warehouses.
The gray-black brick walls are mottled and cracked, and the tin roof has been blown up halfway by the wind, revealing the rusty skeleton.
But the scene before them was far more shocking than the abandoned warehouse itself—
Yuanbao's body had swelled to the size of a tiger, its muscles bulging and its orange fur standing on end like steel needles.
Its thick paw pressed firmly onto the back of a black cat, pinning the cat to the ground, rendering it unable to move.
It was the same one that Lin Feng had questioned earlier.
The group quickly arrived.
Yuanbao looked at Huahua: "Is it this one?"
Hua Hua's tail snapped straight up, and she nodded vigorously: "That's it!"
Yuanbao immediately let out a deafening roar at the black cat at his feet:
"Any last words?"
The black cat trembled violently, and murky tears welled up in its deep-set eyes. It spoke in a hoarse voice:
"I...I was abandoned when I was a child, nobody wanted me."
"Scooping through garbage, drinking dirty water, being chased and bitten by stray dogs every day, shivering in the cold winter huddled in a crack in the wall..."
"But what about it? What makes it so successful and comfortable?"
"They have cat food and dried fish, but they're still not satisfied; they want fresh fish too..."
The black cat's cloudy eyes were bloodshot and filled with resentment: "Why? We're all cats, why is fate so unfair?!"
Lin Feng paused for a moment, then slowly walked forward, squatted down, and looked the black cat in the eye.
"You say it's unfair—but have you ever considered that there is never absolute fairness in this world, only cause and effect?"
"You were abandoned, it's not your fault, I feel sorry for you."
"But has Hua Hua ever hurt you? Its glossy fur is the result of its love of beauty and self-discipline in grooming."
"It catches fresh fish to feed its children; its life is also very hard."
"And you, out of jealousy and hatred, stole its fish, pushed it into the well, wanting it to starve to death..."
"You did evil, but you blamed your evil on the world being unfair to you."
"What do you call this? This is robber logic."
"What the world owes you, you should ask the person who abandoned you for; but what you owe Huahua, you have to repay today."
Yuanbao scoffed and echoed:
"Your pitiful background is no excuse for your wrongdoing and bullying of the weak. You brought this upon yourself."
As soon as it finished speaking, it swung its thick claw sharply.
A strong gust of wind swept the black cat away, sending it flying.
The black cat let out a miserable cry and crashed straight into the ruins, where it was pierced by a section of steel bar that suddenly protruded from the wall, and immediately fell silent.
Yuanbao slowly suppressed his murderous aura, his majestic gaze sweeping over the dark corners and crevices of the ruins.
Hidden in the shadows were many stray cats and dogs, who had been peeking around, but when Yuanbao's sharp gaze swept over them, they all trembled.
Yuanbao's voice, like thunder, echoed throughout the old garden: "From now on, anyone who dares to touch Huahua in the slightest will meet the same fate as this black cat!"
There was complete silence all around.
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After dealing with the black cat, Lin Feng, Su Wan, Evelyn, and Vassim, along with the two cats Yuanbao and Huahua, returned to the garden behind the School of Social Sciences at the Qingjing Ghost School.
From a distance, the six fluffy kittens were still enveloped in a pale golden barrier, chasing and rolling around inside the ball of yarn, having a great time.
Yuanbao raised its paw and gently waved it, and the golden barrier dissipated like a thin mist.
As soon as the barrier broke, Hua Hua rushed over and licked each of their little heads, making soft purring sounds in her throat.
Yuanbao also came over, nuzzled Huahua's neck with its head, and stretched out a paw to pull the little ones closer to its chest.
The whole family huddled together, their furry heads touching, their tails intertwined, snuggling together for quite a while.
After waiting for a while, Lin Feng slowly stepped forward and said, "Hua Hua, I have a suggestion."
Hua Hua turned to Lin Feng, her ears suddenly perking up.
"You're tired from taking care of the baby because Yuanbao is naturally not very active."
"What if...you come back to the Tranquil Quadrant with me?"
"My mansion there is very large. I can build a spacious and comfortable cat house just for you, and I will also arrange for a special robot to serve you. You will have no worries about food and drink."
He paused for a moment, then continued, "The Anning Quadrant is an island with an abundant supply of seafood. If you want to eat fresh fish, you can buy it anytime without having to go through the trouble of catching it yourself."
"Of course, there are also many fish in the pond in the mansion garden. If you want to relieve your boredom, just go and catch some."
Hua Hua's eyes gradually brightened, her ears turned forward, and the tip of her tail unconsciously curled up slightly.
It was about to speak—
"No."
Yuanbao spoke first: "We've gotten used to Qingqing School and love every blade of grass and every tree here."
"Snap!"
Hua Hua slapped Yuan Bao on the head with her paw.
"You're not alone anymore; you have a family to support."
"If you yourself are not ambitious, you can't stifle my and the children's ambition as well."
"Besides, Lin Feng's house is big, he's going to keep cats anyway. What difference does it make who he keeps? Besides, we have such a deep connection."
"Moreover, this eerie school is always rife with strange tales, creating a toxic atmosphere. What good can that do for the children's development?"
"Let's not talk about anything else, just today—if it weren't for Lin Feng's help, I would have been trapped in the well to death."
Yuanbao opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.