Auntie Liu walked a few more steps. Zhang Zian looked at her back and suddenly raised his voice.
"By the way, Auntie Liu, I think I saw an American Shorthair nearby a few days ago. You can look for it again. Maybe you can find it."
She turned around and asked with surprise and joy, "Where?"
"It was nearby. It was on the roof at the time. I couldn't see it very clearly, but I thought it was very similar to yours." Zhang Zian randomly pointed in a direction. "I was still wondering if I should inform you, but it ran away."
"The next time you see it, you must inform me. My phone number is on that piece of paper," Auntie Liu quickly said.
"Okay, no problem." Zhang Zian waved his hand. "Take care."
Auntie Liu was worried. She reminded him a few more times before slowly leaving.
"Who is she?" Vladimir asked.
"A neighbor."
Zhang Zian pushed the cart forward and briefly told Vladimir about his past with Auntie Liu. It wasn't a long time ago, but it felt like a long time had passed.
Vladimir thought about it. "In other words, the adult American Shorthair in the shop belongs to the woman just now?"
"Yes, that's right."
"Then you just told her that you saw her American Shorthair nearby. Are you planning to …" Vladimir had already guessed what he meant.
"I think she has already been punished, and she seems to have shown repentance. We can try to return the American Shorthair to her and let her continue to raise it," Zhang Zian said. "But … I'm not sure if she will go back to her old ways …"
"So what do you mean?" it asked.
"So I want to ask you for help. Let the stray cats monitor her. Her house is also a two-story commercial and residential shop. It shouldn't be too difficult for the stray cats to monitor, right?" He laughed. "After all, the eyes of the cats are bright. We can't let a bad person go, but we can't wrong a good person either."
Vladimir's mouth moved, but it swallowed its words.
This was indeed a piece of cake for the stray cats, because they were the best investigators. A lot of information that was difficult for humans could be easily obtained by the stray cats.
Returning to the entrance of the pet shop, Zhang Zian glanced at the top of the wall across the street and reminded her, "Your companion is looking for you, right?"
Vladimir turned his head to look and saw a few stray cats, led by Big Orange, waiting there.
"Okay, I'll leave for a while."
It looked left and right, crossed the road quickly, and jumped onto the wall.
Big Orange, who had been waiting for a long time, excitedly raised his front paw and pointed north.
"Oh? The representative from the capital's Meow Meow Branch has arrived? So fast! "Vladimir perked up." Take me there immediately! "
It followed Big Orange through the alley, through the green space behind the pet shop, and came to an old house that was about to be demolished. It had become a secret stronghold for stray cats.
A few stray cats with dusty faces were resting on the ground, exhausted. In front of them, there were a few cans filled with clean water and small dried fish. They were hungry and thirsty, and they were almost exhausted. They couldn't care less about enjoying the delicious small dried fish. They first licked the clean water.
Seeing Vladimir come in, they wanted to stand up and greet him.
"You don't have to stand up. You can just lie down. It's been a long journey from the capital to Binhai City. It's been hard on you." It raised its front paw and gestured for them to rest where they were.
The stray cats' eyes flashed with excitement, indicating that they were serving the cat people. It wasn't hard.
They were all old subordinates of Vladimir when it was in the capital. It had followed Zhang Zian south to Binhai City, and before it left, it had entrusted them with an unfinished task.
When they had recovered a little, Vladimir asked, "How's it going?"
One of the stray cats glanced at Big Orange warily.
"Don't worry, we're all on our own here. If you have something to say, you can say it directly," Vladimir comforted.
The stray cat let down its guard and pulled a small plastic bag tied with a thin rubber band from the neck of another stray cat. The mouth of the bag was sealed.
It pushed the plastic bag to Vladimir.
Vladimir pressed its paw against the plastic bag with a solemn expression. After a moment, it opened the mouth of the bag.
The other cats present all stared at its movements curiously.
It used the tip of its paw to pick up the plastic bag and shook it. A small piece of paper fell out and gently landed on the ground.
All the cats' eyes fell on the paper. Although the room was dark, they could still see clearly that there was a series of complicated, irregular numbers and letters written on the paper.
They didn't know the numbers and letters, and they didn't know what the series of numbers and letters meant. In fact, there was no meaning.
Only a few cats knew what the series of numbers and letters represented.
Vladimir stared at the series of numbers and letters and thought for a long time. With a light swipe of its paw, it tore the paper into pieces.
Big Orange was shocked, but its fat body moved like it was flying. It jumped over nimbly and stared at the pieces of paper on the ground with pity. It used its paw to pull at them a few times, trying to restore the pieces of paper. But it didn't know the numbers and letters, so it was easier said than done.
It had been so hard to get it. Why did it have to tear it into pieces?
Big Orange gestured. Didn't they say that they were going to fight, fight, and fight a nuclear war? Also, what was a "nuclear" thing?
Vladimir shook its head slightly. "Don't be impatient. This piece of paper is already useless. I've already memorized the password. If this piece of paper is left behind, there will be no end of trouble. It will be a wedding dress for others."
Big Orange suddenly understood. It took a few steps back in embarrassment to express its apology.
Vladimir's gaze swept across the faces of the stray cats present. It cleared its throat and said, "I've re-evaluated the situation. I think that my previous judgment may have made a mistake of left-leaning adventurism. I was too rash and tried to destroy the rule of humans in one blow. But in fact, our preparation was not sufficient. The Meow Meow Branch is far from covering the whole country. Everyone's ideological awareness is not deep enough. If we start the plan now, we may not get the expected victory, so I've decided to temporarily postpone the plan."
It looked at the stray cats from the capital and said encouragingly, "You've all worked hard. You can return to the capital after a good rest and convey the goals of the next stage of work to the Meow Meow Branch in the capital."
The representatives of the stray cats in the capital perked up and listened to its instructions seriously.
Vladimir was silent for a moment, then concluded, "Other than setting up Meow Meow Branch all over the country according to the plan, our action plan can be summed up in a few words: dig deep holes, accumulate food, train more soldiers …"
The last three words that it hadn't said lingered in its mouth for a few times before it swallowed them back. It hadn't thought about whether to "slowly become king" or not to "fight for hegemony." Which path it would ultimately choose would depend on the performance of humans.
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