If there was enough time …
If these elfins hadn't broken into the dream …
Zhuang Xiaodie felt deeply humiliated, and her heart was full of frustration and regret, as well as some more complex emotions.
Zhang Zian picked up the birdcage. "I know that some people encounter sick or injured stray cats outdoors and bring them home to take good care of them. However, stray cats may have been abused or hurt by humans, and they are always not close to him or her, keeping a distance … This is not the cat's fault. Even if humans were hurt when they were young, they would still be traumatized. This is their self-protection instinct, but not being close to you doesn't necessarily mean that it doesn't like you. It's just that it likes you in other ways."
"In addition, what you want to do doesn't actually conflict with me going after the cat, right? When I get it back, if you still want to go to those places, I will definitely accompany you, "Zhang Zian said softly. "But now, I'm going to find it, in case it falls into the hands of a cat abuser. Or, can you come with me? "
She shook her head in disappointment. "If you go after the cat now, you don't have to mention anything else."
This was no different from an ultimatum.
Zhang Zian didn't seem to care. He smiled and waved. "I believe we will meet again."
Looking at the back of him carrying the birdcage into the alley, she stood in place, not knowing where to go.
She didn't understand what he was thinking. Under normal circumstances, there would never be a man who would reject a blind date that was obviously interested in him in order to pursue a cat, unless he already knew that the cat was not an ordinary cat, but a cat that had a special connection with him … But if he already knew, why didn't he just make it clear?
Since the black-and-white kitten had run away, her communication with the butterflies was no longer hindered. She didn't need to follow him in person to know his every move.
Zhang Zian ran to the end of the alley and saw the black-and-white kitten sitting not far away, as if waiting for him.
"Yo! Is there anything here? "He raised his hand to greet it. His body, which lacked exercise, was slightly out of breath.
This was a very quiet alley. Further south was the suburbs, where the dog market was located. South of the dog market were several villages and towns, and further south was the wilderness.
"Meow!" The kitten looked behind him.
"She didn't follow me. I'm alone." He also looked back, but there was no one behind him. "Although I feel sorry for her … in every sense of the word. She should be able to take care of herself. I don't need to worry about her. "
"Meow ~"
The kitten lowered its head and scratched the ground with its claws when it couldn't answer with a nod or a shake of the head.
"No, you don't have to feel sorry. It's just like what this stupid bird said. There's nothing between me and her." He comforted her, "It's already a dream to be able to spend three days with a girl like her. There's nothing to regret. She can take care of herself, and I have more important things to do. That's why you brought me here, right? "
"Meow!"
The kitten suddenly became happy, as if it had regained its vitality. It turned around and ran two steps cheerfully, then stopped and looked back at him.
"Alright, I'll follow you."
He followed the kitten and continued to move forward. After exiting the alley, he turned into another alley and weaved through the crisscrossed alleys.
Clang! Clang!
The crisp sound of a gong could be heard coming from an empty plot of land between the city and the countryside.
"Come on! Take a look! Take a look! If it doesn't look good, it's free! Young and old, old and young, come and see something new! "
Someone shouted loudly while beating the gong. Soon, a lot of idlers gathered around.
Golden Week. Everyone was on vacation. During the day, besides playing mahjong and using their mobile phones, many people had nothing to do. Once there was something interesting to see, they quickly gathered like flies.
The kitten squatted down, stared at the crowd, and then looked back at him.
"What's so lively?"
Zhang Zian was also very curious. Could it be that the Jiangnan Leather Factory, where the boss ran away with his sister-in-law, was vomiting blood and jumping off a building to clear out the warehouse?
The idlers surrounded three layers inside and three layers outside. He couldn't squeeze in with the birdcage, so he had to find a high platform on the periphery and stand on the high platform to watch.
The person who was beating the gong was a middle-aged man with a foreign accent. His hair was unkempt and his face was dirty. He didn't know how many days it had been since he washed his face.
There was also a middle-aged woman next to him. She circled a small open space with a rope to prevent people from entering the open space and used the open space as a performance venue.
There were two big dogs tied with ropes in the open space, and there were also … a few monkeys.
The onlookers beamed with joy as they pointed and talked about the scene.
"It's a monkey show!"
"Haha! I've heard of monkey shows for a long time, but it's the first time I've seen it with my own eyes. "
"Record it with your phone and post it on TikTok to get fans!"
"I'll record it too and post it on WeChat."
These two people should be a husband and wife who came from other places. They made a living by performing monkey shows in various cities, but because they were afraid of being banned by the urban management, they didn't dare to enter the city center. They only played in villages and towns and urban and rural areas.
Because it was relatively far away, Zhang Zian could only see the general outline of the monkeys. He saw that their necks were tied with thin iron chains, and the thin iron chains were fixed to a small truck that the husband and wife drove.
With the iron chains tied around their necks, they were not afraid of the monkeys running away. There were also two big dogs eyeing them. As long as the monkeys were a little farther away, they would show their yellow fangs at them and bark loudly, driving the monkeys back to the center of the open space.
These two big dogs were not breeds. They were just ordinary mongrels. Even Zhang Zian couldn't see what kind of bloodline flowed in their bodies.
Mongrels were banned in many cities because mongrels were fierce and their temperament was not as stable as breeds. They were easy to lose control.
These two dogs were used as guard dogs when the husband and wife were wandering around. Otherwise, their safety could not be guaranteed.
There were a total of five monkeys, and the specific species could not be seen clearly. Four of them were relatively well-behaved, as if they had accepted their fate. Only one might be a newcomer. It kept trying to run to the crowd, as if it was asking for help, but before it could run to the rope, it was pulled by the iron chain around its neck and staggered. Then two big dogs rushed over fiercely, scaring it into squeaking and crawling back.
The new monkey's actions caused the onlookers to laugh.
"I heard that there are shepherd dogs, but I didn't expect there to be monkey dogs!"
"This dog is amazing. Look at how scared the monkey is. It's almost peeing its pants!"
"Boss, when will the show start? Hurry up! "
"Soon, soon! Everyone wait a little, it will start soon! " The man said with a smile. He wanted to wait a little longer. After all, the more people, the better. Not everyone was willing to pay.
The woman took out two signs and put them on the ground. They were the QR codes of Alipay and WeChat.
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