Hao Ren did not know that Raven 12345 was busy repairing the house after he left. He went straight home and spent the next two or three days wondering what the goddess meant when she suddenly asked him that inexplicable question. He did not think that Raven 12345 just wanted to discuss rational and emotional things with him because it was fun or boring. She might be a psycho at other times, but at least she would not do such a meaningless thing.
So he had been thinking about the boundless chaos and what the "person" he was looking for in the chaos meant. For two nights in a row, he even dreamed of trekking in a thick fog. In the end, he guessed that the metaphor of the question was probably related to the goddess of creation.
The question continued to entangle him. Day after day passed, and on the third day, he finally forgot about it.
The weather was getting colder and colder. Winter in the northern cities had shown its power early this year. Lily's shedding was finally over. She no longer had to shed her fur in the living room every day, and the sofa and a few blankets at home did not have to be cleaned up every day. Vivian originally wanted to use the collected dog fur to knit a scarf or something, but it seemed that the quantity was not enough this time, so she had to give up.
Hao Ren carried a large fish tank to the table in front of the window sill. He filled the fish tank with warm water and prepared an electric heating rod for tropical fish. When he was ready, Lil Pea, who was waiting next to him, immediately jumped into the water, rolling up a small splash. The little one swam around comfortably in the warm water, and from time to time, she turned her belly to the sky and spat out a small column of water to entertain herself. After the little fellow warmed up, Hao Ren opened the window and let the cold air blow into the room. Under the fresh and cold north wind, Hao Ren grinned and felt refreshed.
Lil Pea noticed the movement on the window. She immediately swam to the edge of the fish tank and peeked out curiously. A cold wind blew and the little one shivered. She slipped back into the warm water. The little mermaid now knew that she was a tropical species. In order to prevent herself from accidentally hibernating, she even took the initiative to ask people to prepare warm water for her. She was no longer the silly fish who jumped out of the tank excitedly when she saw the snow outside, only to be frozen into a popsicle the moment she stepped out.
Lily was curled up on the sofa in the corner of the living room, typing her story. When the cold wind blew in, she could not help but twitch her ears. She looked up and complained, "Landlord, what are you doing? It's so cold!"
"Can a sled dog like you stop complaining about being afraid of the cold all day long?" Hao Ren did not even bother to turn his head. "Open the window and let some air in. The air in the house has not been circulated for three days. The inside and outside of the house are almost like two separate ecosystems."
At this time, Rollie strolled out of the house. She wore a black woolen hat on her head and sneaked around the corner like a thief to the door. Thinking that no one could see her, she turned sideways to block the door and curled her tail around the doorknob to twist it. But before she could do so, she heard Hao Ren say, "Don't run around."
Rollie immediately stood on the spot. Her tail puffed up and became twice as thick as before she bared her teeth at Hao Ren. "Meow —"
"I said you're not allowed to go out and that means you're not allowed to go out." Hao Ren closed the window, turned his head and grabbed Rollie by the collar and dragged her back. "You went out to play all day without wearing a hat yesterday. Fortunately, no one found out that your ear is alive! Are you going to swing your tail and go out for a stroll again today? "
Rollie subconsciously grabbed her swinging tail and stuffed it into her clothes. She looked up at Hao Ren and pretended to be dumb. But after being stared at by Hao Ren for a long time, she could not hold back her temper. She pulled out her tail and muttered, "Putting my tail in my clothes... It's not balanced! I'll fall when I walk! "
"Don't blame your tail if you don't practice walking upright!" Hao Ren glared at her. "Can't I walk steadily without a tail?"
Rollie looked at Hao Ren with a serious face. "I don't discriminate against disabled cats."
Hao Ren was speechless.
In all fairness, the dumb cat had become much more obedient after transforming into a human. Because of the increase in intelligence and the ease of communication, the once unruly feline could now be taught verbally. Hao Ren and the rest of the family worked hard to educate Rollie into a sensible and good monster. It was working. At least the cat girl knew to wait for dinner in the living room when she was hungry, instead of running to Hao Ren's house and scratching the door. When she was bored, she knew not to bite the family's slippers. Sometimes, she even knew to take care of people. But other than that, she was still a troublemaker.
Hao Ren could not remember how many times the dumb cat had tried to sneak out to play and how many times she had succeeded. Although he had taught the cat girl how to use the teleporter in the basement to go to places like Aerym to have fun, but for a cat girl with a different worldview, the Elven Kingdom and Helcrown in Aerym were not necessarily as interesting as the old Thirteenth Street in the Southern Suburbs. After the cat girl sneaked out several times, Hao Ren realized that he could not keep her at home, so he had to give in and let the dumb cat go out to play with a hat and hide her tail. She was also not allowed to go through the trash can or squat in front of the food stall to ask for food. The good news was that the cat understood, the bad news was that she did not intend to do so...
Of course, Rollie seemed to be a little obedient. For example, she remembered to put a hat on her head. But it was impossible to expect a cat to be completely obedient. She did not intend to hide her tail at all. Perhaps in this cat's worldview, listening to a word or two from Hao Ren was already giving Big Boss Cat a lot of face. Big Boss Cat should be grateful to her. How could she make so many demands?
Hao Ren looked at Rollie's nonchalant face and felt a headache coming on. He pulled the cat girl back and could not help but mutter, "Why does she look more and more like a bear after turning into a human?"
Lily looked up and asked, "Mr. Landlord, haven't you heard of pandas?"
Hao Ren was stunned. "Is that what pandas mean?"
"If you have the time to reason with a cat, why don't you just bring her out to play for half a day?" Lily waved her hand. "Look, she's crawling towards the door again. It's not like you don't know a cat's temper. She wants to go out today no matter what. Why don't you bring her out for a walk?"
As soon as Lily's voice trailed off, Hao Ren immediately felt a burning gaze on him. He looked down and saw Rollie squatting on the ground, looking up at him. Rollie's pair of cat eyes were glowing with a golden light, as if she was about to say "stroll with me". Hao Ren thought that it was boring to stay at home all day, so he reached out and pulled the cat girl up. "Okay, okay, okay. You're the boss. Let's go out for a walk. But first, tuck your tail in, put on your contact lenses, and your ears — get a bigger hat. It's getting cold anyway. "
The cat girl suddenly let out an excited meow and scurried back into the house to get ready. A moment later, she came out like a gust of wind, dragging Hao Ren by the arm and ran out. "Walk me, walk me, walk me..."
Hao Ren was dragged by the cat girl to the door. As he walked, he called out to Lily, "Say, don't you want to go out for a walk? Aren't you usually very energetic? "
Lily was sitting on the sofa with her laptop in her hands. She was busy typing while occasionally grabbing a snack from the bag next to her and throwing it into her mouth. She did not even lift her head when she heard Hao Ren's suggestion. "I'm busy writing — I have a serious job."
Well, if she did not remind Hao Ren, he would have almost forgotten that the husky maiden was the most successful person in the family. So, he nodded respectfully at the female scholar and hipster before he was dragged out of the house by the cat girl's incessant "walk me, walk me, walk me."
Lily then lowered her head and busied herself with her work. She glanced at the snack bag in her hand from the corner of her eye, smacked her lips, and continued to write her review. "XX brand, quite crispy, delicious, but low in protein and fat, not recommended for young huskies..."
Meanwhile, Hao Ren had been dragged by the cat girl to the main road. He looked at the lively dumb cat beside him and felt a little emotional. The sled dog at home was not willing to move, but the cat was full of energy and wanted to be taken out for a walk. As expected, there was not a single normal creature around him.
A man and a cat (of course, in the eyes of passersby, they were two people) strolled along the slightly deserted old street in the Southern Suburbs. Rollie poked her head out of the trash cans as they passed by, and Hao Ren was on high alert. As long as the cat had the slightest inclination to go on all fours or rummage through the trash cans, he would immediately pull her back. This kind of stroll was almost the norm for the two of them when they went out together.
Most of Hao Ren's attention was on the restless cat girl, so he did not notice one thing.
When he and Rollie were about a few hundred meters away from the house, the shadow he left behind became darker and longer, and slowly became uncoordinated with his movements...
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