"You?" Zhuang Tianhe was stunned, and quickly picked up the kitten and observed it carefully.
"This cat, yes, this cat, I think I've seen it somewhere before? Are you... are you Xiaohua's child?"
Seeing the civet cat in front of me, my thoughts seemed to go back to the beginning.
Zhuang Tianhe was stunned for a moment, remembering how he seemed at home and once rescued a civet cat on the roadside.
"Yes, a few years ago, before I went abroad, I once rescued a kitten by a river. That kitten looked exactly like you."
"When I rescued it home, it was already dying. Later I took it for treatment. Originally, I didn't like cats, but at that moment, I suddenly felt a trace of compassion."
"I have always kept that kitten at home, but it was because of this kind act that the kitten saved my life."
Speaking of this, Zhuang Tianhe's thoughts went back to a few years ago.
With a faint sigh, Zhuang Tianhe said with emotion: "Later, one night when I was sleeping soundly, the cat woke me up. It barked so loudly that I thought it was hungry."
"But when I woke up, I discovered that I was surrounded by a sea of fire. I found that there were fires all around me."
"It was the kitten that woke me up. It wanted me to leave quickly, but I found that the door was surrounded by fire. I had no other choice."
"The thick smoke blocked all the sight of the house. I didn't know what to do. I knew that I would definitely die that time."
"But at this time, the kitten, yes, it came to me with a bell in its mouth, and then kept calling at me."
"I also suddenly understood what the kitten meant. It wanted me to tie the bell around its neck and then let me follow it."
Looking at the kitten in front of him, Zhuang Tianhe touched it with his hand and couldn't help but sigh:
"Later, I tied the bell around the kitten's neck, and the kitten quickly jumped out and walked along the thick smoke."
"I couldn't see the road clearly, but I could hear the bell. Just like that, I wet my clothes with water in the water glass, then covered my mouth and nose, and just kept following the bell."
"Wherever the bell rings, I will lie on the ground and follow wherever it goes."
After touching the head of the kitten in his hand, Zhuang Tianhe continued to think about it and said:
"Later, I kept following the bell, but the smoke was so heavy that I lay on the ground several times, feeling like I was going to die. The kitten kept coming back and tearing at me.
bite."
"I knew that it wanted me to get out alive. I finally rushed out of the sea of fire with my remaining strength and the direction the bell brought me."
"But when I came outside the house, I fainted on the spot because I inhaled too much smoke."
"But when I woke up again, I was already in the hospital. I never saw the cat again. I felt that it must be dead. Otherwise, why didn't it come to me?"
"Because I was in the sea of fire and found that its hair was singed and it was seriously injured, but it was trying to take me out of the sea of fire, so I felt that it must have been severely injured and burned to death.
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"Maybe someone with good intentions buried it? Who knows?"
Zhuang Tianhe felt a little sad when he said this. It seemed that the fire a few years ago had always been a knot in his mind.
Looking at the kitten in front of him, Zhuang Tianhe felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
This kitten looks so much like the kitten that saved him.
Especially the bell hanging around the neck looks very similar.
So Zhuang Tianhe started to pinch the bell around the kitten's neck, and after careful observation, he found that the style of the bell was very similar to the bell he had tied on the kitten himself.
But after all, several years have passed since the original kitten, and the kitten in front of me is about the same size as the original kitten.
Zhuang Tianhe smiled and said, "Are you really that kitten's child? Where is your home? Why do you keep following me?"
"Meow! Meow!"
The kitten seemed to be able to understand some of Zhuang Tianhe's words, and meowed at Zhuang Tianhe a few times.
Zhuang Tianhe asked again: "Can you take me to your home?"
"Meow! Meow!"
The kitten still meowed a few times, then turned around and jumped out in front of Zhuang Tianhe, preparing to walk forward.
Zhuang Tianhe felt that the kitten seemed to want to take him somewhere, so he got up and followed him.
Just like that, one person and one cat, walking on the street.
The kitten also walked up and down and kept looking back, as if it was afraid that Zhuang Tianhe would get lost.
Zhuang Tianhe also felt more and more that this kitten was very spiritual and seemed to be always leading him forward, as if it really wanted to take him somewhere.
So Zhuang Tianhe quickened his pace and followed the kitten forward.
One person and one cat crossed the road and walked into an alley. The cat seemed to be very familiar with this area and walked through the alley as if he was returning to his own home.
Zhuang Tianhe also walked one path after another, and then he realized that the kitten began to slow down.
At a corner, the kitten turned to look at Zhuang Tianhe, meowed a few times at Zhuang Tianhe, and then walked directly into the corner.
"What kind of place is this? Why is it so shabby?" Zhuang Tianhe realized at this moment that the place he was currently in was an old community.
Many of the buildings here are very old, and the walls are covered with moss.
The place where the kitten disappeared was at the corner of a fence.
So Zhuang Tianhe continued to follow, but when he came to the corner of the wall, he found that it was a scrap collection station.
There is an open space inside the wall, and many places in the open space are filled with various waste products.
Obviously, this is a place to collect scraps.
Zhuang Tianhe's heart skipped a beat, wondering why this kitten brought him here?
With all kinds of doubts, Zhuang Tianhe walked in anyway.
But now the kitten has disappeared.
Zhuang Tianhe was a little panicked, but also laughed at himself in his heart: "Haha, Zhuang Tianhe, Zhuang Tianhe, you are so funny, how can you believe that a kitten will take you somewhere?"
"This cat is not a human being. How can you trust a cat? It's so funny. I really can't understand myself more and more."
After laughing at himself, Zhuang Tianhe also shook his head and prepared to turn around and leave.
But the moment he turned around, Zhuang Tianhe heard a cat meowing from behind.
Zhuang Tianhe stopped and slowly turned his head.
But when he saw an ugly wild cat meowing at him above the garbage pile behind him, Zhuang Tianhe's heart skipped a beat, and he looked at the cat in front of him in disbelief.
"This...this cat, why is this cat burned so badly?"
Taking a deep breath, Zhuang Tianhe took two steps forward and continued to carefully examine the cat's condition.
Only then did Zhuang Tianhe discover that the big cat seemed to have obvious burn marks all over its body.
Although the hair has grown somewhat, the missing areas are still very obvious.
This big cat in particular seemed to have been severely burned, but its hair was very similar to the kitten he had adopted.
"Meow! Meow!"
At this moment, the kitten that brought Zhuang Tianhe here just now suddenly appeared next to the big cat.
The two civet cats, one big and one small, look like mother and son.
Zhuang Tianhe was stunned. This was very similar to the little civet cat he raised back then.
"Xiaohua? Are you...Xiaohua?" At this moment, Zhuang Tianhe did not dare to confirm, so he could only try to ask.
At this time, the big cat stood motionless and seemed to have no reaction at all.
Zhuang Tianhe took a step forward, squatted down, and continued to call: "Xiaohua, Xiaohua, is that you?"
After another long time, the big cat finally came forward, sniffed at Zhuang Tianhe, and then started meowing.
"Little flower? Are you the little flower I raised? Is that you?" Zhuang Tianhe looked at the big cat in front of him, tears suddenly falling down.
At this moment, the big cat seemed to have confirmed Zhuang Tianhe's identity. It meowed at Zhuang Tianhe, then came directly to Zhuang Tianhe and rubbed its head against Zhuang Tianhe.
"Are you really Xiaohua? Xiaohua, is it really you?" Zhuang Tianhe could no longer control his emotions at this moment. He saw Xiaohua, whom he adopted a few years ago and later saved his life in the sea of fire.
Tears fell down uncontrollably.
Zhuang Tianhe hugged the badly burned big cat and cried bitterly: "Xiaohua, it's really you. You're not dead. Are you still alive? Woohoo, it's really you."
Perhaps thinking of his family's downfall and tragic experience, so that he could be reunited with the original kitten, Zhuang Tianhe felt that this was the old man's arrangement, and he had already burst into tears.
The little tabby cat wearing a bell also stood quietly aside, seeming to be feeling the atmosphere as well.
"Who are you? Why are you crying here?"
Just when Zhuang Tianhe was moved by the scene and crying while hugging the burned big cat, the voice of an old man suddenly came to his ears.
Zhuang Tianhe turned his head and looked around. From behind the scrap pile, an old man wearing shabby work clothes suddenly walked out.
The old man wearing a straw hat was also confused by Zhuang Tianhe's actions.
Zhuang Tianhe quickly wiped his tears, stood up, and took the initiative to walk up to the uncle: "Uncle, I want to ask, is this cat yours?"
"Yeah, what's wrong? Why are you hugging my cat? You're crying while hugging my cat. What's wrong with you?"
The uncle also couldn’t understand what Zhuang Tianhe was doing, and he also felt that this person was so baffled?
Zhuang Tianhe smiled and quickly explained: "Sir, the cat you raised is very similar to a cat I adopted a few years ago."
"At that time, the civet cat was still very young. I rescued it by the river. Later, I saw that it was pitiful, so I temporarily adopted it and took it to a pet hospital for treatment. I kept it for a while."
Looking at the kitten next to the big cat, Zhuang Tianhe added: "Later, one night when I was sleeping soundly, I suddenly found that I was surrounded by a sea of fire."
"Just when I didn't know what to do? The kitten I raised brought a bell in its mouth and asked me to tie it."
"Then, the kitten used the sound of the bell to carry me through the thick fog, and ultimately saved my life."
"Is there such a thing?" After hearing what Zhuang Tianhe said, the uncle seemed a little confused.
Zhuang Tianhe continued to explain: "It's absolutely true. If it hadn't been for that cat, I might have died in the sea of fire."
"But when I woke up again, I found that I was already lying in the hospital, and since then, I haven't seen my cat again."
Turning his head to look at the big cat, Zhuang Tianhe added: "But at that time, when I followed the cat through the thick fog, I found that the cat was very seriously burned. This was my last wish for that cat.
impression."
"Later, I went abroad and never saw my cat again."
Taking a deep breath, Zhuang Tianhe added: "But when I see this cat, I call its name and it responds. It seems to be the cat I raised back then."
"Is that so?" Hearing what Zhuang Tianhe said, the old man seemed to have some feelings.
He looked at the badly burned big cat and said slowly:
"Perhaps this cat is really the one you raised back then, right?"
"Uncle, how did you get this cat?" Zhuang Tianhe asked the uncle again for advice in order to confirm the cat's identity.
The uncle also said slowly: "Actually, I picked up this cat."
"Picked it up?" Zhuang Tianhe was stunned when he heard it.
The uncle said slowly: "Yes, when I was collecting rags outside, I found an animal shivering in the corner of a garbage dump."
"I walked in and took a look and found a badly burned kitten."
"I saw that the cat was pitiful, so I took the cat home and adopted it."
"Then, we treated its injuries, but because the burns were serious, it doesn't look very good now."
"Then was there a bell on that cat's neck?" Upon hearing this, Zhuang Tianhe quickly asked.
The uncle nodded silently: "Yes, there is a bell."
Turning his head and looking around, the uncle caught the little civet cat and brought it directly in front of Zhuang Tianhe:
"This little kitten is the big cat's child."
"I thought it was cuter, so I tied the bell around the kitten's neck. It had been hung around the big cat's neck before."
"That bell may be the bell I tied to that kitten." When Zhuang Tianhe heard this, he felt more and more that the burned big cat in front of him was the kitten he had raised.
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"So, I just called it Xiaohua, and it seemed to understand."
After finishing his words, Zhuang Tianhe continued to look at the big cat and called out: "Little flower, little flower."
"Meow, meow." The big cat seemed to be able to understand Zhuang Tianhe's call and barked in response.
The uncle looked at it for a moment, and couldn't help but said: "So it's called Xiaohua?"