my friend is a stray cat

Chapter 11 On the Flyover

Two days after returning from the pet hospital, Cheng Hui met her owner in the evening.

Cheng Hui later found out that the small piece of plastic on the collar she wore for the second time was actually a small locator. Cheng Hui asked Douding to help pull off the collar as before, and hid it in the crack of the wall. The owner found this place according to the positioning system on the mobile phone, and saw Chenghui jumping down from the branch of the roadside tree.

Cheng Hui's movement on the ground was still not very smooth, and he staggered a bit before standing still. When he shook his paws and raised his head, he happened to see his master. After a moment of stunned, he ran away quickly.

The girl's eyes became a little sad, but she didn't seem to have the intention of catching up. Cheng Hui had actually run many times, and she had searched for it many times, and this time the girl was thinking that maybe Cheng Hui really liked going outside. world.

Ah Ye watched the scene, then walked out from the shadow of the trees, walked up to the girl and looked up at her.

The girl also looked at the black cat. During the brief exchange of glances, one person and one cat seemed to have experienced some kind of wonderful communication. In the end, the girl just pulled the corners of her mouth reluctantly and left alone.

But after that day, out of concern for Cheng Hui, the girl would visit whenever she had free time, often in the evening, and often with snacks on her body. Cheng Hui would keep a distance from her at the beginning. As time goes by, when Cheng Hui is sure that she has no intention of taking her back, she is willing to approach her like an old friend reunited, lick her fingers, and listen to her say.

Ah Ye generally does not participate in this kind of time, and after a glance from a distance, he continues to busy himself with his own affairs.

On the day when the autumn wind blew the fallen leaves all over the ground, Ah Ye also did not disturb Chenghui and his master. He took a small piece of sweet potato in his mouth, walked out of the territory, and went to the overpass connecting the first and second blocks.

For stray animals, roads and overpasses are abandoned plots. Those places are considered unsafe because there are often vehicles or pedestrians passing by, and there is no food source. Such abandoned plots will not be involved in site disputes. Few animals live here, but the old ghost is an exception.

The old ghost is a long-haired white cat that has lived for ten years.

Stray cats who have lived for more than two years will sum up their own survival rules, but unlike Aye's radical and ruthless survival rules, the old ghost is used to keeping his attitude very low.

He will eat food that other cats dislike, and sleep in places that other cats find cold. He will not fight for anyone's territory, nor will he pose a threat to any cat or dog. He is cautious, humble and obedient, and even beats and scolds , living reluctantly but stubbornly in the gap of this world.

For other stray animals, the old ghost is like a cigarette butt caught in the cracks of the floor tiles. No one will pay attention to him, and all animals ignore him naturally. As a result, his life is barren But calmly, he also became the longest-lived one among many stray cats.

After the age of eight, the old ghost chose to move to this overpass where there were no other stray animals because of his poor health. Picking up leaks from behind the dog, barely survived like this for another two years.

Ah Ye knew the slow-moving old ghost when he was very young. In his impression, it was indeed a elusive, ghost-like existence, but at that time he didn't take this cat seriously.

And more than a year ago, when he passed the overpass when he was fighting with the two wild dogs, he only noticed the old ghost lying on the ground like a rotten rag to bask in the sun. The heel of the thin high-heeled shoes would even stick precisely on his tail, but the old ghost didn't respond, and played the role of the tattered rag very professionally.

But when Ah Ye passed by, the old ghost raised his head, looked at Ah Ye and said in a low voice, "Hey, the little thing has grown so strong."

Although the voice was low, Ah Ye heard these words. At that time, he had successfully chased away the wild dogs, so he had enough patience and time to take a closer look at the old ghost who lived on the overpass.

"Isn't it cold here?" Ah Ye asked, and sat down next to the "rag" to relieve his fatigue after the fight.

"Get used to it, it will be fine." The old ghost spoke slowly and blinked his eyes.

He used to have eyes the same color as the sea, but because of his age, his eyeballs now look like cloudy ice cubes.

"But it should be very comfortable in summer, with a cool breeze." Ah Ye said.

"Hmm..." The old ghost let out a long breath.

This was a brief exchange between Ah Ye and the old ghost. They were silent for the rest of the time. Ah Ye looked down at the traffic under the overpass. Farewell to the old ghost.

And after that conversation, when Ah Ye found food that he couldn't finish eating, he would think of sending some to the old ghost, but not many times, because Ah Ye didn't have so many good intentions.

But every time he does this, the old ghost will show a rare vitality and cheerfulness. Food can open his dusty chatterbox. He will talk to Ah Ye about those wild cats in the third block, and he will talk a lot, even He will talk about what he saw and heard when he was young, but Ah Ye will choose whether to listen or not. When he hears the old ghost start talking about those old sesame seeds and rotten millet many years ago, he will be very displeased and wave his paws He left, but the old ghost still told those things from the beginning to the end every time, even if it was just to Feng, he would continue to be his rotten rag after he finished.

When Ah Ye walked up the overpass today, he saw the old ghost lying there, basking in the sun.

He is still alive, Ah Ye thought in his heart, every time he saw an old ghost who was so old and thin that he was about to blow away with the wind, he would think so.

Ah Ye walked over, identified the old ghost's head among the pile of messy hairs, and then put the sweet potato near his nose.

Under the influence of the aroma of the food, the old ghost raised his head and glanced at A Ye, with a vague smile in his cloudy eyes.

Ah Ye sat down beside the old ghost, and said, "Autumn is here, and the temperature will drop in no time. I hope you can survive this winter."

"Well, thank you." The old ghost said while licking the flesh of the sweet potato.

His eating appearance is not very good, the sweet potato pulp is all over his mouth, and it takes a long time to lick off the residue around his mouth after eating the sweet potato pulp on the ground.

Ah Ye didn't look at the old ghost, and sat on the edge of the overpass, where he could see the whole picture of his territory. He could see two human beings choosing vegetables at the back door of the restaurant, he could see Douding lazily lying on his stomach, and he could also see squatting in front of his owner of Chenghui.

For a moment, Ah Ye felt that he had a lot, and he even felt a sense of satisfaction in his heart, but this strange feeling was fleeting, and before Ah Ye even had time to recollect it, the old ghost started talking slowly beside him.

"Aye, two days ago, two cats died in the third block."

"Oh." Ah Ye said lightly, "Isn't this a very common thing?"

"It's very normal." The old ghost nodded, "But I heard that the death of those two cats was related to you."

Ah Ye turned her head, "Huh?"

"I heard," the old ghost licked the corner of his mouth again, "I heard that not long ago, those two cats ran into your territory to make trouble one night. They didn't take advantage of it, and one of their legs was broken. , is there anything like this?"

Ah Ye nodded. That night he wanted to deal with the female cat even more, so he didn't have time to exterminate the other two. Ah Ye admitted: "There is such a thing, and then, how did the two of them die?"

"That's right." The old ghost said: "The cat with the broken leg was seriously injured. I guess he was also in pain, so he howled and howled day and night for several days. Of course, most of them I have been scolding you all the time, and when scolding you, there are many cats watching, and I have listened to it twice, and it is quite ugly."

The old ghost changed his posture to make his legs more comfortable, "The cat with the broken leg didn't recover from its injuries, and it seems that it died in less than a month. After death, let the rest of the cats Divide and eat."

"Yeah." A Ye paused and asked, "Where's the other one?"

The old ghost said: "After the lame cat died, the other cat had no companion to help, and was crowded out by other stray cats. It was crushed to death, and it is said that it was swept away by human cleaners the next day.”

When Ah Ye heard this, his eyes were slightly sad, but it was not because of the two dead troublemakers, but because he thought of his mother who also died under the wheel, and he fell into silence again.

Not far from under the overpass, the girl had already left, Ah Ye saw Chenghui burrowing back and forth in the green belt, as if he was catching some kind of beetle again, Douding was also unleashed from the dog chain, and went to Molesting a passing dog sister, the result was almost beaten by the owner of the other party.

The old ghost yawned and continued: "Ah Ye, those stray cats seem to have started talking about you again. After those two cats died, your site was blown into a mirage, as if the floor tiles were made of butcher shop Yes." Amused by himself, the old ghost laughed twice.

After laughing, his voice became serious again, "Be careful, those guys can do anything when they are hungry, oh, and there seem to be two new dogs in the second block, specifically I don't know what it was like, I didn't dare to look, I just heard that stray cats were bullied by those two dogs very badly."

Ah Ye stood up after hearing this, and said, "Understood, let's go."

The old ghost didn't respond, only the messy long hair swaying in the wind, and when Ah Ye had already stepped off the overpass, he belatedly thought about the direction he left and said: "A Ye, I wish you a long life!" Over this winter."