my friend is a stray cat

Chapter 38 Another Cat Life

Outside the corner, Chenghui was standing in the drizzle, with crystal raindrops strung on his hair. Aye watched a drop of raindrop slip from his long beard and fell to the ground. Aye hesitated and asked: "Do you... want to come in and hide from the rain?"

Cheng Hui shook off the raindrops on his body and walked into Ah Ye's small world. He didn't speak, but lay down next to him, quietly watching the rain outside.

Ah Ye looked down at the other party, and didn't ask any more questions. After taking a deep breath, he slid his paws forward and lay down on the ground.

The sound of raindrops falling is still pleasant.

After a long silence between each other, Cheng Hui suddenly said: "A Ye, do you know, my master, she has another cat with the same pattern as a little leopard, very beautiful."

After hearing this, Ah Ye turned her head to look at Chenghui.

Cheng Hui moved his ears and continued, "I seem to have developed a lot of strange habits and tempers this year. In short, I can't get along with that cat at home."

"So, you came back because of this?" A Ye asked, "Because you don't like that cat?"

"No... Actually, it's not because of that cat." Chenghui paused before continuing: "Aye, I feel a little lost, and I really want to talk to you. I know my master deserves a better cat." My cat came to be with her instead of my wayward and mischievous weird cat, but I still felt lost, like... like something I thought would never go away, and suddenly it disappeared."

Cheng Hui turned her head and looked at A Ye, "I know it's selfish of me to think this way, because I was the one who left her and ran around first, but I still can't help feeling..."

"Okay, okay, don't think so much..." Ah Ye stretched out his paw and patted Cheng Hui's head, "Is this better?"

Cheng Hui lowered his eyes, let out a long breath, and still looked at the gray-white rain curtain.

Seeing that Cheng Hui was so depressed, Ah Ye changed the subject and said, "You know, the reason why I agreed to let you stay in my territory was actually a little selfish."

"What selfishness?" Cheng Hui asked.

"Do you still remember what you said when we first met? You said that I criticized you from above to cover up my self-esteem and envy." A Ye nodded and continued: "I admit you now You're right, I do sometimes wonder what my life would be like if I hadn't been born on this block, but had been born in a human family and been their pet."

Cheng Hui replied: "I think...you might not like that kind of life."

Ah Ye said: "Yeah, we are a bit similar in some respects, and I will probably run out like you. That's why I agreed to let you stay here, because I want to see, my imaginary other What is it like to breed cats?"

"Then..." Cheng Hui asked: "Then why didn't you stop me when I said I was going home? Are you no longer interested in your other cat life?"

"No." Aye shook his head.

"Why is that?" Cheng Hui pushed the old tennis ball towards A Ye, "Because of this? Are you still angry because I ran into the road casually?"

Ah Ye thought for a while, and then told the truth, "It's because this block will be pushed into ruins by humans in the near future. Douding is going to move, and I haven't figured out where to go. It's also because... and because I I hope my other kind of cat can live a more relaxed life, can eat and drink well, doesn't have to be exposed to wind and rain, and doesn't have to worry about where he should go tomorrow."

Cheng Hui opened his eyes wide to express surprise, but his eyes quickly softened, and he said to Ah Ye: "A Ye, since you regard me as your other kind of cat birth, have you ever thought that no matter where you were born? , and no matter what kind of life we ​​lived before, we will only lead to the same road in the end.”

Ah Ye fell into silence, seemingly silent, but moved his tail towards Cheng Hui, and gently hooked the tip of the other's tail.

They still watched the rain silently, one black paw and one white paw resting on the tattered tennis ball, the sound of raindrops hitting the ground was even more pleasant.

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Douding found out that Cheng Hui had returned the next morning. When he walked out of the hardware store yawning and saw Cheng Hui squatting on the steps, Douding was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed at himself: "Hi! , I might want to clear the gray too much, I have hallucinations early in the morning."

After finishing speaking, Douding yawned again, with tears in his eyes, and lay down lazily on the ground, poking his nose right into Cheng Hui's body. Only then did Douding realize, eh, no, this Cheng Hui seems to be it is true.

"Cheng Hui?!" Douding immediately jumped up, "Are you back?"

At this moment, Cheng Hui laughed, and threw himself forward to hug Douding's thick chest, asking, "Is that why you miss me?"

"Why are you back?" Douding's voice was even choked with sobs, "I thought I would never see you again before I left." After finishing speaking, Douding immediately realized that he had made a slip of the tongue, "Ah no, I mean Yes, before I return to my hometown with my master during the Chinese New Year."

Cheng Hui slid off Douding's body and said, "Don't hide it from me, A Ye has already told me."

"Ahaha, yeah." Douding smiled awkwardly, just in time to see Ah Ye walking over with a can of beer.

Cheng Hui stretched his neck and looked towards the edge of the territory, and asked, "Has Broken Tail come?"

"No, she didn't bring them here." Ah Ye replied: "The restaurant threw a lot of things outside yesterday, and I picked them up inside."

Cheng Hui rubbed his stomach, "So, I seem to be a little hungry, I'm going to find something to eat." Cheng Hui said, jumped down the steps, and ran towards the restaurant.

Ah Ye shouted from behind him: "Hey! Those snacks you hid are still in their original places."

Cheng Hui's voice came from afar: "I know."

A Ye looked away from Cheng Hui's direction, and found that Douding was still wagging his tail intoxicated.

"Hey..." Ah Ye said to Douding, "You're so happy when he comes back."

"Of course I'm happy." Douding said with a smile, "Huh? Ah Ye, since you told him everything about the relocation, then... will he come home again this time?"

Ah Ye shook his head, "He won't go back again."

"Will he go with you?" Douding asked.

"Yeah." Ah Ye nodded, studying how to open the can of beer in front of him.

"Do you have any thoughts?" Douding continued to ask, "Where... are you going?"

Ah Ye didn't answer, but just pushed the beer can in front of Douding and said, "Take a bite for me."