Strange Life of a Cat

Seeing Zheng Tan, Dad Jiao's heart that had been hanging around for the past few days was finally relieved. It would be nice to be back. He was really worried that his cat son was snatched away by some wild beast.

However, when Father Jiao came closer and looked at the mouse that Zheng Tan had pinned down on the ground by the light of the flashlight, he frowned.

The light at night is not good, which will affect the human eye's judgment of color, but even so, when the flashlight shined on the mouse, the red light reflected made Dad Jiao's heart skip a beat. My heart, which I had just put down, became anxious again, and my heart rate also accelerated.

this is……

The security guards from behind all rushed over.

"Hey, is this Mr. Jiao's cat?"

"It should be. It seems to be the one on the missing cat notice."

"That's it, it's absolutely right!"

"Hey, there's a mouse in its mouth. Are you here to receive a reward?" The man who first spotted Zheng Tan climbing over the wall said looking at the squeaking mouse.

Several other security guards also turned their attention to the rats.

"Why do I feel that this mouse fur is red?"

"It seems to be really red, dyed, right? Let's see if it's someone's pet rat."

Several people started discussing.

The light was not good just now, so the person who spotted Zheng Tan only saw something dangling in Zheng Tan's mouth. Before he could see Zheng Tan clearly, he jumped in from the fence. Now he naturally felt that Zheng Tan was holding something directly in his mouth. The mouse came in without paying attention to the vines that fell on the grass.

Father Jiao took a few deep breaths and sighed to Zheng, "Don't let go of your claws." Then he looked at the security guards, glanced around, and said to the young security guard among them, "Can you lend me your lunch box?" ?"

"...Oh, yes!" The young man was looking at the red-haired rat curiously. Hearing Dad Jiao's words, he quickly handed over the lunch box in his hand. In the afternoon, his girlfriend brought a lunch box of mung bean soup. After drinking it, he took it with him when he was about to go on patrol. He could also use his patrol time to have a little sweet time. A lunch box is not worth much, so just borrow it. Anyway, these teachers will definitely make up for it when the time comes.

Dad Jiao didn't care about the smell of mung beans in the lunch box, so he opened the lid of the lunch box to expose the mouth.

"Hey, Teacher Jiao, do you want to catch mice? I'll do it. I know how to catch mice. I used to catch voles and eat them when I followed people to the wild." The young man handed the flashlight in his hand to the colleague next to him. , squatting down and reaching out to grab it.

"You..." Before Father Jiao could say anything, the man reached over and grabbed the red-haired mouse from under the cat's paws.

Dad Jiao quickly handed over the plastic lunch box with a small opening, "Be careful! Don't..."

Dad Jiao wanted to say to the security guard, "Don't crush it to death." After all, when the students were conducting experiments at school, the students grabbed the white mice and accidentally strangled their necks. Looking at this The little mouse is only much smaller than the students doing experiments, and look at the security guard who volunteered to help and did not show any caution at all. Father Jiao is so worried.

But this time, before Father Jiao could finish his words, the man had already quickly thrown the red-haired rat into the lunch box. Although the action was a bit rough, he did a good job. The only regret was that he was bitten on the hand. One mouthful.

"Thank you, but you'd better go to the infirmary for a checkup quickly. The wound can't be ignored. Pay me the bill." Father Jiao said to the young man after fastening the lid of the lunch box. There are small holes in the lid of the lunch box, so you don’t have to worry about mice inside suffocating to death.

When the young people heard this, they said, hey, it’s free treatment. If you don’t go, you won’t get it. There is someone on duty at the infirmary 24 hours a day. Recently, there have been several medical students who came here for internship. I heard they are good-looking. The young man's heart was filled with excitement. After saying hello to his colleagues, he went directly to the infirmary. He had a reason to skip work midway, and he could also go see a beautiful woman. What a good thing.

After the guards left, Dad Jiao carefully held the lunch box, and then looked at Zheng Tan, who was still looking around: "Where else are you going to hang out?"

His tone was calm, but Zheng Tan always felt like there was a low pressure around him. I shivered, probably because it was getting cooler at night in the mountains.

Zheng Tan followed Dad Jiao back to the dormitory building. He opened the window directly. He lived on the second floor anyway, so it was easy to open the window.

Little Yuzi was sitting at the table, holding a pen in a daze. She was not in the mood to write her summer homework spread out on the table. If she turned a few pages forward, she would see a cat drawn with a pencil on every page.

Just as he was thinking about it, the screen window was opened with a loud noise. Little Youzi and Jiao Yuan, who was tossing crabs to vent his frustration, both looked towards the window.

"Black charcoal!"

"Mom, Hei Tan is back!"

Mother Jiao had just finished washing the clothes. She had received a call from Father Jiao just now. Father Jiao had something to do. He would come back later and saw the black cat on the table. His depressed mood in the past few days had finally improved, and he thought to himself , this cat is just like a human being. If you leave it alone for a while, it will want to go to the house to uncover the tiles. This time, it just disappeared from the house, which made everyone worried.

Grounding is a must! In the next time, this cat will not want to go out again!

Mother Jiao scolded Zheng Tan and issued a grounding order. At the same time, she carefully checked whether Zheng Tan was injured, and then found a plastic basin to put bath water in for Zheng Tan to take a bath.

Zheng Tan came back after a long journey. He even felt that there were fleas on his body, so he really needed to wash it off.

Huh?

It seems like something is missing.

What about amber? ! !

Only then did Zheng Tan realize that the amber on the neck of the lanyard was gone. It was still there when he went up the mountain. He probably lost it while walking through the bushes around the base. I'll look for it tomorrow.

After Zheng Tan finished taking a bath and sat on a stool wrapped in a towel, waiting for his hair to dry and go to sleep, Dad Jiao came back, looking a little anxious. He didn't bring the plastic lunch box containing the red-haired rat, and he didn't know where he put it.

"What's wrong with this?" Mother Jiao asked.

"Hei Tan is not injured, is he?" Dad Jiao asked.

"No, I just had a meal and took a shower. I seem to be in good spirits." Mother Jiao said.

"That's good." Dad Jiao breathed a sigh of relief.

It turned out that the accident happened to the young security guard who was bitten by the red-haired rat. It had only been an hour since he was bitten, and the young man's hand was swollen like a steamed bun and he was feeling groggy. Fortunately, The medicines stored here are relatively complete, and he came here for treatment in time, otherwise he might have died. When Father Jiao found out, he immediately came back to check on the situation. Seeing that Zheng Tan was fine, he gave a few words of warning and left again.

Zheng Tan broke out in a cold sweat listening to what Father Jiao just said. Only now did he realize what a dangerous guy he had been holding in his mouth. Fortunately, he was not bitten by this girl in the jungle at that time, otherwise he would have become one of those wild beasts in the forest now. Or other insect droppings.

Before leaving, Dad Jiao said that he might not come back until very late tonight, or he might not even come back to sleep at all.

Not only Father Jiao, but also several other teachers leading the team, whether asleep or not, rushed to one place, causing the students who came out to make phone calls to panic and guess what happened.

In a room at the base, many teachers are crowded here. Originally this was just a temporary lounge. Everyone thought it was too close to the toilet and it was uncomfortable to stay here in the summer. Few people came here, but now, no one cares.

Some male teachers didn't bother to change their clothes when they heard the news, and ran over wearing vests and shorts. They didn't care when they were laughed at by other teachers, and just stared at the red-haired mouse in the cage on the table.

Now the red-haired rat is in the middle of the cage, holding a peanut and gnawing on it. His eyes are still looking at the people outside the cage, but he is not afraid at all. Perhaps in its heart, these creatures with strange smells are much better than that cat. The cat almost killed him, and these strange creatures didn't seem to be a threat.

Before Zheng Tan disappeared, some teachers secretly laughed at Dad Jiao for bringing a cat over. Isn't this looking for trouble? Even if you have a dog, you have to be more obedient than a cat. Cats are just busybodies. When have they ever been peaceful?

But now, these people were almost jealous to death, especially the teacher who brought a dog. Although the dog helped catch a lot of prey, it was far less valuable than this red-haired mouse.

"Teacher Jiao, your cat needs to be praised this time!" An old man in a white vest and reading glasses came up to observe the red rat at close range. The teachers around him did not dare to crowd with him. Many teachers It was this old man who brought it out back then.

Father Jiao smiled and said nothing, thinking that he wanted to praise him, but he also had to be grounded. But, speaking of which, that cat can really cause trouble. Who would have thought that it would disappear for a few days and then reappear with a red-haired rat in its mouth? Originally they thought they would bring a female cat.

Dad Jiao is still not sure whether it is a reddish rat or not. It needs to be identified, but it is very likely. He cannot tell which species of reddened individual it is, and he has not done any research on this. The reason why he made it public before he fully understood it this time instead of hiding it was because he knew too well that he couldn't hide it. The security personnel had already seen it and it would be exposed when the time comes.

Before calling these teachers over, Jiao's father made a few calls to prevent things from developing in a bad direction. No one else knows this.

"This little guy must be taken care of well. If it doesn't work, I'll call someone to take charge." The old man said.

"This won't bother you, Professor Wang. We have arranged for someone to take care of it." The speaker was a middle-aged man, a professor from Chuhua University. He had the most say among the young teachers led by Chuhua University. biggest. Although he had to give in to the old man many times, he must not give in on this matter. The old man is now a member of the research institute, and the red-haired rat must be placed in Chuhua University's own place and use its own people! This was also the instruction given by Dean Xie during the phone call just now. You have to fight when it's time to fight. Anyway, Dean Xie bears the responsibility himself. Dean Xie will be there early tomorrow morning.

"Hey, it's not yours. Why are you so anxious? I said, Xiao Jiao, don't worry, the person I'm looking for is definitely professional enough. He has been raising rats for twenty years." The old man said to Jiao's father regardless of what the man said.

Yes, the title goes directly from "Teacher Jiao" to "Xiao Jiao".

The leaders and seniors were arguing there, but Dad Jiao didn't dare to interrupt and deal with the leaders and seniors.

Father Jiao went back to his room once in the evening and brought in a box with cat litter, asking Zheng Tan to pee or poop directly in it.

Is this a urine test and a stool test?

Zheng Tan stared at the box as if he were a class enemy. He never used it at home.

Dad Jiao sighed and said to Zheng Tan, "They just want to see what you eat."

To put it bluntly, those people just want to know if Zheng Tan has eaten other red-haired rats. It would be better if there are some undigested fur and bones, as they can find a lot worth studying.

Zheng Tan slapped his face once, then again, and again...

Studying poop...these scientists are so serious!

If he had known it was such a troublesome thing, he would have just thrown that red-haired rat outside. Why did he bring it in? ! Zheng Tan regretted it, but it was useless to regret it now. At that time, he was just rushing back and didn't even think about the red-haired rat. By the time he regained consciousness, he had already climbed over the wall and entered the base.

"By the way," Dad Jiao sighed to Zheng after putting the box there, "if you are asked to lead the way tomorrow, you must remember to act like a rogue. Even if you know the way, you still have to act stupid. You don't need me to teach you how to act stupid, right?"

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