Strange Life of a Cat

When Er Mao and the others found that Zheng Tan and Da Shan were gone, the sun had already risen.

There is no Dashan-style "alarm clock" today. If it is normal, everyone will definitely notice it immediately. However, under special circumstances, everyone's attention is focused on Pei Jie's affairs, analyzing and discussing the night. People have bloodshot eyes.

After all, the old master is getting old, so he couldn't stay with them. At three or four o'clock in the morning, Ermao and the others persuaded him to go to rest. He hasn't woken up yet, and Ermao and the others didn't make any big noises. The whole yard was very quiet. .

When everyone finally noticed why this silence was unusual, they realized that neither cat was in the yard.

With the disappearance of Pei Jie, the first thing everyone thought of was whether the two cats were also solved quietly. But on second thought, no. Wei Leng and Er Mao are very aware of the black cat's ability, it is impossible to be dealt with so easily, why would it howl when it encounters a situation? What's more, Ermao didn't call the police on his mobile phone, which proved that the other party should still be nearby.

Uncle Lin said to ask someone to come and help find it, but Er Mao stopped him.

"Wait, let me take a look first." Ermao took out his phone, opened one of the icons, and one of the bright spots was very clear.

"nearby?"

The few people felt a little uneasy when they heard what Er Mao said. If they were nearby, they would have yelled several times just now. Although they yelled in a low voice, they were afraid of waking up the old master, but with the cat's hearing, they could hear them clearly. The truth is, there was no response at all.

Ermao took the phone and looked for it according to the signal highlights displayed on it, until he saw the cat sign hung on the tree by Zheng Tan.

"The cat card has been picked?" Uncle Lin asked worriedly. He had a good impression of the black cat, but he was afraid of being murdered.

Ermao took the cat card over to look at it, shook his head and said, "No, no one else picked it. No one can take this cat card down except itself."

Ermao said the last sentence very softly, and people who are a little farther away can't hear it clearly. For example, Uncle Lin, he only heard the first sentence, and he didn't hear the latter sentence that Ermao said just now, otherwise he would definitely be confused. , What is "No one can take down that cat card except itself"?

"Senior Brother Pei, I think that Black Coal must have found some clues, so it left to find clues. As for Dashan, it must have been called to help." Ermao said.

Ermao knew Zheng Tan quite well, after all these years, the relationship between the neighbors upstairs and downstairs, it would be strange not to know.

Pei Liang nodded and said nothing. Regardless of whether what Er Mao said is true or not, as long as there is hope.

It was almost noon when Dashan went back. Ermao and the others went out to search around but found not much useful information. When they saw Dashan in the yard, their eyes lit up.

Ermao looked around the house and did not find Zheng Tan.

"Dashan, where's the black coal?" Ermao asked.

"Da Shan is back?!" The old master quickly stepped out of the house and called Da Shan over.

Dashan listened to the old man the most, and Dashan was more cooperative when asked by the old man, so after the old man spoke, Ermao and the others fell silent and followed closely to listen.

Having lived together for so many years, the old man knows Dashan's temperament and ability very well, so it is easier for Dashan to understand when asked.

"Where's the black coal?" the old man asked. Because of Ermao, now the old people also call it "black coal". Dashan also knew who this name referred to. He had heard this name many times when he was learning how to play with a lighter, so it fit the name.

When Da Shan heard the words, he glanced in a certain direction in the distance, and the Ermao people remembered the meaning of this action. Dashan has a strong sense of direction. Since Dashan is looking there, it means that the black cat is somewhere in that direction.

"Where's Pei Jie?" As he spoke, the old man brought a piece of Pei Jie's clothes to Da Shan to smell, so that Da Shan could associate the name "Pei Jie" with the smell. Names are a little deeper.

Sure enough, when Dashan heard the name "Pei Jie", he seemed to be a little confused, but after smelling the smell, he became a little excited. stopped.

The old man brought Dashan closer to him, looked at Dashan, and said almost word for word: "Have you found it?"

Usually, the old man and Dashan have played similar games of finding things, so Dashan can understand this question.

When Da Shan heard this, he raised his tail and swung it down vigorously. This action represents the "yes" in the "yes or no tail flick game".

"I really found it!" Er Mao said happily.

Pei Liang's eyes were red with excitement, and now he is eager to find it. When he was at home before, Pei Liang gave Pei Jie a stick education almost every three days. This child is too naughty, and he can't be honest if he doesn't beat him up. It is impossible for a man like him to cry and yell what to do. His emotions are suppressed and he can't vent his emotions. His heart is full of panic, so he can only smoke one cigarette after another in silence to relieve his emotions. Now, just hearing such little news made Pei Liang's eyes sore, and he blinked hard a few times but failed to suppress the soreness, instead it became more and more intense.

The old man sat back, waved his hand, and said to Er Mao and the three of them, "Go." He was getting old, and it was impossible for him to go out with Er Mao and the others to find someone.

"Master, here..." Wei Leng looked at the old man.

"Don't worry, they're here. It's fine. Just be careful." The old man pointed to the people who followed him. Among them were those who came from the provincial capital to assist in the investigation, and there were also a few people with good relations in the village. People here are all protected here, and there is no need to worry about being taken advantage of and hurting the elderly and children here.

The cooperation of the three senior brothers is more reliable than others, and the old man still has great confidence in his apprentice.

When Da Shan took Er Mao and the others to the forest, Zheng Tan had already woken up from a nap. Although the quality of sleep is not very good, but after this sleep, the spirit has indeed improved a lot, and the physical strength has also recovered.

He observed that there were six people there, the five people he had seen before, plus the one who took Pei Jie away.

It was lunch time at the moment, and the six people over there gathered in a tent, eating and chatting, probably discussing how to act in the future. Those people had accents and spoke very fast. Zheng Tan didn't quite understand. The few words he occasionally caught did not make sense when strung together. He could only judge based on the tone of those people's speech.

One of the six people was sitting at the door of the tent, half of his body was inside the tent, and half was outside the tent.

For Zheng Tan, this is an opportunity. Since these six people are all gathered here, there are no other places.

Going around to the rear, Zheng Tan quietly approached the cloth shed. The three tents don't seem like a place to put hostages. The most likely thing here is the cloth shed where the animals are kept. Moreover, Zheng Tan deduced from the subtle words and deeds of those people that Pei Jie should be in there .

Quietly going around behind the cloth shed, Zheng Tan found an unfixed place. There are only a few fixed points on the bottom of the cloth shed, and Zheng Tan can slightly lift the cloth to get in if there are no fixed places.

This is the advantage of size, if it is a little bigger and wants to get in, the movement made will definitely attract those people.

After listening carefully, Zheng Tan made sure that those people were on the other side of the tent, then carefully raised the unfixed curtain of the tent, and quickly got in.

The inside of the cloth shed was much darker than the outside, but it didn't affect Zheng Tan much, he could clearly see what was going on inside.

Inside are the five cages that Zheng Tan saw last time, two with monkeys and three with red pandas. And in a big cage that was closer to these five cages, there was a child sitting in the corner of the cage, obviously it was Pei Jie.

Pei Jie was sitting at the foot of the cage with his legs crossed, his head resting on his knees, as if he was sleeping.

The mental state of the animals in the five cages was about the same as last time, not good, they were listless and chirping, and didn't notice Zheng Tan. Only the one next to Pei Jie's cage was a little more energetic. When Zheng Tan walked over, that little guy saw Zheng Tan, but he didn't make a sound, just stared at it curiously.

It seems that this kind of animal seldom barks, which is a good thing in the current situation.

The little panda was standing by the side of the cage, looking at Zheng Tan, and at the same time raised its hand to pluck the fur around its mouth.

Zheng Tan walked to Pei Jie's side. The metal mesh of the cage was relatively dense, so he couldn't squeeze in, so he stretched out his paws and gently pushed Pei Jie.

Pei Jie didn't sleep deeply, and woke up after being pushed, and looked around in a little confusion. It was still a dim environment, and there was still the stench of animal excrement. However, after being forced to smell it for a day, Pei Jie was already a little numb. Besides, he was also part of the stench. He had urinated a few times.

Nothing unusual was noticed, and when Pei Jie was about to continue sleeping, his arm was touched again.

Turn your head and meet your eyes.

Pei Jie almost screamed in shock, but fortunately, the child had a good mental quality, so he was forced to hold it back. After careful identification, Pei Jie realized that it was a cat who pushed him just now.

There is no way, the environment here is still too dark for Pei Jie, the place where Zheng Tan is now is even darker, Pei Jie can't see the objects inside as clearly as Zheng Tan, and Zheng Tan is already dark, if it is not If the eyes could still reflect some light, Pei Jie probably wouldn't be able to spot Zheng Tan so easily. However, he didn't think it was Zheng Tan himself, he just thought it was some wild cat in the woods.

The cage was still too small for Pei Jie, even if he sat in a corner of the cage, it occupied nearly a quarter of the cage's section. Pei Jie couldn't stand upright in the cage at all, and had to bend over when getting up.

Zheng Tan also thought that Pei Jie probably didn't see clearly, so he glanced around, and then walked to the small window left on the edge of the cloth shed.

The light coming in obliquely from the window was projected on the uneven ground. After Zheng Tan walked there, Pei Jie could see it clearly.

"Hei... Heitan?!" Although he was very excited, Pei Jie remembered that he was trapped here, and he was afraid that his voice would provoke those people, so he lowered his voice.

Zheng Tan was very satisfied with Pei Jie's performance, and walked to the cage again.

Pei Jie looked at Zheng Tan and began to cry. Since Zheng Tan is here, then his father and Uncle Er Mao should also be nearby, right?

Pei Jie suddenly felt that the dark childhood had seen light again. The little kid who claims to be a man who bleeds but not tears can't stop crying now.

"Wuwu, Heitan, I was wrong. I shouldn't have taken your things indiscriminately, and I shouldn't have tried to pick the lock without your consent..." Pei Jie admitted his mistake in a low voice, because the voice was too low, sometimes He could only see his mouth open, but no sound came out. However, Zheng Tan could still know what the child was talking about through the words he said and Pei Jie's mouth shape.

The tone was very sincere, and the matching expression was even more touching. However, Zheng Tan always felt that why Pei Jie said this so smoothly? Not even a pause.

Pei Jie did say a lot of similar things, but at this moment Pei Jie really regretted it. If he hadn't been curious about that box, and hadn't taken that box out of the yard, wouldn't he have met that stranger, Uncle Lin wouldn't have been knocked unconscious, his two younger siblings wouldn't have been in danger, and he wouldn't have been bullied by bad guys. Carry it like a chicken?

Regret, he really regrets it!