975 Famous People, Famous Quotes (1/2)

Early the next morning.

The first thing that Zhang Zian saw when he opened his eyes was a blue-gray tail moving left and right under the curtains. Vladimir seemed to have woken up before the sun was up and it was just sitting on the window sill and looking outside.

Zian sat up and began to put on his clothes.

Vladimir poked its head out of the curtains and leaped lightly down from the window sill. The Russian Blue cat's body, which was completely different from the British shorthair, was clearly very agile.

”What time are we heading out today? My iron fist is already hungry and thirsty!” It clenched a front paw and was very excited.

”We don't have to rush this. Are you sure you don't need me to prepare a place for you to sleep?” Zhang Zian asked.

Before going to bed last night, Zhang Zian had planned to find an old blanket for it to temporarily sleep on. From there, he would find out what kind of bed it prefered before he bought it online. But it didn't really care and had turned down Zian's idea, then it chose a random spot to lie down and fell asleep.

”There's no need,” Vladimir said with a forthright smile. ”Those in our line have the four seas as our home, the sky as our blanket, the ground for our bed, a steel gun as our comrade-in-arms, and the grassland as our canteen. It's nothing exquisite, but it's enough as long as we have a place to shelter us from the wind and rain. Why would I need a bed?”

Zhang Zian was speechless. It really had a way with words.

Zian was a little worried that he was neglecting Vladimir, but he didn't expect it to really feel that it didn't have to sleep on a bed. Since it was forthright in character, Zian no longer had to worry about where it was going to sleep.

”Moreover, when I think of the hundreds and thousands of stray cats being bullied and oppressed outside, I can't sleep at ease on a bed,” Vladimir said as it pointed towards the outside.

Old Time Tea had just woken up and happened to hear what Vladimir said. It then praised, ”The worries of the world always comes first––punish oneself with a big cup of wine!”

Zhang Zian shook his head and smiled bitterly. If Vladimir wasn't joking, then the difference in their level of thoughts made him feel ashamed of himself. Although he knew that there were still many poor people in the world who couldn't eat and sleep, he still slept well when it was time to sleep…

After all, those things were too far away from him, and those poor people were just strangers to him. Zian knew himself, and he wouldn't make saving the poor people in the whole world his goal. Just like what Confucians often said: ”Keep yourself safe when you're a nobody; however, give back to the world when you've become somebody.”

Zian was currently in the position where he was keeping himself safe, and only when he was as rich as Father Ma would he consider giving to the world.

For those who were still thinking about the world when they couldn't save themselves were either mad men, were naive teenagers, or was a person––or cat––who actually could change the world…

At that time, the other elfins woke up one after another. Having spent a few days in the capital, especially the capital's attractions which encompass a great deal of space, they were all very tired. They had gone to bed early the night before and naturally woke up early that morning.

Pi jumped and skipped its way into the bathroom and washed its face, then jumped back on the chair and started to type away.

When Vladimir heard the typing sounds, it jumped up on the desk with no difficulty and put its face close to the screen. It stared at the Word document on the screen and asked, ”I wanted to ask last night––what are you doing sitting in front of the computer all the time? Are you writing a novel? ”

Pi was surprised, and it nodded nervously. ”Zhi zhi.”

Zhang Zian said on behalf of Pi, ”Its name is Pi, and its currently working on a serialized online novel. Although it can't talk, you can communicate with Pi through its typing.”

Pi was quite shy and it had an inferiority complex because it couldn't talk. The night before, when everyone was talking around Vladimir, Pi sat silently in front of the computer as it worked on its novel.

Vladimir gaped in amazement and said seriously, ”Writing a novel? That's amazing!”

Pi embarrassedly typed, ”It's not that good.”

”No, no, it's awesome that you are able to write novels!” Vladimir said seriously. ”I respect every writer. Each writer is like an engineer of the human soul.”

Zhang Zian was speechless. I think I heard this sentence from my elementary school teacher, but I've already forgotten the source… Anyway, it couldn't have originated from the elementary school teacher. Although the sentence had often been used as ”teachers are the engineer of the human soul,” the actual original text was ”writer.”

Speaking of which, he kind of admired Vladimir. Each time it spoke, it easily recalled famous quotes.