1376 Hope Amidst Difficulties (2/2)
”That is true... but in any case, be careful!” said the grandmother.
She hurriedly hobbled back to her tricycle and pulled out a pair of dirty cloth gloves. She was embarrassed to hand them to him. ”Would you like to wear gloves? It will, in some way, protect you...”
Zhang Zian accepted her kindness, put on her gloves, and said, ”You stand back a little. I am afraid that I will hit you when I dodge.”
”Alright.”
The old grandmother took a few steps back and was so worried that she broke out in a cold sweat.
This cardboard box does not open from the top, but two boxes are cupped together from the top and bottom. To see what is inside, the top box must be lifted up.
Zhang Zian carefully lifted the top box but did not completely remove it. He only revealed a narrow gap, so if there is some dangerous animal inside, he can immediately close the box.
Judging from the movements of the animal inside, it is not very small, so it should not be able to emerge from this narrow gap.
He glanced into the dark gap using the midday sunlight.
The unknown thing hidden in the black box may be anything. However, if he can just get a look at what it is, then...
Then what is it?
He can't remember, but he has already seen something, and so there was not further guessing needed.
Inside is a pair of shiny eyes.
He recognized it at once; this is a cat's eyes. There will be no mistakes. If he, as a pet shop's son, cannot make out a pair of cat's eyes, he can go ahead and call it a day.
The eyes, shining in the dark box, was silver-gray in color. However, beneath those eyes lies a deep bottomless fear and a desire for light.
”Meow...”
It whispered quietly in the box as if to say: let me out.
Zhang Zian's mind suddenly seemed to be hit hard by something, and all the blood in his body suddenly rushed to his head. His whole body was in a state of rigidity as if two waves of turbulence had collided in his mind.
”Young man, what's inside... the box?” The Grandma was worried. Even though he kept her away, but she watched him standing stiff as a rod and came over to pat him on the shoulder.
Zhang Zian came back to his senses and quickly said, ”It is not a dangerous animal. It is a cat.”
With that, he opened the box.
A black and white bicolor kitten cringed in the corner of the cardboard box and squinted its eyes in the face of strong sunlight.
”Yeah! It turned out to be a kitten! It made me worry for such a long time!”
The old grandma laughed, sighed, and said, ”The older the person, the smaller the size of their courage! Sigh, I am not longer useful...”
With that, she turned to her tricycle, walked towards it, and slowly got on the seat.
”This cat...” Zhang Zian turned around and said.
The old grandmother turned back, looked at Pomeranian in her tricycle with love, and said, ”I, with one puppy, am finding it difficult to raise it properly. The cat, if you like it, take it home... the weather is getting colder by the day. If it's staying here, it's going to be bullied. I've heard that some little punks like to torture cats... If you can't raise it, then there's no other choice but to leave it. However, don't cover the box, maybe If a good person sees it, he will take it home.”
When she finished, she slowly went away in her tricycle.
The Pomeranian no longer barked. It kept looking back at him, with... that cat.