Chapter 19 (1/2)

The two children waited for the bus in front of the hospital door The first two buses that passed were too full Jiao Yuan decided to wait a little longer for one with less people Buses that went froate of the university ca onto a crowded one

The co work The population of Chuhua was very large, and the city didn't have a subway syste rush hour

Today, Jiao Yuan was very quiet If it was any other ti stickers off a pole or talking to people nearby He wasn't someone who could wait quietly for the bus

Today he just held his sister's hand and stood still Besides telling Gu Youzi they should wait for the next bus, he didn't say another word

Zheng Tan stayed in Jiao Yuan's backpack The zipper was not co Tan could stick his head out and fresh air could get in It was unco in there, but to avoid any unnecessary trouble, he kept his head down and remained safely hidden in the backpack

Jiao Yuan's backpack ss [1] He probably went to the cafeteria and bought some to snack on before lunch

They waited for fifteen ot on the bus Soave them his seat Jiao Yuan thanked the person The kids shared the seat and carefully placed the backpack carrying Zheng Tan on their legs

It was only two stops to the university east gate, but two more stops to the eastern quarters It was better to ride the bus than to walk

Zheng Tan was feeling stuffy, so he poked his nose close to the gap to get soain, sometimes because it reached a bus stop, so sleepy

However, not before long, Zheng Tan felt a sharp pain in his whiskers

Looking out of the gap, ain front of the on theTan's nose and a fehiskers poking out of the bag and ripped a whisker

Zheng Tan retreated back into the bag after feeling the pain He dragged his whiskers with him

”Cathair ” The child couldn't yet speak fluently He saw the cat, whose whisker he still held, disappear back into the backpack, so he pointed at Jiao Yuan's backpack and cried out loud

Jiao Yuan and Gu Youzi, both in a trance, were jerked back into reality They didn't knohat just happened and only saw the child pointing and yelling They thought people had found out about their cat and were very nervous Even though there wasn't a 'no pets' sign on the bus,animals onto public transportation

The good thing was other people did not notice the whiskers poking out The lighting was dim on the bus, plus people were exhausted from a day of work and paid little attention to others Even the child'sto the cat decorations on the backpack She smiled and patted her child

When they got to their stop, the two children got off as quickly as they could for fear of being caught After all, they were young They hadn't quite mastered public humiliation like adults

Entering the quarters, Zheng Tan jumped out He felt much better now that he could breathe fresh air

The sky was already dark; the streetlights were lit, and they could vaguely hear the song that signaled the end of the school radio broadcast A gust of wind swept by; leaves rustled around theround

Zheng Tan shi+vered He ran a few steps and climbed halfway up a tree Then he slid back down The exercise made his body feel warmer

Seeing their cat perform his tricks, the kids, ere depressed all day, finally felt a bit better They were surrounded by people taking strolls and cars driving ho in the quarters The street was full of life

At the entrance of their building, Jiao Yuan swiped his access card Zheng Tan led the way inside

These building were relatively old They didn't have sound-controlled lights, but the people living here were used to the slightly out-dated system

Lights on the third floor and beloere on, but the fourth and fifth floor corridors were pitch black The parrot's owners on fourth floor were not hoain Even that otaku Qu Xiangyang seemed to be on one of his rare trips downstairs, so no one turned on the lights

Zheng Tan wanted to switch on the lights first, so that the children won't bu on the stairs Forin corridors at night without the lights It was, however, a piece of cake for Zheng Tan, or cats in general

Zheng Tan juht on the fourth floor, then went up and did the sareet the kids and ran into them on the second floor

Two hts of stairs later, the two children found out what their own cat was doing running up in advance When they were outside, they saw that the corridor was dark on the fourth and fifth floor

”Charcoal is really shed

This was the first tihed since he found out about Mama Jiao's accident

”Yes!” Gu Youzi didn't talk much, as usual