Chapter 19 (2/2)

Zheng Tan was flabbergasted This wasn't so worthy of praise

”My dad said that cats that are too clever will alars are best kept to ourselves There's no point of telling other people what just happened” Jiao Yuan remarked

”I know” Gu Youzi nodded She never talked about the cat She had seen a child in her class bring her Barbie doll to school every day to show off Soon, the doll was gone When the girl found it again, the Barbie was trampled and thrown into the trash It was apparently because soot jealous

The fact that the cat cah There was no need pile on other stories

Jiao Yuan called Papa Jiao to inforotten hoer's owner, the lady known as Auntie Ling to the Jiao kids, caht soet hungry They could also have it for breakfast the next day

She couldn't stay long because her relatives were visiting She heated up so home She stayed with them until they finished their baths and went to bed

Zheng Tan stayed by Gu Youzi's side, waiting for her to fall asleep Then he went to check on Jiao Yuan in his roo Tan stayed for a while,sure he fell asleep When that was done, he went out to the balcony

Zheng Tan liked to come out onto the balcony when he couldn't sleep The a about hu cat-existence

As the night went on, lights gradually went out one-by-one in the courtyard; The sound of TVs and chatting slowly died out as well

Only Qu Xiangyang next door still had his light on He wouldn't be going to bed until one or two in the

Tonight, Zheng Tan was not at all sleepy He just sat quietly on the balcony, his ears twitching from time to time to listen for movements in the children's bedroohtmares

Looking down froht fro into the distance, orange light spots flickered between tree branches There was a special sense of peace and serenity when the wind stopped blowing and everything— the branches, the leaves and the lights— stood still

Most street lahts wherever there was a road for vehicles He heard that orange lights were the safest, because the color had the longest wavelength It was visible fro Drivers were able to see cars far ahead without tiring their eyes, even after being on the road for a long tireatly increased road safety

Zheng Tan yawned, it was getting late In a few hours, one to bed

Zheng Tan turned back to go into the living room to sleep on the sofa It was possible to watch over both children there Just when Zheng Tan lifted his paw, he heard the soft sound of wooden planks clanking together His paused

The sound came from the wind chime on the balcony of Fatty's holance, the wind chime was no different fro special about it was that it had wooden planks instead of ht crisp sounds

Zheng Tan never noticed it before, until one day when Fatty was being inspected by Wei Ling's old platoon leader He found out the ind chi

It couldn't chime due to wind alone, unless there was a wind storm Normally, the wind chime only made sounds when it was struck by human force, and each plank made a different sound

Zheng Tan looked dohen he heard it ring That hen he saw the 'rats'

Although the two people were hidden in the shadows, Zheng Tan still saw theht their silhouette

After the robberies in Septeed to warn off thieves so far

From the look of the two, this was not their first offense They seemed extremely familiar with the layout of the quarters and knew a bit about the residents as well They could be the ones responsible for the first two thefts

'So, after a month in hideout, these two thieves finally couldn't stay away anymore?'

Who knew they were going to pick his building this ti his house? Certainly, they weren't planning to rob the fourth floor

General's house was special There were barbed wires around the balcony and the front door was specially made as well It was extre an expensive rare parrot The other family was not here forvaluable

Which house was these 'rats' thinking about this time? If it was this house, well

Zheng Tans squinted; he flexed his paw, and sharp claws appeared

'I can't speak, I can't heat water, I have to hide in a backpack to take the bus But you are so wrong if you think I can't take care of you two'

At thisin the shadow at the foot of building B in the east quarter, had no idea there was a cat squatting behind aon the first floor, watching them intently Nor did they know that, at the sa their every move