Reborn Cat Sheriff

Chapter 285 The Naughty Panther and the Demon
This time, Lin Ge was truly terrified and almost scared out of his wits.

He never imagined that one day he would have the opportunity to come into close contact with a leopard. At that time, the leopard had already sneaked up behind Ling Ge, and the distance between the cat and the leopard was probably less than twenty centimeters.

This is the distance where you can turn a cat into cat food with just a casual bite.

Lin Ge struggled to adjust his posture in mid-air to avoid falling and turning into a pancake. But just then, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his tail. Looking up, he saw that his bristling tail had been caught in the jaws of a leopard.

"Holy crap, are you serious?"

Ringo was terrified. Could someone tell him how to escape after being bitten by what was known as the fastest beast?

"Whoa!"

On the other side, the two lynx cubs were also frightened by this scene. They hurriedly climbed up the barbed wire fence and shouted at their leopard neighbor from a high place.

The leopard ignored them both and just quietly watched the struggling cat below.

There wasn't much murderous intent in its eyes; it just stared at Lin Ge with an innocent face. But the fact that it held Lin Ge's tail without helping to pull him up, leaving Lin Ge hanging in mid-air like a swing, still made Lin Ge uneasy.

Lin Ge desperately shook his body to save himself and finally managed to grab onto a nearby tree trunk.

Seeing this, the leopard actually let go of Lingo's tail.

"Huh? Is this guy trying to save me, afraid I'll fall?"

Lin Ge paused, staring intently at the leopard, without choosing to flee. Two lynx cubs nearby chirped joyfully, jumping down from the wire fence and barking at Lin Ge.

Judging from their attitude, they didn't seem to think that their leopard neighbor would eat their godfather.

Then, Lingo calmed down.

Although I still didn't intend to get too close to the leopard, just looking into its eyes eased my tension considerably. Looking at the spot where the leopard had emerged, there was a tiny gap where the wire mesh and the awning met. It seemed a rusted screw had failed, causing an inconspicuous opening in the tightly sealed cage. Normally, this kind of thing is very rare, and it's almost impossible for the animal inside to exploit such a flaw.

It can only be said that this leopard was smarter and better at seizing opportunities than the zoo management had anticipated.

Lin Ge tried to slowly climb down, but the leopard ignored him and just stared intently at him.

Upon landing successfully, the leopard yawned widely, then lazily found a comfortable branch to lie down on. It seemed that to it, there was no difference between inside and outside the cage; it had only come out to say hello to Lingo.

"A grain of rice? A grain of rice?"

Suddenly, a stranger's voice came from afar. It seemed that the keeper had discovered through the surveillance that there was no leopard in the cage and quickly ran over to check.

"Well!"

The leopard immediately stood up, glanced down at Lin Ge who was burrowing into the grass, and then returned to the gap in the net cage. With its head down and body low, it squeezed in.

Just before jumping down, it even pawed at the gap twice to make itself look less unusual before leaping down from the top of the wire mesh, slowly lying down by the stream, yawning widely, and staring in the direction the caretaker had come from.

Soon, a young girl wearing a zoo hat came running over in a hurry.

She paused for a moment when she saw the leopard lying by the stream. Rubbing her eyes, she realized she wasn't mistaken. She could only deduce that the leopard's fur color blended into the surrounding grass, which was why it hadn't been spotted on the surveillance footage.

"You scared me to death! I thought you ran away! By the way, Mili, have you seen a cat? The security guard just caught a teddy dog, and he also saw two cats on the security camera. How come cats and dogs these days are so bold? They even dare to wander into the zoo!"

The zookeeper leaned over and spoke a few words to the leopard named Mili through the wire fence before leaving again.

Looking at the girl's retreating figure, Mili revealed a mocking smile.

"Is this guy really just an ordinary leopard? Isn't this level of intelligence a bit too exaggerated?"

Lin Ge hid in the grass, staring in disbelief at the scene.

As for the teddy dog ​​the female administrator mentioned, Lin Ge guessed that it was Little Wang who had been caught. Although that guy was quite capable and intelligent, he was ultimately not as cunning as this leopard, so it was predictable that he would be caught.

"Since you saved my life, I won't report your escape route."

Through the barbed wire fence, Lin Ge complained to Mi Li, "You rascal, don't cause any trouble with this thing! Also, these two guys over there are my godson, so keep an eye on them when you have time?"

Mili yawned again and impatiently wagged its tail, as if to make a promise to Lingo.

Lin Ge originally wanted to observe the incredible leopard a little longer, but ultimately Qin Suya and that man's matter were more important, so he could only thank them and comfort the two lynx cubs before leaving in a hurry.

"Woo!"

Seeing their godfather leave, the two lynx cubs were a little upset.

Seeing this, Mili stood up again.

It let out a howl at the two lynxes, and slowly climbed up a tree in the cage to the gap where another screw secured the wire mesh.

The two baby lynxes didn't know what it was doing, and just looked up at it curiously.

Then, you can see Mili slowly using her fingernail to pry open the screw clip, patiently moving the screw little by little.

"Whoa?"

The little timid one was actually a bit smarter; with a blink of an eye, it imitated a grain of rice and climbed to the top of the wire mesh cage.

Finding the same protruding latch, it looked at the rice grain, fiddled with it a couple of times, then imitated it, and fiddled with it a couple more times. Realizing the latch had loosened, it immediately let out an excited cry.

When she looked up to thank Mili, she found that Mili had already lightly jumped to the ground and slowly moved towards the interior.

"Whoa!"

The little coward ignored it and quickly called for his brothers to come and help.

……

On the other side, while avoiding the cameras, Lin Ge slowly and quietly followed behind Qin Suya and the man.

The two didn't exchange any further words, simply walking together in silence, seemingly having a pretty good relationship. This was a habit Qin Suya had learned during her long 'professional' career over the past few years: trying not to make the men around her feel ignored.

Lin Ge didn't know how Qin Suya had gotten to where she was now, but it was easy to imagine that her journey from the beginning to the present had not been easy.

Even though she knew perfectly well that the man beside her intended to kill her, she didn't choose to leave immediately. Even though she had entrusted her younger sister to Jiang Yan and had no more ties to herself, she still hoped to save as much money and hope as possible for her sister.

This is a woman who is hard to describe in words. She is neither untainted by the mud nor willingly degenerate. It seems that she has been forced to this point by reality and expectations, nothing more.

How much money do you still need?

The man suddenly spoke, as if he had another idea.

"Seven million!"

Qin Suya didn't hesitate. In any case, both of them knew that money was the only bond between them, and at least for now, neither of them wanted that bond to break rashly.

"Tch! A mere seven million?"

The man sneered, accidentally unfastening his wig and revealing his balding scalp as he removed his hat. He quickly put it back on and continued sneering, "A paltry sum, not even enough for my daily expenses. How about this, I'll give you ten million. You help me get the project in Zhang City up and running! My demands aren't high. Also, help me get two more truckloads of raw materials for Baike Pharmaceutical Factory. Two truckloads will be enough! Five million per truckload, ten million for two truckloads! That's twenty million in total. Congratulations on achieving financial freedom!"

"Freedom? Once you've got me involved, there's no such thing as freedom."

Qin Suya sneered, but did not refuse. Money was extremely important to her right now; if she could really have another twenty million, maybe her sister's situation...

It was worth dying for!

"Give me the money first!"

Qin Suya made a decision.

"If you get another truckload of isobutylbenzene, I'll give it all to you. Then the Zhangzhou market will be yours too. As long as the raw materials keep coming in, you can easily earn nine figures a year. Then you won't need to serve that damn man like you do now!"

The man grinned, revealing his true target.

"You added isobutylbenzene to your medicine?" Qin Suya stopped in her tracks, belatedly realizing what was happening. "It's not some kind of smart drug, it's a drug? Are you kidding me? You're selling drugs as health supplements?" The man sneered disdainfully, "This kind of thing has nothing to do with you, right? As long as you get paid, who cares what's in it! To be honest, you know very well that our medicine is illegal, so why pretend to be so high and mighty? Qin Suya, you need to understand! When you're in trouble and short of money, no one helps you! When you have to do those things for money, no one helps you either! The only one who can help you is yourself, not some bullshit law or morality. These things are worthless, they're toys for the rich, understand? You only have the right to talk about those things when you have money. For the poor, making money by any means necessary is enough!"

"..."

Qin Suya lowered her head and remained silent. Several laughing tourists walked past her, and the man stopped talking, just quietly watching Qin Suya.

From the bushes behind him, Lin Ge watched this scene quietly. He was eager to know what Qin Suya was hesitating about, and what choice she would make in the face of a man's temptation.

She may not be a pure and innocent woman, but Lingo hopes this woman won't turn into a poppy.

"I dare not earn this money!"

After a long while, Qin Suya raised her head and stared at the man with a serious expression, saying, "Brother Li, I just want to treat my sister's illness. I don't want to become a heartless beast. I'm short of money, but I don't lack that much. I appreciate your kindness."

"Tsk!"

The man paused for a moment, then waved his hand dismissively, saying, "Fine, whatever! I was just trying to be helpful, whether you accept it or not is up to you. Let's go, let's go, there's no point in talking about this anymore. Let's break up once we get out of here and never know each other again."

"..."

Qin Suya really wanted to say, "You owe me money, you have to pay me back." But when she learned that this group was not only involved in smuggling and illegal activities, but also in drugs, she suddenly became hesitant.

She is not afraid of death, but she cannot die now.

The two continued walking silently, leaving the animal enclosure and arriving at the monkey mountain.

Seeing Luo Jue waiting at the entrance of Monkey Mountain, Qin Suya's eyes showed a hint of surprise. But she walked straight past him with her head down as if she didn't recognize him. Luo Jue also remained silent, only looking back at the way he came, as if he was waiting for someone.

"Tsk! Taking a cat to the zoo? Are you crazy?!"

The man glanced at the little hawksbill turtle hiding in Luo Jue's arms, with only half its head showing, and couldn't help but let out a disdainful laugh.

Luo Jue ignored him, even though her muscles were tense and she was ready to fight at any moment, she still kept her eyes straight ahead and ignored the man. And Qin Suya didn't give any warning until the man left together, which made Luo Jue lower her head in regret.

"What are you doing?"

Lin Ge didn't quite understand why Luo Jue was standing there in a daze.

"Meow!"

The little hawksbill turtle reacted first, struggling to crawl out from inside Luo Jue's clothes, jumping to the ground and affectionately nuzzling Lin Ge's neck with its head.

This unfamiliar and frightening environment terrified the little guy.

"You'd better hide first! That teddy bear has been caught, and if you're discovered, you'll be kicked out too."

Lin Ge pushed the little hawksbill turtle to Luo Jue's feet. Luo Jue, realizing what was happening, quickly picked up the little guy and hid him. The little hawksbill turtle didn't struggle. After all, Luo Jue had spent more time at the police station than Lin Ge, and he was quite familiar with the cats.

"Boss, Aunt Suya..."

Before Luo Jue could finish speaking, Lin Ge walked past him slowly into the monkey mountain.

Monkey Mountain, as the name suggests, is a rather tall man-made stone mountain.

The drop from the top to the concrete ground below is a full thirty-four meters. With no obstructions around, the wind is actually quite strong. Furthermore, monkeys have a notorious reputation due to their association with a certain tourist attraction, so not many people linger here. Some children wanted to see the monkeys, but perhaps because of the cold weather and the lack of monkeys below, they obediently went down with their parents; after all, they could see them through the glass wall anyway.

Qin Suya followed the man to the monkey mountain. She originally planned to continue down and leave the park, but the man called her back.

"Suya, what's your decision? It's foolish not to make money, there's nothing to hesitate about, right?"

The man took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it with his back to the wind, and took a puff, watching the white smoke he exhaled being quickly blown away by the wind and disappearing above the monkey mountain.

A monkey happened to come out, and when it saw the person emitting smoke, it paused for a moment, then squatted down below and curiously looked up.

Seeing that Qin Suya remained silent, the man chuckled and tossed the cigarette into the monkey enclosure. A monkey picked it up and imitated its puffing, laughing loudly as it pointed and said, "Look, even monkeys smoke! But do they know this stuff isn't good? So it doesn't matter at all! Good or bad, someone will always use it, and we can make money! The zookeepers didn't kill any monkeys for smoking, so why do you care if a few hundred or a few thousand die out of billions of people worldwide?"

As he spoke, the man lit another cigarette, offered a toast to the monkey, and continued to puff away.

Qin Suya ignored the man's despicable behavior, quietly watching the distant scenery and the crowds coming and going. After a while, seeing the man about to throw away his half-smoked cigarette, she turned around and said, "I don't care what others do, but I can control myself! Without people like you causing trouble, how could a monkey have learned to smoke? If I don't harm others, how could they be hurt because of me? How much money you make and how many people you harm is your business, it has nothing to do with me."

"So, you're determined to refuse me?"

The man's face darkened, and he slowly stopped tossing the cigarette down. This left the dozen or so monkeys who had gathered curiously below feeling quite disappointed, and they could only continue to scramble for the last remaining cigarette butt.

"Ok!"

This time, Qin Suya nodded decisively.

"Hehe... Fine, I admire decisive women like you. But it doesn't matter, there are other capable women besides you, just find someone else."

The man was surprisingly nonchalant, turning to Qin Suya and saying, "By the way, you still don't know my name, do you? We've worked together twice already, it would be a bit much not to tell you my name. Hehe, my name is... Li Fei!"

As the last two words were uttered, the man shoved the cigarette butt into Qin Suya's face the instant her eyes widened in surprise.

They were originally going to insert something into her eyes, but Qin Suya reflexively turned her head to avoid it.

Even so, the intense pain and the shock and astonishment brought by that familiar name still slowed Qin Suya's reaction, allowing Li Fei to precisely grab her by the neck.

Bringing Qin Suya here was obviously for a purpose.

Li Fei grabbed Qin Suya and forcefully pushed her toward the monkey mountain. Even when blocked by the railing, he still pressed Qin Suya down mercilessly, trying to force her down.

"Uh...wuwu..."

Qin Suya struggled desperately, but she could no longer call for help, nor could she break free from Li Fei's strength.

Despite the cameras nearby, Li Fei seemed completely unconcerned. In just a few seconds, Qin Suya's upper body had tilted to a 60-degree angle, one foot was forced off the ground, and she could only struggle with her buttocks and one hand gripping the railing.

"Heh... You think you have a chance to live? From the moment you rejected me and learned my name, you were doomed, you know? Or rather, from the moment I learned last year that a whore was spending a fortune to find a guy named Li Fei on the streets, I knew you were dead! By the way, you two sisters are both whores! You both dared to reject me! Damn it, damn it, you ignorant fools dare to bargain with me!"

Li Fei possessed immense strength, and his full-body disguise gave him confidence in evading the cameras. Killing this bitch would only take a minute, followed by ample time to change his appearance in the complex zoo environment and then leave with an air of nonchalance.

"Right! That's how it was back then! That bitch actually rejected me, so I grabbed her by the neck and slammed her head against the ground! I only slammed it about a dozen times, and she was dead. It's a pity I didn't find her body, otherwise..."

Qin Suya stared wide-eyed in astonishment at the grotesque, demon-like monster before her.

Without thinking, she suddenly released her grip on the railing and grabbed Li Fei's neck with both hands. She squeezed him with all her might, desperately squeezing him! Even though she couldn't breathe, she vowed to die with this demon.

"Still trying to resist?"

Li Fei released his right hand, seemingly giving Qin Suya a chance to catch her breath. But suddenly, Li Fei slammed his crutch hard into Qin Suya's arm, and with a visible crack, Qin Suya couldn't help but scream in pain.

Even so, she still clung tightly to Li Fei and wouldn't let go.

"Oh shit!"

The fierce look in Li Fei's eyes grew stronger. He punched Qin Suya hard in the face, smashing her upper body almost to the level of the railing.

But this strong woman clung tightly to the steel bars of the railing with both feet, her right fingernails digging into Li Fei's neck. She refused to let go, determined to die with him no matter what.

"court death!"

Not wanting to waste time, Li Fei reached into his robes with his free hand.

"Sister Suya!"

Luo Jue's voice came from behind.

"Ow!"

And there's Lingo running at top speed.

The man and the cat never imagined that things would turn out so suddenly. This devilish man actually dared to kill someone right under the security camera's nose?
(End of this chapter)