Reborn Cat Sheriff

Chapter 537 The Black Cat Has a Spirit
Huang Qi did not help Lin Ge cover it up; there is no need to hide good deeds.

Although he felt that Ringo's decision was completely unnecessary, and that the survival of the fittest in nature did not require interference from others, since Mimi had already made the decision, he only needed to respect and carry it out.

So Huang Qi told Nie Guoqiang the whole story, including Mimi's plan to spend 10,000 yuan to give all his underlings a vaccine.

"..."

Nie Guoqiang paused for a moment.

Or perhaps he didn't expect that Lingo would make such a decision on a whim.

But what could he do? The cat was the ancestor of all cats. It had its own ideas, and it wasn't doing anything bad. It was spending its own money, so Nie Guoqiang couldn't find a reason to stop it.

"Mimi, your salary is almost gone. I knew you'd run out of money sooner or later when you donated to Weili. And your bonus is still with me, just to prevent you from wasting it. Hmm... wait a minute, I'll transfer 15,000 to this account. Huang Qi, can you check if that's enough? If not, Mimi can pay the rest herself; she still has a little in her salary card! Also, remember to be careful with the rest, understand?"

Nie Guoqiang gave Lin Ge a succinct critique and then hung up the phone.

Lin Ge met Huang Qi's gaze with an innocent look, then yawned, pretending he hadn't heard a thing. Huang Qi, meanwhile, chuckled beside him, her disdainful expression leaving Lin Ge speechless.

Lin Ge had no idea that a portion of his prize money was hidden with Nie Guoqiang.

I was just thinking about it; I should have more money than this. Just consider the second and third-class merit awards I've received—the bonuses alone add up to over ten thousand yuan, right? And then there's the merit bonus I'll get from Chu City later, plus the service fees from Xizhong City, Jixi County, and Chang City. I shouldn't be penniless at all. Speaking of which, do the brother units in Zhang City pay service fees? I've helped the Municipal Bureau solve quite a few big cases!

Lin Ge thought for a while, and then showed the QR code to Huang Qi again.

Huang Qi didn't stand on ceremony and promptly bought 10,000 yuan, then transferred it to the owner of a familiar veterinary drug store, asking him to quickly send over enough triple vaccines.

"This cat...it's a bit eerie!"

Li Mazi watched this scene quietly until Huang Qi actually got 10,000 yuan from a cat, then he grimaced in surprise and complained.

"That's called spirituality!"

Old Man Sun, on the other hand, had a different opinion. He found Lin Ge increasingly pleasing to the eye.

When he was young, he treated oxen in the countryside and had seen many intelligent animals, usually cats, dogs, and weasels. Old Man Sun even vaguely remembered seeing a black cat a few years ago, by chance near a tourist attraction in Jingzhou. That black cat was incredibly intelligent, almost like a person, and it was followed by someone who seemed to be a bodyguard or butler. The cat was browsing through souvenir stalls, even knowing how to choose colors! And every time it finished selecting something, the driver following it would obediently pay. Finally, he saw the cat walk away with a person carrying a large camera around their neck, but he didn't know the details…

With that cat as a precedent, Old Man Sun didn't find this cat named Mimi strange at all. It's said that a sage appears every five hundred years, so it's not incomprehensible that a particularly intelligent cat would appear every few years.

"Spiritual my foot! It's just evil spirits!"

Li Mazi was too lazy to argue with Old Man Sun. He finished his work, tossed the cat aside, and impatiently changed his gloves. He looked at the blind old cat.

"This cat...it's unlikely to survive these next few days."

"Yes! His eyes are completely swollen and blinded by pus."

Old Sun shook his head regretfully, having given up hope for the old cat's condition. In the countryside, cats like this are usually driven outside to fend for themselves; while in the city, cats this sick are likely to die silently in some corner, it doesn't matter.

But seeing the old cat's jet-black, flawless fur, he suddenly thought of the black cat he had seen years ago. So much time had passed that he couldn't quite tell if it was the same one, but a feeling of compassion welled up inside him, and he went over and turned the old cat around.

The old cat didn't struggle, seemingly indifferent to everything. But seeing that it was willing to follow the lame cat to the small garden, Lin Ge felt that it still wanted to live, or didn't want to die in this way.

Instead of putting the old cat on the stone table, Old Man Sun used his foot to clear a clean spot on the ground and then bent down to examine the cat.

Then, to Lin Ge's horrified, wide-eyed gaze, he gouged out the old cat's eyeballs!
To be precise, the old cat's eye socket was rotten, and the eyeball would fall out if you scratched it even slightly.

"Fuck!"

Lin Ge was so frightened that the hairs on his body stood on end. He quickly backed away and glared angrily at the scene.

He never expected this bald old man with the Mediterranean hairline to be so reckless! Even if you knew the cat had eye problems, you shouldn't have done that! You can scare a cat to death! What if it has a nightmare tonight?
"Tsk! Hopeless!"

Li Mazi took two steps back in disgust; even he found the sight somewhat unbearable.

Instead, Huang Qi, seeing this, walked over and turned on her phone's flashlight to look into the old cat's pus-filled, bloody eyes. The phone's light didn't elicit any reaction from the old cat; the removal of its eyeballs only caused it slight discomfort. Lin Ge even felt that it seemed more relaxed than before. Perhaps the two eyeballs left in the infected area were actually making the old cat more uncomfortable? It even opened its mouth slightly, as if yawning.

Old Sun blinked his eyes, which were covered in thick bags, and when he saw the cat, he seemed to suddenly remember something, and his expression became inexplicably sentimental.

"I'm taking this cat with me!"

He took another glove out of the box, put the two cat's eyes inside, and then squatted down to pick up the old cat.

"It's fate if it can be saved, and destiny if it can't! This old thing has managed to hold on until now, so I don't think it will die so easily. Hmm... there's nothing else I can do to help. I prefer surgery to injections. I'll be going now. Huang Qi, remember to treat me to a meal when you have time."

Without pausing, Old Man Sun went straight to his little electric scooter. He took off his white coat and placed it in the front basket, then carefully picked up the old cat and put it inside.

The old cat didn't struggle at all from beginning to end; even with its slightly larger body and head hanging outside, it didn't move an inch. It was only when Old Man Sun got annoyed and tore off the lid of the basket and broke the basket apart a bit that the old cat could comfortably lie inside.

The old man was a bit impatient; he left in a hurry without even looking back.

"Ha! You old bastard!"

Li Mazi seemed to know what Old Man Sun was thinking, and gave a cold laugh without offering any further explanation. Besides, how could he possibly explain it to a junior? It was best to keep the events of that year buried in his heart—that black cat that saved Old Man Sun's family during that special period.

Old Sun left, but he wasn't in a hurry to go. Anyway, he wasn't expecting the old man to go fishing with him these days, so it was fine to continue playing with the cats for now.

So Li Mazi helped Huang Qi treat the cats with more serious conditions while waiting for the vaccines to arrive. They waited for over an hour, until the sun disappeared behind the clouds, before a small truck finally pulled up on the roadside outside Xiaoguanyuan.

A middle-aged man in a suit led two young men to open the back door of the carriage, where several large freezers were crammed together. He took out several large boxes of vaccines, recognized Tingzi, and then saw Huangqi, so he quickly ran over.

"Hey Mr. Huang, what brings you to this place for business? Wow, so many cats!"

He placed the box on an empty stone bench nearby, greeted Huang Qi, looked around, and suddenly laughed, "What's this? Suddenly doing charity? Vaccinating these stray cats, what were you thinking? Where did you get the money?"

"This real boss provides the money; I'm just responsible for doing the work."

Huang Qi glanced at Lin Ge, who was squatting on the pavilion railing, and then bent down to continue feeding the stubborn fellow his medicine. This bastard was truly stubborn; he'd rather die than open his mouth. Huang Qi was busy until he spat it out, sweat beading on his forehead.

"Oh ho? Boss Cat?"

This time, the veterinarian owner was taken aback.

It's strange enough to vaccinate stray cats, but it's even more unbelievable that the person who came up with this idea wasn't the kind-hearted Huang Qi, but a cat!
Lin Ge glanced at him, not intending to pay any attention to this fussy guy.

Huang Qi, equally uninterested in conversation, continued without looking up, "Ten thousand yuan isn't a small sum, it's enough for you to do some work. Look! Every single cat here needs a shot. Have one of your apprentices help you give the shots, and another help take photos and count them, make sure no one misses or over-shots. Let me make this clear, this boss works for the police station. If you try to cheat and get caught, then... damn it, you dare bite me? You've gone too far!" Before he could finish speaking, Huang Qi was almost bitten by the stubborn cat that was grabbing him by the scruff of its neck, and in a fit of anger, he slapped it on the butt.

I don't know if it's some kind of weird thing, but every cat seems to like getting its bottom slapped! The cat in Huang Qi's hand immediately became obedient after that slap. It even wriggled closer to Huang Qi with its tail raised, as if it wanted to get a few more slaps.

Upon hearing Huang Qi's words, the veterinary drug shop owner widened his eyes and refused, saying, "Mr. Huang, are you kidding me? So many cats aren't even in cages yet. I'd be exhausted just catching them, let alone giving them injections? How am I supposed to do that?"

"Mimi, please make the arrangements!"

Huang Qi continued working, leaving the troublesome matters to Lin Ge.

Lin Ge did not refuse. He simply stood up under the watchful eye of the veterinary drug shop owner, stretched and yawned, and then roared at the increasingly excited group of cats.

"Ouch!"

"!!!"

All the cats immediately stopped what they were doing, pricked up their ears, and turned to look at Lingo.

The perfectly synchronized and unbelievable scene startled the veterinary drug shop owner. One of his apprentices even trembled in shock, nearly dropping his phone.

Even Li Mazi was startled by Lin Ge's voice. He was about to put a cat that needed surgery into the cage when his hand trembled and he dropped the cat on the ground.

"What...what kind of cat is this? It's so creepy!"

The veterinary drug shop owner exclaimed in surprise.

Then, in his line of sight, Ringo turned to face the outside of the pavilion. Seeing this, the surrounding cats reacted instinctively, quickly gathering in front of Ringo and forming several somewhat disorganized groups in front of the pavilion.

Even so, this scene was enough to surprise everyone present.

The stray cats actually lined up?

Even if this silver shaded cat just growled once, all the cats would understand what it meant and then all of them would obediently squat down in front of it without exception.
Li Mazi's eyes widened, and he nearly tripped over his own feet, barely managing to steady himself by holding onto a pavilion pillar. The veterinary medicine shop owner was even more astonished, while his two apprentices were simply amazed, even eager to take out their phones to film the scene.

"What a fuss!"

Huang Qi curled her lip, already immune to this kind of thing. There were already enough legends about this cat; this was nothing compared to the incredible miracles it had performed before.

"Stop wasting time! Boss, hurry up and get the saline vaccine! There are over two hundred cats, how long are we going to take this long?"

Huang Qi urged impatiently.

Lin Ge also jumped down from the pavilion, went to the front of the line and picked out two cats that looked relatively well-behaved, and quietly waited for the pharmacy owner to finish the preparations.

To be honest, getting vaccinated is actually quite simple.

Humans typically receive intramuscular injections, but for cats, subcutaneous injections are the safest method. The back of a cat's neck has thick skin with few blood vessels, so the needle won't hurt, and the cat won't lick it, preventing infection. It's considered the perfect injection site.

In addition, since Lingo controlled the cat to prevent it from struggling and escaping, for this person, it was simply a matter of dissolving the vaccine in the bottle, sucking it into a syringe, and then giving the cat a 'bia' injection, and the vaccination for one cat was finished.

Then, using a needle to draw up some of the medical alcohol placed nearby and squeeze it out, repeating this process twice to complete the disinfection, the apprentice also melted the second bottle of vaccine and brought it to him.

And then it's the next cat...

Since Ringo controlled the cats and kept them in place, there was no need to take photos or videos to determine which cat had been missed or overshot.

So one apprentice was responsible for preparing the vaccine, and another was responsible for disinfecting the syringes used for rotation. The owner only needed to suck the vaccine into the syringe and then give the cat a 'smack' to complete the injection process.

The whole process was like an assembly line. One cat after another walked past the man, nonchalantly receiving a shot, then went to the side to chat with the other cats who had also been injected, discussing their experiences. Some even got annoyed and started playing around, chasing each other towards the artificial hill, which Lin Ge completely ignored. Only when the cats in line started to stir would he go over and slap them to make them behave again.

Even halfway through, after watching their companions get injections time and time again, the remaining cats were no longer afraid of it at all.

They even seemed impatient, pushing and shoving forward, eager to experience what it felt like to be treated like that by humans. Then, Lin Ge slapped them on the forehead, leaving them dazed and disoriented for a long time before they finally got up.

In short, everything was done very quickly. The slowest part was when the two apprentices ran to the car to move the vaccines over here.

About two hours later, all the younger brothers, except for a few seriously ill patients, received their first antiviral vaccine.

"It's not their first shot! At least this one, this one, and those two are all abandoned pet cats. Maybe they had one or two shots before they were bought. Of course, it is precisely these few shots that allowed them to avoid being harmed by this feline herpesvirus attack."

Huang Qi pointed to the cats that had all scattered and wandered around and explained to Lin Ge, emphasizing the protective effect of the vaccine on these cats.

"Should I get an injection too?"

Lin Ge hesitated for a moment, then decided against it. He was confident in his immune system; the food Jiang Yan gave him might be more effective than the vaccines, so there was no need for injections to avoid any unforeseen complications.

At this moment, the veterinary medicine shop owner, rubbing his aching back, left with his two apprentices.

The two guys filmed a lot of videos, typing as they walked, seemingly showing off to someone. As they left, they even took a long-distance photo with Ringo, as if trying to share in the cat's magic.

Of course, they weren't the only ones taking pictures; many passersby who saw this unusual scene also quickly started filming.

Lin Ge was completely used to this kind of thing; he would just glance at it and then ignore it.

"I'm leaving too! Don't forget to call me when you treat Lao Sun to dinner. Oh, I'm taking this cat with me! It's been a bit noisy at home lately, this guy should be good at catching mice."

Li Mazi helped Huang Qi put the remaining eight cats that couldn't be vaccinated immediately into cages, then stacked them in the back box of Huang Qi's electric scooter. After rubbing his legs, he casually picked up the black cat that had been rubbing against him for a long time, tossed it onto the footrest of the electric scooter, and was about to leave.

Huang Qi promised to treat everyone to dinner, and watched them all leave before turning his attention back to Lin Ge.

"Mimi, these cats need to wait until they're better before they can get vaccinated. Let's get them treated here first. But shouldn't we settle my medical bills for the other cats today?"

"Do it yourself!"

Lin Ge arrogantly showed off the QR code on his neck, but in his heart he was wondering what was going on with these two old men.

Especially this old man named Li Mazi, he kept saying that cats were evil, but why did he still leave with a black cat? It's understandable that the black cat didn't dare to struggle, but did Li Mazi really keep it to catch mice?

Lin Ge sensed that there must be something else going on, but after thinking about it, he realized it had nothing to do with him. Besides, it was a good thing that his younger brother was being adopted, so he put it aside.

(End of this chapter)