Reborn Cat Sheriff

Chapter 542 The Cat's Misfortune

Although he said he wanted money, Old Man Sun ultimately didn't have the habit of extorting money from a cat.

Since he had nothing better to do, he rummaged through the drawer and found a nail clipper. Then, he grabbed Lin Ge by the back of the neck, pulled him onto his lap, and began to slowly trim Lin Ge's nails.

At first, he was a little impatient, but as he cut, he gradually became interested. Not only did Old Man Sun cut Lin Ge's four legs and eighteen toes short, but he also patiently used a file to smooth them out, rounding off the sharp edges, before finally putting Lin Ge down on the ground with satisfaction.

Lin Ge flipped and landed firmly in mid-air, then waved his claws at Old Man Sun in a threatening manner. Of course, he was actually quite satisfied; his claws could finally extend and retract freely and were no longer in the way.

And don't be fooled by how short and rounded they look now; in just a few days, their claws will become sharp again. Then, find an unlucky person to toughen up their new nails, and they'll be back to being a ferocious cat that draws blood when it punches.

As for the money, Old Man Sun didn't mention it again, and Lin Ge was happy to pretend he didn't know.

He's a bit strapped for cash right now, but things will be much better once he gets his salary this month. Besides, how could these people have the nerve to ask a cat for money? That stuff is called RMB, not cat currency! It's perfectly reasonable for the cat to be broke.

Taking advantage of Old Man Sun's inattention, Lin Ge secretly left the clinic. Unable to think of a place to kill time, he simply went to Longquan High School.

Since tomorrow is the May Day holiday, the school is unusually letting out early today without evening self-study. Even the grueling senior high school students got a day off and can go to bed early tonight, seeming even more excited than the first and second-year students.

They left the school in twos and threes, arm in arm, discussing where to spend their vacation.

Some were urging others to quickly form teams to play games, suggesting that the months-long imprisonment-like experience had indeed ravaged some internet-addicted teenagers beyond recognition.

Lin Ge didn't bother them on the way. He just found a secluded spot and quietly watched them walk by. However, he noticed that the girl named Gu Peiyao wasn't among the students who passed by.

Slightly worried that something might have happened to the child, Lin Ge waited until almost everyone had left before emerging from the corner and heading towards the relaxation area.

Gu Peiyao wasn't there either, but Lin Ge noticed that there were two more animals in the relaxation corner than before. Besides the rabbits and pheasants, there were several small turtles kept in basins and some hamsters that someone had somehow acquired. These soft little creatures were rolling and burrowing around in a wooden box filled with sawdust. One of them, like Spider-Man, was climbing up a vertical plank, then tumbled down into the sawdust, landing on its back. In one corner of the box was a hamster wheel, inside which a small white hamster was moving its four legs rapidly, desperately lunging forward as the wheel spun. The next second, it couldn't stop in time and was thrown out of the wheel.

The little creature's round and chubby appearance was indeed quite endearing, and its silly, fearless nature, even after falling and becoming dizzy, still allowed it to continue playing. Lin Ge watched the spectacle with great interest for quite a while.

Lin Ge even discovered that this thing had no concept of fear. When faced with the cat's head poking into the box, they curiously crowded around without fear of being eaten by the cat. It was so arrogant and stupid that Lin Ge couldn't help but want to reach out and scratch it.

"Hey! Cat, you can't eat this hamster!"

Suddenly, a voice came from behind him to stop him. Lin Ge turned around and saw Huo Junpeng's dean of students walking quickly toward them.

Originally, Lin Ge was not keen on interacting with this person, but then he suddenly remembered that the guy had apologized and given him fish. So Lin Ge stopped walking and squatted down to watch Huo Junpeng come up to him.

"It's you, you little rascal!"

Huo Junpeng only recognized Lin Ge when he got closer. He breathed a sigh of relief and his eyes lit up. He adjusted his glasses and stared at Lin Ge up and down.

"Is something wrong?"

Lin Ge let out a wary howl.

"Ahem! Come with me for a moment."

Huo Junpeng turned and left, gesturing for Lin Ge to follow.

This guy certainly had the air of a dean of students. Lin Ge originally didn't intend to give him face, but then he became a little curious. Besides, this guy had indeed made a lot of changes, and he deserved some credit for how the relaxation corner had become what it is now. So Lin Ge decided to follow him for the time being.

After turning left and right, Huo Junpeng arrived at the office area and pushed open a door, walking straight in. He waited for Lin Ge to come in before closing the door.

then……

Lin Ge then spotted a little kitten causing trouble in the office!
This guy looks a bit like the lame guy, but he's got a lot of presence and isn't as cowardly as the lame guy. When Lin Ge came in, it was lying on the single sofa, struggling with the sofa leather, its claws digging so hard it looked like it was going to shoot sparks.

Then the whole office was filled with the little guy's presence, including but not limited to the spotless desk in front of him, where not even a single piece of paper dared to be placed.

Even so, the little guy ruined the pen holder on the table, leaving it lying on the table with ballpoint pens and gel pens scattered around.

In addition, a succulent plant on the window of the room also showed signs of damage. A few leaves were stuck on the edge of the pot as if they were intended to be transplanted and rooted, but the gaps on them told Lin Ge that they had not fallen off naturally.

Ugh! What a troublesome cat!

Lin Ge instantly understood Huo Junpeng's meaning, but he was a little curious as to why the kitten, which was supposed to be taken away by Gu Peiyao, was left in Huo Junpeng's office.

"Meow~"

Seeing Huo Junpeng enter, the kitten showed no fear whatsoever. It gave Huo Junpeng a fierce but endearing growl, then continued its struggle with the sofa.

This guy didn't even notice Lin Ge walking over from the ground; he was just determined to defeat the sofa.

"Come on, Mimi, help me think of a way to deal with this little guy?"

As Huo Junpeng spoke, he went to his desk to tidy up the mess. He put the pens scattered on the desk back into the pen holder, and after thinking for a moment, he opened the drawer and hid the pen holder inside as well. Finally, the desk was completely empty.

"It's not my business?"

Lin Ge refused to take the blame, but became increasingly curious about the cat's situation.

At this moment, the kitten finally spotted Lin Ge. It was as if it had seen a more interesting toy. It abandoned the sofa, jumped down, and ran to Lin Ge with its tail wagging. It then arched its back and let out a fierce growl.

"Meow!"

"What the hell are you talking about? Look what you've done!"

Lin Ge pinned the kitten to the ground with one paw, and no matter how hard it tried, it couldn't escape.

After struggling for a long time, the kitten finally gave up and stared innocently at Lin Ge without struggling anymore.

This scene finally made Huo Junpeng, who was holding a roll of transparent tape to stick cat hair on the other side of the desk, laugh.

After laughing for a while, he got down to business, continuing to pluck the cat's fur as he said, "Gu Peiyao secretly brought this cat to school and hid it in the girls' restroom on the sixth floor. If Teacher Ye hadn't discovered it, I really wouldn't have known that the students in our school would be so bold. All the girls on one floor secretly keeping a cat on campus without telling the teachers or other students. Hehe... They even brought it cat food and treats. If only they had that kind of dedication to studying."

As was his habit, Huo Junpeng sighed as he concluded, linking the matter to his studies. "Teacher Ye found this cat and gave it to me, and that's when I found out it was taken from you. It's a pity Gu Peiyao's family doesn't allow her to keep cats, so she had to hide it at school. But what kind of situation is this? Is school a place where cats are allowed? Look at the mess it's made of this place in just a few days! The school has already set up a relaxation corner, and what students need are quiet animals that won't bother them, not this kind of trouble that requires worrying about whether it's doing well! So you need to take this cat away from me, the sooner the better."

"Gu Peiyao's family doesn't allow cats?"

Lin Ge was stunned for a moment, and finally realized why the kitten had appeared at the school.

Despite Huo Junpeng's aggressive demeanor, Lin Ge could tell he had changed a lot. Even though the kitten had wreaked havoc on his office, he hadn't said he'd just throw the cat away; in some ways, he was completely different from before.

But how to solve this problem? Lin Ge hadn't forgotten that Gu Peiyao had some psychological issues, and who knew what would happen to her without this cat.

"Can't you help take care of it? Taking care of a cat is difficult for Gu Peiyao, but it's easy for you, right?" Lin Ge felt that this matter should be left to Huo Junpeng to handle himself. At least for an adult like him, taking care of a cat shouldn't be difficult. Besides, judging from his appearance, he clearly enjoys taking care of this little kitten; otherwise, why would he let it run wild?

As soon as the kitten was released, it immediately ran towards Huo Junpeng, seemingly believing that Huo Junpeng was the one who could protect it.

"Hey!"

Huo Junpeng sighed, casually tucking the kitten onto his lap before staring at Lin Ge and saying, "This is a school, what kind of nonsense is it to keep cats here? Besides, Gu Peiyao has clearly lost interest in her studies lately, running to my office to play with the cats every day after class. How can this go on? Do you know that this place is becoming the laughing stock of the teachers? I, the dignified dean of students, am now like the school's pet keeper! Every day it's either rabbits or hamsters, and I also have to change the water and clean up the chicken droppings for those pheasants! It's only because these silly hamsters are easy to take care of that I don't have to do anything else every day!"

The more he talked, the angrier he became. Huo Junpeng glared fiercely at Lin Ge, truly hating the trouble this stinky cat had caused him.

Why did I soften my heart and agree to Old Man Jiang's offer that day? Now I've become an animal keeper just like that old man! And my teachers at school are secretly laughing at me behind my back, saying I inherited it well?

Inheritance my foot! That old geezer is just too wicked!
Huo Junpeng suspected that he had fallen into Jiang Laotou's trap, but he couldn't produce any evidence at the moment.

And he really doesn't dare to remove the relaxation corner!

Ever since Gu Peiyao's incident, the teachers at the school all know that this relaxation corner is a treasure, a crucial and stable lever for maintaining high-pressure discipline on the students. Therefore, a few of them actually conspired to bring back a large basin of hamsters from the shopping street, further increasing Huo Junpeng's workload. Of course, the arrival of the hamsters did indeed make them more popular with the students, a fact Huo Junpeng had to admit.

Lin Ge ignored Huo Junpeng's complaints, or rather, his self-praise.

As the dean of students, isn't ensuring the students' physical and mental well-being his job? He doesn't have much teaching to do anyway, so what's wrong with helping out by raising rabbits and cats?
He's only worried about Gu Peiyao now. Is the child going to get into trouble again because of the pressure from her family?

To be honest, this girl is indeed quite fragile, and incredibly unlucky. She's in her final year of high school, under immense pressure. Old Jiang finally set up a relaxing corner for her, but within days, this guy surnamed Huo tore it down, causing a huge uproar. Then, after the corner was finally rebuilt, she adopted an adorable cat from the Zhanghe Police Station, and her mood visibly improved. But her happiness didn't last long… her family wouldn't allow cats, and when she secretly brought one to school, the teacher confiscated it. You can imagine how she felt. Even a normal student would feel frustrated after repeatedly experiencing this, let alone someone as sensitive as Gu Peiyao.

"That girl is fine, I gave her the office key!"

Huo Junpeng waved his hand, signaling Lin Ge not to overthink things.

"Then why are you letting me take this little brat away?"

Lin Ge stared speechlessly at this lazy bum. Did this guy come all this way just to torment the cat?

"But this can't go on forever, right? This is a school, a place with rules! Besides, Gu Peiyao keeps running to my office. What if someone sees her like this? Do you want to ruin my reputation? Do you want to ruin that child's reputation?"

Huo Junpeng put the kitten on the ground and watched it wander off to eat its cat food under the window. He then sighed and said, "To be honest, the teachers understand the situation, and the students don't have any ulterior motives. But some parents just like to overthink things. It's clearly a very simple matter, so why do some parents see it as such a trivial matter? They've even put complaint letters in the mailbox. Are they afraid something might happen to their child at school?"

"..."

Lin Ge was speechless; he never expected the truth to be so outrageous.

Perhaps because Gu Peiyao frequented Huo Junpeng's office so often, and some students told their parents about it as anecdotes, it escalated into some truly disgusting rumors. It just goes to show that some people have dirty hearts, so everything they see is dirty. Originally, this was just a few people gossiping behind each other's backs, but since this is a school, a clean place, Huo Junpeng couldn't allow such rumors to continue.

It's said that any public institution fears nothing more than this kind of gossip. Even if one maintains a clean reputation, when serving mostly young and inexperienced individuals, one has to be especially careful in this regard.

If we can't deal with the rumor-mongers, and we can't deal with Gu Peiyao either, then we can only get rid of this little brat who started it all.

Huo Junpeng brought Lin Ge over for this very purpose.

Lin Ge was speechless.

While I know being a teacher isn't easy, and some unpleasant things happening abroad often lead some people to make connections and maliciously portray teachers as morally corrupt, the truth is... being a teacher is just an ordinary profession responsible for teaching! Aside from homeroom teachers, which teacher isn't responsible for at least one or two hundred children? Why is your child special? Why should a teacher have to lay a hand on your child?

Lin Ge even felt that when parents themselves bring gender issues into their children, it is actually the greatest harm they can do to their children.

"Can't we put this little brat in the relaxation corner?"

Lin Ge still felt that they couldn't simply take the cat away and be done with it, mainly because Gu Peiyao's feelings had to be taken into account. This child had made a mistake once before, and no one could guarantee that she wouldn't do it again.

The college entrance exam is just over a month away, and this is the most stressful time for senior high school students. If Gu Peiyao were to suddenly lose her temper again, no one knows what might happen that would be regrettable for everyone.

“I tried locking this guy in the relaxation corner.”

Huo Junpeng guessed Lin Ge's thoughts and shook his head helplessly, saying, "But this bastard loves to bark whenever he's locked up, and he barks nonstop. The sound is so shrill that it really disturbs the children's classes. And once we let him out, he wreaks havoc on the other animals in the relaxation corner. A few days ago, he scratched a rabbit so badly that it bit off a lot of the fur on its back and ears and was covered in blood. He also killed two hamsters. How can we keep it there any longer?"

Huo Junpeng sighed helplessly as he spoke, as if dealing with this kitten had been extremely difficult lately.

"So you're the biggest scourge! No wonder he insisted on getting rid of you."

Lin Ge stared speechlessly at the kitten lazily licking its bottom, finally understanding why Huo Junpeng was helpless with a kitten.

At this point, it is indeed difficult to find a strategy that satisfies all parties.

The main problem is that this little rascal is uncooperative. If it were a docile cat, there wouldn't be so much trouble.

As for Gu Peiyao, let's think of another way!
With a sigh, Lin Ge walked expressionlessly to the little cub and stared down at it.

The brat initially stared arrogantly at Lin Ge, but after a moment he finally realized he was being cowardly and lowered his head timidly, no longer daring to be arrogant.

So Lin Ge lowered his head, bit the back of its neck, easily picked it up, and turned to leave.

"Meow~"

The little guy hung limply, not daring to struggle at all, and pitifully cried out to Huo Junpeng, as if asking this temporary human for help.

"Humph!"

Huo Junpeng snorted coldly and arrogantly laid out all the books, documents, pen holders, and his favorite gold pen that he had put in the drawer in front of the brat, neatly covering the desk again.

"Meow~"

The little calf cried pitifully all the way, but unfortunately it was dark and the road was quiet, and there was no way anyone would come to rescue it at this moment.

Just as they were about to leave the school gate, Huo Junpeng rushed over and offered to drive Lin Ge and that brat back. However, just as Lin Ge was about to agree, he saw two familiar figures at the flower bed near the school gate.

Limping...

And its chubby orange wife.

The two cats had arrived at some point and were staring longingly into the school gate. Then, when they saw Lin Ge carrying their kitten out, the limping cat's wide eyes gleamed with a light that surprised even Lin Ge.

Thank you, Cold Fish, for the 100-coin reward. Thank you for your support.

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