Meng Yan's Transformation

Zhan Mengyan had just laid down on the kang, half asleep and half awake, when she vaguely heard a rustling sound outside the door curtain. An inexplicable sense of tension filled her heart again, and this feeling was like an electric current that quickly ran through her body, making her sleepiness disappear instantly. She had to get up again, lift the door curtain and look outside, but the door was still empty, nothing. She lay down and got up again, over and over again, exhausted. In the end, she simply didn't get on the kang and sat by the door curtain against the door frame. The little cat followed Zhan Mengyan's scent, "meowed" twice, snuggled in her arms and fell asleep again...

In this cold late night, Zhan Mengyan and her cat curled up together, as if the whole world had quieted down. Zhan Mengyan had a sweet smile on her lips, and the little cat curled up comfortably in her arms, occasionally purring with satisfaction.

Zhan Mengyan and her little cat enjoyed each other's company. The little cat's furry body was so warm that Zhan Mengyan felt as if there was a small stove beside her.

Zhan Mengyan looked down at the little cat in her arms. She gently stroked the cat's back and said softly, "Luckily I met you today. It's great to have you by my side..."

The little cat seemed to have heard Zhan Mengyan's story in her sleep. It snuggled up to her even tighter and rubbed its head against her cold hands. Zhan Mengyan's breathing, heartbeat and the little cat's purring intertwined, forming a warm picture. The silver light reflected by the frost on the walls of the "Crystal Palace" sprinkled in the small house, covering the good friends with a layer of silver gauze. Everything seemed so quiet and harmonious again...

Zhan Mengyan slowly fell asleep.

"Sister Mengyan, why are you sleeping on the floor? You'll catch a cold. Get up quickly, get up quickly..."

As Yundawen spoke, he pulled Zhan Mengyan hard.

"Second cousin Daven, why are you in my room again?! I kept hearing someone outside the door, and I was worried that you would suddenly break in and scare me, so I stood guard at the door, but I fell asleep without realizing it."

As Zhan Mengyan spoke, she tried to get up, but her legs seemed to be as numb as wood and she couldn't move.

"I came to your hut, what are you afraid of? I'm not a tiger, will I eat you? If I hadn't come, you would have been sleeping on this cold ground, which is cold and damp. If you sleep on it for a long time, you would have become disabled like me. When I was herding cattle, I slept on the ground and was exposed to the wind and dampness, which caused my muscles to atrophy and my fingers to become unable to straighten..."

While Yundawen was speaking, he continued to pull Zhan Mengyan hard with his disabled hands.

Zhan Mengyan put the little cat down and used both hands to move her numb legs, but her legs seemed to have no feeling at all.

Zhan Mengyan was so scared that she beat her legs with her hands.

The little cat stared at Zhan Mengyan with its big frightened eyes, meowing anxiously.

Yunhan was dreaming and heard the cat's cry. He reached out and touched Yundawen's sleeping bunk, which was empty. He sat up and took a flashlight. He got off the kang and came to Zhan Mengyan's hut. He heard Yundawen's voice, which made him furious.

"Yun Dawen! How many times have I told you not to come to Zhan Mengyan's room in the middle of the night? Do you think I'm talking nonsense? Zhan Mengyan, when did you get a cat? Throw it out! The cat's meowing is too annoying."