my friend is a stray cat

A year ago, at the same place, at about the same time, Cheng Hui met Ah Ye for the first time.

At that time, Ah Ye had just fought with two wild dogs in the second block, and there was still dark red blood foam hanging from his mouth, which was particularly oozing.

And that battle was a tragic one, two dogs and one cat were injured, and the battle ended with Ah Ye biting through each other's belly. The two injured dogs ran away cursing and fleeing in pain, and Ah Ye When he was still furious, he saw Cheng Hui walking in front of him desperately.

"Are you looking for death too?" A Ye fiercely looked at the same kind who still wore a pink collar in front of him.

"I didn't come to fight." Cheng Hui didn't hide it, and asked straight to the point: "I want to follow you, can I?"

Ah Ye was taken aback by the question, and then sneered, his voice full of contempt.A Ye didn't answer him, or didn't bother to answer him at all, and turned to leave, but because of the pain of the wound when walking, his figure was shaking slightly, even though A Ye was already trying his best to restrain his shaking, Cheng Hui could easily Seeing the other party's struggle, he wanted to step forward to support him, but as soon as his paws rubbed forward, Ah Ye suddenly turned around, revealing his sharp teeth that were still stained with blood, raised his paws and pointed Chenghui's feet.

"After the floor tile under your feet is my territory, if you dare to step in..." A Ye said, shining the sharp nails on his claws, "You will bear the consequences."

Cheng Hui looked at the black cat with a violent temper, and didn't know whether to advance or retreat. At this time, he saw a fat golden retriever dog galloping towards him from a distance, calling Aye while running. After running close, he picked up A Ye in one mouthful and ran away. A Ye didn't hide. Cheng Hui always felt that he had breathed a sigh of relief when he saw him, but Cheng Hui hesitated at that time, and finally chose Ignoring Ah Ye's warning, followed the galloping golden retriever all the way to a quiet alley, only to see the big golden retriever put Ah Ye down.

A Ye shook his head, the back of his neck was soaked with a large piece, and it was covered with the saliva of the golden retriever.

Douding the golden retriever started to chatter after putting down A Ye, and said, "A Ye, why do you fight like you are desperate every time, those two guys are not kind enough, every time you take advantage of me being chained Come to provoke you sometime, next time, next time you lead them both to my door, see if I don't bite them to death."

"Forget it, the little pug next door to your house can bully you and cry." A Ye wiped the blood foam from the corner of his mouth with his paw, and his voice became a little hoarse, "But thank you."

"I'm not crying, I don't care about dogs." Douding lowered his head, coughed lightly, skipped the embarrassing topic, and cared about his cat friend, asking: "A Ye Are you seriously injured?"

"It's nothing serious, just rest for the night. Those two sons of bitches were hurt more than me. They probably won't come back to seek revenge in a while. Speaking of which..." Ah Ye tilted his head slightly at this time, looking past Douding Looking at Cheng Hui who was following behind him, he asked Cheng Hui, "You are really not afraid of death, right?"

At this time, Douding realized that there was a strange cat behind him. He turned around and gave an exaggerated "Wow", then looked at Cheng Hui curiously, lowered his head to get closer, but Cheng Hui He took two steps back, dodging the dog hair flying in the air, didn't pay much attention to Douding, but tentatively walked towards Ah Ye.

Ah Ye didn't move, but his eyes were as cold as ice, watching Cheng Hui stop a step away in front of him.

Cheng Hui cleared his throat nervously, and said: "Let me follow you, you don't seem to be injured lightly, and you won't recover so quickly, I want to say that if... if there is another dog to provoke, I will still I can give you two punches."

"You? With your pampered house cat?" Ah Ye's voice was contemptuous, his eyes fell on Cheng Hui's collar, and he asked, "Tell me, why did you appear here? You ate too much and were abandoned by your master." gone?"

"I didn't abandon it, I ran out by myself." Cheng Hui said.

"Then you still eat too much and keep yourself busy." A Ye shook his head and said, "I've seen a lot of cats like you, and I think it's too much for me to be trapped in that small room." Bored, so I wanted to come out and experience the wandering world, but I tell you, the cruelty of the wandering world is far beyond your imagination. Little cat, listen to me, hurry home and eat before you get too deep Go, grandma. You are limited to three seconds, and disappear before my eyes."

After hearing what A Ye said, Cheng Hui simply squatted on the spot to show his determination, and said, "I didn't run out on impulse, and I'm not the cowardly house cat you see."

"Oh?" Ah Ye may have been tired from the fight just now, but at this time he showed some rare patience and asked, "Then why did you come here? Freedom? Pursuit of excitement? Or simply want to experience eating?" A life without a break?"

"In order to know..." Cheng Hui pondered for a moment, "What a real cat should look like."

Ah Ye stared at Cheng Hui for a while, then suddenly showed a very helpless expression, and said, "You house cats are the only ones who think about these nonsensical and illusory things. I dare say, a cat like you, in the You can’t live outside for a year, and after a year you won’t think about what a cat is, you’ll think about what meat tastes like.”

Cheng Hui let out a long breath and said, "You always judge other cats like this, right? You think you know more than us, but in fact it's just to protect your self-esteem and cover up your envy. Because you don't have the life we ​​house cats have so easily, do you?"

Douding walked around behind Chenghui, coughed again, and said, "Little cat, be careful what you say, don't forget that you are standing on his territory."

Unexpectedly, Cheng Hui suddenly turned around and scratched his paw, leaving a small gash on Douding's eyelid, Cheng Hui cursed fiercely: "Don't smell my ass, be careful I'll scratch you to death."

Douding froze for a moment, then howled twice, ran away in aggrieved manner, and disappeared out of the small alley.

Ah Ye looked at the golden ball going away, shook his head, and then said to Cheng Hui in a calm voice: "My friend is a little timid, but it's not your turn to bully me, right?"

Cheng Hui licked the paw that was used to scratch Douding just now, looking calm.

Ah Ye asked again: "What's your name?"

"Cheng Hui." Cheng Hui put down his paw and replied.

"Okay, Chenghui." Ah Ye repeated the other party's name, and then asked: "Can you catch mice? Or catch birds? These are the basic survival skills of stray cats."

Cheng Hui stared at Ah Ye without answering.

Ah Ye went on to say: "If you really want to live on my territory, go catch a living creature and bring it back. I don't raise waste that doesn't have survival skills here."

"Okay, you wait." Cheng Hui said, got up and walked out of the alley. After taking two steps, he turned around and said, "You have to keep your word." Then he started to run, and his figure quickly disappeared In Ah Ye's vision.

A Ye shook his head again, lowered his head and licked the most painful wound on his front paw, then walked out of the alley slowly, turned to the left, and found Douding lying on the ground mournfully.

"Stop crying." Ah Ye said to him, "I apologize for him."

"I didn't smell his ass/butt at all." Douding muttered, "Cat fart/butt doesn't smell like shit/butt, I'm not interested in him at all..."

"Didn't you see that he did it on purpose?" Ah Ye said, "To show that he is fierce, to show that he won't be bullied, and to show that he can survive here."

Douding became more and more aggrieved, "There are many ways to prove it, why beat me?"

Ah Ye said: "Of course we have to pick soft persimmons."

Douding glared at the black cat whose eyes had finally softened, paused and asked, "Where did he go?"

"I asked him to catch mice." A Ye replied.

"Catch mice?" Douding raised his head and asked, "You plan to let him stay here?"

A Ye shook his head, but nodded again, and said: "He looks very smart, not as naive as other house cats, maybe we can let him stay for a while, as he said, during the period of my recovery, in case He'll be a help if any pup comes up again. But after that, I think he'll get out of the way and go back to his house."

"You just want him to give you... um... strong appearance." Douding said.

"Did you mean to use the word?" A Ye asked.

Douding nodded, "A little bit."

Ah Ye laughed twice, and then said: "It's almost time for you to have fun, go home quickly, your master will help you get some medicine for the hole in your eyelid."

Douding glanced at the time displayed on the bus stop sign, then propped up his upper body with his thick paws, and asked, "I can steal some of those pet anti-inflammatory drugs, and I'll bring them to you when the time comes."

"No need." Ah Ye said: "That thing smells too bad, I'm not used to it. That's fine, I'm leaving."

Douding let out an "oh", got up slowly, and slowly returned to the door of the hardware store.

Ah Ye watched him from afar after he was put on a dog collar and turned away. He found a quiet and hidden corner in the alley, and slowly licked the wound on his body. When he was tired, he rolled himself into a ball and squinted He squinted his eyes and looked at a small piece of world outside the corner, and until he perfectly merged with the dark night, he didn't see Cheng Hui's figure again.

Ah Ye thought to himself, maybe that guy had retreated so quickly, couldn't find the rats running under the reinforced concrete, and finally chose to return to his home where he could easily get food and clean water.

Ah Ye sighed faintly, buried his head in his arms, and fell into a dream. It didn't take long for him to have that nightmare again. He dreamed that his mother who had given him shelter was shuttled in the middle of the road, and the people who came and went The car honked its horn loudly, mixed with a screeching sound of brakes.

The voice seemed very strong, Ah Ye woke up suddenly, unable to see the next picture in the dream, but beside him he saw Cheng Hui with wide-open eyes, Cheng Hui lowered his head to sniff him, Ah Ye heard There was a faint scent of grass and leaves on his body.