Daily Life in the Pet Shop Ch. 210

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"If you're in my room, you won't be leaving," Hua Ziyi muttered, reaching to shut all the windows in his room. He then quietly approached the bed, pressing down hard on the lump in the blanket, but everything underneath felt perfectly still.

He pulled the blanket back to reveal an empty bed.

"Pathetic," Hua Ziyi sighed in disappointment. This cat didn't even have the guts to approach him. What a letdown. But as he was about to lie back down, more meows echoed through the room. This time, Hua Ziyi sat up attentively and quickly turned on the light. Sure enough, in the center of the room was a large yellow and white cat, facing away from him.

"Let me see where you're running to this time," Hua Ziyi said excitedly, jumping off the bed. Just as he took two steps toward the cat, it turned around. Its face had been slashed in half, blood and brain matter mixed together, completely obscuring what its face had looked like.

Hua Ziyi recognized the cat. He had just seen the video recently. This cat was one he had caught off the streets, a stray, and it was very vicious. When he grabbed it, the cat scratched his arm so badly that he had to go get a shot. He was very angry, so he grabbed an axe and split the cat's head in half. When he did, its brain and blood splattered everywhere. The feeling was so satisfying that Hua Ziyi thought it was the most thrilling time he had ever hurt something.

"So, you want to get revenge on me? While you're alive, I can still k**l you. If you're d**d, I'm even less scared," Hua Ziyi slowly walked towards the cat. He knew it wouldn't come back to life. The cat standing before him was definitely one that had been made up and brought to him. Just as he was about to get close, the cat suddenly cried twice. The sound was exactly the same as the black cat's, and then it gradually faded away, leaving behind a pool of yellow-white liquid on the ground.

"This... Could it be real?" Hua Ziyi stared at the cat disappearing before his eyes, somewhat in disbelief. He reached out and touched the yellow-white liquid it had left behind. It was sticky and smelled awful.

At that moment, the black cat's cry sounded again, this time at his bedside. Hua Ziyi turned around sharply, only to find the same black cat from earlier that day standing on his bed.

The light at the head of the bed began flickering, and the cat's body became faint and transparent. When the desk lamp's light came back on, the black cat's head fell off and rolled onto his pillow, its green, glowing eyes staring at him, full of hatred. The blood quickly stained his bed, and Hua Ziyi rushed to the bedside, picking up the pillow and smashing it at the cat's head. He hit it frantically for a while, only to find that the black cat had disappeared.

The sound of meowing came from outside the window, and he quickly walked over to the window. There, the black cat was still perched on the branch outside, as if it hadn't moved at all.

Hua Ziyi started to doubt. Could these cats really be coming back for revenge?

The black cat continued to stare at him, motionless, but the cries grew louder and more sorrowful, causing Hua Ziyi's ears to ache. He closed the window and returned to the bed, only to find his bed a mess, with the pillow and blanket clean, but several bloodstains from cat paws. The blood from the black cat was nowhere to be seen.

Hua Ziyi walked to the center of the room and saw that the yellow-white liquid was still there. He turned and looked at the bed, confused. If the previous cat had left liquid behind, then why had the black cat left nothing?

But there was no way he could sleep on that bed now. Hua Ziyi got up and left, intending to sleep in the bedroom, but as soon as he opened the door, a swarm of cats rushed at him. Hua Ziyi fell to the ground and realized that everything he had just seen had been an illusion. Behind him, several more shrill cat cries rang out.

Hua Ziyi quickly grabbed a few blankets from the bedroom, turned on all the lights in the living room, and switched on the TV, curling up in the living room, unwilling to move. The cat cries continued outside, but he didn't look at them anymore.

"This high-tech stuff is really useful," Zhou Chongwen remarked, looking at the switch in his hand, feeling quite satisfied with how things had gone today. Didn't Hua Ziyi claim that he wasn't afraid of anything? What was he showing now?

"We'll have to thank the Pei family later. This stuff can't be bought outside," Fang Yi said as he packed up. He realized that if it hadn't been for Pei Haoyan's help, dealing with someone like Hua Ziyi, who had such a strong psyche, would have taken much longer.

"We need to send Fang Xu in now," Zhou Chongwen said, excitedly, calling out to Fang Yi.

"Got it." Fang Yi gave the signal, and Fang Xu quickly began to act.

Hua Ziyi wrapped himself in a blanket, unwilling to sleep, as he stared at the boring TV show. After a while, the TV screen flickered, and the picture changed. A man dressed in a large black robe appeared on the screen, explaining the history of black cats. Cats were inherently evil creatures, able to move between night and day, and black cats were especially notorious. It was said that black cats were messengers from both the human world and hell.

The man demonstrated how a black cat sought revenge, and then slowly turned around. Beneath the black robe, there was a skeleton, its eyes identical to those of the black cat Hua Ziyi had just seen, glowing green. The skeleton spoke to the screen, saying, "You'll experience it soon enough."

Hua Ziyi was startled again. Just as he was about to look closely, the TV screen flickered and returned to a regular entertainment program. The host on the screen was talking about a story from "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio".

"Wrap it up," Zhou Chongwen said, satisfied with Hua Ziyi's reaction. He was also pleased with the animation Fang Xu had done, especially the voice acting, which really captured the essence of "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio". He patted Fang Yi on the shoulder and said, "No wonder your cousin's game is so popular. These visuals, the sound quality—it's top-notch."

"You should go to bed now. I'll keep watching. When it's morning, I'll call you to take over," Fang Yi said, keeping his eyes glued to the screen, not looking away.

"Okay, I'll get up early. This is way better than a movie," Zhou Chongwen said before getting up and leaving.

Fang Yi gently patted Naima's head and whispered, "Let's wait a little longer. We'll be able to help them get their revenge soon." Naima tilted his head and rubbed against Fang Yi without making a sound.

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