Reborn Cat Sheriff

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Isn't it said that male cats don't like their own kittens and will chase them away?
But why...why would someone with a limp travel so far to find you?
Lin Ge stared blankly at the limping cat; it was the first time he had ever seen a cat with such a strong need for its kittens.

He remembered that day clearly. The new member he'd finally accepted had been taken away by Lin Ge due to illness, and the lame creature's heartbroken cries were so piercing. Lin Ge had thought it had given up, but incredibly, it had found its way to Longquan High School, actually finding its own child again after traveling over ten kilometers. It seemed too afraid to enter the school, just squatting foolishly at the school gate. Then… it saw that the leader had actually brought its child out.

The little cub that Lin Ge had let go and thrown to the ground seemed to have forgotten the scent of its parents.

But when the lame cat and the orange cat ran over and licked it, it finally remembered the feeling of being protected by its parents.

The little guy stopped acting up and started whimpering. It rolled around under the lame cat and then burrowed under the orange cat's belly, bumping against it forcefully, as if responding to its parents' love and happiness in this way.

The lame boy was also very happy, letting out a long, joyful cry towards Lingo.

Its orange cat wife was even more unbearable, licking the kittens frantically as if she could never get enough of them.

"..."

Lin Ge watched this scene quietly. Huo Junpeng was seeing the little cub not being naughty, but instead behaving as obediently as if it were a completely different cat.

Its happy, whimpering voice was so sweet that even Huo Junpeng, a human, could sense the emotion in its tone. He suddenly realized that perhaps the little cub's misbehavior wasn't a personality issue, but rather stemmed from loneliness, fear, or some other kind of anxiety.

After all, Huo Junpeng was very busy with work and rarely had time to take care of it, so he could only keep it in his office. Keeping it in a cage in the relaxation corner was the same; the unfamiliar environment and smells were equally dangerous for the little one. It didn't recognize rabbits or docile hamsters; it only knew that these animals might be scary, so it mustered its courage and launched the first counterattack…

Now that it's back with its parents, the kitten has finally gained a sense of security and has regained its docile nature as a kitten.

"This is good! The limp won't be so painful anymore, and the family can finally be reunited."

Lin Ge, squatting beside Huo Junpeng, breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that this outcome was good for now. As long as Gu Peiyao's matter was handled properly, the troubles at Longquan High School could have a positive ending.

but……

Just over ten minutes after the family of three spent some time together affectionately, the lame cat and the orange cat abandoned the kitten and turned to leave.

The little brat was stunned for a moment and quickly followed, but the lame man pushed him backward with his hind leg and he fell to the ground with a thud.

It stood up blankly and watched its parents walk away, forgetting for a moment to chase after them.

The lame man only let out a howl at Lin Ge from afar before quickly leading his wife into the dark night.

"It... just left like that?"

Lin Ge was stunned for a moment, not expecting that the lame dog would so decisively choose to separate from the cub. It seemed that it had no intention of taking the cub with it, and had only come here to check on the cub's well-being, nothing more.

But we have to admit that this is the true survival rule for stray cats! Kittens that leave home should have their own lives, instead of being unable to grow up while dependent on their parents.

Despite her limp and deep longing for her child, she will still make the right choice for him.

Compared to the lame man's attitude, Lin Ge suddenly realized that he was the most soft-hearted one. Just like his previous rescue of so many stray cats, he seemed to be overprotecting his subordinates. The lame man wasn't worried about his own son's safety, yet Lin Ge presumptuously wanted to protect all his underlings. Of course, after Huang Qi's persuasion, Lin Ge realized that his actions were unnecessary. Compared to the lame man now, he was indeed lacking.

Lingo decided to reflect on himself; after all, a nanny and a leader are not the same person.

"Hiss... They just left like that?"

Huo Junpeng also gasped, never expecting that his little brat would be abandoned by his parents.

Seeing the little brat with drooping ears and a listless expression, Huo Junpeng even felt a pang of sympathy. After all, he really liked the little guy; otherwise, he wouldn't have let him run wild in his office.

"Meow~"

The little calf let out a pitiful whimper, like an abandoned child, and turned to walk into the schoolyard with its tail drooping.

Lin Ge rushed forward to take the little brat away, but this time Huo Junpeng stopped him with a conflicted expression.

"Let's see...let's see! If this little guy can be a little more sensible, keeping him at school won't be a big problem. Sigh! I'll teach him properly, as long as he can behave a little better...it's not right to just take him away like this..."

Huo Junpeng was getting more and more conflicted, so he simply took two steps forward and picked up the kitten.

Lin Ge glanced at Huo Junpeng speechlessly. "You're the one who's being taken away, and you're the one who's being kept here. Why are you so annoying?"

Following Huo Junpeng back to school, the kitten jumped down from his arms halfway through. Surprisingly, it didn't intend to go to the office area, but instead found a quiet, windless corner to lie down. After a while, feeling a bit uncomfortable, it simply jumped into the rabbit cage and squeezed in with the silly rabbits. It rested its head on the back of one of the rabbits, looking sullen and unhappy. But ultimately… it didn't attack the rabbits again.

And these idiots were truly stupid, completely forgetting how the little cub had bullied them before. Seeing that the little cub seemed to be in a bad mood, the rabbits simply gathered around it and warmed it with their bodies.

This unexpectedly harmonious scene made Lin Ge and Huo Junpeng exchange a glance. They suddenly felt that if the little brat could always behave like this in the future, all the problems could be solved at once.

Even if it's impossible to stay in the relaxation corner all the time, as long as it's not noisy and affects the students' classes, other issues can be tolerated. In this way, Gu Peiyao will no longer harass Huo Junpeng, and the rumors can gradually subside.

In short... it's a perfect thing.

"Do we still need to take it with us?"

Ringo asked one last question.

"If only you had done this earlier! If I had known you just missed your parents, I would have had Mimi bring them to see you once a week, and that would have solved the problem."

Huo Junpeng breathed a sigh of relief and finally smiled.

There's no need to mention taking the little brat away again. With his pockets empty, Lin Ge ate dinner with Huo Junpeng, then leisurely waited for a bus and returned to Zhanghe Police Station.

When I went to the duty room, I found that Sun Chang and Zhang Ke were on duty today.

However, the duty roster lists Sun Chang and Hu Lijun as the duty officers.

It seems that the cunning Zhang Ke chose to switch shifts with Hu Lijun in order to be alone with Sun Chang. I wonder how much he paid that cunning fox Hu Lijun to fulfill this wish.

Lin Ge glanced disdainfully at the two people huddled together writing notes, but didn't disturb them, and went straight back to the cat house.

As usual, all the cats in the cattery were used to Lingo being away for three or four days at a time. But this time, the white cat family was also there. The five little ones teamed up to fight off the little tabby and the snowclaw tabby, while the white cat confronted the money tree, their glares suggesting some kind of conflict. On the bottom shelf of the cat tree, the little tortoiseshell was impatiently licking its mother's fur, spitting as it did so, seemingly getting a lot of fur on its tongue.

Lin Ge looked at it and wondered why the female hawksbill turtle's molting season was a little late. In addition, it didn't like being groomed by Li Siyu, so the shed fur and new fur were a bit tangled. It could only ask its daughter for help.

Upon seeing Lin Ge return, Little Tortoiseshell immediately abandoned its mother and ran to Lin Ge's side to cuddle affectionately. Then, as if tattled, it roared twice at its mother.

The mother hawksbill turtle glared at her, then fiercely climbed up and approached the baby hawksbill turtle, seemingly ready to beat up her heartless little darling.

"Hey! It's my own daughter, how could you bear to hit her?"

Lin Ge quickly stopped the mother hawksbill turtle, having already guessed what had happened. It was simply that as the kittens grew older, they were beginning to challenge the mother's position in the family, which was quite normal for a cat colony.

The strongest female cats are always the ones who protect the cat colony. The female tortoiseshell cat will eventually pass the responsibility to her kittens; this is also a survival rule for wild cat colonies.

Of course, the mother hawksbill turtle isn't old and frail yet. However, as the baby hawksbill turtles grow up, it's inevitable that they'll occasionally provoke their mother. Even as a parent, Lin Ge can't interfere with this.

"Awoo~" The mother tortoiseshell glared fiercely at Lin Ge, then turned around and jumped onto the cat tree to the top, lying down angrily and ignoring these heartless creatures.

"Meow~"

The little hawksbill turtle thought it had won and proudly raised its tail to continue provoking its mother, only to be swatted by Lingo.

"You have no manners! That's your mother!"

After the little hawksbill turtle nudged him hard and ran out to the yard, Lin Ge came to the money tree and the white cat, curious about what had happened between them.

Then, Lin Ge smelled the old dog's scent on the two of them.

Although he didn't know exactly what had happened, Lin Ge suddenly realized. He hadn't noticed before, but now it dawned on him that the old dog had also come to the police station with the white cat's family and was now staying in the kennel not far away!
Lin Ge even heard Bei Bei jumping excitedly, seemingly very interested in the old dog's arrival.

Lin Ge just didn't understand what this had to do with the confrontation between the two cats.

After thinking for a moment and ignoring the two boring creatures, Lin Ge left the cat kennel and went to the dog kennel. As soon as he entered, he saw the little tortoiseshell perched on Bei Bei's back, glaring angrily at the old dog. Its posture on the dog's back was exactly the same as Lin Ge's, and Bei Bei didn't object, standing obediently and steadily. Opposite the cat and dog, the old dog seemed unmoved by the little tortoiseshell's provocation, lazily lying on the ground licking its front paws, its eyes contentedly narrowed.

But when Lingo came over, the two dogs and the cat immediately focused their attention on him.

The old dog barked twice at Lingo first, but instead of getting up, it wagged its tail in welcome. Beibei, carrying the little tortoiseshell, ran over excitedly, licked Lingo's head with a "slurp," and immediately jumped and bounced with excitement.

Lin Ge had given up on beating it and had lost all hope in these stupid dogs' foolish habits.

The little hawksbill turtle was being jostled around so much on Beibei's head that it had no choice but to jump down and give Beibei a disgruntled shout as a form of reproach.

"You've lost a lot of weight!"

Lin Ge looked Bei Bei up and down and noticed that it looked a bit thinner than before it went to Chu City. Fortunately, it still seemed to be in good spirits and hadn't suffered too much in Chu City. However, it seemed to have been influenced by someone, and Bei Bei's personality had become even more unruly. Before Lin Ge could react, the bastard even shoved Lin Ge's head into its mouth, shook it a couple of times, and then spat the struggling Lin Ge out.

"..."

Lin Ge froze and fell to the ground, taking a long time to realize what had happened. He immediately flew into a rage, ignoring his wet hair, and roared as he punched Bei Bei.

"You... I'm going to kill you!"

"Wang Wang!"

Beibei swished its tail and skipped away, looking particularly happy as Lingo chased after it, its tail wagging like a propeller.

Lin Ge chased after it for ages, but couldn't catch up. It truly lived up to its reputation as the all-around champion of the police dog competition; when it got serious, Lin Ge couldn't easily keep up. The dog ran laps around the yard, occasionally glancing back at Lin Ge with a "come and get me" look in its eyes. It would even occasionally slow down to let Lin Ge catch up a little before speeding away again, an attitude that left Lin Ge even more speechless and humiliated.

After chasing each other for a while, Lin Ge gave up first, glaring fiercely at Bei Bei.
"Wang~"

Beibei, however, seemed not to have had enough fun. She wagged her tail and returned to Lingo, as if she could run for a while longer.

"You big dummy!"

Taking advantage of the moment, Lin Ge jumped up, grabbed Bei Bei's head, and then bit its ear hard, tearing at it while kicking its hind legs forcefully at Bei Bei's nose. Bei Bei screamed in pain, finally getting revenge for being bitten in the mouth earlier.

The two of them were making a fuss, which made the old dog next to them a little envious. The old dog turned its head to look at the little hawksbill turtle, but the little hawksbill turtle turned its head away and ignored it.

"Woo~"

The old dog lowered its head in disappointment.

The cats and dogs made a ruckus for a while before finally settling down. Just then, several cats from the cat house heard the noise and ran out, curiously huddling together and looking in this direction.

Lin Ge spat out the dog hair in his mouth with annoyance, then scratched Bei Bei twice as if venting his frustration, before returning to the white cat family.

After carefully checking on the white cat and the five kittens, Lin Ge was relieved to find that they were not infected with feline rhinotracheitis. Remembering that the cats hadn't received their triple vaccine yet, Lin Ge decided to take them to Huang Qi's clinic the next day. However, the cost of the vaccines was a problem; imported vaccines for six cats would cost nearly a thousand yuan, and Lin Ge hadn't forgotten his current penniless situation. Of course, given his relationship with Huang Qi, owing them a little wouldn't be a big deal.

Lin Ge could even borrow some money from Mei Mei, and Huang Qi would definitely not dare to utter a single word.

Speaking of Meimei, Lin Ge suddenly realized it had been a long time since he'd seen her, and he actually missed her a little. Unfortunately, she was currently pregnant, so Lin Ge didn't dare get too close to her for the time being.

Even though I don't think I have any parasites or anything, I still have to be careful when it comes to babies.

You have a new police report. Please check it!

Suddenly, an alarm sounded from the duty room in the distance, and Lin Ge reflexively pricked up his ears. The other little hawksbill turtles and the little tabby turtles also looked up and turned to look at Lin Ge.

They've gotten used to one thing: whenever this sound comes out and their dad is around, it means he's probably going out to do something. Sometimes he's busy all night and won't come back, making their lives very difficult because of this sound.

Sure enough, a short while later, Sun Chang rushed out of the duty room. Seeing the group of cats and dogs, he shouted, "Mimi, come with me on this mission! A pregnant woman had an accident on her way to the hospital, and we need to go and check on her right away!"

"Hey? If someone goes into labor on the road, isn't that the traffic police's job? They should open a special lane and escort her to the hospital or something."

Although Lin Ge was curious, he quickly followed Sun Chang. He didn't really know what he could do by going over there, but at least it was a pregnant woman asking for help, and maybe he could help in some way.

"She was bitten by a stray dog ​​on her way to the hospital. Perhaps from the shock or something, her water broke. In short, the situation is terrible. Now we need to determine if the dog carries the rabies virus! Damn it, I don't know if a pregnant woman can get a rabies vaccine while giving birth, but without a doubt, it would be best if we could find or catch that dog! If we can confirm that the dog doesn't carry the rabies virus, that would be the best outcome; otherwise, I don't know what the doctors should prioritize in this situation! How could this happen, leaving a pregnant woman to go to the hospital alone in the middle of the night? Where are her family? Anyway, we need to hurry! Officer Zhang has gone out on a police mission, so I can only contact you!"

Sun Chang spoke hurriedly, then jumped into the police car and started driving quickly.

"Stray dogs? Wait a minute!"

Lin Ge slammed on the brakes halfway through the journey, turned around, and anxiously called out to Bei Bei, indicating that he might need its help with this matter.

Understanding the meaning, Beibei quickly assumed combat stance, nimbly jumping from the window into the car, and collided with Lingo.

Sun Chang didn't even wait for the car to warm up; he stepped on the gas and sped off. As a result, Lin Ge, who had just crawled out from under Bei Bei's belly, was jolted and disoriented.

But he didn't say a word and quickly lay down, letting Sun Chang arrogantly speed and ignore the traffic lights. At the same time, Sun Chang also called the pregnant woman, and all he heard on the other end was extremely nervous crying and the sound of teeth chattering.

Lin Ge faintly heard barking from the phone, and his heart immediately tightened.

That stray dog, it's still here?

why?
Are you so brave?
Generally speaking, both stray cats and stray dogs would deliberately avoid humans, right? Looking at this dog, which is so big and still dares to attack people, could it really be a rabid dog?

"It's still here! Help!"

The pregnant woman on the other end of the phone also heard the dog barking and immediately let out a shrill scream.

"Damn it!"

Sun Chang gritted his teeth and slammed his right foot on the accelerator, accelerating once again.

(End of this chapter)