Live Cat Appraisal: Starting with a Beast That's Got a Long Prison Record

Chapter 231 Feline gratitude is never too late!
The morning was originally quiet.

The sound of Chen Nian rushing downstairs completely broke the silence!
He was already preoccupied with the mysterious goat carcass that appeared last night, and judged that it was the work of a large feline. Now, upon hearing Xia Qiyue's scream, he almost subconsciously thought that Xia Qiyue had been attacked, and he instantly snapped back to reality.

He practically ran down the stairs, taking four steps at a time!

"What happened?!"

"July, are you alright?!"

Chen Nian's cat-like agility allowed her to land steadily.

As soon as he stood up, he looked up and saw Xia Qiyue standing unharmed in the living room, staring at him with her innocent big eyes.

"Hey! Chen Nian, why are you coming downstairs in your pajamas?"

Xia Qiyue blinked as she looked at Chen Nian's outfit.

"Wow, there's even a little Eevee!" she couldn't help but laugh, pointing at the pattern on Chen Nian's shirt.

"??? You're alright!"

Chen Nian asked with a dark expression.

"It's okay~"

"Why are you shouting if nothing's wrong! I thought something had happened to you!"

After confirming that Xia Qiyue was alright, Chen Nian glared at her fiercely and breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiaomi, who was originally curled up sleeping on top of Chen Nian, was unfortunately thrown onto Chen Nian's back during this high-speed movement, and only then did it finally climb back onto top of Chen Nian.

The little guy stretched out his pink paws.

She angrily smoothed her bangs, which had been blown messy in front of her forehead.

Then, looking down at Xia Qiyue, he rolled his eyes dramatically.

'A woman who jumps around in fright!'

'Chen Nian! Spank her, meow!'

Chen Nian: 'Xiao Mi, humans and cats are different. Humans can't just hit each other there.'

'Okay, meow, then next time.'

'Not next time either!'

After catching her breath, Chen Nian asked irritably, "What exactly happened?"

Xia Qiyue playfully stuck out her tongue, realizing that she had overreacted just now.

She pointed outside the door, lowered her voice, and said mysteriously.

There's a lynx outside!

"Isn't it just a little boy?" Chen Nian waved her hand, and was about to go upstairs to change her clothes when Xia Qiyue grabbed her sleeve.

She shook her head vigorously, emphasizing, "It's not Yingzai! There's another one! It's a different lynx!"

Upon hearing that it was an unfamiliar lynx, Chen Nian became serious.

"In the yard?"

"Yes, I saw it as soon as I opened the door this morning, and it gave me quite a fright!"

Xia Qiyue patted her chest, still shaken.

Opening the door in the early morning and being greeted by a large feline was quite frightening.

Chen Nian frowned as she looked at her right wrist.

It shouldn't be.

The cat bracelet should alert you if a strange lynx comes near.

Unless it's a lynx on the whitelist!
But Chen Nian wasn't sure; she'd have to see for herself to know.

"You stay here and don't move. I'll go take a look."

"it is good."

Xia Qiyue readily agreed.

But as Chen Nian walked towards the door, she couldn't help but tiptoe after him, and in the process, she caught Xue Aotian, who had just woken up and was still half asleep, chasing after his dad downstairs, almost tumbling down the last few steps.

"Shh! Keep your voice down, your dad has something important to say!"

She whispered into Xue Aotian's furry ear.

Chen Nian ignored the person and beast behind her.

Instead, he simply opened the door.

The cool morning air rushed in, carrying the refreshing scent of grass and trees.

The rising sun cast its golden rays slanting across the courtyard, and within that halo of light, Chen Nian witnessed a scene that astonished him beyond measure:
The lynx he had once rescued and released back into the mountains was now acting like the mistress of the house.

I lay lazily and comfortably on the warmest bluestone slab in the center of the courtyard.

"Lily?! What brings you here!"

What surprised Chen Nian even more was...

Besides Lily, Yingzai was also in the courtyard!

And he kept carefully circling around Lily.

Sometimes it would sniff Lily's scent, and sometimes it would gently rub its furry head against Lily's neck, making a very low whimpering sound that was both coquettish and ingratiating.

Even when Chen Nian appeared, Yingzai only glanced at him, greeted him, and then focused all her attention back on Lily. "Lily? Lily's back?"

Upon hearing Chen Nian's voice, Xia Qiyue quickly peeked out from behind him, standing on tiptoe.

Xue Aotian also broke free from his restraints.

It squeezed out from under the two people's feet and curiously poked out its big head.

Seeing that the 'strange' lynx was indeed wearing a collar, Xia Qiyue immediately became happy: "Wow! It really is Lily!"

"I didn't recognize you just now~ Hug me a little bit, Lily!"

She clasped her hands together and apologized to Lily.

Lily ignored the dramatic woman.

Instead, she glanced at Chen Nian indifferently, then gracefully turned her head, her gaze precisely fixed on the goat carcass in the corner of the yard that Chen Nian had covered.

Chen Nian immediately realized what was going on.

"Could it be that you sent this goat?"

he asked tentatively.

If it were Lily, then killing this goat in an instant would definitely not be a problem.

But at this point, the key issue is no longer the goat!
It's Lily herself!

Chen Nian clutched her head like a Psyduck, her defenses crumbling, and said, "No... Lily! Although I'm glad you came back to see me with a gift, you came back way too fast! And how did you find this place?! More than 30 kilometers, sis!"

Although the range of an adult Eurasian lynx is more than 100 square kilometers.

But people tend to go to places with fewer people.

Why did Lily come back instead?
Now Chen Nian had only one thought in her mind—had she failed to release them again?

It wasn't until he met Lily's indifferent eyes that Chen Nian realized something was wrong.

"If it was just going home, shouldn't Lily have brought the sheep back with her? Could it be that it simply came back with a gift to thank me for rescuing it?"

Chen Nian made inferences based on feline behavior.

Felines repay kindness.

This kind of thing is quite common.

(The stray cat that I feed every day brings a mouse to repay my kindness)
It's not just domestic cats; many rescue stations have also experienced similar incidents of 'rescued animals returning to bring prey'.

Although it was the first time Chen Nian had seen the 'sheep' return.

But Lily's behavior does indeed fit this description.

However, there was one thing Chen Nian couldn't understand: usually, even if the cats returned to give gifts, they would disappear immediately after leaving the gifts.

It has a bit of a "do good deeds anonymously" feel to it.

But what is Lily trying to do?
"You're not thinking of staying here for a few more days, are you?"

Chen Nian pinched the corner of her eye and asked.

If Xu Dafei were to detect this and Lily's location information were to appear in his own courtyard, he would likely be convicted of "abducting protected felines"!

As it turned out, what I feared most came to pass.

The next second, Xu Dafei called.

"Old Chen! I just checked the location, and it says Lily is with you? You took her back?!"

Looking at Lily leisurely basking in the sun in the courtyard, Chen Nian said helplessly into the microphone, "It's a long story, Lao Xu!"

"I didn't go to pick her up; Lily came back all by herself, trekking through mountains and rivers!"

Xia Qiyue couldn't help but interject, her voice filled with excitement: "They even gave Chen Nian a goat as a gift! It's huge!"

"What? A goat?! Where did this goat come from?!"

Xu Dafei's voice instantly rose in pitch on the other end of the phone.

“It’s a wild goat! It’s not tethered! It’s completely wild!” Chen Nian quickly added, afraid of causing any misunderstanding.

Xu Dafei, who was almost agitated, calmed down and guessed what Lily was doing.

"Have they come to repay a debt of gratitude?"

"It seems so." Chen Nian nodded: "I just don't know why it didn't leave after putting down the sheep, but instead stayed in my yard."

He looked Lily up and down, then glanced at Yingzai, who kept circling around her.

An idea flashed through my mind in an instant.

"No way."

Chen Nian muttered to herself.

Upon hearing this, Xu Dafei quickly asked, "What's wrong? What don't you know?"

Chen Nian's gaze became complicated: "I'm afraid I know the reason now. Lily probably stayed because of Yingzai."

"what?"

Xu Dafei immediately realized what Chen Nian was saying, and his voice rose seven octaves.

"No way"

"Chen Nian! Wait for me! I'm coming right away!"

(Cat's Eye)
(End of this chapter)