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

Chapter 65 Don't Hurt Me
The hemp rope is specially cut at the thinnest point.

Misfortune seems to target those who are destined for hardship.

After listening to Grandpa Ma's account of Grandma Li's past, the sentimental Xia Qiyue's eyes were already red, and Chen Nian's heart felt like it was blocked by something, feeling stuffy and her throat tight.

Grandpa Ma let out another deep sigh.

The wrinkles seemed to have deepened.

"Don't worry, sir! Leave this to us!" Xia Qiyue sniffed hard, patted her chest, and assured him, "Chen Nian and I will definitely find Mao Mao!"

"Right, Chen Nian?"

Chen Nian nodded seriously, her tone steady: "Grandpa, I do have some experience with finding cats. Someone's cat went missing before, and I was the one who found it in the end, wasn't I? That person, you agree?"

He glanced at Xia Qiyue.

His response was a light slap from Xia Qiyue, who was both embarrassed and angry, and said coquettishly.

"Stop talking nonsense! Go find the cat!"

She pushed Chen Nian's back and led her outside.

She didn't forget to turn back and wave goodbye to Grandpa Ma, her voice clear and crisp: "Grandpa, we're going now, wait for our good news!"

Grandpa Ma shook his head as he watched the two figures walk away.

"You still say you're not dating?"

With that, he left with his hands behind his back, intending to take the missing cat poster he had drawn and ask some old friends in the next neighborhood if they had seen Mao Mao.

"My drawing is so good, I should be able to recognize it at a glance."

At the pavilion in the residential area.

Chen Nian and Xia Qiyue were discussing their route to find the cat.

Xia Qiyue: "I suggest we split up!"

"You go this way, I'll go that way. Let's search the outer area first. If we don't find it there, we'll check the underground parking garage or the nooks and crannies around the public gym equipment area. What do you think?"

"I feel very good."

Chen Nian nodded in agreement.

Although this method is basic, it is indeed the safest option at present.

"Very good!" Xia Qiyue's face broke into a bright smile, and she turned around and strode towards the area she was in charge of.

"Let's meet here again later! Good luck!"

She walked briskly, showing no signs of having just finished her morning exercise.

However, even after Xia Qiyue's figure, calling "Mao Mao~", disappeared around the corner for quite some time, Chen Nian, who had just nodded in agreement, remained standing in place, without moving an inch.

Just as he just said.

Xia Qiyue's plan was very basic, which meant it was very inefficient!

If it were him in the past, he would have had to search inch by inch, which would have been time-consuming and exhausting.

The two-hour timed mission may exceed the time limit.

But Chen Nian has made a different choice now.

"With my current level of control, perhaps I can try to 'hear' further."

Chen Nian murmured to herself.

Then, he walked to the corner of the pavilion, squatted down, reached out and pulled up the hood of his sweatshirt, covering his head completely, and then slowly closed his eyes.

Two small bulges quietly appeared beneath the hood on his head.

The outline of fluffy cat ears is faintly visible.

He maintained his crouching, defensive posture with his hands gently cupped on either side of his hood, as if trying to gather the invisible signal.

The next moment, Chen Nian activated Best's Ear.

Almost instantly, a tidal wave of noise flooded Chen Nian's ears, the veins on his forehead bulged, and his temples began to throb!
Without the obstruction of walls, the impact of the sound waves is several times stronger than indoors!
This was far beyond Chen Nian's control!
Oops!

Be bad!

Chen Nian's heart sank.

He never expected that using Best's Ear outside would cause it to go out of control!

If Best's Ear disappears, it will be too difficult for him to find Momo in a short time!

Meow--

Just then, a meow with a strange, soothing power rang out in Chen Nian's heart like a clear spring.

It instantly soothed the frenzied noise that was almost tearing my eardrums apart.

"Pay attention, meow~" Xiaomi's voice reminded her lazily.

Once she calmed down, Chen Nian suddenly opened her eyes, like a drowning person finally surfacing, gasping for fresh air, with fine beads of sweat on her forehead.

"call!"

Thanks, Xiaomi!

He thanked him with a wry smile.

If Xiaomi hadn't spoken up in time, Best's Ear would probably have exploded on the spot!
After calming herself down, Chen Nian's gaze became even more focused.

It was as if all distracting thoughts had been eliminated.

He closed his eyes again.

This time, amidst countless background noises, he tried his best to catch it, as if he were trying to peel back layers of fog!

Finally, as a soft 'ding-a-ling' sound with a strange rhythm rippled through the depths of her consciousness, some sounds that Chen Nian truly longed to capture began to emerge clearly.

Meow
That was the whimpering of a strange cat.

His voice was filled with hunger, fear, helplessness, and deep terror.

It wants to go home!
"Found you!" Chen Nian opened her eyes abruptly, the tips of her cat ears under her hood pointing sharply in one direction.

He immediately took off running in that direction.

After running a certain distance, Chen Nian would stop, close her eyes, concentrate, and readjust her bearings before continuing.

As Chen Nian continued her pursuit, she realized she was going further and further astray.

We gradually arrived at the edge of the neighborhood, an area almost no one ever sets foot in.

As he rounded a path overgrown with weeds, the sight before him made him pause for a moment.

"Where is this place?"

What came into view was a scene of desolation.

Discarded rubber blocks were scattered haphazardly on the cracked cement ground, weeds grew rampant in the corner, and a basketball hoop with only a rusted iron frame stood forlornly, barely proving that this place had once been a basketball court.

Chen Nian stepped inside.

The noisy surroundings suddenly fell silent, as if the clamor of the outside world had been completely left behind. This place was so quiet that it felt like it didn't belong to this world.

"How come I didn't know this place existed?"

Chen Nian muttered to herself.

The cat ears under his hood twitched slightly, and after confirming that the faint meow was nearby, he quickly took out his phone and sent his location to Xia Qiyue.

"The cat has been found."

After sending the message, he tiptoed and carefully made his way through the desolate area.

His sharp gaze swept across every dimly lit corner.

At the same time, Best's Ear was operating at full power, and the cat's location became clearer and clearer in his perception.

click-

Just then, Chen Nian accidentally broke off a dead branch.

The crisp cracking sound was particularly jarring in the silence.

The voice Chen Nian heard instantly made her tense to the extreme!

It was filled with extreme vigilance and panic!
He could even hear its heart pounding wildly, a state of being about to be completely consumed by fear and on the verge of stress!
"Why did you run out if you're so timid?"

Chen Nian thought helplessly.

But he understood that curiosity was a cat's nature.

He could only move more quietly, almost like a cat tiptoeing, and finally reached the source of the sound after wandering around the abandoned basketball court for a full five minutes.

A concrete platform three meters off the ground!

As Chen Nian approached, the sense of fear emanating from the voice on the platform intensified dramatically!

who? !

Who's down there!

Don't come any closer! Don't hurt me!

(How daring!)

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