ATPN Chapter 45
by VolareHe was waiting, waiting for the elevator doors to automatically close and go downstairs. However, time seemed to be paused, and after waiting for a long time, the elevator doors didn’t close.
Suddenly, the orange cat moved.
“…”
Along with the cat’s movement, Yu Zhanrong’s expression gradually froze.
He hadn’t expected this orange cat to be so bold. It glanced at him with its moist eyes, meowed, and gracefully entered the elevator right under his nose.
Yu Zhanrong tried hard to glare at it, but when he met its bright amber eyes, he couldn’t help but soften.
But as the orange cat got closer and closer, the alarm bells in Yu Zhanrong’s heart instantly went off. He leaned tightly against the wall, pointing his phone at the cat with difficulty, and said, “Um… buddy, let’s mind our own business, you… you don’t come over here.”
The orange cat seemed to understand his words, standing still in the middle, just looking up at Yu Zhanrong and meowing softly. The defensive line in Yu Zhanrong’s heart collapsed a little bit from the cuteness, but he quickly pulled it back up.
This scheming fat cat, it’s even trying to lure him in with its cuteness? He wouldn’t fall for it.
The elevator doors slowly closed but stopped on the 22nd floor without moving.
“Grumble~”
Yu Zhanrong quickly covered his stomach to see the cat’s reaction. The orange cat didn’t move and meowed at him again.
It wasn’t a solution to just stand there like this. Yu Zhanrong thought for a moment, carefully leaned against the wall, and walked out, pressing the open door button.
As soon as the elevator doors opened, he quickly darted out. His room was directly facing the elevator entrance, and he was at the door as soon as he left the elevator.
He was just entering the password to open the door when a ball of fluff snuggled against his feet. Yu Zhanrong instantly froze, and the hand holding the lunch began to tremble slightly.
He frantically shouted in his heart: Help~ I’m so scared~
His arms began to ache faintly as a conditioned reflex.
He was suddenly glad that the weather was cold now, and he was wearing long pajama pants. Otherwise, he didn’t know if he could save his legs today.
Yu Zhanrong was stiff all over, feeling that something was wrong everywhere. The ball of fluff was nestled at his trouser leg, not daring to move, for fear that he would be bitten or scratched if he wasn’t careful.
He really didn’t want to be scratched by a cat again.
Yu Zhanrong laboriously lowered his head to look at the ball of fluff beside his feet. Sure enough, it was that orange cat. He looked at his leg, still thinking about whether to use this leg to push the cat away or just cut the leg off.
In a flash, he accidentally met the fat cat’s eyes again. The orange cat was rubbing its head against his trouser leg, looking at him with round eyes.
Those eyes were clear and bright, as if you could see straight to the bottom.
Not fierce.
And a little cute.
It didn’t seem to want to scratch him?!
Wasn’t it said that cats are all aloof? But why was this one so clingy?
Moreover, the more Yu Zhanrong looked at this orange cat, the more familiar it seemed. Yu Zhanrong lowered his eyes and met the cat’s watery eyes again.
He was suddenly charmed by it. Yu Zhanrong blinked, instantly came back to his senses, and said righteously, “Don’t try to be cute, I won’t fall for it.”
“Meow~”
“…”
“Meow~”
“…”
“Why are you still acting pitiful? That’s too unfair.”
The orange cat seemed to sense his stiffness and fear, drooping its head and walking to a place half a meter away from him, looking up at him with a pitiful and aggrieved expression.
Yu Zhanrong: “…”
The two just stared at each other from a distance.
Okay, he admitted that this cat was indeed a little cute and didn’t seem fierce. He couldn’t help but relax a little, but he still didn’t dare to get too close.
“Where’s your owner?”
“Meow~”
“Did you run out by yourself?”
The fat cat stretched out a paw and wiped its face.
“Meow~”
Yu Zhanrong covered his eyes. It really was a scheming cat that could bewitch people’s hearts. He couldn’t resist it a bit.
Mainly, this cat was indeed very attractive and well-behaved. The more he looked at it, the more he felt like he had seen it somewhere before, and it seemed to be able to understand human language.
He hesitated for a while, slowly squatted down, pointed to a small area in front of him, and said, “Come here.”
The orange cat looked up at him, raised its paw, took two steps forward, and stopped at the spot Yu Zhanrong pointed to.
Yu Zhanrong did the same thing again and tried it two more times, and the orange cat did it every time.
It could really understand?
Very obedient, not bad.
Yu Zhanrong took away some of his fear, and interest rose in his eyes. He tentatively stretched out a hand towards the orange cat, warning it sternly, “You’re not allowed to scratch me.”
The orange cat seemed to understand his meaning and very lightly placed its paw on Yu Zhanrong’s hand.
“Meow~…”
The cat’s paw was soft and felt very good. The nails were also well-trimmed. Yu Zhanrong relaxed a little more.
He gently pinched the cat’s paw and stroked it. The orange cat let him pinch and stroke it, and suddenly he wasn’t so afraid anymore.
Yu Zhanrong pursed his lips, curved his eyes, and shook the orange cat’s paw, “Then it’s settled, we’ll coexist peacefully.”
“Meow~” Its voice was soft and cute.
The negotiation was completed, and Yu Zhanrong, who had unilaterally received a promise, opened the door to his home, signaling the orange cat to go in first. Although this orange cat seemed harmless to humans and animals, he had been scratched by a very fierce cat before, and he still didn’t dare to hug it.
The orange cat was very well-behaved. After being allowed, it walked in heroically and proudly.
It wandered around the living room as if inspecting its territory, then obediently returned to Yu Zhanrong’s side, following him wherever he went, just like a little tagalong.
After entering the house, Yu Zhanrong sat on the carpet and put his lunch on the coffee table. The orange cat squatted beside him and watched him eat.
Yu Zhanrong took a few bites, and a sense of guilt suddenly rose in his heart. He got up and took a small can of yogurt from the refrigerator, just about to open it when he suddenly thought that cats couldn’t eat cold things, right?
“There’s no way, then you’ll have to wait a little longer to eat it.” Yu Zhanrong spread his hands. It seemed that the only thing he had at home that a cat could eat was yogurt.
He waited until the yogurt wasn’t cold before opening it and giving it to the cat. He hadn’t raised a cat before and was afraid of giving it something bad to eat, so he didn’t dare to let it finish it all.
He didn’t know whose cat it was that was lost. Yu Zhanrong took a photo of the orange cat and posted it on his Moments, looking for the owner of this overly familiar, unceremonious fat cat.
As soon as the Moments were posted, he received a message from Yang You.
[Pomelo: Aren’t you going back to stream? Where did you pick up the cat?]
[Yu.: Elevator in the apartment, I don’t know whose it is]
[Pomelo: Could it be your neighbor’s?]
[Yu.: No]
He had been to his neighbor’s house several times and was familiar with the place. They didn’t raise a cat at all.
Speaking of the neighbor, he unconsciously recalled the sounds he had heard yesterday. Yu Zhanrong pursed his lips.
[Pomelo: …Are you coming back tonight?]
Yu Zhanrong’s gaze fell on the orange cat, which was purring softly and curled up into a ball sleeping.
He replied: I’m not going back. I’ll see if anyone comes to look for it in the next two days.
Pets weren’t allowed in the school. Before its owner came to find it, he could only keep it here.
Perhaps it was because this orange cat looked familiar, or maybe it was because this cat’s personality was too outgoing, Yu Zhanrong couldn’t resist it at all.
After an afternoon of emotional cultivation, the orange cat had successfully risen to the top. At this moment, it was comfortably nestled in Yu Zhanrong’s arms.