Strange Life of a Cat
Chapter 420 - Chapter 420 402

Chapter 420: 402 Chapter 420: 402 When Ermao and the others realized that Zheng Tan and Dashan had disappeared, the sun had already risen.

With the absence of Dashan’s usual “alarm clock” today, everyone would usually have noticed immediately under normal circumstances. However, given the special circumstance with everyone’s attention focused on Pei Jie’s matter, discussing and analyzing all night, their eyes were red with bloodshot.

The Master, after all, was advanced in years and couldn’t stay up with them. Around three or four in the morning, Ermao and the others persuaded him to rest, and he had not yet woken up. Ermao and the others also hadn’t made much noise, resulting in an unusually quiet courtyard.

Only when everyone finally noticed why this quietness seemed so unusual did they discover that both cats were not in the courtyard.

With Pei Jie’s disappearance still fresh in their minds, everyone’s first thought was whether the two cats had also been quietly dealt with. But then again, they reconsidered. Wei Leng and Ermao were well aware of the Black Cat’s capabilities; it wouldn’t be so easily silenced without a sound, and would have howled in some situation. Moreover, there was no alarm on Ermao’s phone indicating that the attacker must still be nearby.

Uncle Lin suggested calling people over to help search, but Ermao stopped him.

“Wait, let me check first.” Ermao took out his phone, opened an app, and a bright spot was clearly visible.

“Is it nearby?”

The others felt uneasy upon hearing Ermao’s words. If it was nearby, they had just called out several times, albeit in hushed tones for fear of waking the Master, but with the cat’s hearing, they should have clearly heard their voices. Yet in reality, there had been no response at all.

Ermao, holding his phone, followed the signal until he saw the cat card Zheng Tan had hung on the tree.

“Was the cat card removed?” Uncle Lin said worriedly. He had a rather favorable impression of the Black Cat and feared it had met a grim fate.

Ermao took the cat card to inspect it and shook his head, “No, it wasn’t removed by someone else. Aside from itself, no one could have taken off this cat card.”

Ermao spoke the latter sentence softly; those slightly farther away couldn’t hear it clearly, like Uncle Lin, who only caught the first part. He didn’t understand the latter part of what Ermao had just said, otherwise, he would definitely have been puzzled about what “Aside from itself, no one could have taken off this cat card” meant.

“Senior Brother Pei, I guess Black Coal must have discovered some clue, that’s why it left to track the clue. As for Dashan, I guess he was called over to help.” Ermao said.

Ermao knew Zheng Tan pretty well after many years of neighborhood relationships upstairs and downstairs; it would be strange if he didn’t.

Pei Liang nodded, not saying much. Whether what Ermao said was true or not, having hope was good enough.

It was nearly noon when Dashan returned. Ermao and others had gone out to search but hadn’t found much useful information. Seeing Dashan in the courtyard lit up their eyes.

Ermao looked around and didn’t find Zheng Tan.

“Dashan, where is Black Coal?” Ermao asked.

“Dashan is back?!” the Master quickly stepped out of the house and called Dashan over.

Dashan was most obedient to the old man. With the old man asking, Dashan cooperated more. So, as soon as the old man spoke, Ermao and the others kept silent, listening closely by his side.

Having lived together for so many years, the old man knew Dashan’s nature and capabilities well, so he asked in a way that was easy for Dashan to understand.

“Black Coal?” the Master asked. Due to Ermao, the Master also started calling it “Black Coal.” Dashan knew whom this name referred to; he had heard it many times while learning to play with the lighter and could match the name.

Upon hearing this, Dashan looked in a certain direction. Ermao and the others took this action to mean that the Black Cat was in that direction somewhere.

“And Pei Jie?” the old man then picked up a piece of Pei Jie’s clothing for Dashan to smell, helping Dashan match the name “Pei Jie” with the scent, since Dashan’s memory of scents was stronger than that of a name he hadn’t heard for long.

Sure enough, Dashan seemed a bit puzzled when he heard the name “Pei Jie,” but after smelling the scent, he became excited, spinning around in place before trying to head outside, only to be stopped by the old man.

The Master brought Dashan closer, looking at him and slowly said, “Did you find him?”

The old man had played similar finding games with Dashan, so Dashan could understand the question.

Upon hearing this, Dashan lifted his tail and gave a vigorous wag. This action represented the “yes” in the “yes or no tail wagging game.”

“He really found him!” Ermao exclaimed happily.

Pei Liang’s eyes reddened with excitement. Now he was desperate to go there. Previously, at home, Pei Liang had often subjected Pei Jie to a bit of physical discipline every few days. The kid was too mischievous, and only a beating would calm him down. Always up to no good, but now, not having seen this rascal for a day, he was all sorts of worried and anxious. Being a man, he couldn’t just cry out about how to handle the situation. His emotions, suppressed, made him feel suffocated, and he could only smoke one cigarette after another in silence to alleviate the stress. Now, just hearing a bit of news made Pei Liang feel a stinging sensation in his eyes. Blinking several times did not suppress the sensation; instead, it grew stronger.

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