CH 4
When the train arrived at the station, Kang Xing Luo finally got out of the train and everywhere seemed somewhat amiss. Although his mind was still muddled, when he thought that he could immediately go home and be in his little world, his mood lifted up a little.
When walking, his limbs were still uncoordinated. However, it was much better than when he just woke up. Kang Xing Luo walked along the street that he knew by memory. His expression gradually changed as he got closer and closer to his destination.
……It should be here.
But why…
Did he go the wrong way?
No, the surrounding convenience stores and snack bars are still there, yet the most important thing, the neighbourhood is gone.
The neighbourhood is gone.
How is this possible?
Kang Xing Luo panicked. There was not one person present on the road late at night, it was only him alone. He then dragged his stiff body around the street for half an hour before finding a convenience store that’s open for 24 hours, he went in and hurriedly called out, “Hello….”
The one who greeted him was not the middle-aged woman who he was familiar with. Instead, it was an old man, though Kang Xing Luo couldn’t care any less about such things right now. He anxiously asked the old man, “Is this not the Jin Jiang neighbourhood?”
The old man pushed up his reading glasses and sized up Kang Xing Luo before calmly questioning him, “Young man are you a foreigner?”
Kang Xing Luo, “No, I’m not.”
""
It certainly was not true. If it was not for his difficulty of being able to speak properly. then Kang Xing Luo would have never been mistaken as a foreigner with his native accent.
However, the old man naturally did not believe what he said. If he was a native, then how could he not know that the neighbourhood has been demolished? At one glance, one can tell that he’s someone from the countryside that doesn’t want to admit it for the fear of losing face.
The old man chuckled, “Anyone can be one, but if you are looking for the Jin Jiang neighbourhood, it has been gone two years ago.”
‘Two years ago???’
Kang Xing Luo was baffled. Before his car accident, the neighbourhood was undoubtedly still here, why two years ago…..
The old man, who saw him confused, kindly explained to him, “Have you heard of the 2019 violence day? It is the year when the first evolution started, house pets started having their first evolution with the build of their body increasing in size. The destruction that happened was not few especially for the Jin Jiang district, the damage that was caused was severe! I do not know whose owner from the district that cow is, but they raised money pythons. When the violence day came, the python’s body expanded 10 times its original size which led their room to immediately collapse! Afterwards, since the damage could not be repaired, they demolished the whole thing…….Ai, are you listening?”
Kang Xing Luo was listening earlier, but his mind wandered midway through it, what violence day is did not get into his ears at all. He nodded to the old man and quickly took out his phone to check the calendar.
Before, he had seen the date but not the year. Under normal circumstances, no one would think that crossing times would happen to oneself.
Kang Xing Luo’s hand lightly trembled as his eyes focused on the screen once he clearly saw the numbers on top of the calendar.
——2021.
2021…
It’s been two years since he left home.
It turns out he did not sleep for two days, rather he slept for two days and two years.
This information he received was far beyond his imagination. Kang Xing Luo was overwhelmed. He clumsily walked out of the convenience store and looked around his surroundings to see that everything is completely different.
Why didn’t he notice it earlier?
It’s different, everything is truly different.
Earlier, Kang Xing Luo fell into a deep sense of helplessness even though he was alone in a car accident. Though he felt that there was something wrong with his brain, he did not panic.
At this moment he felt himself getting attacked by a large array of darkness, tears falling onto the ground as he walked.
His house is gone.
There is no place for him to live.
There’s nothing left.
The cats who accompanied him are also gone.
Kang Xing Luo clenched his teeth and his nose scrunched, unable to cover up the intense feeling of grievance in his heart.
Unaware how long time had passed, Kang Xing Luo finally reacted when he was already sitting on a park bench. He looked around his surroundings. The scene of the park didn’t seem to have changed much, it still looked the same as it did two years ago.
""
Two years ago…
Those three words made Kang Xing Luo feel a wave of sadness once again.
To be honest, growing up Kang Xing Luo has spent most of his time alone. He was not afraid of any suffering and hardships but he did fear one thing.
——loneliness.
Feeling lonely is terrible. That’s why Kang Xing Luo chose to raise cats. Every day whenever he goes out of the house, he thinks about the cats waiting for him at home. It made his life filled with happiness and it gave him a sense of responsibility.
But now…
Kang Xing Luo tried to recall the old man’s words, but due to the chaos he was going through he could not remember what the old man said in the end.
Though, since the neighbourhood is gone, could his cats be….
dead?
Even if they are alive, they are unlikely to wait for him in the original place. Especially, waiting for this kind of owner who goes out and never returns.
Kang Xing Luo covered his face with his palms, wanting to cry again.
The sad air doesn’t go away while he is amid his own sadness. Suddenly, Kang Xing Luo heard the sound of a cat meowing.
He became quite excited. He then hears another clear cry from the cat, “meow~!”
He didn’t hear it wrongly. There is indeed a cat.
Kang Xing Luo hurriedly went towards the street light post beside the bench to search. From a bush not far away, a head of a cute small figure was sticking out.
It’s a tuxedo cat.
(the picture below is a tuxedo cat)
Kang Xing Luo was hit by a wave of ecstasy and blurted out,”Big Black!”
Kang Xing Luo is a cat lover. For various reasons, he has raised quite a few of them and among them, was a tuxedo cat in the mix as well. Kang Xing Luo’s eyes were fixated on the black and white figure as he called out to it again, “…Big Black.”
Unsure if it was because the cat heard his voice calling it out, but the cat who was originally at a distance suddenly ran to the where he is.
When the cat came closer to him, Kang Xing Luo saw the appearance of the cat and it was a tuxedo cat. However, the pattern on its fur is different from his big black, therefore, it’s not his cat.
His heart was somewhat disappointed, but after looking into the cat’s pair of emerald coloured eyes, Kang Xing Luo felt comforted, he could not help himself and squat down.
Most of the cats in the park are stray cats. They usually depend on fighting and forcibly taking food, also they aren’t used to being in close contact with humans, however, the cat before him seems to be different from them.
Kang Xing Luo reached out his hand, the tuxedo cat was completely friendly, rubbing his little face against his palm. It was adorable.
He scratched the cat’s chin to which the cat let out purring noises. As he continued to scratch its chin the cat, titled its head upwards and completely revealed its soft belly with its eyes squinting at him comfortably.
Kang Xing Luo said gently, “really a good kitty~”
After experiencing a great shock, the cat rolling around acting coquettish successfully lightened Kang Xing Luo’s mood. He crouched down and using both hands, he rubbed the cat from head to toe. He sighed softly.
If his cats were still alive, where would they be now?
Would someone be treating them nicely?
Thinking about it, Kang Xing Luo let go and lightly touched the cat’s head.
After that petting session ended, the black and white cat rolled upright from the ground and sat quietly in place with its beautiful eyes staring at Kang Xing Luo as if it was waiting for something.
Kang Xing Luo paused and asked, “You want something to eat?”
Naturally, he was talking to himself. His eyebrows wrinkled feeling somewhat embarrassed he said, “Sorry, I don’t have any food with me.”
The cat who was still staring at him suddenly opened his mouth and spoke in a hoarse voice that an adult male would have, “It’s okay, you can just give me money.”
Kang Xing Luo, “….”
Kang Xing Luo, “…..”
Kang Xing Luo, “……”
(T/N: no this is not an error nor a typo this is seriously from the raw)
It talked!
The cat talked!
Kang Xing Luo received a huge shock but his expression only showed a mild reaction. The black and white cat sized up Kang Xing Luo and spoke in a boss-like kind of tone who sells vegetables, “Is there any cash?”
Kang Xing Luo, “…….No, I don’t have.”
The black and white cat’s face wrinkled, there was an indescribable dislike shown on his cute face. However, he quickly turned his head and walked towards the bush bringing back a paper sign. Soon after, he said in a hoarse voice, “Scan the QR code.”
Kang Xing Luo, “…..”
Kang Xing Luo’s mental state couldn’t keep up with the situation, he took out his phone and scanned the QR code then a collection interface appeared.
Payee: 【 Number 8 technician, Jin Jiang park 】
Kang Xing Luo, “…..”
The black and white cat said, “One hundred dollars, transfer it.”
Let’s first not say how many things he wanted to roast about in his profile picture. Kang Xing Luo was surprised when he heard about the price and blankly asked, “Isn’t that expensive?”
The black and white cat could not help but expose a disgusted look, “Expensive? Do you know because of your rubbing how much hair I’ll lose when I go home this time? Our occupation has a high-risk for baldness and to be a stand-in for another cat. What big black? this white moonlight name is just terrible, to tell you the truth even I did not want to respond.”
(white moonlight: someone who you feel is hard to reach, who shines)- definition by dead)
Kang Xing Luo, “….”
The tuxedo cat, “Transfer the money.”
Kang Xing Luo, “OK, OK”
Kang Xing Luo was unable to utter a word, he typed down the amount, 100, but he didn’t want to have 30 yuan left in his WeChat bank account. Shortly after, a WeChat notification popped out stating that his bank account has an insufficient amount.
Kang Xing Luo, “…”
Emmmmm…..
Let’s not mention how odd the conversation between him and the cat is. This kind of situation is similar to visiting a prostitute, but in the end having no money to pay is making Kang Xing Luo lose his head.
Kang Xing Luo cautiously looked at the cat’s complexion. The cat who originally looked impatient, now there’s a gleam in its emerald eyes as if it would pounce at him in the next moment.
“No money?”
Kang Xing Luo ignorantly agreed, “….En.”
“You have no money yet you touch me? Ah??? Didn’t we confirm the business transaction with our eyes?! What is the matter with you? I have let you touch me inside and out yet you won’t pay me 100 yuan for it??”
Kang Xing Luo felt irritated, he wanted to cry. He hastily looked at the 30 yuan in his WeChat bank account, he then pitifully said, “Next time. I’ll surely pay you next time.”
The black and white cat angrily said, “There will be no next time, Lao Zi will not receive your bill anymore!”
Kang Xing Luo, “…..I, You, This….”
As he was talking, there was wind blowing in the air. Although the temperature didn’t change, Kang Xing Luo suddenly felt his back becoming cold. His reaction to it was not big compared to the cat in front of him, the black and white cat was startled and his fur stood up as if it got electrocuted.
The sound of two loud howls could be heard, the black and white cat cursed, “Frick, where did this complete species come from? He’s gotta be crazy to have come to such a poor street.”
When walking, his limbs were still uncoordinated. However, it was much better than when he just woke up. Kang Xing Luo walked along the street that he knew by memory. His expression gradually changed as he got closer and closer to his destination.
……It should be here.
But why…
Did he go the wrong way?
No, the surrounding convenience stores and snack bars are still there, yet the most important thing, the neighbourhood is gone.
The neighbourhood is gone.
How is this possible?
Kang Xing Luo panicked. There was not one person present on the road late at night, it was only him alone. He then dragged his stiff body around the street for half an hour before finding a convenience store that’s open for 24 hours, he went in and hurriedly called out, “Hello….”
The one who greeted him was not the middle-aged woman who he was familiar with. Instead, it was an old man, though Kang Xing Luo couldn’t care any less about such things right now. He anxiously asked the old man, “Is this not the Jin Jiang neighbourhood?”
The old man pushed up his reading glasses and sized up Kang Xing Luo before calmly questioning him, “Young man are you a foreigner?”
Kang Xing Luo, “No, I’m not.”
""
It certainly was not true. If it was not for his difficulty of being able to speak properly. then Kang Xing Luo would have never been mistaken as a foreigner with his native accent.
However, the old man naturally did not believe what he said. If he was a native, then how could he not know that the neighbourhood has been demolished? At one glance, one can tell that he’s someone from the countryside that doesn’t want to admit it for the fear of losing face.
The old man chuckled, “Anyone can be one, but if you are looking for the Jin Jiang neighbourhood, it has been gone two years ago.”
‘Two years ago???’
Kang Xing Luo was baffled. Before his car accident, the neighbourhood was undoubtedly still here, why two years ago…..
The old man, who saw him confused, kindly explained to him, “Have you heard of the 2019 violence day? It is the year when the first evolution started, house pets started having their first evolution with the build of their body increasing in size. The destruction that happened was not few especially for the Jin Jiang district, the damage that was caused was severe! I do not know whose owner from the district that cow is, but they raised money pythons. When the violence day came, the python’s body expanded 10 times its original size which led their room to immediately collapse! Afterwards, since the damage could not be repaired, they demolished the whole thing…….Ai, are you listening?”
Kang Xing Luo was listening earlier, but his mind wandered midway through it, what violence day is did not get into his ears at all. He nodded to the old man and quickly took out his phone to check the calendar.
Before, he had seen the date but not the year. Under normal circumstances, no one would think that crossing times would happen to oneself.
Kang Xing Luo’s hand lightly trembled as his eyes focused on the screen once he clearly saw the numbers on top of the calendar.
——2021.
2021…
It’s been two years since he left home.
It turns out he did not sleep for two days, rather he slept for two days and two years.
This information he received was far beyond his imagination. Kang Xing Luo was overwhelmed. He clumsily walked out of the convenience store and looked around his surroundings to see that everything is completely different.
Why didn’t he notice it earlier?
It’s different, everything is truly different.
Earlier, Kang Xing Luo fell into a deep sense of helplessness even though he was alone in a car accident. Though he felt that there was something wrong with his brain, he did not panic.
At this moment he felt himself getting attacked by a large array of darkness, tears falling onto the ground as he walked.
His house is gone.
There is no place for him to live.
There’s nothing left.
The cats who accompanied him are also gone.
Kang Xing Luo clenched his teeth and his nose scrunched, unable to cover up the intense feeling of grievance in his heart.
Unaware how long time had passed, Kang Xing Luo finally reacted when he was already sitting on a park bench. He looked around his surroundings. The scene of the park didn’t seem to have changed much, it still looked the same as it did two years ago.
""
Two years ago…
Those three words made Kang Xing Luo feel a wave of sadness once again.
To be honest, growing up Kang Xing Luo has spent most of his time alone. He was not afraid of any suffering and hardships but he did fear one thing.
——loneliness.
Feeling lonely is terrible. That’s why Kang Xing Luo chose to raise cats. Every day whenever he goes out of the house, he thinks about the cats waiting for him at home. It made his life filled with happiness and it gave him a sense of responsibility.
But now…
Kang Xing Luo tried to recall the old man’s words, but due to the chaos he was going through he could not remember what the old man said in the end.
Though, since the neighbourhood is gone, could his cats be….
dead?
Even if they are alive, they are unlikely to wait for him in the original place. Especially, waiting for this kind of owner who goes out and never returns.
Kang Xing Luo covered his face with his palms, wanting to cry again.
The sad air doesn’t go away while he is amid his own sadness. Suddenly, Kang Xing Luo heard the sound of a cat meowing.
He became quite excited. He then hears another clear cry from the cat, “meow~!”
He didn’t hear it wrongly. There is indeed a cat.
Kang Xing Luo hurriedly went towards the street light post beside the bench to search. From a bush not far away, a head of a cute small figure was sticking out.
It’s a tuxedo cat.
(the picture below is a tuxedo cat)
Kang Xing Luo was hit by a wave of ecstasy and blurted out,”Big Black!”
Kang Xing Luo is a cat lover. For various reasons, he has raised quite a few of them and among them, was a tuxedo cat in the mix as well. Kang Xing Luo’s eyes were fixated on the black and white figure as he called out to it again, “…Big Black.”
Unsure if it was because the cat heard his voice calling it out, but the cat who was originally at a distance suddenly ran to the where he is.
When the cat came closer to him, Kang Xing Luo saw the appearance of the cat and it was a tuxedo cat. However, the pattern on its fur is different from his big black, therefore, it’s not his cat.
His heart was somewhat disappointed, but after looking into the cat’s pair of emerald coloured eyes, Kang Xing Luo felt comforted, he could not help himself and squat down.
Most of the cats in the park are stray cats. They usually depend on fighting and forcibly taking food, also they aren’t used to being in close contact with humans, however, the cat before him seems to be different from them.
Kang Xing Luo reached out his hand, the tuxedo cat was completely friendly, rubbing his little face against his palm. It was adorable.
He scratched the cat’s chin to which the cat let out purring noises. As he continued to scratch its chin the cat, titled its head upwards and completely revealed its soft belly with its eyes squinting at him comfortably.
Kang Xing Luo said gently, “really a good kitty~”
After experiencing a great shock, the cat rolling around acting coquettish successfully lightened Kang Xing Luo’s mood. He crouched down and using both hands, he rubbed the cat from head to toe. He sighed softly.
If his cats were still alive, where would they be now?
Would someone be treating them nicely?
Thinking about it, Kang Xing Luo let go and lightly touched the cat’s head.
After that petting session ended, the black and white cat rolled upright from the ground and sat quietly in place with its beautiful eyes staring at Kang Xing Luo as if it was waiting for something.
Kang Xing Luo paused and asked, “You want something to eat?”
Naturally, he was talking to himself. His eyebrows wrinkled feeling somewhat embarrassed he said, “Sorry, I don’t have any food with me.”
The cat who was still staring at him suddenly opened his mouth and spoke in a hoarse voice that an adult male would have, “It’s okay, you can just give me money.”
Kang Xing Luo, “….”
Kang Xing Luo, “…..”
Kang Xing Luo, “……”
(T/N: no this is not an error nor a typo this is seriously from the raw)
It talked!
The cat talked!
Kang Xing Luo received a huge shock but his expression only showed a mild reaction. The black and white cat sized up Kang Xing Luo and spoke in a boss-like kind of tone who sells vegetables, “Is there any cash?”
Kang Xing Luo, “…….No, I don’t have.”
The black and white cat’s face wrinkled, there was an indescribable dislike shown on his cute face. However, he quickly turned his head and walked towards the bush bringing back a paper sign. Soon after, he said in a hoarse voice, “Scan the QR code.”
Kang Xing Luo, “…..”
Kang Xing Luo’s mental state couldn’t keep up with the situation, he took out his phone and scanned the QR code then a collection interface appeared.
Payee: 【 Number 8 technician, Jin Jiang park 】
Kang Xing Luo, “…..”
The black and white cat said, “One hundred dollars, transfer it.”
Let’s first not say how many things he wanted to roast about in his profile picture. Kang Xing Luo was surprised when he heard about the price and blankly asked, “Isn’t that expensive?”
The black and white cat could not help but expose a disgusted look, “Expensive? Do you know because of your rubbing how much hair I’ll lose when I go home this time? Our occupation has a high-risk for baldness and to be a stand-in for another cat. What big black? this white moonlight name is just terrible, to tell you the truth even I did not want to respond.”
(white moonlight: someone who you feel is hard to reach, who shines)- definition by dead)
Kang Xing Luo, “….”
The tuxedo cat, “Transfer the money.”
Kang Xing Luo, “OK, OK”
Kang Xing Luo was unable to utter a word, he typed down the amount, 100, but he didn’t want to have 30 yuan left in his WeChat bank account. Shortly after, a WeChat notification popped out stating that his bank account has an insufficient amount.
Kang Xing Luo, “…”
Emmmmm…..
Let’s not mention how odd the conversation between him and the cat is. This kind of situation is similar to visiting a prostitute, but in the end having no money to pay is making Kang Xing Luo lose his head.
Kang Xing Luo cautiously looked at the cat’s complexion. The cat who originally looked impatient, now there’s a gleam in its emerald eyes as if it would pounce at him in the next moment.
“No money?”
Kang Xing Luo ignorantly agreed, “….En.”
“You have no money yet you touch me? Ah??? Didn’t we confirm the business transaction with our eyes?! What is the matter with you? I have let you touch me inside and out yet you won’t pay me 100 yuan for it??”
Kang Xing Luo felt irritated, he wanted to cry. He hastily looked at the 30 yuan in his WeChat bank account, he then pitifully said, “Next time. I’ll surely pay you next time.”
The black and white cat angrily said, “There will be no next time, Lao Zi will not receive your bill anymore!”
Kang Xing Luo, “…..I, You, This….”
As he was talking, there was wind blowing in the air. Although the temperature didn’t change, Kang Xing Luo suddenly felt his back becoming cold. His reaction to it was not big compared to the cat in front of him, the black and white cat was startled and his fur stood up as if it got electrocuted.
The sound of two loud howls could be heard, the black and white cat cursed, “Frick, where did this complete species come from? He’s gotta be crazy to have come to such a poor street.”
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