Chapter 24: Like owner, like pet

"Dad, that black cat stole our bacon!"

Liu Dongzhu was eating chicken soup while looking at Wang Pingan, as if she was afraid that Wang Pingan would disappear from her sight. Suddenly, she saw a black shadow out of the corner of her eye. Upon closer inspection, she saw it was a black cat dragging a piece of bacon.

It was the black cat that had been lying next to her safe house not long ago!
"You beast, you dare to steal, I will beat you to death!"

Hearing this, Wang Lin looked up hurriedly, and saw the black cat dragging a piece of bacon away from his sight at the fastest speed. He immediately became angry, picked up the wooden stick next to him, chased after it, and was about to hit it with the stick.

"Fuck, I asked you to take the bacon, not to let you leave in broad daylight from others' eyes!"

Wang Ping'an cursed inwardly. It was naturally his order that the Black Cat Detective dragged the bacon away. He couldn't let his grandfather get hurt. However, he couldn't speak at the moment and could only burst into tears.

"Mr. Wang, please stop now!"

Just as Wang Lin was about to hit the Black Cat Detective with a stick, Yuan Liang spoke up hastily. Seeing Wang Lin stop, he heaved a sigh of relief and said:

"This black cat is a civet cat, the guardian of your family. You must not hurt it, or it will leave and not protect your family!"

"Little Taoist priest, it stole our bacon. How could a civet cat steal things?"

Wang Lin was almost angry. For rural families like them, bacon was a top-notch delicacy. They could only eat a bite or two during festivals. He reacted immediately after hearing Yuan Liang's words.

But I'm still a little dissatisfied!
Not to mention Wang Lin, even Yuan Liang himself didn't quite understand why the Black Cat Constable would steal the bacon, but he still argued: "Old Donor Wang, there may be something we don't know about it, why don't we go over and take a look?"

Zhang Guihua interrupted, "Old man, isn't it just a piece of bacon? Just take it away. As long as it can protect our family, let alone a piece of bacon, even my life will be no problem!"

Although she said this, there was a flash of pain in the depths of Zhang Guihua's eyes.

"Dad, please don't do anything rash. Look, Ping An is crying!"

As she spoke, Liu Dongzhu quickly put down her bowl and chopsticks, picked up Wang Ping'an from the crib, and comforted him, "Don't cry, don't cry, your mother is here, don't be afraid!"

Wang Lin snorted coldly: "I want to see what this thief cat is doing by stealing our bacon!"

"go!"

Yuan Liang was also very curious, so he quickly got up and chased after him. Soon he arrived in front of a thatched hut.

"Mom, you don't know, those people were so mean, not only did they push me down, they also trampled all the wild vegetables I had collected from the mountain with great difficulty. Fortunately, I met a magical cat, and it was it that protected me!"

"A magical cat?"

"Yes, it's the magical cat, black and very powerful!"

Wang Lin saw the black cat dragging the bacon and entering the kitchen through a window. When he was about to go forward to see what was going on, he heard a conversation between a mother and daughter coming from the thatched hut next door.

Wang Lin was stunned. He looked at the thatched hut, then at the black cat that had already sneaked into the kitchen. He didn't quite understand why the black cat catcher, whom the young Taoist priest called a spirit cat, would steal their bacon.

At this time.

After hearing the conversation between the mother and daughter, he finally understood what was going on.

Wang Lin whispered, "Little Taoist Priest, let's go!"

Yuan Liang nodded. Although he was not very old, he had come into contact with all kinds of people in the Taoist temple. He was knowledgeable and sensible. Naturally, he understood what was going on from the conversation!

After walking a long way and getting away from the thatched cottage, Yuan Liang said with emotion: "It turns out that this civet cat is doing good things!"

Wang Lin complained: "Even if it does good things, it can't steal our things, and it's bacon. Doesn't it know that we only eat it during festivals?"

Yuan Liang reminded him: "Old Donor Wang, as the saying goes, a pet is like its master!"

Wang Lin said angrily: "Little Taoist priest, do you mean that our Ping An will steal in the future?" "Old donor Wang, you misunderstood me. I mean that your Ping An is the reincarnation of a good man, so he attracted this kind-hearted spirit cat to protect him!"

Yuan Liang explained: "Will not your things belong to your family from now on? That civet cat belongs to your family, how can it be considered stealing when it takes your things?"

"Little Taoist priest, you are right!"

Wang Lin chuckled, a smug look on his face.

On the way home, Wang Lin encountered a group of aggressive villagers holding sticks. He asked in surprise, "Chihua, what's wrong? Did something big happen?"

"Uncle Wang, there is a monster coming to our village..."

Before Chi Hua finished speaking, he saw the panic on Wang Lin's face, so he explained: "It's not a powerful monster, it's a wild cat that has become a spirit. It hurt my son or their child. I have to find it and kill it in time, otherwise when it becomes powerful, it may take away the children in the village!"

Wang Lin frowned and said, "Chi Hua, is the wild cat you are talking about black?"

"Uncle Wang, have you seen it?"

Chi Hua was startled and said quickly: "Uncle Wang, tell me where you have seen it?"

“It’s ours!”

Wang Lin snorted coldly. Combining this with the conversation he had just overheard, he finally understood what was going on. He said angrily, “Don’t you want to know what’s going on?”

Chi Hua asked doubtfully: "Uncle Wang, what could be going on here?"

"You are such a capable person, bullying an orphan and a widow!"

Wang Lin sneered.

Chi Hua was puzzled and said, "Uncle Wang, what do you mean by this? I don't understand!"

Wang Lin did not speak, but looked coldly at the other man in the team and said angrily: "Xiao Zeng, why don't you tell me about this?"

Zeng Hui said unnaturally: "Uncle Wang, I don't understand what you mean!"

"Are you still playing dumb here?"

Wang Lin said indignantly: "Your son brought people to bully your niece. Don't tell me about this. Don't you know?"

"niece?"

Chi Hua was stunned at first, then he reacted and said in astonishment: "Uncle Wang, what you mean is that my child bullied Xiao Cao and your cat saw it, and your cat bravely stood up for justice, so that's why my son was hurt?"

As soon as he finished speaking, without waiting for Wang Lin to speak, Chi Hua continued, "Uncle Wang, you are kidding, your cat is not a human, how can it be so brave?"

"Yes, yes!"

Zeng Hui echoed, "Uncle Wang, I think you are making up excuses just because you don't want to pay the money!"

"My two donors, what Elder Donor Wang said is correct. Their civet cat would hurt your child. It was the civet cat that acted bravely!"

As soon as Yuan Liang finished speaking, he saw Chi Hua and Zeng Hui opening their mouths, about to say something, and said first: "The cat in Mr. Wang's house is not an ordinary cat, it is spiritual!"

Wang Lin said: "Chi Hua, if you don't believe me, you can go back and ask your child what he did just now!"

Chi Hua glanced at Yuan Liang, then at Wang Lin, then at Zeng Hui, and said, “Uncle Wang, I’ll go back and ask that little bastard!”

(End of this chapter)