Aliens on Earth [Interstellar]

As soon as the landlady finished speaking, she felt that something was wrong with her words.Keeping pets is time-consuming and costly. Like her and her wife, both of whom have relatively low pensions, no matter how much they like cats, they dare not adopt all the stray cats in the alley into their homes.

Although the cost of raising a single cat is not high under normal circumstances, it seems that Ji Lin is not so well-off financially, otherwise he would not choose to rent a house in this old city where the rent is cheap.

"Oh, I also see that this little guy is rarely willing to eat your food. By the way, if it's inconvenient, don't force it." Seeing that Ji Lin didn't answer, the landlady hurriedly said, "As long as you are free Help feed this little guy, come to me to get the cat food!"

Do you have a... cat...?

Ji Lin lowered his eyes, and his eyes fell on the black cat squatting at his feet.Sensing Ji Lin's gaze, the black cat raised its head subconsciously, so Ji Lin saw its ice-blue eyes, and there was a hint of doubt in his heart casually, as if asking him, what is it doing?

Ji Lin has never raised a cat, or it should be said that he has never raised any pets since he was a child.He was born in an orphanage, and he didn't know who his parents were, but he only knew that he had been in an orphanage since he could remember.

As a person who has lost the protection of his family and has to rely on social welfare institutions for his survival, keeping pets is a luxury.At the age, after losing the special care of the orphanage, it was a period of fear and anxiety for survival, and the daily life of running around for a living continued until graduation from university.After graduating, he entered the research institute on the recommendation of the school professor, and finally he didn't have to worry about survival, but he was so busy with work, and some annoying but unavoidable people, that he didn't have time to have the idea of ​​keeping a pet.

Right now, hearing from the landlady's wife, he felt that this seemed like a good proposal.

"Let me think about it." Ji Lin withdrew his gaze from the black cat, and looked up at the landlady.

"Hey? Ah! It's okay, you can think about it slowly, the main thing is that you don't force yourself, anyway, with me here, this little guy can't do without a mouthful."

After the landlady finished speaking, she continued to feed the stray cats in the alley.Ji Lin turned around and walked towards the building he lived in. The black cat got up and flicked its tail, following Ji Lin's footsteps.

Let the black cat enter the living room, and found two plastic bowls in the cabinet where the kitchen utensils are placed. These are gifts from the drinks bought in the supermarket a few days ago. I poured the cat food I just bought into one, and the other gave Poured half a bowl of mineral water, and then put the two bowls filled with food and water in front of the black cat squatting at the dining table.

"Eat."

The black cat looked down at the cat food and sniffed, but it didn't mean to lower its head to eat, but looked up at Ji Lin with obvious dissatisfaction in its eyes.

Ji Lin: "?" What do you mean?Don't like this taste of cat food?

Seeing that Ji Lin couldn't understand what he meant at all, the black cat withdrew its gaze in disgust, then got up, lowered its head and grabbed the bowl containing cat food, jumped up suddenly, landed on the chair, and then used its strength to move, and finally stabilized Landed firmly on the table.Putting down the bowl in its mouth, the black cat flicked its tail, sat down on the dining table, and then began to eat slowly.

Ji Lin: "..."

So - just now what it meant to express was to be served on the table?This is really a cat that is too well integrated into human society. I really don’t know how the previous shit shoveler raised it?This guy doesn't seem to have any sense of being a cat at all.

Looking at the black cat sitting on the dining table, eating for granted, it was obviously impossible to drive it away, so Ji Lin had no choice but to pick up the water bowl on the ground, put it next to the cat food bowl, and put it in front of the black cat.

The black cat's eating movements were elegant, as if it were an upper-class nobleman, but the speed was not satisfactory. It quickly ate up all the cat food in the bowl, drank two more sips of water, and then looked up at the person sitting on the opposite side of the table. Ji Lin.

"You...would you like to come to my house?" Seeing that the black cat had finished eating, Ji Lin asked it.

The black cat continued to stare at Ji Lin, with a hint of thought in its eyes, as if it was seriously understanding Ji Lin's words.

"If you continue to follow me, I will take it as your consent." Ji Lin said, got up and put away the bowl in front of the black cat, and washed it in the sink.

On this day, the black cat stayed at Ji Lin's house and did not leave, so Ji Lin assumed that it was willing to be adopted by him by default.

This black cat behaved very worry-free, Ji Lin didn't have to worry about the rest except for serving the meal, it would not damage the furniture, nor would it jump up and down in the room, and it was very quiet——Ji Lin As far as he could remember, from the day he saw the black cat, he hadn't heard it bark.

In the evening, after dinner with the black cat, Ji Lin wanted to give the black cat a bath, but considering that he was not familiar with it, and most cats hate water, bathing a cat is destined to be not an easy task , and finally gave up.Moreover, the black cat was only active in the living room of his house, and had no intention of following him into the room at all, and he didn't need to mind too much for the time being.

"Good night."

The black cat raised its eyes and glanced at Ji Lin. After watching him enter the room, it continued to lie down on the sofa in the living room with its eyes closed.

At night, just after 12 o'clock, the black cat lying on the sofa slowly opened its eyes. The living room was pitch black, and the light from under the door of Ji Lin's room had been turned off an hour ago.Prick up your ears, you can hear the slow breathing, which means that the people in the room have fallen into a deep sleep.

The black cat shook its ears, got up and jumped off the sofa, and landed on the ground soundlessly.The pitch-black figure, hidden in the darkness, quietly passed through the living room and came to the window.With a vertical posture, he jumped onto the window sill, raised his paw, and pushed open the lock of the window. The black cat opened the window, got out from the half-open gap, and landed on the anti-theft window rail.Drilling out of the anti-theft window rails, with the help of the air-conditioning roof outside, the black cat lightly landed on the ground of the first floor after a few ups and downs.

Looking back at the window on the second floor, the black cat walked silently towards the alley where stray cats gathered during the day.

Those stray cats would only stay in the alley during the hottest days and when the landlady was feeding, and basically went their separate ways at night.Cats are territorial animals, and they don't always gather together for no particular reason.

The black cat entered the alley, but there was no stray cat.

The night breeze was gentle, and the moonlight shed the afterglow, but only left a cool halo at the entrance of the alley.The scenery deep in the alley is hidden in the shadow of the tube building, but for the black cat, there is obviously no embarrassment that cannot be seen.As soon as it entered the alley, it walked straight towards the tall man in the alley.

The black cat stopped three steps away from the man.

"Lucas." The black cat spoke in a low voice, which did not belong to the language on Earth.

The tall man suddenly turned around, straightened his back, and saluted the black cat: "Young commander!"