Chapter 58: ‘New Humans’

By noon, even the surrounding air seemed to have heated up.

During lunch break, quite a few people walked out of their companies.

Noon was always busy.

All the restaurants were quite crowded.

Some popular places even required queuing to get food.

But this had nothing to do with Luo Yunzhi.

She had already eaten.

“Little White, try this.”

Walking on the sidewalk, the girl smiled lightly.

She took out a chip from the bag and handed it toward the top of her head.

The black cat lay on her head.

She stuck out her little tongue and rolled the chip into her mouth.

Crunch crunch.

She bit into it, and some crumbs drifted away with the wind.

Bai Ziyu’s eyes lit up slightly.

The production level of this brand was actually quite good.

The barbecue flavor was classic, yet mixed with a hint of sweet and salty.

“Meow~”

(Delicious~)

“Looks like you really like it.”

Luo Yunzhi handed another chip over.

She also tried one herself.

The taste was indeed surprisingly good.

She looked at the pedestrians around… these people were all hurrying along, seemingly anxious to eat.

It was lucky that she had eaten earlier.

Otherwise she would have had to fight for a spot…

For lunch she had eaten a hamburger.

This kind of thing that adults called junk food, she was actually trying for the first time.

Although it wasn’t as delicious as she had imagined.

It wasn’t bad either.

“Meow.”

“What’s wrong, Little White?”

“Meow.”

(That one.)

The black cat’s meow made Luo Yunzhi come back to her senses.

She subconsciously turned her head to look somewhere.

It was a storefront with a festive red signboard.

The girl seemed to have seen it before.

It was a shop that specialized in selling milk tea and fruit tea.

There also seemed to be ice cream.

It was perfect for eating right now.

Luo Yunzhi thought for a moment and decided to go straight into that shop.

At this time there were many people.

There was even a bustling atmosphere.

Luo Yunzhi felt somewhat helpless.

She stood in the corner.

“Looks like we have to wait.”

“Meow.”

(So troublesome.)

Bai Ziyu muttered.

On the girl’s head, she lazily stretched out a paw and grabbed at the air.

She half-narrowed her eyes and watched this lively scene.

The staff were busy making milk tea.

Most customers were there with their heads down playing on their phones.

There were also a few children running around playing.

“Huh? Kitty?”

Suddenly a little girl noticed the black cat.

Her eyes immediately lit up.

She ran over in a few quick steps.

She stared at that black cat.

Giggling.

“Kitty is good~”

“Meow.”

(Hello.)

The black cat was bored.

She took the time to respond.

She silently glanced at the little girl.

She wasn’t very interested.

She closed her eyes again and pretended to sleep.

The little girl was full of curiosity.

She reached out her hand, seemingly wanting to pet the black cat.

But in the next moment, she directly missed.

Luo Yunzhi dodged…

She looked at the little girl in front of her with a vigilant face.

After pausing, she opened her mouth.

“You… what are you planning to do?”

The little girl tilted her head.

She seemed very confused.

“Pet the kitty.”

“Pet?”

Luo Yunzhi’s thoughts flashed quickly.

She looked at the little girl’s innocent appearance and blinked.

“You just want to gently pet her, right?”

“Of course~”

The little girl giggled.

She looked at the black cat with eager eyes.

“Kitty is so cute… petting her must feel really comfortable~”

Luo Yunzhi thought about it carefully and didn’t say anything.

This wasn’t really her fault for being vigilant.

It was just that she had subconsciously been afraid the other party was a bad child.

But now it seemed she wasn’t.

She had overthought it.

“I see.”

The corners of the girl’s mouth lifted into an apologetic smile.

“You can ask Little White if she agrees.”

She took the black cat down from the top of her head and held her in front of her body.

“If Little White agrees, you can pet her. If she doesn’t agree, then you can’t, okay?”

Luo Yunzhi’s finger rubbed the black cat’s head.

The black cat heard her words.

She was slightly puzzled.

Letting the little girl ask… even if she agreed, this girl wouldn’t understand at all, right?

She felt that Luo Yunzhi simply didn’t want her to be touched.

Bai Ziyu couldn’t help but mock internally.

The girl’s possessiveness was really strong.

Although the black cat actually also didn’t like being petted by others very much.

She raised her head and looked at the little girl.

But she felt that even if she didn’t agree, the little girl wouldn’t be able to tell.

So asking was out of the question.

The little girl didn’t understand.

Her face was full of joy.

“Your name is Little White?”

She looked at the black cat.

“But you’re clearly so black.”

She muttered softly.

“Then are you willing to let me pet you?”

The black cat hesitated a bit.

In her cognition, she was still human.

Although she was a cat now, being petted by others always felt strange.

Although Luo Yunzhi often petted her… at least she was someone she knew well now.

But this little girl, they didn’t have any relationship at all.

The black cat lightly meowed.

“Meow.”

(Not okay.)

Bai Ziyu’s meaning was clearly a refusal.

However, this soft meow made the black cat think that the little girl might take it as agreement.

So she shrank her body and moved closer into Luo Yunzhi’s embrace.

It was as if by doing this, she had drilled into a safe house.

But the development of events exceeded her expectations.

After hearing the black cat’s meow, the little girl immediately looked full of disappointment.

Even the corners of her mouth couldn’t lift up.

“Little White refused, wuu.”

The black cat immediately stiffened.

She was somewhat surprised.

Could this little girl understand…

Bai Ziyu seemed to think of something.

She meowed lightly again and carefully observed the other party’s reaction.

“Of course I can understand.”

The little girl opened her mouth.

“And being able to understand these things, isn’t that very normal?”

Her words were filled with confusion.

This was called normal?

The black cat was full of speechlessness.

But she soon stopped being surprised.

Because she remembered what Wang Jia had said before.

This little girl was.

A ‘new human’.

***

Walking on the crosswalk, Luo Yunzhi was somewhat struggling to hold the black cat with one hand.

Her other hand also had to carry a plastic bag and ice cream.

They had bought milk tea in the shop.

There was also the ice cream the black cat was currently licking.

In the girl’s hand.

It was the seasonal limited-edition honeydew melon flavor.

As for that little girl… she ultimately didn’t get to touch the black cat.

She had been sad for quite a while because of this.

Seeing this, Luo Yunzhi also bought milk tea for the other party.

Then the little girl became happy.

She was all smiles.

“How’s the flavor?”

“Meow.”

(Not bad.)

The black cat responded softly.

Luo Yunzhi had already finished her own portion.

So she didn’t treat her poorly either.

She was just somewhat curious about the black cat’s reaction.

Bai Ziyu silently licked the ice cream.

From time to time she would scrape off the ice from the ice cream.

It made little drops, some of which got on the girl’s hand.

However, Luo Yunzhi wasn’t annoyed.

She just held the black cat and walked toward their destination.

They planned to go back.

Back to the pet hospital.

In the girl’s plastic bag.

There was still food.

Although Wang Jia was very black-hearted… she had given money, so she could be considered temporarily a good person.

They couldn’t finish spending the money anyway.

It would be better to buy some more food.

Wang Jia probably hadn’t eaten yet.

She might as well help a little.