Strange Life of a Cat

Chapter 452: Chapter 419 (Final Chapter)_3 Chapter 452: Chapter 419 (Final Chapter)_3 The turn-right light came on, and the car Zheng Tan was in led the way. As the vehicles moved, there was a fleeting moment when Zheng Tan saw clearly the puzzled expression in the other driver’s eyes, but soon the cars drifted apart.

As the street scenes became familiar, Zheng Tan’s feelings grew more complex, uneasy, yet somewhat joyful.

On the side of the street, a young police officer had just apprehended a thief and handcuffed him, speaking into his walkie-talkie.

A movie trailer played on the giant screen of the commercial square, directed by Kong Han, featuring actors Wei Wen, Xue Ding, Tao Qi…
Two stops before the destination he originally intended, Zheng Tan got off the bus.

Walking along the familiar road from memory, he passed by a lakeside villa community. A three-legged tortoiseshell cat ran across the street carrying a mouse in its mouth, briefly looked at Zheng Tan, and then deftly jumped over the fence into the villa area. Along the lake road, a notably larger deep gray cat with black markings was sharpening its claws on a willow tree.

Without speaking, Zheng Tan continued on his way. Passing by the Affiliated Hospital and a small grocery store, he glanced inside. The store manager, with a pinched face, sat behind the counter, smoking a cigarette and directing an employee to move merchandise, while a white cat with a sharp gaze watched the passing pedestrians from atop a shelf.

Entering from a side gate beside the Chuhua University campus, Zheng Tan followed the perimeter fence inward. Pencil-written crooked lines on an inconspicuous part of the wall near a large tree caught his eye.

“Zheng Heitan was here, December 12, 2009.”

“September 9, 2010.”

“February 28, 2011.” Followed by an abstract sun.