Chapter 287 - 93: Raid

"It’s not mine. It should be a stray cat from around here. It tried to steal my kitten this morning, and I had no choice but to lock it up temporarily. I’ll take it to a shelter soon."

The chain binding the tabby cat was metal, the shop owner made it clear beforehand, "I wasn’t abusing it. At first, I used a rope to tie it, but it couldn’t hold. I had to use a dog chain. This cat is very alert. When I feed it, I have to drag it under the table before it will eat."

The owner was afraid people around would think he was a pervert. As a pet owner, the last thing you want is for customers to misunderstand your care for pets.

"Would you be willing to give her to me? I’m a university student, and I can keep her in my dorm." Su Xiaocai asked casually.

People around couldn’t help but look over, and the owner stared, "You’re a university student; you can just buy a cat, why insist on this fierce one? It’s wild and took two big guys, one holding it down and another grabbing its neck just to lock it up."

"No problem, I can manage."

"You really want it? Girl, there are plenty of cats here. You don’t have to be so fixated on it."

"As long as it’s female, I want it." Su Xiaocai likes feisty feline ladies, sure to be healthy and have kittens.

"You’re not going to... bring her back to kill, are you?" The owner heard that recently on Capital Star, there’s a pet butcher called Pet Slayer Demon, not just abusing cats and dogs, but also slaughtering them to eat. Killing every one he sees, making people afraid to buy pets.

The owner’s wife told Su Xiaocai about this rumor.

Su Xiaocai: He’s talking about Yi Suilu, right? He’s impressive, with no backing, but still daringly rampant.

Such widespread reputation, even having a dedicated title, Pet Slayer Demon, Yi Suilu would probably faint from anger if he knew.

"Don’t misunderstand, I’m not that kind of person." Su Xiaocai pointed to Huahua on Ji Li’s shoulder, "I raised her. Does this weight count as persuasion?"

The owner was startled and finally noticed Huahua, "So fat."

Huahua stared back with big eyes, as if knowing the other was talking about it.

You dare call fat, it’s famous in the Three Flower Realm as a handsome boy.

Well-proportioned, clean, lots of fur, no clumps, yet soft and thick, like Pallas’s cat fur.

Ideal for petting.

Su Xiaocai fed Huahua a piece of Insect Man’s meat-based cat food, calming it so it wouldn’t scratch Ji Li.

The owner saw Huahua was indeed well-raised and felt inclined to let the tabby cat have a good home.

For such a fierce tabby, if left unadopted, it might be euthanized in a shelter within a few years.

"We agreed, if it scratches you, it’s none of my business."

"No problem, I’m banking on cat power."

The crowd: "??!"

Su Xiaocai held Huahua, "Come on, Huahua, come taunt it, conquer it, and we’ll bring it home."

The tabby cat saw an unfamiliar adult cat appear in front and immediately puffed up and hissed.

Huahua turned its head to look at its owner, as if asking, really want to taunt it?

"Go on, don’t you want a wife?" Huahua didn’t understand, it only knew its owner wanted it to face off with the tabby cat.

Snorting through its nose, pressing a paw on the tabby cat’s face, then swiftly unleashing its claw in a combo kitty punch.

The tabby cat had no time to respond, getting beaten into a daze.

Huahua’s intimidation was fierce, all the cats watching the drama who were meowing fell silent, and everyone retreated to the farthest corners of the cages.

The invincible tabby cat was defeated for the first time.

It purred, wanting to fight back, but was no match for Huahua.

Huahua, the crushing champion, triumphantly meowed at Su Xiaocai.

Su Xiaocai fed Huahua two pieces of cat food, "You’re awesome!"

Huahua accepted it happily, knowing the owner was cat-savvy.

But mostly it dared not provoke Su Xiaocai; its animal instinct kept it obedient.

Su Xiaocai slowly reached out towards the tabby cat.

But the tabby cat had surrendered to Huahua, not to Su Xiaocai; it fiercely showed its claws, not letting Su Xiaocai touch it.

Huahua slapped it, pinning its face, with no understanding of gentleness, "Meow (If you act fierce, I’ll act fiercer)."

The tabby cat instantly went limp.

Once again, testing the waters by touching the tabby’s nape, the pinned tabby couldn’t make a sound.

Su Xiaocai unlocked the chain. Just then, the tabby cat jumped up, trying to escape.

The result was inevitable.

The defeated foe wanted to flee, Huahua showed unprecedented fierceness, grabbed strongly, and opened its fangs to bite.

With a bite, the tabby cat completely obeyed, crouching on the ground without moving.

Su Xiaocai patted Huahua’s head, "Alright, don’t bite anymore; biting to death means I’ll have to bury it."

Listen, is this human speech?

Seeing the cat food offered to its mouth, Huahua loosened its mouth to eat, then "Meow meow meow," in a slightly vulgar tone.