Cat walked behind Su Li. There was already a thick layer of snow on the ground.
She watched Su Li walk ahead, so she slowly followed behind, stepping in Su Li’s footprints.
For her, who had once been a cat, this kind of thing wasn’t difficult.
Looking at the overlapping footprints, Cat noticed that her own feet were about the same size as Su Li’s.
Cat was a little surprised by this discovery.
“Su Li.”
Just as Cat was about to speak, she bumped into Su Li’s back.
“Mew.”
“Are you okay?”
Cat shook her little head. The moment she called Su Li’s name, Su Li had stopped.
She hadn’t noticed that either.
Watching Su Li rub her own head, Cat closed her eyes.
Su Li’s touch on her body was familiar. It was just like the Pooper-Scooper.
‘Su Li might be the Pooper-Scooper,’ Cat thought in her heart.
She felt that if it were someone else, they wouldn’t necessarily take her in.
After all, the difference between taking in a person and taking in a cat was great.
It would be nothing but trouble for them. Only the Pooper-Scooper would have that kind of patience.
Cat decided to continue observing for a while.
Actually, this wasn’t a very important matter, but to her, it was somewhat important—even if it was very important in her heart.
Su Li saw Cat stop and also stopped.
Watching her dazed expression, Su Li directly took Cat’s hand. Cat’s little hand was soft, and Su Li subconsciously squeezed it.
But there were no paw pads like before.
Still, the feeling when squeezed was incredibly comfortable.
Cat’s face slowly turned red, and she followed behind Su Li a little shyly.
Holding Su Li’s hand, she felt that Su Li’s hand was as warm as the Pooper-Scooper’s.
‘Su Li might be the Pooper-Scooper,’ Cat thought again.
Watching Su Li walking slowly ahead, she stopped thinking about it.
Whether or not Su Li was the Pooper-Scooper, she was the most important person to Cat.
Before they knew it, the two arrived at the bookstore entrance.
Su Li pushed open the door and walked inside, leading Cat to find some books she could read.
The warm light of the bookstore bloomed like honey ripples on the frosted glass.
Cat stood on tiptoe to sniff the ink smell of the hardcover spines, and fine golden powder rose as her fingertips brushed across the gilded titles.
Although she already recognized most practical characters, Cat was even more curious about the book covers.
Su Li pulled out Andersen’s Fairy Tales.
Turning the pages stirred the light and shadows on the illustrations, and the water lily that Thumbelina rode happened to come to rest in front of Cat’s nose.
“Cat already knows many words. She can read the stories inside.”
Su Li said softly. Although most explanation videos about books could be found online, watching videos to read was still very different from flipping through a book oneself.
“These are literacy cards.”
She placed the literacy cards on top of The Wind in the Willows.
Cat was gently stroking the satin bookmark of The Little Prince.
The fox-tail tassel swayed on her collarbone.
Her eyes looked at the books in Su Li’s hands, and she nodded obediently.
“Mm.”
If she learned more stories, she could tell them to the little kittens.
Because humans and cats were not quite the same, most little kittens couldn’t understand the colorful world of humans.
Just like her in the past, she could only watch her owner do all kinds of things, but she often couldn’t understand what the owner was specifically doing.
After she became human, things were different.
She began to understand what the owner meant and what some of the things the owner did were.
Of course, many kittens didn’t know what other animals were.
At times like this, she just needed to show them pictures of other animals, and they would get an impression and understand them.
Cat thought that being able to tell stories to other little cats was a very happy thing.
After buying the books, Cat followed Su Li out of the bookstore.
Her ears twitched slightly. Looking at the white snow in front of her, she thought about other stray cats.
Of course, Cat didn’t think she was a particularly kind-hearted cat.
If there were any unruly stray cats, she wouldn’t take them back to cause trouble for Su Li.
She only helped those cats that needed help and were well-behaved.
Some stray kittens with violent tempers, even if taken back, would be hard to change their personalities.
Better to let them fight it out on the streets.
The street was bustling with people, each busy with their own affairs.
Cat held Su Li’s hand and followed behind her, feeling that with Su Li around, nothing could defeat them.
Without Su Li, she might still be wandering the streets like a stray.
The underground room in winter was not warm.
Although Cat had money on her, she wasn’t sure how she would get through this cold winter.
But with Su Li by her side and the warm floor heating at home, she didn’t need to fear the cold.
“Since we’re out, do you want to buy some winter clothes?”
“Mm, it’ll be New Year before long. We need to get some new clothes for New Year’s too,” Su Li said, looking at Cat beside her.
Cat still remembered being a cat during New Year’s.
Back then, her owner would prepare a lot of delicious things for her.
Even though he didn’t have much money, he would still happily spend New Year’s with her.
Cat looked at Su Li and nodded obediently.
She suddenly realized it had been a long time since she bought new clothes—and she had just earned some money.
She could buy Su Li some new clothes.
Cat suddenly remembered the last time Su Li bought clothes.
At that time, she was still a clothing store clerk.
Thanks to Su Li, she had earned a lot of money.
Now she could buy clothes for Su Li!
“Su Li, Su Li, let’s go buy clothes quickly!”
Cat held Su Li’s hand and said happily.
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