Who Stole My Squid!

"Are you really not going to consider my offer?"

The calico cat yanked the iron chain, making clanking noises, its sharp claws glinting coldly in the sunlight.

"Meowww!!!!"

Alright, it seemed there was no room for negotiation.

And so, in the following days, Jiang You was no longer bored.

She moved. She packed everything she could into her Space, then relocated to the top floor.

After all, the large terrace on the top floor was more suitable for her training.

And she had also repaired the security door.

While cleaning, she found a hard drive. After plugging it into her tablet, she discovered many videos that were extremely disturbing to watch.

Most of the content involved animal abuse, specifically cats and dogs.

Each animal in these videos had its own dedicated folder.

She found the folder belonging to the calico cat. It was labeled "No. 353."

This folder contained two videos. The first showed them finding this calico cat tied up with a chain in the countryside. According to the villager, the cat had killed several dogs, so it had to be chained.

They took a liking to this untamable, wild cat. They bought it with the intention of taming it and then abusing it to death.

The second video documented the cat's daily life after arriving at their home.

Jiang You watched the other videos and discovered that this couple specifically sought out cats and dogs that were wild, untamable, and highly wary of humans. They would bring them home, feed them well, and tame them. Once the animals completely trusted them, they would begin their abuse.

This entire process was documented on video, and they even customized content based on client requests.

Jiang You frowned and threw out all the furniture and personal belongings in the house. After a thorough cleaning, she replaced them with new furniture from her Space, including a new bed and sofa.

As for the stinking refrigerator…

She glanced downstairs and saw no one. With a complete disregard for public decency, she pushed the refrigerator off the top floor.

She didn't even want to put this thing into her Space; it was too disgusting.

A group of zombies, who had just eaten takeout that fell from the sky, were wandering aimlessly.

Hearing the noise, they thought more takeout had arrived and rushed towards where the object had fallen.

"Roar roar roar!"

Zombies eagerly swarmed the takeout drop zone.

But there was no food on the ground. A shattered refrigerator lay in pieces, its rotten ingredients emitting a foul odor.

Instantly, flies were attracted from all around.

The zombies looked at the refrigerator on the ground in confusion.

Huh? This isn't takeout!

Before they could move away, more things fell from the sky.

The zombies excitedly tilted their heads, waiting for food. Then, a large shadow descended from above.

A bed, cabinets, pillows, blankets, wardrobes, sofas, coffee tables, tables, zombie corpses, pots, pans…

After a series of loud bangs, dust billowed up from the ground.

More than a dozen zombies, too slow to escape, were crushed.

The other zombies let out angry growls. Finding no takeout, they swayed their bodies and continued to wander elsewhere.

Jiang You spent the entire day organizing the room on the top floor.

Now, the house had a brand-new soft sofa, a large bed, and a white sheepskin carpet. The cat cages on the terrace were also cleared out.

The withered plants were uprooted, and she replanted some strawberries and cherry tomatoes.

Jiang You completed her day's training plan.

Combined with tidying up the house, by the time she came to her senses, it was already evening.

Jiang You took out a barbecue grill from her Space and sat on the terrace, enjoying a BBQ in the night breeze.

Even though it was night, the temperature hadn't cooled down at all compared to the daytime.

The outdoor thermometer showed the temperature was forty-six degrees Celsius.

Jiang You pressed the calico cat's head, untied the iron chain binding it, and then let it go.

She liked this stubborn little creature.

But since it didn't like staying with her, Jiang You didn't force it.

As the iron chain broke and Jiang You released her grip, the calico cat let out a high-pitched meow, leaped, and disappeared into the darkness.

Jiang You arranged the lamb skewers, squid, grilled gluten, eggplant, pork belly skewers, and fresh grapes on the table.

She grilled and ate at the same time.

On such a hot night, grilling meat while sweating profusely, then taking a sip of an ice-cold drink, was simply incredibly comfortable.

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Jiang You had just finished grilling a piece of dried squid and was about to tear it into strips to dip in mustard and soy sauce.

Suddenly, she remembered she hadn't grabbed the mustard. She took out a tube of mustard from her space and squeezed it into a dish with soy sauce, mixing them together.

This kind of dried squid, when grilled over charcoal, remains fragrant and chewy after cooking. Tearing it into strips and dipping it in a mixture of mustard and soy sauce, then chewing it in your mouth, makes it more flavorful the longer you chew.

She had just mixed the soy sauce and mustard in the dish and turned around to tear the dried squid.

But when she turned back, her dried squid was gone!

Jiang You looked under the table, confirming her dried squid hadn't fallen on the floor.

"Where's my squid?"

She squinted and found a gray cat hair on the edge of the table.

She had wiped the table before using it, so there shouldn't have been any cat hair.

Jiang You thought of that ferocious cat.

So, she put her hands on her hips and loudly declared, "You stinky cat, stealing my squid again! I told you, if you followed me, you'd get ten cat treats and three cans of food a day. You didn't want to, and now you keep stealing my food!"

"Meow!"

A sharp sound came from one side of the balcony.

A small black shadow arced through the air and landed at Jiang You's feet.

"Thump!"

It was a mouse with a bitten neck, about the size of a palm, weighing maybe half a pound.

Was this cat trying to trade a mouse for her dried squid?

Jiang You laughed, "You think one mouse can trade for my dried squid? Dream on!"

As soon as she finished speaking.

A black shadow was thrown high into the air from somewhere and landed at Jiang You's feet.

Another mouse, killed with a bite.

She wasn't mistaken; this cat could actually understand her.

Jiang You smiled. This little thing, she had let it go, but it came back again?

It was probably attracted by the smell of food.

But there were so many ingredients here, and it didn't take any of them, only that piece of dried squid.

Jiang You tried taking out a few small yellow croakers, grilled them, and placed them in a dish on the table.

Then she loudly exclaimed, "Oh no, why does my stomach hurt?"

She then ran back into the house. When she came back out, the three small yellow croakers were gone.

In their place, several more mice were neatly arranged on the floor.

Jiang You looked at the pair of mice, her mouth twitching.

She definitely wasn't eating those things!

Jiang You kept testing the cat while eating.

After several days of testing, she had almost confirmed the cat's preferences.

It liked eating various kinds of cooked fish, but not raw ones. It liked cooked fish like crucian carp, yellow croaker, mandarin fish, and squid.

But one time, Jiang You unintentionally placed some strawberries and small tomatoes from her space next to a grilled crucian carp. When she came out, she found the crucian carp untouched.

However, all the small tomatoes and a few strawberries were gone.

Seven or eight dead mice were neatly arranged under the table.

Jiang You frowned and muttered, "This cat even eats fruit?"

She then placed some regular strawberries, which she had stored in her space, on the table. This time, the cat didn't touch them.

It seemed to have a particular fondness for fruits grown in her space.

This cat was too fast. Jiang You had tried to catch it several times but failed.

After realizing this, she deliberately placed a few strawberries and small tomatoes grown in her space on the balcony for every meal.

The calico cat would always take the fruit and leave a few mice in its place.

It seemed to view this as an equal exchange, not a handout.

It was trading its food for Jiang You's food.

Well... this was a proud and stubborn cat!

But after eating delicious fruits for several consecutive days, the calico cat noticed that the human had suddenly stopped exchanging with it.

Did she think it was too little?

This human was actually trying to renegotiate the price!

A cunning human, just as expected, no integrity!