Little Black Cat tilted its head and muttered to itself, "I clearly ate until I was seventy percent full."
Little White Cat shot it an exasperated look and grumbled, "Those two rats weren't small, yet you're only seventy percent full?
Little Black, you're charging headlong toward becoming a glutton."
"You're the glutton." Little Black Cat immediately bristled at that, thrusting out its neck as it retorted. Its fluffy tail stood straight up with anger.
"You are."
"I'm not."
Seeing that the two little fellows were about to start bickering again, Zhou Tongtong hurriedly reached out her little hands and gently patted their backs. Then she stood up and said with a smile,
"All right, all right, stop arguing. Come play at my house. I'll share my dried fish with you, okay?"
At the words "dried fish," Little White Cat and Little Black Cat, who had been on the verge of quarreling, instantly brightened. They immediately lifted their heads toward Zhou Tongtong, nodding like chicks pecking at grain.
Then the two little fellows obediently jumped down and followed Zhou Tongtong on either side. Taking tiny steps, they slowly entered the stairwell together with Xia Qing, who had just parked the car.
"Ding."
The elevator doors slowly opened. Xia Qing and Zhou Tongtong came out first, with Little White Cat and Little Black Cat close behind. Every now and then, they rubbed their heads against Zhou Tongtong's ankles.
Xia Qing opened her handbag and lowered her head to search for the key to their apartment.
Zhou Tongtong glanced back at the door to Lin Li's apartment next door. Her eyes darted around, and she rose onto her tiptoes before pressing the doorbell hard with her little hand.
"Ding-dong..."
The crisp doorbell rang out, clear even through the door.
Xia Qing, who was