White dust drifted slowly through the dusk light.
Zoya silently bent down, expressionlessly picked up the bag of flour, then straightened and walked into the house, closing the door behind her.
"Click."
The crisp sound of the lock engaging rang out with unsettling clarity in the overly quiet living room.
He Xi had no idea how this stupid cat's brain had come up with such beastly filth.
Seeing Zoya's gaze turn toward him, he hurriedly tried to explain, "She is..."
"He's a pervert! He tricked me by saying he had lots of Gold Shield at home and wanted Tata to bear his children, meow!"
Tata, hanging upside down, was like someone who had spotted a savior. She shouted it with all her strength, more than twice as fast as He Xi could.
"They're both stalkers, quick—mmph mmph mmph..."
Before she could finish, something was abruptly stuffed into her mouth, carrying a strange smell.
Focusing her eyes, she saw that the hateful dog was staring wide-eyed. Its furry foreleg extended down from its raised leg and vanished directly beneath her field of vision—what was in her mouth was its dog claw.
Sirius was completely dumbfounded. This stupid cat was three times stupider than he had imagined.
Luckily, she was hanging up right now, and he was right beside her. Otherwise, who knew what other cat-sick lunacy she might blurt out.
Just as he was thinking that, he suddenly felt a faint pain in his paw. He reflexively pulled back, only then remembering the scales hidden beneath the fur on his paw—though by then, the paw had already been pulled out of her mouth.
Naturally, Tata would not let a dog's paw stay stuffed in her mouth. She bit down, and when the dog yelped and withdrew its paw, she immediately opened