Luo Xin suddenly calmed down.
Luo Xin looked at the stray cat.
He looked at it calmly.
Then...
He realized something was off...
"You..."
Luo Xin began uncertainly. "Are you trying to..."
"Take me... somewhere?"
His voice grew quieter as he spoke.
After all, this was the kind of thing that only happened in novels...
Could something like that really happen in real life, to him?
The stray cat looked at Luo Xin again.
Still holding his trouser leg in its teeth, it backed away.
Luo Xin was astonished.
Had he...
Guessed right?
"You..."
"Have you been following me this whole time because you wanted to show me something?"
Luo Xin was surprised by the reason behind the stray cat's actions.
Even more surprising was that he had only just figured it out.
What had he been doing before?
Oh.
He'd been trying to outstubborn the cat.
And worrying about finding the black dress, with less and less time to spare...
Luo Xin slowly let out a breath.
"All right."
He nodded.
"Where do you want to take me?"
"I'll come with you."
At that, the stray cat looked Luo Xin in the eye, as though it understood him.
Luo Xin froze for a moment.
Then he saw...
The trouser leg he'd tried so hard to free from the cat's grasp just moments ago...
The cat let go.
The stray cat took a step back.
Its mismatched eyes remained fixed on Luo Xin.
Luo Xin was a little nervous.
He slowly clenched his fists.
"Let's go."
"Lead the way."
"I'll follow you."
The stray cat tilted its head.
It seemed to be processing what Luo Xin had said.
A few seconds later, it turned around.
Luo Xin hesitated.
When he