"Cat's! Cat's!"
"It's the cat's—it ought to be the cat's now!"
Gurgle, gurgle, gurglurgh...
Jiang Han sat in a hammock sofa suspended slightly above the hot spring. It resembled a cradle—or rather, a hanging basket—stuffed with pillows and blankets, large enough to easily accommodate a Giant Cat Lamp.
Curled up inside, she watched the tape she had brought back today play Temporary Pursuit and Escape, but her mind was nowhere near it.
All her attention was fixed on the sealed bag containing the Strange Feather Dragon-Eye Fish hanging beside the basket, as well as the argument among the four Sleeping Witches floating around it.
Their tails jabbed at each other, cat mountains collided, faces were grabbed and kneaded, and there were meowing howls, arched backs, and uses of [Boss Cat's Gaze].
In short, they were practically about to fight over who got the fish.
Jiang Han hugged her knees, nestled in the hammock sofa.
"But this fish is the cat's."
Swish!
The four boss cats glared at the little cat.
After perhaps five or six seconds of silence, just as Jiang Han was about to lose her nerve and burrow into her nest, Olivia's reserved, proud voice rang out.
"Stupid kitty, I'll offer you, you foolish cat, a price you cannot refuse."
Carla chimed in.
"An enormous discount, impossible to refuse, meow-ow!"
Vera blinked, speaking in unison with Sha'er Lamp.
"Impossible to refuse! Meow-ow!"
Rustle—
Rustle—
Before Jiang Han could react, the hanging basket began swaying violently as all four Sleeping Witches squeezed inside at once. Fortunately, it had been made for the size of Giant Cat Lamps, or they definitely would not have fit. Unlike now, when they had even managed to leave enough room in the middle for what felt like a little table.
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