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Inside the Azure Sky Pavilion, Black Cat stretched gently, then settled back onto the table.
No one else was in the room, and tea had just been brewed. The young girl had arrived a little early and was waiting for the head manager to finish his work.
She watched the little cat with cautious curiosity, still unable to understand what Pei Ye had meant by "can pass messages."
By now, she knew the boy carried all sorts of marvelous things. This inseparable little cat presumably had something extraordinary about it too, but despite looking it over all along the way, she had found nothing different beyond its otherworldly air and beautiful, jade-black coat.
The cat did look quite intelligent. Could it have been trained to carry letters back to its owner?
But it was so tiny, looking barely a month or two old. How young must it have been when its training began...
Poor little thing.
Li Piaoqing rested her chin in her hand and leaned toward the table, extending a finger to poke its soft rump gently.
Black Cat did not move.
The girl was rather delighted, though-it had always dodged her before.
She could not resist giving it another gentle poke.
Then Black Cat raised a pair of clear jade eyes and looked at her quietly. "Did you need something?"
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"Ah!" Li Piaoqing let out a short cry, her almond eyes widening as she covered her mouth. "Y-you, you, you..."
Black Cat had already laid its head back down.
Li Piaoqing stared straight at the cat, her whole body seemingly frozen. Only when the front door suddenly opened did she start back to her senses. She glanced at the little cat again before turning toward the newcomer.
It was not the head manager, but a