Chapter 436: Chapter 410: That Assassin is Not Too Cold_3 Chapter 436: Chapter 410: That Assassin is Not Too Cold_3 Big Striped Cat crept silently toward its prey, and before the rat could react, Big Striped Cat pounced. Despite many cats being overweight, sometimes, they displayed an agility that belied their size.

Meow Star Invisible Claw!

After a series of strikes, Big Striped Cat trapped the rat and then bit down.

In the alley, the rat’s pitiful squeak echoed, but soon, there was silence.

Just after a girl had stepped out of a restaurant with her packaged meal, she entered the alley and noticed Big Striped Cat nearby, planning to tease it as usual.

But as she approached, Big Striped Cat abruptly looked up at the girl.

With blood still on its mouth and a somewhat incomplete rat between its teeth, its eyes carried an unyielding coldness and killing intent, which successfully stopped the girl in her tracks.

The cold wind of winter passed through, the girl’s loose scarf not shielding her from the chill. She shrank her neck, tightened her scarf, and hurried away.

Probably, she never expected to see such a look in the eyes of the often lazy and affable Big Striped Cat that she always saw.

Meanwhile, on a nearby street bustling with hurried pedestrians, a middle-aged man dressed in a high-end leather jacket with slicked-back hair walked among them, holding a phone and speaking harshly as he talked.

A young man passing by curiously glanced at him, just in time to catch the middle-aged man’s sweeping gaze.

“What are you staring at!”

The middle-aged man suddenly kicked out, sending the young man tumbling to the ground, then scanned the surrounding people, “What are you looking at?! Keep staring and I’ll gouge your eyes out!”

The bystanders who witnessed this dared not say anything more; this man clearly wasn’t someone to provoke. Say another word, and who knows, maybe this madman would kick them too. Didn’t they see that young man still clutching his stomach, unable to get up from the ground?

Ignoring the young man on the ground, the middle-aged man continued his call, cursing with foul language as he walked.

A young man with a backpack passed by the middle-aged man. He looked no different from the many other pedestrians.

After passing the middle-aged man, the young man with the backpack seemed to feel cold, blew on his hands, and then tucked them into his pockets.

Soon after, chaos erupted not far behind him, the middle-aged man who had been cursing and kicking people now lying on the ground. When people tried shouting at him, he didn’t respond, and soon after, a woman’s terrified screams filled the air, and people started clamoring to call the police.

The young man with the backpack turned a corner, entered an alley, and when he reached the other end, he saw the Big Striped Cat squatting nearby, licking its paws next to the remains of a rat.

Noticing someone approaching, Big Striped Cat looked up alertly, but recognizing a familiar face, it resumed its usual friendly demeanor, meowed a few times, and even went up to rub against the young man’s pant leg.

Cats, always able to switch effortlessly between being cute and being killers.

The young man bent down to pick up Big Striped Cat, using the not-so-bright light nearby. He pulled out a tissue from his pocket to wipe the cat’s mouth, not minding the mess, and carried the cat to the entrance of the restaurant. Just as he was about to go in, he saw Zheng Tan squatting on the car seat, paused, clearly not expecting to encounter him at this time.

After the surprise, the other person smiled, waved at Zheng Tan, and then walked into the restaurant, finding a seat by the door and ordered some food, then resumed playing with Big Striped Cat.

“Heitan! Sorry I’m late!” Xiong Xiong came out of a taxi, his face beaming like a trumpet flower, as if afraid no one knew he had good news.

Zheng Tan did not move, just quietly watching him.

“Alright, you worked hard, come on, I’ll treat you to hot soup at Jiao Wei’s family’s restaurant! Order whatever you’d like, it’s on me!” Xiong Xiong declared generously.

That’s more like it. Zheng Tan jumped down from the car seat, preparing to leave. As long as Xiong Xiong accompanied him to Jiao Wei’s family’s restaurant, he could explain why Zheng Tan missed dinner, and Jiao Wei’s parents would contact the Jiao family. Thus, Zheng Tan would avoid being scolded.

Before leaving, Zheng Tan cast another look at the young man with the backpack. The other also happened to look up at him and smiled, waving a “bye” to Zheng Tan.

Zheng Tan turned his head back, shook his whiskers, feeling that there was something odd about that person, but apart from knowing his special affinity for cats, he couldn’t tell anything else.

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