CH 6.1

In reality, Guo Chao Ming had been careful when he made his move, and the strength used was appropriate. Enough to not hurt Bai Xia Xia’s neck, but still able to hold Bai Xia Xia in his palm.

But Bai Xia Xia was not happy though.

Even though she had a cat’s body, however, she had an independent mind that was obviously that of a human.

She was not willing to be moved back and forth by Guo Chao Ming as he wished as if she was a cat, and she was very unhappy.

Bai Xia Xia’s cat face scrunched up into a frown, the puffy big tail ‘pa, pa, pa’ hit Guo Chao Ming’s wrist in resistance nonstop.

An obvious rejection.

Guo Chao Ming caught her twice, was not able to hold still the Bai Xia Xia that was madly struggling. He could only sigh, half squat down his body, and put Bai Xia Xia back on the ground again: “I know that you’re intelligent, listen to me, the situation in Captain Qin’s side is pressing, everybody is busy, you can’t go with the car.”

A dirty Persian cat going to the hospital with the ambulance. Jiang Ping and the others would definitely be busy taking care of the first aid, so how would they be in the state of mind to care about a cat? Others would consider Bai Xia Xia as a stray cat that had run into the hospital, and an accident may even happen.

“If you go with me and Colonel Song, at least you won’t be kicked out by others.” Guo Chao Ming’s attitude was sincere, and he actually explained to Bai Xia Xia very patiently.

He had already noticed the difference of Bai Xia Xia, Bai Xia Xia’s claw scratched her tiny ear.

Feeling awkward for a moment.

It was not that she was unreasonable, but she was used to being a human, once a cat was held in the air without a warning by a person.

With her whole body hanging, and only being able to powerlessly step on Guo Chao Ming’s palm to balance herself. That feeling of not being able to go up into the skies, not being able to get on the ground, and only able to rely on another person made Bai Xia Xia very uncomfortable, very out of place too.

Even though Bai Xia Xia had already transmigrated into a Persian cat for more than half a year, the problem was that Bai Xia Xia was a wild kid that no one wanted.

She wandered around Cuilian Mountain all by herself unfettered. On normal days, she got along with different types of wild animals, playing hide and seek, making friends, and occasionally bullying a bit the small ones, if she happened to bump into big guys, she also bullied them and launched attacks.

However, there were no humans to interact with her. Bai Xia Xia, who was currently sitting down, was sad, normally when you interacted with animals, you would not get the feeling of being lost and confused.

Now, when she appeared in front of humans, she was a cat, a small one, one that was born beautiful, that would be liked by people, that would be casually handled by others, a cute, small kitty that people would rua[1] when they wanted by lifting their hands.

Just like right now, Bai Xia Xia looked at the clean soldier gege that was earnestly talking with her. She knew clearly in her heart, the fact that Guo Chao Ming was willing to patiently talk with a cat right now, it was not because he really took her to be an independent person that was the same as himself.

It was only because he felt that she was novel, speaking with her was funny and interesting.

For a moment, Bai Xia Xia wavered and wanted to retreat, she could not bear the inconvenience and loneliness of living deep in the mountains.

Wanting to eat snacks, wanting to eat braised pork, roasted duck, ham… wishing so much for them that she salivated in her dreams.

Autumn had arrived, and it also forced Bai Xia Xia to decide.

She wanted to live, additionally, humans were all social animals, not interacting and speaking with others for a long time, no one would be able to bear it. Before, she had made up her mind to leave Cuilian Mountain, to find a pet shovel officer to take care of herself.

The plan was very good, but… she was a human, not a cat.

Bai Xia Xia suddenly started to lose her interest, green and azure heterochromatic eyes became dull and lost their light, the tail at her back listlessly dragged on the floor, different from their joyful shaking during normal times.

Flat on the ground, “I’m sorry~” Bai Xia Xia told to herself: Right now, you’re a cat, only a cat.

Take it slow, you can’t be impatient, even if I’m impatient, it won’t work.

She was also thankful for Guo Chao Ming’s reminder, forgetting that she was a cat in a moment of anxiety, if she had followed the group to the hospital to watch the injured Qin Xiao, wouldn’t that have been hilarious?

I would’ve been ignored for sure, chased out.

Bai Xia Xia’s fluffy small head lowered, the words that she spoke, when they landed on Guo Chao Ming’s ears, were only a low and weak meow sound that meant nothing.

Only, the meowing sounds very guilty?

Guo Chao Ming scratched his chin, his appearance was handsome, very clean like a university student, the type of person that did not have a temper.

The truth was, his temper was very impatient. It was only now, that he had patience at a cat.

Wanting to tease a bit this cat that always loved to become angry.

Guo Chao Ming became a soldier at the age of 16, his five senses were sharp, his ability to observe was not false.

He watched with interest at Bai Xia Xia with her little head lowered like she had done something wrong[2], a serious appearance, and sitting in front of him with her chest up, it humored him a lot.

With his eyes curved, he gently said, “Next time I’ll ask first, after you consent, then I’ll carry you, deal?” Guo Chao Ming sincerely thought about it, reflected on his actions just now, and was able to understand and react.

It’s that she doesn’t want to let me carry her.

Even the stray cats in the city instinctually raise their guards up and fear strangers, not to mention Bai Xia Xia, it wandered all year in Cuilian Mountain, so its sense of vigilance would be even stronger than stray cats.

When qualified military men arrived at a new place, the matter of greatest importance that they should do was comprehend the surrounding environment, to grasp information at once.

The unit that Guo Chao Ming and Qin Xiao were in was one that, after being handed a paper of transfer order by their superiors, they had been transferred urgently to the stationed base in Tong City.

Tong City’s location was special, it was between the transportation hub of the railway and highway, connecting the north and south. Starting from some years ago, a big influx of people madly flowed into Tong City, adding on the merchants from the north and south that moved in and out, the whole Tong City was like a boiling oil pan.

The police station in Tong City was overloaded every day, each person as busy as bees[3], and their feet practically did not touch the ground as they madly ran in Tong City.

However, ever since a few years ago, Tong City had started to crazily expand, its scale becoming bigger and bigger, and the population doubling in growth explosively.

Inside the city, there were people from all walks of society[4], good and bad people mingling[5], with big and small gangs hiding in between, the security was in chaos, and the situation became increasingly grave.

A year and a half ago, three consecutive vicious murder cases happened in Tong City. The police force in Tong City truly had the intention to help but no force to do it, and after not being able to keep it in control, they asked for support from their superiors.

That was why, there was the urgent transferring to the stationed base in Tong City, to share a part of the security pressure.

This type of situation did not only happen in one place like Tong City, from Colonel Song, Guo Chao Ming knew that not only them, but that in other places, there were also units that were transferred in a hurry.

These few years, it has been too tumultuous.

Them coming to Tong City, on their shoulders they carried the public security defense and the safety of the people’s life of the whole Tong City.

Guo Chao Ming and the others did not dare to relax, constantly leading the people into the mountains to train, prepared to go into combat at any given moment.

After many training sessions, they naturally became clear about the situation in Cuilian Mountain.

Cuilian Mountain was a steep mountain, with lush vegetation, and contained all types of dangerous wild beasts and ferocious birds.

They did not have the intention of targeting wild animals, and only pulled a protective net and made a no-fly zone.

After all, the base was not deep in the mountains, and when subordinates entered the mountains to train, it was also done by the borders around the mountains.

In the case of going deep into the mountains to train, then it was all done in an area that had already been cleared, with a protective net separating it, and was comparatively safe.

However, outside of the protective net, Guo Chao Ming was crystal clear about the dangers of Cuilian Mountain, for Bai Xia Xia, this kind of small cat to be able to survive, it was enough to show how cautious and intelligent she was.

Just like that, Bai Xia Xia started to notice a certain person’s gaze that was looking at herself becoming increasingly weird, and ultimately, it even faintly carried three parts of respect.

Translator’s comments:

Feeling lazy these days. Tempted to take a break from translation~

Translator’s notes:

[1] Rua: internet slang in China that means ‘to rub, to stroke’.

[2] There probably was a typo here in the raws. The exact translation here was ‘He excitingly old Bai Xia Xia with her little head lowered as if she had done something wrong’. The ‘old’ word maybe could’ve been ‘watched’, so it was changed to make sense.

[3] Here, it said ‘busy into becoming a dog’.

[4] Idiomatic expression ‘三教九流 (sān jiào jiǔ liú)’: lit. translation: Three Religions and Nine Schools, used to convey the meaning of people that come from everywhere with different values and cultures.

[5] Idiomatic expression ‘龙蛇混杂 (lóng shé hùn zá)’: lit. translation: mingling of dragons and snakes, with its meaning being that good people and bad people are mixed.