Chapter 176 The Cat's First Outing

The work of the gods could be put aside for the moment. Back to Hao Ren's side, he was now leading two people (including one cat) away from Raven 12345's mansion and walking on the only commercial street in the southern suburbs. "Gun" was looking around at the scenery all the way, almost reverting to all fours several times. Fortunately, Hao Ren kept an eye on the cat, preventing any accidents.

This was the first time the cat girl observed this once-familiar street from a human perspective—she had completed her transformation in the wilderness last night and habitually returned home to sleep early this morning, without having time to properly see the outside world.

"It's different," the cat girl muttered, uncomfortably touching her hair. Hao Ren quickly held her hand, "Don't take off the hat! And don't move your tail! If you get exposed, you won't be allowed to go out ever again."

On the way home, Hao Ren suddenly remembered that he should buy two sets of clothes for "Gun," since she couldn't keep wearing Lily's. So, he took the opportunity to take her to the commercial street. To prevent the cat from being exposed, he put a soft, wide-brimmed hat on her head, had her curl up her tail and hide it inside her top, and gave her a small backpack to help conceal it. In theory, this disguise was enough. Usually, Elizabeth wore a hat and cosmetic contact lenses when she went out and about without being exposed, but Hao Ren clearly underestimated a cat's active nature. Just keeping "Gun" upright almost exhausted him... this one was much more difficult to deal with than that demon princess who only knew how to dismantle things!

Now, he was grateful that he had anticipated that "Gun" would not be able to control her tail, so he had specially used cloth strips to tie the cat's tail to her back. In addition, she was wearing a very loose spring coat, so the most easily exposed part was still stable.

But even so, Hao Ren still felt a little frightened along the way. He wondered if it was this easy for the cat girl to have problems on her first trip to the street... what would he do in the future?

He didn't think he could keep this untamed fellow locked up at home for a long time. He couldn't control her even when she was just a cat, let alone now that she was becoming a person with a gradually developing mind. This guy was always going to run around... was he really going to let her wander around outside with cat ears and a tail? That would alarm a lot of social media users.

The cat girl didn't know what her master was worried about. She walked around absentmindedly, and then suddenly saw someone selling grilled fish on the roadside. Instantly, the whole person... the whole cat got excited and rushed over. By the time Hao Ren saw it, this silly thing had rushed to the stall, and then...

Then she found a safe spot and squatted down, staring at the customers eating grilled fish, just like an ordinary stray cat, waiting for some scraps to fall, while her body was slightly sideways, ready to run away when someone threw a stone. Her movements were skilled, as if she did this often.

Hao Ren was stunned for a moment before he reacted and quickly shouted, "Come back!"

Unfortunately, he was too late, because the grilled fish vendor noticed a pretty girl suddenly rushing over and squatting in front of the stall. He subconsciously thought she was there to buy fish (although this purchasing posture was a bit unique), so he asked, "Want a skewer?" while holding out a freshly grilled fish.

The cat girl thought he was feeding her, so she snatched it quickly and stuffed the fish into her mouth. As a result, her face changed drastically, she screamed "Miao," and spat out all the fish. Grabbing her throat, she shouted earth-shatteringly, "Ah, it hurts, it hurts... it hurts meow!!"

The grilled fish vendor was dumbfounded. Even after seven or eight years in business, he had never seen anyone with such a sensitive tongue. He thought the person in front of him was sent by the grilled mutton skewer vendor across the street to cause trouble. Fortunately, Hao Ren and Nangong Sanba arrived later. They made a lot of noise and apologized to trick the vendor, and bought several more skewers of grilled fish to smooth things over. Then, they dragged the cat girl away from the place.

"You don't know that cats can't eat things that are too hot!" Hao Ren scolded the cat, who was still very stupid even after turning into a human, jumping up and down. "And you don't know that you have to pay for other people's things!"

The cat girl really had a thick skin. Even though she was so scalded that tears were about to come out, she still retorted, "Meow doesn't know!"

Hao Ren was speechless, and then he realized that it was true: even if this fellow's mind had opened, her knowledge wasn't instilled, so how would she know the rules of human society?

Moreover, she was learning for the first time that she couldn't eat things that were too hot: "Was that just now 'hot'? Food is hot, so it hurts to eat? Then why didn't it hurt when I ate before?"

"Nonsense, I always cool down your rice before mixing it for you, and you can't possibly eat hot food when you pick up things on the street," Hao Ren rolled his eyes. "I'm telling you, can't you be a little more well-behaved? Have you forgotten what I said before entering the street? If you cause trouble, you won't be allowed to go to the street again."

The cat girl didn't listen to the second half of Hao Ren's words at all. She just stuck out her tongue and puffed air to dissipate the remaining heat, muttering to herself thoughtfully, "So, you usually treat me so well?"

Hao Ren's face turned green: "How many times have I told you to change this address!! You know that I treat you well, so why can't you be more respectful?!"

"Gun" looked at Hao Ren's fire with a blank expression, and rubbed her head against Hao Ren's elbow, not understanding why: "Oh, rub, rub, are you happy now? So give me dried fish!"

Hao Ren: "..."

At this time, Nangong Sanba suddenly reacted: "Wait, I think... even if a cat learns to speak human language through wisdom, she shouldn't have the concept of positive and negative words, right?"

Hao Ren looked at him curiously: "What are you trying to say?"

"So, she calls you a 'shit shoveler' not because she wants to anger you or has a grudge against you," Nangong Sanba spread his hands. "But because she sincerely thinks you are a big cat who is very good at shoveling that... in the cat's worldview, this might be a professional job."

Hao Ren was dumbfounded: "...Damn it, why do I always run into this kind of thing?"

"Gun" turned her head to look around, and began to grab Hao Ren's sleeve again: "Dried fish, I want dried fish."

Apparently, there was nothing else in her mind.

Hao Ren was tortured and had no temper, so he could only hand over the grilled fish that was almost cold: "Eat this, there's no dried fish sold here."

The cat girl looked at the grilled fish with a look of fear, licked it carefully, and only felt relieved after discovering that it didn't hurt. Then she began to gobble it up. Hao Ren looked at her movements with a bit of sympathy: this guy's not easy either. Since the family had Doudou, the whole family didn't dare to eat fish. Occasionally making a braised fish fillet was like doing underground work, hiding it. Not to mention "Gun," who was almost reshaping her worldview by that fish baby. Even if she occasionally saw a fish, she had to meow at it for a long time. This was a test—she would only dare to eat it after confirming that the fish wouldn't suddenly jump up and beat her up.

Fortunately, she had now transformed into a human form, and her intelligence had evolved, so she could distinguish that cooked fish wouldn't move. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been squatting next to the stall just now, but would have gone up to greet each fish on the grill, which would have been even more terrifying, and she might have easily attracted people from the Qingshan Mental Hospital.

"I regret taking this guy to the street to see the world so early," Hao Ren complained to Nangong Sanba. "I should have taken her back to teach her common human sense first, and let her out after she's been trained."

"That would be even more likely to cause trouble. You can't chain her up. What if she runs out and causes trouble before you finish training her?" Nangong Sanba smacked his lips. "It's better to take her around the streets a few times while you can watch her, so she can get familiar as soon as possible and reduce the risk of disaster."

Hao Ren sighed again. Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly realized that "Gun" was gone again. He quickly looked around and found that the girl had run to the opposite side of the road at some point and was looking into the trash can, as if she was wondering if her head could reach inside!

A sanitation worker was standing next to her, already stunned.

Hao Ren could only shout loudly, ignoring the strange looks of the people around him, "Gun, come back!"

The cat girl hopped back. Hao Ren taught her with a straight face: "You are not allowed to rummage through the trash can again! And you are not allowed to pick up food on the street again! Even more... wait, why are you walking more and more unsteadily?"

The cat girl twisted awkwardly: "Tail... can't swing it, walking will shake."

Hao Ren sighed to the sky: "Forget it, let's go home quickly!"