Hao Qi's family lives on the twelfth floor.

Although this has been explained at the beginning, in this era of high-rise twenties, the twelfth floor is actually not an amazing height, so most people don't care too much about it.

Generally speaking, such high-rise buildings will have corresponding safety measures in terms of windows and terraces, and it is of course no problem to open windows for ventilation or install folding and lifting drying racks to dry clothes, and at the same time, it can also ensure that accidents do not occur due to mistakes or stumbles other than active death. Because of this, Hao Qi didn't feel that there was any danger in opening the window for ventilation before.

Only now, he saw...... His cat girlfriend Xia Miaomiao squatted on the narrow window edge outside the windowsill, looking intently at something, and he realized what kind of mistake he had made.

It is true that the height and size of the window are sufficient for safety, but that is only for humans, and for the cat's body and agility, it does not pose any obstacle at all!

"Hao Qi, come and see!"

Moreover, Xia Miaomiao herself didn't seem to realize how dangerous her current position was, and when she heard Hao Qi's half-called voice that suddenly stopped, she was even happily beckoning her boyfriend to come over to see what she had just discovered.

"It's a cicada! I don't know how to fly to the windowsill! ”

"Miao Miao ......"

Knowing that his cat girlfriend was almost walking on the edge of the cliff now, Hao Qi could only call in a soft tone as much as possible, in case he accidentally scared her.

"Don't worry about the cicadas yet, you come in first."

"It's okay...... By the way, Hao Qi, you see, after people become cats, they are not afraid of heights at all! ”

"Miao Miao!"

Seeing that his girlfriend actually looked under the narrow edge of the windowsill, Hao Qi couldn't help but increase his tone a little, and then immediately reacted and slowed down his voice again.

"Anyway, it's too dangerous for you to stand there, come back first."

"Oh......"

Fortunately, the cat girlfriend did not mean to confront Hao Qi in this matter, probably because Hao Qi's face was full of worry and nervous expressions that persuaded her, or maybe she also felt that it was too dangerous for her to die on the window edge like this, so she easily responded.

But immediately, Hao Qi saw that the cat's expression changed suddenly.

"Hao Qi ......"

"What's wrong, Miao Miao?"

"The window edge is too narrow...... I...... I can't turn around......"

“……”

Knowing that now was not the time to blame her at all, Hao Qi took a deep breath, and while trying to think about how to help his girlfriend, he also put forward the most reasonable advice at the moment.

"Miao Miao, you are like this, go back a little bit along the edge of the window, and it should be no problem when you get to the window."

"Good...... Good...... I'll give it a try......"

The cat, who had been bold enough to run out to see the cicadas before, finally felt a little scared this time, and her four little paws carefully rubbed back, turning her head from time to time to see if she had deviated from the narrow window edge, which also made her move back to the safety area extremely slow.

"Yes, that's it, it's okay Miao Miao, don't be afraid, you're a cat."

"I ...... I'm not afraid! ”

Although even his beard was trembling gently with his body, Xia Miaomiao's stiff appearance of a dead duck still made Hao Qi unconsciously smile.

Yes, he's really still too nervous, his current girlfriend is a cat, and this kind of small scene should be easy to deal with.

The distance from the edge of the window to the window was not long, and soon, Xia Miaomiao had retreated to a safe position where she could enter the window.

"yes, that's it, you should be able to climb into the window easily from here, right?"

Hao Qi, who was already waiting at the window, originally planned to reach out and hug his girlfriend directly, but he was worried that his arm would not be able to exert force through the window frame, so he could only let the cat try to jump in directly.

"Well, Hao Qi, you get aside a little, I'm going in!"

For cats, the height of the window frame certainly doesn't pose any problem, so after ensuring that the foothold of her hind paws is stable enough, Xia Miaomiao straightened up directly, put her front paws on the window frame, and her body was ready to exert force and jump back into the house directly.

But at this moment, the cicada that was lying on the window just now suddenly let out a piercing cry!

"Buzz!"

When Hao Qi and the cat were in a state of extreme nervousness, this cicada chirp startled the two of them at the same time.

For Hao Qi, being scared is just a startle, but for Xia Miaomiao, who is about to jump on the windowsill, this sudden interference is enough to kill.

"Miao Miao be careful!"

Seeing that the cat was just about to get up and jump, but because of this cry, the body stiffened, the front paws were just barely on the edge of the window and the hind paws were showing signs of slipping, Hao Qi didn't have time to hesitate, ran to the window in one step, and reached out to hug the cat's small body.

But...... No matter how fast his reaction was, he was still one step slower.

"Meow!"

The front paws that were cut off the tips of the claws did not help Xia Miaomiao hook the window frame at all, but because all the strength was in the upper body, the cat's hind paws were completely out of the range of the window edge.

Under the action of gravity, the cat that slipped off its front paws slid directly off the window edge before Hao Qi's hand was about to grab her.

“……”

“……”

“……”

Standing on the edge of the bed in a daze, his arm still poking out the window but he could only grasp the empty air, Hao Qi's open mouth, and the name of his girlfriend who was about to be shouted at the end were blocked in his throat.

His brain buzzed, and the sky was spinning in front of him, and it was dark, and the whole person hit the window with a clang.

My head hurts.

But...... This kind of pain seemed to be just an introduction, in addition to helping him wake up from a momentary trance, it was also enough to tear his heart and lungs of horror, instantly spread to the nerves all over his body.

"How...... How could it be ......"

He stumbled back a few steps, then looked at his empty palm.

The next moment, he suddenly realized what was going on, and he ran almost like crazy, even throwing off his slippers and rushing into the elevator barefoot.

"Hurry up...... Hurry up......"

Desperately pressed the button of the elevator, but the elevator that is usually convenient and fast was slow like a snail at this time, which made Hao Qi, who had been living like a year, finally unable to control it, and smashed his fist on the elevator button.

"Bang!"

In the closed elevator car, the dull sound of fists clashing against metal walls clearly echoed into his ear drums.

The voice...... It also made Hao Qi's mind suddenly appear that he didn't want to see it anyway, but he couldn't restrain the terrifying scenes that kept emerging.

"No...... No......"

Although Hao Qi didn't want to let himself believe the scene in his mind until he saw the results with his own eyes, he ......

Xia Miaomiao...... Just fell off the windowsill on the twelfth floor.

Hao Qi didn't know how high the twelfth floor was, but he knew it well...... Falling from such a height, even if there is water underneath, is probably no different from an iron plate to a human being.

So...... What about the ground?

Although he tried hard not to let himself think about it, when Hao Qi noticed that his tears had been pouring out uncontrollably, he still felt an emotion called "despair".

I don't know why, the conversation with my cat girlfriend the night before suddenly surfaced from the depths of my memory.

"Cats have nine lives!"

"How do you know if this life of yours is the last one?"

……

"Hao Qi! You bastard! ”

"Smack!"

slapped himself hard, and the scorching pain caused by the slap finally made Hao Qi struggle a little bit out of the quagmire of despair that was getting deeper and deeper.

"Cats have nine lives...... Cats have nine lives...... So Miao Miao will definitely not die! Definitely not! ”

The elevator doors opened, and the people waiting on the first floor watched in confusion as such a hysterical boy screaming strange things and barefoot boy rushed out of the elevator.

Stepping on the hot road bricks and the slippery lawn that had just been watered by the property, Hao Qi, barefoot, ran all the way around most of the buildings to the back of the residential building, which was directly opposite his window.

And the moment he saw it with his own eyes, his heart seemed to stop beating.