In a busy city, the fruit stalls on the street are preparing to call a day, and pedestrians and cars on the road are hurrying home. The seemingly bustling streets are filled with an oppressive atmosphere.

In an alley in the city, the figure of the wall is gradually elongated by the afterglow, and the shadow of a cat melts into the darkness while the shadow of the earth is enveloped.

The next day, a shout was the first to pierce the silence of the freshly lit sky.

"Catch that cat! The black one! ”

With this shout, a black figure jumped from the roof of the street, holding a freshly fried fish in its mouth.

"It's too high to catch."

"Show me the back door of the kitchen! This cat has come four times this month! ”

As he spoke, he heard someone slam the door shut.

In the evening, in the alley, Xiao Qi was rummaging through the trash cans in embarrassment.

After escaping from the battlefield, it stayed in the city. Not because there's anything special about the city, it's just that he can't find a place to find food.

According to today, I was driven away by a restaurant, and it is estimated that there will be no place to find food soon.

After all, this time Xiao Qi did not meet anyone similar to Audrey.

"That's fine, at least I don't have to worry about causing misfortune to my master."

Xiao Qi comforted himself while walking on the wall.

Suddenly, Xiao Qi smelled the smell of fried fish that he hadn't seen for a long time! This is like bait on a fishhook for Xiao Qi now, and he will be attracted to it no matter what. Following the scent to a wall, I saw an old woman carrying a plate of leftover fried fish to be dumped.

The old woman also saw Xiao Qi, seemed to be attracted by his behavior, looked at Xiao Qi, smiled slightly and asked, "Kitten, do you want to eat?" ”

On the wall, a black cat stands on all fours, and the moon behind it illuminates a bright outline of its pitch-black fur, and its black cat's eyes are shining with green eyes.

Xiao Qi thought for a while and jumped off the wall, but he still stood in place and watched the old woman quietly, his center of gravity was slightly lowered, as if he could jump up at any time.

The old woman looked at Xiao Qi's appearance, smiled, put the plate on the ground, and turned around to leave.

Suddenly, at the moment of turning around, she saw the ring in Xiao Qi's mouth, her body stopped for a moment, and then turned back.

"Huh? Kitten, is this ring yours? The old woman asked with a smile, her eyes already narrowed into two slits.

Xiao Qi nodded.

The old woman said again: "It's not convenient for you to hold it like this, I'll help you make a necklace and wear it, right?" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and slowly approached Xiao Qi.

Xiao Qi instinctively stepped back and jumped back to the city wall.

Seeing Xiao Qi's appearance, the old woman thought about it, smiled and shook her head. "That's it, you can eat the food quickly, it will be cold in a while." As he spoke, he disappeared into the shadow of the streetlights.

Xiao Qi watched the old woman leave, silently finished eating the dishes on the plate, and disappeared into the night.

"Alas, there are fewer and fewer things to eat...... Xiao Qi thought to himself after wandering outside the back door of the hotel for a long time to no avail.

In the smoky city, human noise can be heard everywhere. In the dark alley corners, next to the dirty garbage cans, there are no more than a few rats lurking at most. How can you find food in a place like this?

Suddenly, a glimmer of light flashed in Xiao Qi's eyes, as if he had thought of something, but suddenly shook his head again, as if he wanted to expel that thought.

But at this time, the already rumbling stomach couldn't allow Xiao Qi to think anymore. Recalling the smell of fried fish last night, Xiao Qi had already involuntarily walked back to the city wall last evening step by step.

Sure enough, as he expected, the figure of the old woman not far away loomed under the street lamp.

"I have made up my mind not to come again......"

"But I really can't find food anymore...... What kind of cleaning is being held these days, and it's hard for cats. ”

"Just this once, this last time, won't come tomorrow!"

Thinking of this, Xiao Qi raised his head, and the old woman had already walked under the wall.

"Let's have a bite to eat?" Saying that, the old woman put the fish under the wall, took a few steps back, and asked Xiao Qi with a smile. Xiao Qi jumped down hesitantly and ate little by little.

The old woman stood there for a long time, sighed softly, and slowly left.

Xiao Qi thought while eating, "I must find food tomorrow!" I can't come back tomorrow! ”

On the third day, in the evening, Xiao Qi and the old woman met again up and down the city wall.

"I ...... I just happened to get here, and then ...... Then I saw that there was fried fish put by someone else here, and there was no reason not to eat it, right? ”

Xiao Qi didn't know who he was explaining, and ate silently again.

For a few days in the future, every day it seemed that Xiao Qi could "chance" meet the old woman with the fried fish, and live on the precious relief food. Every time the old woman put the fish in the ground and stayed for a while before leaving silently, Xiao Qi gradually became familiar with the old woman.

Finally one day, the old woman said to Xiao Qi: "Kitten, I have to go somewhere else in a few days, I don't know when I can come back, so I can't feed you every day." ”

When Xiao Qi heard this, he suddenly raised his head and stared at the old woman silently.

"So, tomorrow I'll take you to a place where you can have a steady source of food, how about it?"

After Xiao Qi listened, he thought about it and nodded affirmatively. Seeing that Xiao Qi agreed, the old woman also smiled with relief, "Then I'll go back first." ”

After Xiao Qi finished eating, he found a bush not far away, and while enjoying the sunset view, he thought about what kind of place he would go to tomorrow. The city itself has almost been traveled, how can you not know that there is such a good place?

Thinking like this, suddenly, a figure suddenly appeared in front of Xiao Qi, startled Xiao Qi, and suddenly jumped up the tree.

"Don't be afraid, Xiao Qi, it's me."

Xiao Qi looked down and saw that it was an old woman, no different from the appearance just now, but she looked a little haggard inexplicably, and she was still clutching an unburned note tightly in her hand.

Xiao Qi relaxed his vigilance, jumped off the tree, and looked at the old woman with questioning eyes.

The old woman understood what Xiao Qi meant, but fell silent.

A few petals are slowly flying, and the sound of insects that have already fallen into the night makes the atmosphere quiet and transparent.

"Kitten, is your ring going to save someone very important?" After a long silence, the old woman finally spoke.

When Xiao Qi heard these unexplained words, he was so puzzled that he changed his posture and looked at the old woman.

She was slightly surprised when she saw Xiao Qi's doubts, but then returned to normal.

"So you don't know." The old woman paused, swallowed, and continued, "Your ring, if there is a human soul in it, may be able to save it. ”

The wind is gently fiddling with the leaves, the birds that have just returned to their nests are curled up in their nests, the ants in the grass are trying to carry the last bit of bread they have just found, the two crickets under the trees are fighting for their territory, and the chimney of a house in the distance is spitting smoke one by one.

Everything is so unusual, and the surrounding environment is so quiet and terrible, so to speak, nothing happens.

However, in Xiao Qi's heart, there was a thunderbolt that hit the bottom of his heart from the beginning.

Xiao Qi hurriedly threw herself down in front of the old woman and stared at her with big eyes.

Seeing Xiao Qi's appearance, the old woman explained helplessly: "I don't know the specific method." I just knew that the ring was supposed to do that......"

Hearing this, Xiao Qi silently retreated again.

The old woman saw his lost appearance and was a little unbearable, "Otherwise, I'll help you tie the ring around your neck." ”

Xiao Qi hesitated, but finally followed the old woman's thoughts.

After tying it, the old woman asked Xiao Qi softly: "If you can save that soul, will you be very happy?" ”

Xiao Qi raised his head and nodded heavily, and the reflection in his eyes that didn't know whether it was light or starlight also flickered.

"In that case", the old woman got up, raised her head, and looked at the sea of stars in the sky, with a relieved and relieved expression on her face, "Then so be it! ”

Then she looked down at Xiao Qi again, "Kitten, I may not be able to take you to that place tomorrow", she paused as she said, "Also, no matter what you see tomorrow, no matter what you see, you must be calm." Stay away from places you feel you should stay away from. I'll ...... tomorrow I'll be fine tomorrow. ”

"Forget it, that's it." The old woman thought for a moment. "Finally, you must keep the ring with you when this world dies so that you can have a chance to save that person. We...... If you have fate, you can still meet it. After saying that, he left Xiao Qi with a smile, then turned around and disappeared into the night step by step.

Watching the old woman walk away, recalling the inexplicable words of the old woman just now, Xiao Qi suddenly came to his senses, and suddenly felt that the amount of information was too huge, so that it was better for him to start thinking about it.

"So as long as you keep the ring when you die, right......?" Xiao Qi faced the question mark that he couldn't think of, and finally could only come to this conclusion, "Forget it, don't think about it." Bridge to the bow of the ship...... Ah no, the boat will naturally ......go straight to the bridge" Xiao Qi simply adopted his usual style, gave up thinking about this troublesome thing, and would rather be clean, change to grass and continue to rest.

The next morning, Xiao Qi was woken up by a noise next to him. When I looked up, many people were gathered under a window, not knowing what they were talking about, and everyone tried to lower their voices as much as possible, as if they were avoiding something, and everyone's eyes revealed that they were observing their surroundings in horror.

"It's really noisier than cicadas...... "Xiao Qi muttered and got on the roof, walked to the top of the house where the crowd gathered, and looked down to find out.

I only saw that the familiar face just now was lying in a pool of blood.