Chapter 67: When Doing 'It', Check If the Curtains Are Drawn

Fang Shaokang had the driver drive the car into the parking lot of Dongqu Dayuan staff residential area, then stood waiting downstairs of Building B.

They had asked people along the way before coming over, but after arriving, the gatekeeper uncle wouldn't let them in, so Fang Shaokang then called Associate Professor Jiao, and incidentally complained, 'Your family's Hei Tan, after using people, you just throw them away, not even giving them a way. Is this how you treat a benefactor?'

After receiving Associate Professor Jiao's affirmation, the gatekeeper uncle didn't say anything else, and even curiously asked Fang Shaokang how he knew Associate Professor Jiao's family's black cat. Fang Shaokang made up a story, after all he certainly wouldn't tell people that he and a cat had gone to perform.

Why does Fang Shaokang always go out to relax by himself alone?

Because there are **many things he has done, those are not easy to talk about; even if he himself doesn't care, other members of the Fang family care a lot, so the Fang family members call Fang Shaokang every now and then to remind him to be more careful outside and not embarrass himself.

Fang Shaokang stood downstairs, boredly looking around; he had to admit that the old staff residential area inside the university was indeed relatively quiet, giving people a feeling of suddenly relaxing, and it's no wonder that black cat has been thinking about this place.

As he was looking around, Fang Shaokang suddenly felt he was being noticed; he glanced to the side, his gaze lowered, and saw a chubby tabby cat crouched on the balcony watching the two of them.

Before, Fang Shaokang didn't have any special feeling toward cats as animals; they were just pets, at most a bit troublesome. After meeting Zheng Tan, Fang Shaokang began to realize that there are also some special cats. And today, he saw another rather special cat.

Although it's hard to say exactly how it's special, Fang Shaokang just had this feeling, so this guy looked around, walked to the flowerbed, pulled out a blade of grass, and extended it between the railings of the first-floor balcony to tease the cat.

When the cat tilted its head to avoid the swung grass, seeing that the other party persisted, it got up, stepped back two steps, then squatted down. The distance it retreated just happened to put the grass Fang Shaokang held in his hand out of reach.

Fang Shaokang stretched out his arm to try, but still couldn't reach. He prepared to switch to a tree branch, but before he could pull his hand back, the elderly lady who had just woken from her nap came out.

"What do you want to do to my Da Pang?" the old lady said with a displeased face.

"Hello, I just thought this cat was quite special and wanted to tease it. This is my first time here. I'm helping Professor Jiao bring the cat back." Fang Shaokang calmly retracted his hand, showed a harmless smile, and also said he knew Professor Jiao who lives on the fifth floor.

"Bring a cat? What cat?" the old lady asked. Earlier she had heard that the Jiao family didn't want to keep other cats.

"A black cat, called Hei Tan. You should know it, right?"

"Hei Tan is back?"

Seeing Fang Shaokang nod in confirmation, the old lady looked very happy; in the staff residential area, the only things she truly approved of were her own Da Pang and Associate Professor Jiao's family's black cat. Having heard that the Jiao family's Hei Tan had been snatched away, she had been sad for a long time, even getting her son to help look for it, never expecting it to actually come back now!

Just then, Associate Professor Jiao's father arrived on a small electric scooter, with Zheng Tan squatting in the front basket.

"Hey, it really is Hei Tan! Glad you found it!" the old lady said.

Associate Professor Jiao's father parked the scooter, exchanged a few words with the old lady, opened the building's access control, and brought Fang Shaokang and the others upstairs.

As for Zheng Tan, as soon as the access control opened, he darted upstairs.

When he climbed to the third floor, Zheng Tan paused; Professor Lan's apartment door was ajar, and there were sounds of activity inside.

Zheng Tan pushed the door open a bit and walked in.

The floor had just been mopped, not yet dry, and there was still a muddy smell in the room; likely Professor Lan had brought back several pots of flowers from the small flowerbed, and perhaps transplanted some other plants, so after finishing, the floor would be full of muddy footprints, which is why each time he finished, Old Man Lan would thoroughly mop the floor.

Zheng Tan walked in; having just run outside, some dirt still clung to the fur between his toes, so as he walked he left a series of footprints with traces of mud on the floor.

Old Man Lan came over from the balcony holding a flower pot, and upon seeing Zheng Tan in the living room, he was startled.

"Hei Tan?" Old Man Lan asked tentatively.

Zheng Tan ignored him, looked around the room, didn't see Granny Zhai. When Granny Zhai isn't around, Old Man Lan's temper flares up and is hard to calm; seeing the muddy footprints under his feet, Zheng Tan turned around and ran out the door.

"Hey, you little bastard, it really is you! Look at the footprints you made!" As soon as he saw the cat stretch its neck to look into the room, Old Man Lan was certain this was the cat from the fifth floor.

Although Old Man Lan was shouting loudly, the already‑out‑the‑door Zheng Tan didn't see the smile in the old man's eyes.

Having just passed the third floor, Fang Shaokang heard Old Man Lan's scolding and said to Associate Professor Jiao's father, who was leading the way, 'Your family's cat is quite famous, and also quite popular.'

"Yeah, everyone in the staff residential area knows him." Associate Professor Jiao's father laughed.

After Associate Professor Jiao's father opened the door, Zheng Tan rushed in first, rolled around on the sofa once, then walked around the small apartment. The furnishings were still the same as when he left, unchanged, and there was no scent of other cats, which made Zheng Tan very happy, showing that the Jiao family still values him greatly.

After Fang Shaokang entered, he first pulled over a chair and sat down, watching Zheng Tan roll on the sofa, patrol the premises, after finishing patrol he went to the toilet to urinate, then ran to the balcony and howled twice. After that, there was a chorus of dog and cat calls in the staff residential area.

Zheng Tan ignored Fang Shaokang and the others; he was currently in the excitement of coming home, and only after howling loudly a few times did his excited mood gradually calm down.

Folks of Dongqu, I'm back again!

In the afternoon, Zhao Le came over once, bringing several large bags of food, part of it for the Jiao couple's two children, most of it for Zheng Tan, said to be to calm Zheng Tan's nerves and also celebrate his return. For this, Zhao Le was laughed at by Fang Shaokang for a long time.

Jiao Ma also came back earlier today; she has now returned to teach at the junior high school, and after receiving a call from Associate Professor Jiao's father today she took leave and came back first.

The Jiao couple were very grateful to Fang Shaokang, inviting him to stay for dinner, but he refused, saying he still had many things to do in Chu Hua Shi. After being idle for so long, he must now plunge back into busy affairs and various banquets, with little time to stay here; this visit was merely to deliver the cat, and also to make an initial acquaintance, so if he needs to go out again in the future, perhaps he will come back to find this black cat.

Before leaving, Fang Shaokang left behind the souvenirs Zheng Tan had picked out on the way back, as well as a platinum membership card from Shaoguang Jiudian, and his own personal business card.

Having already learned a bit of the situation from Zhao Le, Associate Professor Jiao's father, upon seeing Fang Shaokang's business card, couldn't help but be startled; he hadn't expected this person to also be a big shot. The luck of his family's cat is really good.

The Jiao household was filled with a joyful atmosphere tonight, and Zheng Tan, after enduring over a month of wandering life, finally had someone help him groom his fur again. Then at night he burrowed into Xiao Youzi's blanket.

The next day, when Zheng Tan opened his eyes he still felt a bit dazed; after two seconds he realized he had truly returned this time.

Getting up together with the two children, everyone ate breakfast together, which was also a very enjoyable process. After experiencing the wandering life, Zheng Tan felt that this life was damn great—no need to think up ways to climb through windows to steal things, no need to fear being discovered and beaten.

Because of the incident where Zheng Tan was caught, the Jiao family felt anxious whenever he went out for a stroll; but after a few days, seeing that nothing happened and everything was as before, they also relaxed a bit.

Now many places on campus have been replaced with new surveillance cameras, management has also become somewhat stricter, and a few spots in the staff residential area have also installed cameras; of course, these cameras are only installed in some public entry and exit locations, and will not infringe on the ** of staff residential area faculty and staff.

During the period Zheng Tan has been back, even when he goes out he keeps wandering around the staff residential area, strolling casually with Da Pang, A Huang, and Jingzhang.

After not seeing them for over a month, aside from Da Pang becoming even more plump, A Huang and Jingzhang haven't shown much change; basically they're still the same, just getting a bit excited when they see Zheng Tan.

After seeing off the two children and Jiao Ma from the staff residential area gate in the morning, Zheng Tan wandered around the area with the three cats out for a walk; at this time, many people in the staff residential area were going to work or school, and there wasn't anyone outside.

Zheng Tan felt a bit bored; although life here is very comfortable, it's too comfortable, making his daily walks lack interest. After walking two steps, Zheng Tan's ears twitched, and he looked toward a building.

This place is already toward the corner of Dongqu Dayuan, and the building Zheng Tan looked at is the one most inward in Dongqu Dayuan; usually, even if it's not rush hour, few people come this way.

Zheng Tan followed that sound to the building, confirmed the source, then came to the balcony of a first‑floor resident, jumped onto the balcony railing, walked from the railing to the window, and jumped onto the windowsill.

The bedroom with a balcony had its door to the balcony tightly shut, the window also closed, but the curtains inside were not fully drawn, only half‑closed, so Zheng Tan could clearly see the interior through the uncovered part of the window.

Inside, a young man and woman were kissing passionately, appearing to have just returned from outside, still clothed, but now their clothes were being pulled off piece by piece with their movements.

Zheng Tan didn't expect to see such a heated scene in the morning, so he was quite excited, standing on the windowsill, his head pressed against the window, almost sticking to the glass as he peered inside.

Da Pang, who had been squinting in the grass by the flowerbed basking in the sun, saw Zheng Tan lingering by the window and also curiously walked over; although he had gotten fatter again, his leaping ability was still good, and he easily jumped onto the balcony railing. Then he walked to Zheng Tan's side, tilted his head, and looked inside.

Zheng Tan noticed the movement beside him, glanced at Da Pang, and thought: 'Do you even understand what you're looking at?'

After a few seconds, A Huang and Jingzhang, who had been playing outside catching bugs, also came over, and the four cats crowded on the windowsill, peering inside through the uncovered part of the window.

Inside, the naked man and woman were lying on the bed, foreplay mostly done, they were removing condoms and getting ready to mount.

The woman on the bed unintentionally glanced toward the window, then let out a loud shout and kicked the man in the chest with her foot.

Ah! There's a peeper! (To be continued...)