Chapter 494: No way—can cats really understand human speech?

There are actually quite a few people who, after losing a pet and panicking, come to the Police Station to file a report and ask for help.

Officer Xiao Hu has dealt with an unknown number of such people.

When faced with such a situation, if the Police Station happens to be very busy, officers generally choose to outright refuse to help locate the missing pet, since they have other duties and can't attend to such trivial matters.

If the Police Station happens not to be busy, an officer might possibly help check the surveillance, but essentially that's all—just a quick check, with no personnel dispatched to search for the missing pet.

Cases where Xu Mo directly agrees to help find a cat are actually rare.

Especially, Xu Mo's bold move left the officer Xiao Hu dumbfounded.

Team Leader Xu actually tried to talk to the cats, asking the stray cats at the Police Station entrance to help locate the missing stray cat!

"Team Leader Xu, um... can this work?"

If you say cats can understand human speech, Xiao Hu is the first to doubt it; after all, it's simply impossible!

Xu Mo smiled, "We'll know if it works by trying it. I think the few cats at the Police Station entrance have a bit of spirit; maybe they can understand what I'm saying."

At this moment, the bewildered Xiao Hu and the few cats that Xu Mo was feeding were also confused.

Because they understood Xu Mo's words, the stray cats for a moment even forgot to eat the canned food, retreating in fear.

"What are you afraid of? I'm not going to eat you. Hurry up, one cat, one can; finish it and then help me work," Xu Mo said, glancing at the woman beside him.

"Miss, do you have a photo of the cat you lost? Bring it so these cats can see it."

The woman was stunned for two seconds, then took out her phone, found a picture of her 'son,' and handed it to the stray cats.

"You see? This is the cat. Go bring it back. Once it's done, I'll give you each a can... no, two!" Xu Mo said to the stray cats.

The stray cats glanced at Xu Mo, then at the cans on the ground, meowed once, and rushed to the cans, devouring them greedily.

Although officers and passersby occasionally feed these stray cats, making them plump, the food given is at most things like ham sausages; the cats have never had premium items like canned cat food.

As a result, in no time each stray cat finished a can.

After eating, the stray cats stared at the bag of cans in Xu Mo's hand, meowed, looking as if they weren't satisfied yet.

"Go, go, go, start working, go find the cat; only after finding it can you keep eating," Xu Mo said, putting away the bag of cat cans.

Xiao Hu beside him forced a wry smile, thinking to himself that it's absurd that these cats could understand Team Leader Xu's words!

Moreover, although these stray cats are often fed, they still aren't consistently full; it's strange they'd be able to move after eating canned food—surely they'd cling to Xu Mo for more cans, not actually go help find the cat.

However, to Xiao Hu's surprise, after Xu Mo finished speaking to the stray cats, they actually let out a "meow" and turned away immediately.

Moreover, the stray cats split up, each heading in a different direction; at first glance, it really seemed like they were going to help find the cat.

After the stray cats left, Xu Mo temporarily deactivated the upgraded Language Master Skill.

This skill can only be used ten minutes a day, and can be turned off when he doesn't need to communicate with small animals—very user‑friendly.

Seeing this, Xiao Hu's eyes widened: Could Team Leader Xu really communicate with cats?!

But as soon as the thought arose, he shook his head immediately, thinking how could it be possible—people talking to cats? Nonsense!

This must be a coincidence... yes, a coincidence!

However, the woman who lost the cat didn't think that way; she believed some people can communicate with pets.

Because she often saw videos from pet vloggers online, where the pets were increasingly clever, and would obey any command from their owners instantly.

In the comment sections of those videos, people often joked:

"Tie me to your house, let it go to school, don't hold the child back."

"This isn't a pet; it's freaking smarter than my college classmates!"

"I feel its IQ could easily pass the college entrance exam."

"…"

Half an hour later, a large group of stray cats—no fewer than thirty to forty—gathered at the Police Station entrance.

And in the middle of the circle of cats was the very pet cat the woman had lost!

The cat didn't go inside the station; it kept meowing nonstop at the gate.

Xiao Hu was the first to notice the crowd of cats outside.

"Damn... Miss, look at the entrance; is the cat in the very middle the one you lost?"

"Let me see... it really is!" The woman glanced, then immediately stood up, walking out while shouting, "DuoDuo, come to Mom quickly!"

Xiao Hu froze for a few seconds, then ran to the door of Xu Mo's office and knocked.

"Please come in."

"Team Leader Xu, your method really worked; the cat was truly found!"

"Is that so? I didn't expect that trick to actually work," Xu Mo pretended to be surprised, then walked out with Xiao Hu.

At the doorway, the two saw the woman cradling her 'son' DuoDuo, petting him vigorously; her eyes were red again, overwhelmed with joy.

"You really give me no peace of mind; Mom was worried sick, you know?"

But the cat wore an impatient expression, extending its two fluffy paws and shoving the woman outward, while grumbling and meowing.

After scolding DuoDuo, the woman realized Xu Mo had already come to her side.

"Thank you, Xu Mo. If it weren't for you, I truly wouldn't know what to do," the woman said sincerely, thanking Xu Mo.

"No need to thank me," Xu Mo waved his hand.

The next second, the woman pulled out a wad of cash from her handbag: "Thank you for finding the cat; this money…"

Before she could finish the sentence, Xu Mo hurriedly pushed the money back.

"No, no, you can't. Take it back quickly; it's not good if people see it."

Seeing Xu Mo refuse, the woman switched tactics, opened her phone, ordered a lot of fruit via a delivery app, and, of course, to prevent Xu Mo from turning down her kindness again, she deliberately didn't mention that.

At this moment, the most excited were still those stray cats at the Police Station entrance.

They kept circling Xu Mo, meowing incessantly.

Xu Mo instantly understood what the cats meant.

"Don't rush, don't rush, it's all here—come out a little, don't block the doorway, it's in the way, come over here to eat."

Xu Mo again took out the bag packed with cat canned food, beckoned the stray cats away from the Police Station gate to a patch of shade, gave each cat two cans, and the cat canned food in the bag was just finished.

Only Xiao Hu was left on the side, alone and disheveled.

No way! These cats can really understand human speech?