Chapter 143: Favorability

A cat's jealousy is like a woman's; once it erupts, it's hard to hold back.

Imagine if your girlfriend had telepathic communication with you, able to know your thoughts at any time—basically you couldn't go on living like that.

Fortunately, Du Jia Jia and Little Yellow have only a pure friendship.

When the two cats fight, humans can only stay as far away as possible.

Du Jia Jia feels the worst; she might feel a bit guilty and worries about the cats getting hurt, pacing anxiously.

Dong Junwei stood in front of her without changing expression, afraid she would rush out shouting, "Stop fighting, you guys stop fighting!"

Fortunately, the kittens' fight isn't fierce; it's mostly just playing.

That little white cat, being a third party interloper, was weaker in momentum; it symbolically struck back a few times before leaving, feeling wronged.

After the little white cat left, Du Jia Jia slipped past Dong Junwei and darted out.

The work sealing the door gaps is now completely finished; aside from a narrow passage for people and a relatively wide vehicle passage, the rest have been blocked by thick steel pillars.

At the entrance of the pedestrian passage, Chen Mu made an iron door, with four bolts slightly thinner than an arm laid across it.

Du Jia Jia is the one who uses this passage most frequently; she quickly opened the door and rushed out.

Dong Junwei once wanted to chase after and stop Du Jia Jia, but Tang Jing held her back.

"Let Du Jia Jia handle it; I think she still has some confidence."

Dong Junwei reluctantly gave in.

"In this situation, can Du Jia Jia only ever control one little cat?" He Ying walked over, smiling, "To be honest, I'm still waiting for her to tame all the stray cats on campus and lead us to dominate the school."

Tang Jing also laughed, "Even if that were possible, it would probably take a long time; as of now, Du Jia Jia's ability has the greatest uncertainty."

"Little Yellow won't hurt her, will he?" Zhao Xiao Yan said anxiously.

"Probably not."

"You can't say for sure; the deeper the love, the deeper the hate." Feng Xiao Yu, who usually doesn't speak much, joined in at this moment.

Obviously, the trope of love turning to hate in romance dramas quickly occupied these girls' thoughts.

However, these worries are purely unnecessary.

Chen Mu and Wei Dalei were uneasy, following Du Jia Jia all the way to the doorway, but they didn't dare go outside, preparing to snatch her back at any moment.

After Little Yellow successfully drove off the rival, he showed no smugness; upon seeing Du Jia Jia go out, he looked even more wronged.

As usual, it extended its plump, furry paws, and Du Jia Jia lunged at it without hesitation.

Seeing that the two had no grudge, Chen Mu also breathed a sigh of relief.

……

However, the next day, trouble came again.

The cat, which hadn't caused trouble for a long time, once again carried in a dead small animal.

When Chen Mu opened the door in the morning, he was startled.

It was a frog that had just died.

It seemed to have been delivered not long ago.

Chen Mu helplessly turned around and woke everyone up.

Du Jia Jia, after seeing it, was also a bit speechless.

"I haven't been thinking about eating meat lately."

That's actually true; because of Little Yellow, Du Jia Jia has always had the privilege of eating meat.

Although the dehydrated beef bits in the instant noodle vegetable packets are gradually running out, at least for now there's no problem in that regard.

Chen Mu has already been preparing for future outdoor hunting, making the source of meat relatively easier.

Since eating that green worm's meat last time, everyone has become less resistant to eating insects and ants; everyone knows that in the short term, humans basically can't eat chicken, duck, beef, or mutton as before, and given the current beef bits, the texture of that meat might not even be as good as the worms.

Like vegetables, the texture of foods humans used to eat has become coarse; at first, for survival, they didn't mind much, but if this continues long-term, it's somewhat regrettable.

However, Gu Yinglong's appearance has brought a glimmer of hope to this problem.

Since someone can shrink plants,

it's not impossible for animals either.

If that's truly the case, humanity rebuilding a miniature society seems not impossible to achieve.

Du Jia Jia feels very wronged.

Dong Junwei said, "You two weren't reconciled yesterday?"

"Yes." Du Jia Jia replied.

Yesterday's little white cat was just a minor episode; the feared love-turning-to-hate drama that everyone worried about did not happen.

"Maybe Little Yellow is afraid of losing favor, so he's actively trying to curry favor?" Feng Xiao Yu obviously has seen this kind of plot many times.

"Don't say that; there's this possibility."

"What should we do?"

"This might actually be a good thing," Tang Jing suddenly said.

"Huh?"

Tang Jing thought for a moment and said, "Before, Little Yellow could only react based on Du Jia Jia's feelings, but now it's clearly able to take initiative on its own, indicating that their relationship has become somewhat closer."

"Has Du Jia Jia's ability gotten stronger?" Chen Mu suddenly realized.

"Exactly."

Tang Jing nodded: "Du Jia Jia's ability is currently the most mysterious; even we don't know what direction this special ability's growth will take."

"Isn't it about commanding all animals for one's own use?" He Ying asked.

Tang Jing laughed, "That's just our wishful thinking; given that Du Jia Jia could initially connect with a large animal like a cat, it's basically impossible to directly control and command animals, otherwise that would be overly powerful."

"We thought of that from the start, but what exactly is it?"

As of now, telepathic communication indeed exists, but after Du Jia Jia's ability grows, it's still unclear in which aspects it is strengthened.

Isn't communication supposed to be more convenient and clear?

That's also a fact, but think about it—if that's all it is, it's actually not very useful. After all, being able to communicate doesn't mean others will help you. If you encounter a mouse, even if you can talk to it clearly, how could you persuade it not to eat you?

But Little Yellow...

Little Yellow is because Du Jia Jia had fed it before; in the cat's world, that makes it an acquaintance, so it initially did not harm Du Jia Jia.

Then Du Jia Jia's ability...

Based on the current situation, my guess is... Tang Jing said this, looking at Du Jia Jia: "Besides telepathic communication, Du Jia Jia's ability should be to increase animals' favorability toward her."

Favorability?

Um, it's like now—clearly yesterday it was jealous and fought with another cat, but today it fawned over bringing food; this is obviously not the cat's usual aloof nature, but...

"Simper?" Feng Xiao Yu's voice carried a hint of excitement and envy.

Lu Shanshan corrected: "Strictly speaking, it's a cat-simper."