Urban Tales of Demons and Spirits

Chapter 6: The Cat and the Old House (Part 1)

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I just started the new semester, but my mind is full of abnormal troubles.

"careful!"

My thoughts were interrupted by a yell, and then a black object passed quickly in front of my eyes, and hit my stomach hard, scaring me almost to the ground.

Upon closer inspection, the black object turned out to be a cat. Just now he bumped into me indifferently, but now he is still standing beside my feet licking the soles of my feet as if nothing happened.

"Yes, I'm sorry!"

I looked back and saw a girl with a high ponytail running over in a panic.

"Is this your cat?" I picked up the black cat by the scruff of the neck, but the impudent little beast immediately waved its sharp claws at me and broke free.

"Gulu! You can't do this." The girl hurriedly bent down and picked up the cat. The black cat became more honest when it saw its owner, squinting its eyes and snoring. And the girl kept apologizing to me.

"I'm so sorry, our Gulu has a weird temper. Didn't hurt you?"

"That's not true, it's just a bump." I quickly waved my hand to show that it's okay.

The cat looked at me arrogantly and meowed rather unfriendly.

"It seems that he doesn't like you very much." The girl smiled, then looked at me as if thinking of something and said suddenly, "Ah, classmate Gu Yu, are you classmate Gu Yu?"

I was taken aback. "yes."

The girl seemed to be relieved because she recognized the right person, and smiled, "I'm Su Xiaoyun, I'm in the same class as you, don't you remember?"

I looked at this girl again. She has a small oval face with thin eyebrows and dimples when she smiles.

That being said, I did see her during the class meeting yesterday, sitting next to me, but because I kept my head down, I couldn't see her clearly.

"Ah, it's you."

"Yes, yes." Su Xiaoyun became happy, "I didn't expect to meet my classmates here. What are you doing here?"

Yes, I looked around. With something on my mind, I had already walked out of the school gate before I knew it. This place should be near the back gate of the school. Due to lack of care, weeds are growing everywhere, and even the road can't be seen. There is only a path stepped on by people, winding to nowhere.

"Ah, I... I'm a little worried, so I went out for a walk." I scratched my head.

"Go for a walk. The air is pretty good today." Su Xiaoyun found a clean stone and sat down, stroking the cat named "Gulu" with her hand, and smiled at me, "It just so happens that I have been a little Trouble."

"Why?"

"It's this guy." Su Xiaoyun pointed to the squinting black cat on her knee, and said distressedly, "Gulu used to be quite obedient, but I don't know why, recently he always likes to run around, slipping away accidentally. It disappeared. I also ran out after chasing it today."

So this is ah. I smiled in my heart.

"What about you? Is there anything bothering you?" Su Xiaoyun came over and asked with concern, "Is it because the dormitory is not divided? Or is the course unsatisfactory?"

"This..." I stammered. Can't tell her that I'm worrying about things that may not exist in this world

Just when I was racking my brains to make up a reason, the cat on Su Xiaoyun's lap suddenly jumped up, and rushed forward without saying a word like an arrow leaving the string.

"Ah, Gollum! Come back!"

But no matter how Su Xiaoyun yelled, the cat ignored him. After a while even its shadow was gone.

"It's over, it's over, why did you run so fast this time!" Su Xiaoyun stood up anxiously, and was about to dive into the weeds when she lifted her skirt.

"Let me go! You wait here for a while!" I immediately stood up and volunteered. No matter how you say it, you can't let a girl run to such a place.

As I said that, I rushed out along the path, with weeds passing by on both sides, and the path under my feet became more and more unclear. In the end, I had to slow down to avoid being scratched by the sawtooth of the weeds.

No matter how neglected the management, the weeds are too lush. I kept pushing aside the weeds that reached to my chest, trying to find the black cat, but unfortunately, after walking for a long time, I didn't see anything.

The more I walked, the more I felt something was wrong. Anyway, are there so many weeds at the back gate of the school? And it always feels like there is no end to go no matter how you go.

Just when I was about to give up and was about to turn back, a building suddenly appeared in front of my eyes.

That is not an ordinary building. If I didn't know that I was at the back door of the school, I would have thought that I had passed through.

It was a very old house. The house is very large, with white walls and blue stone tiles. You can vaguely see the branches of locust trees stretching out of the yard. A door with a width of two people stood in front of me, and two huge lion-head door knockers on the dark red door panel were staring at me firmly.

How could there be such a place at the back door of the school? Just a few days after I came to this city, I encountered some strange things one after another. Now when I saw this building, my first reaction was that my scalp was numb, and I just wanted to leave as soon as possible.

But just when I was about to turn around, there was a slight meow from the house.

No way? Did Su Xiaoyun's cat run into this house

However, it could also be someone's own cat...

"Meow-"

There was another meow, the sound was exactly the same as Su Xiaoyun's black cat, sharp and thin, absolutely unmistakable.

I squatted down in front of the gate of the house, buried my face in my knees, struggled for three seconds, took a deep breath, and made a decision.

What are you afraid of? I, Gu Yu, am an imposing man. I am afraid of ghosts and monsters. Besides, it's broad daylight now, and I don't believe that any female ghost will come out in broad daylight to harm me.

Just go in and take a look, just for a moment. I approached the door silently in my heart. I'm just here for cats...

Just when I was thinking about how to enter the house perfectly without making any noise, the dark red door suddenly opened to me with a "squeak".

My heart skipped a beat, but I still bravely walked into the courtyard.

The courtyard is very large, with many different small courtyards separated by white courtyard walls. But at this time, the cat was silent again, so I could only bite the bullet and search around by myself.

"Gulu, are you here?" I lowered my voice and shouted, "If you are here, just meow."

I went through two gates, and there was no one in the huge courtyard, only a thick locust tree full of flowers, sitting there quietly.

But then again... will the locust tree bloom in September