1064: Chapter 126 Snake Molt 1064: Chapter 126 Snake Molt Li ng held the plush bear Li Neng in her arms, standing under the Cat Fruit Tree with her head tilted back, raising her little hands, counting one by one the big and small cats on the tree that were owing.
Even if her ears were filled with the noisy owing, it did not stop her concentration.
“Eh?!
Why is it missing?!”
The Little Witch circled the Cat Fruit Tree, counting over and over again, but she never saw that familiar figure, and finally confird that the little white cat her cousin had transford into was not on the Cat Fruit Tree.
Earlier that evening, Jiang Yu made a secret plan with her, instructing her to lure the Hunting Team to gather near the Cat Fruit Tree, then Jiang Yu herself would turn into a cat and act as the bait for the team.
At first, Li ng was reluctant to agree to the plan.
Such a dangerous thing, her cousin couldn’t just be whimsical if she wanted to do it.
After all, she was already a university student and knew the importance of things and the principle that Wizards don’t stand beneath a collapsing wall.
But when her cousin took out a new schedule for Li ng, she imdiately compromised—with the new schedule, sixteen out of every twenty-four hours were marked with study, study, and more study, plus getting up at six in the morning, keeping lunchti to fifteen minutes, and so on.
It was practically the death of Li ng.
So, the Little Witch eventually accepted Jiang Yuyan’s battle plan with a sullen face.
However, she also repeatedly emphasized that if anything went wrong and they were caught by the family or school, she would not take the bla.
Jiang Yu had no objections to this and happily agreed.
But now.
“This isn’t according to the plan,” Li ng bit her finger, staring at the beautiful Persian cat in the tree, totally puzzled.
The Persian cat lay on the sturdy trunk with pride, completely oblivious to the blank gaze from below.
To it, being admired by humans was natural; not being admired would be abnormal.
“What’s different?” Xiao Xiao had also been paying attention to the Cat Fruit Tree.
Like Li ng, he scanned the tree laden with cats.
However, he hoped not to see a certain black cat on this tree.
After all, he was a man with the title ‘Doctor,’ aware of the current season, so he was very concerned about so reckless person who drank a Transformation Potion and strolled onto the Cat Fruit Tree tonight—just in case, you know, sothing happened.
Fortunately, Xiao Xiao did not see a black cat in the Cat Fruit Tree.
This ant that his previous concerns were unnecessary.
Doctor Xiao let out a sigh of relief, turned his neck, and eased the stiffness in his muscles.
Although he didn’t see the black cat now, it didn’t an everything was safe.
He’d have to warn a certain scholarship student when he got back to the dorm later that night.
Spring had co, and it was the ti of year when life flourished.
He should avoid turning into a cat lately, and just stick to the routine between studying, the lab, and the dormitory.
Xiao Xiao thought this to himself and pulled out his notebook to write a mo.
As he was taking notes, he heard the Little Witch muttering beside him and turned his head curiously, “What’s different?”
Startled as if caught stealing, Li ng imdiately turned around, stamring a denial, “No, I didn’t say…Achoo!”
She felt her nose tingle and couldn’t help but sneeze forcefully.
The sneeze ca at just the right ti, imdiately diverting Doctor Xiao’s attention.
“These days the climate has been changing drastically, with a large temperature difference between morning and evening, so make sure you don’t catch a cold,” Xiao Xiao frowned and gave the Little Witch a once-over.
“Maybe you should go back and rest tonight…
We can handle the rest of the search on our own.”
Li ng sniffed, puffed out her chest, and held her head high, refusing.
“What’s to be done today must be done today, I’m not in the habit of leaving things half-finished!”
In her arms, the fluffy teddy bear raised its paws and, with a face full of compassion, wiped away a little drool from the Little Witch’s chin, and the snot string hanging from her nose tip.
“We should head to No.
11 pavilion now!” Nicholas called out to his two companions from not far away.
“Hurry up, or we’ll be up till late into the night again.”
“Coming, coming!” Li ng responded loudly, and in an instant, she lost the languidness that ca with her sneezing, hopping and skipping toward the direction where Nicholas and the others were.
Xiao Xiao shook his head and took one last look at the Cat Fruit Tree behind him before following suit.
…
While Xiao Xiao and Li ng searched under the Cat Fruit Tree for certain figures, their intended targets wandered aimlessly near the grassy shores on the east side of Lin Zhong Lake.
As the night deepened, there was no moon in the sky, and this season had few clusters of fireflies.
So the lakeshore was pitch black, save for so noctilucent birds hanging from branches, and there were almost no other light sources.
Coupled with the chill in the air, witches wandering around at night were a rare sight.
The Fisherman tribe that used to live in the lake would place so luminous pearls near the shore as a token guard, but these days the relationship between the tribe and the academy was tense.
Due to various considerations, the Fishn had removed the luminous pearls.
Before lighting ti, the patrol team was still chatting and farting in their respective restrooms, and the whole Lin Zhong Lake lay sunk in tranquil silence.
Fortunately, Zheng Qing was now a cat.
For cats, day or night didn’t make much of a difference.
Perhaps for cats, the night was even more comfortable.
After all, with fewer people around at night, there’s less risk of soone making a foolish face and owing at you every which way on campus.
Every ti Zheng Qing thought about those who owed at him, he wanted to rush up and give them a good scratch.
Xiao Bai, the little white cat, trotted ahead of Zheng Qing, her tail dragging on the ground.
Her body twirled, drawing elegant S-shapes in the air like a fish, a sight to behold.
The only slightly jarring note was the burr stuck on Xiao Bai’s back.
It must have gotten there by accident when she was rummaging through the bushes.
The black cat jogged a few steps, lifted his paw, and helped Xiao Bai pull the burr off her back, tossing it into Lin Zhong Lake.
“ow!” Caught off guard by the ‘ambush’ and still shaken by the peculiar experiences just before, Xiao Bai got startled, screeched, and jumped high on the spot, arching her back.
After regaining her senses, Xiao Bai imdiately beca infuriated with embarrassnt, baring her teeth and flashing the claws from her at pads in an aggressive posture as she charged at the black cat.
The black cat certainly wasn’t foolish enough to let her scratch at will and took off running.
Xiao Bai was relentless, owing as she followed right behind him.
And so, the two cats, one black and one white, ran a parkour around all the nooks and crannies nearby in what turned into an impromptu chase.
Not until Zheng Qing’s front paw stepped on sothing slippery and he tumbled to the ground with a splash, did Xiao Bai catch up to him and manage to land several hefty scratches.
The black cat, clawing at the grass with discontent after managing to stand up, glanced back, curious to see what enigma had tripped him up.
Then he saw a small piece of dry, shriveled snake molt, lying quietly at the foot of a shrub.
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