Chapter 1 He Forgot About It

Hao Ren had no idea that after he left, Raven 12345 was busy repairing her house. He went straight home and spent the next two or three days thinking about what the goddess sister meant by suddenly asking him that inexplicable question. He didn't think Raven 12345 was just discussing rationality and sensibility with him for fun or out of boredom—she might be a lunatic at other times, but at least she wouldn't do something so pointless.

So he kept thinking about what that boundless chaos meant, and what the "person" he had to find in the chaos meant. For two nights in a row, he even dreamed of trekking through a thick fog. In the end, he guessed that the metaphor of this question was probably still related to the Goddess of Creation.

The question tormented him day after day. On the third day, he finally forgot about it...

The weather was getting colder day by day, and the winter in the northern city showed its power to people early this year. Lily's molting was finally over, and she no longer had to shed handfuls of fur all over the living room every day. The sofa and several blankets at home finally didn't need to be cleaned every day. Vivian originally planned to use the collected dog hair to weave a scarf, but this time there didn't seem to be enough, so she had to give up.

Hao Ren carried a large fish tank to the table in front of the window, filled it with warm water, and prepared an electric heating rod for raising tropical fish. After he had prepared everything, Doudou, who was waiting beside him, immediately jumped into the water impatiently, stirring up a small splash. The little guy swam comfortably in the warm water, occasionally flipping her belly and spitting out a small water column from her back for self-entertainment. After the little guy warmed up, Hao Ren opened the window to let the cold air outside into the room. Under the blowing of this fresh and cold northern wind, Hao Ren grinned and felt refreshed.

Doudou noticed the movement of the window and immediately swam to the edge of the fish tank, curiously leaning her head to look out. A gust of cold wind blew, and the little guy shivered, and slipped back into the warm water in a flash: The little mermaid now knew that she was a tropical variety. In order to prevent accidentally hibernating, she would even take the initiative to ask people to prepare warm water for her. She was no longer the silly fish who was excited to jump out when she saw snow last year, and then got frozen into an ice stick when she went out.

Lily was nestling on the sofa in the corner of the living room, writing. When the cold wind blew in, she couldn't help but twitch her ears and complained, "Landlord, what are you doing? It's so cold!"

"Can you, a husky, stop complaining about being cold all day long?" Hao Ren was too lazy to even turn his head. "Open the window to ventilate. The air in the house hasn't been circulated for three days. The inside and outside of the house are almost two ecosystems."

At this time, Gun ambled out of the room. She was wearing a black woolen hat on her head, and came to the door along the corner of the wall like a thief, thinking that everyone could not see her. Then, while sideways blocking the door, she curled her tail around the doorknob to prepare to twist it, but before she could exert any force, she heard Hao Ren say, "Don't run around."

Gun froze on the spot, the fluff on her tail bristling up to twice its original thickness, and then bared her teeth at Hao Ren as a demonstration: "Meow—"

"I said you're not allowed to go out," Hao Ren closed the window, turned his head, grabbed Gun by the collar, and dragged her back. "Yesterday, you ran out to play all day without wearing a hat. Fortunately, no one found out that your ears were alive! Are you planning to wag your tail and go out for a stroll today?"

Gun subconsciously grabbed her wagging tail and stuffed it into her clothes, looked up at Hao Ren, and pretended to be stupid, but after being stared at by Hao Ren for a long time, she couldn't hold back. While taking out her tail, she muttered, "Putting my tail in my clothes...unbalanced! I'll fall when I walk!"

"Don't blame it on your tail if you don't practice walking upright properly!" Hao Ren glared. "Don't I walk steadily without a tail?"

Gun looked at Hao Ren with a serious face: "I don't discriminate against disabled cats."

Hao Ren: "..."

To be fair, this silly cat had become much more obedient after transforming into a human—because of the improvement of intelligence and the convenience of communication, the once unruly feline could also be taught with words. Hao Ren and the others at home worked together to educate "Gun" into a sensible good demon, which had been effective so far. At least the cat girl now knew to go to the living room and wait obediently for dinner when she was hungry instead of scratching at Hao Ren's door, and she also knew that she couldn't bite the slippers of people at home when she was bored. Even in very rare cases, she knew how to take care of people, but other than that, this thing was still a troublesome guy.

Hao Ren couldn't remember how many times this silly cat had tried to sneak out to play, and how many times she had successfully sneaked out. Although he had taught the cat girl how to use the teleporter in the basement to go to places like Irim to have fun, for a cat demon whose worldview was different from that of humans, the Elven Royal City and the Demon King City of Irim might not be as interesting as the Thirteen Lanes of the old city in the southern suburbs. After the cat girl repeatedly ran away, Hao Ren realized that he couldn't tie this guy at home, so he had to give in, allowing the silly cat to go out to play if she wore a hat to hide her tail, and she was not allowed to rummage through the trash cans or squat in front of food stalls to ask for food. The good news was that this cat understood, and the bad news was that she didn't intend to do it...

Of course, "Gun" seemed to have a little bit of obedience, for example, at this time, she remembered to put on a hat on her head, but it was impossible to expect a cat to be completely obedient. Perhaps in this thing's worldview, being able to listen to Hao Ren's orders was already giving the "Big Cat" a great deal of face, and the latter should be grateful to her, how could she make a bunch of other requests?

Hao Ren felt a headache when he looked at the indifferent expression on "Gun"'s face. After he dragged the cat girl back, he couldn't help but mutter, "Speaking of which, how does this thing feel more and more naughty after becoming a human?"

Lily raised her head: "Landlord, haven't you heard of pandas?"

Hao Ren was stunned: "Is that what pandas mean?"

"Instead of reasoning with a cat, you might as well just take her out to play for a while," Lily waved her hand. "Look, she's crawling to the door again—you know the cat's temper, she has to go out today, so why don't you take her for a walk?"

As soon as Lily finished speaking, Hao Ren immediately felt a burning gaze sweep over him. He looked down and saw "Gun" squatting on the ground, looking straight at him with her head raised. It was as if the words "Walk Me" were written in golden light in her cat eyes. Hao Ren thought that he was bored at home all day, so he reached out and pulled the cat girl up: "Okay, okay, you're the boss, let's go out for a walk. But you have to stuff your tail in first, put on your colored contact lenses, and your ears—change to a bigger hat, it's cold anyway."

The cat girl immediately meowed excitedly and scurried back to the room to prepare, and after a while, she rushed out like a gust of wind, pulling Hao Ren's arm and running out: "Walk me, walk me, walk me..."

Hao Ren staggered towards the door, being dragged by the cat demon, and greeted Lily as he walked: "Speaking of which, aren't you going out for a walk? You're usually quite energetic, aren't you?"

Lily nestled on the sofa with her laptop in her arms, busy typing while occasionally taking the time to grab something from a snack bag next to her and throw it into her mouth. After hearing Hao Ren's suggestion, she didn't even lift her head: "I'm busy writing—I have a real job."

Okay, if she didn't remind him, Hao Ren would have almost forgotten that the husky girl was the most successful socialite in the family, so he nodded with respect to this female scholar and literary youth, and then he was dragged out of the house by the cat girl's continuous "Walk me, walk me, walk me."

Lily then lowered her head and busied herself with her own affairs. She glanced at the snack bag at hand, smacked her lips, and continued to write her review: "XX brand, the taste is quite crispy, the taste is fragrant and fresh, but the protein and fat content is low, it is not recommended for young huskies to eat..."

And Hao Ren, at this time, had been dragged by the cat girl to the main road. He looked at the lively silly cat beside him and felt a little emotional: The husky at home was nestling in the house and didn't want to move, but a cat was full of energy and wanted people to take her for a walk. Sure enough, there was not a single normal creature around him.

One person and one cat (of course, in the eyes of passers-by, it was two people) strolled along the slightly deserted old streets of the southern suburbs. "Gun" frequently peeked into the trash cans she passed by, while Hao Ren was always on alert. As long as this cat showed any tendency to land on all fours or rummage through the trash cans, he would immediately pull her back. This kind of walking method was pretty much the norm for these two to go out together.

Hao Ren's attention was mostly focused on the restless cat demon beside him, so he didn't notice one thing:

When he and Gun left the house for about a few hundred meters, the shadow he left behind became darker and longer, and slowly showed a situation that was not coordinated with his movements...