He looked at An Rugu with desperate eyes filled with hope, “Miss, is this matter easy to solve?”

“I don’t know yet, so let’s just rest at the pet clinic tonight. I’ll go with you to see what’s going on.”

The young man nodded quickly. No matter what, having someone with you always makes you feel more relaxed.

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That night, the moon and stars were sparse; the sky was dark, and there was no rain, but the air was very humid.

The Daoist temple was closed at night, so An Rugu took Shang Yue to Dongfeng town in Dr. Jiang’s car. Although Dongfeng was only a town, it was very prosperous, with all kinds of facilities and several business districts.

Dr. Jiang’s animal clinic was located on the ground floor of a mall in a small business district. The animal clinic was quite large and very clean. It could be seen at a glance that the proprietor was very diligent.

Dr. Jiang took them to the room above the pet clinic, pointed to a row of empty beds, and said, “This is our staff lounge. No one is staying here at the moment. You can take a rest. It’s only nine o’clock.”

“Okay.”

“Do you want to eat something? There are many shops still open in the shopping mall upstairs. If you are hungry, you can go and buy some food.”

“Okay.”

An Rugu had already had dinner and had no desire for midnight snacks. Shang Yue, on the other hand, was a little curious about what the mall looked like, so she went shopping upstairs for a while and eventually came back with a lot of food.

An Rugu sipped a cup of osmanthus tea; she had no intention of resting. She decided to wait until midnight to resolve the matter before taking her rest.

Time passed minute by minute, and Dr. Jiang became more and more panicked.

He rubbed the goosebumps on his arms, vaguely feeling that the terrible cat calls that had tortured him for a month were coming again.

Sure enough, at 12:05, a harsh cat meow suddenly erupted from outside. The sound was like a child crying, shrill and gentle, making people shudder and tremble with fear.

The sound kept going from top to bottom, from far to near—it was simply a three-dimensional, surround sound, full orchestra of caterwauling.

At this time, the window seemed to be hit by something, making a loud bang.

Dr. Jiang turned around and suddenly saw a pair of big, round, green eyes. The green eyes were floating in the air without any support, staring directly at Dr. Jiang. The scene was extremely disturbing.

“Ahh!! There’s a ghost!” Doctor Jiang screamed, his whole body trembling with fear. Deep, abject fear penetrated his brain, sucked out his soul, and made him feel as if he had fallen into ice water.

His eyes rolled upward; he was so frightened that he almost fainted.

Just as he was swaying on his feet and about to faint, Shang Yue opened the door and walked out. When she went back in, those green eyes were now in Shang Yue’s hands.

Dr. Jiang really almost collapsed into a faint this time when he saw the green-eyed black cat so close to him. He pointed at it and shouted in horror, “A ghost cat!!”

An Rugu said, “That’s not a ghost—it’s a living cat.”

Dr. Jiang: “…”

Dr. Jiang bravely tried to suppress his fear and stared at the black cat in front of him. After a long time, he suddenly realized that it did seem to be alive.

After all, if the cat was not alive, how could the cat be caught casually by an ordinary person like Shang Yue?

The cat in Shang Yue’s hand was a very black cat, with glossy fur as black as ink. But there was no ghostly aura on him. It was simply a living cat.

The cat was held securely in Shang Yue’s hands, and it let out a familiar shrill cry, as if it was cursing someone, “Meow! Meow, meow, meow!”

An Rugu came to some understanding. “The fur is so dark; it’s very suitable for hiding. Maybe that’s why you couldn’t find it.”

Dr. Jiang: “…”

This cat’s fur was so dark that if it closed its eyes, it could blend into the darkness perfectly. If the cat was hiding quietly, he… really wouldn’t be able to find it.

An Rugu pinched her chin and looked at the black cat that kept cursing. A trace of doubt flashed in her eyes, “It has been looking for you every day for a month and is very persistent in haunting you. What does it have to do with you?”

“I have to look after dozens of cats every day. How could I remember every cat so clearly?”

Doctor Jiang looked at the black cat in front of him and tried to search for its figure in his memories. When his eyes landed on the cat’s leg, he suddenly remembered. “Ah! This cat is a little lame in its right foot. I remember it now! I had it sterilized a month ago!”

An Rugu and Shang Yue: “…”

There was no such thing as animal sterilization in the era when Shang Yue lived. When she heard the word ‘sterilize’, she couldn’t help but be stunned and didn’t quite understand. Until she thought about it and turned the word over and over in her head, she suddenly she had a flash of inspiration.

If you analyze sterilization literally… that couldn’t be what it meant, right?

She couldn’t help but lift the black cat and glanced down at its bottom. She raised her hand to cover her mouth and suppressed a smile, “So that’s what happened. But after all, who could blame it?”

Who could bear to have their eggs unceremoniously removed and forever lose the chance of having children?

No wonder the cat came to see Dr. Jiang every night for a month, screaming at the top of his lungs, probably seeking revenge for ‘breaking the eggs’.

I Livestream Divination to the World translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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T/N: Ah? Not a ghost cat after all?