The black cat was originally staring at Dr. Jiang, but after hearing Shang Yue’s ridicule, he spared Shang Yue a look.

The mysterious cat was psychic—don’t think he didn’t know that the woman in front of him was a ghost.

In the past, any wandering souls who passed by and saw him, didn’t dare to approach it. Only this female ghost who didn’t know the heights of heaven and earth dared to treat him like this.

The cat raised his head and glared at Shang Yue viciously; he slapped Shang Yue’s hand with his paws, preparing to make Shang Yue suffer.

However, Shang Yue did not let go and only looked at the cat with a smile. The cat definitely clawed her, but he did not seem to cause any harm to Shang Yue; he didn’t even scratch the skin.

Ordinary wandering ghosts would be afraid of the black cat that could exorcize evil spirits from the house, but Shang Yue was no ordinary ghost. She has undergone cultivation, and her spirit was very strong. The cat’s claws couldn’t hurt her at all.

Black Cat: “???” Was this female ghost so strong?

The black cat was so angry that his hair now stood on end. He looked at Dr. Jiang for a while, then at Shang Yue, and finally picked Dr. Jiang and stared at Dr. Jiang fiercely.

This human not only hurt his body, but also hired a female ghost to mess with him. This was too much!

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

The resentment in the black cat’s eyes was so strong that it seemed like physical substance. Doctor Jiang couldn’t help but look away, feeling a little guilty.

After a long time, he calmed down and explained to An Rugu, full of distress, “We have too many stray cats in this community. If this matter continues from generation to generation, the number of stray cats will increase. So after kind-hearted volunteers catch stray cats, they send the cat to me for sterilization. 

“The money they gave me was not much, just enough for the materials used. I wanted to contribute my share to the community, so I took on this hard and tiring job. I didn’t know that this cat would actually hate me. You see, all the other cats didn’t have such a big reaction.”

He was really wronged!

An Rugu’s eyes fell on the lively black cat, and she felt funny in her heart. “This black cat is actually not an ordinary black cat.”

“What do you mean?” Dr. Jiang was greatly surprised by this. “Is there something special about this black cat?”

An Rugu said, “Look carefully at its fur. Its fur is black and red under the light. This cat is actually a rare breed of black cats—the xuan cat¹. Since ancient times, the xuan cat has been used to ward off evil spirits. When disaster strikes somewhere, it will appear at that place and eliminate the evil spirits in that place.

“Black cats are psychic and much smarter than ordinary cats. You neutered it and made it physically disabled, so it became dissatisfied with you. “

Dr. Jiang: “…”

Dr. Jiang recalled what he had experienced over the past month and couldn’t help but nod.

This cat knew how to get to his house, knew that he was sleeping soundly at twelve o’clock, and also knew how to hide from people. It was like a ghost—much smarter than any cat he had ever seen.

Dr. Jiang glanced at the black cat guiltily and tried to communicate with it in a sincere tone, “This is my fault, but there’s nothing I can do about it now. And after all, this is what I do for the community. I apologize, okay?”

Seeing the apology in this human’s eyes, the black cat gradually calmed down his claws and fangs, and snorted from his nose, expressing his disdain.

Then, he raised his paws and proudly licked the hair on the back of it, declaring his clear victory.

Dr. Jiang saw that the black cat was no longer so fierce and knew that its attitude towards him had relaxed. He quickly walked to the black cat and said, “Uncle Cat, I apologize to you. I shouldn’t have sterilized you. I will never do—. Oh dear, you don’t have that thing anymore after all. Well, I’ll just give you something else as compensation, okay?”

The black cat couldn’t truly understand Dr. Jiang’s words, so it could only stare at Dr. Jiang with wide eyes, its tail flipping back and forth, looking very curious.

Dr. Jiang used his old skill of coaxing cats, took out a bag of high-end cat food and toys from the cabinet next to him, placed them all at the feet of the black cat, offering them like treasure, “These are all yours.”

Seeing this, Shang Yue released her hold on the back of the black cat’s neck, and bent down and put it down on the floor.

Dr. Jiang was worried that the black cat would escape her control and attack him. He was so scared that he took two steps back.

… …

However, the black cat was obviously attracted by what was in front of him. It fiddled with the cat food and toys with its paws, and seemed to be somewhat interested in Dr. Jiang’s ‘offerings’.

Then, the black cat raised its paws to pick through the things, picked up a toy and a small bag of cat food, and left without looking back.

In fact, he was harassing the human these days mainly to vent his anger. After all, no matter how much he threatened him, those things would never grow back again after it left his body.

Now the human not only apologized to him, but also gave him something as compensation, so this matter, albeit reluctantly… just accept it as finished.

… …

Dr. Jiang watched the black cat leave gracefully and breathed a sigh of relief. “Well, our pet clinic doesn’t have much else but it seems that cat food and cat toys are enough. It shouldn’t bother me anymore now.”

An Rugu said thoughtfully, “It will probably come to you again in the future.”

Dr. Jiang: “???”

Dr. Jiang was shocked. “But why? Wasn’t it satisfied with what I gave it?”

An Rugu said calmly, “Birth, old age, illness, and death are the most common things in a hospital, so this is also the place where the yin qi is the strongest. When I came in just now, I found that the yin qi here is a bit heavy. This was probably the reason the xuan cat was here in the first place.

“You gave it something, and it accepted it, which can now be regarded as erasing the past grievances. After this, it should continue to help you clear the yin qi around you. “

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

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T/N: So… not a ghost cat—just your average, evil-spirit-defeating cat.

Baidu tells me that this is a xuan cat. Their fur is not fully black but has a reddish tint when light hits it.

FOOTNOTE:

1. 玄 Xuan means ‘black’ but also ‘mysterious’ or ‘profound’. I had to leave it in pinyin otherwise we’d have the funny sentence ‘this black cat is not just an ordinary black cat—it is a black cat!’  ↩︎