Strange Life of a Cat

After Jin Ling entered the venue, she sat down on a high chair nearby. There was a simple shelf next to her, while Zheng Tan separated from Jin Ling and continued walking to the other side of the field.

Zheng Tan and Jin Ling were on opposite sides of the place. On the side close to Jin Ling, there was a prop "wall" that was more than four meters high. The "wall" formed a ninety-degree right angle and stood straight there, separating Jin Ling and Zheng Sigh is separated here. If you look at it from the second floor of the venue, Jin Ling is sitting just inside the right-angled wall. Most of the audience could see Jin Ling and Zheng Tan, but Zheng Tan and Jin Ling could not see each other and were blocked by the "wall".

There was nothing suitable for climbing on the wall, but the surface was a little rough.

Zheng Tan came to the expected place and stood up.

Both those who had performed and those who did not perform with their own cats all looked over there in confusion. Doesn’t this woman in the scene have to follow her cat? You know, during the performance, they are always with their cats. Even if they are not around, they are not far apart. They are so far away from the cats now and directly separated by things. Saw it.

While people were thinking about what this woman wanted to do, Jin Ling took an acoustic guitar handed by Charlie next to her, plucked the strings with her fingers, and started playing.

The surrounding discussions gradually became quiet due to the sound of the guitar.

The clear notes were scattered in every corner of the venue, playing freely and freely in Jin Ling's fingers, just like the sincere and pure emotions of youth naturally revealed. Look at Jin Ling sitting there, wearing a fresh outfit, with a slight smile on her lips. With a faint smile on his face, when he plucked the strings, it made people feel like this person was like a beating warm fire.

There is no doubt that at this opening moment, Jin Ling was the focus of the crowd's attention.

Some people have already thought about it, and just running to this guitar song, no matter how bad the cat behaves, they will applaud and cheer.

On the other side of the neglected white right-angled "wall", Zheng Tan also moved.

When Jin Ling hit a certain note while playing the guitar, Zheng Tan jumped on the first stool marked with the letter "A", and then jumped on the second stool marked with the letter "B".

Zheng Tan felt that this kind of performance was extremely retarded and lowered his IQ, but obviously, Xiao Guo understood the audience's thoughts better. Zheng Tan was a fan of the authorities. The audience would marvel at Zheng Tan jumping on stools in alphabetical order. This cat is really amazing, because it doesn’t jump randomly, which proves that the order of its jumps is correct. There are so many stools, especially when there is no conductor to guide it, it is also a highlight.

This is indeed the case. Some people in the crowd have begun to notice it. There are also children who follow Zheng Tan's beats and recite the Pinyin alphabet - they are more familiar with Pinyin than English. Only one child starts, and the rest are brought by their parents. They refused to admit defeat and began to perform, so at the scene, you can hear the children's childish sounds such as "ah", "pop", "ba", "嘚", "uh", "buddha" and "cluck".

The children only saw the black cat dancing in the scene, but some saw something more.

"That cat is tapping the beat!" someone whispered.

The people around heard this and stared at the black cat in the field for a while. They found that every time the cat jumped on a stool, it would step on the spot a few times. They didn't notice it before, thinking that the cat was adjusting. Now they saw it. Come on, there seems to be another secret?

"It's true!"

"This cat also knows music?"

"Isn't it? It should be done like this during training, just with music on the spot." Someone said, thinking they had guessed the truth.

Zheng Tan ignored the reactions of the people around him and jumped on a few stools in the previous stage, which was just a simple beginning.

Due to the limited size of the site, there is not much expressiveness in a straight line, so the stools are placed along the folded lines in alphabetical order.

After jumping over the first few stools, Zheng Tan jumped onto a stool. There was a shelf next to the stool, and a long cardboard box was placed on the shelf. Zheng Tan opened the paper box and took out a rose from it. The rose had been processed and all the thorns had been removed. The branch that had been cut to the right length was still wrapped in a layer of clean paper.

Zheng Tan picked up the rose and returned to the stool next to him, stepping forward and waiting for the next beat to start.

The people around her who were originally watching the excitement gradually stopped paying attention to Jin Ling. Instead, they focused on the cat in the field, wondering what the cat would do next.

After holding the rose in his mouth and walking rhythmically across a section of the horizontal bar with cat steps, the distance between the two adjacent letter stools widened. Of course Zheng Tan could jump directly, but according to Xiao Guo's plan, it was not possible. so.

The rhythm of the guitar song gradually began to speed up. Zheng Tan stepped on the steps three times at first and waited for the beat. He stepped on the steps twice instead. Moreover, the distance between the stools behind the jump became wider, and there was a vertical support between the two stools. There are boards standing on the ground. When Zheng Tan jumps up, he uses the middle board to jump to the next stool. Just like the technique Li Yuanba once taught Zheng Tan to climb through the window, he uses the objects in the middle to exert force and change direction. As long as you control the strength and direction, you can land steadily at the target location. Zheng Tan also did these things when filming commercials.

One of the stools was probably not fixed properly. Zheng Tan swayed a bit when he jumped, and the hearts of the people around him also jumped up. They watched the cat land steadily on another stool before exhaling the breath he was holding. .

Since it is "parkour", it is naturally cool to run.

As everyone's attention gradually focused on Zheng Tan, the rhythm of the guitar music became faster and faster. Zheng Tan, who originally had to wait on the stool for the beat every time he danced, no longer waited. After the speed increased, in people's eyes, Then he started "running".

In addition to stepping on the stool, he also jumped over paper circles covered with a layer of tissue paper, and then jumped from one grid frame to another. He was very fast. If he hadn't seen the hole in the middle of the paper circle, people would have definitely looked at it. It turns out that the cat just passed through the middle of the paper circle.

The onlookers only felt that the black shadow in the field was getting faster and faster, like a hurricane, blowing through the field.

There wasn't much discussion around the venue. People's eyes were following the fleeting black shadow, for fear of missing a link.

After successfully passing through the obstacles in the middle and jumping over the last stool, Zheng Tan had arrived in front of the white "wall". Black and white, sharp contrast.

Just when people were thinking about whether the cat was going to climb over the wall or find some shortcut to get around it, Zheng Tan did not stop or slow down. He jumped up and climbed up at a right angle. In an instant, he was from The wall has reached the top.

"Holy shit! Spider-Man?!"

"No, it's Spider Cat!"

"This cat is so good at climbing over walls! No, I want to learn from it!"

Although people around started talking again, everyone's eyes did not move away from the scene. They looked at the black cat that skillfully climbed over the high wall. It held the rose in its mouth and jumped onto the shelf next to Jin Ling. It's as if it's coming with the night. Against the background of the dark night, the flames will appear brighter and more eye-catching.

At this time, the cheerful guitar melody ended with a melody, and the final ending sound seemed to still be echoing in the venue.

Jin Ling's eyes moved from the guitar to the black cat next to her. The faint smile on her face deepened. She raised her arm and removed the rose from the cat's mouth.

At the end of the performance, Jin Ling bowed and thanked everyone around her, while Zheng Tan also bowed her head and nodded twice.

There was constant applause all around.

Some people are lamenting how smart this cat is, some are lamenting how they train cats, and some people are wondering how to train their own cats to chase people in this way.

Jin Ling breathed a sigh of relief. Even though she looked very calm on the outside, she was actually worried to death. She didn't need to practice or perform live. She had participated in many performances during college, so she had excellent mental quality, but that What about a cat? She couldn't see what was going on on the other side, but it looked like everything was going well.

Zheng Tan didn't look proud at all. Like the cat who performed before, he seemed to have no idea that he was successful. In fact, he felt that the performance just now was really low-level. He thought that he had a cat body and a human heart, and he had to be praised according to cat standards. , it’s really... embarrassing to hear.

There will be no rankings in this section, so there is not much competitive pressure. However, gaining popularity is also very important.

After the host asked Jin Ling to pick out the lucky audience, someone went over to take a photo.

A mother came here with her child. The opportunity to take a photo must be given to her child. However, the child seemed a little scared. She bit her finger and stood in front of Zheng Tan and hesitated for a moment. Then she approached with her mother's encouragement and Jin Ling's assurance. Zheng sighed.

Zheng Tan squatted on the one-meter-high shelf, and the child's eyes were just at the same level as Zheng Tan.

Seeing the child standing there stiffly, Zheng Tan put his palm on the child's head, then put his head together with the child's head and looked at the camera. If it were a human being, he could put his arm around his shoulders and make a brotherly gesture, but unfortunately, his hands are too short. But Zheng Tan was in a good mood today. The task was completed and he didn't care about anything else. It was also good to gain popularity by the way.

The photographer hired by the venue was also a professional. He captured the scene just now and showed the photos to the mother and son. Both mother and son were very satisfied. The child wanted to take another photo, and the photographer agreed.

This time the child was not so scared. He stood next to Zheng Tan with a serious face and raised his hand to make a gesture like Ultraman's amplified move. What made the surrounding audience amused was that the black cat next to the child also stood up and did a similar gesture. Although the posture is not a standard cross shape, the shape is there and it is enough.

After seeing the second photo, the child laughed happily. He was addicted to taking photos and shouted to continue taking photos. However, there were people waiting to take photos behind him, and there were already some children at the scene who were also clamoring to come and take photos. A parent went to negotiate with the person in charge next to him and learned that there was still a chance in the afternoon. However, the photo was free now, but he would have to spend money later. Of course, the parents could still afford the photo, so they persuaded them. After my own children, I temporarily stopped.

The little kid just now was also persuaded to leave by his mother. Before leaving, he muttered aggrievedly that "the pose is not finished yet." After receiving the promise to continue shooting in the afternoon, he left with two photos in his arms with satisfaction.

While Zheng Tan was busy taking photos with the lucky spectators, several people came out with their luggage at the Capital Airport.

"Hey, are you going to go home directly?"

"Of course, I haven't seen my family for a long time, so I will go back first."

"I've booked my flight tickets."

"I have relatives in the capital. I have left the car with them and am planning to drive back to Chuhua City tomorrow. If anyone is traveling the same way, I will take it back with them."

"Isn't Jiao Mingsheng also in Chuhua City? Where is Jiao Mingsheng?"

"He called his family. This time he finished the project and came back early. He didn't tell his family yet."

These people are all people who have visited and exchanged abroad or participated in some cooperative research projects. Some of them have gone directly to gold plating. This time they came back together.

While several people were talking, Jiao Mingsheng, Associate Professor Jiao, Zheng Tan, his cat dad, hung up the phone and came over.

"I won't go back to Chuhua City now. I want to go to Linzhou." Associate Professor Jiao said.

"Why are you going to Linzhou?" someone asked.

"Go pick up your son."

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