Strange Life of a Cat

The tree hole where Zheng Tan was staying was still a little high from the ground. When the man fell, he pressed on the older man under the tree. The grass in the woods is thicker and there are many leaves. There was a cry, probably some fractures and sprains, but not life-threatening.

The older one below got up and cursed. Zheng Tan couldn't understand what he was cursing, so he could only guess from the tone of the other party, it wasn't a good thing anyway.

The older man didn't feel well when he was pressed to the ground, so he got up and rubbed his shoulders and neck. Seeing that the younger man was still moaning on the ground, he kicked and yelled a few words in a low voice, probably to keep his voice down, he didn't want to was discovered.

Sure enough, the young man's voice was much lower. He got up slowly, rubbed his back and other places, then touched his hand, and found that the painful place on the back of his hand was sticky, obviously bleeding.

In terms of human eyesight, it was very difficult for the young man just now to realize that it was actually a cat that made him fall from the tree in fright. The sound of drinking is not like a cat. Therefore, those two people probably thought that the hole in the tree was occupied by a bird, and the wound on their hand was pecked by a bird. The young man was very angry. He stepped on a hard object under his feet and picked it up. It was the size of an egg. So he picked up the stone and threw it towards the tree hole where Zheng Tan was, but his arm was injured a little bit from the fall just now, and he didn't use his strength, so the stone only hit the tree trunk when he threw it.

Seeing this, the older man cursed in a low voice, slapped the young man on the back of the head, then looked carefully at the cycle, and asked something, the young man shook his feet, and replied, "No."

After being startled for a moment, Zheng Tan immediately retreated into the cave, and kept his ears open to listen to the movement below. After the two men talked in a low voice under the tree, they stopped staying under the tree and walked to other places .

When the two were about ten meters away, Zheng Tan poked his head out quietly, and saw the two walked to a low bush, where few people passed by, the grass was relatively deep, and the temperature was not bad. There are always a lot of mosquitoes there when it is warm.

The two of them gathered together in the low bushes and whispered something, at the same time Zheng Tan heard the rustling of the bushes.

Could it be that the other party chose another place to hide things because he fell badly and couldn't climb a tree?

Seeing that the two men were busy there for a while, Zheng Tan got up and looked around carefully, as if he wanted to memorize the terrain and the specific location here, then he walked away step by step, turning the bushes Some of the surrounding weeds have been fiddled with to give them a more natural look.

When the two were far away, Zheng Tan listened carefully to his surroundings, but he didn't hear any footsteps, so he slid down from the tree and walked towards the bushes.

Carefully pushing aside some weeds in front of the bushes, Zheng Tan sniffed them. There were some unusual smells different from this kind of bushes. Following the smell, Zheng Tan stretched out his claws to push aside the bushes.

Hidden in the dense bushes is an inconspicuous small bag, like those used by students to hold MP3s.

The other party tied the string of the bag to a few branches of the bushes, and tied it firmly, probably for fear that it would fall and cause other accidents. It took Zheng Tan about half an hour to untie the bag, no wonder the two of them squatted in front of the bushes and worked so long.

After taking out the bag, Zheng Tan plucked at the bushes to help the weeds that were crooked, and then ran away with the bag in his arms.

Coming under a tree, Zheng Tan touched the bag. The bag was very ordinary, and the material didn't seem to be expensive. Small bags of this kind of material were sold for one or two yuan on the street stalls set up by the students.

Opening the bag, Zheng Tan took a look inside. There were some small hard objects inside. The small ones were about one millimeter or smaller, and the larger ones were about three millimeters. Zheng Tan took a closer look and found that these things were very Like a diamond.

diamond? really?

Zheng Tan looked at the small particles in the bag, as an illiterate who couldn't even tell the difference between diamonds and crystals, Zheng Tan felt a lot of pressure.

But if it's fake, why should those two be so careful? Running over like a thief in the middle of the night to hide things?

But if it is true, these diamonds are worth a lot of money, so the two of them just throw them here?

Put the bag back?

After thinking about the style of those two people, Zheng Tan still decided to trick them. He didn't intend to bring this bag of things back to Jiao's house, that would most likely bring trouble to Jiao's house, so Zheng Tan decided to hide the bag of things in another place. Anyway, it's so late now, and no one will see it.

Um?

I seem to have forgotten something...

Looking up at the night, Zheng Tan cursed secretly, then tightened the mouth of the bag again, tied a simple knot, and then climbed up the tree hole where the mobile phone was hidden. Since those two people came here to hide things, they also found this tree hole To be on the safe side, Zheng Tan decided to temporarily transfer the phone.

Where to hide things, Zheng Tan thought about it, and decided to hide the phone and the bag of unidentified diamonds first.

After Zheng Tan hid his things, he checked his phone, it was 11:40.

Turn off the phone, and immediately ran towards the East District compound.

Before entering the courtyard, Zheng Tan could see the building where Jiao's house was located. On the fifth floor of Jiao's house, the living room lights were still on.

Zheng Tan took a deep breath and continued to run back. A batch is inevitable.

Jiao's living room on the fifth floor.

Jiao's father and Jiao's mother are sitting in the living room, the TV is on, but there is no sound at all, it has been turned to almost silent. One with a blank face and one with worry in his eyes, looking at the wall clock on the wall from time to time. Xiaoyouzi was sitting in front of the desk in the room, with an exercise book spread out in front of her, but she didn't have the heart to write at all, she was in a daze.

Papa Jiao took the remote control to change the channel, and switched to a channel that was broadcasting a horror movie. In it, a cat bared its teeth at a monster. Papa Jiao’s face twitched. shows the time.

Very well, ten minutes to twelve.

The wooden door of Jiao's house was not closed, and the anti-theft door was only ajar.

There was a soft "click" sound downstairs, and Jiao's father and mother were shocked, and then looked at the door.

After a while, a fur paw pushed open the half-hidden door, revealing a cat's head, looking cautiously at the living room.

As soon as she saw the black cat's paw, Jiao's mother's heart that had been hanging was relieved.

"Okay, okay, I'm back at last!" Mother Jiao came over and picked up Zheng Tan, looked at it, but found no injuries on her body, so she put Zheng Tan down, yawned, and went into the bedroom to get ready to sleep. By this time they were already asleep.

This time, Papa Jiao had a good talk with Zheng Tan as he was in Nancheng last time.

Zheng Tan squatted on the sofa peacefully, and Dad Jiao pointed at his forehead and lectured him.

With his head down and his ears drooping, Zheng Tan knew that he had to be sincere in admitting his mistakes, and he had to pretend to be pitiful, otherwise the criticism would be even harsher. Moreover, Zheng Tan was really sorry for the late return, the family was waiting for him when he came back so late, the three of them would have to get up early tomorrow, the one who went to school, the one who went to work, I don't know if they would be mentally ill.

The result of returning late this time is that Zheng Tan squeezed the little pomelo under the bed several times but failed to squeeze in, and was picked up by the little pomelo and thrown into Jiao Yuan's room. Zheng Tan couldn't open the door downstairs, and it was not so convenient to get in and out, which meant being grounded. It lasts for three days, and after three days, it depends on the performance to decide whether to return the cat card. Therefore, within these three days, even if Zheng Tan can sneak out while the people in the building come in and out, but in order to get back the cat card as soon as possible, it is better to stay at home obediently.

Regarding these, Zheng Tan didn't have any complaints when he thought of the three of them staying awake and waiting for him in the middle of the night. For the cat brand, three days is enough. It’s okay to stay at home and sleep in a daze, watch TV and play on the computer secretly, or dig through the cardboard box under Jiao Yuan’s bed to find something to relieve boredom.

Zheng Tan slept on Jiao Yuan's bed all night, and the next day, Zheng Tan stayed at home peacefully, flipping through comics and novels from the cardboard box under Jiao Yuan's bed. It was dealt with, Zheng Tan had seen the newly bought magazine once, but he couldn't find it after trying to find it. Jiao Yuan, a brat, grew up with a lot of eyes, and he even became adept at hiding things.

While flipping through the manga, Zheng Tan thought about the bag of things he picked up last night, and really wanted to see how those two people would react when they found out that the things were missing.

However, are those things true or false?

Zheng Tan was thinking, and suddenly recalled that some time ago, Jiao Ma had heard something about diamonds. At that time, Zheng Tan didn't pay attention to it. Thinking about it carefully, Jiao Ma seemed to have seen it mentioned in some newspaper. of.

Thinking back to the approximate date of that day, it should be "Chu University Journal". Different periodicals are issued at different times. Even if he doesn't read newspapers very much, Zheng Tan is already familiar with this after staying in Jiao's house for several years.

Since it is recent, it should either be placed on Jiao Yuan's desk, or next to Jiao's father's computer.

Jumping to Jiao Yuan's desk to look through, there were only a few other periodicals, and he didn't see "Chu University Journal". Zheng Tan ran to the master bedroom again, and found what he was looking for on the stack of newspapers next to the computer.

Pull out the newspaper, you don't need to look for it, and you can see the big picture when you unfold it. There are three diamonds on the picture.

Those are artificial diamonds produced by a laboratory specializing in materials research at the School of Chemistry of Chuhua University. According to the above statement, they all reach the gem level.

The huge commercial value has made the synthesis technology of gem-quality diamond single crystals have been strictly blocked for a long time. Some domestic research institutes and some commercial organizations have been exploring and researching. The laboratory in the school has mastered the synthesis of high-quality gem-quality diamond single crystals. After the core technology, they showed their three excellent synthetic results, three artificial gem-quality diamonds of different colors, ranging in size from six to seven millimeters.

Zheng Tan didn't have the patience to read the content of those large-scale explanations in academic terms, so he roughly scanned it, only to understand that this thing is made of carbon, and graphite and diamond are brothers, but it's a pity that the value is not known how many levels apart .

A long time ago Su An jokingly said to Jiao Yuan, "What is your cat's name Heitan, you can just call it Momo". I just don't know when it can become a "diamond".

The article in the newspaper said that many man-made diamonds are now so fake that they are genuine. It also explained that their laboratory has special identification equipment. The voice-over said that they can help identify them, but the payment is different.

It was impossible for Zheng Tan to run over to knock on the door of that laboratory with those suspected diamonds.

Some identification methods were also mentioned in the article, and Zheng Tan thought that he would try it out after the foot ban was lifted.