Strange Life of a Cat

Chapter 235 - 235 228 Four Cuckoo Calls

?Chapter 235: Chapter 228 Four Cuckoo Calls Chapter 235: Chapter 228 Four Cuckoo Calls Although this person and cat disliked each other, “Liu Ba” generally would not attend to anything else until he had finished what he was working on. Even if he had a personal grudge or didn’t like someone, he wouldn’t seek revenge right away; his current tasks were more important.

Therefore, in the following period of time, Zheng Tan’s life remained peaceful. Sometimes, he would also stroll around the residential area by the lake. If he went in the afternoon, he might even snag an afternoon tea, temporarily satiating his hunger, while all Zheng Tan had to do was listen to an old lady’s outpourings.

The old lady’s son often visited her, and if he couldn’t make it, he would at least call to check on her. They had hired a caretaker specifically to look after the old lady. For her, apart from going out for walks and staying home to eat and sleep, everything else was incredibly boring. She couldn’t travel far either because her body hadn’t fully recovered. Thus, Zheng Tan had become a very good listener.

From the old lady’s words, Zheng Tan knew that “Xiao Gao” had visited twice more, although Zheng Tan hadn’t encountered him. The old lady mentioned that she had enjoyed a delightful conversation with “Xiao Gao.” From this comment, Zheng Tan could tell that the old lady must have been led into talking too much. Generally, when people thoroughly enjoyed their talks, there wasn’t much vigilance or wariness. Thinking about the thick-skinned and superbly acting “Xiao Gao,” with all his twisty tricks, and then looking at the old lady, one could imagine how their “delightful conversation” had gone, and “Xiao Gao” probably couldn’t have been happier.

However, in recent days, “Xiao Gao” hadn’t shown up again. With “Xiao Gao” absent from chatting with the old lady, occasionally when Zheng Tan visited, he would hear the old lady’s sighs and the memories stirred up by Xiao Gao’s previous visits.

The old lady mentioned that in her youth, she also had a love affair that almost came into fruition, yet unfortunately, things ended due to certain reasons. Although they continued to communicate via letters for a few years, a sudden incident happened after that, and since then, the old lady had moved to Chuhua City, and she had lost touch with the other party.

Zheng Tan felt that the old lady must be quite lonely now. Although her son constantly thought of her, his excessive engagement with business prevented frequent visits. The old lady, not wanting to burden her son, had asked her daughter-in-law to take more care of him; a caretaker was all she needed here. As for her grandson, he had been sent abroad for studies and was seldom seen, only occasionally making an overseas call.

Zheng Tan had heard from the other elderly people in the courtyard that nowadays, many people liked to send their aging parents to nursing homes as it was more convenient for them. However, these elderly individuals themselves would prefer to die rather than go to a nursing home. Zheng Tan didn’t know what a nursing home was like, only that people in the courtyard often mentioned how many old people strongly disliked them.

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