This is the little cat I met at midnight. The first time I saw it, it was so much like me in my own downfall. When I first started to get close, it was very fierce—hissing and baring its teeth at me. I spent 18 yuan to buy a box of black-bean fermented fish pâté canned food and pure milk, and tossed it to it. Only then did it loosen up and relax its guardedness.

I treat it as my lucky cat. It healed my depression and helped me find my energy and spirit again. And I also redeemed it—promising it a sense of safety, so it wouldn’t be bullied by other stray cats.

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