There was a short reply from Xinghai and nothing else. Looking at the pipes, Zhang Zian was nervous.
"Relax. Xinghai will be fine," Old Time Tea said, "Even if she runs into a dangerous situation, she will be able to come back out safely."
Zhang Zian sighed. Old Time Tea might now know that Xinghai could determine everyone’s destiny but its own. He could not stop thinking about it.
It was Fina’s first time in an office. She had nothing to do, so she jumped on a desk curiously and looked at the computer monitor… or the reflection of herself in the monitor, rather.
She then jumped to another desk and knocked off the stuff on the desk, items such as tissue boxes and pens. Zhang Zian felt a headache coming.
"Fina, why are you jumping around? Be quiet and stay where you are. Look at Old Time Tea. It is always quiet and calm." After Fina knocked a teddy bear on the floor, Zhang Zian had to say something. Zhang Zian would have to pick up everything when they were about to leave.
Old Time Tea jumped on a turning chair and started spinning around curiously.
Fina turned around, stared at him and said unhappily, "How come all the monitors are bigger than yours?
How poor are you?"
Zhang Zian finally understood Fina. He explained, "These computers are desktops. Desktops comes with bigger monitors. Mine is a laptop which is made for portability so the monitor has to be smaller."
"Look at these monitors. They are so dusty." Fina looked at the monitor closely.
"Of course, because no one cleans a computer at work," Zhang Zian explained. He never cleaned his monitor when he worked in a company until it was absolutely unbearable. "People don’t care about the company’s assets."
Fina jumped to another desk, and knocked off a mug. The mug was a good one. It bounced on the floor and remained in one piece.
"Well, this one is pretty clean," Fina said.
"This desk must be a girl’s desk," Zhang Zian guessed. "Hey, why do you care about whether the monitor is clean?"
"It was windy outside. My hair needs to be combed." Looking at the reflection in the monitor, Fina sometimes moved her body to look at her side and back.
"Really? I think you are trying to see if you have really put on weight," Zhang Zian didn’t believe Fina.
"Shut up! Where are your listening ears?!" Fina was mad. "I told you I didn’t put on weight."
"Hey!" Old Time Tea stopped them and tried to change the topic, "This chair is fun!"
Old
fun!"
Old Time Tea’s voice was different. Zhang Zian looked up and saw it was turning around on the chair. Old Time Tea was having so much fun!
"Grandpa Tea, be careful. You will get dizzy!" he said.
"That’s fine… I… I…" Old Time Tea raised one paw and wanted to land it on the desk so the chair would stop turning around. However, it couldn’t land its paws on the desk.
Zhang Zian ran over and stopped the chair.
Old Time Tea wanted to jump down but Zhang Zian stopped it. "Grandpa Tea, why don’t you sit for a little and wait until you are not dizzy?" He knew Old Time Tea should rest.
"Okay, I will." Old Time Tea listened and stayed on the chair.
Bang!
Bang Bang!
A noise came from behind.
What a headache! Zhang Zian turned around and saw Fina was using the monitor as a mirror when her tail whipped and knocked down a stapler. Staples spread everywhere.
Staring at Fina, Zhang Zian was hoping that she realized what went wrong.
"I’d say spend that time picking up the staples rather than looking at me. What? Are you trying to have me pick them up?" Fina glanced at him and returned to enjoying her image reflected on the monitor.
What the f*ck?! Zhang Zian was
Zian was speechless. He was hoping Fina and Old Time Tea would be working on the case, but they were too busy playing. Now Xinghai had to do everything.
Old Time Tea had never had so much fun… And Fina… She didn’t listen anyways. Therefore, Zhang Zian knew he had to babysit both of them and pick up all the things Fina knocked down on the floor.
At this time, he heard Xinghai’s voice.
"Meow! Zian, Xinghai is back!"
Zhang Zian turned around immediately and saw Xinghai sitting on the ground and looking at him excitedly.
He first looked at Xinghai to make sure she was fine. He relaxed and said, "Xinghai, you have been gone for a while. I am happy to see you back!"
"Zian, Xinghai found those bad boys!" Xinghai said proudly.
"Oh?" Old Time Tea recovered. It opened its eyes and jumped down from the chair.
Fina looked up and continued staring at its own reflection on the monitor.
Zhang Zian had thought about Xinghai finding the thieves, but Xinghai really didn’t have any social skills, so he didn’t have high hopes. Now that Xinghai mentioned this, he was excited.
"Did you find them? You are so good!"
Xinghai nodded. "Yeah! They are all down there, at the lowest!" She padded on the ground using her paw.
using her paw.
"The lowest?" Zhang Zian looked down to the floor without thinking.
"Yeah. The lowest. Go down the pipes, all the way!" Xinghai gestured with extreme excitement.
They were on the fifth floor of Yuanhua Building. If they went all the way down… It would not be the first floor, which was the lobby. Were they in the underground parking lot?
"Are there many cars?" Zhang Zian confirmed.
Xinghai shook its head, "Nope. It was a room with many desks and chairs."
"Desks and chairs?" Zhang Zian thought for a second, "Is it the storage room?"
Xinghai didn’t know.
"Was there a person? I mean, was there a person to manipulate the cat thieves?" he asked again.
"Nope," Xinghai shook its head again.
"Oh…" Zhang Zian thought he knew it all, "So the wire-puller wasn’t there. Only the cats were there?"
"Nope," Xinghai shook its head one more time.
Zhang Zian was confused. Xinghai’s answer was way too difficult to comprehend.
Xinghai said seriously, "The wire-puller was also a bad boy!"
He was completely lost. What did Xinghai mean? So, the cat trainer was also a kid? That was unexpected.
Old Time Tea suddenly got it. It asked Xinghai, "Did you mean… it was a cat who trained other cats to steal?"
Xinghai nodded, "Yes! It was an Elfin like us."