The big cat lazily glanced at the housekeeping service robot, showing no signs of movement.
“Mimi is injured and needs some good rest,” Gugu lovingly stroked the black panther’s face, “I’ll take good care of you.”
The big cat made a rumbling sound in its throat, as if expressing gratitude. Bo Ge stared at the big cat’s head, curiosity prompting numerous questions.
“Mimi, can you stick out your tongue? I want to see if there are thorns on it.”
“Mimi, what do your teeth look like? Any cavities?”
“Mimi, can you beat a tiger? How about a lion?”
No matter what the boy asked, the big cat remained unresponsive, continuing to groom its body and eliminate all the mixed scents it had picked up today.
“Ding, ding, ding.”
The delivery channel emitted three prompt tones, and Bo Ge quickly ran over, taking out many items for the big cat.
“This is your cushion.” Bo Ge unwrapped the vacuum packaging, and a soft cushion gradually expanded until it fit the big cat’s body.
“I think you used to have an owner; otherwise, you wouldn’t use an intelligent toilet.” When Bo Ge first arrived, he couldn’t use such an advanced toilet and ended up soaked. It made no sense that a wild leopard would be smarter than himself and know how to use a toilet just by looking at it.
“I also prepared some toys for you.” Bo Ge took out each item, “Cat grass, a chew toy, big cat toothpaste and toothbrush, a feather teasing stick, and this…”
Bo Ge pulled out a fluffy gray object that squeaked when squeezed, and its tail wagged around, making “squeak, squeak” noises. “An electronic mouse, a great toy.”
After saying that, Bo Ge released the electronic mouse, and the big cat watched silently, showing no reaction.
“Now that you’re injured, let me demonstrate how to play for you.” The boy rolled up his sleeves with a domineering air, rushed toward the electronic mouse, and pounced on it. The electronic mouse had an infrared sensor and moved very fast. Bo Ge failed to catch it in one go, and they chased it around the room.
The big cat and Xiao Du moved their heads with the boy’s movements. When the set time was up, the electronic mouse returned to its original position. Bo Ge, exhausted, panted heavily.
The big cat silently extended its claws and, under the boy’s silly gaze, pressed down on the electronic mouse, then lifted its paw.
The electronic mouse once again ran all over the room. Bo Ge chased after it, finally cornering the fluffy little mouse and successfully capturing it.
“See, that’s how you play. Am I amazing?” Gugu proudly held the electronic mouse, showing off in front of the big cat.
The black panther lowered its head and, after a moment among the pile of small toys, selected a four-layer cat turntable ball.
“I’ll teach you how to play with this.” Bo Ge installed the turntable, placed a small ball inside the four-layered turntable, and when he pushed the ball, it rotated in the turntable track. Bo Ge tried to pry the small ball out; it would go around and come back from the other side. It would even change colors, displaying various things that cats find interesting, with blinking lights.
“I’ll see if I can pry the ball out.” Bo Ge tried hard, focusing intently on the task.
Watching the boy having fun playing alone, the big cat finally found a moment of leisure and continued grooming its body.
Xiao Du looked at the boy, then at the big cat, feeling complicated for a moment.
After playing with the toys for a while, Xiao Du reminded Bo Ge that it was dinner time. Bo Ge put down the pried-out ball, ordered a free nutritional meal, and a glass of milk. Just as he was about to start, the big cat leaped onto the intelligent chair beside the dining table, watching the boy’s meal.
Bo Ge remembered that the big cat probably couldn’t eat human food, but the current genetically modified big cat… who knows, maybe it can?
Seeing the boy push his own nutritious meal over, the big cat extended its paw and made a swipe in the air.
“Are you suggesting half for each?” Bo Ge thought he understood and divided the nutritious meal in half, pushing it toward the big cat.
The big cat ate in an elegant posture, extending its claws hidden in the paw pad, inserting them into the meat, and placing them into its mouth.
Bo Ge stared at the excessively sharp claws of the big cat and silently ordered a set of cat nail clippers. If they ever play-fight, he might end up scratched to death by the big cat.
“Oh, by the way.” Bo Ge remembered something important and looked at the big cat seriously, “Was your previous owner responsible for neutering you?”
The big cat was startled, and the eyes of Xiao Du, who was serving on the side, looked strange.
“It’s okay if you’re not neutered.” Bo Ge split the meal in half, picked up the cup, and took a big sip of milk.
The big cat relaxed its breath, pressed down the food and rice in the lunchbox, kneaded it into a rice ball, and put it in its mouth.
“I can save money and take you to a reputable veterinary hospital for neutering.” Bo Ge opened his light brain, searched for the price of neutering for a leopard, including postoperative care, which required about three to five thousand credits.
Seeing the boy searching for related information, the leopard extended a paw and gently pressed down Bo Ge’s light brain, looking serious.
“You should be an adult now.” Bo Ge took out the information card given to him during the hospital checkup.
“It shows that you are in your thirties.” Bo Ge glanced briefly, then looked seriously at the leopard. “I remember ordinary leopards don’t have such a long lifespan. You should have been an adult for many years, and you should have had offspring without regrets.”
The other paw of the big cat slowly pressed down the boy’s hand holding the information card, placing it on the dining table, making a purring sound.
“Could it be that you still haven’t had offspring?” Bo Ge withdrew his hand from under the big paw and placed it on top of the paw. “Or has your genetic code been edited not to go into heat, not to reproduce?”
“Purr.” The big cat pulled its paw out from under Bo Ge’s hand and pressed it back onto Bo Ge’s hand.
Bo Ge stared at the fluffy big paw, remembering the “A cat’s claws never descend” law. He withdrew his hand, placing it on top of the paw, and calmly said, “If you don’t want to be neutered, this paw won’t move.”
Indeed, the big paw pressed under Bo Ge’s hand didn’t move. After Bo Ge was surprised for two seconds and was about to capture this precious moment, the big cat slowly lifted its other paw and pressed it on Bo Ge’s hand.
Like an Oreo, the two black big cat paws were the “O,” and Bo Ge’s fair hand was sandwiched in the middle, forming an “Oreo.”
“Is it just your two hands?” Bo Ge pressed his other hand on the big cat’s paw, becoming a double-stacked Oreo.
The big cat casually extended one hind paw, demonstrating excellent flexibility, and pressed the hind paw on Bo Ge’s hand, regaining the lead.
“You’re cheating!” Bo Ge looked down at his feet, took off his shoes, but the dining table was a bit high. Bo Ge couldn’t sit down and put his foot on it no matter how hard he tried.
Seeing the boy struggling to place his foot, the big cat’s golden eyes revealed a hint of amusement.
With one foot not working, Bo Ge brought the other foot close to the big cat’s foot. After several attempts, his leg became sore and exhausted. Inattentively, his foot stepped directly on the big cat’s face.
The big cat, caught off guard, closed its eyes for a moment. Xiao Du, who had been standing nearby, trembled, and a strong sense of fear appeared in his bionic eyes.
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