I'm a junior in college this year, and I've linked my fishing check-in system.

Zhao Jiahao squatted on the ground.

Clutching half a peeled, cheap sausage in his hand, he desperately peered into the depths of the bushes.

While making "tsk tsk" sounds to tease the cat, he didn't forget to secretly glance at Dai Zhenli out of the corner of his eye.

He vaguely sensed the affection in his senior's eyes!

Jiang Qian watched from the side and found it all quite amusing.

He'd never owned a cat, but...

He vaguely remembered that sausages were for dogs.

"However, it's best not to comment on things you don't know."

"It would be great if the system could also label the cat's habits."

He thought to himself casually.

The orange and white cat remained huddled at the back, purring softly, its warning clearly emanating from its throat.

"Don't be afraid, come with me, and you won't have to go hungry anymore."

Zhao Jiahao spoke in a low, extremely gentle voice, and pushed the sausage in his hand forward another half inch.

Just when he thought his charming feeding was about to succeed.

"ha!!!"

The big orange cat suddenly arched its back, opened its mouth, and let out an extremely shrill hiss!

Then it waved its seemingly injured right front paw.

Swift as lightning, it scratched directly at the back of Zhao Jiahao's hand!

"Holy crap!"

Zhao Jiahao screamed in fright and fell hard onto the muddy grass, his sausage covered in mud as well.

Jiang Qian almost lost his composure.

He thought of an old friend, even though they were both orange cats.

Zhao Jiahao's face turned pale and then red.

But he reacted extremely quickly. The first thing he did after getting up from the ground wasn't to brush off the dirt, but to quickly look at Dai Zhenli, patting his chest in an attempt to salvage his reputation:

"Zhenli! Step back, be careful not to let it hurt you!"

"This cat is far too defensive! From an animal behavior perspective, this is a food guarding stress response caused by extreme hunger!"

The younger female students nearby were stunned and couldn't help but speak up: "But senior, we just fed it two large cans of food and a handful of cat food..."

Zhao Jiahao choked for a moment.

But he immediately changed his tune, turning to look at Dai Zhenli with a pained and ingratiating tone:

"Sister, look at these little girls, they're so clueless, feeding them random things. This cat clearly has acute gastroenteritis from hunger..."

Dai Zhenli's brows were furrowed so deeply they could trap a fly, his face filled with undisguised disgust.

"Zhao Jiahao, I've told you a million times, stop calling me 'sister'!"

"We're not even WeChat friends, why are you pretending to be so close?"

She then ignored his comment and turned to look at Jiang Qian, who was looking down at his phone.

"Did you figure anything out?"

Jiang Qian was chatting with Lao Li on WeChat on his phone.

As an air force leader, Lao Li had extensive fishing experience, and his main combat area was schools.

He must have had a lot of dealings with stray cats, and he has adopted quite a few.

Jiang Qian sent over the photos he had just taken and briefly described the cat's symptoms, including its reluctance to put its right front leg on the ground and the dry marks around its mouth.

Less than half a minute later, Lao Li sent a voice message: "Okay."

"If you encounter something like this in the future, just post it in the fishing group."

"I took a look at it for you. The main problem with this orange cat is that it's eaten too much and has indigestion. It probably just ran into the school, right?"

"There are always some kind-hearted students at school who like to feed it. When it first arrived, it ate too much and had indigestion, and its stomach was full of gas. Now it's probably constipated and feeling uncomfortable."

After hearing what Lao Li said, Jiang Qian couldn't help but smile.

"Okay, I got it. Thanks, Brother Li."

The first ironclad rule of being a good person.

Grandpa calls Uncle, Uncle calls Big Brother, and Big Brother calls Brother.

Jiang Qian hung up the phone, put it back in his pocket, and looked at Zhao Jiahao, saying, "I think we should take it to the vet immediately."

Zhao Jiahao was taken aback, then asked, "Why take it to the vet?"

"I'm just an intern at a veterinary hospital. According to the book, this is gastroenteritis caused by hunger!"

Jiang Qian was truly helpless. He opened Lao Li's voice message:

"Did you hear that? It just ate too much and got constipated, it's not some kind of internal organ infection."

Zhao Jiahao felt that the professional image he had just built up had been seriously challenged, especially in front of so many girls, which made him feel even more embarrassed.

"You think you can get a diagnosis just by asking any old man for a phone call?"

He took a step forward, looking down at Jiang Qian.

"I'm from the College of Veterinary Medicine. I've studied my major for three years. What are you, a student from the College of Life Sciences, doing here pretending to be an expert?"

"The nearest pet hospital is where I'm interning; it's a half-hour taxi ride there! Is it really taking this long? He's already... ouch..."

His wound reopened.

Looking at his righteous and indignant demeanor, Jiang Qian felt a bit amused and exasperated.

No, bro, I'm a wild Taihu Lake shrimp too, right...?

"What are you pretending for? There are plenty of pet hospitals within a five-kilometer radius, you just can't get in..."

"We're both men, bro, I know what you're thinking, right?"

Zhao Jiahao was hit where it hurt.

"You're insulting my profession and my compassion!"

He searched for Dai Zhenli.

He had always been good to her, and he felt that she should help him now.

He felt that Dai Zhenli liked him!

He turned to Dai Zhenli, puffed out his chest, and waited for her to speak.

But Dai Zhenli didn't even look at him.

Zhao Jiahao then realized with despair that what he had been thinking was Dai Zhenli's gaze was on him.

That's wrong.

Dai Zhenli started from the very beginning.

I didn't even glance at him!

Her gaze remained fixed on Jiang Qian!

"Is that really what Old Li said?"

Dai Zhenli walked through the crowd to Jiang Qian's side and quietly asked.

He knew Old Li; he knew more or less about Jiang Qian's fishing buddies.

Jiang Qian nodded.

Dai Zhenli's almond-shaped eyes lit up instantly. She squatted down next to Jiang Qian, placed her arms on her knees, and asked:

"Then how do we do it?"

Jiang Qian chuckled and said, "I have a plan..."

The students around them, seeing the two chatting, couldn't help but start discussing it.

"Dai Zhenli was squatting right next to Jiang Qian, so close!"

"Zhao Jiahao has been pursuing her for a long time, why is there still no chance?"

"Didn't you notice? Dai Zhenli didn't look at Zhao Jiahao once from beginning to end; she only looked at Jiang Qian!"

"Jiang Qian, that guy from the School of Life Sciences? Holy crap, isn't he dating Yang Wensu? Didn't Yang Wensu tell others that Jiang Qian is his lapdog?"

"Are Yang Wensu and Dai Zhenli on the same level...? The gap is too big."

"What do you mean 'like'? It's just that they have a crush on each other! Look at those two, they can't hide it anymore!"

Zhao Jiahao felt like he was going crazy listening to what the people around him were saying.

I've been pursuing you for so long, and now you're getting so close to someone else?

Please, please, Brother Jiang! Stay away from her!

I've never been this close before!