My abstract plant was exposed by my sister.

Xiao Kui was laughing so hard she was shaking, almost collapsing to the ground, and she couldn't even hold her phone properly.

She gripped the leg of the worktable, tears welling in her eyes: "Brother...did you see that...the mouse attacked the orange cat...and it's become withdrawn...hahahaha..."

Lin Muyang stared at the rat expressionlessly.

The mouse was running so fast that its afterimages formed a gray halo. Occasionally, it would stop to do a difficult backflip before continuing to run.

"The active ingredients in the tomato made it much faster," Lin Muyang muttered to himself, staring at the mouse. "At the same time, its aggression also increased. It seems that the smaller the size, the more exaggerated the effect."

"Can you please stop talking about science!" Xiao Kui laughed so hard she couldn't stand up straight. "Just say the rats have become spirits!"

The big orange cat in the corner buried its face in its tail, only revealing a pair of ears that were turned backward.

Lin Muyang took a large beaker from the drawer and, when the mouse ran over, quickly covered it with the beaker, trapping it inside.

However, when the mouse was trapped in the beaker, it was completely unaware that it was locked up and continued to run in circles inside without slowing down.

The afterimages darted around inside the glass, occasionally bumping against the glass wall with a crisp "clink-clink" sound.

"Let it out tomorrow when it's back to normal."

"Aren't you going to throw it away?" Xiao Kui finally got up from the ground and wiped away the tears of laughter.

"Don't release it yet. Observe the specific duration of its nerve excitation. It might be useful later."

Xiao Kui glanced at the mouse spinning wildly in the beaker, occasionally doing backflips, then at Lin Muyang's expressionless face, and took a deep breath: "Brother, this giant tomato of yours is more effective than Red Bull."

Lin Muyang didn't say anything. He squatted down and carefully observed the mouse in the beaker.

The mouse had already scurried away, leaving a clear afterimage. Occasionally it would stop, squeak twice at the glass wall, and wave its little paws as if to provoke them.

"At its current metabolic rate, it may last for six to ten hours," Lin Muyang said.

"Wouldn't it be running until dawn?"

"Highly likely."

The comments section was buzzing with discussion:

"Mouse: I can run for another five hundred years."

"I suggest sending them to participate in the Olympics."

"Lin Muyang, you've discovered a new generation of performance-enhancing drugs."

Lin Muyang pushed the beaker to the corner of the wall and used several heavy documents to weigh down the edge of the beaker to prevent it from being knocked over.

Then he stood up and dusted off his hands.

The orange cat finally turned around from the corner. Its face was still covered in cat food crumbs, the fur on its left cheek was ruffled, and there was a faint claw mark on its right cheek.

It glanced at the mouse in the beaker, and the mouse stood up on its hind legs, gesturing with its two front paws in the air as if to say, "Come here."

Big Orange turned its face back to the wall.

Seeing this, the live stream chat was filled with laughter:

"The great reputation of the orange tree was ruined by a mouse."

"I suggest renaming Big Orange Cat to Big Orange Cat."

"No, I suggest renaming it 'Big Coward Orange'."

Lin Muyang sat down and opened his notebook.

"Family, that's all for today's live stream." Xiao Kui waved to the camera: "Tomorrow, continue watching Lin Muyang write his thesis, and this crazy mouse that might be running until dawn."

A barrage of comments immediately appeared:

"See you tomorrow"

"I want to watch the mouse run a marathon."

"Keep up the good work, Lin Muyang, on your thesis!"

Xiao Kui turned off the live stream, let out a long breath, and turned to look at Lin Muyang. He was flipping through documents at the control panel, his back straight and motionless.

"Brother, I really have to write my thesis tomorrow."

"Um."

"Won't there be another accident?"

Lin Muyang stopped flipping through the documents and looked up at the moon outside the window.

"No," he said with absolute certainty.

The video of the orange cat being slapped by a mouse went viral and became the number one trending topic that night.

With hundreds of thousands of viewers in the live stream, someone was quick enough to cut out that particular segment. The 15-second video shows a gray shadow of a mouse flashing by, the orange tabby tilting its head, stunned, slowly raising its paw to touch its face, its eyes filled with "Who am I? Where am I?"

The caption reads: "This world is crazy; the mouse slapped the cat across the face."

And by tagging @ShuduUniversity, the number of reposts and comments quickly surpassed one million.

Netizens have boundless imagination and creativity. By the next morning, the orange cat had been turned into hundreds of emojis.

The most popular picture is a close-up of the orange cat touching its face, captioned "I've never been so speechless in my life".

There's also a picture of a big orange cat crouching in the corner, hugging its tail, with the caption "A cat's life is not worth living."

And a screenshot of a mouse doing somersaults in the air, blurred into a gray shadow, captioned "The Flash himself".

Xiao Kui was scrolling through her phone when she laughed so hard she rolled off the sofa.

"Bro!!! Look! The orange tabby is trending!"

Lin Muyang was making instant noodles at the counter. He glanced at the phone Xiao Kui handed him, his face expressionless.

"Um."

"Just 'hmm'? Your cat is being ridiculed by the entire internet!"

"It deserves it." Lin Muyang took out the takeout that had just been delivered and glanced at the big orange dog squatting in the corner.

The orange cat has been in that spot since last night, its tail wrapped around its head, occasionally changing its posture, but always facing the wall.

"It's been withdrawn for almost twelve hours," Xiao Kui said, wanting to go over and check on it, but Lin Muyang stopped her.

"Let it reflect on itself."

Big Orange's ears flipped back, but it didn't turn around.

The comments section of the replay video has already been filled with tens of thousands of posts.

Some suggested getting the orange cat a psychologist, others suggested doing a urine test on the mouse, and still others tagged the national track and field team: "There's a mouse here that can break the world record."

What truly escalated the situation was a private message.

Xiao Kui opened her private message list and found one among thousands of unread messages. The sender's profile picture was a blue energy drink logo, and the nickname was "Fast Energy Official".

The message was brief: "Hello Ms. Lin Xiaokui, we are from the Fast Energy Drink company. We saw the reaction of the mouse after eating the tomato in your live stream and would like to discuss a collaboration with your brother. Please reply if it's convenient."

Xiao Kui stared at the screen for three seconds, then screamed.

"Bro! Speed ​​Energy wants to partner with us!"

Lin Muyang was eating noodles, slurping them into his mouth with a "slurp" sound. He chewed twice and swallowed.

"What kind of extreme speed energy?"

"It's that energy drink! You can find it in supermarkets! The blue bottle one!" Xiao Kui shoved her phone in front of him:

"They said they watched the video of the rats and want to collaborate with you!"

Lin Muyang wiped his mouth, took the phone, and looked at it. He frowned slightly.

"Energy drinks? I see. Don't agree yet, tell them to wait a few days."

"Why?" Xiao Kui asked, puzzled, but still politely declined in a private message.

"The specific components of the giant tomato have not yet been thoroughly tested, so it cannot be leaked casually." Lin Muyang paused for a moment, thinking of his graduation thesis.

"After you finish eating, cut off a piece and send it to the Institute of Agricultural Product Quality Standards of the Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences for professional and detailed testing. We can discuss the cooperation after the test results are available."

"That can be improved! Didn't you say before that low-concentration formulations could be made into functional foods?"

Lin Muyang remained silent for a moment. He then returned the phone to Xiao Kui.

"Okay, I'll go after I finish eating. You can focus on writing your thesis this afternoon."

The orange cat rolled over in the corner, revealing half its face. It glanced at Xiao Kui's excited expression, then turned its face back.

However, they are unaware that another use for the screaming grass will soon be discovered.