Strange Life of a Cat

Chapter 409 - 409 393 Good Affinity with Animals

?Chapter 409: Chapter 393 Good Affinity with Animals Chapter 409: Chapter 393 Good Affinity with Animals There are always some monkeys that don’t like to come down from the mountain, and in the days Zheng Tan stayed at Pei Liang’s house, the few monkeys he always encountered on the mountain had never descended. However, when Zheng Tan went up the mountain, those monkeys would bring him gifts.

It all started with a little monkey that handed Zheng Tan a fruit he had never eaten before. At that time, Zheng Tan was with Pei Liang, Ermao, and the others. The little monkey was still quite cautious of strangers and seemed to be more wary and fearful of humans than animals. So after placing the item in front of Zheng Tan, the little monkey ran away.

“This fruit is edible, I’ve eaten it once,” said Pei Liang, who had come over to take a look. He had also received it from Qi once, tried it, and found it non-toxic. He just didn’t like the taste very much, or perhaps it was only delicious in the monkeys’ eyes.

“Black Coal, I’ll keep this for you for now and give it to you when we get back,” Ermao came over, picked up the fruit, looked at it, and put it into the bag he had brought. Then he said to Pei Liang, “How come that little monkey likes to hang an empty drink bottle around its neck? Do the monkeys on your mountain have this kind of habit?”

Pei Liang shook his head, “I don’t know.”

Pei Liang had indeed never seen such a thing on the mountain before. Monkeys, whether up the mountain or down, were very curious and quick to learn, but he had never seen a monkey hanging an empty plastic bottle around its neck.

Ermao and Pei Liang had seen this little monkey hanging a plastic bottle the last time they went in search of Zheng Tan. Pei Liang had assumed some tourist had whimsically hung a bottle on the monkey and that the animal would discard it once its curiosity waned. However, over the past few days when they went up the mountain, they would see the little monkey, the empty plastic bottle still hanging around its neck, which just meant that the little monkey thoroughly enjoyed doing so and had not grown tired of it yet.

“However, I think Black Coal must have helped that little monkey. Monkeys are emotional creatures too. I remember talking with some students at the university’s base, and they told me that if monkey A helps monkey B, the latter will give delicious food as a repayment, thus establishing an accommodating cooperative society. Furthermore, if there are two humans, let’s say person A and B, and a monkey can take food from both of them, the chances are nearly equal, with no apparent preference for anyone. But if B refuses to cooperate with A and acts selfishly, many monkeys who watch this will choose to avoid the food offered by B. Some say this is because they develop an aversion to B, evaluating others’ character and ability from an emotional perspective, thinking B might not be easy to get along with. Our Qi is just like that, very emotional and cunning.”

While saying this, Pei Liang pointed at Zheng Tan and continued, “Since the little monkey chose to offer Black Coal food, one possibility is that Black Coal helped it, and another might be, based on that little monkey’s behavior I surmise, it probably thinks Black Coal is easy to get along with and is trying to curry favor.”

Ermao looked at Zheng Tan, who appeared rather clueless beside them, and said, “Black Coal seems to get along well with lots of animals.”

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