RMWDS -Chapter 237 Cat: I Don’t Really Understand You Humans

At first, the two of them thought the other person had just wandered off outside and lost track of time. They casually sent a few WeChat messages—no reply. Then they made more than a dozen phone calls in a row, but all they got was the cold, monotonous automated message that the line was unreachable.

There were too many potential dangers deep in the mountains at night. The more they thought about it, the more frightened they became—the sense of panic kept rising. They didn’t dare wait any longer and hurriedly called for help.

“We really searched everywhere nearby and still couldn’t find him at all. Could you please check the surveillance for us? We’re really afraid something’s happened to him.”

When human life was involved, there was no room for delay.

“Alright.” Miao Yunyōu agreed decisively and brought them to the surveillance room.

Yes, the resort now had a surveillance room.

It had been set up in a small partitioned space at the old guest reception area. Although it looked a bit makeshift, the equipment inside was fully complete.

Miao Yunyōu planned to properly relocate and rebuild a formal surveillance room once the new inn was finished. For now, this would have to do.

After all, no one was assigned to manually watch over it right now—it was all handled by a state-of-the-art AI alert system, which automatically scanned footage and detected anomalies. It was both efficient and worry-free.

Miao Yunyōu quickly operated the backend system, filtering by time and route to retrieve the surveillance footage. Soon, she locked onto the missing boy’s movements.

The mountain forest at night had poor lighting, and the footage appeared slightly cold in tone. In the video, the missing boy wore a light-colored hoodie and casually wandered into the back mountain forest. His pace was relaxed, showing no signs of anything unusual—he looked like he was just going out for a night walk to enjoy the breeze.

The footage paused there. As it continued forward, there was no sign of him ever walking back out of the forest.

Miao Yunyōu frowned, puzzled. “Why would he go into the woods in the middle of the night? There aren’t any cameras inside the forest either.”

The two boys beside her also looked confused, their hearts uneasy and unsettled.

A person walking alone into a pitch-black forest in the middle of the night—this was definitely not a good sign…

Miao Yunyōu considered her words carefully and turned to ask them, “Be honest. How has your friend been emotionally lately? Any worries, low mood, depression, or unusual behavior?”

To put it more bluntly: has he been thinking about dying recently?

One of the boys subconsciously said, “He just got dumped recently and has been emo ever since.”

Before he even finished speaking, the other boy immediately cut in, “No way. He gets dumped like eight times a year. Shouldn’t he already be used to it by now?”

“Yeah… that’s true. Practice makes perfect.”

Miao Yunyōu: “……”

Alright then. Sounds like he’s not the type to kill himself.

Even so, being stranded alone in a mountain forest at night was still dangerous, and the temperature outside was very low.

Without hesitation, Miao Yunyōu immediately sent messages calling dozens of people over to begin searching the forest.

Everyone brought flashlights and emergency lighting equipment and stepped into the pitch-black woods.

The night forest was silent, with only the crunching sound of dead leaves underfoot. The wind passed through branches, producing faint whistling sounds. The darkness was so dense it felt like you could not see your hand in front of your face.

Beams of flashlight light sliced through the darkness, sweeping across tree trunks and bushes. The forest was damp, the air filled with the scent of wet vegetation. The night temperature was even lower, and the cold wind made skin feel chilled.

About twenty minutes into the search, A-Ning suddenly stopped and said in confusion, “Do you hear crying?”

In the deserted mountain forest at dead of night, faint crying suddenly echoed—it was eerie and unsettling.

Miao Yunyōu and the two boys instantly felt goosebumps rise all over their bodies. A chill ran down their backs as they instinctively held their breath and listened carefully.

Indeed, there were faint, broken sobbing sounds drifting through the air. At first, it sounded soft and weak—almost like a child crying.

Miao Yunyōu subconsciously moved closer to Luo Xinglan, grabbing her arm tightly as her body trembled slightly. “There… there wouldn’t really be ghosts in this forest, right?”

Luo Xinglan replied, “Don’t worry. If there were ghosts, Qingluo would’ve already seen them.”

Don’t forget—there was someone on the mountain with yin-yang eyes.

Miao Yunyōu: “……”

That explanation didn’t sound reassuring at all!

If anything, it only served as a reminder that ghosts might actually exist in this world!

At the same time, Luo Xinglan tilted her head slightly and listened carefully. It was obvious her hearing was even sharper than A-Ning’s.

“Not just crying,” she said. “There’s also a cat’s meow.”

The two boys: “……”

Help. Two classic horror movie elements right there!

Hearing the words “cat meow,” Miao Yunyōu actually calmed down a little. “A cat’s meow… a cloud-patterned leopard cat?”

As she spoke, as if to confirm her guess, a graceful, agile figure slowly emerged from the bushes—a beautiful cloud-patterned leopard cat.

It walked forward calmly, then looked back and let out a soft call, as if signaling everyone to follow. After that, it turned and headed deeper into the forest at a steady pace.

Everyone immediately followed the leopard cat.

They walked for just a few more minutes when, as a beam of light swept across a not-too-thick camphor tree, everyone suddenly froze.

Between the branches… there was a person stuck there.

A boy had his legs tightly wrapped around the tree trunk, his arms gripping a thick branch. His entire body was rigidly wedged in place, completely motionless.

His shoulders trembled slightly, and faint, aggrieved sobbing echoed clearly in the silent forest.

Everyone quickly stepped forward. Up close, they saw the boy’s eyes were red, his nose was red, and tear stains were still hanging on his face—he looked utterly miserable and embarrassed. Sensing someone approaching, he lifted his head with a confused and wronged expression.

Beside him, another cloud-patterned leopard cat was crouching, calmly staring at him cry with an indifferent gaze.

Once he had calmed down a little, the boy finally managed to explain the absurd chain of events in broken, sobbing sentences.

Last night, he couldn’t sleep and was casually scrolling through short videos when he stumbled upon a viral challenge—the “Leg-Hugging Pillar Challenge.” In the video, a creator confidently jumped up, wrapped their legs around a smooth pillar… only to find it easy to go up but impossible to come down, getting stuck helplessly in place. It was both ridiculous and funny.

He scoffed at it, completely unimpressed.

As someone who regularly worked out, he was certain it was just the creator’s weak core strength or wrong technique.

And coincidentally, their new media professor had assigned a winter break task: each student had to post at least 10 short videos during the holiday. If any video exceeded 100,000 likes, they would even get bonus credits next semester.

To prove himself—and to film a cool video for the assignment—he specifically chose the deserted back mountain late at night.

First, there were no people, so he wouldn’t embarrass himself in public. Second, the quiet forest would give the footage a strong atmospheric vibe.

Yes—that was exactly the kind of unique effect he wanted!

He even placed his phone two meters away on a rock, adjusted the angle, and started recording, planning to succeed in one attempt!

After editing with effects, adding the resort’s tag and location, he would ride the wave of popularity and go viral using the resort’s traffic!

It would absolutely amaze everyone!

Reality, however, delivered a brutal slap…

The moment he wrapped his legs around the tree trunk, he instantly understood what it meant to be “locked in place.”

His muscles tightened and stiffened, completely stuck to the tree. No matter how he twisted, strained, or shook his body, he couldn’t loosen even a bit.

Even worse, when he tried to call for help, he realized his arms couldn’t even reach his phone two meters away.

The phone sat right there, still recording, quietly capturing his entire embarrassing situation—completely out of reach.

A remote mountain forest at night, with almost no people around. He shouted for help at the top of his lungs, but the wind swallowed his voice. No one heard him.

The boy sniffled, his tone pitiful and choked with emotion:

“I shouted for so long… my voice went hoarse… and no one came… luckily this cat stayed with me the whole time, otherwise I would’ve been terrified to death.”

Yes—the cat not only stayed with him the entire time, but also stared at him with an expression that could only be described as “looking at a fool with compassion”…

As if saying—

“I really don’t understand you humans.”