Zheng Qing arrived under the Cat Fruit Tree five minutes before 3:00 p.m.
So he hid ahead of time behind a bush not far from that large tree, cautiously surveying his surroundings, hoping to spot the one who had left paw prints on that note.
With the school year approaching, students gradually returned to the academy and their pets reappeared on campus, the Cat Fruit Tree had shed its holiday desolation, now flourishing with 'Cat Fruits' once again.
However, this year, there had been slight shifts in the positions among the cats in the tree branches.
For example, last year's small ragdoll cat had, in just a few months' time, grown from about a foot long to over a meter in body length and presumably over ten kilograms in weight. Zheng Qing wouldn't have recognized it if not for those round expressive eyes which had remained the same.