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By the edge of the sidewalk, Zheng Tan was rubbing a blob of bubblegum on the ground with his paw. Every now and then, people walking by would hastily avoid him after seeing Zheng Tan, expressing their disgust and speaking a few words in fear of encountering a "crazy" or "spasming" cat.
Zheng Tan was already fuming for stepping on the bubblegum and hearing people call him a "mad cat" or "sick" made him so angry he wished he could kick them. Unfortunately, he couldn't shake off or completely clean the sticky gum on his paw, which had picked up even more dust and gravel on the ground, making it more disgusting than when he first stepped on it.
Just as Zheng Tan was thinking about going back to Jiao Ma to clean it up, he noticed someone approaching him.
