After the unsettling thud of leather hitting the floor, the office returned to its eerie silence, punctuated only by the bubbling of the cauldron.
Until Professor Chris's voice rang out again.
"There's a robe by the chair near the fireplace."
She recognized the peculiar black cat that had intruded into her office.
Lu Li's thoughts drifted away from the bizarre imagination of "peeling skin" and saw the gray robe draped over the armrest of the chair by the fireplace.
Jumping down from the chair, Lu Li stepped onto the soft carpet and leapt onto the chair in front of the fireplace, maneuvered the tail to set down the sesame oil bottle, and extended a paw—only to see black claws and pink pads.
Lu Li switched to using the tail to unscrew the bottle cap, coiled around the sesame oil bottle, and poured it into the mouth.
