Daily Life in the Pet Shop Ch. 2

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He had caused quite a stir on the show, grabbing a lot of attention. He had spoken to some important people and made sure everything was arranged. As for the others, he just gave a casual greeting. He knew some people were probably laughing in their hearts, thinking he had stolen the spotlight.

“After all these years with you, I can’t even make any money, and I’m constantly worried. Don’t you ever think about giving me a raise?” Hai Yang, Du Qianze's manager, rolled his eyes.

“If you help me turn down a few jobs next month, I’ll give you a 1% raise.” Du Qianze joked.

“Forget it, you might as well not raise it at all.” Hai Yang continued to roll his eyes. If he hadn’t been so young and naive back then, he wouldn’t have chosen Du Qianze. He had only thought Du Qianze was handsome and would become popular, but who knew the guy had no ambition, didn’t want to play the game, and refused to get involved in rumors. After following him for five or six years, his salary had barely increased.

The cast of “Ancient Legends” included some of the hottest stars at the time, so this episode of “Super TV Shows” was still a huge hit. After the episode aired, Du Qianze’s missing cat post quickly gained attention on Weibo, and the topic #DuQianzeMissingCatNotice# began trending.

At first, Du Qianze only glanced at the topic and didn’t pay much attention. But in just a couple of days, the topic had skyrocketed in popularity.

His followers had increased by over 100,000, and he received more than 20,000 private messages that day alone.

Since some of these messages might contain pictures of Da Bai, Du Qianze and Hai Yang had to take turns reading through the messages. After spending the whole day on it, they had only managed to go through a few thousand.

“Look at these two pictures. This is definitely your hardcore hater, trying to scare you with these photos.” Hai Yang pointed to the screen behind Du Qianze.

Du Qianze leaned in to look at the pictures Hai Yang was talking about. He couldn’t help but feel a chill. The cat in the photos had almost all its fur shaved off, and many parts of its body were wrapped in bandages, some of which were soaked with blood. There were even deep, visible wounds on its head, unbandaged and just covered with medicine. Its big brown eyes looked filled with sadness, and it felt like they could break through the screen.

“I don’t get what’s wrong with these people. How can they find pleasure in abusing animals and then showing it off? Their minds must be twisted.” Hai Yang muttered as he looked at the photos. He was about to flip to the next page when Du Qianze stopped him.

“Wait,” Du Qianze pushed Hai Yang aside, enlarged the second picture, and stared at it for a while. “This… this has to be Da Bai.”

“What? No way,” Hai Yang was shocked, “that ugly cat is Da Bai?”

“The look in its eyes, it’s exactly like how Da Bai looks when he’s trying to act pitiful. And look here.” Du Qianze pointed to the cat’s neck in the photo. “It looks like it’s wearing a tag. Even though it’s not very clear, I’m sure that’s Da Bai’s tag.”

After saying that, Du Qianze quickly opened his phone to reply to the person who sent the photo, asking what they wanted and hoping they wouldn’t harm Da Bai.

Du Qianze anxiously stared at the computer. He had sent the message a long time ago, but there was still no response. He almost wished he could climb through the internet cable and reach the other side himself.

“What do you think about me calling the police?” Du Qianze asked, his voice full of worry. He had been waiting for more than ten minutes, and still no reply. He was terrified that Da Bai might be getting more injuries, and he was growing more and more anxious.

“Are you kidding me? You want to report a cat to the police? Believe me, the police will find the cat, but you’ll end up in the station first.” Hai Yang rolled his eyes as he responded.

“I really want to send all these animal abusers to jail.” Du Qianze gritted his teeth, his frustration clear in his voice.

Half an hour later, he finally received a reply.

'My idol, you actually replied to my message!!!!!!'

'Am I seeing this correctly?????'

'Is that really you?'

The messages from the other side came one after another, and there was no sign of stopping. Du Qianze also typed quickly: 'What do you want? How is Da Bai?'

'Da Bai? In our place? I'll go check it out.'

After the other side sent this message, there was no movement. Du Qianze and Hai Yang stared at the computer screen and waited for more than ten minutes. The other side finally sent another message: 'Idol, our boss picked up a cat a few days ago. I have taken photos of the cat from all angles. See if it is the one you are looking for.'

After the message, the other side sent several more photos, one of which was a close-up of the sign with "Happy Birthday, Du Da Bai" engraved on it.

"It's Da Bai." Du Qianze was originally sure that the cat was Da Bai, and now he was even more sure. Seeing that Da Bai had suffered so many injuries, Du Qianze was very eager to see Da Bai.

"What are they trying to do? Why did they hurt Da Bai? Let me check the Weibo account they used first." Hai Yang clicked on the Weibo that sent the private message and found that the blogger was actually a well-known blogger with 70,000 to 80,000 fans, her profile said she sang ancient songs.

'Idol, is this your cat?' Seeing that Du Qianze did not reply to the message for a long time, the other sent another private message and asked.

'It's my cat, what do you want?'

Du Qianze's hands hit the keyboard heavily.

'Idol, do you want to come over? We are at No. 1354 Xincheng Road.'

The community where Du Qianze had lived was called Yangguang Xincheng Community, and the address of the community was No. 1315. The two had been so close that the other party should not have dared to play any tricks.

"Let's go." Du Qianze took a coat and pulled Hai Yang outside.

"Let's go over like this. Aren't you afraid that the people over there will chop you down too." Hai Yang was about to check the address online when he was pulled away by Du Qianze.

"The address he gave is not a remote place. If we see anything wrong on the road, we can call the police directly." Seeing that Da Bai was so seriously wounded, Du Qianze didn't care about so much.

"That's right." Hai Yang nodded.

Du Qianze drove slowly all the way to No. 1354. Seeing the Chinese Farmyard Pet Shop on it, he breathed a sigh of relief. Da Bai was actually in such a place, so it should be safe now.

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