Daily Life in the Pet Shop Ch. 105

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Du Qianze gently gathered the fragile kittens into his arms. They were so small—barely old enough to have opened their eyes—and their tiny bodies trembled with weakness. They squirmed feebly, paws paddling in slow motion as if trying to crawl in Du Qianze's arms, but they lacked the strength to move far.

"They look so small... Are they even a month old?" Huang Baiqi's voice was heavy with concern as he watched from the side. Everyone knew that kittens needed at least a month before being separated from their mother. These kittens look like they were born just a few days ago.

"No, about ten days." Fang Yi has come into contact with many cats, and he could tell the age of these cats at a glance.

"Can they survive without their mother?" Huang Baiqi asked, doubt thick in his tone. A kitten so young without a mother was a challenge most wouldn't dare take on.

"Feeding them won't be an issue," Fang Yi replied thoughtfully. "But without their mother's care, their chances of survival are slim. I'll try to find a surrogate mother cat—it might give them a fighting chance."

Could you find a mother cat? Although Huang Boqi had never raised a cat, he knew that cats were generally less sociable than dogs, and unlikely to help care for another's offspring. However, the small animals in Fang Yi's pet shop were different from those in ordinary homes. He hoped Fang Yi could truly help these kittens find a mother cat. After all, these were living beings, and saving them would be the best outcome.

Back at the shop, Fang Yi handed the tragic remains of the mother cat to a clerk for proper handling. Then, calling Naima to his side, he carried the kittens to the backyard.

Once there, Fang Yi knelt beside Naima, speaking to him in a soft voice. Naima, understanding the urgency without question, circled the backyard until he found what they needed—a mother cat.

The cat that emerged was striking: mostly yellow fur with patches of white on her belly and paws. She approached with cautious curiosity, but Fang Yi reached out gently, stroking her head.

"You have to take good care of the three of them, understand?" Fang Yi touched the cat's head and whispered.

The female cat meowed softly, as if offering reassurance. Fang Yi placed the three fragile kittens on the ground near her. The three kittens stumbled around, crying as they crawled, seemingly looking for their mother.

The female cat gently picked up one of the kittens and carried it to her nest. Fang Yi followed with the remaining two, placing them beside her other sleeping kittens.

The female cat that Naima found was still caring for her own kittens. When Fang Yi saw the mother cat's nest, he remembered that the cat was named Zhizhi, and she had recently given birth. Fang Yi himself had even helped deliver the kitten.

Fang Yi placed the remaining two kittens in Zhizhi's nest. At first, the kittens instinctively moved forward to feed, but soon pulled away. It seemed they could sense that this wasn't their mother's scent. Letting out a few soft cries, they turned and tried to run outside.

Zhizhi got up, picked up the three kittens, licked their fur one by one, and lay down again to let the kittens feed.

Zhizhi's children were originally sleeping, and when they found a few more kittens in the nest, they didn't react at all, and walked to Zhizhi's belly to eat.

Several kittens were also hungry, and they also meowed and crawled to Zhizhi's belly to feed.

Only after seeing that a few kittens were willing to drink milk did Fang Yi come to his senses. He patted Naima's head, got up and left, secretly thanking his luck that not all the animals in the shop had been sterilized, otherwise where would he find female cats at this time?

Regarding the sterilization matter, Fang Yi would listen to the opinions of these little animals.

If they truly didn't want to do it, Fang Yi wouldn't force them. If he hadn't been tricked by the pet shop owner, there would probably be many little Naimas in the store by now. Because of Naima's sterilization, Fang Yi had become especially tolerant toward the pets in the shop.

"They say that pets follow their owners. I was not wrong. Xiao Fang is really good." Huang Baiqi watched from a distance at the door.

Du Qianze did not say anything, but nodded silently beside him.

"Mr. Huang, Little Bandit is over there." Du Qianze pointed at the Little Bandit who was sleeping with its long legs stretched out.

"Let's go and take a look." Huang Baiqi thought of the rabbit that could rob in the crew, and his attention was immediately attracted by the Little Bandit, and he followed Du Qianze.

The Little Bandit saw Du Qianze approaching, grabbed a vegetable leaf from under the table, took two bites while Du Qianze wasn't paying attention, and then handed it to him. However, it was not familiar with Huang Baiqi. When Huang Baiqi squatted down, wanting to play with it, the Little Bandit was not pleased. It stood up straight, gently patted Huang Baiqi's hand, and fixed its gaze on the vegetable leaf in Du Qianze's hand.

"Give me the vegetable leaf quickly." Huang Baiqi knew that the Little Bandit wanted to eat it, so he turned around and took the vegetable leaf from Du Qianze.

"Mr. Huang, Little Bandit has rabbit food, this can only be used as a snack for it, just take half of it." Du Qianze said, and broke off half of the vegetable leaf. The originally small vegetable leaf became even less, and the Little Bandit looked at Du Qianze eagerly, stretching its front paws from time to time, as if reminding Du Qianze not to break off too much.

"Okay, there's only this much left, eat it quickly." Huang Baiqi fed the Little Bandit with the leaves in its mouth. The Little Bandit ate all the leaves in one breath. After eating, it repeated the trick and stood up and patted Huang Baiqi's hand gently.

"No more this time," Huang Baiqi said with a laugh. He felt it was a good thing he wasn't the one raising the Little Bandit—otherwise, with how adorable it was, he wouldn't be able to resist and would surely give it whatever it wanted.

"Mr. Huang, you are here. The slippers have been bought and put in the car." Fang Yue ran to the backyard and shouted.

"Okay, it's already late, I should go home too, Xiao Fang, I will come to see you when I have time later." Huang Baiqi turned around and said to Fang Yi.

"Okay, Mr. Huang, take care." Fang Yi got up and sent Huang Baiqi to the door.

"No need to send me off, I will definitely come again in the future." Huang Baiqi laughed and took No. 2 and Xiao Qian away.

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