Daily Life in the Pet Shop Ch. 143

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Mother Du saw that the puppy didn't like it and knew that there was not enough broth. She was determined to add two more spoonfuls of broth and picked up a few pieces of meat. After rinsing them in hot water, she put them in the puppy's bowl.

The puppy saw that the food in the bowl had changed and became what it liked. It barked a few times with great joy and buried its head in the bowl to eat without even looking up.

Father Du was already feeding the kitten on the table. He picked up whatever the kitten pointed at and was very happy.

When Mother Du looked up information, she would often ask Father Du to look at it, so Father Du also had some basic common sense and knew that kittens couldn't eat too much food. But when the kitten stared at him with its big watery eyes, he really couldn't refuse the kitten's request.

This time, the camera was on the kitten. Du Qianze watched Father Du in the camera frantically helping the kitten pick up food. A smile unconsciously hung on his lips. He felt that the day when he could go home was not far away.

Du Qianze stayed at home for almost a week, sending Little Bandit and the others to Du's house every morning and picking them up at night. Father Du refused to pay attention to Du Qianze at first, but one day, when Du Qianze was about to leave, Father Du said with a stern face, asking him not to let the kittens starve.

On the second day after he arrived, Du Qianze told Mother Du not to bring so many snacks and meals to Little Bandit and the others, and also sent some dog food, cat food and rabbit food. Although Mother Du restrained herself a lot, she still couldn't stop the kittens and dogs from having big eyes, and secretly fed them a lot of food while Du Qianze was away.

When leaving, Du Qianze deliberately chose to pick up Little Bandit and the others during lunch. Du Jiamo was also present at the time. When Xiao Xuan realized that Du Qianze was there to take Little Bandit away, she burst into tears on the spot.

Left with no choice, Du Jiamo invited Du Qianze to stay for a meal. Du Qianze glanced at Father Du's expression and declined, saying he would return in the afternoon. But before he could leave, Mother Du pulled him back, handed him a bowl and chopsticks, and had him sit next to Du Jiamo.

Father Du was clearly displeased with this arrangement, but he worried that if Du Qianze really left, the little animals would go with him—causing Xiao Xuan to cry and search for them. Meanwhile, the little kitten stood on the table, its eyes locked onto its bowl, waiting expectantly for Father Du to serve it some tasty food.

Because he had to help the kitten pick up food, Father Du looked a little funny with a stern face. Everyone at the dinner table was used to Father Du's behavior, but it was the first time for Du Qianze to see it.

The kitten now had its own bowl, a very cute little cat bowl. The kitten held its small bowl and stood on the dinner table. When it saw a dish it liked, it would pat Father Du's hand and point with its paw. If Father Du picked up the right dish, the kitten would meow as if praising Father Du.

After lunch, Mother Du pulled Du Qianze to the sofa to talk, while Father Du read a newspaper not far away.

Mother Du asked about Du Qianze's work, especially about the change in everyone's attitude towards him after he came out. Du Qianze naturally had to pick the good ones to talk about, and he also showed Mother Du the script he had taken on. He had already been chosen as the male lead in the anti-Japanese war drama.

Mother Du asked Du Qianze everything Father Du wanted to but wouldn't say himself, then continued questioning him about his life. The conversation stretched on until three or four in the afternoon.

During that time, Du Qianze answered several calls from Hai Yang urging him to hurry up. But just as he was about to leave, he was held back again—this time by Xiao Xuan, who didn't want him to take Little Bandit and the others away.

"Qianze, how about leaving the little kitten and puppy here?" Mother Du suggested. "I'm retiring next year, and I'll be home alone every day with no one to talk to. Keeping them around would at least bring some life into the house."

After these few days of caring for the little kitten and puppy, Mother Du had grown attached to them and couldn't bear to see them go.

"These little animals are not mine. I'll call and ask." Du Qianze walked to the side and called Fang Yi to ask if the kittens and puppies could stay.

Fang Yi said directly that it was not possible now because the kitten and puppy had not yet had a physical examination and injection. He asked Du Qianze to send the kitten and puppy back first, and he would check them and then send them to the Du family.

In another month, it would be the New Year. Du Qianze estimated that he would be free to go home by then, and he would take the kitten and puppy with him. It was the New Year, so he should not be kicked out. So Du Qianze explained a few words to Mother Du, and left with the cage.

"You ah," Mother Du stretched out her hand and pinched Father Du. If it weren't for this stubborn old man, her son wouldn't have to stay outside for so many years, and the kitten and puppy wouldn't be unbearable.

"I'm perfectly fine, aren't I?" Father Du spread his hands.

Truthfully, he also felt a bit disappointed that Little Bandit and the others were being taken away. He had genuinely grown fond of the little kitten. But when Du Qianze mentioned bringing the cat and dog over for the New Year, he understood what that really meant—Du Qianze wanted to come home for the holidays.

For the sake of the little kitten, Father Du didn't object. Of course, if he hadn't seen that Du Qianze was still doing so well even after coming out—easing most of his worries—then even if Du Qianze brought over ten kittens, it wouldn't have made a difference.

Du Qianze knew that Father Du must know what he meant, but Father Du did not refute, which meant that he agreed. Du Qianze was so happy that he felt that the little kitten had made an invaluable contribution this time, and he had successfully transformed Father Du into a food picker.

When the little puppy left, he took the ball that Mother Du bought for it with him. After Du Qianze put it in the backyard, it held the ball in its mouth and stumbled to the mother dog. It proudly placed the ball next to the mother dog, and then barked loudly a few times. The mother dog licked the little puppy's head affectionately, took the ball and went to play, and the little puppy went back to its dog bed to sleep happily.

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