Daily Life in the Pet Shop Ch. 160

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Every time he thought about the things he did in his past life, Fang Yi felt like a total idiot. He wasted so much time. This life was so much better—spending his days with animals made him feel at peace, and life felt fulfilling.

"You think everyone's as dumb as you?" Zhou Qimeng rolled his eyes. "Hypnosis is actually illegal too, but it's fun and exciting. Otherwise, do you really think I'd work for the little money you pay me?"

"Seriously?" Fang Yi looked doubtful. "That's really how you think?"

"Of course. It's all about the thrill of crime." Zhou Qimeng smirked.

"Great. Since I'm giving you the chance to commit crimes, you can stop asking me for money from now on." Fang Yi immediately played along. He had long known hypnosis was technically illegal, but some people really needed it. Zhou Qimeng was incredibly sk**led—it was the most effective and least harmful way to handle certain situations.

"You—"

"Alright, cut it out," Ning Feng interrupted, waving his hand. "I've run into some trouble with a recent acquisition. Someone's messing with me behind the scenes, but I don't know who. Since you managed to dig up all this stuff on Ling Chi, help me find out who's targeting me. Chi Rui is a sneaky bastard—we're just speculating right now. Without solid evidence, we can't do anything to him. Let's focus on dealing with the immediate problems first."

"Master Ning," Hai Yang suddenly spoke up after Ning Feng finished. "Any good roles lately that you can give to Qianze? His contract is about to expire, and he doesn't want to take on any more of the company's projects, but he also can't outright refuse them. Can you help him find a decent role to use as an excuse? Lately, Chi Rui has been handing him top-tier scripts. If we pick something too mediocre, it'll look bad."

"No problem." Ning Feng readily agreed.

"Really?" Hai Yang looked at Ning Feng, feeling like it was almost too good to be true.

"The studio is planning to shoot a low-budget film soon, and we haven't found a lead actor yet. Qianze could go try out for it."

"How low is the budget?" Hai Yang asked cautiously.

"Around four or five million. It's a comedy, all-male leads, and completely destroys one's image. Do you guys want to give it a shot? Aside from this, there really aren't any good scripts currently in production."

Initially, Ning Feng planned to push the project back since he hadn't found the right lead. Du Qianze's image didn't match the character's setting, but his acting sk**ls were solid. If he put in the effort, he could probably pull it off.

"I'll take it." Before Hai Yang could respond, Du Qianze spoke up. "I've never played a movie lead before. Thanks, Brother Ning."

Right now, Du Qianze was taking on roles mainly to have an excuse to turn down the scripts that Chi Rui kept sending. Plus, he trusted Ning Feng's judgment—any project he chose wouldn't be bad.

After discussing for a while, the group came to a final conclusion: to stay put and act like they didn't know about Chi Rui's actions, continuing life as usual. Zhou Qimeng pointed out that no matter how smart Chi Rui was, he'd eventually slip up. All they had to do was wait for that moment.

Du Qianze finally let out a breath of relief. At least the script issue was settled.

That night, he read through the script Ning Feng sent him and realized that the role really didn't suit him—it was too different from his usual image. This was going to be a serious test of his acting sk**ls. But the story was interesting, and the message behind it was solid. If he could pull it off, it might just be his big breakthrough.

With this new project in hand, he felt more at ease heading to the company the next day. But just as he reached the entrance, he suddenly spotted someone walking by with Naima on a leash.

"Wait a second." Du Qianze quickly caught up and grabbed the man's arm.

"What?" The man, who looked to be in his thirties, turned around.

Du Qianze didn't even look at him—his eyes were locked on the dog. At first glance, it looked exactly like Naima. But after a closer look, he realized there were subtle differences. Plus, the dog didn't react to him at all. He had mistaken it for Naima.

"Sorry, I got the wrong dog." Du Qianze apologized politely.

"A dog? Mistaken identity? What, have you seen a dog that looks just like mine before?" The man had planned to let it slide since Du Qianze had apologized so nicely, but something about that statement rubbed him the wrong way.

"My apologies." Du Qianze quickly pulled out his phone and showed him a picture of Naima. Even if he had mistaken the dog, he had a feeling that this one might be Naima's sibling. Otherwise, how could they look so much alike?

Naima's brothers—No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4—resembled him, but their sizes were different. But this dog? The coat color, the build—it was almost identical. If he hadn't spent so much time with Naima, even he wouldn't have been able to tell them apart.

"Wow, they really do look alike." Pei Haoyan took Du Qianze's phone and studied the photo carefully. The dog in the picture did look a lot like his own, Pei Datou. But there was something different about them—the dog in the picture had a much gentler vibe, the kind that made people feel comfortable at first glance.

"Hey, I'm Pei Haoyan. I'm here looking for someone. Is the dog in the picture yours? Could you bring it over? Who knows, maybe it's actually related to my Datou." Pei Haoyan had always suspected that Datou might have siblings out there somewhere. Maybe the dog in the photo was really one of them. Though, judging by how Datou looked at the picture without any reaction, he clearly wasn't convinced.

"I'm Du Qianze. I'll call someone to bring Naima over now. Let's meet in the lobby downstairs in an hour." Seeing that Pei Haoyan agreed, Du Qianze got straight to the point. To be honest, he was pretty curious himself—was this dog really Naima's sibling?

"Sounds good." Pei Haoyan nodded decisively, then left with Pei Datou.

Meanwhile, Du Qianze collected his thoughts, preparing himself for how to deal with Chi Rui. With heavy steps, he walked into the company. As soon as he stepped in, quite a few people enthusiastically greeted him.

"I'm here. Where are you?" Du Qianze called Hai Yang from the lobby downstairs.

"I'll be right down," Hai Yang responded immediately.

A moment later, Hai Yang came down from upstairs and greeted Du Qianze with a big bear hug. Excitedly, he told him that he had landed two more interviews, both from well-known talk shows. He'd be heading out for the recordings in the next few days. Plus, he had already mentioned Du Qianze's interest in taking on a new script to the director.

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