Daily Life in the Pet Shop Ch. 163

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"There were only Datou and Daniu in that nest when I found them. I never saw your Naima," Pei Haoyan said. "But I do know those two were secretly feeding another dog outside. After staying at my place for a few days, they started carrying dog food out every day."

"At the time, I thought they were sneaking food to their mom, so I secretly followed them a few times, trying to see what kind of dog they were taking care of. I figured if worst came to worst, I'd just adopt a third dog and bring their mom in too. But Datou and Daniu were too smart—I never once managed to catch sight of Naima."

After saying that, Pei Haoyan called Pei Datou over and scolded him. If Datou had just told him about Naima back then, he could have been raising two identical dogs by now. How cool would that have been?

Pei Datou felt wronged. He lowered his head, whimpered a few times, and walked over to Naima, as if seeking comfort. Naima, being the considerate one, licked Pei Datou's fur a couple of times, offering some consolation.

"I think..." Pei Haoyan looked at Pei Datou's pitiful expression, then turned to Fang Yi and said, "Your Naima is definitely Datou's older sister. Datou has never acted this clingy with me before."

"He's an older brother," Fang Yi corrected him.

"But isn't his name Naima?" Pei Haoyan had never been formally introduced to Naima, but he had heard them call him that.

"Yeah." Fang Yi nodded. "His name is Naima. And he's a male dog."

"...Brother, huh." Pei Haoyan glanced at Naima with a look of deep sympathy. He crouched down, patted Naima's head, and said, "If you had ended up with me back then, I definitely wouldn't have given you such a lame name."

Naima barked twice, then turned back to Fang Yi's side, affectionately rubbing against him. His actions made it clear—Fang Yi was still his favorite. Seeing this, Pei Datou also ran over and snuggled up to Fang Yi.

Pei Haoyan felt a little upset watching this scene. His Datou had always maintained a cool and aloof demeanor, and now he was acting all cuddly with someone else? Where was the justice in this?!

"Naima chose this name himself. He likes it," Fang Yi said as he patted Pei Datou's head, pleased that Naima had gotten along so well with him from the very first meeting.

"Let's sit down and talk," Du Qianze said, bringing over a few cups of tea, one for each person.

"My Datou was able to find his brother, all thanks to you. Come on, let's toast to that!" Pei Haoyan raised his cup toward Du Qianze.

Du Qianze: "..."

Toasting with disposable cups filled with bottled water—Pei Haoyan was definitely a laid-back guy. But Du Qianze actually liked this kind of casualness.

"Now that the family reunion is over, let's get down to business," Tian Yanming finally spoke up after being left out for quite a while.

Aside from Hai Yang occasionally chatting with him, everyone else had been focused on Naima's sibling drama. Still, he wasn't mad—he genuinely liked Naima and thought it was great that he had found his family.

"You want me to sing?" Fang Yi asked.

"Yeah." Tian Yanming nodded. "There's a song I'd like you to do a duet with me on."

"How long will recording take?" Fang Yi wasn't exactly thrilled about this. But now that Du Qianze was his boyfriend, he couldn't afford to offend people in the industry too easily. Even though he wasn't deeply involved in the traditional music scene, he had heard plenty about Tian Yanming—an old-school star who still had quite a bit of influence.

Keeping a good relationship with him wouldn't hurt.

"It won't take more than two days, I promise. I'll make sure everything is ready before you come in to record." Tian Yanming could already tell that Fang Yi had agreed.

"Alright," Fang Yi nodded.

"Thank you, thank you!" Tian Yanming walked up to Fang Yi and gave a sincere bow. Then, looking a little awkward, he added, "I need to discuss the payment with my manager first. I'll confirm the details with you later, okay?"

"You can talk to Qianze about that. As long as he's fine with it, I have no objections. Just set a recording date with me in advance," Fang Yi said, pointing at Du Qianze, making sure Tian Yanming understood just how close they were.

"Got it, got it!" Tian Yanming nodded enthusiastically.

"Wait a minute..." The recording engineer suddenly stepped forward and whispered to Tian Yanming, "This guy has a history of running off. You better get his address first. If he ditches again, you'll have nowhere to cry about it."

"Master, you're still holding onto that incident?" The fact that the recording engineer remembered this for so long—his memory was seriously impressive.

"You're the only one who ever ran away from my studio. How could I not remember it vividly?" The recording engineer said, then cast a glance at Hai Yang.

Hai Yang shivered on the spot—back then, he had technically been Fang Yi's accomplice in escaping too.

"I promise I won't run off this time." Fang Yi patted his chest in assurance. Last time, the song was just uploaded online and edited into a video, so it didn't really matter how good it was. But this time, it was for an album, so he would definitely take it seriously.

"Alright, I'll trust you this time. Now, let Naima sign an autograph for me." The recording engineer pulled out two photos from his pocket—they were stills of Naima from a show.

Fang Yi: "..."

Looks like Naima had quite a few fans—he had already run into two today.

"Naima doesn't know how to sign autographs. How about I just pluck two hairs for you as a keepsake?" Naima was still bonding with Pei Datou, completely oblivious to the fact that he had fans now. But even if he knew, he wouldn't care. Fans? Could they be eaten? Definitely not as tasty as steamed bun.

"No, no, no! That'd hurt! I'll go find an ink pad and have Naima leave a paw print instead." As a true Naima fan, how could he let anyone pluck Naima's fur? After saying that, the recording engineer tossed the photos onto the table and went off to find an ink pad.

Fang Yi noticed that while everyone was distracted, Tian Yanming secretly took two of the photos from the table.

"Hey, Superstar, I've got Naima's photos too." Hai Yang saw what Tian Yanming did and pulled out a few more pictures from his bag, handing them over. Then, he leaned in close to Fang Yi and whispered, "Your Naima has two big-shot fans already. I bet there are tons of smaller fans out there too. Do you wanna hire a manager? I can be Naima's manager for free."

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