Daily Life in the Pet Shop Ch. 180

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"That really happened? How come I didn't see them yesterday? Take me to them now." Pei Sisi grabbed Tang Jingyi's hand and headed straight for the backyard. Fang Yi tried calling after them but gave up—they were already gone. He just wished they'd taken Duoduo with them. He really wasn't great with kids.

"Uncle, are Melon Seed and Peanut something you eat? Did someone eat them? Why did Mommy say they had it so bad?" Duoduo tugged on Fang Yi's hand, looking super confused.

"Yeah, someone ate peanut and melon seed, that's why your mom said they had it rough," Fang Yi replied with a sigh, cursing Zhou Chongwen in his head. Seriously—what kind of dumb names were those? Too ugly.

Duoduo circled around Fang Yi, asking all kinds of questions about the puppy, to the point that Fang Yi's head was starting to hurt. Even as the owner of a pet shop, he had no idea how many hairs were on this puppy, why its fur was that color, or why it couldn't talk.

In the end, he had to carry Duoduo downstairs to find Tang Jingyi for help. Kids were seriously hard to deal with. Good thing he had a boyfriend now—he wouldn't have to worry about this kind of thing in the future.

"Brother, what are you doing? I just went upstairs," Fang Yue said, pulling on Fang Yi.

"Why'd you go upstairs?" Fang Yue going upstairs wasn't unusual, but saying it like that definitely meant something was up.

"My idol said he's cooking today. I saw him bring back a bunch of stuff, so I went up to check how his cooking was going," Fang Yue leaned in close and whispered in Fang Yi's ear. "You really lucked out—he's not just super hot, his cooking is amazing too. It's seriously delicious. I already reserved a portion, so remember to save me some, okay?"

"Not saving you anything." Fang Yi shook his head and walked away. What did she mean by "lucked out"? Fang Yue really didn't know how to choose her words.

Fang Yi walked to the backyard and handed Duoduo off to Tang Jingyi, letting out a breath of relief. He was planning to go upstairs to see how Du Qianze's cooking turned out. If there wasn't enough, he'd just order more dishes from outside—Du Qianze's food could be kept for them.

"Wait a sec," Pei Sisi called after Fang Yi, asking who it was that hurt Peanut and Melon Seed so badly. The injuries around Melon Seed's eye had healed, but it was still obvious how badly it had been hurt back then, not to mention the bare patches of fur all over its body from the scars.

"You didn't know?" Tang Jingyi was surprised. "This blew up online back then, it was trending for several days."

"I just got back to the country," Pei Sisi explained. She rarely used Weibo or anything like that while she was abroad.

"I totally forgot," Tang Jingyi said. "I know about what happened with Peanut and Melon Seed—it was Hua Ziyi. He got thrown in jail for gathering people to do drugs."

"That guy was pure scum," she added. "There were reports online saying he hurt over a hundred animals. Peanut and Melon Seed were actually the lucky ones. They got rescued by the boss."

Fang Yi frowned when he heard that. Tang Jingyi knew a bit too much—Fang Yue must've told her.

"I see." Pei Sisi nodded after hearing Tang Jingyi's explanation, then walked over to Peanut and Melon Seed to hang out with them.

"Tang Jingyi's really close with you, huh?" Fang Yi found Fang Yue and asked quietly.

"Super close. We've known each other for years," Fang Yue nodded.

"How come I've never heard you mention her, and I've never even seen her?"

There were 365 days in a year, and Fang Yue was in the store for probably 300 of them. Fang Yi had never heard her mention Tang Jingyi once.

"I did mention her! When our shop first opened the Weibo account, she was our most active fan. Later on, when we needed help with adoptions, she helped a lot—found great homes for the pets. We chat all the time, even played games together. She joined later on, so she hasn't interacted with you much, but you should know her—she's the co-leader of our guild. Her username's Tang Duo."

Tang Jingyi's family had money—Fang Yue could tell from their chats. That's why she never pushed to ask about her real-life situation. She didn't want people saying she was only close to Tang Jingyi for the money. So she'd never asked for her real name until today.

"Oh." Fang Yi nodded. The name "Tang Duo" came up all the time in Fang Yue's mouth, and she'd helped the pet shop a lot. If Fang Yue told her about what Hua Ziyi did, that wasn't overstepping. Fang Yue knew what she was doing—she wouldn't spill that they'd set Hua Ziyi up.

"Brother, you should go check on Pei Haoyan and Naiba's dad. They both look terrible and are holed up in the break room," Fang Yue pointed toward it. "What exactly did they do today? Naiba's totally traumatized."

"Nothing much, just had Pei Datou force himself on Naiba," Fang Yi said flatly.

"What?!" Fang Yue let out a shriek that scared the grey parrot standing on top of a cage so bad it tumbled off. Everyone in the shop froze for a second and turned to look at her.

"It's nothing, really," Fang Yue said with an awkward laugh, waving her hand at them. She'd been in the shop all day, and she still missed something this major? No wonder Pei Datou had scratches on his face and Pei Haoyan hadn't said a word—those two seriously had a death wish.

"What's with those looks?" Fang Yi walked into the break room to find Ning Feng and Pei Haoyan both lying on the couch, staring at each other in silence.

"My Naiba won't talk to me. It's been hours," Ning Feng said gloomily.

"My Pei Datou won't talk to me either. He won't even let me check his wounds," Pei Haoyan added, equally downcast.

"It's fine. The two of them are out there playing happily right now. They'll probably forget what you guys did by the afternoon. Just feed them lunch and they'll be good." Dogs had great memories, but they didn't really hold grudges like that against their owners.

"Really?" Pei Haoyan suddenly shot up from the couch, eyes lighting up. He turned to Fang Yi. "Pei Datou loves a specific brand of canned food from overseas. I bought a bunch. I'll go home and grab two cans right now."

"No need. The canned food in the store should be good enough. Just bring some over later and try to win him over, say sorry, and he'll probably forgive you. As for you—" Fang Yi looked at Ning Feng, "I don't think Naiba's gonna be in the mood for any xxoo for a few days. I'll have Naima keep her company more. If she cheers up, she'll forgive you. You should still bring her a can of food."

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