Daily Life in the Pet Shop Ch. 182

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"How many brothers do you have?" Fang Yi felt a faint sense of dread creep in. It sounded like a lot. Four or five he might be able to handle, but if it was over ten... yeah, no way.

"Maybe like a dozen? My family's huge—tons of relatives. Just my older male cousins from my dad's side are five or six, plus a few from my mom's side. If my sister really rounds everyone up, I'd say you're looking at fifteen or sixteen guys."

Pei Haoyan counted them off on his fingers like he was tallying up backup for a brawl.

"...Forget it, let's go eat first." Fang Yi sighed. You needed energy for a beating, after all.

"Where's Sisi going?" Tang Jingyi came over, holding Duoduo and peeking into the tree hollow to look at a little squirrel, just in time to see Pei Sisi storming off.

"She went home to get reinforcements. Let's just go eat first." Fang Yi waved and hurried upstairs. Du Qianze hadn't come down all morning—who knew how many dishes he'd made, or if there'd be enough to go around?

"Why'd you make so much food?" Fang Yi asked as soon as he stepped into the dining room. The newly bought dining table was completely packed with dishes—over ten in total—and the scent was amazing.

"There were a lot of people today, so I made a bit more," Du Qianze replied with a smile. He handed Fang Yi a small bowl of soup. "Here, try this—tell me if it's any good."

"It's great," Du Qianze's cooking sk**ls were pretty good. If compared to a restaurant, he was still a bit lacking, but being able to drink such delicious soup at home, Fang Yi was already quite satisfied.

"Go ahead and call everyone up to eat. Did Tianwang* leave yet?" Du Qianze had made food for them too.

(*Superstar; King of Pop; Music King.)

"Nope, I'll go get them." Since there was enough food, might as well have everyone eat together.

"Can we eat yet?" Fang Yue rushed over. "Everyone else's lunchboxes have already arrived. I didn't order one though—there's food for me, right?"

Although Du Qianze had cooked a lot of food, Fang Yi still felt a bit reluctant to invite so many people over to eat. This was Du Qianze's first meal, it should've been something for just the two of them to quietly enjoy, but now it was being shared by a whole bunch of people.

Fang Yi complained while eating. When he turned his head, he saw Naima, Naiba, Pei Datou, and Pei Daniu lined up neatly, sitting behind him, watching him eagerly with their mouths almost watering.

"Take your Naiba away. This is my first time cooking, and I even made some food for Naima," Fang Yi said. He grabbed a few clean bowls from the room, skimmed the oil off the soup, and mixed the meat broth with rice for Naima and Pei Datou. Naima wasn't happy with the mixed rice and quietly protested to Fang Yi. Fang Yi had no choice but to add a few pieces of meat to each bowl.

Naiba was pulled aside by Ning Feng, but it was frustrated by not getting any food and kept whimpering. For Naiba's health, Fang Yi decided not to give it any food. When Naima heard Naiba's pitiful cries, it looked back occasionally. Midway through eating, Naima stopped, picked up the rice bowl, and pushed it toward Naiba.

"Woof." When Naima brought her the food, Naiba was overjoyed, struggling to break free from Ning Feng's arms, practically burying her head in the bowl.

"Why didn't you stop it?" Fang Yi ran over and found that Naiba was already eating.

"If I didn't let her eat what Naima gave her, do you think she would still recognize me in the future? Let her eat, it's just some rice," Ning Feng said helplessly.

After lunch, Ning Feng left first. Of course, Naiba didn't go back with him. Naiba was hurt and had to stay at the pet shop for a few more days. Especially now, since Naima was paying attention to her, Naiba definitely didn't want to leave.

Tian Yanming also left with his wife and daughter. He still hadn't convinced that little wildcat, so he would be coming back tomorrow.

Pei Haoyan said there was no point in going home since no one was there to play with him. He decided to stay with Pei Datou and told Fang Yi not to worry about him. Fang Yi wasn't really fond of hosting, so hearing Pei Haoyan say that, he just let him do his thing.

When Du Qianze was cleaning up the dishes, Fang Yi helped too. Washing dishes was simple. Du Qianze offered to do it, but Fang Yi didn't let him, saying Du Qianze had worked hard all morning and needed rest. However, Du Qianze didn't rest and stayed nearby, handing Fang Yi things.

"I'm still not full," Fang Yi rubbed his belly. Du Qianze's cooking was so good that it took him a little time to mix the rice, and by the time he came back, the food was mostly gone.

"There's still a lot left. I'll go cook a couple more dishes for you," Du Qianze said. It was surprising that Fang Yi hadn't eaten enough, especially since Du Qianze had made the meal especially for him.

"No need to bother, you've been busy long enough, you must be tired. Let's go to the back street and have some wonton. After that, we can go shopping," Fang Yi said, dragging Du Qianze outside with ease.

"Do you need to buy anything?" Du Qianze asked curiously. He had never seen Fang Yi shop before, and in fact, he rarely went shopping himself.

"Now that you're my boyfriend, we should do some couple things. I see people always talk about shopping, so I'll buy you something," Fang Yi said a bit shyly. Even though Du Qianze had already moved in, Fang Yi only had affection for him, not deep feelings yet. They still needed to develop more, and Fang Yi often saw couples online going shopping, watching movies, or exchanging gifts. Though he wasn't sure if it would work, these were things most couples did, so it must have some purpose, right?

"You..." Du Qianze chuckled helplessly when he heard Fang Yi. Shopping was more of a thing for girls, not for two grown men like them.

"Wait a minute," Du Qianze said, pulling Fang Yi back. He went to change into a new outfit and even put on some makeup. He grabbed Fang Yi and said, "You're terrible at planning. Just listen to me."

"You... look different," Fang Yi said. He had experienced this before, where sometimes Du Qianze didn't quite look like himself, like he was a completely different person from the one on TV. But he had never asked about it before.

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