Daily Life in the Pet Shop Ch. 184

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"Neutering doesn't sound very good," Du Qianze said, thinking that a lot of small animals didn't like doing this kind of thing.

Back then, the owner of the pet shop had tried to convince him to get Dabai neutered, but Dabai had scratched a flower shape into the guy's face. That was actually the first time Du Qianze had ever seen Dabai lose its temper—normally, Dabai just had a bit of a bratty attitude.

"Stray cats aren't the same as house cats. Out there, they eat one meal and miss the next. Even if I come every day to feed them, I can't guarantee they get a full meal every time. If a pregnant cat doesn't get enough nutrition, it wrecks her body even more when she has to take care of the kittens."

"The park's so huge, and cats are so good at hiding—sometimes they have their kittens and I don't even know, so I can't give them extra nutrition in time, and it's bad for their health. That's why, whenever I can catch one and bring it back, I get them neutered. If some really don't want to, I let Naima try to talk them into staying," Fang Yi said.

When he first started catching the cats here to neuter them, he got scratched up bad. Later, after gaining some experience, it got a lot better. Now, he could even tell at a glance if a female cat was pregnant, how far along she was, and when she'd give birth, so he could give her some special care.

"How can you tell if a cat really doesn't want to?" Du Qianze was still pretty curious about this.

"Some of them, when Naima talks to them, they'll listen. When we take them for surgery, they won't struggle like crazy. But some, even after Naima tries to talk to them, still won't listen. When we prep them for surgery, they'll fight with everything they've got. The ones that struggle like that—they really don't want the surgery. You can't force it," Fang Yi explained.

Before he started catching the cats, he'd spent several days in a row explaining neutering to Naima. At first, Naima listened with a sulky face—he was neutered too—but later on, he got really good at it. Whenever Fang Yi brought a new cat or dog back, Naima wouldn't even wait for instructions. He'd just walk over and start explaining everything to them.

"Naima really has it tough, huh? Not only being a dad and a mom, but also playing therapist." Du Qianze pictured Naima talking to the animals and thought it sounded pretty funny.

"He really does," Fang Yi nodded. Naima was the hardest-working dog he'd ever seen, and probably the most worn-out one too.

"I'll go back and look up some new recipes. I'll cook more good stuff for him from now on," Du Qianze said. He'd always known Naima carried a lot on his shoulders, but he hadn't realized he even had to help out with the shop's work. Poor guy really had it rough.

"Here you go," Fang Yi said, putting some peeled chestnuts into Du Qianze's hand. Without even noticing, he'd finished peeling all the chestnuts along the way, and Du Qianze had already eaten all the ones he'd peeled earlier. These were the last few.

Fang Yi wiped his hands clean, then quietly took Du Qianze's hand and said, "Everyone around me's always wanted me to find someone to settle down with, but I always thought living alone was fine. It's not that hard to find someone who likes me, but finding someone who could love Naima and all the little animals at the shop too—that's almost impossible. I didn't think I'd actually meet someone like that. I'm really grateful."

Grateful that he got a second shot at life. Grateful that heaven sent Du Qianze to him.

"You're right. That's why you're not allowed to fall for anyone else. You have to keep liking me, got it?" Du Qianze had originally wanted to say something polite, but thinking about Fang Yi's personality, if he tried to be polite, Fang Yi might actually take it seriously. So instead, he shamelessly decided to start brainwashing him properly.

"Okay," Fang Yi nodded seriously. Maybe it was because he already liked Du Qianze a little from before, but right now he felt like his heart was starting to race. He wasn't totally sure if this was what people called being lovestruck, but either way, being with Du Qianze made him really happy.

Fang Yi wandered around the park every day, but he'd never thought it was anything special to look at. He told Du Qianze where the stray cats tended to hang out, then didn't really feel like walking anymore. Wandering around aimlessly like this just made him feel restless.

"Let's head home," Du Qianze said. He didn't really like walking around parks either, and when he saw Fang Yi wasn't feeling it anymore, he offered to go back.

"Okay," Fang Yi's eyes lit up when he heard the word "home," and he started rambling to Du Qianze about all the chores they still had to do at the shop. He'd been thinking about it the whole time.

When they got to the entrance of the pet shop, Fang Yi felt like something was off. It was way too quiet inside, which wasn't normal. But with dozens of people working there, it didn't seem like anything bad could've happened, and everyone still looked like they were working as usual.

"Boss, you're back," one of the employees came over and greeted Fang Yi really politely, which made him feel even weirder. Normally, when he came back, he just came back—no one ever specially came up to greet him.

"What happened?"

"A guest came by. They're all crowded in the break room. Boss, you should go take a look," the employee said in a low voice, like he was scared the people inside might hear.

"Isn't it normal to have customers? Why are you whispering like that?" Fang Yi asked. It didn't make sense for them to act this weird just because someone showed up.

"You'll know when you see it," the employee said, pointing at the break room door. When Fang Yi walked over, the employee ran after him again, looking worried, and said, "Boss, if they start fighting in there, just shout and we'll come save you."

Hearing that, Fang Yi instantly remembered what Pei Haoyan had said. Could it be that Pei Sisi had actually called her brothers over?

Even if Pei Sisi really did call her brothers over, they couldn't just start a fight here, right? The staff here were way too timid. If a fight really broke out, the employees wouldn't be enough—there were still a bunch of dogs in the backyard, after all.

Fang Yi opened the door and immediately understood why the staff had been so nervous. On the center sofa sat Pei Sisi and Fang Yue. On the sofas to either side sat eight men, four on each side, all sitting in neat rows. Every single one of them had a strong presence, frowning like they were here to pick a fight. No wonder the whole shop was acting so tense—they'd been scared stiff by these guys.

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