Daily Life in the Pet Shop Ch. 195

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"See what she wants?" Naiba rarely acted up like this, so if she refused to budge, there had to be a reason.

Du Qianze followed Naiba over to the popcorn counter. Naiba stood on her hind legs and propped herself up on the half-height counter, staring longingly at the popcorn inside, which made all the employees behind the counter laugh.

Fang Yi walked over with Naima and, seeing what Naiba was up to, bought a bucket of popcorn. Naiba carefully carried it over and placed it in front of Naima, then went right back to the counter, clearly waiting for Fang Yi to buy another one.

"You're just gonna watch Naima eat. You're not getting any." Fang Yi shut Naiba down without mercy. The popcorn was covered in butter—Naima was only allowed a couple pieces to taste. Naiba's stomach was way more sensitive—she couldn't even have one, and she still wanted a whole bucket.

Naiba sighed and slumped over the counter, refusing to move.

"Just leave her there. Let's take Naima in first." Seeing Naiba being stubborn, Fang Yi decided to ignore her. He grabbed Naima's popcorn, took Naima by the leash, and headed inside.

Naiba twitched her ears, listening to the sound of Naima walking away. She finally dragged herself off the counter, sulking as she slowly followed behind them.

Fang Yi pulled Naima along and followed the cinema manager into the screening room, surprised to find there was no one at the door to check tickets—and it was completely empty inside.

It turned out to be a private screening. No wonder Fang Yi could bring Naima in.

Fang Yi took the popcorn Naima had been carrying, placed it by his side, and then had Naima sit in the seat next to him. Naiba stayed quietly nearby.

"How much did this cost? Booking the whole cinema must not have been cheap, right?" Du Qianze had already picked up Fang Yi's stingy habit of calculating everything in his head. He quietly thought to himself, even the cheapest private screening would cost a few hundred, and the expensive ones could go for thousands. That was enough to buy a lot of canned cat food.

"Didn't spend a cent. Xiao Yue arranged it for us." But Fang Yi knew full well that Fang Yue didn't have that kind of pull—Su Ran must've set it up.

"Let's not do this again. Way too much of a waste." Du Qianze thought going to a movie for a date was kind of childish, but he had to admit, having Fang Yi watching it with him made him pretty happy.

The lights in the screening room dimmed, and when the familiar movie title appeared on the screen, Du Qianze got a little emotional and instantly understood why Fang Yi had gone through all the trouble to book the place.

Fang Yi had seen the clip Fang Yue edited earlier—the MV had gone viral on a bullet screen site with over two million DJs, and his Weibo follower count had shot up. Having never watched the actual movie, Fang Yi was totally misled. He genuinely thought the film had real bromance in it, but halfway through, he realized Fang Yue's editing sk**ls were seriously on another level—she'd managed to completely cut out the female lead.

Du Qianze didn't appear until the second half of the movie. His first appearance was absolutely stunning—ethereal, elegant, like a lonely immortal. But Fang Yi still felt that the real-life Du Qianze looked better than the one on screen.

Suddenly, a few tiny sounds reached Fang Yi's ears. He looked down and saw Naima sneakily stealing popcorn from the bucket, his tongue stretched long to curl around a kernel. When Fang Yi turned his head, Naima's tongue hadn't even made it back into his mouth yet.

Naiba wasn't watching the movie at all—she'd been staring at Naima the whole time. When she saw Naima successfully steal a piece of popcorn, she looked thrilled, like she had eaten it herself.

Naima looked up and saw Fang Yi had caught him in the act. Startled, he swallowed the popcorn whole—and choked.

"Cough, cough, cough..." Naima instantly started coughing loudly.

"You..." Fang Yi grabbed a bottle of water and gave Naima a few sips. After a bit of a struggle, he finally recovered.

But halfway through the movie, Naima snuck a few more kernels. Fang Yi saw he didn't eat that many, so he let it slide. Who would've thought that when they got home that night, it was Naiba who got sick—diarrhea and even a fever.

Naima was super anxious, circling around Naiba nonstop. A bunch of little animals from the backyard came by to check on Naiba—Bandit even brought over its secret stash of carrots—but Naiba was so weak, she couldn't eat anything.

"Naima, come here." Fang Yi gave Naiba her meds, then called Naima over and asked very seriously, "Did you sneak some popcorn to Naiba?"

"Whimper..." Naima lowered his head and let out a few soft sounds. He had indeed given two pieces of popcorn to Naiba.

"Naiba's not like you. Her stomach's sensitive—there are a lot of things she can't eat, especially anything with butter in it. You absolutely can't just feed her whatever. Got it?" Fang Yi gave Naima a firm warning.

Naima kept his head down, tail drooping, and quietly walked away, lying down next to Naiba.

Since Naiba was sick, Naima was so worried he might get tired going upstairs that he didn't even go up to sleep with Fang Yi anymore—he stayed downstairs with Naiba every night.

Naiba was in high spirits despite being sick, eating well and staying cheerful every day. Taking advantage of her "patient" status, she kept Naima glued to her side all the time. Since it was Naima's fault she got sick in the first place, Naima basically gave in to her every demand—sticking close to her all day, and even calling over other little animals to play with her.

Du Qianze watched them every day and eventually realized Naiba was incredibly cunning—she had clearly recovered but still pretended to be weak, making Naima stay with her and play. She had definitely maxed out a dog's IQ.

Fang Yi knew Naiba was faking it too. But since she'd been crushing on Naima for so many years and finally had a chance to spend time with him properly, he let it slide. Whenever Naima came to ask for medicine on Naiba's behalf, he would feed her the nutrition tablets Ning Feng had left behind.

A few days later, Du Qianze received a contract termination notice from the company—both he and Hai Yang had been let go. It happened right before they were supposed to sign a new film contract with Ning Feng, and it was basically Pei Chunbo giving him a big "gift."

But right after that came some bad news: Chi Rui called that same day, asking Du Qianze what he had done to offend Pei Chunbo. Since Pei Chunbo had a high position in the company, Chi Rui couldn't openly go against him, and could only try to help persuade things from behind the scenes—but first, he needed to know what had happened.

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