Daily Life in the Pet Shop Ch. 213

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Hua Ziyi underwent psychological treatment every day, taking his medication on time. But strange things kept happening around him, and he felt like the shadow of the black cat was everywhere in his life. He couldn't escape it. The scars on his hands kept increasing, and by the fifth mark, Hua Ziyi realized it was the character for "death." For the first time, he felt that the black cat might truly be some cursed creature, and he shouldn't have provoked it.

However, when he showed the wound to the psychologist, the doctor claimed it was self-inflicted, and even found a tool in Hua Ziyi's room—a fountain pen—that matched the wounds on his hands. Hua Ziyi refused to believe the doctor's words. Those scars were clearly from a cat's claws.

Soon, Zhou Qimeng provided the Hua family with a psychological evaluation confirming Hua Ziyi's mental issues. After the incident Hua Ziyi caused, his family paid less and less attention to him. Only his father, Mr. Hua, came to visit him once and found that Hua Ziyi was indeed as strange as the rumors said, always claiming that someone was out to harm him.

Upon learning that Hua Ziyi had developed self-harming tendencies, Father Hua merely sighed deeply and asked Zhou Qimeng to do his best to help Hua Ziyi. If the treatment didn't work...

"It looks so satisfying, how did you come up with so many ideas?" Pei Haoyan was thoroughly enjoying watching Hua Ziyi's paranoid daily life. When the family was investigating Fang Yi, they also did some background research on Hua Ziyi.

They found out what Hua Ziyi had done, and Pei Sisi immediately suggested that they k**l him. While the Pei family could have handled it, they didn't think it was worth the trouble, so they didn't let Pei Sisi bring it up again. Pei Sisi and Pei Haoyan had both been holding this grudge, and now that they saw how badly Fang Yi had made Hua Ziyi suffer, Pei Haoyan found it extremely satisfying.

"Thanks to those devices you sent, they really made the stuff in the video look so real, that's how we managed to scare him. And those two bodyguards you found were incredibly reliable," Fang Yi said. Because the devices Pei Haoyan sent were so effective, the army of frightening animals didn't have to be used often. Their main task was just to go out and catch mice and cockroaches, which were then thrown into Hua Ziyi's house.

"Don't worry, those two have been around my grandfather since they were little. They're very reliable. Whatever we've done, they won't spill a word. If this thing blows up, just blame it on my sister. The family will definitely help her cover it up." Pei Haoyan said this without batting an eye, selling out Pei Sisi.

"Then I really appreciate it," Fang Yi said seriously from the side. The two bodyguards hired by the Pei family had been a huge help to them. Without them, it probably wouldn't have been so easy to deal with Hua Ziyi.

"Ah, don't mention it. What you're doing is exactly what I wanted to do," Pei Haoyan laughed and said. "But your methods were better than mine. I would have just had my cousin go and teach them a lesson. If something like this happens again, make sure to come to me."

Fang Yi's plan continued for a month. Hua Ziyi was completely broken, and the Hua family locked him up, treating him as a mental patient. But by that point, he truly had gone mad. Hua Ziyi felt like the black cat was always standing in front of him, no matter when.

In Fang Yi's mind, once someone went mentally ill, they were pretty much done for. Still, he asked Zhou Qimeng to keep an eye on it. If Hua Ziyi actually got better later, he'd come back to check—see if Hua Ziyi still had the guts to abuse animals. But honestly, after what he pulled, Hua Ziyi would probably get weak in the knees just seeing a small animal.

"Finally done." Zhou Chongwen let out a big sigh and flopped onto the couch. He weakly told Fang Yi he didn't want to leave anymore—the villa was nicely decorated, the furniture was comfy, the environment was great, and most importantly, there were all kinds of free snacks. The super expensive stuff he never dared to buy before, now he could eat them all he wanted, since the supermarket delivered to them for free every day.

Even though Pei Haoyan gave them a supermarket card, Fang Yi had never used it. The stuff at that place was pricey, and Pei Haoyan brought food over every day anyway, so he didn't really need to buy anything. After realizing they wouldn't use the card, Pei Haoyan just had the supermarket staff pick out snacks and deliver them daily to keep Fang Yi entertained. But Fang Yi didn't like that kind of stuff—Zhou Chongwen was the one eating the most of it.

"What's so good about this place? No one to talk to, no one around when you go out, and the food sucks." Fang Yi was a rough guy. He was used to life in the pet shop. All the fancy stuff here just didn't feel right to him, especially the food.

Everything Pei Haoyan brought over came from high-end hotels. It was fine for a meal or two, but after eating it for over a month, Fang Yi missed the backstreet snacks the most—like sesame flatbread and wontons.

"You just don't know how to enjoy life," Zhou Chongwen said, grabbing an apple from the fridge and taking a bite. He even remembered to share some with Red Bean and Mung Bean. While eating, he said, "These apples cost 300 bucks each. You guys better eat more, 'cause after today, there won't be any left."

"Three hundred bucks could get me a big bag of cat food," Fang Yi said from the side, looking totally unimpressed.

"Oh yeah? Then I won't eat them anymore. I'll buy cat food instead," said Pei Haoyan, who had just come out of his room. Hearing Fang Yi's comment, he suddenly felt like he'd been way too extravagant—one apple could feed a cat for over ten days.

"You don't need to," Fang Yi said, turning his head. "You're different from him. He doesn't have money, doesn't make much either, and he has to support a family and cats. So he can't be eating stuff that expensive. But your family's rich, so you can eat whatever you want."

"Forget it. I'm done eating them anyway. I'm sick of them," Pei Haoyan said. Those apples tasted pretty good at first—he used to eat several a day. But now he couldn't even finish one and had to share half with Naima. And since Fang Yi thought they were too pricey, he figured he'd stop eating them altogether. He'd save the money to buy cat food for Fang Yi instead. The cats and dogs Fang Yi brought this time had really shocked him. They would do whatever you told them to, and one black cat in particular could even raise its middle finger and scratch people—absolutely wild.

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