Daily Life in the Pet Shop Ch. 215

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"Chi Rui. That guy used to go after my sister-in-law. I want you to look into his background and see if he's still planning anything. Also, there was a serial k**ler named Ling Chi. I heard his family pulled some strings and got him a light sentence. Can you see if there's a way to make sure he gets properly punished according to the law?"

Now that Hua Ziyi was taken care of, these two were what Fang Yue worried about the most. Even though Du Qianze had cut ties with Chi Rui's company, the entertainment world was too murky. If Chi Rui pulled something shady behind the scenes, and Du Qianze got hurt, it would be a real shame. Fang Yi had finally found someone like him—Fang Yue didn't want anything to happen to Du Qianze.

"Okay," Pei Haoyan nodded. What Fang Yue asked for wasn't too much—he could handle it.

"Then can I ask you for something too?" he added.

"What is it?" Fang Yue frowned. Was he going to back out?

"Can I take this black cat home? I really, really like it." He pointed at the black cat on the table.

"No," Fang Yue shook her head. "This black cat doesn't belong to us. Naima invited it to help out."

"Then it doesn't have an owner, right? Why can't I take it home?" He thought this was the perfect time to help a stray find a home. Why was she saying no?

"Why do you think the black cat isn't ours? If it were a stray and came to our shop, do you think we wouldn't want to take it in?"

"I don't know," Pei Haoyan answered honestly.

"This cat's a stray, used to being wild. It likes roaming around and doesn't enjoy living with people. That's why we never took it in. It's not that we didn't want to—it's that it didn't want to be kept," Fang Yue explained.

"I get it—just like the cats Tian Yanming tried to adopt," Pei Haoyan said confidently. "If he could take those in, I can take this one too. I'll come by every day from now on."

"Suit yourself." Fang Yue didn't have much hope. She'd known that black cat for years, and it had never once shown the slightest interest in staying. She figured maybe when it got old, it might finally want to settle down and retire in their shop.

Fang Yi ate three big bowls of food and finally felt alive again. The food at fancy restaurants was nice, but it never really filled him up.

"How long were you starving?" Du Qianze watched him eat and couldn't help but feel a little heartache. Had he not been eating well all this time?

"Your food's just that good," Fang Yi said with a sheepish grin.

While they ate, Naima sat nearby watching. Du Qianze had also made a big bowl of mixed rice for him. Naima cleaned the bowl down to the last grain. Both he and Fang Yi ended up stuffed and decided to walk around the backyard to help digest.

As soon as they stepped into the backyard, the Tibetan mastiff ran over first. It was already bigger than Naima and almost knocked him over. The rest of the animals followed, and the yard instantly turned chaotic. Everyone rushed back to their own spots, and before long, a huge pile of gifts was placed in front of Naima—dog food, cornbread, canned food, toys, and even dozens of mice.

Fang Yi was speechless as he looked at the big crowd of cats gathered around Naima. He complained, "Can't you guys come up with something new? Naima doesn't even eat mice." In a bit, he'd have to quietly toss the mice out again before the cats noticed. He had no idea where they kept finding so many of them.

The crowd of cats looked up at Fang Yi with innocent eyes after hearing his complaint, then continued squeezing around Naima. Da Huang calmly stood by Fang Yi's feet, watching the horde of cats and dogs crowd toward Naima. After a moment, she yowled a few times at the messy group of animals. The cats and dogs around Naima quickly made way. Da Huang waddled toward Naima on her short legs.

"Looks like Da Huang's status in the backyard isn't low either," Du Qianze said with a smile. He'd known that many of the cats and dogs listened to Da Huang, but now it seemed like Da Huang's standing was almost on par with Naima's.

"Da Huang's basically an elder. A lot of the kittens and puppies that brought back were raised by Da Huang and Naima together. Plus, Naima has a gentle personality, while Da Huang's more assertive. These little animals in the backyard are actually kind of scared of Da Huang." Fang Yi watched as Da Huang walked over to Naima like a queen and affectionately rubbed against him. Naima lowered his head and gave Da Huang a few licks.

"That's nice." It was a kind of happiness too, to make it through everything together. If Naima had met Naiba at the beginning, maybe things would've turned out better for them.

While the cats weren't paying attention, Fang Yi quietly gathered the mice and tossed them out. Da Huang just stood to the side watching and didn't say a word. She knew Fang Yi didn't like mice, so what she brought for Naima was a toy from the front.

Back when they were staying at the villa, Fang Yi was worried Hua Ziyi might spot him, so he barely went out and only used the treadmill for running. It had been really suffocating. Now that they were back, Fang Yi got up early and dragged Naima out for a run.

While they were running, Da Fei showed up too, bringing along Guifei. It flew in front of Fang Yi, all smug, shouting, "I'm the boss! I'm the boss! I'm the boss!"

"What the heck is wrong with it now?" Fang Yi asked when he ran into Ting Shan. Da Fei was acting all weird again, repeating the same thing over and over.

"A few days ago, we got a film emperor to perform a classic scene. One of the coolest lines in it was 'I'm the boss.' Da Fei saw it and decided to make it its catchphrase." Ting Shan explained helplessly. He'd had to say this line countless times already. Da Fei had gotten way too comfortable at the TV station—telling everyone it was the boss. There were even a few times it shouted that while Ting Shan was meeting with the station director, scaring him half to death.

"It's not the boss—it's just a freeloader," Cai Ya complained nearby. "It comes over every day to eat Guifei's bird food, lives in Guifei's birdcage, and even takes some pocket change when it leaves. Tell me, hasn't this parrot basically turned into a spirit or something?"

"Why are you bringing this up again? Didn't I already give you the money?" Honestly, Ting Shan was kind of proud of Da Fei for this kind of thing. It meant Da Fei had top-tier flirting sk**ls. But Cai Ya was pissed, and she complained about it to everyone.

"I'm not even gonna bother with you. If you hadn't spoiled it, things wouldn't have gotten this far." Cai Ya rolled her eyes at Ting Shan, then turned to Fang Yi and said, "I heard Qianze got let go by his company. Is everything okay? Need any help?"

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