Daily Life in the Pet Shop Ch. 227

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"I'm sorry... I didn't take care of Naima." Du Qianze looked down at the cup and said quietly. He had just dreamed about Naima. In the dream, Naima died, and Fang Yi was depressed. The pet shop closed, and he went home alone. Although he knew it wasn't real, just thinking about the possibility of such an outcome made his heart ache.

"You didn't make it run into the middle of the road to pick up that puppy. Why are you apologizing to me? What Naima did today must have scared you. Once he's healed, I'll have him apologize to you." Fang Yi knew Naima's character. He was sure that Du Qianze hadn't seen Naima leave, and while Du Qianze was distracted by Xiao Yuan, it was normal that he couldn't stop Naima.

"Get changed. I'll take you to the hospital. Your face is really red." Fang Yi noticed that Du Qianze's complexion was obviously off and knew he must have caught a cold.

"It's fine, I'm not that weak. Just bring me the medicine box, I'll take two pills and it'll be good." Du Qianze's body was fine; a little rain definitely wouldn't make him sick. If he did get sick, it would be from the shock, not from being that sick.

"Are you really okay?" Fang Yi asked, still not entirely reassured.

"I'm fine. By the way, what about Xiao Yuan? Is he okay? He should've caught a chill too. You should make him some ginger soup to drink. Kids shouldn't be taking medicine randomly." After Du Qianze took the medicine, he explained to Fang Yi and quickly fell asleep.

"Brother, how's my idol doing?" Fang Yue was back to eating her lunchbox, looking quite unhappy.

"He's got a slight cold. If he's still not better tomorrow, I'll take him to the hospital."

"I think, my idol was definitely shocked, that's why he's feeling unwell. At times like this, he needs comforting. Also, if he's really cold, you should make him sweat it out." Fang Yue said seriously as she analyzed the situation to Fang Yi.

"How do I comfort him? Should I add more blankets? Will he get too hot?" After hearing Fang Yue's words, Fang Yi thought she made sense, but it was the middle of summer—would Du Qianze just kick the blankets off?

"You..." Fang Yue felt like Fang Yi was slow to the point of no return. "Are you stupid? My idol is right now lying on your bed. When you sleep, just hug him. That'll help him feel at ease, and you have a higher body temperature, so you can help him sweat it out too. It's a win-win situation."

Fang Yue finished speaking and silently thought to herself, Idol, I can only help you this much. Whether or not you take your clothes off is up to you.

"Oh." Fang Yi nodded, planning to try it out.

That night, when they went to bed, Fang Yi stretched out for a long time, finally pulling Du Qianze into his arms. However, it was his first time sleeping while holding someone, and he wasn't used to it. He changed positions a few times before he finally fell asleep.

Du Qianze slept deeply. Even after being pulled into Fang Yi's arms, he didn't wake up. He only felt a little uncomfortable and adjusted his sleeping position in Fang Yi's arms before sinking back into a deep sleep.

Du Qianze woke up in the middle of the night feeling like he was in a furnace. He struggled for a bit but couldn't break free, so he just shifted into a more comfortable position and fell back asleep.

When he woke up in the morning, he was in good spirits, but his body felt gross—sticky and sweaty, which was super uncomfortable. He went to the bathroom to shower and finally felt a lot better.

"You're up. I made some porridge, come eat some buns," Fang Yi said when he saw Du Qianze was awake. He placed the buns on the table and went to the kitchen to ladle out the porridge. The internet said people who just got over being sick should eat light, so he made a pot of porridge. He couldn't cook much else, but porridge wasn't too hard—though the thickness wasn't really something he could control.

"Mm, I'm starving." The smell hit Du Qianze and instantly made his stomach growl. He didn't even bother drying his hair, just rushed over to the table and downed a bowl of plain porridge before slowing down to eat.

"Your hair's still wet. You just got better, don't catch a cold again. Dry your hair first before eating." Fang Yi tossed him a towel and went to get him another bowl of porridge.

"How's Naima?" After two bowls of porridge and a steamer of buns, Du Qianze felt like he was back to full strength.

"Just a minor injury, nothing serious," Fang Yi replied flatly. Honestly, it was pure luck Naima didn't get hurt worse this time.

"That's good. I'll make some bone broth for him at lunch, give him a little boost." After what happened, Du Qianze had a clearer picture of just how self-sacrificing Naima could be.

"No need. He's still reflecting. I'm planning to ignore him for a couple days." Fang Yi was really mad about what Naima did this time.

"Oh." Du Qianze didn't defend Naima either. Truth be told, he wasn't a fan of him risking himself to save another dog.

Naima got locked up for two days, and still didn't seem to get what he did wrong. When he got out, he was as energetic as ever. Fang Yi kept a cold face around him, but Naima acted like he didn't even notice and still ran over to him every day, doing his usual thing like nothing changed.

The only difference was, now there was a little puppy trailing behind him. The pup had been dried off in time and didn't catch a cold, but it kept crying in the cage, so Fang Yue had no choice but to bring it to Naima for comfort. Turned out the pup got super attached and wouldn't leave Naima's side—if it couldn't see Naima, it'd start whining.

Fang Yue just let it be. After all, Naima went through a lot to save this pup, and the fact that it was so clingy showed it actually had a conscience.

The puppy had short legs, so it had to do a little jog to keep up with Naima. Sometimes it would stumble and fall, but it'd just get up and keep going. If there was something it couldn't get past, it would stand behind Naima and cry nonstop until he turned around and carried it over. Naima took really good care of it.

Fang Yue ignored everyone else's opinions and gave the little puppy a name—Shengmu (Holy Mother). Even though Fang Yi and Du Qianze both disagreed, after a long back-and-forth, they finally accepted it. The real reason was, the puppy actually responded to the name. Whenever someone called "Shengmu," it would get all excited and come running.

The puppy had only been at the shop for a month, but it was already tight with every other animal there. And since it was still a baby, the other animals really doted on it. Bandit often gave it treats, which made Little Bandit jealous.

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