Daily Life in the Pet Shop Ch. 231

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"She did. Honestly, that mama cat's not that patient. Once the kittens start growing a bit, she kinda loses interest. And since Mimi kept showing up every day, she eventually got annoyed and let it take one." While Fang Yi was explaining, Mimi stayed close by, eyes glued to the kitten in his hands, super focused like it was afraid something might happen.

"Can Mimi really raise it properly?" Mimi ate dog food, after all. Kittens needed cat food, right?

"Mimi's been hiding it own treats and sneaking them to the kitten. But most of those snacks aren't even suitable for kittens, so I cut it off. Now, the people who come by to feed it each day make sure to feed the kitten first before they leave." Fang Yi sighed. Honestly, it didn't feel like Mimi was the one raising the kitten—he felt like he was. In fact, Xiao Yuan was way easier to raise than this kitten. Xiao Yuan never fussed, wasn't picky, and didn't throw tantrums—definitely less work than the kitten Mimi adopted.

"How'd Mimi suddenly get the urge to be a dad, anyway? Didn't you just say mama cats aren't very into their own kids?" Du Qianze asked, recalling what Fang Yi had just said. If Mimi really thought of herself as a cat, she shouldn't have wanted to raise a kitten either.

"Mimi may think it is a cat, but its dog instincts are still there. Honestly, I think it's because it saw Naima with Shengmu and wanted to compete." Ever since Naima noticed Shengmu copying him, he'd been taking Shengmu everywhere—definitely showing off.

"This is so..." Du Qianze shook his head. "Mimi's so childish. Competing over this?"

"This isn't something small—of course she'd compete. But still, it's me who has to deal with all the trouble. Helping Mimi raise a kitten and everything. Once this little guy's old enough to take care of itself, things'll calm down." Fang Yi handed the kitten back to Mimi. Mimi lowered its head, licked the kitten gently, and carefully picked it up in its mouth to carry it back into the nest.

"Mimi's gone back, so we should head back too. Oh—" Du Qianze suddenly remembered something big. "Has Naiba met Shengmu yet?"

"Yeah," Fang Yi nodded. "Shengmu had only just arrived when Ning Feng found out and brought Naiba to meet it. But Shengmu didn't seem to like Naiba very much." Back then, Shengmu was still tiny and would bark nonstop whenever it saw Naiba.

"What happened after that?" Du Qianze silently mourned for Naiba. Just when Naima had finally stopped being afraid of her, along came Shengmu. Naiba's love life was seriously cursed.

"After that, I sold Naiba a ton of snacks, and she actually managed to win Shengmu over with them. Ning Feng ended up spending over a thousand yuan." Fang Yi was absolutely not admitting to any opportunistic profiteering.

"Shengmu eats that much?" Even now that it had grown, Du Qianze doubted it could even finish a whole can of food. Spending that much on snacks for Shengmu didn't seem realistic.

"It didn't eat that much. Naiba gave it the snacks, and it took them to the backyard and handed them out. Every little animal in the backyard got a bag. Once it finished sharing, it didn't ask for more." Fang Yi was smiling wide as he said it. Ning Feng had been standing right there watching, his face totally dark.

"Naima really is Naiba's nemesis. Naiba must've owed him big-time in a past life." Even if Fang Yi hadn't said anything, Du Qianze could already picture the expression on Ning Feng's face. First Naiba had to win over Naima, and now she had to win over both Naima and Shengmu. That stuff costs money, man.

"I definitely didn't owe her anything in my past life," Fang Yi said, though he did owe her a favor—something way harder to repay than money.

Du Qianze followed Fang Yi to grab breakfast in the alley out back. By the time they left, Shengmu had already come back, this time with a tiny pet dog in tow. The dog was small—shorter than Shengmu, even—but clearly already an adult. Its long brownish-yellow fur had been neatly brushed, and there was even a pink bow on its head. It trotted along behind Shengmu, playing with Shengmu's tail.

"Let's wait here a sec," Fang Yi said, pulling Du Qianze back to sit down again. One glance and it was obvious this dog was a pet—Shengmu had lured home another one with an owner. Clearly, its judgment still needed work.

"Xiao Bei!" A middle-aged woman came running up to them, out of breath. She scooped the little dog into her arms and said to Fang Yi, "You'd better keep a close eye on your Shengmu. How many times has this happened just this month? It keeps luring our Xiaobei away!"

"Big sister, I've scolded Shengmu plenty, but it doesn't listen. Maybe you should have a talk with your Xiao Bei too. Tell it to stop following Shengmu around," Fang Yi replied calmly—clearly not his first rodeo.

"If Xiao Bei actually listened to me, would Xiao Bei be trailing after your Shengmu all waggy and happy like that? I just don't get it. Shengmu's not even that good-looking, how did it charm our Xiao Bei so bad? Next time you're coming this way, give me a heads-up. I'll take a different route," the woman said before leaving with her dog. At first she had seemed genuinely annoyed, but she clearly got over it halfway through. After all, it wasn't like Fang Yi could control Shengmu, and honestly, every dog in this alley had been lured off by Shengmu at some point. It wasn't just her Xiao Bei.

Du Qianze watched the woman walk away, then looked down at Shengmu, who was now rubbing up against Naima, acting all innocent like nothing had happened.

"It still doesn't know which animals it shouldn't bring home?" Du Qianze asked. Shengmu had been following Naima around for a while now—there's no way it hadn't learned by now. Back before he left, it could already tell the difference.

"It knows. It just has this bad habit of luring pet dogs for fun. I'm actually thinking about renaming it. I've been noticing that names really do affect a dog's personality. So many dogs like Shengmu. Pretty much every dog in this alley's been led away by Shengmu at some point. It either brings them home or just plays with them for a bit."

Du Qianze had stayed at home for half a month and had fully witnessed the Shengmu's god-level dog-fetching sk**ls. Nearly every single day, someone would show up looking for a dog—and most of them actually found it. Fang Yue had apologized so many times she was practically numb to it by now.

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