Adorable Pet Daily Life Ch. 73

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With Chenyi's case settled, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Lan Jing was a beautiful and affectionate cat. If he could finally find a real home, it would be a huge win.

Meanwhile, the border collie's wounds had healed enough that it started going back to the countryside with Shen Luo, making room for new animals in the clinic.

That night, Shen Luo was sound asleep when he was jolted awake by a thunderous snore. Bleary-eyed, he sat up and looked around—he didn't see anyone moving. The snoring was deafening, though, so he knew he hadn't imagined it.

He always left his door open at night. Dogs like Ethan knew how to open doors on their own, but others didn't. Still, the sound was definitely coming from inside the room. Several dogs were sleeping in there—was one of them the culprit?

He grabbed his phone and turned on the flashlight. Ethan was still curled up by the bed. The others were all lying in their usual spots. As he scanned the room, he finally pinpointed the noise—it was the border collie.

This was the collie's first time sleeping over at this place, so Shen Luo had no idea it snored like a chainsaw.

He sighed, turned on the lights. The noise stirred the other dogs awake. Some blinked in confusion, some sat up, and a few stayed asleep—but only for a moment. Soon, they were all alert.

All except the border collie, who was still completely dead to the world.

Shen Luo could only stare in disbelief.

He walked over and stood next to the dog for a long moment. Nothing. No reaction at all.

"Yep," Shen Luo muttered. "Definitely not cut out for guard duty."

Shen Luo sighed and was about to wake the border collie when suddenly it let out a long, drawn-out wheeze. The snore dragged on forever—then all at once, the dog sprang up, barked twice, and looked around in confusion, as if trying to find the thing that had woken it up.

Shen Luo stared, speechless. This idiot had actually been woken up by its own snoring! Incredible.

Why did he always end up with these weirdo pets?

The collie barked at him twice, clearly blaming Shen Luo for waking it up.

Totally speechless, Shen Luo gave up and turned the lights off, going back to bed.

He'd barely laid down when he heard a series of meows—except the sound was off, kind of awkward and warped. Shen Luo sat bolt upright in bed. No freaking way. That border collie was trying to meow like a cat?! Holy crap—so that time he thought he'd heard a cat meowing, it hadn't been in his head after all!

He switched on the light again—and then came a bunch of high-pitched squeaks. Mice sounds?! Shen Luo just stood there, stunned. This dog was multilingual.

As soon as the lights were on, the collie quickly switched back to regular dog barks, looking guilty as hell—it hadn't expected to be caught in the act.

It took Shen Luo a few minutes to calm down and lie back down, but now he was wide awake. That collie had seriously messed with his head.

His brain was still a mess when the door creaked open.

"I heard some noise from your room. Everything okay?"

Shen Luo turned and saw it was Xiao Chuan.

"Nothing major. That border collie was just snoring like a freight train. Probably woke you up too, huh?"

Xiao Chuan was standing in the doorway in a loose tank top, hair a mess, eyes still half-closed. The light behind him spilled into the dark hallway, and the glow filtered through the thin fabric of his sleep shorts. Between his legs was a very obvious shadow.

Shen Luo's throat went dry. He swallowed—twice—before he managed to speak. "You should go back to bed. It's still chilly—you'll catch a cold like that."

Xiao Chuan saw there really wasn't anything going on, so he nodded. "Alright. You get some rest too."

The door closed behind him. Shen Luo let out a breath and shut his eyes, feeling a weird mix of relief and disappointment.

The next day, Shen Luo quietly told Xiao Chuan about the whole thing. Xiao Chuan was floored—a dog that could mimic cat meows and mouse squeaks? That was next-level bizarre.

"We probably shouldn't spread this around," Xiao Chuan said. "Wouldn't be good for the dog if word got out."

Shen Luo totally agreed. Man, he thought, Xiao Chuan really gets me.

The whole thing about the border collie became a secret between Shen Luo and Xiao Chuan.

Shen Luo had barely gotten two days of feeling happy before Xiao Chuan told him, "My family contacted me."

Shen Luo was stunned. "What?"

Xiao Chuan gave a helpless smile and said, "My family found me. They called me yesterday. I think they'll probably come pick me up in the next couple of days."

Shen Luo's mind instantly buzzed, and his heart was in chaos. The news had come way too suddenly.

"How... how did they find you?" Shen Luo asked, his voice strained.

Xiao Chuan said, "They saw that episode of the show we were on, and that's how they reached out."

The episode of Happy Gathering had aired a long time ago, and it took this long for his family to track him down because the process was complicated and full of twists and turns.

The Xu family hadn't caught the original broadcast or even the reruns. It just so happened that their driver had a little nephew staying over, who was watching videos online and stumbled upon the show. The kid kept giggling, and the driver leaned over for a look—only to be shocked when he saw Xiao Chuan. At first, he thought it was just someone who looked alike, but after taking a closer look, he realized the resemblance was uncanny.

The eldest son of the Xu family had gone missing during a business trip last year. The Xu family had pulled a ton of resources to search for him, but came up empty. They had pretty much accepted the fact that he was gone for good—until this video suddenly popped up out of nowhere.

The driver hesitated for more than half a month before finally bringing it up to the heads of the Xu family. Mr. and Mrs. Xu were both shocked. After watching the episode, they quickly got in touch with the provincial TV station. Since the show had aired months ago, it took the station three days to dig up the relevant info and hand it over to the Xu family.

Mr. and Mrs. Xu were skeptical at first, but after investigating a bit more, they found that B City was right next to the city where Xu Jinchuan had gone on that business trip, so it wasn't that far-fetched that he could've ended up wandering over there.

The couple contacted Xiao Chuan and asked him a few questions. The more they talked, the more convinced they became. Now they were just planning to run a final test to confirm.

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