Adorable Pet Daily Life Ch. 97

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The judges picked her up and started checking her over, tossing out some measurements and comments. Qiuqiu was so scared her whole body puffed up like a fuzzball—she looked just like a big, round lottery ball, and it made the judges exclaim in surprise, "This cat really is full of surprises."

Shen Luo forced a smile and said, "Sorry, judges, this one's a bit of a scaredy-cat. I'm gonna take her down now."

The judges, being cat lovers themselves, nodded understandingly. Shen Luo quickly scooped up Qiuqiu and left the stage.

A moment later, a staff member brought Ah Chou back. Qiuqiu immediately glued herself to him, and only then did she stop trembling.

Shen Luo felt like he'd just figured something out. Was it because Ah Chou had always protected Qiuqiu and made her feel safe that he managed to win her over? That felt kind of unfair.

There were over forty cats in this round of the competition, and going through them one by one took almost two hours.

Shen Luo found a shady spot to wait for the results, while outside the barriers, more and more spectators had gathered. Everyone was pointing at the cats entering the ring, whispering their thoughts and rating them as they went by.

Around three o'clock, they finally finished the judging for the domestic cat group. Next up were the pedigreed cats.

Shen Luo was starting to doze off a little—it was getting kind of boring.

Just then, out of nowhere, a dog showed up. It seemed really interested in Qiuqiu and kept sniffing around her. Qiuqiu was so flustered that she started meowing anxiously. Shen Luo only noticed when he heard the noise and hurried over to shoo the dog away—except Ah Chou was faster. With a single swipe of his paw, the dog yelped and bolted.

Shen Luo let out a sigh of relief, but before he could even react, Ah Chou suddenly darted out like he was dead set on beating that dog to a pulp.

Shen Luo was startled and quickly grabbed Qiuqiu and took off after him.

Damn it, Ah Chou really was a handful. Shen Luo made up his mind—he was going to give this little menace a good lesson when they got home.

Chasing after a cat and a dog, Shen Luo ended up weaving through several paths and somehow found himself in another event area—this one was for the cat obstacle course competition.

The little dog, panicking, had run straight onto the course. Ah Chou leapt in right after it, a white streak of lightning so fast that even Shen Luo was stunned. He had no idea Ah Chou could run that fast.

The dog raced ahead, jumping over bars, crawling through tunnels, climbing ramps, tearing across the course. Ah Chou followed right on its tail, moving just as fast, nimbly clearing every obstacle like he'd trained for this his whole life. The actual cat that had been competing stood frozen in place, totally confused about what was happening, while the entire crowd's attention shifted to the impromptu chase scene unfolding in front of them.

Shen Luo tried to run into the arena but was stopped by a staff member. "Sorry sir, you're not the handler of a competing cat. You can't enter this area."

"But my cat is in there!" Shen Luo pointed at the white blur chasing the dog.

The staff member glanced over but still insisted that Shen Luo couldn't go in. So he had no choice but to hold Qiuqiu tight and squeeze into the crowd to get a better look at what was happening.

Ah Chou's movements were crazy sharp. With every leap and dash, he looked completely at home on the obstacle course. Shen Luo suddenly felt like he didn't know Ah Chou at all.

Ah Chou chased the dog over all the obstacles. On the last wooden stump, Ah Chou leapt from the top and immediately pounced on the dog in front, then started biting it hard. The dog barked loudly, sounding really pitiful.

Shen Luo quickly raised the ball and shouted, "Ah Chou! Ah Chou! Qiuqiu's right here!"

All eyes instantly focused there. Everyone was thinking: Damn, such a badass cat actually has such a lame name.

(*Ah Chou, 阿丑; 丑 Chǒu: ugly, clown, hideous.)

Ah Chou gave the dog a serious beating, then looked up and saw Shen Luo holding Qiuqiu standing in the crowd. At that moment, Qiuqiu meowed, and Ah Chou immediately dropped the dog and dashed over to Shen Luo.

Ah Chou jumped once and landed on the competition barrier, then jumped again straight onto Shen Luo's shoulder. Shen Luo felt the weight on his shoulder and nearly dropped to his knees. Damn, Ah Chou was seriously strong!

Ah Chou didn't care about Shen Luo's feelings at all and just started licking Qiuqiu non-stop. Qiuqiu licked back too—super mushy vibes.

People around got a good look at Ah Chou's face and finally understood why the cat had such a name. It was honestly so ugly!

At that moment, in front of the judges' panel, a staff member in a black suit walked up to the head judge and asked, "Do you want to continue the competition?"

"Of course. Let that cat start over."

"But, look at this."

The black-suited guy placed the timer in front of the head judge. The judge's eyes widened as he looked at the time, "This is the speed you recorded for that cat?"

When the white cat with cow-like spots entered earlier, all the judges noticed and were stunned by its agility. Compared to it, the cat competing just now was basically trash!

The head judge stared at the stopwatch for a while, then said, "Continue the competition. That cat accidentally entered the field without registering, so no matter how good its results, they don't count."

That made sense—the most important thing was fairness. A cat that hadn't even signed up couldn't have its score counted.

The black suited man knocked on the bell to signal the competition to continue.

Because of Shen Luo's loud shout, everyone knew the white cat's name. After Ah Chou finished the entire obstacle course, the other cats sluggishly going through obstacles completely killed the tension and excitement, so the audience was totally bored and some had already left.

Shen Luo didn't know any of this. Holding the ball in one arm and Ah Chou in the other, he scolded the two, "What are you running for? You even ran into someone else's competition area, messing up the order. Don't you know? What if your wife's qualification gets canceled because of your mess? Ah Chou, really."

Ah Chou didn't understand competition rules or that its actions didn't affect Qiuqiu's score at all. It just realized it might have been bad for Qiuqiu, so it kept licking Qiuqiu apologetically. Qiuqiu's eyes were gentle like water, clearly seeing Ah Chou as a hero—no blame at all.

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