Chapter 14: Customers

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

“Meow, meow…”

Fang Ziyu looked up when he heard the sound of a cat. He saw a golden yellow cat sitting at the door of the store, looking at him with its big round eyes, as if it was complaining about why Fang Ziyu only came back now.

“How did you come out?”

Fang Ziyu quickly walked over and squatted down to pet Yellow. “There are people catching stray cats and dogs everywhere outside right now. Why did you come out by yourself?”

Seeing that Yellow was fine, Fang Ziyu heaved a sigh of relief. He would be heartbroken if this silly cat was really caught. At the same time, he blamed himself a bit. It probably ran out because there was no dried fish. He thought he should have bought more in advance.

“Meow…”

Yellow turned around and looked at Fang Ziyu with slight disdain, as if it was saying, “Do you think I’m as dumb as you?”

“Do you hear me? You’ll not be allowed to eat dried fish for a month next time you run away secretly.” Fang Ziyu patted its head when he saw that Yellow didn’t care.

It felt especially great patting Yellow’s head, which was round and had thick hair, so Fang Ziyu couldn’t help but pat it a few more times.

“Meow, meow? Meow…”

At first, Yellow felt a bit anxious in its mind when it ran out secretly and did something bad behind Fang Ziyu’s back, so it could tolerate Fang Ziyu’s offense and let him pat its head twice.

However, Fang Ziyu pushed his luck, so Yellow couldn’t stand it anymore. It turned its head and bit Fang Ziyu’s hand.

It exposed its nails on its strong cat claws slightly, warning Fang Ziyu not to pat its noble head again, or it couldn’t be blamed for being merciless.

“Hm? Did your paws get wet? Did you run to the water?”

Fang Ziyu saw that the fur on Yellow’s paws was obviously dry and a bit stiff after they got wet.

“Did you steal fish somewhere?”

Fang Ziyu grabbed Yellow and questioned it.

“Meow… Meow, meow…”

Yellow was first startled and then it shook its head constantly. No, no, it didn’t do anything.

“Ahwooh! It said it didn’t catch any fish. Its paws got wet accidentally after walking through a small puddle. It also said it wanted to fire you, this unsatisfactory poop-picker. It found it ridiculous that you didn’t buy dried fish and even doubted it.”

Icy cried and told Fang Ziyu what Yellow meant through telepathy.

Fang Ziyu picked up Yellow and sniffed it. There really didn’t seem to be any fishy smell. Did he wrongly blame it?

Fang Ziyu was a bit skeptical.

What Fang Ziyu was most afraid of was that it went to the aquarium to steal fish to eat. The cheapest fish inside also cost a few hundred yuan.

“Forget it, don’t run out again next time.” Fang Ziyu caressed Yellow.

He could hear the calls of all kinds of pets inside through the door. It was time for the pets to have lunch. As for Yellow, it was already meaningless for them to talk about whether it ate fish or not. He hoped it didn’t.

Fang Ziyu made a call to the owner of a nearby restaurant and ordered a bowl of noodles as he fed his pets.

After blocking the door with a fence, Fang Ziyu let out the two four-month-old British Shorthairs in the cage for some air while he picked up the cat litter and cleaned the cage.

“Meow… Meow…”

The two British Shorthairs were both pure blue. They had the chubby body of the British Shorthair, a round head and ears, and short, thick legs.

After Fang Ziyu let them out, they chased after each other with their short legs. One moment, they jumped here, another moment, they ran somewhere else. After a while, they ran back to Fang Ziyu’s feet and meowed. They even ran to Yellow, who was eating cat food with a disgusted look, from time to time.

They seemed to want to try if Yellow’s cat food tasted good.

Yellow glanced at the two little guys and stretched out its claws to push them, making them roll on the ground. The two cute kittens got up and bounced around again…

Fang Ziyu was supposed to clean the pet cages every morning, but he had to go out today, so he could only do so now.

However, he didn’t have many pets in his store. Besides, he hadn’t had any new pets for a long time, so there were only 15 left in the store. It didn’t take long for him to clean.

These animals had awakened their abilities, so Fang Ziyu originally had to be careful not to be hurt by them when he was cleaning the cages. But now, he had the Level 2 Icy. Just a glare Icy and these guys would stop moving obediently.

This was also why the identity of a Summoner and a certain pet level were required for the application of the mutated pet store license. Normal people couldn’t work in this industry at all.

Icy was always sleeping on the couch now, so the terrarium that used to keep it was also free.

After that, Fang Ziyu rearranged the pet cages, so there was a big empty space in the store, which was enough for him to put in new pets.

It took him almost half an hour to clean up.

After washing his hands, Fang Ziyu turned on the computer and watched Bonnie Bears while eating the noodles sent by the owner of the restaurant next door.

“Meow, meow…”

The two British Shorthairs surrounded Fang Ziyu’s feet and meowed as they rolled around. They wanted to eat Fang Ziyu’s noodles.

Fang Ziyu ignored them. Most of the food humans ate couldn’t be eaten by cats. Their stomachs couldn’t digest greasy food. Chili, cumin and other things would stimulate the cat’s stomach. Onion and garlic would also destroy the red blood cells of cats, causing hemolytic anemia.

So, no matter how cute they were, Fang Ziyu wouldn’t let them eat his food.

Fang Ziyu opened the drawer skillfully and took out a fake fish, throwing it aside to distract them.

“Ahwooh! Fang Ziyu, play another show. These two bears are too dumb. I don’t want to see them.”

Icy pointed at the computer and shouted. It had already finished eating and was originally taking a nap on the counter when Fang Ziyu woke it up with the TV.

“Then, let’s watch Pokémon.” Fang Ziyu put up a cartoon.

Icy found it alright after watching it for a while. It leaned on the table and started watching the cartoon.

However, every time Icy saw that the characters beat the Pokémons up to bring them under control, it would complain that human was so stupid and so whimsical.

After the meal, it was another boring afternoon. Fang Ziyu poured a cup of tea and sat on the chaise longue, thinking about how he should trick the Ocean Pet Cultivation Base tomorrow.

In the relaxing afternoon, Icy watched cartoons to digest the food while Yellow basked in the sun on the window sill on the second floor.

After chasing after each other in the store, the two British Shorthairs laid on their cat tree quietly and meowed occasionally. The naughty parrot in the cage spat out words that it just learned from time to time. After the mutation, it seemed to have become smarter.

Fang Ziyu slept on the chaise longue for two hours and didn’t even turn over.

Fang Ziyu, who was deep in his sleep, was suddenly woken up by Icy. When he opened his eyes, he saw three people standing at the door. They seemed to be here to look at the pets.

“Are you open for business today? We’re here to see if there are any mutated pets.” The middle-aged man among the three people asked.

There was also a middle-aged woman and a teenage girl with two ponytails standing next to the man. The little girl’s attention was already attracted by the two British Shorthairs in the store completely at this moment. Judging by her expression, her heart seemed to have been melted by the cuteness of the British Shorthair.

Seeing that there were customers, Fang Ziyu immediately became energetic. He stood up and said, “We’re open. Please come in. What pets do you need?”

Fang Ziyu noticed that a cat and a white three-legged pigeon, which was 50cm tall, were following behind the two adults.

Fang Ziyu guessed that they were picking pets for their daughter..