Chapter 119: Chapter 119: Egg, Won’t You Let Anyone Sleep?
"Why ’Egg’?" Both Sylvie and Sun Qian looked on in exasperation. ’How could you give such a cute Raccoon Cat such a la na? Can you show a little taste?’
"Uh, look, its belly is so round, just like an egg, so I called it Egg," he said. But that wasn’t what he was really thinking. Shen Yibin had actually nad the Raccoon Cat "Egg" because, according to legend, Raccoon Cats have enormous testicles. Go look at the tanuki statues in Japan—don’t they all have their testicles hanging down to their feet? However, this reason was a little too crude, and Shen Yibin was too embarrassed to explain it to the two ladies.
"You two clean up the table. I’m going downstairs to feed the pets." To prevent them from asking more questions, Shen Yibin made a quick retreat. Hah’Er followed him. Egg’s eyes darted between the dining table and Hah’Er a few tis before it finally chose to follow Hah’Er downstairs.
"From now on, your na is Egg. Do you like it?" Shen Yibin asked, stroking Egg’s head. ’Sigh, why am I so shaless? But it’s such a good na, I can’t bear not to use it. You’ll just have to put up with it.’
Egg nodded, seemingly not opposed to it. It probably couldn’t have guessed how dark Shen Yibin’s inner thoughts were. Shen Yibin even snuck a few peeks, but unfortunately, Egg’s "eggs" weren’t quite as exaggerated as the ones on the statues.
"Hah’Er, you can feed them. I’m going to rest for a bit." Having cooked right after coming back, Shen Yibin was exhausted. He collapsed onto the sofa as soon as he got downstairs, leaving the work to Hah’Er. It was a familiar routine for the panda anyway.
"Mmm!" Hah’Er waved a paw behind him, signaling for Egg to follow. He then went to the storage room, pulled out two baskets, kept one for himself, and gave the other to Egg. After putting the pet food inside, it looked as if he planned to teach his new sworn brother how to work alongside him.
’Tsk tsk, it’s his first day at the store, and he hasn’t even had a chance to catch his breath before being put to work. Hah’Er really is too earnest, isn’t he?’ But from the looks of it, Egg didn’t seem unhappy. On the contrary, it happily followed Hah’Er toward the pets, randomly rummaging through the pet food in its basket as it went, as if trying to figure out what all this stuff was.
Before they even reached the cages, the Chihuahua, the Russian Blue Cat, and the others inside imdiately got up and pressed against the front of their cages, BARKING and OWING. These little guys had developed a conditioned reflex; the mont they saw Hah’Er like this, they knew it was ti to eat.
Of course, a few of them were curiously sizing up Egg, seemingly wondering what kind of animal this newcor was.
Hah’Er opened a cage, tore open a bag of pet food, and poured the kibble into the Chihuahua’s bowl. Then, he took a bag of cat food from Egg’s basket, stuffed it into its paws, and gestured for Egg to feed the Siase Cat in front of it just as he had done.
Imitating Hah’Er, Egg slid open the cage latch, opened the door, and tore open the cat food packet. Then... it stuck out its tongue and licked the cat food. It looked like it wanted to taste what the cat food was like.
"Mmm!" An exasperated Hah’Er slapped Egg on the head, as if to say, ’Weren’t those delicious Saliva Frogs from earlier enough for you? Now you’re even trying to steal the cat’s food?’
"Ooh~" Egg whimpered twice, looking wronged, and gave up on its taste-testing plan. It was hard to say whether Hah’Er’s lesson had worked or if the taste of the cat food simply wasn’t to its liking.
And so, constantly supervising Egg, it took Hah’Er half again as long as usual to finish feeding all the pets. After the pets finished eating, he opened their cages again and let them all out into the main hall for their exercise.
Normally, these pets were well-behaved under the guidance of Platoon Leader Hah’Er. Unfortunately, today they had a troublemaker nad Egg. One mont it was imitating a cat, lying lazily on the floor. The next, it was copying a dog, sticking its tongue out and panting with a silly grin. Then, it would mimic Hah’Er and try to command the other pets, throwing the whole hall into chaos.
’Ha, looks like your sworn brother doesn’t listen, huh?’ Shen Yibin, who was watching the fun from the sidelines, chuckled. ’It seems Hah’Er is going to have a headache for a while, at least until we find a suitable owner for Egg.’ However, Shen Yibin didn’t expect that it would soon be his turn to have a headache.
After the pets’ exercise was over, he helped Hah’Er clean up. By then, it was about ti to rest. Seeing how close Hah’Er and Egg had beco, Shen Yibin didn’t have the heart to separate them, so he dug another small bed out of the storage room and placed it next to Hah’Er’s bed so they could sleep next to each other.
He took Egg to the bathroom and gave it a good wash, then dried its fur and placed it on its little bed. Shen Yibin then climbed into his own bed, ready to sleep. "Goodnight, Hah’Er. Goodnight, Egg."
"Mmm!" Hah’Er responded, waved his paw, settled into a comfortable position, and closed his eyes, ready to sleep. But Egg didn’t seem to have any intention of sleeping so early. Its eyes were wide open, looking all around the room.
Suddenly, it deftly hopped off its little bed, leaped onto the windowsill, and pulled back the curtains to look outside. A full moon was hanging high in the sky. Moonlight stread into the room, draping the bedroom in a clear, white glow.
"GAH!" Upon seeing the full moon, Egg let out an excited cry. It jumped from the windowsill onto Shen Yibin’s bed. Balancing on its two hind paws and its tail, it faced the moon and slowly raised its front paws, standing up.
’Hey, what in the world are you doing up so late instead of sleeping?’ Before Shen Yibin could say anything, Egg lifted its right paw and smacked it hard against its own belly.
"THUMP!" It actually made the sound of a drum.
"THUMP!" Then its left paw. It struck its belly again, producing another drum-like sound.
"THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!" The drumming grew louder and faster. Egg began to dance to the rhythm, lifting its feet, spinning, clapping its paws, and slapping its belly. Who would have thought its round, chubby body could be so nimble?
"Hmm?" Hah’Er was also woken by the drumming. He sat up in his little bed and stared blankly at Egg’s performance.
"Hey, can you please stop? I’m exhausted from the last couple of days, I just want to sleep! How about we dance tomorrow, okay?" Shen Yibin pleaded, his face a mask of misery. He hadn’t slept well last night, cramd into a tent with Sylvie, his mind running wild all night. He had been hoping to finally get a good rest tonight, but he never expected this creature to pull a stunt like this.
"THUMP! THUMP-THUMP! THUMP! THUMP-THUMP!" But Egg didn’t react at all. It just kept facing the moon, drumming its belly and dancing joyfully.
"Boss, stop playing music! I’m trying to sleep!" Sylvie, in the next room, couldn’t take it anymore either.
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