Chapter 999: Ninety-Nine Plus One Nine, Pets Are Not in Decline
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Petite bourgeoisie, also known as petty bourgeoisie, pointed to a western lifestyle––a pursuit of inner experience, materialism, and spiritual enjoynt. The phrase “Petite Bourgeoisie” was very old, and it had been popular in China since the first half of the last century. But in recent years, the term hadn’t been used much.
Vladimir seed to have a bad first impression of Zhao Qi, as it bluntly ridiculed her exquisite lifestyle. It just couldn’t understand her style, where she would constantly ntion unpopular restaurants, concerts, and romance films.
But it was no surprise. After all, Vladimir had almost no pursuit of material enjoynt. It had repeatedly refused Zhang Zian’s proposal to make a small bed for it, and when it was sleepy, it could just sleep anywhere. Its lifestyle was the complete opposite of Zhao Qi’s lifestyle.
Moreover, Zhang Zian was aware that Zhao Qi’s petite bourgeoisie lifestyle was based on her credit card, which was in overdraft. It may have looked like she was living well, but when her credit card bill arrived, she was going to cry.
Zhao Qi still found it weird, because she had the impression that she was the type cats were attracted to. For ordinary cats that saw her, even if they didn’t co over and rub themselves on her leg, at the very least, they didn’t show such open disgust. It made her feel very hurt. She didn’t know how she had offended it.
There could have been another possibility, which was that Zhang Zian had deliberately trained it to act in such a way just so she would embarrass herself... As long as he was willing to go through the effort of training it, he could definitely have pulled it off.
Zhang Zian noticed that sothing was wrong based on the look in her eyes. “Why are you staring at like that?”
“Why the hell are you here? And you’ve brought a cat along,” she said coldly.
“I’m here to visit Liu Wenying. Is she ho?”
Zian didn’t know how he had offended her. Why was she so mad?
“I’m not too sure about that. She should be... Did you not call before coming down?” she asked snappily.
Zhang Zian didn’t necessarily have to see Liu Wenying, but he just happened to have ti.
“It doesn’t matter. I’ll go up and take a look. If she’s not ho, then I’ll just co back down again,” he said casually. Then he asked Vladimir again, “Do you want to go up with ? We’ll be taking the elevator, so there’s no need to climb the stairs.”
Vladimir looked at Zian, then looked at Zhao Qi. It shook its head. “I’ll stay down here and take a look around.”
Zhang Zian knew that Vladimir didn’t want to be in the sa elevator as Zhao Qi, so he didn’t force it to co along. He let it play around the community.
Zhao Qi said, “...Are you talking to the cat?”
“Haven’t you spoken to Lan Lan?” Zhang Zian asked her back.
“I have, but...” Zhao Qi had talked to Lan Lan often, but... sothing just felt weird.
Zhang Zian took a gift out of the car. After all, it wasn’t good to visit empty-handed. He then walked into the elevator and pressed the button for Liu Wenying’s floor. “Are you coming? If you’re not then I’ll head up first.”
Zhao Qi ca back to her senses and quickly ran into the elevator. She pressed the button for her own floor.
The elevator door closed and began to go up.
“Right, you’re really leaving the cat outside?” Zhao Qi asked in surprise.
“Don’t worry. It won’t run away.” Zhang Zian wasn’t bothered at all.
“No, I wasn’t talking about that...” Zhao Qi knew that he had misunderstood, so she reminded him, “Since Furry––Sister Wenying’s cat––the people in the community have been chasing stray cats away with clubs. They say that they’re doing that to prevent the stray cats from spreading rabies. I don’t even dare to take Lan Lan out for a walk anymore... So, you leave your cat behind, and it also doesn’t have a collar to prove that it’s a dostic cat. Wouldn’t there be... danger?”
After Zhao Qi brought it up, Zhang Zian rembered that he had also encountered a big and tall young man who was looking for stray cats around the community in an aggressive manner. He claid that he would kill one if he saw one. Not only that, but the old ladies in the community with too much ti on their hands were also spreading around that stray cats were dangerous. They said that the stray cats would bite the elderly, bite children, and bite pregnant won. What would they do when they contracted rabies?
At that ti, Zian didn’t agree with their “rather kill a thousand innocents than let one off” thod, but a weak arm couldn’t win against a strong thigh. He had to have a death wish if he planned to go against them alone.
He started to feel unsure. Would Vladimir be okay downstairs alone?
But he soon changed his mind and thought that he was worrying too much. Vladimir’s vigilance was very high, and it was also always prepared for a battle... Not to ntion that it had the courage to go to battle, and was good at fighting. It couldn’t be compared to ordinary stray cats.
“Thanks for reminding , but I think that it’ll be okay,” said Zian.
Instead of worrying about Vladimir, it was better to worry about the humans. He hoped that Vladimir wouldn’t go too far with its ow-ow Doctrine iron fist... That was a punch that could even crash the ga!
“It’s up to you.” Zhao Qi shrugged her shoulders.
The elevator stopped at Liu Wenying’s floor, and Zhang Zian left the elevator. He was finally free from the perfu.
He confird the house number, then pressed the doorbell, and cleared his throat.
“Who is it?” a muted response ca from behind the door. It sounded like Liu Wenying was ho.
“It’s , Zhang Zian, from the Amazing Fate Pet Shop,” Zian said loudly.
“Coming––coming!” With a click, the door opened. “Oh, it’s Xiao Zhang. How did you find the ti to co over? Quick, co on in.” Liu Wenying was surprised, but she still passionately invited him into the house.
They hadn’t t for a while, and Liu Wenying’s face was a lot more languished. It was obvious that she had been deeply hurt by the loss of her beloved cat.
Yue Yue stuck her tiny head out from behind the door. She looked tense and in a blur.
“Sister Wenying, sorry for dropping by without any notice. I was visiting a custor nearby, so I took the chance to co over here.” Zhang Zian laughed. He then waved at Yue Yue and said, “Yue Yue, do rember the handso Brother Store Manager?”
Yue Yue did seem to rember him. She stared at his face for a while before she murmured, “The cat seller...”
“Yes, I sell cats. This is really a world that looks at appearances!” Zhang Zian was pleased, then he brought out the gift that he had hidden behind him. “Yue Yue, this doll is for you. Do you like it?”
The gift he had prepared was a limited edition Berlin bear doll that he had brought back from the Berlin Film Festival. It was no longer in production. Zhao Qi had tried to ask him for it several tis in the elevator, with both threats and promises, but he had turned all of them down.
Seeing the cute Berlin bear doll that was wearing a red scarf, Yue Yue’s eyes lit up. She ran up to hug it, and didn’t want to let it go.
“Hey, you’re just here to visit. You didn’t have to bring a gift...” Liu Wenying noticed that the Berlin bear’s bag was full of German words, and she recalled that Zhang Zian had gone to Germany to receive the prize. She figured that it was a souvenir that he had brought back with him, which ant that it was definitely not cheap.
“Yue Yue, quick, thank uncle,” Liu Wenying said as she rubbed Yue Yue’s tiny head.
“Thank you, uncle,” Yue Yue said childishly. She imdiately hugged the Berlin bear and scurried back to her room to play.
Liu Wenying looked at her daughter’s back and sighed. “I haven’t seen her so happy in a long ti...”
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