Chapter 70: Meow
Jing Zhi and Jiang Suifeng also recognized the person approaching.
They had watched almost all of “Fa Cai Cute Pets” videos recently, and they could recognize that face as soon as they saw it in reality.
And now, that face appeared not far from them.
He was a man with a very common face, ordinary-looking, about 1.75 meters tall, slightly chubby, the type you couldn’t find if thrown into a crowd.
Yet he left a deep impression on them.
Jing Zhi subconsciously wanted to pull Jing Mimi back, but Jiang Suifeng held his hand, stopping his movement.
The two exchanged glances quickly, and Jing Zhi roughly understood Jiang Suifeng’s meaning.
Now Mimi was no longer a kitten. In a society ruled by law, in a noodle shop with so many people, there was no need to worry too much about safety. Besides, there were two big men here, and the other party alone couldn’t take advantage of them.
Now was the best time to train Mimi to overcome his fear.
Mimi also bravely blocked in front of them.
…
Li Cai slept until noon.
Since losing his job and becoming a self-media freelancer, his biological clock had become chaotic. Sometimes he woke up at noon, sometimes in the afternoon, often staying up all night until dawn without realizing it.
Quite enjoyable.
Previously raising cats, didn’t need to spend too much time taking care of them, nor walk them, saving trouble.
Later raising a dog, although needing to be walked, it was a very smart native dog. Just keep it in the cage when not walking, with a toilet and food bowl inside.
Because it was raised and trained from a young age, it wouldn’t make a fuss even if locked in a cage, just obediently waiting for him to wake up.
After waking up, filming videos, editing, taking advertisements, live streaming sales, life was quite comfortable.
Although occasionally envious of the traffic of some big streamers.
But compared to the cats raised before, this dog brought him more traffic and income, more stable.
Sure enough, there were so many cute pets now, and the breeding industry was saturated. Cute little animals were everywhere. Still had to find a different way to do something different.
Not in vain did he train this dog from a young age. The shock device given by a friend was also very useful. Shocking the dog out of sight would make it bare teeth and yelp, cooperating with him to say some contrasting words, excellent entertainment effect.
Life pressure is so high now; just need some relaxed and funny videos to relieve the mood.
These animals, being fed and watered well by people, should provide value for people.
Waking up at noon, he originally planned to order takeout, but he got gastroenteritis from eating takeout a few days ago. It hurt for a long time and just got better, so he planned to eat out. At least this kind of freshly made restaurant was cleaner and safer than invisible takeout.
Just right to walk the dog and shoot some footage. He had turned on the phone camera since leaving the house and hadn’t turned it off.
This noodle shop’s business was still booming, almost full at mealtime. He looked around before finding an empty seat sharing a table.
But on his way there, a child with beige hair originally sitting in the seat suddenly stood up and blocked him.
Li Cai frowned.
Before he could react, the dog he was holding suddenly pounced, knocking the child down directly. Fortunately, the family behind him supported him, preventing him from falling to the ground.
Li Cai was startled.
This dog was named Wang Wang, a garden dog with black and yellow fur. Not ugly, nor good-looking, but with an excellent personality.
Although pouncing on this child, its tail was wagging like a propeller, obviously interpreting the child’s blocking gesture as an invitation to play.
To avoid trouble, he pulled the dog back with the leash immediately.
The dog’s neck was strangled away from Jing Mimi who fell on Papa.
Jing Mimi’s eyes widened, but the fear was gone, leaving only determination.
Perhaps because of the experience with the little white dog approaching and Brother Qiuqiu turning into a puppy, although this dog pounced on him, it wasn’t malicious, and he wasn’t afraid of it.
Or rather, compared to it, the man holding the leash was more terrifying.
And it—perhaps like the former kitten Mimi, was also suffering from this man’s bullying. Although it was a dog, it shouldn’t receive such treatment.
Papa said brave children are the best.
He wanted to be brave and not let bad people get close to his family.
Because of this commotion, many diners around cast inquiring glances. Afraid the child’s family would cause trouble, Li Cai spoke first: “Sorry, the dog just wanted to play with him. I’ll take it away right now.”
Jing Zhi and Jiang Suifeng didn’t say anything. Jing Mimi just stared at him vigilantly and didn’t say anything either.
Li Cai left the noodle shop directly dragging the dog leash.
Walking out of the noodle shop, he spat on the ground, suddenly remembering the phone in his hand was still recording video. He pursed his lips and tapped the screen, ending the recording.
Walking the dog along this street, he watched the video and found that the table of people just now was recorded.
Whether big or small, everyone at that table had high looks, simply born for self-media.
Thinking of those appearance streamers online who could get a lot of traffic just by showing their faces and twisting a bit, Li Cai spat again, feeling unbalanced about people with such natural appearance advantages.
He casually took a screenshot of the scene in the video and sent it to a friend, complaining: [Met a stupid kid when eating out, suddenly stood up blocking the way not letting me go. Stupid dog thought it was inviting it to play, pounced directly, making me apologize to them, speechless]
The friend was named Wang Qi, self-media account name “Shovel Officer Qizi,” with much better traffic than him, and also the person who introduced him to the pet self-media industry.
Just after sending the message, Li Cai stepped on a pile of poop from some unknown animal. His mood worsened, blurting out a few curse words.
When he cleaned his shoe sole, Wang Qi’s message came back.
Wang Qi: [WTF, I know this person. Called Little Jing, a particularly big streamer in the gaming section. See if you can leech off his traffic]
Replied along was the man circled in the photo, with a bit of white hair on his forehead, looking like a distinctive highlight.
Li Cai was stunned. He searched for this “Little Jing” immediately. Seeing the number of fans on several platforms, his eyes widened.
Did this overwhelming wealth finally come to him?
Li Cai didn’t even bother to eat lunch, taking the dog back directly to edit the video.
…
After the person and dog left, Jing Mimi’s tense body finally relaxed.
Jing Zhi took the opportunity to put him on his lap and pretended to be dumb asking: “What’s wrong, Mimi?”
Jing Mimi nestled in Papa’s arms, his small hand clutching the clothes on his chest, his voice soft: “Papa, not afraid… Mimi protects Papa.”
Children sometimes speak without logic, especially after seeing a nightmare just now.
That man was the kitten Mimi’s biggest nightmare.
Jing Zhi patted his back gently, humming, “Mimi is very amazing, protected Papa, didn’t let bad things get close to Papa.”
He didn’t say bad dogs, but bad things. The bad one wasn’t the dog, but that person.
Hearing Papa’s praise, Jing Mimi’s state of mind became firmer.
He was no longer the weak kitten; he was now a powerful little human with greater strength.
He also wanted to avenge Sister Chestnut and make the bad guys who abused small animals receive the punishment they deserved.
Before, he didn’t dare to tell his papas about the kitten Mimi’s past experiences because he himself didn’t want to look back on those dark times.
But now, he had successfully protected Papa once, driving away the nightmare, like a minion in a game who defeated a boss once and gained experience to level up, becoming more powerful.
He wanted to tell Papa the bad guy’s crimes and punish them with Papa.
“Papa, I want to tell you a secret when we get back tonight.”
“Okay.” The two understood in their hearts.
Jing Mimi sat back next to Wang Qiuqiu, sandwiched between Jing Zhi and Jiang Suifeng.
Wang Qiuqiu said: “Mimi, I also have a secret I want to tell you.”
Jing Mimi asked curiously: “What secret?”
Wang Qiuqiu said: “I’ll tell you when it’s just the two of us.”
Jing Mimi’s curiosity was piqued. “Let’s talk in the car later.”
Wang Qiuqiu: “Okay.”
Jing Zhi and Jiang Suifeng naturally didn’t take Wang Qiuqiu’s secret to heart, not thinking such a small child could have any “explosive” secret. Not every child turned from a small animal like Mimi.
Just then, the noodle shop staff brought three bowls of noodles over. The four enjoyed the fragrant beef noodles again.
When they were almost finished, there were much fewer people in the shop. Jing Mimi was chewing a piece of beef when he saw a figure with pigtails suddenly stop by their table.
It was a little girl slightly older than him.
Her attention was attracted by the white puppy in the air carrier at the foot of the table. Squatting down, her eyes sparkled as she met the puppy’s beady eyes.
“Mom! Such a cute puppy!”
Beside her, a woman with gentle long hair followed closely, smiling friendly but helplessly at the people at this table, saying to the little girl: “Yaya, this is another child’s puppy. You can’t touch it casually without permission.”
Hearing this, Jing Mimi immediately denied the puppy’s identity: “Auntie, this is not our puppy. Found it, sending it to the rescue station later.”
The little girl’s eyes grew brighter, saying to the woman: “Mom! Let’s raise this puppy!”
The woman suddenly felt a headache.
Her daughter had liked furry little animals since childhood, but the family had never raised animals. Although she and her husband didn’t reject it, they didn’t have a strong desire to raise one either, so they dragged it on, buying her many plush toys to coax her.
After all, her daughter was too young. Raising an animal would definitely mean they took care of it most of the time. Many factors had to be considered; they must be responsible for a small life.
Before the woman could react, the little girl had already reached her hand into the air carrier and stroked the puppy’s soft fur.
The puppy was also very excited, arching its snout against the little girl’s palm, licking it with its tongue.
Seeing this, Jing Mimi reminded: “Be careful not to let it bite you.”
The little girl smiled at him. “Puppy is very good, doesn’t bite.”
Jing Mimi looked at Wang Qiuqiu, intending to tell her about Brother Qiuqiu getting rabies from a bite, but saw Wang Qiuqiu speak quickly: “Looks like it likes you very much, won’t bite you.”
Jing Mimi’s words were blocked, and he didn’t spit them out in the end, nodding in agreement, saying: “Do you want to raise it?”
Although he didn’t like dogs, he hoped every small animal could find a home, even the dogs he didn’t like.
Jing Mimi added quickly: “If you raise it, must neuter it.”
The little girl’s heart was completely captured by the puppy. Nodding to Jing Mimi, she begged the woman coquettishly: “Mom… let’s raise the puppy, okay? I ranked first in the class this exam. I don’t want any reward, I just want the puppy…”
The woman’s face relaxed, sighing secretly in her heart.
Actually, raising a puppy wasn’t impossible… could cultivate her daughter’s sense of responsibility, and the home would be livelier.
Her daughter ranked first in the class this exam. She and her husband had promised her a reward long ago.
Just that the dog had to be walked every day. Her daughter had school, she and her husband had work; time had to be allocated.
The woman immediately told the little girl the preparations to be made in advance for raising a dog. “Yaya, are you sure you want to raise this puppy? Raising it means being a responsible owner, not just a moment of novelty. Puppies also have times when they are disobedient and cause trouble. You can’t just like the puppy’s cuteness; you also have to tolerate its ignorance.”
The little girl nodded seriously.
Having decided, the woman looked at the two adults and said to them: “Can we take this puppy back to raise? We will raise it well.”
Jing Zhi and Jiang Suifeng agreed readily.
From the interaction between the woman and the little girl, it could be seen that they were well-educated, people who would treat small animals well and be responsible for them. They were also reassured entrusting the puppy to them.
Compared to the rescue station, finding a home for the puppy directly in one step was much better.
The little girl was extremely happy, “Yay-ed” a few times, and acted coquettishly saying “Mom is the best mom in the world,” making the woman a bit embarrassed, repeatedly tucking her hair behind her ear.
Not long after, the little girl took out a few pieces of chocolate from her pocket and shared them generously with Jing Mimi and Wang Qiuqiu, thanking them for giving her such a cute puppy.
Jing Mimi just finished the beef noodles and wanted to eat something sweet, so he couldn’t wait to open the chocolate and take a bite.
He liked sweet chocolate.
In the air carrier, the puppy looked at them with round black eyes, not knowing where it was going next.
Tasting the sweetness in his mouth, Jing Mimi quickly replayed the bits and pieces after picking up the puppy in his mind, suddenly making up his mind to break off a piece of chocolate in his hand and hand it over.
The puppy liked following him so much—only a follower likes following others—he didn’t want to be the dog’s big brother, but he was willing to share a little delicious chocolate with the puppy who didn’t know how long it had been hungry. In a while, it would leave for a new home.
The kitten Mimi once froze and starved in the snow like it. Because of similar experiences, he could empathize more.
The soft-hearted kitten could put down his guard even towards the most hated creature.
Seeing this, the little girl hurriedly stopped him, grabbed his arm, and explained: “Dogs can’t eat chocolate; they will be poisoned to death. Not even a little bit.”
Jing Mimi retracted his small hand holding the chocolate dully, suddenly looking at Wang Qiuqiu beside him eating chocolate in horror.
Wang Qiuqiu, who had already finished a whole piece of chocolate: “…”
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Author’s Note:
Mimi: I don’t want Brother Qiuqiu to die [Crying loudly] [Crying loudly] [Crying loudly]
