Dream Pet Shop

It was the first time Lin Qiao saw a cat with such a strange tail shape. She asked Xia Ji, "Why is this cat's tail curly?"

Xia Ji stopped what he was doing, came over and introduced: "The curly tail is born, because of this reason, this cat was abandoned by the owner shortly after it was born."

"Abandoned? How pitiful." Lin Qiao looked at the white cat walking towards him, and slowly squatted down, stroking the cat gently.

Xia Ji saw that Lin Qiao had a good impression of this cat, so he explained in advance: "If you really plan to adopt it, I have to tell you some things. This curly-tailed cat is not a native cat, but a backyard cat."

"Backyard cat?" Lin Qiao raised his head suspiciously, obviously never heard of this term.

Xia Ji explained: "Backyard cats are the offspring of two cats that are not suitable for mating. The reason for the emergence of backyard cats is usually because the owner did not sterilize the pet, or unscrupulous businessmen bred inbreeding. The result of such breeding is the genetic The magnification of the defects leads to a high probability of birth defects in the offspring. This white cat is not only born with a curly tail, but also has a relatively weak constitution, so it is more troublesome to take care of it."

"Hey, forget about such a troublesome cat." When Gu Xiaoxiao came over, she just heard what Xia Ji said, and hurriedly stopped Lin Qiao from adopting the cat.

Xia Ji hoped to find an owner for this cat who was willing to take good care of it, so he nodded and said, "Your friend is right, you should think again, and there are other healthy pets in this shop."

Lin Qiao quickly replied, "No, I want this one."

"Aqiao, forget it." Gu Xiaoxiao pulled Lin Qiao up from the ground, and persuaded: "I think your condition is not very good recently, and you probably don't have the energy to take care of your pets anymore."

Lin Qiao held her hand tightly and said, "But this cat looks very similar to Yuan Yuan. I must find a cat to replace Yuan Yuan before Chen Yuan comes back, so that he can feel that everything at home Nothing has changed, maybe—”

"Aqiao, it's useless, I think you're too stubborn..." Gu Xiaoxiao was about to continue persuading her, but Xia Ji interrupted her.

Xia Ji heard what Lin Qiao said just now very clearly, and he said very seriously: "Sorry to interrupt, this white cat is looking for an adopter who really likes it, not a substitute for other cats .”

In other respects, Xia Ji may be very talkative, but when it comes to pets, Xia Ji is very protective of the calf, and he will never agree to adopt him unless he really likes it.

Both Lin Qiao and Gu Xiaoxiao blushed, they were a little embarrassed, Gu Xiaoxiao wanted to pull her away: "Look, the boss has already said so, let's go."

"No." Lin Qiao looked gentle on the surface, but she was extremely persistent in what she had decided. She looked at Xia Ji and begged: "The store manager, I have to admit to you that I really want to adopt this cat because it is different from the previous cat. The cat I raised looks very similar, but this does not affect my love and concern for it, and I will definitely take good care of it, so please, please let me adopt this cat.” After she finished speaking, she even bent down to Xia Ji bowed.

Instead, Xia Ji didn't know what to do.

Looking at Lin Qiao's pale face and slender figure, Xia Ji always felt that she was already reluctant to take care of herself, and really didn't think she could spare any energy to take care of this capuchin cat, so she was going to politely reject her: " Sorry, you still-"

"I beg you!" Lin Qiao quickly interrupted Xia Ji, stepped forward and grabbed Xia Ji's hands tightly, but Xia Ji could feel the coldness of her palms in the scorching July.

Lin Qiao's eyes were red, as if she was about to shed tears: "Please, I need this cat, and I promise to treat it well, I promise."

"This..." Xia Ji felt more and more that the state of the woman in front of him was not right, but he saw Gu Xiaoxiao who was standing behind Lin Qiao winking at him, as if he wanted him to agree to Lin Qiao's request temporarily.

Xia Ji was helpless, and finally compromised: "I can let you adopt, but you must fill out a detailed adoption information form, and there is a seven-day trial adoption period. During the trial adoption period, you have to send me a photo of the pet so that I can judge Are you suitable for adopting it permanently, if you agree, fill out the form now."

Xia Ji thought that at that time, he could use the dream value of the system to judge whether Lin Qiao was suitable for adopting this pet.If after seven days, the dream value has not increased, it means that the pet has not gained a sense of happiness, then he will go to Lin Qiao's house to pick up the pet.

"No problem, I'll fill it in now, thank you." Lin Qiao wiped the corners of his eyes and nodded immediately.

After Lin Qiao filled out the form, Xia Ji checked her ID card and gave her a set of pet supplies.

But Lin Qiao didn't answer: "No need, I have these at home. After Yuan Yuan left, I have never been willing to throw them away."

"..." Xia Ji didn't say anything more, he only hoped that the decision he made was correct.

Lin Qiao hugged the capuchin contentedly and planned to leave.

Gu Xiaoxiao said to her: "Aqiao, you go to the intersection to hail a taxi first, and I will pack two snacks."

Lin Qiao went out first with the cat in his arms.

Gu Xiaoxiao immediately expressed her gratitude to Xia Ji with clasped hands: "The store manager, thank you just now."

Xia Ji frowned and said, "You don't have to thank me, I said that if I think your friend treats the cat badly, I will still bring the cat back."

"Don't worry about this, I assure you, Aqiao will never abuse pets, she is just a little too nervous." Gu Xiaoxiao said.

Xia Ji hesitated: "Is your friend okay... To be honest, it looks quite worrying."

"Oh," Gu Xiaoxiao sighed, "her husband who has been separated for more than a year is coming back soon, she is looking forward to..." Gu Xiaoxiao realized that she almost slipped her mouth, and changed her words: "Maybe I am looking forward to it too much." Make it tense."

"In short, thank you." Gu Xiaoxiao also bowed, and then left the pet shop.

In the taxi, Lin Qiao was very happy holding the cat, but Gu Xiaoxiao worried that the more she expected now, the more disappointed she would be in the end.

Gu Xiaoxiao, Lin Qiao, and Chen Yuan have known each other for many years. When they were in college, they were an enviable model couple. After graduating from college, they got married soon.It is a pity that the married life of the two is not going well. The two parties have constant conflicts and frictions, quarreling all day long, and finally reached the point of divorce.

After all, they had been in love for many years, and the two had only been married for half a year. At that time, both of them couldn't bear to mention the word "divorce". They agreed to live apart for a year before making a final decision.It happened that Chen Yuan had the opportunity to go abroad for work, so he chose to go abroad. Lin Qiao stayed in China and still lived in the previous house.

After they separated, they lived alone for a period of time. Missing the other party's shortcomings gradually blurred, and the originally neglected advantages gradually became clear. Only then did Lin Qiao realize his dependence on Chen Yuan.She called several times to ask when Chen Yuan would come back, but Chen Yuan said that he agreed to the company's assignment for a year, but he couldn't come back halfway, so Lin Qiao began to wait.

Father, like son.Lin Qiao thought that as long as Chen Yuan came back and everything remained the same, their relationship would remain the same as before.But Gu Xiaoxiao could see clearly that Lin Qiao might still be Lin Qiao back then, but time had already changed Chen Yuan.

Lin Qiao returned home, checked Chen Yuan's flight information, and called him.

"Hello." Chen Yuan's voice was hoarse and tired, and it was already night on his side.

Lin Qiao asked while stroking the cat: "A Yuan, you will arrive at five o'clock tomorrow afternoon, right? I'll pick you up at the airport."

"No, someone from the company will come to pick me up. I need to talk about something on the way. They will take me home directly. You can wait for me at home."

"Hmm... that's fine. Then I'll cook for you what you want to eat." Lin Qiao asked gently.

Chen Yuan knew that she didn't know how to cook, so he said, "Order the food and ask the restaurant to deliver it, don't bother."

Lin Qiao was happy because he still remembered that he was not good at cooking, and said with a smile: "Don't underestimate me, my cooking skills have improved a lot this year, you will know when you eat it tomorrow."

"Isn't it? Then I'll wait and see." Chen Yuan also laughed.

Chen Yuan's low-pitched laughter hit Lin Qiao's heart like a drumbeat. This relaxed and sweet atmosphere made Lin Qiao feel in a trance that the two of them had returned to the time when they were passionately in love. She couldn't wait to think about the time that she missed. Met with Chen Yuan.

After hanging up the phone, Lin Qiao cleaned up the house again, making sure that everything was exactly the same as when Chen Yuan was at home, clean, tidy and warm.

The capuchin was quietly curled up under the corner of the sofa. Lin Qiao picked it up and put it in the soft cat nest beside the bed in the bedroom.

"Yuanyuan, if you want to sleep in the future, you should sleep here, you know? Don't sleep on the floor, the floor is so cold." Lin Qiao touched the capuchin's fluffy head and said.

"Meow." The capuchin cat looked at her suspiciously with its wide eyes open.

"You must be hungry, I'll get you your favorite food."

Lin Qiao got up and went to the kitchen to get a box of canned chicken back, opened the can, and put it in front of the Capuchin cat.The capuchin sniffed it, but didn't eat it.

"...Why don't you eat it? Don't you like this?" Lin Qiao just remembered that this cat just looks like Yuan Yuan, and of course the taste may be different from Yuan Yuan.

So she brought some canned cat food of all kinds left at home, like cat food, and the capuchin cat smelled them one by one, and finally chose canned tuna fish.

"Oh, you actually like this one the most. It's hard to handle. Yuan Yuan never ate tuna before, and this can only have this one." Lin Qiao said worriedly.

"Meow." The capuchin cat didn't understand what she said, but just ate happily, so it barked.

Lin Qiao stared at the cat's ears and curly tail for a while, then turned around and went to the closet to find an old floral dress and a sewing kit.

She cut a piece of fabric from the dress and sewed it into a little skirt with a hood. She put the skirt on the capuchin cat. The hood just covered its ears and the skirt could hide its curly tail. This looks exactly the same as Yuan Yuan.

At night, Lin Qiao was lying on the double bed with the capuchin cat in her arms. The cat in her arms was warm and soft, which made her feel at ease. Many times when she saw the capuchin cat in her arms, she would think it was Yuan Yuan.She kept thinking about the bits and pieces of being together with Chen Yuan in the past, everything was sweet and beautiful, and she couldn't even figure out why the two separated in the first place.

Lin Qiao fell asleep that night. In the dream, Chen Yuan came back, lay down gently on the bed, and hugged her into her arms. Yuan Yuan lay between the two of them, and she felt so warm, so warm.

Lin Qiao had a rare good sleep, and when she woke up the next day, she felt much better.She picked and picked in the closet for a long time, and finally chose an old dress that Chen Yuan had praised for its beauty.Then she put on makeup seriously in front of the mirror. Although she lost a lot of weight, she felt that she hadn't changed much from before she left.

Lin Qiao made the bed and sprayed some perfume in the bedroom. When the capuchin cat smelled it, it couldn't help but sneezed.

Promising to cook for Chen Yuan, Lin Qiao went out in the morning to purchase some ingredients, had a casual meal outside at noon, and then worked in the kitchen all afternoon.

She was actually talking big on the phone, and her cooking skills didn't improve much, after all, who would want to cook by themselves every day if they lived alone.At five o'clock in the evening, Lin Qiao finally cooked a table of decent dishes.

She glanced at the clock, called Chen Yuan, turned off the phone, guessing the plane was delayed.

After cooking, she was sweating all over, so she went to take a shower again, and reapplied her makeup. It was almost seven o'clock, and she called Chen Yuan again, and this time she got through.

"Hey, when will you be home?" Lin Qiao asked nervously.

"Just entered the community, I will be there soon." Chen Yuan replied.

"Okay, I'll wait for you." Lin Qiao hung up the phone, feeling her heart beating faster.She went to look in the mirror again, and then sat on the sofa, anxiously waiting for the sound of the key being inserted into the lock to open the door.

After a while, the doorbell rang unexpectedly. Lin Qiao was startled, then got up quickly and opened the door.

When she saw the person standing at the door, Lin Qiao was completely stunned. She was not as excited and ecstatic as she imagined. Instead, she was a little surprised and at a loss because the person in front of her looked very strange.

It wasn't her familiar gentle brown hair with a bit of curling up, but clean and neat short black hair. She had always had a face that was always extremely smooth, but now there was a beard on her chin, except for the familiar smile that hadn't changed.

"You still look as beautiful as before." Chen Yuan said with a smile.

"Mm, um, come in quickly." Lin Qiao came back to her senses, and hurriedly let Chen Yuan in. She reached out to pick up Chen Yuan's suitcase, trying to help him drag it in, but found that Chen Yuan only carried a very small bag. Small carry-on case.Lin Qiao deliberately ignored this detail, and turned to get him slippers.

"I'm tired after flying for so long. Do you want to take a shower before eating?" Lin Qiao asked.

Chen Yuan hesitated for a while, and finally nodded a little embarrassedly: "Well, it's hot, and I'm sweating all over, it's really uncomfortable."

"Then go, I'll help you find clothes." Lin Qiao was about to go to the bedroom, but Chen Yuan stopped her.

"No, I have it in my suitcase." Chen Yuan squatted down and opened the small carry-on suitcase, and took out two replacement clothes from it.

Lin Qiao accidentally caught a glimpse of a few pieces of clothing in the suitcase, and couldn't help but ask, "Where's your luggage? Why are there only two pieces of clothing?"

"Ah, the big suitcase is too heavy. I put it in the trunk of the company car. I didn't take it off." Chen Yuan replied casually.

Lin Qiao comforted himself not to think too much, turned around and went to the bathroom to help him turn on the water.

Chen Yuan went into the bathroom, Lin Qiao sat on the dining table, listening to the sounds in the bathroom, felt that the room was finally not empty and cold, as if it had finally warmed up.

Soon after Chen Yuan took a shower, he sat down at the dining table. Looking at the table full of people, Chen Yuan was really surprised: "You did all of these?"

Lin Qiao picked up a chopstick and put it in his bowl, nodded and said, "Well, try it."

Chen Yuan put his head down and started eating. Lin Qiao felt very happy seeing him gobbling it up. She asked him, "How does it taste?"

Chen Yuan raised his head and smiled at her, maybe he was really hungry and ate faster.

After the meal, neither of them was in a hurry to clean up the dishes. They sat and chatted for a while, and asked about each other's recent situation. Chen Yuan's tone was very easy-going, but Lin Qiao couldn't stop being nervous.

"Let me wash the dishes." Chen Yuan took the initiative to put away the dishes, "Go take a shower."

Lin Qiao agreed to go. She liked the feeling of division of labor and cooperation in housework, so she wanted the two of them to live together.She was anxious all the time in the shower, would they sleep together at night?

When Lin Qiao came out, Chen Yuan had already finished washing the dishes and was sitting on the sofa teasing the cat. "Why did you suddenly think of wearing a dress for the cat? But it's pretty fun."

"Uh, I just bought it because I thought it looked good." Lin Qiao replied absent-mindedly.

Lin Qiao clenched her hands and said nervously, "You must be very tired after flying all day, go to rest early." She stood at the door of the bedroom, waiting for Chen Yuan to come over.

Chen Yuan's cat-teasing hand paused. He didn't look up at Lin Qiao, but continued to look at the cat and replied, seemingly unintentionally, "Oh, I'll just sleep on the sofa tonight. Go to sleep."

These words made Lin Qiao's body, which had just been washed by hot water, freeze for a moment. She turned and went into the bedroom and closed the door. She comforted herself that it was all right, it was only because they had been separated for too long.

She lay on the bed for a while, but couldn't fall asleep anyway, got out of bed again in the dark, ran to open the door a crack, Chen Yuan's slight snoring sound could come in through the crack of the door, which made her feel less lonely.I don't know how long it took before she fell asleep in a daze.

In the middle of the night, she felt something warm crawling into her arms. She didn't open her eyes, nor pushed it away, because it was too cold to sleep alone.

The next morning, Lin Qiao woke up very early, and Chen Yuan was still asleep because of jet lag. She went to the kitchen to make breakfast, and sent a WeChat message to ask Gu Xiaoxiao what new movie was good recently. Yuan went to the movies together.

At noon, Chen Yuan finally woke up. Lin Qiao heated up the breakfast and served it to him.While Chen Yuan was having breakfast, she pointed out several movies that were showing on the mobile phone to Chen Yuan, and asked him which one would he like to see?

"How about this one? Xiaoxiao watched it and said it was very good. It happened to be at three o'clock. After watching it, we will have dinner outside." Lin Qiao told her plan.

Chen Yuan ate his breakfast without speaking.

"Hmm... how about changing this one? I remember you used to like watching American spy | spy movies."

"Aqiao..." Chen Yuan put down the bowl and chopsticks.

"Otherwise, this one has quite high ratings online."

"Aqiao, I have to go to the company this afternoon, sorry, I can't go to the movies with you."

Lin Qiao was stunned for a moment, and asked back, "You have been dispatched for a year, and your company won't let you take a breather?"

Chen Yuan looked at her silently.

"That's fine, then after you get off work, you can go to see it at night." Lin Qiao changed his words stiffly.

Chen Yuan took his small suitcase, took out a document from the pocket of the suitcase and handed it to Lin Qiao.

Lin Qiao stared blankly at him for a long time, not daring to reach out to pick him up.

Chen Yuan put the document in front of her, his voice was still so gentle: "A Qiao, this is my final decision, I have already signed the agreement, this house is for you, you can continue to live here, if You can sell it if you don’t like it. I... hope you will have a better life in the future.”

Lin Qiao's tears burst down, and she didn't even notice it. She looked down at the documents on the table, and the word "divorce agreement" made her breathless.

"Why?" She asked Chen Yuan: "Last night was obviously fine...Look, Chen Yuan, nothing has changed, the family is still the same as before, so is Yuan Yuan and I, and we are together as before, okay? I promise we won't quarrel in the future."

Chen Yuan handed her the tissue and remained silent.

Lin Qiao completely broke down. She pushed away the tissue that Chen Yuan handed over, and asked him: "Did you meet other people abroad? Chen Yuan, we haven't divorced yet, how could you do this!"

"No, no one else." Chen Yuan finally spoke.

"Impossible, no one else, why did you divorce me? I waited for you for a year, but now you want to abandon me!" Lin Qiao complained loudly, crying.

Chen Yuan tried to calm her down: "A Qiao, calm down, we've been separated for too long, we can't go back to the past."

"Why? Although we've been separated for a year, I'm still me, and the fact that I love you hasn't changed."

Chen Yuan sighed: "... I have changed."

Chen Yuan packed his clothes, picked up his suitcase, and planned to leave.

"Chen Yuan!" Lin Qiao broke down and cried, but didn't know what to say to keep him.

"Ah Qiao... I really hope that you will get better and better in the future." After Chen Yuan finished speaking, he took the door and left.

A "click" shattered Lin Qiao's long-cherished dreams. It was only at this moment that she realized that it was useless for her to maintain their marriage alone.

Lin Qiao hugged her knees and sat on the floor, buried her head in her knees and cried bitterly, as if venting, as if she was relieved.

The capuchin cat jumped off the cat climbing frame and got into her arms, "Meow Meow Meow" in a low voice.

Lin Qiao felt a sudden warmth in her arms. She raised her head and saw a small round face. The cap on the capuchin's head was rubbed off in her arms, revealing the pointed black ears.

Lin Qiao hugged the cat into his arms, choked up and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Yuan Yuan is no longer here, and you are not a substitute for Yuan Yuan, thank you for being willing to stay with me."

"Meow." The capuchin cat yelped, lay down on her face, and gently licked the tears on her face.

……

Xia Ji was holding the adoption information form, compared it with the address on it, and used her mobile phone to navigate on Baidu.The capuchin has been adopted for three days, and before the system's notification sound, he began to wonder if his decision was wrong.He couldn't wait seven days, and planned to pick up the cat today.

He took his mobile phone and was about to go out after talking to Long Wei, when a system prompt sounded in his ear.

[Ding——Congratulations to the host, you have obtained 3000 dream points.Detected that a pet egg is about to hatch. 】