start with a pet store

Chapter 1016: Contribution

After learning that Lu Jingxing had returned, Liao Xiangyu first called him and prepared to come over to report on his work. Lu Jingxing rubbed his head and said, "Forget it, don't join in the fun. I'll go over later." He had to go out for some fresh air.

"That's fine. Brother Yang Pei happens to be going into surgery soon." Liao Xiangyu responded.

The two hung up the phone, and Ji Ling walked in: "Are you done?"

Lu Jingxing fell on the chair and said with a smile: "It's almost time. I haven't seen you since I came back. What have you been busy with?"

Ji Ling came over and saw him holding his head with one hand, then turned behind him and stroked his head naturally.

"Let me give you a massage..." she said with a smile.

"It's okay. If you're tired, go upstairs and rest for a while..." Lu Jingxing held her hand and pulled her onto his lap.

Ji Ling exclaimed. Although Lu Jingxing could be so passionate occasionally, he was usually very careful in the office.

Her face turned red: "The door is not closed..."

"It's okay, just sit for a while..." Lu Jingxing leaned his head on her, smelling the milky scent on her body, feeling particularly at ease.

The two of them sat like this for a while. Ji Ling knew that he was taking a nap, so she didn't disturb him.

It was not until almost ten minutes later that Ji Ling patted him gently.

Lu Jingxing immediately raised his head: "Uh, I seem to have fallen asleep."

"I heard you snoring. I'm worried that your feet will get numb if you sleep for too long. Why don't you go upstairs and take a nap?" Ji Ling laughed.

"It's okay, you'll feel better after taking a nap. I just suddenly felt a little sleepy..." Lu Jingxing lifted the scattered hair by Ji Ling's ear and put it behind her ear. Looking at the small ear, he kissed her face naturally.

Ji Ling's ears immediately turned red. She pushed him gently and stood up from his feet.

"Ah..." Lu Jingxing was about to raise his foot to stand up when he suddenly let out a low cry.

"What's wrong? What's wrong? Are your legs numb?" Ji Ling said nervously when she heard his exclamation.

Lu Jingxing smiled at her: "It seems so, let me take my time..."

He slowly and forcefully lifted his feet, then rubbed his calves with both hands, but the pain felt like thousands of ants were drilling into his legs, and he couldn't help but clench his forehead.

Ji Ling immediately squatted down and started to rub him gently.

After a few minutes, Lu Jingxing stretched his legs and said, "Okay, it's okay, I feel much better..."

"Get up and try walking a few steps..." Ji Ling said worriedly.

Lu Jingxing stood up and took two steps forward: "It's really okay..."

Only then did Ji Ling feel relieved.

"Are you okay? If not, come with me to the second store. Xiangyu just called me and I told him not to come, so I'll go over and take a look..." Lu Jingxing picked up the water glass from the table, took a big sip and asked.

"It's okay, let's go..." Ji Ling nodded with a smile.

"Tuk tuk tuk..."

"Brother Lu, are you there?" The two were about to go out when Xiao Sun's voice was heard outside.

Lu Jingxing and Ji Ling looked at each other and smiled helplessly. Well, they had to put it off again.

"Yes, come in..." Lu Jingxing said.

Xiao Sun pushed open the door and walked in. Xiao Xin followed him in, both of them with smiles on their faces.

"Brother Lu, Sister Ling..." The two shouted almost at the same time after they came in.

Ji Ling didn't say anything, just smiled and looked at the two of them.

Seeing this, Lu Jingxing looked at his watch and said with a smile, "What's wrong? It's not time to get off work yet?"

Ji Ling chuckled after hearing this: "Don't be like Zhou Paopi, okay? I can't come to see you before the end of get off work time?"

Several people laughed at her words.

Lu Jingxing pointed to the sofa and said, "Sit down. What's up?"

Xiao Sun took out two wedding invitations from behind with a smile and handed them to Lu Jingxing and Ji Ling respectively. Then he looked at Xiao Xin and then at Lu Jingxing and Ji Ling: "We have decided to get married on the 11th. You are our matchmaker, so we sincerely invite you to attend our wedding..."

Ji Ling and Lu Jingxing opened the wedding invitation together, and their faces were also filled with happy smiles: "Wow, you are really fast, preparing to get married without any noise. Have both parties met the parents?"

Ji Ling had never experienced this, so naturally he didn't know. The date must have been decided through discussion by the parents. He just thought that generally the date would be decided after meeting the parents, so he blurted it out.

Lu Jingxing stroked her hair with a smile: "That's for sure. But, Sun Xing, you're not being honest. You want our share of the wedding money. It seems like we have to get it done sooner. Otherwise, if you all send us both a wedding invitation, I'll be at a huge loss..."

"Haha... who told you to never settle down? Look how good our situation is. We can get married this year and have a baby next year. If you still don't settle down, you will have to pay two contributions to the baby's 100-day party tomorrow..." Sun Xing was also used to joking with Lu Jingxing, and he laughed without any politeness.

Ji Ling didn't expect Lu Jingxing to say that, so she smiled and her face turned slightly red again.

Several people burst into laughter again.

After Xiao Sun and Xiao Xin went out, the two put the wedding invitation in the drawer and then walked out of the office together.

I greeted Ding Fang at the front desk and said, "Let's go to the second store and call me if you have any questions..."

Ding Fang nodded. She now knew everything about the entire store. The girl was quite capable, quick-witted and agile, and had a good relationship with her colleagues, so things in the store were running much more smoothly.

The two of them talked as they walked, and soon arrived at the door of the second store.

Just as he was about to enter the door, his aunt called and Lu Jingxing picked up the phone immediately. He had not had time to tell his aunt that he was back.

"Auntie..."

"Xiao Jing, have you come back today?" came my aunt's voice from the other end of the phone.

"Yes, I just arrived in the afternoon. I'll come to the second store to check it out. I'm planning to call you in the evening." Lu Jingxing said. "My uncle-in-law is on vacation today. He's going to buy groceries now. You can come back for dinner in the evening. Bring Lingzi and Xiaofang with you..." My aunt said quickly.

"Okay, what's wrong with you?" Lu Jingxing felt that his aunt was speaking too fast. When he heard her mention Xiao Fang, he was stunned for a moment before he realized that she was talking about Situ Fang.

"I'm fine. I'm not afraid that you are too busy. I just wanted to say a few words quickly. Okay, go ahead and do your work. Come back when you're done..." After saying this, the aunt waited for two seconds, and when she heard Lu Jingxing agree, she hung up the phone.

Lu Jingxing smiled helplessly. He felt that he was still very lucky to have such a strong aunt and her family to support him, allowing him to focus on his career without any burden.

He was so busy in Hong Kong these days that he barely had time to talk to Lu Chen and Lu Xi on the phone. He basically fell asleep as soon as he got home from the hotel. However, Lu Chen and Lu Xi were very considerate. Not only did they not clamor for him to do anything, they were even afraid that he didn't get enough rest. They always hung up the phone on their own initiative and often sent him messages, reminding him to make sure to rest and not to overwork himself.

Although he is young and this little bit of hard work is nothing, he still feels very happy when he sees such condolences from his family.

"Sometimes I envy you for having an aunt and her family who love you so much..." Ji Ling smiled when she saw him raise his brows after hanging up the phone.

"What do you mean my aunt? She's also your aunt..." Lu Jingxing scratched the tip of her nose.

"You're laughing at me again..." Ji Ling stamped her feet lightly.

"Why am I laughing at you? If you hadn't said that you would never get married before graduating from college, and you were still so young, I would have definitely dragged you to register. At least, as for the gift money, we only need to give a share, right..." Lu Jingxing laughed when he thought of this.

Ji Ling was also made to laugh by him.

Yang Pei came out just in time to see the two people coming in with smiles on their faces: "Oh, what's the news that makes you so happy? Look how happy they are, let me be happy too..." He smiled at the two of them.

"Are you sure you want to have fun?" Lu Jingxing said with a smile.

"No?" Yang Pei asked back.

"How could that be? I have to make you happy too. In fact, even if I don't tell you, you will know it right away. I will just reluctantly let you know it earlier..." Lu Jingxing acted embarrassed.

"Why do I feel like you haven't held your fart well..." Yang Pei felt like Lu Jingxing had set a trap for her.

"Don't listen to his nonsense. It's a good thing. Sun Xing and Xiao Xinshiyi are getting married and they just sent us the wedding invitation..." Ji Ling said with a smile.

"Sun Xing? The one from the reptile shop?" Yang Pei thought for a moment and asked.

"Yes, it's him." Lu Jingxing said with a smile.

"That girl seems to be two years younger than me..." Yang Pei said, recalling the past.

"So, you have to work hard. I'm planning to have a baby next year..." Lu Jingxing laughed.

"That's not bad. Our two stores are all single, so it would be nice to finally have a married person. Xiao Xin? From the tone of your voice, you're still an employee of our store?" Yang Pei was also happy for both of them.

The three of them walked in chatting and laughing: "Yes, they are from the cattery. To be honest, our store acts as a matchmaker for them." Ji Ling said with a smile.

"That's great. We can then ask them to come to our restaurant and set up two tables..." Yang Pei laughed.

Liao Xiangyu came out of the office when he heard the voices. He stood at the door and peeked outside. Seeing that it was Lu Jingxing and Ji Ling coming over, he immediately came out: "Brother Lu..."

Lu Jingxing waved his hand: "Are you done?"

Liao Xiangyu nodded: "Yeah, it will be fine now."

"Then let's go to Lao Yang's office and see if his tea art has improved." Lu Jingxing said with a smile.

"Why do I feel like you don't want to see my tea art, but want to see if I'm practicing tea art every day and not working seriously? I feel like I've fallen into a pit today." Yang Pei scratched the back of his head and said cheekily.

"Haha, no..." Lu Jingxing laughed and patted him on the back. The three of them walked towards Yang Pei's office with smiles.

"I'll go see Black Tiger and the General..." The three big men walked inside, and Ji Ling turned and walked towards the hall. She greeted Lu Jingxing and walked towards the kennel.

Hei Hu saw her from a distance, and rushed from the back of the kennel to the position closest to the hall in a few steps. He lay on the corridor, wagging his tail and barking at her.

Ji Ling greeted the front desk staff and walked towards the corridor.

When she saw Hei Hu, her mood was probably the same as Hei Hu's. She was so smiling that the ponytail on her head stood up and bounced along with her.

After the general reacted, he also jumped over. He was even more excited than the black tiger. He first jumped straight towards the glass corridor. If the glass was not strong enough, he was really afraid that it would be broken.

Ji Ling quickly comforted them: "Go forward, go forward, stop jumping around."

The little ones still followed her steps reluctantly and walked forward together.

As soon as she entered the kennel, the general jumped towards her and hugged her.

Even though Ji Ling was mentally prepared, she was still pushed back several steps by this guy. If she hadn't been leaning against the fence, she might have almost fallen down.

"General, slow down, be gentle, you bad guy, I'm going to fall down..." She held the little guy's head, rubbed it with her head, and reached out to stroke Black Tiger and the other dogs.

The general was still unhappy. He held one of her hands and wouldn't let go, sticking close to her, as if he was afraid that she would leave him if he let go.

The black tiger was much more reserved. Although it was the first one to see Ji Ling, it tried hard to control its emotions and followed Ji Ling slowly, rubbing her legs from time to time. However, its big tail betrayed it, and one could see the joy and love in its heart at a glance.

The employee in charge of the kennel saw the commotion and came over to greet Ji Ling: "Sister Lingzi..." Everyone was used to calling her Sister Lingzi, no matter if they were older or younger than her.

Ji Ling smiled and nodded to him: "Thank you for your hard work..."

This is a boy in his twenties. He wears a simple T-shirt and jeans, which reveals a casual feeling. He wears the store's work clothes over the T-shirt. Although he works in a kennel, the work clothes look clean and not dirty at all.

Ji Ling didn't have much impression of this boy. He must have just arrived. But he could immediately call her "Sister Lingzi", which meant he must know her.

"It's not hard, it's my duty..." The boy grinned and stroked a fat Labrador beside him.

Ji Ling felt that this Labrador looked unfamiliar. After looking at it for a long time, he was sure that he had no impression of this fat guy. "When did it come? Why don't I have any impression of it?"

The boy looked down at the fat guy beside him and scratched his head a little embarrassedly: "Well, I picked it up and brought it here. It happened last week. You and Mr. Lu were not in Longan. I don't know if Dr. Yang told Mr. Lu."

After hearing her say this, Ji Ling became even more certain that this person should have just arrived, because those who have been working in the store for a while longer would call Lu Jingxing Brother Lu, or at the very least, Doctor Lu, and very few employees would call him Mr. Lu.

She nodded: "Oh, is that so? That's fine. You've told Doctor Yang it's the same thing. Go and do your work. I'm just here to check on them. Don't worry about me..."

(End of this chapter)