start with a pet store

Chapter 909: Either Dead or Alive
He felt a little sorry for the little guy, so he gave him a soothing massage and talked to him in a low voice for a while. After he was sure that the little guy's emotions had stabilized a lot, he called the owner in.

"Don't worry, it's your Qian Duoduo. However, it must have been frightened those days when it was lost. It might have been hurt when I shaved it, so it's a little stressed..." Lu Jingxing said after Qian Duoduo's owner came in.

Thanks to Lu Jingxing's comfort, Qian Duoduo became much quieter now, and was no longer so repulsive to his master. He just hummed softly twice and then leaned his head against him.

"Wow, Qian Duoduo, my baby, he no longer barks at me..." The owner shouted happily, "Doctor Lu, you are so awesome. None of us can touch him these past two days. He gets really aggressive when we get close to him..."

Lu Jingxing smiled slightly: "It doesn't have any other major problems. Go back and spend more time with it. It will get better slowly. Also, the most important thing is to be careful not to let it run away easily again. However, it shouldn't run away easily again..."

“Don’t worry, I’ll watch it carefully…” Qian Duoduo’s owner held Qian Duoduo contentedly and took two deep breaths. This trip was totally worth it.

Xiaojiu secretly gave Lu Jingxing a thumbs up. He knew that as long as Brother Lu took action, it would be successful.

Lu Jingxing smiled at him: "Okay, stop watching the fun and get off work..."

After saying this, she walked out with him and prepared to get off work.

The two walked together for a while: "Brother Lu, I can't go with you anymore, I have to take a bus..." Xiao Jiu said, pointing to the bus coming in front.

Lu Jingxing waved at him: "Yeah, see you tomorrow..."

Only after seeing Xiaojiu get on the car did Lu Jingxing continue walking.

I can walk back slowly today, it’s not too urgent.

Just at this moment, his cell phone rang suddenly. It was an unfamiliar number. He picked up the phone without hesitation: "Hello..." After the call was connected, he took the initiative to say hello.

"Hello, is this Dr. Lu? I'm sorry to bother you after get off work. I have a special situation here. May I trouble you to help me?" From the voice, the other party should know him and could call out his name directly.

"What's going on?" Lu Jingxing asked.

"It's like this. I'm not far from your store, just in front on Chengchun Road. I saw a cat. I saw it a few days ago. Today I found that its neck was seriously injured. But I tried many ways to catch it but couldn't. Can you help me catch it?" The woman opposite briefly explained the situation.

"No problem, but I'll have to go back and get the tools. You can just wait there until we come over, right?" Lu Jingxing couldn't just go over. Since she said she couldn't catch it, he had to use tools.

"Okay, okay, I'll wait here. It won't run far, so I'll stay right here. Thank you for your help..." The woman was very polite.

"It's okay..." Lu Jingxing said as he walked towards the store. The description of their store already mentioned that they would take in stray animals for free. Now that they have been in business for so long, they are considered to be quite famous. Therefore, not only those nearby, but also those in faraway places would think of them first when there is a need to rescue stray animals.

He goes out less often now. Originally there were two teams, but now the two rescue teams are getting farther and farther away. If they are nearby, when Lu Jingxing is not available during the day, he will arrange Xiaopang and Angie to rescue them. At night, Lu Jingxing basically goes out by himself.

He returned to the store as quickly as possible, took two trapping cages, some cat strips and canned food, and prepared to set off.

When he was about to go out, he actually ran into Xiao Pang who was walking in from outside: "Brother Lu, what is this?"

"Hey, why are you here at this time? I just received a call. A cat was seriously injured on Chengchun Road..." Lu Jingxing raised the cage in his hand.

"Then I'm back just in time. Wait for me, I'll go with you..." The fat boy looked a little chubby, and his movements were quite agile. He ran in quickly and ran out immediately. He took a cage from Lu Jingxing very naturally: "Give me one..."

Lu Jingxing smiled and handed the cage over: "Okay, why did you come back?"

"Hey, I forgot to bring my keys. I already had my home, but I ran back again. I thought I'd work overtime tonight..." Xiaopang laughed at himself.

"Haha, that's good..." Lu Jingxing also laughed.

The store was just a few blocks away from Chengchun Road, but the two didn't want to drive because there was no place to park on that street and there were a lot of people, making it more of a pedestrian street than a pedestrian street.

Lu Jing walked faster. When they reached their destination, Fatty was almost out of breath. "Brother Lu, next time you don't drive, I won't go out with you for this kind of running. My legs are shorter than yours, so I can't walk as fast as you. I can't even keep up with you even if I jog all the way..."

Lu Jingxing laughed: "Sorry, I forgot about this. You don't have to rush so much. It's okay if you slow down..."

Xiaopang didn't say anything, but pouted his lips. He said, "You arrived alone, and I was walking slowly from behind. I felt embarrassed too."

The woman who was making the call saw Lu Jingxing from a distance and waved to them from across the street.

Lu Jingxing took a look and went to meet him.

"Doctor Lu, I'm so sorry to bother you so late..." The woman looked to be in her twenties, wearing casual clothes and without a backpack. She seemed to live nearby and saw the cat in need of rescue when she was out for a walk.

"It's okay, it's our job too. Where is the kitten?" Lu Jingxing went straight to the point.

"Over there, look, it's still there..." The woman pointed to the entrance of a small alley next to a shop on the street. There was no street light at that location. Lu Jingxing and the others saw a pair of round eyes emitting white light at the entrance of the alley, looking at them, as if it knew they were talking about it.

"Its neck seemed fine a few days ago, but maybe it's been hot these past two days. I just saw that its neck seemed to be rotten. It should be because the collar is too small and it has been rubbed. And, it should have other problems. Anyway, it doesn't look healthy, but it is not friendly and has a strong resistance to people. So, I can't catch it, and I don't know how to chase it..." The woman said distressedly as she looked at the little guy who was some distance away from her.

Lu Jingxing nodded: "It's okay, it's okay, let's go over and take a look..." He glanced at the fat boy beside him, and the two of them opened the cage and walked towards the little guy.

Seeing them coming, several kind people on the road stopped and pointed out to them where the little guy was.

When the little guy saw so many people looking at it, he shrank back into the alley, leaving only his head exposed and looking outside cautiously.

"Thank you, we can just go over there. Don't look at it. If it thinks everyone is looking at it, it will become more alert..." Lu Jingxing said to the enthusiastic onlookers.

Everyone turned around tacitly and stopped looking at the poor little guy.

Lu Jingxing put canned food in the cage and slowly walked towards the alley.

When we got to the alley, we realized that it was actually a dead end. When the little guy saw someone coming, he immediately retreated inside.

Lu Jingxing placed the cage in his hand at the entrance of the alley.

He took the cage from Xiaopang and put it in the middle of the alley.

He took a look at the little guy shivering in the corner of the alley, then quickly retreated.

The wait was a bit long. For the first half hour, the little guy just stayed in the corner of the alley quietly without moving. Xiaopang couldn't help wanting to rush in several times: "Brother Lu, it's motionless, can't we just go and catch it?"

The woman who asked for help was also here with him: "No, it can climb up from that wall. Even though it's a little difficult, it will definitely climb up. Once it climbs up, it will be even harder to catch it..."

Lu Jingxing shook his hand: "Don't worry, wait and see..."

He originally wanted to go and communicate with the little guy directly, but he found that as long as he got a little closer, the little guy would tremble even more violently. Logically, this stray cat should not be so afraid of people, but it is like this now.

This made Lu Jingxing dare not take any risks.

I'm afraid if I push it too hastily, the little guy will get stressed out and it will be in trouble. He has a lot of injuries on his body now, and if he gets stressed out again, it might even cost him his life.

Lu Jingxing placed a camera at the entrance of the alley, and the three of them sat on the steps in front of the store, quietly waiting for the images from the camera.

After about forty minutes, the little guy finally moved.

It walked out slowly and vigilantly, perhaps attracted by the smell of canned food in the cage. When it reached the trap, it stopped.

It stared at the can in the cage for a while, then raised its head and looked towards the entrance of the alley. It stared for a while and found that no one was looking at it, so it took a few steps towards the cage.

Everyone was worried. Xiao Pang whispered, "This is easy. As long as it enters the cage, it will be easy to deal with..."

Lu Jingxing shook his head: "It won't get into the cage so easily. Didn't you see that it is very alert..."

"No, that's the most delicious canned food. No cat can resist the temptation..." Xiaopang said affirmatively.

"If it moves in, it won't be so fast..." Lu Jingxing retorted.

Sure enough, while Lu Jingxing was talking, the little guy had already circled the cage twice, pausing at the entrance of the cage every time, but ultimately did not go in.

It was actually able to resist the temptation of delicious food and slowly walked towards the entrance of the alley.

The camera has a small red light on.

The little guy didn't walk towards the cage in front, but walked directly towards the small red light of the camera.

It sat down directly in front of the camera, stretched out one of its front paws and patted the camera, as if saying hello to it.

The distance also made several people breathe a sigh of relief.

When the little guy raised his head, you could see that the hair on its neck had been worn off, and the skin was torn, a bloody mess. It wasn't a collar, but a circle made of wire. If you looked closely, you could see that the wire was rusty.

Its face was close to the camera, and it had a serious skin disease on its face. There were patches of hair gone, and its white face had red spots here and there, which looked a little scary.

Lu Jingxing and Xiaopang both frowned and looked at the little guy.

This is visually visible, but we don’t know what other problems the little guy may have.

The owner saw it playing with the camera for a while, then it went back, circled the cage in front again, and then walked to the middle cage.

It hesitated and sat down at the entrance of the cage, then looked towards the entrance of the alley. That look made people feel that it seemed to have made up its mind. Then it stood up. This time, it seemed not to hesitate anymore and walked into the cage resolutely.

It walked straight towards the can. Its body was quite long, and its mouth reached the can, with a little of its tail still left outside.

But the cage had sensed it, and the door snapped down, locking the cage.

Xiaopang and the woman asking for help clapped their hands happily: "Wow, wow, we caught him, we finally caught him..." They immediately stood up and walked towards the alley.

The little guy panicked for a moment when the cage door fell. He immediately turned around and shook the cage hard. When he found that he couldn't open it, he turned around calmly and continued to eat the canned food.

This calmness surprised Lu Jingxing.

Several people walked towards the cage together, and the little guy looked up at them without struggling or resisting at all.

Lu Jingxing couldn't help but think: Maybe it's because it's in too much pain. Knowing that it's being caught, it's not going to resist anymore. It should be that it wants to take a gamble. It's just a choice of either life or death.

"Little guy, aren't you very strong? Why aren't you struggling at all now?" The fat boy teased the little guy with his hands.

"It knows it can't beat you..." Lu Jingxing said seriously.

“Haha, you are quite self-aware…” Little Fatty laughed, but after taking a closer look at the little fellow’s physical condition, he could no longer laugh: “Brother Lu, who is this person? How could he be so cruel? Look at his neck, and it seems there is something wrong with his legs too…”

Lu Jingxing nodded: "Let's go back and take a look..."

After the two packed up their things, the woman who asked for help followed them: "Doctor Lu, my family doesn't allow me to have a cat, can you take it in?"

"Okay, I'll take it back first..." Lu Jingxing said.

"Thank you so much. I will go to see it tomorrow..." The woman bowed repeatedly to thank Lu Jingxing.

"You're welcome. We'll be leaving first..." After saying goodbye to the woman, Lu Jingxing strode into the store carrying the little guy.

Back at the store, Xiaopang once again took the initiative to stay and help.

It was indeed difficult for Lu Jingxing to handle it alone. There was only one employee on duty in the store and he had his own things to do. The little guy needed to be checked immediately. He nodded in approval of Xiaopang's initiative to help.

The little fellow, who had always been very fierce towards people, unexpectedly trusted Lu Jingxing. After coming back, he just stared at him with his big eyes and had never been fierce towards him.

This is a colorful tabby cat. There is some white on its face. Most of its hair is tabby, but there are also some other colors. If it is raised well, it should be very beautiful.

(End of this chapter)