My wife is a dragon.

Chapter 138 Dean Cat

Although Xia Li repeatedly emphasized to Lucia the importance of naming.

He said a name will not only follow a kitten for its entire life, but also represent the mark it leaves in society.

But Lucia's dragon brain was not capable of thinking about such things.

She pointed directly at the limp doll on the sofa.

"Call 'Sheep'!"

"..." Xia Liyu choked.

"'Sheep' and 'kitten' are essentially animal nouns. If you call a cat a sheep, it will be hard for others to understand!"

Not only is it hard for outsiders to understand, but for a dragon like her to keep a "sheep" as a pet, it seems like she is raising emergency food, right? ?
"...That seems to be the truth."

Lucia thought about it and it made sense, so she thought for a moment and changed her words.

"Last time you asked me what was stuffed in the sheep's stomach..."

"cotton."

"Oh, that's called cotton!"

"Sure?"

Xia Li still felt that the name was a bit random.

"You have to think it over carefully. Once the name..."

"cotton!"

Lucia didn't even wait for Xia Li to recite the scriptures. She picked up Cotton without hesitation and confirmed the name.

"Meow~"

Cotton was held high, its tail curled up against its belly in fear, its ears drooping, responding to Lucia's call.

"Meow……"

"Hey hey hey!!"

Lucia smiled widely, lifted the kitten up, buried her face in its thin belly and took a sip.

Lucia only thought the two cold-blooded little goldfish she bought by accident last time were funny, but she couldn’t say she liked them.

And the furry little cat in front of her was undoubtedly the bull's eye for her.

Lucia has liked these furry animals since she was a child, but unfortunately the animals don't like her.

Now she finally met a little animal that was not afraid of her, and this little animal was willing to go home with her.

Meet the right one at the right time.

Isn’t this her and Xia Li!
"Hey, cotton, MuaMuaMua~"

"Don't kiss it yet, the deworming hasn't been done yet..."

Xia Li looked like he wanted to say something but hesitated.

Previously, Lucia was worried that there would be a new "female" in the house and that it would compete with her for status.

Now the priorities are reversed, and it is Xia Li who is worried about his own family status.

This little Sanhua won’t take away Lucia’s few remaining loves, right?

Xia Li thought about it in a trance.

Then he thought that his way of thinking must have been assimilated by the dragon.

Why are you jealous of even the kitten?
"Forget it, cotton is cotton. It's better than sheep." Xia Li sighed.

Although I still think this casual name is too casual, it's fine as long as Lucia likes it.

"It will be your cat from now on." Xia Li said.

"Yeah!" Lucia nodded vigorously.

"You're my dragon too."

"Uh-huh?"

Lucia looked back at Xia Li and always felt that this sentence was controversial.

Xia Li just likes to fool her like this, always thinking that she is easy to fool. In fact, she can understand these human words.

I can understand it, but it takes some time to react, and it also takes some time to fight back.

"Don't put your nose in the cat's belly...give me the cotton."

Seeing that Long was very slow and dull, and had his own little thoughts, Xia Li took the kitten from Lucia's arms, wrapped it in a towel and put it in a cardboard box.

"Let's go out and get the cat dewormed and checked. Now that you've decided to keep it, take good care of it."

"Oh, oh..."

Lucia followed Xia Li and changed her shoes.

She squatted down habitually, and found that she had not taken off her shoes when she got home, so she tore off the magic tape on the side of her leather shoes and put it back.

"Take the car keys." Xia Li raised his chin towards the shoe cabinet.

Lucia did as she was told and considerately put the car keys into Xia Li's trouser pocket.

"Why do we need to deworm? I've checked the cotton and there are no bugs on it."

Lucia trotted all the way to catch up with Xia Li.

Xia Li first put the kitten on the back seat, and then put Xiaolong on the passenger seat.

Only then did he walk around the car and sit in his own driver's seat.

"There is a high probability that stray cats will have fleas, and not only on the outside of the body, but also on the inside of the body. We are taking it for a checkup now, and we will give it the necessary injections and medications, so that it can grow up healthily, do you understand?"

"Oh……"

Xia Li gave a long explanation, and Lucia understood half of it and nodded continuously.

Is there so much knowledge about raising cats?

When she raised fish, she only had to throw two small beans in every day and change the water occasionally.

"You still have a lot to learn," Xia Li said to her again when she saw Xiaolong's confused look.

"Cat food, cat litter, and the cat's drinking bowl, these things will all be your responsibility from now on... I'll ask the veterinarian to explain them to you when we get to the veterinary hospital later."

Lucia was stunned by Xia Li's words. She silently took out her mobile phone and started searching on Baidu.

It's not easy to be a good cat parent.

Xia Li smiled.

I thought to myself, this dragon hasn’t even figured out how to raise itself, and now it’s trying to challenge itself to raise a cat.

This is actually quite amazing, that the proud race that once viewed every species as ants is now carefully learning the guide to raising small animals.

"It's okay," Xia Li comforted the kitten parent who was at a loss beside him.

"Learn slowly. This is my first time raising a cat too. Let's learn together."

……

The pet hospital that Xia Li took Lucia to was the place they had been to last time.

That is the largest pet shop in Jinjiang District.

The first floor is a shop selling pets and pet supplies.

There is a pet hospital on the second floor.

These two stores have the same name, so I guess they have the same owner.

After taking the elevator to the second floor, Lucia walked out of the elevator and breathed a sigh of relief.

This sealed elevator has always been a difficulty she has found difficult to overcome. Every time she enters it, she feels suffocated and has difficulty breathing.

The elevator ride today was very short, and because I was so eager to protect my son, I barely managed to hold back all the negative feelings.

"Hu~" Xiaolong exhaled.

Xia Li discovered these changes in the evil dragon.

'Patience' is also a common human behavior.

If it is expressed in terms of emotion, it is a kind of "tolerance".

"Let's go."

Xia Li held the cardboard box with one hand and pulled Lucia over with the other hand.

Just a few steps out of the elevator, there is a rather festive red door sign that reads: 'Pet Family Animal Hospital'.

Arriving at the glass door of the pet hospital, Xia Li waited for a while.

I originally thought that this kind of glass door would be an induction door, but after standing there for a few seconds I realized that it was not the case.

On the wall next to the door were written black words: 'Please press here to enter'.

Xia Li suddenly realized that this design was probably because the hospital was designed to prevent the pets in the hospital from escaping without permission.

"Click." I pressed the button and the glass door in front of me opened quietly.

Every time Lucia sees this ingenious design of humans, she can't help but marvel at its greatness.

When she first came to Earth...she thought it was some high-level defensive magic.

"Dean!"

"The dean ran away!!"

As soon as the door opened a crack, a ghostly figure appeared as if it had been waiting for a long time.

It waited for an opportunity and flashed past Xia Li's feet.

"Ok?"

"……Um?"

Xia Li glanced back.

I saw the black and white cow cat standing at the elevator door, turning back to look at Xia Li.

The man and the cat looked at each other for a moment.

When the Cow Cat saw the group of people in white coats chasing after Xia Li, he quickly turned around.

He first looked up at the number at the top of the elevator, and found that the number had already risen to the third floor. Then he hurriedly took action, aiming at the half-open fire escape and rushed out.

"The dean ran away again!!"

"We're taking the stairs this time. Tell the people in the store below to squat!"

Several pet doctors in white coats chased out, calling the pet shop downstairs on walkie-talkies as they ran.

It seems he is a habitual offender.

However, this cat is quite intelligent.

It actually wanted to take the elevator downstairs just now?
Xia Li stood at the door for a while, and after the group of people had chased after them, he slowly walked into the house.

"Hello."

After a short episode, Xia Li walked into the store.

The air conditioning in the room was very hot and I could feel a wave of heat on my face as soon as I entered the room.

The air was filled with a faint smell of disinfectant and a fresh floral scent that tried to cover it up.

A clerk in a light pink business suit walked towards Xia Li and greeted her.

This clerk was not wearing a white coat and should be the receptionist in charge of the front desk.

"How can I help you?" the receptionist asked with a slight smile.

"Cat!"

Lucia, who was next to Xia Li, was no longer shy at this time.

She actually had the courage to take the initiative to talk to a strange adult.

As expected, she is a dragon mother with a 'child'.

"cat?"

The receptionist came over and saw the little animal in the cardboard box in Xia Li's arms.

"A stray cat you picked up?" the receptionist asked with some surprise.

"Well, I picked it up... I wanted to adopt it, so I came to see the doctor." Lucia said concisely.

When she spoke, she was very confident, but her whole demeanor was still very timid, and she couldn't stop hiding behind Xia Li.

"Is that so... Little sister is so kind."

Seeing how shy the girl was, the receptionist softened her tone.

"Let's do the deworming first, and then do some basic examinations. It's also necessary to check for feline parvovirus. Go inside and find Doctor Li in Room 2. He will tell you in detail."

As he spoke, the receptionist looked at Xia Li in a friendly manner.

Young people nowadays like to keep purebred cats, and few are willing to pick up stray cats and bring them home.

Even fewer people are willing to take an animal home like this and take it to the veterinary hospital for examination and vaccination.

At least the other party's kindness is worthy of respect.

“When can I give the cat a bath?”

Xia Li held the cat in one hand and held Long Wen's hand in the other.

"The kitten is still too young and has a low immunity, so it is easy to get sick when taking a bath, so it is not recommended to bathe it before it has been vaccinated," the receptionist replied.

"Okay." Xia Li said.

Cotton smells like beer, but fortunately it's not dirty.

Cats are very clean, so it’s okay to be patient.

"...The dean just now?"

After taking two steps, Xia Li looked back with some concern.

The title of 'Dean' doesn't sound simple.

Xia Lixin said that this was her first time here, and she let the director of another hospital run away, which was a bit inappropriate.

"It's okay," the receptionist shook her head gently.

"Dean is the nickname we gave it. The cat has lived here for a long time. It has escaped countless times, but we caught it every time..."

After the receptionist explained patiently, Xia Li felt relieved.

He pushed open the door of room number two and had a discussion with the doctor inside.

Lucia happily received a copy of the 'Cat Raising Manual'.

Mianhua was taken for examination by a doctor in surgical gown, and Xia Li lost eight hundred dollars.

The eight hundred dollars is just the cost of one examination and one vaccination.

The vaccine requires three injections in total, and each injection costs two hundred yuan.

Looking at the suddenly shrinking account balance, one can’t help but sigh that running a pet hospital is really profitable.

This makes much more money than selling pets at the pet shop downstairs, right?
The pet shop downstairs is busy serving hundreds of customers all day, but it may not be able to close a single order.

But at the pet hospital upstairs, no one who comes in with their pet leaves empty-handed.

This kind of place is like a gold magnet. Every time you come here, your wallet becomes a little emptier.

"Do you understand?"

“I understand!”

Lucia sat on a waiting chair outside the examination room, her legs in white stockings swaying as she read a breeding manual in her arms with great interest.

Xia Li leaned over and took a glance.

I found that this breeding manual was probably prepared for customers at the child level, and it contains easy-to-understand pictures and text introductions.

"After we finish looking around, we'll go downstairs and buy the cat litter box and cat bed." Xia Li said, stretching his head.

Physical examinations and vaccinations are just entry-level expenses, and there are bigger expenses waiting for Xia Li.

From pet supplies to food, and some toys... I guess it cost several hundred dollars again.

Keeping pets is really expensive.

Xia Li also had this thought when she lived alone in college. However, after searching the process of raising a pet on the Internet, she felt that the expenses for raising a pet would not be enough to support herself, so she gave up the idea.

Now that we have Lucia, Xia Li has even raised a dragon, so having another cat in the house is more acceptable.

“Meow!!”

At the entrance of the pet hospital, the electric glass door was opened by a doctor in a white coat.

The black and white cat that had just slipped away from Xia Li's feet was being lifted up by its limbs like a roasted suckling pig.

That heart-wrenching facial expression coupled with its howling made it seem as if it was really going to be roasted over a fire.

"Dean, the number of families keeping pets is almost saturated now. It's not easy to take care of stray cats. You should go back to the cage."

"Meow!!"

The pet doctor tried to soothe the struggling cow cat in a gentle voice, but the cow cat didn't appreciate it and kept screaming.

Xia Li watched this scene quietly.

People say that cow cats of this color are quite crazy, but fortunately the one he picked up was a docile little calico cat.

"It will take a while for the cotton to come out, why don't we go downstairs and buy supplies first?"

Watching the cow cat being carried into the room by four strong men, Xia Li stood up and slapped his thigh.

Lucia stopped reading, closed the booklet in her hand with a 'snap', and slid off the sofa.

"Let's go buy cat food for Cotton!"

(End of this chapter)