Starting with taking in female college students

Chen Rang did not give Ni Youlin a single penny.

Although the girl needs money right now, giving her charity without a reason will only lead to bad things. He can use his kindness to help Ni Youlin with food, drink, and clothing, but he cannot and should not give her money to travel and have fun.

Once this money is given out, the nature of the relationship between the two people will change.

Chen Rang was well aware of this.

Li Shiwei and Ni Youlin understood this very well.

Therefore, the three of them deliberately avoided talking about money. Chen Rang didn't care how Li Shiwei would arrange Ni Youlin's schedule that night, and smiled as he saw the two women off.

He then focused on his work, patiently and quickly cleaning all the tartar from the Border Collie's teeth.

When tartar is removed, some bleeding is inevitable from the gums.

Chen Rang simply wiped away the bloodstains with a cotton swab and did not perform any further treatment. Only after all the work was completed did he spray some disinfectant spray into the dog's mouth to finish the sterilization process.

For more severe wounds, apply a little erythromycin ointment with a cotton swab; it's economical, effective, and easy to use.

After doing all that, he finally removed the muzzle from the dog's mouth.

The Elizabethan collar wasn't removed, mainly to prevent this idiot from licking its fur or poop and causing infection. Dogs seem to never be able to control their mouths; they're many times more likely to cause infections than cats.

After doing all this, Chen called the dog owner.

"Uncle Song, your dog's teeth are all fixed. When are you coming to take it home?"

"Huh? So fast! Rang, let Parker stay with you a little longer. I'm a bit busy right now, picking out a cat at a friend's house! Oh, by the way, Rang, you're a professional too, could you take a look at these cats for me?"

After saying that, Uncle Song hung up the phone and sent the video request again.

"cat?"

Chen Rang was a little puzzled, but since Uncle Song was a fairly familiar neighbor in the area, he naturally wouldn't refuse to help him with a small favor.

The video call connected, and Uncle Song's gray hair, but his energetic and ruddy face appeared on the screen.

He greeted Chen Rang cheerfully, and when Chen Rang turned the video to his dog, he chuckled and called out to his dog twice. Unfortunately, the Border Collie was exhausted and in a bad mood, turning its head away in a huff and refusing to interact with its owner.

Uncle Song didn't mind; he was already used to his dog's occasional tantrums.

He just smiled and said to Chen Rang, "I always felt that Parker would be lonely with only one dog at home. But if I kept two dogs, I wouldn't be able to take care of them all. So Old Wang told me that I could get a cat too. That way, the cat and the dog could play together and neither of them would be bored. It just so happens that Old Wang recently got two nice cats at a good price, so I'm planning to take one from him. Could you help me take a look and tell me which cat is better?"

"You'll get a dog first, then a cat?"

Chen Rang finally understood what Song Bo meant, and a strange look appeared on his face. Looking down at the dejected Border Collie, Chen Rang could already foresee the poor creature's miserable future.

It's important to know that despite their large size, Border Collies are strong enough to easily overpower several cats. However, in reality, in most households that own both dogs and cats, it's almost always the cat that bullies the dog; there are very few exceptions.

If Uncle Song adopts a lazy cat, that's fine, but if he adopts a bad-tempered one, given the Border Collie's gentle nature, it will definitely have a hard time in the future.

Chen Rang thought about it and shared his concerns with Uncle Song.

"It's alright, a little playful fighting makes things more interesting. What could possibly happen? Besides, my Parker is obedient and well-behaved. Those little cats with their tiny arms and paws, how could they possibly hurt him?"

Song Bo is currently in a state of impulsive excitement and is completely unable to listen to Chen Rang's advice.

Seeing this, Chen Rang couldn't say anything more. He could only follow Song Bo's instructions to check on the cat remotely and try to pick out a good-natured one for the unfortunate dog so that it wouldn't suffer too much in the future.

The video then shifts to the two cats locked in a cage.

One of them was a golden shaded cat, with a bright yellow color and beautiful blue eyes, making it quite adorable. It was also quite bold, showing no fear as Uncle Song approached, only staring at the phone being handed to it through the cage.

In the cage next to it, sat a silver-grey long-haired chinchilla. This cat looked more distinctive, especially its smooth, manicured fur, which naturally added to its cuteness. Its nose was somewhat flat like Garfield's, with full cheeks between its nose septum and nose, and its ears looked quite small. In short, this cat always gave off a pitiful vibe, making you want to pamper it.

Chen Rang had to admit that Uncle Song had an excellent eye for quality. Both cats were of very good appearance; even if they weren't show-quality, they were the kind of cats that one could show off.

As for how much such a cat would cost, he didn't ask. Old Man Song's pension was quite substantial, and he occasionally took on some newspaper and magazine writing jobs; keeping cats and dogs was no problem for him, and he could afford even the most expensive ones.

However... Chen Rang felt that this Chinchilla looked somewhat familiar.

Although silver-grey Chinchillas of this quality are not uncommon online, Chen Rang had a feeling that he had seen them somewhere before. However, upon closer inspection, he couldn't quite place them, and this conflict between familiarity and unfamiliarity left him quite perplexed.

"What's wrong, Xiao Rang? Is there something wrong with those two cats?"

Seeing Chen Rang staring at the camera with a furrowed brow, Song Bo was puzzled. In his eyes, they were just two cats, so why did Chen Rang seem to be facing some major problem?

"Ahem! Uncle Song, wait a moment before you choose a cat."

Chen Rang regained his senses, coughed, and advised Song Boxian not to make a decision. After hanging up the video call, he quickly opened his WeChat album, found his chat history with Yang Hui, and searched for traces of Jinjila in the pictures.

However, although there is a chinchilla in the photo, it is golden and white, with its fur being mainly golden, which is completely different from the cat on Uncle Song's side.

Even so, Chen Rang was still not completely at ease.

He didn't rush to reply to Uncle Song, but patiently continued searching through the pictures Yang Hui sent.

A moment later, he actually found the reason why it looked familiar. It was a photo of Yang Hui holding two kittens with flat noses. The two kittens looked to be only two or three months old and were in the awkward stage, but you could still tell that they were Chinchillas.

The one on the left looks silly and melancholic, and its temperament is at least five points similar to the cat in Song Bo's video.

Kittens in their awkward stage can resemble adult cats by as much as 50%, which is quite high. Furthermore, this photo is from two months ago, enough time for a kitten to pass through the awkward stage and grow a full, beautiful coat, becoming what it looks like now.

Chen Rang made a judgment in his mind.

The Chinchilla that Uncle Song has his eye on is very likely one that came from a cat cafe.

Although it is completely different from what it looked like in the cat cafe, it is still enough to serve as important evidence, giving Officer Sun Zhengdong and Li Shiwei, who are looking for clues about the people behind the cat cafe, some new directions.

Chen quickly sent a message to Officer Sun and then to Uncle Song, obtaining several photos of the chinchilla at the scene.

"Can you be sure it's the same cat?"

Looking at the two photos Chen Rang sent, Sun Zhengdong felt that the kitten and the adult cat didn't resemble each other at all. Perhaps their noses were both flat, but many cats look like that, so what did that prove?

"Officer Sun, I'm at least 70% sure that the two photos are of the same cat. And I just asked Uncle Song, and he said that his friend bought these two cats recently, less than half a month ago. The timing is quite coincidental."

The more Chen Rang thought about it, the more he felt there were too many coincidences involved.

Not long after the cats from the cat cafe went missing, Song Bo's friend, surnamed Wang, acquired a Chinchilla that looked almost identical and was about the same age based on its size. There was no coincidence at all in the timing of this.

Of course, there is an even more important point: Chen Rang never doubted his own professionalism.

Two cats that appear similar to the average person can actually be identified by subtle details that suggest a match. From the growth patterns of their skeletons and body types to the changes in their fur over time, there are scientific theories at play.

Besides, isn't Officer Sun currently lacking clues? Even just asking around as a possible direction for the investigation wouldn't be too difficult! But if we actually stumble upon something, it would be like a windfall.

Chen Rang sent all his ideas and professional evidence to Sun Zhengdong.