Why bother with dating when you already have a cat?

Life is truly a wondrous thing.

Thinking of this, Xiaoyu couldn't help but sigh. Then she turned to look at Ai Qing, her eyes sparkling and her expression conveying affection, as if she had thought of something particularly beautiful.

"Hungry?" Ai Qing didn't understand Xiao Yu's look, but asked subconsciously.

Upon hearing this, the little fish immediately pouted and turned its head away.

But soon, she did feel a bit hungry.

After all, I only ate half of it, so I'm definitely not full.

Just then, Li Qiqi and Hu Tian finished their meal and came in to take over the shift.

So Ai Qing pulled Xiao Yu up, took the reluctant Xiao Yu outside, and decided to fill their stomachs first.

However, Xiaoyu ate very quickly this time. After hurriedly filling her stomach in a few minutes, she couldn't wait to go into the rest room again.

Ai Qing wasn't in a hurry. After slowly enjoying her grandmother's lunch, she helped tidy up and then accompanied Lang Xiangying to take the things home.

He then returned to the cat cafe, glanced into the lounge, saw that the births weren't finished yet, and came out to continue writing.

Around 2 p.m., Hu Tian came out, wiped the fine sweat from her forehead, and smiled at Ai Qing who was looking over, saying, "They've been born! Five kittens: two orange tabby cats, two light brown tabby cats, and one darker tabby cat."

Upon hearing this, Ai Qing walked into the lounge with a curious expression and saw Xiao Yu and Li Qiqi squatting next to the cat bed, looking at the mother cat and five kittens drinking milk with warm expressions.

Looking at the five adorable little ones, Ai Qing stroked her chin and muttered to herself, "Looks like I can get a good price for them."

"What?" Little Fish, with her better hearing, immediately turned her head, looking at Ai Qing with pitiful eyes. "Brother, are you still willing to sell them?"

Chapter 199 The Male and Female Heroes Take Action

On December 10th, a cold front swept through Hangzhou, causing the temperature to drop sharply.

Even at midday, the outside temperature is only four or five degrees Celsius, and at night it drops to two or three degrees below zero.

If that's all there is to it, then the temperature is naturally far less extreme than in the north.

However, since Hangzhou is located in a southern region, there is no central heating in the homes; people have to turn on the air conditioner when it gets cold.

Secondly, along with the drop in temperature, Hangzhou will naturally experience rainfall.

Once it rains, the damp chill suddenly becomes sticky, as if it has tentacles like mud that grab your collar and ankles as soon as you pass by, then tightly wrap around you and invade the depths of your clothes.

This entanglement is intangible and formless; one can only endure it silently.

If you accidentally step into a puddle and your shoes get soaked, that would be an incredibly unpleasant experience.

But for Xu Jiani, who is only ten years old at the time, these things are not very important.

I jogged all the way from the neighboring community, my once fair and tender face now flushed red from the cold wind.

Because she was extremely anxious, Xu Jiani didn't even notice the puddles on the road after the rain, and she had already stepped in several of them.

My feet are so wet and uncomfortable.

But she didn't pay attention to these things. Instead, she ran straight towards a cat cafe.

at last.

Just a minute or two later, Xu Jiani arrived at the entrance of the Stray Cat Cafe.

Hu Tian, ​​who was in the beverage area, was handing a cup of milk tea to the customer next to her.

After receiving the milk tea, the customer eagerly handed it to the girl beside him, and then they walked together to the entrance of the cat petting area. After paying the entrance fee, the two went inside.

Looks like another player who believed the rumors and actually thought that confessing their feelings here would give them a buff.

Hu Tian found it amusing, but she was happy with it. Then she turned her gaze to the little girl who had just run to the shop entrance: "Is there anything you would like to drink?"

Nowadays, most of the customers in this store are students, and Hu Tian has long been used to speaking to them in a soft and gentle tone.

Upon hearing this, Xu Jiani hesitated. After a moment of hesitation, she looked at a notice on the wall next to her and then cautiously asked, "Sister, can I ask you a question?"

“Sure.” Hu Tian glanced around and saw that there were no other customers for the time being, so she had some free time and went along with the little girl’s suggestion.

After hearing the affirmative answer, Xu Jiani finally mustered up her courage, pointed to the notice next to her, and asked, "Is what this says in your store true?"

Upon hearing this, Hu Tian was taken aback for a moment, then turned her head and looked at the notice. Her expression was initially puzzled, but then she suddenly realized what she was talking about.

Ai Qing posted this notice here a few days after the business opened.

The above is very simple; it's just a notice "seeking information on stray cats".

If you find any information about stray cats in the surrounding area, you can inform the store, and they will send people to capture the stray cats and keep them in the cat cafe.

Since opening at the beginning of last month, Ai Qing and Xiao Yu haven't been idle all the time.

Besides Bread, the mother cat, the number of stray cats in the family has long since increased from twelve to sixteen.

However, judging from the current situation, the two of them have already caught most of the stray cats in the north and south communities of Jinpan Yunting Mansion.

The remaining stray cats are all lone wolves, not those who have always been wandering around here, but rather solitary wanderers roaming multiple neighborhoods.

In other residential areas, some areas have access control systems, and security guards may be quite strict.

In addition, since they are not familiar with other neighborhoods, it is not advisable to make any moves without knowing the specific movements of the stray cats.

So Ai Qing promoted this through offline stores, online video accounts, and WeChat official accounts, hoping that customers in the area around the cat cafe would contact them to catch any stray cats they saw.

A while ago, a nimble tabby cat was captured by them in the neighboring community in this way.

Right now, they're conducting ideological education and employee training in the isolation area of ​​the break room.

"If you're talking about catching stray cats, then of course it's true," Hu Tian smiled at the little girl. "Are you here to ask us to catch stray cats?"

"Yes, there's a poor little cat hiding downstairs in our building's stairwell, but it runs away as soon as I get close," Xu Jiani said anxiously. "I'm so afraid it'll get cold. Can you please help it?"

“Of course.” Hu Tian nodded, calling out to Ai Qing and Xiao Yu in the cat petting area, “We’ve got a job!” as she turned back to ask, “Can I ask if your parents know about this?”

"I don't know yet." Xu Jiani shook her head. "I saw Mimi when I got home. She looked very cold. I wanted to invite her to our house to warm up, but she wouldn't come with me."

"How about this?" Hu Tian rolled her eyes, then continued to speak softly and smilingly to Xu Jiani.

"Our older brothers and sisters will get ready and go with you to find Mimi. Once we find the stray cat, you can go home and tell your parents about it, okay?"

"Mmm!" Upon hearing that they were willing to help, Xu Jiani agreed without hesitation.

Ai Qing and Xiao Yu came out of the house. After learning about the situation, Ai Qing went to the pet hospital next door to borrow a cat trap.

"You stay home with Qiqi, Xiaoyu and I will be right back." Ai Qing said to Hu Tian before leaving, carrying a cat cage in one hand and taking out her phone to record a video in the other.

"Okay, boss, go ahead and do it without worry." Hu Tian smiled and nodded in agreement, having no doubt about their ability to catch cats.

Xiaoyu also took some cat food, canned cat food, freeze-dried food, and other things from the storage room, along with a small bowl.

After thinking for a moment, she picked up a thick blanket and followed Ai Qing and Xu Jiani toward the neighboring community.

Haibo Yayuan was completed two years earlier than Jinpan Yuntingfu, separated by an unnamed stream.

It takes about three or four minutes to walk from the cat cafe to the entrance of the residential area.

Ai Qing was well-prepared before setting off. After arriving at the entrance of the residential area with Xu Jiani, she took the initiative to greet the security guards there.

Then he showed his identification and the cat cafe's business license, etc.

Of course, there was no real need for that, but he liked to do things thoroughly. After explaining the reason to the security guard, the guard sent another security guard to accompany him.

After all, it was a ten-year-old girl who brought this person in, so we should be a little careful.

If they're really here to catch stray cats, and it's for free, the community security guards are naturally happy to oblige.

Seeing that Xu Jiani seemed really anxious, Ai Qing and Xiao Yu didn't linger. After having the security guard follow them, they headed towards the stairwell downstairs from Xu Jiani's apartment.

Xu Jiani opened the access control, walked into the corridor, passed the elevator door, and then turned into the stairwell.

At this moment, she slowed down and cautiously turned to her older siblings behind her, saying, "Let's keep our voices down, okay? It's very timid; it hides as soon as it hears a sound."

As she said this, Xu Jiani secretly glanced towards the back of the stairwell on the first floor, and then her eyes lit up.

At this moment, Ai Qing and Xiao Yu also peeked inside and sure enough, they saw a kitten, cowering timidly in the corner.

Moreover, it was a pure black kitten, looking extremely thin and bony, clearly suffering from long-term malnutrition and hunger.

Although they were making very little noise, the little black cat still immediately sensed that someone was at the entrance of the stairwell.

He turned around abruptly and darted into a pile of clutter in the stairwell.

"Security guard, why is there so much trash in your stairwell?" Ai Qing asked curiously, turning her head.

"Oh, that's not trash." The security guard glanced inside, then explained with obvious helplessness, "There's an old lady on the first floor who likes to pick up things she thinks are useful from the community's trash cans."

“But her family wouldn’t let her bring these things into the house, so she put them all in this stairwell.”

“We had her deal with it once before, but it would turn into this again after a month or two.”

"If you had come two months earlier, wow, the scene would have been like this, with stuff piled up right up to the doorway. It wouldn't be as spacious as it is now."

Ai Qing: "..."

"Brother, shall we set down the cat trap?" Little Fish's sympathy was clearly overflowing after seeing the cat's condition.

However, Ai Qing first said to Xu Jiani next to her, "You live upstairs, right? We're going to start rescuing Mimi now. Why don't you go home and tell your parents first? Don't let them worry."

"Hmm..." Xu Jiani hesitated noticeably at this moment, wanting to stay here until she saw Mimi being safely caught and put into the cage.

However, she was clearly very obedient, and after only a slight hesitation, she immediately nodded: "Okay, I'll listen to my brother."

After saying that, she looked back at the depths of the stairwell with a hint of reluctance, but unfortunately, she couldn't see Mimi's figure.

So she quickly ran to the elevator and pressed the button, thinking she could get back as soon as possible, finish talking, and then go downstairs to see Mimi.

"What's wrong with you?" Ai Qing watched Xu Jiani go upstairs, then started preparing the cat cage, only to find that Xiaoyu seemed a little unhappy.

Little Fish snapped out of her daze and quickly shook her head. While laying a blanket in the cat cage, she muttered to herself, "Only I can call him brother."

Ai Qing: "...You're even jealous of a ten-year-old girl?"

"Humph……"

The little fish stopped whimpering and obediently laid out the blanket, then placed the cat food cans and freeze-dried cat food in the deepest part of the room.

After confirming that there were no problems with the mechanism of the cat trap, Ai Qing placed it in front of the spot where the little black cat had been curled up.

"You guys are pretty professional, huh?" The security guard chuckled after watching their actions. "And then what? You try to catch the cat after it crawls inside?"

“No need for that.” Ai Qing shook her head with a smile. “This cage has a mechanism. Once it goes in and steps on the gravity sensor, the cage door will close automatically.”