Pet King - Chapter 1060

Chapter 1060

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Zhang Zian felt that it was not as pitiful as a stray cat, but opening a shop was really quite high risk . If he was not careful he would have lost all his savings and become a homeless person under a bridge . That would have made him very similar to a stray cat… Or even worse . After all, there was no one who would create a Branch Organization for the Homeless…

Having his own shop was quite all right . If it was a rental shop, there was an 80 percent chance of losing money, and only the landowner stood the a chance to win anything .

But at least he really liked the freedom; that was not wrong .

Vladimir asked again, “The pet shop you were talking about… Is it the one you guys always mention?”

“It’s the one to the north of here . Did you not go over?” Zhang Zian pointed to the north .

Vladimir thought about it . “We passed by it a few times, but did not enter . This is a place where house cats are treated for their illnesses . It has nothing to do with stray cats . ”

Zhang Zian smiled . “Perhaps you have some misunderstanding… Let’s go . I’ll bring you in to take a look, and we can hopefully gather a few signatures . ”

Zhang Zian stopped strangers on their way and explained his proposal to them . Although most people still refused because they were indifferent, disgusted, and worried about their personal information getting out, a small number of people did generously sign and leave their mobile phone numbers . Besides Zhang Zian’s rapid improvement in conversational skills, another reason was that they saw that there were more and more names on the proposal . They subconsciously gave in to a herd mentality––since so many people had signed it, it was okay for them to sign it .

“Aren’t we becoming more and more like professional salespeople?” Zhang Zian smiled and said to Vladimir casually . “Perhaps I can even go and sell insurance in the future . ”

“The idea of selling goods is very similar, but it’s not the same thing at all,” it pointedly said, “The promotion of goods is limited by the law . No matter how many goods they manage to sell, they are just a successful businessman that is good at marketing… As long as there are enough people that accept your idea, it is common to amend or even deny the law . ”

Zhang Zian was not as bold as it . As long as he worked to push the law for the protection of small animals, he was satisfied .

The street was not very long, and they very quickly reached the doorway of the Spirit Curing Pet Clinic .

The working class people normally did not have time, but the Golden Week holiday allowed them the flexibility to bring thier pets in for check-ups and surgeries . The clinic’s parking lot was full of cars, and there were people occasionally entering and leaving with their pets .

“Let’s go in . ” Zhang Zian pushed open the door to let Vladimir enter .

“Please take a number and queue up . We are quite busy today, so please wait patiently . ” Long Xian’s head was lowered as she dealt with a file about a pet’s medical history .

“I’m not here to see the doctor . I just came to take a look . There’s no need to take a number, right?” Zhang Zian said .

Long Xian heard the familiar voice and raised her head . She said in shock, “Ah, isn’t this Shopkeeper Zhang! You came just in time . You can take these stray cats back from last time . It would save the trouble of these two women carrying them down . ”

“All right, then it looks like I’ve sent myself to your door to be your coolie…” Zhang Zian laughed bitterly .

“What are you holding in your hand? Pamphlets?”

The smell of disinfectant was very strong––much stronger than in the pet shop . It was a bit stifling . Vladimir looked at all the cats and dogs brought by the people in the clinic; there were of various kinds . The faces of the owners were shining with love and care and worry, and they were waiting patiently for the nurse to call out their numbers . It was obvious that they loved their pets .

“What happened to your dog?”

“What happened to your cat?”

“Oh, I don’t know what’s going on . It suddenly became listless, so I hurriedly brought it over to get it checked out . I’m hoping it’s not some major illness…”

Some owners were bringing pets for their routine check-up, or for deworming––those sorts of normal things––so they seemed very relaxed and would talk about pet rearing with the people next to them . Through the topic of pets, they would branch out to other topics, and after chatting, they would even exchange WeChat accounts .

Because there were too few doctors and too many customers, the wait time was long . The veterinarian office was a small version of a pet salon .

There were a few customers that knew Zhang Zian, as they had bought pets from his shop . They had brought their pets in for their injections or for their fixed physical examination, and they all greeted him .

After they finished greeting each other, Long Xian brought Zhang Zian to the hospital room behind them, and Vladimir followed .

Passing through the clinic, the door to the back was not closed tightly . Out of curiosity, it pushed the door wider and looked inside . It was filled with strange instruments . An adult American Shorthair was tied to a stainless steel operating table with its legs spread open . Its face was emotionless . A young woman wearing surgical clothes and a mask was holding a surgical knife that was glistening coldly in her hand . She looked at the American Shorthair and gestured around its crotch…

Long Xian noticed Vladimir’s actions . “This cat… doesn’t seem to be a stray cat, right?”

“It’s not,” Zhang Zian answered, “It’s a cat from the pet shop . There’s nothing going on today, so I just brought it out for a stroll so it would begin to recognize its surroundings . ”

Long Xian smiled and said, “I can practically identify stray cats and house cats now . Even if they are of the same species, their looks are not the same . The stray cats always have a cowering, fearful look . They look sensitive, and display a fear of not knowing what tomorrow holds . But recently, the stray cats have changed a bit . ”

She brought him to the hospital room all the way in the back and pushed the door open .

Although the ventilator had been on, the smell in the room was still a little strong . There were several rows of iron cages on the wall––some empty, some with small animals such as cats, dogs, rabbits, birds, and other common pets . When they saw people, they would chirp, meow, and bark, which made the place very lively .

One of the cats scratched the iron cage and attracted Vladimir’s attention . It thought that it had seen the cat before––the night when it came to the pet shop . It was out all night familiarizing itself with the nearby terrain and had met some strange stray cats . It used its ideas to enlighten them and raise their awareness . In the process, it had seen the cat in the cage .

Vladimir recognized many of the stray cats . Even if they only counted the main members in the Meow Meow Branch Organization, there were around more than 100, and adding on to the outstanding and well-behaved stray cats, then they were innumerable .

There were so many stray cats, and they were all stray cats without names . Vladimir wanted to remember them . He could only give them nicknames based on their physical characteristics, such as the fat, orange cat, which he nicknamed “Big Orange;” the short-haired, white cat, which he nicknamed “Little White;” the small, white, soft-eared cat, which he nicknamed “Softy;” the grayish white, soft-eared cat, which he nicknamed “A Que;” and so on . When he saw the stray cat in the cage, he immediately gave it a suitable nickname: “Scald-head . ”