Just like his previous trips, whenever Zhang Zian had a choice, he would try to choose a flight that arrived at night. It was mainly to save himself some social troubles. If he came back when the shop was open for business, he would inevitably be questioned by the staff and regular customers, especially about where the few unique pets in the shop went and why they didn't come back with him.
He could make up an excuse to explain, but why bother using his brain? It was better to just come back at night and sleep off the fatigue of the trip. The next day, without his explanation, people would take it for granted that he brought the elfins back with him.
When he arrived at the pet shop, it was about nine o'clock at night. The staff had already left work on time, because he didn't tell them that he would be back today. Otherwise, they might have stayed in the pet shop for a few more hours and asked for reimbursement of barbecue and beer in the name of welcoming him back. Anyway, after work, they would either draw or play mobile games, which they could do in the shop, and they could save on air conditioning at home.
He opened the shutter door with a spare key and entered the shop.
The shop was no different from when he left.
Zhan Tian had already stood up alertly when it heard the lock being unlocked, but its strict training prevented it from barking when it heard movement outside like ordinary dogs. It just silently raised its guard, and when it saw that it was Zhang Zian, it happily ran over and rubbed against the corner of his trousers.
"Thank you for your hard work while I was away." He patted its head as a reward.
Many domesticated dogs, in fact, would play tricks on their owners. They were not stupid. When they saw their owners holding snacks in their hands, they would try their best to show off. Before their owners said anything, they would take the initiative to show off all the tricks they knew. However, if their owners had nothing in their hands, no matter how loudly they screamed, they would always lie on the ground and roll their eyes at their owners. They were full of scheming boys and scheming girls, especially some dogs that were known for their high IQ, such as border collies.
But a police dog was different. For a police dog, the highest reward was the owner's touch and praise, unlike those superficial foodies of the same kind.
Many customers were envious of Zhan Tian's performance and always asked him how he trained the dog like this. Although Zhan Tian was not the one who trained Zhan Tian, he was very familiar with the police dog unit and had even watched the training. Training methods were not something that needed to be kept secret. But knowing the method was one thing, and putting it into practice was another.
Let alone dogs, take children for example. Parents clearly knew how to educate their children from a young age, such as patience, encouragement, companionship, smiling, and not beating or scolding, but how many parents could really do that? The pressure of life and work often made it so that the patience of parents could only last for three seconds. After that, they would either get angry and scold the parents, or just let it go and play with their phones.
Even a child who could understand human language was like this. How could it be so easy to train a dog that didn't understand human language? The police dog brigade specialized in this kind of work. They had time, experience, and patience. Therefore, he always clearly told his customers that unless they were raising their dogs as a career, they should just go to bed and not overestimate their patience.
If he really wanted to raise such a dog, he could go to the police dog unit. Maybe he could adopt a retired police dog.
He went to the aquarium next door and walked around. As soon as he entered the aquarium, he saw two watermelons soaked in cold water in an empty aquarium tank and a big watermelon soaked in ice water in another aquarium. The former was probably for the girls. The air conditioner and chiller of the aquarium needed to be turned on 24 hours a day, so the staff had the idea of iced watermelons.
How could they tolerate being cheated by the staff all day long? So he simply carried a big watermelon that wasn't too cold back to the pet shop and prepared to eat it for dinner.
He pulled down the shutter door and released the elfins one by one, including Sihwa on the second floor.
"Vladimir, how do you feel? When I passed by the pet clinic just now, I saw that the lights were still on. Do you want me to send you there for a comprehensive examination? "
What he was most worried about was Vladimir, who had escaped death. Now that he thought about it, it really had a walk through the gates of hell.
Vladimir was lying on a small blanket in a bedroom on the second floor. Its body was still very weak, but its spirit had recovered quite well.
"No need. I have rough skin and thick flesh. It's not a problem." It struggled to turn its head and look around. "I'm home."
"Yes, I'm home."
"My comrades are still waiting for me to come back to preside over the work, but I … Sigh …" It sighed with regret and angrily patted the blanket with all its might.
"It doesn't matter. There's no end to the work. Take good care of your body so that you can better devote yourself to work," he comforted it.
It nodded and suddenly asked, "By the way, after I was injured, I was in a daze. I heard that Famous transfused its blood to me?"
"Yes, it was Famous," he said, and briefly explained to it the principle that cats could transfuse dog blood.
Vladimir was silent with a complicated expression. After a long while, it sighed faintly. "I can't believe that I'm determined to be irreconcilable with stray dogs. It's my duty to expel stray dogs, but now there's dog blood flowing in my body …"
"Don't think too much. Hurry up and rest."
Zhang Zian turned off the lights in the bedroom on the second floor and closed the bathroom door. Sihwa had started a live broadcast in the bathtub again. She was bragging to the netizens about her experience of swimming with killer whales in the United States.
When he turned to go downstairs, he saw that Vladimir's eyes were still blinking, as if it was thinking about something.
Maybe this incident would become a turning point for the relationship between Vladimir and Little White to be further eased?
It was still very lively downstairs. The elfins had enough sleep on their phones, and now they were not sleepy at all.
The elfins were all in their places. Some were playing, and some were watching TV. Only Fa Tiai was walking around the shop, looking at the unfamiliar environment. Everything was new to him.
When he walked near the door of the shop, he sniffed the empty space opposite the cashier counter. There, he smelled a familiar evil smell, which immediately made him alert.
"Here, was there a bronze cat statue?" he asked Zhang Zian, who was cutting the watermelon.
"Yes."
He vaguely recalled that in the dream created by Zhuang Xiaodie, he and she had met Father Yang in advance. Father Yang told them about the chaos caused by another Holy Cat statue in the 13th century. In the end, the chaos was solved by what Father Yang called the Holy Exorcism Relic, but Father Yang was vague about what the Holy Exorcism Relic was.
"It … The statue, where is it now?" Fa Tiai was obviously nervous. "We have to get rid of it quickly, or else …"
"Don't worry, the statue has been suppressed. That's another story. Let's talk about it slowly while we eat the melon."
He put the cut watermelon on a plate and deliberately cut out the small seedless pulp in the center of the watermelon, cut it into small pieces, and put them on a plate. He called out to the elfins, "Come, everyone, eat some melon."
Cats were theoretically pure carnivores and did not need to eat vegetables or fruits, but in fact, eating a little was beneficial and harmless, especially since the weather was still not cool in late summer and early autumn. Many cats did not like to drink water, so eating some watermelon was the best way to replenish water and diuresis, and many cats actually liked the taste of watermelon.
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