"Haha!" Luo Qingyu's laughter broke the silence in the shop. "What? Cat language? Are you talking about cat language like meow, meow, meow? "
Ting Ying was embarrassed by his laughter. She waved her hand and said, "Forget it, I was just kidding..."
Zhang Zian didn't know why Ting Ying asked this question. After thinking for a moment, he answered cautiously, "I can understand part of it. Since I am a cat trainer, of course, I need to understand what the cats are thinking and what they want, so that they can cooperate with my training... So, I am a cat trainer and a cat whisperer. "
Luo Qingyu put on a cold face, "... Are you serious? Then can you tell me what the cat that just ran past my feet was saying? "
Zhang Zian didn't answer him, because he was not a customer. Zhang Zian didn't need to respond to him, because it was a waste of time.
Ting Ying's face flashed with excitement. She was so excited that she couldn't control herself. Her eyes were red, and she was about to cry.
"Finally... I finally found it..." she whispered to herself.
From the moment she entered the door and saw the weird Holy Cat statue, she felt that the pet shop was full of an indescribable fantasy atmosphere. The adult cats on the cat tree and the shelves were staring at her like forest elves, the energetic kittens were playing freely in the shop, and the shop owner who claimed to be a cat trainer and knew cat language... Everything seemed to be the same as in a fantasy movie.
Ting Ying studied at Binhai University and was an adult. Logically speaking, she had passed the age of fantasizing and dreaming, but how she wished that this was true. She wished that the shop owner was really a cat whisperer, and that the cats in the shop had magical abilities, and she … If she could be reborn and become that carefree little princess again, how great would that be? Ever since she watched the movie Nine Lives, she had often fantasized like this, and even dreamt of it.
I want a cat.
When she saw the movie for the first time, Ting Ying was deeply touched. After that, she bought the Blu-ray disc and watched it on TV over and over again. Every time she watched it, she would cry.
The little girl in the movie was so similar to her. She lived in a big house, had a loving mother, and had a father who was busy managing the company and always forgot her birthday. Both of them wanted a cat as a birthday present …
Little Ting Ying's father was always busy all year round. He traveled all over the place and rarely returned home. After returning home for a short while, he would quickly leave. Mother always said that Father was making money to support the family so that they could live in a big house and live a prosperous life. Her father was the same. He always said that this was the last project and that he could retire after this project. After retirement, he would not go anywhere but stay at home to play with little Ting Ying every day. However, there would always be another project waiting for him.
Like the little girl in the movie, little Ting Ying had a very lonely childhood. She was afraid that she would forget her father's face, so she could only look for her father's shadow in the family videos and look forward to the family reunion on her birthday. Although her father always forgot her birthday, her mother always reminded him in time. On her birthday, no matter how busy her father was, he would take a day to accompany her. He even took a plane to come back from other places …
One time, after her father came back, he looked into her eyes seriously and told her that this was really the last project. This project would make enough money for him and her mother to retire, and it would be enough for her to go to college, master's degree, and doctorate. From then on, he would never leave her side, and little Ting Ying really believed him.
"Before your birthday this year, the project will be finished. I will come back on time to celebrate your birthday." Her father raised her high. "My little princess, what birthday present do you want this year?"
Little Jin Ying grinned and said happily, "I want a cat, a furry, beautiful cat that is comfortable to hold in one's arms!"
Her father smiled. "Okay, when I come back, I will bring a cat that will absolutely satisfy my little princess!"
After her father left, she began to count the calendar with her fingers, looking forward to it day and night. Even in her dreams, she dreamed that today was her birthday. When she woke up, she could see her father's smiling face and see the cat snuggling beside her. As she had hoped, the cat was fluffy, beautiful, and comfortable to hold in her arms.
The little girl in the movie was very lucky. Her father was very lucky. Before the accident, he walked into a magical pet shop and met a mysterious owner who called himself a cat whisperer. He bought a cat that had nine lives but had lost seven of them. This cat consumed another life and saved her father's precious life.
Little Ting Ying was not so lucky.
On her birthday, her father and the cat did not come back, but the bad news of the engineering accident …
In a sense, her father had fulfilled his promise. Although there was an accident in the last project, including the previous savings and compensation, he had brought Little Ting Ying and her mother enough money, enough for her to go to college, study for a master's degree, and a doctorate. It was enough for her mother to live the rest of her life … But they were willing to exchange all of this for his life.
From then on, Ting Ying no longer celebrated her birthday, because her birthday was also the anniversary of her father's death.
She knew that the movie was fictional and the story was fake, but how nice would it be if it was true … Maybe in a remote corner of the city, there really was a pet shop full of fantasy, and there was a strange statue of the Holy Cat in the shop. The shop owner would claim to be a cat whisperer, and his words would be full of philosophy. The cats in the shop could take away sadness and bad luck, and bring happiness and joy to people.
Ting Ying liked cats, but she had never bought one because she had been looking for one. Every year on her birthday, she would wander around every corner of the city, looking for such a pet shop that could not possibly exist in reality. She thought that maybe she would meet her father in the shop, smiling and walking towards her, putting a fluffy, beautiful cat in her arms.
Today, she found it.
Although her father did not appear, such a pet shop really did exist!
She blurted out impulsively, almost shouting, in a voice so loud that her father in heaven could hear, "I want a furry, beautiful cat that I can hold comfortably in my arms!"
Her voice was too loud.
In the outer room, Lu Yiyun's fingers trembled, and she drew a wrong line. She raised her head blankly, looking at her lovely reader through the glass.
Luo Qingyu was so scared that he took a few steps back, and his back hit the wall. He did not know what was wrong with her. He was interested in this girl with long black hair, and he asked her out with the excuse of taking a photo. He wanted to further their relationship, but now he only hoped that she, who seemed to suffer from paranoia and intermittent psychosis, would not pester him …
Fina woke up from its sleepiness, and stared at the girl who disturbed its dream with dissatisfaction.
The sophisticated Old Time Tea heard the sadness and longing in Fina's voice, which was a knot in her heart that had been accumulated for more than ten years. It could not help but sigh for the many sorrows in this world.
Richard screamed and flew into the air, thinking that the shop had been broken into or on fire. Only when it realized that everything was fine did it notice the yellow and white sticky substance under the blanket … It was scared to the point of shitting itself? Holding its chin with its wings, it thought seriously, in order not to be abandoned outside in the winter, who should be the scapegoat …
Snowy Lionet opened its eyes and closed them again, muttering, "Raw beef brisket, raw beef brisket …"
Xinghai, who was busy playing hide-and-seek with the American Shorthair, stopped and looked at her. Its silver-gray eyes flashed, and then it looked back at the stairwell connecting the first and second floors.
After working hard for several days, Famous finally had enough rest. It slowly walked down from the second floor, stopped at the stairwell, and looked deeply into Ting Ying's eyes.
Zhang Zian frowned. He did not understand what Ting Ying meant — a fluffy, beautiful, comfortable cat. The range was too wide, and many cats could meet this requirement.
However, Ting Ying did not intend to explain further. She just looked at him expectantly, and her lips were slightly wriggling, as if she was praying that he would be like the shop owner in the movie, with magical powers.
Zhang Zian smiled bitterly in his heart. He had provided buying suggestions for many customers, but this was the most difficult one, and it seemed that he only had one chance. If he guessed wrong, she would leave in disappointment … He finally understood why Lu Yiyun often complained to him that some customers would make strange and outrageous requests. If the so-called outrageous requests were all like this one, then he should close the shop as soon as possible.
In a big room, the floor was covered with soaked tissues. Ting Ying was lying on the sofa, sobbing with her face on her arms. The Blu-ray DVD player was on, and a movie was playing on the TV screen. She was crying while watching the movie, so she did not notice that a strange German Shepherd had quietly appeared on the side of the sofa. Famous accompanied her, watching the movie over and over again, and then disappeared as quietly as it had appeared.
Famous exited her state of mind and gently called out to Fina.
Fina looked at it in confusion, and Famous barked again.
Fina didn't understand what was going on. It didn't like the feeling of being kept in the dark, but Famous promised to explain to it later, so it barked at a cat in the corner and gave an order.
The cat trotted to Ting Ying's side and clung to her calf.
Ting Ying looked down, and her eyes suddenly glowed with a dreamy look. This cat was exactly the same as the cat in the movie, but it was younger.
"Manager, how did you know?" she asked.
Zhang Zian was still very confused. He did not know anything. He only heard that Famous had asked Fina to let a cat in the shop grab Ting Ying's calf. But he knew one thing — this was a good time for him to show off.
So he said, "I don't know, because this cat chose you."
Ting Ying finally smiled happily, a smile that made her fantasy come true.
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