Petit bourgeois referred to young people who yearned for a Western-style life and pursued inner experience, material and spiritual enjoyment. The term "petit bourgeois" was very old. It had become popular in China as early as the first half of the last century, during the Republic of China, but it had not been used much in recent years.
Vladimir seemed to have a bad first impression of Zhao Qi. It bluntly ridiculed her exquisite lifestyle and disliked the way she often talked about unpopular restaurants, concerts, and romantic movies.
It was no wonder that Vladimir had almost no pursuit of material enjoyment. It had repeatedly rejected Zhang Zian's proposal to get it a small bed. When it was tired, it would sleep on the ground no matter where it was. It was incompatible with Zhao Qi's lifestyle.
And Zhang Zian knew that Zhao Qi's petit bourgeois lifestyle was based on overdrawing her credit card. She might be carefree now, but when the credit card bill came, she would cry.
Zhao Qi still felt strange. She thought that she was a cat lover. When ordinary cats saw her, even if they didn't obediently come over to rub against her trousers, at least they wouldn't show undisguised disgust like this strange blue cat. This made her very hurt. She didn't know how she had offended it.
Or there was another possibility that Zhang Zian had deliberately trained it like this to embarrass her. As long as he wanted to, he could definitely do it.
Zhang Zian noticed that there was something wrong with her eyes. "Why are you staring at me like that?"
"What are you doing here? And you have a cat with you, "she asked coldly.
"I'm here to visit Liu Wenying. Is she home?"
He didn't know what he had done to offend her. Why did she turn against him so quickly?
"I don't know. She should be home … Didn't you call before you came?" she said angrily.
Zhang Zian didn't have to see Liu Wenying today. He just happened to have time today.
"It's okay. I'll go up and see. If she's not home, I'll come down again," he said casually. He asked Vladimir again, "Do you want to go up together? We can take the elevator. You don't have to climb the stairs. "
Vladimir looked at him, then looked at Zhao Qi and shook its head. "I'll stay down and walk around."
Zhang Zian knew that it didn't want to take the elevator with Zhao Qi, so he didn't force it. He let it play in the neighborhood.
Zhao Qi said, "Are you talking to a cat?"
"You haven't talked to Lan Lan?" Zhang Zian asked.
"I did …" Zhao Qi often talked to Lan Lan, but … she always felt weird.
Zhang Zian took out the gift from the car. After all, it was not good to visit empty-handed. He walked into the elevator and pressed the button for Liu Wenying's floor. "Are you coming? If you don't come, I'll go up. "
Zhao Qi snapped out of her trance and hurriedly jogged into the elevator. She pressed the button for her floor.
The elevator doors closed and the elevator began to ascend.
"By the way, did you really leave the cat outside?" Zhao Qi asked in surprise.
"Don't worry, it won't get lost." Zhang Zian didn't care.
"No, that's not what I meant …" Zhao Qi knew that he had misunderstood and reminded him, "Ever since Fluffy – that is, Sister Wenying's cat had an accident, there are often people in this neighborhood with clubs and sticks to expel stray cats. They say that they're afraid that stray cats will spread rabies. Now I don't dare to take Lan Lan downstairs to bask in the sun … Your cat is down there by itself, and it doesn't have a collar or anything to prove that it's a domestic cat. Will it … be in danger?"
Now that she mentioned it, Zhang Zian also remembered that the last time he was here, he seemed to have met a burly young man who was aggressively looking for stray cats in the community, claiming that he would kill every single one he saw. Not only that, but the old men and women in the entire neighborhood who had nothing to do were also spreading the word about the dangers of stray cats. They said that they would bite the elderly, children, and pregnant women. What if they contracted rabies?
At that time, he didn't agree with this practice of killing a thousand innocents rather than letting one go, but he was helpless. If he wanted to go against these uncles and aunties, he would have to be tired of living.
He also felt a little guilty. Would Vladimir be in danger if it stayed down there by itself?
But then he thought about it again and felt that he might have been worrying too much. Vladimir's vigilance was very high. It was always on the edge of class warfare, and it dared to fight and was good at fighting. It was not something that ordinary stray cats could compare to.
"Thank you for reminding me, but I think it's fine," he said.
Instead of worrying about Vladimir, it was better to worry about humans. He hoped that its iron fist of the Meow Meow Doctrine would not be too harsh … That was a punch that could even make a mistake in a game.
"Up to you." Zhao Qi shrugged.
The elevator stopped at Liu Wenying's floor. Zhang Zian left the elevator and finally escaped from the perfume smell.
He confirmed the house number and rang the doorbell, clearing his throat at the same time.
"Who is it?" There was a vague response from the door. It sounded like Liu Wenying was home.
"It's me, Zhang Zian from the Amazing Fate Pet Shop," he said loudly.
"Coming, coming."
With a clatter, the door was unlocked.
"It's Xiao Zhang. Why do you have time to come over? Please come in. "Liu Wenying was very surprised, but she still enthusiastically invited him into the house.
They hadn't seen each other for a while, and Liu Wenying's face seemed to be a lot more haggard. It was obvious that losing her beloved cat was a big blow to her.
Yue Yue peeked her small face out from the entrance, looking confused and nervous.
"Sister Wenying, I'm sorry to disturb you. I came to visit a customer nearby, so I came to drop by." Zhang Zian smiled and waved at Yue Yue. "Yue Yue, do you still remember the handsome Brother Store Manager?"
Yue Yue seemed to really remember him. She stared at his face for a while and murmured, "Selling cats …"
"Yes, I sell cats. This is indeed a world that looks at faces!" Zhang Zian was very pleased with himself and took out a gift from behind him. "Yue Yue, this doll is for you. Do you like it?"
The gift he had prepared was a limited edition Berlin Bear doll that he had brought back from the Berlin Film Festival. It was already out of print. Zhao Qi had threatened and tempted him several times in the elevator, but he had refused all of them.
Seeing the cute Berlin Bear doll with a red scarf tied around it, Yue Yue's eyes lit up. She ran over and hugged it, not letting go.
"Ah, you should have just dropped by. Why did you bring a gift …" Liu Wenying saw that the packaging of the Berlin Bear was all written in German, and she thought about how Zhang Zian had gone to Germany to receive an award. She knew that this was a souvenir that he had brought back, so it would definitely not be cheap.
"Yue Yue, hurry up. Thank you, Uncle." She rubbed Yue Yue's little head.
"Thank you, Uncle," Yue Yue said in a childish voice. She immediately carried the Berlin Bear back to her room to play.
Liu Wenying looked at her daughter's back and sighed. "Ever since Fluffy's accident, I haven't seen her so happy in a long time …"
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