Pet King

Chapter 437: Compromise

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The stewed beef with potato satisfied everyone. After licking clean their own bowls, Famous and the two police dogs kept staring at the pot on the table. Zhang Zian had taught others how to tell whether their dogs were full to avoid overeating, so he certainly would not make a similar mistake. Besides, the filming for that day required a great amount of exercise, so eating too much and exercising afterwards would be bad for the dogs’ bowels and stomachs.

Snowy Lionet had been waiting impatiently for a long time. It had tried everything from threatening to begging Zhang Zian just to get what it wanted. Zhang Zian couldn’t stand it anymore. He asked Lu Yiyun to help him washed the bowls, and he went upstairs to fetch the raw beef brisket.

After buying a bag of raw beef brisket last night, he divided it in two portions, leaving half in the fridge for the next meal, and the other half thawing outside. Most of the thawed beef brisket had been stewed, with a small amount of raw beef saved for the cats.

The raw beef brisket he bought was too large, and it would be better for the cats if it was diced. He was not good at using knives, so the beef cubes he cut were of different sizes. He put the beef cubes into two bowls.

When he came downstairs, Snowy Lionet couldn’t wait any longer and went to greet him. Noticing that Lu Yiyun was still washing bowls in the pet washing area, Zhang Zian bent over to put the smaller bowl on the ground and teased Snowy Lionet, “Here you go. Remember to be grateful. Say a few words quietly in your mind, such as ‘Thank God, he gave us food and made us alive, Amen!’”

He placed a copy of Xinhua Dictionary underneath the bowl, so that the bowl was at a good level to prevent Snowy Lionet’s long hair from getting messy, thus letting Zhang Zian avoid having to clean it later.

“Bah! You wish! You are just my servant, and I loathe you because you are a man!” Snowy Lionet spit. It suddenly saw the bigger bowl of beef, and it asked greedily, “What’s that big bowl of beef for? Why don’t you give it to me?!”

“Can you eat that much? This is for other cats.” Zhang Zian rolled his eyes at it. Then he evenly divided the beef in the big bowl into smaller bowls and waved towards the seven Abyssinian cats.

“Tut!” Snowy Lionet grunted in dissatisfaction. But then it lowered its head into its bowl and started to gobble up the beef. Zhang Zian was intrigued by this. He did not know that Snowy Lionet liked eating raw beef so much. If he wanted it to do something in the future, perhaps he could use raw beef to lure it …

The seven Abyssinian cats had adapted to the life in the pet shop, and he had prepared to give them a boost of nutrition so that several of them could give birth to the next generation at the right time. Currently, they were forcibly bound by Fina’s order that they were not allowed to practice “intermarriage,” otherwise when different sexes were being raised together, they would have copulated long time ago.

When Lu Yiyun returned after washing the dishes, Zhang Zian asked her about the situation yesterday. It was lucky that everything was fine, with no troubles or difficult customers. Because he was outside, he hadn’t seen Little Celery much. According to Lu Yiyun, Little Celery came every day, but was a little disappointed not seeing Zhang Zian around.

Zhang Zian promised Little Celery that he would go to see her program at her school’s founding anniversary. But he was busy recently, for he had unexpectedly begun to participate in shooting Dog Warrior. He hoped that the day of her school’s founding anniversary was not soon.

After using the skewers sent by Uncle Li to satisfy Fina and Old Time Tea, then leaving a bowl of dried fruits and nuts for Richard, who was still sleeping, Zhang Zian felt that everything was ready. He led Famous and two police dogs out the door.

It was very difficult to get into a taxi when holding one dog, not to mention three. Some drivers would rather run the risk of getting complaints and reject him as a passenger than to let him in their car, making Zhang Zian feel very helpless.

Waiting for a long time in the cold, without a single taxi stopping, Zhang Zian began to seriously consider whether or not he should borrow the car from Sun Xiaomeng. But he would needed the car for the whole day, which would certainly affect her schedule if she needed to use her car, so he was a bit embarrassed to ask her.

At this moment, a police car marked with the logo of the police dog unit of Binhai City pulled up beside him. The door opened. Liu jumped out from the car and shouted, “Brother Zhang, I’m here to pick you up.”

Seeing its owner, Red Dragon immediately ran over to him with great joy. Zhang Zian was caught off guard and the leash fell from his hand, indicating the strong explosive power of a German Shepherd.

“Red Dragon! How are you? I miss you so much!” Liu held Red Dragon tightly and shed tears excitedly. One day apart seems like three years. This sentence is also applicable to police dogs and their handlers.

Zhang Zian suddenly realized that the scene at this moment was very similar to the scene they filmed yesterday—the reunion scene where Lin Feng met Lightning after many days apart. Although Lin Feng was considered a minor celebrity, his acting was exaggerated and false compared to Xiao Liu’s genuine feelings. No wonder Feng Xuan was not satisfied with his performance.

Red Dragon was whimpering as if it had been wronged. It rubbed its head on Liu’s shoulder, sticking out its tongue out to lick Xiao Liu’s face, as if telling its owner that it missed him too.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Zian thought that this movie might as well not use celebrities, but invite a real police officer with his police dog to star in the film. Maybe the film would be much better than using celebrities. Of course, this was just his opinion. The producers needed to consider the risks and rewards. The risk was too great letting an ordinary police dog handler, who had no big-screen experience, be the protagonist. Besides, the appearance of an average police officer was not satisfactory—if he was not handsome enough, he may not be able to attract female fans. In addition, Xiao Liu had never received any professional acting training. Although he could show his genuine feelings now, it would be different if he was facing a camera.

Liu and Red Dragon cuddled for a while. Prince was looking around, as if searching for its owner, Wang.

“Liu, why are you here early in the morning? Don’t you need to work?” Zhang Zian asked in wonder.

Liu stood up and shyly said, “Wang and I both miss Red Dragon and Prince, and we did not sleep well last night. We discussed and decided to use the time before work to drive you to the studio and visit Red Dragon and Prince. Because Red Dragon and Prince are not around, Wang and I have much free time since we don’t need to go out to carry out missions. So we can cover for each other. I sneak out from our brigade to pick you up today, and tomorrow it’s his turn.”

Zhang Zian had been stressed by the transportation issue, but the appearance of Xiao Liu had helped him solve the problem for the time being. He still reminded them to be more careful and not to be caught by their superiors.

Speaking of this, Liu was very dissatisfied with their superiors. He said that according to the regulations, police dogs and their handlers could not be separated, and the police dogs must not be left outside the police dog unit overnight. He couldn’t defy the executive orders from the superiors, so he can only compromise. The superiors also realized that their executive orders were unjustifiable, so they just turned a blind eye to Liu and Wang sneaking out, as long as they returned in time for work.