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Chapter 585: Comments

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

After attending the shoe store renovation meeting all morning, Zhang Zian came back to the pet shop around lunch time.

”Meow! I want to eat baked balls!”

As soon as he walked through the door, Snowy Lionet clung onto his pants.

”Wow! Mr. Store Manager, that white cat likes you so much!” Lu Yiyun was eating her take-out. When she looked up, she happened to witness the scene and have a huge misunderstanding.

It was inconvenient for Zhang Zian to say anything to Snowy Lionet in front of her. He only glared at it and lowered his hands to protect his crotch.

Though he was able to teach dogs not to pounce on people, there was nothing he could do to stop Snowy Lionet, who liked to attack people's crotches.

Lu Yiyun handed him his take-out. ”Wang Qian and Li Kun left earlier. They said that their relatives were coming to visit them today.”

Zhang Zian nodded to indicate that he knew about this. Since there were fewer customers around the time of the Spring Festival, they could leave earlier than usual.

He took his food into the inner area of the pet shop and saw that other elves had already finished eating. They were napping and digesting their food. Even Galaxy was yawning.

After taking a look at the stomachs of the female Abyssinian cats, he estimated that the the kittens' due date would probably be after the Lantern Festival. At that time, the renovation of the shoe store would be almost finished, and the cats could move to their new home.

Zhan Tian and Xiao La, the two dogs who had been playing outside, were quietly lying down on the ground. Judging from their round stomachs, they seemed to be very full.

As he looked around the room, he was satisfied that everything seemed normal. Just as he was about to sit on the recliner and slowly eat his food, he suddenly remembered that he hadn't seen Pi that day. He took his food and went to the second floor.

Huh?

He was stunned as soon as he walked into the living room because the laptop wasn't turned on, and Pi wasn't there typing in front of the desk.

Had his vision blurred again?

He used all his strength to blink. Even after that, his sight was the same.

Maybe Pi was washing its face?

”Pi, you...”

Zhang Zian strolled to the edge of the desk and was about to call Pi, but it wasn't in the bathroom. Instead, it was still curled up in the hammock chair, just as it was when he got up that morning.

Pi struggled to open its eyes, managed a small smile, lifted its arm, and waved. It said weakly, ”Eeek.”

”Pi, what's wrong with you? Are you sick? Did you catch a cold?”

Zhang Zian was shocked to see Pi like this. He put the food down on the desk and reached out to touch its forehead.

Since Richard got sick, he'd been paying close attention to the room temperature. The room temperature now wasn't cold, and with the electric heater on at its maximum capacity, Pi shouldn't have been able to catch a cold in such normal circumstances.

Pi's forehead wasn't hot, it was just a little warmer than his own forehead, which was normal, because the rhesus monkey's body temperature was two or three degrees higher than humans.

”Eeek.”

Pi shook its head and turned to look at the desk.

There was his food, a laptop, Pi's untitled book, and its clip-on glasses on the desk.

Although it was unlikely, Zhang Zian asked tentatively, ”Pi, are you hungry? Would you like something to eat?”

Pi still shook its head no.

It was an imaginative elfin who lived on the Strength of Faith and didn't need to eat.

”You want your book?” Zhang Zian tried guessing again.

Pi's untitled book was almost inseparable from it. Before, it had always held its book like a treasure when it wasn't typing. Since it had recently let its guard down around Zhang Zian and the other elves, Pi and its book were not as inseparable as before.

Placing its hands on the chair, Pi struggled to sit up and jumped out of the chair. Its knees became weak and it almost fell onto the ground.

Zhang Zian quickly helped it up.

”Pi, if you're uncomfortable, you should lie down and rest,” he advised.