638 The Odd Case of Adoption (1/2)
Chapter 638: The Odd Case of Adoption
Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Zhang Zian's statement made every customer put down their chopsticks and cat toys, and stare at him in disbelief.
Although the self-righteous girl's speech disgusted everybody, and Xiao Zhuang's ridiculous story caused everyone not to know whether to laugh or cry, they still believed that they were just individual cases. What the young lady and the Agency A and B did was kind of extreme, but at least they started off with good intentions. However, Zhang Zian's brief comment made them rethink their judgement.
”No way! True pet-lovers like us aren't capable of that!” The self-righteous girl hit the table and stood up eagerly, almost crying in her anger.
Zhang Zian gently smiled. He knew that being the loudest didn't make someone right, and that people still had their own judgments. Everybody there were adults with a normal IQ, and didn't need an elaborated speech to understand everything.
Xiao Zhuang realized something. ”A corrupted pet adoption business? No wonder! Something I couldn't understand earlier makes sense now. I told the guy in charge of Agency B that I understood why they designated brands. But why did they have to designate the place to buy them? Couldn't I buy them at other places where they're cheaper? The guy's reasoning was that the cat food from the designated distributor was the authentic product from overseas, whereas the food sold in other places was counterfeit. He even took out two empty packages and explained how to tell the difference between the real and fake. He claimed that one of them was counterfeit from another distributor, and made some adopted cats sick or die. I can't believe that I was fooled by this mother f*cker!”
Another male customer interrupted. ”I'm guessing that the property ownership paper and the income statement was to prove that you were capable of paying for the expensive cat food on a long-term basis. He emphasized repeatedly how pathetic that stray cat was in order to arouse your sympathy, and to make you a willing victim. Was the cat really a stray cat like he claimed? Who can prove it? If they ask the adopter to provide all sorts of paperwork, it would only be reasonable to ask them to provide proof that the cat was stray, right?”
The self-righteous girl was in tears, and said emotionally, ”How do they prove that? The agency must have rescued it as soon as they saw it outside. Do they record a video beforehand to prove it?”
The male customer smirked. Apparently he didn't believe her.
Everybody thought that his request to provide proof wasn't realistic. However, since the self-righteous girl had offended almost everybody there, nobody was willing to speak up for her.
Two girls who looked like university students were eating together in a corner. They hadn't gotten involved in the argument earlier between Zhang Zian and the self-righteous girl. But one of them could not help interrupting. ”Speaking of cat food...”
Everyone turned to look at her.
She blushed slightly. ”When it was snowing a while ago, there were often dozens of stray cats gathering around the hot water pipe under our residence building. The girls in our dorm felt sorry for them, so we all contributed 20 to 30 RMB and bought a bag of cat food made in China to feed them. They ate it happily. At least they didn't starve, right?”
Everybody nodded.
”But one day, when it was my turn, I was feeding the cats the cat food we bought. A student that I didn't know passed by. She gave me sh*t right to my face, accusing me of being irresponsible, and asking why was I feeding it crappy domestic cat food, instead of the Yearning 6 Fish brand,” she explained. ”But we were just poor students. My roommates come from the poor countryside and none of us are rich. We can't possibly feed dozens of stray cats expensive imported cat food.”