999 Ninety-Nine Plus One Nine, Pets Are Not in Decline (1/2)

Petite bourgeoisie, also known as petty bourgeoisie, pointed to a western lifestyle––a pursuit of inner experience, materialism, and spiritual enjoyment. The phrase ”Petite Bourgeoisie” was very old, and it had been popular in China since the first half of the last century. But in recent years, the term hadn't been used much.

Vladimir seemed to have a bad first impression of Zhao Qi, as it bluntly ridiculed her exquisite lifestyle. It just couldn't understand her style, where she would constantly mention unpopular restaurants, concerts, and romance films.

But it was no surprise. After all, Vladimir had almost no pursuit of material enjoyment. It had repeatedly refused Zhang Zian's proposal to make a small bed for it, and when it was sleepy, it could just sleep anywhere. Its lifestyle was the complete opposite of Zhao Qi's lifestyle.

Moreover, Zhang Zian was aware that Zhao Qi's petite bourgeoisie lifestyle was based on her credit card, which was in overdraft. It may have looked like she was living well, but when her credit card bill arrived, she was going to cry.

Zhao Qi still found it weird, because she had the impression that she was the type cats were attracted to. For ordinary cats that saw her, even if they didn't come over and rub themselves on her leg, at the very least, they didn't show such open disgust. It made her feel very hurt. She didn't know how she had offended it.

There could have been another possibility, which was that Zhang Zian had deliberately trained it to act in such a way just so she would embarrass herself… As long as he was willing to go through the effort of training it, he could definitely have pulled it off.

Zhang Zian noticed that something was wrong based on the look in her eyes. ”Why are you staring at me like that?”

”Why the hell are you here? And you've brought a cat along,” she said coldly.

”I'm here to visit Liu Wenying. Is she home?”

Zian didn't know how he had offended her. Why was she so mad?

”I'm not too sure about that. She should be… Did you not call before coming down?” she asked snappily.

Zhang Zian didn't necessarily have to see Liu Wenying, but he just happened to have time.

”It doesn't matter. I'll go up and take a look. If she's not home, then I'll just come back down again,” he said casually. Then he asked Vladimir again, ”Do you want to go up with me? We'll be taking the elevator, so there's no need to climb the stairs.”

Vladimir looked at Zian, then looked at Zhao Qi. It shook its head. ”I'll stay down here and take a look around.”

Zhang Zian knew that Vladimir didn't want to be in the same elevator as Zhao Qi, so he didn't force it to come along. He let it play around the community.

Zhao Qi said, ”…Are you talking to the cat?”

”Haven't you spoken to Lan Lan?” Zhang Zian asked her back.

”I have, but…” Zhao Qi had talked to Lan Lan often, but… something just felt weird.

Zhang Zian took a gift out of the car. After all, it wasn't good to visit empty-handed. He then walked into the elevator and pressed the button for Liu Wenying's floor. ”Are you coming? If you're not then I'll head up first.”

Zhao Qi came back to her senses and quickly ran into the elevator. She pressed the button for her own floor.

The elevator door closed and began to go up.

”Right, you're really leaving the cat outside?” Zhao Qi asked in surprise.

”Don't worry. It won't run away.” Zhang Zian wasn't bothered at all.

”No, I wasn't talking about that…” Zhao Qi knew that he had misunderstood, so she reminded him, ”Since Furry––Sister Wenying's cat––the people in the community have been chasing stray cats away with clubs. They say that they're doing that to prevent the stray cats from spreading rabies. I don't even dare to take Lan Lan out for a walk anymore… So, you leave your cat behind, and it also doesn't have a collar to prove that it's a domestic cat. Wouldn't there be… danger?”