Chapter 12 (1/2)

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Chapter 12: There's Nothing More Annoying Than Getting Fleas

After shaking the water off his body and chasing away the noisy parrot with a pebble, Zheng Tan went to the tree where he hid the keys and entry card and retrieved theain, slid down the tree and trotted towards the Eastern Residence where the Jiao family lived

He jumped up to swipe the entry card and ran all the way to the fifth floor

Because this was an old building, many of the residents kept the outer security door to their apartments The Jiao family apartment was the same, only that the lock on theirsecurity was rather good, and furthermore it was on the fifth floor, usually no one ca a wooden door was enough

The security door was left wide open against the wall so it wouldn't inconvenience anyone co in and out Since it was there for quite some years, the door had a lot of rust

Zheng Tan juot to the spot around the lock, he tightly clung to the top and then lifted his legs to give the wall a strong push The security grate brought Zheng Tan towards the ave a shrill creak

Just as he nearly reached the lock and Zheng Tan was about to stick the key inside, the door was suddenly opened from within

Last night, Yi Xin borrowed associate Professor Jiao's computer to write his thesis, and only went to sleep on the sofa when o to the bathroom and was just about to sleepily lie back down on the sofa when he suddenly heard some noise at the door He shot up and ran to open the door without even putting on his shoes Boss Jiao had said before that when their family cat comes back, that security door will sound out

Yi Xin never understood how Boss Jiao's fa noise, but when he opened the door, he understood and was struck into a daze Right in front of hi to the metal bars of the security door with a pair of keys in itsthe door lock on his side while the hinges of security door creaked

Zheng Tan obviously didn't expect there would be anyone at houely familiar

Zheng Tan tried to remember who in the world this person in front of him hile Yi Xin continued to be in the state of shock Moed stares

In the end, it was Zheng Tan who first recalled the identity of the person in front of hi Tan to Papa Jiao's office, Papa Jiao had oncean undergraduate student through an experiraduate students ere carrying samples to the public laboratory Papa Jiao had stood at thepointing out while explaining to Zheng Tan

Having confir Tan no longer gave et in, he must have been approved by Papa Jiao If he was capable of receiving Papa Jiao's approval, then he must be trustworthy

Zheng Tan jumped off of the security door and made a beeline for the sofa

To make it easier to sleep, Yi Xin had moved all of the snacks off the sofa and onto the adjacent chair

Zheng Tan looked at theHe immediately felt a bit more satisfied

Yi Xin was still in a daze in his spot Although he had already somewhat recovered froain by the incident at the chair Yesterday on the phone with Boss Jiao, Boss Jiao had even told him not to eat the snacks on the sofa If he wanted to eat sos placed on the second shelf of the refrigerator, but don't ever touch the ones that are left on the sofa

While he was on the phone, Yi Xin didn't understand, but right now, he understood Justat the snacks on the chair while nodding its chin It was actually counting, wasn't it?

Zheng Tan didn’t pay any ht now so he bit off the plastic wrapper around soan to eat

Yi Xin watched the black cat that was eating pudding as it laid on the couch His face twitched, then he shuffled his feet to the bedrooave Boss Jiao a call

Zheng Tan perked his ears up to hear as going on with the phone call in the bedroom

Yi Xin held the phone and said, ”Uh-huh, uh-huh,” and then turned on the speakerphone Papa Jiao's voice ca”

Zheng Tan tilted his head back: ”Mraoo–”

Yi Xin: ”…” Even its call was that unusual

”He sounds pretty energetic,” said Papa Jiao, and then he had Yi Xin turn off the speakerphone He still had a few more instructions for Yi Xin

Yi Xin responded very deferentially as he held the phone, but his facial expression was very reluctant After he hung up, he went to the kitchen to heat some water, put a white plastic tub from the shelf into the sink, and washed it

In the past before he started studying for his PhD, he heard so a PhD advisor, it was best to pick one that wasn’t planning on having any more kids and didn’t have pets, otherwise you'd need to babysit the kids and take care of the pets At the tiht that one day, it would be hih he didn't need to babysit the kids, as for this pet…

As he adjusted the water temperature, he wondered if he’d be sent over to take care of the pets frequently in the future When Boss Jiao gets back, he should ask for a raise!

When Zheng Tan walked into the bathroom, he looked at the water in the tub, and lifted his paws to touch the outside of the plastic tub to test the teht As expected fro Tan looked at the shower gel that was specifically for his use beside the plastic tub as well the towel on the stool and the blow dryer that was left aside there He contentedly jumped into the plastic tub and splashed water onto the fur atop of his head Then he rested his chin on the edge of the tub and closed his eyes to soak

Yi Xin, as standing at the door, felt as if a thousand alpacas had stampeded over and over in his brain In the past, he had seen a relative get their hands scratched bloody while giving their cat a bath This was his first ti a cat that would actually close its eyes and enjoy the bath

As expected of… Boss Jiao's cat

When Zheng Tan felt the water teet up to dry hi about the size of a sesas were still twitching

Against the white backdrop of the plastic tub, the little bug was very easy to spot

Yi Xin was calculating the time by the door, and he didn’t need a thermometer to estie was that the cat inside hadn’t coht of the black cat glaring like an angry temple God at the plastic bathtub

What’s going on this tiht back to Boss Jiao's words, but couldn’t think of anything he missed He still felt uneasy, so he cautiously inched his way over Very quickly, Yi Xin’s gaze locked onto the bug that was on the water As abacterial colonies, there was no way acould escape from his eyes