Pet King

order of pineapple seafood fried rice and orange juice was served.

The seafood rice was fried to a golden-brown, carrying a rich fruity fragrance.
It had bright green scallions, white tender shrimp, and small pieces of golden-yellow pineapple mixed together.
It looked delicious.

Zian grabbed his small spoon, and scooped in a mouthful.
The sweet taste of pineapple with a hint of sourness stimulated his taste buds.
The food increased his appetite, and his usually dormant stomach squirmed as if it couldn ’t wait to eat.

He ate a few more mouthfuls of fried rice and drank a sip of orange juice.
Zhang Zian was enjoying his meal, and he ’d unknowingly already ate half of the big plate of rice.

All of a sudden, something felt wrong.
There was an tingling sensation coming from the top of his head, so he looked up to see the young lady staring at him with a weird expression on her face.

Zhang Zian nervously wiped the corner of his mouth, thinking that maybe while he was busy eating, some of the rice might have gotten on his face.
He quickly looked down to see if orange juice had spilled on his shirt, but everything was fine.
He hadn ’t embarrassed himself like he ’d thought.

If everything was okay on his end, that could only mean that the young lady across from him was the one with an issue.

Could it be that she was mesmerized by how handsome he looked while he was eating?

With that thought, Zhang Zian felt elated.
His level of handsomeness must have gotten higher without him realizing.

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”Why don ’t you have a cat toy? ” The young lady suddenly asked.

”What? ” Zhang Zian ’s beautiful dream was shattered, leaving him momentarily stunned.

She motioned her face towards the other tables and said, ”Your order of pineapple seafood fried rice should have come with a catnip toy.
So why didn ’t the lady give it to you? Did she forget? ”

At the table just besides them, there was another young lady who ordered the fried rice too.
She hadn ’t touched her food much, and was currently playing around with a cat and a catnip toy.

The young lady must ’ve meant well, so she added, ”They ’re usually busy in the bar, and sometimes they forget things when they ’re too busy.
Why don ’t you try asking the lady to bring over the catnip toy for you? ”

Zhang Zian finally understood why she ’d kept staring at him, and he couldn ’t help but feel disappointed.
He put on a brave front and answered, ”Thanks, but there ’s no need.
I told the lady not to bring me the toy. ”

The young lady across was surprised and asked, ”Why? ”

”Well… ” Zhang Zian had yet to think of an answer, but the young lady seemed to have come to a realization, and answered her own question.

”Is it that you don ’t like cats? If you don ’t like cats, why would you come to a Cat Fanciers Snack Bar for your meal? There ’s so many people lining up! ”

Zhang Zian remained quiet.

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It seemed like the lady expected all customers visiting the store to be cat lovers.
It was tragic for people to visit the restaurant simply to eat their meal and not play around cats.
Maybe she thought that those people should ’ve given up their seats to ones who really liked cats.

Zian had initially thought that they were adding something unique to the restaurant, not making the place solely a cat cafe.
Cat cafes were a laid back place that were for young people with money and time.
The main purpose of a restaurant though, was to fill people ’s stomachs.
There wasn ’t any rules saying that you couldn ’t eat there unless you loved cats.

Since they ’d only met by chance and Zhang Zian was still worried about Old Time Tea and Famous, he had no interest in reasoning with the young lady.
He laughed and offhandedly replied, ”It ’s not that I don ’t like cats. ”

”Well you don ’t look like you like cats and if you do, why aren ’t you playing with them? ”

Zhang Zian asked himself, You can tell if a person likes cats just from the way they looks? I ’m sorry that I have that kind of face!

”That ’s because I always play with cats, ” he replied casually, as he continued to stuff food in his mouth.

”Always? ” She looked at Zian suspiciously.
”So you have your own cats then? ”

”Hm… ” Zhang Zian though for a moment.
Do I count as someone who has cats?

Aunt Li came up with young lady ’s food, and coincidentally overheard her question.
She cheerfully replied for him, ”He ’s the owner of the pet shop just across from here, of course he has cats! A lot of them too! ”

The young lady knitted her eyebrows, and turned around to look at the pet store through the window.

”A pet store? ” The young lady quickly became furious, as if she was facing the criminal who ’d taken her father ’s life.
She firmly said, ”Adoption over buying! ”

Zhang Zian put his spoon down.
It seemed like he wouldn ’t be able to continue his meal.