Chapter 6: Rat Trouble

"Yaoyao, good morning!"

"Uncle Li, good morning! Are you going to the park again to exchange dance skills with the aunts from the community dance troupe!"

"Go, go, go, what nonsense is this brat talking about! Your Uncle Li is going to exercise, proper running. Don't talk nonsense, be careful your Aunt Qin hears you and thinks I'm doing something!"

"Haha, alright! Won't say it, won't say it! Yo, Old Man Hu, are you going to eat breakfast too? Just right, let's go together; today Yaoyao will treat you!"

"Is that Yaoyao? Help me check on Yuanbao later; it doesn't seem to like eating much lately."

"No problem, Old Man Hu; after breakfast, we'll go together, and I'll check on Yuanbao."

Although Xie Yaoyao's shop had only been open for half a year, he had already mixed in quite well in this area.

Xingyue Xincheng is a high-end residential complex, and Xie Yaoyao had already won over many customers with his handsome appearance and likable personality; Old Man Hu was one of them.

When eating breakfast, Xie Yaoyao very generously paid for Old Man Hu's bill too, which made the neighboring diners tease Xie Yaoyao for being so good at socializing at such a young age.

In fact, Xie Yaoyao was very good to all his customers, which made his pet shop—although not having too many new customers—have very loyal old customers, and all after-sales problems, including cat food, dog food, etc., were solved here.

After breakfast, Xie Yaoyao followed Old Man Hu to his home.

Old Man Hu liked to raise some flowers and plants, so his son bought him a ground-floor unit with a small courtyard.

When they arrived at Old Man Hu's house, they saw an orange cat lazily lying on the windowsill basking in the sun.

"Yuanbao, did you miss me! Let me give you a hug!"

Xie Yaoyao knew at a glance that there shouldn't be any problems with this cat.

"Meow!"

Yuanbao lazily greeted Xie Yaoyao and let Xie Yaoyao hold it in his arms and pet it.

Gently touching its belly, he carefully observed the orange cat's state.

Xie Yaoyao said to Old Man Hu with a smile: "Old Man Hu, Yuanbao couldn't have been secretly eating things behind your back, could it? You touch this belly; it doesn't look like it's hungry at all!"

Old Man Hu took the orange cat, looking puzzled.

"I feed it on a fixed schedule and in fixed amounts, and there's no other food in the house! Just these past two days, the cat food I gave it hasn't been finished; this is strange."

"Could it be that when Yuanbao was playing in the courtyard, someone else in the complex fed it something?"

"Maybe! It seems I can't let Yuanbao play in the courtyard anymore; there are so many bad people outside now, who knows what they'll feed Yuanbao."

"Haha, that's right, you'd better be careful. But at least I'm relieved that Yuanbao is fine; alright, you go ahead, I'll go back to the shop."

"Oh my! Let you make a wasted trip."

"What are you saying, it's better to be safe than sorry! Besides, I'm not far away; Old Man Hu, then I'll be going... eh! Is that... a rat? Good heavens, so many."

While the two were chatting, they saw a property management staff member wearing a security uniform passing by with a net bag; seven or eight rats were struggling and biting inside, which was very disgusting.

"Brother Zhao, where did you catch so many rats!"

The security guard also stopped when he saw Xie Yaoyao and Old Man Hu.

"Little Xie, you're here to help Old Man Hu check on Yuanbao, right! You're asking about these rats; these past two days, we've received many reports from residents saying they found rats, so last night the property management organized setting traps, and good heavens, look, we caught so many."

"These past two days?"

Xie Yaoyao and Old Man Hu looked at each other and then looked at Yuanbao, who was lazily yawning.

"Right, just these past two days, it's evil. Alright, I won't chat with you anymore; I'm going to deal with these things."

After Brother Zhao the security guard walked away, Old Man Hu asked worriedly.

"Yaoyao, will Yuanbao be okay if it ate those rats?"

"It's fine, it's fine; just consider it Yuanbao eating some snacks, it doesn't matter."

At this time, Old Man Hu was like a grandfather worried about his grandson getting a stomachache, and Xie Yaoyao hurriedly explained.

"However, you should be careful in the future not to let it eat them; these rats are wild after all, and Yuanbao is a pet cat; it's okay to eat a little occasionally, but if it eats them for a long time, it might get infected with some unknown bacteria or viruses; it's fine for now, but it would be bad if it passed it on to you later."

"Right, right, I'll be careful in the future."

"Alright, then I'll be going too; there's no one watching the shop."

"Alright, alright, go ahead and get busy."

Xie Yaoyao didn't pay too much attention and said goodbye to Old Man Hu to go back to the shop.

Walking to the entrance of the complex, he saw Brother Zhao the security guard worrying while holding the net bag full of rats, and some people were gathered around watching the excitement.

"Hey! Brother Zhao, didn't you say you were going to deal with them? Why are you showing them off at the entrance?"

"Oh, Yaoyao, you came just in time. I was originally going to throw them in the trash can, but everyone said that if I just throw them away like this, they'll bite through the bag and run out, saying they should be smashed to death."

"Then just smash them to death, what are you waiting for?"

Brother Zhao scratched his head and said honestly.

"Isn't it... isn't it because I feel it's too disgusting! Hey! Yaoyao, don't you have some rat poison or something in your shop?"

Xie Yaoyao looked up at the rats in the bag, squeaking and biting; it was indeed disgusting.

However, he was a pet shop; how could he stock rat poison? If some little cutie accidentally ate it, his heart would ache to death; it's super expensive.

Xie Yaoyao, who was just about to refuse, suddenly froze.

He suddenly had a very strange feeling in his heart, which was that he felt as long as he blew a breath gently, he could kill these rats.

"Could it be... an entry?"

Xie Yaoyao turned his head to look at the security room's glass window.

Following what he was thinking in his heart, he saw the blue entry 【Intermediate Toxin】 appear on his head in the reflection of the window.

"Actually... actually it can... entry fusion... then wouldn't I..."

Xie Yaoyao felt that he was on the rhythm of taking off.

It was just that he suddenly thought of the big brother who was hit to death by him last night, and the woman who was chasing him.

The heat in his heart instantly calmed down.

"Yaoyao! Yaoyao! What are you looking at? Why are you suddenly dazed?"

The voice of Brother Zhao the security guard pulled Xie Yaoyao's thoughts back to reality, and he chose to hide the entry on his head again at the first opportunity.

"Nothing, Brother Zhao, I was thinking about how to help you deal with these rats! Leave it to me, I'll deal with them."

"Eh? Really? That would be great; Yaoyao, you really helped me a lot. Are you taking them back to feed your cats?"

"How could that be? These things aren't hygienic; pet cats can't eat them. I'll poison these rats to death and throw them in the trash station on my way when I walk the dogs later."

"Alright! Everyone says Yaoyao is warm-hearted; look, he's willing to help others."

"Hey! It's all a small matter! Well, I'll be going back; there's no one in the shop."

Went out for a trip and brought back a bag of rats.

The cats and dogs in the shop also curiously looked at the bag Xie Yaoyao brought back. ===== CHAPTER 7 =====