Xie Xinxin saw Rong Lan and Si Mo looking as if they were about to leave work early. She hesitated for a moment before asking, "Are you going out today, Master?"
Rong Lan waved her hand immediately. "No, no. I'm just bored and want to go outside to soak up some sun. Please come in, Miss Xie." She reached out and lifted the bamboo curtain for Xie Xinxin.
Xie Xinxin was currently her most successful client, no one else came close. She, Si Mo, and Chu Hengyuan were all relying on the payment from Xie Xinxin to make a living. Catching stray cats was nowhere near as important as entertaining Xie Xinxin.
Xie Xinxin smiled. "If you're busy, Master, I can come back in a few days. My matter isn't urgent."
Seeing that Xie Xinxin didn't believe her excuse about sun - bathing, Rong Lan had no choice but to tell the truth. "My matter is even less urgent. I've seen a lot of stray cats near the mall in recent days. I just want to see if I can coax them to go home with me."
Xie Xinxin was surprised. "Do you want to keep a cat, Master?"
"I do have this idea."
"Stray cats are quite difficult to catch." Xie Xinxin suddenly remembered that Tang Xingwei had poured out his troubles to her last night, saying that the glass rooms in the cat shelter of the hospital were almost full. "I have a friend who runs a pet hospital. He has taken in a lot of abandoned kittens there. If you don't mind, Master, you can consider adopting one from there."
Rong Lan looked at Si Mo, who was extremely eager to go out for a stroll. "How about we go to the pet hospital Miss Xie mentioned right now? Miss Xie, you can tell me what you want on the way."
Si Mo shook his head. "I won't go. I'll just take a walk around here and can also look after the shop by the way." He wasn't interested in kittens or puppies.
"Then I'll go with Miss Xie." Rong Lan linked arms with Xie Xinxin.
Xie Xinxin readily agreed. "Sure, I'll take you there, Master."
Si Mo watched the two women walking away arm in arm. He hung the "Out" sign on the door of the fortune - telling house, took out his phone, and opened the ride - hailing app. He had set up several formations around the shop. If there was a daring thief who stepped into the shop, he would know. So he could leave the door unlocked and go somewhere else without worry.
He had a purpose for going out this time. Fortunately, Xie Xinxin came at a good time and helped him get rid of the little fox. Otherwise, he would have to find an excuse himself.
Since it wasn't the rush hour, the traffic was smooth all the way. Xie Xinxin and Rong Lan didn't take much time to reach the pet hospital.
On the way, Xie Xinxin told Rong Lan about her next plans and arrangements. Rong Lan supported all of Xie Xinxin's arrangements and didn't mention anything related to Chen Hong to Xie Xinxin.
After all, in Xie Xinxin's eyes, her mother was just a bit cold to her, but not really bad to her. If she knew about the stupid things Chen Hong had done, she would surely be worried. She had just decided to leave the Xie family and live outside. She had just mustered up the courage to get rid of the original family that had hurt her. What if something happened to Chen Hong and she couldn't bear to leave?
"Do you not plan to take revenge on your family?" Rong Lan asked. Xie Xinxin's plans for the future were actually very good. She had considered that she needed to stay a bit far away from the Xie family to have a peaceful life. She had also considered how to avoid the moral coercion from her family regarding the matter of Xie Feng. However, all her considerations didn't involve taking revenge on the Xie family.
"I don't want to take revenge on them. It's meaningless and unnecessary." Xie Xinxin smiled, and a bit of nostalgia for the past flashed in her eyes. "Before Xie Feng came to the Xie family, they actually treated me okay. They never let me go hungry or cold. I was even the little treasure of the youngest generation in the Xie family. Everything started to change after Xie Feng came to the Xie family. But I don't want the harm I suffered later to offset the beautiful memories I had in my childhood."
Rong Lan blinked her eyes. Xie Xinxin was very insightful. Or rather, she was kind - hearted. If it were her, she might not think like this.
"Woof, woof, woof!" The powerful barking caught Rong Lan's attention.
Rong Lan looked at the dog that was being led by its owner but was turning its head and barking enthusiastically at her. When no one was paying attention, she glared fiercely at the dog, threatening it not to be so enthusiastic. This kind of large - sized dog would pounce on people when it got enthusiastic. She didn't want to be the one pounced on by the dog. Fortunately, the dog wasn't stupid and could tell that she didn't like it. It tucked its tail between its legs and turned its head away.
Xie Xinxin took out her phone. "Wait a moment. I'll urge my friend again and ask him to come down and pick us up."
She had sent a message to Tang Xingwei in the car, asking him to come downstairs and wait for her. She told him that she had brought a client for him. Now it seemed that Tang Xingwei didn't take her words seriously.
Tang Xingwei, who had just finished his meal, saw the caller ID on his phone. He quickly put away the take - out box, took out a tissue, wiped his mouth boldly, and rushed downstairs like the wind.
He had just sent Chu Hengyuan away when he saw Xie Xinxin's text message. Thinking about his unfinished lunch, he thought it would be okay to go down and pick up Xie Xinxin after he finished eating. He never expected that Xie Xinxin would come so quickly.
When he reached the first floor, in the flow of people coming and going with their pets, the first person Tang Xingwei saw wasn't his best friend but Rong Lan. The second before, he was sighing about seeing a beautiful young lady and wanted to go up and say a few words to her. The next second, he realized that it was Bai Rong Lan, the young lady of the Bai family and the girl from the Chu family. She wasn't someone he could strike up a conversation with.
And the person standing arm in arm with Rong Lan was exactly Xie Xinxin, who had called him and urged him to come down.
He coughed lightly and straightened the name tag on his left chest before approaching. "I'm here, I'm here. Geez, you're urging me so impatiently. What if I was busy?"
Xie Xinxin wasn't polite to him. Hearing his complaint, she directly punched him in the chest. "I've brought a client for you, and you're so negligent."
Tang Xingwei rolled his eyes. He wanted to report. Who was it that told him that Xie Xinxin had become more steady and gentle recently? Wasn't this still her old impetuous temper? "I admit that I was negligent to you."
After mercilessly complaining about Xie Xinxin, Tang Xingwei turned to Rong Lan and made an elegant gentleman's bow. "But I will never be negligent to my client. Hello, noble client. I'm the director of this pet hospital. Do you like kittens or puppies better? I can take my noble client to the cat shelter and the dog shelter."
The veterinarians passing by were shocked by their director's fawning and greasy behavior. They quickly averted their eyes, unable to bear to look.
Rong Lan curiously sized up the person in front of her, who had an innocent baby - face but seemed to have the vicissitudes of life written in his eyes. For a moment, she didn't know what to say.
She still remembered the causal lines on those people who were wrapped up tightly when she went to beat up Xie Feng. If her memory served her right, the person in front of her was one of the five people she had met that day.