"Only 200,000! Easy!"
"Yeah! 200,000 is a piece of cake! Let's go back and prepare to send dreams to the juniors in our families. Tomorrow, Lord Dragon God... and the boss of Lord Dragon God will receive the money!"
"Right, right, right!"
All these little ghosts responded as if it were extremely easy.
Even so, Rong Lan still couldn't feel at ease. 200,000 was a small amount for a family like the Bai or Chu family, but it wasn't for an ordinary family. What if they couldn't gather enough money and came to settle accounts with her?
Sending those little ghosts away with a worried heart, Rong Lan hugged the little puppet cat and sighed. "Si Mo, do you think they can really gather 200,000?"
Si Mo also sighed. "This isn't a problem you should worry about. It's their problem. You should reflect on whether your asking price is too low. Only 200,000. Opening the ghost gate consumes a lot of spiritual energy. I think I've made a loss, a big loss."
"No loss, no loss. Consider it a good deed to help the ghosts."
"..." The little fox never seemed so kind - hearted before. How afraid was the little fox of these ghosts?
Si Mo glanced at the puppet cat lying on the little fox's shoulder, almost falling asleep. He thought that if Rong Lan were as brave as this cat, they wouldn't be doing a losing business. "This puppet cat looks a lot like your true form."
Rong Lan's fox ears twitched. "Where does it look like? The fur on my paws and tail is red. Except for a rather obvious tuft of stray fur on its back, the little puppet's fur is all white."
Si Mo looked at the little fox and then at the little puppet. "I'm talking about the feeling, not the appearance."
Rong Lan carefully sized up the little puppet for a few seconds but still couldn't understand Si Mo's words. In her opinion, she and the little puppet didn't look alike at all.
"Have you thought about how to explain to Chu Hengyuan that you came back with a cat after a day of work? My intuition tells me that Chu Hengyuan isn't a person who likes to keep small pets."
"Of course!" Rong Lan carefully moved the sleeping little puppet onto her lap. "I'll say that I went out for a stroll with a friend during the lunch break. I saw an abandoned kitten that was very cute, so I brought it back. It's that simple. My brother will definitely believe me."
"Uh - huh." He might believe her, but with Chu Hengyuan's intelligence, he would surely figure out the real reason why she was keeping the cat.
When she got home from work, Rong Lan told Chu Hengyuan the reason she had already thought up.
Sure enough, Chu Hengyuan believed her as she had expected. But what Rong Lan didn't know was that when he saw the familiar puppet cat, cold sweat broke out on Chu Hengyuan's forehead.
He remembered the cat he had held just today.
His little girl had actually gone to the pet hospital. No wonder Si Mo was also nearby.
Fortunately, he had run into Si Mo instead of his little girl. Otherwise, it would have been hard to explain.
Hiding the surprised look in his eyes, Chu Hengyuan smiled gently. "The kitten Lan Lan brought back is very cute."
Rong Lan's eyes curved into a smile. "Then will you like it?"
"Of course. Since it has entered our family, it's a part of our family. How could I not like it?" He sounded so high - minded, but in fact, he didn't really have any affection for this puppet cat.
Reaching out to stroke the back of the puppet cat sitting obediently on the sofa, his eyes were deep, but he still had a smile on his face. "Lan Lan, go take a bath first. I'll set up the cat litter box, cat food, and other things, and then we'll have dinner together."
"Okay!" Seeing that the little puppet wasn't repulsed by the new environment, Rong Lan was happy to let Chu Hengyuan spend more time with it.
The little fox skipped into the master bedroom singing.
After seeing the door of the master bedroom close and waiting for two or three minutes, Chu Hengyuan squatted down in front of the sofa and stared into the eyes of the fearless puppet cat. He put away the gentle smile that he only showed to his little girl, and there was a bit of sharp coldness between his eyebrows. "Little puppet, how about we make three rules?"
The puppet cat stared at him with its innocent big eyes, as if it didn't understand what Chu Hengyuan was saying.
Chu Hengyuan didn't care whether the puppet cat could understand or not. He just explained the three rules to it on his own. "First, don't enter the bedrooms, especially the master bedroom. Second, don't enter the kitchen. Third, you should use the cat litter box to relieve yourself. You can't be unhygienic. Taking a week as a unit, if you can follow these three rules for a week, I'll open the most expensive cat food can for you on Sunday night and reward you with three small dried fish."
"Meow~" The puppet cat let out a delicate meow.
Chu Hengyuan reached out and stroked the puppet cat's head. "Since you meowed, I'll take it that you've agreed to these three rules."
"Meow~" The little puppet meowed again.
Chu Hengyuan shook the cat's front paw. "Okay, the agreement is reached. It's a deal."
"Meow~"
What Chu Hengyuan didn't know was that Rong Lan had already reached a cooperation agreement with the little puppet at the fortune - telling shop.
Rong Lan was afraid that the fur on her fox ears would fall everywhere, so she specifically told the little puppet to wander around the house more. Except for dangerous places like the kitchen and the balcony, it should go for a walk in other places every day, including the master bedroom and the bed.
And she promised the little puppet that as long as it was obedient every day, walked around the house obediently, ate obediently, took medicine obediently, and used the cat litter box to relieve itself, she would reward it with a small dried fish every day, and it could have cat food cans on both Saturday and Sunday.
When Rong Lan came out of the master bedroom after taking a bath, she saw that the cat litter box was set up, the automatic cat food and water dispenser was filled with cat food and water, the little puppet was standing in front of the dispenser gracefully licking water, and Chu Hengyuan was squatting beside the little puppet, looking at his phone.
Rong Lan was completely charmed by this scene. "Brother!"
Hearing this, Chu Hengyuan looked up, supported his knees, and stood up. "Lan Lan, you've finished taking a bath. Let's get ready for dinner." With that, he put down his phone and walked towards the kitchen.
Rong Lan followed him into the kitchen. "What were you doing just now, brother?"
Chu Hengyuan turned on the faucet and let the water wash over his palms and backs of his hands. "I bought some little things like cat beds, cat trees, and cat toys online." In fact, he had opened Tang Xingwei's Moments, found the advertisement Tang Xingwei had posted there, selected a lot of things that looked pretty good from the advertisement pictures, and sent them to Tang Xingwei, asking Tang Xingwei to send them to his house when he was free.
Of course, considering Tang Xingwei's financial situation, he didn't take advantage of the things from Tang Xingwei's pet hospital for free. He transferred 5,000 yuan to Tang Xingwei and told him to send things to his house at his discretion.
Rong Lan didn't expect Chu Hengyuan to act so quickly. She was still thinking that she would look for some nice cat toys to buy when she went to bed later. What other kittens had to play with, her little puppet should have too.