start with a pet store

Chapter 916 Scam
"It's okay. It's our job to save it. But, do you guys go out without a leash? I heard from your sister that it eats everything when it goes out. It just vomited out some sausage. Your sister confirmed that you didn't feed it any sausage..." Lu Jingxing said seriously.

The owner shook his head: "I have never fed him sausage. I will always use a leash from now on. I will definitely use a leash..."

Seeing that she was so nice and realized her mistake, Lu Jingxing didn't say anything more: "Okay, then, explain to your family that it needs to stay in our hospital for a few more days. It's still very dangerous because of the poisoning. Fortunately, you brought it here in time. If it was half an hour later at night, it would probably be..."

When the owner heard this, she started crying again. She probably didn't expect things to be so serious.

Lu Jingxing was afraid that if he continued talking, his master would start crying again, so he stopped talking in time.

The owner saw that Lu Jingxing didn't say anything, and looked at her bread again, and regained some energy. Then she walked out and told her sister who was waiting for her in the corridor what Lu Jingxing had said.

After a lot of hard work, we finally saved the bread.

Let a few people breathe a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the owner still values ​​it, otherwise this little guy would be in great danger.

After watching Xiao Liu and the others put the bread in place, Lu Jingxing walked towards his office.

He glanced at the two sisters at the end of the corridor. It seemed that the elder sister had not yet convinced the younger sister, and the younger sister was acting reluctantly.

However, Lu Jingxing didn't plan to do anything more about this kind of thing, so he didn't stop.

As soon as he sat down, there was a knock on the office door: "Come in..." Lu Jingxing said without raising his head.

Soon a girl came in: "Hello, doctor..."

The girl was not brought in by Ding Fang, she came in alone.

Lu Jingxing put down the pen in his hand and looked at her with a smile: "Hello..."

The girl came closer and sat down on the stool in front of the office.

Seeing that she didn't say anything and didn't bring any cats or dogs, Lu Jingxing couldn't help but ask curiously, "Are you here?"

The girl quickly said, "This is it, doctor. I didn't see any of your staff outside just now. I want to ask, is it paid to adopt a kitten outside your place, not free?"

"Well, it's clearly written outside. It's free, but there are corresponding conditions..." Lu Jingxing replied.

"Yeah, I've read it, and I just want to ask clearly, if you adopt the cat, will I be required to sign any agreement, how long do I have to buy cat supplies from you, how much money do I have to spend every month..." the girl asked.

Lu Jingxing shook his head: "We don't have such a rule. Most of the cats we adopt here were originally stray cats, or cats we rescued. We only require that the adopters must meet our adoption requirements and guarantee that they will not abandon or abuse the cats. There is no financial requirement."

He explained to the girl.

"Okay, I get it. I told you guys wouldn't have it here, but my friend didn't believe it..." The girl muttered to herself.

"What's wrong?" Her muttering made Lu Jingxing a little curious.

"It's like this. My best friend adopted a kitten that was only about two months old from their store. At the beginning, they said it was a free adoption. We confirmed again and again that there were no other additional conditions. But when we got to the store, the owner asked us to pay a deposit and signed an agreement. Then she had to spend 399 yuan there every month for 24 months. She also told me that all pet stores operate in this way. I found it strange. I remember when I passed by your place before, I saw that you could adopt kittens here, and it seemed that there was no payment required. So I came here specifically to ask, doctor, do you think she is doing the right thing?" The girl looked at Lu Jingxing expectantly.

Lu Jingxing listened to what the girl said quietly, and then asked: "Has she been adopted?"

The girl shook her head: "No, we didn't bring any money at the time, and we didn't pay the deposit either, so we agreed to sign the agreement this afternoon and pay the deposit..."

"What breed is the cat?" Lu Jingxing asked.

"I took a photo at that time..." The girl opened her cell phone and showed the photos to Lu Jingxing.

There are several kittens, but they are all ordinary cats and it is impossible to tell their specific breed.

"Are you asking if the agreement has been signed?" Lu Jingxing asked with some concern.

"I'll call and ask now..." The girl said worriedly when she saw that Lu Jingxing was a little serious.

Lu Jingxing nodded and returned her phone to her.

The girl immediately called her best friend.

"Don't sign yet, take a picture secretly and send it to me..." the girl said to her best friend.

The agreement was sent over soon.

"She was at the scene. It seemed that quite a lot of people had adopted the cat. The cat was given to her and she was asked to sign this..." The girl handed the phone to Lu Jingxing again.

Lu Jingxing read the agreement at a glance, and then said decisively: "Ask your friend not to sign it, this is a trap..."

This is a contract with many pitfalls.

The girl didn't even have time to ask Lu Jingxing what the trap was, and immediately called her friend back: "Don't sign it, you can't sign it, come to me..."

I don’t know what the best friend said, but she seemed to be persuaded by the girl. The girl smiled at Lu Jingxing and said, “She said she would come over. You can tell us the details later. We don’t understand. She just wants to raise a cat…”

Lu Jingxing smiled and nodded.

Seeing someone coming in to check on the puppy, the girl stepped out and waited for her friend at the door.

I don’t know how long it took for the girl to come over.

The two of them walked in together after Lu Jingxing finished taking care of the puppy.

"Doctor, please tell her what's going on. She said she has agreed on everything and all she needs to do is sign..." The two girls looked at him in confusion.

Lu Jingxing asked the girl to hand the phone back to him again: "Let me do the math for you. Cats like the ones you saw here are only a few hundred at most. If they are born from stray cats, they can still be adopted for free. Have you done the math? 399 a month for months is equivalent to nearly yuan. yuan can buy a very pure blue and gold cat..."

The two girls looked at each other, seemingly not thinking that way at all. Lu Jingxing shook his head slightly, and then continued, "It is written in the agreement that it is a contract to buy cat food, which is 399 a month for months. If you do not buy it for more than one month, it will be considered a breach of contract and you will have to pay a penalty of . And the latter clause is that even after the cat dies, this agreement must still be fulfilled."

After Lu Jingxing finished speaking, he looked at the two girls and asked, "Did you find any problems?"

The girl who wanted to adopt a cat seemed to come to her senses now: "Ah, is it that cats like this are prone to death?"

Lu Jingxing nodded: "Yes, this kind of cat is too small to begin with, and you can easily encounter the legendary cat of the week. But it says here that no matter what the reason is, you must fulfill this contract after the cat dies, otherwise, they can sue you, and the penalty for breach of contract is not small. Don't you read these when you sign the contract?"

The girl who wanted to adopt a cat stuck out her tongue and said, "I really didn't read it carefully. I almost signed it. I even took the pen and looked for a place to sign. If Zhizhi hadn't called me, I would have taken it back now..."

Lu Jingxing was a good guy and said again: "This agreement is for buying cat food. Do you know how many kinds of cat food there are? What if they sell poisonous cat food? Wouldn't you change it? Besides, a kitten doesn't need 400 yuan of cat food in a month, unless you want to buy that kind of expensive food."

"I felt that there was something wrong. They said at the time that it was free, but later asked us to pay a deposit and mentioned this 399 thing. I felt that it was not normal. Fortunately, I was more careful today..." said the girl who came first to the one who came later.

The girl who came later took out her phone and said, "Look, their circle of friends is full of these messages, about free adoptions and such. I saw quite a lot of people adopting..."

"Don't worry about how much it is. We don't want to go anyway. This is a scam." The girl is now certain that this is a scam.

Lu Jingxing also felt relieved. He shouldn't have slandered his colleagues, but the girl found him and he saw something wrong at a glance, so he had to say something.

Although there is a limit to what he can do, and although this contract has many pitfalls and the first article and the first paragraph are unfavorable to consumers, but even if it is written above, as an adult, you didn't read the contract at all before signing it.

As for the account he was calculating, that was even easier, but he really didn't expect that some people would not calculate this account at all.

The two girls discussed it for a while before asking, "Doctor Lu, can we adopt from you?"

Lu Jingxing smiled slightly: "Of course you can, but we have posted the requirements outside, why don't you take a closer look, if you meet the requirements, just go to our front desk to submit the information... We have a cattery in the back, you can go and take a look, just tell our staff..."

"Okay, thank you so much, Dr. Lu. In the future, whenever any of my friends want to buy a cat or something, I will definitely introduce them to you..." said the girl who came in front happily.

Lu Jingxing smiled and said, "You trust me, this is what I should do..."

The two girls then walked out happily and went to study the adoption requirements.

At this time, Ding Fang came in with a woman in her forties. She was carrying an airline box. After coming in, she put the airline box on Lu Jingxing's desk.

"What's wrong?" Lu Jingxing tilted his head and looked at the cat in the box. There was a British shorthair cat in the box. It looked fierce and had a round face.

The owner sat down opposite, opened the box and took the cat out.

"It must be stomatitis..." Lu Jingxing said after taking a look. The little guy had obvious symptoms of stomatitis, and it was quite serious.

"Yes, it's stomatitis..." The owner nodded affirmatively.

Lu Jingxing sat in his office chair, holding a pen in his hand, turning it from time to time.

Seeing the owner's straightforward answer, Lu Jingxing guessed that she must have checked more than one or two places, so he asked directly: "You, you must have checked more than one or two places, right? Has any doctor suggested that you extract its teeth for treatment?"

"Yes, the doctors in all the stores I went to said so..." The owner admitted it readily.

"So the purpose of your coming to me is to ask if you can solve this stomatitis problem without extracting the tooth?" He turned the pen and looked at his owner.

"Yes, I just don't want to pull out a mouth full of teeth. It's still so young..." The owner looked down at his cat.

The little guy looked around with a pair of innocent eyes.

"So you mean not to extract the tooth, but just take medicine?" Stomatitis cannot be treated with surgery, and conservative treatment requires taking medicine and injections.

"Yes, is it okay?" The master raised his head and looked at Lu Jingxing.

"It's not that there isn't any medicine. There are many kinds of medicine, but no matter what medicine it is, it's only a temporary solution and not a cure for the disease. It's okay while it's being taken and the condition can be controlled, but as soon as you stop taking the medicine, the condition will surely recur, and the dosage will increase. Moreover, this kind of medicine has great side effects. You should consider whether to take it or not..." Lu Jingxing threw the multiple-choice question back to his master.

"Well, of course you can't eat it..." said the owner after hesitating for a moment.

Lu Jingxing nodded: "If you can't take it, then you have to make a choice. If you do an operation, it is possible that you won't have to take medicine for a long time in the future, or even for the rest of your life. Are you willing?"

He chose to use a step-by-step approach to convince his master.

The master nodded repeatedly: "Of course I am willing..."

"The solution is to extract the tooth, so why don't you accept it?" Lu Jingxing said with his hands spread out.

"But, but, my cat is not an old cat, it just has loose teeth and is old. It is only two years old, and its teeth look so good and white. I just can't bear to pull it out..." the owner said with strokes.

"Well, let me tell you this, if it is a 15 or 16-year-old cat, I would not recommend extracting its teeth..." He looked at his owner and continued, "There are several reasons: it is too old, and if all its teeth are extracted, it may not be able to withstand the shock of the operation. Secondly, their average age is only 17 or 18 years old, and they only take medicine every day for two or three years. After two or three years, the side effects will appear, and it will be the end of its life, so it is not necessary to extract the teeth."

The master nodded in agreement.

Lu Jingxing continued, "It's because your baby is still young. If it takes medicine for a few years and gets sick or dies, would you be willing?"

"No... don't want to..."

"So, of course, the younger the teeth are, the more they need to be removed, and the older they are, the more we should consider not removing them... Do you understand this logic?" Lu Jingxing said earnestly.

The master nodded: "It seems to be true..."

Lu Jingxing smiled slightly: "Then do you agree to pull it out?"

"Well, can we still eat if we pull it out?" the owner spoke quickly.

(End of this chapter)