start with a pet store

Chapter 968: Door-to-Door Trouble
"Hey, what is this?" Ji Ling is a person who likes to provide emotional value to others. Since others are eager to take it, he has to try it no matter what. Although this thing looks a little dark, as long as it is not poisonous, it is okay to try it.

She took a little bit of food with the fork that Ding Fang handed over and put it in her mouth: "Hmm? It tastes good..." Then she picked up another piece: "What is this? It tastes crunchy?"

"It's a specialty from my hometown. I haven't eaten it in many years. Most people can't get used to it, but I like it." Ding Fang smiled and forked another piece for Ji Ling.

"Hmm, that's enough, it's a bit spicy. I'll be leaving first. Call me if you need anything..." Ji Ling was holding a piece of the black snack, which he didn't know what it was called, and was jogging to catch up with Lu Jingxing who was walking out with big strides.

His long legs were so long that one step of his was equivalent to two steps of mine. If I fell a few steps behind, I wouldn't be able to jog anymore and would have to run with big strides.

The tools in the car were already prepared. Lu Jingxing started the car first, and when he saw Ji Ling jogging over, he smiled and said, "No hurry, you eat first. I have to clean the tools anyway."

"Hmm, delicious and spicy. I forgot to ask her what it is called? I don't think I have ever eaten it or seen it before?" Ji Ling took a piece and stuffed it into Lu Jingxing's mouth.

It was all stuffed in his mouth, so Lu Jingxing had to open his mouth to eat: "Well, this is Jerusalem artichoke, which is available in some places in the south. I also ate it when I was a child, but I didn't like it very much. However, this one is quite well made. Although it is a bit spicy, it tastes quite good."

"Ah, do you know how it tastes good? I have never seen this thing before. If Ding Fang hadn't said it was edible, I would definitely not dare to eat it. However, I think it is very delicious. It doesn't have a weird taste. It is spicy, but there is a cool feeling in the mouth after eating it." Ji Ling drooled to relieve the spiciness while savoring the taste of the Jerusalem artichoke.

Lu Jingxing smiled and shook his head, then took out a bottle of water and handed it to her: "If you like it so much, I'll buy some for you and send it to your school next time..."

"Sure, this should be good with rice, very flavorful..." Ji Ling took a big sip of water, his eyes sparkling.

"Little greedy cat..." She didn't know that Lu Jingxing had such a doting look on his face. She would never admit that he was the one who gave that look, and it was enough to make tears come out of her eyes.

"What was the situation with this person who came to my house? I was confused and didn't hear everything..." Ji Ling was brought back to his senses by a brake.

"Well, the owner said it was a very aggressive cat. From what she said, all the pet shops near her home refused to accept it, but they were afraid that it would get stressed out if they took it out. It's really too much. For things like this, usually only we have to take action..." Lu Jingxing said with a smile.

"Haha, Boss Lu has to take action..." Ji Ling roared with his fists and smiled like a flower.

The two laughed and soon arrived at the location sent by the other party: "It looks like this is the community, let's go straight in." Ji Ling looked at the direction of the map.

"Isn't this the neighborhood next to Song Yuan and his family?" Lu Jingxing was dumbfounded when he looked at the neighborhood next to Song Yuan and his family: "I've been to this place so many times, something's wrong, has this neighborhood been renamed? It wasn't called this before. If I knew it was this, how could I navigate?" He muttered while driving.

"Can the name of a community be changed easily?" Ji Ling didn't understand, but it seemed that she had never heard of such a thing, so she couldn't help but feel a little confused.

"Who knows? But that's Song Yuan's residential area, I won't make a mistake. By the way, you just said that the lychees were sent by Song Yuan? He's back?" There was some traffic jam at the entrance of the residential area. The two talked while slowly following the flow of traffic.

"Yes, he said he came back last night. Mi Sijia also came back and is catching up on sleep now. Oh, I almost forgot to say that he said he would call Yang Pei and Lu Yin to have dinner together in the evening, as a practice for me. Haha, what practice do I need? I will be back in two months, so they are just welcoming me and practicing for me." Ji Ling laughed when he said this.

"That's better. He didn't say why he took so long." Lu Jingxing resisted the urge to complain about the ghost guard who checked every car, and tried to divert attention with other topics.

"No, he put down the lychees and left, saying that we would meet and talk in the evening. Besides, how could I ask all the questions when you were not here? Also, he took a few lychees, and I thought of leaving two for the store. You can go back and give one to my aunt and the others. They are really delicious, and the taste is completely different from those bought in the store..." Ji Ling herself didn't realize that Lu Jingxing was not wrong in calling her a little glutton.

"Okay... But don't eat too many lychees, be careful of getting a sore throat..." Lu Jingxing glanced at her and responded with a smile.

The road ahead was finally open, and Lu Jingxing followed closely.

"Wait, wait, what are you doing? Delivery trucks are not allowed in..." The security guard was a man in his seventies. He looked fierce and spoke in a tough tone.

Lu Jingxing rolled down the window and said, "Uncle, we are not a food delivery truck. We are from the pet hospital. An owner in the community asked us to come and give their cat a bath. Could you please open the door?"

"Ah? You come to my house to give a cat a bath?" The old man looked as if he had heard a huge joke, with an expression of disbelief and disdain on his face, waving his hands like a fan: "Go back, go back, you are not allowed in, you are not allowed in, what are you crazy about, you come to my house to give a cat a bath, you are so bored, how can you be so nice to your own mother and grandfather, you are really a bunch of people who have nothing to do after eating."

He was seen backing away while cursing and whistling a shrill whistle, ordering Lu Jingxing to back away.

"No, what's going on here, sir? We were invited here by the owner. We have permits, so why can't we come in?" Ji Ling shouted at the security guard.

"What's the matter? I said you are not allowed to enter, so you are not allowed to enter. This is our community. What else can you do if I don't allow you to enter? Go back quickly and don't block the road behind you." The old man tilted his neck and said with a sidelong face.

"Don't bother with him, I'll call the customer to see what's going on..." Lu Jingxing didn't come here to argue. This kind of person was just making trouble. It was really boring to deal with him.

"No, this guy is just a security guard. Why is he so arrogant? I've never seen anything like this in my life..." Ji Ling was obviously angry.

Lu Jingxing looked at the rearview mirror and saw a car coming closely behind him. It seemed to be a moving company's vehicle. It was too late for Lu Jingxing to reverse because the car was blocked and the road was so narrow that he couldn't reverse.

He quickly called the customer, who was confused: "What do you mean, the community security guard won't let you in?"

Lu Jingxing nodded: "Yes, he said, forget it, why don't you come down and take a look?" He said helplessly.

"Okay, I'll be right there..." After hearing this, the customer immediately picked up the key and ran out.

But it would probably take more than ten minutes for her to come over. Lu Jingxing was getting a little annoyed. There were more cars behind him, and they were honking their horns from time to time.

Lu Jingxing got out of the car and wanted to talk to the security guard, but the old man still looked arrogant: "No entry means no entry, no matter who comes..."

"What's going on? This guy is just stubborn." Ji Ling also got out of the car and waved helplessly to the driver of the car behind.

The master from the moving company in the car behind also got out: "Hey, master, you didn't let him in, but now we can't back out. Let him in and turn the corner and then come out." He said in a kind voice.

"What are you doing now?" the security guard glared.

"I..." The moving company driver pointed at the big advertisement on his car: "I'm from the moving company. Some people inside are moving and asked us to help move things." "You are not allowed to enter. Only small cars, small cars in the community, your cars are not allowed to enter..." The security guard looked like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water.

"Hey, Uncle Hai, what are you doing..." Suddenly a loud shout came from the community, and the security guard who was so arrogant just now hid behind Lu Jingxing like a mouse seeing a cat.

This confused everyone.

"Uncle Hai, what are you doing again?" The man was about thirty years old and was also wearing a security uniform, but it was obviously not from the same batch as the security guard's clothes.

"They are not from our community. I have to protect my home and not let the delivery truck in..." The security guard looked at the young man approaching, stuck his head out from behind Lu Jingxing, and said confidently.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, this is one of our old security guards. He used to work here when we were in the old community. He has developed some dementia in the past two years, but he is a lonely old man without any family. We let him wander around here, but we didn't expect such a big misunderstanding. I'm really sorry." The young security guard explained to everyone while bowing: "He turned off the power again. Uncle Hai, can you go in first?"

The young security guard was helpless, but he was not rude to the old man named Uncle Hai.

After hearing his explanation, Lu Jingxing and Ji Ling were no longer angry.

Everyone will grow old one day. He just wants to protect his home. There is nothing wrong with that. It’s just that society is progressing and he can’t keep up with the times.

Most of the cars behind were from outside and there were not many owners, so no one knew what was going on. After hearing what the young security guard said, no one said anything more.

On the contrary, I have some admiration for how this property company treats its old employees.

"Why not send him to a nursing home?" The door opened and someone couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, he refused to eat after he went to the nursing home and kept making a fuss about wanting to come back. As long as one of us keeps an eye on him, he's quite obedient. Today, a colleague who was supposed to be on duty here had an emergency at home, and the replacement hadn't arrived yet in less than half an hour, so this happened. Don't worry, he won't do that again in the future." The young security guard smiled at everyone.

"That's okay, as long as you don't hit anyone or do anything dangerous. Let's be considerate of each other..." someone echoed.

"Thank you, thank you, I'm sorry for the delay..." The young security guard pulled the old security guard into the security room, and then directed the convoy into the residential area.

This little farce finally came to an end.

On the way, Lu Jingxing met the owner who was walking towards the door in his pajamas.

She saw Lu Jingxing's car at a glance and waved to him from a distance. Lu Jingxing stopped beside her.

"Doctor Lu, how did you get in? I didn't even have time to change my clothes, but it takes me more than ten minutes to jog here from home. I'm sorry." She was running out of breath.

"It's okay, it's just a small misunderstanding. Why don't you get in the car and go in together..." Lu Jingxing rolled down the window and stuck his head out.

"Okay..." The woman was a little fat and looked like she was having difficulty running.

Ji Ling helped open the car door and the woman got in. "Turn right from the front intersection, then turn another corner and you'll be there. We're in the innermost building." The woman said after getting in the car.

Lu Jingxing nodded. He had never been to this community before and didn’t expect it to be so big.

"I remember now, are you talking about Uncle Hai?" the woman asked after directing the way.

Ji Ling turned around and smiled: "Yes, the young security guard who came later said that the old security guard was called Uncle Hai..." She smiled and recounted what she had seen.

"I was half asleep. As soon as you called, I wanted to run out. I should have thought it was Uncle Hai. He used to be a very kind person. As far as I can remember, he was the security guard in our community. He was very nice to people. But in recent years he seemed to have Alzheimer's disease. But he has no children, so the property company sent him to a nursing home, but I don't know how they took him back." The woman said in the back seat.

"It's here, it's here. You can park here. It's my own parking space. My car has been sent for repair..." Lu Jingxing parked the car and the woman jumped out.

I just listened to her all the way. Lu Jingxing didn't like to talk much, so Ji Ling couldn't get a word in. Then, I got to know this Uncle Hai thoroughly.

But the purpose of their coming was not for that Uncle Hai.

As soon as he got off the car, Lu Jingxing got all his equipment.

The woman led the way before entering: "This way, I'll go scan the access control first."

This is a renovated old community. The elevators are installed outside and the asphalt road inside the community still feels steaming and looks very fresh.

Lu Jingxing looked around and didn't see any stray cats or dogs.

After getting on the elevator, he couldn't help but ask, "Are there no stray cats or anything in your neighborhood?"

"Ah? Right? There used to be some. Eh? Now that you mention it, it seems like I haven't seen those stray cats since the neighborhood was renovated last month. There used to be two big orange cats in our building, and I would feed them sometimes. Really, how come they're gone?" The woman seemed to have suddenly remembered something.

"Did the property management or the owner move them away?" Ji Ling said.

Lu Jingxing nodded: "Probably. Normally, even if the community is undergoing renovations, the cats will come back later. But since I entered the community today, I didn't seem to feel any traces of stray cats, let alone stray dogs." He expressed some doubts.

Logically, there should be a lot of stray cats in this old neighborhood. Not to mention that they can be seen everywhere, but given his sensitivity to cats, it is impossible that he could not notice any.

(End of this chapter)