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Chapter 970: Exhausted? Do you want to try?

The cursing voice finally stopped as Lu Jingxing washed it more and more comfortable.

Maybe it hasn't taken a bath for too long, and it actually feels very uncomfortable.

It half-closed its eyes and seemed to be enjoying it.

From the beginning when he was grabbing the water basin as if he was about to escape from prison at any time, to now when he was half-closing his eyes and enjoying it, it was only a short ten minutes.

Although Ji Ling knew Lu Jingxing's abilities, this was a pet that his owner had always emphasized was unwilling to take a bath, and even nearby pet shops refused to accept. She was a little suspicious whether something had gone wrong. Why was it so obedient once it came into Lu Jingxing's hands?

Didn’t you say you hate taking baths?
Perhaps because there had been no movement for a long time, the owner quietly walked out of the study.

Tiptoe to the washroom.

Then he lay down at the door and stuck his head out to look inside.

The little guy seemed to sense his owner and suddenly opened his eyes wide and looked towards the door.

The owner was so scared that she immediately stepped back, fearing that the cat would see her and then hate her.

Lu Jingxing also noticed the little guy's reaction, turned around and looked out the door with a smile: "It's okay, come in..."

"Is it okay? Won't it blame me?" the owner answered from outside the door. Unsure, she still didn't dare to come in.

Lu Jingxing smiled slightly: "It's okay now. It should have accepted the idea of ​​taking a bath."

"Really?" The owner came in from outside and said with a look of surprise, "You mean it doesn't dislike taking a bath anymore?"

Ji Ling looked at his master, who was a little fat but seemed unusually agile, and said with a smile: "At least it shouldn't be disgusted today. In the future, maybe it will be better than before..."

This is the truth. Today it seems to be enjoying itself a bit. As for what will happen in the future if Lu Jingxing doesn't wash it, Ji Ling doesn't know.

"That's great. Dr. Lu is really capable. From now on, you will take care of its bath, right?" The owner's delighted look was not fake. This way the little guy wouldn't have to be abandoned. The family had held many family meetings because the baby didn't want to take a bath.

This week is the last time my family gives her. We can no longer give her a good bath. My family said that no matter what we do, it will be useless and we will definitely not keep it anymore.

It stinks and always likes to get on the bed and the sofa. My family doesn't like cats that much, and when they meet one like this, they have long been disgusted with it.

Lu Jingxing's move is the savior of the cat, but isn't he also the savior of his owner?
Lu Jingxing smiled at her praise: "It's not that bad, as long as you master the rhythm it likes. Another thing is that your Fart Candy has a stubborn temper, so you can't just go along with it. But if you fight it, you have to beat it and make it realize that you are better than it, then it will give in."

"Really? I am indeed afraid of beating it, and the more I beat it, the more stubborn it becomes..." The owner squatted down and looked at Fart Candy, who had become like a drowned chicken, with a smile.

"No, I'm not hitting it, haha, this is hard to explain..." Lu Jingxing found that this was indeed hard to explain, so he could only laugh without stopping his hands.

I used a brush to scrub the little guy's butt. The hair there was all matted together and it was smelly and hard.

"It's okay, it's okay, as long as you can handle it. From now on, I will only come to you when I take it to a bath..." The owner didn't care and laughed.

"I suggest you go to our store and apply for a VIP membership. It's not cost-effective for us to come to you every time?" Ji Ling took over the topic.

"It's okay. As long as Dr. Lu has time, I'll take the money." The host shook his hand.

"Haha, I may not have the time. You'll see when the time comes. If it's not so resistant to going out, or you can get a better airline box, it would be best if you can send it to our store for washing. That way, after getting used to it a few more times, maybe it won't resist it anymore, and you won't have to make a special trip to our store in the future." Lu Jingxing gave her advice. Since the little guy is not resistant to him giving it a bath, will it not be resistant to others giving it a bath in the future?
"Meow...here..." The little guy listened to several people talking nonstop. Lu Jingxing moving here and there made him a little unhappy, so he pointed at the thigh and started to command Lu Jingxing.

Lu Jingxing was amused by it. It was the first time a cat instructed him how to give it a bath.

But he obediently went to scratch the place the little guy mentioned.

"Meow meow..." The little guy hummed in comfort.

An hour later, after four rinses, the little guy was finally clean, even his head was washed clean.

"I have a drying box here..." The owner took the drying box out from the bedroom: "I have never used it since I bought it. I have never washed it at home."

"Then why did you buy another one?" Ji Ling also found it a little funny, and followed her master to plug in the socket. Lu Jingxing had already wiped the little guy's body a little dry with a towel, and then threw the little guy in.

The moment the wind started to blow, the little guy inside was a little panicked.

Lu Jingxing quickly sat down beside it, stared at it, and said to it in his heart: "This is to dry your hair, don't worry, it's safe."

Then slowly increase the wind speed.

The little guy quickly adapted to the wind speed, and maybe because he was too tiring to take a bath, he actually fell asleep while the wind was blowing.

"Look, it's okay. You should be able to wash like this in the future." Ji Ling had already packed up the things in the bathroom. Lu Jingxing patted himself, took the hair remover handed over by Ji Ling, and rolled up all the cat hair on his body.

The little guy has long blue and white hair. He sheds the most during this season. Just look at the owner's house and you will see that there is cat hair floating everywhere, especially on the sofa, which is covered in clumps.

The owner asked, "Doctor Lu, is there any way to deal with this hair? It really sheds a lot."

Lu Jingxing shook his head: "It's impossible for a cat to not shed hair at all. Maybe eating some fish oil or something can reduce the shedding a little, but there's no way to stop it. If you want it to shed less hair, you need to keep it nutritious, be more diligent, and comb it more often!"

He is a veterinarian, so he naturally knows that those things that claim to be hair-free are basically fake. The conclusion he has drawn are the points he told the owners.

"What about shaving its hair?" The owner nodded, agreeing with what Lu Jingxing said, that what it eats won't have much effect.

Lu Jingxing shook his head: "I don't really agree with this approach. Of course, when the weather gets hot, you can take it to the pet store to have its hair cut shorter because it has long hair. But I don't recommend shaving it off. This can easily make them depressed. Shaving does more harm than good. In our place, unless the cat has a skin disease and has to be shaved, we don't recommend shaving the little guys."

"But I see a lot of cats shave their hair in the summer. Wouldn't that keep them cool and prevent them from shedding hair?" Although the owner agreed with what Lu Jingxing said and was afraid that the little guy would get depressed, he couldn't help but say, "I haven't heard of them getting depressed." "It doesn't mean that they will get depressed after shaving their hair, but it is certain that it will affect their mood. Most cats are very averse to shaving. Cats will feel worse after being shaved. At the same time, cats are very emotional animals. They are more likely to get sick when they are depressed."

"Moreover, the hair is equivalent to the protective layer of the cat's skin. After shaving the cat's hair, the cat's skin will be exposed. In this case, the cat's exposed skin is easily infected by some external bacteria and fungi, and is also easy to be bitten by mosquitoes. And if you shave the cat's hair in the summer, it is easy to cause the cat's skin to be burned by the sun; and shaving the cat's hair in the winter is easy to cause the cat to catch a cold and get sick." Ji Ling came out of the bathroom and heard the conversation between the two.

She also hates shaving cats.

Unless some owners are extremely determined, they will generally refuse to shave their dogs in the store.

"Also, generally speaking, the hair that grows after a cat is shaved will be rougher than the cat's previous hair, which will reduce the cat's aesthetics to a certain extent. So from an aesthetic point of view, it is not recommended for pet owners to shave their cats." Lu Jingxing added.

"In that case, the disadvantages do outweigh the advantages..." The master was finally convinced by the two of them.

With a ding sound, the dryer stopped.

Lu Jingxing squatted down, opened the door, reached out and pulled the little guy out.

"Let's go to the balcony to comb its hair. If we stay at home, the hair will be all over the place." Ji Ling said worriedly as she looked at the room full of hair of her master.

Lu Jingxing smiled and nodded: "Indeed."

After saying that, the three of them walked towards the balcony at the same time.

The little guy, who was finally clean, seemed to have accepted the reality and developed a dependence on Lu Jingxing. He didn't make any noise or trouble in his hands and let him do whatever he wanted.

The owner looked at it with envy: "Doctor Lu, please teach me why it is so well behaved in your hands? I have raised it for several years, and I have never seen it behave so well. You don't know how much money I spent on bathing it a few times before. Almost everyone in the pet store who bathed it had given it a rabies vaccine."

Lu Jingxing and Ji Ling smiled at each other, thinking that you are quite nice. You took the cat to take a bath even though you knew it would bite people.

"Aren't you going to tell anyone about this?" Ji Ling asked curiously.

"Tell me, it bit someone the first time, and I told it the second time, but... I think the people in pet shops are all a little overconfident, thinking they won't be bitten. In the end, after it bit me, I had no choice but to pay for their injections. Although I also feel it's unfair, there's nothing I can do. It's a fact that it bit someone." The owner squatted in the corner, looking at the Fart Candy, which was like a king in front of him, but became like a rag doll in Lu Jingxing's hands. He was envious of him for letting him control it.

Ji Ling and Lu Jingxing combed the little guy's fur together and shaved the hair on his butt, leaving a small round hole. This way, as long as it's not poopy, at least it won't stick to the fur so easily. Hopefully, next time he takes a bath, this area won't be smelly and hard.

Finally, Lu Jingxing patted the little guy and said, "Okay, we're done." Then he handed the little guy to his owner.

The owner took it with both hands: "Haha, this is the first time I have such close contact with it. No, it's just that it is so obedient to have close contact with me. Doctor Lu, why do I feel that letting you give it a bath has changed its personality, haha, that's great..."

Lu Jingxing smiled: "That's not the case. Wait and see in two days. It will still be the fart candy you know."

Several people laughed.

"Okay, we'll leave after we're done. If you have any questions, call me." Lu Jingxing cleaned the hair on his body again, and took the toolbox with Ji Ling and walked back.

When he left, he patted the little guy on the head and said, "Be good, I'll give you a bath later."

The little guy rubbed his head in his palm and meowed twice. He felt very tired today and wanted to sleep.

The host also readily transferred the money to Lu Jingxing and sent them to the door: "Thank you for your hard work, I won't take you downstairs, just go out the same way you came."

Lu Jingxing nodded and walked out with Ji Ling.

"Shh..." He let out a long breath: "I haven't given the cat a bath in a long time. This is more tiring than going on the operating table." He did a shoulder expansion exercise.

Ji Ling smiled and bowed her head to him: "I think it's because our Doctor Lu lacks exercise and is a little exhausted, right?"

"Are you exhausted? Do you want to try?" Lu Jingxing suddenly turned around and looked at Ji Ling with a smile.

"Ah?" Ji Ling didn't react, then looked up at Lu Jingxing's half-smile, and suddenly understood what he was saying. Although she had never experienced anything between men and women, she was a young woman of the new century after all, so she understood what Lu Jingxing meant in seconds.

Her face flushed and she lightly lowered her fist at him: "I'm dying, what are you talking about?"

Lu Jingxing pretended to be innocent: "What did I say? What didn't I say? What are you thinking about?" He asked three questions in a row, confusing Ji Ling.

Ji Ling's face turned even redder, but when she saw Lu Jingxing's teasing expression, she knew that he was teasing her and she was so angry that she wanted to scratch him.

The two of them walked out of the elevator laughing and joking.

Seeing someone coming in, Ji Ling lowered his head and ran out.

Lu Jingxing also smiled and trotted after her.

The two of them sat in the car.

Lu Jingxing looked at the newly built asphalt road and whispered, "Do you also find it strange that they really didn't see a stray cat here?"

After he said this, Ji Ling also looked outside: "Maybe he went somewhere else, just not downstairs."

Lu Jingxing started the car, put it in gear, and drove forward.

"No, this is the way out." Ji Ling watched Lu Jingxing walking forward and shouted, pointing at the road they came from.

"I know, let's take a look around..." He just felt something was odd.

Ji Ling nodded. He wanted to see if there were any stray cats in the entire community.
The two of them drove around the neighborhood for a full circle. Lu Jingxing even got off the car several times and looked carefully at every spot where he thought there might be stray cats. When he got back in the car, he shook his head every time and said, "No, there isn't a single one. The people in the neighborhood also said they don't know."

(End of this chapter)