start with a pet store

Chapter 974 Want to be free
Lu Jingxing smiled: "Xiao Sun, didn't I ask you to transfer some people over? Why are there still three of you?"

Being busy from morning to night is a good thing, but the place is not spacious, which makes Lu Jingxing always feel uncomfortable.

Xiao Sun scratched the back of his head out of habit: "We are still discussing this matter..."

Seeing that he was in a dilemma, Lu Jingxing stopped talking about this topic: "Okay, you can do whatever you want, as long as you think you can handle it."

"Okay, I'll tell you when I've made the arrangements..." Xiao Sun followed behind Lu Jingxing.

Lu Jingxing walked around the reptiles, and the two discussed some issues related to reptiles for a long time.

"Sister Lingzi..." Xiaolan saw Ji Ling walking in from outside and greeted her with a smile.

"Xiaolan, Xiaomei, you haven't got off work yet..." Ji Ling walked in with a smile. As soon as she returned to the store and saw that Lu Jingxing was not in the office, Ding Fang told her about the reptile shop, so she hurried over.

She had never seen a snake hatch, so she was very curious.

Lu Jingxing turned around and smiled at her.

"I also came to see the corn that has just come out of its shell..." Ji Ling smiled at everyone.

"I know, you are definitely not here to see Brother Lu..." Xiao Sun said with a smile.

"Oh, you are so bold that you dare to tease me. How is the relationship between you and Xiao Xin going?" Ji Ling came over, glared at Xiao Sun, and replied with a smile.

"Sister Ling, I was just about to ask you for advice. Xiao Xin said you knew about this. Can you give me some advice? This is the first time I've encountered this, and I really don't know what to do. Xiao Xin wants to break up with me now, but..." Xiao Sun immediately looked worried.

Lu Jingxing knew what they were talking about, but he didn't intend to join in their discussion: "I'm going to take a walk in the backyard, you guys take a look first, I'll wait for you in the lobby later, I've called Song Yuan, you can go directly over later."

Ji Ling nodded: "Okay, go ahead, I'll be out soon."

Lu Jingxing turned around and walked out.

Xiao Sun took Ji Ling to the baby snake box.

While taking out the baby snake to show Ji Ling, he quietly asked Ji Ling about him and Xiao Xin.

"What do you think? Are you willing to share the responsibility with Xiao Xin?" Although it was the first time that Ji Ling saw this kind of newly hatched snake, she was not afraid at all. It felt cold in her hand, which was a bit strange, but also very interesting.

"I am willing to, but I don't know how to do it. I asked her what I should do, and she just told me not to worry about it. Then she said we should just break up, saying that her parents don't agree. I haven't even met her parents, so why don't they agree?" For Xiao Sun, although this is not his first time in love, it is indeed the first time he has been so serious about it. Although he has not thought about getting married, he just thinks that he is not that old and there is no rush.

But Xiaoxin said that her parents were urging her to get married. But she was only in her early twenties, wasn't she still doing an internship? Why was she in such a hurry to get married?
He told Xiaoxin about his doubts, but Xiaoxin seemed to have completely misunderstood what he meant. She thought he just wanted to shirk responsibility and was unwilling to face his parents with her, so she took a day off today. Xiaosun didn't reply to her messages and she didn't answer her calls. Now he didn't know what to do.

After hearing this, Ji Ling shook his head helplessly.

She carefully played with the little snake in her hand, then looked at Xiao Sun: "This is originally your business. I don't have much experience myself, so I can't give you too much advice. But since you and Xiao Xin both trust me and asked me, I will tell you my thoughts. Can you refer to them?"

Xiao Sun nodded repeatedly: "Okay, I really don't know what to do, just teach me, please, please..."

Ji Ling waved her hand: "I can't tell you, I just want to ask you, you have been dating Xiao Xin for such a long time, have you ever thought about marrying her?"

"To be honest with you, I really hadn't thought so far before. Of course it's not that I don't want to marry her, but I feel that my current job is not very stable, and I'm afraid that I can't give her a very stable life, so I dare not think about it. But after she told me yesterday, I thought about it all night last night. I do want to be with her forever and I want to marry her." Xiao Sun said it very sincerely.

Ji Ling nodded: "If her parents are against you being together, what measures do you have to deal with it?"

"No, why would her parents object? My parents have never said they are against me finding a girlfriend or getting married..." Xiao Sun found it a little unbelievable.

His parents are very open-minded. From childhood to adulthood, they would give him advice on everything he does, but they would never oppose him. As long as he firmly believes that something is right, his parents would support him in the end. So, he was particularly confused about why Xiaoxin's parents opposed them being together even though they had never met him or even heard Xiaoxin talk about herself.

"Not all parents are open-minded. It's not that her parents are bad. They just think that the person they want to introduce to her is more suitable for her, or can give her what they think is a better life. Xiaoxin usually listens to her parents. If you don't take the initiative, how can you get Xiaoxin to convince her parents?" After listening to Xiao Sun, Ji Ling expressed his own opinion.

"Then should I go with Xiaoxin to meet her parents?" Xiao Sun really didn't understand at all, but since Ji Ling brought it up to this point, he accepted it.

"Do your parents know that you are in love?" Ji Ling asked.

"I know, I told them..." Xiao Sun nodded.

"Then what do they have to say? What about Xiao Xin..." Ji Ling gestured.

"No, no, I showed them the photos and they were very satisfied." Xiao Sun shook his head repeatedly.

"That's easy. You discuss this matter with your parents and say that Xiaoxin's parents don't know you and want Xiaoxin to go on a blind date. You want to go to her parents to explain and see what help your parents can give you. Then, you have to do one more thing, which is to find Xiaoxin and tell her your idea so that she can feel at ease." This was the most direct solution Ji Ling could think of.

"Is this enough?" Xiao Sun was a little confused.

"You'll know if you give it a try. It's better than doing nothing, unless you have never thought about marrying her. In that case, you can just leave this matter alone. But obviously, leaving it alone won't work..." Ji Ling rolled her eyes inwardly. Isn't this basic common sense?

"Oh..." Xiao Sun nodded: "I roughly know what to do. Thank you, Sister Lingzi, I'll treat you to dinner later..." He felt that this was the truth, and his heart became clear. He smiled and saluted Ji Ling.

Ji Ling was also amused by him: "Okay, you, hurry up and take action, or you may quit your job tomorrow, and then you won't be able to stay even if you want to."

"Okay, I'll go find her now..." He took the corn snake that Ji Ling handed back to him and turned around happily: "See you tomorrow, beauties, I'm going to find my... um, my wife..."

Xiaolan and Xiaomei laughed out loud at his appearance: "Go quickly, go quickly..."

Ji Ling also smiled and followed him outside: "You guys have worked hard, I have to go too, Brother Lu is still waiting for me to have dinner..."

"Sister Lingzi, goodbye..." Xiaolan and Xiaomei stood at the door with their heads tilted as if welcoming guests, looking well-behaved and cute.

"Haha, goodbye..." Ji Ling walked to the door and waved to the two of them.

Xiao Sun has already walked towards the gate of the cute pet park.

Ji Ling walked out the back door and into the yard. As soon as she walked out of the small door, she saw Lu Jingxing teasing two blackbirds under the parrot cage. The two little guys called from time to time, as if they were chatting with Lu Jingxing. Ji Ling walked over quietly.

Just as I walked behind Lu Jingxing, before I could say anything, I saw Lu Jingxing opening the birdcage, and the two little guys flapped their wings and flew away.

Ji Ling stood there in amazement.

Lu Jingxing turned around and looked at Ji Ling, smiling at her: "What's wrong?"

Ji Ling pointed in the direction the two blackbirds flew away and asked in confusion: "Why did you let them go?"

"Oh, they originally belong to the sky. They can leave if they want to, and they can come back when they want to. I have said it before, they can leave whenever they want." Lu Jingxing had indeed said it before, but the two little guys had never said they wanted to go out.

Maybe they felt that the weather had been good recently, and there were a lot of bugs outside now, so they wouldn't be hungry even if they went out. As soon as they saw Lu Jingxing coming, the two little guys discussed and negotiated with him, wanting to go out and play again.

Lu Jingxing was a man of action and agreed immediately.

And we also told them that if they ever want to come back, they are still welcome.

Thrush No. 2 was still a little hesitant. Now that he had food and water, he didn't want to change too much. But Thrush No. 1 was a little too cooped up, especially after a female blackbird passed by the tree yesterday. His hormones were overflowing, and he had already rushed into the cage several times today.

Unfortunately, the store employees didn't understand them and didn't take them seriously.

As soon as it saw Lu Jingxing passing by, it was so excited that it cried for a long time.

Lu Jingxing didn't pay attention to them at first. After coming out of the reptile, he passed by here and went straight to the cattery.

When he came out of the cattery again, Thrush Big was already waiting there. This time, it was not only calling out by itself, but it was also easy for it to persuade Thrush Two to rebel. It even persuaded a few parrots nearby to rebel, and they all helped it to call out Lu Jingxing.

Now Lu Jingxing, who was originally planning to go back to the hall directly, was actually called over by them.

"Wow, I want to go out, I want to go out right now..." Seeing Lu Jingxing coming, Thrush flapped its wings excitedly and called out in a tense voice.

Lu Jingxing walked to the cage in confusion: "Why? Why do you want to go out suddenly?"

Thrush II followed behind Thrush Da, a little timid, but still bravely spoke up for his big brother: "It wants freedom..."

Lu Jingxing was a little surprised. It had been so long and he thought the two little guys had given up their freedom, but he didn't expect that they suddenly wanted freedom again.

Deyi next to him suddenly said: "Dating...making love..."

Lu Jingxing chuckled: "You're the only one who knows..."

"Let's fall in love, make love..." The starling followed suit and started shouting.

"Shh..." Lu Jingxing smiled and gestured to the little ones. This shouting of love and affection was really indecent.

But the little ones didn't listen to him and cried even louder.

Lu Jingxing had no choice but to quickly fill the two bird troughs with mealworms, which would always fill their mouths.

It turns out that only food can shut their mouths, and soon the whole world becomes quiet.

Lu Jingxing then asked Tu Da in a low voice: "Have you thought about it? You have to find food for yourself when you go out..."

Thrush answered confidently: "Wow, we should go out, we can find food."

Thrush was still a little hesitant at first, but what the eldest brother said was right, so it nodded and indicated that it wanted to go out too.

Lu Jingxing looked at the sky. At least there shouldn't be heavy rain in the next few days. It was okay to let them go out for a walk. Anyway, this cage would be kept for them for the time being. If the two little guys wanted to come back, this would be their retreat.

He nodded, and without saying anything else, he filled their troughs with food: "When you are full and have decided to leave, go ahead..."

There was reluctance in the eyes of the two little guys, and they seemed a little absent-minded when eating, because Lu Jingxing had said that if they left, they would never come back.

Especially for Thrush II, although the world outside is wonderful, sleeping in the open air is not as comfortable as it is now. It is even a little scared.

Lu Jingxing saw their worries and said with a smile: "Okay, this door is always open for you, you can come back if you want..."

Thrush had a mealworm half outside and half in its mouth. He looked up at Lu Jingxing in disbelief.

Thrush stopped eating and flapped its wings twice: "Can we come back again?"

Lu Jingxing smiled and nodded: "Okay, you can come back whenever you want. This will be your home from now on... But, promise me that you will not take revenge on that dog again, and you will not poop on people or dogs in the future. If you can do that, we will let you go, and you can come back whenever you want."

The two little guys still had the same faces, but it was obvious that they seemed happy. The gloomy look on their faces disappeared in an instant, which meant that they could go out and play and come back at any time. This made them happy immediately after being confused for two days.

“Wow, I promise not to poop casually…” Thrush made the promise immediately, and when Thrush didn’t react, he slapped Thrush on the head.

"I definitely won't do that..." Thrush shouted after realizing it belatedly.

"Haha, how can we not poop? Just don't poop towards people or dogs..." Lu Jingxing was also amused by the two little guys.
He kept his word, and when he saw that they had almost finished eating, he opened the door. The two little guys flew around the cage twice, and did not forget to say hello to the neighbors next to them before flying away one after the other.

"They yearn for freedom, so I gave them freedom." He looked up at the sky, and the two little guys circled in the sky for two weeks before spreading their wings and flying away.

"Will they come back?" It took Ji Ling a long time to react.

"I think so. I have discussed with them. This cage is for them. This is their home. They can come back whenever they want." Lu Jingxing said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)