Start at the pet store

"Hey, what is this?" Ji Ling is a person who likes to provide emotional value to others. If someone brings it to her, she has to try it anyway. Although this thing looks a bit black, as long as it is not poisonous, it is okay to try it.

She took a little bit of it with the small 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 of my hometown. I haven't eaten it for 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, enough, it's a bit spicy. I'm leaving first. Call me if you have anything..." Ji Ling forked a piece of this black snack that she didn't know what it was called, and trotted all the way to chase Lu Jingxing who was walking out with big strides.

His long legs were equal to two steps of hers for one step. If he fell a few more steps behind, he wouldn't be able to trot, and he would have to run with big strides.

The tools in the car were ready. Lu Jingxing started the car first. Seeing Ji Ling jogging over, he smiled and said, "No hurry, eat something first. I have to clean the tools anyway."

"Yeah, delicious, 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.

Since it was stuffed into his mouth, Lu Jingxing had to open his mouth to eat: "Well, this is Jerusalem artichoke. It 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 well made. Although it is a bit spicy, it tastes pretty good."

"Ah, do you know how to taste good? I have never seen this thing. If Ding Fang hadn't said it was edible, I would definitely not dare to eat it. However, I think it is delicious. It doesn't taste weird. It is spicy, and I feel a cool feeling in my 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, took out a bottle of water from the side 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 thing should be good with rice, it's tasty..." Ji Ling took a big sip of water, her eyes sparkling.

"Little greedy cat..." Lu Jingxing's doting look, she didn't know, you know he would never admit that the look was cast by him, it can make her water.

"What's the situation of this person who came to the door, I was confused and didn't hear it all..." Ji Ling was pulled back to her thoughts by a brake.

"Uh, the owner said it was a fierce cat. From what the owner said, all the pet stores near their home refused to accept it, and they were afraid that it would be stressed out. There was no one else. For this kind of thing, usually only we can do it..." Lu Jingxing said with a smile.

"Haha, Boss Lu must do it..." Ji Ling's little fist roared, laughing like a flower.

The two laughed and laughed, and soon they arrived at the location sent by the other party: "It seems to be this community, just go in." Ji Ling looked at the direction of the map.

"Isn't this the neighborhood next to Song Yuan?" Lu Jingxing was dumbfounded when he looked at the neighborhood next to Song Yuan. "I've been here so many times. No, this neighborhood has been renamed. It wasn't called this before. If I knew it was this, how could I navigate?" He kept talking while driving.

"Can a neighborhood be renamed easily?" Ji Ling didn't understand, but she seemed to have never heard of such a thing, so she couldn't help but feel a little confused.

"Who knows? But that's Song Yuan's neighborhood, I won't make a mistake. By the way, you just said that the lychee was sent by Song Yuan? Is he back?" There was a bit of traffic at the entrance of the neighborhood. The two of them talked while slowly following the traffic flow inside.

"Yes, he said he came back last night, and Mi Sijia also came back. He is catching up on sleep now. By the way, I almost forgot to say that he said he would call Yang Pei and Lu Yin to have a meal together in the evening, as a practice for me. Haha, what practice do I need? I'll be back in two months, right? Just see that they are welcoming me and practicing." Ji Ling laughed.

"That's more like it. 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 left after putting down the lychees, saying that we would meet in the evening to talk. Besides, you are not here, can I ask as many questions as I want? Also, he took a few lychees, and I thought I would leave two for the store. You can go back and give one to your aunt later. It's really delicious, and it tastes completely different from the ones you buy in the store..." Ji Ling herself didn't realize that Lu Jingxing was not wrong to say that she was a greedy cat.

"Okay... But don't eat too many lychees, be careful of getting angry..." Lu Jingxing glanced at her and smiled.

The front was finally open, and Lu Jingxing followed closely.

"Wait, wait, what are you doing, takeaway cars are not allowed in..." The security guard was a 70-year-old man, who looked fierce and spoke in a tough tone.

Lu Jingxing rolled down the car window: "Uncle, we are not a food delivery truck, we are from the pet hospital. An owner in the community asked us to come to their home to give their cat a bath. Please open the door."

"Ah? To give a cat a bath at home?" The uncle looked as if he had heard a big joke, with an incredible and disdainful look on his face, waving his hands like a fan: "Go back, go back, you are not allowed in, you are crazy, you are giving a bath to a cat, you are so bored, how can you be so nice to your own mother and father, you are really a bunch of people who have nothing to do after eating."

He was seen backing away while cursing and whistling harshly, commanding Lu Jingxing to back away.

"No, what's going on, uncle? We are really invited by the owner. We have a permit. Why can't we enter?" Ji Ling shouted at the guard.

"What's the matter? I said no, so I won't let you in. This is our community. What else can you do if I don't let you in? Back off quickly and don't block the road behind you." The uncle tilted his neck and said with a sideways face.

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

"No, this guy is just a security guard. Why is he so arrogant? I've seen this before..." Ji Ling was obviously angry.

Lu Jingxing looked at the rearview mirror and saw a car following closely behind him. It seemed to be a moving company car. Lu Jingxing wanted to reverse but it was too late. The car was blocked. 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, how about you come down and take a look?" He said helplessly.

"Okay, I'll be there right away..." The customer heard it and immediately picked up the key and ran out.

But it would probably take ten minutes for her to come over. Lu Jingxing was also a little annoyed. There were more cars behind him, honking 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 person is stubborn." Ji Ling also got out of the car and waved helplessly to the driver of the car behind.

The master of the moving company in the back car also got off: "Hey, master, you don't let him in, but now you can't back out, let him in, turn the corner and come out." He said in a good tone.

"What are you doing again?" The security guard stared.

"I..." The moving company master pointed to the big advertisement on his car: "I'm from the moving company. Someone inside needs to move and asked us to help move things."

"No entry, 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 there was a shout 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 30 years old and also wore 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 takeaway truck in..." The security guard looked at the young man approaching, stuck his head out from behind Lu Jingxing, and said confidently.

"Excuse me, excuse me, this is an old security guard of ours. He used to work here when he was in the old community. He has some dementia in the past two years, but he is a lonely old man without family. Our property management let him wander around here. I 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 very rude to the old man named Uncle Hai.

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

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

Most of the cars behind are foreign vehicles, and there are not many owners, so everyone doesn't know that this is the case. After hearing what the young security guard said, everyone stopped talking.

On the contrary, I admire the property management company for treating its old employees like this.

"Why don't you send him to a nursing home?" Someone couldn't help asking when the door opened.

"We sent him. He refused to eat when he went to the nursing home and kept making a fuss about coming back. As long as one of us keeps an eye on him, he is quite obedient. Today, a colleague who was supposed to be on duty had an emergency at home. He left for less than half an hour, and the replacement hadn't come yet, so this happened. Don't worry, it won't happen again in the future, it won't happen again." The young security guard smiled at everyone.

"That's okay, as long as you don't hit people or do dangerous things, let's understand each other..." Someone echoed.

"Thank you, thank you, sorry for delaying everyone..." The young security guard pulled the security uncle into the security room, and then directed the convoy into the community.

This little drama finally came to an end.

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

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

"Doctor Lu, how did you get in? I didn't have time to change my clothes, but it takes me ten minutes to run from home. Sorry." She was running out of breath.

"It's okay, it's just a 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 running hard.

Ji Ling helped open the car door, and the woman got in the car: "Turn right from the front intersection, then turn another corner and you'll arrive. 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. He 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 saw.

"I was confused in my sleep. When you called, I wanted to run out. I should have thought it was Uncle Hai. He used to be a good person. Anyway, since I can remember, he was our community security guard. He was very nice to people. But in recent years, he seems to have Alzheimer's disease, but he has no children. The property company sent him to a nursing home. 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 down.

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

But the purpose of the two people coming here was not for Uncle Hai.

As soon as they got off the car, Lu Jingxing took all the equipment.

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

This is an old community that has been renovated. The elevators are all installed outside. The asphalt road in the community feels still steaming and fresh.

Lu Jingxing looked around and didn't feel the presence of stray cats and dogs.

After getting on the elevator, he couldn't help asking: "Are there no stray cats in your community?"

"Ah? Is there? There used to be, eh? What you said is true, it seems that since the community was renovated last month, I haven't seen those stray cats. There used to be two big orange ones in our building, and I sometimes fed them. Really, why are they gone?" The woman seemed to suddenly remember this.

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

Lu Jingxing nodded: "Probably, but generally speaking, even if the community is renovated, these cats will come back later, but since I entered the community today, I don'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 such an old community, not to mention that they can be seen everywhere. Given his sensitivity to cats, it is impossible that he could not feel any.