Pet King

Chapter 14: Loser in Hide and Seek

Zhang Zian rushed downstairs and took a glance around. There were no traces of Galaxy, and the bell on the glass door was still hanging quietly. He went back upstairs and carefully searched his bedroom, the kitchen, and the living room again. While searching, he left the doors open, staring at the hallway the whole time, but he still didn't find Galaxy. "Could it have gotten into those two locked rooms?" Although he didn't think that was the case, he still opened the doors to his parents' bedroom and the storage room. The furniture in his parents' bedroom was still as it had been when his parents were alive.

The cat was nowhere to be found; it was not under the bed, in the cabinet, under the desk, or on the balcony. He entered the storage room again, where there were extra cages, display cabinets, and a bit of debris. It was impossible for the cat to be hiding there. Zhang Zian was in a panic now, blaming himself for playing hide and seek. Now it was totally messed up.

He spoke out anxiously, "Galaxy, I surrender... I can't find you, where are you?"

Just when he thought that he would not receive a response, he heard a "meow" from downstairs. He rushed downstairs and found Galaxy sitting in the middle of the shop, circling around joyfully. "Meow... Galaxy won... Meow... Galaxy won..." Zhang Zian blinked again and again, feeling reassured. But where had it hidden?

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"I lost. I surrender. Galaxy, you are good at playing hide and seek. Could you please tell me where you were hiding?"

"Meow... Here... There... Here... There..."

Did the words "here" and "there" mean it didn't hide in a fixed location, but was running between two or more places? However, there was only one set of stairs, so it had to have run from the second floor to the first using the stairs. Zhang Zian had paid great attention to the stairs during his second search. He was certain that it had not appeared there.

Quite weird! It raised his curiosity and competitiveness, so he squatted down and said, "Galaxy, let's play hide and seek again tomorrow, okay?

"Yeah! Meow! Galaxy likes hide and seek!"

The next day, the little girl brought a few peanuts and almonds to the store, as expected, and fed the small hamster through the hole. It seemed that she enjoyed watching it eat more than she enjoyed eating. She played for about ten minutes before leaving. After the little girl left, Sun Xiaomeng rushed in and threw a bag of buns to Zhang Zian before she went straight to trying to please Galaxy, but she failed again. Once in a while, several seniors would stop by on their way back from their morning exercises. However, after asking for the prices, they left the shop, shaking their heads.

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Zhang Zian did not feel disappointed or surprised. Anyway, the seniors that tended to be picky about the price were not his target customers. As they said in the antique industry: an antique shop won't make a profit until three years after it opens. A pet shop could not be compared with an antique shop, but it was similar. It could at least be said like this: a pet shop would make a profit after being open for three days.