Chapter 98 Police Dog Assessment 2 The day of the police dog assessment has arrived, and he is going to…

Qiu Xiaoman enjoyed her meal today.

She was a little surprised that Wu Shirong ordered Yunnan specialties, which even reminded her of her hometown.

As for the small cake she ordered separately, it was also delicious and truly rare.

After finishing their meal, Wu Shirong went to pay the bill. She smiled and looked at Mimi, who was lying on Wu Shirong's chair: "Little one, don't you have an appetite? Why aren't you eating?"

"Xiao Mei rejected me, I'm so heartbroken." Mimi looked at Qiu Xiaoman with a mournful expression. "I can only channel my grief into my appetite. I ate too much before coming here, burp."

Qiu Xiaoman suppressed a laugh: "Really? Xiaomei rejected you, did she give a reason?"

"She said I don't smell attractive to her anymore." Mimi looked dejected. "Damn it, I even gave her my favorite chicken leg, but she still wouldn't date me or have kittens. In the end, I had to eat it myself."

Qiu Xiaoman was shameless and didn't want to admit that she was the culprit. It was she who made Mimi's owner cut off Mimi's testicles, and it was she who made Mimi lose the chance to become a cat father.

But there's no other way. Wu Shirong is a public servant. What if he has to worry about cats that pee and poop everywhere and it interferes with his work?

Although she could suggest that Wu Shirong let Mimi go out and breed kittens, this would mean that Xiao Mei, who was a stray, would give birth to even more stray cats, repeating Xiao Mei's fate of being a stray.

This is actually a losing proposition.

Just like Mango, if it hadn't met her, it would definitely have repeated the fate of Mango's mother, giving birth to a bunch of homeless stray puppies, who would be beaten to death, crushed to death, poisoned to death, starved to death, or bitten to death by their own kind...

It's better to have fewer tragedies like this.

So Qiu Xiaoman wasn't guilty at all. She patted Mimi's head and said, "Xiaomei is just worried about you, afraid you'll be malnourished. Okay, let's talk about something happy. Do you have any interesting stories to share with your owner?"

Mimi squinted her eyes: "Yes, my owner recently bought a jump rope. After getting off work, she jumped a couple of times and then couldn't jump anymore, so she threw it to me to play with. I really like cats, but sometimes they hook their paws."

Qiu Xiaoman couldn't help but laugh: "He can't even jump rope?"

"Yes, you silly master."

"Haha, you silly master."

"He went out for a run, but came back after a short while, saying it was cold outside."

"Hahaha. What else did he do?"

"He also bought two dumbbells, but he couldn't lift them after a couple of reps."

"Haha. Actually, you can play hide-and-seek with him. His physical condition is too poor. Too much exercise at the beginning is not good. Hide-and-seek is a relatively easy exercise, which is quite suitable for him."

"I don't care about him. Last time he took me out, my butt was burning with pain when we got back. I don't know what he did to me, I can't remember anything at all. I bet he didn't have good intentions, because my butt hurt for days. And I was missing two things."

"Two things?" Qiu Xiaoman pretended to be confused. Sure enough, domestic cats have limited common sense. Mimi didn't know that the thing was the magic weapon that made him a cat dad.

Mimi nodded and said seriously, "Yes, they were two round things. I don't know if he stole them from me."

Pfft, Qiu Xiaoman struggled to suppress her laughter and asked curiously, "Why did he steal this from you?"

"Maybe he didn't! He always locks me outside when he goes to the toilet, so I can't see!" Mimi said indignantly, genuinely suspecting that her round thing had been stolen.

Qiu Xiaoman was both amused and exasperated. The topic was a bit awkward, so she awkwardly changed the subject and asked, "You really like eating chicken legs?"

"Yes, it smells so good!" Even though Mimi was full, she was still excited when she thought of one of her favorite foods.

Qiu Xiaoman decided to make it up to him and asked, "Do you like dried anchovies?"

"Meow? I love it! My favorite!" Mimi's eyes widened excitedly. After hesitating for a moment, she tugged at Qiu Xiaoman's arm, jumped onto her, and tilted her head back to ask, "Do you have any dried fish?"

"I'll buy it for you when we go out later." Qiu Xiaoman affectionately patted his cat's head and then scratched his chin.

Mimi soon began to purr contentedly.

Shen Tenglong and Li Tuantuan could only stare in disbelief, unable to get a word in edgewise.

When Wu Shirong returned, the four of them left the restaurant. Qiu Xiaoman went to a shopping mall and bought some dried fish for Wu Shirong to take back. Just as lunch break was about to end, she hurried back to the base and worked overtime to train her dogs.

Unexpectedly, Fang Jiadong was even more proactive than her, having already trained for most of the day. After all, he brought his own lunch to work, so he could start working right after eating.

Qiu Xiaoman shrugged indifferently. "Add him, add him. Although Fang Jiadong is petty and mean, he's still good at training dogs."

The base is short-staffed. As long as Fang Jiadong doesn't provoke her, she won't escalate the problem or let things get to the point of irreconcilable conflict.

When she returned to the courtyard house after get off work that evening, all the children had already moved away.

Li Tuantuan's father was standing at the gate of the courtyard with a big smile on his face, waiting to take Li Tuantuan home.

Qiu Xiaoman smiled and pushed Li Tuantuan in front of her father: "Go ahead, Yuanyuan is counting on you to protect her. If you get wronged, tell me when you go to work tomorrow."

Li Tuantuan reluctantly left the courtyard house, only to soon discover that the appliances in his father's shop had been cleared out.

He looked at Old Li in surprise and asked, "You're not repairing home appliances anymore?"

Old Li laughed and said, "Your Uncle Chen arranged a job for me at his company. Our shop will no longer do appliance repair; we can just open a small store."

Li Tuantuan thought it was a good idea; this way, stepmother Zhu Meiyun could both earn money and take care of the children, achieving the best of both worlds.

However, Li Tuantuan dared not be optimistic too soon. He was afraid that his stepmother would continue to abuse Yuanyuan, so he quickly went upstairs to find his sister. When he got upstairs, he found that his sister already had her own bedroom. As for his half-sister Xiangxiang, she was crying and packing her things to move to her parents' room.

Zhu Meiyun smiled and comforted her, "Silly child, why are you crying? As long as your father works hard, our family will be able to move to a bigger house in less than two years. Don't cry, okay?"

But Li Xiangxiang felt wronged. When she came out carrying her doll, she deliberately bumped into Li Tuantuan and didn't call him "brother".

Li Tuantuan didn't argue with her. No one else mattered; as long as Yuanyuan wasn't wronged anymore, that was enough.

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Qiu Xiaoman returned to the courtyard and was somewhat surprised to see Shen Qinghuai busy in the kitchen.

Shen Qinghuai was wearing an apron, and there was a radio on the stove, so he could listen to the news while working.

Seeing Qiu Xiaoman return, he quickly came out and said, "Xiaoman, dinner will be ready soon. Go wash your face and rest for a while. By the way, Xinxin and the others are waiting for you in the back room."

What?

Qiu Xiaoman was a little surprised and quickly went to the main house at the back. Sure enough, her three younger siblings were doing their homework together.

Upon seeing her return, Xiao Yanyan immediately rushed over and exclaimed, "Mommy, big sister is back!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Baihui reluctantly came out of the west room, still holding a steel needle in her hand, and was knitting a scarf.

Xiao Yan Yan explained, "Uncle Shen invited us over. He said that my sister has been back for so long, and we haven't had a proper welcome-back dinner for her yet. He also bought the yarn for the scarves, but he doesn't know how to knit, so he had Mom knit them."

Qiu Xiaoman really didn't know what to say for a moment.

Am I happy? Not really.

Late-coming parental love is worth less than grass.

But would you say she wasn't happy at all? Not really.

At least she was quite happy to see her three younger siblings.

She didn't call her "Mom," but instead held Xiao Yan Yan in her arms, walked to a chair next to her, sat down, and asked about Yan Yan's homework.

When Xinxin and Leilei saw this, they also brought over their homework to show off.

For a moment, Qiu Xiaoman felt that she was loved, at least by these three little ones.

She didn't show favoritism; she patted her younger siblings on the head, objectively commented on their homework, and finally talked about the interesting things that happened at the base.

As they were chatting, the food was ready. Chen Baihui heard Shen Qinghuai's call and quickly put down her scarf to go to the kitchen to help.

Tonight's meal had no wicked stepmother, no money-grubbing stepfather, only Qiu Xiaoman's two biological parents who didn't want to acknowledge her, and three adorable younger siblings.

The meal was fairly satisfactory.

After the meal, Shen Qinghuai and the others left, leaving Shen Tenglong to stay in the east wing, so that it wouldn't be unsafe for Qiu Xiaoman, a young lady, to live alone in such a large courtyard.

In the stillness of the night, Qiu Xiaoman lay in bed, feeling a sense of unreality and unreality.

I can only force myself to close my eyes, sleep, sleep, and not be swayed by their small favors.

They came again the next evening. Qiu Xiaoman didn't say anything, ate her meal calmly, and played games with her younger siblings while smiling.

On Monday afternoon, Shen Qinghuai called her: "The house has been transferred. Are you sure you want Liu Kun to move in?"

Qiu Xiaoman nodded: "Yes, the Liu family has fallen, and he has nowhere to go. I'll take him in for a month until he recovers."

"Then where will you live?" Shen Qinghuai became nervous. He really didn't want his daughter to live there, because people would suspect that she was living with Liu Kun.

Qiu Xiaoman laughed angrily: "Do you think I'm stupid? I'll just go see him during the day and go back to the courtyard house at night."

Shen Qinghuai breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good. Then I'll have your older brother keep you company. By the way, your older brother said you're planning to try and find your second brother's whereabouts when you have some free time? Are you confident you can do that?"

"I'm not sure, I'll do my best." Qiu Xiaoman thought for a moment and asked, "Has Uncle come back? Don't tell him yet."

"I'll be back next week. I'll let your aunt know so your uncle won't get his hopes up for nothing." After hanging up the phone, Shen Qinghuai went off to do his work.

Liang Yuting's arrest also affected the Shen Group. Fortunately, he had previously acquired shares from the Liu family, so he not only didn't lose money, but actually made a profit.

He used the money he earned to rent about ten shops, which were evenly distributed along Qiu Xiaoman's route to work.

It includes detective agencies, pet shops, pet hospitals, convenience stores, clothing stores, bookstores, audio-visual stores, and so on, covering almost every aspect of daily life.

This will be a good opportunity to settle some of the children's parents.

As for the Song siblings, Shen Qinghuai made a ruthless decision. He did not provide any assistance to their elders and, with the coordination of the police, eventually sent the two children to an orphanage.

Xiaoman didn't ask about it, so he didn't say anything, lest his daughter soften her heart.

Before we knew it, the day of the police dog assessment arrived.

Shen Qinghuai planned to invite Chen Baihui and the others over again tonight. To celebrate his daughter's arrival, he bought some balloons, cakes, firecrackers, and colorful ribbons to decorate the courtyard in advance.

Just as I was busy, the postman's voice came from outside the door.

The telegram from Yunnan has arrived.