Shi Nian left work half an hour early in the morning, went to the dessert shop to buy afternoon tea in the afternoon, and went to the store early.

When she arrived at the store, Fang Ning had not arrived yet.

Shi Nian parked the electric bike and immediately noticed the large cardboard box at the door.

When she approached, she heard a whimpering sound coming from the box and quickly opened it.

There was a dying Teddy bear lying in the cardboard box. When Teddy saw her, he wagged his tail weakly twice.

Shi Nian frowned and found a piece of paper under the dog.

She opened it and saw two lines of words written in a flamboyant style.

[The pet hospital said the dog has canine distemper and it will cost a lot of money to cure it. I don’t want this dog anymore. If you want to cure it, then you can. If not, then just dispose of it.]

Shi Nian was angry and crumpled the note into a ball.

Who is this person!

Dogs are lives too. You have to be responsible if you raise one. How can you just abandon them just because they are sick?

Moreover, this Teddy bear looks to be at least one year old, and has obviously been raised for a long time.

It was hard for Shi Nian to imagine how cruel the person who abandoned it and wrote the note must be!

"Niannian, why are you here so early? Next time you arrive early, give me a call. I live in a nearby community and can drive here in two or three minutes."

When Shi Nian heard Fang Ning's voice, he stuffed the crumpled note into his hand and said angrily, "Senior, look!"

Fang Ning opened the note and glanced at it.

Shi Nian was annoyed. "As soon as I arrived, I saw the cardboard box at the door. Senior, what should we do now? This is a pet grooming center, not a pet hospital! The dog owner is blackmailing us morally!"

Fang Ning glanced at the Teddy bear in the box and put the note back.

"Then don't be kidnapped by morality."

Shi Nian was stunned for a moment, "What do you mean..."

"Nian Nian, we don't care."

Fang Ning spoke in a firm tone. Shi Nian met his rational and indifferent gaze, as if she had gotten to know him all over again.

She worriedly said, "But if we don't care, it will die."

"Niannian, calm down. The dog owner abandoned the dog and left a note, just to arouse people's empathy. He might be watching nearby now. Once we pay for the dog's medical treatment, he will appear immediately and take the dog away. Not to mention that if the dog dies, the dog owner may not know how to act rogue. I have seen many people like this. The best way is to ignore them."

"The dog's owner comes and I just give him the dog."

"Niannian, you misunderstood me. That's not what I meant. What I just said was what might happen if we rescued the dog. Similarly, if the dog's owner is nearby and we don't care about the dog, the owner will see us and take the dog away when we're not paying attention."

Shi Nian's face was full of worry. "What if the owner doesn't take the dog away? Canine distemper can be cured with careful care in the early stages. The later you wait, the less likely it is to be cured."

"Nian Nian, listen to me, let's not worry about it."

Shi Nian met Teddy's wet eyes and felt a little bit reluctant.

Fang Ning pinched his brows and asked, "Even if the situation I just described didn't happen and the dog was really abandoned, Nian Nian, the most realistic question is, who will take care of the dog after it is cured?"

The light in Shi Nian's eyes dimmed a little, a name flashed through his mind, and the light rekindled.

"I know the director of the cute pet rescue station. He can help find a pet adopter."

Fang Ning couldn't persuade her, so he let her go.

Canine distemper was spreading, so Shi Nian did not bring the cardboard box into the store.

There was still some time before the afternoon work start time, so Shi Nian called Zheng Hai.

"Miss Shi, you called me because there is a problem with the house you rented?"

"No, Mr. Zheng, I don't know who dumped a dog with canine distemper at the door of our pet store. Do you have other dogs in the quarantine room? Can I put the dog in your place first? If the dog is cured, can you help find a adopter?"

"My place is empty, you can bring it over. This is what our shelter does, it can't really be considered a favor. In fact, this should be considered your achievement."

After Zheng Hai's teasing, Shi Nian felt relieved for a moment.

"I have to go to work this afternoon. I'll come find you after work."

"Are you at work? Then I'll come find you. I'm out right now too. Please write me a prescription for canine distemper and we can treat it ourselves."

"OK."

Shi Nian gave the address, sent the list of required medicines, hung up the phone, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Zheng Hai was nearby, and Shi Nian was waiting for him at the door. Suddenly, she remembered what Fang Ning said, that the dog owner might be watching them nearby.

She frowned and looked around.

It was rush hour at this time, and most of the cars on both sides of the street had driven away, with only a few still parked in the parking spaces.

She recognized almost all the cars near the store, and suddenly, she noticed a black car across the street.

Shi Nian stared at it for a while and confirmed that the black car was unfamiliar and seemed to have just parked here.

Just as the traffic light turned green, she crossed the road and walked straight towards the black car.

Han Ye watched Shi Nian approaching them and rushed towards them. He shook Feng Sihan and said, "Brother Han, my sister-in-law is here!"

Feng Sihan said in a low voice, "Shh, don't make any noise."

As Shi Nian approached, he found that the car's window glass was covered with one-way visible film, and he became more suspicious.

She leaned close to the car window and looked for a long time, but could not see anything inside.

Could the dog owner be in there?

Shi Nian frowned, leaned over and knocked on the car window, "Is anyone there?"

Feng Sihan pressed down Han Ye's hand as he was trying to lower the car window, glared at him warningly, and shook his head.

Shi Nian knocked for a while, but no one responded, and his thoughts began to waver.

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