Chapter 04: We've Passed the Most Dangerous Stage (Edited)

Su Wudeng didn't go home all night.

The next morning, sunlight shone into the store through the curtains. It was called sunlight, but in fact it was artificial sunlight. It

was just bright but without any temperature.

Su Wudeng rubbed her sleepy eyes and walked towards the incubator.

She checked on the kittens frequently all night and hardly slept. She

opened the lid of the incubator skillfully, and found four kittens curled up together, their furry little bodies rising and falling slightly, making soft purring sounds.

"It looks like they are getting much better."

Su Wudeng carefully transferred them to the medical examination table to see if they still needed to be fed medicine. The results showed that they were very good.

[The high fever has subsided and the bacterial infection has been controlled. Mild dehydration and malnutrition. Nutritional supplementation is recommended.]

Su Wudeng felt relieved. That's great. The little guys finally got through the most dangerous stage.

The cubs also started to stretch in the morning, and faint "meows" came from them.

Su Wudeng looked down and saw four pairs of big blue eyes staring at her in unison, their little heads tilted, so cute that her heart melted.

Su Wudeng couldn't help but quietly touched their soft fur.

"Gurgle, gurgle~" The little kittens' stomachs growled at the same time,

"We're hungry, little pups."

They stood up shakily and tried to cling to Su Wudeng.

Su Wudeng couldn't help laughing, "Okay, okay, I'll prepare food for you right away."

She quickly took out the milk powder and carefully measured the water temperature.

When the temperature was just right, she poured the milk powder into the warm water and stirred it gently.

The fragrant milk fragrance immediately spread, and the little pups became even more hungry, sniffing the air with their red little noses.

"Don't worry, don't worry, the cats will have their share." Su Wudeng smiled and carefully picked up a white little kitten.

Its fur was as soft as cotton candy, and its warm little body pressed against her palm, making her heart tremble.

Su Wudeng sat down, put the little fellow on her knees, and gently fed him with a syringe.

The kitten couldn't wait to hold the syringe and sucked it with big mouthfuls.

Its little cheeks bulged, its big sapphire eyes were round, and its little paws kept stepping on the milk.

"Drink slowly, don't choke." Su Wudeng coaxed it softly, gently stroking its little head.

The other three kittens saw their companion enjoying the delicious food, and they immediately cried out in anxiety.

"Meow! Meow~"

"Don't worry, it will be your turn soon." Su Wudeng quickly stretched out a hand and gently soothed them.

Soon, the first kitten was finished.

Su Wudeng patiently fed the remaining ones.

Each kitten ate with relish, and its belly gradually swelled up, round like a small balloon.

When the last kitten licked its mouth contentedly, Su Wudeng found that the whole bag of milk powder was empty.

She stroked their bellies gently and nodded with satisfaction, "Not bad, not bad, they are all little greedy kittens."

"They are full!"

The four kittens were full and lay lazily on Su Wudeng's knees.

They squinted their eyes, purred with satisfaction, and their little paws twitched from time to time.

At this moment, the doorbell rang suddenly.

Su Wudeng looked up and found that it was Coco and Uncle Lan.

"Sister, how are the kittens?" Coco asked impatiently, and she saw that the kittens on her body were sleeping soundly.

Coco immediately covered her mouth, lowered her voice, and her eyes were bright. "Wow, they look fine."

Su Wudeng smiled, "They are much better now."

"Coco, do you want to touch them?"

Coco suddenly widened her eyes in surprise and exclaimed softly, "Can I, sister?"

Just then, a little kitten rubbed its eyes and woke up.

It looked at Coco and Uncle Lan curiously, and suddenly "meowed" and stretched out its little paw to touch Coco's face.

Coco was very excited. She carefully stretched out her finger and gently touched the kitten's paw.

"Hello, little cutie."

Coco played happily with the kittens.

Uncle Lan shook his head and said a little embarrassedly: "This girl has been clamoring to come and see the kittens early in the morning, and I really can't persuade her."

Although he said so, his eyes have long been firmly attracted by the four furry little guys.

Su Wudeng showed some understanding. She didn't expose Uncle Lan. If she couldn't see such obvious love, she would be too blind.

She put the kittens back into the incubator.

Keke couldn't wait to squat on the ground, her cheeks flushed, and she and the kittens poked each other through the glass.

In her eyes, these little things are simply the cutest creatures in the world.

Their hair is soft and white, and their eyes are as blue as the sky.

The little paws are soft, and they are a little unsteady when walking. The way they bounce back and forth is so cute that it makes people's hearts melt.

"Sister, look!" Coco suddenly pointed at one of the kittens and exclaimed, "It's chasing its tail!"

Sure enough, one of the kittens was clumsily spinning in circles, trying to grab the tip of its tail.

The other kitten seemed very interested in Coco, and Coco couldn't help but giggle.

At this moment, a mechanical buzzing sound came.

A huge mechanical dog walked in from the store door. It was Uncle Lan's mechanical pet.

Uncle Lan turned around and wondered, "War Wolf Dog, why are you here?"

The mechanical dog was silver-gray all over, with sharp edges and corners, and its red electronic eyes flashed a cold light.

Uncle Lan looked at his mechanical dog, and then at those cute little snow crystal cats, and suddenly a complex feeling surged in his heart.

In the past, he had always been proud of owning such a mighty and powerful mechanical pet.

The wolf dog has no extra emotions, only calm reason, can accurately execute complex commands in various extreme situations, always has unlimited power, and never tires.

But at this moment, looking at those soft and cute kittens, Uncle Lan felt a completely different emotion.

He squatted down, gently stroked the soft fur of a snow crystal cat, and felt the warmth from his fingertips.

The kitten was too small, soft and fragrant.

It would rub his hand and make a soft "gurgle gurgle" sound.

She was dying yesterday, but today she is having so much fun.

These little lives in front of him are weak, not as strong as mechanical pets, but they have feelings, can act coquettishly, get angry, and feel sad.

Uncle Lan looked at Coco who was teasing the kittens, and suddenly asked: "Coco, do you think your mechanical pet Xiaomi is better, or these real Xiaomis?"

This question made Coco stunned. Her little hand stopped in mid-air, and a trace of confusion flashed in her eyes.

Uncle Lan looked at his daughter's hesitation and felt bitter.

He thought of Coco's mechanical pet Xiaomi, the "partner" who had accompanied his daughter through countless days and nights.

When Xiaomi's core was damaged, they thought they only needed to replace it with a new one to solve the problem.

But the response he got was, "After replacing the core, all memories will be lost."

The cold customer service told them, "If you want to restore the original Xiao Mi, you need to buy a cloud backup."

But he is not a naive Coco. The price of the so-called "cloud backup" is several times more expensive than a brand new mechanical pet!

This clearly shows that those unscrupulous manufacturers are taking advantage of children's feelings to make a fortune!

Coco didn't seem to notice her father's emotional changes.

She looked down at the little kitten playing in the glass and whispered, "Dad, I... I feel like my Xiao Mi is not the real Xiao Mi."

Uncle Lan was surprised. He looked at his daughter's clear eyes and suddenly realized that even a seven-year-old child can feel the huge difference between reality and falsehood.

Coco continued, "These little kittens are so soft and warm. They will lick my fingers with their little tongues and rub their heads against my palms. But my little Mimi...it never does that."

"Dad, is my little Mimi just a piece of...a moving piece of iron?"

Uncle Lan felt his heart being tugged at. He squatted down and gently hugged his daughter.

If Su Wudeng hadn't shown Coco what a real pet is, I'm afraid Coco would have been deceived forever.

Coco buried her face in her father's arms, "Dad, I really liked Xiao Mi before. It would talk to me and play games with me. But now... now I feel like those words are all fake. It's like someone is hiding behind Xiao Mi and talking to me."

"So, Dad, who is talking to me?"

Coco's innocent words made Uncle Lan and Su Wudeng stunned.

...

The grocery store next door.

Coco's mother Lin Meiling was wondering, "Where are these two?" "

What's going on?" She murmured to herself, "They disappeared so early in the morning. Where did they go so sneakily?"

Suddenly, an idea flashed through her mind.

"Could it be that they went to buy Xiao Mi's cloud backup?"

Thinking of this, Lin Meiling's face suddenly darkened.

She recalled that she had been deceived in the same way when she was a child. What cloud backup? It was all fake.

The emotions they placed on the mechanical pets were just tools used by the mechanical pet merchants to save money. They used the name of emotions to bind them tightly and make them willing to pay.

"No!" She gritted her teeth and said, "I was deceived once when I was a child. I can't let Coco suffer this kind of harm again!"

This is also the reason why she refused to buy Xiaomi Cloud Backup no matter how much Coco cried.

"It must be that her father couldn't stand Coco's pleading and took her to buy Cloud Backup."

Lin Meiling thought to herself, I have to stop them, at worst I can get a new mechanical pet.

She walked quickly to the corner and pressed a button.

A buzzing sound was heard, and a huge mechanical dog slowly stood up, its red electronic eyes flickering.

"Go find your owner," Lin Meiling ordered, "find out where he is, and then send me the location."

The mechanical dog made an electronic sound "woof" and then turned and left.

Lin Meiling sat on the sofa and subconsciously opened the documentary.

In the picture, a furry puppy was nestled in the arms of its owner. It was not a mechanical dog, but a real pet, a pet from hundreds of years ago.

"That's a real pet," she sighed, with a flash of nostalgia in her eyes, "but it's a pity that it's in danger now."

At this moment, the mechanical dog sent a location, and she found that it was actually next door.

"Next door?" She was stunned for a moment, then reacted, "Wait, isn't that the pet shop next door?"

Her face changed instantly.

Originally, she felt sorry for the owner of the shop next door. His business was so bad that he couldn't even afford to eat, and she took the initiative to help him.

Unexpectedly, she was in collusion with those unscrupulous merchants!

Lin Meiling walked towards the pet shop next door with great momentum.

She pushed open the door and yelled.

"Lan Tianwei!"

But the next second, the scene in front of her made her stunned instantly.