Chapter 60
The next day, Lin Gui came early to wait again, and today she finally caught him. There were still ten minutes before eight o'clock. Usually Tang Mingcheng came at this time, and today was no exception. Tang Mingcheng entered the store first, and the person who often fed Xingyi also came in. Lin Gui looked up and saw that he looked very familiar, as if he was the neighbor of the cat abuser.
After all, there are quite few people with his temperament. Lin Gui was struggling. If it were him, could she still let him adopt Xingyi?
I felt that judging people by their appearance was not a good idea, so I had to ask them carefully. The boy came to pay after choosing some snacks. He chose all the things that Xingyi liked, such as cod and venison strips. However, he didn't buy much, so no wonder he had to come out to buy them so often.
As he was paying, Lin Gui casually asked, "Wow, it's so early! Why are you buying snacks so early? What if we're not open yet?"
The man replied weakly: "It's okay, you open at 8 o'clock, it's okay to wait a little while." After that, he took the snacks in his hand and left.
After a while, Lin Gui asked 009 if Xingyi had eaten yet. 009 turned to Xingyi and took a look, then gave Lin Gui a positive answer.
Now that we know who the specific person is, we have to find a way to find out whether he is a qualified adoptive parent. Lin Gui has already thought of a method in the past two days.
Since she had held a cat adoption meeting before, she pretended to be conducting research for the next cat adoption meeting and went door to door to ask the owners whether they were planning to adopt a cat.
Lin Gui did it right away. In the afternoon, he put on a mask, took the registration form he had just printed out, and went upstairs to inquire about the situation.
I don’t know if the cat abuser has left the community, but this place that always looks quiet has become lively and there are quite a lot of kittens here.
Lin Gui didn't know that this was a special instruction from Boss Leopard, asking the cats to look for suspicious people when they were strolling around, because they were afraid that bad guys would continue to persecute the kittens.
She knocked on the door, but there was no response, so she knocked again. Finally, after Lin Gui's persistent knocking, the door opened. It was the same man who opened the door in the morning, but he must have been sleeping before. When he opened the door, his hair was messy, he was wearing pajamas, and there was a hint of impatience in his eyes.
Maybe it’s because all my hair is pulled up when I sleep, so I don’t look as gloomy as before.
Seeing that she had disturbed someone, Lin Gui apologized first. The person on the other end didn't react and asked Lin Gui in a bad tone, "What's the matter?"
"Our store previously held a cat adoption event to count the stray cats in the community so that they could be adopted. Today I'm here to count if there are any people in the community who want to adopt cats. After all, cats are familiar with this area, so if they want to adopt a cat, it's better to adopt it in a familiar place." Lin Gui explained, not getting impatient because of the man's bad tone.
"I have no intention of adopting." The man's answer was beyond Lin Gui's expectations.
After saying that, he looked at Lin Gui quietly, using his silent eyes to drive her away. Lin Gui did receive his thoughts and was about to say goodbye and leave when she saw a dark shadow rushing out of the room.
The man was in a panic and wanted to close the door, but was afraid of pinching the cat, but Lin Gui was quick to catch it. After fighting wits and courage with various cats and dogs, Lin Gui became very good at dealing with them.
When she took it in her hand, she saw that it was a blue cat. This was the thinnest blue cat Lin Gui had ever seen. For some reason, every time Lin Gui saw a blue cat on the Internet or in real life, it always seemed round, but the one in her hand was just right, not round at all.
"Is this your cat? No wonder you buy snacks every day. This blue cat is so thin, it must be very picky about food." Lin Gui took the opportunity to strike up a conversation.
"This blue cat is not mine. My friend fostered it here. But thank you for catching it." After saying this, the boy took the blue cat from Lin Gui's hand, and then closed the door without saying much to Lin Gui.
This time, Lin Gui was not successful at all in getting the information.
Humph, Lin Gui decided to use his trump card. In this neighborhood, there is no one that Lin Gui cannot find out.
So in the evening, Lin Gui bought a piece of excellent lamb chops, took Da Huang to Grandma Xu's house for a meal. Grandma Xu knew all the landlords in the community, which was also a very remarkable skill.
Lin Gui bought the lamb chops specially at the Anxin BBQ uncle's house. Since the end of the pet snack exhibition, the meat that the uncle's family can eat has been selling very well. It used to be sold online, but now it has entered the supermarket market. In the supermarket, it is a high-quality product that everyone wants to buy.
Lin Gui used her connections to buy a piece and took it to Grandma Xu's house. Seeing that Lin Gui was also coming to eat today, Grandma Xu did not refuse. She first boiled the lamb chops in water. After cooking, she scooped out a few pieces for Dahuang to taste, and then braised them. While Grandma Xu was cooking, two followers followed her. One was Lin Gui, who helped and learned at the same time, and the other was Dahuang, who was drooling all the time.
The fragrance kept wafting in the air, and Da Huang couldn't help it. He stretched out his two paws and stood up, wanting to see if the lamb chops were ready. It was not until Grandma Xu gave Da Huang a few pieces that Da Huang calmed down.
After a while, Lin Gui also had her fill of Grandma Xu's special braised lamb chops. The meat was juicy and delicious, which whetted her appetite.
Grandma Xu's husband, Uncle Wang, also praised today's dishes. Older people need a light diet, and this time it was thanks to Lin Gui that they were able to taste the braised flavor.
After dinner, Lin Gui finally had time to ask Grandma Xu about the boy today.
"You mean the building on the north side? I'll find the landlord's contact information for you." As he said that, he took out a small notebook with the phone numbers of almost all the landlords in the community recorded on it.
"Oh my God, grandma, you are collecting intelligence. How come you have all the phone calls?" Lin Gui exclaimed.
"Don't underestimate your grandmother. She would definitely be the leader of the intelligence team during the Anti-Japanese War." Uncle Wang said with a smile.
After checking, Grandma Xu found the landlord's contact number and helped Lin Gui ask about it on the pretext of investigating the community. That was great, now she knew everything.
009 asked secretly: "Host, is this considered an invasion of privacy?"
Lin Gui replied: "I'm just asking for help. You need to learn how to integrate the knowledge."
After learning some information from Grandma Xu, Lin Gui went home and sorted it out.
The boy's surname is Lin, the same as Lin Gui's. His name is Lin Baishan. His job is unknown, but his financial situation doesn't seem to be very good. He is always a little late in paying the rent. As for whether he has a cat, the landlord doesn't know, but the landlord said that pets are allowed when renting the house.
Since your financial situation is not very good, I understand why you don’t want to adopt Xingyi. But if your financial situation is not very good, why do you have to feed Xingyi every day? It feels contradictory.
After returning home, Lin Gui was still wondering if there were any other breakthroughs, when 009 brought him a breakthrough.
"Host, look, does this cat look familiar to you?" 009 sent a picture to Lin Gui. The picture showed Zhou Xiao's new cat licking its fur, but there was a kitten's head in the lower left corner of the picture.
It looked like the little blue cat he had seen today, so Lin Gui asked 009, "Are you sure this is the one you saw today?"
"Ninety percent." 009 compared various parameters and reported a number, which means that Lin Baishan has a cat at home, and it seems that he raises it.
My financial situation is not good, and I already have a cat, so it seems that the possibility of adopting Xingyi is not very high. Should I give up on this task?
Lin Gui thought about it and thought, oh, this is so difficult. I can’t force others to adopt a cat.
"Why don't we first find out about the cat in Lin Baishan's house?" 009 suggested.
"Didn't you join the group? Did he say anything in the group?" Lin Gui asked 009.
009 sighed and said, "He only replies to people who compliment his cat in the group chat, and he doesn't even mention the cat's name. Be wary."
After hearing what 009 said, Lin Gui planned to go to see Lin Baishan again tomorrow, add him on WeChat first, and familiarize himself with the situation.
The rewards for this side quest are double cards and blind boxes. Don’t worry, you will get them slowly. Seeing the double cards, Lin Gui remembered that she had not used the cards she obtained from the previous successful quest.
I have to find a chance to use it up. Since today is worse than tomorrow, Lin Gui decided to start the discount tomorrow. The store hasn't had any discounts since it opened. It's time to offer discounts to attract more people and use the double card at the same time.
This discount activity is only available offline. Online activities are integrated with the platform and will not be carried out separately.
Tomorrow we will set up a pot at the door and make snacks on the spot to give customers an attraction. The finished snacks will be given away free of charge with any order.
Having done some promotional activities before, T Lin Gui is already very organized. He has promoted it in both the work group and the customer group and is just waiting for tomorrow.
Because there was an event going on today, Zhou Xiao and Tang Mingcheng came early. Lin Gui also came early and brought all the pots and pans.
At this time, Lin Baishan came again as expected. His coming time was very irregular, but he would come two days out of three days.
Today Lin Gui told him that there was a discount event starting at 8 o'clock, and asked him to wait a little to get the discount. While he was waiting, he was also invited to join the WeChat group.
For people with limited financial conditions, they have to seize the opportunity, so Lin Baishan agreed to stay here for a while.
He didn't look as serious today as he did yesterday. Lin Gui thought that she had disturbed his sleep yesterday.
Since he seemed more talkative today, Lin Gui started to talk to him. Zhou Xiao was there to liven up the atmosphere and they talked about the story of Xing Yi and Xing Er and their current conflicts.
Lin Baishan was indeed attracted and asked, "Will the two kittens separate?"
"I feel like they will. These two cats are quite stubborn. Hey, if you adopted Xingyi, would you continue to let Xingyi and Xinger get along?" Lin Gui asked casually.
"As for me, I might adopt these two kittens at once. But it would be a bit troublesome if Xing Er doesn't want to be adopted. But I don't have the money to raise an extra cat now." Lin Baishan sighed.
"What's wrong? Do you have other cats? Isn't that blue cat a foster cat?" Lin Gui asked again.
"Oh, yes, it was you yesterday. Sorry, I wasn't in a good mood yesterday. I have my own little cat." Lin Boshan explained to Lin Gui why he was often in a bad state.
It turned out that he had been living a reversed day and night life. Every time he came at seven or eight in the morning, it was because he hadn't slept yet. His sleep quality was not very good, so he would be in a bad mood when he was disturbed.
"Ah, can you still hold on now?" Zhou Xiao asked in surprise.
"That's right, how about I marry you first?" Lin Gui didn't expect that his living conditions would be like this.
"It's okay, I do this often." Lin Baishan replied.
No wonder he always looks gloomy every time I see him. If Lin Gui doesn’t sleep every night, he will probably become like a zombie.
"What breed is your cat?" I'm surrounded by people who work with pets, so it's normal to ask this question.
Lin Baishan smiled at this time and took out his mobile phone to show his beloved cat to Lin Gui and the others.
Zhou Xiao exclaimed, "This is my wall."
Lin Gui also pretended to know it for the first time, "Wow, your cat is so cute."
"Is that so?" When talking about his little cat, Lin Baishan's gloomy temperament faded, and he smiled gently while looking at the picture.
"Oh my God, your cat is so cute." Zhou Xiao kept praising.
I couldn't help but say, "Can you bring it out so I can touch it? I love it so much. I haven't changed the wall for two weeks and I'm still addicted to its cuteness."
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