Chapter 74 Custody
The pet center promised to search the surrounding area again. Yun Zhaozhao hung up the phone, pursed her lips, and didn't say anything.
"What's wrong, Miss?"
Seeing that her complexion was not right, Aunt Chen asked worriedly, "Is your stomach upset? I'll call Grandpa Huang."
Aunt Chen was about to make a phone call when Yun Zhaozhao quickly stopped her, saying, "No, I'm fine."
The bad thing is Pei Xiaobao.
Yun Zhaozhao told herself that Pei Xiaobao had nothing to do with her, she had never even raised him for a single day, so it was fine to just let him go.
However, even so, she still woke up in the middle of the night.
She couldn't fall asleep no matter what she did, so she got up and prepared to drink a glass of milk.
Just then, she vaguely heard a dog barking.
She paused for a second and then shook her head. Impossible!
She asked about the pet boarding facility, which was more than 20 kilometers away from her location.
Despite thinking this, she still couldn't help but open the door.
As soon as the door opened, a blast of cold air rushed out, and the barking of dogs became much louder.
"Pei Xiaobao?"
Yun Zhaozhao called out, and the dog's barking grew even louder.
Yun Zhaozhao didn't even bother to put on a coat before rushing over to open the front door, and a dirty little dog darted in.
"Pei Xiaobao?!"
Yun Zhaozhao looked at the dog surrounding her legs in surprise; it really was Pei Xiaobao.
An hour later, Pei Xiaobao, now clean and refreshed, was eating heartily, while Yun Zhaozhao was contacting the pet boarding facility.
"Yes, it's been found, and it's with me now."
"...I'll go and get its things tomorrow."
After hanging up the phone, Yun Zhaozhao looked at Pei Xiaobao with complicated eyes. No one would believe it if she told them, but a dog had actually been found, and it had only stayed in this place for a few days.
She could hardly imagine how Pei Xiaobao managed to travel over twenty kilometers.
"Miss, please leave it here for now; it's quite pitiful."
Aunt Chen only dared to say this after hearing Yun Zhaozhao make a phone call with the pet care center.
"……Um."
Yun Zhaozhao finally agreed. She could harden her heart against Pei Jiuyan, but she just couldn't bring herself to be cruel to the innocent dog.
Pei Xiaobao hadn't eaten or drunk anything all day, and soon he was stuffed. He lay on the ground with his belly up, looking completely satisfied.
Yun Zhaozhao watched for a while, and finally couldn't resist touching him. Once she started, she couldn't stop. Pei Xiaobao cooperated throughout, exposing his most tender parts and letting Yun Zhaozhao touch them.
Yun Zhaozhao rubbed it more and more, becoming increasingly reluctant to let go, and finally simply took it to her own room.
However, she did not allow Pei Xiaobao to get on the bed, but instead made a temporary little nest for it to sleep in.
The next morning, she consulted Zhou Yueming and learned that as long as the dog was dewormed and bathed on time, it would not have a significant impact on the pregnant woman. She then made the final decision to keep Pei Xiaobao.
She went to the pet boarding facility, and the person in charge apologized profusely, waiving the fees for the past few days and even giving her a lot of freebies.
“Pei Xiaobao hasn’t been in good spirits these past few days. Pets usually get depressed when they’re separated from their owners, but they usually recover within a few days. Pei Xiaobao is an exception.”
As she spoke, the person in charge was still a little scared. Fortunately, Pei Xiaobao was not in any trouble, otherwise her shop might not have been able to stay open.
The people who came that day looked very wealthy; if something really happened, it would definitely be a mess.
"If possible, try to keep it in a familiar environment with familiar people. Some dogs are very sensitive and may think they have been abandoned."
Seeing that Yun Zhaozhao was easy to talk to, the person in charge talked to her a lot. Knowing that Yun Zhaozhao had never raised a small animal before, he also talked about some feeding matters. When Yun Zhaozhao left, she happily took two big bags of things.
Looking at the things in her hands, she gave a wry smile. Now she really felt like she was raising a child.
After getting in the car, she touched her belly and said, "I've found you a dog brother. You two have to get along well from now on."
After returning home, Yun Zhaozhao put her things down. When Pei Xiaobao saw the familiar objects, he jumped up and down with joy, and Yun Zhaozhao felt happy too.
She was already plotting how to gain custody of Pei Xiaobao. She hoped that Pei Jiuyan would never come back.
At this moment, Pei Jiuyan, far away in another country, is going through a lot of trouble.
This project was a collaboration with the local government military, and the previously agreed-upon revenue sharing is now being demanded by the other party to add another 20%.
"Twenty percent? Isn't that too much?"
Pei Jiuyan put on a false veneer of gentleness and looked at the other party's leader.
The leader of the opposing side is named Yin Song, who is about the same age as Pei Jiuyan and is a ruthless character.
Yin Song spread his palms and said, "You were in the wrong first. You didn't say the mine was this big from the beginning, Pei. You were the one who cheated first."
Pei Jiuyan scoffed lightly: "Cheating? You knew I bought this mine back then. The fact that top-quality ore was found inside is just my luck."
Yin Song's expression changed. If he had known that the mine would yield top-quality ore, he would never have agreed to such a low price.
In the end, it was Pei Jiuyan who deceived him.
"Pei, you can't spend money if you're not alive."
Yin Song warned.
"I'll return those words to you."
Pei Jiuyan remained unmoved.
Yin Song's expression changed several times: "It seems we can't reach an agreement. Well then, best of luck to you, my friend."
He was implying he was going to quit, and everyone thought that would make Pei Jiuyan panic. But to everyone's surprise, Pei Jiuyan simply said, "Goodbye."
Yin Song's expression changed slightly. Without his protection, Pei Jiuyan would not be able to continue here.
Just then, a group of people walked in. Looking at the leader, Yin Song's face turned cold: "You've been planning to replace me all along?"
"It's because you're greedy."
Pei Jiuyan said calmly.
He always thinks a hundred steps ahead before taking a single step. He couldn't possibly place his hopes on just one person for something this big.
Yin Song was the financier who connected him with the document, and he had already been contacting people privately since he started the project.
During that period, he frequently went on business trips. He wanted to give Yun Zhaozhao the best things, but he never expected that he would lose her because of it.
"You win!"
Yin Song said coldly that the person who came was his mortal enemy, whose power was no less than his own, and that a head-on confrontation would not do him any good.
Pei Jiuyan said slowly, "I will give you every penny of the hard work you've done during this time."
He wouldn't normally do these things; he'd be lucky if he didn't double-cross someone, and he might even try to get rid of Yin Song. But now he wants to try to be a good person, to be a good person for Yun Zhaozhao.
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