Starting with taking in female college students

Chapter 16 Cleaning up the cat cafe

"So, you mean we should investigate the origins of the cats in the cat cafe? Hmm... that's one direction for investigation. I'll send a message to the boss about it later."

Li Shiwei nodded.

Then, as if remembering something, she looked at Chen Rang with a hint of resentment.

"Hey! You're not going to stand me up for helping me move in a few days, are you? I'm telling you, don't go back on your word. You know I have a lot of stuff, I can't possibly move it all by myself."

"Don't worry! I'll never go back on my promise!"

Chen readily agreed.

After all, he and Li Shiwei had a pretty good relationship. They had been enemies for six years, and were lucky enough to be in the same class from junior high to high school, which was quite a coincidence.

Unfortunately, the school's management was too strict, and the two of them were unable to develop their ambiguous relationship.

As for things like campus romance, they're simply out of the question for No. 1 High School.

Even at that time, Chen himself hadn't considered such a thing.

"I just never imagined that Li Shiwei would become so beautiful in just a few years. This is truly amazing how a girl can change so much as she grows up."

Chen Rang muttered to himself.

"What did you say?"

Not having heard Chen Rang's words clearly, Li Shiwei unconsciously moved closer.

From this angle, one could see the light and shadow shifting on her chest. Chen Rang felt a slight heat on his nose and turned his head away, feeling a little embarrassed.

The young virgin, who had never had a girlfriend, felt inexplicably aroused and quickly hung up the video call after giving a few perfunctory replies.

I took a deep breath and finally calmed down.

Chen Rang went downstairs to check on the seven cats, then went back upstairs to wash up and go to sleep.

only……

That night, without being bothered by DouDou, Chen Rang actually slept a little uncomfortably.

I had a lot of weird dreams while half asleep, and I got up early in the morning and obediently washed my underwear. Afterwards, Chen Rang did a physical examination on several cats at the store and confirmed that their health was improving, which finally put his mind at ease.

Generally speaking, as long as the test results are good and there are no problems on the first day, there shouldn't be any major troubles later.

After comforting DouDou and persuading it to endure another day in its carrier, Chen Rang hung a "Closed" sign on the clinic's door, along with his phone number. If any customer urgently needed his help, he would answer the call and rush back without hesitation.

Now, it's his turn to help his mother with chores.

Come and take a look at this cat cafe. The door lock I took from the clinic yesterday is intact.

However, because the air inside had been suffocating for a whole day, the smell when the door was opened almost choked Chen Rang to death.

He quickly opened both glass doors to let the smell out, and also drew all the curtains to let the sun shine in and kill any germs inside.

After clearing a passageway inside and checking for any hidden hazards, he returned to the entrance. He didn't rush to find someone to clean the cat cafe; instead, he patiently waited for the smell to dissipate quickly.

After all, this kind of thing isn't urgent, and a barely adequate working environment is a sign of respect for the workers.

Chen Rang took off his mask and felt that the smell was not as strong as before, so he turned and headed to the Chai Wan Farmers Market across the street.

He didn't even close the door, since there was nothing inside and he was afraid someone would steal it.

"You mean that cat shop where everyone ran away? We heard about what happened yesterday; it stank horribly inside! How about this, a flat rate of one thousand dollars. You pay now, and we'll get someone to clean it all up right away, okay?"

The receptionist at the housekeeping company quoted Chen Rang an outrageous price.

"If I could earn a thousand dollars, I'd do it myself. Why would I need you guys?"

Chen Rang turned and left without hesitation.

You know, he runs a pet clinic, and he only earns a few dozen yuan per customer. If he's unlucky, he might not even earn a thousand yuan in half a month. How could he be so generous for a little manual labor?

Even if he only paid the money in advance, there was no reason for him to cheat Aunt Xie.

So Chen Rang simply went back to the clinic, changed into some unwanted clothes, found a dustpan and broom behind the door, and rummaged through the gap in the stairwell leading upstairs next door to find an iron shovel and two snakeskin bags. He then returned to the cat café with these items.

Because of the delay of more than half an hour, the smell in the cat cafe had dissipated considerably and was no longer suffocating.

Even upon entering the cat's rest area, Chen Rang smelled a slightly sweet, indescribable odor, like fermented beer. He quickly stopped himself from smelling it any longer, because he knew very well that it was actually the smell of cat urine that had been left to ferment for a long time.

Just like that thing called cat poop coffee, cat excrement always brings a kind of crazy temptation that makes humans willingly experience it.

"Willingly my foot!"

Chen Rang grumbled and then quickly got to work.

The sooner he gets rid of those smelly, unsightly things, the sooner the house will be more comfortable. He has no interest in staying in a mess of poop and pee, which also attracts mosquitoes, flies, and other random insects.

It's June now, the summer vacation is just around the corner, and the hottest time of the year is approaching.

Shashi is located in Chu Province, not far from the infamous "furnace cities". Even though it's not yet the hottest period of summer, the temperature in the city is already quite high. Especially at noon, the asphalt roads are so hot they seem to be dripping with sweat.

Chen Rang had only worked for a short while when he felt completely drenched in sweat.

That damned cat cafe owner had secretly dragged away the entire air conditioner unit, including the outdoor unit, leaving nothing of value in the shop. And Chen Rang, for his part, didn't dare bring his own electric fan, worried about pollution.

So he could only work for a while and then rest for a while, going outside to catch his breath under the cool shade of a tree before continuing to work, keeping himself very busy.

"Hey! Rang, what are you doing here?"

A neighbor who lived nearby returned from grocery shopping and greeted Chen Rang with a smile when he saw him.

"Uncle Yang, are you buying groceries?"

Chen Rang quickly greeted him in response.

Chen Rang treated all his neighbors very well.

After all, when you're doing business, you shouldn't offend people unnecessarily. Besides, this Uncle Yang is actually a pretty nice guy; he even has a big golden retriever at home, and it's one of the clinic's regular customers.

When the clinic was run by my father, the two of them would often invite two neighbors to play tractor games in front of the clinic. They were very close.

"Tsk! Xie Ju is really unlucky! She married a restless daughter-in-law, which means she and Lao Wang have to go to another city to take care of their grandson even after they've retired, not to mention this kind of trouble at home. Xiao Rang, it's all thanks to your help that we've been running around, otherwise I really don't know what would have happened! Oh, by the way, my Dingdang hasn't had much of an appetite lately, I suspect it might be a heatstroke or a cold. I'll take it to your place tonight, could you check it out for me?"

Uncle Yang continued to praise Chen Rang, telling him to call him if he needed help, and also took the opportunity to ask for a discount.

Chen Rang readily agreed.

It was just a simple check-up and a doctor's order; he didn't intend to charge his neighbor. Compared to earning that little bit from his neighbor, neighborly relations were actually more important. Sometimes, when he encountered difficult customers, he relied on his neighbors for support.

The Chen family's pet clinic has been able to operate peacefully for so many years thanks to these small acts of mutual help among neighbors.

Chen Rang suddenly remembered something: when he was in junior high school, a customer's dog died, and the customer brought several people to the clinic to cause trouble. At that time, Uncle Yang and Aunt Xie spoke up for the clinic, and eventually managed to coax the troublemakers away.

"So the old saying is true: a close neighbor is worse than a distant relative!"

Shaking his head and sighing, Chen Rang felt he had rested enough and went back to the cat café to continue working.

He first swept away all the dust, cat litter, and other easily cleanable small items from the three rooms, then sprinkled some water on the floor. After that, he straightened up the overturned sofas, broken chairs, and shattered glass doors, and disposed of whatever he could.

Although it sounds simple, it took him more than two hours to finish this task, and he finally managed to make the room look somewhat presentable.

To get everything completely clean, even one day wouldn't be enough.

Letting out a long breath, Chen Rang rubbed his somewhat stiff lower back.

He decided to go back to the clinic for a meal and a nap, and finish the rest of the work in the afternoon.

After changing out of his dirty old clothes, he first checked on the recovery of the cats, then changed the dressings for the female silver shaded cat and the Munchkin cat, and cleaned up the cat litter. Only then could he finally rest for a while.