Chapter 86: Chapter 86: The Boat of Friendship Capsizes Easily
Shen Zhaozhao rarely wanted something, but even though her dad teased her, she still wanted it.
“Dad, just trust me this one time, I will definitely take good care of it. Besides, after buying it, I myself will be responsible for bathing it and scooping the poop, I won’t bother you or Mom at all!”
“No way!” Daddy Zhaozhao stood firm in his decision.
“I don’t care, if you don’t buy it for me, I’ll tell mom about your secret stash of money.” Seeing that playing on emotions didn’t work, Shen Zhaozhao resorted to her ace in the hole.
The little boat of father-daughter friendship capsized in an instant.
“My girl, are you really willing to sever our father-daughter bond over a dog?” Daddy Zhaozhao put on an extremely heartbroken and disappointed expression.
Shen Zhaozhao: “I don’t care, between keeping your little treasury and buying a dog, you can only choose one.”
She had learned this tactic from the other party.
This was what they called giving someone a taste of their own medicine.
To protect his private stash, Daddy Zhaozhao could only opt for a compromise, “Alright, if you want to keep it, keep it, but I’ll only pay for the dog itself; you’ll have to figure out the expenses for its upkeep yourself. Also, you need to talk to your mom, and she mustn’t know that the dog was bought with my money.”
“Deal!” Shen Zhaozhao agreed immediately.
Early on Saturday morning, the father and daughter went to the pet market.
“Boss, how much for this dog?” Shen Zhaozhao had her eye on a one-month-old Pomeranian among a hundred other dogs.
“Three thousand eight hundred.”
The father and daughter exchanged looks.
Daddy Zhaozhao: “Girl, why don’t we just forget about keeping a dog? I feel like the turtle over there is pretty nice too, eats less, lives longer, and you don’t have to worry about it starving if you don’t feed it for a few days.”
A dog worth three thousand eight hundred, if brought home claiming to have been picked up on the street, nobody would believe it.
Without needing the girl to snitch, his little treasury would be thoroughly exposed.
Shen Zhaozhao also didn’t expect it to be so expensive; she figured it wouldn’t have been easy for her dad to save a bit of money–three thousand eight hundred must have taken him a long time to save.
In the end, neither father nor daughter could bear to make the purchase.
After returning from the pet market, Shen Zhaozhao went next door.
As soon as she entered, she saw Sheng Chuyi cradling a little puppy in her arms.
Both human and dog were staring at each other, eye to eye.
The puppy looked a few months old, with snow-white fur, pointy ears, a tiny, cute nose, and a pair of wet, black pearl-like eyes.
It looked quite similar to the one she had fancied at the pet market.
“Hey, Yiyi, where did this puppy come from?” Shen Zhaozhao immediately ran over and asked.
Sheng Chuyi: “I found it.”
A three thousand eight hundred dollar dog, could someone really pick one up just like that?
Shen Zhaozhao: “Where did you find it? I want to go find one, too.”
Sheng Chuyi’s face flashed a hint of discomfort, pretending to be casual, “You want to keep it? Perfect timing, my mom’s pregnant and it’s not suitable to keep a dog at home, so I’ll give this one to you to take care of!”
Could there be such good luck?
“Mhm!” Sheng Chuyi nodded.
“That’s great!” Who cares where he “found” it, it was hers now.
Excitedly taking the little pup from Sheng Chuyi’s hands, Shen Zhaozhao said enthusiastically, “Yiyi, let’s give it a name, shall we?”
Shen Zhaozhao: “Since you’re the one who found this dog, how about we call it Yi?”
Sheng Chuyi: I suspect you’re cursing me.
“No way!” He refused.
Shen Zhaozhao: “You don’t like it? Then how about Chuchu?”
Sheng Chuyi’s face darkened even more.
“That’s no good either?”
Shen Zhaozhao thought it over, but she really couldn’t come up with a better name, “How about calling it Ermao then? Its fur is neither long nor short, so Ermao fits just right.”
Sheng Chuyi’s expression was indescribable, not expecting the power of genetics to be so strong.
Shen Zhaozhao: “Is that not a good name either?”
Sheng Chuyi: “Whatever you want!” As long as it doesn’t share his name.