The admin quickly arrived upon hearing about the situation, and Mu You explained with Cola in tow, claiming the cat was his.
Cola was never registered at all. To be precise, he snuck in here to scrounge for food and drinks.
The admin noticed that this cat had climbed over the wall and sneaked in a week ago. Probably not wanting to be locked in the cage, the cat never appeared when the admin was around. It only showed up after the admin left and then threw food at the other cats through the cage. Every now and then, when potential adopters came to look at the cats, Cola would seize the opportunity to appear, act cute and coy just to get some cat treats.
However, whenever someone decided to adopt him, the cat would immediately escape from the scene. He only fooled around for food and drink, and left when he was done. He was a ’scumbag cat’ in every sense of the word.
After Mu You showed some evidence that he used to care for Cola, proving that this was indeed his cat, the person in charge didn’t make things difficult and allowed him take the cat away directly.
Soon after, Mu You returned to the pet shop with Cola.
Once they reached a familiar place, Cola became so excited that he started meowing non-stop. He dashed into the hall, running wild and marking his scent everywhere.
"Don’t pee anywhere, and don’t go upstairs. Let me give you a bath first,"
Mu You hastily ordered. He didn’t know how this little fellow had survived for the past few days. He was dirty and had fleas.
Seeing Mu You heading to the pet bathing room to get water, Cola rushed to the cat food dispenser and started hitting the empty food bin.
"Mu You, give me some cat food first! Cat food!"
Mu You had to go and open a bag of cat food for it first.
As soon as the cat food dispensed, Cola immediately buried his head in the bowl and ate vigorously. He shivered from the delicious food: "Yes, this is the taste! The stray cats eat such shitty food. Your food is undoubtedly the best..."
While he was gobbling up his food, Cola seemed to remember something. He quickly raised his head and begged Mu You: "Quick Mu You, my phone, give me my phone, I want to go online!"
"Where’s your phone?"
"My phone got soaked in water the day you left..." Cola had a face of someone suffering from internet withdrawal.
Mu You had no choice but to fetch a spare phone and hand it over to Cola before entering the bathing room.
"...There have been so many new anime updates this month... Mmm, new skins in King of Glory..."
While eating, Cola propped up his phone in front of his face. His paws kept swiping the screen, while his eyes were focused on the screen and his mouth was busy devouring his food.
At this time, Mian Mian came out of the bedroom on the second floor, rubbing her sleepy eyes: "Mu You, it’s so noisy..."
Hearing the constant noise downstairs, Mian Mian yawned and walked down the stairs.
As soon as she reached the first floor, she saw a British shorthair cat eating vigorously in front of the cat food dispenser. While eating, it was also adeptly using its paws to play with a phone.
Mian Mian was stunned for a moment and woke up immediately. She stood there, her mouth wide open in shock.
At this moment, Cola also noticed the girl descending the stairs. He turned his head to look at her and for a second when their eyes met, his fur stood up immediately. His ears flattened back and his spine arched. He was frightened by the sight of her.
Of course, what scared him was not the girl, but the thing behind the girl.
In the girl’s shadow, a figure emerged and bared its claws at Cola, growling threateningly.
Cola, with no combat power, couldn’t bear the oppressive presence of the Shadow Ghost and immediately turned around and dashed off to the bathing room.
It was only when the cat ran away that the girl reacted and hurriedly chased after him.
Running into the pet bathing room, she saw Mu You inside, and the cat was hiding and trembling under the tub.
"Mu You, this cat is sentient, it knows how to use a phone!" The girl pointed at the British short hair cat and tattled to Mu You.
"I know, his name is Cola, and he’s my cat. He got lost before, and I just found him."
Mu You then remembered that these two hadn’t met before since the girl had first came to the shop after Cola was sent away.
"Mu You, who is she? Why is there a stranger living in our territory?" At this point, Cola’s voice also echoed in Mu You’s mind.
"Her name is Mu Mianmeng, you can call her Mian Mian. You don’t need to be afraid of the thing behind her, as long as you don’t provoke it, it won’t attack you." Mu You introduced her to Cola.
Cola looked at him in shock: "How long have I been gone, and you already have a daughter?"
"She’s my adopted daughter." Mu You shook his head.
Just then, Little Ya arrived for work and walked into the room, and seeing the girl standing in front of the bathing room, she unconsciously walked over to them. At first glance, she was immediately surprised.
As soon as Cola saw Little Ya, it responded weakly from under the tub. Unfortunately, the Shadow ghost was blocking the way and it did not dare to show its head.
"Boss, how did Cola come back?"
Little Ya walked in with excitement, knelt down in front of the tub, and tried to lift Cola out. But when she saw how thin Cola was, her excitement instantly turned into shock: "Cola, how did you become so thin?"
The Cola now compared to when he left the shop looked completely different. From a plump cat, he had become dreadfully skinny, as if he was severely