In the coral room, five puppies surrounded Lu Yao, their eyes moist and full of admiration, their short tails wagging happily from side to side, and they climbed up and down on her legs.
She was holding one in her hand. Its four little paws were so soft and pink that their fur looked even whiter.
Dogs are different from cats. They make no secret of their love for humans—they wag their tails wildly, their eyes glow, they whimper and rub against us, and roll over when they are rubbed.
It's easy to feel happy when you are with them.
On the way back, Lu Yao spent some popularity points and asked the system to do physical examinations and deworming for the puppies in advance.
They are temporarily isolated in the coral room and have not yet met the pigs in the store.
Lu Yao plans to wait a few days, until the puppies have adapted a little, and then introduce them to each other, hoping that they can live in harmony.
The puppies look almost identical except for slight differences in size.
Unlike pigs, which have different colors and distinct characteristics, their collars are different colors to distinguish them.
Lu Yao also gave them names, arranged according to their size, from Yiwan, Erwan, Sanwan... and so on to Liuwan.
System: [… Tsk, this is too perfunctory. ]
Lu Yao said confidently: "You don't understand. They are already cute enough, they don't need a name to add points."
System: [You only bully puppies because they can't talk. ]
Lu Yao picked up the eldest brother wearing a red collar, called his name, and used telepathy, "Yiwan, Yiwan, Yiwan, do you like this name?"
"Woo~~~" Yiyuan wagged his little tail and looked at her with his head tilted.
"One pill. One pill. One pill."
After a while, a young boy's voice came into Lu Yao's ears: "What is a pill?"
"You are Yiwan, you little silly dog." Lu Yao tapped the tip of its nose, a little moist, "Yiwan."
Yiwan's mind went blank. After hesitating for a long time, he still didn't understand that "Yiwan" was his name. But he tilted his head and leaned over, rubbing Lu Yao's fingertips, "Ah, I like it so much."
Lu Yao looked proud: "It said it likes it."
System: [Is there a possibility that it likes you, not this name. ]
Lu Yao instantly felt even more proud, rubbing his soft ears and said, "You are very sensible. I will add meat to your dinner."
System: ...Damn it!
A guest came through the deep sea tunnel, and Lu Yao heard a female voice: "The coral room is too quiet, the octopus room is more fun."
Then the young man's voice said, "This place is a bit empty, it would be nice to have a few more cats."
When the puppies heard the human voices, they started running away, rolling on the ground like balls of wool, and making baby chirping sounds.
"Hey, why did I hear the puppy barking?"
"I heard it too. Are you sure it was a dog?"
“Woof woof~”
“Awoo~Awoo~Awoo~~~”
When the guests came in and saw the snow balls all over the ground, their eyes widened.
The girl quickly stepped forward and scooped up a puppy into her arms, "This... Is this the Maru Maru dog from Eight Star City?"
Lu Yao nodded, "We have a new furry clerk in our store. Come, say hello to your sister and brother."
"Woof~"
"Woof~"
“Ouch~”
The two guests' hearts almost melted as they were instantly surrounded by the snowball-like puppies.
The young man simply sat down. The puppies were not shy at all. They wagged their tails and climbed on him. “Oh my god, how can they be so small?”
"When I was a kid, I saw the Maru dogs in Baxing City introduced on TV. I loved them so much that I kept asking my mom to buy me one." The girl knelt on the ground, her three balls rubbed until her belly turned upside down. "Later, a neighbor secretly raised a dairy duck, but it died because he didn't take good care of it. He was caught when he was throwing away the garbage and was fined 5,000 yuan. It was also reported in the news. My mom said that the environment in Yeguang City is not good, and it is not possible to raise dairy ducks or Maru dogs. I didn't understand when I was a kid, I was just scared, thinking that if I raised a small animal, I would be arrested, so I didn't dare to mention it again."
The girl later understood that there weren't even any trees in Nightlight City, so it was indeed not suitable for animals to survive.
She didn't expect that after she grew up, she would be able to pet a real Maru dog under such circumstances.
"Shopkeeper, you didn't go to Eight Star City, did you?" the girl asked.
Lu Yao shook his head and briefly described the process of "abducting" the puppies.
The girl thought it was incredible: "You are lucky, they actually gave the dog to you."
The young man joked, "Maybe he knows the owner, or maybe he's a customer."
When the girl thought about it, it was really possible.
The news that the Furry Shop had a new employee quickly spread among the customers. When they heard that it was Wanwan the dog, they were immediately excited.
The originally deserted Coral Room suddenly became lively, with guests lining up to rub the puppies.
Lu Yao heard that many guests wanted to own a Maru dog when they were young.
One guest’s hometown is in Baxing City. He grew up and went to school here. After becoming an adult, he stayed in Yeguang City to work. When he saw the Maru Maru dog, he felt particularly familiar with it, as if he had returned home.
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After Lu Yao left, Jiuhua fell into a dilemma.
There were two voices in her head, one urging her to agree to Lu Yao's job as a clerk. It would only be for a few days, so she could just consider it as doing a small favor for a friend. The other side instinctively backed off. She was really afraid of meeting strangers and would definitely not be able to do a service job.
But if I don't agree, I will feel embarrassed to go to the furry shop again, and I always feel that I can't enjoy the fun of diving into the deep sea freely.
Jiuhua hugged the pillow, struggling repeatedly, and finally fell asleep in a daze.
When I opened my eyes, I was transformed into a starfish again, unsurprisingly.
Deep-sea fish swam past her and different sounds floated into her consciousness.
"Hurry up, there are Wanwan dogs in the furry shop!"
"I heard it's about the size of a fist, so cute."
“Where did the owner get it?”
Maru! Maru! Dog!
Jiuhua could no longer hear any other information, and tried to move her body to swim towards the furry shop.
When she entered the store, Jiuhua didn't find Lu Yao, so she asked someone and went straight to the Coral Room.
"Woof!"
Jiuhua stood at the door of the Coral Room and looked up to see guests gathered in circles, holding different small toys in their hands, trying to lure the puppies to take a few more steps in their direction.
The puppies are too young, and Lu Yao was afraid that touching them too much would cause too much stress, so he hung a sign in the room asking guests to exercise restraint.
Just like she had put up a small sign before, restricting people from eating too much and causing harm to their health, most customers would follow it.
Jiuhua stared at the dog Maru that was chasing its tail in circles in the crowd, and could not get any closer.
She suddenly made up her mind, found Lu Yao sitting in the corner, and moved over to him along the wall, "Shopkeeper."
Lu Yao was very happy to see Jiuhua, "Here you are."
Jiuhua: "When did you buy the Maru dog?"
"On the way back from your house." Lu Yao repeated the experience of encountering the puppy.
Jiuhua's eyes lit up, "Shopkeeper, would you consider it if Yetu?"
Lu Yao: "Ruoye Rabbit?"
Jiuhua was a little excited: "It is a breed of rabbit unique to Two Star City. It has long dark green ears with fine lines on them. From a distance, it looks like bamboo leaves, hence the name "Ruoye". It has red eyes and its cubs are only the size of a palm. When it grows up, it is a little smaller than a Maru dog and is also very cute."
All the furry animals that cannot be raised in Yeguang City are introduced to the Furry Shop to work.
Jiuhua has already imagined the happy scene of being hugged by people on both sides and buried in fur in the future.
Maru Maru dogs were very popular. Lu Yao felt that Jiuhua's suggestion was worth considering. Introducing some furry animals that customers liked but could not have in real life would greatly boost popularity.
"Okay. I'll think about it."
Jiuhua: "Shopkeeper, I've thought about it and agree to your previous proposal."
Lu Yao wanted to laugh. No matter how he tried to persuade Jiuhua before, she couldn't be completely moved. A few furry things made her change her mind.
Humans are completely defeated by furry creatures!
After Jiuhua officially joined the company, she was responsible for looking after the octopus room and the coral room.
The octopus room is a recreational area and basically does not need anyone to keep an eye on it, so Jiu spends more time in the coral room.
Harold was in charge of the jellyfish room and the sea urchin room. Xiaoji had no choice but to stay in the main store and take orders.
His cooking skills are average, but slightly better than Jiuhua and Harold.
Qingmei left, and the kitchen hasn't found a suitable person yet, so they temporarily stopped selling some complicated cooked meals, leaving only the simplest sashimi platters, fruit platters and a few drinks, and Xiaoji will take over for the time being.
Lu Yao can cook, but she is busy doing system tasks and dealing with the garbage on the garbage mountain day and night.
Most of the garbage mountain on the side of the Jellyfish Room has now been removed, and it looks very empty.
Lu Yao stood at the edge of the trench that had just been cleared, squinting his eyes and looking down.
I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but from time to time, a golden light flows out from the bottomless black trench.
"Hmm." A familiar voice came from behind.
Lu Yao didn't look back, and responded perfunctorily, "嘤."
Recently, Killer Whale A often comes to see her, sometimes alone and sometimes with a group of killer whales.
When the killer whales arrived, they destroyed the garbage mountain, making the garbage fly everywhere. When they had enough fun, they walked away in a swagger.
Killer Whale A is the leader and owes a lot of money.
Lu Yao has been feeling a little tired lately.
Killer Whale A was so huge that it almost completely covered her. It looked at her with its dark eyes and uttered again: "Ying."
Lu Yao turned around and glanced at him, "What's the matter?"
"Hmm." Killer Whale A seemed to smile, then raised its head and used its unclear beak to knock Lu Yao into the trench.
Lu Yao was confused: "???"