At night, Liyue's flower and bird market was brightly lit and extraordinarily lively.
Moreover, as the flower and bird market was situated at the edge of the night market and the terrain was open, there were hardly any unpleasant odors.
Many wealthy merchants enjoyed strolling here during their leisure time at night to see if there were any birds that caught their eye.
Fang Qiu and Hu Tao found a cat and dog shop that looked very clean inside.
The shop owner was a woman in her twenties.
When Fang Qiu and Hu Tao walked into the store, she was holding a rabbit, petting it while reading a book.
She petted it while reciting the lines from the book.
"Are you moved?"
The rabbit didn't dare move much.
Fang Qiu glanced at the book in her hand.
The book title was The Domineering Immortal Falls for Me.
"Phew."
Seeing that the owner wasn't reading her book, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
It was a good thing she wasn't reading her book.
What if this girl got excited in the moment and released the dogs to bite her?
Thus, Fang Qiu gave a faint smile and stepped forward to strike up a conversation with the shop owner.
Just as Fang Qiu was stating her request to the shop owner, Hu Tao tugged at her sleeve and spoke.
"Fang Qiu, look quickly, that cat looks just like you."
Fang Qiu froze slightly, gave the shop owner an apologetic smile, and then turned to look. She saw Hu Tao pointing at a white cat curled up into a ball in the corner of the shop.
"Does it really?"
As Fang Qiu followed Hu Tao's finger to look over, the cat also cast its gaze their way.
Under the illumination of the lights.
The cat was white all over, without a speck of mixed color on its entire body.
Hmm... at least there were no mixed colors in the visible areas.
Its pair of crimson eyes were staring right at her.
"Fang Qiu look, its fur is white, and yours is also white; it has red eyes, and you also have red eyes."
Hu Tao stroked her chin, her eyes smiling as she spoke.
"Now that you mention it, it really is true."
Fang Qiu nodded with a smile.
After speaking, she couldn't help but pause.
Why did what Hu Tao just said sound a bit strange?
What did she mean by 'its fur is white, yours is also white'...
Although she knew Hu Tao was talking about hair, it still sounded strange to hear...
So weird.
Fang Qiu gently shook her head, shaking the bizarre thoughts that she associated with it out of her mind, and continued to cast her gaze toward the cat.
The cat's appearance was somewhat similar to the Ragdoll cats she hadn't seen in reality in her previous life but had seen on the internet; its beauty was extremely high, and its pupils were very limpid.
However, this also made Fang Qiu involuntarily worry about this cat's shedding problem.
One person and one cat stared at each other quietly for a good while.
"What do you think?"
Hu Tao asked with a beaming smile.
"Boss, how much is that white cat?"
Fang Qiu turned to look at the shop owner and asked.
"One thousand five hundred Mora."
The shop owner said.
"One thousand five hundred Mora?"
Fang Qiu froze slightly.
So cheap?
When she was coding alone at home in her previous life, she had also thought about buying a cat as a companion. But when she asked at the pet shop...
American Shorthairs were three thousand, and British Shorthairs were also three thousand.
Ragdoll cats?
The breed price was too expensive; the shop didn't have any.
She checked online, and the average price online was calculated in units of ten thousand.
Added to that were the high costs of cat food and high veterinary costs.
Helpless, she could only leave it for 'maybe next time'.
However, that was her previous life. In this life, she at least had several million in savings.
Raising a cat was no problem at all.
After all, even with Hu Tao, Xiangling, and a bunch of friends, waking up every day at dusk and looking at the empty, dim room, she would still feel lonely.
Keeping a cat to keep herself company would be quite nice.
"Can you open the cage and let me take a look?"
Fang Qiu said.
"No problem."
The shop owner said, "This cat is a female. However, it doesn't really like to be close to people. Usually, when I try to hold it, it refuses. Otherwise, it wouldn't be this cheap."
While introducing the cat to Fang Qiu, the shop owner opened the cage.
As soon as the cage was opened, the white cat slowly stood up from inside, took two elegant steps, and then drilled out of the cage.
"? Why did it come out of the cage voluntarily today? Usually, when I open the cage, it doesn't even spare me a glance."
The shop owner paused and murmured.
Just as she intended to use her hands to pick it up, the white cat didn't even look at her. With a push of its hind legs, it pounced toward Fang Qiu.
Fang Qiu didn't react at all before the white cat had already pounced into her arms.
Fang Qiu subconsciously reached out and hugged it.
It was fluffy and very warm.
The cat didn't struggle either, nesting quietly in her arms.
The air suddenly became somewhat quiet.
Fang Qiu looked at the shop owner doubtfully, feeling a bit confused.
What happened to 'not liking to be close to people'?
"Ah..."
Feeling Fang Qiu's gaze, the shop owner couldn't help but feel a bit awkward.
"It seems this cat likes you very much too, Fang Qiu."
Hu Tao said with a beaming smile.
"Then I'll buy this one. Besides the cat, I also want to buy some daily necessities for cats."
Fang Qiu looked at the cat in her arms and said.
"Okay, customer."
The shop owner nodded and took Fang Qiu to look at the pet items.
Fang Qiu bought almost a full set.
Cat climbing frame, cage, prepared cat food, a finely crafted cat bed, scratching board...
And so on.
Besides these, Fang Qiu also gifted Hu Tao a black cat with a very lively personality.
Hu Tao didn't refuse either and accepted it generously.
Fang Qiu also gave Hu Tao a full set of those cat supplies.
Aside from the cats, the pet shop sent people to deliver everything else to their doors.
It saved them the labor.
However, after buying the cats, it wasn't convenient to stroll outside much longer.
So, they went all the way back home.
On the way home, Fang Qiu paid special attention to the small finches in the roadside pet shops.
She remembered that Qiqi seemed to like small finches very much, right?
Next time they met, she would bring her to buy one.
As for Xiangling.
She already had Guoba; if she gifted her a pet, Guoba would be unhappy, right?
After returning home, Fang Qiu sat gently on the Jumpy Dumpty. The white cat in her arms, showing no vigilance whatsoever, jumped directly down from Fang Qiu's embrace and began to stroll elegantly around the room.
Hu Tao, on the other hand, sat on the bed holding the black cat.
"Decided. You shall be called Sanmi."
Hu Tao thought for a moment and said.
Fang Qiu was holding a cup of water to drink. Hearing the name Hu Tao picked, she almost couldn't stop herself from spurting the water out.
After forcing herself to swallow it, she couldn't help but cough twice.
"Fang Qiu, what name are you giving your cat?"
Hu Tao said with a smile.
"Hmm... a name."
Fang Qiu frowned slightly.
Tom?
Garfield?
Black Cat Sheriff?
Doraemon?
Blue Cat?
Rainbow Cat?
Nyanko-sensei?
How about calling it Mora?
For a moment, Fang Qiu really couldn't think of a good-sounding name.
If it were in her previous life, she would definitely have posted in the book review section, saying she bought a very elegant cat and wanted to ask what name would be good.
"How about calling it Simi?"
Hu Tao thought for a moment and proposed.
"I refuse."
"Then call it Little Qiuqiu?"
"Why does that name sound so much like a Hilichurl..."
"Now that you say it, it really is somewhat similar..."
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