Jiang Hao smiled and greeted the cat, then looked at the girl. "Is your Mimi better? What did the vet say?"
"She's better. The doctor said it was acute inflammation—it came on fast and went away fast. Mimi's already bouncing around again," the girl said with a smile.
The girl looked at Jiang Hao. "Big brother, you're a groomer, right? I brought Mimi in for a bath today. She hasn't been bathed these past few days because of the doctor visits, and she's starting to stink."
As she spoke, she picked up the cat and sniffed her, then quickly moved her away, wrinkling her nose in disgust.
The cat looked at the girl with her pair of blue eyes, utterly heartbroken.
Jiang Hao took the Ragdoll Cat. She did not resist and became very well-behaved in his hands. He stroked her back and softly said, "Mimi, be good. Big brother will give you a bath." Then he set her on the washing table.
The Ragdoll Cat obediently squatted there, blinking her big eyes.
"Wow, big brother, you're amazing. Whenever I bathe Mimi, she never listens and always tries to run around. Now she's being so good."
"I'm a pet groomer. I'm a professional," Jiang Hao said with a smile.
He prepared the water. The temperature could not be too high, around thirty-eight to forty degrees. He added cat-specific shampoo, stirred it evenly, then picked up the cat and gently lowered her into the basin.
He scooped water over the cat's back first to wet her fur, added some shampoo, then scrubbed her in order from behind the head to the neck, back, tail, belly, and limbs.
Jiang Hao's movements were very gentle. The cat neither struggled nor made a fuss.
The girl stood beside him the whole time. Seeing how