"Huh? Where is everyone? We're leaving, and you're still hoping to stay for dinner!"
Xiao Zhen was getting ready to return to the Special Administration Bureau.
But everyone who had come with him had disappeared.
After a moment's thought, he headed to the cattery and kennels.
Sure enough, he found several big, burly men feeding the dogs and cats alongside a plump, fluffy little toddler.
Those creatures could hardly be called dogs anymore.
What normal dog looked bigger than a lion?
And the cats were practically leopards.
They looked fierce, but they were seriously impressive!
"Time to go. Planning to stay here until New Year's?"
At once, the men hugged the cats or dogs and began to wail.
"Gangzi, I can't bear to leave you!"
"Brother Biao, I can't bear to leave you! Just come with me. What am I supposed to do without you, Brother Biao?"
The cats and dogs suddenly being hugged: ...
They disdainfully pawed away the people clinging to them.
They really had grown attached after spending all this time together.
But that attachment was nothing compared to their love for their owner.
The corners of Xiao Zhen's mouth twitched hard, too.
He went over and punched each of them, then added a few kicks, finally knocking some sense into the wailing men.
"Honestly. You just had to make me get physical."
"Captain Xiao, you're heartless. You have no idea how deep the bond between Gangzi and me is."
Xiao Zhen gave a humorless smile. "Really? So deep that he dumps you the second he sees food?"
"Deep? Why don't you open your eyes and look? The bond they have with Little Yanyan is what you call deep."
Just look at them crowding around the child, wagging their tails.
Each one's voice was more affectedly sweet