Wear it quickly! My mad dog-like host!

"The layout is the same as downstairs, except there's a rooftop." Stepping inside, the empty house was cleaner than I had imagined, with little dust. The rooftop even had planting boxes filled with malnourished vegetables and fruit trees.

"This building used to be a housing project funded by a factory for its leadership team. Later, the factory went bankrupt, and the residents bought the houses for a small fee."

“Nobody wanted the rooftop before because it was cold in winter and hot in summer, and living there would be a hardship.”

"Now that there are so many ways to keep warm and cool, this house has become a source of envy for many people."

"The landlord, unable to bear the disturbance any longer and with his children becoming successful, has now moved to another place."

"However, this area has been demolished, and it is surrounded by high-rise buildings and luxury residential areas, so the landlord is reluctant to sell and instead rents it out."

“But every time I rent it out, the people downstairs make trouble for the tenants, driving away many of them.”

After Xiaoba finished explaining the details of the apartment, she said, "So, a 90-square-meter apartment with no shared area, three bedrooms, one living room, one kitchen, and one bathroom, close to affluent residential areas and commercial buildings, is only 1,000 yuan per month. It comes with residential water and electricity rates. After you confirm the rental, the landlord will send you the payment card."

Standing on the rooftop, Rose saw the floor-to-ceiling windows of Zhuang Yue's house.

Looking down, the dense, decades-old trees along the street partially obscure the houses in the area, making it look more like a large park, without affecting the view from the residential area at all.

Rose: "Then let's rent it."

Xiao Ba responded and contacted the landlord to sign the contract and send the payment card.

The landlord there was very agreeable, afraid that if they were slow, the house wouldn't be able to be rented out.

Rose posted a photo of the rooftop on her WeChat Moments, creating a "real person" persona: "[How to use these planting boxes?]"

Zhuang Yue's building can be vaguely seen in one corner of the photo.

Several customers who had previously booked pet walking services saw the post, shared their thoughts, and asked when she would be available to help walk their pets again.

After being walked once, my pet suddenly became 'well-behaved'. This 'well-behaved' behavior wasn't the kind of well-behaved behavior you learn after being bullied, nor was it that you stopped being naughty. Rather, my pet became more adept at handling them.

Owners who are afraid their pets will be lonely at home and are willing to spend money to let their pets go outside are mostly responsible, gentle, and compassionate; to put it bluntly, they are inherently kind.

They get angry when their furry friends destroy things, but when they wag their tails and come up to them with their favorite toys, few owners can keep a straight face.

The pets then share their favorite foods with their owners, showing consideration for their owners' feelings. They will patiently play games with their owners, even if they seem impatient, and with a touch of indulgence and helplessness, making the owners clearly feel that they are being embraced by their pets.

That feeling of being overwhelmed with gratitude is enough to move countless pet owners to tears.

Therefore, once they've confirmed that their pets are having a great time with the pet walker, they're very willing to spend money to bring joy to their furry friends.

"No wonder kids can outsmart adults," Xiao Ba smacked his lips and exclaimed. "Tomorrow's Saturday, and they're still willing to spend money to hire you."

Rose: "I'll also post one in the pet group and ask them if they want to do a pet team building activity. It costs 500 yuan a day, including two meals for the pets. The address is at the No. 3 Small Farm in the northern suburbs."

The northern suburbs have many farms of all sizes, most of which are close to the mountains and have lush vegetation, providing urban residents with campsites to relax and for their pets to roam.

Renting a small farm for your pets to roam isn't expensive; it's 3,000 yuan a day, and an extra 1,000 yuan includes pick-up and drop-off.

Xiao Ba calculated the number of people responding: "There aren't many people, we'll lose money."

They've always earned real money, never just made a fuss.

Rose: "There's no such thing as starting a business without losing money. Remember to ask Zhuang Yue if she wants to take her little puppy out for a walk."

She developed breast nodules from staying indoors all the time.

Xiao Ba asked in confusion, "Are we going to start a business? Sell the mountains of pet food in the Mustard Seed Space? Didn't we say we were going to be ordinary people?"

Rose raised an eyebrow. "I need to have some say, a place where people listen to me. Outstanding, yet not so outstanding. Alright, you can arrange it."

……

The bookmaker.

Zhuang Yue lay on the bed with Xiao Huang in his arms, and self-torture-like, he used his phone to search for information about the "male lead".

"Ding-dong-"

A new message popped up in the chat software.

She was taken aback. She opened the message and saw that it was an invitation to her—no, an invitation to Xiao Huang—to a pet team-building activity at a farm in the northern suburbs. The sender was Qianqian, the one who had rescued Xiao Huang with her last time.

Zhuang Yue sat up, looking somewhat bewildered at the message, then at the tiny yellow dog in his arms. Pet team building? Wouldn't those pets swallow the dog whole?

She wanted to refuse, but the thought of how lonely Xiao Huang looked, only able to play with toys while she was taking tutoring classes, made her hesitate for a moment before transferring 500 yuan to register.

Since we're going on a team-building trip, we naturally need to make some preparations. She needs to prepare her own clothes, and Xiao Huang's clothes too. If the host's meals aren't included, then she also needs to prepare her own food and consider whether Xiao Huang can eat it...

When you're busy, you don't have much time to think about other things.

……

Saturday.

She took Xiao Huang to the park at the agreed time.

Even without washing up or getting dressed, you have to get up and leave at 7:30 in the morning for the shuttle bus.

This is no different from having a child at home who needs to go to school, and the adults having to get up early to pick them up and drop them off.

There were many people with pets on their leashes standing at the entrance of the park; men and women of different ages were present.

Someone asked Zhuang Yue, "Are you also going to Farm No. 3?"

Zhuang Yue nodded, his gaze sweeping over the people waiting there, and asked incredulously, "Are you all like this?"

"Yes."

"We rarely get a break on weekends, and if I don't want to stay at home, I might as well spend some money to take the kids out to play. There's a car to pick them up and drop them off, which is quite convenient."

"I heard that there are camping spots nearby, and the air is fresh."

"The arrangements were quite thoughtful. They told us in advance what we needed to bring and when and where to wait for pick-up. We didn't have to worry about anything else."

The group of people chattered amongst themselves, attracting curious glances from passersby.

"The car is here."

A bus was parked on the side of the road.

A girl held a sign for Farm No. 3 high in one hand and a megaphone in the other, announcing, "Go to Farm No. 3 in the North Suburbs to board the bus. Go to Farm No. 3 in the North Suburbs to board the bus..."

The loudspeaker repeats the notification.

Zhuang Yue boarded the bus with the crowd.

The girl holding the sign said to them, "Those of you getting on the bus, please sign in in the group chat."

Some older pet owners weren't very good at using their phones, so the young people sitting next to them would help them out, and they would chat about their pets, and the conversation went quite well.

Once everyone has arrived, the vehicle starts moving.

"It feels quite novel."

Looking at the scenery rushing past the window, everyone in the car was filled with anticipation for the trip.

……

At 9:15 a.m., the car arrived at the drop-off point in the suburbs.

"Saturday, no traffic jams or red lights along the way, you guys had an incredibly smooth day," the girl leading the farm group exclaimed as she led the group off the bus.

This trip was the smoothest she'd ever taken so many customers; nothing unexpected happened along the way, and the customers were easy to get along with.

Several elderly people in the group nodded. "Indeed, when we used to come to the suburbs to dig for wild vegetables, we would leave at around 7 a.m., but we couldn't get here until after 9 a.m."

"Wow, that's a very auspicious day."

The furry kids were very well-behaved, obediently following the adults and only looking at their new surroundings with curious eyes.

At this time, most of the tourists who came were still on their way, or the people staying overnight had not yet woken up. The girl leading the group said, "If we can make sure that the children can be called back, we can let them explore the surrounding environment."

This was what her boss, who hired her part-time, said, although she didn't know why he was so sure the animals would behave and gather at Farm No. 3.

Upon hearing this, Zhuang Yue and the others suddenly realized that they had been very well-behaved along the way and hadn't caused any trouble at all.

It's not that they were looking for trouble, but they felt the travel experience was so good that it surprised them.

As soon as the leash was released, the furry kids rushed out, sniffing here and there, running around and having fun, yet staying close to each other.

Some children stayed still, and once they saw the adults walk away, they sprinted after them.

Everyone thought their child was the best, but they were also generous with their praise for the other children. The children listened with their heads held high and their faces beaming with pride.

The adults felt their hearts melt at the sight, took out their phones and became photographers, snapping pictures from all angles, and were overwhelmed by the children's cuteness.

……