Chapter 141: I’m So Pissed Off I Could Die!

Xu Qingzhou had already planned her strategy. After leaving the restaurant, she navigated directly to a pet supply store according to the map. She remembered that this shop was cheap.

It was also affordable, and most importantly, it was close to her home.

She was familiar with this pet supply store.

But she was a total road idiot. Whenever she went somewhere unfamiliar, she had to use navigation.

If she didn’t open navigation…

She would easily get lost.

“Hello, I need some cat canned food and hairball paste or whatever. Could you recommend something?”

The store manager was a girl whom she knew.

Two years ago, when she bought cat food, it had been at this same pet supply store.

She hadn’t had much money back then.

The store manager had given her a 25% discount and even thrown in two packs of cat treats.

The two of them became WeChat friends.

She hadn’t come back in the past two years; she’d almost forgotten about this pet supply store.

“Qingzhou?”

The store manager spotted her too.

She never imagined she’d see her again two years later.

The first time they’d met had been at night, when the other woman had just gotten off her motorcycle.

In that instant when she removed her helmet and her hair cascaded freely, the store manager had heard her own heart pounding.

“Hi, how’ve you been lately?”

“Not bad. For the cat canned food, I’ll give it to you at wholesale price. Still feeding those stray cats?”

The store manager turned and walked toward the warehouse.

She took out some premium cat food cans that had just arrived.

She planned to sell them to Xu Qingzhou at the cheapest price.

She’d originally thought Xu Qingzhou would come back to buy cat food multiple times, giving her an excuse to chat.

She also knew Xu Qingzhou was single now—from her Moments posts.

She checked them every day.

She’d been planning to confess, but then Xu Qingzhou suddenly stopped coming.

She hadn’t felt right reaching out to her.

“Not anymore. Work’s too busy now; I don’t have time to feed them. That stray cat got picked up by my friend. She’s going out of town for training these next few days, so she left the cat with me. It’s been a week, and all the cat food and stuff she gave me is gone, so I came to buy some and settle the difference with her when she gets back.”

“Also, I haven’t come to your store in two years—sorry about that. How much is this? You can rip me off a bit; it’s fine. I have money now, not like before when I was broke. Charge me extra if you want.”

Xu Qingzhou scanned the code.

“This’ll be a hundred bucks for you. I told you, as long as you buy from me, it’s wholesale price. I don’t make much anyway. It’s rare that you still remember my little pet supply store.”

“What are you saying? How could I forget? A store manager as pretty as you leaves a deep impression.”

“Then you… do you have…”

“Money’s transferred. I’m heading out.”

Xu Qingzhou left directly.

The store manager saw that, where she’d been standing, there was a pack of cat treats weighing down two hundred yuan in cash.

And a sticky note.

Don’t take a loss. Like I said, you can rip me off a bit.

Some things don’t need to be said; I know.

But isn’t being friends even better?

She understood—Xu Qingzhou wasn’t interested in her.

For these two years, she’d had a secret crush on her. Since it couldn’t become anything more…

Then fine, just like she said.

Being friends wasn’t bad either.

How could Xu Qingzhou not know her feelings?

That was precisely why, after realizing them, she stopped buying from her store.

Of course, that was one of the reasons.

She opened navigation and strolled slowly toward home.

Today had been stop-and-go rain, leaving the ground slick and wet.

She’d brought an umbrella ahead of time.

So she wouldn’t end up a drowned rat when it poured.

Rain started falling from the sky again.

She glanced at the cat canned food and small bag of cat food she’d bought.

Just thinking of Xie An made her teeth itch with anger.

When the hell was she coming back? Did she know this cat was delaying her from making money?

To come home every day and feed Tangyuan cat food…

She’d completely changed her schedule—from staying up all night and sleeping in…

To going to bed early and still not getting up.

It meant she couldn’t oversee some nighttime projects anymore.

How much money had she lost?

When Xie An came to pick up the cat, she was definitely demanding lost wages.

Plus the cost of the cat food.

What was wrong with ripping her off a bit?

They were ex-girlfriends; couldn’t she rip her off even then?

Besides, Xie An was the one in the wrong, wasn’t she?

She’d only brought three days’ worth of essentials; she’d been buying everything for the rest.

If she didn’t come back soon, that gold pendant around Tangyuan’s neck wouldn’t be safe.

After walking half an hour, she reached the apartment entrance.

Just as she was about to head up, she saw a figure squatting nearby.

The person was completely drenched.

On a rainy day, instead of finding shelter or running home…

Did this person have a screw loose, or did she need help?

“Miss, what’s wrong?”

When the woman turned her head, Xu Qingzhou let out a startled cry.

“Xie An? Why are you here? No, why are you standing in the rain? Are you an idiot? No, even an idiot would run home in the rain. You don’t even know to go home—you’re really missing a few marbles. What are you standing there for? Gonna catch a cold? Hurry up and come with me! Don’t you know you have dubbing work to do?!”

Xu Qingzhou felt like she had two heads and four arms from frustration.

One after another, none of them let her have peace. Seriously.

Fortunately, she’d planned the progress for this audio drama, so it was still within expectations.

Could she take back what she’d thought earlier about this person being pretty clever?

Now she seemed worse than an idiot.

“I wanted to come to your place to take Tangyuan home, but I didn’t know the exact address, so I waited outside for you to get back.”

Xu Qingzhou was so furious she could spit fire. Though when Xie An had turned her head…

That instant had looked just like when Tangyuan, back as a stray, had gazed at her with those wet, dripping eyes.

She really couldn’t bring herself to yell at her.

“You… you… you… argh, forget it—you might as well piss me off to death!”

Xu Qingzhou stepped into the elevator and saw her still standing there dazed.

The more she looked, the angrier she got. Did she think she was still in her early twenties?

Didn’t this person have a super strict schedule?

Back when they’d just started dating, Xie An had a bit of a neat freak streak and would tidy up after her messy habits.

Even without her abruptly breaking up…

Just their lifestyles alone would’ve led to fights and a split eventually.

“Get in here, quick! Look at you, soaked to the bone—doesn’t it feel awful? As a doctor, are you deliberately trying to get sick so you can take leave from me later? Let me tell you, dream on. Even if your voice shreds to pieces today, I’ll drag you there. You can’t skip the recording.”

Xu Qingzhou grumbled as she opened the door.

Tangyuan was sprawled on the sofa, practically starved into a cat jerky.

Hearing noise at the entryway, it quickly stood and trotted toward the door.

It saw the two of them entering one after the other.

Xu Qingzhou grabbed a pair of slippers from the shoe cabinet and crouched in front of Xie An to change her shoes.

“Lift your foot! Hurry up.”

“Oh.”