Super God Pet Shop

Chapter 17 This is a Black Market

"You've put your heart into this," Fan Shangde nodded.

"Not at all, this is what I should do as a grandson." The young man scratched his head and chuckled.

The girl cheerfully carried the box to the side of the living room, then brought out a metal box and beckoned to the Crimson Bird, saying, "Little Fire, come here quickly, all of this is for you."

She opened the box and saw more than a dozen kinds of pet food inside, including flowers, fruits, grasses, and a sealed insect container, all of which were delicacies that birds and animals loved.

Fan Shangde glanced at it twice, then turned to the red pheasant behind him and said, "Little guy, come and see, someone brought you something delicious."

As a mid-level pet, the Crimson Bird was intelligent and had been somewhat uninterested. Only when Fan Shangde spoke did it reluctantly walk over, peek over twice, then turn its head away, its eyes full of laziness, and lie on the ground, completely uninterested.

"Well……"

The girl was somewhat taken aback, not expecting the Crimson Bird to be so uncooperative, unable to muster any appetite despite all the delicious food.

The young man next to him was also stunned, and his expression became somewhat awkward.

Fan Shangde wasn't too surprised. He had fed many of these pet foods to the Crimson Bird before, but none of them had worked.

"Grandpa, is your bird sick of some strange disease?" the girl asked, looking at the red-crowned crane lying lazily on the ground.

Fan Shangde raised an eyebrow. In the past, he would have thought so, but after seeing the Crimson Bird happily eating and flapping around in the pet shop, he felt that it was still a problem with the food.

"It hasn't had much of an appetite lately and doesn't eat much regular food. It should be fine in a while," Fan Shangde said casually, as he walked over and sat down to rest.

The young man beside him glanced at him and seized the opportunity to say, "In that case, Grandpa, why don't you take it with us to the Upper City District? There's the best pet hospital there, and they'll definitely be able to treat its problem. If any problems arise in the future, they can be resolved promptly. It'll be very convenient."

Fan Shangde snorted and said, "I've already said it, I'm staying here and not going anywhere."

The young man's expression changed slightly, and he fell silent for a moment, not saying anything more.

"Grandpa, even if you don't go, you have to think about Xiao Huo. If it keeps starving like this, it won't last more than a few days. You can't just watch it starve to death!" The girl immediately tried to persuade him from another angle.

Upon hearing this, Fan Shangde raised an eyebrow, a hint of smugness in his eyes, and said, "It won't go on a hunger strike. I already took it to buy some good food today. It just refuses to eat the ordinary pet food you brought, but that doesn't mean it won't eat anything else."

Upon hearing this, the young man was speechless. He had brought ordinary pet food? Every single item in this was a very expensive pet food!

"You bought it food?" The girl asked, somewhat surprised, her expression strange. "It eats other pet food?"

"Of course," Fan Shangde said with a smile.

"I don't believe it." Fan Xiaoyu looked doubtful, thinking that this was an excuse that her grandfather had deliberately made up. After all, over the years, her grandfather had used countless strange excuses to avoid living with them in the upper city.

The young man next to him, Fan Yujing, also looked puzzled.

Fan Shangde raised an eyebrow, reached into his pocket, took out a small bottle, unscrewed it, and poured out a pill.

"Come here," Fan Shangde called to the red cinnabar bird.

In fact, the red pheasant had already turned its head when he unscrewed the bottle.

A single fruit is thrown out.

The red-crowned bird immediately opened its beak to catch it and quickly swallowed it.

The siblings were somewhat taken aback by this scene.

Soon, Fan Xiaoyu came to her senses. She was somewhat skeptical. "It must be that the food was on the ground and didn't stimulate Xiao Huo's appetite. I must have been feeding her the wrong way."

After saying that, she took out a few flowers and fruits from the box and called out, "Little Fire, come here."

The red-crowned bird looked over.

A large clump of flowers and fruits hit its face.

Fan Xiaoyu: "..."

Seeing the red-crowned crane with its feathers slightly standing on end, Fan Xiaoyu broke out in a cold sweat and dared not try again.

"Now you believe me, right?" Fan Shangde said with a smug smile.

Fan Xiaoyu looked at him speechlessly, knowing that this opportunity to borrow Xiao Huo was not going to succeed.

"Grandpa, what kind of pet food is this? I've never seen it before. Where did you get it?" Fan Yujing looked closely at the fruit in his hand, somewhat puzzled. He considered himself to be well-traveled and knowledgeable, having fought countless battles outside, but he had never seen such a bird and beast fruit before.

Fan Shangde casually said, "I bought it at a pet shop nearby. It's called something like Yan Zhu Guo."

"Rock Vermilion Fruit?" Fan Xiaoyu pondered the name. With her top-tier knowledge, she couldn't find any relevant information and couldn't help but ask in surprise, "I've never heard of this fruit before. Is it edible? Or is it some kind of bad thing?"

Fan Yujing nodded, "That's right. Some unscrupulous pet shops sell weeds as pet food. This kind of thing is strictly enforced in the Upper City, but it's not so strictly enforced here. Grandpa, don't buy any unknown stuff and hurt Xiao Huo."

"Um?"

Upon hearing their words, Fan Shangde felt a sudden tightness in his chest.

The red pheasant was his treasure, holding extraordinary significance for him; he dared not imagine what would happen if something were to happen to it.

"I don't think so. I bought it from a legitimate pet store; they have a business license." Fan Shangde was a little uneasy, but he maintained a calm expression.

Fan Xiaoyu pondered, "I've heard that some shady shops mix special chemicals into pet food to make it more delicious and appealing to their pets, making them unable to stop eating. If they stop eating, they'll go crazy. But if they eat it for a long time, their pets may eventually die suddenly or something serious might happen."

Fan Shangde was stunned. He had also seen similar reports on television, and his heart clenched immediately.

"That's right, the pet food I brought is basically what fire-type birds and beasts love to eat, but Little Fire didn't even look at it. It's only interested in this one that you gave me, Grandpa. This is too strange." When Fan Yujing heard his sister say this, the honest smile on his face disappeared, replaced by a fierce look.

"By the way, Grandpa, how much did you pay for this?" Fan Xiaoyu suddenly asked.

Fan Shangde was taken aback, and subconsciously said, "1500..."

"Fifteen thousand a bottle?" Fan Xiaoyu was stunned, her pretty face instantly turning icy cold. "This isn't the Upper City area, where can you find pet food this expensive? This is definitely a rip-off!"

"Grandpa, where is this shop? What's its name?" Fan Yujing asked directly.

"Call him Little Rascal..."

(End of this chapter)