Seeing that his wife looked strange and insistent, Tim had to put aside the lawn to be mowed for the time being, and followed her into the study.

Lauren's computer is on, and it's a Youtube page. Tim knew she liked to watch funny videos when she was fine, and thought it would be the case again this time - but unfortunately he only guessed half right.

"Look at this. Lauren pulled him to sit down and clicked play.

The upbeat music of "Little Apple" plays, and a group of kittens dance to it.

Tim's eyes widened and he stared at the screen in disbelief, "What's going on?"

Lauren didn't answer, and when she was done, she played it again.

"What do you think?" she asked, smiling.

"Which movie trailer? Please tell me it's a computer special effect. Tim was still staring blankly at the still.

Lauren shook her head, "I thought it was a video that had been edited and recomposed, but it doesn't seem to be, look at this." ”

She switches to another Youtube page to play another video.

The second video is longer. Unlike the previous video, the protagonist and filmer of the second video is a brunette girl, and there are no subtitles, but the point is not this, but the subject is the same as the previous video, all of which are kittens, only one black one missing.

When the video was finished, Lauren said, "The first video was really re-edited, but in my opinion, it was to make the video look compact, and the second video showed no signs of being edited at all." ”

"So?" said Tim shrugged with a smile, "You're going to say that these kittens do do group dances? I've never heard of such a bizarre thing in all our years of running a cattery." ”

"Tim," Lauren said softly, taking his big hand, "always be in awe of what you don't know." ”

Tim's palm was wide and thick, with a rough surface like a bear's paw, and he didn't dare to move when he was held by her little hand.

"Even if it's true, what can it be?" he said hesitantly, glancing at the freeze-frame screen again, "What does it have to do with us? God, this is in China, half a world away. ”

Lauren smiled and said patiently, "I'm wondering, is it possible...... Tell me how the pet shop owner taught the kittens to dance?"

Tim furrowed his eyebrows, "China is so big, and there are so many people, where can I find that shopkeeper?"

"You don't have to worry about that. Lauren let go of his hand and shoved a small note into his palm, "I left a message and asked the two vloggers, the first blogger was a little secretive, and the second blogger said the address very simply. ”

Tim unfolded the small note, and the address on the note was very detailed.

Lauren continued: "In addition, the second blogger admitted that he had nothing to do with the previous blogger and that the video uploaded was not taken by him, but a live video of a Chinese female anchor that he recorded, which he found interesting and uploaded to Youtube on a whim, but he did not expect to attract so much attention. ”

Tim looked at the address on the note several times, looked up and said, "Honey, you mean ......"

"I mean, maybe it's time to go to China. Lauren's eyes were full of longing, "That ancient civilization with a history of thousands of years has always been shrouded in a veil of mystery, and now is the time to lift the veil and get a glimpse of her true face." Don't you want to see for yourself if these dancing kittens really exist?"

Tim grinned and said with a wry smile, "Yes." But my dear, what if we go to China, what will we do with the cattery? There are so many customers who have made appointments to see the cats, should we cancel all these reservations? It will affect our credibility. ”

"Isn't there Alan?" Lauren laughed, "let him look after the house." ”

"He?" Tim listened, more surprised than he saw the kitten dancing, "let him watch the house?

"No, I think that kid is pretty good, it's just that he's so scared of you that he does wrong things in front of you. Give him a chance to be independent, boys always have to be under pressure to grow into men step by step. Lauren's tone was soft, but unrivalled persuasive to Tim.

"Okay, okay. Tim said helplessly, "But have you thought about it, assuming both videos are true, that little-known pet shop owner really has a way to teach a kitten to dance - if I were him, I would keep it a secret, even if I pry my mouth apart, you know what I mean?"

He feared that they would probably run away for nothing, and that the Chinese pet shop owner had no reason to tell them the secret of teaching the kitten to dance.

"You're right, that's what I thought of too. Lauren gestured to the freeze frame on the screen, "But look, what do these kittens in his store have that we have that he doesn't?"

"What do we have and he doesn't?" he froze, following his wife's finger and staring at the screen.

As a professional breeder who has been running a cattery for more than ten years, and has participated in many CFA tours, Tim is well-informed and has a very vicious eye, and it can be seen at a glance that those kittens are very common cat breeds, but there is a new upstart in the cat that is very popular today, the ragdoll cat, as for others such as the Norwegian forest cat, the Bengal leopard cat or the Bombay cat, none of them.

Tim ignores the shocking fact of the kittens' group dance, and when his wife reminds him, he immediately understands what she means - there are no Ragdolls in that pet store, and the blue peak Ragdolls are well-known in the industry.

"You mean ......"

Although he understood, he was still very distressed to let him take out the Ragdoll cat that had been carefully bred for many years in exchange, as if he was going to give his own child to someone else to raise.

"Honey, there's no such thing as a free lunch, you know. "We have to accept the fact that only the cats in this pet store can dance, and we are not the only ones who can provide Ragdolls." Although our cats are good, they are not unique in the industry. If we don't act soon, I'm afraid that this God-given opportunity will be taken by others. ”

The wife has always been right, whether it was the decision to quit her job to run the cattery, or the decision to breed Ragdoll cats from a very early age, she does not personally participate in the daily operation of the cattery, but in the grasp of the general direction, her vision often sees farther than others.

Tim kept his head down, he knew she was right, but his stubborn personality made it impossible for him to make up his mind for a while. He had never been abroad, and he thought that the first time he went abroad was in China, half a world away, in a city he had never heard of, an obscure pet shop. He thought about it, and he was not at all sure about the success or failure of this trip.

Lauren stretched out his hands, cupped his face, looked him in the eye and said, "Honey, after you got married, you still owe me a honeymoon trip, remember? Don't overthink it, think of it as our honeymoon. Can you promise me?"

Tim looked at her for a long time, the years inscribed zigzag wrinkles in the corners of her eyes, but these eyes ...... God testifies that these eyes are as clear as they were when they met, and they remain as beautiful as they did then.

"Okay, I promise. He grinned. He had known for a long time that he would always refuse her request.

"You go book your plane ticket online, and I'......," he said, getting up from his chair and looking through the window at the sun-drenched courtyard, "I'm going to mow this damn lawn first." ”

"Okay. Lauren laughed happily. In his eyes, she will always be a little girl in her prime.

Tim is the kind of person who doesn't decide lightly, but doesn't hesitate once he's made up his mind.

He strode out of the study, stood in the corridor and shouted, "Alan, you stinky boy come here! I'm going to fix you in the next two days, you either quit your job and get out of here, or get ready to go to hell for a walk!"