Chu Lei couldn't hear what Er Meng said, but Chen Tao heard it clearly.

Of course, Chen Tao knew that Chu Lei wanted to go to and from class with him, but he was simply worried that there would be another accident when he was alone. There is no other reason for any other nonsense.

Because Chu Lei treats him as a good brother, everything wants to be considered for him.

But he also treats Chu Lei as a good buddy, how can he not think about Chu Lei.

"Pigs, we are one world, two brothers. There are many things that don't need to be spoken, and we can understand each other. Chen Tao patted Chu Lei on the shoulder, and continued: "The vocal music department and dance department of our college are not comparable to the other four arts. Would you like to think about changing schools then?"

Chu Lei pursed his thin lips, frowned and stared at Chen Tao's eyes, understood what he meant, sighed softly, and then said with a smile: "Okay." Then I won't follow you to the composition department to fool around, but the same school is certain. Anyway, you're mistaken. I want to learn acting. Although I love dancing and music, I would love to be an actor. As he spoke, he blinked narrowly.

"You like to be paralyzed with a stiff face and cool in front of outsiders all day long, and you actually want to be an actor...... It's just crazy. Chen Tao unabashedly expressed strong contempt for this.

Chu Lei scratched his head and lowered his eyes, "I know it's not difficult for me to enter the entertainment industry at all." But I don't want to rely on my dad, and I don't want to rely on family connections. I just want to use my own strength to play the coolest music, dance the most dazzling dance, play the most dazzling role, and become the most dazzling intercontinental superstar. ”

"Babi, your brother is much more ambitious than you!" Er Meng stared at Chu Lei with straight eyes, and muttered: "It would be nice if he was the master of Ben Meng." Recalling that when Chen Tao first saw it, he directly rejected its invitation, and Er Meng was still resentful.

Chen Tao was indeed a little surprised by Chu Lei's dream. He knows how much Chu Lei loves music and dancing. Chu Lei can get up at five o'clock every morning and go to the Huxin Pavilion to practice singing and dancing. This insistence is not just lip service. But Chu Lei is usually very low-key, and he doesn't show his desire to become a star at all.

But Chen Tao is also very happy about this. Not only for good brothers to have such brilliant dreams, but also for themselves to be more and more clear about the direction of the future. He happily said, "That's good. You focus on the front of the stage, I focus on the background, we two brothers work together, we will definitely be able to hear our voice and see our figure in the whole empire, so that the whole continent will know our works and resound our name. ”

Chu Lei's eyes also lit up, and he nodded in agreement.

Er Meng rolled happily, clenched his little fists and said excitedly: "Babi, when you have the right to sign, we will sign him first!"

"What is that?" Chen Tao asked in his heart.

Er Meng leaned on his shoulder and explained: "That's the permission of production. If you sign a contract with Chu Lei, I will be able to scan out his detailed attribute values. At that time, he won't be able to enter the Dream Space like you, but we can use his stats to help him formulate a training program and development direction. ”

The Dream system also has the function of scanning other people's attribute values, which is really practical.

Just when Chen Tao wanted to ask Ermeng about the signing right again, the driving system reminded them that they were about to arrive at the pet adoption center.

After the two got off the bus at the gate of the pet adoption center, the driving system of the land aviation vehicle automatically searched for a nearby parking space and parked the car.

Chen Tao didn't see Xu Ding at the main entrance of the adoption center, so he went inside and looked around. Still didn't see anyone, so he and Chu Lei found a conspicuous position at the main entrance of the adoption center and waited.

Two handsome, tall boys stood at the gate, which naturally became a landscape. The people around couldn't help but stop and look sideways.

Chu Lei ignored others and asked softly, "Taozi, are you going to adopt a pet?"

"yes. Chen Tao sorted out the folds on his shirt when he was in the car just now, and continued: "I spent a lot of time in the cemetery yesterday. Later, the old man who guarded the cemetery came with his cat in his hand and reminded me that it was time to go. Maybe it's because I fell in love with his cat, so I came to the newsletter today and asked if I would like to adopt his cat. I agreed. And here it goes. ”

"So sloppy?" Chu Lei wondered. He has a golden retriever named Meiniu at home. His mother loved the beautiful girl like her own daughter. It was hard for him to understand how someone could so easily transfer a pet that he had been in his possession for many years to someone else. So, he reminded, "There won't be any problems here, right?"

The Cape Commonwealth has very strict rules for people to adopt pets. Violations of the relevant regulations may result in warnings, penalties, and even court summonses for other judgments.

"Probably not. The old man takes care of his cat very carefully, and he is a cat lover......" Chen Tao said, seeing Xu Ding holding a piece of dough in one hand and a basket in the other, staggering into view.

Ermeng didn't wait for Chen Tao to remind him, so he couldn't wait to fly to the side of the noodles and hugged the fluff on the noodles's neck tightly.

Chen Tao pulled Chu Lei forward and stretched out his hand to help Xu Ding take the noodles so as not to get tired.

Xu Ding shook his head, handed the basket in his hand to Chen Tao, and insisted on holding the noodles.

Chen Tao took the basket. Inside was a ball of black yarn, which was already able to open its eyes, and a pair of large golden eyes took up half of the small face, blinking at itself.

Xu Ding gasped and said slowly: "It's called dumplings." Two weeks old. Just going to go. ”

Chen Tao nodded, and after introducing Chu Lei to Xu Ding as his good friend, he handed over the dumplings and baskets to Chu Lei, and then helped Xu Ding to walk towards the pet adoption center.

There are a lot of people in the adoption center, many of them with pets, strange and bizarre, all kinds of species. Chen Tao even saw someone carrying a breeding box with a ball of white-flour steamed buns shining with electric light all over his body. It has been reported on the platform that it is a new species discovered during the Cape Federation's exploration into outer space and named "Cape 7". However, the most common pets adopted by federal citizens are cats and dogs.

The three of them found a seat in the central hall.

Chen Tao gently stroked the noodles and asked, "Grandpa Xu, is there something urgent at home?" I can take care of the noodles and dumplings for you. Just take them back when you're done with things. ”

The noodles squinted and "meowed", and lay wilted in Xu Ding's arms.

Xu Ding patted the head of the dough piece, shook his head and said, "No." My unruly grandson just lost his job a few days ago and moved in with me. In the past few days, he drank heavily outside every day, and only came home in the middle of the night. If you drink too much, you will make dough sheets to get angry. Last night, he wanted to steal the dumplings and sell them! The noodles were protecting the little dumplings and he was injured again. ”

When Er Meng heard that the dough was injured, she hurriedly circled around the dough sheet, and asked anxiously: "Where is the injury, where is the injury? I don't have any energy at all, isn't it very serious?"

Chen Tao also cared: "Where did the dough piece hurt? It doesn't seem to have any energy." ”

Xu Ding carefully pulled its injured claws from under the dough sheet. The paws are wrapped in a layer of gauze. Xu Ding said distressedly: "The noodles are clever, only the claws are injured." I checked it in the pet hospital just now, and it had some flesh wounds, but no bones. The doctor was afraid that it would hurt and that it would be uncomfortable to bite the gauze with its paws, so he gave it a tranquilizer. ”

Ermeng was relieved, and lay back on the neck of the dough piece, burying her little body in the fluff of the dough sheet.

Chen Tao breathed a sigh of relief, carefully looking at the injured paws of the patch, "Grandpa Xu, what are your plans?"

Xu Ding sighed helplessly: "After all, that's my own grandson." No way. I had to grieve the noodles. I have quit my job at the cemetery, bought a ticket for tomorrow's shuttle, and am ready to return to my hometown in the South Island with my grandson. The noodles and dumplings will be taken care of by you in the future. ”

Chen Tao knew that Xu Ding's mind had been decided, so he had to ask Chu Lei to queue up to get the number, and prepare to go through the relevant procedures for adopting noodles and dumplings.

The procedure for adopting a pet is not complicated. However, in order to prevent people from adopting on a whim and then abandoning them wantonly, the pet adoption law enacted by the Cape Federation clearly stipulates that every pet must be implanted with an identity chip at birth. The chip records the pet owner's information and adoption, and regularly sends the pet's location and vital signs data to the central database through the network.

If the original owner is unable to continue to adopt the pet due to objective reasons, he must go to the adoption center to report the detailed reason for abandonment and sign a declaration of voluntary abandonment of the adoption. The original owner can refer the pet to the center as a new adopter. The person who is referred will act as the first sequence adopter for that pet. The staff of the pet center immediately checks the identity and relevant information of the referee, and if there is no objection, the adoption procedure can be handled on the spot.

Ning Yibing pushed the black frame pressed on the bridge of her nose, then pushed her long hair hanging down to her ear, pressed the caller with her hand, and notified the next group of people to enter the office to go through the formalities.

The person who just walked out of the office with the dog was very reluctant to give up the adoption because the dog was seriously ill and the owner's financial ability was limited and could not afford the high cost of treatment. Ning Yibing sincerely persuaded for a long time, and also helped the person apply for pet medical subsidy allowance, and the owner of the dog finally dispelled the idea of abandoning it.

Ning Yibing looked through the open door of the office, and could see the people waiting for the formalities in the central hall, and sighed softly.

A year ago, she graduated from Teikyo University's Faculty of Law, specializing in the Federal Pet Adoption Act and the Federal Pet Registration Act. After graduating, she was successfully hired by a pet adoption center as a pet adoption coordinator. This year of work has made her deeply understand that many pet owners abandon their pets because of all kinds of reasons or various objective helplessness. She also knows that if she wants to help her pet babies regain the love of their owners, she can't just rely on her passionate sense of justice and overflowing compassion.

Ning Yibing packed up the application materials of the previous pet owner, and watched an old man walk into the office with the support of two young people, her face filled with the gentlest and warmest smile she had made sure she had smiled after practicing in the mirror countless times.

After receiving the "Declaration of Voluntary Abandonment" handed by the old man, Ning Yibing used the instrument to scan the chips on the dough and dumplings, and after checking that their owners were indeed the old man in front of him, he said softly: "Hello, Grandpa Xu." In accordance with the provisions of the Pet Adoption Act, please truthfully and clearly explain the reason for abandonment, and I will make a record of what you said. This process will be filmed by the machine on site, and we ask for your understanding and understanding. ”

Xu Ding nodded heavily, stroked the dough in his arms and slowly told about his situation.

After Xu Ding finished speaking, Ning Yibing had already written down a full page of the situation record. After carefully examining the wound of the dough and scanning the treatment records of the pet hospital, she sighed again. She understands very well that Xu Ding gave up raising noodles and dumplings not because he didn't love them. On the contrary, it was precisely because of his love and protection for the two cats that Xu Ding had to give up his adoption. She couldn't persuade Xu Ding to continue adopting the two cats. What if Xu Ding's grandson drank too much another day and crippled the two cats, or even killed them. But it is even more impossible for Xu Ding to drive her grandson out of the house for the sake of the two cats.

Changing the dough and dumplings to a new owner is indeed the most appropriate way to do it at present.

Ning Yibing verified the situation he had just recorded again, and asked Xu Ding to sign the relevant documents.

Looking at Xu Ding's tears, trying his best to restrain his trembling hands, and signing his name on the explanation of the reason for abandonment and the declaration of voluntary abandonment with difficulty, Ning Yibing's mood was very heavy.

After taking a few deep breaths, she calmed down slightly, and then her eyes fell on the faces of the two young men, slightly stunned. The two boys in front of him are gentle and elegant, the other resolute and cold, and their facial features are as handsome as the stars on the poster. She straightened the hair around her ears and asked, "May I ask which one is planning to adopt Grandpa Xu's two cats?"

"It's me. Chen Tao stood up, handed the "Declaration of Voluntary Adoption" to the girl with black-framed glasses, a beautiful face, and a warm smile, looked down at the work card hanging on the girl's chest, and said with a smile: "Hello Ning." ”

The boy's warm smile made Ning Yibing feel that the whole office seemed to be brighter. She lowered her eyebrows, took the document and looked at it, her slender fingers typing Chen Tao's name on the keyboard.

Soon, Chen Tao's personal information appeared on the screen: his name Chen Tao, age 17, currently studying at the High School Attached to Dijing Academy of Arts, his parents have passed away, and he has been authorized by his guardian to the greatest extent. Economic assessment B+, credit rating A, living environment A-level, no bad records, no pet adoption records, fully meet the adopter's requirements.

Ning Yibing breathed a sigh of relief. Chen Tao's conditions meet the requirements, which means that the two cats can be adopted immediately, and there is no need to temporarily foster them in a pet center, waiting for the long process of being selected and adopted by others.

"Chen Tao, your conditions meet the requirements of pet adopters, and you can immediately go through the adoption procedures for noodles and dumplings. Ning Yibing raised his head, looked at Chen Tao, and said seriously: "But I must remind you that in the next three years, unless you encounter an accident and no longer meet the conditions for adoption, the adoption center will not accept your application for abandonment." You're only 17 years old, but you have to take on the responsibility of caring for and caring for your pets when you adopt them. Are you really sure you're fully prepared to take good care of these two cats in the future?"

Chen Tao looked back at Ning Yibing's eyes firmly, and said without hesitation: "I confirm." ”

Ning Yibing nodded, and comforted Xu Ding, who was sad and sad, "Grandpa Xu, Chen Tao meets the conditions for adoption and agrees to adopt two cats, you can rest assured." ”

Then, Chen Tao also signed his name on the document, and Ning Yibing modified the owner information on the two cat chips. The adoption formalities were completed, and Chen Tao became the new owner of the noodles and dumplings.

After packing up the relevant documents, Chen Tao offered to send Xu Ding back to the cemetery, so that Xu Ding could hug more noodles in the car.

On the way back to the cemetery, Xu Ding hugged the noodles tightly and said sadly: "Noodles, on the first day I adopted you, when I took you home, you may not know how grateful I am to have you with me in the future and let me take care of you...... As you grow up, I learn how to be your master...... You are very disobedient at times. I thought you were naughty and would be angry with you. Later I learned that there was a reason why you were disobedient...... I'm older, so I can't run and play with you, but more often than not, you accompany me...... You're the only one with me...... But I only have one grandchild...... You've always trusted me so much...... But I have betrayed your trust...... I'm sorry, I can't stay with you anymore......".

Xu Ding's silent crying made Chen Tao and Chu Lei can't help but redden.

Er Meng also teary-eyed Xu Ding's words to the noodles one by one.

The big eyes of the dough blinked with tears, he struggled to sit up from Xu Ding's arms, turned his head to look at the dumplings, and looked up at Xu Ding, "meow", stretched out his little paws to cover the tears on Xu Ding's cheeks. This made Xu Ding cry even more.

No matter how slow you drive, there will be an end to the journey.

After the car stopped at the gate of the cemetery, Xu Ding got out of the car with the dough sheet, and stood for a long time in a daze, before finally handing the dough to Chen Tao, and did not even answer Chen Tao's question about the time for him to take the shuttle tomorrow.

Chen Tao and Chu Lei hugged two small black dumplings, watching Xu Dingling's back drift away lonely.