"Excuse me, how do you get to Changping Mountain Park?"
On the way to the Changping Mountain Pet Paradise, Yu Xueqing walked with stumbling steps, especially when she came to a fork in the road, where she looked completely confused.
She couldn’t find the route to Changping Mountain Pet Paradise on the map.
Although Yu Xueqing hadn’t kept a pet before, she went to the Changping Pet Paradise last summer with her best friend from high school.
She had a great time petting dogs and exotic pets in the park.
Just the day before yesterday, Yu Xueqing was asking about her high school sister’s stories about Changping Mountain Pet Paradise.
The pet paradise hadn’t closed down, and business was still thriving.
But Yu Xueqing couldn’t find the location on any navigation, maps, or review apps.
Helpless, Yu Xueqing had to stop at the fork in the road, holding her little fox to ask for directions.
"Moo——"
The big water buffalo in the field, hearing Yu Xueqing’s hopeful inquiry, seemed to be in deep thought, and then tilted its head to the left.
"Go left? Thank you, Mr. Buffalo."
Yu Xueqing got the answer she wanted and excitedly got back into the car to drive down the left road.
Ansheng’s eyes twitched slightly. He couldn’t help but say:
"Ah Qing... can’t we just stay at the intersection a bit longer and ask a proper person for directions?"
Even though Ansheng knew that Yu Xueqing’s mind seemed to have some extra feature allowing her to communicate with animals and send images to them.
Ansheng still felt that asking animals for directions was extremely radical and the work of Reversed Celestial Spirits.
Ansheng wasn’t afraid of getting lost, but Yu Xueqing’s small car was just a Wuling grocery cart.
Although it claimed a range of 170, that was under perfect conditions.
Ah Qing’s car could run 150, and Ansheng would thank heaven, earth, and the cyber Buddha for that.
Ansheng had never pushed an electric car before, and he didn’t particularly want to experience it.
"Have some confidence in me! They won’t trick me!"
Yu Xueqing heard the worry in Ansheng’s grumbling and confidently said:
"Look, isn’t those signboards pointing to Changping Mountain Pet Paradise?"
The car was driving on the road, and there’s a signboard on the roadside pointing to the pet paradise.
Yu Xueqing pointed it out to Ansheng, signaling to her little fox to look at the sign, proving she wasn’t lying.
"Ah Qing... since when did cities require pet foxes to be so knowledgeable?"
Ansheng glanced out the car window and quipped.
"Only this fox knows how to read. Asking other foxes to read signs isn’t fair to them."
...
The small car continued for five kilometers, and finally, the destination appeared before the human and the fox.
Changping Mountain Pet Paradise was built against the mountain, located somewhat remotely near the river bank, yet the entrance was decorated like a typical amusement park.
There was a parking lot near the entrance, with roughly a hundred spaces, but nearing ten o’clock, only about twenty cars were parked there.
Changping Mountain Pet Paradise.
It wasn’t as bustling and prosperous as Ah Qing previously mentioned; in Ansheng’s view, it even seemed a bit desolate.
[Fishing Prohibited!]
[Fishing Prohibited!]
[Fishing Prohibited!]
Walking up to the ticket booth, red-lettered warnings adorned the glass window.
"Miss, why does this place feel..." Yu Xueqing was no longer as enthusiastic as before, and upon seeing the warning signs by the ticket booth, an inexplicable chill surged in her heart.
The girl, lounging in the ticket booth, quickly snapped out from her gaming trance to greet the newcomer with a smile:
"Hello, how may I assist you?"
"We are newly renovated at Changping Pet Paradise, and tickets initially priced at 130 are now only 80. This includes a pet grooming session, two hours of playtime, and an additional 80-value snack package."
"This is our new renovation promo package."
"So it’s a newly renovated opening!"
Yu Xueqing looked as if she had an epiphany and said, "I was wondering why it seemed less lively than before..."
"And the signs on the window....."
The ticket lady sighed and explained, "No harm in telling you directly. Changping Mountain Pet Paradise really had no plans to renovate."
"But a while ago, there was a group of fishers claiming they caught something huge in the mountain ahead, resulting in a van’s group of eight losing three members, killed by the fish."
"One was dragged into the river, and the other two drowned while trying to save him."
"The Security Bureau sealed the mountain for days to search for the bodies and capture the fish in the river. It’s rumored to be someone’s foreign release, which can grow up to 1.8 meters and weigh nearly 100 pounds."
The ticket lady explained with a tinge of resignation, "Anyway, business was slow, and the facilities were a bit old, so the boss decided to renovate."
"With the pets like the exotic ones you keep, you know how destructive they can be."
"Especially foxes; they get so excited, rub their belly, and they act like they’re going to fly, crazy enough to want to bite everything they see."
"We just reopened two days ago, and navigation maps and apps like Maps and Review haven’t put up anything yet."
"High excitement levels in foxes?"
Yu Xueqing looked puzzled, picking up the little fox and pinching its round belly gently.
Ansheng rolled his eyes, raised his paw, and pressed against Yu Xueqing’s hand, gesturing for her to be more stable.
Yu Xueqing: "......."
Fox’s excitement level isn’t even high!
Apart from the high charisma, its favorite thing to do is roll its eyes.
"Well... alright! Let me buy a ticket."
Yu Xueqing pondered and thought that since they were already there, they couldn’t possibly head back empty-handed.
In Changping Mountain Pet Paradise, in addition to guests bringing their own pets, the park also housed a large variety of pets for three main reasons.
To play with, eat with, and laugh with the visitors.
Guests could freely pet them, but if they wanted to feed the little gas cylinders, they’d need to buy snacks from the pet paradise, as bringing their own was not allowed.
After stamping Ansheng’s little rear, the ticket lady reminded them with slight concern:
"The paradise is by the mountains and water, and many fishers used to buy tickets to fish here."
"I need to confirm again: you’re not carrying any fishing gear, right?"
"I don’t fish!" Yu Xueqing shook her head.
"Well then, have a nice time." The ticket lady greeted them with a smile.
"Squeak squeak squeak?"
Ansheng looked bewildered, glancing at the blue stamp on his small rear.
Why are they stamping my butt for quarantine?
Isn’t Ah Qing the one who bought the ticket? Shouldn’t they stamp her hand instead?
Then Ansheng suddenly realized something was off.
In the pet paradise, it’s the little pets coming to play that need tickets.
Yu Xueqing was just accompanying him.
So the stamp on him seemed reasonable?
"Hello, please come here for inspection."
Entering Changping Mountain Pet Paradise, Ansheng and Yu Xueqing were immediately called over by a female staff member.
The Changping Pet Paradise had been in operation for many years and had a very well-established entry procedure.
Pets had to undergo a small check-up before playing.
"Squeak?"
Seeing the cotton swabs and test strips on the table, Ansheng’s pupils shrank into a face full of disbelief and horror:
"Oh no! I paid to enter the amusement park! Now you want to prick my fingers and my rear?"
"Don’t come over! Watch out, or I’ll reverse celestial spirits you with a cotton swab to your own rear!"
Ansheng quickly crawled behind Yu Xueqing.