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I don't know if it's because the temperature in the suburbs is lower in autumn, or because the cage is relatively open, Xi Yan feels a little cold.

After Zhong Qin brought everyone in through the iron gate, because he had to make some introductions, it was not easy to follow Xi Yan to the end of the team.

So Zhong Qin stretched out his hand and patted the pocket on Xi Yan's back waist, signaling him to follow him: "Let's go."

Xi Yan's legs did not have their own opinions throughout the whole process, and he stayed around Zhong Qin very obediently.

Zhong Qin raised his eyebrows, feeling more and more that Xi Yan was like a puppy.

Yan Yue saw the cat in No. [-] house at a glance: "The cat and the dog live separately, is the cat's cage right here?"

Zhong Qin nodded: "All the cats in the base are in No. [-] and No. [-] houses, with screen windows and screen doors installed. There are seventeen cats now."

Lu Yaoyao asked, "Huh? There aren't too many cats, are they?"

Zhong Qin explained: "Stray cats have strong survivability, and human society is more tolerant of stray cats. There are stray cats in many communities and schools, but they will drive away stray dogs. The cats in the base are either sick and their owners don't want them. The ones that were killed, abused, or some abandoned cubs."

Chen Xing touched the arms of Lu Yaoyao and Yan Yue: "Look, there is also a cat climbing frame."

"Well, although it's not that exquisite and beautiful, everything you need will be available." Zhong Qin said, "There is a kennel at the back. Regardless of cats and dogs, disabled and healthy ones, the base will keep them separately."

Everyone followed Zhong Qin's line of sight and saw a sick cat through the screen door of No. [-] cattery.

The cat is all black, and it is not conspicuous on the dark gray concrete floor. Only by looking closely can you find that its right front paw is deformed, a section longer than the left front paw, and it seems to have no fingers. It can only walk when curled up, and it moves. A little lame.

But it seems to be used to it. Apart from its unattractive posture, it is as agile as ordinary cats.

Yan Jialang suddenly frowned and pointed to the bottom of the cat climbing frame in No. [-] cattery: "Then, that other..."

Zhong Qin paused: "The tail was cut off."

Li Wenrui and Ding Xuan cursed in a low voice almost at the same time.

Xi Yan pursed his lips and did not speak.

Going forward is the kennel.Instead of screen doors, the kennels are replaced by narrowly spaced iron bars.

The first few rooms are okay. Although those dogs are not as beautiful as the breed dogs, they are more energetic. When they see Zhong Qin from a distance, they will bark a few times, and then try to push their dog mouths out from the gaps in the fence, paws It also stretched out and planed on the ground.

When Zhong Qin approached, they would stand up, their black front paws resting on the fence, as if they wanted to touch Zhong Qin's hand.

Zhong Qinhui smiled faintly, bent down, then squeezed their paws without distaste, then reached out to lick them, and said, "Greedy, I don't have anything to eat right now."

Xi Yan suddenly thought inappropriately...how could this person be so gentle to dogs than to himself!

The young students even saw a little sense of fatherly kindness and filial piety between Zhong Qin and the puppies.

——As for Xi Yan's expression, it is as if he is the one who loves the most and has the most temper among the brothers and sisters.

Ding Xuan: "...Old Li."

Li Wenrui: "... I heard it."

Ding Xuan: "...Oh."

Although the younger students also wanted to reach out to pet the dog, but because Zhong Qin didn't say yes, they politely didn't move.

But everyone is itchy in their hearts, and the earth dog is also very cute!

——But when they continued to walk to the kennel below, this happy and lively mood... became more and more heavy.

The number of cages is limited, and the area can only be built larger because of the sparsely populated suburbs and the low rent. Even so, it is really difficult to afford more.

There are seven or eight dogs living in a ten-square-meter kennel at the same time. From No. [-] onwards, all dogs with disabilities or personality defects are accommodated.

Some saw Zhong Qin and subconsciously wanted to say hello, but when they saw so many people, they immediately ran away with their tails between their legs.

Some react violently, they will face the person directly but back away, the front half of the body is lowered, and there is a warning sound in the throat, showing an extremely tense defensive posture.

There are limbs missing.

Those with skin diseases.

Some are mottled and covered with scald marks that are difficult to fade away.

Teeth were pulled out.

And being dug out of both eyes by...

Their appearance is quite different from the "cute and well-behaved" commonly used to define pets, and they even look terrifying, making people unbearable and afraid to take a second look.

However, when Zhong Qin looked at them, there was no difference in his expression.

He still just quietly walked to the iron fence, squatted down, put his clean hands through the gap of the slightly rusted railing, and spread his palms towards them huddled in the corner.

Zhong Qin waited patiently.

one, two...

They hesitated in place, turned their heads twice, and finally three or four of them approached Zhong Qin's hand slowly, and gently rubbed Zhong Qin's palm with their wet noses.

After showing everyone around all the cages, Zhong Qin said: "Most of the base's shelters are here. The cubs that need to be taken care of are not here. I will take them to the hospital to take care of them. Some special wild animals except cats and dogs If it is discovered by us, we will contact the relevant departments to deal with it."

Xi Yan was taken aback when he heard the words, and raised his eyes to look at Zhong Qin——

Zhong Qin nodded slightly towards him.

Xi Yan instantly understood that the bean buns, bean paste and egg yolk all come from here.

After that... Will you send it back in the future?

Zhong Qin seemed to have guessed what Xi Yan was thinking, and said: "The base has a project to adopt instead of buying. From time to time, people will come to visit and pick out suitable and favorite cats and dogs to take away. We sent them away during the summer vacation before school started. A few cats, cats are relatively easy to find owners."

"The cats and dogs sent away will return visits, and this part of the work is also done by volunteers."

The cubs that have recovered from illness and have recovered from illness and those that look cute have the opportunity to be taken out of the cage, and they will have owners who really love them and a real home.

Only the handicapped, the unapproachable, remain forever in this dark gray world.

Zhong Qin, Hu Xue, and volunteers will be their only support and protection.

Xi Yan stared blankly at the "old, weak, sick and disabled" in the cage, not knowing which vortex of memories he was dragged into.

Zhong Qin didn't look at Xi Yan, but put his palm on Xi Yan's back calmly.

After a while, he seemed to feel that this was not enough to appease the man's emotions, so he moved his hand up a little, hid it under the hood of the sweater, and pinched Xi Yan's neck through the material.

The skin on the neck that was greeted back and forth by the autumn wind warmed up.

Inexplicably, Xi Yan felt that he had won a little tenderness from Zhong Qin from cats and dogs.

It was the first time to see the "old, weak, sick and disabled" gathered together in such a concentrated manner. Not only Xi Yan, but also the younger students felt a little depressed.

Zhong Qin's gaze swept across the crowd: "This is probably the case. Next, I will talk about your work."

His voice sounded extremely calm, and Xi Yan knew that not only did he see a lot of "old, weak, sick and disabled", but he must also be used to such expressions of volunteers.

As soon as they talked about their volunteer work, Yan Jialang took a deep breath and began to cheer everyone up: "We are here to help today, not to cause trouble, cheer up, and give these cats and dogs a helping hand." Do your part!"

Everyone nodded, Yinghe said:

"Yes, cheer up and do something real."

"Brother Zhong, assign tasks!"

"We will do our best!"

Zhong Qin hummed: "I'll make a long story short. You were picked up by Hu Xue, but I know something about 'love is not homeless'. The temperature is falling in autumn. Today, a batch of donated materials received was sent to the base. There are old clothes and quilts. Use these to build them nests to keep them warm for the winter."

"But I don't know when the things will come. Before that, I will clean the cages and count the number of shelters. I need to pay attention to the physical condition of the cats and dogs in each cage. If there are any abnormalities, I will summarize them."

"Okay, no problem," Yan Jialang nodded on behalf of everyone, "When shall we start?"

Zhong Qin thought for a while and said: "On the premise of protecting yourself, you can walk the dogs in No. [-], [-], and [-]. The dog leashes are hung at the door. There are two groups of people for dog walking and cleaning, and the three kennels take turns. Division of labor. Now follow me to the bathroom to wash our hands, put on shoe covers, gloves and masks, and we can start."

After finishing speaking, Zhong Qin looked at the three girls again: "You..."

Lu Yaoyao understood his worry, and immediately patted his chest to assure:

"Heavenly, don't worry, the three of us are not afraid of getting dirty or tired, but we are afraid that the puppy will have no place to sleep!"

Celestial Immortal Zhong Qin: "...um."

Xi Yan, this annoying spirit, said something about him behind his back.

When Zhong Qin was talking to them, he didn't let go of the hand that was pinching Xi Yan's neck.After arranging tasks for other students, he looked at Xi Yan who hadn't spoken for a long time, and lowered his voice alone: ​​"What about you?"

Xi Yan sniffed, and said in a muffled voice, "...Can I follow you? Wherever you go, I will go wherever I want."

Zhong Qin saw that he was not in a good mood, so he joked casually: "If I go back to the office, will you also rest with me?"

Xi Yan glared at him, and said fiercely: "I want to pick up shit with you! Let's do it!"

Zhong Qin raised the corner of his mouth.

It's a bit fierce, but at least he's energetic.

When everyone put on shoe covers, gloves and masks, Hu Xue came late, accompanied by an aunt who looked very capable.

Hu Xue said: "Ah Qin! I'm here, I'm here, I'll just take them. Brother Guang asked you to pick up things at the door, remember to count them!"

Zhong Qin agreed, and then nodded to his aunt: "Aunt Zhang, you have worked hard today too."

When Xi Yan followed Zhong Qin to call people, he was always very smooth: "Hello, Aunt Zhang."

Aunt Zhang waved her hands and said with a smile: "Hello, hello, it's nothing hard. Isn't it because so many children came to help?"

"Well," Zhong Qin said to Hu Xue again, "then you go, if you need anything, talk to Yan Jialang, the fat one, his monitor."

"Okay," Hu Xueshun put his hand on Xi Yan's shoulder, "Let's go——huh?"

Before Xi Yan was led by Hu Xue to take half a step, Zhong Qin grabbed his elbow and dragged him back, saying to Hu Xue, "He followed me."

The two left Hu Xue without looking back.

Hu Xue: "..."

Is there any little classmate who knows the inside story to tell him if Ah Qin is showing signs of puppy love? !

There was no one else around, and Zhong Qin and Xi Yan talked about things in a more detailed manner: "Aunt Zhang and Uncle Security are a couple, hired by the base, and the salary is not high. The old couple has no children and usually lives in the base , take care of people and take care of cats and dogs, they are all kind-hearted people.”

"Good-hearted people," Xi Yan praised, and asked again, "But there are only so few people in such a big base? Are you usually busy?"

"No," Zhong Qin replied, "There are a few others who have been helping for a long time like Hu Xue. They are all friends of Brother Guang. They only come when they have something to do. Just leave one person in the office to arrange volunteers."

Xi Yan paused, and asked, "Brother Guang..."

Zhong Qin led Xi Yan to the gate of the base, and replied, "He is the person in charge of the base. He set up the rescue center by himself. Now there are a few friends working with him."

Xi Yan was surprised for a moment, and called out to the good guy: "I know why he lost money, good guy, there are so many mouths waiting to eat."

Xi Yan not only knew why Yue Guang lost money, but also why Zhong Qin was so proficient in picking up dogs.

Where are the retrieved dogs raised, why are some of them fostered in the hospital... These stories about Zhong Qin, Xi Yan watched as a series, and each episode was almost complete.

Xi Yan asked: "What about you? Was Brother Guang called to help?"

"Well," Zhong Qin paused for a moment, and then said, "He had a bad quarrel with his original partner, and he came to me because he was really busy."

Xi Yanchi questioned: "You just entered the first year of high school this year, right? Then you were still a junior high school kid when Brother Guang called you here! You will be the person in charge, will anyone listen to what you say? Look at that Hu Xue... ... Huh? Hu Xue seems to listen to you quite a bit? Why?"

"Although he wasn't considered the person in charge at the time, no one really listened to him at first." Zhong Qin smiled lightly, "Later, we went out together to save stray dogs twice, and it was fine."

Xi Yan blinked: "Zhong Qin."

Zhong Qin looked back at him: "Huh?"

Xi Yan tentatively took a step towards Zhong Qin's private area with his tiny legs: "I want to hear you talk about yourself, anything is fine, I want to hear everything."