Chapter 26 Taking the pinch

As much as it was a relief to comb her fur, Selene restrained herself.

She stopped after only one brush.

After all, she was only grooming the golden now so that it would correlate the sound the button made with the behavior.

Selene pressed the button again.

"Grooming." "Over."

The golden fur turned its head at once, its eyes a very relaxed shape, the corners of its mouth slightly raised, its big fluffy tail wagging around in mid-air, and it just looked happy.

But at the sound of the button, it gave a small "woof", a little disgruntled, as if urging her to continue.

Selene pressed the "Groom, Now" button again before picking up the brush and brushing the Golden again.

It still stopped after one brush.

"Grooming, over."

Selene just looked at the golden fur without making the next move.

She could tell that her brother was enjoying the interaction.

This time she wanted to see if her brother would take the initiative to push that button, driven by the need to groom.

Rowan turned his head to Selene, who was now truly helpless.

How could anyone hold a dog to death as well?

Not to mention that he was a fake dog, even if he was a real dog, he probably wouldn't be able to resist tapping the button now.

The golden hair that was still obediently lying on the ground stood up and wiggled in front of the button and pressed it.

"Groom." "Now, now."

From those two "nows," Selene was able to see how much resentment Dove had in her mind.

More than sighing that the golden retriever is really smart and already understands the meaning of "now", what Selene wants to sigh is that ... It's too cute for a small animal to have small emotions.

She gently patted the Golden Retriever's back and coaxed, "Come on, now comb your hair."

This time Selene didn't intentionally tease the puppy anymore, but intended to seriously comb the furry one in front of her.

What she had just recorded was almost ready to be handed over to Emily, so she could now enjoy jerking the dog around.

Selene wrapped her arms around the golden and placed the combing brush on the dog's head.

The original knotted and messy hair of the golden hair, under Selene's gentle and meticulous care, gradually recovered its previous smooth and silky appearance, shining in the sunlight.

The Golden Hair was probably so comfortable that its eyes were closed, its ears were naturally drooping, its tail was wagging, and only when she brushed its neck or the root of its tail, which were relatively sensitive places, would its ears twitch a few times and then "grunt" twice.

The whole dog was like a piece of melted golden-colored cotton candy, softly sticking to the ground, with a look of "letting others slaughter", which was simply adorable to death.

As Selene brushed her hair, she couldn't resist burying her head into the golden fur and rubbing it a few times, and then she wrapped her arms around the golden fur's head and gave it an affectionate snuggle.

"You're too cute too, brother, or why don't you come to my house and be a puppy for me~"

Rowan was in a daze, half asleep, half awake, but when he opened his eyes, he saw a pair of clear eyes full of smiles.

The long, curly eyelashes fluttered slowly like butterfly wings, and the dark brown pupils reflected the entirety of him.

The temperature of an autumn afternoon is very pleasant, not as cold as winter, not as hot as summer, just so just right, the sunlight flows noiselessly into the window sill, the air in the dull cold and wet dispersed, along with everything in front of them gradually becoming unusually clear and bright.

She touched his nose with the tip of her nose, and he could even feel the warm breath she exhaled, with a little bit of sweet creamy flavor.

Time seemed to freeze at that moment.

He didn't know where to turn his head, he didn't know where to put his paws, and he didn't dare to breathe, he just felt his heart beating extra fast.

For the first time, Rowan realized what it meant to have a "deer in the headlights" as described in literature, and his heart was screaming to jump out of his chest.

But his little flutter was soon shattered by Selene's next words.

"Rowan is really something too, how could he leave such a cute puppy at home, what a hard-hearted man."

Selene sighed helplessly, and shook her head, "Luckily I had quite a good impression of him before, I didn't expect to be so unreliable, not attentive at all, didn't even notice that you changed your fur."

"But our brother is aggravated, or else you should leave home and hang out with me! Sister is better than him, surely she won't let our puppy be aggravated."

Selene didn't see anything wrong with talking badly about the dog's owner to the dog, and since the dog wouldn't tattle on him anyway, Rowan couldn't possibly know about it.

So the more she talked, the more she got excited, and even put on exaggerated rhetorical devices, in her mouth, Rowan was almost transformed into a "dog abuser".

Rowan was forced to listen to the whole thing: ...

He felt he had been wronged.

Selene had no idea how much her harsh words had hurt the innocent geek.

She let go and stood up, walking towards the kitchen, ready to go and heated up a meal for Golden.

Once she was done, Selene skillfully shoved the frozen meat into the microwave to wait for it to thaw.

While waiting for it to thaw, she remembered something.

Couldn't she walk the dog if Rowan couldn't make it back?

But then Selene immediately thought, again, of what Rowan had said, that her brother had gotten used to going out at night.

Maybe it was because of the owner's personality, and her brother wasn't an active dog at all; she didn't think he was quite the same as a lot of dogs, and he probably wouldn't even be happy about trying to take him out to play now.

But at night, she can't! Can't get Faye to help yet ...

Selene turned her head and looked at Golden Fur behind her, and tentatively asked, "Brother, do you want to go out and play now?"

As expected, Golden Hair immediately took a few steps backward, in a completely resistant position.

Well, she respected the dog's wishes.

Thinking of this, Selene also had to take out her cell phone and send a message to Rowan, telling him that she had something to do in the evening, and that the dog walking should still be left to his friend.

Selene then left Rowan's house after putting away her dinner and returned to her own home.

The sun was going down and she had to get ready to turn into a cat.

　　-Selene was ready to change into a cat.

After finishing her meal, Selene went back to the den, to her usual work station, a couch-style cat scratching board, and plopped down on it.

And her tablet sat on a tablet stand off to the side, at the height that was appropriate for her to operate it.

She had a lot to do today.

The first thing was to cut the video she recorded this afternoon, not that she wanted to edit and process it, but to get rid of some unnecessary clips to make it easier for Emily to watch the teaching process.

As for the second half of the video, she was going to cut out the grooming clip separately, for herself to enjoy when she had nothing to do.

Faye passed by and saw an orange cat staring at the flat panel with a smile on its face, and her emotions were mixed: "If you like fluffy, just go look in the mirror."

"How can a cat be cuter than a dog?"

Faye was defiant: "I protest, cats are the cutest, don't suck on dogs, you're not done with your load, come on live."

Selene: ...

It's true, she's a laborer. When she was a human it was mental labor. Now that she's a cat it's even worse, mental and physical labor have to come together.

Who says kitties don't have to work hard! She was surely the most curly cat in the cat world.

"Ugh, here it comes."

The orange cat struggled to get up from the cat scratching board.

Brave kitty, not afraid of hardship.

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The goods Selene is bringing in today are hide-and-eat toys.

The so-called hide-and-seek toys are literally a kind of toy that can hide food, which can satisfy cats' needs for hunting and puzzle at the same time. The most basic type is to set up all kinds of removable baffles on the toy, so that owners can put cat food or freeze-dried food in different compartments, and let the cats push the baffles on the toy by themselves to look for the food.

Petsmart sent her a variety of hidden food toys, from simple to complex. The most complex one is similar to a small maze, setting up a number of traps. It is said that not many cats can successfully find the food from the inside.

She was not the only one who was approached by Pampered Pets to carry these goods, but also many other cute pet hosts.

Selene took a look and found that the way they brought the goods, basically let the pets live to play with this toy. Multi-cat families rely on different cats to react to the toy out of the program effect.

After all, cats have different intelligence and react differently when faced with a hidden food toy, which can produce a lot of interesting clips.

With only one cat, it was clear that this strategy wouldn't work.

But Selene didn't take long to come up with a good idea either.

She decided to take an interactive approach with the viewers, letting them pick the hidden food toys she would challenge, and then opening a few "challenge success" dials, so that the atmosphere of the live broadcast room will not be up?

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As Selene thought, the audience got excited as soon as Faye announced the interactive content of today's broadcast.

[This is how it works? What a novelty!

[I can't believe we're having a lucky draw. It's the first time I've ever wished so much for me!

[Anchor is really good at playing, he even came up with this idea.]

"I'm in the draw!

Faye looked at the prompt window and read, "Congratulations to our 'Taro Brain' for getting the chance to designate this time, may I ask which hidden food toy would you like to designate Orange to play with?"

[Hahahaha I won't give Tangerine a hard time, I'll go with that Christmas tree]

"Look at you. I'd choose the hardest one.

"The Christmas tree one isn't that easy. The top one is a combination of flaps, and my stupid kid can't get it off.

"By the way, do any kittens really know how to play the hardest one?

Yes, Milk Duds from next door can do it. He's very smart.

Gee, I don't know why we're talking about that guy. He stood up for PetSmart the other day.

That's not his problem. After all, he's the one who has to eat. He apologized yesterday.

Speaking of Love Pets, it seems to be getting cold. After being reported, a cat food with excessive aflatoxin was found, and now the product is being recalled and a fine is being imposed.

[... is really black-hearted, it is better to close down].

Faye watched the pop-ups with great interest and didn't forget to turn off the microphone to share the good news with Selene.

It's a shame Selene is still too engrossed in playing with her toys to respond to her.

This kind of hidden food toy is not difficult for Selene, but she deliberately slows down to make herself look less "smart".

Being stupid in humans can be offensive, but being stupid in cats is just called adorable.

Humans are such double standards.

[Laughing, Orange is so cute that he presses the "help" button when he can't do it himself.]

"Just knowing how to use humans makes him a genius among cats.

He can even say thank you. I'm gonna kiss that polite kitten in the mouth.

"I'm going to turn this into an emoticon, so don't yell at me if you're tired.

[Our Orange Treasure is so cute! I'm going to buy one to make things difficult for my baby.

[I thank you for your cat (dog head)]

Half an hour passed in this relaxed and pleasant atmosphere.

Faye got up and opened a can of chicken soup for Selene, so that she could have some soup, take an intermission, and incidentally let the viewers see the cat eat the broadcast.

When Faye got back to her computer, she froze when she saw the pop-up on the screen.

How is it that there are still anchors who want to pk with them in a row?

Faye realized that the anchor who initiated the pk was an old acquaintance.

It's that "Don't Love Paint Cakes" who has been stepping on them before, a big anchor who does the cute pet science track.

What's going on here?

Faye took another look at the pop-ups and realized what was going on.

[What pk? What are you guys talking about?]

[Cake Brother's side is also bringing in a shipment of hidden food toys, and viewers are saying that they want to see Milk Candy and Orange pk to play with that hardest hidden food toy]

Isn't this bullying the cat? Our tangerines are not good at this.

"It's fine, there's no punishment, I want to see it.

"I want to see it too. Milk Candy is my favorite kitten. It's fun to watch them play with toys at the same time.

The audience was so enthusiastic that Faye didn't know how to deal with it. She could only turn off the microphone and turn her head to Selene who was still burying her head in the bowl and drinking soup.

"Sis, so what there's an anchor who sent a PK invitation, should we say yes?"

The orange cat lifted her head after hearing that and left the range of the live camera and walked in the direction of the computer.

Seeing this Faye kicked off the camera's power cord and turned on the microphone, "Sorry, there seems to be a problem with the live streaming equipment over here, I'll adjust it."

Selene found her phone and started typing.

"Which anchor?"

"Just that 'no love for pie', he was in the anchor who scolded you last time, the pop-up said he wanted his cat to play hide-and-seek toys with you, it looks like he's trying to make trouble, either that or reject it."

Selene blinked with a puzzled look.

"What's the point of refusing when someone is sending you heat?"

"Hurry up and connect, if you miss this village, there won't be a store left!"

Faye: "..."

I don't know if it's her illusion, but she always feels that her sister is the one who wants to cause trouble.

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