All Furries Love Me!! - Chapter 5

Chapter 5: Black Brocade is a bit square

The pen made a rustling sound as it moved across the paper. When he made the last stroke, Ji Xingchun still felt that it was not real.

If the time and place weren’t inappropriate, he would have wanted to pinch himself to confirm whether he was dreaming.

Although what he had signed was only an internship contract, looking at the salary listed in the contract, Ji Xingchun felt like the clouds were clearing and the sun was shining.

Ji Xingchun carefully put away the contract and thought to himself: He must work hard and strive to get a regular job.

At this time, the director was sitting behind his desk, with his hands folded and his chin supported, staring at Ji Xingchun’s movements. Then he suddenly thought of something and said:

“By the way, aren’t you curious about why I am like this?”

Ji Xingchun was stunned for a moment, somewhat unexpectedly, the other party took the initiative to bring up the topic.

It was impossible to not be curious, but the other party was the director after all, and his status was superior…

The director said: “My parents are short, so I naturally can’t grow taller. As for my appearance, I was born with a baby face.”

“Don’t look at me like this. I’m actually over 30 years old and almost 40.”

Well, of course, his age of thirty-something is just the level of a recent adult among bird monsters.

Ji Xingchun: ………

The director looked at Ji Xingchun’s speechless expression and gave him a look that said “believe me, I’m not lying” without any guilt.

Ji Xingchun: …I believe it!

Well, it was definitely not because the way the director tilted his head and looked at him was too adorable…!

Although he was successfully hired, Ji Xingchun is still just an intern. After leaving the director’s office, Hei Jin approached him saying he would introduce him to the content of the job and the precautions.

“You are now our trainee breeder. Your main task every day is to take care of the cubs here. You need to provide them with food and water, play with them and try not to let them get bored.”

Hei Jin closed his mouth after saying this. Ji Xingchun waited for a while and couldn’t help asking, “Then?”

“Then?” Hei Jin gave him a puzzled look.

Ji Xingchun’s tone was a little uncertain: “As an animal keeper, apart from what you said above, is there nothing else to do?”

Hei Jin was silent for a moment: “Other things, I mean…”

Ji Xingchun was silent for a moment, then hesitated and asked, “For example, recording the daily behaviour and health status of animals? And, keeping the living area clean? And deworming and epidemic prevention?”

Hei Jin pushed his glasses up with his hand and covered his slightly twitching mouth with his palm: “…Yes, of course it also includes these tasks.”

His natural tone dispelled Ji Xingchun’s doubts.

However, Hei Jin’s calmness was only on the surface; secretly he was a little nervous.

To put it bluntly, the small cubs in the zoo were all young demons. Even if they were underage, their intelligence level was similar to that of humans. At most, their thoughts and behaviours are relatively childish.

Hei Jin: This is the first time I know that there are so many things to pay attention to when raising small animals.

After all, demons are naturally thick-skinned and tough, so if they accidentally got bumped or bruised, as long as the situation was not too serious, they could be healed with some demonic power.

Most of the people who had seen their recruitment information before had come with the mentality of getting a bargain or trying their luck. Some even felt that they liked animals and had some knowledge about them so they got carried away.

And they basically didn’t last more than a week before quitting the job.

But this time… it seemed that the director had really hired someone who knew what he was doing! What if Ji Xingchun came into contact with those cubs and found something wrong…?

When Hei Jin thought of such a possibility, his eyelids began to twitch wildly. Fortunately, he always had a calm face, so he did not show any abnormal expression on his face.

Turning back, Hei Jin had already changed the task that was originally going to be given to Ji Xingchun, and said, “Since you just arrived and are not familiar with this place, you will only be in charge of Xuebao Er Hao for the time being.”

“Xuebao Er Hao… is that the name of the little snow leopard?” Ji Xingchun was stunned for a moment before reacting. He found it a little funny.

Hei Jin nodded. The demon race is different from humans. When they are young, their names are basically based on their race + number.

Take Xuebao Er Hao for example. He is a leopard demon, and the second among his generation of newborn leopard demon cubs, so he is called Xuebao Er Hao.

And when the cubs grow up, they could choose a name of their own choice.

However, perhaps because most of the demons do not read and have no culture, or perhaps simply to save trouble, most of the demons name themselves in the following style: the colour of the body + a word that they think sounds good…

Although he didn’t want to admit it, Hei Jin himself belonged to the latter…

Ji Xingchun didn’t think there was anything wrong with Hei Jin’s arrangement. After all, he was still an intern, so naturally he would not be given many important tasks at once.

He didn’t know that after he left, Hei Jin immediately found the director and held an emergency meeting.

Facing the nervous Hei Jin, the director patted him on the shoulder and said confidently, “It’s not a big problem. Let me handle it!”

Hei Jin: …I have a bad feeling.

•=•=•

On Ji Xingchun’s first day at work, when he arrived at the gate of the Snow Leopard Park, he met a restless Hei Jin there.

Hei Jin noticed at first glance that Ji Xingchun was carrying a backpack, and couldn’t help but ask, “Why are you carrying such a big bag to work…?”

Ji Xingchun nodded. He had become more familiar with Hei Jin, and was not as reserved as he was at the beginning. He directly opened his backpack to show the other party what was inside:

“Well, these are my college books, all related to zoology. I thought I’d bring them here so I can review them when I have time.”

Hei Jin: ‘…Oh no, this human really looks like a professional.’

Ji Xingchun went to the interior of the park through the employee passage. As soon as he stepped in, he saw a large mass of something flying towards him!

A force of impact suddenly landed on Ji Xingchun’s legs, causing him to stagger a few times and almost fall backwards to the ground. After finally standing firm, he saw clearly the culprit who had “attacked” him.

Xuebao Er Hao was squatting in front of Ji Xingchun. It raised its upper body and placed its two front legs on Ji Xingchun’s legs.

The round leopard eyes were like two sky-blue glass beads, staring at Ji Xingchun intently.

【Human! You are here! Did you bring me anything delicious?】

The little snow leopard “woooo” in a thin voice, and its big tail swung back and forth behind it, which made Ji Xingchun feel itchy.

What was in front of him was clearly a young beast, but looking at its appearance, it was hard for Ji Xingchun not to mistake it for a big cat that loved to behave in a coquettish manner.

Although he knew that the other party didn’t understand, Ji Xingchun still subconsciously comforted him: “Don’t worry, wait for me to clean up and then I’ll bring you food…”

Xuebao Er Hao blinked his eyes and squatted obediently in the same place, but his eyes were still on Ji Xingchun, moving around as the latter moved.

Ji Xingchun took out a broom and dustpan to clean up briefly, but soon he found that not only was the place very clean, but even the air smelled exceptionally fresh.

People who often come into contact with animals know that even the most clean creatures will inevitably have some smell.

Even if it doesn’t stink, it often can’t be said to smell good.

And here… Everything was so clean that it didn’t look like any animals had lived here.

Ji Xingchun looked around for a long time, and finally stood there holding a bitten rubber ball toy, feeling as if he had drawn his sword. Then, he looked around in confusion.