Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

  Zhang Wanguo had already gotten the tools ready. He pretentiously put on a lab coat and disposable rubber gloves, then carefully took off the lids of a few different substances. He took a certain amount from each one with a syringe, and injected them all into a graduated beaker.

  He was serious and focused, revealing a completely different side from his sales rep persona during the day. During the day, he had to kiss up to people in order to sell more pets. But now, he needed to be serious to make a greater profit.

  Real lipolytic injections were expensive and banned in many countries. The Ministry of Health of China hadn’t banned it outright, but it was prohibited to sell the substance used to make the lipolytic injections to individuals. It also wasn’t allowed for unqualified people to privately own the injections. It was in the realms of plastic surgery.

  Love Lovely Pets Breeding Base hadn’t purchased real lipolytic injections, as they were too expensive for them afford. Instead, they’d bought its main ingredients and created the mixture on their own. It worked, even if the proportions weren’t as accurate. They were only getting injected into dogs anyway.

  As he mentioned earlier, with the huge amount of animals in the base, a great number of puppies were born each year. Some of them would always differ in size from the others. Some were bigger than their own kind, while some were smaller. Similarly, some humans could grow to 2 meters tall, while some could only reach 1.5 meters.

  Regardless of those who were 2 or 1.5 meters tall, most of them were neither giants or dwarfs. However, Teacup Puppies actually were dwarfs. Using lipolytic solutions, Zhang Wanguo intended to shrink the ones who were on the smaller size, making them look like dwarfs.

  Zhang Wanguo had worked in the pet business for a long time, and had done some research. The first time he saw normal-sized dogs giving birth to smaller puppies, he thought about breeding Teacup Puppies correctly. This was to wait until the smaller puppies reached maturity, and then to let them breed together in order to give birth to smaller puppies. This was how real Teacup Puppies were bred. It was nothing more than genetics and mutation.

  But after careful consideration, he realized that it was too difficult and time consuming to breed them properly. He had to learn about genetics on his own, spend years or even decades recording and planning the lineage of smaller puppies, and keep trying until consistently smaller Teacup Puppies were being bred.

  He could either succeed in the breeding attempts, or fail. It was more likely that he would fail. Taking human beings as an example, shorter parents could also have children of normal height. It was the same way with dogs.

  Moreover, even if he made up his mind and got the approval from Love Lovely Pets Breeding Base to spend years or decades trying, by the time they successfully bred Teacup Puppies, would they still be popular then? Could they still be sold at high prices? Nobody could guarantee anything. Trends were changing too quickly those days.

  So, he came to a conclusion. Why should he trouble himself? Wouldn’t it be better to make quick cash by injecting lipolytic solutions into small puppies? He didn’t want to be a freaking scientist anyway, and the boss of Love Lovely Pets Breeding Base would never agree to it anyways.

  He had another concern. If he succeeded in breeding the Teacup Puppies, he would soon lose his job. Why would his boss still keep him if he already had the breeding Teacup Puppies in his possession? The end of a hunting game was also the end of the hunting dog’s service.

  He wrote down the amount of each different substance in detail, and calculated the ratio with a calculator. He took out another syringe, and carefully adjusted the dose of each ingredient, until it was as he wanted. Then, he poured all the calculated ingredients into a new beaker and mixed them together.

  He wasn’t sure if he had the real lipolytic mixture. At least it wasn’t for human use. If something went wrong, all he could lose was a little money and one dog.

  He’d gotten the information on counterfeiting Teacup Puppies with lipolytic indirectly from his friends. Then, he’d forwarded the message to his boss to take the credit for himself. Under the support and authorization of his boss, he went through a few attempts, most of which were unsuccessful. However, he was unreasonably confident, and believed that he was getting closer to the correct formula.

  His two sidekicks were sent by his boss to help him. They were actually spying on him to get the correct lipolytic solution formula. Zhang Wanguo knew this. It seemed like he was telling them everything he knew, but during the formulation and calculation process, he intentionally hid the key numbers.

  There was a bigger predator behind the predator. All of the schemes, plots, and secret agendas of the three people were guessed by the knowledgeable and experienced Old Time Tea. It shook its head gently. Although it didn’t know much about business management, it was able to infer the bigger picture from the evidence that the Love Lovely Pets corporation was not internally tightly bonded. The boss was plotting against the employees, and the employees against the boss. It would be fine as long as everything went well. But as soon as something happened, everybody would end up in Splitsville.

  “Old Time Tea, is the security camera working?” Famous asked gently. It couldn’t see its own neck and had to ask Old Time Tea to check it.

  The cat meows were getting louder nearby, but the three people inside weren’t bothered.

  Old Time Tea tilted its head, and saw the green light on the camera around Famous’s neck, indicating that it was working properly.

  “All good,” responded Old Time Tea.

  If somebody happened to see their positions, they would have been frightened. They were both leaning onto the window sill with their two front paws, peering inside, right next to each other.

  “Is this enough evidence?” Famous asked. “They’re being so careful because they can’t let anyone know what they’re doing.”


  Old Time Tea thought about it, and nodded gently. That Zhang Wanguo was making a scene in front of the other two and had emphasized himself how serious it was. It was all heard and recorded by Old Time Tea and Famous. Since it was made illegal by the government to sell and buy the main ingredients of lipolytic solutions individually, it proved that these men were involved in illegal drug business. If this was exposed to the public, it would either end the Love Lovely Pets Breeding Base or cost it a great deal of trouble.

  “What should we do next? Head straight back?” Famous asked tentatively. If the Old Time Tea in front of it was the same one as back in the Imagined World, it would give the answer that Famous was expecting.

  Before Old Time Tea could answer the question, Zhang Wanguo finished preparing the solution, and filled up a syringe to inject the small poodle. He asked the other two to hold it and stop it from moving.

  After the injection, this puppy would either die in a few days, or be shrunk into an expensive Teacup Puppy. There was no third possibility.

  He held up the syringe and was about to inject it, when someone knocked on the door.

  The three men paused, and wondered who would arrive at such a moment. Most of the employees in the breeding base were off of work, and had either returned home or to the dorms. Very few people worked the night shift. Could it be Zheng?