Pet King

March came and the weather was getting warmer. It was easier to get up than it was during the winter.

Zhang Zian yawned and stood up on his bed.

He had been busy recently and was running around everywhere. He had to go to the 4S stores and the construction material market to get custom-made aquarium tanks, so he barely had any free time.

He had a lot of things to buy and a lot of things to do. He even went to a specialized company to get the CO2 cylinders for the calcium reactors. Sometimes, as soon as he got home, he suddenly realized something else he had forgotten to buy. Then he would leave home again…

Apart from the purchases, he needed to get a license––a Business and Utilization License for Aquatic Wild Animals. Without it, he would not be allowed to breed or sell aquatic creatures legally.

The license was not easy to get, and, in theory, it would take some processing time. However, as he became famous because of Famous, and after getting a letter from the residents’ committee, he received special treatment from the government agency. The license was issued very quickly.

Now that he had finally received the license, bought the car, fixed the deals on the aquarium tanks, and bought everything else that he needed, he could finally stay at the shop and rest a little.

He stayed busy not only during the day, but also at night. He examined the quality of the bacterial houses and the bottom sand under the microscope, picked the best ones after careful comparison, then sent Wang Qian and Li Kun to drive to the aquarium market the next day to get some more.

On top of the aforementioned responsibilities, he had to take care of the newly purchased corals and help them adapt to the new environment and grow up strong.

Each coral needed different a light intensity and water temperature. Even if two corals required similar growing conditions, he had to be careful in case one of them was more ferocious and could harm the other one…

In addition, he could not get his mind off that ugly coral, which was identified as vase coral.

Ever since he bought it, he had been looking through reference books and materials over and over again. He always felt that it was not vase coral, especially after observing it under the microscope. Some of the detailed structures were different.

Yet, vase corals had many sub-categories. He was not sure if his was one of the rarer ones––after all, in terms of coral breeding, he was only a rookie with more knowledge than experience.

Since he could not be completely certain, he dared not raise the ugly coral as a vase coral. To be safe, he prepared medium current and medium-light settings, set the temperature at 25 degrees Celsius, and fed it with liquid coral food. It might not be the best growing conditions, but it was the most universal one.

Under his attentive care, the ugly coral and the other corals had successfully adapted to their new environment and started growing. The ugly coral was growing slowly in comparison.

Every day, he observed the corals’ growth conditions through a magnifying glass in the tank wall. Maybe he had the hope that it might turn from an ugly duckling into a beautiful swan. He spent 50 yuan on it, after all. Otherwise, it would have been a big loss!

The high-end aquarium equipment shipped from Germany had been really helpful. The technology was amazingly sophisticated.

For example, a light and temperature controller from GHL required a specific controlling software to be installed on the computer. It also needed sophisticated settings in order to function.

Yet, as a result, as long as the settings were correct, it was able to control the light to mimic the different brightness levels of the sun, the fullness of the moon, and the thickness of the clouds. It could even use the bright light for bottom lighting at night to mimic lightning across the sky… It could perfectly mimic the lighting conditions in nature, as well as the day and night temperature changes. There was an automatic alarm when anything unusual was detected. Of course, the price was staggeringly high.

It was worthwhile to spend money on equipment, as the proper tools were key to success. He could save time and increase the survival rate of these precious creatures.

Galaxy heard him getting dressed and woke up, rubbed its cheek with its paws, yawned, then jumped off the baby crib, fully awake. It didn’t want to wake up the other elfins, so it opened its mouth towards him in silence, meaning “good morning.” Then it opened the bedroom door and ran outside excitedly.

“Good morning, Galaxy,” he said in silence.

Normally, Galaxy always went downstairs to play hide-and-seek with the kittens after it woke up. Yet, it seemed to be intrigued by the mysterious marine world lately. It always took a few looks at the corals in the bedroom next door before going downstairs.

To make it more convenient, Zhang Zian put the corals to his parents’ bedroom. First of all, he didn’t have enough space in his own bedroom. Secondly, the corals’ lighting might disturb the elfins trying to rest.

After the corals grew bigger, he would move them into the aquarium. He might also try to breed them.

There was a slight squeak in the basket hammock.

Pi also woke up. It jumped off the hammock, then climbed up the chair to turn on the computer.

It didn’t rush into writing, but instead browsed through some websites first to see what popular novels were published lately. Then it clicked into them to read the beginning. If they were interesting, it would read more.

Ever since it had started writing, it could no longer spend the entire day reading novels as it did in the past. It could only briefly read the beginning, then add it to the collection, hoping that one day it could enjoy reading it when it had free time.

Zhang Zian never asked how much longer it planned to write. If it was writing according to his life, would it last forever? Maybe it would write until the day the website closed down.

One must know that he was confident enough to live 200 years. If heaven would lend him another 500 years, he had 700 years to live in total!

Even if he finally died after 700 years, it could continue writing about his sons, grandsons, great grandsons, great great grandsons, and so on!

Of course, he needed a girlfriend first!

He was neither hermaphrodite, nor was he capable of dividing and duplicating himself.

After getting dressed, he felt that something was off today. Richard was normally grinding its teeth, snoring, or kicking in the morning. Why was it so quiet?

He opened up the little blanket to check. Richard had already left.

Suddenly, something fell on his head.

His vision turned black, as his eyes were covered by something.

What the heck?

He quickly removed the thing on his head. Judging from the feeling of the item, it seemed to be a smooth fabric.

A light blue bikini bottom landed on the bed.

That was odd. Didn’t he put away this bikini bottom?

He looked towards the closet. The door was half open. He seemed to have forgotten to close it last night.

Just then, Richard started shouting on top of his head, “Quack! Get the dress for the drag queen!”