Chapter 4: Mother Song's Advice

Chapter 4: Mother Song's Advice

"Song Tiantian, you could repeat a year and retake the college entrance exam."

"Mom, although our family isn't poor, we aren't rich either. Besides, Song Jiaojiao got into a key university, and there are so many places where she'll need money. Didn't she say she needs money to buy pets? In the future, professions related to pets will definitely be a hot industry. It's good for me to stay here."

"Tiantian, do you know how many people have died at the Qingshan Pet Center? Why do you think they recruit middle schoolers and high schoolers and even provide permanent positions with such good benefits?"

"What good benefits? For the first three months here, there's no salary; it's just room and board. What college student could endure such a miserable life? It's only because I want to gain knowledge that I'm willing to stay here."

Song Tiantian said this, but her heart skipped a beat.

When she rushed in, it was dangerous. She wasn't even sure herself. She had thought that since she was young, in good health, liked exercising, and had practiced martial arts, she could just use pet food to shield herself and then run when the time came.

The people at the Pet Center certainly wouldn't be able to stop her.

There was danger, but if she didn't take a gamble, there would be no chance.

Yet that Dr. Bai had agreed instantly, his gaze and tone showing not a single ripple of emotion; he was very calm.

"Tiantian, your Uncle Wang's son went there last month and died this month. Although they gave a million yuan in compensation, how can money be more important than a life!"

Mother Song let out a heavy, earnest sigh.

By now, Song Tiantian was already searching for information about the Qingshan Pet Center online.

Previously, she had only searched for how to care for pets and some basic pet common sense.

There was a lot of negative news about the Qingshan Pet Center online.

The most famous was the "Dragon Fruit Incident," where a pet was beaten until its mouth was full of blood, looking like a dragon fruit.

There were also various videos of staff members abusing pets.

Song Tiantian paused, closed the search page, and said to Mother Song over the phone, "If what they say online is true, this Pet Center would have changed owners long ago, and the law enforcement team wouldn't have let them off. How could it still be operating?

I'm very busy, and I have to work tomorrow!"

Song Tiantian hung up the phone and didn't say anything more, but from the other end of the line, Song Jiaojiao's voice faintly drifted through: "Mom, is Sister back? That Qingshan Pet Center is a hell that eats people without spitting out the bones."

Song Jiaojiao had never been kind to her; she would absolutely never consider Song Tiantian's feelings.

That medicine could actually kill a person; the original owner had been poisoned to death just like that.

She had survived by luck, and not only did Song Jiaojiao show no remorse, she actively targeted her.

If the Qingshan Pet Center truly had problems, how could there be so many people interviewing?

Song Jiaojiao—she had originally intended to let her off the hook for the sake of the original host, but she hadn't expected Song Jiaojiao to actually try to target her.

Song Tiantian looked at the bank card she had just obtained in her palm. There was already 100,000 yuan deposited in it. Everything else was hollow; only money was real. This was the truth she had realized after being a worker for a long time.

Song Tiantian didn't sleep all night, spending the entire night practicing the beast-taming cultivation technique given by the system.

Only strength could better protect oneself.

The employee apartments were inside the Pet Center. The center was much larger than Song Tiantian had imagined; there was even an artificial park inside, specifically designed for pets to play in.

Being locked up in a house for a long time would cause depression in pets.

On her first day of work, Bai Jing took Song Tiantian to carefully tour the pets in the center. Currently, there were nearly several hundred pets here, which was quite a lot for a small place like Qingshan County.

The cheapest pets were around a hundred thousand yuan; these generally had little contractual value.

For example, low-level sprites, besides collecting nectar like bees and tending to flowers and plants, were basically of little use. A gardener could possess similar abilities themselves, and since sprites were very small, the number of plants they could care for was limited.

Even the relatively low-level Iron-Eating Beasts cost a million yuan each. The reason was that Iron-Eating Beasts ate iron chunks, making them perfect for working in recycling stations.

Furthermore, Iron-Eating Beasts were very strong and possessed certain combat capabilities.

But the most popular were things like Snowfield Lions; they were beautiful, powerful, and possessed supernatural strength.

To contract a Snowfield Lion, it would cost at least tens of millions.

Song Tiantian actually quite liked that Snowfield Lion, but unfortunately, it was too expensive.

Working was actually quite easy and relaxed overall. She only needed to follow Dr. Bai to record the data of these pets, and there was no overtime.

Dr. Bai conducted research every day. Those studies were somewhat complex, and Song Tiantian's knowledge wasn't sufficient to understand them, nor did those data points require her to record them.

As for caring for the pets, there were specialized keepers.

Seeing the name tag on Song Tiantian's chest, they knew her identity and were very polite to her.

It was only now that Song Tiantian realized Dr. Bai actually had over a dozen assistants.

The young man who fetched water for the Snowfield Lion that day was surnamed Jiang, named Jiang Su. It was said he was a graduate student doing advanced studies under Dr. Bai.

He was very idle, just like Song Tiantian; both of them were essentially slackers.

Bai Jing was different; she was extremely busy, even replying to messages while eating.

"Tiantian, you came to work today! I only found out today that you're actually the famous 'Zero-Point Sister' from the internet. You're really too cool, I admire you so much."

Jiang Su was a "silly-sweet" type; there was no malice in his words, but they weren't exactly comfortable to hear either.

She really didn't want to hear that nickname "Zero-Point Sister" ever again.

"By the way, can you help tutor me with my studies? I'm just a high schooler, and there are many things I don't understand. You're a graduate student, so you definitely know more than I do."

Song Tiantian pointed at a piece of documentation and asked Jiang Su.

She could understand the individual characters on the document, but when they were combined, she couldn't make sense of them.

"No problem."

Jiang Su said to Song Tiantian very enthusiastically.

Among the group of assistants around Dr. Bai, they were all striving to win his favor; he was the only one his father had forced upon Dr. Bai.

He was only able to attend his university because his father had donated a research institute to the school.

It was rare to encounter someone even more unskilled than himself, so he was very enthusiastic.

*To not even know such simple common sense, that's just too stupid! But then again, she's just a high schooler, it's normal for her intelligence to be limited.*

A hint of doubt flashed through Jiang Su's mind, but he immediately began the teaching.

Fortunately, Song Tiantian wasn't stupid; she understood things instantly once explained.

He felt it was just that she hadn't studied it before.

"Assistant Song, you should go out and take a look. It seems someone is outside looking for you."

Just as Song Tiantian was learning happily, a girl suddenly ran in and spoke to her.

Song Tiantian frowned. If the person looking for her were friendly, they wouldn't have such an expression.

Although she possessed some of the original host's memories, it was like watching a movie; she actually still had much knowledge she didn't know. She had spent some time self-studying at home previously, but having someone teach her specifically today felt completely different.

Song Tiantian could only follow the girl out first.