Sarah complained in a soft voice, “Did you see that? That homeless man comes to my cafe everyday and sleeps on the floor all day long after ordering a cup of coffee. No matter what I do, he won’t leave.”
As she spoke, the unhygienic homeless man hugged the cats next to him and blissfully rubbed his face on their fur, revealing a sinister smile. He smelled their fur as if he was on drugs before lying on the ground like a dead dog. However, the cats seemed to fancy him and gathered around him.
“Ugh…” Sophia responded. “How disgusting. You should call the police.”
Sarah shook her head. “I’ve called them a few times, but they can’t do anything about him as he’s suffering from a mental illness.” Sure enough, there’s something wrong with his mind. One of the cats is sitting on his face with its butthole on his nostrils yet he has no reaction.
Sarah sighed. “Forget it. He’s actually quite pitiful.”
“The police informed me that his parents died in an accident when he was just a student and his relatives had absconded all of their assets. Three years ago, his wife died in a difficult labor and his child only survived in the incubator for two days in the hospital before passing away as well. Two years ago, his younger sister committed suicide by jumping from a building after she fell out of love. While he was busy dealing with her funeral, his cat, which he reared for eight years, ate three of his hamsters that had been around for three years. The cat even choked to death! The dog, which he had for around ten years, was taken away by someone else after it ran outside. When he asked for it, the person ignored him and threw it down from ten floors in front of him. Since then, he was completely traumatized. Geez…”
A dumbfounded Sophia paused before replying, “What a miserable life that he has!”
Everyone suffered in the world—and there were many reasons for the pain everyone experienced.
However, his entire family died, causing him to be alone—no one could handle such a trauma.
“However, it’s not the way out for him to be like that everyday.” Sophia frowned. “It’s affecting your business!”
Sarah also looked troubled. “I don’t have any other way. He’s obsessed with the cats and here on a daily basis for close to a month. No matter what I do, he won’t budge.”
Sarah was amazed by what she saw. The police can’t do anything about it, so how did the man leave after a few words from Sophia?
Sophia replied vindictively, “Didn’t you say that he loves cats? I merely told him that he’s unhygienic, so he might cause the cats to suffer from illnesses. He immediately left.”
Sarah was speechless upon hearing that.
Plum Technology was finally on track. Since Michael was not at home, Sophia had a lot of time on her hands to deal with her business. She often visited Sarah’s cat cafe to discuss their idea of luxury brands for pets.
What she did not expect was to see the homeless man again the next time she visited the store, but his appearance had changed—he washed and tied his long hair while keeping his beard, looking like an educated man. He did not look old; he resembled someone in his thirties.
He had a clean face and he wore different clothes—he was in the cafe staff’s uniform as he delivered orders, moved the items around, and cleaned the floor.
“Hey.” Sophia was shocked. “Did you hire him?”
Sarah explained, “After he left the last time, he returned the next day with a clean look. He even said that by being clean, he won’t spread any disease to the cats anymore. Since he’s rather tall and muscular with nowhere else to go to, I hired him as the cafe’s security guard. After all, everyone else in the cafe is a girl, so he will be responsible for the duties that require more strength. On top of that, he still knows how to take care of the cats. Once we close for the day, he’ll remain to look after them and sleep in the storage room.”
Sophia was still shocked upon hearing that. So, he’s really a homeless man who loves cats.
However, he was not in good spirits—he’ll be stroking the cats in a daze most of the time, but no matter what, he still looked better than before.
“Hey, you guys are here!”
While Sophia chatted with Sarah, Stanley entered the cafe with Judge in tow.
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