In the end, the furball that Logan Bennett pushed out seemed very reluctant, slowly inching its way toward that person.

After returning the pet, that person didn’t stay any longer and turned to leave toward the big lawn.

It wasn’t until that person’s figure disappeared from sight that Logan Bennett finally let out a long sigh of relief, thinking it would be best to come here less often in the future.

On the other side, the person whom Logan Bennett and the others treated like a formidable enemy didn’t pay any attention to the protesting sounds of the furball in his hand. After carrying it out of the woods, he turned back to glance into the trees. He felt that the two cats just now were very special… especially the black one.

Chapter 8: Be Good When You’re Home Alone

Because of that stranger, Ah Huang and the Chief both behaved themselves at home for a few days, while Big Fatty still stuck to his usual style of not coming out unless called. As for Logan Bennett, after agreeing to Little Parker’s request to shoot a cat food commercial, he was taken by Mr. Carter and Mrs. Carter to the “Mingming Ruci” Pet Center for two days of photo shoots.

The first advertisement wasn’t the video commercial Logan Bennett had imagined, but rather a picture story format.

Logan Bennett had always overlooked one thing: at this point in time, online video hadn’t become as popular as it would be ten years later. In fact, many people weren’t optimistic about the future of online video, predicting that its prospects wouldn’t be bright, with some even calling it hopeless.

However, Little Parker didn’t think so. When discussing the contract with Mr. Carter, he said, “The charm of the Internet lies in its ability to turn decay into magic through technological innovation.” This made Logan Bennett see him in a new light. As someone who had lived through it, Logan Bennett knew better than anyone what the Internet would look like in ten years.

Compared to other businesses’ single advertising images, Little Parker’s idea of making his ad into a picture story would be more attractive—even people without pets at home would enjoy looking at it, at the very least increasing brand awareness.

With Logan Bennett there, shooting such a story in pictures didn’t take much effort, and they didn’t even need to use cat food, which made Little Parker very happy. It’s hard to get a cat to make the ideal expression, and the limitations of the times meant that businesses wouldn’t spend much energy on this kind of ad.

This picture story ad would be posted by Little Parker on a pet forum online, and at the same time, it would be published in a print magazine. This was another reason why Little Parker was so eager to have Logan Bennett come shoot the ad. Not long ago, a friend of Little Parker had started a new pet magazine, published monthly, and Little Parker was happy to catch a ride on this opportunity.

Actually, before Logan Bennett came to the pet center, Little Parker had tried other cats, some of which were even rare breeds, but the shooting process and results were… so frustrating it gave him a stomachache.

However, after Logan Bennett arrived, everything went smoothly—every movement and every look didn’t require much coaxing. As a result, Comrade Little Parker’s stomach stopped hurting, they saved on cat food, and he hurried to sign the contract with Mr. Carter.

Since “Pet Love” magazine is a monthly, Logan Bennett only needed to go shoot once a month, which wasn’t a big deal for Logan Bennett. Besides earning a little extra cash, Logan Bennett also saw it as a bit of fun. The funniest part was that the last line of the story pictures had a small note: “Actor: blackC.”

Labeling the pet’s name was a habit of Little Parker and the others, and “blackC” was Mr. Carter’s idea. He didn’t use Logan Bennett’s real cat name directly, which was also a way to protect Logan Bennett.

As for “blackC,” Little Parker also asked about the reason. Mr. Carter explained: black means black, and “C” stands for “carbon” in the periodic table, so…

For the first cat food ad, Little Parker transferred a thousand yuan to the card, and Mrs. Carter said it was much more than expected. A thousand yuan really wasn’t much to the former Logan Bennett, but now it was a rare and generous reward.

Mr. Carter also got Logan Bennett a separate bank card, specifically for depositing advertising fees. Actually, it wasn’t just Logan Bennett; Ryan Carter and Violet Grant each had their own bank cards too, with their New Year’s money and exam rewards deposited inside, and pocket money deducted from there. But for now, all the cards were held by Mr. Carter to prevent them from overspending. This was Mr. Carter’s unique way of educating them.

But what always puzzled Logan Bennett was why Mr. Carter would use this method even for a cat.

Sometimes Logan Bennett really couldn’t figure out what Professor Jiao was thinking, but in any case, after more than three months together, Logan Bennett had come to understand Mr. Carter to some extent—at least he could be sure that Mr. Carter wouldn’t do him any harm. Maybe people who do scientific research are just more open to extraordinary events.

If outsiders knew how Professor Jiao interacted with his own cat, who knows how many eyes would pop out in shock. Even Mrs. Carter, Ryan Carter, and Violet Grant didn’t know that Logan Bennett and Mr. Carter got along this way.

After the ad shoot, Logan Bennett had nothing much to do. After lounging at home for two days, he couldn’t sit still and went out for a walk. This time, he didn’t spot any suspicious people. He went to the big lawn to observe, but didn’t see that person from last time. However, he did see that guinea pig—a little girl not much older than Violet Grant and her mother were watching the furball-like guinea pig move around on the grass. Logan Bennett decided to keep his distance from that mother and daughter in the future, to avoid getting involved with that person again.