In the catmint bar, Fish Ball was lying in the cat bed and grabbing the heap of catmint beside him to suck on it.
In front of him, five to six female cats were staring at him.
Fish Ball laughed, "Why are you guys staring at me like this? You are making me embarrassed."
"Cut the nonsense! When are you going to pay!"
Fish Ball shook his head. "I did not bring money."
"What! You want all this for free? Sisters, peel off his skin!"
"Wait!" Fish Ball raised his paws and shouted, "Although I have no money, my brother has money. He is coming to pay the bills soon."
"Really?"
"Of course he is real. He is stupid but rich. When he is here, just cheat him of his money. Take out everything you have. I know that except for Dust Ball Catmint, you guys smuggled other goods."
"Isn't he your brother?"
"We are just superficial friends. We only sucked catmint together for a few times. Not that close."
…
Yellow Mud asked around and walked up towards the office.
As they walked, Yellow Mud told Milk Tea. "Milk Tea, you have to learn how to earn money yourself. Do things yourself and you won't ever have to ask others for money again."
Milk Tea nodded his head. "Okay." But he still had no idea what Yellow Mud was talking about.
Then, the two cats saw Zhao Yao sitting in the sofa gaming. Yellow Mud pointed to Zhao Yao and said, "Look, Zhao Yao is the boss of Cat Wonderland. You have to find him…"
"I understand!" Milk Tea's eyes lit up and ran off before Yellow Mud could finish his sentence.
"He understood it so fast?" Yellow Mud saw Milk Tea jump onto Zhao Yao's lap and was meowing. He thought to himself. "Is he asking Zhao Yao for a job? What a good boy."
Then, Zhao Yao laughed and gave Milk Tea a hundred dollar bill. Milk Tea held the bill in his mouth and ran over to Yellow Mud happily. He said proudly, "I have earned money! Yellow Mud!"
When he saw Yellow Mud looking confused, he continued, "I understand how to earn money now! I just have to ask Master Zhao!"
Milk Tea explained, "Brother Matcha said that Master Zhao has so much money that he can't spend. If given a chance, I have to keep asking him for money. Since he has so much money then everyone can ask Master Zhao for money and no one will have to go hungry anymore!"
Yellow Mud stood up on his hind legs and grabbed onto his head as he twisted his body around.
He looked at Milk Tea in horror and screamed internally, "Matcha! What have you taught him!" He looked at the little orange cat in front him and thought in horror. "Is another Matcha going to be formed?"
He thought back to the days where he was scavenging with Matcha and the horrors being ordered around.
"Yellow Mud! Are we going to eat?"
Yellow Mud grabbed onto his head and shook it violently.
"No! There can't be another Matcha in the world."
Thinking of this, Yellow Mud told Milk Tea with determination, "Milk Tea, there is no such thing as money that can't be finished. Even if it is Zhao Yao, the amount of money he has is limited. If everyone asks him for money, then he will have no money too. By then, everyone will have to go hungry together."
"What?" Milk Tea recalled the morning when Zhao Yao was swimming around in money and nodded. "It looks limited."
"Thats why…" Yellow Mud raised a paw and stroked Milk Tea's head. "Let's not ask Zhao Yao for money anymore, okay?"
Milk Tea nodded and asked, "What about this one hundred dollars?"
"Give it back to Zhao Yao." Yellow Mud continued, "Then, ask Zhao Yao for a job at the Cat Wonderland. Milk Tea, you have to work to get money okay?"
"Work?" Milk Tea remembered the scene he saw every morning.
…
Matcha would yawn and crawl out from the bed.
Milk Tea will open his sleepy eyes and ask, "Brother Matcha, where are you going?"
"To work." Matcha answered as he looked like he was going to die.
Milk Tea asked, "Why do you have to work everyday?"
Matcha forced his eyes open with his paws and answered Milk Tea seriously. "Working everyday is every strong cat's fate."
…
Milk Tea recalled what Matcha had said and nodded. "I understand! I am going to work!" He turned around and ran towards Zhao Yao, who was on the sofa.
Zhao Yao was scrolling through Cat web on his cell phone.
"Wow, the United States exploded." Zhao Yao looked at the news in shock. He was still in disbelief.
A few hours ago, a nuclear bomb exploded in the air of the United States. Luckily, it exploded high above the ground and that area was deserted. Furthermore, it was a small bomb, hence, it did not result in serious casualties.
Even so, exploding a nuclear bomb in the atmosphere hadimpacted the United States and the entire world.
Now, the entire United States was in chaos. Although the United States government had explained that it was an accident all kinds of gossips leaked. The world's underground gangs and superpower realm went in a frenzy.
"Aye, all the foreigners are so chaotic. It is safer at home."
Zhao Yao felt his thighs sink and he asked without looking. "Why Milk Tea? Is the money not enough?"
Milk Tea placed the hundred dollar bill in Zhao Yao's lap and nudged Zhao Yao in his tummy. "Master Zhao! I don't want money. I want a job! I want to earn money!"
"Hahaha." Zhao Yao laughed and stroked Milk Tea's head in his confusion. "Silly kid…"
He thought to himself,"How much can a job earn? From my experience, if you want to be rich find a big sponsor."
When he was about to say this, Milk Tea started to look likeMatcha.
Zhao Yao thought about it, "Am I favoring Milk Tea too much? Will he end up like Matcha? All he knows is how to ask money from me."
As he thought about it, Zhao Yao's phone rang. He opened and saw Matcha's message.
"Zhao Yao! I am tricked! They tricked me into taking many a lot of catmint. When I was going to pay for the bill then they told me it was in the tens of thousand. If I can't pay up, they won't let me go!"
"Right." Zhao Yao laughed coldly. "Trying to cheat me of my money again"'