City Life: Morningstar Pet Shop

Chen Xingyang has barely inherited his grandfather's veterinary clinic when he causes a huge blunder by diagnosing a hamster pretending to be dead as having “gone to heaven.” To make matters worse, he's allergic to animal fur, yet spends every day sneezing nonstop as he looks after the clinic's “problem children”: Yunduo, a ragdoll cat who loves rubbing against people's knees; Jiaozi, a Pallas's cat who hides medical equipment; and Captain, a retired search-and-rescue dog who can open doors...

Then one day, a pink mobile grooming van pulls up outside his clinic. Lin Xiaoman bursts into Chen Xingyang's life with her Shiba Inu, Achai. She can soothe dogs' anxiety with pet spas, yet crouches down in fright at the sight of pigeons under the eaves. She smiles as she hands him an allergy-friendly lunch, then turns around and plots a “hamster jailbreak rescue operation” with the animals. When torrential rain floods the old street, they discover that the equipment Jiaozi has been hiding can be pieced together into a drainage device, Yunduo has sorted the medical records by urgency, and the deaf white cat that always appears late at night is pressed tight against the door of a feverish baby's room...

“Fluffy miracles are hidden in every ordinary day.”

From a hamster's botched proposal-ring delivery to cat gymnastics at the pet carnival, from a stray-dog rescue squad to the secret of paw-print specimens, everyone can find their own adorable pet fairy tale in this old alley covered with ginkgo leaves.