The Veterinarian (1v1) (H) - 3
Chapter 3 - Incredible Dream
Shen An lives on Hutong Street.
The house is old with neighbors
from his grandfather's generation. He parked his motorcycle in the garage, said
hello to the old men and women who came downstairs to take out the garbage, and
then went up to the second floor.
The house is a three-bedroom
house with a large space. Apart from some dampness on cloudy days, the house is great.
He went to his grandfather's room
to read some medical books, then closed the door and came out. He then played
some single player games on the sofa in the living room.
Messages kept coming in on his
phone. He quit the game and clicked on WeChat with 99+ messages. Many of them
were women who had been to the clinic. They sent him messages asking if he
wanted to come out to eat together.
He receives dozens of messages
like this every day.
The latest one was from a woman in the club with whom he played badminton for half an hour last night.
The woman said: [Sorry, I have something to do
today. 】
For Shen An, whether she comes to
play or not was none of his business. There’s no need to apologize to him.
Shen An knew that she just wanted
him to reply, even one word, but he didn't.
The other party was obviously
unwilling to give up and asked: [Are you going back? I worked overtime tonight
and I just came back. I haven’t eaten yet. Have you eaten? 】
Shen An looked through the chat
history. He had added her two months ago when he first joined the club. She
would send one or two messages every day, saying things like "You look so
handsome playing today", "Wow, you can definitely play at a pro
level", "Great game!", and "Shen An, your name sounds very nice."
Shen An also replied
"Hello" when the other party greeted him for the first time, but
other than that, he never replied again.
The other party sent another
message: [I heard that you’re a veterinarian. Where’s your clinic? My friend's
cat was sick and he asked me if there was a clinic I would recommend. 】
After Shen An sent the address,
he closed the phone interface. He stood on the balcony, watered the plants, and
leaned on the railing to light a cigarette.
There was a pot of flowers that
had dried up in the sun. When he moved into the living room, he thought of the
girl he saw at the door of the clinic at noon for no reason.
Isn't it hot when she's dressed
like that?
He raised his eyebrows slightly,
and poured a lot of water into the flower pot with the watering can in his
hand.
Because of the incident during
the day, he had an bizarre dream that night. He saw the girl in black on the
balcony, and he poured water on her head with a watering can.
When the alarm clock rang, he
realized that he had had an extremely ridiculous dream, and he smiled, which
rarely happens.
At seven o'clock in the morning,
he went to the clinic with breakfast. Miao Zhanpeng was so sleepy that he had
fallen asleep on the sofa. Tan Yuanyuan was wiping the table and mopping the
floor.
Shen An walked to the front desk
and looked through last night's duty records.
"Brother An, there was a
call last night, a pregnant cow went in labor and needed assistance in the delivery
of the calf..." Tan Yuanyuan said and laughed, "When Brother Zhanpeng
told me about it, I laughed so hard."
Seeing Shen An's expressionless face, she stopped laughing, coughed lightly and said, "...that's not funny at all."
There were two appointments for
sterilization this morning, and one for a follow up check-up. After Shen An finished
flipping through the pages, he entered the office and put on a white coat. He
came out and patted Miao Zhanpeng on the shoulder, "You can go home and sleep."
"Ah, I'm sorry." Miao
Zhanpeng jumped up reflexively and rubbed his face, "I just wanted to take
a nap."
"Leave after
breakfast." Shen An pointed at the soy milk buns on the table before
entering the office.
Tan Yuanyuan waited for him to
leave, then said to Miao Zhanpeng, "Brother An seems unhappy today."
"Really?" Miao Zhanpeng
patted his face, trying to wake himself up, "I feel like he's quite happy
today."
Tan Yuanyuan was extremely
surprised, "Huh?"
She was about to ask something when
she saw the person at the door and suddenly shouted into the office at the top
of her lungs, "Brother An! She, she, she, she's here again!"
Miao Zhanpeng looked towards the
door.
A girl dressed in black walked
quickly towards the clinic from a distance, holding a cat in her arms.
Miao Zhanpeng took a closer look
and saw that the cat was covered in blood.
When Shen An came out, the girl
in black had already carried the cat to the door. She was still wearing a
sweater and a beanie, a mask and sunglasses on her face. She lowered her head
and didn't look at anyone, only holding the cat tightly in her arms.
Miao Zhanpeng quickly opened the
door and asked her, "What happened? Tell me briefly."
He wanted to take the cat from
her hand, but saw her step back.
When Shen An came over, he
took a look at the cat lying in the girl's arms and meowing pitifully. It was not
the one from yesterday, but a ragdoll cat*. It was bleeding all over its body
including its mouth. The saliva was mixed with blood and was dripping
down.
"Is this your cat?" Shen
An asked.
Tan Yuanyuan also realized
something, she looked at the girl, Bai Li and said, "Yes, I remember
you brought a little all white cat yesterday."
Bai Li was speechless and just gave the cat to Shen An. Shen An lowered his eyes and looked at her for a
moment, then said to Miao Zhanpeng, "Take the cat for an X-ray exam first."
"Okay." Miao Zhanpeng
went to get medical gloves and put them on before taking the cat from Bai Li.
"Hey, you’re covered in
blood..." Tan Yuanyuan took a wet tissue and handed it to the girl,
"Can you go to the bathroom and wash it off?"
Bai Li lowered her head and took
the wet tissue from her hand, and said in a very soft voice, "...thank
you."
"You're not mute?!" Tan
Yuanyuan was very shocked and covered her mouth apologetically, "I'm
sorry, I thought you..."
Far from being mute
The voice was nice and soft, like
the cat in her arms.
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