novelraw Chapter 202
Chapter 202
Chapter 202: For You, I Won’t Do Anything （4.3K）
Wuqi: The target is moving forward…
Wuqi: The target has entered the attack range. Do you want to strike?
Wuqi: The target has entered a blind spot. I can’t get into the disinfection room, over.
A series of vibration messages came from the phone. Xia Li stopped typing, picked up the phone, and glanced at it.
I have to say, buying this phone watch for Wuqi was really putting it to good use.
Not only can it be used to easily obtain intelligence using Wuqi’s identity, but it is also convenient for one person and one cat to communicate anytime, anywhere.
This guy is simply a top spy.
If it were placed internationally, a cat-shaped biological tracker like Wuqi would probably shock the world.
Holding his phone and turning it around a couple of times, Xia Li looked at it for a while before he understood the composition of the picture. The cat’s perspective is very strange. He is clearly only thirty centimeters tall, a shorty, but because of the cat’s nature of liking to jump to high places, Wuqi’s perspective is all from a bird’s-eye view.
That pet hospital has a wall full of cat climbing frames, and Wuqi is standing on the top of the cat climbing frame. His furry arm blocks half of the lens, leaving only a small picture for Xia Li to play spot the difference.
…After all, it was a photo taken by a cat, so you can’t ask for too much in all aspects.
In the corner of the picture, the short little dragon was wearing a neat bun with red butterfly hair clips on both sides, and her small face looked round from the top of her head down.
The pale pink work clothes made her look a bit serious, but it was hard to hide the vigor in the young girl’s behavior.
From a cute and naive look, she has become super cute with a bit of a working woman style.
Lucia in the photo, sometimes prepares potions, sometimes walks around with a folder, occasionally squats down to tease a puppy, and then scares the puppy away with its tail between its legs.
Xia Li looked at these pictures, the corners of his mouth curled up like hooks.
Wife, like, hehe…
“Slurp, slurp~”
Wuqi: Friendly reminder.
Wuqi: There are more bacteria on the phone screen than on the toilet.
Wuqi: Don’t lick the screen.
Summer Dawn: ?
Summer Dawn: I wouldn’t do that.
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When Xia Li went to pick up Lucia from work in the afternoon, the pet hospital was bustling with activity.
A dozen or so people were standing together, and the little dragon from Xia Li’s family was surrounded by humans.
She pursed her lips as if smiling, but in the end, her small face was flushed pink like a peach, and her lips, which she couldn’t hold back, were also concave into a small ‘v’ shape.
OvO
As Xia Li, who had been “spoiled” by Wuqi in advance, was not in a hurry at all, he sat quietly on the chair and waited.
“Thank you so much, Dr. Little Lu…”
“You’re practically a miracle worker!”
“I had already given up hope, but I didn’t expect that it could actually be saved… This child has been with me for fifteen years. I raised it the year I finished high school, and now my son is eight years old. It can be said that it has witnessed half of my life… If it just drowned like this, I really don’t know what to do… Woo…”
A woman with her hair permed into lamb wool curls was hugging Lucia and crying her heart out. Her body was relatively large, and when she embraced Lucia, it made Lucia’s body look even smaller.
After saying this, the woman took out a pre-made silk banner from her large bag.
The banner read: Wonderful hands and a benevolent heart, saving my dog’s life ━ Presented to Dr. Lucia.
Xia Li looked at the four gilded characters “saving my dog’s life” and held back his laughter for a while.
This is a serious occasion, I can’t laugh, I can’t laugh.
In the afternoon, the cat-shaped reconnaissance plane had sent a preview in advance.
A customer took her dog to a pet shop for a bath. The pet shop was downstairs from the pet hospital where Lucia worked. The two shops were owned by the same boss, so they were considered sister shops.
Since the dog was already fifteen years old, it was already considered a grandpa among dogs, and its body was not very flexible. When taking a bath, it was placed in a small bathtub. The staff was negligent for a while, causing Grandpa Dog to choke on water.
By the time the owner found out, more than ten minutes had passed. The staff, seeing that the situation was not good, hurriedly carried Grandpa Dog upstairs to their own pet hospital for emergency treatment.
But the animal was already old, and its respiratory function was very weak. In addition, the water that choked into its lungs was not clean, and it was mixed with a lot of hair and shower gel.
The doctors at the pet hospital were helpless. After trying various methods to no avail, they could only start discussing compensation with the pet owner.
So the doctor mourned, the pet owner was heartbroken, and the young lady in charge of bathing downstairs at the pet shop cried and wiped the sweat from her face…
In such a chaotic scene, a slender girl came to the emergency room.
Originally, she was a small intern passing by to get a syringe, but she stopped in front of the dying Grandpa Dog.
Then, she just lifted Grandpa Dog’s ankle and shook it.
The water mixed with hair in Grandpa Dog’s nasal cavity flowed all over the floor…
Things are just so magical.
By the time everyone came to their senses, the little intern had already patted her hands and left, leaving behind the cries of the owner who had lost and found her dog in the emergency room.
Therefore, two hours later, the silk banner was delivered.
That is, the scene that appeared in front of Xia Li now.
Xia Li held the stick of a lollipop in his mouth and waited for a long time.
“Little Lu is just here for an internship, it hasn’t even been a month…”
“Her method of treating small animals is like this… Simple and crude. Last time, wasn’t it Grandpa Liu’s parrot that got its neck stuck by a nut? She also lifted the parrot and shook it twice, and the nut fell out.”
“And the time before that, the Labrador that ate the plastic bag was also like this. Originally, they had tried to induce vomiting several times, but the plastic bag couldn’t be vomited out, and it went into the intestines. The owner was ready to do an open abdominal surgery, but Little Lu used some method to take out the plastic bag…”
“Dr. Li said that she used to live in the countryside, and her grandfather was the kind of veterinarian who treated pigs, dogs, and cows, so her methods are very crude. This is commendable, but we are not advised to learn… After all, we may not be able to learn it, and pet parents may not be able to accept it.”
Listening to the discussions of several staff members around him, Xia Li took a sip of his lollipop and smiled.
Sigh.
Maybe it’s not bad to be a kept man?
Isn’t Lucia a proper miracle doctor?
Now that she has made a name for herself in this pet hospital, wouldn’t there be a steady stream of customers when Xia Li opens his own shop…
You don’t even need to do any publicity.
At that time, just hang Lucia’s name on the door, and there will be an endless stream of people coming to see a doctor.
Rounding it up, this can be considered a kind of being a kept man.
“Xia Li, I, I, I’m done…”
Clutching the red silk banner in her hand, Lucia’s small face was flushed.
She was just a small intern and didn’t have her own office here. Strictly speaking, she wasn’t even a formal employee. Therefore, according to the attending physician, she could do whatever she wanted with the silk banner.
Lucia was thin-skinned and felt embarrassed to hang it on the wall, so she chose to take it home.
“Not bad, Dr. Lu, you’re quite popular.”
Xia Li glanced at her and chuckled teasingly.
Lucia didn’t want to laugh with him. She secretly glanced at her colleagues who were all dealing with customers, then raised her small hand, pulled the lollipop out of Xia Li’s mouth, and stuffed it into her own.
“Hmph…”
“Hmph, I’ll settle the score with you when we get back for secretly using magic.” Xia Li also sneered.
“…”
The evil dragon was deflated, feeling guilty, and didn’t dare to speak.
“Thank you, thank you so much, Dr. Lu.”
Before leaving, the woman with the lamb wool curls was still thanking Lucia profusely.
She was holding the old white-haired dog in her arms, her eyes red from crying. It could be seen that this pet was almost as important to her as her family.
“You’re welcome, it’s what I should do…”
Lucia blushed again after being praised, and her voice became sticky as she bit on the lollipop.
“Dr. Lu, do you have a business card? My dog is old, and if there are any problems in the future, I want to find you…”
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The woman with the lamb wool curls smiled and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes. Her Grandpa Dog, as if sensing her owner’s mood, stuck out his tongue and licked her face in comfort.
“I…”
Lucia was about to politely refuse, but Xia Li interrupted her first.
“She’s an intern, she doesn’t have a business card.”
“Is that so… Her medical skills are so superb, why is she still an intern? This hospital is really something, they don’t value truly skilled doctors, it’s such a waste of talent.”
“She’s a fresh graduate, it’s normal to be an intern.”
Xia Li didn’t know if the woman opposite him was flattering him or really thought so. He smiled in response, then took out his phone and actively opened the QR code.
“Sis, why don’t you add me as a friend? If you need any help in the future, you can contact me.”
“Is that so…”
The woman with the lamb wool curls took a deep look at Xia Li, probably guessing that this was a way to attract customers.
Since the man in front of her had lowered his voice, it was obvious that this kind of customer attraction was not for this hospital.
However, it was indeed a waste of talent for a doctor with such superb skills to be stuck here as an intern.
Considering that her pet dog was indeed very old and might need it in the future, the woman took out her phone and scanned Xia Li’s QR code to add him as a friend.
“Are you husband and wife?” she asked casually.
“I, I…”
“Yes, we are.”
Xia Li secretly squeezed Lucia’s small hand, signaling her not to speak.
Lucia held the orange-flavored lollipop in her mouth and lowered her head slightly.
Now even her earlobes were flushed red.
“Okay, I’ll contact you if anything comes up… Thank you, Dr. Lu.”
Before leaving, the woman thanked her again, and Xia Li waved goodbye to her.
“We, we’re not…”
After the person had walked away, Lucia held the candy in her mouth and wanted to say something, but hesitated.
It would be embarrassing for a dragon to say these things…
Also, also husband and wife…
This position and identity were too high for her.
She had just gotten used to the identity of a girlfriend not long ago.
Suddenly remembering that Xia Li had confessed in front of the toilet before, asking her to be his wife, Lucia buried her already lowered head further.
Who wants to be the hero’s wife…
She won’t!
“Why do you have to explain it so clearly? I’m laying the foundation for future business, understand?
She trusts you so much now. If I make the relationship between us sound more intimate, she will trust me even more…”
Xia Li paused, hiding the smile at the corner of his mouth, and said, “Moreover, the husband and wife relationship… Isn’t it coming soon? I’m just giving you a heads-up.”
“No way!!”
Lucia was very awkward about this.
To her, this matter was like the reverse scales on a dragon’s body. If Xia Li poked it, she would loudly refute it.
The stinky dragon entered the elevator without looking back, Xia Li followed with a playful smile, and behind them was a cat shadow that came and went without a trace.
“What’s that on Wuqi?”
Lucia looked down and saw the strange device on Wuqi’s arm.
She recognized the watch, but she didn’t know why a cat would carry such a thing with it.
Thinking of how this cat had been following her to and from work every day recently, Lucia felt… There must be something fishy going on.
“Meow…”
Wuqi didn’t dare to speak.
Facing Sister Dragon’s question, he didn’t even dare to lie, let alone stand on the same front as Brother Xia.
“About you using magic…” Xia Li changed the subject and said with a serious face.
“Logically speaking, I should stop you. After all, no matter what kind of animal it is, its life is not as important as yours. You shouldn’t expose yourself to unknown dangers for anything.”
“I know…”
Speaking of this, Lucia’s tone became timid and soft.
Before entering society, she and Xia Li had made an agreement that she would never use magic outside.
But now, she had broken her promise.
And more than once.
“I only used some very small magic… It’s not even magic. It’s just like when I bought ice cream last time and made it levitate. I just used magic power to move the position of some things.”
Lucia whispered, “This kind of magic doesn’t consume much magic power, and it’s hard for humans to detect…”
“That’s true,” Xia Li said.
“But, if you often walk by the river, how can you not get your shoes wet? If you often do this, there will always be one or two times when someone will notice something.”
“Moreover,” Xia Li paused and added, “people’s hearts are sinister, especially in the workplace environment, which is very complicated. I can’t guarantee that all your colleagues in this store are kind. If you meet someone who is not convinced by you and really wants to harm you, it’s hard to say.”
“…I know that.” Lucia lowered her head again.
The lollipop in her mouth had already melted, and she took the empty stick in her hand and squeezed it.
“If anyone suspects you, I will immediately take you away, move, and leave Qingcheng City overnight.”
Xia Li started the car and looked back at Lucia.
The car was silent for a while.
Lucia squeezed the small stick, the smile on her face had calmed down.
“Meow…”
Wuqi, who was sitting in the back seat, couldn’t stand it anymore and spoke.
『The situation was really urgent at the time, so don’t blame Sister Dragon, she has already minimized her presence…』
“Meow, meow.”
『If it were you, if you saw a dying animal and a crying owner, you would definitely lend a hand… After all, that’s your personality. 』
Wuqi’s tone was very certain.
It was not without reason that Xia Li could become the hero of another world.
After a period of contact, Wuqi knew very well that he understood Xia Li’s personality.
If Xia Li had been there, he would probably have done even better than Sister Dragon.
“If it were before, I would choose to lend a helping hand to the lives around me that need help. But now, I won’t…”
I don’t know if Xia Li was saying this to Lucia or answering Wuqi’s question.
He turned his body sideways, looked at Lucia, and even his tone became serious.
“…Nothing is more important than her safety.”
“What I’m most afraid of now is taking a wrong step, so I’m being very careful with every step.”
After finishing speaking, Xia Li turned his head and said to Wuqi behind him:
“It’s probably hard for you to understand this feeling of loving someone cautiously. It’s not that kind of humble love, but a kind of love that is afraid of losing something if you take a wrong step. I feel very happy now, so ‘maintaining the status quo’ is the only thing I want to do.”