All My Colleagues Are Animals 48p2

Chapter 48 p2

Seeing the human insist, Pei the Red Panda finally sat down in the chair and enjoyed the meticulous service.

Soft fingers moved through her hair, and the warm air blew away the dampness.

Pei Rong lazily closed her eyes and tilted her head back, completely trusting and relaxed with her human, not noticing how much scenery was revealed by the collar of her pajamas.

At first, Ye Qingyu was just focused on drying her beautiful boss’s hair.

As she looked down, a full, white curve would occasionally jump in her peripheral vision, along with two swaying crimson points.

It was so ostentatious and eye-catching that she didn’t react for a moment and glanced curiously.

“!”

The next second, her arm suddenly went weak, and she also accidentally choked while swallowing.

Ye Qingyu quickly turned off the hairdryer and casually placed it on the side.

She bent over, covered her mouth, and coughed until the sky shook, the tips of her ears red as if about to drip blood.

Pei the Red Panda opened her eyes in a daze.

She saw that Ye Qingyu seemed to have been attacked by the hairdryer, and she looked very pitiful.

She immediately stood up and patted her on the back to help her catch her breath. “Are you okay?”

Ye Qingyu shook her head and, as if unintentionally, turned sideways to avoid the woman’s care. “I-I choked on my saliva. I’m going to the kitchen to get a glass of water.”

“Why don’t Boss Pei finish drying your hair yourself, so you don’t catch a cold?”

Pei the Red Panda looked at the human’s back with some worry. She could still hear the sound of light coughing coming from the kitchen.

Ye Qingyu’s right paw was indeed not working well. Even drying her hair had made her so weak.

When the little panda finished drying her hair, Ye Qingyu, having tidied herself up again, had a calm expression on her face.

It was just that her eyes seemed to have been cast under some kind of spell, and she didn’t dare to look in her beautiful boss’s direction for a moment.

“Are you done? Let’s go back to the room and sleep.”

She stared at the sofa on the side.

Pei Rong saw that the red flush on Ye Qingyu’s ear tips had not faded and felt a little self-reproach. “I should take care of you next time.”

Ye Qingyu shook her head and looked at the floor. “It was really just an accident. I just choked suddenly.”

She tried her best to push away a certain lingering image, turned off the living room light, and took the little red panda back to the bedroom.

The bedside lamp was a warm yellow, and a quietness fell over the bed.

Seeing Pei the Red Panda obediently lie down on the bed, Ye Qingyu took out the first aid kit from the drawer.

“I’d like to share some common wound treatment methods with you, if that’s okay?”

She didn’t know how the little beasts, struggling in society, learned human survival skills.

But hearing that Pei the Red Panda only knew to lick her own wounds after getting injured, she felt a little sad.

With the current level of medical care, using saliva to disinfect was only a last resort. Not only was the effect poor, but there was even a risk of aggravating the infection.

Pei the Red Panda blinked her peach blossom eyes. Seeing the human’s gentle eyes in the warm light, she unconsciously nodded.

Ye Qingyu used the wound on the web of her right hand as an example and showed Pei the Red Panda how to disinfect, apply medicine, and bandage it, and also provided an explanation of the corresponding drug knowledge, a full and complete lesson.

“Although I hope you won’t get injured again, if you need it in the future, you can just come to me for help.”

After speaking, she looked up at the silent Pei the Red Panda, wanting to judge if this little beast had mastered it.

But with the matter from just now still on her mind, she only dared to glance at her before quickly looking away.

Pei the Red Panda tapped her chin with her fingertip and quickly asked a sharp question, which caught Teacher Ye a little off guard:

“You just said that that kind of wound medicine can basically heal a small wound overnight.”

“Why did you skip the demonstration and not apply it to yourself?”

“…”

Ye Qingyu’s breath trembled slightly, and she lowered her thick lashes.

The halo of the floor lamp flowed over the tips of her lashes, making them look a little fluffy.

The air fell into a brief silence.

Just as Pei the Red Panda thought she wouldn’t get an answer, she saw Ye Qingyu suddenly look up at her.

In those beautiful eyes, a certain shyness, like a shattered star, sparkled, both restrained and sincere.

“Because you said you would leave when I got better.”

Pei the Red Panda’s peach blossom eyes widened slightly, and for a moment, she forgot to blink.

On this clear and quiet night, they were sitting across from each other on the bed, wearing similar pajamas, so close they could feel the fragrance and warmth of each other’s skin.

The human’s eyes were clearly pure and devout, yet for some reason, they stirred up an invisible and turbulent vortex in her heart, making her limbs go weak.

Her mind was blank, with only one line echoing: she wanted Ye Qingyu to always look at her like this, and only like this.

Seeing her beautiful boss staring at her blankly, her peach blossom eyes seeming to overflow with a moist sheen, Ye Qingyu’s throat moved.

Having just said such straightforward words, laying bare all her bad intentions, she couldn’t help but feel a little apprehensive.

She couldn’t help but lower her eyes and wake up the dazed woman. “Boss Pei? Do… do you think this is too bad of me?”

Pei the Red Panda came back to her senses.

In her muddled thoughts, which she couldn’t fully distinguish, one was very clear: Ye Qingyu really liked her, a little panda.

“No,” she said, lightly licking the tip of her teeth and curling her lips.

She raised a hand to hold the human’s chin and, leaning in, planted a “smack” on that otherworldly face.

She said with pleasure, “This is very cute.”

It was still a very crisp and pure, touch-and-go kiss.

But, dipped in the deep color of the night, soaked in the fragrance of the bedsheets, and lingering in the quiet air, the meaning inexplicably became sticky.

“…”

While the human was dazed, her cheeks flushed red and steam coming out of her head, Pei the Red Panda contentedly lay down and transformed into a fluffy little red panda.

She did a somersault and poked the human with a paw. “Ye Qingyu, turn off the lights and go to sleep.”

Ye Qingyu’s stagnant pupils focused, and she saw the little red panda, every strand of its fur exuding cuteness.

She breathed a sigh of relief. The chaos of the entire evening had finally subsided at this moment.

The feeling was like—

When she was a child, Ms. Ye Zhao would be watching a poignant romance movie at home. Seeing her come home from school, she would press the remote to switch to the children’s channel, and cartoons would start to play on the TV.

The light went out, and the bedroom darkened.

Pei the Red Panda was nestled in the covers, contentedly nuzzling them. “Don’t worry, I’m a very good sleeper.”

Although she usually slept in a tree and only occasionally in a bed, she had never rolled onto the floor.

The fluffy shadow was imprinted on the wall by the moonlight. Ye Qingyu’s heart itched at the sight, and she felt an urge to pet the little panda’s head.

In the end, she restrained herself and answered, “Okay, good night.”

The bed was large, and the human and the little red panda each took half, very proper.

The rustling of the bedsheets gradually faded, and the bedroom was quiet, with only the clear white moonlight flowing in.

Ye Qingyu had thought she would have trouble falling asleep, but in reality, she quickly fell asleep.

Two even and long breaths, the bright moon hanging high in the night sky, enveloping every peaceful sleep…

Smack—

Ye Qingyu’s eyes suddenly flew open.

Startled from her dream, she hazily felt that she had been suddenly attacked by something.

…It felt like her cheek had been slapped by a soft, fluffy pastry.

Ye Qingyu dazedly held the ball of pastry and, trying to put it in her mouth, took a light bite, her mouth full of fine fur, unbelievably soft.

She couldn’t help but take another bite.

“Ying…”

A hazy sound from a little beast came from the side. Ye Qingyu, slightly more awake, sat up, clutching the covers.

She turned her head and found that Pei the Red Panda was sleeping completely sprawled out, her paws having waved onto her face in her sleep.

Ye Qingyu couldn’t help but laugh.

She returned the twice-bitten fluffy paw to the little red panda, then righted the little beast and tucked her in.

Ye Qingyu lay back down and, at ease, went back to sleep.

In her dream, the little red panda felt that her paw had been bitten, and it was a little uncomfortably wet.

She subconsciously licked her paw, smoothing the fur.

Half an hour later.

Smack—

Ye Qingyu was kicked so hard her head tilted back.

Her dream was interrupted, and she sat up again, dazed.

She saw that the little red panda was now sleeping completely upside down, its fluffy head haphazardly resting on her waist, and its soft hind paws kicking her chin.

“…” Ye Qingyu was in a daze for a moment.

Is this the legendary “I’m a very good sleeper”?

In the middle of the night, she contemplated life and also found time to raise a hand and catch the little red panda’s large tail, which was about to swing into her face.

In the end, she had no choice but to pick up the mischievous little red panda and hold her in her arms, so she couldn’t cause any more trouble.

“Ye the Little Tree…”

The little red panda seemed to be very used to this position and finally settled down.

She lay limply in her arms, like she was clinging to a tree.

Ye Qingyu petted that soft and glutinous fluffy head. This time, she could finally sleep peacefully.

The rest of the night was dreamless.

…

Waking up in the morning, Pei the Red Panda found that the person beside her was already gone.

“Ye Qingyu…” she murmured, rubbing her sleepy eyes.

Last night, she had dreamt that she was a little red panda with peerless martial arts skills, and she had beaten up all the people and beasts who had bullied her before, getting her revenge.

It was so refreshing.

Creak—

Ye Qingyu pushed the door open and walked into the bedroom. She saw the little red panda sleeping with its fur all messy, its two paws stretched out contentedly in the air like a spring flower.

It was the second day she had seen the furred boss, but she was still charmed to the point of her heart trembling.

“You’re awake?” she chuckled.

“Mmm.”

Seeing the human’s beautiful and clear face first thing in the morning was quite a treat for Pei the Red Panda.

She pushed away the covers, exposing her fluffy belly, and flicked her tail, her eyes signaling the human to pet and serve her.

But she saw Ye Qingyu unromantically come over, lift the covers, and cover her whole body. “Don’t let your stomach get cold.”

Pei the Red Panda: “…”

She sullenly patted Ye Qingyu’s hand with her paw.

She suddenly remembered, “How’s the wound on your hand?”

Ye Qingyu paused slightly.

She slowly lowered her eyes. “It’s almost healed.”

Tsk, what a pitiful look.

So clingy to Pei the Red Panda.

Pei the Red Panda was pleased at the sight and couldn’t help but want to give her well-behaved human some reward.

As she wracked her brain, she was suddenly reminded of the accessory store last night, where Ye Qingyu had said she wanted to buy a keychain…

She held her breath and waited for a dozen or so seconds, but the furred boss did not say anything like “Although your hand is healed, I’ll still stay for a few days.”

Ye Qingyu’s eyes dimmed slightly, and she turned to walk out the door.

“Breakfast is ready. Boss Pei can go wash up first—”

The words on her lips suddenly stopped.

She felt a weight on her lower back, as if a small animal had clung to her.

Ye Qingyu turned her head and saw the red panda clinging to her pajamas, its cute and lovable fluffy head poking out, its large tail held high behind it.

As she walked, its whole body swayed, like a plush keychain hanging from her waist.

Seeing her look over, Pei the Red Panda tilted her fluffy head and said proudly:

“I’m giving you a red panda keychain. Wear it to and from work from now on.”