All My Colleagues Are Animals 56

Chapter 56

The night was deep, and everyone was not to disturb Chi Yu’s rest any further.

The two large suites, 2001 and 2010, were more than enough for the group of humans and beasts to live comfortably. The few empty bedrooms were quickly and reasonably planned out, and in the end, there was still one bedroom left.

After yawning and saying good night to each other, soon only Chi Yu and Jin Can were left by the hospital bed.

The little Golden Retriever was still clinging to the side of the bed, gently wagging her tail.

“Jiejie, what about me tonight?”

She rested her head on the edge of the bed, her watery puppy-dog eyes wide, knowing that this look was the one that would most arouse her Jiejie’s affection.

Before, the human and the dog had always slept together at night.

Chi Yu could also see the direct request in this little dog’s eyes at a glance.

Her fingertips tapped that fluffy head, and she said indulgently:

“The night is so dark. Can Can can sleep with Jiejie.”

Seeing her Jiejie say this, the little dog’s eyes immediately sparkled, and she wagged her tail happily. “Jiejie, you can go to sleep first if you’re tired. I’ll be back soon after I’ve washed up.”

Watching the Golden Retriever’s pattering departing figure, Chi Yu blinked her eyes.

How strange.

Can Can used to be afraid of baths. She would whimper pitifully when she went to the pet store for a bath, so later on, she had insisted on personally bathing this little dog.

Unexpectedly, the little dog could now take a bath by herself.

So… what does Can Can’s human form look like?

Over there, Jin Can quickly washed herself in the private bathroom of the empty bedroom and then disinfected her entire body again—

Worried that Chi Yu’s body was too weak and susceptible to infection, the small animal rescue team had all disinfected themselves before taking action.

After disinfecting, she even waited for it to evaporate, so that the smell on her body would not be too strong and make her Jiejie feel uncomfortable.

With all preparations complete, the little Golden Retriever comically walked on her four paws in disposable slippers, struggling to move to her Jiejie’s bedside.

Jiejie was actually still awake, waiting for her.

“Jiejie.” Her fur was fragrant, and she looked up at her Jiejie expectantly from the side of the bed.

The hospital bed was very large, and Chi Yu had already moved over, leaving enough space for the little dog.

“Come on up,” she said, crooking a fingertip.

Jin Can carefully climbed onto the bed, nuzzled her head on the soft pillow, and quietly moved closer to her Jiejie.

The familiar scent of the woman’s body filled her nose, and she let out a low whimper of satisfaction.

Chi Yu smiled and reached out to scratch the little Golden Retriever’s chin.

Jin Can was happily nuzzling when she suddenly heard her Jiejie say:

“Can Can, can Jiejie see your human form?”

She paused and looked at Chi Yu.

Chi Yu looked at her little dog and blinked her eyes innocently.

Since their reunion, Can Can had not transformed into her human form.

Just now, after her bath, it would have been more convenient for Can Can to return in human form, but she had preferred to struggle to put her paws into the disposable slippers and return in her original form.

She didn’t know if it was out of shyness or what.

The little Golden Retriever froze for a few seconds, then playfully and gently bit her Jiejie’s fingertip.

Just as Chi Yu thought Can Can was unwilling to transform and was about to take back her request, the next second, her vision blurred—

The little dog on the pillow suddenly transformed into a pretty young girl.

Her eyes were very similar to her puppy form, large and round, as clear as a bay of lake water. Her eyelids were covered with dense lashes, which fluttered like butterfly wings when she blinked.

Her long, brilliant-gold hair was fluffy and framed her fair, firm cheeks, her skin so delicate it looked like it would break at a touch.

She looked to be in her early twenties, full of vigorous, youthful energy.

Her pink lips opened and closed, and she said, a little self-consciously, “Jiejie.”

Chi Yu’s breath hitched.

Those words, reaching her ears, reminded her that the pretty and cute girl before her was her little dog.

Her fingertips moved, slowly reaching out, unconsciously wanting to touch that strange yet familiar face.

However, when her own gaunt and pale hand came into view, forming a stark, visual contrast with the young woman’s rosy, full, and vibrant cheeks—

Her gaze immediately dimmed, and her fingertips instantly curled, and for some reason, she pulled them back.

She smiled gently. “Can Can is very pretty and cute…”

After speaking, she still had to take a couple of silent, light breaths to have the strength to continue. “My little dog has become a little girl.”

The little dog did not know the dim and self-deprecating thoughts in her Jiejie’s heart.

She had been worried that her human form was not what her Jiejie would like, which was why she had not transformed since their reunion.

But now, being praised by her Jiejie, the invisible tail behind her was so happy it was about to spin like a pinwheel.

Although she was in human form, she still habitually buried her cheek in her Jiejie’s palm, nuzzling away the hand that had curled up from obscure thoughts.

A puppy-like whimper came from her throat, and she said with sincerity and joy:

“Jiejie is the prettiest and cutest! I like Jiejie the most!”

Her clear and bright eyes were completely filled with the pale and sickly woman, as if she were a precious treasure, with no room for anything else.

The little dog’s enthusiasm and directness were like a scorching summer sun, always able to easily shine on and melt the gloom and defeat that had taken root in a human’s heart.

Chi Yu couldn’t help but bite her lip, and then the corners of her lips gently curled up.

Her fingertips finally had the courage to resume the action that had been stopped halfway, and she carefully stroked Jin Can’s cheek.

Just like she used to stroke the little Golden Retriever’s fluffy head.

Jin Can stared at her Jiejie without a moment’s pause. The woman’s beautiful face was sketched with a deep charm by the night.

The familiar scent of her body filled her nose, and her head felt a little dizzy for some reason. She couldn’t help but tilt her head slightly and nuzzle the woman’s palm.

With a smack, her soft lips pecked her fingertips with a clear sound.

Chi Yu’s breath trembled.

She was dazed for a moment, then met the puppy’s burning eyes and, a little shy, lowered her gaze. “Alright, it’s time to sleep.”

…

Besides this hospital bed, the bedrooms at night were each lively in their own way.

Bai Shuang came out of the bathroom, her legs weak, her cool face flushed crimson.

On the other end of the video, the bad woman’s voice was hoarse, with a certain satiation. “Little cats always learn quickly.”

Bai Shuang pursed her lips and, after getting into bed, said with a slight annoyance, “I’m going to sleep.”

The bad woman: “Mmm.”

The bad woman: “Let me see your tail again, and I’ll let you go to sleep.”

Bai Shuang: “…”

…

Over here, Gu Yue was sitting on the head of the bed, staring at her phone in a daze.

After a busy night, there was not a single red dot on the user profile with the remark [Goose-Goose (No Clamping)] in her pinned chats.

After taking the initiative for several months, it turned out that if she didn’t look for the goose, the goose would not think of her.

A pelican’s heart is not made of dough. It will break when hurt.

Tired, hurt, no longer able to love.

My heart is forever sealed!

She took a bottle of mineral water, tilted her head back with her eyes closed, and took a big gulp, swallowing it down.

She coolly wiped the water from the corners of her lips, with a certain post-breakup-drunkenness-freedom.

Bzz-bzz.

The phone suddenly vibrated.

Gu Yue’s eyes immediately flew open, and she squinted at her phone screen.

[Goose-Goose (No Clamping):] Why didn’t you look for me today?

Hmph.

The next second, Gu Yue’s WeChat call went through.

The other end quickly picked up, and a woman’s cool voice came through. “Hello?”

The pelican, whose heart had been sealed, had a bellyful of words, but she proudly didn’t say a single one.

Hold it in, hold it in for two more seconds, and your family status will be very different in the future!

Just as she was about to be unable to hold it in any longer and was about to speak, she heard the swan on the other end suddenly say:

“Today is the fifteenth of the lunar calendar.”

Gu Yue paused. “Hm?”

The woman was silent for a moment, then said softly:

“I thought you would come over tonight. I haven’t gone to see the moon.”

…

Over here, Ye Qingyu had been lying in bed for a long time, but a certain little red panda had not yet come out of the bathroom.

Could she have fallen asleep in the bathtub?

She was a little worried. She threw off the covers, got out of bed, and went to the bathroom door, knocking lightly. “Boss Pei?”

An “Mmm” soon came from inside.

Ye Qingyu breathed a sigh of relief and said, “It’s nothing. I just thought you had fallen asleep in the bathtub.”

The bathroom was filled with steam. Pei the Red Panda was soaking in the bathtub, having lost track of time while engrossed in surfing the internet.

Last time, after learning the truth about the fireworks, it had coincided with Jin Can’s sudden coma and hospitalization, and then she had been rushing around with everyone, and had never had the time to think deeply about this issue.

Now that the dust had settled, she finally had time to ponder it a little.

Now, her phone screen was on the search interface, and below it was a long list of history:

[Is one second good or half an hour good?]

[One hundred advantages of one second.]

[How to treat being too fast?]

…

After discovering that everyone was seeking medical advice and trying hard to get rid of their ‘fast’ status, Pei the Red Panda was a little depressed that she might be a ‘fast red panda.’

No, she didn’t believe it.

Last time was just an accident.

With a creak, the bathroom door finally opened.

Ye Qingyu looked up and saw her beautiful boss standing at the bathroom door. Because she had been soaking for too long, her exposed skin was flushed with a steaming pink.

“Ye Qingyu, come here for a moment.”

Pei Rong held her bathrobe belt and said, a little sullen.

Ye Qingyu obediently stood up and went over, standing straight like a little tree in front of the woman, and asked, “What is it, Boss Pei?”

Pei Rong said seriously, “You try biting my ear again now.”

Ye Qingyu was slightly stunned. Her gaze unconsciously drifted to the woman’s fair, rounded, and beautifully pink ear, and her throat couldn’t help but move.

She didn’t immediately carry it out, but first asked in a low voice, “Why do you suddenly want me to bite your ear?”

Pei the Red Panda’s brow furrowed slightly. “I’m definitely not just one second this time.”

Ye Qingyu quickly reacted—that “one second” referred to the fireworks.

She hadn’t expected her beautiful boss to still be pondering the matter of speed.

After a moment’s thought, she tried her best to coax her with tactful words. “A few seconds is very good. Boss Pei doesn’t need to mind.”

Pei the Red Panda tilted her head slightly and insisted, “Bite me.”

A red panda is a very competitive red panda.

“…”

Ye Qingyu was silent for a few seconds, an obscure emotion floating in her eyes.

This little red panda had no love in her heart at all, so she hadn’t thought at all about what it meant for that kind of thing to happen with her;

or was she unwilling to take responsibility, and was really treating her like a little puppy she was keeping?

Ye Qingyu pursed her lips and unhurriedly reminded her:

“Boss Pei, think carefully about the science I showed you. Do you still decide to do this?”

“…”

Pei the Red Panda’s chest tightened. She felt that the voice with which Ye Qingyu said this sentence was wrapped in a hoarse danger, as if it were going to swallow her, a little panda, whole.

And as the young woman’s words fell, the lingering and poignant content of the science began to surface in Pei the Red Panda’s mind.

A numbness silently seeped into her back.

With her timid nature, the corners of her peach blossom eyes uncontrollably flushed crimson, and a dampness spread between her legs. She subconsciously changed her words:

“N-no need for your help.”

Ye Qingyu looked at this timid little red panda who always liked to flirt carelessly, her eyes deep and dark.

She ignored her changed words, and slowly and calmly walked toward the woman, closing the distance between them.

Pei the Red Panda’s breath trembled. In the dangerous warning, she subconsciously stumbled backward.

Soon, she could back away no further, and her back hit the bathroom doorframe.

Ye Qingyu stood just inches away from her, tall and slender, blocking the dim light and casting a shadow on her face.

“Is it this ear you want me to bite?”

The young woman leaned in slightly, her lips stopping an inch from her left ear.

The thin, soft, and sensitive skin of her ear was caressed by the warm breath of her speech. A particularly dangerous feeling was pumped throughout her body by her pounding heart, and Pei Rong’s whole body tensed up, the dampness between her legs spreading even more.

“Should I use more force, or be a little gentler?”

The young woman was still asking considerately.

This time, she was even closer, her lips on the verge of touching that pitiful ear that was red as if about to drip blood.

The vibration from her speech was transmitted through the air into the woman’s ear, stirring up a fine and dense trembling.

With the nature carved into a red panda’s bones, Pei Rong’s breath was rapid, her peach blossom eyes misty, and she was so tormented that she raised her hands and was about to surrender.

But the moment her hands were out, they were caught by the young woman as if she had predicted it, and her two slender wrists were held tightly in her warm palm.

“No surrendering.”

Ye Qingyu was still teasing this little red panda and said in a low voice.

Her instinctive action was forcibly suppressed. Pei the Red Panda was so stifled that her peach blossom eyes were brimming with tears, and the young woman’s scorching breath continued to touch the sensitive and fragile skin of her ear, as if she were about to bite down with her teeth at any moment—

“Ooh…”

Pei the Red Panda trembled all over, and her whole body was suddenly plunged into an uncontrollable tremor.

Her legs went weak, and her whole body was about to slide down the doorframe when she was caught by Ye Qingyu’s quick hands and held in her arms.

Listening to the woman’s chaotic heartbeat and light pants in her arms, feeling the frequency of her uncontrollable trembling…

Ye Qingyu’s eyes widened in disbelief.