All My Colleagues Are Animals 58p2

Chapter 58 p2

Half an hour later, everyone gathered in ward 2010 to discuss the arrangements with the doctor.

Although Chi Yu’s body was no longer in critical condition, her foundation was damaged, and she was extremely weak.

The doctor did not recommend discharge and suggested that she continue to recuperate and rehabilitate in the hospital for a period of time before going home.

Xiao’s medical standards and conditions were impeccable. On the premise of respecting Chi Yu’s wishes, the final agreed result was that Chi Yu would continue to recuperate in the hospital, and Jin Can would stay to accompany her Jiejie.

Chi Yu clutched the covers, her light red lips moving, and said with some embarrassment, “But the cost here should be very high. I don’t know if my assets have been transferred by Chi Yu…”

Pei the Red Panda said, “Don’t worry. Can Can is working at our company now. Just consider this as part of her salary.”

This should be the most acceptable form of help for the woman.

Chi Yu was slightly stunned.

The puppy she raised is now earning money to support the family?

She looked at Jin Can, and the little dog’s eyes were sparkling.

Chi Yu was about to say more when the ward door was suddenly knocked on.

The caregiver, Aunt Cui, came in with breakfast.

She didn’t know about the changes from last night. Seeing a group of people standing in the ward, she couldn’t help but be stunned.

After learning that Chi Yu had been rescued by her friends, she was immediately and sincerely happy.

Yesterday, she had secretly lent her phone behind Chi Yu’s back and had been so scared she couldn’t sleep all night, but she had never regretted it.

Now, finding that she had really helped this girl, she was even more gratified.

Everyone continued to hire Aunt Cui as a caregiver and even increased her hourly wage.

At this point, there was only one thing left—

“Jiejie, how did you end up in the hospital?”

Jin Can asked the question that everyone was wondering.

And this was exactly what Chi Yu was about to say on her own initiative.

She didn’t know how Can Can’s friends would deal with Chi Yu, but having more information was always necessary.

She had just had a related dream last night, and her memory was still clear.

Chi Yu struggled to muster some strength and spoke intermittently.

“So, Sister Chi had taken pictures as evidence after running into the animal-stealing organization and had reported them, and was later maliciously retaliated against.”

Chi Yu nodded.

She was a little exhausted and panted for a while before continuing, “Chi Yu said that she had taken down that organization, but I don’t know the actual situation.”

On the first day she had woken up, she had seen Chi Yu proudly announce:

“Jiejie, I’ve avenged you. That organization was catching expensive pets everywhere, selling them on the black market, and also ran an animal fur company. I took them all down in one go.”

But Chi Yu was a person who would take credit for ten things after doing three. She didn’t know how much of that she could believe.

Ye Qingyu understood. “Miss Chi doesn’t need to worry. You can leave the rest to us. The most important thing is for you to rest and recover soon.”

Recuperation requires quiet. It was not convenient for the small animals to disturb Chi Yu too much, so they soon took their leave.

Ye Qingyu drove the SUV and took everyone back to Velvet Bamboo Studio.

***

Recently, first Jin Can had been sick and hospitalized, and then the entire group of small animals had gone out to rescue Chi Yu.

Now, finally sitting back at her desk again, Ye Qingyu couldn’t help but feel a little dazed.

Her gaze swept lightly over the work area. Seeing the small animals slacking off at their desks as usual, she felt a certain sense of peace.

Her gaze stopped on the empty desk on the side.

Now that the little Golden Retriever had found her master, she didn’t know if she would come back to work in the future.

During a tea break, Ye Qingyu called Ye Zhao.

The other end took a long while to pick up, and the voice was lazy, with a certain post-sleep hoarseness. “Honey.”

“Mhm.”

“Mhm?!”

Ye Qingyu’s brow twitched slightly.

Why did she feel that when she answered “Mhm,” another, somewhat cheerful “Mhm” had sounded at the same time on the other end of the line?

After a moment’s thought, Ye Qingyu had a sudden realization.

“Mom, you’re busy. I’ll call you back later.”

“I’m not busy. Go on.”

Ye Zhao called out to her daughter and glanced lightly at the person by the bed.

Ignoring her loose nightgown and the fact that lifting her leg would reveal a large expanse of spring scenery, she lightly pressed the tip of her jade-white foot against the other’s shoulder as a warning, to stop them from getting closer.

Ye Qingyu told Ye Zhao what Chi Yu had said this morning.

Ye Zhao’s movements paused.

Her carefree expression froze slightly, and then she sat up straight, her brow also furrowing. “An animal-catching organization?”

“Yes,” Ye Qingyu added. “Miss Chi also said that the members of that organization wore black uniforms, and there was a green bird carved on the shoulder of the uniform.”

When she said this, Ye Qingyu felt a faint, sharp pain in her head.

And on the other end of the line, Ye Zhao’s pupils constricted, and her fingertips, gripping the edge of her phone, instantly squeezed so hard they turned white.

“…I see.”

As if memories were surging, the corners of Ye Zhao’s eyes silently turned a faint red, and her breathing trembled slightly.

Her voice was still calm and composed when she spoke. “Mom will go and check on it.”

Ye Qingyu was a little worried. “They’re very vicious and will even retaliate with a car crash. Mom, you must be careful. Call me if anything happens…”

Ye Zhao’s eyes were deep and dark, as if with a surging pain, and also a burning hatred.

“I know. Don’t worry,” she said softly.

Is there anything more fierce and not to be provoked than a mother whose daughter has been taken away?

The other party should be the one who’s afraid.

After a few more words of concern for Ye Qingyu, just before hanging up, Ye Zhao suddenly and on a whim asked:

“Is your little Sister Rong okay?”

Ye Qingyu paused slightly.

She turned her head and happened to see her beautiful boss walk out of the office.

The woman’s lips were moist, and her fingertips held a peeled and half-eaten, pitiful grape.

There was an unconscious softness and amusement in her tone. “She’s also fine.”

“Good.”

Ye Zhao lowered her eyes, an unidentifiable sourness in her heart. “…It’s good that everything is good.”

***

Ye Qingyu sat back at her desk and doodled on a piece of paper, working hard to develop the comic column for the “Small Animal Survival Guide.”

She drafted several scenes and finally decided that this issue’s short comic would depict a red panda getting angry and hiding on a scholar tree, but then lowering its head for an apple handed to it by a human, unable to resist reaching out a furry paw.

She was so engrossed in drawing that it was already time to get off work.

Ye Qingyu tidied up her desk, picked up her car keys, and prepared to take her beautiful boss home.

But she couldn’t find the little red panda anywhere.

Later, she finally caught a round-bellied, fluffy red panda in the kitchen.

Ye Qingyu and the red panda stared at each other, and she saw the brown eyes flicker.

Her heart stirred, and with a sudden understanding, she opened the fridge to take a look.

Sure enough, all the grapes were gone.

Ye Qingyu closed the fridge.

Countless thoughts surged in her mind, but the first thing she said was actually a concern. “Did Boss Pei wash the grapes yourself?”

After speaking, she was a little stunned and helpless at herself.

…This life of serving a red panda.

Pei the Red Panda also belatedly realized that she had consumed too much sugar just now.

She lightly licked the tip of her teeth, and with a righteous indignation, said:

“I haven’t had fruit in a long time. And I went to the veterinary hospital and rescued someone. What’s wrong with eating a few grapes?”

Hearing this, Ye Qingyu immediately felt that there was some truth to it.

The little red panda had had her last fruit last time. She was truly hardworking and pitiful.

She let out a soft sigh. “Alright, but you have to eat in moderation tomorrow.”

The human and the red panda reached an agreement.

Ye Qingyu casually placed her car keys on the kitchen counter, took out a wet wipe, and wiped the grape juice from the little red panda’s paws.

After she was done, the little red panda stood up, and with her paws on Ye Qingyu, she struck a pose as if she wanted a hug.

Ye Qingyu used both hands and obediently picked up her furred boss, preparing to take her home.

The SUV was parked in the backyard.

Arriving at the car, Ye Qingyu only then remembered that she had left her car keys in the kitchen.

She placed the red panda on the rocking horse on the lawn. “Boss Pei, wait a moment. I’ll go get the keys.”

Pei the Red Panda cooperatively agreed.

She watched the human walk away quickly and, with her two paws, gripped the handle of the rocking horse and swayed back and forth contentedly, the tips of her springy ears swaying with the movement.

But before she had swayed more than a couple of times, there was a sudden crackle, and Pei the Red Panda and the whole thing collapsed.

She lay on her back in the fallen-apart wooden horse and let out a dazed “ying.”

She belatedly looked down.

Her large ears immediately perked up.

—The wooden horse was broken!

Pei the Red Panda was shocked.

She hastily glanced at her round and fluffy belly, which was full of fruit. Could it be because of this?

In her confusion and melancholy, the human returned with the car keys.

“Boss Pei?”

The sound of footsteps came from not far away. Pei the Red Panda looked up and saw the human walking quickly toward her.

Her heart immediately clenched.

She knew that although the human hadn’t said it explicitly, this wooden horse had been specially bought for her, a little red panda.

The exquisite material, the cute style—it was a heartfelt gift.

Would the human feel sad?

Would she think she didn’t cherish it at all?

In just a few short days, she, a little panda, had actually broken the new wooden horse.

With this thought, the little panda quietly got up from the pile of wood and slowly climbed up the scholar tree next to it.

She climbed to about halfway up the tree and hung there like a fluffy flag.

Ye Qingyu was slightly stunned. “Boss Pei, what are you…”

Pei the Red Panda’s large, snow-white ears drooped slightly.

“Don’t humans lower their flags to half-mast to show their solemn condolences?”

“I, a little red panda, will lower myself to half-tree.”