All My Colleagues Are Animals 93p3

Final Chapter (3)

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They would roll around on the bed, sit in a rocking chair and on a rocking horse in the living room, and watch “Tom and Jerry,” and they would listen to Teacher Ye’s kindergarten lessons together, and they would study at a desk after class, and on rainy days, they would help their mother bring in the clothes…

Ye Zhao had meticulously recorded all these ordinary and simple life scenes with her camera.

As the photographer, she was not always in the picture.

But every New Year, the family of three would go and take a family photo.

Spring, summer, autumn, and winter would pass in a cycle, and the family photos would be taken one after another.

Visibly, the human and the little red panda grew up quickly, and Ms. Ye’s young and beautiful face was as it had always been, and she would smile with a spirited air.

She flipped over another photo.

This was a group photo, with no red panda and no Ye Qingyu.

Pei the Little Able Cat tilted her head slightly. “Mom, what’s this?”

Ye Zhao had also forgotten a little.

She carefully read the faded writing on it and suddenly remembered:

“Ah, it was that year.”

“I went to a nearby Hope Middle School to donate money and also taught a semester of volunteer classes, and in the end, I took a group photo with the students.”

Ye Zhao took the photo out of the photo album, and her fingertips brushed over those youthful and vibrant faces, and she chuckled lightly.

“I wonder how these students are doing now…”

Her voice suddenly stopped—

In the most inconspicuous corner of the group photo, through the blurry image, a familiar face could be vaguely discerned.

Ye Zhao suddenly turned her head to look at Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu raised an eyebrow lightly, her tone tinged with a smile. “What are you looking at me for?”

Ye Qingyu and Pei the Little Able Cat saw the photo clearly and were also surprised. “Little Mom?!”

Ye Zhao’s breath hitched, and her chest rose and fell slightly.

“You… you knew me from back then?”

She was a little incredulous.

Xiao Yu was silent for a moment, and then she smiled with an air of nonchalance.

“How can it be so romantic, Jiejie? It’s been more than twenty years.”

Ye Zhao bit her lip.

She temporarily reined in her surging thoughts and continued to flip through the pages.

Ye Qingyu grew from a little sprout to a little seedling, and she shot up in height, and her originally somewhat rounded cheeks also gradually lost their baby fat, and she grew into an exquisite and beautiful girl.

The little red panda’s fur had also completely grown out, and as Ms. Ye had wished when she had named her “Rong,” her fur was thick and her life was vigorous.

The human and beast childhood sweethearts were as close as glue and were inseparable.

Finally, Ye Qingyu was fifteen years old and had graduated from junior high school.

The girl was tall and slender, fresh and beautiful, and was already a Ye the Little Tree.

That day, when she had come home from her graduation ceremony, she was wearing her graduation gown and was holding the red panda, and she was smiling at the camera with a youthful and brilliant smile.

—And this was the last photo in the photo album.

Ye Zhao closed the photo album and took a light breath.

For a moment, her eyes were moist.

If only Rong Bao had not left; if only the photos in this photo album had not come to an abrupt end in Yu Bao’s fifteenth year; if only, in Hope Middle School, she had turned her head to look at Xiao Yu…

She reined in her unrealistic thoughts and, after a moment of being frozen, smiled with a relaxed tone.

“No matter what, I’m very happy now.”

Pei the Little Able Cat climbed out of Ye the Little Tree’s arms and into her mother’s arms, and lifted her fluffy head, and implicitly asked for pets.

Ye Zhao smiled.

She held her eldest daughter and gently patted her head.

She also patted her little daughter’s head, and a certain Xiao-surnamed little dog’s head.

Now that it was too complete, the surging dark tide in her heart would also silently and quickly recede, leaving only a certain happiness.

…

At night, the lights of B-City were bright.

…

Ye Qingyu took the soft and limp Pei the Little Able Cat out from under the covers and kissed the sullen little beast.

“Why did you suddenly slip under the covers and ignore me?” she asked, her tone pitiful and wronged.

Pei the Little Able Cat complained, “You didn’t rub my tail just now!”

Ye Qingyu paused slightly, and then she was enlightened.

“So that’s what wrapping your tail around my waist meant. I thought you just couldn’t take it anymore.”

Pei the Little Able Cat bit her lip.

“I’m sorry, honey.”

Ye Qingyu coaxed the little beast gently. “I know now. I’ll do better.”

Pei the Little Able Cat blinked her peach blossom eyes, still a little puffed up with anger. “You’d better.”

“Boss Pei can test it now.”

“Ying…”

The next second, Pei the Little Able Cat was dragged into the covers.

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Next door.

Xiao Yu turned off the light, got into bed, and held the woman tightly.

She felt that Ye Zhao had also put an arm around her waist.

The two were quiet and warm for a moment.

“You really don’t remember me? That time.”

Ye Zhao asked in a low voice.

Xiao Yu smiled, her tone carefree. “Do you really think I remembered you that one time and have been secretly chasing you ever since?”

Ye Zhao said, “…I hope not.”

That was a long time of more than twenty years.

Xiao Yu was silent.

After a moment, she changed the subject to a lighter one. “I’m a little full of energy now. Is CEO Ye going to take me for a walk?”

Ye Zhao breathed lightly and hooked her arm around her neck. “You can tear me down.”

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Xiao’s Private Hospital.

The bedside was lit by a soft reading light, and Chi Yu was quietly flipping through the second volume of the “Small Animal Survival Guide.”

Jin Can was lying next to her, and her pair of cute puppy-dog eyes were staring at her without a moment’s pause.

Chi Yu gradually became a little unable to bear that direct gaze, and she was also reluctant to let the little dog wait like this.

She lightly closed the book and placed it on the bedside table, and said with a gentle smile:

“Alright, it’s time to sleep.”

The moment she finished, Jin Can impatiently turned off the light and cuddled and nuzzled her.

Even in her human form, the little dog’s body was warm, and it perfectly warmed the woman’s rather cold body.

As she had been in the habit of doing since she was little, she enthusiastically and lightly licked Chi Yu’s cheeks and ears.

Later, for some reason, she licked all the way to the woman’s neck.

Chi Yu panted lightly and tilted her head back, and as usual, she trembled and murmured:

“Can Can, stop.”

The clear and deep moonlight shone on the hospital bed.

The usually obedient little Golden Retriever lowered her eyes to look at her beloved master below her, and for the first time in her life, she was a little unwilling to listen.

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The night was deep, and Liu Mian finished her work and came out of the small animal pet hospital.

The intersection was dark, and she was suddenly reminded of the human saying: Don’t walk at night, it will be dangerous.

Sure enough—

The next second, a charming large tail suddenly wrapped around her waist.

Liu Mian froze.

A certain fox with the surname Tu lightly climbed onto her back, her tone deep and dark.

“Doctor Liu, to have rolled in the sheets and not acknowledge it, that doesn’t fit a doctor’s benevolence.”

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Bai Zhiwan finished her video conference and went straight to the gym door.

A young woman was working out.

She was only wearing a sports bra.

Her skin was firm, her waist was slender, and her muscle lines were bold and vigorous, with a beast-like vitality.

Realizing that Bai Zhiwan was standing at the door, Wu Shu casually put down the equipment.

Her sports bra was soaked through, and her breathing was slightly rapid.

“I’m all sweaty. I’m going to take a shower first.”

Bai Zhiwan looked up, and her gaze traced the young woman’s cool and deep features.

She reached out her hand, and her fingertips lightly touched the body lines that were glistening with a thin layer of sweat.

“Wash your hands, and then you can have me here.”

She, with that gentle and jade-white face, commanded in a soft voice that could not be refused.

…

Splash—

Water splashed everywhere.

At a critical moment, a shrimp, flushed all over, leaped out of the tank and instantly transformed into her human form.

She landed steadily on the bed.

Luo Bian skillfully followed, leaping out and holding the woman.

Unlike before, when her knowledge was a blank slate and she was inexperienced and at a loss.

This time, she could finally and completely give her ex-girlfriend the passion she craved.

“Will you get back together with me?”

After a passionate kiss, she murmured in a low voice.

“Okay.”

Her ex-girlfriend panted lightly and, for the first time, relented.

Luo Bian was stunned, and her heart was filled with a wild joy.

The next second, she was in a mess and full of regret—

“It’s over! Is she really agreeing with me, or is she just saying that one word?”

…

After hiding in Velvet Bamboo Studio for more than a dozen days, Bai Shuang was finally preparing to return to her own home.

She was carrying her luggage and, sneakily, came to her front door.

She was afraid that the slightest noise would attract the attention of a certain neighbor across the street.

Lightly and gently, she inserted the key, turned it, and opened the door. Victory was at hand…

Click—

The door behind her suddenly opened.

“Little cat, you remembered your own address?”

A bad woman’s beautiful voice rang out in the night, her tone deep and meaningful.

“!”

Bai Shuang trembled all over, and in her fright, two beautiful, fluffy cat ears popped out from the top of her head.

She had been caught.

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Late at night, Lin Song came home from her night shift.

The lights at home were warm, and Shen Rendong was actually still awake.

The woman was sitting on the sofa and, hearing the noise, looked up at her.

She revealed a gentle and upright face, and also the stunningly beautiful, rosy mole on the tip of her nose.

Lin Song’s heart pounded at the sight, and an unbearable heat suddenly filled her chest.

Her throat was a little tight, and she couldn’t help but raise her two hands and straighten her collar.

Shen Rendong stood up and slowly walked toward her, and stood in front of her.

She suddenly smiled.

“Every time Officer Lin straightens her collar, she’s actually wanting to do this, right?”

She raised her hands and gently rubbed Lin Song’s face.

…

Late at night, after accidentally eating too many overripe fruits, a certain little fluffy bird was dizzy and drunk.

She flapped her wings haphazardly and flew out of the Velvet Bamboo small building, and all the way, she was reckless.

First, she flew through a dense patch of leaves and was soaked with dew.

Then she unintentionally interrupted the intimacy of two strange birds and stirred up a chorus of curses.

In the end, she hit something and fell straight to the ground.

Smack—

She fell in front of a woman’s high heels into a drunken, fluffy little pancake.

The woman stopped and bent down, and carefully picked up the little bird.

“That was my courtship feather. How could you make it into a feather duster…”

In her drunken dream, Nian Qiu muttered with a sense of grievance.

“…I’m sorry. I only found out later.”

The woman was silent for a moment and said softly.

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In the courtyard next to Velvet Bamboo Studio, the artificial lake was filled with moonlight.

The pelican lightly clamped the swan’s slender and fragile neck, and along that graceful curve, held and bit her with inexperienced eagerness.

The swan trembled lightly, and a fine whimper couldn’t help but escape her throat, and her body in the water also unconsciously sank a little.

Just in time for the pelican to cling to her back, forming an intimate posture of birds.

They mated.

In the midst of their physical and mental trembling, Yun Qing vaguely heard Gu Yue say:

“Jiejie, my heart will remember you for me.”

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The clear and deep moonlight shone on the Velvet Bamboo small building’s courtyard.

In the flowerbed, the only flower was blooming with unparalleled beauty.

A fluffy little round honeybee was lying on it, sleeping soundly.

In the height of summer, everyone at Velvet Bamboo Studio was living with great passion.

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[All My Colleagues Are Animals – Main Story (End)]