Chapter 145: Slap in the Face

Sun Yanni angrily pointed at Su Ruo and said: "It must be you who killed all those injured small animals, or hid them away, just refusing to let people discover your wicked deeds."

After saying that, Sun Yanni walked up to a small cat, and upon seeing the knife scar on its body, she immediately spoke with full confidence: "Su Ruo, what else do you have to argue about now?"

Sun Yanni then picked up another one, and as expected, this one also had scars, and they had just scabbed over.

Sun Yanni laughed and said: "I'm not wrong, am I? Su Ruo, you're just an animal-abusing sadist!"

Other classmates also picked up some small animals, and these animals more or less had wounds; even the school leaders, upon seeing them, began to doubt.

An elderly female professor spoke up: "Su Ruo, I hope you can give a reasonable explanation for this."

Although Su Ruo's grades are excellent and she is Yan Jiaoshou's disciple, if she really committed animal abuse, they would absolutely not allow such a student to remain at the school.

Su Ruo watched as the crowd's emotions were easily stirred, those glaring at her with anger, and the corner of her mouth curled into a cold arc.

"If you haven't lost your memory, you should still remember that I'm studying medicine, right? In a hospital, what's most abundant are patients; naturally, if you see some patients with wounds, you wouldn't call doctors perverts—how ridiculous."

Sun Yanni immediately sneered: "Su Ruo, you wouldn't be saying that you injured these small animals in order to treat them, would you? Such a foolish lie—do you really think anyone would believe it?"

Nowadays, just after returning to university, there are few doctors who treat people, let alone veterinarians; therefore, everyone looked at Su Ruo with hostility, thinking she was just making excuses.

Su Ruo didn't yet know that Sun Yanni was so articulate and forceful; it seemed she had concealed her talent too well, even deceiving herself.

"Whether you believe me or not, it's not up to you to decide—it's up to the facts."

After Su Ruo finished speaking, she directly lifted the black cloth covering a row of cages, and inside were indeed many injured small animals.

There was a small lion caught in a hunter's trap, its leg clamped; a wild chicken with its eyes covered as if by a white membrane; even a poisonous snake strangled by thin rope into its flesh; and behind the courtyard there was even an old yellow cow with a huge tumor on its abdomen…

There were over a dozen small animals here, and without exception they all bore injuries—some congenital, some acquired—but one thing is certain: such a myriad of strange wounds could absolutely not have been inflicted by Su Ruo herself.

These animals were all located by the system, and Su Ruo had gone to great lengths to bring them back; she felt somewhat relieved that these people had arrived early today, before she could treat the animals, otherwise she would really have struggled to explain.

Su Ruo, oblivious to everyone, put on gloves, took the injured little lion out of the cage, gave it anesthesia, and then began surgery—shaving fur, disinfecting, setting bones, suturing, applying medicine, splinting—all in one smooth flow.

Those around watched silently, not daring to breathe loudly, fearing that even a slight disturbance might disturb Su Ruo.

Half an hour later everything ended; Su Ruo injected the antidote into the little lion, which slowly regained consciousness, becoming lively and vigorous, with no apparent problems aside from its injured leg.

Next came the wild chicken, the poisonous snake… Su Ruo performed surgery after surgery; whether it was her anesthesia technique, the precision of her cuts, or her suturing skill, many of the senior professors present felt ashamed by comparison.

Around, whether teachers or students, all watched intently; Sun Yanni several times tried to speak up to interrupt, but after meeting the angry gazes of those nearby, she swallowed her words each time.

They were all studying medicine; such a fine observation opportunity, if interrupted by Sun Yanni, would be nothing short of an irreconcilable enmity.

Time passed bit by bit, until Su Ruo performed surgery on that old yellow cow; when she cut open the cow's abdomen to expose the huge cyst, a foul stench instantly spread, and everyone who smelled it couldn't help but vomit outright.

Yet Su Ruo, closest to the source, remained fully focused on the surgery, as if she couldn't even notice the pungent odor.

Only then did the crowd realize they had been watching Su Ruo perform surgery for half a day.

They were all students of the Medical Academy, some even having enrolled two years before Su Ruo; now Su Ruo was using her extracurricular time to treat these small animals, helping them escape suffering.

Yet they suspected Su Ruo of being a pervert, and gathered so many people to come to her door to accuse her, hoping to force the school to expel her.

Thinking of this, those students' faces flushed with shame, and they dared not look at Su Ruo again.

Sun Yanni was so shocked she couldn't utter a word; she hadn't imagined that Su Ruo, wielding a knife to cut open these small animals' bodies, was actually doing it to treat them.

Sun Yanni had always thought that Su Ruo being accepted as a disciple by Yan Jiu was merely luck, so she felt jealous: why, though we are all students, could Su Ruo do it while she could not, even though she clearly worked harder than Su Ruo?

But only now did Sun Yanni realize that perhaps she had been wrong from the start—Su Ruo being accepted as a disciple by Yan Jiaoshou was not merely due to luck.

Su Ruo, unaware of Sun Yanni's thoughts, withdrew the needle under the astonished gazes of the crowd, applied the medicine, and then gave the old yellow cow the antidote.

Then, turning to face everyone, she asked: "Do you still think I'm abusing animals now?"

The venue fell silent to the point where a dropped pin could be heard; Su Ruo's words struck like a slap, harshly hitting their faces.

A male student stepped forward first, bowed deeply to Su Ruo, and said: "Su classmate, I'm sorry—I shouldn't have listened to others' one-sided accounts and misunderstood you. I will write an apology letter and post it on the bulletin board at the school gate, hoping you can forgive me."

A male student stepped forward first, he deeply bowed to Su Ruo, saying: "Su classmate, sorry, I shouldn't have listened to others' one-sided words and misunderstood you. I will write an apology letter and post it on the bulletin board at the school gate, hoping you can forgive me."

Then came the second, the third… until finally, only one person remained present—the pallid Sun Yanni.

Sun Yanni walked up to Su Ruo, voice trembling with tears, and said: "Su Ruo, I'm sorry—I misunderstood you; please forgive me."

Su Ruo, however, did not forgive her as she would other students: "Sun Yanni, tell me—who exactly put you up to this? If no one did, given your nature, even if you knew I abused small animals, you would choose to keep a low profile rather than make such a grand public accusation."

Sun Yanni's eyes flickered with panic for a moment, but she quickly regained composure, shook her head, and said: "Su Ruo, no one urged me on; I was simply blinded by my own greed. I beg you, considering we are roommates, to forgive me this once."

Sun Yanni's eyes flickered with a moment of panic, but she quickly returned to normal, shaking her head and saying: "Su Ruo, no one ordered me; I acted on my own, blinded by greed. Please, for the sake of us being roommates, forgive me this once."