Chapter 108

Chen Madam and her husband exchanged a glance, and Chen Sir stepped forward: "We've chosen the highest-tier consultation service, hoping you can help us find a pet for Ruirui."

Chen Sir said as Chen Madam had already crouched down, looking at her daughter and speaking softly: "Ruirui, would Mommy buying you a pet be okay? It would stay with us, always accompanying you. Would you like a little kitten or a little puppy?"

A long silence.

Chen Xinsui didn't even lift her eyelids; after a while, just as Chen Madam was about to lose hope, she suddenly spoke: "No!"

"Nothing at all!"

Having said that, she turned her head and buried herself in Ling Yue's embrace, not glancing at them at all.

Chen Madam and they couldn't see, but Ling Yue felt it clearly—the little girl's body trembled slightly, as if she were softly sobbing.

She felt sad and wronged, wondering why her parents hadn't been by her side before, why they had appeared so late.

"They don't love me."

Ling Yue stroked her hair: "No kittens or puppies, Sis will help you find something else adorable."

Chen Xinsui nodded, also remaining silent. She was like a completely sealed-off island, rejecting anyone's closeness—Ling Yue being the exception.

The little girl obediently took her hand, her fingertips icy cold. Ling Yue thought for a moment, then led her to a pet hospital; besides pets coming for treatment, there were also some abandoned little cuties.

As soon as they entered, a ear‑missing Nainiumao on the floor stood up, stretched, and let out a sweet meow.

"Welcome to Miaomiao Pet Hospital!" it said, looking proud and confident, making people unable to hold back a smile.

Ling Yue curled the corners of her mouth, bent down, and Nainiumao A Cha leapt up instantly: "Wow, it's Ling Yue!"

Ling Yue isn't just famous on Pet Street; the whole Jing Shi is quickly hearing about her—a human who can understand animal hearts and is super‑super good to them!

Nainiumao A Cha had naturally heard of her, but it never imagined that the person it knew would be… itself!

"Miemie, you haven't come to see me in ages!"

Nainiumao A Cha rubbed against Ling Yue's calf skillfully, then, after sticking a bunch of fur on her, mischievously ran off, perched on the counter, and glared at her with a meow: "Hmph, this is your punishment for secretly raising other cats!"

Ling Yue listened, both laughing and crying—clearly it was the one who initially refused to follow her, loving the pet hospital's atmosphere.

Yes, this is exactly the pet hospital where she once interned with her teacher, and at the same time it's Jing Shi's largest and most famous pet hospital.

Many people here know her; Ling Yue greeted them one by one while holding Chen Xinsui's hand. Although it's been less than a year, returning feels like an entire epoch has passed.

She first explained the situation to the doctor, learning that she had opened a pet consultation shop; her former teacher looked astonished: "You really can understand animal speech?"

Ling Yue nodded, whispered a few words into the teacher's ear, and the teacher glanced at her in surprise.

Ling Yue smiled brightly.

The teacher said: "Alright, I'll have Xiao Zhou take you; if it really doesn't work, never force yourself."

Ling Yue nodded, slightly lowered her body, looked levelly at Chen Xinsui, treating her completely as a respected peer: "You don't like kittens and puppies, so this time my recommendation isn't a kitten or a puppy, but a very, very lively little creature."

"It's super cute but has a temper; if you don't like it, it won't like you either, and if you do like it—it might still not like you."

Hearing her words, Chen Xinsui froze, then spoke for the first time actively: "I like it, so why doesn't it like me?"

"Because every person and every animal has their own will; who they like is their own business, we can't force it."

She lowered her voice, using a tone only the two of them could hear: "Just like you now—you can dislike Dad and Mom, because what they did hurt you, and no one can demand you must forgive them."

Chen Xinsui stared at her silently; the Chen couple beside them felt their hearts twist, Chen Madam kept pinching her husband's hand, and he grimaced: "Honey, it hurts, it hurts!"

"What's this little pain? Ruirui hurts more!"

She pondered a bit, watching the two talking, couldn't help but guess: "You say, Ruirui will——"

Her voice cut off abruptly, she stared in shock as her precious daughter suddenly burst into laughter, Chen Madam clutched her husband's arm tightly: "She laughed! Ruirui laughed!"

If she knew what Chen Xinsui's laugh meant, perhaps she wouldn't be able to laugh again.

Chen Xinsui looked at Ling Yue: "I don't want to forgive them; they made me feel terrible."

She said, covering her heart with her hand: "I don't want to forgive them, I want to be a bad kid!"

For some reason, Ling Yue felt her laugh had a hint of mischief, like a girl's belated rebellious phase; if the Chen couple could let her vent fully, perhaps they'd wait for that day.

As for now, Ling Yue couldn't care less—they brought it on themselves.

She led the little girl toward the pet hospital's backyard: "Alright, let's go see the little animals; it's especially especially interesting."

The Chen couple ran after them, even faster than Ling Yue and her, opened the backyard gate, and a lawn came into view.

The animals raised by the pet hospital stayed there—a smart Border Collie lay on the grass, beside it a dazed rabbit chewing away, plus a few adorable orange‑white cats lounging on the ground, their bodies steaming in the sun.

When they heard someone coming, the animals froze motionless.

The Chen couple blinked slightly, then suddenly heard a soft "hmm" from behind, hurriedly apologizing: "Sorry, we disturbed you."

Only then did they see the animal making the sound—a pure white alpaca like snow, big eyes squinting, round little head, its whole body covered in white fleece; it looked at them and let out another soft "hmm~~".

The sound was exactly the same as before.

"Stranger? Are you bad people? The pet hospital's security needs me to guard it—watch my alpaca spit!"

Ling Yue heard the alpaca's voice, was about to speak to stop it, but the alpaca was faster, opened its mouth: "Pah!"

"Watch me launch a saliva cannon!"

The saliva instantly splattered onto Chen Sir's suit, giving off a strong odor that made him retch; Ling Yue couldn't help covering her face, waiting until he took off his coat before she approached.

Seeing her, the little animals trotted over, rubbing against her.

"Miemie, you haven't come to see us in ages, bad woman!"

"Miss Miemie, Miemie rub rub."

The alpaca that had just fired the saliva cannon trotted away to the farthest spot, its perked‑up ears twitching: "QWQ"

"I didn't mean to—who made them jump out suddenly? I got scared by the alpaca's bleat!"

Ling Yue still hadn't gotten a chance to speak when the ground rabbit suddenly chirped: "Miemie came to see me? So happy ^_^"

Ling Yue: "..."

She was about to say something, but got cut off by the cute little rabbit; she crouched down and greeted the little rabbit, which lowered its head and kept eating grass.

Next, her gaze fell on the alpaca: "It's called Miemie, born this year and still under six months old, a little cutie the doctor rescued from the operating room with all his might—it has no mom or dad."

Chen Xinrui blinked her big, black-grape-like eyes, looking at the small alpaca about her height, its fur all fluffy, like cotton candy.

As for Miemie, upon hearing Ling Yue's introduction, its big eyes nearly popped out: 'Master?'

Ling Yue: "Mm-hmm, I'm preparing to introduce you to an owner. Do you like it?"

Not a dumb-cute little rabbit, nor a cat or dog; from the start, Ling Yue thought of the small alpaca Miemie—this guy is the most lively and cheerful little animal in the whole hospital, clever and quirky.

The alpaca's intelligence is up to par; its eyes rolled around, and it suddenly asked: 'Ah oh, who was it that I just spat at?'

Ling Yue fell silent for a moment: "Your owner's parents."

Miemie: "!!!"

It went tap tap tap running away, hiding behind the door in fear: 'No way, I'm scared I'll have a life and then lose it!'

It said while glaring at Ling Yue: 'Don't trick me!'

Even Mrs. Chen couldn't help but speak: 'Miss Ling, why don't we change pets? It's too tall; it might step on someone and hurt Xinrui…'

Ling Yue: "……"

Chen Xinrui: "……"

They looked at the small, cute alpaca, its slender legs; perhaps it's uncertain who might step on whom.

After a long-winded discussion and a bunch of nonsense, Ling Yue summed it up in one sentence, unwilling.

She looked at the silent Chen Xinrui; the little girl laughed, didn't ask her to translate the alpaca's words, and clapped her hands saying: 'I want it! I want Miemie!'

Mmm~~

The alpaca let out a shocked sound; it turned out it had never left, just hid, crouching behind the door.

Ahhh, she chose me?

Miemie was especially shocked, because it was the most mischievous, loved to spit saliva, and every prospective adopter ended up bowing to its spit, unable to escape in time.

The pet doctors who had followed over were stunned: 'She chose Miemie?'

Who doesn't know? Since Miemie started running, the whole pet hospital has been doused in its spit.

One could say Miemie's mischievousness is directly proportional to its looks; because of it, the pet hospital's doctors have extraordinarily high tolerance for all kinds of odd customers and animals.

"Its 'crimes' are simply beyond description!" the pet doctor said, growing more excited as they spoke.

Hearing that, Chen Xinrui touched the alpaca in surprise, couldn't help laughing, and whispered something into its soft ear that even Ling Yue didn't know.

Miemie's eyes lit up instantly: 'Huh?'

She said she likes me?

The alpaca's face stayed calm, its four little hooves already pat pat pat, pat pat pat jumping away.

But it still hesitated a bit: 'The owner's parents…'

Ling Yue patted its little head: 'Don't look down on Xinrui just because she's young; everyone at home listens to her.'

The alpaca, which had just been hesitant, instantly perked up, pat pat patting its little steps back and forth in front of the couple; just as they thought it was going to be friendly, the alpaca stuck out its tongue: 'bleh bleh~ bleh bleh~'

The alpaca's tongue sprang up, spit spraying both their faces; at a glance it's clearly a clever, quirky little creature, which has left the couple suffering.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

However, when that anger saw the daughter's happy smile, it was like ice water pouring from the sky—no fire, not even a wisp of smoke.

As long as Xinrui is happy, that's fine.

This consultation basically had no matchmaking by Ling Yue; the two little cuties hit it off immediately, huddled together, muttering who knows what.

One dared to speak, the other dared to believe.

Even Ling Yue didn't know how they communicated.

Finally, the alpaca strode out of the pet hospital head high, chest out; beside it was Chen Xinrui holding a leash, their expressions instantly in sync, while the two adults behind them looked exhausted, their speech incoherent.

'Ling… Miss Ling, thank you! Thank you!'

Ling Yue was about to speak when her phone suddenly vibrated; she glanced at it—it was a payment notification—and she laughed: 'No need to thank me.'

The Chen couple: QAQ

We didn't mean it like that; the rebellious little daughter and the pet hospital's prank king—can they really still be okay?

They were in a bad mood, but seeing this scene, Chen Xinrui was very happy, and she and her new friend the alpaca walked out of the pet hospital pat pat pat.

Chest out, head high, like a full-blown proud little devil.

Miemie thought, then, based on what it had learned from Ling Yue about the owner's situation, it nuzzled her: 'Besides, I have no mom or dad, I've never seen parents—I'll keep you company!'

Chen Xinrui didn't understand, her round big eyes looking at it, but Ling Yue understood; she translated it, and Chen Xinrui nodded, smiling with eyes crescent moons: 'Together!'

Not knowing what they'd thought, the girl and alpaca alike looked back at the Chen couple, who huddled together and gave a violent shudder.

It's over, completely over.

'Spare our daughter!' we know we were wrong, TVT

The Chen couple led their daughter and the alpaca away; Ling Yue didn't leave, she turned and went back to the pet hospital, after all it was hard to come this once, and the doctors she knew before had taken good care of her.

Ling Yue chatted with her, looked at some pet toys, then suddenly heard a piercing wail.

'Where the hell did my balls go? My balls? My balls?'

Immediately followed by a chaotic scramble, the doctor's shout came from the operating room: 'Damn, hold it down quick—this stray dog's strength is insane; one dose of anesthetic isn't enough.'

'Woo woo woo my balls, give me my balls back! Owner, save me!'

'I'll fight you to the end—woo~'

'Alright, as expected, just one more shot will do.'

Ling Yue's head filled with little question marks; not long after, she heard wheels rolling. She looked over to see a Chinese rural dog lying on a small cart, its limbs tightly bound with bandages, eyes desperate, mouth open, a small tongue lolling out.

It seemed to have suffered an unbearable blow.

Ling Yue had a vague suspicion; moreover, the surgeon was her former senior fellow disciple, who had already been officially certified.

'Ling Yue?'

The male student clasped his hands behind his back, embarrassed, not daring to look at her, and said, "I just finished the neutering surgery; something unexpected happened, so my voice was a bit loud just now."

Ling Yue nodded in understanding, then looked at the dog on the small cart; the wound was neatly stitched, and the surgery had turned out well.

She gave a couple of brief praises, not expecting to open the floodgate; the senior brother said, "I've been eyeing this dog several times."

"It often runs over here, flirting with other female dogs through the glass, and even fools around; I've seen it several times, and this time I finally got the chance to neuter it."

"I plan to wait until it recovers, then find an adopter to give it away."

Ling Yue looked at him; the senior brother was very kind-hearted, happy to help dogs. However, there was something she wanted to ask: "Senior brother, are you sure the dog has no owner?"