I’m way too tired to edit the chapter so sorry in advance for mistakes —Puppxteer

Liu Man ran into the pet clinic with the cat in her arms as she called out, “Zhan!”

There was an urgency in her voice that Yu Zhan had never heard before. He couldn’t continue working and ran out from his room to see Liu Man holding a stray cat.

As long as she’s fine,

Yu Zhan sighed in relief, but seeing how the cat was, he furrowed his brows again, “You can give him to me.”

Liu Man hurriedly gave the cat over.

Yu Zhan only glanced at him once and told Ye Ziliang, “This stray cat is in a severe situation, and Melon’s bodycheck must be paused,” Ye Ziliang’s cat was called “Melon”.

Ye Ziliang also saw how the stray cat looked. He said in a tone that was even more urgent than Yu Zhan’s, “Go! Save him. You can leave Melon.”

Yu Zhan went into another room with the cat, and Liu Man and the nurse followed him in.

Lu Lingling also wanted to follow them, but Ye Ziliang stopped her, “Young girl, wait with me outside.”

Yu Zhan placed the stray cat on the desk and did a simple body check on the cat based on his experience. Liu Man could see, from his expression, that the situation was not looking so good.

“This cat has serious skin disease and cat moss, and there are mites in his ears,” he touched the cat’s belly again and said to the nurse, “Prepare for a blood test and X-ray.”

The nurse immediately did as he asked.

At the beginning of his business, to ensure the hospital’s professionalism and authority, Yu Zhan purchased a set of veterinary X-ray equipment and veterinary ultrasound equipment from abroad.

Their clinic has been in business for nearly three months. The ultrasound machine had already checked more than 20 pregnant pets, but that X-ray machine has only been used once — on a dog with a broken right hind leg.

It easily told exactly how dangerous this situation was for the cat.

Soon, the X-ray machine gave a result.

Seeing the result, all three of them were stunned.

As the result, there were many unknown silver sticks in the cat’s stomach and abdomen. They were in all sizes and pointed in all different directions, and Liu Man could count approximately twenty to thirty ones.

She was surprised as she said, “These can’t possibly be needles?”

Yu Zhan confirmed, “These are needles.”

“This is so unscrupulous,” The nurse couldn’t resist but scold this kind of behavior, “The person who did this will get punished by God sooner or later.”

“We can’t delay it anymore, and we need to take the needles immediately,” Yu Zhan told the nurse, “Get ready for surgery.”

Since there was going to be a surgery, Liu Man couldn’t stay there anymore.

She went back to the front hall, and Zhang Pei was also waiting there. She asked, “How is that stray cat?”

Liu Man shook her head, “I don’t know, either. Let’s wait for the surgery to be finished.”

Ye Ziliang had taken out his “Melon”, which was a snow-white Persian cat with a pair of eyes with different colors and very luxurious, exquisite hair, which contrasted sharply with the dirty stray cat in the surgery room.

Lu Lingling’s eyes were red, and she was about to cry.

Liu Man wrapped her arms around Lu Lingling’s shoulders, “Don’t blame yourself; it’s not your fault.”

The four waited for the results of the surgery in the front hall. Nobody was in the mood for chatting, so the atmosphere was tranquil except for the occasional “meow”’s from Melon.

The wait was long and the operation lasted two full hours.

When Yu Zhan came out, everyone gathered around. Being aimed at by everyone’s eager gaze, Yu Zhan said,

“The cat is okay.”

The hanging hearts of the four people instantly fell to the ground.

“What is this?” Ye Ziliang noticed that Yu Zhan was holding a tray with many bloody, rusty needles.

“I don’t know who tempted the cat to swallow these fine needles. The needles entered the digestive tract and were inserted into the stomach and abdomen. The cat was tortured and could not eat, so his spirit was so decadent. There was no way for the body to take nutrition, and so he is so thin.”

“My God, this is too cruel.”

Ye Ziliang, a grown-up man, felt his heart aching. He couldn’t help holding Melon in his arms tightly. Anyone who kept a cat could not bear to see other cats suffering.

Zhang Pei had helped raise Daylight for Liu Man for a long time, and she was also very affectionate for cats, “How is the cat now?”

“The surgery is very successful. All the needles are now out. There are 32 needles in total. After proper conditioning, the cat will gradually recover.”

“Thank you, thank you,” Lu Lingling thanked him, crying.

Yu Zhan comforted her gently, “The cat is okay now, so you’re supposed to be smiling. Why are you crying?”

“Yes, I shouldn’t cry,” Lu Lingling wiped her tears, raised her head, and smiled hugely. She said to Liu Man again, “Sis, thank you too. You are all kind people; I appreciate you .”

Liu Man touched the top of Lu Lingling’s hair, and her heart became soft and warm.

At this time, it was very late. Lu Lingling’s mother came over. This time she didn’t dare to yell at Lu Lingling again and said in a good voice, “It’s too late, you have to go to school tomorrow. You should come home now.”

Lu Lingling did not violate her mother’s order again.

Before she left, she asked Yu Zhan, “Can I take a look at the cat now?”

Yu Zhan said yes.

The cat’s anesthesia has not yet passed, and he was still sleeping with his eyes closed.

The dirty, black hair on his body was shaved off by the little nurse, revealing a layer of light pink skin. It was very thin and looked unusually small. The bones of his back blade were all protruding, and there were potions on the places where he had cat moss and skin diseases. The potion was tan, so a few parts of his skin were also tan. After the mites in his ears were cleared, he also had some insecticide. The nutrient solution and medicine in the suspension needle slowly flew into his body through his small paws.

Lu Lingling looked at it through the incubator, her eyes soft.

It was a pity that she couldn’t keep him as a pet.

Lu Lingling took a photo of the cat with her phone and then left the pet clinic with her mother.

Liu Man and Zhang Pei returned home, too, after confirming that the cat was doing fine.

Ye Ziliang put Melon into the pet box and was about to leave. Yu Zhan said, “Sorry, originally you made an appointment. The bodycheck for Melon did not complete today. You can come back tomorrow, or I can also give your Melon two complimentary body checks in the future.”

“No, no, no,” Ye Ziliang waved his hand. Rather than taking advantage of this little bodycheck, he wanted to be friends with Yu Zhan, “I’ll come back tomorrow and come see this stray cat by the way.”

After sending everyone away, Yu Zhan decided to stay at the pet clinic alone tonight because he was worried about the stray cat, and staying here meant he could observe his conditions at any time.

At six o’clock in the morning the next day, Yu Zhan, who was sleeping in the resting room on the second floor, was awakened by the loud movement next door.

The second floor’s walls were later added on, with rough materials and had no soundproofing. The next door to this resting room was Liu Man’s warehouse.

Could there be a thief in the storage space?

Yu Zhan’s heart tightened. He hurriedly went downstairs, putting on clothing on his way. Before coming out, he went to the surgery room to get a scalpel.

As expected, the doors of the storage were open. Yu Zhan stuffed his scalpel in his sleeve a bit more and carefully walked in.

Credits: Puppxteer & Sydney