"What?" Lu Shizhen suddenly stood up from his chair when he heard Xu Shiyue's words.
She was not as calm as Xu Shiyue. She stood up and walked out the door.
Xu Shiyue followed behind her, walking a little slowly.
She had sprained her ankle to begin with, and it hadn't fully recovered in the past two days.
Just now, I noticed that something was wrong with Yuanzi and hurried over, which put a lot of pressure on my ankle. Now it hurts again and I can't keep up with Lu Shizhen's pace at all.
The quiet light illuminated the corridor in the dark night, and the slow footsteps added a layer of anxiety to Xu Shiyue's heart.
Although she knew that Lu Shizhen had passed away, she was still worried.
She didn't want to lose anything anymore.
The green and yellow leaves outside the window are experiencing destruction in the night wind, and the feeling of pain becomes obvious as the pace gradually quickens.
Xu Shiyue walked to the stairs at the end of the corridor with a calm expression. Just as she was about to step down the first step, she felt a touch of warmth on her arm, supporting her ankle and absorbing the pressure of half of her body.
"It's me." Without waiting for Xu Shiyue to be confused, Lu Shizhen introduced himself first.
She walked up a step and stood next to Xu Shiyue, and asked, "Your ankle hurts more, doesn't it?"
A trace of surprise flashed across Xu Shiyue's face.
I don’t know if it was because Lu Shizhen suddenly appeared or because Lu Shizhen actually saw through his disguise.
Although he didn't want to admit it, after a pause, Xu Shiyue nodded: "Yeah."
And Xu Shiyue would never have thought that Lu Shizhen could say it so accurately because of her ears.
Perhaps because she wanted a pair of good legs too much, Lu Shizhen was always used to observing everyone's legs, and even the way they walked. Over time, she could not only tell who someone was, but also whether there was something wrong with that person's legs.
But when Lu Shizhen turned around and wanted to look for Xu Shiyue, he saw that this person was still as calm as usual.
Somehow she suddenly thought of the Animal World that she had watched in the past to kill time.
They say cats are good at hiding things and have a threshold for negative experiences like pain that is several times higher than humans.
It's as if as long as they don't show it, nothing will happen, and their natural enemies won't discover their flaws and kill them.
Lu Shizhen knew who Xu Shiyue’s natural enemy was, and his eyelashes drooped slightly.
Somewhat frustrated.
But the negative points are there, and there is also a lack of trust.
Emotions always come and go quickly for Lu Shizhen. Then she let Xu Shiyue lean on her arm and said, "I'll help you down. Don't worry. Yuanzi will definitely feel guilty if she sees this."
She wanted to let her know that there were no natural enemies left in this place.
This is not the first time that Lu Shizhen has served as Xu Shiyue's "guide stick".
The girl's slightly cool palm was pressed against the warm skin, and the warmth transferred was more like the request of the upper party to the lower party.
Lu Shizhen still kept a distance from Xu Shiyue with discretion, allowing her to safely put the pressure of her left leg on her arm.
Perhaps the collapsed trust also needs to be rebuilt bit by bit. Xu Shiyue hesitated this time, but did not refuse.
.
It didn't take much time for the two of them to go down from the second floor to the first floor. As soon as Xu Shiyue stood firm, light appeared in his dim vision.
Lu Shizhen first turned on the control light with quick movements, and then helped Xu Shiyue walk towards Yuanzi's nest under the floor-to-ceiling window.
The lights came on, and Yuanzi also noticed someone appearing.
It just lay in its nest like this, and raised its head in the direction where the sound came from.
The movement did not look that strenuous, but the tail did not wag as usual.
But from its point of view, the first person it saw was Xu Shiyue.
It behaved like this as if it was afraid of scaring its invisible owner.
Yuanzi just watched like that until Lu Shizhen walked over and sat down beside it.
The familiar warmth of the palm gently stroked its head, and the dog felt safe, so it whimpered and leaned its head on her legs.
"Yuanzi, are you feeling uncomfortable?" Lu Shizhen asked Yuanzi softly while observing its body.
I don’t know if it’s because of the illness, but the color of its short light golden fur is a little dull.
Yuanzi's head was resting on Lu Shizhen's legs, but her body was slightly bent, and her dark nose felt dry and hot when touched.
Perhaps noticing Lu Shizhen's movements, Xu Shiyue said, "It was awake when I came just now. I touched the tip of its ear and it had a fever."
Lu Shizhen listened and nodded, but his brows were still furrowed.
As the saying goes, long illness makes a doctor. She has been sick and hospitalized for many years, so she has some understanding of these things: "The main thing is that Yuanzi has not caught a cold these days, and it is not ruled out that it is inflammation in the body..."
"Yes." Xu Shiyue nodded. This was also the reason why she was so anxious to find Lu Shizhen just now.
She remembered Aunt Sun once said that Yuanzi was a purebred dog.
Just as the two were talking, the sound of a door opening was heard from the kitchen.
Aunt Sun heard the noise and came out from the nanny's room: "Miss, what's wrong?"
Aunt Sun hadn't realized the seriousness of the matter yet: "Did he have a stomach upset and bloating? He ate a lot of meat at noon. Do you want me to give Yuanzi some stomach-strengthening and digestion-promoting tablets?"
"No, it has a fever." Lu Shizhen denied it, thinking about using his money ability again, "Can we contact the pet hospital that is still open at this time? Or ask them to open the door."
"Of course, miss." Aunt Sun also saw Yuanzi leaning against Lu Shizhen's legs in pain, and said very clearly, "Don't worry, I'll do it right away."
The tapping sound of slippers gradually faded away, and the peaceful atmosphere in front of the floor-to-ceiling window returned to its original state.
Lu Shizhen didn't just sit there and wait. Instead, he carefully reached under Yuanzi's arched body, gently rubbed its abdomen, and asked, "Yuanzi, does it hurt here?"
They had already seen Yuanzi's human nature. It just leaned against Lu Shizhen's arms and nodded in response: "Woo woo."
Feeling that Yuanzi's tense body had relaxed a little, its response was not fake, Lu Shizhen confidently used his strength: "Then I'll rub it for you."
The light gently drew a vague outline in Xu Shiyue's sight.
The colors from her memories came flooding back, adding color to the darkness of her present moment.
The eldest lady who always looked disrespectful and annoying in her eyes was now squatting down with her precious body, rubbing Yuanzi's belly herself.
Not to mention that she was a spoiled young lady, even the servants in the house would hardly be as attentive as she was.
This person's "moody" nature turned into a gentle attribute at this moment, pure and without any morbidity hidden underneath, nor any hypocrisy of pretending to be gentle.
It was as if her recent gentleness towards him was not a pretense to please him, but just normal.
This undoubtedly refreshed Xu Shiyue's understanding of this person once again.
The pure light of the living room covered Xu Shiyue's sight. She just looked at the shadowy figure in her sight and always felt that there was something different about Lu Shizhen in front of her.
But what exactly is different about her
"It had a little stomachache. After rubbing it, it looks much better now. Its eyes are brighter than before."
As Xu Shiyue was thinking this, Lu Shizhen's voice brought her back.
As if to reassure herself, she kept her judgment to herself.
Xu Shiyue calmly withdrew her gaze upon hearing this, and said "hmm" faintly, reasoning: "Aunt Sun just said that it was greedy at noon, so it is possible that it had an upset stomach and developed gastroenteritis."
"Yes." Lu Shizhen nodded in agreement.
The results of the two people's conversation were consistent, and Xu Shiyue somehow breathed a sigh of relief.
She half-knelt in the blurry world, not daring to squat down and touch Yuanzi without permission.
She couldn't see it, and she couldn't do it.
The moonlight reflected the scene in the house on the window glass, and the girl standing aside looked a little lonely.
At this moment, Xu Shiyue suddenly felt someone holding up her hand that was hanging by her side.
The hand, with a familiar warmth, guided me down to the slightly warm fleece.
Xu Shiyue could sense Yuanzi's slightly rapid breathing, and heard Lu Shizhen's voice in her ears: "You can touch it too. You are its owner, and it may feel better if it feels your care."
Xu Shiyue was stunned and didn't say anything.
This man was always so rude and impolite, but he happened to fill the void she had just felt by accident.
It gives people the feeling that she knows what she wants.
At this moment, Aunt Sun came back hurriedly with the phone in hand.
She spoke quickly, calling another live-in maid while explaining to Lu Shizhen, "Miss, I have called the nearest veterinary hospital. The director said he is on his way there and will be open for us in about fifteen minutes."
"I have just told the driver to drive the car out. Let's go with Yuanzi."
Without further ado, Lu Shizhen nodded quickly: "Okay."
Aunt Sun and the maid moved very skillfully. Together they lifted up Yuanzi, who weighed over 60 kilograms.
The crisp and hurried footsteps gradually faded away, and the room seemed to have returned to the quietness of the previous night. Xu Shiyue suddenly felt that the light in his sight had dimmed.
Lu Shizhen and the others seemed to have left.
Xu Shiyue blinked lightly, as if something fell down and pulled at her chest, which was empty for a moment.
Come to think of it, Yuanzi's condition is so critical that it is already difficult for them to take care of Yuanzi alone, so why would they want to bring along a blind burden like me
The vet hospital is not home. If she goes there, not only will she not be able to help, but she may even become an obstacle.
Lu Shizhen was so nervous about Yuanzi just now that he would not give up on it easily even if it had any big problems.
It shouldn't be a problem if she doesn't go with you.
Maybe.
The moonlight faintly fell on the glass, passing a hint of darkness across Xu Shiyue's pupils.
Then she felt a familiar force coming from her wrist. Lu Shizhen's voice was a little doubtful and arbitrary. He reached out and held her wrist: "Why, don't you want to go with me?"
(End of this chapter)