“Boss Yuan,”
“One more thing, boss Yuan,”
“It’s about rice. I just did a checkup. Rice is one month pregnant. There’s a shadow in its stomach. It should have one or two baby dogs.”
The doctor called Yuan Zhou for quite a while. When he mentioned the rice, he saw Yuan Zhou’s reaction and then continued.
“What?” Yuan Zhou nodded his head habitually.
“Doctor, what did you just say?” Yuan Zhou asked again hesitantly.
“There’s a baby in the rice. Maybe one or two. ” The doctor repeated patiently.
“Okay, okay, okay. Broth didn’t embarrass me. I know.” This time, Yuan Zhou really heard it clearly.
While muttering something, Yuan Zhou’s eyes were still fixed on the inside of the treatment room. His expression was still solemn, mixed with a trace of joy and sorrow. He just stood there.
Perhaps it had been a long time, or perhaps it hadn’t been long, but Yuan Zhou finally regained some spirit and planned to sort out the follow-up matters.
“Doctor, I’ll have to trouble you for now. I’ll come and pick them up when I’m ready.” Yuan Zhou said to the doctor.
In fact, Yuan Zhou had already known this since he sent broth to the hospital after the new year. However, no matter how well he knew, no one could accept it when it really came to it.
The reason why he managed to sort out his emotions so quickly was actually due to the facial paralysis skill that he had practiced for many years. Although Yuan Zhou was neither happy nor sad, in fact, he really didn’t know what he was feeling in his heart.
“Alright, you can go.” The doctor nodded. Although she was used to seeing pets die as a Pet Doctor, she still didn’t know how to comfort them.
Yuan Zhou didn’t say anything more. He turned around and left the hospital quickly. Looking at his back, he felt a little like he was fleeing.
When he could see the restaurant, he saw Wu Hai squatting at the door and looking at the direction of the intersection eagerly. When he saw Yuan Zhou’s figure, Wu Hai sneaked over with a whoosh.
“How is it? what happened to second brother? what happened?” Wu Hai asked a little anxiously.
Without waiting for Yuan Zhou’s answer, he continued,”I heard that my sister-in-law seemed to be very sad. Is she injured? is second brother injured?”
“Second brother, sister-in-law?” Yuan Zhou looked at Wu Hai with puzzlement.
“That’s right. Previously, broth gave me some beef jerky and we became sworn brothers. I’m a few years older than broth, so I’m the eldest brother and he’s the second brother. ” “By the way, what happened to my second brother?” Wu Hai asked.
Obviously, he had also heard the barking. The Black Beast was very familiar with the sound of the rice and broth. It was a friendly exchange of food. Although Wu Hai’s dog language was not as good as Yuan Zhou ‘s, he was still at level 10.
Hearing Wu Hai’s words, Yuan Zhou’s mood was inexplicably not so heavy anymore. He said word by word,””Broth is gone. Rice is pregnant. It’s fine.”
“Oh, it’s good that you’re fine.” When Wu Hai heard the last two words, he instantly became relaxed and then immediately jumped up,””Did you just say that my second brother has left?”
His voice rose uncontrollably. Wu Hai, who was originally planning to leave while stroking his beard, stood stiffly on the spot with an incredulous expression on his face. He didn’t even have any reaction when he pulled out a strand of his beard.
“Yes.” Yuan Zhou nodded his head.
When Wu Hai got the answer, the little fluke in his heart disappeared instantly. Like a wilted little cabbage, he took another look at Yuan Zhou and found that Yuan Zhou was still expressionless. He opened his mouth but didn’t know what to say.
“Yin ya is here.” In the end, Wu Hai left after saying those four words. For the first time, he didn’t jump around, but walked back home normally.
“Little ya.” Yuan Zhou was stunned.
It turned out that not long after Yuan Zhou left, Yin ya came over. She had arrived in advance with the intention of giving Yuan Zhou a surprise, but it was obviously not important now.
After a while, Yuan Zhou walked to the door of the restaurant and saw Yin ya standing there, looking at him with red eyes. Obviously, she had heard what he said just now.
“Blockhead,” Yin ya called.
“Xiaoya, broth has left.” Yuan Zhou repeated what he said just now.
“Blockhead,” A teardrop flowed out of Yin ya’s eyes. She walked up to Yuan Zhou and hugged him, hoping to give him some strength.
Yin ya felt very sad in her heart, half for the sake of broth and half for Yuan Zhou.
Although Yuan Zhou kept saying that he wasn’t the one who raised broth and that he just fed broth with food, Yin ya knew that Yuan Zhou had always cared about that.
The most obvious thing was that every time he went out, he would carefully prepare food for it. It had to be nutritious, long-lasting, and delicious.
This was also the reason why Wu Hai wanted to steal broth’s food every time.
There was no such thing as empathy in this world. Therefore, what Yin ya could do now was to hug Yuan Zhou firmly.
Yuan Zhou hugged Yin ya’s warm body and felt that his body that had been cold since just now finally had a trace of warmth.
After a long time, Yuan Zhou let go of Yin ya and said,””Xiao Ya, have you been home? are you tired?”
“Not tired, I’ll accompany you.” Yin ya hooked Yuan Zhou’s hand with her own and said.
“I’m on leave tonight. ” Yuan Zhou nodded his head and walked into the restaurant.
He came to the second floor with Yin ya and found a familiar piece of paper. Yuan Zhou took the pen and thought for a while before writing down a line of words. Then, he came down with Yin ya and pasted it on the door.
This was the first time that Yuan Zhou had put up a request for leave in the afternoon. Even so, no one asked him even if there were people around. Those who asked him were all stopped by Wu Hai and then left silently.
The news of broth’s departure attracted many people from the queuing Committee. Obviously, many of them liked the poodle that had turned into a spirit.
Next, accompanied by Yin ya, Yuan Zhou chose a place for broth. Then, he contacted the people there and planned to give broth a separate tree burial, hoping that it would be well in the future.
After handing broth to the staff who came to pick him up, Yuan Zhou brought the rice back home.
“Wuwuwu”
She placed the rice in the previous nest. The rice looked better than before. The doctor had already given her medicine, but she was still calling out in a low voice.
She even left the space beside her and didn’t sleep, only lying on her side.
“Rice, you have to be good. You know that you have rice soup now. Broth has been looking forward to it. We have to take good care of it together. Noodles? You’ll take your father’s surname?” Squatting in front of the rice, Yuan Zhou muttered to himself, totally different from his usual aloof self.
Yin ya just stood at the side silently. At this moment, accompanying her was the best way she could think of.
The night invaded the land bit by bit. Although it was already the beginning of spring, there was still no moon in the sky at night. Occasionally, there were a few stars that were not bright either. They were pitch black, just like Yuan Zhou’s mood.
He had already received the follow-up of broth’s message. He looked at a verdant Cypress sapling and the picture of broth hanging on it and sat silently at the stone table.
The door not far away was open, and rice was lying there. It was still calling out softly, but its voice was slightly hoarse. It was not loud, and it did not intend to disturb the neighbors.
It was supposed to be time for dinner to end, but master chef Restaurant was exceptionally quiet because they had taken a day off today.
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