Chapter 38
The doctor examined the kitten, gave it a bath, and said to Joe, "Ma'am, this kitten is just a little malnourished."
Qiao was also staring out the window in a daze, but the doctor's words brought her back to her senses. She turned her head and looked at the doctor and the little black cat in her hand.
In Country M, people here believe that black cats are unlucky, so few people are willing to keep black cats.
"Cut its nails. And bring me some cat food and litter."
Originally, Joe was also sitting on the sofa, wearing a coat, with his legs crossed, one hand on the armrest of the sofa, holding a burning cigarette.
Qiao also stood up and handed her a black card, "Just swipe the card."
The doctor was stunned for a moment when he saw the card, then he immediately took it and said, "Okay, okay. Please wait a moment, ma'am."
In their line of work, it is rare to see such a generous sponsor.
But the doctor still diligently chose the cat food that is most suitable for the kitten now.
Joe also leaned against the front desk and glanced at the little black cat lying on the blanket.
Perhaps noticing her gaze, the kitten, which was stretching, began to carefully retract its claws and then nestled obediently on the blanket.
The doctor took out a few bags of cat food and cat litter, as well as an airline box. After checking the price, he returned the card to her.
Joe also stuffed the cat into the airline box, then took the cat food and cat litter and left.
Not even a single extra word was said.
"Hey, ma'am..." she couldn't help but shout.
Hearing the sound, Qiao also stopped and tilted his head slightly, "What's wrong?"
"Well, is this cat yours?" She knew it was abrupt to ask this question, but she asked it anyway.
There are many cat abusers in Country M. What if this little black cat...
Qiao Ye immediately understood what she meant. She glanced at her calmly and said, "Professional matters should be left to professionals. If it survives, it's not destined to die. If it can't survive, it's just fate."
After saying that, Joe drove away directly.
After she left, the doctor still hadn't reacted.
This was the first time she had met an owner who was so indifferent to the kitten, but on second thought, what she said seemed to make sense.
In the past, when other people came, they would first come to the cat and keep asking questions to the doctor.
but……
Thinking of this, she shook her head slightly and sighed.
Joe was also driving the car, and the kitten stayed obediently in the airline box, not moving or meowing.
Her house has two floors, and there is an extra storage room on the first floor. Although it is called a storage room, there is actually nothing in it, just a few broken cardboard boxes.
When she got home, she moved the boxes out and threw them into the trash can at the door. Then she opened the airline box, poured cat food and cat litter into it, closed the door, and went upstairs to sleep.
It was now four o'clock in the morning and the sky was still pitch black. After being busy for such a long time, she was already feeling a little sleepy.
So I almost fell asleep immediately.
When she woke up again, it was already bright outside. She reached out her hand and felt around on the bed until she found her cell phone. She glanced at the time, threw the phone back, closed her eyes, and continued to sleep.
After sleeping for a whole day, Qiao Ye rubbed his messy hair, got up from the bed, opened the refrigerator and took out a bottle of iced milk.
After taking a sip, I suddenly felt a pain in my abdomen. I quickly put down the milk and ran to the toilet.
Sure enough, her period came.
She sighed softly. No wonder she was always sentimental lately. She didn't expect that it was the influence of physiological hormones.
But now I can’t drink iced milk either.
She left the milk out until it came back to room temperature before pouring the rest into the kitten's bowl and heating up a bowl of oatmeal for herself.
Eat it with bread, bite by bite.
Occasionally she would look up at the kitten drinking milk, and she felt that maybe this kind of life was not bad?
But I always feel like something is missing.
When she raised her head again and looked at the little black cat, an idea flashed through her mind.
Maybe... there's someone missing to accompany me?
This idea is like a seed. Once it is planted, it will take root and sprout continuously with the heart as the soil.
After dinner, she sat on the floor of the utility room, hugged her knees with her hands, and stared at the little black cat.
The kitten was a little afraid of her and hid diagonally across the room.
But after a while I realized that she didn't seem to have any intention of touching her.
Then the cat sneaked over to her side and lay there, imitating her.
Or rub her legs from time to time.
The furry feeling made Joe feel soft inside.
In fact, she had never raised these small animals. Firstly, Qiao's mother was not in good health and it was not suitable for them to be raised at home; secondly, she felt that raising these little guys was troublesome and she would rather play some games with that time.
But now she seems to have changed her mind a little.
Of course, she still found these guys troublesome.
So, she bought an automatic feeder and put the cat on the balcony, where she made a small nest.
After doing all this, Joe returned to the room.
She only now had time to talk to Xia Yi about Pei Qing.
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The phone rang three times before someone picked it up.
"Hello? Mr. Qiao, is there anything I can tell you about?"
"How's the matter I asked you to investigate?"
As soon as she asked this question, endless silence began on the other side.
Qiao didn't rush her either, she had enough patience to wait for her reply.
After about a minute, Xia Yi said, "Uh...something happened at Miss Pei's home."
"What is it?"
“…”
Ding Dong~
An email popped up on her computer.
It is a compressed package.
The files inside are what Xia Yi found.
Joe also opened the compressed files and looked at them one by one.
"Ms. Pei's grandmother is ill, so Ms. Pei has to hand over the case to other people in the law firm."
This reason was not too surprising to Qiao Ye.
But what surprised her was that she would actually go back for such a reason.
"Why would that be the reason? I remember her and her grandmother not being very close."
"That's true. But Mr. Qiao, not everyone is as bold in love and hate as you." Xia Yi's voice came from the other end of the phone. "Although Miss Pei's grandmother can't be described as good, she had enough to eat and wear. She even paid for her college education. Although this was not her intention, a gentleman judges deeds, not the heart. These few points alone are enough."
The relationship between Qiao Ye and Qiao Yang has become extremely cold, which is a well-known fact in the second-generation circle in the entire capital.
Even Qiao has said more than once in her circle of friends that sooner or later Qiao Yang's Qiao Group will be completely defeated.
Although none of what she said came true in the end, it was enough to tell others that she was not on good terms with her father.
It was precisely because of this person who dared to rebel against even his own father that Qiao could not understand why Pei Qing would go back because of this matter and even give up his own future because of it.
In her opinion, this kind of differential treatment that favors boys over girls should be avoided like the plague after she escapes from that suffocating place.
Even now, she has enough ability to stay away from her father.
Although her relationship with Qiao Yang has eased somewhat, the ice is not formed overnight, so there is still a long way to go between them.
“…” Xia Yi opened his mouth, but he found that he seemed unable to explain this kind of thing to Qiao Ye, so he could only say ambiguously: “Maybe you can think of it as…human gratitude.”
Qiao Ye: "What is there to be grateful for?"
She didn't understand, and she didn't need to understand, so she chose not to understand.
"Have you found out what she plans to do next?"
"I'm not sure about that." Xia Yi said, hesitated for a moment, and then continued, "But their family is quite... uh, traditional."
"Tradition?" The first thing that came to Qiao Ye's mind was the wedding of one of her uncles that she had attended before. The sedan chair was carried by eight people, and there were three books and six engagements. The entire Chinese wedding was very classical and traditional.
But she knew clearly that the tradition Xia Yi was referring to was definitely not this kind of tradition.
"To put it bluntly, it's just a bit superstitious."
"...What era is this? Are there still people who believe this?"
Although Qiao Ye scoffed at these things, his mother believed in them to some extent.
Therefore she would not publicly refute those who believed these things.
"Ahem...people have different beliefs..."
"Oh. Is there anything else besides these?"
"Not recently. I'll let you know when there's anything else."
"OK."
After saying that, Qiao was about to hang up the phone.
Before he hung up, the person on the other end called out, "Mr. Qiao."
"What's up?"
"You promised me that you would allow me to follow you to develop in Country M once the matter at the Xue family was accomplished."
"But isn't Xiaochen's problem still unresolved?"
"Uh...that's true."
"Don't worry, I won't go back on my word on this matter."
As he spoke, Qiao Ye's eyes fell on the person standing at his door.
He casually pressed the button to open the door.
"Anything else?"
"No more. Well, Mr. Qiao, you go ahead and get busy." Xia Yi said in a flattering voice.
"Yeah." Qiao also responded and then hung up the phone.
She looked at the person who pushed the door open and raised her eyebrows, "Why, you don't need an appointment to come here?"
The visitor seemed to have arrived at his own home. He sat down on the sofa and grinned. "Look at what you said. Isn't ringing the doorbell the same as my arrival? Then what else do you want me to say?"
"Tell me, what's the matter with you coming here?" Joe also threw him a bottle of soda and asked.
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