Chapter 87 Unit 3 End "You said I was Shengqing...
Three days into the date, the little snake shed its skin.
That day, Xiaoshe left work half an hour earlier than usual. When Yan Hao heard the news from his assistant, he immediately understood what had happened and rushed back home.
As soon as they returned to Mingyue Bay, Butler Li came over and said that the young master had locked himself in the room when he came back and would not let them in.
"It's okay, I know."
He waved his hand, indicating to leave.
This was not the first time such a scene had occurred. Butler Li did not panic, but calmly arranged the work of other servants as he did last time. He used a serious expression and tone to warn those who were careless with their mouths to always remember what to say and what not to say, what to look at and what not to look at.
Staring at those who buried their heads deeply, Butler Li raised his voice and tone: "There are some things I don't want to repeat several times. If something really goes wrong, it's not my place to say anything..."
After the beating, Li Qichang went to report to Yan Hao. Outside the courtyard, he clearly noticed that all the windows in the room were tightly closed again.
According to the previous experience, it may be over in about three days. During this period, except for the daily ration of food and water, other servants are not allowed to get close.
He looked at his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose, not daring to look around casually, and just listened to Yan Hao's list of needs.
"Okay, I'll go down and prepare!"
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Sheng Qing can capture all the movements outside, especially when he changes back to his original form, he can capture every subtle sound in the air.
If Butler Li were here, he would probably be shocked to find that the two-meter-long bed in the bedroom was completely occupied by a giant silver-white python.
It curled up into a ball, its scales covered with a light gray color. It looked uncomfortable, constantly moving its body and looking towards the door from time to time.
Shedding is not pleasant, especially during the two days between shedding and not shedding. The new skin clamors for fresh air, but the old skin that gradually loses its luster cannot disappear immediately. So the whole body seems to be tightly wrapped by a layer of film, making it difficult to breathe and very irritable.
Hearing the familiar footsteps gradually approaching, the head slowly poked out from under the snake's body. Since its eyes were also covered with a layer of light white film, it could only rely on the tongue it exhaled to collect information in the air.
This is what happens when snakes shed their skin. They will temporarily lose their vision and become more sensitive than usual. Any unfamiliar smell or movement will cause them to feel uneasy.
When Yan Hao thought about how such a huge python, a snake that could easily swallow an adult human, was so timid, he felt from the bottom of his heart that it was so adorable.
"Hmm...have you grown up a little?"
A large head came over and gently rubbed against the man's face. Without showing the slightest fear, the man raised his hand to touch the snake's head, which was almost as big as his head, while measuring the snake's circumference inch by inch with his eyes.
“As expected…”
It's a little longer than the last time it shed its skin.
Shengqing is still a small snake with a growing body.
He laughed inwardly.
The next moment, a thick snake tail gradually wrapped around his body from his legs. Almost in an instant, Yan Hao was tightly entangled by the silver-white giant python.
The sudden suffocation caused his heartbeat to accelerate strongly, and his temples, palms, and chest were all numb, but he still tried his best to gently stroke the snake's body, which was not even a small snake.
"Is it uncomfortable? Wait a little longer until the water temperature rises, then we can go soak for a while, okay?"
An indoor swimming pool of nearly six meters was dug behind the yard. In the middle of the pool, a circular pillar was erected according to Yan Haoti's requirements, with several "branches" extending outward. The center was made of concrete and steel bars, and the outside was covered with pieces of simulated tree bark.
At that time, the little snake can soak in the water for a while, and then hang it around the rough wooden stake, which can help the molting go more smoothly to a certain extent.
Of course, this process sometimes requires Yan Hao's assistance. This was the case during the last molting period, but Yan Hao was inexperienced at the time and too nervous to hurt the snake. As a result, he made a slight mistake while assisting with the molting, and the old skin that came off was not completely intact, with two small cuts.
That little scar couldn't be seen unless you looked carefully, but Yan Hao was heartbroken for a long time at that time.
He must be more careful this time.
With this idea in mind, after soaking in hot water for two days, Shengqing's old skin finally changed from light gray to dark gray, and the day had come when it was ready to shed.
This time, both the man and the snake had some experience, and the whole process went extremely smoothly. It was only about an hour before Shengqing's eyes, covered with white film, shed the thin layer of old skin and saw the clear world again.
Shengqing remembers that time very clearly.
The first person he saw when he opened his eyes was Yan Hao. He was carefully folding the old skin he had shed, and from time to time he put it to his nose and sniffed it.
What's so good about it? Sheng Qing thought, and then thought, forget it, didn't she like it before?
I remember that when Shengqing shed his skin for the first time, he had no experience and just huddled under the bed in fear. He completed his first shed skin relying on instinct, and the old skin was hidden in the corner.
The man didn't know how he knew, but he lay on the ground in a state of disgrace, trying very hard to get it out. Finally, Shengqing had no choice but to transform into a small snake, go under the bed, bite off his own shed snake skin, and hand it to the man.
How long ago was that?
Shengqing recalled.
When he remembered that day, Yan Hao had already carefully put away the thin snake skin and placed it neatly with other snake skins.
Sheng Qing originally had no interest in his own shed skin, just as people would not be interested in their clipped nails or washed dirt, but he just glanced at it casually.
Suddenly, he was stunned.
"What's wrong?"
While admiring his precious collection, he turned around and found that the little snake had turned into a human being at some point. It was naked, with long arms and legs, and its skin was so white that it was almost reflective.
Worry was the first thing that came to Yan Hao's mind at that moment, compared to other unspeakable thoughts. Even though the field was hot and the weather was just beginning autumn, so it wasn't that cold, he still frantically tried to find him some clothes.
"Are you cold? Didn't I prepare clothes for you? Why don't you put them on? Go soak in the water first, I'll go find..."
Sheng Qing didn't answer his question. He looked at his hands, his feet, pinched his stomach, and then raised his head and asked seriously, "Yan Hao, have I gained weight?"
Yan Hao paused while gathering the thin blanket around the little snake, and replied seriously, "No, I think you're very thin."
"No, I think I've gained weight." He repeated. "I really found that I've gained weight, right?"
“………
Yes, Shengqing has indeed gained a little weight.
It may not be very obvious in human form, after all, he is born tender, and it is no big deal to have more flesh on his cheeks, but it is very obvious in snake form, especially when the shed skin is put together, it can be clearly seen.
In snake form, you can clearly see with the naked eye that the scales are stretched out, a little unable to cover the flesh, a round head, a round body, and a thin tail...
Obviously, fat.
But as the owner, Yan Hao continued calmly: "How are you fat? No, you're not fat. You're still growing."
"Yeah?"
"yes."
Faced with the man's decisive words, Shengqing began to doubt his own opinion.
Maybe I'm not fat?
Anyway, in the vague memories he'd inherited, Shengqing was supposed to grow enormously, perhaps even as big as a mountain. Although he seemed to have been abandoned due to some flaw, and probably couldn't grow that big, he could still grow to half a mountain, right?
"oh……"
The day after the molting period ended, Shengqing returned to work. The clinic was almost full on the first day.
After all, with the previous accumulation and Yan Hao's overt and covert operations, Sheng Qing's reputation in the hospital has become better and better. If it weren't for the fear that he would be tired, and Yan Hao's requirement that the hospital only release fixed numbers every day, who knows how many people would come from other places.
Only rested for four days.
In addition to the regular customers who had seen the doctor before and came back for a follow-up consultation, there were also some new customers who came here because of its reputation.
One of the new customers was a fashionable couple. Both the man and the woman were wearing masks. The girl was holding a tightly covered pet airline box in her hand, and the boy was holding the girl's handbag.
The hostess probably had inquired about the hospital's reputation before coming, or watched the video reposted by the marketing account, so she showed an especially familiar attitude towards Sheng Qing.
"Doctor Sheng, if you can't help, I'm planning to send Duanwu back home."
"If you ask me, you should have given it away long ago if you couldn't raise it well..."
According to the information filled in when registering, Duanwu is a very cute Siamese cat.
Originally, this breed of cat was known as the "Filipino maid of the cat world," and was generally known for its affectionate and docile nature. Aggressive cats were rare, but Eleven, the registered cat, was one of them.
When the assistant beside him heard that the attack was so strong, he immediately and skillfully took out a complete set of protective equipment for Shengqing.
Shengqing stared at the cage and waved his hand.
"It didn't attack me."
An animal's personality and temperament can be discerned from its smell, including whether there are any attack signals, but Shengqing definitely didn't smell anything from the Siamese cat.
He continued to ask patiently for details.
The hostess said that Duanwu was originally the cub of her friend's cat. She had no interest in cats before, but when she went to visit her friend's house that day, she took a liking to it. She raised it from the time it was weaned, and it was always obedient until she got a boyfriend.
At first, Duanwu and her boyfriend were close, but then one day, Duanwu started biting him all the time, and when she saw her boyfriend and her together, she would roar at both of them.
At first the hostess thought Duanwu was jealous, but the situation escalated. Duanwu began to destroy the house, biting the sofa, scratching the curtains, overturning the trash can, and even urinating everywhere.
"...will it bite you?"
The man began to show the various winding red scars on his arms and legs, and complained about how ferocious the cat was.
The hostess fell into deep thought: "...Occasionally, but rarely bites me when I'm alone."
"What kind of situation is that?"
"Um…"
As usual, after understanding the situation with the two owners, Shengqing began to communicate with Duanwu inside through the airline box.
The girl couldn't hear what Shengqing and Duanwu were saying at all. She only saw the doctor, who was a little too young, whispering seriously in the direction of the airline box.
This "silent" conversation lasted for about twenty minutes, which can be said to be the longest communication.
During the conversation, the boy probably didn't believe it and interrupted him twice. As if it was a real-life demonstration, as soon as the boy opened his mouth, Duanwu in the airline box would growl and breathe.
After the conversation, Sheng Qing did not immediately relay his pet's thoughts as he had done before. Instead, he looked at the male owner and said, "You go out for a moment..."
“Why?!”
The boy seemed particularly angry, saying that this hospital must be a scam and wanted to pull the girl out, shouting how it was possible that someone could understand animals' speech, and what kind of communicator, it was obvious that he was the kind of person who made up a few nonsense to deceive those who were being taken advantage of.
It's not like there haven't been similar things before. After the assistant pressed a button under the table, two tall men in security uniforms came in, stood before the host, and said with a forced smile, "Please step out for a moment."
Ten minutes later, the hostess came out of the clinic with red eyes. She walked straight towards her boyfriend without saying a word and pulled him towards the fire escape.
At first, the two people were trying to lower their voices so that no one outside could hear what was happening. Later, their voices became louder and louder, almost to the point of shouting.
Just through a few words, even the security guard who had never been to the clinic and had no idea what was going on, as well as the customers waiting outside, were able to roughly guess the truth from the few words.
"Shh, keep your voice down..."
"So you admit it? So it was you who threw Duanwu last time, and then turned around and told me that Duanwu ran out and jumped off the building? The time before that was also..."
"...It's all a lie, how could anyone possibly understand it?"
"Then explain it to me!! Why did the surveillance camera just happen to be broken? Why did you always get hurt when you were home alone?!"
"Is it necessary for a beast? It's not necessary, is it?! Oh, oh, oh, don't go..."
After watching the couple disappear at the end of the corridor, the assistant returned to the clinic. Shengqing was sitting at the table, still expressionless and unaffected.
"When is the next one?"
"Let me check." The assistant quickly looked down at the schedule. "Five minutes later."
The original plan was for the break to be about twenty minutes, but because the previous customer took up too much time, it was only five minutes left.
"Are you okay? Doctor Sheng, would you like to rest for a while?" the assistant suggested considerately, "You can delay your departure for about fifteen minutes."
"No."
"Okay...would you like some water?"
"Yes, thank you."
The assistant still remembers that when he applied for this position, he first went through two rounds of interviews. The interviewer in the final round was a tall, gloomy man with an extremely oppressive aura.
Just by looking up at him, he felt that the air around him suddenly became thinner. In front of such a pair of bottomless eyes, he had to breathe cautiously.
The assistant at that time really thought that he would have to work with this man in the future until the man said Shengqing's name and began to give instructions one by one.
"Don't bother him..."
"Remember to remind him to drink water on time..."
"If someone is deliberately causing trouble, call security immediately..."
"I listen to whatever he says..."
“…”
This went on for over half an hour. They were not allowed to take photos of Dr. Shengqing and post them on any platform. Even if they did, they had to put a heavy "Which photo" on it...
Before he started, he was worried that this doctor with so many quirks might be difficult to get along with. Thankfully, Shengqing was incredibly easy to get along with.
The assistant always remembered that day.
Just then he heard that Shengqing arrived two days earlier than expected and had prepared a lot of speeches in advance. He went out to the bathroom during the meeting and when he came back he found a handsome young man sitting at his desk.
Because he was too young and did not look like an experienced doctor, the assistant at the time thought he had come to the wrong place and hurriedly reminded him that this was Dr. Shengqing's office.
The young man looked up: "I am Sheng Qing."
Humans are creatures of appearance, and he was indeed stunned for a few seconds at that moment. But the young doctor did not have a strange temper as he imagined.
Later...
The assistant's phone in his trouser pocket buzzed, he took it out and clicked on the message.
[How's it going today? I heard there's some trouble.]
[How is Shengqing?]
He quickly responded in detail to the whole story of the morning's incident. The man who was shouting and making a scene out of guilt was asked to leave by the security guards before he could even push Shengqing. Shengqing was not affected.
After sending the message, he wiped the sweat from his forehead. Actually, when he first started working, he didn't really believe in animal communication, thinking it was just a matter of guessing. But after observing for so long, he realized that this young man named Shengqing really did understand.
After serving the last customer, it was time to leave. As the assistant cleaned up his desk, he looked up and saw that the man who had interviewed him had arrived on time.
"Why are you here so early?"
“The end is coming.”
"oh."
I don’t know how many times I have seen such a scene. Doctor Shengqing took off his badge, took off his white coat, and walked over to stand close to the tall man.
"Then I'll be leaving first. You can get off work too."
It was Seungkyung greeting the assistant.
"Yeah, okay."
The assistant had previously speculated about the relationship between the two, and later based on observation, it was confirmed that idea in his heart. Sure enough... they were a same-sex couple, right?
When you first see them, you might think they don't match well.
The boy was born handsome, with long and thick eyelashes, cherry-like lips, eyes like a newborn deer, and a body as straight as a bamboo. He seemed to be a very easy-going person.
The man next to him was obviously taller, and judging from his appearance, he was not the kind of person who was easy to get along with. However, when he looked at the young man next to him, his eyebrows became unnaturally gentle.
I really don't know how they got together.
Someone like Dr. Shengqing must have been raised in the palm of his hand, right? The assistant speculated so, placing the pen firmly into the pen holder and performing daily disinfection on the edges and corners.
"How was your day?"
On the way from the corridor to the elevator, men and women, known and unknown, greeted Shengqing from time to time, and their glances did not make him feel uncomfortable, uneasy, or panicky.
Shengqing just walked forward calmly, nodding from time to time as a response.
"Today was fine, nothing happened."
He lowered his eyes, and the hand at his side naturally rubbed against the back of the other hand, and their fingers unconsciously intertwined.
"What are you having for dinner?"
"Hmm... let me take a look too."
Before he knew it, there was no gap beside him. In order to see the content on the other person's phone clearly, Sheng Qing leaned over and looked at the pictures sent by the housekeeper.
“It looks delicious…”
The orange sunset cast long shadows under my feet. The two long rows of trees on the roadside turned light yellow. In the near future, the petals will fall off one by one, and new buds will quietly grow in the next spring.
No matter what happens in the future, at least now, at this moment, this long, hot, always displaced, and smelly summer in memory is finally over.
"I used to wonder whether I was a human or a snake, but now I don't think about it anymore."
Sheng Qing secretly stepped on the shadow belonging to Yan Hao.
"Um?"
"You said it before, I'm Shengqing." Shengqing imitated Yan Hao's tone at that time, "I am unique."
Looking at the little snake's slightly proud expression, Yan Hao's heart was completely melted.
【End of Unit 3】
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