Chapter 4: The Bookworm's Gathering (2)
They walked side by side, recommending valuable books to each other. As they pass by the tennis court, they come across a short-haired white cat with green eyes. Chen Ying called it over and gently scratched its chin. The cat narrows its eyes and purrs in satisfaction. Qin Hong also squatted down and began to stroke the cat's head. The white cat was sitting on the ground at this time, and one hind leg was trembling all the time.
"It looks like it's getting a little sick." Qin Hong pointed to its trembling hind legs and said. By this time, the cat had already rolled over and was lying on the ground revealing its snow-white belly.
"Well, it seems to be." Chen Ying carefully touched the tip of its cool nose and looked at its ears again. Everything else was fine, except for the hind legs that were still trembling slightly. She gently stroked its belly, picked up its weak hind legs and pressed it gently, and found that it was sprained, but fortunately the bones were not broken.
"Get it to the animal hospital - there's one just outside the south gate." Qin Hong picked up the kitten and held it in his arms like a baby.
The two of them walked briskly to the animal hospital, and it was already half past seven, and only a female clerk with short chestnut hair was sitting inside watching the focus interview. The walls of this shop are mainly pale green, and the entrance is also covered with light green plush cushions. The capsule pet dormitory on both sides of the door is home to a variety of dogs, and the cats are housed in small cages close to the inside, each with a self-feeding container next to it, and a small plush cushion with the store logo printed on it. When they entered, the dogs in the store all stood up and sniffed vigorously through the cages, and some of them barked excitedly.
"What's wrong with the cat?" The female clerk looked at the cat in Qin Hong's arms from the frame of her glasses and asked.
"My leg is shaking badly, maybe it's injured." Qin Hong said, placing the cat on the white countertop. The kitten was probably very comfortable just now, and was already asleep, but now it is still dazed when it is woken up.
"Let me see—well—right hind leg, there's something wrong with it." She tried to get the cat to stand up, forcing it to take a few steps, "How long has it been in this state?" ”
"We only saw it today." Chen Ying whispered.
"It should be going to be a few days, right? Look at the wound here, there are blood stains from leg to foot - fortunately, the wound is not too deep, no stitches, I will reduce inflammation and apply some medicine. As she spoke, she expertly took out a small medicine box with a red cross on it, flipped the cat over and started to reduce the inflammation with iodine, and then she took out a box of yellow-green ointment and carefully applied it to the cat's toes. Chen Ying helped her hold down the kitten.
"Okay, a total of twenty dollars." The female clerk said as she packed up her medicines.
Chen Ying and Qin Hong both began to rummage through their pockets.
"Whose cat is this?" The female clerk took turns looking at each other.
"Mine, mine." Qin Hong hurriedly said. He held Chen Ying's hand and handed over a yellow bill.
"The amount of money is just right." The female clerk said as she took the money and put it in the pocket of her white coat, turned around and sat down to continue watching TV. The dogs had stopped howling, and two Ragdolls straightened up from their cushions and stared at them with round, lake-blue eyes.
"Four more packets of kitten food – one for each of the four flavors." Chen Ying said and took out the money that Liang Jinggang had given him and put it on the table.
By the time they returned to the dormitory, it was already eight o'clock. The weather was already very cold, and the wind blew the poplar leaves to fall down with a rattle, spreading a thick layer on the ground, and stepping on it made a creaking sound, which was quite comfortable.
"I'll take the cat back to the dorm first—when it's all right, I'll let it out." Qin Hong said and looked down, the kitten was snoring in his warm and broad chest, "There is no one in our dormitory - it's a senior year, and many people don't live in the dormitory for the convenience of finding jobs." ”
"Okay, I'll go see it when I have time - you can take this cat food first."
"Good. So, see you tomorrow? ”
"See you tomorrow."
Chen Ying watched Qin Hong walk through the intersection and turn out of sight before walking towards the girls' building. Today is Thursday, and many students do not have classes scheduled for tomorrow, which means that the weekend is coming early. Most of the girls' activities are singing at KTV or hanging out in the nearby shopping mall. Wu Yun and Sun Wei were not there, and the dormitory was quiet. Chen Ying took a quick shower and returned to her desk, she opened the books and computers that were spread out on the table before going out, browsed the parts left behind when she left, and continued to write her paper. After a while, she logged into her mailbox and sent her homework to the teaching assistant. Then she squatted down and pulled out the small dark blue suitcase from under the bed, vigorously moved out four or five stacks of colorful homework books, picked out a red pen from the left drawer, and quickly corrected one question at a time.
Half an hour before the lights went out, Chen Ying finished the last homework. She put her homework books into the box in order and stood up and stretched. The water in the cup was already cold before. She drank unconcernedly and began to browse the web casually. At this time, the QQ icon in the lower right corner of the laptop screen began to flash, and she clicked on it and saw that it was a picture sent by Qin Hong - he had arranged a shoebox for the cat, which was padded with old clothes.
"That's good." She smiled heartily at the thought of what had happened that day.