Silver Leaf Whale Chapter 7

accident

Chapter 7·Accident

The water mist scattered from the air against the light, like a plate of diamond powder that had been overturned. It shimmered and adhered to the entire back of the drawing paper.

The person in front of the painting looked attentive, using a soft woolen brush to evenly smooth out every shimmer, and then apply a layer of paste. Snow-white fingers flew around, covering the supporting paper, and a brown brush smoothed it out, lined it up, and put it on the wall.

Then it started to repeat again.

“Meow~” The swimming goggles jumped on the table lightly, and he was particularly interested in the brush. As soon as he stretched out his paw to touch it, he was grabbed by another big hand.

Qi Zhixuan raised his head with his big hand, and it was Pang Whale who was holding the back of the goggles’ neck and teaching it, “Stop making trouble!”

A very big person, a very small cat, and a never-to-be-confronted expression, so cute that Qi Zhixuan couldn’t help but laugh.

“Have you finished training?” Qi Zhixuan picked up the painting and looked at the light to make sure there was no cat hair on it, then put it down and continued mounting it.

“Well, it’s done. I’ll go out to eat with my roommates later. I’ll wait for them at your place.”

Ever since Qi Zhixuan took the swimming goggles back and kept them, and occasionally brought them out to the store, Pang Jing would take a look at them from time to time and rub them. It was obvious that although he didn’t deal with them, Pang Jing still liked the small swimming goggles.

Pang Jing held up his swimming goggles and looked at Qi Zhixuan, who was working hard.

Suddenly, a very strange feeling came over me. His eyes were gentle and cherishing, and the rhythm of his hands was gentle and decisive. It didn’t feel like he was mounting it, but like he was carefully touching a treasure. This concentration and affection made people unable to take their eyes away.

“Is the swimming pool closed?” Qi Zhixuan took the swimming goggles and sat with Pang Jing in a small corner at the front desk drinking tea. His slender fingers slowly stroked the soft fur, and the kitten lay comfortably on his lap and purred comfortably.

“Yes, the weather has gotten colder, and this year’s opening to the outside world has ended. The professional track is still open, but only our major students can use it.” Pang Whale pinched the cup and took a sip. It had a mellow and sweet taste, and a very mild taste.

“Then I can only swim again next year.” Qi Zhixuan was quite regretful, thinking that his swimming skills would reach a higher level.

“Brother Pang!” The Jing family brothers and Xie Xingxing came and invited Qi Zhixuan to have dinner with him, but he was the only one in the store. He also invited guests to pick up paintings. He couldn’t leave for the time being, so he had to give up.

As they were leaving, one person picked up a pair of swimming goggles, which made the cat confused. Before the cat could recover, the four of them had already left.

“They all went to eat, what should I eat…” Qi Zhixuan scrolled around with his mobile phone, found a Suzhou restaurant that looked good, and ordered a lotus leaf chicken.

He is not very good at cooking and almost never cooks by himself. Except for Chen Runsong who occasionally feeds him, he usually chooses from one of the two school cafeterias across the street, or orders something from Wanwanxiang next door, or orders takeout.

When it was almost time to eat, Xiaolong also came to pick up the last flight. He told the guests that they were coming to pick up their things and tidied up. When he was about to find swimming goggles to take home, the cat was nowhere to be seen.

After walking around the store, I finally saw Qi Zhixuan, who almost sat down on the ground in shock.

“Goggles! Goggles!”

The kitten, which was alive and kicking just now, fell in the corner with vomit around its mouth, motionless and unaware of life or death.

Qi Zhixuan picked up the cat, and Xiaolong came around and found that there was a piece of rope in its mouth, which was the strap of the lotus leaf chicken!

When I turned around, I saw that the trash can was overturned. He must have taken the rope to play with when no one was paying attention and accidentally swallowed it.

“Brother Xuan! I’m watching the store, take the cat to the hospital!”

Xiaolong was startled when he saw that the cat was motionless. He also saw that Qi Zhixuan looked a little dull and hurriedly urged him to go to the hospital.

“Yes, yes, hospital…hospital…” Qi Zhixuan murmured, holding the cat and rushing out to take a taxi to the hospital.

Several people from 604 returned from dinner. This time, Jing Yao’s clothing design work submitted online was adopted and a commercial cooperation was achieved. His hobbies and interests were professionally recognized. He was also very happy, and he generously treated everyone to dinner.

“If you ask me, the most delicious thing is the canned shrimp. It’s tender and juicy. I want to add it to my treasure store collection list.” Today we ate at a Russian restaurant, and Xingxing ordered several canned shrimps alone.

“But everything else is quite delicious, but the cheese dumplings taste a bit weird.” Smashing them, Xingxing felt that he still had a Chinese stomach. The leek and pork stuffing was so good that he couldn’t get used to those weird dumplings.

“Who said it? I think it’s delicious. The yogurt sauce is so appetizing.” Jing Yao said while putting his arm on his brother’s shoulders to let him comment, “Do you think so?”

“Yes.” Jing He just let him lean against him, and the two of them walked forward together.

“You two brothers have no sense of taste! Brother Pang said, do you think those strange dumplings are delicious?”

Pang Jing was too lazy to pay attention to their bickering. He thought that the restaurant tasted good today and he would take Qi Zhixuan to try it next time. He should also like it.

Thinking of people, I took a look at the shop. The little painter was still open, and people could not be seen clearly inside. Pang Jing said hello to his roommate and let him go first. He also wanted to take a look at the cat.

When I arrived at the store, I saw that the figure turned out to be Xiao Long, with his back turned to him, packing up the inventory piled high on the counter. Seeing that the person was not there, Pang Jing turned to leave.

“Hey, are you looking for our boss? He’s not here, he’s treating the cat.”

Xiaolong turned around and saw Pang Jing who had not left yet. Knowing that the two were friends, he was afraid of delaying anything, so he talked about the cat eating by mistake and the boss taking the pet to see a doctor.

Pang Jing frowned upon hearing this and immediately called Qi Zhixuan.

“Beep – beep -” I called several times in a row, but no one answered the phone. Pang Whale frowned even more tightly.

As long as something happened, Pang Jing checked the map on his mobile phone. There were three pet hospitals nearby. Qi Zhixuan probably wouldn’t go too far, so he decided to look for them one by one.

Fortunately, I didn’t look for long, and I saw Qi Zhixuan sitting in the foyer of the hospital at the first one.

He sat in the lobby and waited. The weather was actually not that cold, but his hands and feet were cold. Thinking of the doctor’s words before, Qi Zhixuan’s heart trembled.

At that time, the doctor looked at the situation and found that the cat was vomiting and seriously suspected intestinal obstruction.

“Its heart rate data are all fine. I’ll try to give it lubricant first to see if it can be expelled. But if it can’t be expelled or the condition worsens during the process, laparotomy will still be needed.”

The doctor and Qi Zhixuan explained a bunch of possible scenarios.

Worst case scenario, you might die.

Hearing this word, Qi Zhixuan felt chills in his heart.

He knew it, he knew it…

He knew that he was not worthy of being entrusted, and it was all because of his own negligence that this was the result. A soft and fresh life would be turned into this as long as it had anything to do with him.

The feeling of guilt and self-blame came back like a tide. His hands were shaking unconsciously, and his nails had dug deeply into the center of his fists. It should be painful, but he didn’t seem to feel it.

“What’s wrong?”

Pang Jing walked in and saw Qi Zhixuan with his head lowered and his body shaking constantly. He felt something was wrong, so he squatted in front of him and asked softly.

Unexpectedly, he heard a familiar voice here, and Qi Zhixuan suddenly raised his head.

The hospital stool was not high, so Pang Whale was almost at eye level with him when he was squatting.

He saw Qi Zhixuan’s eyes were red, his eyes were desperate and sad, as if he was trying to hold back something, not only his body was shaking, but his lips were trembling.

Pang Jing had never seen him like this before, and his heart seemed to be squeezed slightly.

“It’s okay.”

Unable to resist, Pang Whale gently touched his head.

Qi Zhixuan tried his best to control himself, but his voice was still trembling: “I…I messed up again and hurt innocent people again…I…it’s my fault.”

He didn’t dare to look at anyone, and lowered his head even lower, leaving almost only the top of his head, and kept muttering, “It’s my fault, it’s my fault, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry…”

The overwhelming emotions overwhelmed Qi Zhixuan, and his heart became desolate again. Apart from apologizing, he didn’t know what else to do. Nothing had changed from before to now. He was such an incompetent person, always watching things get worse and helpless.

Pang Jing looked at his absent-minded look and clenched his hands tighter in his heart. He was a little at a loss and could only comfort him softly: “It’s okay, it’s okay, the doctor is looking at him.”

Qi Zhixuan kept trembling. Pang Jing didn’t know what else to do, so he had to take off his coat to cover him, which would at least keep him warm.

Looking at the thin man covered by the coat, he tried to squat down and slowly leaned over, carefully put his round head on his shoulders, and stroked his back from top to bottom.

Qi Zhixuan didn’t push him away. After some time, he slowly stopped shaking.

One of them was sitting, the other was squatting, just cuddling together. When Pang Whale’s legs were almost numb, the round head finally raised a little.

“Sorry, I’m going to wash my face.”

Qi Zhixuan put down his coat, and the voice sounded normal, but his head was still hanging, unable to see his expression clearly, and he slowly walked into the bathroom under Pang Whale’s gaze.

Silently retracting his eyes, Pang Jing stood up from the ground and sat on a chair to relieve his numb legs.

There was still warmth left in the coat, which was Qi Zhixuan’s temperature. He didn’t come back until the warmth was about to dissipate.

There were drops of water on his face, and the soft hair on his forehead was wet. His eyes were still red, but he felt better.

Without speaking, the two of them just waited quietly. The doctor said that it would not be so soon and that they could go back and rest first. They would be notified if there was any situation, but no one had any intention of leaving.

In the middle of the night, good news came from the swimming goggles. The rope was pulled out along the daddy. After the B-ultrasound, it was confirmed that no surgery was needed. They were left for observation for a day or two and could be discharged without any problems. The two of them breathed a sigh of relief.

Qi Zhixuan walked to the cage of the swimming goggles. It was lying limply inside, with its furry little arms still wrapped around the cardboard for an injection. Qi Zhixuan stretched out his hand and touched the kitten’s head with loving eyes. He touched it, and then touched it again, and then left reluctantly.

It was already very late now. The door of Pang Jing’s dormitory had been locked long ago and he could not go back to live. The hospital was not far away, so Qi Zhixuan took him home.

The temperature at night was still a bit cold, and the wind blew over, making his nose feel icy. Pang Whale wanted to give him clothes, but he didn’t ask for them. The two of them just walked in tandem. The moon was in the sky, and the shadows stretched long, and they overlapped each other from time to time according to the owner’s movements.

It was already early in the morning when we arrived at Qi Zhixuan’s house. His house was a small apartment for a single person. It was not large in area but very neat.

There was only a sofa in the living room and some pet supplies. Some of them were piled in the corner and had not been unpacked. They must have just been bought.

Qi Zhixuan turned on the light and led people inside. As he approached, it was his room. There was a transparent glass partition between the room and the living room for lighting. You could see a small wardrobe inside, but nothing else.

The kitchen seems to be very new and there is nothing.

If he hadn’t seen his full store, Pang Jing would have almost thought that this man would move out tomorrow. In fact, it was too empty.

“Sorry, my house is relatively small and there is no guest room. I will sleep on the sofa and you can sleep on the bed.”

Qi Zhixuan handed Pang Jing a bottle of water.

“No, I’ll sleep on the sofa. Your sofa is pretty big. You sleep on the bed.”

Qi Zhixuan looked very tired, but did not refuse and nodded.

After washing, the two of them lay down. Pang Jing was wearing Qi Zhixuan’s pajamas. Perhaps for the comfort of sleeping in them, the size was very large, which fit Pang Jing perfectly.

There was a faint scent of grass and wood on it. He had smelled it on Qi Zhixuan. It should be the smell of their laundry detergent or something.

Pang Jing turned over and looked into the room. Although there was a piece of transparent glass between the sofa and the room, there was no light inside, so he could only vaguely see a small bulge in the quilt.

Pang Jing couldn’t sleep thinking about Qi Zhixuan’s unusual reaction today.

The cherished and gentle look on his face when he was doing something he liked was completely different from the collapsed and helpless look just now.

What could it be that could torture such a good person into this state? Thinking about it now, he felt as if his heart was being twisted.

What happened? Pang Whale sighed in his heart.

He raised his hand and gently pressed the ridge with his palm through the glass. He didn’t know how long it took before Pang Whale fell asleep. His hand slipped down. The moonlight outside the window soaked into the room, and the fingerprints left by the temperature could be seen.