283 Goodbye, Doctor (1/2)

Chapter 283: Goodbye, Doctor

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Upon seeing Meng Li leave the clinic with the Cocker Spaniel, Zhang Zian felt sorry for the graduate students that would need to walk the dog. Zhang Zian said goodbye to Long Xian, left the clinic and walked fast forward his pet shop. On his way back to the pet shop, he wondered what took Sun Xiaomeng so long. He just asked her to open door for Guo Dongyue. No matter how slow she walked, half an hour would be enough. And it’s unlikely that she finally got the chance to play with Galaxy as she always wanted to.

On the first floor of his shop, a few renovation workers were there. He didn't see Guo Dongyue. He asked one person and knew that after telling them about the necessary details, Guo Dongyue had left in advance. They were following the construction graph, and nothing would go wrong.

Zhang Zian pretended he was an expert on their work and stood there and watched them for a while. They seemed very concentrated, and he didn't see any flaws, judging from his knowledge. Since Fina was not on the first floor, he took some bottles of Evian spring water to the workers, so that they wouldn't feel thirsty. He decided to buy beverages for them later.

He went up to the second floor and saw Galaxy sitting in the corridor with its head tilted, as if it was waiting for him to come back.

”I’m back. Galaxy, what are you doing?” he asked.

”Meow, playing hide-and seek!” said Galaxy.

”You're playing hide-and-seek...” Zhang Zian felt confused, shouldn't it be either hiding or seeking in this game? How could Galaxy just stand there and do nothing? Galaxy had played hide-and-seek many times, and except when it faced the wall to count down, it had never stood still during the game.

Galaxy shook its head, raised its claw and pointed to the kitchen, ”Galaxy is not playing hide-and-seek; Richard is playing-hide and-seek.”

Richard?

Zhang Zian remembered now. When he left the pet shop, Richard and the two red-headed lovebirds were still in the kitchen. He pushed open the kitchen door, only to find that Sun Xiaomeng was standing there with some spice jars and a stainless-steel soup pot on the kitchen sink. He noticed that Sun Xiaomeng’s expression was complicated, like she had been thinking about very difficult question, and probably had not got the answer that she wanted.

”What are you doing?” Zhang Zian asked, ”Are you playing house?”

Sun Xiaomeng was speechless. When she was about to explain, her cell phone rang.

”Hello?” she answered the phone right away after seeing the phone number.

”Sister Xiaomeng, when will you be back? The client who has made an appointment is here,” Long Xian said on the other side of the phone.

Sun Xiaomeng pinched between her eyebrows like she was having a headache. She was totally surprised by Richard and forgot about the appointment schedule of her client.

”I’m heading back right away, please tell the client to wait a minute,” she said quickly.

”Okay, got it, I'll hang up then.” Long Xian hung up the phone.

Though she cared a lot about Richard’s injuries, she was not a scientist all in all. She was a veterinarian, and no matter how Richard’s experience intrigued her, she needed to go back to her clinic and do her job.

”I just borrowed your kitchen tools, but not for playing. See you later.” She spoke briefly to Zhang Zian, but looked at Richard dearly and waved, ”Goodbye, Richard, I will come back to see you again.”

Richard gazed at her affectionately, ”Goodbye, Doctor.”

Sun Xiaomeng was astonished and didn't say anything. She walked out of the kitchen and saw that Galaxy was staring at her from the bedroom door far away.

”Goodbye, Galaxy,” she smiled and waved.

”Meow, meow.”

After Sun Xiaomeng left, Zhang Zian still couldn't figure out what had happened.

”Richard, why do you call her ‘Doctor’ now?” he asked curiously. ”Don't you always call her ‘Beauty’?”

Richard remained silent, and after a few seconds, it fluttered its wings and yelled, ”Quack, quack! You moron! She is a doctor, isn’t she? Don't you know what doctor means in English?”