293 Emergency (1/2)
Chapter 293: Emergency
Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Of course, Zhang Zian was happy to see someone that wanted to buy his cats. Jin Er seemed like a very rich person. He believed he would definitely close the deal, and that it had been worthy for him to come over to Sun Xiaomeng’s clinic.
”All right, this way please. My cats are in the care of this clinic temporarily.” Zhang Zian lead Jin Er towards the ward.
Since there were no other clients in the clinic, and Sun Xiaomeng didn’t seem to oppose, Long Xian followed them to the ward.
They had only walked a few steps before Zhang Zian’s phone rang. He pulled out his phone, and saw that it was Li Kun who was calling.
”Hello? Have you bought the electric heaters yet?” he answered the phone.
Li Kun sounded a little bit out of breath on that side of the phone.
”Yes, we have... Master, where are you right now? Mr. Guo said you went to the pet clinic. Something is wrong with your grey parrot; will you come back and check on it?”
”Something's wrong? Wait a second.” Zhang Zian gestured Long Xian, implying her to lead Jin Er to see the cats. He went towards Sun Xiaomeng with his phone in his hand.
Sun Xiaomeng was skimming through a magazine and looked at him confusingly.
He put his phone on the speaker mode so that she could hear their conversation.
”Li Kun, be more specific, Sun Xiaomeng is also listening.”
Li Kun swallowed his saliva and said, ”Elder Brother Wang Qian and I obeyed Master’s order and bought electric heaters from the supermarket. We met Mr. Guo in front of the pet shop and he said that you were not in the shop. He told us that, before you left the shop, you told him to pass on to us that we should install the electric heaters in the bedroom and living room on the second floor.”
”Go on.” Zhang Zian looked at Sun Xiaomeng and pointed to her coat hanging on the rack, suggesting that she should put on her coat.
Though Sun Xiaomeng was not clear what had happened, from Zhang Zian's dismayed expression, she knew that he was not joking this time. She took off her white gown silently and put on her coat. She looked outside and saw that it was dusk already. It gets cold in the late autumn, so she also put on a scarf.
Zhang Zian didn't take off his coat when he came into the clinic, and seeing that Sun Xiaomeng was ready, he held his phone in one hand and pushed open the door with the other hand, signaling Sun Xiaomeng to follow him to go outside.
In the meantime, Li Kun continued.
”Elder Brother Wang Qian and I carried the electric heaters upstairs and went into the living room. We found that African grey parrot which was always mean to us was slouching. We didn’t speak to it—that bird always called us ‘butt buddies’, we just didn't want to talk with it....”
Zhang Zian and Sun Xiaomeng had left the clinic. He asked Sun Xiaomeng to hold his phone, and he turned around and ran back to the clinic to fetch her stethoscope. Parts of the stethoscope stuck out from the pocket of the white gown and was swaying in the air. He stuffed the stethoscope back into the pocket and put the white gown on his shoulder, trotting to catch up with Sun Xiaomeng.
Li Kun probably had been spending too much time on forums that, instead of getting directly to the key points, he just talked freely and relentlessly on the phone. After returning from the clinic, Zhang Zian didn't feel he missed anything important...
”Elder Brother Wang Qian and I followed the instructions to install the electric heater, which began to heat up after plugging-in. When we were about to install the other electric heater in the bedroom, we heard a thump sound behind us, like something had fallen over. We turned around and saw that your grey parrot was lying on the desk.”
Sun Xiaomeng threw her car keys to Zhang Zian, indicating he should drive.
She had understood what the phone call was about. She was worried inside, but as a professional veterinarian, she should appear calm no matter what circumstances arose. She pulled Zhang Zian’s hand towards her, and said to the speaker on the phone, ”We are on our way, will be there soon. You guys need to observe what symptoms it has and report to me.”
”Well...”Li Kun sounded very embarrassed, ”We don't know anything...”
”I don't care, just tell me what you see!” Sun Xiaomeng said bitterly. Indecisive people were the worst in crucial moments when life and death were at stake.