Chapter Fifty-Six: New Accoun (1/2)

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“Squeak?” Xiao Yu was still confused about the situation.

“You’re up in the middle of the night playing games. Don’t you think you have something to explain?” Yan Jin reminded: “It’s already three in the morning now.”

“Squeak……” Xiao Yu blinked his eyes as he attempted to act innocent.

“Stop squeaking. Type it out.”

Without a choice, Xiao Yu could only listlessly type out the words.

“If I win another match, I will gain another rank.”

Yan Jin snorted in response – obviously, that was the signal before he got angry: “Can’t you play in the morning? Do you even remember that you’re still sick?”

Xiao Yu reluctantly typed: “I remember.”

The hamster paused for a moment before he continued to type another sentence: “I’m sorry, I know that I was wrong.”

Yan Jin nodded his head and gently tapped on Xiao Yu’s little head as he softened his tone: “It’s good that you understand your wrongs. Stop crying now.”

Xiao Yu blinked his eyes again and stretched out his paws to rub his face.

The tears were still falling as he could not stop them.

Xiao Yu typed hesitantly: “Eyes hurt.”

Yan Jin frowned as he brought Xiao Yu closer to have a look. He realized that the areas surrounding Xiao Yu’s eyes were obviously red and swollen. Tear droplets were still overflowing from those eyes. The more he rubbed, the worse it got.

Yan Jin got up and placed Xiao Yu in his arms as he took big steps back to his bedroom.

The bedroom was in pitch-black darkness. Yan Jin did not even have time to switch on the lights before he settled Xiao Yu on the table and grabbed his phone to call for help.

“Hello, there’s something wrong with Fishy. I need to trouble you to come over as fast as you can.”

An hour later, the veterinarian arrived. He stood in Yan Jin’s bedroom as he listened to how the incident occured: “Mr. Yan, I hope that you’ll have more common sense. Hamsters should not be exposed to strong lighting. May I ask why you would brighten up your house in the middle of the night?”

With that, the veterinarian switched off the chandelier in the bedroom, leaving only the desk lamp on.

Yan Jin: “… I apologize.”

Chairman Yan gave a sidelong glance at Xiao Yu, who was pretending to be innocent. The hamster took a step back subconsciously.

“The problem wasn’t too bad this time. You have to remember not to use strong lighting in the future. I’ll leave the medicine with you and the instructions are written on it. During this interim, don’t feed him mealworms. Add some green beans…” the veterinarian continued speaking as he noted some things on a piece of paper.

Yan Jin coughed as he asked: “Hamsters eat mealworms?”

The veterinarian gave Yan Jin a doubtful look. He replied: “Most hamsters love to eat them. If you haven’t tried feeding it mealworms, buy some and try it out. But take note not to feed it for the next few days. Foods that cause the body to heat up should be stopped for a while.”

Yan Jin used a complicated gaze to look at his hamster. Xiao Yu immediately shook his head like a rattle-drum upon receiving Yan Jin’s gaze.

After all, he was a human before. Things like mealworms were just heresy. Regardless of whether a hamster could eat those or not, Xiao Yu was sure that he definitely could not swallow them.

“Mr. Yan,” the veterinarian tactfully mentioned before he left: “Actually, the life force of these small animals can be quite tenacious. I hope that you will wait until morning before you settle such types of ‘small matters’.”

Yan Jin, who called the veterinarian at three in the morning, nodded his head and admitted that he was in the wrong in this rare occasion.

If Chu Ge witnessed that scene, he would surely beat his chest, stomp his feet, and yell about how idiotic his friend was. Due to the number of times Yan Jin forcefully called him for such unimportant ‘small matters’, Chu Ge was the most experienced person.

What made it more hateful was how Chu Ge did not dare to raise any objections in front of Yan Jin. Instead, he would only ridicule Yan Jin behind his back.

It was 4:30 a.m. when the human and hamster finally fell asleep.

Xiao Yu laid in his little house as he closed his eyes and quietly thought about the following questions.

Why didn’t Yan Jin ask anything?

Why wasn’t Yan Jin shocked at all?

Why was Yan Jin still so concerned about him?

……

That night was not a sleepless night.

Although Xiao Yu’s brain had a lot of questions that he could not figure out, he easily fell asleep due to exhaustion.

After all, the anxious and frightened feelings were all erased by Yan Jin’s earlier actions.

The next day, Xiao Yu had successfully overslept.

When he opened his eyes, it did not feel painful anymore. Xiao Yu ran out of his cage and looked at his reflection on the iPad. The areas surrounding his eyes were no longer swollen.

It was worth mentioning that the iPad was not playing any animations, just quietly lying on the desk.

Xiao Yu unlocked the iPad and took a glance at the time. Dammit, it’s five minutes before noon.

After becoming a hamster, this was the first time that Xiao Yu had slept in that late (not including the times when he went back to sleep after he woke up).

He turned to look at the empty bed and felt guilty about it.

They had stayed up quite late earlier this morning. He was sure that Yan Jin did not rest properly.

But unlike him, Yan Jin couldn’t sleep until whenever he liked. Now that the long holiday had come to an end, and with the Autumn Release Conference just around the corner, he couldn’t possibly take any leave from work at this point in time, even if he was the chairman.

I wonder what Yan Jin is doing now. Is he feeling okay…?

Xiao Yu blamed himself for a while. Then, he suddenly thought of a very good way to compensate.

Didn’t he add Yan Jin as his friend? He could simply ask him, right?

YL’s chairman’s office.

It was lunch break when Yan Jin set aside his work and logged into his side account. He was uploading a picture that he secretly took when Xiao Yu was tearing up.

It was attached with the caption – A weeping Fishy.

No less than fifty seconds after Yan Jin had uploaded that status, he received a new message.

The bouncing icon belonged to Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both. Yan Jin thought that it must have something to do with the Autumn Release Conference. He didn’t expect that when he opened the message –

[Fish and Hamster – You Can’t Have Both]: Yan Jin, Yan Jin, your hamster misses you. longinghamster.jpg

Yan Jin: “……”

The moment that message was sent out, Xiao Yu immediately regretted his actions. He couldn’t understand how stupid he was to use that account to send such a message to Yan Jin.