"Whew—made it back alive, that was really not easy."
"Five 'Order' administrators, all from major cities—that was quite thrilling and dangerous."
In a clean, tidy clinic, Fluoxetine sat on the edge of the examination room bed.
Though she said "thrilling and dangerous," she showed no visible injuries anywhere on her body, with only a few mud stains on her leather shoes.
Nearby, Dolantine was having her head bandaged while her right arm was already in a cast, grimacing in pain.
"Fluoxetine, if there's a next ti for sothing like this, I'll take your surna if I so much as glance at you!"
The young doctor in black intern clothing who was applying dicine to the back of Dolantine's head shook his head.
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Seeing Dolantine's gaze shift toward him and her mouth already slightly open, the young doctor quickly interrupted the casting.
"But this matter really isn't right of Teacher Fluoxetine," he comnted while applying dicine. "She created such a huge ss without reporting to the organization, quietly pulling off such a big stunt in Jiangcheng..."
"Even making a word puzzle, and even giving away two tickets."
"Teacher Feng almost fainted from anger when he found out!"
Dolantine also turned her criticism toward Fluoxetine: "This bullshit thing you pulled is really sowhat human-like—it takes a mind that hasn't been run over by an eight-wheel, 25-ton semi-truck four tis then watered by fifteen large fierce dogs taking turns pissing on it to co up with this B-level nonsense... And I heard on the forum you gave them the word puzzle in a dungeon—when did you participate in such an intense dungeon, may I ask?"
Fluoxetine, sitting on the bedside, stuck out her tongue: "Hehe, it was just a spur-of-the-mont thing... Telling you and those guys in the organization would have ruined the fun."
She said this with a giggle, showing no intention of defending or justifying herself.
"Even hiding it from your partner like —isn't that going too far?"
The young doctor spoke up again in protest.
"Chlorpromazine, you should just drop it. Hiding things from others might not be good, but hiding from you is absolutely justified—it's been almost a year and you're still 'First-Tier.' I don't know how the hell you got rated A-grade back then. Putting on a 'Ninja' act is quite intimidating, but last ti when Fluoxetine was busy and sent you to assess that... that 'Soldier,' you threw a smoke bomb and ran as soon as you heard he was a 'Soldier.' Do you even have any backbone?"
Dolantine spoke with the frustration of seeing soone waste their potential.
"That was only about fifty ters from Tycoon's hideout. Was I afraid of so rookie who just beca a player? I was afraid that if we fought, it would attract Tycoon."
The doctor nad "Chlorpromazine," or rather the 'Ninja,' protested.
After taking the opportunity to criticize her colleague, Dolantine turned back to Fluoxetine.
"Fluoxetine, what exactly are you planning?"
When asked this, Fluoxetine leaned back slightly on the bedside, looking up at the clinic's ceiling, her calves gently swinging.
"Honestly, I don't know what 'I' am doing either... But I just feel like I've discovered a very, very novel and interesting talent, soone who's absolutely capable of catching the gods' attention but whom no one else has noticed yet."
She smiled with pursed lips, the glitter at the corners of her eyes sparkling.
"What kind of person could it be, soone who dares to even use ? So bold, so clever, so mysterious..."
Fluoxetine extended her tongue to lick her moist lips.
"I really want to et that person!"
She said cheerfully, while Dolantine and Chlorpromazine sighed in unison.
"It's already June and you're catching so damn spring fever here. I an, your seasons are seriously mixed up..."
"Now the report will be hard to write!"
...
In Beiqiao District of Jiangcheng City, Lin Yu carried a hiking backpack, wore a windbreaker, and rode his bicycle to the pet hospital whose address he had seen yesterday.
After nearly two days of continuous heavy rain, Jiangcheng had finally welcod clear weather.
Puddles still dotted the ground, a few clouds still drifted in the sky, and the air was filled with the clear, clean scent after rain.
After parking his bicycle, Lin Yu pushed open the door of Love Baby Pet Hospital.
Since it had just opened for the morning, only one young girl was cleaning at the entrance.
Many cats and dogs were lying in cages.
Hearing soone enter, the young girl looked up.
"Ah, welco... Are you here to pick up your little treasure?"
Seeing Lin Yu empty-handed, she asked sowhat puzzled.
Lin Yu shook his head.
He glanced around the hospital and quickly spotted the "Employee of the Month" plaque on the wall.
Last month and the month before, the Employee of the Month had been Xia Yue both tis.
Lin Yu spoke softly.
"I'm Xia Yue's friend... online friend, I suppose."
Hearing Lin Yu's words, the young girl looked shocked and put down the broom-like tool in her hand.
"You're... here to see Xia Yue?"
"She's already..."
Lin Yu interrupted her.
"I know."
The young girl looked at the sowhat lancholy, handso youth before her, seemingly infected once again by the sorrow on Lin Yu's face.
"Then please accept my condolences..."
Lin Yu nodded silently and walked to Xia Yue's photo.
Sensing the girl silently watching him from behind, Lin Yu looked up at Xia Yue's photo and spoke.
"Would you mind telling what kind of person she was?"
For so reason, the young girl found the youth before her particularly trustworthy. After hesitating for a mont, she slowly began to speak.
"Xiao Yue was a very good person—responsible and diligent in her work, very patient with the furry children. Although she only worked part-ti on weekends, guests, the store manager, other colleagues, and the little furry children all liked her very much."
"Her family circumstances weren't very good—single parent, I think, with a younger sister too—so she worked really hard. I heard she often received scholarships at school too."
"But she didn't just treat this as a money-making side job. She really had compassion and loved this work... Once a guest brought in a puppy with a serious illness, and the owner said not to treat it... It was Xia Yue who secretly paid for its treatnt, and it's still being kept in the shop now... Look, that one right there."
"Yuanbao!"
The girl called softly, and a waddling dachshund erged from inside the shop, making panting sounds.
Seeing the dachshund, the girl seed unable to hold back any longer, her eyes slightly reddening.
"I wasn't particularly close with her actually, but she really... no one could dislike her."
"I don't know why sothing like that had to happen to her. It's just too awful!"
Lin Yu crouched down and patted the dachshund's head.
"Um, about this next question—you don't have to answer if you don't want to. I won't force you to recall these things..."
"I want to know, what exactly happened to Xia Yue?"
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