Chu Hengyuan's face remained calm. "I'm just helping a friend take care of it. Go and check her wounds quickly."
"Okay." Tang Xingwei didn't waste any words on this kind of thing. He sat down cross - legged in front of the sofa, opened the first - aid kit, and said, "Could you fetch me a basin of warm water? I'll remove the gauze first."
Without a word, Chu Hengyuan turned around to prepare the warm water.
Rong Lan was stunned when she saw Tang Xingwei here. It wasn't until she saw Tang Xingwei take out a pair of medical scissors from the box that she came to her senses and subconsciously shrank back.
Tang Xingwei and her brother... knew each other? Or rather, they had a good relationship?
If their relationship wasn't good, given her brother's personality, he would probably rather take her to the pet hospital than call Tang Xingwei home to help.
"Don't be afraid." As if sensing the little fox's fear, Tang Xingwei gently stroked the fur on her body, soothing her tenderly. "I'll try not to hurt you."
Chu Hengyuan came out with half a basin of hot water. Seeing Tang Xingwei touching the little fox, his face darkened. "Don't touch it randomly."
That wasn't an ordinary fox. It was his little wife.
Tang Xingwei didn't take his friend's warning to heart. After all, in his eyes, it was just a pitiful pet fox. "I'm just afraid the fox will be scared and struggle. Although, given its current condition, it probably can't struggle much."
Chu Hengyuan bent down to place the water basin on Tang Xingwei's right - hand side. His expression was cold. "You can start now."
After saying that, he sat down on the single - person sofa and stared at Tang Xingwei, preventing him from getting too familiar with his little wife.
Tang Xingwei wasn't oblivious to his friend's vigilance. He let out a helpless snort and got down to business. "Is sister - in - law still at work? Why haven't I seen her?"
Chu Hengyuan was slightly stunned. "She's on a business trip and won't be back for a few days."
"Right. If sister - in - law were at home, you definitely wouldn't have called me here." Tang Xingwei didn't hold back his sarcasm.
Rong Lan's fox eyes widened. She looked at Chu Hengyuan and then at Tang Xingwei. Her heterochromatic pupils might as well have had the word "curiosity" written on them. Why couldn't her brother invite Tang Xingwei home when she was around? Did they have some secret that she wasn't supposed to know?
Tang Xingwei held down the little fox's restless head. "Alright, alright. If you want to eavesdrop on our conversation, that's fine, but don't move around. I'm going to remove the gauze from your ear. If you move, your little ear might get hurt."
Rong Lan, who was startled, instantly froze.
Her ear was already in a bad state. It definitely couldn't get hurt again.
However—how could this be called eavesdropping? It was clearly listening openly.
Chu Hengyuan clenched his fist and coughed lightly, hinting to Tang Xingwei not to talk nonsense. He had been so eager to bring the little girl home that he had forgotten to remind Tang Xingwei when sending the message not to think he could talk freely just because Rong Lan wasn't around.
However, Tang Xingwei didn't pick up on Chu Hengyuan's hint.
He removed the gauze wrapped around the little fox's ear. Seeing the large gash on the ear, even though he had treated countless injured small animals, he couldn't help but gasp. "This fox is so tough. This injury..."
If this injury were on any pet in his pet hospital, it would probably cry out in pain. But the little fox just lay there quietly, not moving or making a sound. Based on this, he estimated that he wouldn't even need an anesthetic.
Seeing the blood - covered wound, Chu Hengyuan frowned. Suppressing the anger rising in his heart, he picked up his phone and sent a message to Si Mo.
The phone rang. Si Mo picked up his phone and saw the unread message from Chu Hengyuan. He wasn't the least bit surprised.
After all, Chu Hengyuan couldn't ask the little fox directly. It was inevitable that he would send a message to ask him why the little fox had been hurt like this.
—She had a fight with someone who had a blood feud with her. Don't even think about avenging the little fox. She's already killed that person.
After reading Si Mo's reply, Chu Hengyuan put down his phone and looked at the little fox.
Tang Xingwei was busy cleaning the blood clots from the little fox's ear. Chu Hengyuan thought his little fox would be in so much pain that she would withdraw into herself. However, he clearly underestimated her pain tolerance.
Sensing Chu Hengyuan's gaze, the little fox Rong Lan looked back. Her eyes were bright, full of expectation.
Chu Hengyuan hesitated for a moment. Was it his imagination? Why did he always feel that the little fox's eyes were conveying the words "roast chicken"?
Rong Lan remembered that she couldn't speak. Otherwise, she would definitely tell her brother that it wasn't his imagination. It really was roast chicken.
She was extremely excited and could even temporarily ignore the pain in her ear because she smelled the aroma of roast chicken. Her brother didn't have a particular fondness for roast chicken, and little Amber didn't like chicken either. So the delicious roast chicken must be for her, the fox.
Her brother was really reliable. He hadn't believed Si Mo's slander.
Looking at the little fox's bright pupils, Chu Hengyuan finally got up.
Tang Xingwei didn't care where Chu Hengyuan had gone. The little fox's injury immediately roused his professional spirit. His mind was full of thoughts on how to treat the little fox to make her recover faster.
Two minutes later, Chu Hengyuan returned to the living room with a plate and placed it in front of the little fox.
Tang Xingwei glanced at the shredded roast chicken on the plate and twitched the corner of his mouth. "This must be your fox! It can't be someone else's. You would never be this nice to someone else's fox."
"She is indeed my fox now." Chu Hengyuan smiled faintly as he watched the little fox eagerly lower her head to bite the roast chicken.
He had guessed right. Her look had meant she wanted roast chicken.
Rong Lan ate the delicious roast chicken, her eyes filled with tears of gratitude. She could endure not only the pain in her ear but also the pain in her tail.
Chu Amber smelled the aroma and subconsciously moved closer to the plate.
Rong Lan didn't guard her food when she saw the little ragdoll cat approaching. A mother knows her daughter well. She knew that little Amber didn't like chicken.
Sure enough, Chu Amber just leaned in to smell it and then squatted back to her original position.
Seeing how well - behaved little Amber was, Chu Hengyuan took the initiative to get her a small dried fish before she could even act cute.
"Hengyuan, I'll only treat the wounds on the fox's ear and tail. The wounds on its body look serious, but actually they're not too bad. Just cut off the singed fur and apply some medicine for a few days. You can handle that yourself later." Tang Xingwei said as he took out a pet - specific hair clipper from the first - aid kit.
The wounds on the ear and tail were particularly serious. The hair had to be shaved off to facilitate treatment. But he also knew that his friend didn't like others touching his things. He had been scolded for just touching the little fox's back. Since the wounds on the little fox's body weren't serious, there was no need for him to intervene.