Chu Hengyuan glanced at the hair clipper in Tang Xingwei's hand. "Okay, thank you."
Rong Lan knew that her fox fur was doomed. After all, if the wound was too large, the fur would affect the application of medicine. She was now drained of spiritual power and couldn't use it to heal her external injuries. She had to rely on medicine like an ordinary fox.
Seeing the hair clipper in Tang Xingwei's hand, she wasn't the least bit flustered. She lowered her little head and continued to munch on the roast chicken, allowing Tang Xingwei to hold her head and shave the fur on her fox ears.
After shaving her ears, Tang Xingwei simply shaved the fur on her fox tail too. Then he took out various bottles and jars from the medicine box.
Chu Hengyuan frowned worriedly at the sight of those bottles. "Do these contain any irritating drugs?"
He was worried that the little fox would feel pain.
"No." Tang Xingwei unscrewed the cap of the disinfectant. "I thought it was for your Chu Hupo. The drugs I brought are the best and most expensive ones from the hospital."
The most expensive? Rong Lan caught the key point in Tang Xingwei's words. She twitched her intact fox ear and turned to look at the bottle in Tang Xingwei's hand. Could she not use the most expensive drugs? If she practiced hard for a couple of days, she might be able to spare a bit of spiritual power to treat her external injuries. All she needed was ordinary pain - relieving medicine.
Chu Hengyuan, however, had a completely different thought from Rong Lan. Hearing his friend emphasize the word "most expensive", he immediately understood what his friend meant. "Let's calculate the total cost during dinner later. I'll transfer the money to you."
Tang Xingwei's eyes lit up at these words. "Thank you, boss."
Chu Hengyuan looked calm. "Was your pet hospital still in the red last month?"
"Hey, we've known each other for so many years. Don't expose my hardships." Tang Xingwei coughed lightly in embarrassment, but his hands didn't stop. He dipped a large cotton swab in the disinfectant and disinfected the little fox's ears and tail. "If it weren't for the approaching Chinese New Year, I wouldn't even charge you this little bit of money."
"I knew it..." It was precisely because they had known each other for so many years that Chu Hengyuan could figure out the hidden meaning in his friend's words.
There were three children in the main branch of the Tang family in this generation. As the youngest in the family, Tang Xingwei was doted on by his elder brother and sister. But every year during the New - Year family dinner, the collateral branches of the Tang family would openly and secretly mock Tang Xingwei, saying that his pet hospital had been making losses every year and that he kept investing the money given by the Tang family into the pet hospital. He was a complete prodigal.
To have a more comfortable New Year, Tang Xingwei would start to work hard a few months before the New Year, so that the profit data of his pet hospital wouldn't look so bad.
"By the way, since I can stay for dinner, why don't you go cook? I'm hungry." As Tang Xingwei said this, he put down the disinfectant and picked up another bottle.
Chu Hengyuan leaned over, picked up the disinfectant bottle, and screwed on the cap for him. "It's okay. I'll go cook after you've treated the little fox's wounds."
The little fox Rong Lan pushed the empty plate with her paw and turned to stare at her brother, trying to hint that he should serve her some more roast chicken.
The amount she had just eaten might only be the equivalent of one chicken leg. She wanted more.
Chu Hengyuan understood what the little fox meant again, but...
He smiled helplessly. "The roast chicken isn't ready yet. You'll have to wait for about ten minutes." The reason he was able to serve her a small plate was that he had just torn off the cooked parts of the roast chicken, thinking that it would soothe her so that she wouldn't be too sad during the medicine - applying process. He didn't expect the little fox to eat so fast.
Rong Lan sighed secretly. Well, it was just ten minutes. She could wait.
"Tsk, the only reason you don't go cook is that you're worried I'll secretly touch the fox." Tang Xingwei complained. "I'm a doctor with professional ethics. In my eyes, your fox is just a patient. I'm not molesting it."
"I understand this principle." He knew that his friend was a qualified doctor, but just the thought of someone else touching his little fox made him unhappy. So understanding was one thing, and being able to accept it was another.
After applying the medicine three times in total, Tang Xingwei picked up the gauze and was about to bandage the little fox.
Without the roast chicken, Rong Lan lay there listlessly. The whole fox looked haggard.
She knew that Tang Xingwei had tried his best to be gentle, but she still felt the pain.
Moreover, she must look extremely ugly now.
"This fox is really so well - behaved. It's the first time I've seen such a well - behaved fox." Tang Xingwei couldn't help but sigh.
Rong Lan, who was being praised, pricked up her ears, but still looked listless.
"All done."
As soon as Tang Xingwei finished speaking, Rong Lan turned her head. Seeing her tail still wrapped like a mummy, she fell into self - pity again.
This was the first time in her life that she had seen her fox tail so badly injured. Her fluffy fox tail had become a mummy tail. It was so heart - breaking for a fox.
Tang Xingwei handed a pair of scissors and a bottle of medicine to Chu Hengyuan. "You can start to cut the charred fur on the fox's body and then apply the medicine."
Chu Hengyuan took them. Tang Xingwei propped himself up from the floor, took a step to the side, and gave his original sitting position to Chu Hengyuan.
Chu Hengyuan sat on the floor and nervously pursed his lips.
He had no experience in trimming the fur of small animals. What if he cut the little fox's fur so ugly...
Rong Lan sensed the man's nervousness. She stretched out her paw and gently patted the back of his hand, silently comforting him. She had already come to terms with it. Ugly as it was, she would look good again in a few days when her spiritual power recovered.
Moreover, since her fox - tail fur had been shaved off, no matter how ugly her body was, it couldn't be uglier than her tail.
However, half an hour later, when Rong Lan stood in front of the mirror and saw the fox in it, she immediately realized she had been too hasty.
She never expected that her fur would be cut so ugly. It was so ugly that she would rather hug her mummy tail.
"Hahaha - " Tang Xingwei, who came out of the kitchen, burst out laughing and slapped his thigh when he saw the fox's appearance.
When Chu Hengyuan was doing it, he had even given a few instructions on the side, telling his inexperienced friend how to trim the fur of small animals to make it look good. However, Chu Hengyuan was obviously not a good student in this regard. He had just gone into the kitchen to stir - fry two dishes, and when he came out, he saw the little fox standing in front of the mirror looking dejected, with the fur on its back uneven, looking messy.
"Hengyuan, didn't I just say that you should cut it in one straight snip? Look at what you've done to this poor fox."
Chu Hengyuan didn't dare to look into the little fox's eyes. For the first time, he lacked confidence in front of his friend. "I thought I had cut it evenly." But in fact, he had cut the little fox's back unevenly, looking as if it had a head full of uneven hair on its back.
The little fox Rong Lan took a deep breath, dragged her tail back to her brother, and hooked his home clothes with her paw, trying to pull him up.
Ugly as it was, it would get better in a few days. She just wouldn't look at the mirror for these few days.
Right now, the most important thing was her roast chicken.