It was after five o'clock the next day when Zai Zai's high fever finally subsided.

She Chu watched over him all night without closing his eyes, while holding him tightly in his arms, worrying that he would turn back into a cat because of being too frightened and uneasy, while soaking the disposable face towel with diluted alcohol solution from time to time. He rubbed his body to cool off, but because of the exhaustion of energy brought about by the busy day and worries, for quite a while his consciousness was almost in a state of chaos.

Zai Zai's breathing gradually became stable and even from disorder, and the darkness outside the window gradually faded. The sunshine in the spring morning leaped out from the distant horizon, dispelling the dormant night of unknown dangers.

"elder brother……"

When Zai Zai's vague and weak voice sounded, She Chu suddenly woke up from a light sleep, hurriedly propped himself up and lowered his head to look at the person in his arms, and tried the temperature of his forehead with the back of his hand.

"I'm here." She Chu finally breathed a sigh of relief, closed her eyes and lowered her head against his forehead for a while, then touched his ear that couldn't be retracted with the other hand, "Your leg is hurt a little and needs to be fixed. Get up, Xie Weiqiu and the others called the doctor to come over and bandage it up, be careful not to move around and get hurt again.

Cub, where else do you feel uncomfortable now? "

Zai Zai shook his head slightly, and slowly exhaled a mouthful of hot, stale air from his throat. Because She Chu wiped his body with alcohol all night, even if he broke out in a cold sweat, he didn't feel sticky. He felt like he had gone through some kind of strenuous exercise, which took too much effort, which made him have a headache and was very tired.

But he still endured the weakness in his body and raised his arms to wrap around She Chu's neck, closed his eyes and touched his forehead for a while, leaned closer to his arms relyingly, and asked She Chu in a hoarse voice: "Brother, what are you doing?" Did you not sleep all night?"

"Well," She Chu replied truthfully, "You have been running a high fever all night, but luckily it's gone now, otherwise you'd have to see a doctor again."

Zai Zai listened to his words, and it took a little longer for his dull brain to understand what he meant, and finally he quietly tightened his arms a little, lowered his head slightly and rubbed She Chu's chin with his ears.

He said, "I'm sorry, I always seem to make you worry."

Zai Zai remembered one thing that he had always cared about, and said to She Chu seriously again: "There are still cookies, I bought them for you, and there are no more."

His tone was very obedient, with a bit of depression, but listening to it made She Chu's heart feel sour and his eyes warm.

As a social animal who has been beaten by the society for several years and has long been a little numb and unable to have any major emotional fluctuations, he almost shed tears at this time, and even the gentle voice that comforted the cub contained an inconspicuous sob.

"It's okay, it's okay," She Chu hugged him tightly, "It's my fault, I didn't find out where you were in time, and my cub suffered a lot."

Zai Zai sniffled, buried his face in She Chu's neck and calmed down, but She Chu could clearly feel that his shoulders were soaked by the heat, and he was more obedient than the usual coquettish and petty temper that would occasionally cause headaches There are too many cubs, but now she suddenly becomes quiet and sensible, but it makes She Chu feel very distressed.

Zai Zai said in a low voice, "I had a good or bad dream."

"I dreamed that the bad guy in black clothes poured hot water on me, and the sharp nail that you didn't allow me to touch before, also pierced my ear, I wanted to scratch his paw and run away It fell, but I was pinned on the table by his neck and couldn't move..."

His extremely soft voice, as if he was muttering to himself, suddenly became heavier and heavier, and fell on She Chu's heart painfully.

Zai Zai's weak voice paused, and he coughed a few times violently as if drowning, but his body trembled again, and buried his face deeper into She Chu's neck, his word order was chaotic: "...that was not a dream, I was watching... ...Seeing that Niu Niu is gone... I am in a cage, and I cannot save her."

Niuniu is the puppet cat of the little girl on the sixth floor. She Chu also knows about it. Recently, it was heard that it disappeared.

She Chu opened her mouth, was dumb for a moment, and finally could only touch Zai Zai's back very softly with her palm palely and fearfully: "It's just that you're fine... Zai Zai, it's not your fault, don't think about it." , let’s not think about it, okay? Sleep a little longer, it’s almost dawn, and you haven’t slept well all night, don’t be afraid, I’ll be with you.”

Zai Zai choked and nodded, hugged She Chu and refused to let go, and asked him in a low voice after a while: "Then are you going to work? Today doesn't seem to be the weekend."

"I'm not going," She Chu tightened her arms, but her voice was very low, "I'll ask for leave later."

Zai Zai opened his eyes with some difficulty, his thick and slender eyelashes were wet, and the amber eyes were still filled with mist. The emotions he had just raised at the beginning only stayed for a moment and then dissipated. It was a moment of hesitation, but the expression on his face was downcast: "But if you don't go, there won't be...the perfect attendance bonus you mentioned earlier—is it because of me?"

She Chu really wanted to blurt out his denial, but the fact is that he really doesn't dare to let Zai stay at home alone. From finding Zai Zai last night to the next night, how did Zai Zai frighten and torture him every second? I can see clearly, and I am even more worried that Zai Zai will turn back into a cat because of emotional instability.

He has raised cubs for more than a year, and there are several cat-related apps on his phone. Even if he doesn't take the initiative to post and communicate with people, he recognizes some hosts who often appear in the forum. How serious the consequences of the stress response caused by strangers and unexpected events will be.

Of course, the perfect attendance award is not as important as his own cubs.

However, She Chu, who has been able to politely reject all kinds of requests from superiors for extra workload in the workplace, is now being watched by Zai Zai, and she can't even say a white lie "no" for a moment.

When Zaizai was a cat, She Chu thought he was smarter than other cats, but in fact he was smarter than many humans. He just got along with humans from a cat’s perspective and habits, which doesn’t mean he couldn’t distinguish between human emotions and emotions. The authenticity of the response.

"It doesn't matter," She Chu thought of many ways to comfort the cub, and finally said seriously, "You can get the perfect attendance award next month, but I can't leave you alone at home now."

Zai Zai blinked slowly, looked at She Chu with red nose and eyes for a moment, seemed to understand the reason why he insisted on staying with her, purred softly from his throat a few times, then lowered his head and shrank back into She Chu's arms, With a strong nasal voice, he said wronged: "I tried my best not to go back, but I can't take back my ears and tail."

"It's okay," She Chu breathed a sigh of relief, and repeated again, "My cub looks good in everything."

Zai Zai moved under the quilt to create a small space, wrapped his tail lightly around She Chu's wrist, and said in a delicate and soft voice with a bit of complaining, "My neck also hurts a bit."

He tilted his head slightly, and She Chu saw the increasingly conspicuous bruise fingerprints on the back of his neck through the light in the room.

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