Don't call me a singing god, I just want to go back to doing scientific research.

Gu Yang froze, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. He sat up abruptly, his eyes darting uncertainly out the window. "N-nothing! I was just looking at the scenery!"

"Really?" Ling Luo's gaze remained fixed on the computer in front of her, but her voice carried a faint hint of amusement. "I thought you were reliving the kiss from earlier."

"boom--"

Gu Yang felt a surge of heat rush to the top of his head, his ears practically burning. He abruptly turned his head, glaring at the innocent-looking man beside him: "Can't you be serious for once?!"

What's wrong with this person?! Where did that aloof and self-possessed Ling Luo go?

"I'm being very serious," Ling Luo said innocently. "I'm seriously discussing what happened between us."

"..." Gu Yang was speechless, completely stumped by his words.

He found that he couldn't argue with Ling Luo, who had been freed from the seal.

He used to be able to cheat by being shameless, but now Ling Luo's skin is thicker than a city wall, and his little tricks are no match for him.

Therefore, the yang energy, bulging, turned its head to the other side, deciding to resist with silence.

The carriage fell silent again, with only the low hum of the air conditioner running.

After a long while, Gu Yang asked listlessly, "Are we almost there?"

"Hmm." Ling Luo responded, then changed the subject, "Mingjun's people took the dog to the vet a couple of days ago."

Gu Yang's heart leaped into his throat: "It's injured?"

Ling Luo didn't answer directly. Instead, she freed one hand and gently covered Gu Yang's hand, which was resting on his lap, patting it lightly. "Don't worry, you'll know when we get there."

The car drove for another twenty minutes or so before finally stopping in front of a pet hospital.

The hospital lobby was clean and bright, with several purebred cats lazily lying on the cat tree, leisurely swishing their tails.

A man in his fifties, wearing a blue work uniform, came out from the inner room upon hearing the noise. Seeing Li Mingjun, he smiled warmly and said, "Are you Mr. Li?"

Li Mingjun nodded and stepped aside to introduce, "This is my husband."

Ling Luo nodded: "Hello Dr. Wang, we'd like to see the stray dog ​​that was brought in the day before yesterday."

"Alright, come with me." Dr. Wang's smile faded, and he sighed heavily. "That dog...sigh, it's so pitiful."

As Gu Yang followed behind Ling Luo, his unease grew wildly like vines.

The hospital was very well-organized and there was no unpleasant smell. In the rows of cages, there were all kinds of cats and dogs. When they saw someone come in, they curiously peeked through the cages or barked excitedly.

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Dr. Wang led them through the noisy kennels to a row of separate isolation rooms at the back.

"It's in here." Dr. Wang pointed to one of the rooms, his voice full of sympathy. "It just had surgery and its emotions are still a bit unstable. Please be quiet when you go in."

Gu Yang took a deep breath and followed Ling Luo, carefully pushing open the door.

A strong smell of disinfectant wafted over.

A golden dog was curled up on a cushion in the center of the room.

It was considerably larger than Nono, and a large patch of its fur had been shaved off, revealing crisscrossing sutures and horrifying bruises on its skin. Its two hind legs were fixed in place by thick gauze and splints, positioned at a twisted angle.

Hearing the door open, it raised its head warily, letting out a low growl, its eyes filled with lingering fear and pain.

Gu Yang's steps froze on the spot.

Looking at the mother dog on the mat, and then thinking of little Nuonuo whom he had entrusted to Yiyi's care, he felt a tightness and pain in his chest, as if a large stone was blocking it.

The mother dog's eyebrows and eyes are exactly the same as Nono's.

"Its legs..." Gu Yang's voice trembled and became incoherent.

Dr. Wang stood at the door and sighed, "Both hind legs were comminuted fractures. When it arrived, it was a bloody mess. It's a miracle it survived. We did our best to operate, but... it probably won't be able to stand up again."

"How could this happen?" Gu Yang's eyes instantly reddened. "Who did this?"

"Hmph, who else could it be?" Li Mingjun stood behind Ling Luo, his eyes gleaming like ice, his face burning with barely suppressed rage. "It's those thugs from around here. They think stray dogs are dirty and make fun of them. The night before last, an old lady heard the commotion and saw them chasing and beating this litter of puppies with sticks through a crack in her window. By the time our people got there, only the mother dog was left. She was beaten half to death while protecting her puppies, and the rest... the other puppies, none of them survived."

Li Mingjun gestured with his hands: "They're still little puppies, barely this big. I really don't know how those beasts could do that!"

If it weren't for the clothes he was wearing, he would have loved to let those people experience the feeling of their bones breaking inch by inch.

Gu Yang felt a chill run from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head, and his blood felt completely cold.

He couldn't imagine that scene.

The poor mother dog watched helplessly as her pups were beaten to death one by one, and she herself had both legs broken. How desperate she must have felt.

And Nono...

"Then Nono is..."

Ling Luo squeezed Gu Yang's cold hand reassuringly: "He probably went out with his mother to find food, got tired and fell behind, and hid in the bushes, which is how he escaped this disaster."

It turned out to be the case.

Gu Yang could no longer hold back; his vision blurred instantly, and his throat felt like it was stuffed with a ball of burning cotton.

He slowly squatted down, looking at the terrified mother dog on the mat, his voice choked with emotion.

"Sorry we're late..."

The mother dog seemed to sense that he meant her no harm. She simply looked at him with her wet eyes, the whimpering in her throat gradually subsiding, her eyes filled with an unyielding sorrow.

Ling Luo stood quietly behind Gu Yang the whole time.

At that moment, he stepped forward and squatted down on the ground just like Gu Yang, reaching out to pull the trembling Gu Yang into his arms and gently stroking his back.

"Don't cry," Ling Luo said softly. "It will be alright."

Gu Yang buried her face in Ling Luo's firm chest, sobbing uncontrollably, "It's so pitiful... Ling Luo, if only we had met Nuonuo sooner..."

Ling Luo didn't say anything more, but tightened her arms so that Gu Yang could lean on her more steadily.

After a long while, he looked down at the person still sobbing in his arms and asked softly, "Sweetie, don't cry. Let's adopt it, okay?"

Gu Yang lifted his head from his grief, his eyes red and swollen, his voice thick with a nasal tone: "Can...we keep it?"

"Mmm." Ling Luo reached out and gently wiped away the tear stains on his face with her fingertips. "Let it stay with Nuonuo."

He paused, then said, "From now on, we're their family. Don't cry, okay?"

Gu Yang couldn't hold back any longer, wiping away tears as he nodded.

Ling Luo sighed and waited quietly for Gu Yang to calm down.