On the Ark.

“Happy? No, no, of course not.” Lin Ye shook his head. “I’m just honored to be able to help your Saintess of Sherag.”

"I see." Horn Peak gave Lin Ye a thumbs up happily. "Dr. Lin, you are definitely a good friend of us Sherag people, our best friend."

Lin Ye nodded subconsciously, then felt something was off; Horn Peak's statement sounded strange...

"So what exactly is going on?"

“Well…” Horn Peak’s face turned worried again. “I discovered it by accident. The eldest and second young ladies have suddenly taken a liking to something strange.”

"Something strange?" Lin Ye asked curiously. "What's strange? How strange is it?"

"……leaf."

"What?"

"I'm talking about leaves." Horn Peak took a deep breath, then said with a determined look, "The eldest and second young ladies have suddenly developed a liking for eating leaves!"

"Eat leaves?" Lin Ye was also a little confused. "Why would you like to eat leaves?"

“Yes, I wanted to ask that too. It’s a really strange quirk, isn’t it?” Horn Peak said in rapid succession. “I’ve never seen anyone like this before, someone who likes to eat leaves! And they’re really obsessed with it. I heard that it was the eldest young lady who introduced the second young lady to it.”

"Could it be leafy greens? Eating leafy greens is quite normal, isn't it?"

"It's normal to eat green vegetables, but I've never seen anyone grab a handful of leafy greens and stuff them into their mouth halfway through a walk! Dr. Lin, have you ever seen that?!"

Lin Ye thought for a moment and shook his head: "I've never seen this before."

“Most importantly, it’s clearly not ordinary green vegetables! It’s tree leaves! They’re the kind that come in small pieces, the kind I’ve never seen before,” Horn Peak gestured. “They’re in a small bottle, and they have a very unique flavor.”

Lin Ye listened to Horn Peak's description while nodding, and then slowly felt that something was not quite right.

Small pieces of leaf, packaged in tiny bottles, have a unique flavor that Chuxue and Yaxin especially love to eat... Hmm? Why does this feel so familiar?

After thinking it over carefully, Lin Ye's face immediately turned green.

"I have no idea where they got this from. Sherag definitely doesn't have anything like this, and Rhodes Island doesn't have it either. And the eldest and second young ladies never leave Rhodes Island, so this must have been brought to them by an outsider! Damn it, someone actually gave the eldest young lady something like this, the person definitely has bad intentions... Hmm? Dr. Lin? Are you listening to me?"

Lin Ye snapped out of his daze and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, I've always been here... What did you just say?"

"...I'd say those leaves were definitely given to the young lady by a wicked person with ill intentions!"

"...Isn't it too hasty to judge based on just this?" Lin Ye coughed twice. "Maybe it's just a small gift? Just a small bottle of leaves. It doesn't necessarily mean it was sent by a villain, right? Besides, your young lady isn't stupid. She often helps out in the medical department. She would definitely have such a suspicious item tested by the medical department, right? If there really was a problem, she wouldn't have used it."

“You don’t know this, Dr. Lin. My young lady isn’t stupid, but she’s too naive and too easily trusts strangers.” Horn Peak sighed. “So it’s not impossible that she’s being deceived by a villain. As for what you said about the medical department testing it, I believe that. But what if they didn’t detect anything? I’ve seen those leaves, smelled them, and even tasted them, but they have absolutely no flavor. It doesn’t make sense that the young lady and the second young lady are so obsessed with them.”

Lin Ye thought to himself, "Of course you, a cow, can't get used to that kind of food."

“My concern is that this stuff is a special drug that villains gave to the eldest and second young ladies.” Horn Peak’s expression was serious. “A special drug that is only effective on the eldest and second young ladies!”

Lin Ye: "..."

“It seems you still don’t understand the seriousness of the problem, Dr. Lin.” Horn Peak sighed. “I originally thought that if it were you, you would definitely understand.”

"I think I understand..."

“This shouldn’t be just a little!” Horn Peak said. “If news of the eldest and second young ladies’ drug use gets back to Sherag, can you imagine the consequences?!”

"I really didn't expect that." Lin Ye's lips twitched slightly. "What will happen?"

Horn slammed his hand on the table, gritting his teeth: "That kind of thing absolutely cannot happen! Dr. Lin, I need your help!"

"You want my help? How can I help you?"

“Because I was sent by the master, and the young lady is very rebellious towards the master, she basically won’t listen to me. Even if I explain the pros and cons to her, it won’t work.” Horn Peak sighed. “So, if we want the young lady to understand the seriousness of the problem, we can only find out the culprit and put him in front of her. Then the young lady should believe it.”

Lin Ye: "..."

"Dr. Lin, please don't stay silent. I believe you can understand me!"

"...I don't think I'm very good at this kind of thing."

“I know, but this matter sounds difficult, but it’s not difficult to carry out.” Cliffheart stroked his chin, his face serious. “The culprit is definitely from Rhodes Island, and he knows the eldest and second young ladies very well. Starting from these two points, we can eliminate many people.”

Lin Ye was at a loss for words.

In Horn's words, he had gone from "someone he didn't know" to "the culprit," and now to "the murderer." This made him even more at a loss as to how to explain himself to Horn.

They say it's just catnip, not drugs?

It doesn't seem very convincing.

As Lin Ye racked his brains for a solution, Jiao Feng, sitting opposite him, analyzed the situation with an air of seriousness.

Half an hour passed, and Lin Ye hadn't come up with a solution, nor had Jiao Feng figured it out.

"Damn it!" Horn Peak clenched his fists and gritted his teeth as he said, "I'm really not good at analyzing problems. If the master were here, he would definitely be able to find the real culprit immediately."

Lin Ye: "..."

"Never mind, let me go back and sort out my thoughts." Horn Peak stood up. "I'll come back to you when I have some ideas."

Lin Ye nodded stiffly, but what he was really thinking was, "Please don't come."

Then Horn Peak prepared to leave, and whether out of guilt or something else, Lin Ye inexplicably saw Horn Peak off.

As soon as I opened the door, I saw Chu Xue standing in front of it, raising her hand to knock.

"Young Miss?!" Horn Peak looked at Hatsuyuki in surprise. "What are you doing here?"

Lin Ye noticed the empty bottle in Chu Xue's hand and thought to himself, "Oh no!"

"Oh, Horn Peak, I've come to see Doctor Lin." Chu Xue looked at Lin Ye, then waved the bottle in her hand. "I heard you were back, so I came over. Doctor Lin, do you still have the Forget-Me-Not Herb you gave me last time?"

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Author's note: Only one chapter today, because there will be an event on the website in a while, so I will save up some chapters for the next few days and then release a big chapter~RUA!

Chapter 194 The Catnip Deal!

Over the next minute, Lin Ye witnessed the entire change in Horn Peak's expression.

From shock to anger, from anger to despair, from despair to despair. His gaze darted back and forth between Chu Xue and Lin Ye, wanting to say something to Chu Xue but unable to speak, wanting to question Lin Ye but unable to utter a sound. His once piercing bull eyes gradually lost their light, finally transforming into an expression of utter despair.

"So that's how it is, I understand, I understand."

Horn Peak murmured, his burly body swaying as he walked past Lin Ye and Chu Xue, as if he might fall at any moment.

Lin Ye couldn't stand it anymore: "Hey, Mr. Horn Peak, let me explain!"

Horn Peak didn't even look back, just swayed and walked towards the end of the corridor, muttering, "Fake, all fake. Sherag's best friend... Dr. Lin... Heh, I'm so stupid, really."

As he spoke, he slowly turned into the emergency exit and eventually disappeared into the fourth-floor corridor.

Standing next to Lin Ye, Chu Xue was completely bewildered, so she asked Lin Ye, "What did you do to Jiao Feng?"

Lin Ye's lips twitched slightly: "What do you mean I did something to Horn Peak... It was clearly you, okay?"

Chu Xue opened her mouth slightly, put her fingers on her chin, and asked in surprise, "Me?"

"Who else could it be but you... Never mind, come in first." Lin Ye sighed. "This is just a misunderstanding. I'll explain it to Jiao Feng after get off work."

Chu Xue nodded, somewhat bewildered, and followed Lin Ye into the office. Upon entering, she saw Skadi standing by the window. Whether from surprise or intimidated by Skadi's powerful aura, Chu Xue instinctively took a step back: "And this is…"

Lin Ye realized what was happening, pointed at Skadi, and introduced her to Chu Xue: "This is mine..."

I thought about it.

“Assistant, Miss Skadi.”

Upon hearing Skadi's name, Hatsuyuki's expression changed again, clearly indicating that she had heard of Skadi. She greeted Skadi softly, but Skadi seemed not to hear her and did not even turn her head.

Lin Ye knew Skadi had definitely heard him, but just didn't want to reply, which made him feel somewhat helpless. There was nothing he could do about Skadi, so he could only let her be. However, when Chu Xue saw that Skadi wasn't going to respond, she breathed a sigh of relief, which made Lin Ye both amused and exasperated.

"Please have a seat," Lin Ye said, gesturing to Chu Xue. "Would you like some tea?"

"Uh, no need, don't bother."

"It's nothing." Lin Ye shook his head and turned to get the kettle. "It's just boiling some water, no big deal."

"Okay, thank you then," Chu Xue said.

Skadi glanced back at Lin Ye but didn't say anything.

While Lin Ye was boiling water, Chu Xue picked up the empty catnip bottle again and tilted her head: "If it's okay, can we use this to make tea?"

Lin Ye: "..."

So catnip can be used to make tea? No wonder she's the saintess of Sherag, she's more adventurous than most people... Wait, thinking about it, catnip really can be used to make tea?

Lin Ye recalled carefully that he had raised seven cats in his previous life, so he naturally had a lot of experience with catnip. Back then, he even specifically searched online to see if catnip could be used to make tea, and the results seemed to indicate that it could, and it even seemed to have a calming effect. Of course, this was all just information he found online; Lin Ye hadn't tried it himself. He figured not many people would be so bored as to make tea with catnip.

But the first snowfall before us was clearly an exception.

“I don’t have any catnip or forget-me-not here,” Lin Ye shook his head and said. “I only have ordinary tea.”

"Oh, okay." Chu Xue looked a little disappointed, but still nodded obediently. "Then regular tea will do. Thank you."

As expected of the saintess of Sherag, she is much more polite than the average person. Thinking back on the unfortunate children he had taken care of before, Lin Ye felt that Chu Xue was much more well-behaved.

After brewing the tea, Chuxue immediately brought up catnip.

"Dr. Lin, do you still have any more of this Forget-Me-Not herb?" Chu Xue asked again. "I really like its scent, as does Cliff Heart."

Lin Ye immediately felt troubled.

Chu Xue noticed Lin Ye's predicament, but misunderstood his meaning: "I can buy it with money, I don't need you to give it to me for free."

"That's not what I meant," Lin Ye sighed.

He wasn't out of catnip; on the contrary, he had plenty. When he left, the pet hospital owner packed up a huge amount of pet supplies for him and wished him all the best. It was the first time Lin Ye had ever seen pet supplies given as a gift, but he accepted it anyway, thinking it would be a nice souvenir. After all, he had lived in Chernobog for two years and worked as a veterinarian for two years—it was quite an experience. If Chu Xue wanted some, Lin Ye could give her a whole bag.

But the question is... won't Horn kill him?

At this moment, Lin Ye felt like he was being an idiot. Why did he have to give away something like catnip? Now, Horn Peak had already decided that he was the "villain" who drugged Snowfall.

So, after a brief hesitation, Lin Ye decided to change the subject: "How's that conditioner I used on you last time?"

Chu Xue's eyes lit up again at the mention of hair conditioner.

"It's very effective, Dr. Lin." Chu Xue hugged her tail. "After using it, there really was no more hair loss. The effect was immediate. I also let Ya Xin try it, and she liked it too. By the way, Ya Xin also wants to meet you. She said if you came to work in our Shelag, you would definitely become the most popular health care doctor. Because you also solve the hair loss problem for the vast majority of the people in Shelag."

Lin Ye nodded without saying anything.

What he was really thinking was that if the Sherag people found out what he had done to First Snow, they would definitely beat him to death.