Lu Shiqian pursed his lips, and the look on his face seemed to be instantly covered with a layer of frost, a bit cold, and full of hesitation.
"Are you sure?"
The pet doctor looked at him in surprise, as if he did not expect that his professionalism would be questioned, "Don't worry, sir, I have been in this industry for six years and I am responsible for what I say."
"...Sorry, I just wanted to confirm."
"Shi Qian..."
Si Xue almost leaned against him, looking exhausted. Her eyes were red and swollen from crying, but she still shed tears unconsciously.
"Tell me... Harry, is it particularly painful? It must be very painful... It's all my fault, it's all my fault..."
Her self-blame look was clearly visible to Lu Shiqian, but when he thought that this matter might be related to Gu Nian, he didn't know how to comfort her.
The pet doctor has seen many owners who are sad after the death of their pets and can only comfort them.
"Don't worry, there is no pain when it walks. Judging from its physical characteristics, there is no struggle."
He glanced at Avada's body, which was a border collie in excellent condition, and said regretfully: "Maybe it's a relief for him."
"Avada has been sick all the time, and her gastrointestinal problems don't happen every day or two. She often goes to the hospital, maybe..."
Lu Shiqian's voice was as heavy as his mood. He raised his hand and patted Si Xue's shoulder twice. His eyes seemed to want to see the truth through Avada's body, "Maybe it is really a relief for it."
"But...but it just came back to me."
Si Xue reluctantly let go, and her hand holding the man's arm tightened.
Her eyes were filled with mist, as if she was murmuring unintentionally: "It was obviously fine before coming here. Is it because it doesn't like me that it doesn't want to come to me..."
After saying that, the tears that had stopped flowing started flowing down again, as if they were heartbroken with heartache.
Lu Shiqian's jaw tightened. After hearing her words, he couldn't help but think of another thing.
Is it really Gu Nian?
Just because he insisted on returning Avada to Si Xue?
But if she really doesn't want to, she doesn't have to let go, and he won't really force her to do anything.
How could...
The air pressure around him suddenly dropped. Si Xue glanced at the man unintentionally, wiped his tears and said, "Shi Qian... let's take Harry home first."
From the beginning to the end, she kept calling him Harry, refusing to admit that she had changed the name after thinking about it.
"Um."
Lu Shiqian put away the sharpness in his eyes and looked at the pet doctor aside, "Please help us cremate him."
"Okay, sir."
The pet doctor quickly typed a death certificate and handed it over for them to sign.
The whole process didn't take long, and Avada's ashes were quickly obtained.
Si Xue looked at the urn, her hands shaking a little.
Lu Shiqian reached out to take it and gave her a worried look, "You go back and have a rest today, and then find another place at another time..."
"good."
Her legs softened a little, and she subconsciously held the man's arm. Her voice was hoarse, "I will definitely find a good place to bury Harry."
"good."
Lu Shiqian responded with an unclear emotion and helped her open the car door.
Along the way, Si Xue's thoughts were a little wandering, and his whole person seemed to be in a state of apathy.
Until she walked into the house and took the urn, her eyes that flickered in and out of the sun showed a lack of focus.
"Shi Qian... you... do you want to leave now?"
"Um."
Lu Shiqian nodded without thinking too much, "I still have something to do. You have a good rest and don't think too much."
"Then when will you come next time?" Si Xue looked at the box in his hand, "Harry should also hope to have a more lively time. He has such a lively temperament, can we handle his funeral together?"
"……good."
He was now eager to find out whether this incident really had something to do with Gu Nian.
…
It took Gu Nian half a day to put together all the things that originally belonged to Avada.
I bought them all before, and before I knew it, there was a big box.
She looked at these things in front of her and could even recall the origin of each one of them.
Avada is very smart.
Sometimes when I go out for a walk, and there are other dog owners playing with their dogs, they will come up to them, grab them and offer them treasures.
This is how Frisbees and balls come to be.
There were also some messy toys that I went to the pet store to bathe in. I saw them squatting there and couldn't walk, so I had no choice but to buy them.
Looking back on these memories now, I still find them quite interesting.
Gu Nian smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Now, it has finally returned to its true owner.
He should be very happy too.
She put down the ball in her hand and prepared to move the box of things out and throw them away.
"What are you doing?"
Suddenly a male voice sounded, almost startling her.
Looking up, Lu Shiqian stood at the door with a cold expression.
Gu Nian stood up expressionlessly, and the box fell back to the ground. "Since you're back, it's a good time to take these things out and throw them away."
"Throw it away?"
The man's voice was lowered by one degree, and he said semi-sarcastically: "You think these things are useless, don't you?"
"Isn't it?"
Gu Nian looked at him strangely, not understanding where the sarcasm came from, "Si Xue can't even afford these things, right?"
"Gu Nian."
Lu Shiqian rarely called her name so seriously.
But his eyes were cold and disappointed.
He said: "Avada is dead. Are you satisfied with this result?"
"……What?"
Gu Nian looked at him blankly, thinking that she heard wrongly.
"You...what did you say?"
"I said." Lu Shiqian approached her step by step, with the swirling indifference in his eyes as if a storm was about to start at any time, "Avada is dead!"
Gu Nian was stunned, as if struck by lightning.
She looked at the man in front of her with disbelief and wanted to ask, but for a while she couldn't make a sound.
The cardboard box at my feet still contains Avada's toys.
In this room, there is still its smell.
Now, Lu Shiqian told her...Avada is dead?!
How is that possible!
She had just handed the Avada to Lu Shiqian properly, how could she die...
"You...what are you talking about?!"
"Don't you know what to say best?"
The man sneered, "I also want to know why Avada died of drug poisoning."
"Drug poisoning..."
Gu Nian murmured something again, her mind still digesting the news that she couldn't accept.
Yesterday, the doctor also said that his gastroenteritis is under control. As long as he takes good care of himself, there will be no more problems!
"Did you not expect that the doctor would find out?" Lu Shiqian looked at her in a daze, with a rare look of disappointment on his face, "I really didn't expect that you would be so vicious."
Gu Nian suddenly raised his head, "What do you mean, do you think I did it?"
The look on her face in Lu Shiqian's eyes seemed to be a bit of a cover-up.
"Isn't it you?" He looked down at the toys packed in the carton and frowned: "If it wasn't you, why did you disagree at first and then suddenly change your mind? And why were these things thrown out in a hurry?"