Chapter 222: Chapter 76 Awakening_3
Ke Lian also valued Miao Miao greatly, and since these veterinarians had saved Miao Miao, Ke Lian wasn’t going to just offer verbal gratitude. If you’re going to thank someone, it’s better to do it with something tangible.
Du Xixi and Ke Lian were sincere, but the veterinarians dared not accept this "thank you gift," each of them waving their hands, while Veterinarian Zhang said, "You two are too kind. We were just doing our duty, really."
Du Xixi raised an eyebrow, seeing that Veterinarian Zhang and the others truly didn’t want to accept the personal "thank you gift" from her and Ke Lian, seemingly not taking the rescue to heart, so she smiled.
Doing one’s duty...
Du Xixi had heard this phrase before, probably back when she was on Blue Star, one time she visited a seriously ill elder at the hospital and passed by an office where an elderly doctor with white hair was physically supporting another elderly person.
What did he say back then? It seemed like: "There’s really no need, healing the sick and saving lives is the doctor’s duty, no need to be so polite! Really!"
Doctors truly have a sacred profession!
Du Xixi knew that asking them to come to her and Ke Lian for help if needed would likely lead to no one taking the offer, so she thought it over and said to Veterinarian Zhang and his group with a smile: "Since that’s the case, Ke Lian and I won’t say much more in thanks, but you should accept some token of gratitude."
Du Xixi asked 2569 to fetch several boxes of small snacks from its Space Button, piling them on the ground, taking up little space, so under Du Xixi’s soft persuasion, Veterinarian Zhang and his team accepted them.
Du Xixi saw them each carry a box of snacks back to their offices and soon come out again to care for Miao Miao, showing an enigmatic smile.
What are the snacks? Little, space-saving treats! Though it seemed Veterinarian Zhang and the others each had but a small box, the snacks inside were plentiful enough to feed an average person as meals for three to four days.
As for the standard of an "average person"...
Du Xixi: Cough, cough! Considering the large appetites of those around me, the average person is naturally me and Miao Miao!
Nonetheless, Veterinarian Zhang and his team, dutiful as ever, plan to keep an eye on Miao Miao, yet soon they’d all retreated from the ward. The reason? Of course, it’s Du Xixi and Ke Lian’s pretext to spend some alone time with Miao Miao, even if she was still asleep.
was still "standing guard" at the door.
Veterinarian Zhang and his team exchanged looks, deciding they could take a short break now, each finding a place to sit and rest, planning to resume care for Miao Miao once Du Xixi and Ke Lian left.
Inside the ward, Ke Lian drew down the curtain on the door, turned off the monitoring equipment set for better protection of Miao Miao, and nodded to Du Xixi, softly saying, "We can begin."
Du Xixi responded and took a deep breath, extending her porcelain-white hands, palms towards Miao Miao’s tiny body.
With a flicker of consciousness, a spiritual light group of about two fists in size appeared in Du Xixi’s palms, gently detached from her control, floating towards Miao Miao, merging into her body.
Indeed, the reason Du Xixi and Ke Lian had to excuse the veterinarians and ensure the ward’s privacy was because Du Xixi needed to use her Spiritual Talent to treat Miao Miao.
Even though Du Xixi’s Spiritual Talent had been exposed as "extremely rare" before All-Star by Chen Yin recently, there are many rare spiritual talents out there, and nobody’s yet guessed that Du Xixi’s Spiritual Talent involves "Purification."
To temporarily keep her Spiritual Talent a secret, Du Xixi planned to treat Miao Miao "in stealth" this time.
Just as Miao Miao had contracted "Exhaustion Syndrome," the surgery was successful, but according to Veterinarian Zhang, the medical community doesn’t know much about "Exhaustion Syndrome"; what reactions occur post-surgery, who knows?
Perhaps, post-recovery, the patient’s Self-healing Ability significantly boosts and awakens them from slumber! Who would notice Du Xixi’s Spiritual Talent played a part in that?
Since Du Xixi worried about the spiritual light group’s brightness attracting outside attention, she purposefully minimized its size.
While the light group’s size was reduced, the Healing Ability remained undiminished, possibly even condensed, Du Xixi, the light group’s provider, could tangibly sense the immense energy contained within.
Stronger than when healing Ke Lian...
Du Xixi closed her eyes, refrained from pondering why her Spiritual Talent had grown so much stronger and, like Ke Lian, focused on Miao Miao, who had begun to twitch her legs.