The number of people visiting the pet hospital on its opening day was unexpectedly high.

The waiting area was filled with young ladies holding pets and young gentlemen on leashes.

Several of the girls looked familiar; they were all from Qi Yuge and Zhou Huai'an's circle.

She glanced at the registration list at the front desk and found that all the appointments for the morning were already booked, including three Ragdoll cats.

She knew perfectly well that Qi Yuge was behind this.

But this feeling of having the road paved for you silently is completely different from what you experienced before.

Around noon, an uninvited guest pushed open the door and entered.

Before the doorbell had even finished ringing, Shang Hesheng was already standing in the center of the waiting area.

He was wearing a dark green silk shirt today, with the collar open, and he was holding a small animal in the crook of his arm.

A young meerkat was so thin that its ribs were clearly visible, and several patches of fur on its back were bald, revealing the reddish skin underneath.

There was a bleeding wound on its right front paw, its whole body was curled up into a small ball, trembling, and it desperately tried to burrow into Shang Hesheng's shirt sleeve, but he was impatiently pulled out.

When Li Yaoyao came out of the clinic and saw Shang Hesheng, she paused for a moment, then her gaze fell on the meerkats and her brows furrowed.

She reached out and took the meerkat from his arms with a swift and decisive motion. As soon as the meerkat left Shang Hesheng's arm, it desperately tried to burrow into her white coat, its small body trembling like a leaf, emitting soft whimpers.

She examined the meerkat's fur, looked at the wound, and then pried open its mouth to check its teeth and gums, her expression growing increasingly grim.

After gently placing it on the examination table, she turned to face Shang Hesheng, took a deep breath, and spoke in a tone that was as restrained as possible but with every word carrying a hint of anger.

"It was severely malnourished; the fur on its back had fallen out due to stress from being kept in a wire cage for a long time, and the wounds on its feet were from chewing itself..."

"Why keep it if you don't love it? If you don't love it, please don't hurt it. Do I need to teach you this basic common sense?"

"If you don't want to keep it, sign an abandonment agreement now and I'll find it a new home. If you still want to keep it, then you'd better take good care of it."

Shang Hesheng stood there and received a barrage of insults.

However, his expression remained as gentlemanly as ever, and upon closer inspection, there was even a hint of indescribable pleasure in his expression.

After Li Yaoyao finished cursing, he slowly spoke, his tone carrying a lingering sense of satisfaction.

"Dr. Li is right. But this little thing... I hope Dr. Yao Yao can cure it quickly, I still have a use for it."

"...Medical expenses are here, feel free to swipe."

He took a bank card out of his wallet and placed it on the counter, pressing his index finger against the card and pushing it forward half an inch.

"No password."

After saying that, he turned and left, his footsteps even conveying a sense of joy.

Li Yaoyao stared at his back as he disappeared through the door, then looked down at the card.

He glanced at the meerkat, which had finally stopped trembling and was now nestled on the inspection table, and said to the system.

"Is this person sick?"

The comic says this person is more cunning than Qi Yuge, who is openly arrogant.

But this young master... his methods are even more perverse and wicked.

[His feud with Qi Yuge runs deep, and he might have ulterior motives towards you. Be careful, host.]

Upon hearing this, Li Yaoyao nodded immediately and decided to keep her distance and show respect.

A week later, Shang Hesheng came again.

After a week of care, the little meerkat has improved considerably. Its back wound has been treated with ointment, and it is now squatting in the observation room's incubator, nibbling on a small piece of cucumber.

Its round eyes darted around, a stark contrast to the trembling little creature it had been a week ago.

Shang Hesheng leaned against the glass door of the observation room, tilting his head to look at the lively meerkats in the incubator. The corners of his mouth slowly deepened, carrying a dangerously playful expression.

That expression made the hairs on the back of Li Yaoyao's neck stand on end, as she was peeking at him from behind.

The little meerkats sensed something, and, wanting to get closer yet fearful, became somewhat restless in the incubator.

She immediately stood at the door of the observation room, blocked the glass door with her body, took out her phone, pulled out a QR code, and held it up to him.

"Add me on WeChat. After you take the meerkats home, send me updates on their condition every day."

"If you dare hurt it again, I'll report you to the animal protection association!"

Shang Hesheng raised an eyebrow and took out his phone to scan the QR code.

When the friend request popped up, Li Yaoyao glanced down at his profile picture.

It's a selfie taken in a mirror, angled from below and above, perfectly capturing the exposed, muscular back and the cleft of the buttocks that extends down to the waistline.

She accepted the friend request expressionlessly, turned her phone face down on the table, and said to the system in her mind.

"Wow, are the WeChat moderators in this world really so ruthless towards these rich kids? Do they just let them blatantly expose themselves to everyone's eyes?!"

"Qi Yuge's could be considered rebellious performance art, but what is this? Is it exhibitionism?"

It's hard to say, they're about evenly matched.

The system was also speechless.

Shang Hesheng waited for the hospital assistant to bring out the baby meerkat to take care of him.

Li Yaoyao was also standing nearby, guarding against him as if he were a wolf.

She casually picked up her phone and scrolled through it, just in time to see the entertainment headline push from the news app.

It took up a large portion of the page.

It is a picture of Qi Yuge and Shen Qiongluo going to and from get off work together, walking side by side.

The title is: A Powerful Alliance! The Prodigal Son of the Qi Family Turns Over a New Leaf, Wins the Heart of His Beauty, and Good News is Imminent!

Shang Hesheng immediately leaned over to look, his tone gloating.

"See? Qi Yuge and Miss Shen are engaged. You're so out of touch."

"However, it's possible that you've never actually been involved."

"Do you know Shan Shan? She used to be one of Qi Yuge's favorites, but then one day..."

He lowered his head, his gaze lingering for a moment on the curve of Li Yaoyao's waist and thighs, before continuing.

"Qi Yuge liked her type—slim waist and plump legs—but it didn't last long before he gave her to me."

"He's just that kind of playboy; he treats women like clothes, once he gets them, he'll discard them."

"You won't be an exception."

"Your background makes it impossible for you and him to get married."

"How could the Qi family, who have supported their ancestors for generations, possibly let you get away with this?"

He paused for a moment, then began to promote himself.

"Why not just come with me? I don't have this kind of pressure."

"I'm really interested in you. It would be much more interesting for us to be together than for you and Qi Yuge."

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