The Reborn Sidekick Rejected The Male Lead-Chapter 55 - Jiang Nanzhou was scratched by Hua Hua

Chapter 55: 55: Jiang Nanzhou was scratched by Hua Hua

Chapter 55: 55: Jiang Nanzhou was scratched by Hua Hua

“Definitely needed; my Hua Hua crawled inside, and I can’t reach her.” She had been calling out for several minutes already.

“Hua Hua?”

“Yes, my cat.”

Jiang Nanzhou seemed to recall the first time he went to her house, there indeed was a cat beside her: “Where exactly?”

Lu Jingqiu pointed to a spot on the left where the green plants were evergreen, with very hard and thick branches and forks. Hua Hua had crawled into a spot that was just a small section too deep for her arm.

Jiang Nanzhou squatted down to take a look, then quickly grabbed Hua Hua by the neck and pulled her out.

“Meow… meow.”

“Still meowing, why’d you run off like that?” Lu Jingqiu took Hua Hua into her arms, scolded her for a bit, then turned to thank Jiang Nanzhou hurriedly: “Thanks to you today, thank you.”

“No problem, luckily I ran into you. Otherwise, would I have made a wasted trip?”

“…Huh?”

Jiang Nanzhou laughed, “I was going to your place to help Uncle Lu with some documents; he said you were at home.”

“Oh dear, I’m sorry, I just went to get Hua Hua treated?”

Jiang Nanzhou looked surprised and asked: “A cat?”

“Yeah, she’s had a bit of diarrhea.”

Jiang Nanzhou chuckled, having heard that Uncle Lu’s cat ate even better than the people in the house. He had thought it was a joke, but now it seemed… very true.

“This cat sure is living the good life in your home.”

Lu Jingqiu smiled: “My dad says the same thing. Comrade Nanzhou, could you help me push the cart? Hua Hua is restless in my pocket, and I need to hold her.”

“Sure.” Jiang Nanzhou walked beside Lu Jingqiu, pushing the cart alongside her to her home.

As they passed the Gao Family’s house, they happened to see Zhao Hong coming out with a basket on her arm, apparently heading out. Just as she was about to greet Lu Jingqiu, she caught sight of a young male colleague beside her and a flicker of doubt crossed her eyes.

“Are you heading out, Aunt Zhao?”

“Jingqiu, have you just got back?”

“Yeah.”

“I’m going to Aunt Zhang’s place up ahead to get some wild vegetables. Jingqiu, thanks to you, Qingqing is willing to stay at home now. Come over to Aunt Zhao’s house to play on Sunday, I’ll make something tasty for you all,” she said.

“Okay, Aunt, I’m heading home.”

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“Alright.”

After Zhao Hong and Lu Jingqiu parted ways, Zhao Hong took a few steps, glanced back, and saw a handsome young man and a pretty young woman, who seemed to be a good match. She muttered to herself, “When did the Lu Family find such a good-looking one for Jingqiu?”

On the other side, Lu Jingqiu asked about Shen Mu’s situation: “I took him to school yesterday; all the paperwork is done.”

“That’s great.” She was still working hard preparing for exams, really afraid something would come up and she wouldn’t pass.

“They’re about to start a study class in the army, specifically for military personnel preparing for the college entrance exam, but children from the compound can also attend the classes.”

“Really? When will the classes start?”

“They’re still preparing. Director Zhang’s wife just moved here with the military, and she used to be a senior high math teacher back there. They’ve also got teachers for Chinese and English, they’re just short on some sub-subjects. Classes should probably start next week; you can ask Uncle Lu about it.”

“Okay, thank you. That’s really good news.”

Lu Jingqiu took him through the front door, and as soon as she put Hua Hua down, she ran to the sandbox and had another loose bowel movement. Jingqiu hurried to the kitchen to crush some medicine.

“Comrade Jiang, my dad’s bedroom door is unlocked, you can go in and take it yourself,” she said.

Jiang Nanzhou watched her busy herself and didn’t decline, heading straight inside.

Lu Jingqiu mixed the powdered medicine with some water and drew it into a syringe.

She was ready to administer it to Hua Hua.

Hua Hua, now three or four months old, was not at all the same as when she was first born, getting overexcited at the sight of a syringe.

As soon as I pried its mouth open and got the medicine in, the bitter taste made it spit it all out.

There wasn’t much medicine to begin with, and now it had vomited so much, Lu Jingqiu saw that Hua Hua hadn’t ingested any and so she prepared another half tablet for it.

When Jiang Nanzhou came out with the documents, he saw her alone, flustered and clumsily trying to medicate the cat, “Do you need help?”

“Yeah, Comrade Jiang, can you hold it down for me? I can’t get the medicine in.”

Jiang Nanzhou put the documents on the table, picked up the cat from Lu Jingqiu’s arms, one hand supporting its rear and the other pinching its neck, all four paws facing her, which made Lu Jingqiu laugh, “Comrade Nanzhou definitely hasn’t raised a cat before.”

Jiang Nanzhou was taken aback, then nodded awkwardly, “How should I do it?”

“You sit down, let it rest on your lap, you hold its front paws, and I’ll pry its mouth open to get the medicine in.”

Jiang Nanzhou had no choice but to sit on the sofa and fix Hua Hua in place as Lu Jingqiu had instructed.

Lu Jingqiu leaned in close, syringe in one hand, prying open Hua Hua’s mouth with the other.

But unaware to her, as she leaned in abruptly, the faint scent of osmanthus from her body surged into Jiang Nanzhou’s taste buds, causing his ears to heat up momentarily, and he subconsciously leaned back a bit.

At this moment, Lu Jingqiu was busy feeding the medicine and didn’t realize how close they were. Her arm was pressing on his, and Jiang Nanzhou subconsciously moved his arm, which gave Hua Hua the opportunity to retreat. With a few kicks of its front paws, it managed to break free, leaving two bloody marks on Jiang Nanzhou’s hand in the struggle.

“Ah, Hua Hua, I’m really sorry, Comrade Nanzhou.”

“It’s okay, just a minor injury.”

But Lu Jingqiu couldn’t be preoccupied with polite talk at the moment, as she looked worriedly at Jiang Nanzhou’s arm, “How can this be a minor injury? It looks quite deep, come on, we need to hurry to the hospital for a rabies vaccine.”

Upon hearing that he needed a vaccine, Jiang Nanzhou was surprised, “I don’t need one for this.”

“No, although Hua Hua is a house cat, it also often catches mice and eats insects, which could carry bacteria.” Without further regard for Hua Hua, Lu Jingqiu quickly led Jiang Nanzhou to the washroom, urging him to rinse the wound with soap first.

Then, she grabbed her bag, intending to take Jiang Nanzhou to the hospital.

But he refused, “I’ll go to the Military District Hospital and have Ah Kun take a look.”

“I’ll go with you.”

Lu Jingqiu insisted, and Jiang Nanzhou had to let her follow along.

The Military District Hospital was different from the People’s Hospital where her mother worked; it was just a small two-story building not far from the military base.

Lih Huakun was supposed to be off work already, but an emergency case had come in, calling him back before he could even finish his dinner. Just as he was done with that, he saw Jiang Nanzhou coming in with an injury.

“What happened, how did both of you end up here together?”

Feeling somewhat embarrassed, Lu Jingqiu gave a sheepish laugh, “Comrade Nanzhou got scratched by my cat, he needs a rabies vaccine.”

“Your cat?”

Lih Huakun looked at Lu Jingqiu, then at Jiang Nanzhou, with a meaningful expression.

In the end, he still took Jiang Nanzhou to treat his wound first.

While the vaccine was being administered, Lu Jingqiu waited outside, giving Lih Huakun the chance to ask, “What’s the matter, did you offend her cat?”

After thinking for a while, Jiang Nanzhou said, “Pretty much. I went to her house today to help Uncle Lu with some documents, and her cat was sick. Seeing her struggle to feed the cat, I lent a hand, and it turned out like this.”

Lih Huakun raised an eyebrow, “You need help giving a cat its medicine? And got scratched?”

Seeing Lih Huakun’s skeptical look, Jiang Nanzhou said irritably, “What else?”

“…”

After the vaccine was finished, as Lih Huakun escorted Jiang Nanzhou out, he asked about the ailment of Lu Jingqiu’s cat.

“Diarrhea, I got some medicine from an aunt at the People’s Hospital.”

Lih Huakun said, “Pills?”

Lu Jingqiu nodded.

Lih Huakun smiled, looking at Jiang Nanzhou’s hand, then said, “Giving a cat medicine is easy. You pry its mouth with one hand, pinch its cheeks and it’ll open up, then you just toss the pill into its throat, pinch its mouth, stroke it a bit and it’ll swallow, why bother crushing it into powder?”

“Oh, oh, right.” Lu Jingqiu slapped her forehead in frustration. She had raised cats in her previous life, so how did she forget this? She only heard Aunt Wei mention grinding it into powder and using a syringe to administer it, sigh, Aunt Wei definitely hasn’t raised a cat.