As the nurse opened the door to the examination room, Li Du saw a very amusing sight.
Flagstaff was a tiny town with a small population, so its number of patients was also quite a few in numbers. Thus, it was not unexpected that there were no patients in the examination room, but rather only a young female doctor.
She wore a white coat, with her blond hair falling on her shoulders like strands of golden willow. From the side, her slim body took on the shape of an S curve.
When the door opened, she calmly started operating the mouse. However, perhaps because the computer didn't respond, her actions quickly became agitated as she took out the keyboard and began typing.
However, those taps quickly changed to unrestrained smashing, while her right hand frantically moved the mouse. As she turned her head in their direction, Li Du was able to see a beautiful panicked face.
Seeing her reaction, the nurse laughed, "Hi, Sophie, my cute damsel, were you secretly browsing on Amazon again?"
Sophie strongly shook her head, causing her blond hair to sway like delicate willow being caressed by a gentle spring breeze, "Ah, of course not! I swear to God, I wasn't browsing Amazon!"
"Then you were browsing on e-Bay," the nurse confidently guessed.
Sophie continued to shake her head, "No, I, I didn't…"
"Do you swear to God?" the nurse pressed.
Hearing that, the doctor let out a defeated look before murmuring, "Dammit, the computer froze again, why can't the hospital give us a newer one?"
"Alright Dr. Sophie, let's get to work. There's a kitten here that's hurt very badly and requires your immediate attention," the nurse said as she smiled.
[Kitten?] As Li Du looked at the animal in his arms, he couldn't help but question whether the one in his arms could truly be considered to be a kitten.
At this time, Ah Meow had already lost all its previous energy and could only droop its head while occasionally letting out a "meow."
Seeing the injured yellow cat, Sophie's previous emotions wholly disappeared before turning dead serious.
After putting on a pair of latex gloves, she opened the hunting trap and started diagnosing. "It is facing a heavy hip injury, including pelvic contraction and possible femur damage. Also, its lumbar fascia and sartorius also have various degrees of the tear. Its longissimus thoracis and tail muscle are also damaged…"
"Thank God, the clamp doesn't seem to have hurt any major arteries, but I can't determine whether or not its ureter, bladder, or colon are hurt. To be completely certain, I'll have to do a CT scan."
"Can you help it?" Li Du asked.
Sophie frowned as she looked towards him. He wasn't quite sure why, but the movement of her brows reminded him of his childhood memories of rolling up willow leaves to make whistles.
"The outer injuries can easily be patched, but I will require a more advanced instrument to determine the degree of organ and other inner injuries. En, you are really too careless, how can you put such hunting traps inside your house?"
"This isn't my cat, I found it in the wilderness. Then, can this hospital provide the necessary equipment for further care?"
Nodding her head, Sophie answered, "Of course, but I suggest you find an actual animal clinic."
"Why? Does this one not accept animals?"
"No, it's just that the fees here are a lot more expensive than actual animal clinics. I'm almost certain that your cat doesn't have health insurance, so the cost is going to be quite substantial."
Hearing that, Li Du understood, but he didn't really care. He had just earned more than three thousand dollars, so the fees for caring for that cat were really not too significant.
After receiving his affirmative answer, Sophie gave him an inspection sheet and asked the nurse to go through the tests. In the meantime, she went to prepare for the surgery.
When the test results came in, it was quite confident. The yellow cat had powerful muscles near its belly and legs, so the trap didn't hurt its inner organs.
Dr. Sophie and the nurse then worked for half an hour before returning. This time, Ah Meow had already been thoroughly enveloped in bandages and was sleeping.
The cat was quite impressive, letting out small snores in its sleep.
However, when Li Du went to pay the fees, he was shocked.
Sophie carefully watched as she asked, "Sir, you can pay the fees right? You won't run away?"
By the side, the black nurse was fiercely staring at him with a look of "I dare you to run away."
Before the surgery, the hospital had notified him beforehand of the fees and only started after Li Du had signed off.
However, American hospitals were very tricky, their statements were all separated, so when the total came out, it was over two thousand dollars!
That was even more than his living fees for half a year!
[I'll just treat this as a donation,] he comforted himself.
This money came quickly, so it was worth it if he did some good things with them.
After leaving the hospital with the cat, Li Du returned to the red-light district.
Just as the sun was about to set beyond the horizon, Hans unsteadily stepped out.
"Yo Mr. Fox, you've got quite the stamina, not even a bit tired after an entire afternoon with women." Li Du mocked.
"Don't use that tone with me, do you think I was in there only for the women? Wrong, I was looking for information that could make us rich!" Hans grunted.
"What information?"
"My God, of course, it's information for other auctions! This is a pub, a pub where treasure hunters come to socialize, and as they start getting tipsy, they also sometimes leak important info."
"What information did you get this time?"
Hans threw a bottle of beer in his direction before answering, "There's another auction hosted by the Bachelor Public Storage firm in two days time. It's said that in this auction, there's going to be Harley Davidson motorcycle. Like the massage chair, can you get it?"
"Yep, it's still 50% chance," Li Du confirmed.
"Good, but that being said, this time, the competition is going to be a lot fiercer, so we need to carefully manage our finances in the next few days. By my estimation, we'll probably need three or four thousand if we want to successfully get this one," Hans seriously stated.
Hearing this, Li Du was stunned. "That much?"
"That isn't much, don't you still have thirty-six hundred? We can use that as principle… dammit, what's that look? I'll return the money!" Hans responded.
Li Du pointed towards the passenger seat before saying, "It's not that I don't want to help, but this afternoon, I picked up an injured cat when I took it to the clinic for treatment it cost me two thousand dollars."
"Holy Virgin Mary, are you kidding me! It costs over two thousand to treat a cat? Are you f*cking sure that you are treating a cat and not a tiger!?"
"I think it should really be described cat and not a tiger," Li Du said while picking up the cage.
Hans's temper was beginning to flare, but when he saw the caged cat again, he swallowed what he was going to say before leaning closer for a better look.
Just as Hans bend a bit closer, Ah Meow gave him a calm stare before quickly striking him with its claws!
Unfortunately, Ah Meow was blocked by the cage so he couldn't fulfill its wish.
"Sh*t, like the show, said, this little one really is quite tempered. Hey, buddy looks like you really don't engage in unprofitable business!" Hans said while letting out a laugh.
As the nurse opened the door to the examination room, Li Du saw a very amusing sight.
Flagstaff was a tiny town with a small population, so its number of patients was also quite a few in numbers. Thus, it was not unexpected that there were no patients in the examination room, but rather only a young female doctor.
She wore a white coat, with her blond hair falling on her shoulders like strands of golden willow. From the side, her slim body took on the shape of an S curve.
When the door opened, she calmly started operating the mouse. However, perhaps because the computer didn't respond, her actions quickly became agitated as she took out the keyboard and began typing.
However, those taps quickly changed to unrestrained smashing, while her right hand frantically moved the mouse. As she turned her head in their direction, Li Du was able to see a beautiful panicked face.
Seeing her reaction, the nurse laughed, "Hi, Sophie, my cute damsel, were you secretly browsing on Amazon again?"
Sophie strongly shook her head, causing her blond hair to sway like delicate willow being caressed by a gentle spring breeze, "Ah, of course not! I swear to God, I wasn't browsing Amazon!"
"Then you were browsing on e-Bay," the nurse confidently guessed.
Sophie continued to shake her head, "No, I, I didn't…"
"Do you swear to God?" the nurse pressed.
Hearing that, the doctor let out a defeated look before murmuring, "Dammit, the computer froze again, why can't the hospital give us a newer one?"
"Alright Dr. Sophie, let's get to work. There's a kitten here that's hurt very badly and requires your immediate attention," the nurse said as she smiled.
[Kitten?] As Li Du looked at the animal in his arms, he couldn't help but question whether the one in his arms could truly be considered to be a kitten.
At this time, Ah Meow had already lost all its previous energy and could only droop its head while occasionally letting out a "meow."
Seeing the injured yellow cat, Sophie's previous emotions wholly disappeared before turning dead serious.
After putting on a pair of latex gloves, she opened the hunting trap and started diagnosing. "It is facing a heavy hip injury, including pelvic contraction and possible femur damage. Also, its lumbar fascia and sartorius also have various degrees of the tear. Its longissimus thoracis and tail muscle are also damaged…"
"Thank God, the clamp doesn't seem to have hurt any major arteries, but I can't determine whether or not its ureter, bladder, or colon are hurt. To be completely certain, I'll have to do a CT scan."
"Can you help it?" Li Du asked.
Sophie frowned as she looked towards him. He wasn't quite sure why, but the movement of her brows reminded him of his childhood memories of rolling up willow leaves to make whistles.
"The outer injuries can easily be patched, but I will require a more advanced instrument to determine the degree of organ and other inner injuries. En, you are really too careless, how can you put such hunting traps inside your house?"
"This isn't my cat, I found it in the wilderness. Then, can this hospital provide the necessary equipment for further care?"
Nodding her head, Sophie answered, "Of course, but I suggest you find an actual animal clinic."
"Why? Does this one not accept animals?"
"No, it's just that the fees here are a lot more expensive than actual animal clinics. I'm almost certain that your cat doesn't have health insurance, so the cost is going to be quite substantial."
Hearing that, Li Du understood, but he didn't really care. He had just earned more than three thousand dollars, so the fees for caring for that cat were really not too significant.
After receiving his affirmative answer, Sophie gave him an inspection sheet and asked the nurse to go through the tests. In the meantime, she went to prepare for the surgery.
When the test results came in, it was quite confident. The yellow cat had powerful muscles near its belly and legs, so the trap didn't hurt its inner organs.
Dr. Sophie and the nurse then worked for half an hour before returning. This time, Ah Meow had already been thoroughly enveloped in bandages and was sleeping.
The cat was quite impressive, letting out small snores in its sleep.
However, when Li Du went to pay the fees, he was shocked.
Sophie carefully watched as she asked, "Sir, you can pay the fees right? You won't run away?"
By the side, the black nurse was fiercely staring at him with a look of "I dare you to run away."
Before the surgery, the hospital had notified him beforehand of the fees and only started after Li Du had signed off.
However, American hospitals were very tricky, their statements were all separated, so when the total came out, it was over two thousand dollars!
That was even more than his living fees for half a year!
[I'll just treat this as a donation,] he comforted himself.
This money came quickly, so it was worth it if he did some good things with them.
After leaving the hospital with the cat, Li Du returned to the red-light district.
Just as the sun was about to set beyond the horizon, Hans unsteadily stepped out.
"Yo Mr. Fox, you've got quite the stamina, not even a bit tired after an entire afternoon with women." Li Du mocked.
"Don't use that tone with me, do you think I was in there only for the women? Wrong, I was looking for information that could make us rich!" Hans grunted.
"What information?"
"My God, of course, it's information for other auctions! This is a pub, a pub where treasure hunters come to socialize, and as they start getting tipsy, they also sometimes leak important info."
"What information did you get this time?"
Hans threw a bottle of beer in his direction before answering, "There's another auction hosted by the Bachelor Public Storage firm in two days time. It's said that in this auction, there's going to be Harley Davidson motorcycle. Like the massage chair, can you get it?"
"Yep, it's still 50% chance," Li Du confirmed.
"Good, but that being said, this time, the competition is going to be a lot fiercer, so we need to carefully manage our finances in the next few days. By my estimation, we'll probably need three or four thousand if we want to successfully get this one," Hans seriously stated.
Hearing this, Li Du was stunned. "That much?"
"That isn't much, don't you still have thirty-six hundred? We can use that as principle… dammit, what's that look? I'll return the money!" Hans responded.
Li Du pointed towards the passenger seat before saying, "It's not that I don't want to help, but this afternoon, I picked up an injured cat when I took it to the clinic for treatment it cost me two thousand dollars."
"Holy Virgin Mary, are you kidding me! It costs over two thousand to treat a cat? Are you f*cking sure that you are treating a cat and not a tiger!?"
"I think it should really be described cat and not a tiger," Li Du said while picking up the cage.
Hans's temper was beginning to flare, but when he saw the caged cat again, he swallowed what he was going to say before leaning closer for a better look.
Just as Hans bend a bit closer, Ah Meow gave him a calm stare before quickly striking him with its claws!
Unfortunately, Ah Meow was blocked by the cage so he couldn't fulfill its wish.
"Sh*t, like the show, said, this little one really is quite tempered. Hey, buddy looks like you really don't engage in unprofitable business!" Hans said while letting out a laugh.
