Chapter 63: A New Start for Gu An
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After returning home, the originally planned “eating, drinking, playing, and having fun” was reduced to “eating and drinking” due to the dislocated arm. The beautiful and harmonious life was cruelly cut short.
Jian Ningxuan carefully fed her every day, almost turning An Bu into a zombie incapable of taking care of herself. Fortunately, there was a gym next door. Even if she didn’t go out, regular workouts helped maintain muscle activity.
A few days later, an unexpected guest arrived at their home—Officer Sun Kaiwen.
The cultural relics theft case had reached the final stage, and Officer Sun came to express gratitude for An Bu and Jian Ningxuan’s assistance. He also apologized for the danger An Bu had faced. Additionally, he brought information about the two criminals’ confessions.
“They said you were shot twice, but we didn’t find any signs of being shot on your body. What’s going on?” Officer Sun asked curiously.
An Bu really wanted to throw this guy out. She had just managed to calm down the cat master, and now he brought up this topic, seemingly intentionally adding to her troubles.
“Shot?” Jian Ningxuan stared at An Bu beside him.
“It’s nothing.” An Bu denied firmly, “They did shoot twice, but they didn’t hit me.”
“Is that so?” Officer Sun frowned, “But they seemed pretty sure, and the distance was so close…”
“Don’t forget, it was at night.” An Bu reminded.
Officer Sun nodded thoughtfully, “You’re right.”
However, Officer Sun was easy to deal with, but Jian Ningxuan wasn’t so easily fooled. He remembered An Bu’s condition at the time. There were obvious signs of bleeding in her abdomen and knees, but during the examination, there were no significant wounds found. Thinking that An Bu might have been shot, his expression immediately darkened, and his gaze towards Officer Sun turned unfriendly.
Officer Sun felt uncomfortable all over and immediately didn’t dare to stay longer. After expressing a few words of concern, he got up and took his leave.
As soon as he left, An Bu was immediately laid down by Jian Ningxuan. He opened her clothes, revealing her fair belly without a single scar.
“Mr. Jian, are you satisfied with my belly?” An Bu obediently laid on the sofa.
Jian Ningxuan glanced at her, then lowered his head slowly, starting to explore her body, checking other unknown places for any suspicious traces… After a month, the two finally fulfilled their wish for a harmonious life, right on the sofa in the living room.
An Bu, fully recharged, with Jian Ningxuan’s consent, embarked on her journey of learning.
She audited classes at the medical school for half a semester, anonymously donated a laboratory to the school to cover her tuition. Having grasped the theoretical knowledge, she needed to accumulate practical experience. An Bu planned to intern at a pet hospital, assisting veterinarians and learning their treatment methods.
There were many pet owners in the city, and the demand for the quality of life and healthcare for their beloved pets was increasing.
An Bu chose a nearby pet clinic named “Mengmeng Pet Home,” working eight hours a day, punctually. After conducting thorough investigations to ensure safety, Jian Ningxuan reluctantly agreed to let the “old corpse” out.
Through the Book of Life and Death, An Bu generated an assistant veterinarian certificate, representing that her professional knowledge had reached the assistant level.
The scale of Mengmeng Pet Home was not large, with only one practicing veterinarian and three medical staff. The clinic had an area of over 300 square meters, consisting of six departments: examination room, treatment room, operating room, pharmacy, laboratory, and disinfection supply room. Additionally, there was a washing room, a breeding room, and a small courtyard for pets to move freely.
Because she was a newcomer, An Bu’s main duties included helping with animal cleaning, disinfection, and daily care.
In fact, being a doctor was a good choice to earn Vitality points, but hospitals were full of Yin energy, increasing the Death points. Moreover, regular examinations were required, leading to a high risk of exposure. So, An Bu didn’t consider being a doctor initially; she just studied a lot of medical knowledge.
However, being a veterinarian was different; the subjects were animals, and attention to herself could be disregarded. More importantly, as long as An Bu participated, for each animal saved by the practicing veterinarian, she could earn corresponding Vitality points. Although not as high as saving a human, it wasn’t likely to encounter dying animals frequently, so she could harvest Vitality points relatively safely.
The only trouble was that An Bu didn’t charm the animals much. With her low body temperature and corpse aura, the animals looked at her as if she were a moving humanoid vase, showing no interest in being touched or cuddled. The advantage was that they didn’t guard against her, and occasionally, they would talk to her, chatting about life.
“An Bu, help wash this Poodle,” Dr. Wang’s voice came from the examination room.
“Sure.” An Bu walked out of the breeding room, immediately spotting the Poodle covered in mud on the floor. She asked in surprise, “What happened to it?”
The owner of the Poodle, a young man in his twenties, smiled bitterly, “Jiesen went missing a while ago. Today, when I found him, he was like this. I’m worried he might have been injured outside or caught some infection, so I decided to bring him here for a check-up.”
“Leave it to me. After washing, it will surely be a beautiful Poodle again.” An Bu directly wrapped the Poodle in a towel, hugged it in her arms, and walked into the cleaning room.
The Poodle loved water but was a bit too lively. An Bu got wet while washing it. After cleaning it thoroughly, the snow-white curly hair made it look like a cotton candy, making people want to hold it.
An Bu checked it, and besides some hair loss, there were no other wounds on its body, and its spirit was good. It seemed to only need a disinfection.
However, she wasn’t the chief veterinarian and didn’t have the qualifications to diagnose, so she carried the clean Poodle into the examination room and watched Dr. Wang examine it.
After the examination, Dr. Wang said, “There’s a slight otitis media, a slightly high body temperature, nothing major. I’ll prescribe some medication for you, and it’ll be fine as long as you take it on time.”
“Thank you, Doctor.” The young man’s face showed a relieved smile.
An Bu looked at Dr. Wang strangely. When she took the prescription he wrote, she understood why. The treatment fee was supposed to be just over a hundred yuan, but Dr. Wang prescribed nearly 600 yuan worth of medicine for the Poodle.
An Bu didn’t say much, picked up the medicine according to the prescription, and handed it to the young man.
“Thank you.” The young man took the medicine, held his Poodle, and left cheerfully, not feeling distressed at all about spending 600 yuan just now.
Today was An Bu’s third day at work, and there wasn’t much work. She got off work promptly at 6 o’clock.
After returning home, An Bu said to Jian Ningxuan, “Darling, I quit my job.”
“Hmm? Why?” Jian Ningxuan asked casually.
“That veterinarian has a bad character.”
Jian Ningxuan squinted his eyes, alert, “Did he try to take advantage of you?”
An Bu: “…” What are you thinking?
“No, he overcharges.”
“Oh.” Jian Ningxuan shifted his gaze back to his notebook.
An Bu, with a determined tone, said, “I’m going to report him!”
Jian Ningxuan remained silent, just indulgently looking at her.
“I specifically checked the prescription he wrote today. He overprescribed each medication by two or three doses. Although it won’t cause significant harm, if all the medicine is taken, it will make the pets uncomfortable for a day or two. Poison is in everything, and excessive intake can easily harm the body. If he wanted to raise the price of the medicine, that would be fine, but why deliberately increase the dosage?”
Jian Ningxuan said, “Raising the price of medicine is easy to be discovered, but increasing the dosage isn’t.”
An Bu nodded in agreement, “You’re right.”
Leaning on the sofa and thinking for a moment, An Bu sought the opinion of her cat master, “Do you think I should report it?”
“What’s there to hesitate about? I’ve already reported it.” Invading the computer at Mengmeng Pet Home, copying data, organizing evidence, one-click send, done.
So fast?! An Bu looked at the “Report Successful” page and didn’t know what to say.
Jian Ningxuan turned to look at her, silently waiting for her approval.
Seeing his proud appearance, An Bu leaned over and stamped his mouth with a seal.
The aloof Mr. Jian immediately lit up.
The first job at the pet hospital fell through for An Bu, and she began to look for the next one. However, before she could find a suitable target, her plan was disrupted by an important email.
This email came from her proxy lawyer, not for An Bu, but for her previous identity. Twenty-four years ago, An Bu’s fixed identity was a novelist named “Gu An,” 18 years old, high school graduate, orphaned, inherited an independent building, sold for 7.5 million. At the age of 20, she coincidentally met a young tech team and, appreciating their integrity and talent, invested 4 million, holding a 10% stake, and later invested several million more for technology development.
The development of New Start was not smooth initially. The company started with only seven members, faced numerous difficulties, and finally, after five years, successfully developed a new type of smartphone, receiving immediate acclaim upon its release. Riding the wave of success, New Start became one of the top three domestic smartphone brands today, and the 10% stake owned by An Bu, initially almost worthless, was now worth over 9 billion.
But each fixed identity for An Bu could only be used in the same place for 10 years. Shortly after the company went public, “Gu An” moved to the background and gradually distanced herself from the decision-making level. As soon as the ten-year term was up, she immediately changed her identity, left the original city, found a new lawyer, and handed over all matters related to New Start to the lawyer for representation, keeping only the dividend from the shares.
After more than twenty years, the original founders of New Start passed away one after another, and when An Bu left, only the last one remained.
The email from the lawyer was notifying her that the last founder of New Start had also passed away the day before, and the company’s top executives invited her to attend the funeral.
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