I Can Talk To Cats

Chapter 10: The Second Cat (Part Two)

Translated by Lime

Being able to understand cats had its downsides.

At this moment, if Lin Lan did not know what the kitten was saying, she would have heard the cost of treatment and gave up on it. The treatment cost was not cheap, and the most important part was that it was not a guaranteed success.

However, she couldn't ignore it. She heard the squeals and was able to understand them.

"Doctor Liu, please try your best." Lin Lan drew Snowflake closer to herself, and sighed when she saw the weak kitten: "Its life or death will have to depend on its own will to live."

The veterinarian rapidly began to work. He inspected the kitten, and since there were almost no physical wounds, he started to clean the cat.

"Its fur is matted and twisted together. This is making it hard to access the infection so the best method is to shave all of its fur off and let it grow back later. I will also place it inside an incubator to assure that the kitten's temperature is stable, and to prevent it from spreading feline viral rhinotracheitis (FVR) to other cats..."

From time to time, Doctor Liu would explain his course of action to Lin Lan. The kitten had been shaven, leaving only fur on its head, four legs, and tail. Although it wasn't as dirty as before, it seemed so fragile that it could stop breathing anytime.

"Look at this part." Lin Lan anxiously stared at the kitten, and without realizing, her eyebrows were wrinkled, "How long will it take to heal?"

"That will change depending on how well it recuperates." Doctor Liu explained, "Fortunately, excluding the diseases that I already diagnosed it with, there are no more. The pneumonia is not serious, and if the circumstances with FVR are favorable, you can take him home to slowly recover in about a week. Since Snowflake has previously been infected with mange and needed to get the area shaved, you already know that the fur needs time to grow back."

Lin Lan didn't speak. Although the kitten was afflicted with several ailments, luckily, they were not serious. The probability of the kitten surviving was larger and she really would be taking care of a cat who fought with death and won in the future.

She paid the treatment fees and the kitten was left inside the clinic. Lin Lan held Snowflake in one arm, and in her other hand was the four figure receipt while they exited.

Her heart hurt but at the same time, she had a newfound respect for Qian Xuan's ability to part with large amounts of money. Within Xi City, her salary was around average, not rich or poor. Even though Qian Xuan looked down upon Lin Lan's ordinary cat, she really did love her own cat, enough to eat dirt.

(T/N: So '土猫' = rural/countryside/ordinary cat, but is a common type of cat in China. '土' directly means dirt/soil/ground, so this is a play on words by the author, as Qian Xuan 'ate dirt', meaning that she is willing to spend so much money on her cat and is willing to suffer.)

Lin Lan's dissatisfaction with Qian Xuan from earlier gradually vanished.

But, she was going to be very meticulous in making the future cat food—If she spent more time and effort in preparing the food, then the time that she would have to spend worrying about Snowflake getting sick would be less.

"Snowflake, you need to remember this as well." Lin Lan pet the head of the cat that was in her arms, "You are not allowed to wander around places that are dirty in the future. You just saw, if you get infected, the veterinarian will completely shave off your fur and you will become bald."

The white cat withdrew its head, flattened its ears, and used its paws to cover its head. Fearfully, he meowed out: "Miaow..." (Lan Lan, I won't randomly wander around and be infected. You don't need to shave my fur!)