Chapter 7: The Customer Is a Beautiful Girl
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
The two girls who had taken shelter from the rain outside the Yi Beast Hall discussed among themselves for a while before walking into the hospital.
The two of them went straight to the consultation room.
When they saw Li Yi, their only thoughts were of how handsome he was!
Though they had seen all the doctors in the city, none of them were as handsome as the one standing in front of them.
Bai Youyun's face revealed an unconscious kind smile. To the contrary, the other lady's expression turned a bit sour…
Seeing the two little beauties come in, Li Yi was a little surprised.
It was raining heavily outside, but these two girls had sought him out nonetheless. It seemed that they had a very serious illness that needed to be treated.
Li Yi looked at the golden cage in Bai Youyun's hand and understood that she would be today's customer.
With a pair of bright black eyes and a pink face, she looked simple and cute.
In addition, the fancy, beautiful dress made her look like a little princess.
However, the person next to her was very different. She was attentively sizing up Li Yi with her eyes. She looked a little mean and did not seem to be someone to mess with.
"Hello Doctor, my name is Bai Youyun. I'm here to get my pet treated.." Bai Youyun took a step forward and placed the cage on the table.
"This is my first pet beast. It's a Fire Sparrow."
"But it hasn't eaten for the past few days, and its condition is very weak. Do you think there's a way to treat it?"
Bai Youyun's soft voice ceased. Lin Ya, who was beside her, added, "We've seen all the pet hospitals in town, and all of them say that they can't treat it."
"Regardless of whether you can treat it or not, why don't you at least take a look?"
Lin Ya's words were a warning to Li Yi. Don't try to swindle me just because I'm rich.
Most people, given the opportunity, would try to pinch some money off a rich young lady like Bai Youyun, thinking she would be simple-minded and ignorant of the way the world worked.
After Li Yi heard her words, he just smiled faintly. "Don't look down on my medical skills. I deal with trifling illnesses like this every day."
Li Yi had treated countless difficult and complicated illnesses. How could a little weakness like this be any difficulty for him?
When Bai Youyun heard this, she instantly became excited.
"That's really great. You must cure my pet beast. I'm relying on it to compete in the city-wide Monster Pet Competition. My whole family has placed their hopes on me. I can't fail!"
"I have to get a good ranking in order to earn my family's respect. However, with the Fire Sparrow's current state, I'm afraid it may be too much for her to even enter the battlefield..."
When Bai Youyun mentioned her family, her tone hinted at a little anxiety. It was obvious this competition meant a lot to her.
Li Yi too knew how important the city-wide Monster Pet Competition was. Every time the competition was held, many Beast Masters would come to see him and have the pets treated.
Some of the pet beasts were not sick at all, and had only been brought here for a check-up. Their owners were afraid that something might happen during the competition.
Li Yi nodded slightly and began to look seriously at the Fire Sparrow in the cage.
And although it was called a "Sparrow", it was actually as big as a falcon.
Normally its feathers would be a bright red, but this one's were a little dim.
Since it was a Fire Sparrow, it possessed a Fire Attribute. For that reason its body normally should be affecting the surrounding temperature.
However, at that moment, the temperature in the examination room was completely unchanged.
From all these signs, it was clear that this Fire Sparrow's situation had already gotten very serious!
He looked above the Fire Sparrow's head and saw an orange [ Anorexia ] Status.
As far as negative Statuses went, yellow was the least concern, red was the most, and orange was considered to be somewhere in between.
However, this was the first time Li Yi had ever seen an orange Status.
That alone was proof that the bird's current condition was very severe.
This kind of situation was definitely not something that appeared overnight.
It must have been a long time in the making.
In a situation like this, simply removing the Status would not be of any use.
If he removed the Status, there's a chance it might return before it was even out the door.
To solve a problem like this, he would have to find just the right medicine.
However, it was clear that the two young ladies in front of him did not trust him very much. He would have to demonstrate his skills first.
"Can I open the cage and take a closer look?" Li Yi asked.
Bai Youyun hesitated for a moment before nodding her head.
Lin Ya, standing beside her, said in a worried tone, "Millions of dollars have gone into the training of this Fire Sparrow. Be careful. Don't accidentally put your own hospital in danger."
Li Yi did not take Lin Ya's warning to heart.
He opened the cage and carefully inspected the bird.
At that time the Flamingo was lying on the ground. Its wings were drooping, and its eyes were just barely cracked open. They looked like they were about to shut at any moment.
The situation was very severe indeed. No wonder this rich girl had come to his small hospital. It was in need of some serious treatment.
However, this time, she was lucky to be in the hands of a good doctor.
Li Yi reached out his hand to caress the Fire Sparrow.
Seeing Li Yi reach out his hand, the two girls became jittery. That Fire Sparrow was a priceless treasure to them. They could not afford any mishaps.
Li Yi reached out his hand and swept it over the bird's head, extracting the [ Anorexia ] Status.
"Miss Bai, did you bring any food?"
Li Yi asked.
Bai Youyun quickly replied, "You can just call me Yun. I brought some. I'll grab it now..."
She rummaged through her backpack and found a beautifully packaged jar. Inside were some dried worms that were specially used to feed birds.
She took a deep breath, picked up a pair of tweezers, grabbed a dried worm and placed it in Li Yi's hand.
Li Yi gave the worm directly to the Fire Sparrow.
Seeing this, Lin Ya was speechless. "As we've already told you, it won't eat anything right now. It's useless to try!"
"Sigh, we really came to the wrong place. Don't you have any other treatment methods?"
Li Yi carefully held the worm up to the Fire Sparrow's mouth, then said, "Now that the Fire Sparrow's situation is critical, we need to make it eat something now, or else this will not end well."
"You think we didn't already know that? The point is..."
Before Lin Ya could finish her words, the Fire Sparrow opened its mouth and ate the worm.
The two girls were stunned. This was the first time they had seen the bird eat in the past few days!
Bai Youyun burst into excited laughter. "It actually ate it! Dr. Li, you're too amazing! What did you even do?!"
Lin Ya opened her mouth slightly, then frowned. She too was a little surprised, but she restrained herself better than Bai Youyun.
Li Yi did not give them too many details, nor could he. Perhaps he had some magic power that could cure an illness with a wave of a hand.
But as he continued to monitor the Fire Sparrow, sure enough, its Anorexic Status returned.
Although it only had one-fifth of the fragments, it would just get more, and sooner or later, the Anorexic Status would return.
It seemed that the system was unable to eradicate the Fire Sparrow's negative Status. It was time to follow the rabbit hole!
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