"Good morning, Director."
"Morning, A Zhu."
"Morning, Qiye."
"Li Yifei, nothing's happened in the hospital lately, right?"
"No, everything's been fine."
"Mm."
"Good... morning, Director..."
"Morning, Hong Yan."
"Good morning, Patrick."
"Good mor... huh??"
Lin Qiye, dressed in a white coat and leisurely wandering through the corridor, suddenly whipped around.
In the courtyard, a pug lay sprawled on the ground, looking up at Lin Qiye with its tongue hanging out as it panted heavily.
Lin Qiye turned around suspiciously and picked it up from the ground.
"What did you just say?"
"Good morning, Patrick." The pug grinned. "Will there be delicious crab roe buns tonight too?"
Lin Qiye: ...
Lin Qiye grabbed its two hind legs, flipped it upside down, and began shaking it like a spin dryer.
"Belial Klande, get out here."
"Pat, Patri... blegh!"
The pug opened its mouth and spat out a tiny golden bug. It flopped limply onto the ground, still covered in traces of stomach fluid, motionless as if dead.
Lin Qiye raised a brow, set the pug aside, hesitated for a moment, and muttered:
"The spring tide bears the rain, swelling in the evening."
A handful of clear water emerged from thin air and poured over the golden bug. Startled by the water, it finally twitched.
Belial Klande swayed as it steadied itself. The moment it saw Lin Qiye before it, its body began trembling uncontrollably.
"I forgot you can't speak..." Lin Qiye beckoned to the pug nearby, and it immediately came panting over.
At the sight of the dog, the golden bug instinctively retreated several steps, as though it feared it deeply...
Puzzlement appeared in Lin Qiye's eyes. "You're afraid of it?"
The golden bug nodded slightly.
After pondering for a moment, Lin Qiye said to the pug, "Don't resist. Let it control