Chapter 48: Be happy

When Xiao Man woke up, she had a certainty that she would never turn into a dog again.

An intangible connection between her and Xiao Bai had been severed.

Although she had anticipated this, she still felt a sense of melancholy when it actually happened.

The people she knew and was familiar with were still there, but she was no longer close to them as “Xiao Bai.”

Until a familiar voice came from beside her.

“You know, it’s really scary when you lie there with your eyes wide open and don’t move at all, right?”

Xiao Man: She sat up silently.

Really, can’t she even be allowed to feel sorrowful on her own?

She got out of bed and walked around the ward.

Good, she could still control her body well.

Thanks to the frequent massages from the nursing assistant and her occasional waking up, her muscle atrophy wasn’t severe.

With proper rest and exercise after being discharged from the hospital, she would be fine.

She looked at Xu Yan, who was standing beside her, observing her movements, and nodded.

“Thank you for the past few months. I feel like I’m better now.”

Xu Yan raised an eyebrow. “Are you sure?”

After he spoke, he remembered that Xiao Man had never said she was better when she woke up before.

Maybe this time she really was.

Xu Yan said, “Then can you clear up my confusion?”

Xiao Man exerted the greatest acting skills of her life, looking at Xu Yan with a hint of trouble in her expression and said,

“If I could remember, I would definitely tell you. My memory of what happened while I was in a coma is very vague.”

Except for Zhou Jiang, Xiao Man didn’t plan to tell anyone else about her turning into a dog.

First, it was too bizarre, and there was no evidence afterwards.

People might think she had mental problems.

Second… she would feel ashamed.

She didn’t feel it when she was a dog, but once she returned to being “human,” if people she knew found out what she had done as a dog…

No, she couldn’t think about it.

Xu Yan looked at Xiao Man without saying anything.

At that moment, the doctors and nurses came in orderly to do some routine checks.

Before long, Han Shuangshuang, who had received the news, also rushed over.

Her eyes were bright, and when she heard Xiao Man say that she was really better this time, her eyes reddened even more.

Xiao Man rubbed her head, sighing inwardly.

You’ll have more to cry about later.

After a series of checks, there were no abnormalities, but Xiao Man definitely couldn’t be discharged from the hospital just yet.

She continued to be hospitalized for observation, both to recover her physical functions and to see if she was truly better.

Han Shuangshuang had just come back from the film city.

Xiao Man didn’t let her stay long and sent her away, thinking she still needed to deal with the issue of Xiao Bai suddenly becoming “mischievous”!

Since Lin Ci was waiting, Han Shuangshuang indeed couldn’t stay at the hospital for too long and had to leave first.

When Lin Ci saw Han Shuangshuang, he seemed to want to say something but hesitated.

However, before Lin Ci could figure out how to phrase it, Han Shuangshuang had already noticed something.

In the back seat, Xiao Bai was jumping up and down, looking very excited, while Huan Huan was pushed to the corner, staring blankly at her usually quiet companion who had now become a troublemaker.

Han Shuangshuang quickly asked, “Xiao Bai, what’s wrong with you?”

Fortunately, Xiao Bai still responded to its name.

It stopped moving, sniffed the air, and then jumped into Han Shuangshuang’s arms, whining and acting coquettish.

Han Shuangshuang rubbed Xiao Bai’s head, both amused and puzzled.

“Xiao Bai, did you have a nightmare that scared you?”

Xiao Bai just kept snuggling into Han Shuangshuang’s arms, as if it had really been frightened.

Han Shuangshuang simply sat in the back seat and held Xiao Bai as they went home.

The time was too short for Lin Ci and Han Shuangshuang to notice anything unusual about Xiao Bai.

The next day, before going to work, Han Shuangshuang learned that Xiao Man was indeed awake and brought her phone to the hospital.

Xiao Man looked better than the day before.

What puzzled Han Shuangshuang was that Xu Yan was also there that day.

She had thought Xu Yan was visiting Xiao Man out of gratitude for saving his life, but the frequency of his visits seemed a bit too high.

However, she was in a hurry to go to work and didn’t dwell on it for long.

Outside the hospital, Lin Ci was waiting for Han Shuangshuang.

When she got back in the car, she noticed that Lin Ci seemed even more hesitant than the day before.

Lin Ci said, “Xiao Bai seems to have changed.”

Han Shuangshuang had actually noticed it too.

It no longer seemed to understand her words completely, and its desire to destroy things had increased.

In a moment of inattention, it started chewing on her stool!

Han Shuangshuang couldn’t figure it out, but she thought it might get better soon and didn’t think too much about it.

When she started filming short videos at the company, she realized that some things couldn’t be ignored.

Xiao Bai was still close to her, but it began to have trouble understanding human speech.

Of course, it could still grasp simple commands, but more complex ones, like dividing a ball equally between two people, which used to be easy for Xiao Bai, were now beyond its comprehension.

It couldn’t understand what she was saying.

Han Shuangshuang was very worried.

After two days of trying, she saw no improvement and took a leave of absence from the company to take Xiao Bai to the vet, explaining the situation.

However, because Han Shuangshuang said that Xiao Bai’s symptom was “previously able to understand human speech, but now couldn’t,” the vet looked at her for a while, seemingly judging whether she was making a joke.

It wasn’t until the vet recognized Xiao Bai and Han Shuangshuang as social media bloggers that he took her seriously.

Han Shuangshuang suspected that Xiao Bai might have a disease similar to Alzheimer’s, causing cognitive regression.

Otherwise, how could it have changed so much?

The doctor, seeing Han Shuangshuang’s insistence, had no choice but to conduct a full set of tests on Xiao Bai.

The final conclusion was that Xiao Bai was healthy and no organic lesions were found.

The doctor also comforted Han Shuangshuang, saying that perhaps Xiao Bai was just in a bad mood and unwilling to cooperate with humans.

Maybe it would get better after some time.

But Han Shuangshuang knew it wasn’t the case.

Xiao Bai had always been very well-behaved and would never quit just because of a bad mood.

After returning to the company, Han Shuangshuang discussed with Chen Yao about temporarily stopping the video updates.

If Xiao Bai couldn’t return to its previous state…

Han Shuangshuang thought for a long time before saying,

“Then we’ll explain the situation to the netizens and stop taking business deals in the future!”

If it really couldn’t go back to the way it was, she thought it was also nice for Xiao Bai to be happy and silly like this.

Chen Yao felt a bit regretful, after all, she had a commission from every business deal of Xiao Bai’s, but she also respected Han Shuangshuang’s opinion.

She knew Han Shuangshuang truly cared for Xiao Bai.

Not wanting Han Shuangshuang to continue feeling upset, Chen Yao brought up something cheerful:

“Sister Man said she’s coming back to work tomorrow.”

Han Shuangshuang was very surprised.

“So soon? Shouldn’t Sister Man rest more?”

Chen Yao smiled. “You don’t know Sister Man’s personality? She said that doing intellectual work doesn’t affect her just because her body is not convenient.”

Han Shuangshuang thought about it and agreed.

Chen Yao added, “By the way, have you noticed that Sister Man seems to have changed a bit? When she called me today, she even joked around! I feel like she’s in a good mood.”

Han Shuangshuang said, “Yes, I’ve noticed too. Sister Man has become more cheerful.”

Yesterday, Sister Man even asked her for her niece’s contact information.

She wondered if it had anything to do with that.

The next day, Xiao Man indeed came to work.

She arrived by sitting in a chair.

Actually, she could walk, but she couldn’t walk fast, so she specially bought a smart electric wheelchair.

Yes, it was the product of the company that Xu Yan had previously revived.

It had a good cost-performance ratio and could even run on the road…

Of course, she wouldn’t do such a silly thing.

The smart electric wheelchair was delivered to the company building.

After taking a taxi to the company, she unpacked it, debugged it on the spot, sat on it, and then took the elevator upstairs.

On the way, people who were familiar and unfamiliar with the chair were all curious about it and asked for the purchase link.

The chair had a cool appearance and many functions.

In addition to being able to move automatically over short distances, it also had a massage function.

It would be nice to have one at the workstation.

When she arrived at the company, her colleagues came up one after another to congratulate Xiao Man on being discharged from the hospital and surrounded her to ask about the chair.

Xiao Man smiled and answered.

Seeing this, Chen Yao whispered to Han Shuangshuang,

“Sister Man is more than cheerful!”

It felt like she had changed from an introverted person to an extroverted one!

Han Shuangshuang also felt this way, but she thought it was a good thing.

Isn’t it great to be happy every day in life?

Maybe after a serious illness, Sister Man had a change of heart and could enjoy life more?

When the crowd dispersed, Xiao Man also came to Han Shuangshuang and Chen Yao:

“What are you two doing here? Don’t you have work?”

Chen Yao & Han Shuangshuang:”….”

After saying this, Xiao Man looked down at Xiao Bai.

It felt strange to look at the body she used to inhabit.

Unexpectedly, after Xiao Bai made eye contact with her, it walked up to Xiao Man, rubbed against her trouser leg, and showed a close demeanor.

Han Shuangshuang exclaimed in surprise, “Xiao Bai really likes Sister Man!”

Xiao Man was a bit surprised.

She rubbed Xiao Bai’s head and smiled lightly,

“I’ve seen the account you guys made. It’s quite good.”

Han Shuangshuang’s mood immediately dropped as she briefly explained the current situation of Xiao Bai.

Xiao Man listened in silence.

Of course she knew the reason, but she couldn’t say anything.

Han Shuangshuang smiled again,

“But it’s okay. Xiao Bai is my family. No matter what, I will take good care of it!”

Even if Xiao Bai was no longer as understanding as before, she could still find comfort in it.

If it couldn’t make money, so be it.

She didn’t adopt Xiao Bai for the money in the first place.

Xiao Man pondered for a moment.

She had worked hard to build up this account, and it would be a pity to just let it go to waste.

Looking at the obedient Xiao Bai standing by her feet, she guessed that Xiao Bai’s closeness to her had something to do with the fact that they had shared the same body for several months, although she hadn’t felt the presence of another dog inside her body at the time.

She suddenly wanted to try something.

She stared at Xiao Bai and said, “Xiao Bai, push me back to my workstation.”

Han Shuangshuang wanted to say that Xiao Bai couldn’t understand such a complex command anymore, but she saw Xiao Bai tilt its head, not shifting its gaze from Xiao Man.

In the next moment, it suddenly jumped up, moved behind Xiao Man, and pushed the chair to the workstation.

Both Han Shuangshuang and Chen Yao were stunned.

Xiao Man was very satisfied with the result of this experiment.

It seemed that due to their previous connection, she could still make Xiao Bai understand her intentions.

Great, the “Xiao Bai and Her Sister” account wouldn’t be abandoned.

Chen Yao suddenly became very excited and said,

“Sister Man, come on, let’s go try filming some material!”

If it worked, her future promotion would be more secure.

Thank you, Sister Man!

Before Han Shuangshuang could feel any disappointment, Xiao Bai had already jumped in front of her, asking to be held.

She thought to herself, Xiao Bai still loves me the most!

The group tried filming the script that had failed before.

Although Xiao Bai couldn’t succeed in one go like before, it was much better than before and still fit the dog character of the account.

Xiao Man rested her chin on the soft armrest of the chair, smiling as she watched everyone’s excited and happy expressions.

This is really good.

Life should be like this, be happy, be happy every day.

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