Xueqiu was tiny, completely devoid of strength, eyes closed as “Wishing you peace and safety” held it in her arms.
【What happened? Is it sick? Why does it feel like it’s not even alive?】
【Are you kidding me? It’s already dead, so why take up a slot? If it’s dead, just bury it! What’s the point of bringing it here!】
【Shut up, will you! Do you have no humanity at all?】
【No, wait! Look, this doesn’t look like sickness—it looks like it was poisoned! When my dog was poisoned to death, it looked exactly like this!】
【No way, no way, no way! Even if it was poisoned, that still means it’s dead, right? Could the streamer be so powerful they can summon spirits? Can they even communicate with a dead dog?】
【Stop with the weird jokes, okay? Let’s first see what’s going on!】
While the comment barrage was still full of arguing, Xueqiu in “Wishing you peace and safety”’s arms moved slightly.
It weakly opened its eyes, and with all its remaining strength, lifted its front paw to gently touch “Wishing you peace and safety”’s cheek.
“Wishing you peace and safety” froze for a moment, then several seconds later, broke down in loud sobs.
“Xueqiu! My Xueqiu!”
Half a minute later, Ruan Xingyao finally spoke, interrupting “Wishing you peace and safety”.
“”Wishing you peace and safety”, don’t be sad just yet, okay? Don’t you want to hear what it wants to say to you?” Ruan Xingyao said.
Sure enough, “Wishing you peace and safety” stopped crying and lifted her tear-filled eyes toward the camera.
Through the lens, Ruan Xingyao’s gaze met hers—gentle yet firm—silently giving her comfort and courage.
“Wishing you peace and safety” raised her hand to wipe her face, drying her tears.
Gritting her teeth, she said to Ruan Xingyao, “Streamer, can you help me ask Xueqiu who was the one that hurt it?”
Ruan Xingyao nodded and called to Xueqiu softly, “Xueqiu, Xueqiu, hello—would you like to help your owner?”
Xueqiu let out a whimper.
It was so faint that one might doubt it made any sound at all.
However, that was no obstacle for Ruan Xingyao.
She clearly heard Xueqiu saying: 【Save my owner, save my owner.】
Ruan Xingyao: “Xueqiu, don’t worry, slowly tell me what happened.”
【Someone poisoned my owner, trying to kill her child.】
Ruan Xingyao fell silent for a moment and did not immediately repeat those words.
Instead, she asked, “Xueqiu, can you explain in detail?”
Xueqiu: 【I overheard my owner’s husband and mother-in-law secretly finding out that my owner’s baby was a girl, so they wanted her to abort it and then have a son.】
Ruan Xingyao: “……”
【What’s going on? Why isn’t the streamer talking?】
【Hurry and tell us what Xueqiu said! From the look on the streamer’s face, it seems like she’s angry!】
【What exactly happened?】
Ruan Xingyao took a deep breath before continuing, “Xueqiu, do you have any evidence?”
Xueqiu: 【I hid the medicine in my nest.】
Ruan Xingyao noted this down, then said, “”Wishing you peace and safety”, Xueqiu has something to say to you. Once it’s done, I’ll tell you exactly what happened.”
Otherwise, given “Wishing you peace and safety”’s current state, she feared she wouldn’t be able to bear it and wouldn’t get to properly say goodbye to Xueqiu.
“Wishing you peace and safety”’s expression visibly stiffened, and her hands holding Xueqiu unconsciously tightened.
She understood what Ruan Xingyao meant.
And precisely because of that, she couldn’t agree to it.
She didn’t want to—she refused…
Ruan Xingyao could understand what she was thinking.
As long as she didn’t face it, she could delay the moment when Xueqiu would leave.
But Ruan Xingyao still said, cruelly, “”Wishing you peace and safety”, make the most of your time.”
Xueqiu’s life was slipping away, and that was an unchangeable fact.
“Wishing you peace and safety” took a deep breath, holding back her tears.
She wanted to take a good, long look at Xueqiu’s face.
“Wishing you peace and safety”: “Xueqiu, thank you for coming into my life.”
Xueqiu: 【Mom, I’m very happy. In my next life, I still want to be with you.】
【Mom, protect yourself.】
Ruan Xingyao repeated Xueqiu’s words aloud in the livestream.
Xueqiu took its final breath and passed away in “Wishing you peace and safety”’s arms.
“Wishing you peace and safety” stroked Xueqiu’s face, petted its head, touched its eyes, its nose, its mouth.
One by one, each touch was incomparably gentle, as if trying to memorize Xueqiu’s features.
Her tears could no longer be held back, falling silently.
The grief was so deep that even her sobs made no sound.
Ruan Xingyao did not rush her, instead letting her vent her emotions and slowly calm down.
Meanwhile, the comment section had already erupted into curses.
【Seriously? Is this ever going to end? Does a dead dog really need all this drama? We’re waiting to watch something else!】
【Exactly! The livestream isn’t just for you!】
【Isn’t this the streamer’s fault? Why hasn’t the streamer kicked her out yet?】
【I think it’s because the streamer’s run out of made-up stories, so they’re dragging it out!】
【See? I told you this was scripted! Now it’s all falling apart!】
After calculating the time, Ruan Xingyao finally said, “”Wishing you peace and safety”, are you ready now? I’m going to tell you the cause of Xueqiu’s death. Pull yourself together, okay?”
Her tone toward “Wishing you peace and safety” was as gentle as could be.
“Wishing you peace and safety” was also someone who knew how to behave appropriately.
Even though she wasn’t watching the livestream, she understood well enough what the livestream environment must be like right now.
So she nodded and said, “Streamer, please tell me.”
Ruan Xingyao: “Xueqiu said it overheard your husband and mother-in-law plotting to kill the baby in your womb, because they secretly found out it was a girl. They wanted a boy, but since you wouldn’t agree, they planned to make you miscarry so you could get pregnant again.”
The moment those words came out, the comments exploded into another round of insults.
“Wishing you peace and safety”, however, was instead unusually calm.
She even pulled out a smile.
“I knew it was them! I just knew it.” “Wishing you peace and safety” kept repeating this sentence over and over.
Ruan Xingyao continued, “Xueqiu said it hid the medicine in its dog bed.”
“Wishing you peace and safety” asked, “Then how did Xueqiu die?”
Ruan Xingyao was silent for a moment before answering, “It was your mother-in-law. She had always disliked Xueqiu and wanted to send it away. When you refused, she put poison in its food.”
“Wishing you peace and safety” let out a cold laugh. “No wonder they found an excuse to go out today. No wonder I happened to open a new bag of dog food today. They just wanted to make it look like I bought spoiled dog food and personally killed Xueqiu. I see, I see…”
That was also why, after noticing something was wrong with Xueqiu, she came alone to the pet hospital holding it in her arms.
Up to now, neither her mother-in-law nor her husband had contacted her.
Shen Xingyao looked at “Wishing you peace and safety”’s expression and felt a twinge of pity.
She hesitated for a moment, wondering whether she should tell “Wishing you peace and safety” the rest of what Xueqiu had said.
“Streamer, if you know anything else, can you tell me?” “Wishing you peace and safety” asked.
— The end of the Chapter–
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