Chapter 101: The Problem is That Simple
“Squeak squeak squeak!”
【 Give me more of this meat, I want to eat more. 】
This was the Flying Rat’s first response to the girl.
The girl instantly became happy, she understood the Flying Rat’s squeaks.
Her eyes sparkled as she looked at Song Tiantian and asked, “Can it have another piece of that meat? It just ate such a big piece, will it be okay if it eats another one!”
“Under normal circumstances, Pet Beasts don’t get so full they die, because Pet Beasts have very high intelligence and excellent physical condition.
It’s like with humans, under normal circumstances, humans rarely eat themselves to death.
This only happens occasionally after prolonged starvation.
Unless it’s about to use a Skill to prove its physical condition, it can’t eat another piece of meat.”
Upon hearing Song Tiantian’s words, the Flying Rat unhesitatingly used its Skill, flying around Song Tiantian.
“Squeak squeak squeak…”
【 I can fly, I’m wide awake, I won’t die from overeating, give me another piece of meat! 】
The Flying Rat eagerly craved meat, its small eyes full of longing.
Seeing the Flying Rat’s appearance, the girl’s heart instantly ached.
The Flying Rat she had cherished and raised since it was small was actually starving to this extent.
She suddenly understood why the Flying Rat had been acting poorly towards her.
She was truly too cruel, she felt she was too cruel herself.
But she genuinely didn’t know!
She rarely got emotional like this, and tears began to fall uncontrollably.
After Song Tiantian handed the Flying Rat a slightly larger piece of Dried Meat, she offered the girl a tissue and said, “Actually, about half a year ago, Doctor Bai published a Thesis at that time, and he mentioned it then.
Pet Beasts actually know their limits; if they’re full, they won’t eat anymore.
Because a year ago, when I first joined the Pet Beast Center, there was a similar case at the Pet Beast Center.
At that time, there was a highly talented Snow Lion, born at the Pet Beast Center. It was a gigantic lion that had already grown. The staff here only fed it fifty grams of Pet Beast Food per day, so it had a very bad temper and was very fierce. Many people thought it was beyond saving and needed to be euthanized.
It was only later that Doctor Bai discovered how little food the staff was giving it, and then he was moved to write that Thesis.
However, since you’re not in academia, it’s normal that you might not have seen that Thesis.”
“No, I saw it, it’s just that Teacher said…”
The girl trailed off, unable to finish her sentence.
Teacher said Doctor Bai was seeking attention, daring to question the Thesis of an authoritative Professor.
Advanced Level Pet Beasts must be meticulously cared for, not a single detail can be overlooked.
She now understood that person was not worthy of being her Teacher at all, causing her Flying Rat to starve so miserably.
She quickly thought of another point of confusion and said to Song Tiantian, “The Flying Rat used to cry out often, but I never understood what it meant. But this time, I could actually hear it. If it had told me before that it wasn’t getting enough to eat, I would have definitely given it more.”
“This is because this Flying Rat was raised by you from a very young age. When it was too young, it didn’t have consciousness yet. As it grew a bit older, because it wasn’t getting enough to eat, it didn’t have the Power to attach mental fluctuations to its cries, allowing its contracted Beast Tamer to understand it.
Also, it’s still very young and doesn’t quite know how to express what it wants.
The meaning it conveyed was just a general idea.
Now that it’s slightly full, it has some surplus Energy to attach mental fluctuations to its cries.
It’s because you knew it was starving that you could understand its meaning so accurately.”
Song Tiantian explained to the girl.
Actually, there was another reason Song Tiantian didn’t mention: the Pet Beast’s Affection Level towards the girl was very low before, almost negative, so the Contract link wouldn’t give the girl any feedback at all.
The girl felt even more heartbroken after hearing this. Her poor Flying Rat was so starved it didn’t even have the strength to speak.
If she hadn’t brought the Flying Rat to see Song Tiantian today, she and the Flying Rat might have lived their entire lives in misunderstanding, and the Flying Rat might have died with her immense Resentment.
Song Tiantian is indeed very Powerful; among so many Physicians, only Song Tiantian saw at a glance that the Flying Rat was starved unconscious.
Others spent a long time examining the Flying Rat but couldn’t find any problems.
“Thank you so much. If it weren’t for you, my Flying Rat might have been lost.”
“Remember to feed it some high-quality Fierce Beast Meat in the future. Also, Fierce Beasts need salt, but not too much. Salt is essential. Don’t listen to some bloggers who say Pet Beasts will lose their fur if they don’t eat salt. Humans also have health problems if they eat too much salt, but not eating salt at all is absolutely not feasible.
For the amount, try it yourself. If you feel it’s too salty, don’t give it to it.
Actually, you don’t even need to try; if it’s too salty, it won’t eat it itself.
Pet Beasts are very intelligent; they have their own sense of taste.”
Song Tiantian cautioned the girl.
She thought there might be another reason: the girl’s Identity made her seem like someone who couldn’t afford to eat meat, so the doctors instinctively didn’t consider this possibility.
The girl’s name was Wang Jingjing, and she was the daughter of Qingcheng’s Richest Person.
Song Tiantian was also very surprised when she learned of Wang Jingjing’s Identity.
How could the daughter of the Richest Person not have a professional Pet Beast trainer by her side? How could such a situation arise?
After the girl left, Shen Qing couldn’t suppress his doubts and complained to Song Tiantian, “No way, who would have thought this Pet Beast was starving to this extent? It had no external injuries, and the doctors kept suspecting poisoning, never even considering this angle, always thinking it had ingested some mysterious Poison.”
“Yes! My brain must have been fried. That Flying Rat was so thin and small, and I never thought the problem would be so simple. I kept thinking it was poisoned.” Qu Danqin was also very annoyed at this moment.
This conclusion wasn’t hers alone; other Physicians had also thought the same.
They had also fed the Flying Rat food, but it barely ate anything and had no appetite. However, they weren’t feeding it meat, but some coarse grains.
The path of medical study is endless.
She also hadn’t expected that the real problem was actually so simple.
“This is also a matter of Experience. In the future, when encountering Fierce Beasts that appear to be in poor condition, first try feeding them some Beast Food to see the situation. If they can eat it, there isn’t a particularly big problem. If they can eat, they can absorb external Energy to repair their own injuries. With more past experiences, you gain more knowledge.
Beast Tamers don’t necessarily need to read Doctor Bai’s Thesis, but we Physicians at the Pet Beast Center absolutely must. That Thesis on Pet Beast food intake, I suggest Director Shen organize all the Physicians in the Medical Department to read it.”
“Tiantian is right. I’ll arrange it right away.”
