Berry Muffins

02

The boy smiled lowly on the phone, with a tingling ending in his voice: "I just want to ask you when it is convenient to meet, isn't it just the weekend, if you have time to bring Douzi over at night , let me treat you to a meal by the way."

Tao Lan pursed her lower lip, and replied obediently, "I'm free tonight."

Finally, they agreed to meet at KFC near No. [-] Middle School on Saturday noon.

Before hanging up the phone, the boy seemed to have suddenly remembered something, and mentioned his name a little: "By the way, my name is Lu Yuqing, and I'm a student at the nearby S University. How about you?"

Tao Lan glanced at the kitten rolling in his hand, and replied softly: "My name is Tao Lan."

After hanging up the phone, Tao Lan breathed a sigh of relief. The other party's voice was so nice, and it was his favorite subwoofer, Su Yin. Tao Lan inevitably looked forward to what he would look like.

That's right, Tao Lan has a natural bent. He found out that he likes boys very early, but at the same time he is afraid of being known.

Even though it is common for men and women to fall in love and get married, conservative people like uncle and aunt would definitely not accept it, and Tao Lan didn't want to make his situation worse.

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Tao Lan carefully put Douzi into his schoolbag. He didn’t have a cat bag, and if he only took an eco-friendly bag for the cat, he was afraid that Douzi would run out mischievously.

He put the schoolbag on his back in front, and the zipper opened a slit to let the beans breathe.

Tao Lan told his aunt that he would not eat dinner at home, but his uncle gave him a strange look. Before closing the door, he heard his uncle mention grandma's name and money...

The thin and pale boy bit his pale lower lip, trying his best to endure all the sarcastic remarks.

Although Lu Yuqing said on WeChat that Tao Lan should wait inside, Tao Lan obediently stood at the door, because it was more convenient to wait at the door.

Even though Lu Yuqing proposed to invite him to dinner, he still chose a fast food restaurant like KFC very considerately. Of course, the child's taste is also a very important reason.

The weather in September is still very hot, and the night is a bit slower, not like evening at all.

Tao Lan is wearing a white T and casual shorts. She looks white and clean, which is easy to make people feel good.

There were many people coming in and out of the door, and Tao Lan deliberately stayed at the far side.

The bustle and hustle and bustle around were strangely still for a while when the boy on the opposite side appeared, and then turned upside down. The other party seemed to have gotten used to all kinds of gazes, and he still had a generous and gentle smile.

What Tao Lan is most not good at dealing with is this kind of people with their own light. He has his own sensitive little planet, and he is afraid of all creatures that shine like the sun.

Even though he could put on a heartless and bright smile on the surface, he would feel ashamed in the end when facing the real sun.

"Tao Lan?" A familiar voice suddenly rang in his ears.

Tao Lan, who was staring at the floor with his head down, suddenly saw a pair of black sneakers in his field of vision. He slowly raised his face, looked up with his neck up, and finally saw the face of the boy in front of him clearly.

Accidentally meeting the other party's gaze, the boy's eyes were full of smiles. After seeing Tao Lan, the expression on his face was stunned for a moment, and some inexplicable emotions flashed in his eyes, but soon he returned Back to normal.

The boy is tall and thin, with stylishly trimmed short black hair. He is also tall and has a good figure. He is also very, very good-looking. His eyes are light brown under the light.She has a careless and arrogant youthful air...

Tao Lan stared blankly at his face, unable to reply for a long time.

Lu Yuqing pursed her lips and smiled, as if she was not angry at Tao Lan's unabashed probing gaze.

Seeing the smile on his lips, Tao Lan hurriedly looked away, slowly lowered her head, only to find that the boy was carrying a cat bag in his hand.

The boy smiled again and continued, "I'm Lu Yuqing."

"Ah." Only then did Tao Lan come to his senses, and responded awkwardly, "Hi, I'm Tao Lan."

Tao Lan unzipped the schoolbag, carefully picked up the kitten and handed it to Lu Yuqing.

Lu Yuqing thanked and skillfully put the cat into the cat bag.

The beautiful milky-white short-legged cat squats obediently in the cat bag, its round head is still stuck to the transparent layer and looks out, and its eyes are also round, so cute.

Seeing the kitten poking its head towards her position, Tao Lan bent her lips and smiled at it. There was a small dimple next to the light pink lips, which was very cute.

Naturally, Lu Yuqing also saw his smile, her round peach eyes slightly retracted her lazy expression, and the smile on her lips became more gentle.

"Why don't you go in and wait for me, aren't you afraid of the sun?"

For this reason, Lu Yuqing took another look at Tao Lan's skin that was so white that it almost glowed in the sun, and he was convinced again that this child seemed to be really not afraid of the sun.

Tao Lan slowly put the schoolbag back on his back. Hearing this, he looked up at Lu Yuqing again, and replied obediently: "It's convenient to wait outside."

Lu Yuqing took out his mobile phone to check the time. Although it was a little late, it was indeed still lunch time: "Order casually, don't be polite to me."

"Okay." Tao Lan smiled, his eyes formed a lovely crescent shape.

Lu Yuqing asked him to order casually, but Tao Lan was still a little embarrassed to spend money casually, and finally pointed out a discounted meal on the ordering app.

Tao Lan started to eat slowly. The fried chicken in the hamburger was a bit dull, and the coke was not strong enough, but the egg tarts were delicious, and he ate two in a row.

Lu Yuqing seemed to see that Tao Lan liked eating egg tarts, so he went back and ordered a box.

Tao Lan looked at Lu Yuqing with some embarrassment, wiped his mouth with a tissue, and said softly, "Thank you."

Lu Yuqing also smiled, and slightly bent his eyes: "Don't be polite with me, you are Douzi's savior, it doesn't matter if you eat me up."

Tao Lan was so amused by his words that he almost choked, the phone on the table suddenly lit up, and a new WeChat message appeared on the screen.

He stopped the half-bitten egg tart in his hand, wiped his fingertips with a paper towel, and clicked on the message.The transfer message from Lu Yuqing, and it has four digits.

Tao Lan froze for a moment, but didn't dare to confirm, those big black and round eyes just stared at Lu Yuqing, hesitating to speak.

Lu Yuqing noticed his eyes and explained a little: "Didn't you carefully read the cat hunting notice I sent? It wrote a lot of money on it. And you helped me take good care of the beans. This is what you should do." Got it."

"no need……"

Tao Lan did look at Lu Yuqing's Weibo. He wanted to see if there were any selfies, but he saw some landscape photos and cat hunting notices, but he didn't pay close attention.

He quickly locked the screen, glanced at the unfinished egg tarts on the table, looked at Lu Yuqing seriously and said, "I don't take care of Douzi for money, I just think it's cute, and I don't want it to become a homeless person." cat."

Lu Yuqing propped his chin and looked at Tao Lan very tenderly, and listened carefully to what he had said.

"That's it, it doesn't matter." Lu Yuqing slightly sank her lips and smiled again, "Then you can't refuse if I invite you to dinner in the future."

Tao Lan gave a soft ah, glanced at him again, and finally nodded obediently.

Tao Lan packed the unfinished box of egg tarts in his school bag.Lu Yuqing looked down at Tao Lan's clothes, and suddenly asked suspiciously, "Are you still a high school student?"

Tao Lan responded, "Yes, senior year."

A trace of astonishment flashed in Lu Yuqing's eyes: "I thought you were only a freshman in high school, you are too small."

Tao Lan pursed his lips and didn't answer. He actually didn't like others to say that he was young. Although he looked like that, it felt awkward to be pointed out.

"Douzi." Tao Lan hesitated to speak and glanced at Maobao.Because of the lowered head, the protruding part of the back of the neck is very obvious.

"Huh?" Lu Yuqing also turned her head to look at Douzi, and then at the boy's fair and slender neck, subconsciously thinking that Tao Lan was too thin.

"You will take good care of it." Tao Lan lowered his eyelashes and looked in the direction of Douzi, his long curly eyelashes trembling slightly, "It was so pitiful when it got lost."

Hiding alone near the trash can, the appearance of being abandoned is too sad.

Lu Yu pursed his lower lip without showing any traces, and the corners of his lips became slightly flatter: "It was an accident."

He originally told Tao Lan that because he moved to a new residence some time ago, the door was left open when he moved, and Douzi was too playful to slip away from the stairs in the rainy day.

But when Lu Yuqing met Tao Lan's soft round eyes, he couldn't say anything, and instead showed a gentle and perfect smile.

"Of course I will take good care of it. In the future, you can come to my house to play whenever you want beans." Lu Yuqing's voice is low. For a long time.

Tao Lan heard his promise, and smiled sweetly at him with his eyes bent.

Lu Yuqing lowered his eyes to look at him, taking in the smile in his eyes.

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The two should have parted ways at this point, Lu Yuqing just stopped by the convenience store, and when he came out after shopping, he saw Tao Lan standing by the wall not far away.

The white T-shirt Tao Lan was wearing was dirty, he leaned against the wall and stood by the side of the road, breathing pitifully.

There were many scratches on the boy's white arms, and the knees seemed to be worn out, which was not lightly injured, and the backpack he had been carrying on his chest disappeared.

Lu Yuqing walked over and asked anxiously, "Did you meet a speeding gang?"

Tao Lan nodded limply.

He subconsciously reached out to support Tao Lan's thin body, and when he got closer, he realized that the boy's injuries were serious.

Tao Lan shrank subconsciously, and took a half step to the side, away from Lu Yuqing's direction.