Under meals

This time when she came to Country U, Jing Ci had a lot of things to do.

The main purpose of this trip is to discuss new project cooperation with a local game company.Li Yupo, who traveled around the world with his girlfriend, also happened to be in country U. The two hadn't seen each other for several months, so they wanted to meet up.

Six days is already the shortest time that Jingci can compress. This period of time is not long, but it can quickly cool down a relationship that has just been established.

Li Lan has a deep friendship with the owner of a professional kennel. In fact, Jing Ci's original plan was to place Dr. Wen there.

But Jing Ci finally chose to hand over Dr. Wen to Tao Mingzhuo's care in order to leave a bond between the two that can continue to communicate.

Jing Ci felt that Tao Mingzhuo was a strange and interesting person.

After taking a big bite of the ice cream in her hand that day, Jing Ci was stunned for a long time before realizing that Tao Mingzhuo must have misunderstood her meaning.

After reacting, Jing Ci kept holding back the smile on her face.

He also noticed that after eating the ice cream, although Tao Mingzhuo looked innocent on the surface, he kept peeking at his movements from the corner of his eye.

Jing Ci knew that if she didn't continue to eat, then Tao Mingzhuo would realize that he was wrong.Based on Jing Ci's understanding of him for a while, he should immediately blush to the point of shame.

So Jing Ci ate the ice cream in the end.

At the first dinner after landing in country U, Jing Ci still didn't have any appetite, and he began to miss the time when he and Tao Mingzhuo had dinner together.

It's just that he can't tell whether what he misses now is the feeling of being able to have a good meal, or the relaxed and comfortable state when eating with Tao Mingzhuo.

The hotel where Jing Ci stayed was arranged by Li Yupo. The next afternoon, he had a meeting with his partner. Li Yupo had nothing to do, so he decided to join him.

Li Yupo has been away from work for a long time. Without a secretary, his life is so-so, which is completely a fish memory: "Xiaoci, is the meeting at 01:30 pm the day after tomorrow, right?"

Jing Ci paused when she tapped the keyboard: "It's tomorrow."

After a while, Li Yupo said "Hey" and asked again: "It's 03:30 tomorrow afternoon, right?"

Jing Ci sighed: "01:30 in the afternoon."

When he finally left the room, Li Yupo asked again: "Just to be sure, it's five o'clock in the afternoon the day after tomorrow, right?"

Jing Ci: "..."

At noon on the day of the meeting, Jing Ci took a shower first. After walking out of the bathroom, he was about to dry his hair, but found that his mobile phone screen was on.

Turning on the phone, he found several missed calls from Tao Mingzhuo.

Jing Ci felt that Tao Mingzhuo must have encountered some urgent matter, so he hurriedly wrapped his bathrobe and called back.

Before the two of them could say a few words, Li Yupo directly swiped his card and entered the door carelessly. Jing Ci was helpless, after all, that was how they got along with each other since they were young.

After perfunctory Li Yupo with a few words, Jing Ci turned her head and said to Tao Mingzhuo, "Sorry, what did you just say?"

However, the person on the other side of the screen was silent for a long time.

Just when Jing Ci thought it was a bad signal, Tao Mingzhuo slowly opened his mouth again: "After get off work today... I took Doctor Wen for a walk in the park near my home. The claw is broken."

Jing Ci was taken aback, and asked, "Can you show me?"

Tao Mingzhuo let out a "hmm", and the camera angle switched to Alaska lying on the ground.

Jing Ci knew his dog better. He stared at the red spot on Imperial Doctor Wen's paw for a while, and said, "Can you find a wet wipe and try to wipe off the blood first?"

Tao Mingzhuo responded.After a while, there was a rustling sound from the other end of the screen.

"...It's all wiped off, and the claws are intact." Immediately afterwards, Tao Mingzhuo's shocked voice came, "I don't understand, so it's not its own claws that are broken, could it be that the Chihuahua's blood is on it? ?”

Jing Ci was thoughtful.

He said to Tao Mingzhuo again: "Can I trouble you to check the bag of frozen berries?"

Tao Mingzhuo was taken aback for a moment, and responded.

Before leaving, Jing Ci left behind the meals that Doctor Wen needed for a week. Each meal consisted of pre-prepared raw meat and vegetables, as well as some frozen bags of berries.

Sure enough, a few minutes later, Tao Mingzhuo came back with a completely empty bag of berries in shock: "I really just left it outside to defrost for a while."

Jing Ci smiled: "The weather has warmed up recently. It likes to steal frozen berries at this time. The water after melting is just as red as before. I have had a similar experience before, and it's not your problem."

Tao Mingzhuo still couldn't believe it: "Then why did it sound uncomfortable when I touched its paw just now?"

Jing Ci: "Did you touch it while it was eating?"

Tao Mingzhuo was taken aback: "How do you know?"

"It won't be touched when it's eating, mainly because it's afraid that you will touch its food." Jing Ci shook her head with a smile and said, "I should have told you earlier, it was my negligence."

He saw Tao Mingzhuo said blankly: "...that's it."

The atmosphere suddenly quieted down.

Jing Ci glanced at the time, then at Li Yupo who was lying on the bed and started to sleep soundly, sighed and said, "Sorry, I have a meeting in a while, so maybe I need to prepare first."

"I'll trouble you for a while now." Jing Ci thanked him warmly, and then asked, "Is there anything else?"

Tao Mingzhuo seemed hesitant to speak, Jing Ci saw that he opened his mouth slightly, and said hesitantly, "You..."

After a while, he saw the young man lowered his head and said vaguely, "...No, it's all right."

Tao Mingzhuo has been a little absent-minded these days.

The emotional depression was also quickly reflected in his work status: he spent a long time painting, changing and mixing the colors all morning. The colors are the same from the beginning.

Yang Keying: "What are you doing? If you are so angry, can you not spill it on the drawing board? The pen is almost grinding out sparks, and I feel distressed when I see it."

It took Tao Mingzhuo a long time to reply: "I am willing."

It was normal for Yang Keying to quarrel with him, and he didn't care. He just asked again: "How are you thinking about the manga exhibition I asked you before? It's really not troublesome. You and Xu Yi can just change clothes and walk with me for a day. This time The production of the film is really important to me, I beg you..."

Tao Mingzhuo was absent-minded: "Whatever you want."

Yang Keying clapped her hands happily: "It's a deal!"

After get off work, Tao Mingzhuo took Dr. Wen to the park for a walk.

Jing Ci said before that he was on a business trip for six days, so today is Tao Mingzhuo's last day with Dr. Wen. He took Dr. Wen to play on the lawn for a while.

Tao Mingzhuo has been thinking uncontrollably for the past few days, who did the male voice in Jingci's room come from when he called that day?

It must be someone with a good relationship.He thought blankly, but why is it so good that he can lie on the same bed and not even shy away from wearing a bathrobe?

Moreover, he was still eating the same ice cream with himself the day before, and while being so close to himself, why can he still be as close to others?

While in a trance, Tao Mingzhuo suddenly heard someone calling his name.

When he turned around, he thought he was hallucinating.

At dusk in early spring, the sky boils a beautiful orange-pink.The cherry blossoms in the park have been blooming for a while, and the petals are easily blown away by the wind, like a pink snow with fragrance.

Jing Ci was wearing a khaki windbreaker, he was holding a bag in his hand, and he was looking at himself quietly.

Seeing Jing Ci, Imperial Physician Wen immediately let go of her girl happily and ran towards him.

The tonnage of a large dog is not small, Jing Ci was knocked back a few steps, and then Tao Mingzhuo saw him smile slightly, raised his hand, and rubbed Doctor Wen's head.

Tao Mingzhuo was stunned for a while: "You, didn't you come back tomorrow?"

Jing Ci raised her eyes and said, "The cooperation talks went more smoothly than expected, so I came back early."

Tao Mingzhuo still didn't slow down: "Then...how did you know I'm here?"

"The other day you said on the phone that you took Doctor Wen to the park for a walk after get off work." Jing Ci said, "I felt that the time was about the same, and I happened to pass by here, so I took a chance."

Jing Ci handed the bag in her hand to Tao Mingzhuo.

"Thank you for taking care of it for me." He heard Jing Ci say, "I picked a small gift for you in U country, I hope you will like it."

Jing Ci saw the young man with the dog from a distance.

Physician Wen's mental state seems to be in good condition, and Jing Ci knows that Tao Mingzhuo should be taking care of it very carefully.

However, he didn't know if it was Jing Ci's illusion. He looked at the tall young man on the leash with his head drooping, looking a little listless.

Jing Ci first called Tao Mingzhuo's name, and after handing the gift to Tao Mingzhuo, Jing Ci's eyes lit up when he saw him.

The gift that Jingci chose was not a special product or a souvenir, but a large box of paint.

The origin of this brand of pigment is in country U. It is a master-level pigment. It is said that mineral toner is added to it, and its collection value is also very high.

Jing Ci felt that Tao Mingzhuo would definitely like it.

Sure enough, the young man who was a little depressed a second ago immediately became pleasantly surprised. He looked happy, but he seemed to be trying to restrain his expression.

Tao Mingzhuo pursed his lips and said, "Thank you, but this paint is too precious, and now... I don't have any chance to use it at all."

After getting along for a period of time, Jing Ci felt that she could understand some basic reading and understanding of Tao Mingzhuo's emotions.

Jing Ci knew that Tao Mingzhuo should like this gift very much, but for some unknown reasons, he insisted on showing a state of indifference in front of her.

For some reason, Jing Ci suddenly thought of teasing him.

So Jing Ci smiled, showing a somewhat regretful expression, stretched out his hand, and directly took the bag from Tao Mingzhuo's hand back.

Jing Ci said softly: "Sorry, it seems that I didn't think carefully."

Tao Mingzhuo's hand was hanging in the air, he was obviously stunned for a moment: "I—"

"After I go back, I will prepare another gift for you." Jing Ci first sighed softly, thought for a while, and then said, "It's useless for me to keep this box of paint. Just give it to my mother."

"It just so happens that she has been learning oil painting recently, so she should be able to use it." Jing Ci said.

Sure enough, he saw Tao Mingzhuo slightly opened his eyes wide.

Jing Ci suppressed a smile and looked at him.

After a while, he heard Tao Mingzhuo stammering: "But... But I suddenly remembered that I usually paint some oil paintings to practice my skills."

"Besides, Aunt Li is a beginner, so it's really too..." Tao Mingzhuo paused, probably swallowing the words "violent" from his lips, "She, she can actually take it first. Those paints from my sister's store, let's practice."

Jing Ci let out a thoughtful "Oh".

Smiling, he lifted the bag in his hand to Tao Mingzhuo again, and said, "Then..."

Tao Mingzhuo took the bag again almost instantly.

The young man held the bag in his arms, coughed, and said: "...I thought about it just now, I can use these paints to draw some demonstration paintings and put them in my sister's shop, so it's not completely unusable .”

Jing Ci smiled and said, "Ah, that's very good."

Tao Mingzhuo stopped talking.

There was a smile in Jing Ci's eyes, he lowered his eyes, and stretched out his hand to touch the top of Doctor Wen's head.

The air was quiet for a moment.

Then he heard Tao Mingzhuo speak abruptly: "When I called you that day, I was a little anxious. I don't know if it... disturbed you talking to others?"

The tone of Tao Mingzhuo's question was a bit blunt, and when he mentioned the word "others", his tone seemed to be slightly aggravated.

Jing Ci raised her eyes, and found that Tao Mingzhuo's side face seemed a little tense, and his eyes were not looking at her.

Many days have passed, and Jing Ci didn't understand why he suddenly brought up that phone call that day, and was taken aback: "...No, you don't have to worry."

Tao Mingzhuo didn't speak again.

After a while, Jing Ci saw Tao Mingzhuo lowered his head, took a deep breath, and said forcefully, "...the dog leash seems to be a little loose, let me adjust it."

Jing Ci hesitated for a moment, he always felt that there was something wrong with Tao Mingzhuo's mood.

But in the end he handed the dog leash to Tao Mingzhuo's hand and said, "Okay."

Tao Mingzhuo first carefully placed the paint bag on the lawn, and then squatted down.

At dusk, the lawn was covered with warm colors, and the air was filled with the warm fragrance of flowers. When the wind got stronger, scattered petals of cherry blossoms were rolled into the air, spinning and falling leisurely.

Jing Ci saw Tao Mingzhuo squatting halfway, lowered his head and adjusted Doctor Wen's dog leash.

Obviously, he touched Alaska's furry head just now, but inexplicably, Jing Ci suddenly felt that the hair of the young man in front of him seemed to be more fluffy and softer.

Tao Mingzhuo had just adjusted the length of the dog leash when he suddenly felt something covering his hair and stayed for a short while.

The force was very gentle, so soft that Tao Mingzhuo could hardly notice it, and then he realized that it should be a hand.

I don't know if it was Tao Mingzhuo's illusion, although that hand stayed for a short time, but at the moment of leaving, it seemed to quickly rub his hair again.

Tao Mingzhuo was stunned, he raised his eyes in a daze, just in time to see Jingci's movement of retracting his hand.

Jing Ci's expression was very calm, he retracted his hand to his side, and at the moment when he met Tao Mingzhuo's eyes, he showed a natural and calm smile.

"A flower petal fell on your head just now," he said.