cold flame

When I came out of the clinic building, it was already dusk outside, and there was a dark cloud in the gray sky, and a summer rain was coming.Gao Wenxuan asked Lin Mo to wait for him in the building, and went to pick up the car by himself.

When the car arrived at the designated place, the rain also fell. In the car, Gao Wenxuan vaguely saw the familiar person running towards this side with a cardboard box in his arms. After getting in the car, he saw the sobbing brat.

A few-month-old puppy, part of its brownish-yellow hair was wet and stuck together in the rain, was injured somewhere, and there were mottled red blood stains inside the cardboard box. At this moment, it was curling up on one side, making pain similar to that of a child of □□.

"Pick it up?"

"Well, I found it in the grass next to it, and it was injured."

At this moment, Lin Mo also looked a little embarrassed, his hair and shoulders were all wet from the rain, and a few raindrops slid down his cheeks, obviously he had just used his body to block the rain from the dog.

"Wipe it." Gao Wenxuan took out a few tissues and handed them over, Lin Mo took them and then lowered his head to wipe the body of the puppy on his lap.

"Where are you hurt?"

"It seems to be a leg..." Lin Mo gently stroked the puppy's trembling back, "Maybe someone left it in the hospital to let some doctor or nurse pick it up."

"It's a pity that this is not a veterinary hospital. Do you want to find one to have a look?"

"Go and see."

Lin Mo's eyes never left the little animal in the cardboard box. He took a ball of paper towels and concentrated on absorbing the water stains on its body. After a while, he touched the puppy's chin teasingly. Gao Wenxuan couldn't help laughing when he saw this.

"I like it so much, why don't I adopt it."

Lin Mo shook his head, "My mother is allergic to this and can't keep it. When I was a child, I finally promised us to buy a dog, and gave it away after a few days."

"No wonder your sister keeps saying that she wants to buy a dog."

"But didn't you guys never buy it?" Lin Mo remembered the slight disappointment on his sister's face when she accidentally mentioned this to him.

Gao Wenxuan said frankly, "Because I don't like pets very much."

He could tell from the other party's reaction after getting in the car, Lin Mo said: "You don't want to look like a person who doesn't like pets in front of them."

Gao Wenxuan smiled and said, "So I'm only telling you."

"Then what about this..." Lin Mo asked the other party's opinion with some hesitation.

"Why don't you put it in the pet store first, and then we can help it find an owner?"

Unexpectedly, there was a better solution than this, so Lin Mo nodded, "That's the only way to go first."

"You look a bit reluctant."

"It's just a pity." Lin Mo stared blankly at the docile and obedient little milk dog in his hand, which was rubbing against his arm very intelligently, as if he knew that he would soon be separated from the person who kindly treated him.

"It will have a good owner." Regardless of whether it was sincere or not, Gao Wenxuan's words at this moment represented Lin Mo's inner prayer.

"hope so."

They went to the nearby pet hospital. It was dinner time, and with the sudden rain, there were fewer people bringing their pets to see the doctor. After quickly treating the injured puppy, they chose a pet shop near Lin Mo’s home. foster care.

"Okay, you can rest assured. If you post some information on the Internet in the past few days, you will be able to find its next owner." Walking out of the pet shop, Gao Wenxuan said to the somewhat silent human beside him.

"Well, I'll send it."

Lin Mo frowned as he looked at the black water stains dripping from the eaves to the steps. The rain was still going on, and the tiled floor in front of the store was paved obliquely. Scrambled and stained waste paper.

"Wait a minute." Gao Wenxuan suddenly walked along the road outside the door to the door of a store selling children's toys.

He stopped by a claw machine at the door to attract customers, looked at Lin Mo who was following, and raised his chin, "Play a few rounds before leaving."

"This?" Lin Mo looked at him full of doubts as if he heard a joke.

"Yes, let's see how lucky you are." After that, he asked the boss to change a stack of coins.

Outside the eaves less than three steps away from them, there are raindrops hastily washing away all the dust, forming intermittent rain curtains, and the scattered water droplets bounce off the feet.Gao Wenxuan's focused expression seemed to be unnoticed, and regardless of the three or two passers-by walking behind him, he held a red joystick in one hand and moved a little bit according to the distance measured by his sight.

Lin Mo noticed that the target of his movement was a plush doll of a cartoon dog with long brown ears. After grabbing it a few times, it slipped and then Gao Wenxuan gave the coin to Lin Mo.

"It's the last time, you come."

After receiving the coin and throwing it in, Lin Mo patiently found the best position, pressed the grab button, and the doll, which had already turned over from a pile of toys, was wrapped by the mechanical hand, and slowly moved to the exit hole, falling straight down get out.

"Not bad." Gao Wenxuan picked up the plush doll and handed it to Lin Mo with satisfaction.

"Thanks to your foreshadowing." He knew that Gao Wenxuan deliberately left the last success to him. Although he could capture the toy himself, it still looks a little strange for two men to play with the claw machine on the street, right?

"This kind of toy dog ​​is very suitable for you to raise." Gao Wenxuan smiled narrowly.

"……childish."

"It's time to go back to eat, let's go."

Lin Mo held the small and cute cartoon puppy indifferently and walked beside him, involuntarily recalling the funny toy cat that he had discarded.

"I want this." The girl pressed her finger against the transparent glass, her bright eyes staring at the last row of doll penguins inside.

"Okay." Gao Wenxuan roughly measured the distance with his eyes, and chose the one that was easiest to grab.

"Is it really okay? I just caught it a few times and didn't catch it."

"There is a secret to this, just leave it to me."

"Then I have to take a closer look at how you caught it."

Through the glass, you can clearly see the shoulder-to-shoulder distance between the two of them. Lin Ran stared at the moving grabber closely, as if she was controlling it herself, with a serious look on her face, and occasionally turned her head to look at the profile of the boy beside her. , with soft brilliance flowing in the smiling eyes.

Lin Mo leaned against a claw machine next to him a little bored. He was having fun with them in the video game city in the afternoon, and now he just wanted to go home quickly.While waiting for his sister and Gao Wenxuan, Lin Mo also chose to play two claw machines to pass the time. What he set his eyes on was a grinning cat with a big face and tongue sticking out. It was not a cartoon character, but he just thought the shape was cute and ugly.

Finally, under the predictable failure, the sister next to me greeted her with cheers.

"Finally got this penguin! Thank you." Lin Ran hugged the round-bellied penguin with excitement on his face.

"Can we go home now?" Gao Wenxuan smiled helplessly with a touch of pampering.

"Well, I'll go to the bathroom. You can help me get it first." After speaking, he gave the other party the bag and toy doll, and walked to the bathroom by himself.

Gao Wenxuan carried his girlfriend's bag and toy doll generously and naturally, his eyes stopped on Lin Mo, he glanced at the crane machine next to him, and asked, "Which one do you want, I'll grab it for you."

Lin Mo refused, "No, we're leaving soon."

"Then wait."

Gao Wenxuan went to the front desk and said something to the people in the store, and after a while, a toy doll appeared in his hand, and when he got closer, he realized that it was the funny cat that Lin Mo wanted to catch just now.

Even if you don't say it, the other party has already seen through everything.

"Here." Gao Wenxuan threw the purchased toy to Lin Mo, and said calmly, "This really saves time."

Lin Mo picked up the fluffy doll with funny expressions, and said, "I won't tell my sister about your publication of the paper."

Gao Wenxuan didn't seem to expect that he would say this suddenly, he was slightly taken aback, then smiled without saying a word.

However, Lin Mo has always accepted the kindness that was almost bribed by knowing his secret, but he can't help himself to appreciate the little concern that has been taken care of.

How did such thin, impure tenderness torment him for several years?

Even now, after he looked at the cartoon dog doll in his hand and understood that the other party wanted to make his regret of not being able to keep a dog clear, there was still an instant of unspeakable affection.

This seems to have become a habit.