companion ghost

The next day, Ning Yuan nestled in the quilt and didn't think about it lazily, but he couldn't bear Shen Lie getting up, and after touching his hair and pinching his face for a while, he could only raise his hands in surrender: "Can't I get up?"

Shen Lie kissed him: "Good boy."

Finally, Ning Yuan reluctantly rubbed the pillow, and reluctantly got up.

When brushing his teeth, Ning Yuan's mouth was full of foam, and he asked vaguely: "How about the case of Xiao En?"

Shen Lie shrugged: "Dino hasn't reported to me the next step of the case, so I guess there isn't much progress."

Ning Yuan took a sip of water, dangled it in his mouth and then spat it out, sighing: "Poor Xiao En, he died so miserable, and the person I liked didn't take him seriously when he was alive, he died There won’t be much repentance in the future.”

"Maybe it's because he likes the wrong person," Shen Lie also rinsed his mouth, "Oleg is not the kind of person who would be with him—he's not even sure about his own sexual orientation, and he doesn't have the courage to go Going down a difficult road."

Ning Yuan took it for granted.

Meanwhile, Kathy was at home trying to lift Carl off her lap.

Carl puffed his face: "I agreed to accompany me to the zoo!"

Casey had no choice but to squat down and pinch his fleshy cheek: "I was wrong, I will take you there after I finish my work, okay?"

"But I'm bored by myself." Carl pouted.

Casey was surprised: "Didn't Grandma Walker accompany you?"

Carl hugged Casey's leg, and looked at him with bright eyes: "Casey Casey, can I have a puppy?"

Casey was surprised: "Why do you want to have a puppy all of a sudden?"

Carl flattened his mouth: "But the dog is so pitiful."

Casey frowned: "What's going on?"

Carl let go of the hand holding his thigh, and changed to holding his hand, pushed open the door and dragged him down the stairs, and stopped only in the stairwell on the second floor. Casey keenly noticed that In the corner of the stairwell was an old cardboard box——looking at the sign, it seemed to be the packing carton of his new microwave oven.

Carl let go of Casey's hand, ran to the carton with short legs, and whispered, "Bobby Bobby~ I'm here to see you!"

Casey watched Carl carefully take a dirty puppy out of the cardboard box, and stroked its head without disdain, in exchange for a small bark.

Casey knelt down and took the puppy from Carl's hand. The puppy looked at him vigilantly and tried to run away from his arms, but it was too small and too weak to escape from a big man like Casey. The subordinates escaped, and since Casey did not show any threatening actions towards it, it lay in Casey's arms for the time being.

Casey looked at the puppy carefully - it should be white, but now it has been tossed into black and gray by dirt, and the breed is still unclear, but it should only look like two or three months old. very small.In his arms, he could only make that weak call, and Kathy felt soft, and gently scratched its chin.

Kathy looked down and saw Carl's anxious eyes, holding a poor puppy in his arms, but he swore a long time ago that he would never keep pets such as puppies and cats again.

At this time, the elevator door opened, and a familiar and pleasant voice asked strangely: "Why are you in the stairwell?"

Carl gave a small cheer, and rushed over to Dino to hug him: "Dino!"

A heartfelt smile appeared on Dino's face, he hugged Carl and weighed him: "Miss me?"

Carl kissed Dino's face with his soft lips: "I think so!"

Casey stood with the puppy in his arms and looked at them blankly. He didn't quite understand why he was standing here, it seemed a bit redundant.

Dino teased Carl for a while, then looked at Casey, his eyes were drawn to the puppy in his arms, and he asked hesitantly, "Is that... a dog?"

Casey nodded: "A two- to three-month-old puppy should have been picked up by Karl. He secretly hid it in the stairwell and wanted to raise it."

Dino nodded when he heard the words: "Very good, our Karl is really an angel." After speaking, he pinched Karl's face.

Casey said, "I can take him to the pet hospital for treatment, but I absolutely can't keep him."

Carl and Dino were taken aback.

Dino was especially puzzled. Casey was not such a cold and heartless person, and he could tell that Casey liked dogs very much—even he himself looked like a big dog sometimes.

Carl is still trying to win: "But—"

Casey's voice became very cold: "I said no."

Karl was a little frightened by such Casey, his big eyes were quickly filled with mist, he pursed his mouth, turned around and ran towards the house.

Casey looked at him and wanted to coax him softly, but Dino gently held his arm, and a magnetic and gentle voice sounded in his ear: "Why not? Don't you like it very much?"

"I like many things, but I can't have everything." Casey's voice didn't fluctuate at all, but she couldn't help but gently smoothed the puppy's fur.

Dino supported his shoulders with both hands, and turned him to face him with a little force: "Why do you want to push it away when you like it so much?"

Casey's face sank and he didn't speak.

Dino didn't speak either, but he didn't move either, and the atmosphere became more and more oppressive.

After a long while, Casey finally spoke: "A dog's life is much, much shorter than a human's. Now, in order to make Carl happy, let him have a playmate when he is the most curious and tender about the world. Wait a dozen or so Years have passed, and when his life has just begun, let him suffer the great pain of parting? I will not agree."

Dino looked down at Casey, who was nearly half a head shorter than him, at his golden curls, and at his long eyelashes.He loosened his hands from Casey's shoulders, and before Casey could move, his warm hands supported Casey's face, slightly raised to meet his own deep brown pupils, softly Dao: "You can't stop Carl's choice because of overprotection, just like you can't refuse a new relationship because of fear."

On the way to the hamburger restaurant across from Sean’s house—that’s where Oleg said he saw Sean and Andrew’s fierce quarrel and some ambiguity—the atmosphere was once very awkward.Dino was driving the car, keeping his eyes on the front and not talking, while Kathy nestled in the co-pilot and flicked on the screen with his mobile phone, keeping his mouth tightly shut.

The emotional problems caused by the puppy just now were avoided by Casey, and he didn't know why Dino suddenly started to take the initiative to force him to come out of his shell step by step, which made him feel bad about himself. The original plan for everyone to continue to be friends and partners has been shaken, and he is afraid that this plan will be shattered little by little.

When he arrived at the hamburger restaurant, Dino got out of the car first, entered the hamburger restaurant but did not go straight to the boss, but wandered around the hamburger restaurant, and stood at the end of the queue. There were only two people in front of him. When it was his turn, he ordered a tuna sandwich.

When Casey came in, Dino waved to him and gave him the warm sandwich.

Casey felt like she had a bomb holding the sandwich: "I, I'm not hungry yet."

Dino smiled: "You know I can't eat tuna."

Yes, he is allergic to tuna.

Casey felt hot when holding the sandwich.