Dense Fog

This time, WeChat was quiet for a longer time.

Every time Tao Qiran didn't know how to reply, it was like this.

When many people don't know how to reply to the message, they will choose to change the topic, pretend to be teasing, or simply go around in circles, so as not to embarrass the other party nor embarrass themselves.

But Tao Qiran would not.

So much so that Zhao Li could accurately grasp the other party's mood swings from the speed of replying letters.For example, now, he can already imagine Tao Qiran looking distressed at the chat interface.

There were still 10 minutes before the opening ceremony, and the clerk came up anxiously to call him, the boss, to come downstairs and take his place, and Tao Qiran's message finally came back——

Tao Qiran: You don't have to do this.For me, it's not worth it.You should have your own life, just like me, painting, entering the art academy, staying in school, I am all for myself.

Putting down his phone, Zhao Li turned his head and said to the waiter, "Take care of me, I won't go down anymore."

"Boss, today is the opening day." The clerk Xiao Zhang was taken aback.On the first day of opening, the boss was passive and slowed down. He was very worried about the future of his job.

Zhao Li nodded to him: "You can do well."

From the eyes of the boss, Xiao Zhang read the trust, as well as the reassuring determination and calmness.

But he is really curious, what kind of important person can make the boss leave the opening of the business and not show up, just to chat on WeChat: "Boss, who are you... chatting with?"

Zhao Li frowned lightly.

Xiao Zhang regretted it instantly, it's over, too gossip really made the boss unhappy.

Zhao Li's cell phone vibrated suddenly at this moment.

Tao Qiran: Why is there no sound?

Tao Qiran: Angry?

Tao Qiran: Forget it, I take back what I said above.

Tao Qiran: [What should I do if I regret that it is too late to withdraw after the timeout?Urgent, wait online.jpg]

Tao Qiran: [Screen Screen Dafa.jpg]

Tao Qiran: [Long Long Long Long Picture.jpg]

Tao Qiran: [Long long long long long...

Xiao Zhang only saw the boss pick up the phone again, then looked at it, his brows flattened, looked at it again, and simply smiled.

The boss actually laughed.

Ten thousand years of Pinghu finally met the wind, blowing ripples and waves—Xiao Zhang silently summarized the state of his boss at the moment in both form and spirit.

"What did you ask just now?" Zhao Li looked up without warning.

Xiao Zhang was caught off guard by the cue, and when he got nervous, he said without hesitation: "I asked the boss who are you chatting with..."

"A willful painter." The smile on Zhao Li's face deepened.

Xiao Zhang stared blankly, and realized for the first time that an expressionless face can really seal his appearance, and the smiling boss is so fucking charming!

As for the answer of "painter", which sounds completely unreasonable, it seems reasonable after a closer look.

Those who run cafes and those who engage in art are a perfect match.

Xiao Zhang disappeared at the stairs, and the second floor was quiet again.

Zhao Licai picked up the phone: I was talking to the clerk just now.

Tao Qiran: ...

Tao Qiran: Then you didn't say it earlier, wasting so many emoticons of mine [Distressed.jpg]

Zhao Li looked at those Fangfei expressions, as if he saw Tao Qiran's various grimaces when he played pranks in the past, and his heart felt as if blown by the wind, cool and comfortable.

But the message sent in the past returned to the topic without delay.

Zhao Li: I am not for you.Just like you chose to paint, go to the Academy of Fine Arts, and stay in school, I also chose to open a shop and leave a studio for you.You are in charge of your choices, I am in charge of mine, simple as that.

Tao Qiran: How simple is it...

Zhao Li: It's not that I reserved the studio for you, so you must use it, and you don't have to come back.

Tao Qiran: You are there, how could I not come back!

Zhao Li's heart was filled with wind: I know.

Tao Qiran: ... Believe it or not, I will go back and beat you up?

Zhao Li: You can beat me first.

On that day, the coffee shop completed its opening in a strange situation where no boss showed up.

Fortunately, no relatives and friends were invited to help out. Customers came here for the opening discount or to try out the new store. They only cared about the coffee and desserts, not the boss.

As for Zhao Li, he stayed in the studio on the second floor until sunset.

Zhao Li: Have you figured out where to go this holiday?

Tao Qiran: [Photo][Photo]

Tao Qiran: Changbai Mountain is beautiful.

Zhao Li: Yes.

Tao Qiran: It is far away from Tianchi Lake, and there are few villages. It is very quiet and beautiful. The photo was taken when my teacher went there in winter. I want to finish this summer vacation and go again next winter vacation. It must be great to experience, see and draw all the four seasons in the mountains.

When it comes to painting and nature, Tao Qiran is very happy.It's been like this since junior high school, and no one knows it better than Zhao Li.

So it doesn't matter whether Beijing or Shenyang, any city is just a temporary foothold for Tao Qiran, and whenever he has the opportunity, he will plunge into the deep mountains and forests.

Zhao Li never wanted to trap Tao Qiran, he was just chasing his own heart just like Tao Qiran.

……

seven months ago.

Tao Qiran: Our school is about to start a census of awakened subjects. Is there any movement from you?

Zhao Li: The community has come to count, and it should be ranked next week.

Tao Qiran: Why aren't you excited at all?

Zhao Li: Let's see who we compare with.

Tao Qiran: ...

Tao Qiran: Am I that obvious?

Zhao Li: It’s just a matter of pasting a note on my forehead saying “I can finally mix with birds and beasts”.

Tao Qiran: [smirk.jpg]

Tao Qiran: It’s just amazing. I went to Wuling Mountain last weekend, and the feeling was different from every time I went there before. I’m already familiar with it, and I can draw it with my eyes closed, but this time I feel like I’ve arrived in a new place. , you know that feeling, everything on the mountain is brand new.

Zhao Li knew.

Although he does not have the sensitivity of an artist, and although he has never been to Wuling Mountain, he has seen Tao Qiran's recent paintings.

Every flower, every grass, every tree, every tree, all carry a different kind of vitality from the past, bright and warm.

The scenery has not changed, what has changed is the artist's feeling and state of mind.

Tao Qiran: What kind of family do you think you will be?

Zhao Li: It doesn't matter.

Tao Qiran: It doesn't matter why, what if we are natural enemies?

Tao Qiran: I saw a study saying that the awakening of the wild first changes the body, and then gradually changes the character and even the biological instinct. If we are natural enemies, maybe one day I will bully you, or even hurt you!

Zhao Li: First of all, there is no official research to prove that Awakening of the Wild will change personality and biological instincts. Don’t believe in rumors and don’t spread rumors, and don’t read fake news from marketing accounts.

Zhao Li: Secondly, even if we are natural enemies, those who are at the top of the food chain and will bully others, it is not necessarily you.

Tao Qiran: Didn't I tell you, jackals, tigers and leopards, I must be one of them.

Zhao Li: What you said doesn’t count.

Tao Qiran: I have a basis!

Zhao Li: Just because you have developed motor nerves, improved physical fitness, do not sleep at night and do not wake up during the day, and fell in love with singing on moonlit nights?

Tao Qiran: If you don't summarize, I don't even know that my chain of evidence is so complete.

Zhao Li: That’s right, no matter what family you belong to, I know you are you, so that’s fine.

Tao Qiran: ...

Zhao Li: If you really want me to be as excited as you, I can cooperate.

Tao Qiran: [You go away.jpg]

On a night when the weather was getting colder, the angry Tao Qiran didn't talk to him anymore.

But Zhao Li knew that this popularity would not last long, and he would be happy again.Because since the great fog, since everyone began to discover animal-like changes in themselves, even before the wild awakening has been officially confirmed, Tao Qiran has already had some kind of faint intuition with his keen perception, and for This early start of the joy has continued until now.

However, Zhao Li couldn't be happy.

The closer Tao Qiran is to the world he wants to pursue, the farther Zhao Li will be from Tao Qiran.

……

five months ago.

It was a cold and windy weekend afternoon, the aroma and warmth of coffee kept customers coming into the store, and the clerks were too busy, so Zhao Li personally went to make latte art for cups of coffee.

His mobile phone was on the second floor, but Xiao Zhang went upstairs to get things and passed the studio, and heard his mobile phone ringing. When Xiao Zhang took the mobile phone over, the phone was disconnected before he went downstairs.

Xiao Zhang still handed over the mobile phone to Zhao Li at the first time. As an old clerk, he was too aware of the importance of the caller who appeared in the store every winter and summer vacation: "Boss, Teacher Tao called you just now. .”

Zhao Li paused, and the garland that was about to finish was broken.

"You make another cup." After explaining to Xiao Zhang, he took the phone and walked towards the stairs.

But before reaching the second floor, Tao Qiran sent a message: Are you in the store?

Doubt flashed in Zhao Li's eyes, he stepped up the stairs and called back the phone at the same time.

There was a second answer, there was a lot of noise in the background, like outside, but it still couldn't hide the strange eagerness in Tao Qiran's voice: "Zhao Li."

Zhao Li's expression froze, and he stopped: "What's wrong?"

Tao Qiran: "Are you in the shop?"

Zhao Li: "Yes."

Tao Qiran: "I'll go find you now."

Zhao Li was surprised: "Now? Are you in Shenyang?"

Tao Qiran: "Just got off the high-speed train."

In less than an hour, the welcome wind chime rang with the opened store door.

Tao Qiran was wrapped tightly in a long down jacket, bringing with him the dust and dust of the journey, as well as the cold air outside.

The customers in the store heard the sound and looked at it naturally.

Then I found that the other party didn't seem to be here for coffee, so I walked straight in and went up to the second floor.

Zhao Li has been waiting in the studio.

Tao Qiran will not come back for no reason, there must be something wrong.

"Zhao Li." Tao Qiran's voice was the first to come in, and once he came in, he turned around and closed the studio door tightly.

After opening the shop for several years, Tao Qiran has regarded this studio as his own.

Zhao Li likes this, but right now he cares more: "What's the matter?"

Tao Qiran put down his hat, took off his down jacket quickly, and rushed all the way to make his nose flushed with cold: "You may see very... special things next, you have to be mentally prepared."

special?

Zhao Li thought that Tao Qiran must have encountered something "serious" when he came back in such a hurry, but the other party used a neutral adjective.

Moreover, he could not see any serious gaffe in Tao Qiran's eyes, only captured the irrepressible surprise and anticipation.

For what he is about to see, Tao Qiran himself is... looking forward to it?

Zhao Li was completely disturbed, but his face remained motionless, waiting for Tao Qiran's next move.

Unexpectedly, Tao Qiran took off the clothes inside again, one by one, and finally lay down on the bed in the studio like a newborn baby, curling up his body little by little.

The cold wind howled outside the window.

The studio was so quiet that we could hear each other breathing.

Gradually, there was a second sound, the bones were changing, the fur and claws were growing.

Zhao Li was dumbfounded.

He just felt that everything around him began to become blurred, only the silver gray in his vision, clear and real, hit his chest heavily.

Tao Qiran turned into a real tundra wolf.