The cat that wakes up and becomes a rival

After returning home after finishing Shen Du's work, Pei Zhao lay exhausted on the bed without any sleepiness, his mind was full of memories of the two when they were still in high school.

Pei Zhaoping was lying on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling, as if there was a giant screen on the white ceiling, playing the details that he had ignored before in a loop.

Before he knew it, Pei Zhao fell asleep.

Had a dream.

In the scorching summer, the outdoors are sultry, disturbing people, making the boy's already hard-to-clear mind even more chaotic.

Yiyang High School had only half a day of classes on Saturday, because they had a break the next day, so many students packed up their things early, and when the bell rang, they rushed out of the classroom in a swarm.

These people seemed to be unable to feel Pei Zhao's existence, and rushed past him with a huff. Pei Zhao knew clearly that he was in a dream now.

Most of the people in the classroom left, Pei Zhao returned to the old classroom based on his memory, only two people remained in the room, one was Shen Du who looked like a boy, and the other was himself when he was a boy.

The teenager Pei Zhao packed his schoolbag slowly with a childish face, and he still had an apple in his mouth.

Shen Du packed his schoolbag, saw that "Pei Zhao" was still dawdling on the seat, and kicked the chair in front of him.

"Why haven't you left yet?"

Hearing this sentence, Pei Zhao recalled that when he was in school, he was the first to rush out of the classroom every time, no wonder Shen Du would ask this question.

Pei Zhao didn't know why he had such a dream, and he couldn't remember that he had such a conversation with Shen Du.

Anyway, this was in a dream, and the two people couldn't see him, so Pei Zhao simply walked over to them, pulled out a chair and sat aside to watch them.

"Kacha" bit the apple in his mouth, "Pei Zhao" chewed and mumbled, "There is no one at home, my parents are away on business, and they won't be back until Monday."

"alone at home?"

Shen Du put the packed schoolbag on the table.

"Yeah." "Pei Zhao" bit an apple and nodded, "Do you want to go eat together tonight?"

"Okay." Shen Du agreed.

"What to eat?" "Pei Zhao" turned around excitedly, lying on Shen Du's desk.

"casual."

Seeing that Shen Du didn't seem interested, Pei Zhao turned around shyly and continued to organize the things on the desk: "Then go eat Tang Ji, I want to eat dumplings."

"Okay." Shen Du packed up his things, sat on his seat and waited for Pei Zhao.

Shen Du rested his chin on one hand, staring at Pei Zhao's back with lingering eyes.

The young Pei Zhao was only focusing on arranging his schoolbag with his head down, not paying attention to Shen Du's gaze, but Pei Zhao who was watching from the side could see it clearly.

Following Shen Du's gaze, Pei Zhao saw "Pei Zhao" with his head down, revealing his slender and fair neck, and the black mole that was originally hidden on the skin below the ears, was clearly exposed in front of his eyes.

In the next second, Shen Du stretched out his index finger tremblingly, and lightly pressed his fingertips on the mole, "Pei Zhao" trembled like an electric shock.

Pei Zhao watched from the side, subconsciously covering the mole on the side of his neck.

"Why are you poking my neck?" "Pei Zhao" widened his eyes, looking at Shen Du as if he was looking at a monster.

"You have a mole here." Shen Du said with a smile.

"mole?"

"Pei Zhao" had never heard this matter mentioned before, and Shen Du made him curious, but he couldn't see it himself, so he could only tilt his head, asking him to help him see more clearly.

"Take a picture and let me see, is it obvious?"

Shen Du picked up his mobile phone to take a photo and handed it to "Pei Zhao".

"Strangely cute."

"Pei Zhao" rolled his eyes at him again, and said angrily, "What's so good about a mole?"

He took the phone and zoomed in to check it. After watching "Pei Zhao" for a long time, he couldn't help laughing along with Shen Du.

"It's pretty cute."

When the dream progressed to this point, Pei Zhao suddenly remembered that the dream seemed to help him recall a real event.

Although he couldn't remember some things clearly, he remembered that Shen Du told him the first time he knew he had a mole on his neck.

Seeing that "Pei Zhao" was in a pretty good mood at the moment, Shen Du puffed up his cheeks and boldly asked, "I have a friend..."

"Ok?"

"He likes someone, and he doesn't know whether to confess."

After finishing speaking, Shen Du observed the expression of "Pei Zhao".

"Yes! Of course I confessed! If you don't confess, the other party doesn't know that your friend likes him." "Pei Zhao" feels that confessing is the most natural thing.

"But the two of them are friends with a good relationship, so he's a little worried." Shen Du added.

Biting the apple in his hand, "Pei Zhao" asked again: "How good is it? Can we have a relationship?"

Shen Du touched his nose embarrassingly, and said vaguely: "Almost."

"So good?" "Pei Zhao" opened his mouth wide in surprise, "Then it's better not to confess."

Hearing that "Pei Zhao" changed his mind, Shen Du said seriously, "Why?"

Pei Zhao's pupils shrank suddenly, and the blood all over his body seemed to be frozen in his body. The strong consciousness of struggling made him want to rush forward and cover "Pei Zhao"'s mouth, but no matter how hard he tried, the translucent hand could only touch "Pei Zhao". Akira's body passes through, unable to touch the entity.

no, do not want--

"If the confession fails, wouldn't it be impossible to be friends? Anyway, I would feel embarrassed. If it was me, I would definitely not be able to. It's too embarrassing, the embarrassment of taking a taxi and fleeing the earth overnight."

"Pei Zhao" muttered, throwing the finished apple into his pocket, and was going to throw it into the trash can together when he went out.

Picking up the schoolbag and throwing it over his shoulder, "Pei Zhao" turned around, seeing Shen Du still sitting on the seat in a daze.

"Let's go? Don't eat dumplings!"

"Ah."

There was no expression on Shen Du's face, and he followed "Pei Zhao" out of the classroom with his schoolbag in his hand.

Watching the two walk out of the classroom together in a daze, Pei Zhao stood alone in the classroom, his heart aching as if being scratched with a knife.

The dream was still going on, Pei Zhao didn't know how long he stood in the classroom, until he felt something rubbing against his feet, then he came back to his senses and lowered his head.

The light gray Maine Coon cat has lush and fluffy hair, and at first glance looks mighty like a lion cub. At this time, it is mischievously biting Pei Zhao's trousers, with its two paws embracing his ankles, for fear that he will leave.

Pei Zhao noticed a tuft of white hair on the tip of the Maine Coon cat's raised tail, and squatted down to stroke the hair on its back.

He could touch the cat, and the soft touch under his hand was not like a dream, but more like a real feeling.

"Are you here to help me?" Pei Zhao asked softly.

The Maine Coon closed its eyes comfortably and let out a series of purrs in its throat.

The snoring sounded pleasant, and Pei Zhao's consciousness gradually blurred. When he opened his eyes again, the surrounding scene turned into a familiar bedroom.

The clock points to three o'clock in the morning, and the window is quiet and dark. Pei Zhao doesn't feel sleepy at the moment, so he gets up and calculates that Shen Du should still be on the plane at the moment, so he just gets up and takes out the ipad that is about to collect dust, opens the drawing software, Outline a piece of design artwork on the screen.

Pei Zhao's inspirations continued to come from hand to hand, and the design drawings were completed to a high degree. When the sun rose and the sky outside the window brightened, Pei Zhao had already completed the entire series of draft drawings.

Rubbing his sore eyes, Pei Zhao saved all the drawings, and then went downstairs with his iPad in his arms.

Ge Qiu was having breakfast with Pei Yi at the dining table, but Pei Yang and Pei Yue were nowhere to be seen, probably because they hadn't woken up yet.

"Why did you get up so early today? Come and have breakfast together." Seeing Pei Zhao going downstairs with something in his arms, Ge Qiu called him to come with him.

"I can't sleep, I drew the design of the new series." Pei Zhao pulled out a chair and sat at the dining table, and handed over the iPad.

Pei Yi and Ge Qiu leaned together in front of the iPad, admiring Pei Zhao's new work.

"There are some details that I haven't had time to add, it's just a preliminary idea. I want to name this series "Four Seasons" and divide it into four groups to launch in four seasons. Last night's painting was "Early Spring", "Midsummer", "Warm Autumn" and "Winter" were not completed. "

Pei Zhao took a sip of the milk that his aunt handed him, and said unhurriedly.

"The Chinese New Year is coming soon. If the early spring series is to be launched, it will be released in the next year. I don't know if the time will be enough." Ge Qiu was a little worried.

The launch of a set of clothing involves many links from design to sample making, from mass production to launch, especially for a large company like PG, which also needs to cooperate with advertising and marketing.

The clothing industry is in serious trouble. It is no longer the time to sell spring clothes in spring and summer clothes in summer.

Pei Yi looked at Pei Zhao's design draft, and showed a rare look of approval, and his attitude was different from the usual cold attitude when he spoke: "You can rest assured that you can paint boldly, and don't worry about other things. I can ask people to coordinate at the factory."

Pei Zhao pursed his lips and nodded.

"Pei Yang won't leave after coming back this time. I discussed with your mother to let your brother enter the company to start from the basics and learn how to manage. You came back too late yesterday so I didn't bother you. We want to hear from you Opinion."

Putting down the chopsticks and picking up the water cup at hand to rinse his mouth, Pei Yi said seriously, "If you want, I will arrange for the two of you to study in the company together."

Pei Zhao shook his head and rejected Pei Yi's suggestion: "I can't manage the company. My brother's professional counterpart is suitable for this, so let me forget it. A free soul cannot be restricted by morning nine to five."

The three children of the Pei family have their own strengths. Pei Yang inherited his father's stability, and Pei Yue inherited his mother's gentleness. Only Pei Zhao seems to have been picked up from outside, with a free and easy personality and doesn't like restraint.

"Since you don't like it, we don't force it. It's good to be the chief designer like your mother." Pei Yi thought that when he stabilized in the future, he would share the shares equally with the three children, even if anyone didn't want to work in the future. Not to starve to death.

At first, Pei Yi and Ge Qiu didn't interfere with what the three children wanted to learn, it was all up to their own wishes.The talent values ​​of the three children are different, and Pei Yang knew nothing about design. At that time, Pei Yi and Ge Qiu had discussed that if the three children were unwilling to take over the family business, they could simply find a professional agent.

Fortunately, Pei Yue and Pei Zhao have shown a strong interest in design since they were young, and they also majored in design when they grew up.

Pei Zhao has never thought about it so much. He still can't adapt to the status of an adult. He always feels that he can hide under the wings of his parents. Unknowingly, it has come to the time when he needs to take on heavy responsibilities.

Pei Zhao looked up at his gray-haired father, and instead of refusing such a topic as usual, he nodded seriously.

After discussing with his parents and returning to the room, Pei Zhao was about to go back to the room and continue to add details to the design draft. His eyes scanned the phone on the bedside, and he faced the screen with several messages stuffed on it.

-Shen Du: Zhao Zhao, I got off the plane. 【picture】

The photo was accompanied by Shen Du's selfie, with the destination airport in the background, holding in his arms the bouquet of roses that Pei Zhao bought when sending him off to the airport.

The author says:

Dad Pei: Even if there are (pei) who (zhao) don’t want to work in the future, they won’t starve to death when they get old.

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