Miss White Rose

Tao Jie asked with a computer bag: "Our work in Kyoto will end next month. When the time comes, will you go back to Shencheng directly, or go to Nancheng first?"

"Shen Cheng, I've already told Yanyan," Lin Shengmiao breathed out, "She has an art exhibition to attend in February, and she still has some things to prepare, and she is very busy."

"Xu Xingyan should go back in these two days, right?"

"Well, the plane at nine o'clock tomorrow morning."

"There's nothing else going on here," Tao Jie flipped through the documents in her hand, and said with a smile, "Go on a date if you should, and I'll do the rest of the work."

"Okay," Lin Shengmiao said cheerfully, not being polite to her, "I'll bring you milk tea tomorrow."

……

"Where are you taking me?" Xu Xingyan touched the amethyst chain hanging from the rearview mirror. Her sister-in-law loved crystals the most, and every car had such a chain.

"Zoo, didn't you say you wanted to see little tigers? It just so happens that a college classmate of mine opened a very small private zoo here." Lin Shengmiao took a look at her during the red light, and sure enough she saw her start again. Steal some snacks that Luoyang left in the car.

"Eat less. When he went to pick up Luoyang yesterday, he even counted it on purpose. He was very sad when he found out that there were a few less. It's not easy to save so much."

"You have a better relationship with Xiao Shiwu than I do now." Xu Xingyan let go of the cheese stick and finished chewing. "Sister-in-law called me yesterday and said that a pile of candy was found under Xiao Shiwu's pillow. That kid is quite stubborn, so he didn't say anything, and my sister-in-law had to trick him to confess you."

Lin Shengmiao blinked: "...I bought it last Thursday, and he hasn't finished it yet?"

Xu Xingyan shrugged: "He is a hamster. He has a temper since he was a child. He likes to hoard everything and only start to eat slowly when he has accumulated a large pile. Those who don't know think that he is preparing to store food for the winter."

"Liang Zi," Lin Shengmiao and Xu Xingyan waved to the young man waiting at the door.

Zhao Raoliang smiled, and walked over quickly: "Sheng Miao, long time no see." He turned to Xu Xingyan again, and did not waver at their holding hands, "You are Miss Xu, I heard Sheng Miao say it before." , You came here by coincidence, we just gave birth to two cubs here last month, and they just came out to bask in the sun by themselves."

Zhao Raoliang is a young man who looks very mature. He is obviously the same age as Lin Shengmiao, but there are already obvious silver threads on his head. At first glance, he looks a generation older.

"You can just call me Xingyan." Xu Xingyan's eyes lit up slightly, and she asked, "Can a one-month-old tiger bite? Can we pet it?"

Zhao Raoliang chuckled: "No problem, I'll just take you there."

"The noisy one with big ears is called Leha, and it's my elder brother. The gentle and quiet one is called Meigu, and it's my younger sister. My elder brother was born 5 minutes earlier than my younger sister..."

Zhao Raoliang bowed and skillfully hugged Meigu, pinching her little paws.

Xu Xingyan held it, rubbed the thick meat pad, and uncontrollably put her hand into the little tiger's stomach and rubbed it. The joy brought by touching the big cat made her whole body excited, and the point in her heart facing the forest Wang's fear was quickly forgotten, and Xiao Meigu ran from Zhao Raoliang's arms to her own arms.

"Look Miaomiao, it's smacking its lips."

Although Xu Xingyan was teasing tiger cubs for the first time, she was an expert at handling cats. In less than 10 minutes, Xiao Meigu was impressed by her superb technique and took the initiative to rub her palms. The warm sun was pleasant, and Lin Shengmiao squatted Rubbed the other tiger cub on the ground and looked at her with a smile.

Holding two bottles of jasmine tea, Zhao Raoliang saw this scene when he came back, his fingers tightened slightly, his expression became dazed, and his heart felt sour.

In his memory, there has always been a little girl with a round face, with a pair of moist and clear almond eyes, and every time she smiles, she will show two small canine teeth, she especially likes furry animals, she is the most beautiful girl in the world... It would be nice if we could meet again.

At some point, Lin Shengmiao came to his side, never leaving Xu Xingyan's eyes, and whispered, "Are you planning to keep the zoo here forever?"

"Yeah," Zhao Raoliang came back to his senses, blinked his sore eyes, and said with a smile, "I like these little guys, anyway, the whole family won't be hungry if one eats enough."

Lin Shengmiao didn't say anything else, but said, "Indeed, it's pretty good."

Zhao Raoliang turned his head and glanced at her, "I thought you were also here to persuade me."

"Then you're thinking too much, I'm just here to accompany Yanyan to see the little tiger, just to see you by the way." Lin Shengmiao sighed lightly, "What's more, if you can really be persuaded, it's not your turn." Come to me."

"That's right, you never like to meddle in other people's business."

Zhao Raoliang's eyes fell on Xu Xingyan, who was having fun with the little tiger cub. After a long time, he smiled lightly and said, "They always think that I'm wasting my talent here, wasting my time, and being beaten to the point of depravity, but I don't like that." I feel that I am leisurely and happy with myself.”

"It's rare for you to come here. I have to do my best to be a landlord." Zhao Raoliang went over and held up the two cubs one by one. "Although my place is not big, the water and soil are not bad. There are some vegetables planted in the back of the yard. , raise a few chickens, and try my handicraft.”

Xu Xingyan was a little embarrassed. After all, it's fine to let people find time to entertain them when they come here, but it's a bit troublesome to let them cook.

Lin Shengmiao hugged her shoulders and said with a smile, "Don't be polite to him. He used to be our squad leader. Every time we organize a picnic, he is the one who prepares the ingredients and watches over the fire. He is very skilled."

Zhao Raoliang clicked his tongue, "You are just bullying honest people, a bunch of black-hearted people."

"You can get it," Lin Shengmiao rolled her eyes, "We are all the working people who are used to being tricked by you, a dead fox. We finally caught the opportunity, so of course we have to join hands to trick us back."

In a few words, they revealed the time when they got along well in college. Xu Xingyan rested her chin on Lin Shengmiao's shoulder, smiling and listening with relish.

……

On the way back, Xu Xingyan specifically asked about Zhao Raoliang. There was no other way. With his half-white hair and melancholic demeanor, he seemed to be someone with a story.

"He... is our teacher's favorite student. He was also a famous figure in school back then. He was excellent in study, humorous and generous in his work..."

Looking back on the past, Lin Shengmiao couldn't help but sigh, "But...after his girlfriend left, he was silent for a long time, and I heard that he dropped out of school."

Lin Shengmiao didn't know much about what happened after that, after all, she had already gone abroad as an exchange student at that time.

"Gone?" Xu Xingyan was startled, and asked, "Is it... a transfer or..."

Lin Shengmiao: "A car accident."

"They don't study in the same city. Liang Zi's family is not very good, and the air tickets are too expensive. At that time, we often worked part-time together. I earned tuition and living expenses, and he earned air tickets. However, his girlfriend's family is quite rich. Later, I learned a lot. She felt sorry for him, so she always bought a plane ticket and flew here by herself first. She had an accident on the taxi to the airport and died on the spot. It is said that she was talking on the phone with Liang Zi at that time. She said... she wanted to have a daughter in the future, little It's called grapes..."

Xu Xingyan closed her eyes, this was too cruel.

The girl he loves was still laughing with him one second, chatting about the long-term future, and the next second everything is dead, the person he wanted to see fell in a pool of blood, and he will never see him again. The future has become cold and pale.

"His girlfriend's name is Han Yuyin." Lin Shengmiao took a deep breath and choked up a little. "At that time, we always teased them, saying that they even matched their names so well, which shows that they are destined..."

It's a pity that the lingering sound lingered in the beams and eventually became an absolute sound.

Lin Shengmiao remembered the summer vacation of her sophomore year. She and Zhao Raoliang worked part-time in a milk tea shop. The sun was so hot at noon and there were no customers, so they took a chance to sneak in. She took time to watch the Russian class, while Zhao Raoliang lay on the bar What was written on it, she asked curiously, Zhao Raoliang smiled and told her that he was thinking about a marriage proposal in advance.

At that time, Lin Shengmiao joked that he was too impatient, that graduation was still far away, and he even wanted to get married.

Now that I think about it, even that most ordinary noon has become sad. No wonder Zhao Raoliang would rather stay in the zoo and live a normal life than go out. It is really the other party who left behind in his life. There are too many and deep traces, and seeing any familiar person or thing, in the end, you will be touched by the scene.

In fact, when she was in college, seeing her classmates getting married in pairs, Lin Shengmiao once thought of going to find Xu Xingyan, but she was slapped hard by this incident. When she was the most broken, Zhao Raoliang once asked She told her, if they weren't together, would Han Yuyin not go to the airport and die?

Lin Shengmiao resolutely refuted him at that time, speaking in an orderly and righteous manner, but... that long-standing phone call was not made after all.

Next, until the car was driven downstairs to the hotel, the two of them didn't speak any more. The scenery outside the car window changed, and the people in the car didn't care to watch it, and each had their own feelings.

……

In March of Yangchun, the peach blossoms in Nancheng are in full bloom.

Xu Xingyan caressed the orange cat, and said in a gentle voice: "Paopao, look at the little cushion that Auntie bought for you, do you like it? It's for your baby..."

The orange cat's belly was slightly protruding, and it snorted coquettishly, its eyes were half-closed, the whole cat was warm, curled up into a ball of hair on the blanket by the window of the bookstore.

Seeing that she was about to feed the orange cat again, Chen Tianhe, a bookstore employee who was dodging at the side, smiled and said, "Sister Xingyan, don't feed it. Last time I went to the pet hospital for a B-ultrasound, the doctor looked at its belly. It’s so big, I thought there were three or four, but when the instrument took a picture, I found two cubs, and its stomach is purely fat.”

Bubble probably heard that this guy was trying to deduct its rations, and immediately stopped acting like a lazy lady, and sat up straight away, grinning at Chen Tianhe.

"Oh, don't be angry," Xu Xingyan squeezed the cat into her arms, and whispered to comfort the pregnant woman: "We ignore him, Auntie bought you a lot of snacks..."

"Hey..." Xu Xingyan looked around and asked, "I've been here for so long, why haven't I seen Sister Ying, where did she go? Isn't she in the shop?"

"Oh, she went out to catch cats," Chen Tianhe said with a sigh.

Xu Xingyan: "Catch the cat? What kind of cat?"

"A male cat," Chen Tianhe said with a complicated expression, his teeth clenched, "Sister Ying said that all the male cats in the neighborhood have been sterilized, so the father of Bubble's child must be a wild cat. She brought someone outside to catch it. It’s been several days, and as soon as the wild male cats are caught, they are sent to the pet hospital for neutering, and a dozen of them have been exterminated in the past few days.”

Xu Xingyan: "..."

Her first reaction was that there were too many things to talk about, but after thinking about it, Little Bubbles is only one and a half years old this year, and she is about to become a cat mother with a full stomach. The identity of the child's father is still unknown, and the parent's crazy mood can be understood .

"Hey, it's time." Chen Tianhe glanced at the clock above the cash register, saw that the pointer was pointing to eleven eleven, immediately took out a crumpled note from his pocket, sat down Go to the blanket and catch the orange cat who is about to sneak into his arms.

Pao Pao's cat's face was full of lovelessness.

"What are you doing?" Xu Xingyan rubbed her temples. She was just busy for a few days and didn't come to visit. Why can't she keep up with the brain circuits of these neighbors?

"Sister Ying told me to read "Mug" eleven times to Bubble every day at [-]:[-], and make sure it understands that being single is the source of happiness, single cats are pearls, and male cats are the source of happiness." It's scum!"

"Chi Chi, the rascal, embrace Bumaosi..."

Xu Xingyan: "..." My head hurts, so I leave.

……

[Xiaoyu: Miaomiaomiaomiao, do you think I want to order milk tea and fried chicken today? 】

Lin Shengmiao, who was about to go to lunch, saw this news and didn't even think about it: 【No, didn't you say yesterday that there are too many winter fat stickers and you want to lose weight? 】

[Xiaoyu: ...Okay, then I'll ask Luo Jing again, you go to work [smile.jpg]]

Lin Shengmiao: [? ? ? 】

【Xiaoyu: I suddenly got a disease of 'only seeing the answers I want to see' today. 】

"..." Lin Shengmiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and typed: [I apply for a chance to answer again. 】

[Xiaoyu: Okay, Miaomiaomiao, do you think I want to order milk tea and fried chicken today? 】

[Miaomiao: Miaomiao received it, which store do you want to eat?Send me the store name, and I'll order it for you. 】

[Xiaoyu: I love you! mum~]

【Miaomiao: I love you [Bixin.jpg]】

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