【Qing Ai】A man with a dog and a man with a cat

Shi Qingren's schedule is very stable, and he opens his eyes on time at 07:30 in the morning.Since living together with others, he doesn't even use the alarm clock. He relies on his biological clock to consciously control it, and the effect is still good.

The bed in his bedroom is next to the wall, he usually sleeps outside and Al Elfer sleeps inside.This comes in handy when waking up, since he always gets up earlier than Al Elfer.

When Haruto got up lightly from the bed, he took a look at Al Elfer's situation. He was in a deep sleep, and he was still peaceful.Qingren's vague impression told him that this person stayed up all night last night, at least he didn't go to bed until five or six o'clock.

He sighed in dissatisfaction, restrained the urge to rub the white hair, carefully flattened his half of the quilt, and tucked it in, making sure not to let any cold air escape.

When he was getting out of bed to change clothes, he tripped over a ball of white hairs circling around his feet. Before he had time to teach the culprit a lesson, another ball of brown hairs rushed over and grabbed the white hairs in one bite. He got up and took two steps back, sitting on his lap in a regular manner, looking at him with a pair of blue eyes.How correct and correct the attitude is, it is absolutely impossible to train people.

"Haru, you..." Qingren didn't even dare to speak loudly to train the dog because of the one who fell asleep on the bed.He looked at his dog with hatred for a long time, and finally sighed while holding his forehead, not caring about the little misfortune caused by Al.

He waved his hands at the two small animals, and Haru, who knew what he wanted, lowered his head and put Al down, and ran towards the kitchen and dining room with his tail up.Al walked beside it, with a light step that lived up to its feline pedigree.The steps of the two are almost the same, but the time to reach the kitchen is exactly the same.After Haru went in, he immediately dragged out his rice bowl, sat beside him wagging his tail, his eyes full of anticipation.Al walked to the edge of his plate on catwalks, and lay down slowly, with the attitude of an uncle who is not afraid that you will leave me alone.

Qingren had to deal with the breakfast of these two first: it’s actually not too difficult, Haru is dog food, and Al is canned food. Qingren will make special extra meals for them when he is free, but breakfast is generally simple.

After taking care of the breakfast of the two of them, Haruto started to take care of his own.His breakfast was a good one, with slices of toast, which he had made himself last night.Then put two slices of ham, two slices of lettuce, and a fried poached egg. Swallowing two of these sandwiches, paired with a glass of milk, is enough for him to spend the morning energetically.Another breakfast looks simpler, it is a bowl of white porridge with a little sugar, served with homemade pickles.Qingren took a sip and added another piece of rock sugar to it.

Judging from the time he fell asleep last night—or this morning, Al Elf got up close to noon.At this time, it is meaningless to have breakfast again, it is better to drink a bowl of porridge to warm the stomach.

He put the porridge in an insulated box, and pasted a post-it note on the outside: "Go to bed early next time, skipping breakfast is bad for your health."

When signing the signature, he turned his head and looked at Haru who was chewing dog food, and had an idea, and painted a puppy's head underneath.It's just that he really doesn't have any drawing skills, and the dog's crooked head doesn't have his own style at all.Shi Qingren looked left and right and was dissatisfied, so he simply wrote the word "handsome" on the dog's head to conceal it.When he really wrote it down, he was a little embarrassed, and quickly scribbled the word, pretending that nothing happened.

After finishing breakfast, Haruto went out.Before leaving, Haru routinely ran to the door to see him off, Qingren knelt down and patted its head: "Take a good look at the house!"

Of course Al would not appear on this occasion, so he added another sentence: "Look at Al too!"

Haru gave a serious bark, and took over its important task.

Pulling out the small electric motorcycle, Haruto drove towards his workplace, Sakimori University in V City.

His job is quite enviable, the librarian of Sakimori University.The salary is average, but the advantage is that the job is easy and stable, and he can enjoy two long vacations with a bunch of dead college students every year, which is really suitable for a person with no ambitions like him.

After chatting for 10 minutes, the small electric motorcycle shook its head to the right and drove into its target.

Sakimori University is on a relatively remote road in V City, occupying the entire side of the road aggressively, and the red and black walls are stretched out, which looks unique.Generally speaking, the surrounding area of ​​the university is a paradise for small businesses, especially on the opposite side of the road, which will definitely be occupied by various Internet cafes, department stores, restaurants and bookstores, waiting to harvest the wallets of many students.But Sakimori University, no, it is facing another university with the same style as it, domineeringly occupying the other side of the road, and the white and gold walls are stretched out in a row, just in contrast to Sakimori University.

That was an old friend of Sakimori University, Dorsia University. City V is the best at these two universities, and their achievements are one after another.As for why they were arranged on the same street, it can only be said to be a bad relationship-originally Sakimori University and Dorsia University were located on both sides of the city, one east and one west, and the well water did not interfere with the river water.Later, the scale of the two schools expanded, and the hardware could not keep up with the demand, so they both reported to the city government.Comrade ○○ Okochi, who was the secretary of the Municipal Party Committee of V City at the time, waved his hand decisively, no matter how poor you are, you can't be poor in education, and build a new school for you two!

The two principals were naturally very happy, but where is the new school built?It was the secretary of the municipal party committee, Comrade ××× on the first floor, who waved his hand and drew a circle on the map of City V... ah, a line.

It is today's Daxue Road in V City.

The two families became face-to-face neighbors like this, and the original well water did not violate the river water, and the river water gradually turned into mutual dislike. When it comes to the annual school sports meeting, whoever has the most tricks is the most brilliant, and when it comes to the best food near the school Which Malatang restaurant has more students, it can be compared with anything.People like Qingren, who don't listen to things outside the window and only read sage books, have been involved in the dispute between the two schools, let alone ordinary people.

Looking back on the past, Qingren couldn't help but curl his lips. He sent the small electric motorcycle into the parking lot and walked to the library by himself.

"Yo, sunny man!"

"senior!"

The one who stopped him was Inuzuka Hisama, a senior who was one level higher than Haruto Toki, who took good care of him.When he graduated that year, he obtained the postgraduate qualification early, and now he is doing scientific research with Shi Qingren's father, Professor Shi Xing.The days passed—to use his words, the North Pole in December, the South Pole in June, and the sky was dark—

The person who claims to live in the dark seems to be very energetic today. He hooked Qingren's neck when he came up, and used a little strength suggestively. , dare not come for my birthday?"

"I'm sorry, senior..." Qingren knew it was because of this, and hurriedly bowed his head and apologized.To say it was bad luck, he took advantage of the New Year's holiday to drag Al Elfer out for a trip, but it just happened to be hit by severe bad weather, the plane was grounded and the ship was grounded, and the two of them were stranded on the other side of the ocean. Ling, he finally returned to City V until the night of January [-]th.

Not to mention the missed senior's birthday, the couple who were fostered at a friend's house were also extremely dissatisfied. As soon as they met Al, he used his down jacket to practice Eagle Claw Kung Fu, but Al Elf took him down to keep it. The new clothes he bought specially for this trip.

Although it's not completely bad...just in front of Inuzuka Hisama, he was really embarrassed to think about it.

"I'll let you go this time." Inuzuka Hisama had already found out what was going on, but if he knew it, he knew it, so he still couldn't let go of such a disrespectful behavior.He strangled Qingren twice before letting him go.The touch felt a bit wrong when he stretched it up, and he glanced down at Qingren's neck, only to find that there was an extra scarf there.

The scarf looked inconspicuous, it was light brown, and it was tucked inside the collar of the coat, tightly protecting Qingren's neck. Needless to say, it was warm and comfortable to the touch.Inuzuka Hisama is very sensitive to everything related to $, and intuitively judges that the brand of this scarf is definitely not within Haruto's cognition: "Your scarf..."

"Al Elfer gave it to me, saying it's cooling down today." Haruto replied casually, so calmly that Inuzuka Hisama couldn't help touching his neck that was exposed outside and was chilled by the north wind.

So he strangled him again without hesitation, "Death crimes can be forgiven, but living crimes are hard to forgive!"

When Al Elf woke up dimly for the first time, it was still early. The sleep time he set for himself was five and a half hours, and now it is less than half.The reason why he woke up was that there was no heat source around him. He clicked his tongue in the dream, moved his body, and rolled the quilt completely.The remaining half of the quilt was still warm, he nodded in satisfaction, turned over, and pressed it on another pillow.

Then he fell asleep again.

When he woke up for the second time, he had completed five and a half hours of sleep tasks, and his consciousness quickly woke up.Haru heard the sound of him getting out of bed and ran over, wagging his tail.But the cat he raised was squatting in the distance, washing his face with all his heart, not even giving his master a look.

He patted Haru's head, ignored Al, and walked slowly to the kitchen.There is a post-it note on the outside of the insulated box: "Go to bed earlier next time, skipping breakfast is not good for your health."

The signature is a bold and unrestrained style, with a black dog's head on his forehead.

Al Elf admired his lover's masterpiece, and looked back at Haru who followed him into the kitchen: "Is this you?"

Haru's tail drooped immediately, and he turned his head away from Al Elfer—even if he was a reliable and loyal dog, he still didn't want to be blamed for this.

Al Elver chuckled and flipped through the post-it note.Haruto thought it would be fine if he painted it black, but when he painted it with a lighter brush, he couldn't press down the traces of the words he started writing.Al Elfer swiped his fingertips across the back of the post-it note and easily read the handsome word.

Really...

He drank the porridge, and his stomach felt warm.With this temperature, he wrapped himself in his overcoat, and led Haru out for a walk.When I came back, I saw that the time was still early, so I simply went to the computer, checked my work for the last time, and sent it to Hanoin.

It didn't take long for Al Elf's cell phone to ring: "Very good~ As expected of you, the quality of the finished product is as high as ever."

"The remuneration is handled according to the old rules." Al Elfer ignored his flattery.

"OKOK~ I still have a job here, are you interested? The pay remains the same."

"Where's the time?" Al Elf glanced at the post-it note he tore off and took to the computer desk, hesitated, and put it in the drawer.

"Just finish it within this month, it's much easier than last time."

Then don't worry about rushing like this time.

"Ask to send it to me."

"understand!"

Al Elfer is a freelancer, as long as it requires a computer to complete the work, from graphic design to programming to website production, he is capable and good at everything.He worked as a hacker for a while when he was unscrupulous in his early years, and even now that he has washed his hands, there are still legends about him in the circle.

However, he was not as well-connected in this area as Hanoin, an old classmate who always found the highest paying and hardest jobs.In fact, he can do some by himself, but he is too busy now to spare.

After explaining the work matters, Hanoin complained to him: "That guy Ikes, he would rather attend the boring meritorious banquet with Kahn yesterday than eat with me. It is obviously Kahn's private job, why? Ask Ix to help him."

Speaking of it, Hanuo Yin is really worthy of sympathy. His (confessed) rival in love is the mentor of him and his sweetheart.After graduating from university, he endured the humiliation and took the postgraduate entrance examination. He had to get along with his love rival day and night, and his life was in dire straits.

For this reason, he has always been envious of Al Elfer and Shi Qingren, who can find a place to live together.He is now living in the same dormitory with Ixain, but the postgraduate dormitory and teacher dormitory of Dorsia University are two buildings next to each other, and Kahn lives next to their room.Now Ixain was happy, he didn't need to go out if he wanted to ask his mentor, he could just go to the balcony.And Hanoin...

Considering this point, Al Elf didn't care about Hanoin's complaint any more, and went in his left ear and out of his right ear. After half a day, Hanoin finally finished the tree hole and hung up the phone.

As a result, as soon as he hung up on his front foot, Ikes Ain called on his back foot and asked Al Elf to order a bottle of red wine for him.

It was a brand that Al Elfer had a slight impression of. It came from a small winery in France. It was expensive and not well-known, but it was Hanoin's favorite.But he is not a person who has the patience to save money for a bottle of wine, so he can only look at the bottle and sigh.

"I didn't expect you to be in this mood." Al Elf was a little surprised.

Ikes Ain on the phone seemed to be in a bad mood: "Do you remember September [-]st last year?"

"A little impression."

That day, Hanoin invited Ixain to dinner with a bombardment posture, from mobile phone to text message to email and even Weibo @, resolutely not giving Ixain a chance to shirk, than he Still firm on my birthday.

"His reason is," Ix Ein's voice was rarely uncomfortable, "his name has 'nine' in it, and mine has 'one' in it, and September [-]st is our anniversary, So let's go together."

"..."

"The day before yesterday was January [-]th, but he didn't say anything." Al Elf could almost imagine Ix Ain slowly pushing his glasses on the other end of the phone, "Since it's an anniversary, we can't favor one over another , If he forgot the day before yesterday, I will make it up for him."

After hanging up the phone, Al Elf clicked on Hanoin's Weibo, and the top post was that he complained that Ikes Ain refused to have dinner with him.He turned the one casually and kindly lit a candle for him.

Not long after, Hanoin called again: "Al Elf!"

"Don't be like Adele."

"I'm sad enough that you still come to provoke me," Hanoin was very aggrieved, "What about the friendship of classmates, even if I helped that guy Kahn to make trouble for you back then, it doesn't have to be like this."

It’s okay if he doesn’t say anything, but he narrowed his eyes as soon as he said Al Elfer—the relationship between Sakimori University and Dorsia University is not good, so it’s almost impossible for these two universities to come up with a cross-school couple. Like Romeo and Juliet.However, he and Haruto Toki have special identities. One is the lover of Kahn, the dean of the Carlstein Research Institute affiliated to Dorsia University, and the other is the only son of Soichi Toki, the vice president and professor of Sakimori University. Relatives and friends of both sides The friend's reaction after learning about their relationship was quite tacit: it must be the vixen from Sakimori (Dorcia) who seduced my good boy!

At least half of the guilt towards his old classmates flew away in Al Elf's heart, and Hanoin was still chirping: "Speaking of which, do you know that today is January [-]th?"

"of course."

"If I remember correctly, Toki Haruto was numbered '1' in the original plan, right? Toki Haruto at No. [-] and your 'Eleventh'..."

"What do you want to say?"

"It's nothing, nothing," Hanoin simply hummed a ditty, "One and eleven...how about it~"

The rest of the guilt was gone, Al Elf hung up the phone, ordered the red wine neatly, and added some extra money for them to send it urgently.After thinking about it, he posted another Weibo.

@L-11: The praying mantis catches the cicada, but the cicada is behind.

The accompanying picture is a yellow chrysanthemum.

If you really compare the strengths of the two schools, even if Haruto Tokimo is from Sakimori's side, you have to admit that Sakimori University is still a little bit worse than Dorsia University.Among other things, the representatives on both sides, Dolcia's side is Kahn Drossel, blond, handsome and mature, and has an eye patch to add mystery.And the representative of Sakimori is his own father, Soichi Tokikino.

Even Qingren, who is his own son, can only praise his father in this way - he is a man with a great scientific spirit...

It is indeed very good, to the extent of risking one's own flesh and blood, even though Shi Qingren has grown into a good young man, it is still a bit complicated to mention his own father.

If there is one thing about Sakimori University that is not afraid of losing to old enemies, it is its university cafeteria.The previous principals of Saki Mori all hired chefs to enhance the average quality of the cafeteria chefs. It has been passed down from generation to generation, and the Saki Mori Dining Hall has become so famous that it has to strictly implement the rules of dining with vouchers at noon every day to avoid being ripped off by foreigners. Went to Gourmet Resources.

It is also because of this that the chefs in the Sakimori cafeteria are very reserved when cooking, saying that one spoonful is one spoonful, and the surface of the spoon is as flat as a mirror, which is especially difficult for those college students who eat as much as a cow.Shi Qingren has an advantage in this regard. He is the child of the teaching staff, and he has been familiar with the cafeteria since he was a child. In addition, he has a round face that naturally pleases middle-aged women, so he can always get mixed up with the stern and selfless masters. Sufficient meals.This advantage was maintained by him until he took office. He took a lunch that was obviously richer than others, walked to the faculty area and sat down, and immediately followed by Inuzuka Hisama.

"Haruto, you still enjoy eating so much..." Inuzuka Hisama teased, grabbing a large row unceremoniously to comfort his heart hurt by his junior.

Just as Qingren was about to answer, a tray suddenly dropped in front of him.When he looked up, he met a familiar face.

"Let us sit down for a while, senior." Rukino Saki clasped his hands together and made a "please" gesture.The Sakimori cafeteria is already full of people, and it is difficult to find a vacant seat in the student area.Unfortunately, Ryukino Saki came a little late today and was anxious about not being able to find a vacant seat, but at a glance she saw Haruto Toki, who was sitting side by side with Inuzuka Hisama, and across from the two vacant seats.

Standing next to her was Sakurai Aina, the two were Tokito Haruhito's juniors, and they are both seniors now.The girl with double ponytails also imitated her companion and bowed to the two. Inuzuka Hisama hurriedly greeted them to sit down: "Why are you polite, anyway, Haruto is now a 'teacher', so it's not for nothing."

Four people are seated.The eating styles of Ryukino Saki and Sakurai Aina are in line with their gender. The two get together from time to time, you give me a piece of tofu and I give you two peanuts, and occasionally discuss something in a low voice, eating very pleasing to the eye.Inuzuka Hisama was naturally in a good mood eating with the beautiful scenery in front of him, and forgot to continue robbing Haruto so that he could finish his lunch smoothly.

But at the end of the meal, something went wrong, Ruukinosaki suddenly remembered something, turned to look at Haruto: "By the way, Haruto, today is January [-]th, do you plan to celebrate?"

The girl's eyes were flickering with gossip, but the victim of Bagua was at a loss: "Celebration? What's the holiday today?"

The light of gossip suddenly turned into sympathy: "Today is January [-]th!"

Haruto recalled it carefully to make sure that this day was not a festival or an anniversary or the birthday of an important person, and continued to be at a loss.Ryukino Saki sighed: "In the original 'Genius Project', Senior Haruto's number was 'One', right?"

The so-called genius project has to be traced back more than 20 years ago.At that time, it was the anniversary of Gundam S○○D broadcasting ×, and the heroic appearance of the hero Huang ○he in the film once again sparked a social upsurge, which led to the formation of the "Gene Adjustment Project" commonly known as the "Genius Project".Zongyi Shi was the leader of this project, and he contributed his own son to scientific research without hesitation. Qingren Shi had a name before he was born, and his specimen number was 001.

It is a pity that this plan did not succeed. Haruto Toki, who was recognized as the "highest masterpiece" by Soichi Toki, has been at an upper-middle level since birth to the present, but he is still far from the goal of the plan.This matter has now become a joke that can be joked casually by relatives and friends, but Qingren still has lingering fears when he thinks of his childhood living under the spotlight and the expectations of countless people.

Seeing Haruto nodding, Rukino Saki smiled: "Senior Haruto is 'one', if I remember correctly, there is 'eleven' in Al Elf's name, right..."

Shi Xingqing's falling in love was a big gossip in their circle back then, and Ruukinosaki was naturally impressed by that indifferent white-haired young man.In the past two days, a microblog of "creating your anniversary" has been popular on the Internet, and she immediately thought of these two.

"This..." Shi Qingren didn't see that Weibo post, and if he saw it, it probably didn't have such rich associations.Hearing what Ryukino Saki said, he couldn't help but stop his chopsticks and think seriously.

If the time is fine and people don't come back for lunch, Al Elver is not interested in spending time on it.After realizing this, Haruto always tends to choose dishes that will not affect the taste and nutrition when making dinner the next day, lest Al Elf deal with the matter with convenience food again.But a person's lunch is a bit boring after all. After finishing his share, Al Elf simply admired the cat and dog's lunch over there.

It was still dog food and canned food. Al ate faster than Haru. After eating, he was obviously a little bored. He went to sit next to Haru, who was still concentrating on chattering, and stared at him.Haru, who was being stared at, raised his head innocently, met the cat's eyes next to him for a while, then wagged his tail as if he had realized something, and pushed the food bowl towards Al with his nose, but his eyes were reluctant to part .

This approach is obviously flattering to the horse's hoof. Al dismissed its dog food, turned around and walked away with a flick of his tail, Haru squatted there in a daze, and hurriedly lowered his head to take the last bit of dog food After groaning, he chased after Al and went out.

It does make sense that keeping pets can cultivate sentiment.

The small theater with a cat and a dog made Al Elver feel better. After lunch, he started to start his new task, listing the client's requirements one by one, and sorting out a schedule according to his habits.

People who work in front of the computer and have cats often have the experience of being harassed by pet cats, but Al Elfer doesn't have to worry about this.Al is a fairly independent cat and doesn't like to cling to him.In the words of Shi Qingren, the average person who owns a cat is a cat slave, and in the eyes of a cat, it is a servant responsible for ensuring the quality of life.Al Elfer is a higher level, and is regarded as a creature of the same level by Al.Not being close to him is due to feline defensiveness.

To apply the logic of the timeless people, the biggest cat slave in the room is neither Al Elfer nor himself, but Haru.The brown-haired dog is now squatting under the decorative cabinet, trying to look up. The range of movements is so large that people worry that it will lean over directly.Al was naturally standing on the decorative cabinet, jumping up from floor to floor.When Haruto bought this cabinet, he was worried that it would become the playground of the cat at home. Now it seems that his worry was unnecessary-it definitely will.

Going around a vase, Al arched his body and jumped up, onto the top floor of the decorative cabinet, looking at the entire room.Haru still held his head up, and the normally quiet brown-haired dog couldn't help whining. Hearing this sound, Al lowered his head, took two steps back, and jumped up.

The white figure draws a smooth arc in the air. This height is not a problem for Al at all. Elf is used to watching its daily movements. The only one who will be nervous is the one below now. .

Bang - bang!

The first sound is the sound of Al jumping on Haru, and the second sound is the sound of Haru falling to the ground under the impact.Al jumped off it with ease, apparently unscathed.Haru, who had become a meat pad, looked more energetic than before, happily leaning over to sniff and rub.Al glanced back at it, obviously wrong with it.

Al Elfer chuckled lightly, and brought his attention back to his work, but he was not as focused as before.

January [-]th... what?

Only a romantic fool like Hanoin who doesn't know how to pretend to understand would care about this--that's what Al Elfer thought when he first heard this kind of anniversary.

But now, his thoughts are slightly shaken.

Anniversary...

"Haru," Al Elf finally stood up, and called the brown-haired dog who was busy playing with the little white cat's tail, "I'll take you out for a while."

anniversary...

The winter sky gets dark early, and when it’s sunny, after get off work, the whole sky has already darkened, and the temperature has become much colder.He stood at the school gate for a while holding the electric motorcycle, and felt a little stiff, so he took a few steps quickly and started to exercise.

He is actually not a romantic person. Although he will read the strategy carefully when he asks for something, but if he remembers all the anniversaries such as the anniversary of the first date, the anniversary of the first kiss, the anniversary of the first time, it is really a little bit. It's hard for him.It stands to reason that he should also have an attitude towards the "day for two" proposed by Rukino Saki.But after thinking about it for a while, his thoughts became a little loose again.

Going on trendy...doesn't seem too bad either.

But how to celebrate?

Send Al Elf a "Maybe I'll be back later" text in exchange for a "Got it, I'll make dinner tonight".Qingren couldn't help being surprised, but felt relieved - if he didn't have to worry about making dinner, he would have more time.

Not bad.

Stepping on the small electric motorcycle, Haruto turned around and headed in the opposite direction from home.

Al Elfer rarely cooks.

It's not that his skills are not good, in fact, his skills are better than Haruto's, and it's more than enough for him to work in Saki Mori's cafeteria.It’s just that Al Elver never liked to waste time on satisfying himself. Before meeting Qingren, he even used convenience food and nutrition tablets for three meals for a period of time, which surprised Qingren.In order to prevent Al Elf from eating instant noodles and turning into a white-haired mummy, he took the initiative to take over the preparation of three meals a day until now.

Standing in the long-lost kitchen, Al Elfer recalled Qingren's preferences and sorted out the vegetables he bought. Although he hadn't used a knife for a long time, his skills had not deteriorated, and his movements were so neat that he could shoot an educational film.The goal he set for himself was four dishes and one soup, and then cook something delicious for them.

When the preparations were completed, Al Elver received a text message from Shi Qingren, saying that he might be back late.Al Elver frowned, and replied, "Got it, I'll cook today's dinner."

Come back later...what's the matter?

Shi Qingren's life circle is quite simple, and there is almost no entertainment.Apart from a few relatives and friends, the only one who can take up his off-duty time is his own father Shi Zongyi.

The former Al Elf is not afraid, but the latter gives him a little headache,

If it's really the first time... After pouring the thawed shrimp into the pot, Al Elfer began to consider whether he should use Kahn to find something for the old urchin to do.

How should the anniversary be spent?

If you ask Hanoin, he can probably list a bunch of colorful tricks, but if you ask someone from Shiqing, he will be able to give an answer after serious thinking: have a meal together.

The difference between different days is reflected in what and how to eat, and the specifics are not enough for outsiders.As for how to live today, Qingren plans to buy a cake.

Of course, cakes are different from cakes. Al Elf's preference in this regard is very simple, that is, the most common kind of fresh milk cakes, which can be sold in even the smallest cake shops.But the more common things are, the more difficult it is to make them satisfactory. The cake shop that Qingren often goes to happens to be the leader in this area. It's easy to sell out and has few downsides.

Qingren drove the small electric motorcycle upside down for a long time, and finally arrived at the destination.Luckily, there is only one whipped cream cake left.

He breathed a sigh of relief, and happily hung the cake box on the handle.But the facts have proved that if God opened a door for him, then He must not forget to dig a ditch in front of the door.

The motorcycle is dead.

Blowing the cold wind and smelling the aroma of the cake, Shi Qingren sighed deeply.

Haru stared helplessly at Al Elf, he had already smelled the aroma of veal steak, but until now, Al Elf still put the dinner out of his reach, he could only smell it but not eat it.

Is there anything more cruel than this?

Al had a better image than him, sitting demurely by his plate, only occasionally glancing in the direction of the shrimp, looking like he was thinking about something.

Al Elfer glanced at his watch and decided to put his plan of "finding something to do for Shi Zong" on the agenda - Shi Qingren sent a text message back not long ago, saying sorry that he might have to come back Later.

Maybe he should feed those two first... When he stood up to serve the plate, Al Elfer suddenly heard the door knock.

came back?

He put the plate down without any hesitation, and Haru, who was waiting for it, let out a disappointed cry.So when Shi Qingren walked into the restaurant, what he saw were lovers sitting at the table, an unusually sumptuous dinner, and a sad-faced pet dog.

"Waiting for me?" Haruto patted Haru's head reassuringly, put the cake on the side cabinet, and washed his hands immediately.Al Elf didn't deny or admit it, just poured the cat and dog's dinner into their rice bowls: "Did you go to buy cake?"

The trademark pattern on the box let him know the reason why Shi Qingren came back late, but it should not be so late just to go to the cake shop... Shi Qingren sighed bitterly: "The motorcycle is out of power, Fortunately, I met Yamada, who sent me back."

Otherwise, he would have to come back later.

Al Elfer hummed, opened the cake box, and placed it in the center of the dining table.Although the cakes in that cake shop are good, there is such a disadvantage as the long distance. People in this time would not spend so much time and effort unless...

When he glanced at Qingren, who had just finished inspecting the dishes, Qingren was also looking at him, their eyes met, and the same thought crossed their minds.

"Al Elfer," Haruto spoke first, "Do you know what day it is today?"

"January [-]." Al Elf calmly cut a piece of cake with a plastic knife, "Have you been living in a muddle?"

After being choked up, Qingren didn't have any opinion at all. He took the knife with a smile and cut a piece for himself.After cutting, the blade of the knife was lightly moved horizontally, picked out a cream flower, and sent it to Al Elf's mouth.

as always.

Al Elfer swallowed the creamy flower with his mouth open, letting the sweet and soft taste overflow in his mouth.He glanced at Qingren, the brown-haired and blue-eyed young man was still smiling brightly, but he was not as cautious as before, and instead felt a little complacent.

They had a nice dinner, and there was nothing wrong with people, cats or dogs.

Between dinner and bedtime, the two of them often like to drink something. Haruto likes milk, but Al Elf prefers coffee.Qingren has always felt that drinking coffee at night is not good for sleep, but Al Elf's habit is hard to change, so he had to settle for the next best thing and replace his coffee with decaffeinated.

This time, Qingren used the souvenirs they brought back from their trip, a pair of ceramic cups with a sharp beak on the rim, which looked very cute.His cup was brown, and Al Elfer's was silver-gray, a perfect pair.

The brown cup was filled with milk, but the silver-gray cup was filled with dark brown coffee. Qingren threw two cubes of sugar into his milk, took a small spoon to taste the coffee, bitter Immediately wrinkled his face.

He shook his head, picked up his cup and tilted it slightly, the milky white liquid slanted down from the brown cup, and flowed into the coffee in the silver gray cup.

Al Elf watched Shi Qingren's every move silently, always feeling that something was wrong.

He didn't make a sound, and spent some time at work again, until Qingren finished his daily news time and dog walking time, and went into the bathroom with a cat and a dog.

There was a customary whimpering sound from the bathroom, accompanied by Shi Qingren's trying to comfort her.After a while, a ball of brown hair rushed out with a ball of white hair in its mouth. Qingren poked his head out from the bathroom, with water droplets hanging on his head, with a helpless expression on his face.

The two pets in his family are good at everything, but it is a headache when taking a bath-Al, who is a cat, is very good at this point