SD Chapter 17: Yukata

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The moment he saw Jing Ci holding the ice cream in front of him, Tao Mingzhuo admitted that he was a little panicked.

Although he couldn't speak clearly, Jing Ci handed the ice cream to him very generously. At the same time, he kept gesturing for him to come closer with his eyes and fingers.

Although Tao Mingzhuo was shocked for a moment, he felt that it was not so unreasonable.

He felt that Jing Ci must have mustered up the courage to take such a step. If he refused coldly, the situation would definitely become very embarrassing.

Just because his ice cream was melting, I helped him, and it's not good to waste food, that's all. Tao Mingzhuo said to himself.

The ice cream he took was cold and sweet, but after swallowing it, Tao Mingzhuo felt his throat burning.

The air was silent for a moment.

After straightening up, Tao Mingzhuo did not dare to look at Jing Ci. He just said: "...There are benches in the rest area, why don't you sit down and eat for a while?"

After a while, he heard Jing Ci say: "Okay. "

They sat side by side on the bench. Tao Mingzhuo stared at the cracks in the ground and began to be in a daze. Jing Ci sat quietly beside him and continued to eat the dumplings in his hands.

Later, Jing Ci finally finished the bunch of glutinous rice dumplings.

Tao Mingzhuo couldn't help but glance at his movements with his peripheral vision, and saw Jing Ci holding up the ice cream in his hand and looking at the place where he had just bitten for a while.

Then he lowered his head and continued to bite into the glass of ice cream.

Tao Mingzhuo felt his hands shaking a little. He forced himself to empty his mind, turned his head, and stopped looking.

The phone in his trouser pocket vibrated.

When he turned on his phone, he saw that it was a WeChat message from Yang Kening. Then he clicked on the chat box between the two and saw a sixty-second voice message.

Tao Mingzhuo had a splitting headache. He didn't understand why people with hands and feet had to speak. He was about to click on voice-to-text, but he accidentally touched the screen and turned on voice directly.

Yang Kening's voice was very penetrating: "Brother Tao, do you have time next week? If you are free, can you help my sister take a look at the comic exhibition?"

Tao Mingzhuo's pupils dilated instantly, and he quickly finished his voice Close it.

Turning his head and meeting Jing Ci's probing gaze, Tao Mingzhuo suddenly felt a little dry: "I..."

Jing Ci put down the ice cream in his hand, smiled, and just said: "Your relationship It seems good."

Tao Mingzhuo froze.

Jing Ci's expression was calm, and the smile in his eyes was peaceful. There was no clue, but Tao Mingzhuo always felt that something was wrong.

Tao Mingzhuo thought carefully and spoke: "No, this damn girl has never been older or younger. When she asks me for something, she is sweeter than anyone else. She usually always contradicts me in the company."

Jing Ci said "Ah" He groaned and said, "That's it."

"She doesn't always talk like this. Most of the time, it's normal." Tao Mingzhuo didn't know what he was explaining, but he always felt that he should say something.

Jing Ci smiled and nodded, but did not answer any more words.

The two sat side by side, quiet for a while, and then spoke at the same time.

Tao Mingzhuo: "Actually -"

Jing Ci: "Next week -"

Tao Mingzhuo coughed: "You, you go ahead."

Jing Ci hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "I need to go to U next week I'm on a business trip abroad for a week, so I may not be able to come out to have dinner with you for the time being."

Tao Mingzhuo: "...A week?"

Jing Ci responded softly, but then quickly added: "Actually, I'm coming. It will take a total of six days, but I will come back as soon as possible."

Tao Mingzhuo was silent for a while and said "Oh" dryly.

Maybe because they had been together for a long time, Tao Mingzhuo sometimes even forgot that Jing Ci was his boss. His schedule was actually much busier than his own.

In fact, what Tao Mingzhuo wanted to ask just now was whether there was any cuisine that Jing Ci wanted to eat next week, because during dinner time in the past few days, he seemed to have been taking Jing Ci to some of his favorite restaurants on his own initiative.

However, Jing Ci would not see him for the whole next week, so Tao Mingzhuo felt that he should be relieved. But inexplicably, he felt vaguely lost and empty in his heart.

When he was distracted, Tao Mingzhuo heard Jing Ci call his name.

Tao Mingzhuo turned his head and saw Jing Ci's hesitant expression. He asked, "I wonder if you could...do me a favor?"

Three days later, Tao Mingzhuo's home welcomed a new furry guest.

Jing Ci said this at the time: "Because I am going to U country on a business trip, and my mother is going on vacation with her friends, so there is no one to take care of her dog for the time being. I wonder... are you willing to help?" "Shall I take a look at the dog?"

"Of course, it doesn't matter if it's inconvenient." Jing Ci said, "I can send it to a professional kennel for foster care. Please don't put any burden on it."

Tao Mingzhuo then thought about it . It seemed that Tao Xue had told herself not long ago that Li Lan had indeed not visited the nail salon for two weeks.

Tao Mingzhuo only hated himself for being so kind-hearted.

He didn't know what he was thinking at the time. He just looked into Jing Ci's eyes and couldn't say anything else when the words of rejection came to his lips.

He also felt that sending the repaired dog to the kennel sounded pitiful, so in the end, Tao Mingzhuo agreed in a daze.

At this moment, Tao Mingzhuo and Alaska in front of him looked at each other.

This is actually not the first time Tao Mingzhuo has seen this Alaskan dog. He remembers clearly that Jing Ci had previously posted a video of this dog eating in WeChat Moments.

Alaska grinned and wagged her tail happily at Tao Mingzhuo.

The first time he heard the dog's name, Tao Mingzhuo even suspected that his ears were broken: "Tell me again, what is his name?"

"Mr. Wen." Jing Ci patiently repeated at that time, "My mother She said it was her favorite character in a TV series, but I never really understood the specific plot."

Tao Mingzhuo sighed and squatted down.

He raised his hand, touched Alaska's head, and asked, "What do you mean, why don't we go for a walk in the Royal Garden?"

Alaska said "woo" to him.

Tao Mingzhuo took Doctor Wen for a walk in a nearby park. He didn't know exactly how the dog was feeling. He only knew that he was really tired from running behind the dog.

Dr. Wen has a naughty and lively personality. While walking in circles on the lawn of the park, they met a ferocious Chihuahua.

Tao Mingzhuo didn't know what the chihuahua was thinking. He kept trying every possible means to get in front of Dr. Wen, who was several times his size, and provoke him. Dr. Wen was finally irritated by it. He let out a "ouch" and started to attack.

Tao Mingzhuo and the owner of the Chihuahua could only pull the dog leash wildly at the same time to separate the two dogs. In the end, they had to bow and apologize to each other in embarrassment.

After returning home, Tao Mingzhuo first ordered takeout for dinner, and then prepared Doctor Wen's dinner according to the recipe given by Jing Ci.

There is a big pot full of meat, vegetables and calcium tablets, which is more nutritious than human food.

Then Tao Mingzhuo suddenly realized that he hadn't eaten alone for a long time.

Eating with Jing Ci every day seems to have become a fixed habit in Tao Mingzhuo's life.

Whether in a quiet and remote shop or a noisy snack street, Tao Mingzhuo seems to have become accustomed to having someone sitting opposite him, raising his head after taking a bite of food, and looking at him with quiet and gentle eyes. .

Tao Mingzhuo was stunned for a while, then calmed down and forced himself not to think about it anymore.

However, as soon as he put the food bowl on the ground, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.

Imperial Physician Wen began to happily show off the food in the basin, but Tao Mingzhuo noticed with sharp eyes that there was something dark red, like dried blood, on its right front paw.

Tao Mingzhuo was confused at that time.

He had never had a pet himself and didn't know how to deal with such a situation. As soon as he touched Dr. Wen's paw lightly and wanted to examine it more carefully, Dr. Wen whined and retracted his paw, preventing Tao Mingzhuo from reaching out to touch it.

Tao Mingzhuo thought it might have been injured in a fight with the Chihuahua in the park just now.

After reacting, Tao Mingzhuo made a video call to Jing Ci as soon as possible. However, it was morning in the country where Jing Ci was located and he should have been busy, so he did not answer the call.

Tao Mingzhuo took a deep breath and told himself to calm down. At least Dr. Wen could still happily show off his rice, which meant that the problem was not serious.

When he turned on his phone and was about to find a nearby pet hospital that was open, his phone vibrated. It was a video call from Jing Ci.

After the call was connected, he heard Jing Ci ask: "What's wrong?"

Tao Mingzhuo's pupils dilated slightly.

The phone screen showed Jing Ci's appearance - his hair was damp and lazily scattered on his forehead, the skin on his cheeks was a light pink, and there was still mist in his eyes that had not yet dispersed.

It could be seen that he made this call very urgently. The bathrobe was tied a little loosely, exposing a small piece of skin on his chest, and his thin and beautiful collarbone could be vaguely seen.

Tao Mingzhuo realized that Jing Ci had just taken a shower.

The video screen shook, and Tao Mingzhuo saw Jing Ci sitting down. Judging from his clothes and the decoration of the background, he should be in a hotel.

"I'm sorry, I didn't hear the call just now." Jing Ci asked, "What happened?"

Tao Mingzhuo stared at Jing Ci's face in silence for a while, and then said in a daze, "It's nothing." The big thing is... the dog's claw may be broken."

Jing Ci on the other end of the phone was stunned: "What?"

It took Tao Mingzhuo a while to realize how outrageous he was.

His Adam's apple moved, and when he was about to explain again, he suddenly heard a slightly deep male voice coming from Jing Ci's end: "...Xiao Ci, are you not ready yet? Why haven't you changed your clothes yet?"

Tao Tao Mingzhuo seemed to be startled for a moment when he saw Jingci. After a while, he sighed and said to Tao Mingzhuo, "Sorry, wait a minute."

Jingci turned his head and looked in the direction outside the screen of his mobile phone. His expression was a little helpless.

But when she spoke, there was a smile in Jing Ci's voice: "How many times have I told you yesterday that it was half past one and not half past eleven? Can't you remember better?"

Jing Ci and the one who didn't The man who showed his face seemed to be very familiar with him. Tao Mingzhuo rarely saw him talking to anyone in such a relaxed and playful manner.

The deep male voice outside the video seemed to laugh softly: "...Hey, don't you understand my brain? That's fine. I'll just stay with you for a while."

Tao Mingzhuo never saw that man's face.

He saw that Jing Ci still looked helpless, but in the end he just shook his head and said nothing more.

Jing Ci turned around and looked at Tao Mingzhuo again. He bent his eyes and asked softly again: "I'm sorry, what did you just say?"

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