Thirty minutes later, Chixing appeared with Lindokchai at a noodle shop on a street corner.
As Chixing set everything down and sat down, he complained, "Why don't you eat something better? Why did you want to eat noodles?" The environment here wasn't great.
Lindokchai replied seriously, "It's delicious. You brought me here before, don't you remember?" She added, "I think it's quite tasty."
Chixing was taken aback and fell silent. When he was alone, he would occasionally come here to eat because the owner made delicious and affordable food. However, Lindokchai was different.
She was so beautiful. She was born to sit in a high-class restaurant, enjoying the service of others. Chixing had originally booked a nice restaurant to take her out for a delicious meal. But here she was, running to eat noodles.
Chixing didn't know what to think. His heart felt clogged and complicated. He looked at her, and the fondness for her that he had when they were dating gradually resurfaced.
"Mushroom and chicken nugget casserole noodles, it's here. The chili and vinegar are on the table," the owner said enthusiastically.
"Okay, thank you, aunty," Lindokchai said sweetly.
Late awakening and coming to his senses, he asked again, "Why did you suddenly think of raising a dog?"
"I saw Meimei's dog a few days ago. It looks so majestic, but it only has eyes for Meimei. It must love her a lot," Lin shi Cha said earnestly. "I want a dog like that too."
"Just because of that?" asked Late awakening.
Lin shi Cha put a piece of chicken in her mouth and nodded naturally, "Yes."
Late awakening fell silent for a moment. "Don't I like you enough? I mean, in the past." He understood the meaning in Lin shi Cha's words, as if she yearned to be loved.
"But you can't accompany me day and night," Lin shi Cha retorted, adding some vinegar and reaching for the chili jar.
Late awakening stopped her hand. "You can't eat spicy food."
Lin shi Cha insisted, "It's okay, I want to try. It seems so satisfying when I see others eat chili. I want to know what it feels like." She had never tried anything before, and this time she wanted to do everything she couldn't do before.
Late awakening sighed at her words. "Why do you suddenly act like a child? You weren't like this before." The previous Lin shi Cha was terrifyingly disciplined when it came to food, and she was often mocked behind her back by his brothers for being fussy and delicate, always wanting to be carried or piggybacked by him and refusing to walk even a little further.
Lin shi Cha bit her chopsticks and did not respond.
Late awakening saw her expression and said, "I was just kidding. You are fine this way too."
Lin shi Cha smiled. When she didn't smile, she seemed quiet and gentle. But this time, when she laughed, revealing a small tiger tooth on the left side, her cheeks came alive, adding a hint of playfulness to her sweetness.
Late awakening watched as Lin shi Cha scooped a spoonful of bright red chili, mixed it with the light red broth, and a drop of chili oil landed on the table. She stirred it with her chopsticks, looking very expectant, and took a big bite.
The next moment, she coughed violently, her face turning red not out of shyness, but from being choked, with tears welling up in her eyes.
Late awakening sighed and handed her a tissue, then called out to the landlady, "Auntie, another bowl of rice noodles and a side of mushroom chicken."
"Okay!" the landlady responded.
Then he waved to Lin shi Cha. Lin shi Cha bit her lip, not very happy, but obediently pushed her bowl of rice noodles in front of Late awakening.
He used the chopsticks that Lin shi Cha had just used, and Lin shi Cha watched him eat, wiping her mouth with a tissue. Suddenly, she said, "It's like indirect kissing, right?"
The next moment, Late awakening choked, his ears turning red. He glanced at Lin shi Cha after recovering and hesitated for a moment. "Give me a kiss?"
"Um..." Lin shi Cha immediately shook her head.
Late awakening rolled his eyes, "Then don't say things that provoke me."
"I didn't..." she lowered her voice, feeling genuinely wronged, as if she had never done such a thing.
The landlady quickly prepared another serving and brought it out. Lin shi Cha carefully picked out the coriander covering her noodles and put it in Late awakening's bowl, to which Late awakening didn't say anything.
The two of them finished dinner by making do with the food, and it was almost six o'clock. Lin shi Cha was wearing Late awakening's coat, walking ahead while Late awakening checked his phone, frowning as he read the messages.
After a simple reply, he put the phone back in his pocket and looked up. Lin shi Cha was short, and Late awakening's coat almost covered her buttocks, leaving only a small section of pink lace skirt below, looking somewhat fluffy and cute.
"Hurry up," she urged Late awakening in front, flicking her delicate fingers.
Late awakening caught up and reached out to grab her hand, but she resisted and tried to pull away. However, Late awakening was not one to give up easily, and a tug of war ensued.
Unconsciously, they arrived at the dog market, where the lights were bright and the air was filled with a strange stench due to the large number of pets gathered there for a long time. Lin shi Cha covered her nose and looked around curiously.
Late awakening saw a Champagne-colored Teddy and exclaimed, "Hey, look at this one, so cute!" He squatted down, and the little Teddy immediately started barking, hoping that Late awakening would take it home.
"I don't want it," Lin shi Cha refused, tugging at Late awakening's sleeve to move farther inside. They stopped in front of a large pet store and looked around several times. Lin shi Cha asked the shopkeeper, "How big will the dogs here grow?"
The shopkeeper, a man in his forties, introduced the various dogs to Lin shi Cha one by one.
Lin shi Cha listened attentively and finally set her sights on a lively Golden Retriever puppy. She even patted its head, and Late awakening looked over and asked, "Lin shi Cha, does this dog look like Silence?"
"…??" Late awakening was confused.
Lin shi Cha tilted her head and blinked. "Does it?"
Late awakening gritted his teeth, "What are you going to do mentioning him in front of me?" Although he was putting her down, her expression didn't seem to imply that she was dissing Silence.
"Huh?" Lin shi Cha looked at him in confusion for a moment, then turned to the shopkeeper and said, "I want this one. Are you sure it doesn't have any illness?"
The shopkeeper immediately reassured her.
Seeing her change the subject as soon as she turned around, without even mentioning Silence to him, Late awakening became furious. He couldn't voice out his jealousy.
The transaction for a young Golden Retriever was completed at 500 yuan, and the shopkeeper included three vaccinations, making it a very low-priced deal. However, due to the competitive nature of the dog market, the prices were kept low.
Late awakening accompanied Lin shi Cha to the pet shop to wash the dog, bought a dog house, dog food, and some dog toys and leashes, among other miscellaneous items. There were quite a few things, and Late awakening had some difficulty carrying them. He hailed a taxi and sent Lin shi Cha home.
All the way, Lin shi Cha was talking to the dog. Inside the blue cage, the little Golden Retriever was unusually restless, allowing Lin shi Cha to pet its head as it lay at the bottom of the cage.
"What should we call it?" she asked.
"Momo?"
"Hey, Momo, is Momo a good name?" Lin shi Cha raised her eyebrows, her long eyelashes resembling feathers.
Late awakening held the ponytail that had slipped down from Lin shi Cha's left shoulder, playing with it listlessly. "Can't we call it something else?" he asked.
"What should we call it?" Lin shi Cha intended to seek Late awakening's opinion.
Late awakening averted his gaze, pursed his lips, and only spoke after a while. "Xingxing, like the stars in the sky."
Lin shi Cha repeated, "Okay, that's also a nice name." She called out to the Golden Retriever a few times and laughed, but after two seconds, she realized, "You're jealous again."
"I'm not," Late awakening chuckled.
Momo, silent.
Stars, late awakening.
The jealousy couldn't be more obvious.
Lin Shicha pondered for a moment, and finally made a decision, "Let's call you Xiaoguang!" She squinted and smiled, and at that moment, Xiaoguang happened to stick out his tongue and lick Lin Shicha's finger.
"It tickles," she laughed and played with Xiaoguang.
Chixing was quite disappointed, muttering, "What a nuisance!" He kept looking at the little dog, finding it increasingly annoying.
Lin Shicha turned to Chixing, "Do you want to come to my house for a bit, or do you want to leave now?" It was only 8:30, not very late.
Chixing's eyes lit up, and he immediately straightened up. Then, feeling that his reaction was too much, he coughed twice to cover it up and replied, somewhat reluctantly, "Sure."
Ten minutes later, Lin Chunhua sat at the door of the house shelling green beans, and finally saw Lin Shicha's figure. She was carrying clothes and toys she had bought with Chen Mei for shopping. The boy with her was nearly two heads taller, holding something like a dog bed in one hand and a dog cage in the other.
"Grandma!"
From afar, Lin Shicha shouted and ran over.
"Hey," Lin Chunhua responded, patting Lin Shicha's arm, asking if she was cold, why she was so late coming back, and occasionally glancing at the boy next to her, "Who is he...?"
Lin Shicha: "He's my friend, he accompanied me to buy the puppy." She walked arm in arm with Lin Chunhua, "I named it Xiaoguang, doesn't it sound nice?"
"Have you had dinner?"
Chixing diligently answered Lin Chunhua's greeting, and followed the two of them, looking around curiously.
He had never been to Lin Shicha's house before.
In the living room, Lin Shicha was excitedly arranging the dog's bed. Lin Chunhua raised her hand to cover her nose for a moment, "He's quite tall," she smiled, "Xiaochi, right? Which school are you from? is it also High School No. 1?"
Chixing gratefully accepted the cup of hot water, "No, I'm from High School No. 2."
"Oh, I see..." High School No. 2 is quite far from High School No. 1, in different parts of the city. How did these two meet? Are they really just friends?
Lin Chunhua casually asked, "You look really good, what do your parents do?"
Chixing honestly replied, not daring to lie: "My dad is a policeman, my mom is a doctor, grandma."
"A cop and a doctor, oh, that's a good job," Lin Chunhua smiled with satisfaction, "Did you accompany our Shicha all afternoon? She does everything so slowly, I’m afraid she tired you out."
"No, I'm not tired, she's fine, grandma."
The two of them conversed awkwardly, making Chixing feel nervous and stiff, as if he wasn't himself.
Lin Shicha popped her head out of the room, frowning unhappily, "She's my grandma, what's your name?"
The author has something to say: Chixing: Also my grandma, hehe.jpg
Bian Heng, Silent; Huo Yinan: Also my grandma / smiles.
Lin Chunhua: Help, I'm going to have a heart attack
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