After a period of time, Lin Qingle never saw Yan Dairong in the company again.
Later, they ran into each other once in a coffee shop outside the company. At that time, she felt a little bit interested in him, but that time, apart from nodding to each other, nothing else happened.
Today is another Saturday.
After lunch, Lin Qingle took a taxi to a shopping mall where she had an appointment with someone today.
"Xiaoquan." After getting off the car, Lin Qingle walked to the door and saw a boy standing by the gate. He stood there quietly with a guide dog sitting obediently beside him.
Xia Quan heard the voice and smiled: "Sister, you are here."
Lin Qingle: "Why are you here alone?"
Xia Quan: "I asked Uncle Chen to go back."
Uncle Chen was the driver who usually took Xia Quan out. Lin Qingle nodded: "Okay, let's go in."
"Um."
The main reason for coming here today is that Yang Yisi's birthday is next week, and Xia Quan wants to buy her a gift in person, but he can't see and doesn't know what girls like, so he contacted Lin Qingle and wanted her help.
Of course Lin Qingle would not refuse, so he made an appointment with Xia Quan to meet outside on the weekend.
"Do you have any ideas about which direction to choose a gift?" Lin Qingle asked.
Xia Quan: "I don't know... Sister, what do you think I should buy?"
“Well.”
"Wait a minute!" Just as I was about to enter the mall, the security guard came forward to stop me, "Hello, we don't allow pets in here."
Lin Qingle: "Oh, sorry, this is not a pet, it's a guide dog."
The security guard glanced at Xia Quan and then noticed that he couldn't see: "Guide dog?"
Lin Qingle: "Yes, guide dogs are allowed to enter public places according to the law."
The security guard looked the two men up and down again, and it was obvious that he had never encountered such a situation before.
Seeing this, Lin Qingle said to Xia Quan, "Yangyang's work permit."
Xia Quan: “Oh!”
Xia Quan hurriedly took out his ID from his bag, and Lin Qingle showed it to the security guard: "This is his work ID."
The security guard took a look and looked at the dog with some curiosity: "Oh... so, then, then you can go in."
Lin Qingle collected the documents and put them back into Xia Quan's bag: "Okay, thank you."
After passing the security checkpoint, Xia Quan breathed a sigh of relief. Although he could travel freely after having a guide dog, he basically would not come to these places on weekdays.
Xia Quan: "I thought the security guard would not let me in."
"No, don't worry." Lin Qingle said, "If you are stopped in other places in the future, just take your ID."
"Um."
Afterwards, the two walked around the field, and every time Lin Qingle passed a store, he told him what was sold inside. When passing a jewelry store, Xia Quan stopped and said, "Sister, can you help me look at this one?"
"sure."
Lin Qingle brought Xia Quan in. The clerk came over to greet them. When she saw Xia Quan and Yang Yang, she was obviously stunned for a moment, but she realized that Yang Yang was a guide dog, so she did not stop them and invited them in.
"Who do you want to give it to?" the clerk asked
Xia Quan said: "Send a girl, eighteen years old..."
"Well, we have a lot of bracelets suitable for young girls. I'll show them to you."
Xia Quan: "Excuse me, do you have any special styles?"
"Yes, we recently launched a new bracelet that can be engraved. This is it." The clerk took it out and showed it to Lin Qingle.
Lin Qingle took it and found it was indeed a very delicate bracelet. The engraving was engraved inside and could not be seen unless it was taken off the hand.
Xia Quan: "Sister, how is it? Does it look good?"
Lin Qingle tried it on and said, "Yeah, it looks good."
Xia Quan: "Then do you think... Will Ess like it?"
"Of course, how could I not like the birthday present you gave me?"
Xia Quan pursed his lips and smiled: "Then I believe you, this is it!"
The shopkeeper smiled happily: "Okay, the price for this one is..."
The clerk was telling Xia Quan the details of the necklace when Lin Qingle's cell phone rang, so he walked out to answer it.
"Hello?"
The person opposite was Xu Tingbai: "Where is it?"
"I'm at the mall."
"What are you doing there?"
Lin Qingle said: "I am shopping with a young hunk."
"Young handsome guy?" Xu Tingbai said calmly, "How fresh."
"Anyway, it's fresher than you~"
Xu Tingbai frowned: "Address."
"what."
Xu Tingbai snorted softly: "Let's go over and see how delicious it is."
Lin Qingle laughed muffledly: "Oh well, you really want to come, I'm with Xiaoquan."
"He's going shopping with you?"
"Yeah, he wanted to buy a gift for Es and asked me to come and help him."
"Oh, I'll go find you then."
"We're almost done shopping and we're going back, so you don't have to come." Lin Qingle said, "Just wait at home~ I'm going to take Xiaoquan back later anyway."
…
It takes time to engrave the bracelet, and it will take a few days before it can be delivered to the customer.
So after paying the money, Xia Quan and Lin Qingle walked out of the mall.
"Sister, I don't want to take a taxi. I want to try taking the bus back by myself. Is that okay?"
Lin Qingle: "Ah? There are so many people here, will it be inconvenient for you?"
"I've always wanted to take it, but my brother wouldn't let me. But I still want to try it. Isis usually takes the subway and bus." Xia Quan said, "She said she wanted to go out with me on her birthday. If I don't even know how to take public transportation by then, wouldn't it be embarrassing?"
Lin Qingle didn’t know what had happened between them before, but she was relieved that Xia Quan was no longer so averse to her feelings.
"Okay, I'll try it with you."
"OK!"
There is a subway in the mall, and Lin Qingle taught Xia Quan how to operate the phone and how to command Yang Yang. Because Yang Yang had received training in this area before, after receiving the instructions, he easily took Xia Quan into the subway.
It was Xia Quan’s first time taking the subway. The process was smooth and he was particularly happy after coming out of the subway station.
"After taking the subway, you have to take the bus. It's only four bus stops from here to your neighborhood. We'll wait here at the platform."
"Um!"
After the two waited there for ten minutes, the bus passing through the community came over.
Lin Qingle waved his hand, "Yangyang, the car is here, take Xiaoquan in."
The bus stopped in front and Yangyang led Xiaoquan to the door.
"Hey, wait, dogs are not allowed on the bus." As Xia Quan and Yang Yang got on the bus, the driver immediately stopped them.
Xia Quan was stunned for a moment, and quickly went to get his work permit, "Master, this is a guide dog, it can be used on public transportation."
The driver was in his fifties and didn't know much about this, but when he saw the work permit handed over to him, he looked at it with some curiosity.
Lin Qingle was standing behind Xia Quan, also waiting.
Driver: "And the work permit, then this—"
"Grandpa, I'm scared!" A child of four or five years old was sitting in the front seat of the bus. When the child saw the dog, he cried and ran into the arms of the old man next to him.
When the old man saw his grandson crying, he immediately asked, "What's going on? Why did you let the dog get up here? How can such a big dog get up here?"
Xia Quan's expression froze slightly.
Seeing this, Lin Qingle hurried forward to explain: "Hello, this dog is not an ordinary dog, it is..."
"What do you mean it's not just an ordinary dog? It's still a dog no matter what kind of dog it is. Hey, young people, do you have any manners? Stop wasting time here. My grandson still has to go to cram school!"
Lin Qingle had experienced this before. When she was training a guide dog, she was refused a ride. But at that time, she was just simulating a blind person, so she did not insist on taking the bus.
But now, seeing Xia Quan obviously depressed and at a loss, she really couldn't just leave like she did before.
She took a deep breath and said, "Uncle, can you see that this is a blind man? Besides, this is just a guide dog. It is very safe."
"You say it's safe, so what if it bites someone?!"
Lin Qingle: "It has been trained and will not bite. How about this, if your grandson is still afraid, we can sit in the back, away from you."
Lin Qingle grabbed Xia Quan's arm and tried to walk back.
As a result, the child cried even louder. The old man immediately stood up and stopped the person: "Hey, little girl, do you have any morals? Who are you trying to scare by bringing such a big dog? Look at my grandson crying! If you can't see, don't go out. You're still taking the car and causing trouble to the society!"
Xia Quan trembled, pursed his lips, and said nothing.
Lin Qingle looked at the old man in front of him in disbelief, shaking with anger!
The guests sitting in the back were watching, some were enjoying the fun, while others showed impatient looks.
Lin Qingle glanced at Xia Quan and felt a pang of discomfort in his heart. Why can't blind people go out? Why can't they take the bus? The country doesn't have such regulations. Why does this person say that!
"Who told us that we can't go out like this? We just want to take a ride! Get out of the way." Lin Qingle was so angry that he stopped the old man in front of him.
She didn't use much force in her embrace, but the old man seemed to be pushed hard by her and sat on the ground.
"Oh, you pushed me! You are such a lawless young man! I am afraid because my grandson is afraid, and also because I can't bring this dog with me! You insisted on coming up, and you pushed me!"
"You? I didn't—"
The driver looked embarrassed. It was not a good idea for the car to be stuck here. He turned around and said, "Little girl, you should get off first. I still have to drive this car."
"Master, I'll show you my ID!"
"But the dog's ID... How about you take the next one, the next one?"
Lin Qingle: “…”
The old man's scoundrel-like accusations, the crying of the children, the driver's persuasion... there was a noise in my ears.
Xia Quan pulled Lin Qingle's arm and whispered, "Sister, forget it, I won't sit down."
Lin Qingle turned around and looked at Xia Quan. The boy had a blank look in his eyes and his hand that was holding her arm was shaking a little: "Xiao Quan..."
"It's okay, let's go." Xia Quan turned around, "Yangyang, let's get off the car."
The old man was still wailing about being pushed. Lin Qingle looked at Xia Quan's back and his heart instantly sank.
"As you wish, we'll get off. You don't have to pretend, get up."
Old man: "What are you pretending for?! Who are you saying is pretending? You pushed me and you are still so rude. Is there any law-"
The car door was closed, and the old man's noisy voice was isolated inside.
Lin Qingle stood in front of the platform and heard the bus slowly start to leave. She did not look back, but just stared at the silent boy in front of her.
The boy groped his way and sat on the seat on the platform, then touched Yangyang's head.
Yangyang's condition was not very good either. He was a little depressed after being excluded by the people in the car, but he was in better condition than Xiaoyou, whom she had taken care of before. The last time Xiaoyou returned to the base, it took several days of comfort before he recovered.
Lin Qingle took a deep breath, adjusted his mood, and then soothed him: "Xiaoquan, not every bus is like this. We have taken guide dogs on many kinds of transportation before, and they are all OK-"
"Sister, people like us really bring a lot of trouble to others when we travel, right?" Xia Quan interrupted her.
Lin Qingle was startled: "No..."
"I won't sit down anymore in the future."
Lin Qingle: "It's really rare. They just lack the knowledge in this area. Actually..."
"It's better not to. If it was Esther who was next to me, she would be scared. I would also feel embarrassed." Xia Quan smiled faintly, "Fortunately, you are here today, sister, so I don't feel much pressure."
Lin Qingle opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but his nose felt sore and he didn't know how to comfort himself.
At this time, the cell phone rang.
Lin Qingle glanced and saw that it was Xu Tingbai: "Xiaoquan, I have a call, you sit here first."
"Um."
Lin Qingle stood up and walked away before answering the phone.
"I've been waiting for a long time, why haven't you come back yet?" Xu Tingbai's voice came from the other side of the receiver.
When Lin Qingle heard his voice, he could no longer maintain the calmness he had just maintained beside Xia Quan: "Xu Tingbai, come and pick us up..."
Her voice was muffled, with obvious grievance.
Xu Tingbai was startled: "What's wrong? Where are you?"
"It's at the bus stop at intersection 12."
Xu Tingbai: "Wait for me, I'll be there soon!"
"Um… "
This place is not far from the community, and the driving distance is only about ten minutes.
Xu Tingbai arrived quickly and parked the car in front of the platform.
Lin Qingle helped Xia Quan and Yang Yang get into the back seat, and he himself sat in the passenger seat.
Xu Tingbai was relieved to see that both of them were fine, but it was obvious that both of them were in a very low mood.
Seeing that Xu Tingbai wanted to ask something, Lin Qingle mouthed: I’ll tell you later.
Xu Tingbai nodded, didn't ask any more questions, and drove back home.
After sending Koizumi home, the two returned to Xu Tingbai's house.
As soon as she entered the door, Lin Qingle threw herself into Xu Tingbai's arms. Xu Tingbai was slightly startled, but soon held her in his arms.
"What happened just now?"
Lin Qingle hugged his waist tightly and said sullenly: "I'm so angry..."
"You talk, I listen."
Lin Qingle buried his head in his chest and was silent for a long time before he told him what happened outside today.
"Xiaoquan just wanted to be like a normal person and go out with Yi Si on his birthday. He just wanted to learn how to ride a car, but he couldn't do it." Lin Qingle said, "I felt sad when I saw how helpless he was when that person said that! And Yangyang, he is a guide dog, not a pet dog, why can't he get on!"
Xu Tingbai touched her head and said, "That old man is indeed overbearing."
"Yeah... I told us to sit in the back so as not to disturb them, but he still refused and said that to Koizumi."
Xu Tingbai sighed: "The popularity of guide dogs is too low. Many older people don't even know about it."
"Yeah... I know, but given the situation at the time, I really couldn't help but get angry."
"Yes, I understand." Xu Tingbai asked, "Are you okay? He said you pushed him, but he didn't do anything to you."
"No, I got off the car later and ignored him..." Lin Qingle looked up at him, "I'm fine. I've encountered this kind of situation before, and it happened to Xiaoquan today. He must have been very hurt when he heard those words."
The person in his arms had red eyes. Xu Tingbai felt so distressed and regretted very much that he did not insist on going over when he called her.
If he had been there, this wouldn't have been the case.
Xu Tingbai frowned and soothed him, "I'll tell Xia Tan later and ask him to check on Xiaoquan's mood. Don't worry, it's okay. As for that matter, I'll think of a way."
"What do you want to do?"
"The issue of guide dogs, in the final analysis, is that people know too little about them."
"Um… "
"I'll take care of this, don't feel bad." Xu Tingbai held her face and rubbed it, then asked, "Were you crying outside just now?"
Lin Qingle sniffed: "No, I didn't cry."
"Then why are your eyes so red?"
Lin Qingle turned his head away: "That's not crying."
Xu Tingbai kissed her on the lips distressedly: "Fortunately you didn't cry, otherwise..."
"Otherwise what."
"Otherwise I'll go grab that old man and come over to apologize to you."
Lin Qingle stared at him for two seconds and couldn't help laughing, "You even pulled me over to apologize... It's good enough that you don't turn the tables and let others accuse you of bullying an old man."
"Do you think I'm so easy to be blamed for something?"
Lin Qingle snorted softly: "Isn't it."
Xu Tingbai tapped her forehead and said, "You are the only one in this world who can defeat me. Don't even think about it."