Ma Yangyang's home is only ten minutes away from No. 3 Middle School, but Ma Yangyang doesn't ride a bicycle when it rains.
It was not raining that day. Ma Yangyang had just got off the bus. Before he could hold an umbrella, he looked up and saw Xie Tian buying milk and ham at the newsstand next to the station.
When Ma Yangyang saw that he didn't have an umbrella and was still debating whether to step forward, he turned around and walked away.
Ma Yangyang didn't think too much and immediately opened his umbrella and followed him. Xie Tian stopped when he reached a small bush not far away.
There was a gray umbrella placed where Xie Tian stopped. As soon as Xie Tian walked over, he saw a mess of dirty things coming out.
Xie Tian reached out and touched the head of the thing. The thing made a small whine, and Ma Yangyang realized that it was a puppy.
Such a dirty little guy looked like a homeless stray dog at first glance. Ma Yangyang was immediately overflowing with sympathy. He just didn't expect that someone like Xie Tian, who never looked sideways when walking, would pay attention to the little stray dog on the road. .
The puppy whined after finishing the ham that Xie Tian tore off for him, and then leaned over and licked Xie Tian's hand. Xie Tian touched his head, his eyes were gentle, but his expression was very sad.
"I'll take you to get bandaged after eating." There was no chill in his voice.
Ma Yangyang's heart twitched when he heard it. He could hear the helplessness in Xie Tian's words.
Ma Yangyang clenched the handle of the umbrella in his hand and walked over to cover the rain falling on Xie Tian.
Xie Tian looked up and saw Ma Yangyang looking down at him with his lips pursed, and said in surprise: "Ma Yangyang?"
Ma Yangyang smiled slightly, "I saw you came over without an umbrella. It turns out you gave him your umbrella."
Xie Tianwei nodded invisibly, then turned to feed the puppy.
"I just heard you said you wanted to take it to be bandaged. Is it injured?"
Xie Tian was silent for a while and then said: "The left leg is injured."
Ma Yangyang also squatted down and moved the umbrella towards Xie Tian. When the puppy saw someone approaching, it first stepped back. After seeing Ma Yangyang, it climbed out again and made a purring sound. Yangyang stretched out his hand to touch it, and the little guy rubbed it against his palm.
Ma Yangyang was happy: "This little guy seems to like me quite a lot."
"Yeah." Xie Tian snorted softly and went to tear open the milk carton again.
Ma Yangyang said this casually, but he didn't expect to get a response from Xie Tian, and he immediately became even happier.
Xie Tian looked at the silly people around him and didn't know how this person could be so happy every day, as if nothing could bother him.
Ma Yangyang felt a little embarrassed by him and said hurriedly: "Class is about to start, we have to take it to the hospital as soon as possible."
In fact, there are still more than forty minutes before class. It will definitely take a lot of time to get the puppy bandaged and so on, so he will definitely be late.
No. 3 Middle School is particularly strict about late arrivals and early departures. Every week, there will be a blacklist specifically announcing late arrivals and early departures.
Xie Tian frowned, "I'll just take him there."
Ma Yangyang said: "Do you know where there is a veterinary hospital?"
Xie Tian shook his head.
"There is a home over by the back door of the school, but it's in the alley. Let me take you there." Ma Yangyang looked at Xie Tian with rare persistence in his eyes.
The back door of No. 3 Middle School is a large closed iron door that is basically not open all year round. Many students don’t know what’s going on over there, let alone Xie Tian, who just came to City D from City A.
Seeing that Xie Tian still refused, Ma Yangyang said, "And what should I do after bandaging it? Can you keep a dog at your house?"
Xie Tian was also worried about this matter. He and his grandmother were the only two people at home. His grandmother was not in good health and her temper was similar to her health. It was impossible to raise a dog.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Ma Yangyang guessed it. He tilted his head and said, "I can take him back to raise him. If you want him, you can come to my house to see him."
Xie Tian seemed a little moved, but his brows furrowed. Seeing that he was relaxed, Ma Yangyang hurriedly said, "Then do you have to take me with you?"
Xie Tian looked at him and then looked down at the puppy. The puppy didn't know that the two were discussing. After eating and licking the milk for a while, it opened its big eyes and tilted its head to look at the two of them.
Ma Yangyang put the umbrella into Xie Tian's hand, took the puppy into his arms, and said to the sluggish Xie Tian, "Now the hostage is in my hand. Take your umbrella and follow me."
Xie Tian closed the umbrella with one hand. Ma Yangyang was already holding the puppy and was about to leave. Xie Tian quickly moved the umbrella in front of him. Ma Yangyang saw that most of his body was outside and sighed: "Forget it, let's hold an umbrella each." He said and went to get the umbrella that Xie Tian had collected.
Xie Tian hurriedly handed him his umbrella, then opened his own umbrella and reached out to hug the puppy.
"You are all wet. Don't let the puppy catch a cold. Let me hold it." After that, he hugged the puppy and left.
Xie Tian quickly followed.
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The veterinary hospital that Ma Yangyang mentioned is in the community behind the school. It's so close that you can even see Ma Yangyang's classroom, but you have to go around in a circle to get there.
The owner of the veterinary hospital was an uncle in his fifties, and he seemed to be quite familiar with Ma Yangyang. When he saw Ma Yangyang coming in with the dog in his arms, he smiled and said, "Yangyang is here? Is Qiuqiu sick again?" ?”
Ma Yangyang shook his head, "Hello Dr. Wang, thank you for your concern. Qiuqiu is doing well recently. This is a puppy my classmate picked up on the road. Please take a look at it."
Doctor Wang quickly put the puppy on the table, and then asked the young man who was helping in the store to get the tools. When he turned around, he saw Ma Yangyang and Xie Tian standing there half wet, and hurriedly went to get it. Sexy towels and hair dryers were given to them.
Ma Yangyang hurriedly handed the hair dryer to Xie Tian, but Xie Tian refused to take it, "You use it first."
Ma Yangyang said: "You are more wet, so you can use it."
Xie Tian didn't answer and just wiped his body with the towel. Seeing him like this, Ma Yangyang didn't say much, just plugged in the electricity and blew on Xie Tian's wettest back.
Xie Tian hurriedly turned around to look at him and saw Ma Yangyang smiling at him with a proud face. Xie Tian was confused again. Didn't this boy walk away timidly when he saw him yesterday? Why does he seem like a different person today
Seeing Xie Tian staring at him again, Ma Yangyang felt a little embarrassed and said quickly, "Look what I'm doing. My shoulders are still wet. Wipe them off quickly."
Xie Tian also knew that he would not be obedient and blow it on himself first, so he had to take the hair dryer and said, "I'll do it myself, and you can do it too."
Ma Yangyang grinned and handed over the hair dryer.
Dr. Wang, who came over with ginger tea, saw the two of them like this, and sighed with a smile: "You young people are better!" I don't know what he meant about young people.
The two of them thanked Dr. Wang and felt a lot better after a cup of ginger tea. Dr. Wang went to bandage the puppy. When they saw that the puppy was almost dry, they followed him into the treatment room.
The puppy's wound was not very deep, but it was infected due to being caught in the rain. They had to give it an injection first and then observe it. After some thought, the two decided to put the puppy in foster care first.
When Dr. Wang saw that it was getting late, he hurriedly urged the two of them to go to school. Xie Tian was a little worried at first, but Ma Yangyang especially trusted Dr. Wang, so Xie Tian didn't say anything else.
When the two of them left, the puppy seemed to think that it was about to be abandoned and barked.
Ma Yangyang hurriedly ran back and touched his head, "Good boy, you can take a good rest here. My brother will come to see you after school."
Xie Tian heard him telling the dog that he was his brother, and couldn't help but glance at him. The boy's eyebrows were curved, and his little face facing the dog was quite cute.
Xie Tian also reached out and touched the puppy. Ma Yangyang looked back at him and said to the dog, "Brother Xie Tian will also come to see you. You should get well soon."
The puppy whined again. Ma Yangyang stood up and said to Xie Tian, "It said it knows and it will be very good. Let's go."
Xie Tian: ...
Dr. Wang was used to it and said to Xie Tian: "Don't worry, go to class quickly. If you don't leave, you will be late."
Ma Yangyang then raised his head and looked at the wall clock on the wall. There were still six or seven minutes left for class. He hurriedly shouted: "Doctor Wang, I'll come and settle the bill with you in the afternoon. Let's go first." Seeing that Xie Tian was still there. In slow motion, he hurriedly went over and gave me a hand, "Run quickly."
Xie Tian was staggered by him. He still remembered to get the umbrella in the bucket at the door, but when he went out, he found that it had stopped raining.
Ma Yangyang ran ahead and shouted back to him: "Xie Tian, hurry up, you will be blacklisted if you are late!!!"
Seeing him like that, Xie Tian couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips and chase after him.
He hadn't laughed for a long time, and he no longer remembered what it felt like to run freely. The moment he started running, he suddenly felt that the weight on his body was much lighter. He ran faster and faster, and even felt like flying. The illusion of getting up.
Ma Yangyang, who was left behind by him, couldn't help shouting again: "Oh my God, why are you running so fast? Wait for me!"
Only then did Xie Tian realize that he was running so selflessly that he actually left Ma Yangyang behind. The boy seemed a little tired from running. His fluffy hair undulated slightly with his beating, and there was only one poke at his stubborn little hair. Standing above him, unyielding!