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Xie Huai walked out of the bathroom without daring to stay for a moment, thinking that he had lost face today.
In order to prevent Jiang Xu from noticing his embarrassment, Xie Huai had to pretend to walk to the entrance calmly and then change his shoes.
"I'm going home first." After saying that, Xie Huai pushed open the door at the entrance and ran out without even looking at Jiang Xu.
With a light "bang" sound, Xie Huai's figure was isolated outside the door.
Jiang Xu smiled softly, took out his cell phone and sent a message to Xie Huai.
Jiang Xu: Don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone else.
Xie Huai felt a little embarrassed and annoyed, but he was not angry at Jiang Xu, but at himself.
Xie Huai replied to Jiang Xu after he got out of the elevator: Thank you
After all, today's incident was his own fault.
Jiang Xu: You’re welcome. Just remember to repay me later.
Unconsciously, Xie Huai thought of the joke he made with Jiang Xu that time. He asked her to marry him, and Jiang Xu actually nodded.
Xie Huai laughed as he thought about it, and he typed a reply to Jiang Xu: I won’t give myself to you anyway.
Jiang Xu: ... I didn’t expect you to pledge yourself to me.
Xie Huai: Yeah, yeah, you’re the best.
I don't know who nodded at that time.
Xie Huai was not sure what the relationship between him and Jiang Xu was now. He was indeed attracted to Jiang Xu, but that was all. He had no other thoughts, and he didn't know what Jiang Xu was thinking.
Let’s just leave it this way for now.
When he got home, Xie Huai saw little Huaihuai lying in his nest and sleeping.
Xiao Huaihuai is the little black dog. Xie Huai really didn’t know what to name it, so he just called it Xiao Huaihuai.
Little Huaihuai is still young and can't eat too much. Xie Huai walked over and looked at the small bowl next to the nest. There was still a lot of goat milk left in it. It was no longer drinkable at this time, so Xie Huai had to pour it out.
By the time he finished his shower and went to bed, it was already eleven o'clock. He turned off the lights and the whole room became dark. After a while, the only sound in the room was Xie Huai's even breathing.
The next day, Xie Huai was woken up by Ms. Zhao Li.
"Huai Huai, come out for breakfast."
"Yeah." He responded.
Xie Huai sat up slowly and wanted to stretch, but his hands were sore and painful that he couldn't use any strength, so he had to give up. Today is Mid-Autumn Festival, and he remembered that his mother told him that they would go to his uncle's house to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival today.
After Xie Huai changed his clothes, he opened the bedroom door and walked out. He saw his mother, Ms. Zhao Li, smiling and holding little Huai Huai in her arms, playing with it.
Zhao Li kept smiling, and she asked Xie Huai: "Huai Huai, is this the puppy you picked up?"
Xie Huai walked over and touched little Huai Huai's head. He nodded and said, "Well, it looks pretty well behaved, so I brought it back."
"Are you sure it was left behind and not lost?" Zhao Li looked at Xie Huai with some surprise and asked, "Don't you dislike small animals?"
Xie Huai first answered Zhao Li's first question: "The security guard said that it was carried there by its mother, and its mother didn't come back after staying there for a few days."
Zhao Li looked at the little cutie in her arms with even more affection: "Ah..."
"Also, it's not a small animal." Xie Huai said suddenly.
Zhao Li smiled and looked at her son: "Then tell mom what this is?"
Xie Huai spoke seriously: "My son."
Zhao Li: “…”
"Wow, I'm not even 40 years old yet, and I already have grandchildren?" Mr. Xie, who had been sitting on the sofa reading the newspaper without saying a word, suddenly laughed.
Zhao Li also laughed: "Have you named your son?"
Xie Huai: "Little Huai Huai."
Zhao Li got goose bumps all over her body. She looked at her son who was 20 centimeters taller than her and wondered why he gave his puppy such a corny name when he was almost 18 years old.
Still young Huaihuai, eh.
Seeing his mom and dad being shocked, Xie Huai was immediately satisfied.
I also posted a message on WeChat Moments.
—My son, Xiao Huaihuai.
The accompanying picture shows a little black dog sleeping soundly in its nest.
After breakfast, Xie Huai found that his cell phone was ringing all the time. He guessed it was the class chat again. He picked up the phone, opened it and took a look, and thought to himself that his guess was right.
Everyone was sending Mid-Autumn Festival greetings, so Xie Huai just sent a "Happy Mid-Autumn Festival" and then left.
Xie Huai has relatively few WeChat friends, only a few relatives, and the rest are almost all classmates.
Many people sent him messages wishing him a Happy Mid-Autumn Festival. Xie Huai replied one by one with a single “Happy Mid-Autumn Festival” before he realized that WeChat has a group messaging function…
Xie Huai kept flipping back to the last message and finally saw the one Jiang Xu sent him.
A message sent at exactly midnight: "Xie Huai, happy Mid-Autumn Festival".
Xie Huai's heart skipped a beat. He opened the dialog box with Jiang Xu and typed, "Jiang Xu, happy Mid-Autumn Festival."
Then click Send.
In fact, he didn't have many conversations with Jiang Xu on the phone before. Even if he were to scroll through them now, it would probably take only a few seconds to scroll to the top.
Firstly, it was because Xie Huai didn’t use WeChat very often, and secondly, it was because he and Jiang Xu had nothing to talk about.
Xie Huai slowly flipped through the pages and discovered that Jiang Xu would send him a blessing on every holiday, all at midnight.
Including Xie Huai’s birthday.
If it was just a holiday blessing, Xie Huai wouldn't think there would be anything wrong, but the birthday blessing was sent to him so punctually, it was really hard for Xie Huai not to think too much.
When he was distracted, his cell phone rang again. It was a message from Jiang Xu.
Jiang Xu: How about a Mid-Autumn Festival gift
Xie Huai: Yes.
Jiang Xu: Go downstairs.
After saying that, he opened the door and rushed out.
"If you don't know, you would think that his girlfriend came to bring him a gift. He looks so happy." Zhao Li held little Huaihuai in her arms, watched Xie Huai's figure disappear before her eyes, shook her head and sighed.
Jiang Xu was standing next to a lounge chair not far below, and Xie Huai saw him as soon as he walked out of the elevator.
Jiang Xu took his eyes off the phone, raised them, and stood still looking at Xie Huai.
Xie Huai walked over and stood in front of him and asked, "Why are you here?"
"Mid-Autumn Festival gift." Jiang Xu handed the thing in his hand to Xie Huai.
Xie Huai reached out and took it. He said in a low voice: "What is it?"
"You can go home and take a look at it yourself later." Jiang Xu didn't tell him directly what was inside. "I just don't know if you still like it after such a long time."
What is so mysterious? Xie Huai wondered.
Jiang Xu took a look at Xie Huai's clothes and asked, "Are you going out today?"
"Yes," Xie Huai nodded, "I'm going to my uncle's house."
"Where's Xiao Huaihuai?" Jiang Xu thought of the circle of friends that Xie Huai posted in the morning, and suddenly chuckled.
This name sounds really weird coming from Jiang Xu's mouth.
From this tone, Xie Huai always felt that Jiang Xu was not calling the little black dog's name, but rather calling him.
Xie Huai was silent for a few seconds before he said, "Just add some goat milk to it. I have to be back in the evening anyway."
"Give it to me." Jiang Xu said.
Xie Huai was surprised: "Are you really going to help me take care of it?"
"Well, I'm alone at home anyway, and it's boring." Jiang Xu said in a flat tone.
It sounds a bit lonely.
It would be nice to take care of Jiang Xu for a day.
"Okay, I'll go upstairs and get it down. Wait for me." Xie Huai said as he prepared to go upstairs.
Jiang Xu held Xie Huai's hand, and Xie Huai turned around and looked at Jiang Xu.
"Huh? What's wrong?" Xie Huai asked puzzledly.
"No need," Jiang Xu said, "I'll go up with you."
Zhao Li was teasing little Huaihuai when she heard the sound of the door opening. She looked over and found that in addition to her son, there was another boy standing at the door.
He's fair-skinned and handsome, but he doesn't look easy to get along with.
"Hey? Are you Huaihuai's classmate?" Father Xie looked at Xie Huai, then at Jiang Xu, and finally his eyes fell on the boy his son brought back.
"Well, hello uncle and aunt, my name is Jiang Xu." Jiang Xu greeted them politely.
Zhao Li likes this kind of polite child and has a good first impression of him.
"Mom, he heard that we were not at home today, so he took the initiative to offer to help me take care of my son." Xie Huai explained.
After hearing this, Zhao Li's favorability towards Jiang Xu increased greatly. She thought that a student who could achieve this level was already very good.
So Zhao Li handed the little Huai Huai in her hand to Jiang Xu and said with a smile: "Then I'll leave it to you, Jiang?"
Jiang Xu looked at Xie Huai and said, "Okay, I'll take good care of... Xiao Huai Huai, don't worry, auntie."
He also deliberately emphasized the three words "Xiao Huaihuai".
Xie Huai heard it.
But Jiang Xu, why do you say that
While he was in a trance, Jiang Xu had already left with little Huaihuai in his arms.
When he got home, Jiang Xu saw that many relatives had arrived. His parents were chatting with those relatives and it seemed like they were having a good time.
Although the living room was not full, how could it look like no one was home?
Jiang Xu closed the door. The sound attracted the attention of his relatives, and his parents also looked at him.
"My nephew is this tall now?"
“It looks a lot taller than last year.”
"You've become more handsome again."
Only Jiang Xu's parents noticed the little thing in Jiang Xu's arms.
"Xiao Xu, why did you bring one back after going out?" Jiang's mother asked.
"Whose puppy is this? It looks very well behaved." Father Jiang asked immediately.
"My classmate's son and I are good-looking because of us."
Jiang Xu's serious answer made the entire living room quiet in an instant, and then burst into laughter.
Jiang's mother understood immediately and said with a smile, "You and your classmate picked it up together, right?"
Jiang Xu: “Yeah.”
Little Huaihuai in Jiang Xu's arms seemed to be unused to so many people. He arched his back uneasily in Jiang Xu's arms for a few times. Jiang Xu greeted the relatives one by one and then carried little Huaihuai back to the bedroom.
Xie Huai was sitting at the desk in his bedroom, on which was placed the Mid-Autumn Festival gift that Jiang Xu had given him.
Xie Huai opened the box and was stunned when he saw what was inside.
It is an annual pass for a large amusement park.
There was also a note below: Come find me when you want to go, I will accompany you.
When he was in the first grade of junior high school, the place he wanted to go most was the amusement park, but he had never been there once because his parents were very busy and there was no one to accompany him, so what he wanted most at that time was to go to the amusement park once.
Until now, he still has never been there once. It’s not that there is no one to accompany him, but that even he has forgotten about it.
Xie Huai's eyes instantly turned red. He didn't expect that someone would still remember what he said.
He now understood what Jiang Xu meant.
"I just don't know if you still like it after all this time."
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(End of this chapter)