"Dongdong, come and see how this place is." Hai Ruo sat cross-legged on the sofa, poking the tablet in her hand. This year, after listening to the recommendation of one of her colleagues, she went with a pair of radiation-proof flat mirrors. The thin silver-rimmed eyes were clipped on the straight and straight bridge of the nose, adding an intellectual beauty.
She sometimes curls her long hair slightly with a curling iron to make her look more mature. Hearing her question, Dongdong jumped onto her knees gently, nestled in her curled legs, and followed.
They are picking places to travel this year.
This is considered a reserved project at home. The schedule of liberal arts professors is not like those of science and engineering. Once the experiment is started, it will be endless. Now is the end of winter vacation, and the new book has already started to think about it. Friends have gathered a few times to discuss the name of their future godson happily. My aunt has been idle this year and said that she wants to find a place to relax with them. a bit.
"So, how about we go to the hot spring." Looking at a recommendation on the forum, Hai Ruo stared at Dongdong with bright eyes.
Dongdong thought silently about Hai Ruo soaking in the hot spring with a big bath towel, blushing under the steam.
He swallowed silently.
It was a rare thing for them to be alone in the afternoon without anyone disturbing them, and neither of them wanted to go out, so they stayed in a warm and lively room, listening to music, and planning a trip in a few days.
It doesn't get more perfect than this.
So at this time, it was too embarrassing to be restless. Dongdong (Chu Chengyu) used up his dying strength to get himself out of the toilet, rubbed on his special thick towel, and rolled. It is time to cleanse the body.
In the past few years, he has basically done this with uncontrollable impulses. Fortunately, his self-discipline is still good, and he is less impulsive.
It's just that when he is unconsciously tempted by Hai Ruo, he is a little... uncontrollable.
He wasn't the only one who couldn't control it. The woman named Xu Jing was staring at her, so he couldn't help but be vigilant.
Time flies so fast, Xu Jing was in the first grade when she just came back from the exchange, and now she is about to graduate. She revises and revises her own graduation thesis all day long. From time to time, she uses this and other excuses to entangle Hai Ruo. , he watched coldly from the side, he really couldn't get in the way any more.
However, he was sure that Hai Ruo still put him first.
After a heavy rain last year, he fell ill with a small illness. He caught a cold and almost got pneumonia. In the end, Hai Ruo suffered the most. Since then, she has almost never been separated from him, and she has basically taken him to class. She eats at home. Otherwise, she will find a restaurant that can bring pets. When she has to go out by herself, she will reassure:
I won't leave you, I'm just going out for a while, I swear.
Going on like this, Dongdong almost felt like he was going to be drowned by this solid sense of security.
Many people smiled and asked Hai Ruo, "You spoil your kitten so much, your future husband will be jealous."
Hai Ruo would always answer with a smile, "It's enough to have him, I won't change any good men."
Even Xu Jing sometimes goes mad with jealousy, and asks her in a bad tone, "What are you doing to this cat? Even family members don't stick together like this every day. What's more," she later said. His voice was a little low due to embarrassment, "Aren't you... not afraid that your future significant other will be jealous?"
At that time, Dongdong lay meekly on Hairuo's lap, letting her draw circles on his belly.
"As I said, he is my only family member other than my aunt, and I want to be with my family all the time," Hai Ruo said jokingly, "If Dongdong suddenly changes one day. I'm an adult, then I'll marry him, anyway, we've lived together for six years, which is very convenient."
At that time, Chu Chengyu seemed to have been hit on the head by a meteor, and in a flash he realized that the meteor was entirely made of diamonds, and the joy that fell from the sky completely blinded him.
That night, after Xu Jing returned with a negative HP, Dongdong jumped onto Hairuo's bed and offered to sleep with her. In winter, Dongdong's body temperature was like a stove, and Hairuo liked it very much.
But that day, listening to Hai Ruo's slow heartbeat, Dong Dong couldn't fall asleep for a long time.
He was shaking with excitement.
"Aunt, come pick us up the day after tomorrow... um... yes, it only takes three hours to drive there. It was developed in a small town nearby. I have a colleague who has been there and said the environment is very good... um, pay attention to safety, I am here. Just book a room, auntie bye."
Dongdong recovered from her past memories and saw Hai Ruo's shining eyes and the cute gesture of OK.
Hot spring, in his so-called life, this kind of pure relaxation has never happened once.
Sometimes in retrospect, he always wondered how his life could be so boring and bad.
Fortunately, despite being a cat in this life, he was redeemed.
Packing up, early in the morning on the third day, the two of them sat in the domineering SUV driven by their aunt and happily ran to the hot spring filled with milky white mist.
Aunt Haixiang is a very beautiful woman, but in her fifties, she just shows a long-lasting charm that has been polished by time. Unlike Hai Ruo's obvious ancient bookish style, her aunt's appearance is very Western, with burgundy curly hair, gorgeous red lips, delicate eyeliner and carefully trimmed eyebrows, but all of them show this woman's domineering. .
Sometimes Dongdong felt that his aunt gave him a familiar feeling, which he attributed to the similarity of the two women.
The trip to the hot springs didn't say anything at all. The two and one cat enjoyed a rare happy time. Even Hai Ruo drank the dry white that he was not used to, and was so cute when he was drunk and hugged Dongdong and said some silly things.
"Dongdong, you are so handsome. The first time I saw you, I thought you were handsome."
"According to the current words, how can I still look handsome if I can't close my legs?"
"It's a pity. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, animals were not allowed to become sperm. This is a huge loss. Do you think so, eh?"
At the end of the three-day journey, they all went back to their respective places. This evening, when Hai Ruo pulled the small suitcase and Dong Dong upstairs to open the door, she found a person wrapped in a big black down jacket squatting at their house. in front of the door.
The man raised his head - it was Xu Jing.
"What's the matter, what happened?" Hai Ruo quickly stepped forward and pulled Xu Jing up, probably because of the numbness in her legs. Xu Jing held Hai Ruo's hand while holding the door frame. , stood up tremblingly.
"Where have you been?" As soon as she opened her mouth, she was a little hoarse.
"I'm going on a trip." Hai Ruo said in confusion, "Shouldn't you be at home now? It's still a week before school starts. What are you doing here so early?"
I came to you, Xu Jing opened his mouth, but did not speak.
She didn't say that she came here at noon yesterday; she didn't say that she called her a lot; she didn't say that she waited here yesterday until the lights went out and almost fell asleep here before going back. This morning at six Came over a little later.
She's really stupid, isn't she, but people in love may be that stupid.
Xu Jing opened his mouth again and laughed slyly.
After entering the house, Hai Ruo took the time to cook something for Xu Jing, made a bowl of batter mixed with chopped green onion and baked pancakes, a few ready-made side dishes, and then the spicy smell of ginger overflowed in the kitchen.
It was the ginger soup for her to ward off the cold. Thinking of this, Xu Jing snorted and laughed.
Dongdong was lying on another sofa far away from her as usual, her ears moved. Unlike usual, there was no such sparkling atmosphere unfolding in their one-man-cat rivalry.
Xu Jing was sensitively aware that something was unusual, but she didn't know what was unusual, so she swallowed the last piece of pancake in a big mouth, she stuck out her tongue and licked her fingertips.
Today, Xu Jing is staying here. There is a single bed in the study. She has slept here many times. She also has slippers, pajamas, and toiletries. Whenever she sees her belongings occupying Hai Ruo's room, she will feel weird. excited.
"By the way, according to your grades, you should be able to answer and graduate early." Hai Ruo asked her in her pajamas.
"Well, probably." Sitting on the bed, Xu Jing replied indifferently, "It doesn't matter, I'll talk about it in June this year."
"That's not the case." Hai Ruo took out a document from the drawer, "It's like this, a professor has learned about your situation and appreciated you. There will be an exchange meeting in City T two months later, Mainly for your graduate students..."
Listening and listening, Xu Jing was a little sleepy, rubbed his eyes, and upon seeing this, Hai Ruo stopped the conversation, "Go to sleep first, we'll talk about it tomorrow."
Xu Jing saw the black cat of Hai Ruo's house muttering a few times at the door as if to greet him, and narrowed his eyes unhappily.
It seems that this stinky cat sleeps in the same bed with Hai Ruo.
Ah, so bad, tonight... let's go to the night attack.
I don't know if Hai Ruo's delicate care for her gave her courage. After midnight, she really hugged the pillow and went to the master bedroom, just to see Dong Dong lying beside Hai Ruo's cheek, thoughtful. looking at her.
The moonlight shone down and shone on his round eyes... a little strange.
Xu Jing encouraged himself in his heart, no matter how smart he is, he will not become a fine, not afraid, not afraid, how can he confess to his rival in love!
To his surprise, Dongdong actually jumped out of the bed on his own initiative, and his delicate figure swept out a silhouette under the almost pale light. When they reached the door of the bedroom, they stood on both sides and faced each other for a while.
I don't know if it was an illusion, but what Xu Jing saw in his eyes was... melancholy... and pity.
After that, Dongdong walked out and jumped onto the sofa in the living room.
Xu Jing didn't think too much. At this time, his eyes were full of Hai Ruo's cute sleeping posture. Rolling herself carefully into Hai Ruo's quilt, she quietly picked up a handful of Hai Ruo's loose long hair.
He squeezed it loosely into his hand, unable to restrain himself from smiling.
She has thought about the situation of sharing the bed with Hai Ruo countless times, thinking about the countless moments of living with Hai Ruo in the future, and even she has thought about whether to adopt a child or not, and they will be together when they are old. look.
Thinking about it, she sank into the black sweet village.
The next morning, the sun was shining through the gaps in the curtains. Xu Jing rubbed his eyes and woke up. He looked at the extra stack of paper on the bedside.
Hai Ruo and Dong Dong came back from buying breakfast, and when they opened the door, they found Xu Jing sitting on the sofa, sniffling, and her eyes were red. When they saw Hai Ruo, they wiped away the tears with their sleeves.
"Why, why don't you want me anymore." Xu Jing choked.
Hai Ruo frowned and thought for a while.
"Do you mean that I recommend you to go to Professor Wu? He is a recognized scholar of Chinese studies, and his research interests are the same as yours. Didn't you say you wanted to continue your studies before... Well, you don't want to go to him?"
"I...want to be with you." Xu Jing didn't know how much courage he mustered to say these words, only that he seemed to be having trouble breathing, his face was hot, and he must have been red to death. .
"But I haven't been able to take a doctoral student for the time being," Hai Ruoxian said with a sigh of relief, "I know Professor Wu, whose personality and academics are all first-class, and I will definitely learn a lot with him..."
"No," Xu Jing raised his eyes, his brain was congested, "I said that I want to be with you, always with you, forever."
…
Hai Ruo was speechless in shock.
"I like you, I like you very much, and I fell in love with you the first time I saw you. I want to live with you, and I want to be the closest person to you. No one can compare to the most loved and closest person. I... I love you." She said more and more vigorously, getting excited.
"Are you... joking?" Hai Ruo subconsciously put down the porridge in her hand and hugged Dong Dong, as if he could give her support and comfort.
"No." Xu Jing's answer was firm.
Hai Ruo took a deep breath, how could she have imagined that such a thing would still happen.
Her students, schoolgirls! I fell in love with her as a teacher!
"If this is a confession, I won't accept it." After a long time, the dignified atmosphere in the air was about to settle, and Hai Ruo just spoke, her voice dry, "You are still too young, and it is normal to be confused for a while. In a few years, after you have matured emotionally, and looking back, it may not feel that way."
"However, no matter what I say, this... I still can't accept it, and it's not discriminatory... In fact, I know a couple of such gentlemen, and they are doing well, and I support them." , she felt that the incomparably tame words she used to control in the past were so pale and weak, and she said some incoherent words.
"This, I just want to say," Hai Ruo thought for a while, then raised her head and looked directly at Xu Jing's face that was about to cry, "I know very well that I regard you as a student, a junior, and a friend, but there is absolutely no way of this. Including other emotions."
Hai Ruo's expression was gentle but firm. She watched Xu Jing's tears fall, but she did not step forward to comfort her.
She knew it was the best way to do it.
"It's a pity that I don't love you."
She said this, firmly rejecting it.
Dongdong held her arms tightly in her arms, giving her all the support and comfort he could give her.
Xu Jing looked at the woman opposite her and her cat, snuggling together in the way she was most familiar, and suddenly felt that it had never been so dazzling.
She had imagined the so-called happy moment thousands of times, but at this moment there were only fragmented fragments, the clearest of which was last summer, on the bicycle, Hai Ruo hugged her waist tightly, in the breeze The wheels turn, wanting to go to an endless destination.
And the other, it was the taste of last night's dinner... never again, right.
Xu Jing left, sad and free and easy, and even the smile was forced to show to Hai Ruo. She successfully completed her defense and went to do research with Professor Wu according to Hai Ruo's idea.
Before leaving, she squatted in front of Dongdong and observed this incredible black cat carefully for the first time.
"Take good care of her, stay with her, love her well." She said so, turning around and leaving.
Later, when Hai Ruo said this to Dongdong, it seemed like she was talking to herself.
"Really, it's like a high school student who discourages puppy love... However, I really don't think it's appropriate for her to put her feelings on me. She's not deep in the world, and someone will always appear for her. However, That person will never be me, you are right, Dongdong."
At this time, Chu Chengyu really understood what the blue melancholy in his heart was.
Rabbits die and foxes are sad, and things hurt their species.
Not really.
Hai Ruo still regards Xu Jing's relationship as an adventure on the road of youth, and insists that she will return to the right path. It's just that she never knew that the flowers that Xu Jing had seen on this fork in the road would be a scenery that was hard to come across in her lifetime, and it was hard for her to have such a mood to appreciate the picking.
If she can't understand what love is.
If he looked in the mirror now, he would know how a black cat makes a sad expression.
At this moment, he thought, if he really forgot his past, he would just be a cat.
It's a pity that he was Dongdong at the same time.
He is also Chu Chengyu.
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