Under meals

Chapter 17 Yukata

Seeing Jing Ci holding the ice cream in front of him, Tao Mingzhuo admitted that he panicked.

Although he couldn't speak clearly, Jing Ci's gesture of handing the ice cream in front of him was very generous. At the same time, he kept using his eyes and fingers to signal him to get closer.

Although Tao Mingzhuo was shocked for a moment, he felt that it was not so unreasonable.

He felt that Jing Ci must have mustered up the courage to take such a step. If he refused coldly, the scene would definitely become very embarrassing.

Just because his ice cream was going to melt so I do him a favor and it's not nice to waste food, that's all.Tao Mingzhuo said to himself.

The bite of ice cream was cold and sweet, but after swallowing it, Tao Mingzhuo felt his throat burning.

The air was silent for a moment.

After straightening up, Tao Mingzhuo didn't dare to look Jing Ci's eyes at all, he just said: "...there are benches in the rest area, why don't you sit down and eat for a while?"

After a long while, he heard Jing Ci say: "Okay."

They sat side by side on the bench, Tao Mingzhuo stared at the seam in the ground and started to be dazed, Jing Ci sat beside him quietly, continuing to eat the dumpling in his hand.

Later, Jing Ci finally finished eating the string of glutinous rice dumplings.

Tao Mingzhuo couldn't help sneaking a glance at his movements from the corner of his eye, and saw Jing Ci holding up the ice cream in his hand, looking at the place he had just bitten for a while.

Then he lowered his head and continued to bite down on the cup of ice cream.

Tao Mingzhuo felt his hands tremble a little.He forced himself to empty his mind, turned his head, and stopped watching.

The phone in his trouser pocket vibrated.

Turning on the phone, he saw that it was a WeChat message from Yang Keying, and then clicked on the chat box between the two, and Tao Mingzhuo saw a 60-second voice.

Tao Mingzhuo had a splitting headache. He didn't understand why people with arms and legs had to make voice calls. He was about to turn on the voice-to-text conversion, but he accidentally touched the screen and turned on the voice.

Yang Keying's clipping voice is very penetrating: "Brother Tao~ Do you have time next week~ If you have time, can you help my sister take a look at the comic exhibition——"

Tao Mingzhuo's pupils dilated instantly, and he quickly turned off his voice.

Turning his head, Tao Mingzhuo suddenly felt a little parched when he met Shang Jingci's probing gaze: "I..."

Jing Ci put down the ice cream in her hand, smiled, and just said, "You seem to have a good relationship."

Tao Mingzhuo froze.

Jing Ci's expression was very calm, and the smile in his eyes was peaceful, nothing could be seen, but Tao Mingzhuo always felt that something was wrong.

Tao Mingzhuo thought about it and opened his mouth: "No, this dead girl has never been big or small. When she asks me for something, her mouth is sweeter than anyone else's. She basically always contradicts me in the company."

Jing Ci let out an "ah" and said, "That's it."

"She doesn't talk like this all the time, most of the time it's normal." Tao Mingzhuo didn't know what he was explaining, but he always felt that he should say something.

Jing Ci smiled and nodded, but did not answer the conversation.

The two sat side by side, were silent for a while, and then spoke at the same time.

Tao Mingzhuo: "Actually—"

Jing Ci: "Next week—"

Tao Mingzhuo coughed: "You, you go ahead."

Jing Ci nodded after a little hesitation: "I need to go on a business trip to country U next week, so I may not be able to come out to have dinner with you for the time being."

Tao Mingzhuo: "...a week?"

Jing Ci responded softly, but quickly added: "Actually, to be precise, it's a total of six days, but I will hurry back as soon as possible."

Tao Mingzhuo was silent for a while, and then said dryly "Oh".

It may be that Tao Mingzhuo has been together for a long time, and sometimes he even forgets that Jing Ci is his boss. His schedule is actually much busier than his own.

In fact, what Tao Mingzhuo wanted to ask just now is if there is any cuisine that Jing Ci particularly wants to eat next week, because it seems that he has been taking Jing Ci to some restaurants he likes on his own initiative during dinner time these days.

However, Jing Ci will not see him for the whole week next Monday, and Tao Mingzhuo feels that he should be relieved.But inexplicably, he felt vaguely lost and empty in his heart.

When he was distracted, Tao Mingzhuo heard Jing Ci calling his name.

Tao Mingzhuo turned his head and saw Jing Ci's expression of some hesitation, he asked: "I don't know if you can... do me a favor?"

Three days later, Tao Mingzhuo's home welcomed a new furry guest.

Jing Ci said at the time: "Because I am going on a business trip to country U, and my mother is on vacation with her friends again, so there is no one to take care of her dog for the time being. I don't know... Would you like to help?" Shall I see the dog?"

"Of course, it doesn't matter if it's inconvenient." Jing Ci said, "I can send it to a professional kennel for foster care, please don't feel any burden."

Only then did Tao Mingzhuo recall that Tao Xue had told him not long ago that Li Lan had indeed not visited the nail salon for two weeks.

Tao Mingzhuo only hates his own heart, which is really good.

He didn't know what he was thinking at the time, but he just looked into Jing Ci's eyes, and couldn't say the words of refusal when it came to his lips.

He also felt that sending Xiugou to the kennel sounded pitiful, so in the end, Tao Mingzhuo agreed so confusedly.

At this moment, Tao Mingzhuo and Alaska in front of him looked at each other in blank dismay.

This is actually not the first time Tao Mingzhuo has seen this Alaskan dog. He remembers very clearly that Jing Ci had posted a video of this dog eating in Moments before.

Alaska grinned and wagged his tail cheerfully at Tao Mingzhuo.

When Tao Mingzhuo heard the dog's name for the first time, he even suspected that his ears were broken: "Tell me again, what is its name?"

"Doctor Wen." Jing Ci repeated patiently at that time, "My mother said this is her favorite character in a TV series, but I have never been very familiar with the specific plot."

Tao Mingzhuo squatted down with a sigh.

He raised his hand, touched Alaska's head, and asked, "What should I say, why don't we take a short walk in the Imperial Garden?"

Alaska gave him a "woo" sound.

Tao Mingzhuo took Dr. Wen to a nearby park for a walk. He didn't know how the dog was feeling. He only knew that he was really tired after running after the dog.

Physician Wen has a naughty and lively personality. When they were circling on the lawn of the park, they met a fierce Chihuahua.

Tao Mingzhuo didn't know what the Chihuahua was thinking, and he tried every possible means to get in front of Doctor Wen, who was several times his size, to provoke him. Finally, Doctor Wen was irritated by it, and started to attack with a "owwow".

Tao Mingzhuo and the Chihuahua's owner could only pull the dog's leash wildly at the same time, barely separated the two dogs, and finally had to bow and apologize to each other in embarrassment.

After returning home, Tao Mingzhuo first ordered a takeaway for dinner for himself, and then prepared the dinner for Imperial Doctor Wen according to the recipe given by Jingci.

A big pot full, with meat, vegetables and calcium tablets, more nutritious than human food.

Then Tao Mingzhuo suddenly realized that he hadn't eaten alone for a long time.

Eating with Jing Ci every day seems to have become a fixed habit in Tao Mingzhuo's life invisibly.

Whether in a quiet and remote shop, or a noisy snack street, Tao Mingzhuo seems to have gotten used to having someone sitting opposite him, raising his head after a bite of food, and looking at him with peaceful and gentle eyes .

Tao Mingzhuo was stunned for a while, then he settled down and forced himself not to think about it.

However, as soon as he put the food bowl on the ground, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.

Physician Wen began to show off happily at the food in the basin, but Tao Ming noticed sharply that there was something dark red on its right front paw, which looked like dried blood.

Tao Mingzhuo was taken aback at that time.

He had never had a pet himself, so he didn't know how to deal with such a situation.Just touched Doctor Wen's paw lightly, and when he wanted to examine it more carefully, Doctor Wen retracted his paw with a "woo" and refused to let Tao Mingzhuo reach out to touch it.

Tao Mingzhuo thought that it should have been injured in a fight with that chihuahua in the park just now.

After reacting, Tao Mingzhuo immediately made a video call to Jing Ci, but Jing Ci's country was in the morning at this time, and he should be busy, so he didn't answer.

Tao Mingzhuo took a deep breath and told himself to calm down. At least Doctor Wen can still show off his food cheerfully, which means that the problem should not be serious.

When he turned on his phone and was about to look for a nearby pet hospital that was open, the phone vibrated, and it was a video call from Jing Ci.

After connecting, he heard Jing Ci ask: "What's wrong?"

Tao Mingzhuo's pupils dilated slightly.

The screen of the mobile phone showed Jing Ci's appearance - his hair was damp and lazily scattered on his forehead, the skin on his cheeks was light pink, and there was still mist in his eyes that had not yet dissipated.

It could be seen that he made this phone call in a hurry, and the bathrobe was tied loosely, revealing a small piece of skin on his chest, and he could vaguely see his thin and beautiful collarbone.

Tao Mingzhuo realized that Jing Ci should have just taken a shower.

The video screen flickered for a while, and Tao Mingzhuo saw Jing Ci sitting down. Judging by his clothes and background decoration, he should be in a hotel.

"Sorry, I didn't hear the call just now." Jing Ci asked, "Did something happen?"

Tao Mingzhuo stared at Jing Ci's face in silence for a while, and then said in a daze: "It's nothing serious, just, just... the dog's claw may be broken."

Jing Ci on the other end of the phone was taken aback: "What?"

It took Tao Mingzhuo a while to realize how outrageous his words were.

His Adam's apple moved, and when he was about to explain again, he suddenly heard a slightly deep male voice from Jing Ci's end: "...Xiao Ci, are you not ready yet? Why didn't you even change your clothes?"

Tao Mingzhuo seemed to be taken aback when he saw Jing Ci. After a while, he sighed and said to Tao Mingzhuo, "Sorry, wait a minute."

Jing Ci turned his head and looked towards the direction outside the phone screen, his expression was somewhat helpless.

But when she spoke, there was a smile in Jing Ci's voice: "How many times have I told you yesterday, it was 01:30 and not 11:30, can't you have a longer memory?"

Jing Ci seemed to be very familiar with the man who didn't show his face, and Tao Mingzhuo rarely saw him talking to anyone in such a relaxed, joking state.

The deep male voice outside the video seemed to smile slightly: "...Hey, don't you understand my brain? That's right, I'll just lie here with you for a while."

Tao Mingzhuo never saw the man's face.

Seeing Jing Ci's expression, he was still a little helpless, but in the end he just shook his head and didn't say much.

Jing Ci turned her face and looked at Tao Mingzhuo again. He bent his eyes and asked softly again: "Sorry, what did you just say?"