Chapter Index

    Chapter 13

    Good times are always short-lived. On the way to the airport, Qi Ge could still remember the mood of picking up Guo Shengfan and Pan Yu, but in a blink of an eye it was time to say goodbye again.

    Guo Shengfan’s flight was the earliest. Before leaving, he hugged Qi Ge and said, “I’ll come see you when I have time.” The two of them understood each other tacitly and didn’t say much.

    Pan Yu had to wait three hours, and the two entered a restaurant. Pan Yu ordered a side of noodles, while Qi Ge only ordered a drink.

    Pan Yu wrapped his fork around the noodles and said, “You should also eat more. You consume so much every day. How can you not keep up with the nutrition?”

    Qi Ge stirred the juice in front of him, “It’s only been two hours since the morning meal.”

    Pan Yu smiled before leaving and couldn’t help but gossip, “How did you and Xia Yize know each other?”

    Mentioning Xia Yize, Qi Ge seemed to have seen the outrageous data in the experimental report, “While running, he suddenly turned a corner and stopped, and I knocked him into the river.”

    Pan Yu almost spat out the food in his mouth, “Because of an accident.”

    “I picked him up, sent him to the hospital, and stayed with him for follow-up visits until I was sure he was fine.” If Qi Ge knew there were so many things to do later, he would not have gone for a run that day.

    Pan Yu laughed, “He fell in love with you later.”

    Qi Ge didn’t want to dwell on this matter, “I deleted it later.”

    Pan Yu looked at him and tutted, “So heartless.”

    Qi Ge didn’t say anything and looked at the time. Pan Yu leaned over and asked, “I think he is quite cute. He loves to adopt small animals, does volunteer work, and boldly admits his orientation in public. You don’t like him at all?”

    “I think the current state is quite good.” Qi Ge took a sip of water, looking like he had no desire or desire.

    “No wonder you ask me to hand over a gift.” Pan Yu said in a playful tone: “It turns out that you reject people thousands of miles away. People are afraid to come forward after being rejected by you. Every day, I can only use kittens to send messages to the people I like.”

    Guo Shengfan’s matter has just come to an end. Qi Ge doesn’t want his emotional entanglement to affect his work anymore, “According to what you said, he will have to be deleted in a few days.”

    “Don’t.” Pan Yu sat up straight, “You rejected him, and he didn’t harass you. He was quite measured in his actions. No one is perfect in his heart.”

    Pan Yu looked at him, and there was no joking levity in his tone, “I see you have sleeping pills by your bedside. Don’t be tense all the time. It will be much better if you have someone by your side. It will be good for your health and career.”

    Qi Ge took a sip of water and did not refute him. Pan Yu patted him on the shoulder: “Don’t have any psychological burden. Get along as friends. Give it a try and give your brain some fresh stimulation.”

    Xia Yize held a kitten doll and told his fans what had happened in the past few days. He played with him and gave him gifts. However, several days passed without any response from Qi Ge. He continued to send Qi Ge messages about little black sesame balls every day, but Qi Ge did not block him or reply.

    [I really wonder how Qingqing got involved at that time.】

    [The bait is almost full, so it’s better to hit them head-on.】

    [Take the initiative and there will be a story. The leader cannot give up halfway. The main reason is that I still want to hear the story.】

    Xia Yize also began to consider asking Qingqing where he met this person.

    The voting style of the next action also gradually went awry, and the winner in the end was to treat him to a meal, pour pepper into his bowl, and don’t let the scumbag catch him.

    Xia Yize raised his forehead and said, “You guys are just looking at the excitement and don’t take it too seriously. Let me think about how I can have a meal with him.”

    Netizens were about to come up with ideas again. Xia Yize raised his hand and said, “Stop it and let me give you some advice. Should I let you play a big adventure?”

    He looked down at the kitten doll he was holding and had a new idea. He looked at the time and waved, “Little Black Sesame Ball, come here and say goodbye.”

    The little black sesame ball can already understand its own name. When Xia Yize calls it, it will jump on the table and say, “Meow.”

    After Xia Yize finished broadcasting, he dug out the folder Qi Ge gave him, which contained Little Black Sesame Ball’s vaccine certificate. He remembered correctly, and tomorrow was the day for his second injection.

    Xia Yize took the kitten out early in the morning. He took a photo of the hospital and sent it to Qi Ge, “Today we went to the hospital near the school to get vaccinated. Would you like to stop by and take a look at it?”

    Xia Yize was already prepared for Qi Ge to ignore him, so he sent a few more videos of kittens unwilling to get acupuncture. Anyway, he was on his way and there was still hope of meeting him.

    Unexpectedly, Qi Ge replied to him, “I still have some other things here that I can just bring to you.”

    At first, he was worried that Xia Yize was unreliable, so Qi Ge left the cat’s nest and snacks in case the kitten was returned one day.

    When Xia Yize heard that he had passed a level of test, he couldn’t help but raise his tail to the sky and said, “Okay, we’ll wait for you here.”

    After the kitten is vaccinated, it needs to be observed for half an hour.

    As soon as Qi Ge arrived, he saw Xia Yize sitting in the corridor holding the flight cabin, lowering his head and wondering what he was whispering to the kitten. When he saw him, a smile instantly appeared on his face. Qi Ge couldn’t resist the enthusiasm and even wanted to take two steps back.

    Xia Yize came over with the kitten in his arms, looked at the clock on the wall and said, “The doctor said to observe it for half an hour after the injection. We can leave in three minutes. What did you bring for it?”

    “Some little thing.” Qi Ge saw that he couldn’t free up a hand while holding the kitten, “Have you driven? How will you go back later?”

    “I was worried about his stress, so I kept holding him. We took a taxi.” Xia Yize changed the subject and said aggrievedly: “When I came, several taxis refused to take me.”

    “Then you should take a taxi in advance, there’s still one minute left.” Qi Ge said expressionlessly.

    Xia Yize felt that he was really cheating, so he stretched out his hand and said to the little black sesame ball: “Dad will take a taxi later, and your dad will get you a toy.”

    Qi Ge frowned slightly, “What a mess of names.”

    “You’re too old, so I’ll call you brother.” Xia Yize said sincerely, not as if he was joking.

    The little black sesame ball seemed to smell a familiar smell and kept meowing. Xia Yize raised the cat bag in front of him, “See, it remembers you.”

    The little black sesame ball has gained a lot of weight and has a pair of big round eyes, a bit like Xia Yize. Qi Ge stretched out his hand and the kitten licked him gently.

    Qi Ge chuckled and touched the kitten’s head. Xia Yize couldn’t help but sigh, it’s the kitten that knows how to tease.

    “I’ll take you back.” Qi Ge raised his eyes and looked at Xia Yize, “It has a lot of things.”

    Until Xia Yize saw Qi Ge’s trunk, a big box full of small toys and snacks.

    In line with the principle of not getting too close, Xia Yize opened the back seat, and there was a box in the back seat.

    Qi Ge stood on the other side, “Sit in front.”

    Xia Yize was sitting in the passenger seat, holding the kitten. He put two fingers in his hand and played with the kitten. “Look, your dad sent us back. Thanks to you, I can sit in the front.”

    Qi Ge really didn’t want to hear him chattering with the kitten, “You just talk to it like this at home.”

    “Yeah.” Xia Yize didn’t look up, “When I was a kid, my family had a kitten. I would chat with it for an hour after school every day.”

    “Why.” Qi Ge asked casually.

    Xia Yize paused for a moment, “I don’t have many friends at school, and no one talks to me when I go home. I didn’t study well when I was a child, and my personality is not pleasant. No one in the class wants to play with me. I cry when I go to school. At home, my brother studies well. My family likes him, but they don’t like me. Only the kitten likes me.”

    Qi Ge couldn’t help but tilt his head to pay attention to Xia Yize’s emotions, “Then your kitten must be very cute.”

    “Yes.” Xia Yize’s eyes shone, “He is a bit like the little black sesame ball. He likes to run around. As long as I call it, it will come over.”

    Listening to Xia Yize’s cheerful tone, Qi Ge also relaxed.

    Xia Yize lowered his head and said to the little black sesame ball: “I think the kitten is also talking to me, but we can’t understand each other, but do we have to understand each other before we can chat? People may not understand each other when they talk to each other.”

    Qi Ge chuckled. This was the first time he heard of this theory.

    Unfortunately, the beautiful atmosphere does not last long. Xia Yize raised his hand to pop the colorful bubble, “Did you have pets when you were a child?”

    “Don’t raise it.” Qi Ge mentioned that when he was a child, he always had bad memories that flooded into his mind.

    “Yes, for a student like you who studies well, keeping a pet will probably affect your studies.” Xia Yize didn’t realize that Qi Ge had stopped answering.

    “You are all the pet peeves of teachers and parents. If you hold it in your mouth, it will melt. It’s all for the sake of learning.” Xia Yize didn’t mean to stop at all. “I’m the first in the class. That’s an exaggeration. I’ll cook nutritious meals and deliver them tomorrow. He never eats in the cafeteria, picks him up and down in person, and doesn’t ride the school bus.”

    Seeing that Qi Ge didn’t speak, Xia Yize turned around and asked, “Isn’t your mother so precious to you when you were a child?”

    Qi Ge braked, and Xia Yize was forced to shut up by his seat belt. It took him a long time to stand up, still holding the little black sesame ball in his hand, “There is a cliff ahead.”

    Qi Ge took a deep breath and said, “Let’s chat with the kitten. You two have quite a lot in common.”

    It was hard for Xia Yize to understand. This man was really moody. He was fine one second, but changed his face the next. Xia Yize could only lower his head and silently complain to the little black sesame ball.

    Xia Yize tried to say something else, but Qi Ge was not enthusiastic at all. Every time the conversation reached a dead end, it was not as interesting as talking to himself with the kitten. After a few topics, Xia Yize got tired and simply played with the little black sesame ball.

    Qi Ge sent the person downstairs, “You carry the kitten up first, and then come down and move things.”

    Xia Yize moved three times before moving everything up. Qi Ge sat inside and showed no intention of helping. After Xia Yize moved the last box, he couldn’t help but close the car door: “Goodbye!”

    Qi Ge replied calmly: “Goodbye.”

    Qi Ge shouldn’t have believed Pan Yu’s theory of having one more friend. He and Xia Yize had no way of communicating at all.

    Xia Yize piled things together and sat on the ground, sweating profusely from exhaustion, when his cell phone dinged, which was Pan Yu’s message.

    Note