Too thin-skinned and easy to lose a wife

On the first day of arriving in Hangzhou, Zhao Lu was taken by Zhou Yang to meet his various business friends, including tea sellers, real estate dealers, car dealers, and of course, hotel and homestay friends.

It is the last stop to visit those friends who are running homestays. It is no surprise that Zhou Yang came this time to exchange experiences with them.

Zhao Lu works part-time as Zhou Yang's accompanying secretary, and follows him almost every step of the way, accompanying him to visit other homestays and listening to him chatting with friends.Although Zhou Yang didn't ask her to do any dirty work, after this day, Zhao Lu felt more tired than she usually went to work.

Taking advantage of the time to go to the bathroom, she secretly took out her phone, and as soon as she unlocked it, she saw a WeChat message from Yang Yi: "Are you there?"

The message was sent more than two hours ago.

Zhao Lu sat on the toilet seat and switched to call her cell phone.

In fact, it is enough to reply to WeChat, but I suddenly want to hear her voice.

After a few rings, the call was connected.Zhao Lu said straight to the point: "I'm sorry, I've arrived early. We've been meeting all kinds of people since we got off the plane, and we didn't have time to tell you."

Yang Yi smiled and said, "It's fine when you arrive. You can just reply me on WeChat. Why do you have to make a phone call? It's a waste of money."

"It's okay, my card is global, and the free calls in the package can't be used up."

Yang Yi was noncommittal and asked her, "Are you done with your work now?"

Zhao Lu was emotional: "Not yet, my cousin was drinking tea and chatting with his friend, and I ran out to catch my breath."

Yang Yi couldn't help laughing: "Is Hangzhou fun?"

"No time to play at all! Tired to death."

"Be patient, two days will go quickly."

Chatting with people who are too close is like this, talking about trivial things.If it weren't for the free talk time, Zhao Lu also felt that he was wasting money.

After thinking about it, Zhao Lu asked her: "Isn't it boring for you to spend the weekend alone without me?"

According to Yang Yi's character, she thought Yang Yi would say "no".

Unexpectedly, Yang Yi pondered for a while, and said: "It's a bit boring. After the work is done, a person doesn't know what to do, so I'm just looking for something to do now."

Zhao Lu was secretly happy, and when he was happy, he would get carried away easily, and asked without thinking: "Miss me?"

Yang Yi chuckled and said, "We've only been separated for four hours, so I don't think so."

How about a few nice words...

Zhao Lu curled his lips and said in a muffled voice, "If you're really bored, take a nap."

"This is fine, but I have to wait until I finish taking out the trash first."

"Meow meow meow—"

A few meows came into his ears, Zhao Lu was in a better mood, and was about to greet Fat Ball to her.

Suddenly, Yang Yi on the other end of the phone screamed: "Fat Qiu, come back!"

Zhao Lu was taken aback by the sudden raised voice: "What's wrong?"

Yang Yi's voice was urgent: "I won't tell you now, Fat Ball slipped out through the crack of the door while I wasn't paying attention."

Without waiting for Zhao Lu to respond, the call came to an abrupt end.

"..."

On this side, Yang Yi held a mobile phone in one hand and a garbage bag in the other, and shouted at the white cat that was sneaking out: "Fat ball?"

Fat Ball looked back at her and let out a "meow".

"Come back quickly." Yang Yi didn't have time to change his slippers, and approached it.

The guy became alert and yelled happily, "Meow meow meow".Realizing that Yang Yi was coming to catch it, it ran away like a fool.

Yang Yi threw the garbage bag at the door and chased after it in the direction it was fleeing.

"Fat Ball, don't run away!"

The cat can't understand human language, the more Yang Yi calls it, the faster it runs.The chubby body became flexible at this moment, and "swish" to the end of the corridor a few times, bouncing up and down the stairs.

Fat Ball ran in front, and Yang Yi chased after him.But Yang Yi's speed was nothing compared to this nimble fat man, she was thrown away in a blink of an eye.

Yang Yi was running out of breath, where was Fat Ball in sight?

She was done thinking.This guy has never been freed before, he finally ran out, and found out that the outside world is so big, maybe he won't come back in the future...

Yang Yi didn't dare to slack off, and ran from the seventh floor to the first floor in one breath.Beside the flower bed, she saw a familiar white figure and breathed a sigh of relief.

This time she behaved well, she didn't dare to make any more noise, and moved over lightly.

But before she got close, Fat Ball's back straightened suddenly, the hair on his body stood up, and he let out an angry roar of "Pu Chi Pu Chi".

Yang Yi didn't know why.

"Meow-"

Accompanied by a scream of anger or panic, Fat Ball's body jumped forward.

"Wang Wang Wang-"

A burst of sharp barking pierced into the eardrums, and Yang Yi's heart skipped a beat, so she ran over.

The scene in front of her was completely beyond her imagination, it could be described as jumping around.

The fat ball covered in fur was still roaring angrily, and a brown teddy was confronting it.Teddy seemed to be afraid of it, and tried to hide behind his master.

And the owner who is holding Teddy, coincidentally, is actually Zhao Lu's classmate Chen Xi who has swam with her...

Chen Xi had just parked the car, walked the newly bought dog on a leash, and happily walked towards the elevator, but never expected that a white cat would come out on the way.

Chen Xi saw the plump cat with lazy eyes, and didn't care at the time.Unexpectedly, when the cat and the dog met each other, the cat suddenly went berserk, and it threw itself on the dog's head and lashed out violently.

Scared by the gesture, the ferocious Teddy jumped and screamed for comfort.

Chen Xi picked up the dog and looked down: "Oh my god, why is it bleeding?!"

No wonder it barked so fiercely just now, it turned out that the dog's nose was scratched by the cat's paw.

Chen Xi was angry and impatient, raised her head, and met Yang Yi's eyes unexpectedly, she was slightly taken aback.

Yang Yi was also taken aback, but she didn't think too much, and stepped forward to hug the fat ball.

Fat Ball was vigilant, and ran away again with a "whoosh"!

"Fat Ball!"

Yang Yi chased after him again.

As a result, after chasing and chasing, the speed couldn't keep up, and he lost it.

That guy was running so fast that Yang Yi lost all strength and squatted on the grass panting for breath.

A shadow struck down above his head, realizing that someone was approaching, Yang Yi stood up slowly.

Chen Xi held Teddy who was frightened and looked aggrieved in his arms, and asked her, "Are you okay?"

Yang Yi blushed, she licked her pale lips and said, "It's okay, I ran too fast."

"You raised that cat just now?"

Yang Yi nodded and said helplessly, "I ran too fast and disappeared."

"When it's hungry, it should come back to find food by itself."

"Maybe." Yang Yi thought she was comforting herself, covered the sun above her head with one hand, and looked around reluctantly.

"Miss Yang..." Chen Xi called her hesitantly.

Yang Yi withdrew his gaze: "Huh?"

Chen Xi looked directly into her eyes and said, "Just now your cat...injured my dog."

"what?"

"If you don't believe me, your nose is bleeding."

It was only then that Yang Yi noticed the little Teddy in her arms. The little guy's eyes were bright, and he looked at her aggrievedly, and barked a few times.

Yang Yi got closer and saw the scratches and blood on the dog's nose clearly, his face froze.She said awkwardly: "I'm sorry, I didn't expect this to happen. I'll compensate you. But I didn't bring my wallet, why don't you wait for me to go back and get it for you?"

Chen Xi thought about it intently, and said, "Forget it, it's only bleeding a little, it shouldn't be a serious injury, I'll take it to the pet hospital to bandage it and it will be fine."

Yang Yi watched helplessly as she got into the car with the puppy in her arms.

……

There is entertainment in the evening.

Zhou Yang didn't drink alcohol for health maintenance. During the meal, Zhao Lu replaced him and accompanied some of his friends to have a few drinks. When he returned to the hotel, he was already exhausted.

She fell headfirst on the big bed, too tired to take a bath, feeling that she could fall asleep immediately if she closed her eyes.

In a daze, remembering that there was one more important matter, she woke up with a jerk, took out her mobile phone from her bag, and dialed Yang Yi's number directly.

"Zhao Lu."

A familiar voice sounded in his ears, seemingly weak.Zhao Lu lowered his voice: "Are you asleep?"

Yang Yi sighed heavily, and said, "Not yet. The fat ball was lost, and I couldn't find it after searching for a long time, and it didn't come back when the door was opened."

"Did you lose the fat ball?" Zhao Luteng rolled over and sat up, "How did you lose it?"

Yang Yi told her everything that happened today, including Chen Xi and her dog.

"..." Zhao Lu digested the information after a few seconds, "Is the injury serious?"

"I just went down to see it, and I applied some medicine. The puppy should be fine."

The dog was fine, but the cat was gone, and Yang Yi was extremely anxious.

Zhao Luyuan couldn't help her in a foreign land, so he could only comfort her: "Don't worry, don't worry, maybe it will come back by itself tomorrow morning."

The next morning, Fat Ball still didn't come back.

When Zhao Lu heard the news, he was so anxious that he could fly back to search with Yang Yi immediately.

She found time to call Yang Yi: "Did you find it?"

"still none."

"Then you told your brother?"

Yang Yi sighed, and said: "He already knows, the three of us are looking for it, I don't know if we can find it."

Zhao Lu was puzzled: "Three people? You and Zheng Hao, who else?"

"Chen Xi."

"Chen Xi?"

This was really beyond Zhao Lu's expectation.

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Lu went straight to Zhou Yang: "Cousin, how long will it take for us to go back?"

Zhou Yang rubbed his chin, calm and calm: "They arranged for us to visit a mountain villa in the afternoon. I heard that the scenery there is good, and you can also go boating. You should like it."

Zhao Lu was not interested in what kind of boat to sail in such a big sun.She bit her lip and asked, "Can we not go? I want to go back early?"

Zhou Yang saw that her expression was not right: "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

Zhao Lu shook his head and said shyly, "I'm fine, it's Yang Yi..."

"What happened to Yang Yi?"

"Her cat is lost."

"..."

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Zhao Lu and Zhou Yang returned, and they picked up the car in the underground parking lot.

Zhao Lu walked over and pulled out Zhou Yang who was about to get into the driver's seat: "I'll drive, I'll drive."

Zhou Yang was surprised: "I didn't drink."

Zhao Lu waved his hand and said, "You are driving too slowly, get in the car, get in the car."

As soon as Zhou Yang sat in the passenger seat, before the seat belt was fastened, Zhao Lu stepped on the accelerator and flew out.He was so frightened that he who had always been calm began to lose his composure, and reminded her: "Be careful, drive slowly!"

Zhao Lu didn't look sideways, and said straightforwardly: "How can you call a high speed if you don't drive fast on the high speed, you sit down."

It was rare to see her so energetic, Zhou Yang couldn't laugh or cry, put on his seat belt leisurely, and said, "It's just a cat, why are you so anxious?"

"You don't understand, it was raised by Yang Yi."

"Yeah, Yang Yi raised you, what are you anxious about?"

Zhao Lu choked for a moment, and added: "Yang Yi raised her brother for her."

"Is there any logical relationship to this?"

"Oh, I can't tell you."

Four or ten minutes later, Zhao Lu drove the car to Liyuan Community.As soon as the car stopped, she couldn't wait to call Yang Yi and asked, "Did you find it?"

"not yet."

"Where are you?"

Zhao Lu and Yang Yi met in front of the elevator in Unit [-]. They hadn't seen each other for a long time, and they didn't have time to greet each other, so they focused all their attention on the lost Fat Ball.

Yang Yi's forehead was covered with sweat, and he analyzed the situation with her: "I opened the door last night, but it didn't come back, maybe it couldn't find the way back. Zheng Hao is still looking for it, and your classmate Chen Xi went to help post the cat hunting notice." .”

Zhao Lu didn't have time to think about why Chen Xi was also involved, she turned to Zhou Yang and said, "Cousin, there are many people and strength is great, why don't you help us find it together."

Zhou Yang had no objection, and asked them about the cat's characteristics.

Fat Ball really has no other characteristics besides being fat, so Yang Yi directly showed him the photos.

Zhou Yang made an OK gesture: "I'm not familiar with this area."

"Come with me." Zhao Lu said.

It took a lot of work to find a cat.

To be honest, after Zhao Lu moved here, besides staying at home, she occasionally went out to the supermarket with Yang Yi, and she was not very familiar with this area...

In the end, it was Zhou Yang who led her and said: "Although I have never raised a cat, I heard from my friends that if the cat cannot be found, it may be hiding by itself. Let us pay more attention to the underside of the car, as well as flower beds and bushes. Low place. By the way, what's that cat's name?"

"Fat ball."

"Call it by name, and it may come out by itself when it hears it."

Zhao Lu has no experience in raising pets, but it sounds reasonable.So the two of them bent their backs, calling Fat Ball's name while looking for it.

The two were crowded together, and Zhou Yang felt that the efficiency was too low, so he instructed her: "Go look for it over there."

"Oh."

Beyond that is the garden in the middle of the street, where there are flowers, grass and trees, Fat Ball wonders if he will hide in the low bushes.

"Fat Qiu, where are you?" Zhao Lu called while walking.

"Auntie, are you looking for a cat?" On the lawn, a six or seven-year-old girl came to block her way.

It took Zhao Lu a long time to realize that "Auntie" was calling him, blinked and said, "Yes."

The little girl compared her fingers: "My grandfather and I were feeding the birds. We saw a cute cat that climbed up a tree and dared not come down. It screamed so badly. Is it yours?"

Zhao Lu subconsciously asked: "What color cat?"

"The yellow one is so small, so pitiful."

Not fat balls.

Zhao Lu's heart sank, he twitched the corners of his mouth, and said, "Thank you, little sister, but the cat I'm looking for is white, so big and chubby, have you and your grandfather seen it?"

The little girl shook her head.

"Thank you very much, ah...Auntie is going to find the cat, bye."

The little girl followed behind her buttocks, begging: "But that cat is so pitiful, Auntie, can you help get it down?"

"This one……"

"It's on that tree, barking so badly, it must be hungry, did you see it?"

Zhao Lu looked in the direction of her finger, and saw an old man standing and wandering under a tree with a crooked neck, and a little orange cat lying tremblingly on the tree trunk.

The kitten screamed miserably, and the old man was impatient, and was about to climb up the tree trunk.

Zhao Lu turned pale in shock, and ran over with the little girl: "Grandpa, don't be impulsive!"

The old man stopped when he heard the commotion, and turned around to see a strange woman holding his granddaughter's hand.He pointed to the cat on the tree and said, "I want to get it down."

An old man was more caring than her, Zhao Lu was so ashamed that he couldn't bear it, and said, "Let me do it."

If something happens to this uncle, it will be a big problem.

The old man looked at her: "Can you climb trees?"

"I'm fine."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Lu kicked off his high heels, barefoot, and hugged the tree trunk.

Fortunately, today is wearing pants.

Zhao Lu has never done such a thing as climbing a tree, but she has had similar experiences.When she was a tour guide in the past, she took a group to Miao Village and saw a performer climbing bamboo poles with bare hands. On a whim, she even asked for tips.

Climbing a tree can't be more difficult than climbing a bamboo pole, right?

Zhao Lu moved his hands, only to find that it was not as simple as she imagined.The old and the young next to her looked at her expectantly, and she was too embarrassed to shrink back.

do my best.

Zhao Lu put all his energy into breastfeeding, hugging the tree trunk with both hands, pushing his feet up vigorously, and his body rose up little by little.When she finally climbed to the branch, she was already panting from exhaustion.

The little orange cat sent out a distress signal "meow meow meow" to her.

Zhao Lu stabilized his figure, and freed one hand to grab the cat's body.

The grandpa and grandson below cheered.

Zhao Lu breathed a sigh of relief, carefully withdrew his hand, lowered his head, and said to the old man, "Master, you go ahead first."

The old man raised his hands high: "Okay."

Zhao Lu lowered his body as much as possible and successfully delivered the kitten to the old man.

"It's saved, it's saved! Auntie, you are amazing!" The little girl applauded and cheered below, took the kitten from her grandfather, and hugged it lovingly.

Zhao Lu also laughed and tried to get down, but just as he stretched his legs down, he retracted them again.

It seems that the posture is wrong, try again.

Zhao Lu turned around and found that something was still wrong.Then she suddenly realized that going up and going down were totally different things, and she didn't think about how to go down for a moment, which was safer.

Seeing her not moving for a long time, the old man asked with concern: "Can't you come down? Do you want me to help you?"

Zhao Lu sneered: "No need, I can do it myself."

She turned over again, focused on her feet, and studied how to get down.

Suddenly, I heard a familiar voice floating over: "Zhao Lu?"

Zhao Lu raised his head abruptly, and saw Yang Yi standing on the cobblestone path a few meters ahead, holding his mobile phone, looking at her with a strange expression.

"..."

Disgraceful.How did she find this place?

Yang Yi came to the tree in stride, looked at the old and the young next to him, and then at someone hanging on the tree: "What are you doing?"

The little girl said bluntly: "The kitty can't get up and down, so my aunt climbed up the tree and got it down."

Yang Yi noticed the cat in the little girl's arms, and then looked at Zhao Lu on the tree, his expression became intriguing: "Can you still climb trees?"

Zhao Lu raised his eyebrows, pretending to be calm: "It's amazing."

"Well, great. Why don't you come down?"

This is a bit embarrassing.

Zhao Lu regained his composure, and said to the grandpa and grandson, "Master, the sun is quite hot here, why don't you go back first."

"Do you want to help?" the old man asked again.

"no, I'm fine."

After finally waiting for the grandpa and grandson to leave, Zhao Lu's legs were almost numb.She lowered her head, met Yang Yi's half-smiling gaze, and hurriedly explained: "I was looking for Fat Ball, but I didn't expect..."

"The fat ball has been found." Yang Yi interrupted her with a smile.

"Found it?" Zhao Lu couldn't believe it.

"Well, Zheng Hao found it, it's under the car." Yang Yi crossed his arms and looked at her leisurely, "He still refuses to come down? Is the scenery up there nice?"

Zhao Lu's face became hot, and he looked at the direction the grandfather and grandson were walking away, and said, "I said I won't go down anymore, do you believe me?"

Yang Yi's complexion changed suddenly: "Then what should I do? How about I go find a ladder?"

"Oh, no need." Zhao Lu hurriedly called her to stop.

"How do you get down without looking for a ladder?"

Zhao Lu said with a smile, "I'll jump, you just need to catch me."

Yang Yi turned pale with shock: "Are you kidding me!"

"I'm not kidding, it's just such a little height, and the grass is so thick underneath, I'm fine even if I fall."

Yang Yi said with a straight face: "I won't quarrel with you, just wait for me, I'll get you a ladder now."

"Don't, don't, don't! Well, I won't make trouble, I'll go down right away."

Zhao Lu restrained himself, turned over and tried to climb down.

Yang Yi was worried that she would fall, so he stretched out both hands to catch her below.

If she did fall, what use would those two thin arms do?

Zhao Lu wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, he held his breath and used both hands and feet.

Halfway down, Yang Yi grabbed her waist with both hands.Zhao Lu felt itchy all over, let go of his hands, and fell backwards.

She thought that the two of them would fall to the ground, but the expected pain did not come, and Yang Yi miraculously caught her.

Not only did he catch her, but he also turned her over, and the two stood face to face.

Yang Yi's hand was still supporting her waist.

Zhao Lu had forgotten the itching, and she still didn't react until Yang Yi let her go.

Yang Yi stretched out five fingers and waved in front of her eyes: "What are you doing?"

I don't know if it was because he came down a little too hard just now, Zhao Lu felt short of breath.She closed her eyes and muttered, "I'm so dizzy."

Yang Yi helped her block the glare of the sun, looked at her sweaty head and blushing face, and said, "Don't be brave in the future, it's not for women to climb trees."

Zhao Lu raised his hand to wipe his sweat, and said, "I think I climbed pretty well."

"Then you are still screaming dizzy."

"I...that was in the sun."

Yang Yi sneered: "You just don't have enough physical strength, just like the last time you swam."

Zhao Lu widened his eyes and protested: "Nonsense, my physical strength has improved! Otherwise, how could I have lost more than 100 catties to what I am now."

"Okay, you have good physical strength."

This attitude was obviously perfunctory, Zhao Lu snorted and said, "You don't believe me, do you? If there is a chance, I will let you try."

Yang Yi was curious: "How to try?"

"Cough—" Zhao Lu's face turned hot, "We'll talk about it later."