Solstice Secrets

Zhuang Zhou pushed open the door, and at a glance, he saw several little heads on the balcony turning around together.He recognized the gray cat with a broken tail as Xiaohui, the tiger-striped native cat who stole the watch as Xiaomai, and the brown-fur civet cat as Master, except for the three regulars at Winter Solstice. There are also two thin white cats with pale green eyes, which Zhuangzhou has never seen before.

Zhuang Zhou changed his shoes and walked towards the balcony with his lunch box. Several kittens stared wide-eyed, watching his movements very vigilantly.

Zhuang Zhou raised the lunch box in his hand at them, "Winter Solstice is sick and is in the hospital. He is afraid that you will starve, so he asked me to come back and bring you something to eat."

The lunch box has not been opened yet, but cats with sensitive noses have already smelled the familiar smell of fish.This must be the small yellow croaker fried by Dongzhi's mother.Ling Dongzhi's handicrafts are all learned from his mother, but the level is obviously far behind.No one has more say in this than the cats.

The cats still looked very alert, but no one continued to hide.Zhuang Zhou nodded in satisfaction, opened the balcony door, and poured the fried fish from the lunch box into the cat food bowl.The cats were still full of vigilance in front of the tempting food, until Zhuang Zhou exited the balcony, they leaned over and started to eat dinner. While eating, they glanced at the living room from time to time to see the guy who brought them food What the hell are you doing.

Zhuang Zhou did a little cleaning, cleaned up the perishable things in the refrigerator, took them out later and threw them away, and packed a few changes of clothes for Ling Dongzhi, and put them in the travel bag together with the two books next to the pillow out the door.As soon as the door of this room was closed, several kittens on the balcony came out along the window gap on the balcony.When Zhuang Zhou finished throwing out the garbage and went around to his parking place, Xiaohui, servant and Xiaowang'er were already lying on the hood of his car waiting for him.Three pairs of round cat eyes looked at him together, flashing and flashing, and almost put the words "Take me away" on their foreheads.

Zhuang Zhou, "..."

Xiao Hui was the oldest of the cats, so it was natural to rely on him to get ahead in this situation. He wagged his tail a little uneasy, and meowed a few times at Zhuangzhou.

Zhuang Zhou felt that Ling Dongzhi's disease must be contagious, it must be.Because he actually felt that he understood the meaning of the gray cat in an instant!He quickly looked around and saw that there was no one nearby, so he lowered his voice and asked, "Do you want to follow me to see the winter solstice?"

The three kittens meowed together.

Zhuang Zhou suddenly felt powerless.What is the meaning of this meow meow? !

"Okay," Zhuang Zhou sighed, walked around to the passenger side and opened the door, "If you really want to see the winter solstice, get in the car. You are not allowed to go to the toilet in the car, you are not allowed to scratch the seat cushion, and you are not allowed to run around in the car."

The three kittens jumped into the car one by one as if they understood what he said, and huddled together and nestled on the floor mat.

Zhuang Zhou felt like he was riding a tiger, and he didn't know why he made such a... neurotic move just now as opening the car door for the cat.This may have been subtly influenced by Ling Dongzhi, because that person always puts on a natural attitude to get along with cats and dogs.But he didn't expect the cats to get into the car just like that.

And still queuing up to get on the bus...

Zhuang Zhou stared at them for a while, then closed the car door resignedly.In other words, how did he never know that cats and dogs are so human?They can understand everything they say... Is it because the IQs of the cats and dogs he met before have not reached this level, or are they all pretending to be stupid?

It's an unsettling conjecture, and one that inevitably touches upon some very arcane territory when pondered over.

Zhuang Zhou tried his best not to think about these uneasy things.In order to divert his attention, he babbled a lot about the hospital's regulations along the way, and he didn't know if the little guys understood it or not.Zhuang Zhou was a little worried about how to bring the cats into the ward, but as soon as he opened the car door after arriving at the station, the three kittens flew out of the car and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Zhuang Zhou, "..."

Sure enough, would he be wrong? !

It seems that mental illness is not for everyone...

Unwillingly, Zhuang Zhou walked around the hospital twice, rummaging through the bushes behind the trees, but he couldn't find the three little things.Then he walked to the ward dejectedly.He decided to hide this episode from Ling Dongzhi, otherwise, as He Qing said, Ling Dongzhi would misunderstand that he wanted to communicate with animals or something, what a shame.

Zhuang Zhou planned well, but when he opened the door of the ward, he was dumbfounded again.

He brought a small balcony to Ling Dongzhi's single ward. At this moment, Ling Dongzhi was squatting on the balcony with a lunch box in one hand and chopsticks in the other, picking his lunch into a disposable plate.Squatting next to the plate were three very familiar, furry animals.One gray, one brown and one orange with tabby stripes.Hearing the door knock, three pairs of blue and green eyes looked over together.I don't know if it was Zhuang Zhou's illusion, but he felt that he even saw a trace of condescending... disdain in these three pairs of cat eyes.

So the truth is that he was played first and then despised? !

Zhuang Zhou gritted his teeth secretly.Although he had never learned a foreign language like Miao Miao Miao, and he could neither listen nor speak it, but these little guys gave him a ride anyway, and they must have expressed something when they got off the car.To actually dump him so neatly and come to flatter Ling Dongzhi, this is really... Just throw it away after use.

Ling Dongzhi turned his head and smiled brightly at him, "I'm back, I really didn't expect you to bring them too."

Zhuang Zhou squeezed out a smile stiffly, "Small."

Ling Dongzhi pulled a few pieces of beef into the plate, "My mother's stewed beef today is delicious, I left a portion for you, hurry up and wash your hands and eat."

Hearing these words, Zhuangzhou's tortured little heart was finally comforted.Ling's mother's cooking skills are still very good, and in the past two days, she has even changed ways to make up for Ling Dongzhi. Zhuang Zhou ate a few sick meals, and felt that he had faint signs of gaining weight.

Ling Dongzhi chatted with the cats for a long time, until they rushed out from the balcony one by one, and then returned to the ward with an empty lunch box and a smile.A few little things still managed to come to comfort him, which really gave him a sense of satisfaction that the child he raised had finally become sensible.

Zhuang Zhou collected the empty lunch boxes of the two of them and took them to the bathroom to wash. Ling Dongzhi leaned against the head of the bed, feeling that it was a bit boring for him to eat and sleep like this.Just as he was thinking about finding some entertainment, the door of the ward was knocked twice and pushed open from the outside.

As soon as Ling Dongzhi raised his head, he met a pair of piercing eyes, extremely deep inky, habitually carrying a sense of scrutiny.But his expression was very kind, and there was even a slight smile on the corner of his mouth.

Ling Dongzhi froze for a moment, "Captain Zuo?!"

Zuo He held a bag of fruit in his hand, and his smiling face was no different from that of anyone visiting a patient.But the last incident made Ling Dongzhi very sensitive to his professional identity, when he saw him, the first thing he thought of was what does this person want to do?Are you on another mission?

Zuo He looked thinner than a few months ago, with a tired look on his brows.He stood at the door and looked Ling Dongzhi up and down, then walked in and sat down by the bed, said with a smile: "I heard that you are injured, come and have a look."

Although Ling Dongzhi was a little guilty when facing this person, he still had a good impression of Zuo He, an upright and persevering policeman, and he refused to give up his doubts easily.If it didn't involve some secrets about himself, Ling Dongzhi could say that Zuo He completely fit all his fantasies about this profession.

"How did you know?" Ling Dongzhi was particularly curious about this point, even if there was a record on the traffic police side, it probably has nothing to do with the criminal police.

Zuo He quickly glanced at the bathroom, "Is there anyone?"

Just as Ling Dongzhi was about to explain, the bathroom door opened, and Zhuang Zhou came out with two cleaned and empty lunch boxes.Zuo He was obviously taken aback, "Mr. Zhuang?!"

"Captain Zuo?" Zhuang Zhou also looked a little surprised, quickly put the things in his hand into the cabinet, grabbed two paper towels to wipe his hands, and shook hands with Zuo He formally.

Zuo He looked at Zhuang Zhou's movements that were completely out of sight, and his expression was a little dazed, "Who are you?"

Zhuang Zhou smiled, "This is Captain Zuo?"

Zuo He looked at the expressions of the two people and seemed to understand, his eyes couldn't help showing a bit of regret, "I have a mission for the past few months, and I have been in Guangxi, and I just came back... I didn't expect it. .”

Zhuang Zhou glanced at Ling Dongzhi who didn't seem to understand what was going on, and sighed secretly in his heart.Some people are like this, who seem completely indifferent to their ability to provoke others, and don't know whether they are really stupid or fake.

Zhuang Zhou sat down by the bed, and asked calmly, "Captain Zuo is here... is there any mission?"

Zuo He was somewhat helpless, thinking that this person was really cunning, although he didn't come here purely to visit patients, but should he make it so clear in front of Ling Dongzhi?

"The main purpose of my coming is to see Teacher Ling." Zuo He said solemnly: "After all, Teacher Ling helped us a lot in the last case."

Ling Dongzhi smiled and said: "It's a little effort, Captain Zuo is too polite."

Zhuang Zhou smiled and remained silent.He felt that Zuo He's remarks were relatively high-sounding, and there was no special hint in them, so he nodded to express his acceptance of the opening remarks.

"There is something else I want to ask Teacher Ling." Zuo He's expression became a little more serious, "I heard that Teacher Ling was hit by the car of the second young master of the Tu family?"

Ling Dongzhi and Zhuang Zhou looked at each other, Zhuang Zhou asked him, "How do you know?"

Zuo He smiled, with meaningful eyes, "Isn't it obvious, I'm checking the Tu family. Tu Shengbei is the head of the Tu family, so don't stare at him."