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Xi Yan, who had just been picked up, quickly put the innocent pup on his hands, trying to get a good treatment for him by being cute: "Hello, Brother Guang."

Yue Guang laughed, stretched out his flower arm, and lightly tapped the dog's nose with his finger: "Hello."

Xi Yan swallowed, and silently pasted the four characters Tiehan Tenderness on Brother Guang's forehead.

Just as Xi Yan wanted to say that he would wash this one too, he suddenly saw the price list written in bold and capital letters on the wall.

... He feels that he should now be equipped with a special effect of a tiger's body shaking.

Because he suddenly realized that not only was he not economically free, but he had just overdrawn his pocket money for next week.

Human life and dog life, you can only choose one.

Xi Yan had no choice but to swallow the words he wanted to ask, and hugged the puppy who didn't know what happened.

It was Yue Guang who spoke first, he raised his chin, and motioned for the one Xi Yan was holding: "Is this full term?"

Zhong Qin nodded: "It looks like it's about three months old, so it can be washed."

Yue Guang hummed: "Do you administer the vaccine yourself?"

Zhong Qin thought for a while: "You get an injection after washing, and I'll do the rest."

Yue Guang: "OK."

Xi Yan, who looked like a follower from the beginning to the end and was not worthy of being asked for his opinion: "..."

No.

He has no money.

Before they had time to discuss, a slender hand stretched into Xi Yan's arms.

Zhong Qin lifted the puppy Xi Yan was holding up and put it on his shoulders, and then led the other three by his legs, and pushed open the glass door of the workshop with his shoulders, leaning on his back, letting the dog get in first. Then he went in sideways and temporarily locked the four cubs into the row of cages by the wall.

——Picking up the four puppies is even faster than Xi Yan tidying up himself.

As soon as Xi Yan's arms were empty, he lowered his hand and unconsciously picked at the seam of his trousers with his fingertips.

It's over.

These two people, one making money and the other spending money, are too skilled to get in their mouths.

Yue Guang lit a cigarette, dangling it, and dragging his flip flops, walked to the front desk and sat down at the computer, and said loudly to Zhong Qin who was inside the glass door: "Swipe card——"

The keyboard crackled a few times, Yue Guang took a breath of cigarettes, and looked up at Xi Yan who happened to be looking over: "Alright, thank you for your patronage."

Zhong Qin was feeding the puppies water, but he hadn't come yet.

Xi Yan, who just realized that he might have gone whoring for nothing, had no choice but to smile politely for Zhong Qin.

When Zhong Qin came back after washing his hands, Yue Guang pulled out a special plastic bag for pet shops with the word "couple" printed on it, took two small bottles from the counter behind him, put them in, and said, "There are too many dogs today, so I can't get in the queue." , you can pick it up later—take back the deworming medicine, and prepare it for the little boy who just picked it up."

Zhong Qin obviously had been swiped too many times, and he didn't evade Yue Guang's kindness. He only agreed to say yes, then paused, and added: "I want another dog leash."

Yue Guang crackled for a while, and swiped the card again decisively.

You don't even need to ask for the password, old customer.

Xi Yan: "..."

I don't know if I counted the money for the two bottles of deworming medicine just now.

Xi Yan wanted to ask about foster care and adoption.

But he found that Brother Guang didn't intend to ask him when he would pick up the dog at all, and he didn't even give him a look.

He must have thought that he and Zhong Qin were together, and that the dog he picked up was also with Zhong Qin's dog.

There is nothing wrong with this understanding.

...but there is actually something wrong with it.

Although it seems that he is not very skilled in business, after all, he is the person directly responsible for the stray puppy.

Yue Guang tidied up quickly, got up and went to work.

Zhong Qin pushed open the door of the pet store with one hand, and looked back at Xi Yan in this posture: "Is there anything else you want to buy?"

Xi Yan hurriedly shook his head, squeezed some hand sanitizer on his hand, and went out with him.

Come out from "One Companion", pass through the row of market wells in Baiwei Lane, and then walk along Wusong Road. In less than ten minutes, you will return to the grassland of Honglin Road.

Zhong Qin stopped.

He turned his head, looked at Xi Yan who was walking beside him with a dull head, and followed him all the way without saying a word, and vaguely expressed his dissatisfaction at being "followed": "...Are you also a stray dog?"

Xi Yan, who was disguised as a stray dog, blinked innocently.

Yue Guang's domineering flower arms flashed through Xi Yan's mind, and he faltered and asked, "Brother Guang...does he employ child labor?"

Zhong Qin paused for two seconds, lowered his eyes: "He has no money to hire child laborers who eat spare ribs for lunch in the afternoon."

Xi Yan: "..."

His ribs are actually pretty cheap, can't you think about it again?

Zhong Qin is essentially a younger brother to Xi Yan.

And just now I swipe the card for him, so I don't want to ask him for money now.

He is very skilled at picking up dogs and spending money, and he is probably a good person.

So Xi Yan decided not to bother with him about the slightly sarcastic tone, and still spoke nicely: "Add a WeChat account? Or give me an Alipay account? I'll give you the money for washing the dog first."

If nothing else, e-wallets had already become popular among young people when he was in high school.

Zhong Qin took a step forward and continued to walk. Hearing this, he glanced at him: "And then."

Xi Yan tried his best to understand Zhong Qin's overly concise words, and said, "Tell me another time, and I will pick up the dog after dinner."

Apparently Xi Yan didn't understand well, the scumbag-faced younger brother turned into a repeater: "Then?"

Xi Yan: "..."

Zhong Qin's tone was light: "Catch it and release it where it is, so that it can return to society with dignity?"

Only then did Xi Yan understand, Zhong Qin wanted to ask him what he was going to do with this puppy.

Seeing Zhong Qin uttering such a slightly humorous sentence with an expressionless face, Xi Yan wanted to laugh for some reason.

He raised his eyes slightly, trying to hold back the traceable smile in his eyes, so he pretended to be serious and said: "I'm afraid it will be beaten by the society, so let's forget it——Can Brother Guang be fostered? Can it be?" Put it in his place, and adopt it when you meet someone you are destined for?"

Zhong Qin is half a head taller than Xi Yan.

When he glanced lightly at Xi Yan, his gaze passed the corner of his eyes, his expression was cold, but his words were solid: "Forty a day."

Xi Yan: "..."

Zhong Qin paused, and added: "When you grow up in size, you will be sixty a day."

Xi Yan's confidence and sense of security in the face of life are faltering.

He gritted his teeth: "This is the price that people who can't afford ribs should charge? Can't the poor have mercy on the poor?"

Zhong Qin said truthfully and flatteringly: "He is picky, not poor."

As a 25-year-old, hard-working and courageous future young man with rich social experience and experience, Xi Yan barely maintained his superficial calm and said, "Forget it, that's the only way to support him first."

Zhong Qin slightly frowned, glanced at him, and asked a little strangely: "I don't look like a kind-hearted person?"

Xi Yan was taken aback for a moment, but didn't keep up with the reaction: "What?"

Zhong Qin sighed.

When Xi Yan couldn't help but began to wonder if he could no longer keep up with the thinking of these children, Zhong Qin said succinctly: "I will raise it."

Not long ago, Xi Yan whispered to the stray puppy, saying that he hoped to meet a kind person and take him home to live a good life.

This is... met?

Xi Yan raised his eyes in surprise, and Zhong Qin hadn't looked back at him.

This younger brother with a scumbag looked at people with slightly lowered eyelids, but he didn't lower his head, and kept his chin slightly raised.

It's very attractive.

But the undisguised sense of helplessness on his expression really hit his face.

The contrast between the brother's kind nature and his cool appearance directly amused Xi Yan.

It may be that this non-existent encounter made Xi Yan feel in a good mood, and he even started to joke: "I picked up a dog, you take it to raise, and you pay for my treat, it's a bit similar."

Zhong Qin was silent for a few seconds, as if he didn't want to burden him with any psychological burden, he said, "This one is not bad."

Xi Yan thought he was talking about his three pups who were also picked up and of unknown breed.

So in my heart, I silently shared the impression with Zhong Qin and lifted him up.

Thanks to the kindness, Xi Yan tactfully put away the false politeness and changed the subject.

"The cub is about three months old. It should be because the mother couldn't support it and abandoned it." Xi Yan seemed to be in a daze, and murmured, "...how did he live so carefree until now?"

There is no injury on the body, and even a little chubby.

Perhaps his tone suddenly became a little low.

Zhong Qin seemed to be a little wordy, and said a few more words to him mercifully: "Its mother may have been nearby at that time."

Xi Yan didn't understand, so he hummed with a raised voice.

Zhong Qin was holding a plastic bag in one hand and tucking it in his trouser pocket with the other, with a calm expression and a flat tone: "Some smarter stray animals will take their children to haunt places where people often pass by, and then stay nearby to guard them. Not once. , twice, three times, maybe once, its child can be taken away by someone who cares."

Xi Yan was stunned: "Mom only stays nearby because..."

"Well," Zhong Qin replied, "It's okay to raise one, but two will be a burden. Some people think that the cubs are pitiful, so they want to pick them up and raise them. If their mother is by their side, they will hesitate."

"Especially for children, it is natural to like small animals. For safety reasons, parents will prefer non-aggressive kittens and puppies even if they agree to keep them."

Xi Yan pursed his lips and said, "...that's why mother hid it and left this opportunity to her own children."

Seeing that he understood, Zhong Qin didn't say anything.

Xi Yan's mind suddenly flashed many popular Weibo search terms that he had seen before.

Those who abuse or even kill animals.

He naturally curled his hand that was hanging by his side subconsciously: "What if...you meet a dog meat seller..."

Zhong Qin still said in his tone without ups and downs and no emotions: "It depends on luck."

Xi Yan was helpless: "Yes."

A chance is better than nothing.

I have to admit that whether it is survival or life, sometimes it depends on luck.

Xi Yan stared at Zhong Qin's face.

... The pup he picked up was particularly lucky this time.

After expressing his emotions, Xi Yan's focus returned to the puppy that he swaggered away just now, he frowned and asked: "Mom is willing to do this, but the pup doesn't know—"

He paused here, then suddenly became hoarse, and did not continue.

Xi Yan realized this problem for the first time.

The puppy is naughty and doesn't understand anything, so being taken away is considered a game.

If this is the case... then the little boy is locked in a cage at this moment, he should realize it later... he must find his mother.

Zhong Qin waited for a while, but before waiting for Xi Yan's next words, he guessed what Xi Yan was thinking.

He moved his shoulders, raised his arms, threw the plastic bag on his back and held it in his hands, and said casually: "There are many people walking their dogs in Honglin in the morning and evening, and some of them will bring food when they go out, so there are often stray dogs around here. "

Xi Yan tilted his head and looked up at him.

Zhong Qin said, "I'm also walking my dog ​​here."

Zhong Qin also walks his dog here.

Zhong Qin said that he would raise that puppy.

The mother of the pups may often be seen around the redwood grass.

——He would often bring the puppies to find his mother, and he might meet them someday.

Xi Yan understood the euphemistic comfort in the strange boy's words.

He couldn't help thinking, such kind-hearted strangers actually existed?

Not only does it really exist, but it is really rare for him to meet him once.

Xi Yan smiled at Zhong Qin: "Thank you."

Zhong Qin was not polite and didn't say much.

He stopped under the road sign at Honglin intersection: "I'll go first."

"Wait." Xi Yan took out the smart phone that was not that big in the early years from his pocket, and subconsciously clicked on the WeChat that social animals are used to.He quickly took out the QR code of his business card and handed it to Zhong Qin, "Scan one, handsome guy."

Ding Xuan is right, sometimes when Xi Yan speaks with a smile, he really feels a bit dusty.

Xi Yan also guessed right, Zhong Qin had a cold face and a warm heart, so he really didn't have the nerve to reject him on the spot.

Even though he took out his mobile phone and clicked on WeChat slowly and slowly, showing all kinds of ruthlessness and reluctance... But at least he added it by staring at him.

Zhong Qin is obviously not familiar with him.

If you ignore those slightly sarcastic words, he should be the type who would keep a polite distance from people he doesn't know well.

Don't ask, don't complain.

Do what you can do by yourself.

In social occasions, Xi Yan has seen many model workers in demonstration projects and many national-level Tai Chi players.

He has almost forgotten what a simple and clean young man should look like.

Zhong Qin looked at the word "Xi Yan" in the friend request, and finally agreed.

Xi Yan was not yet sixteen and did not have a bank card, so he had to transfer all the remaining balance in his WeChat wallet to Zhong Qin.

Zhong Qin put the phone back into his trouser pocket: "Then I'm leaving."

"Bye bye - remember to collect the money."

Xi Yan raised his phone towards Zhong Qin, the smile on his face was as bright as the afternoon sun, so bright it dazzled people's eyes.