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The stars and the moon shine brightly, and the faint fluorescent lights sprinkle to the earth like fairies scattered flowers. The summer night wind carries the residual heat of the day, like ripples blowing through the garden of the villa area.

Under the porch covered with flower vines, there is a swing chair, which is so big that a person can lie down directly.

Ji Lejin just half-lyed on it lazily. The chair was hand-woven with bamboo and rattan, and it was very solid. When she leaned on it, she could still smell the elegant fragrance of bamboo.

The chairs are covered with thick cushions so that no one will rest on them.

Ji Lejin was lying on it, with one foot propped on the chair in an unruly way, and the other foot was lazily placed on the ground.

"Hello?" Ji Lejin pinched the phone with her slender fingers, her voice sounded very loose, "Isn't it still early, I'll be there later."

His toes subconsciously tapped on the ground, and he swayed with the swing, like a small fishing boat sailing on the undulating and steady waves.

The swing was originally hung on the porch frame, which was obviously very solid, but the adults in the family were always worried that he would fall off, so they finally replaced him with the current custom-made swing chair.

"How did you get there? Of course... tsk."

Just as Ji Lejin was halfway through speaking, he was disturbed by a mosquito flying in the air, and he stretched out his hand to wave it away with an unhappy expression.

There are many mosquitoes in summer, especially in places where flowers and plants are overgrown. There are already several mosquito repellent lamps on the lawn, and occasionally a few fish slip through the net.

Just as Ji Lejin put down his hand, his palm was licked by his wet tongue. Next to him was a pug, which was still very small, only three months old, and looked ugly and cute.

"Of course the driver will take me there."

Ji Lejin finished the second half of the sentence. He pinched the back of the pug's neck and placed it on his stomach.

Gu Senmu on the other end of the phone asked in surprise, "Aren't you coming with Brother Qin?"

"Why should I come here with him?" Ji Lejin snorted coldly, "What nonsense are you talking about, I don't know him at all."

A lamp stood beside the swing chair, and the incandescent light shone on Ji Lejin.He has been praised for his good looks since he was a child, and he has not grown disabled at all until now, and even the longer he grows, the more outstanding he is.

Many people in the circle mention him, even if they are not familiar with him, the first impression is that he is good-looking, and the second impression is naturally--he has a bad temper.

Ji Lejin's brows and eyes are a little dignified, like a young master with golden branches and jade leaves in TV dramas, now he deliberately puts his face up and purses his lips, with such an expression, it just makes people feel that he is having a temper tantrum.

"..." Gu Senmu was not surprised, and asked straightforwardly, "Are you fighting again?"

"It's him who made me angry again!" Ji Lejin angrily reached out and poked the pug's soft nose, her voice raised a lot, "Qin Suiming actually said that my family is beautiful and ugly? Our family is so beautiful, and our eyes are better than his. Twice as big!"

"..." Gu Senmu was speechless for a moment, and complained, "Can't you give your dog a name that sounds more foreign?"

"Of course there is." Ji Lejin pinched Meimei's paw pad casually, and said casually, "The English name is Princess, is it foreign enough?"

His tone was very serious, without any hint of joking.

Gu Senmu was silent for a longer time this time.Ji Lejin was sensitively aware of his hidden meaning, he didn't even lie down, sat up abruptly, and asked, "What do you mean by not talking?"

"..." Gu Senmu changed the topic, "But I just heard that Brother Qin went to pick you up?"

At the same time, Ji Lejin suddenly heard the sound of the door opening, his eyes widened suddenly, he hung up the phone and ran away.

Ji Lejin was wearing slippers, so she couldn't run fast at all. After running a few steps, the people behind caught up and hugged her.

With his feet hanging in the air, he kicked a few times into the air angrily, and shouted: "Qin Suiming, put me down!"

Qin Suiming didn't want to let him go, so he clasped his waist tightly like this, and after a chuckle, he asked unhurriedly, "Did you say bad things about me just now?"

"..."

Ji Lejin pretended to be dead and did not speak.

"Ok?"

After hugging like this for a long time, he was afraid that Ji Lejin would feel uncomfortable, so he put him down and changed to grabbing the back collar of his clothes.

He stared at Ji Lejin's red ears, and what he said was like scolding but not like scolding: "Little heartless, I bought this dog for you."

Ji Lejin took this pug home like a baby a few days ago.He took Ji Lejin to eat at the shopping mall, passing by a pet shop, Ji Lejin couldn't move anymore.He stared at the glass for a long time, and finally grabbed Qin Suiming's sleeve resolutely.

Pointing to the pug in the cage, he said on a whim, "I want to keep this dog. It seems to be looking at me all the time."

"No." Qin Suiming vetoed without thinking, "You can't even raise yourself well, let alone raise other things."

Ji Lejin was so stubborn that she stared at him and walked straight to the store: "Then I'll buy it myself! Anyway, I won't support your family!"

After he said that, Qin Suiming had no choice but to drag him back and settle the bill by himself.

After paying the money, he turned around and saw Ji Lejin hugging the dog and talking, as if he and the puppy had become brothers and sisters within a few minutes.Qin Suiming rubbed his temples and pulled him over: "Listen carefully to what others teach you about keeping a dog."

He was afraid that Ji Lejin, such a heartless person, would not be able to remember, so he followed along and listened to it.When going out, Ji Lejin still had a joyful look: "Look at it, is it very obedient, it doesn't recognize its life and doesn't bark, I'm going to sleep with him tonight!"

"Ji Lejin." Qin Suiming vaccinated him first, "If you can't raise well, don't call me crying and ask me 'what to do'."

Ji Lejin was in high spirits, dissatisfied and said: "Who do you look down on?"

Obviously it was Qin Suiming who spent the money, but it seemed that this dog just had an eye for Ji Lejin, it didn't match Qin Suiming at all, or it knew who to please.

Qin Suiming didn't care about it at first, but it stuck to Ji Lejin tightly, and would curl up next to him to sleep from time to time.

But as soon as he came near, the dog began to grin.

Ji Lejin liked it to death, not only did not reprimand it, but also asked Qin Suiming to stand far away so as not to scare the dog.

Seeing that Ji Lejin was not there yesterday, Qin Suiming pinched the back of Meimei's neck and lifted the puppy from the ground without much effort.

He didn't care about the protruding nails of the pug, nor was he afraid of the protruding canines. He looked at it calmly and commented: "It's pretty ugly."

It's just a little unlucky, this sentence was heard by Ji Lejin.

"Qin Suiming!" Ji Lejin gritted his teeth and ran over, grabbing Meimei, "How can you say it's ugly?"

Ji Lejin ran back to the room with the dog in her arms, and locked the door directly.

Ji Lejin said without confidence: "...I bought it for me, isn't that my thing?"

The drowsy dog ​​in his arms woke up, probably sensing that its owner was being threatened, and started barking "barking" as soon as it woke up. After being glanced at by Qin Suiming, its barking became weaker and weaker, and finally its head turned. Ji Lejin slipped into Ji Lejin's arms, leaving only a trembling buttock.

Ji Lejin was speechless, what a worthless thing!

Qin Suiming's laughter was an obvious mockery, and he asked again: "Why are you running in slippers?"

"Then why are you chasing me!"

"If you don't run, can I chase you?" Qin Suiming laughed in a low voice, "Are you so afraid of me, you just run away when you see me?"

"Who is afraid of you!"

Seeing that Qin Suiming was still laughing, Ji Lejin rushed to bite him angrily: "Qin Suiming, if you smile again, I won't be going tonight!"

Before he let go of the hand on the back collar, Qin Suiming gently pulled him back, and said softly again - "Huh?"

"..."

Usually Qin Suiming doesn't care what his name is, but Ji Lejin is very experienced in today's situation, he reluctantly called out: "Brother."

Qin Suiming finally let go of his hand, and handed over the bag in the other hand, saying succinctly, "I bought it at a pet store."

Ji Lejin snatched it up and saw that besides dog food and toys, there was also a set of pet clothes, which was a blue hooded sweater.

He held it with his fingers, and looked at it with disgust: "This is not good-looking. My Meimei is a little girl, and she has to wear a pink princess dress."

Ji Lejin was clearly picking on the thorns on purpose. Seeing Qin Suiming taking the initiative to show his favor, he tried to push his nose on his face.He caught a glimpse of Qin Suiming's expression from the corner of his eye, and put the sweater into the bag as soon as he saw it.

He also knew how to step down the steps for himself, and muttered: "Okay, okay, I'll give you a face and reluctantly accept it, remember to buy a princess dress next time."

"Ji Lejin." Qin Suiming said expressionlessly, "Next time you quarrel with me over a dog, I'll let you wear a princess dress by yourself."

Ji Lejin scolded him in her heart: "Pervert."

"Currently scolding me?" Qin Suiming seemed to have the ability to read minds.

Ji Lejin was startled, and she ran away.

The inside of the villa was much brighter than the dim garden, Ji Lejin squinted his eyes uncomfortably.There are several aunts in their family, and the one who mops the floor is Aunt Wang who has stayed the longest.

She was Ji Lejin's nanny at first, and she brought him up. Seeing Ji Lejin walk in, she asked with concern: "Xiaobao, are there not many mosquitoes outside, do you want to rub some baby gold water?"

Ji Lejin has always been bitten by mosquitoes since she was a child.His skin was too tender, and after the mosquito bites disappeared, it turned into a small red spot, which took a long time to fade away.

He is allergic to other cooling oils, but this baby product that he has been using since childhood is not.

"It's okay." Ji Lejin shook her head, "It didn't bite me."

"In the future, I will tell my aunt in advance that I will go to the garden in the summer. I will light a mosquito coil first, so that there will be fewer mosquitoes, or I will ask someone to use an electric mosquito swatter to kill a circle first..."

Ji Lejin nodded in agreement, and handed Meimei, who was in her arms, to Aunt Wang: "Aunt Wang, I'm going out later, please help me look at it."

They came in by the back door, bypassing the kitchen and dining room to reach the living room.After losing the dog, Qin Suiming was finally able to walk very close to Ji Lejin. When he thought of Ji Lejin's back running in a hurry just now, he was in a particularly good mood.

Qin Suiming's double eyelids are not very deep, but they are not inner double eyelids either. When he smiles, the contours of his eyes vaguely resemble curved peach blossoms.

He was a school grass when he was a child, but his temperament has settled down in the past few years, making it even more difficult to move his eyes away.But Ji Lejin just didn't like this, he glanced away in disgust.

In the end, Qin Suiming wanted to recruit him from behind: "Good boy."

"Don't call me that." Ji Lejin frowned.

Ji Lejin also has a biological brother named Ji Yongze, who is six years older than him and the same age as Qin Suiming.He was called Xiaobao since he was born, Ji Lejin was not satisfied with this title, originally expected that no one would call him by his nickname when he grew up like Ji Yongze, but he turned nineteen this year, and no one changed his name.

Either call him Xiaobao, or call him Jinbao, only Qin Suiming is special, occasionally likes to call him cute, he is obviously not good at all.

Qin Suiming raised his lower lip and reached out to rub his head, "You seem to be

Very unhappy? "

"Of course I don't like it." Ji Lejin twisted his hand aside, and said with a very unclear understanding of herself, "I will be twenty during Chinese New Year, don't make it look like I haven't been weaned."

Tang Wei was sitting in the living room. She gave birth to two children, but she has always been pampered, and the maintenance is all paid for by money. Her skin is delicate, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes are not very obvious.

"Sui Ming is here?" Tang Wei asked with a smile, "I asked my aunt to make a pot of pear tea with rock sugar, would you like some? Anyway, Xiaobao is slow and good-looking, and it takes a long time to clean up."

Seeing Qin Suiming nodding, Tang Wei poured him a cup of tea.

Ji Lejin went upstairs, and no one would make a fuss if she said bad things about him, Tang Wei said it calmly: "You are not on the way, what are you doing here to pick him up, just ask the driver to take him there."

"Jin Bao's bad temper, the more you get used to him, the more he will push his nose and face." Tang Wei said, "He has to be suppressed by someone."

"It's okay, it's convenient for me to come over."

Ji Lejin's temper was something they got used to together. He was a premature baby, and he lay in the incubator for several days after he was born.Later, I found a well-known Chinese medicine doctor, and poured down the terribly bitter Chinese medicine desperately, and Ji Lejin's body gradually recovered.

Even now, Ji Lejin's immunity is not very good.

When Ji Lejin was a child, she was often sick and couldn't be too noisy. She was cute and quiet, and she was beautiful. Adults liked to hug him and pamper him.

Later, when he grew up, his body gradually became healthy, and he showed a little bit of a bully, but it was just not annoying and arrogant.The grown-ups got used to him, so they let him go. No one deliberately scolded him, but just smiled and told him, "Jin Bao shouldn't do this again next time."

Whether it is a family member or a friend around him, almost everyone will habitually give way to him.Accepting other people's kindness to him with peace of mind has become Ji Lejin's strengths and weaknesses.

Tang Wei heard footsteps on the stairs, and when she looked up, she saw Ji Lejin running down from the second floor.

She shook her head helplessly. Ji Lejin had changed clothes, but the slippers on her feet had disappeared without a trace. She told him to wear slippers several times, but she still didn't listen.

Tang Wei saw that Qin Suiming's gaze was also on Ji Lejin's feet, she took a sip of her tea and joked:

"He just loves to do things, just give him a few beatings."