He said I was soft and nice

Chapter 67

On Friday afternoon, after class, Qi Ling was packing up his things, but he heard his classmates discussing something noisily. He just turned his head when Chang Yongyi next to him put his shoulders on his shoulders.

"Should I also go to the library for self-study today? Let's go! My girlfriend went shopping with her girlfriends and didn't take me to play." Chang Yongyi sighed, "I can only study with you two."

"Who cares to take you!" Xie Kaiyu slapped him and said with a smile, "If you go to the library, you won't make a fuss! Xiao Lingzi, we won't take him with you."

Qi Ling put the books into the bag, put the bag on his back, looked at the two people who were fighting, and said helplessly: "I won't go to the library this week, study at home, you two go!"

"Recently, there are several subjects that have midterm exams. Remember to memorize the important points I gave you. Call me if you don't understand. I'll go back first."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the two people who were still arguing looking at him in unison, and said in unison: "Boss Xu isn't working overtime?"

Qi Ling: "..."

He doesn't seem to say anything?

Chang Yongyi looked at his dumbfounded expression, and the smile on his face became more obvious, "Tsk, did we hit the spot? A few days ago, after class, you either went to the library or went to Professor Jiang's office, and now you go home on time uncharacteristically." , there must be someone waiting for you!"

Even if Qi Ling didn't say anything, they could guess that Xu Chen must be very busy now. Under his leadership, the Xu family is thriving, and there is a faint tendency to develop into a leader in the industry. The new Xu Chen must be very busy, and they understand .

So some time ago, they also tried their best to eat and study with Qi Ling, just because they were afraid that people would not get used to it.

Xu Chen seems to have noticed too. One day they went to the King's account, and there was a pile of skins in the gift center, all of which were heroes they often used. The remarks were two words——

Thanks.

Xie Kaiyu smiled at Qi Ling, "Go back first if you have something to do, don't worry about that kid Chang Yongyi, he's just poor."

Qi Ling nodded and wanted to leave, but he heard other people in the classroom discussing louder and louder. He vaguely heard some cats. The discussion was very active, which aroused his curiosity. Qi Ling couldn't help asking: "Are they chatting?" What?"

Chang Yongyi followed his gaze and explained: "Don't you know? The East District posted a notice saying that there are too many cats in the school and cannot take care of them. Interested teachers and students can go to the school activity center to adopt them." .”

"No wonder there are so many people feeding cats recently, are you thinking of taking one home as a pet?"

Seeing that Qi Ling was obviously a little surprised, Xie Kaiyu said, "The notice has been posted for several days, and many people have adopted it, but pets are not allowed in the student dormitory, otherwise we will also plan to raise one."

Qi Ling was thinking about this all the way home, and even went to the East District to take a look. Sure enough, there was this notice. It was a week ago. No wonder the cats were all clean when he came last time. Beautiful, it turns out that the school is planning to find a new owner for them.

He subconsciously looked around, and all the kittens that used to be in groups on the lawn were gone. He walked around where they often went without giving up, but couldn't find them.

He couldn't help tightening his hand holding the strap of his schoolbag, he didn't know whether to go to the activity center or go home.

Finally, he sighed and went home.

Xiaobai is so beautiful, he must have been adopted long ago.

After dinner, Xu Chen looked at the man who was lying on the sofa in a daze, sat behind him, hugged him into his arms, stuffed a cleaned tomato in his mouth, and asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Qi Ling has been depressed all day, and even ate less food.

The big and warm hug behind him made Qi Ling subconsciously find the most comfortable angle, resting his head on Xu Chen's shoulder, burying his face sideways into the other's neck, and after eating the little tomato, he said sullenly: "The school is going to send the little tomato to you." The cats were adopted, but I just found out about it today."

Xu Chen thought for a while, then said, "Do you want to adopt Xiaobai?"

Qi Ling raised his head and asked in surprise, "How do you know?"

He hasn't said yet.

Xu Chen smiled and said, "I know you like it the most."

Qi Ling also bought Xiaobai's favorite freeze-dried and canned food at home, just to lure this little cat every time he went there.

He glanced at the time, it was six o'clock in the afternoon, it was too late.

"Change clothes." Xu Chen picked him up and pushed him into the bedroom, "Let's go to school now."

Qi Ling was put on his coat in such a daze, and when Xu Chen led him out towards the school, he realized it belatedly, "Xu Chen, isn't it too late to go now?"

Xu Chen took his hand and walked firmly, "You have to try it to know, the activity center closes at 06:30, it's not too late."

Qi Ling pursed his lips, squeezed Xu Chen's palms tightly, and started to trot, "Then let's hurry up, today is Friday, I don't know if they will get off work early."

When the two arrived in a hurry, the staff inside were indeed about to close the door.

Qi Ling hurriedly asked, "Can I still adopt cats now?"

The staff member said in surprise: "Today is the last day of the deadline. Many cats have new owners. Do you have any close cats?"

"It's just that snow-white cat." Qi Ling gestured towards him, "It's fatter, with a little gray hair in the middle of its tail. It's a little male cat, and it usually doesn't respond to people."

"Oh! Which one are you talking about!" The staff soon knew which one Qi Ling was talking about. "It is still there, but I don't know if it is because we have made too much noise recently. It is hiding, how to call it?" None of them come out."

He said regretfully to the two: "Many people like it, but it seems that it is not willing to be adopted. Do you want to change it?"

"Excuse me, can we go find him?" Xu Chen asked suddenly, "As long as he is willing to go with us, can we adopt him?"

The staff was stunned for a moment, and after realizing it, he smiled and said, "Of course, as long as the cat likes you, you can take it away."

Qi Ling took Xu Chen to the place where Xiaobai always stayed, and it was really empty, "I came here in the afternoon, but I didn't see Xiaobai."

"Don't be discouraged." Xu Chen rubbed his head, "I saw you brought canned food when you went out? Take it out and try."

Qi Ling opened the can, put it at the place Xu Chen said, and waited beside the others.

In front of him was a pile of short bushes, and the cats would indeed walk through it, especially Xiao Bai, who had broken leaves on his body many times, and obviously liked to burrow into it.

For almost 5 minutes, there was no movement.

The staff couldn't help but said: "We also tried to lure with canned food. Many cats came, but the little white cat has been missing, and I don't know if it ran away."

"It didn't run away." Qi Ling retorted softly, "It's just more familiar."

There must be a lot of students and teachers who came recently, and Xiao Bai must be terrified.

Xiaobai is not clingy, and it took him almost a month to get familiar with it. Even Chang Yongyi and Xie Kaiyu can't directly touch him now, which shows how timid Xiaobai is.

The only exception is Xu Chen.

He looked sideways at the person next to him, Xu Chen noticed his gaze, and said softly, "It's okay, I'll wait with you."

Just when the staff was about to give up and leave first, a cat meowed suddenly from the bushes beside him, the sound was so small that he might not have heard it if the surroundings were not quiet now.

The person in front of him obviously heard something, and his eyes lit up instantly.

Qi Ling carefully handed the can forward, "Xiaobai?"

Under his call, a small furry head protruded from under the layers of bushes, looked at the two of them vigilantly, and then took another tentative step outside.

He rubbed Qi Ling's outstretched hand first, then lowered his head to eat the can in front of him.

The staff looked surprised, "How did this happen?"

They have been here several times in the past few days, each time with different snacks, and almost all the cats have been coaxed out, but they have never seen this little white cat. He once suspected that this cat is no longer in the East District. but now?

He glanced at the little white cat who was being hugged peacefully after eating the can, and couldn't help but smile, "Forget it, as long as it wants to."

After going through the relevant registration procedures, the staff handed them the vaccination book for the kittens, "Here is the school's record of regularly vaccinating them. After that, you can get injections from the regular pet hospital on time."

Afterwards, he said a lot of precautions, and after the two of them carefully wrote it down, they took the cat to take a bath, and then took it home.

After tossing for so long, it was almost eleven o'clock in the evening.

It may be that Xiaobai is more afraid when he is in an unfamiliar environment, his hair explodes, and a low whine comes out of his throat, full of resistance.

"Let me do it." Xu Chen took the cat from Qi Ling's arms, sat on the sofa, and stroked its back. The little white cat's voice gradually became a gentle purr, and it took the initiative to come out of Xu Chen's arms. I looked around.

Finally, he jumped onto the sofa and lay down next to the two of them.

Qi Ling breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. The staff said something about the stress reaction before, which scared him so much that something would happen if Xiaobai didn't get used to it. Fortunately, there was nothing wrong.

He glanced at the cat lying next to Xu Chen's legs, couldn't help but reached out and patted his little head, and muttered, "Why is he so clingy to you?"

Hearing this, Xu Chen let out a muffled laugh, and pulled him into his arms, "Are you jealous? Then shall we send him away? So that you can monopolize me."

"No!" Qi Ling retorted, "It is already a part of our family, you are not allowed to drive it away!"

After he finished speaking, he added, "Besides, you only belong to me!"

After he finished speaking, he kissed Xu Chen domineeringly on the cheek, showing his ownership.

Xiaobai looked up at the two of them, yawned, and looked away speechlessly.

Qi Ling inadvertently saw its expression, and was stunned, "Did it dislike me just now?"

Xu Chen could no longer hold back the smile on his lips, "Maybe? Then, do you want to try kissing again?"

Qi Ling's face was stained with a thin layer of blush, and he turned his face away rather angrily, "No, I'm not stupid!"

But as soon as he finished speaking, he was supported by the back of his neck, and his lips were soft. Xu Chen pressed his forehead and laughed softly: "I'm stupid, I want to try it out."

After he finished speaking, he kissed her again.

Qi Ling was so dizzy from being kissed, and after he let go, he subconsciously swallowed. After noticing the smile in Xu Chen's eyes, he couldn't help but bury his head on the other's neck, "Don't laugh!"

"Okay, I won't laugh." Xu Chen kissed the tips of his red ears, "Our company's recruitment announcement came out this afternoon, remember to sign up with Secretary Sun."

"It's great that you can come after the interview this week."

Qi Ling suddenly woke up. Hearing what he said, he couldn't help pinching his waist, "I haven't passed the interview yet!"

"However, your company's efficiency is really high, and the official recruitment announcement came down so soon."

Xu Chen grabbed the hand around his waist and kissed his fingertips, "Because I'm in a hurry, let him make it before tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?" Qi Ling looked up at him strangely, "What's wrong with tomorrow?"

Xu Chen met his ignorant eyes, and was dumbfounded for a moment, "It seems that you really forgot, let me show you something."

Qi Ling held a cat in his arms, and was led into the storage room blindfolded, "What? It's so mysterious."

Xu Chen glanced at the time, and let go when the countdown reached twelve o'clock.

"Qi Ling, happy birthday."

The originally empty storage room was full of boxes, extremely exquisite, wrapped with red ribbons and tied into bows, each of them was square.

Qi Ling suddenly remembered that Xu Chen had been practicing tying a bow with a ribbon a few days ago, and asked him what he liked.

He said casually, "Of course, the more symmetrical the better!"

Now, Qi Ling looked at the extremely neat bows on each gift box, and his eyes turned red. He wanted to say something, but his voice was very hoarse, and he couldn't utter a single syllable for a long time.

Did Xu Chen personally prepare these for him?

He completely forgot that today was his birthday. In the past, no one gave him a birthday, and he didn't want to think about it. He always felt that there was nothing to celebrate at the moment of his birth. On the contrary, it was very sad.

But now, he only feels happy, his whole heart is filled to the brim by Xu Chen, and he can't hold anything else.

Xu Chen wiped the corners of his reddened eyes, and said softly, "Why are you crying?"

Qi Ling looked at him blankly, only then did he realize that his face was cold, "Crying?"

He put Xiao Bai down and wiped his face, it was indeed full of tears.

He took a deep breath and held back his tears, "I'm not going to cry, I'm going to unwrap presents."

Qi Ling walked to the nearest box, carefully pulled off the ribbon, and opened it. It was a book on economics, which was long gone on the market.

"This is the only copy of xx. I remember you mentioned this person to me several times. I happened to have a channel, so I bought it."

Qi Ling immediately took out the book, flipped through a few pages, and said with surprise, "This is so useful to me!"

The above things can give him too much inspiration.

"Meow~" At this moment, a cat meowed, and Xiao Bai saw that the box was empty, so he jumped in and rubbed the back of Qi Ling's hand holding the book coquettishly.

When Xu Chen saw the person who started to play with the cat, his eyes were filled with gentle smiles, "Okay, now add Xiaobai to the gift, I will tie him up and give it to you later."

"Haha..." Qi Ling saw that Xiaobai was still rubbing against his hand and wanted to pick up the book, and threatened, "If you make trouble again, you will be tied up."

Xiaobai didn't know if he understood what the two of them said, he jumped out of the box and ran to Xu Chen's legs and rubbed against Xu Chen's legs, as if to say, [Don't tie me up. ]

Qi Ling put the book away carefully, raised his eyes, and saw a pile of gift boxes left, and couldn't help asking: "Since this is a birthday present, what are the rest?"

Xu Chen leaned over and patted Xiaobai's head. After calming the cat, he walked up to Qi Ling, knelt down and took another purple gift box, "It's also a birthday present."

He took it apart and found a pair of black and white sneakers.

"This should be the most popular style in your third year of high school, and it's a limited edition. I've been looking for it for a long time."

"I asked Chang Yongyi and Xie Kaiyu, you liked tennis for a while in freshman year, this tennis racket should be quite suitable for you."

……

A total of 21 pieces, plus the book, a total of 22 birthday gifts.

And he is exactly 22 years old this year.

Qi Ling couldn't help sniffing. For a long time, he thought that his existence was not expected by others. His parents didn't give him a birthday, and he himself resisted this day.

But now he saw Xu Chen unwrapping presents one by one and explaining them to him earnestly. At this moment, he truly felt that he was loved, and that his existence was appreciated by others.

He rubbed his eyes, trying not to cry, it was such a disappointment.

Xu Chen looked at Qi Ling, whose eyes were flushed, but tried hard not to cry, pulled him into his arms, and said in a low voice: "I can only make up for the absence in this way, but every time in the future I will spend your birthday with you."

"It's a pleasure to meet you in this life."

He lowered his head and placed a kiss on Qi Ling's eyes, "Qi Ling, happy birthday."