Chapter 73

Although the weather is hot, it does not affect tourists' enthusiasm for seeing giant pandas.

When Su Xingyao and Lu Jiuxu arrived at the panda base, the park was already almost overcrowded.

Su Xingyao looked at the people everywhere. For a moment he didn't know where to go and looked at Lu Jiuxu a little confused.

"Where should I go to make it look like I'm here often?"

Lu Jiuxu smiled and spread his hands, "I haven't been here either."

But this problem did not pose any difficulty to him.

After taking a look at the road signs, Lu Jiuxu chose to avoid the roads with more traffic and found a road with relatively fewer tourists.

After passing through layers of bamboo forests and paths, Su Xingyao discovered a venue in front.

Three cute giant pandas are sleeping leisurely inside.

One of them even arrogantly pointed its butt towards everyone outside the glass.

Su Xingyao walked over happily, gently leaned on the soundproof glass and looked inside.

This was the first time in his life that he had seen so many giant pandas.

The last time I saw a real giant panda was when I was a child and our school organized a spring outing to visit the zoo.

But there was only one giant panda in that zoo, and there were so many people visiting.

As he was very small at that time, he just took a look from the corner, and the whole process probably lasted less than three seconds.

But after returning, he still tried very hard to recall and told his sister about his experience of visiting the zoo and told her everything he saw about the giant pandas.

"My sister's favorite animal used to be the giant panda."

But they had no money before, and my sister had never even been to the zoo in person.

Lu Jiuxu stood silently beside Su Xingyao, listening to him tell her a few words about his sister.

Su Xingyao rarely mentions her deceased sister.

Every time he talked about his sister, his eyes and brows were full of smiles.

But this time it was different. There was a rare hint of regret and loneliness in his eyes.

Lu Jiuxu probably guessed why Su Xingyao was sad, and resisted the urge to gently stroke his hair. He leaned next to him and watched the pandas with him.

"Then you have to help your sister more today."

Lu Jiuxu's voice was not loud.

Amid the noisy crowd, Su Xingyao could hear it inexplicably clearly.

Lu Jiuxu told him, "You are my sister's eyes now."

Her eyes felt inexplicably dry, so Su Xingyao nodded gently and tried to open her eyes wide to look at the three pandas carefully.

Seeing that Su Xingyao was watching seriously, Lu Jiuxu reminded him, "Aren't you going to take pictures?"

Su Xingyao shook her head, pointed to her head and said with a smile, "I've already written it down here."

After seeing the pandas in this venue, the two walked and looked along the way.

Originally, Su Xingyao wanted to go and see the newborn baby panda, but she arrived too late and the cat had already been taken in.

The two then wandered around the park casually.

As we walked, I began to notice that more and more people around me were starting to feel weak in the knees.

Before Su Xingyao could react to what was happening, a large number of tourists rushed over behind him.

Everyone hurried forward and squeezed in one direction.

Su Xingyao and Lu Jiuxu were standing in the front and were instantly pushed forward by the crowd and were about to be separated.

"Lu Jiuxu."

Su Xingyao shouted out the name anxiously.

Just as he turned his head, he felt his palm suddenly get hot.

Someone held his hand...

Under the scorching sun, tourists were still pushing forward, and Su Xingyao was forced to move forward several steps by the crowd.

But he felt that the person standing next to him was holding his hand tightly and never let go for a moment.

It was the first time that Su Xingyao was held by the hand like this. She felt a little uncomfortable and reflexively wanted to pull back.

But Lu Jiuxu's palms were big and warm.

Being led forward by him through the crowd gave me an indescribable sense of security.

In the end, he did nothing and just let Lu Jiuxu lead him forward.

Su Xingyao didn't know how long she had been walking in the crowd.

Fortunately, after that commotion, the crowd finally calmed down.

Seeing that there were not many people crowding around, Lu Jiuxu let go of Su Xingyao and apologized to him softly.

"Sorry, I was just afraid of getting lost."

Su Xingyao lowered her eyes and didn't look at his face. She replied softly, "It's okay."

Lu Jiuxu looked at Su Xingyao quietly for a few seconds before looking around.

After looking carefully for a while, he finally found the exit.

"There are too many people here, let's go outside first."

"good."

Just as Su Xingyao was about to step out, a loud scream broke out from the crowd.

Everyone's eyes were focused in one direction in an instant.

It turned out to be the "top star" in the panda world, and the bear appeared in the hearts of many people.

Su Xingyao looked at the people around her excitedly shouting each other's names, and suddenly realized that she was currently in the park of the now extremely popular top-tier pandas.

As luck would have it, he was pushed forward by everyone and unknowingly reached a position in the middle.

The Chinese have a saying: "Since we are here, we are already here..."

The same goes for Su Xingyao.

Now that we are here and the distance is so close, we might as well see it with our own eyes.

After all, I had only seen it in videos and various pictures before.

This time I was so close to the real "person", it seemed a pity not to take a look.

So he stood on tiptoe and tried to look forward.

Su Xingyao is actually not short among the crowd.

But there were too many tourists in front of him, and because they couldn't see, everyone could only hold up their cameras and video cameras to take pictures and videos. So even though he was taller than the others, he could only vaguely see the panda's blurry back through a small gap in the phone.

Seeing Su Xingyao's cute look as she stood on tiptoe to look around, Lu Jiuxu didn't rush out and asked him with a low smile.

"Did you see it clearly?"

Su Xingyao's voice was full of regret, "No."

Su Xingyao couldn't see the panda at all, but the tourists in the front row kept broadcasting the news to him.

"Ah ...

"It's looking at us!!"

"Ooooooo my baby."

As the sound came one after another, Su Xingyao became more excited.

Seeing that the tourists in front showed no sign of leaving, Su Xingyao could only wait patiently.

He turned to look at Lu Jiuxu and was about to discuss with him whether he should wait here for a while.

But the other party suddenly looked down at him and said, "There is a way to see it. Do you want to try it?"

Upon hearing this, Su Xingyao looked at Lu Jiuxu with some curiosity.

"What is the solution?"

When Su Xingyao looked at people with expectation, her eyes were sparkling and very beautiful.

When Lu Jiuxu met his gaze, his heart softened.

He leaned down slightly and whispered to Su Xingyao about ten centimeters away from her ear.

"I'll hold you."

Hearing these three words, Su Xingyao's heart suddenly beat violently.

Then it was as if someone was beating a drum inside, making the sound of "dong, dong, dong" non-stop.

Lu Jiuxu curled the corners of his lips slightly, looked into Su Xingyao's eyes, and asked him again, "Do you need it?"

Looking at the other person's inky eyes, Su Xingyao felt as if she was bewitched.

He didn't know how he nodded.

By the time he reacted, the man behind him had already gently put his arm around his waist and lifted him up steadily.

The view suddenly became extremely wide, and Su Xingyao successfully saw the panda that was acting cute with everyone.

Pandas are really cute, small but elegant and beautiful.

But Su Xingyao couldn't watch it wholeheartedly at this moment.

He couldn't ignore the hands around his waist.

Feeling the warmth from the other person's chest and arms, a surge of blood seemed to rush to my cheeks.

His ears started to feel hot for no apparent reason.

Although the surroundings were so noisy, the world seemed to be quiet at this moment, with only him and Lu Jiuxu left.

After watching the panda follow Lu Jiuxu out of the crowd, Su Xingyao was still a little dazed.

Why did I bother Lu Jiuxu to do such a thing just now...

Su Xingyao was still thinking about this, but Lu Jiuxu spoke up, "Have you lost your appetite recently?"

Su Xingyao was puzzled, "No..."

"Too light."

Upon learning that Lu Jiuxu was talking about his weight, Su Xingyao defended himself.

"well enough."

Before, he was worried that he might be too heavy and tire Lu Jiuxu out.

But when he hugged me, he did hold me steadily.

Su Xingyao suddenly stopped.

Why does he think so much?

"My face is flushed."

Lu Jiuxu's voice interrupted Su Xingyao's messy thoughts.

Su Xingyao took the bottle of mineral water that the other person bought from the vending machine and put it against her cheek.

“It’s a bit hot.”

He was wearing a mask under the scorching sun and was squeezed with so many people. It was really hot.

The cool temperature of the mineral water on my cheeks did indeed reduce my body temperature, but it could not dispel the heat all over my body.

When passing by a panda-related memorial hall, Lu Jiuxu suggested, "Why don't we go in and use the air conditioning?"

Su Xingyao agreed without saying a word.

He was very interested in the surroundings inside.

There weren’t many people in the surrounding shops, but every corner was filled with all kinds of gadgets.

Photos, badges, picture books, dolls, scarves, bracelets... each one is so cute that Su Xingyao's eyes are almost dazzled.

After Su Xingyao picked out a few peripheral items she liked, she picked up a panda commemorative album and started flipping through it.

It records the whole process of a panda from birth to cub stage and then its gradual growth.

Su Xingyao was watching intently when Lu Jiuxu suddenly called him softly from behind.

"Su-mao-mao."

When Su Xingyao heard the familiar voice and name, she turned around and looked at the other person out of habit.

Before he could see Lu Jiuxu's face clearly, a panda baseball cap was put on his head.

Su Xingyao is beautiful. Although the mask covers most of her face, her eyes are big and lively.

With this panda baseball bat, the whole person looks 100% cute.

Lu Jiuxu looked at Su Xingyao's confused expression, and smiled, "Use it to block the sun when you go out later."

After realizing what was happening, Su Xingyao glanced at herself in the mirror wearing a panda hat, then turned around and found a hat of the same style and put it on Lu Jiuxu's head.

In response to Su Xingyao, Lu Jiuxu laughed in a low voice.

In the end, neither of them took off their baseball caps and went to pay the bill just wearing them.

However, there was a small incident during checkout.

A girl standing behind Su Xingyao looked at his and Lu Jiuxu's hats and whispered to her boyfriend next to her.

“Is this a couple’s hat?”

"They look pretty good. Let's go buy a pair."

The air conditioning in the room was turned on very high, but Su Xingyao felt her skin getting hot from time to time.

After returning from the panda base, Coral and Sunset were leisurely enjoying their afternoon on the sofa.

The two little animals sleep in the same posture as children, with their heads resting on their own little pillows, lying on their backs with their limbs spread out.

The sunset was even snoring beautifully.

Su Xingyao tiptoed over to them. Because the air conditioner was on, he found two thin blankets for cats and dogs and covered them with them.

Coral squinted his eyes and looked at Su Xingyao with enjoyment, and moved his tail twice as a greeting to him.

Luo Ri was too lazy to even open his eyes. He pulled his quilt to cover his neck and slept soundly.

Su Xingyao watched from the side for a while and couldn't help but take pictures of the two little animals with her mobile phone, and then set them as her mobile phone screensaver.

Lu Jiuxu saw all of this and spoke softly.

“The sunset and the coral were really lucky.”

Su Xingyao didn't understand what Lu Jiuxu said.

He looked at the other person and listened carefully to what he said next.

Lu Jiuxu glanced at the cats and dogs before continuing, "I'm lucky to meet you."

This sentence surprised Su Xingyao a little.

"I guess I'm lucky enough to meet them..."

Su Xingyao paused, "Before I met Luo Ri and Shan Hu...I had a very deep psychological trauma towards small animals."

When he was a child, his sister took him to the stall and picked up a little orange cat named Mengmeng.

Meng Meng's fur color is very similar to coral, with a yellow-gold gradient, which is smart and cute.

When I first picked it up, it was small and skinny and had just been weaned.

Su Xingyao was worried that she might not be able to keep it alive.

But under my sister's careful care, it survived and became very human-like.

Every morning when going to school, Mengmeng would follow him and send him to the intersection.

After school, the other party would meow twice on the tree at the intersection to welcome him home.

But suddenly one day, when he returned home, he no longer heard the familiar meow.

Three hundred and sixty-five days a year, as long as he goes to school, Mengmeng has never been absent, rain or shine.

Su Xingyao felt something was wrong when Mengmeng was suddenly absent today, and anxiously searched all the places around her where Mengmeng often appeared.

It was dark when he found Mengmeng, but he still couldn't find her.

But that night, his adoptive father brought out a pot of stewed meat and forced him to eat it.

Su Xingyao curled up in the corner with tears in her eyes and kept dry heaving, vomiting until her liver and gallbladder were about to come out.

The sister cried and tried to stop her adoptive father's crazy and perverted behavior, but in the end she was beaten up by him.

From then on, Su Xingyao didn't dare let any small animals approach her for a long time.

Until I adopted the puppy Egg Yolk...

However, the dog that became disabled because of saving himself and his sister, and depended on him for so many years in the orphanage, died tragically because of Shen Huaixi after being adopted by the Shen family.

From then on, Su Xingyao suffered a huge psychological trauma.

He no longer dared to raise any small animals, and even dared not get close to them, fearing that he would still not be able to protect them well and bring them misfortune...

Until I met the sunset and the coral...

In fact, he still doesn't dare to really feed them.

But compared to the time when he would have PTSD when seeing animals, his overall condition is much better.

Su Xingyao had never told anyone about this past event, and today was the first time she told it to someone.

Thinking of the cats and dogs that lost their lives, his heart couldn't help but feel sad.

Lu Jiuxu stayed with him quietly for a long time.

At night, when Su Xingyao was sleeping, he received a message from the other party.

Lu Gougou: Do you want to adopt a panda?

Land Dog: No need to raise it yourself

After these two messages, Lu Jiuxu also sent several news reports about celebrities or companies adopting pandas.

Su Xingyao was moved after seeing it.

Su Maomao: Does that mean raising pandas in the cloud?

The other party replied to him immediately, "Yes."

Su Maomao: Is it okay?

Su Xingyao was a little hesitant and a little expectant.

But Lu Jiuxu told him firmly - it's possible.

A few days later, Su Xingyao came to the panda base again.

Lu Jiuxu's assistant has already completed all the preliminary preparations.

Su Xingyao signed an adoption agreement with the base, and after completing the formalities, he directly adopted a panda.

The panda he adopted was a baby panda whose birthday was June 1st, the same day as his.

“You can give it a name~”

The nanny reminded Su Xingyao with a smile.

Su Xingyao was a little surprised, "Doesn't it already have a name?"

"You can choose an adopted name."

After listening to the nanny's words, Su Xingyao felt soft in her heart as she looked at the baby panda through the glass.

He really has an adopted animal of his own, and he may watch it grow up little by little in the future.

"Can I call you Wuyou?"

He hopes that giant pandas can grow up safely, happily and healthily without worries.

The nanny replied, "Of course~"

Hearing this, Lu Jiuxu also spoke up, "Then let's call mine Wuliu."

This time he also adopted a panda baby who was born on the same day as Wuyou.

After hearing the name, the nanny smiled and nodded, "It means carefree. They will definitely grow up carefree in the future~"

After returning from the base, they sent him some photos of baby pandas.

Su Xingyao printed out the photo of the two cubs and placed it next to the "Family Portrait" night light that Lu Jiuxu gave him.

Looking at the photo of myself and Sunset Coral on the night light, as well as the newly added words "carefree" and "free from worries" next to them.

Su Xingyao felt that the number of "family members" in her family was growing!

He had never thought that there would be a day when he would have so many cute little animals around him.

After happily admiring the "family members" for a while, Su Xingyao took out her mobile phone and sent a voice message to Lu Jiuxu.

"Mr. Lu, can I invite you to the final of "The Voice of China" next week as part of my family and friends group?"