Extra 1: First Meeting
Ji Nan and Zhong Jiajing's first meeting in the true sense can actually be traced back to the winter when Zhong Jiajing was in her sophomore year. Of course, Ji Nan is probably the only one who remembers this.
At that time, he had just raised Duoduo for a short time, and he would take the tiny Samoyed baby for a walk on the street at night.
Halfway through the journey, I suddenly had a severe stomachache, but the nearest toilet was only a hundred meters away in a shopping mall.
Dogs are not allowed in the mall. Ji Nan could no longer tolerate this and after much hesitation, he entrusted the dog to a seemingly friendly passerby outside the mall to help take care of it.
When he hurried back, the passers-by had disappeared, and his dog had moved to the other side of the street and was now being held tightly by a young girl who looked like a student.
This girl is Zhong Jiajing.
But at that time, the dog was wagging its tail and grinning, while she was crying loudly.
Ji Nan was a little confused, thinking that his dog had bitten someone, so he ran over in a hurry.
But when he arrived and saw the man and the dog living in harmony under the street light, Ji Nan breathed a sigh of relief.
But how to stop a crying girl? This was a difficult question for a straight man like him.
It was probably the end of December, the temperature had dropped very low, and the night sky was gloomy and looked a bit scary.
Zhong Jiajing was wearing a long goose yellow down jacket and a furry tiger-shaped hat on her head. She was lying on the back of the little dog, crying breathlessly and talking non-stop.
"Wow, we are all pitiful and unwanted children!"
"Can we depend on each other from now on?"
"I no longer have a home, but I must give you a home."
At that time, Duoduo was just a little white ball, and Ji Nan suspected that Zhong Jiajing, who was wearing heavy clothes, would crush his baby at any time.
The girl was crying so hard that Ji Nan stood behind her for three minutes without being noticed.
This wasn't going to work. Ji Nan didn't hesitate any longer and decisively interrupted, "Are you using my dog's nose to wipe his snot?"
Zhong Jiajing was startled when she heard the sudden cold voice coming from behind her. After a long time, she looked at him timidly with a pair of red eyes.
"Is this your dog?" She spoke in a nasal voice, and it was obvious that she had been crying hard just now.
Her question was ineffective because the answer had already jumped into her eyes.
When Duoduo saw her master coming back, she immediately got out of the shackles on her arms and ran to Ji Nan's feet to act coquettishly. It was obvious at a glance that the two were related.
But Ji Nan didn't admit it. He just stared at her with his beautiful eyes and said in a light tone, "No, it's the tissue you used to wipe your nose."
It was as if he was telling some hellish joke.
But Zhong Jiajing couldn't laugh, and just stubbornly explained, "At most I just wiped my tears!"
As she spoke, her eyes filled with tears again.
Ji Nan was stunned, and finally sighed, turned around and stuffed the dog at his feet into her arms again.
"Don't wipe your nose..." He finally said with disgust.
Zhong Jiajing sobbed for a long time, and finally stopped because she was probably tired.
With her tear-stained face, she asked Ji Nan in a muffled voice, "Brother, can you lend me a piece of paper?"
The nasal sound is even heavier than before. I guess the nasal cavity is completely blocked. If I don’t stop, my dog will probably become a natural toilet paper.
Ji Nan didn't hesitate and immediately took out a small packet of paper from his pocket and handed it to her.
Zhong Jiajing thanked him honestly before she blew her nose hard with a tissue.
There was too much fluid in her nasal cavity, so Zhong Jiajing blew out piece of paper after piece of paper. Finally, she emptied the bag but still felt that she had not used enough strength.
Seeing that she still looked unsatisfied, Ji Nan silently took out another bag from his pocket.
Zhong Jiajing took it and thanked him gratefully, "You are such a kind person!"
Trash cans are not a common sight on the streets of Shanghai.
Ji Nan was just thankful that there happened to be a pair of these installed on the side of the road, otherwise he would have to become a human trash can to help Zhong Jiajing collect the used tissues.
This is a kind of performance art, he thought.
After calming down, Zhong Jiajing said, "Wait a moment, I'll go buy you some paper to compensate you."
"No need." Ji Nan said lightly.
Zhong Jiajing felt a little embarrassed. She explained, "If it was just one or two, it would be fine, but I do feel a little bad about using two packs."
Ji Nan looked at her and said calmly, "If you knew I just grabbed it for free in the public restroom at the mall, you'd probably feel really bad about it."
Zhong Jiajing: “…”
Do you think she's stupid? Who provides small packets of toilet paper in public toilets?
Seeing that the other party didn't understand the reason, Zhong Jiajing simply picked up the dog and ran away. The owner loved the dog so much that she would naturally chase after him.
Although Duoduo was still very small at that time, she was a solid little pig after all. In addition, she had used a lot of energy in crying just now, so Zhong Jiajing was exhausted and out of breath after running for a while.
Ji Nan followed behind slowly with his long legs, and the two of them could not even keep half a meter apart.
Zhong Jiajing felt a little discouraged when she saw this. She put the dog down and squatted on the ground, drawing circles herself. "It's just a reward, how can it be so difficult?"
Ji Nan said faintly, "If you hadn't told me, I would have thought you were robbing me."
He stared at her blackened knuckles and added, "And even if you get your hands dirty now, I can't get you any more tissues."
Zhong Jiajing muttered, "You haven't used up all the stuff you just gave me."
Ji Nan: "Oh, I thought you were planning to save it for later."
"Thinking about your tearful look just now, I thought all the oceans in the world were contributed by you."
"Looking at it this way, since my family has become rich through aquatic products, my grandfather would have to crawl out of the ground to thank you in person."
He is truly a filial son.
"I'll give it back to you, I'll give it back to you." Zhong Jiajing stuffed the remaining paper into his coat pocket in a hurried and angry manner, and a pair of glasses fell out of her pocket.
To be precise, it is a pair of independent lenses and a loose frame.
Ji Nan picked up the lenses and with his other hand grabbed the temples and held them in front of the two of them.
He was silent for a moment, then asked, "How much responsibility do I have for this?"
How could she be held responsible? It had already been broken before, and she had even broken it by sitting on it.
As Zhong Jiajing was thinking, she started to cry again. Ji Nan was a little at a loss. He took out a tissue from his pocket and put it directly on her red eyes. The tissue was instantly soaked with salty tears.
He sighed and compromised: "Okay, I declare that I take full responsibility."
But Zhong Jiajing continued to cry and sobbed without stopping.
Ji Nan said helplessly, "The ocean already accounts for 71% of the Earth's surface area. If you keep crying, how much more will our land area shrink?"
"If housing prices rise in the future, you will be fully responsible."
Zhong Jiajing could no longer hold it in any longer and howled louder and louder, attracting the attention of several passers-by in an instant.
Ji Nan had a headache. He picked up the dog with one hand and pulled her to a dark corner with the other.
Putting the dog aside, he stretched out his index finger and placed it on the center of her rosy lips, whispering, "Shh, don't cry anymore."
At that time, Zhong Jiajing had not yet undergone myopia surgery. Her eyes had a degree of myopia of about 800, and without glasses she was no different from a blind person, so she had no idea what Ji Nan looked like.
Now they were very close, their bodies separated only by thick clothes. However, due to the darkness, she still couldn't make out his features, and could only smell the faint woody scent on him.
She suddenly fell silent, and looked back and forth with her big, round eyes at the man in front of her who was completely immersed in the darkness.
Ji Nan praised her without any emotion, "Very good, land creatures have been saved again because of you. I'll write an email and ask the United Nations to give you an award."
Zhong Jiajing had no intention of listening to him. She just thought that since the distance was already there, it wouldn't be too much even if she was two centimeters closer, right?
Thinking of this, she threw herself into his arms. After her nose was more clearly exposed to the fragrance from the man's body, she suddenly felt that her nasal congestion was effectively relieved.
Ji Nan froze in place, his hands hanging in the air, not knowing where to put them. In the end, he could only lean against the wall for support.
He spoke awkwardly, "What are you doing?"
Zhong Jiajing didn't answer, but just kept talking to herself.
"In the afternoon, my grandma called and said my parents were getting divorced and asked me who I would marry."
"But they're both my favorites, how can I choose?"
"But if I don't choose, will I be no different from a homeless child?"
"Plus, my glasses happened to break, and that's when I realized what misfortunes never come singly."
"I was feeling really bad, and I wanted to go out and relax, but I ended up running into your abandoned dog. But luckily it was just a misunderstanding, and now there's one more child in the world who is loved."
In fact, the dog was not abandoned. It was just that the passerby who asked the dog to look after him happened to have an urgent matter, so he hurriedly grabbed Zhong Jiajing who was passing by to help look after the dog. As a result, she exaggerated the situation and made it look like this.
Ji Nan's knuckles on the wall slid down two inches. He frowned, but finally raised his hand and placed it on her thin back.
He patted it twice, his actions no different from the way he usually teased a puppy.
His tone softened a little. "I've already promised full responsibility, so I'll compensate you with a pair of identical glasses."
"Looking at it this way, the saying 'misfortunes never come singly' is all fake. Don't scare yourself."
"As a high-quality college student, please believe in science."
Zhong Jiajing buried her head in his arms, tears streaming down her face again, "I don't want these from you."
Ji Nan felt helpless, it turned out that he was the natural toilet paper.
The clothes on her chest were probably soaked, and it wouldn't return to normal even if she was asked to stop, so Ji Nan simply let her do whatever she wanted.
After a while, the phone in Zhong Jiajing's pocket buzzed. She didn't want to answer it, so she asked Ji Nan if he could help her get around it.
Ji Nan couldn't stand her nagging and finally agreed.
The person on the other end of the phone was Zhong's mother herself.
She said anxiously, "Jia Jia, your grandma is drunk and talking nonsense again. Your dad and I have a good relationship. You don't believe it, do you?"
Ji Nan's head hurt even more. He said, "She believed it and is crying loudly now."
Mother Zhong was stunned for a moment, "Are you...Jia Jia's boyfriend?"
Ji Nan: "No, I'm just a passing snot tissue."
When Zhong Jiajing heard his nonsense, she immediately loosened her arms around his waist, snatched the phone away and hid aside to explain herself.
After a while, perhaps the misunderstanding was resolved, the girl who hung up the phone finally smiled, like the stars that appeared after the dark clouds in the sky, shining brightly.
Ji Nan leaned against the wall and asked her, "Are you not crying anymore? Should I compensate you for your glasses?"
Zhong Jiajing didn't agree, but instead ran to the convenience store and packed a whole box of small wrapping paper to compensate him.
After meeting again, Zhong Jiajing had completely forgotten him, but Ji Nan remembered that man that night very clearly.
Perhaps it was because of their old relationship, or perhaps something else was taking root, but he immediately agreed to her request to walk the dog...
I recently went to Nanjing and didn’t have time to update the extra chapters. I’ll try to update more in the next two days!!!
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