Chapter 98 Kitty and the other two still doubt him,...
After that smile just now, something vaguely changed between the two of them. The atmosphere around them was no longer awkward and strange, but had a sense of inexplicable stickiness. Even the wind around them seemed to have slowed down and become softer.
Both of them felt something was a bit strange, but they didn't dare to look at each other. As several dishes were served one after another, they didn't say anything more and just buried their heads in eating.
The noises of people drinking and eating around were endless, and the place was bustling but not too noisy, which instead showed a breath of life.
Shen Qingye had never eaten in such a place before, and was a little uncomfortable at first, but after getting used to it and feeling the popularity around him, it turned out to be okay.
The weather in June was really hot, and with the effect of the chili pepper, after a while, beads of sweat appeared on my forehead. Shen Qingye took a bite and stopped for a while, sizzling unconsciously, yet finding the spiciness extremely satisfying.
Yue Lingchuan occasionally raised his eyes, looked at her fair face tinged with a layer of red and her fine eyelashes that kept trembling, and then quickly retracted his gaze. The spicy taste in his mouth passed to his heart, which beat exceptionally happily. After a while, I couldn't help but look back again, repeating this over and over again, never getting tired of it.
The tables around were not too far away, so I could hear clearly what people were saying. Especially at this time, when there are many people. While Shen Qingye was eating, he vaguely heard someone calling out:
"Hey, buddy, can we share a table?"
After a moment, one person replied: "It's not convenient."
The other party's voice was clear and clean, and his tone was calm. Shen Qingye didn't care at first, but when he heard this, he paused.
She raised her eyelashes and looked at Yue Lingchuan, who was also a little surprised.
The two of them looked sideways at the same time, and saw a thin boy in a black shirt and black shorts sitting upright at a table not far to the left. His fair skin was particularly conspicuous in the crowd.
Isn’t it Han Songlin whom I met at noon?
Both of them were a little surprised. Looking more closely, they saw a tall man standing beside the table, half bent over, with a slightly frown on his face, as if he had not expected that he would be so ruthless and refuse directly.
He tried to negotiate, "You're alone... There's no other place here, I'm just going to have a meal, you don't have much here, I won't disturb you."
Han Songlin then looked up at him, then lowered his head and looked away, repeating: "It's inconvenient."
"Hey, you..." The man frowned and was about to get angry. At this moment, a female voice suddenly came from not far away: "Brother, come over here and sit down."
The tall man stood up straight upon hearing this and looked back. Han Songlin also glanced over there casually, but when he saw the person who spoke, his gaze paused.
Shen Qingye smiled at him, but Han Songlin frowned unconsciously and curled his lips unconsciously.
Shen Qingye found that the other party's emotions were easy to understand. Just like now, he was probably wondering why he met them again when he had just sent them away at noon?
The tall man looked at their full table and scratched his head: "You two here..."
Yue Lingchuan said: "It's okay."
He walked over directly with the grilled fish: "We can just come over here."
The man was obviously a little surprised. He looked at them and then at Han Songlin: "No, you know each other?"
Shen Qingye said: "I guess we know each other. He is just like that. He doesn't like to be with strangers."
The man curled his lips: "I said..."
Shen Qingye smiled, and his eyes fell on Han Songlin again, and his eyebrows raised slightly: "Don't you want to come and help?"
Their dishes have been served, taking up most of the table. Two people cannot take all of them in one trip.
Han Songlin opened his mouth with a look of resistance, but in the end, he stood up reluctantly, walked to their table, and obediently brought two plates to his table.
Han Songlin himself did not order anything, just a few skewers, which he placed on the folding table, which was actually very spacious. Now, squeezed by the food of Shen Qingye and the other man, it instantly curled up into a ball pitifully.
Shen Qingye sat down opposite Han Songlin, her eyebrows slightly curved: "Looking at you like this, you don't welcome us?"
Han Songlin raised his eyes and glanced at her, then his eyelids closed again, his mouth pursed unconsciously, and he said in a muffled voice: "No."
It just looks like that, but it doesn't look like it's not there.
Shen Qingye was speechless for a moment, but instead of regretting anything, after looking at Yue Lingchuan, he felt even more interested in teasing a child.
She was about to ask him why he was here when she heard a cat's meow. The sound was not as sweet as that of an ordinary cat, but rather a little rough, with a sense of urgency.
Shen Qingye was startled and looked around in the direction of the sound. He still didn't see the cat. Then he heard the sound again, which seemed to come from...down there?
Before Shen Qingye could react, Han Songlin muttered twice, "Come it, come it," "Don't be anxious." The next moment, he took the two skewers of meat off the table and stuffed them under the table.
Shen Qingye looked down subconsciously, and saw a black tabby cat under the dim table, eating meat with its head down. It was eating with great relish, and purring sounds were coming from its mouth.
"This is..." Shen Qingye looked up at Han Songlin and said belatedly, "Isn't this also a stray cat you rescued?"
Han Songlin nodded and said sullenly, "So I said it's inconvenient."
There is a cat here, and I don’t know if the person just now can accept it, so it’s bound to cause trouble.
Shen Qingye understood immediately, and then asked in surprise: "Your business scope is so wide? There are not enough cats in the university town for you to save? Why do you come all the way here?"
Yue Lingchuan raised his eyes and glanced at him indifferently.
Han Songlin then said in a muffled voice, "Someone posted something online before, saying that they saw this cat fighting with another cat. Although it won in the end, its leg was injured and it was limping. I saw it, so I came here, caught it and sent it to the hospital. Its wound just healed a few days ago, and I was worried, so I came to take a look."
Who knows, I'll run into them again.
"I see." Shen Qingye looked down at the cat again. It was a tabby cat, and indeed a rather ferocious type. Looking at its claws again, the right forelimb does seem a little unnatural.
She nodded and asked him curiously, "I see you spend a lot of time, energy and money on these cats, right? You're about to graduate, aren't you in a hurry to find a job?"
Han Songlin gave her a strange look and said, "I've been admitted to graduate school, so I don't need to find a job."
Shen Qingye paused, then said calmly: "Really? It's not easy to get into graduate school, you are really amazing!"
Han Songlin lowered his eyes and curled his lips. These two people are still doubting him.
He didn't want to talk, so he just remained silent, took off another skewer of meat and passed it under the table.
The kitten was eating happily. Shen Qingye watched and couldn't help but wonder: "Can cats eat barbecue?"
Han Songlin glanced at her and talked about his favorite topic, finally showing some interest: "I didn't ask the boss to add any seasoning, it's just roasted meat, it's edible."
Shen Qingye nodded and said "oh". Looking at the kitten eating the meat seriously with big mouthfuls and listening to the tender humming sound coming from its mouth, I couldn't help but feel itchy.
She took a skewer of meat from her own grill, rinsed the seasoning in water, and then pulled the meat off like the scholar Han Songlin, carefully placing it on the ground, calling out in a coquettish voice: "Come, come, there's meat here."
The kitten twitched its nose, looked up at her, then wagged its tail, took light cat steps, and walked gracefully and elegantly to Shen Qingye, lowered its head, and began to eat.
Shen Qingye looked at the well-behaved one, and her heart softened. Then, she watched it concentrate on eating, and couldn't help but stretch out a finger and tentatively touch its back.
Seeing this, Han Songlin hurriedly said, "It's very fierce, don't—"
Before she finished her words, the kitten had already noticed her movements and raised its little head to look at her. Shen Qingye paused, but did not withdraw his hand. Instead, he looked into the kitten's green eyes and blinked slowly.
After a moment, the kitten took a step forward, tilted its head, rubbed the palm of her hand, and meowed in an extremely sweet and coquettish voice, with a long tone and a thousand twists and turns.
The furry touch rubbing against the palm of his hand made Shen Qingye's eyes light up instantly. He put his five fingers together and stroked along its back to the base of its tail, then from the tail to its head, sliding down along its little cheek, hooking its chin, and scratching it gently from time to time.
The kitten squinted its eyes, rubbed its cheek against her palm, and snored softly, looking particularly comfortable and enjoying itself.
Shen Qingye touched it for a long time before he suddenly realized that Han Songlin seemed to have something to say. He looked up and asked, "By the way, what did you say?"
Han Songlin lowered his eyes and looked at the tabby cat who usually put God first and me second. He did it without saying a word. He looked coquettish and flattering. With a wooden face, he said expressionlessly: "Nothing."
Yue Lingchuan watched from the side, seemed to have thought of something, and a smile flashed in his eyes.
The kitten seemed to be particularly fond of Shen Qingye. It stuck to her and was unwilling to leave, even ignoring the uneaten meat next to it.
Although Han Songlin felt a little unbalanced, he couldn't help but feel moved when he saw it being so obedient and allowing itself to be touched.
He raised his hand and moved closer tentatively, but before he could touch a single hair of the kitten, he heard a rough "Wow!" and the kitten stretched out its claws and scratched at him at lightning speed. Han Songlin, who was already accustomed to competing with all kinds of cats, reacted faster, withdrew his hand quickly, and escaped by luck.
The kitten arched its back, its ears puffed up, and it kept breathing at him, grumbling from time to time. It was obvious that it was cursing in a very dirty way.
Han Songlin's face became even more wooden. He sat in his seat with a dead look in his eyes. Seeing this, Yue Lingchuan couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Shen Qingye looked at Han Songlin, then at the kitten. It was hard to imagine how the kitten, who had just been lying flat and being stroked, could suddenly become so fierce. She tentatively called out:
"Mimi?"
The kitten immediately turned around, wagged its tail, and walked over to her again. It rubbed its head against her calf and uttered a sweet cry that was completely different from the one just now:
"Meow~"
Ah, this...
Shen Qingye glanced at Han Songlin cautiously, and then remembered what his classmates said when they went to investigate the case at noon, so he asked tentatively: "You seem... not very popular with cats?"
Han Songlin had a dead face, his black and white eyes looked coldly at the cat lying on the ground with its belly exposed, and his voice was faint, showing some emotion rarely:
"No one would like a person who sterilizes himself, right?"
Shen Qingye looked at Han Songlin, then looked at the kitten that was meowing at her with its belly exposed, and was speechless for a moment.
Only Yue Lingchuan was left standing aside, supporting his head with one hand, laughing so hard that his whole body was shaking.
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