Chu Li: "..."

Chu Li: "I just can't tell left from right, so what!"

Zhuo Chuan: "Nothing, I've never seen a moron who can be so self-righteous... Why are you blushing when you are so self-righteous?"

...You straight man, can you tell what a blush is and what a girl's naturally rosy cheeks are?

Chu Li was so embarrassed that she was about to burst into tears. She was walking briskly when she jumped out of the taxi just now, but now she found that she couldn't walk after wearing the wrong shoes. She calmed herself down and limped forward two steps... She heard a sigh that seemed to be her imagination. The man stood up from the chair and stuffed the chair under her buttocks——

Chu Li thought that she didn't have to answer the difficult question the man had just raised, so she sat down and changed her shoes with her head down. While changing, she asked, "Teacher, are you okay?"

"What could possibly happen to me? It's not like I got bit on the chin and tail in a fight and am here getting stitches."

Zhu Chuan reached out and touched Er Gou's head. Er Gou seemed to hear the mockery in his master's tone, and lifted up his head to shake off his hand. Zhu Chuan hissed and pressed his big head back onto the bed...

Chu Li stretched his head to look at Ergou. There were stitches on his chin, and the hair on his tail had been shaved for applying medicine for the stitches. Only a bare tail with a poke of hair on the tip was left. He looked like a little lion, very ugly... Perhaps the anesthesia had not worn off yet, the big dog couldn't close his mouth, and his drool was all over the bed.

Chu Li thought for a moment and asked again, "Is Er Gou okay?"

Chu Chuan: "I heard that he bit his jaw and bled a lot. He scared the little girl working in the pet store so much that she started crying... Now it seems that she is fine and is still alive."

Chu Li tentatively reached out her hand and found that Er Gou did not despise her, so she gently placed her hand on his forehead: "Did you win the fight?"

Zhuchuan: “…”

Zhuchuan's speechless gaze was too direct. Chu Li retracted his hand, a little embarrassed: "After all, the fight has already happened, so I'll just ask about the result."

"You have a very problematic mindset. If you have a child in the future, you will definitely raise him to be a bully in the kindergarten." Zhuo Chuan stared at her for a moment and then said slowly, "...The German Shepherd had half of its ear torn off. The German Shepherd is just an ordinary large dog. The Alaskan is a giant dog, probably half the weight of the German Shepherd. I heard that the German Shepherd's owner finally struggled to drag his dog out from under the claws of the dog. The fat dog was so heavy that the owner couldn't even get up... Otherwise, how could he be bitten on the chin?"

"..." Chu Li touched Er Gouzi's ear, "Okay, those bowls of dog food were not eaten in vain."

By the way, he praised the gentle and gentle young man Chuan Juju. He is worthy of being a book writer. Even though he was not present and heard the information from a third party, his narration is still vivid and full of images... Chu Li scratched Ergou's ear and resisted the urge to praise him for being "really awesome" so as not to be criticized for having problems with his thinking. He could only beat around the bush and say, "I can't tell, he's stupid and fierce."

At this moment, Ergou had faced his master's stern face all night, and now he finally met someone who could treat him gently. He hurriedly seized the opportunity to whimper coquettishly, but his tail was stitched and it hurt, and he couldn't move it...Zhechuan saw that his dog's suppressed and stinky behavior was an eyesore, so he simply turned around and moved a stool over and sat down next to Chuli. Chuli seemed to remember something at this time, retracted his hand, sat up straight and asked: "Teacher, did you come here as soon as you got off the plane? Have you eaten dinner? I'll buy you something to eat..."

He stood up while speaking.

"Sit down." Zhaochuan said concisely.

Chu Li sat down again, with an expression that said, "I'm here as you told me to." She let the man's eyes wander over her face, and then she heard the man slowly ask, "Did I ask you to bring me food?"

“……”Isn’t it?

"...You won't die of hunger if you skip a meal. You came to me for something, didn't you? Tell me, what's going on over there?" The man snorted. "I don't believe a painter can make you so angry. I haven't said anything yet and you act like someone's tail has been stepped on..."

When the incident was brought up, Chu Li blushed: "Didn't I apologize to you?"

"I know," Zhu Chuan said expressionlessly, "It's so rare, so I want to hear you emphasize it again."

“……………………” Chu Li looked at this handsome face that deserved a beating, and thought that she must have been possessed by a ghost half an hour ago and felt that he was particularly helpless and pitiful. “I had some problems at work. In addition to the unsatisfactory progress of “Luohe Divine Book”, there were also problems with “Hua Li” - remember that day I called you and left for a while? It was because Xiao Niao asked for leave, and Lao Miao insisted that I look at the peripheral orders of “Hua Li” in the name of familiarizing myself with the work content. I was in a hurry to call you at the time, so I saw the problem at first sight…”

"What's the problem?"

"There was a deviation in the number of peripheral production. All the people in our line who had contact with the order contract were arrested, scolded and had their wages deducted! A lot was deducted!" Chu Li took a deep breath, "The worst thing is that at this time I also received a notice from the landlord notifying me to pay the next quarter's bills..."

"You act in a TV drama, all set."

"I also think, how can life be so dramatic, how can people be so unlucky? Now I am faced with a difficult choice between sleeping on the street or starving."

"The housekeeper wants money, but will your family just watch you starve to death?"

"I tried, but my father waited until I was almost destitute and starving to death and had to ask the housekeeper for money, and then forced me back home to be a Chinese teacher in an elementary school..."

Hearing the words "Chinese teacher", Zhuo Chuan showed a mocking expression, probably because he felt that this proposal was terrible... Chu Li suddenly seemed to have found a confidant: "Really? You are a good editor. You just signed "The Divine Book of Luo River" and "The Lost Amusement Park". You are a rising star in the editing world. Why would I be a Chinese teacher!"

Sitting there, watching Chu Li muttering endlessly in anger, Zhu Chuan suddenly realized what was going on tonight. First he was here to take care of a stupid dog that had beaten itself to death in a fight, and after taking care of it for half the night...

Here comes another little girl who complains about how life is so drama.

...be his confidant brother.

Zhuo Chuan was complaining in his heart when his cell phone rang.

He picked it up, took a look, and hung up.

However, the other party kept calling in tirelessly, and Zhuchuan had to pick up the phone again and take a look. He frowned slightly and was about to hang up when he suddenly felt a faint gaze coming from the side... The man was slightly stunned and raised his head, just in time to see Chu Li looking at him silently, with a look on his face that said: Did you hang up my phone like this before?

Zhuchuan: “…”

Chu Chuan: "What are you looking at?"

Chu Li twisted his head away. Zhu Chuan lowered his head to look at his phone, hesitated for a moment, and finally pressed the answer button. He said "Hello", paused, and then said, "Dad?"

Chu Li quickly pulled her head back with a gossipy face when she heard it. Zhu Chuan seemed to have guessed that she would do this. He glared at her fiercely, pinched her chin with his other hand that was not on the phone, and pushed her face away -

Chu Li slapped his hand away and saw that his expression was exactly the same as Er Gouzi's when he was waiting for him to feed him canned food, except that his ears were sticking to his head and his tail was wagging!

"I'm outside... How do you know Ergou had a fight? Is Jiang Yucheng's mouth unzipped?"

"I went to City B for a break and put it in a pet hospital for foster care. What kind of abuse? You said it nicely, fed it well and paid 250 yuan a day. The canned food was brought from home and it was allowed to walk for an hour every day. Who did I abuse?"

"It just had two stitches, it's fine... I can take it back after the anesthesia wears off - why can't it go home? Its jaw and tail were bitten, but its legs are not broken! If I don't take it back, should I carry it on my back?!"

"How come you suddenly arranged that I would go home next week to attend the Writers Association meeting and take it home with me? I said I wasn't going to the meeting! I won't give you the dog either... You are so old and you're still fighting with your son for the dog. You are disrespectful to your elders!"

Zhu Chuan's voice changed from speechless to helpless, then to annoyed and then to helpless again, like the face-changing of Sichuan Opera, which was quite beautiful to watch - Chu Li squatted beside him and listened with a happy face, Zhu Chuan suddenly turned around while talking on the phone, snatched her phone, opened the memo and typed with one hand -

Zhuochuan: [This has nothing to do with you. You have seen the dog and told the story. Go back and find the cover of the book before I regret it. Goodbye.]

Chu Li took back the phone and typed: [It’s ok, sit for a while. ]

Zhuchuan: “…”

Chu Chuan: [No work tomorrow? ]

Chu Li: [It’s okay, I…]

Before she finished typing, her phone was snatched away again. She looked up and met a pair of brown eyes. The latter glanced at her with disdain, mouthed the word "confiscated", and then put her phone directly into his pocket and continued to make a call -

"I said I wouldn't go to the Writers Association meeting, why are you so persistent?"

"I don't even want to go to the meeting, and now you want to take my dog ​​away from me, so I won't go anymore... Your negotiation skills are second to none."

"No discussion, no negotiation."

"Why? Ergou can't even close his mouth now, and his tail is shaved like a bald head. How can I take him on a plane? Is the airline box a place for dogs? What if he gets sick or gets hurt? He won't want to stay in it!"

Zhuo Chuan stood up immediately, and Chu Li shrank back and hugged Er Gou's head to prevent its owner from going crazy and hurting innocent people... Fortunately, a pet store staff member walked by at this time and glanced at him: "Sir, be quiet."

Zhuochuan glanced at the staff member, then sat down silently again. He finally stopped yelling and let the other person say a few words. A few seconds later, a look of lightning appeared on the man's face: "What do you mean my dog ​​is as pretentious as me?"

This time, Chu Li, who was eavesdropping on the situation, couldn't help laughing out loud.

…

After Zhu Chuan hung up the phone, he was obviously in a bad mood. Chu Li didn't know what the Writers Association meeting he was talking about was. He had heard before that Zhu Chuan had joined the provincial Writers Association in his hometown, but he had never gotten along well with the older generation of authors represented by his father, Mr. Zhu Guxuan...

Judging from the current situation, he is unwilling to even attend a meeting. It seems that the rumors are true.

At this time, Ergou's anesthesia effect was about to wear off, and he began to be unruly in bed. Zhuochuan looked around and saw sick cats and dogs coming and going. From the pet operating room, there were cries of pet owners from time to time. It seemed that he couldn't stand staying here all the time, so he handed Ergou to Chuli and ran back to drive the car to take Ergou home...

Chu Li spent an hour with Ergou when her cell phone vibrated. She found out that it was Zhuo Chuan who sent her a text message: Come out.

Looking up, I saw a silver-white Porsche parked in front of the pet hospital - people are really different, some drive Porsches; some are using mobile phone maps to choose the underside of an overpass where they will stay tomorrow.

Chu Li called the staff of the pet hospital to help carry the 100-pound fat dog into the car. The staff of the pet hospital even patted Er Gouzi's head humorously and said, "Don't come back again. If you want to come back, choose the day I'm on vacation, okay?"

Chu Li: "..."

Zhuchuan: “…”

Chu Chuan settled the bill with the pet hospital and took the initiative to pay for the medical expenses of the German Shepherd whose ear was torn off... Chu Li watched the whole process from the side until Chu Chuan finished marking the card and looked up and asked her: "Why are you craning your neck to look at something when you are not in the car yet?"

Chu Li: "I also want Er Gouzi to give me a bite. You don't have to give me too much money. Four thousand yuan is enough for me to pay the rent."

"My German Shepherd's show-grade dog has a pedigree certificate, what about you?"

"..." Chu Li thought for a moment, "Birth certificate from the Second People's Hospital of H City?"

"..." Zhu Chuan showed an expression that said "I'm too lazy to listen to you, an idiot, talking about dreams" and twitched his lips. "Get in the car."

The back seat was occupied by Er Gouzi, so Chu Li could only walk to the front passenger door and get in. As soon as he sat down, he was reminded to fasten his seat belt. Chu Li said "oh oh" twice and fastened it. The person next to him suddenly said, "If you think the front seat is too crowded and you can't put your legs in, just move the chair back..."

Without waiting for Chu Li's answer, he looked down at her legs and her confused expression of "what are you talking about". Zhu Chuan paused and pretended to be nonchalant with a forced non-embarrassment: "Forget it, it's okay."

The car started and drove out five meters, and Chu Li reacted: "Do you want to fight?"

Zhuo Chuan held the steering wheel with one hand: "Please do not talk to the driver."

Chu Li looked out the window, and saw shops on the street passing by quickly. When she saw a restaurant called "Dad's Tea Restaurant", she suddenly remembered something and asked, "Did Mr. Gu Xuan call you just now? What did he say? Inviting you to attend the Provincial Writers Association meeting? Isn't this something that only happens once a year? Why don't you go?"

Chu Li said as she turned around and looked at the man driving the car. The latter had no unnecessary emotions on his face: "No, after Ergou made such a fuss, I don't want to leave him in a pet store anymore."

"Then how will you go out in the future? You travel all over the world every day... but you don't want to attend the Writers Association Conference just for this?"

"I don't know. If I can't find someone to take care of it when I'm not around, maybe I'll just have to hand it over to the state like the old man said. It's better than going to a pet store... There are too many dogs in pet stores."

"????"

First ceremony black question mark face.

"It doesn't like socializing. It won't even look at other dogs when it goes out for a walk. It gets irritated when it's with other dogs." Zhuo Chuan said calmly, "Besides, what's the point of that? Would you go and dance in the square with a group of old ladies after dinner? If you go there, the whole world will ask you if you have a date and want to introduce you to the tall and mighty security captain in their community."

Chu Li: “Ah?”

Zhu Chuan: "This is what the Writers Association said at the meeting."

Chu Li was surprised: "The Writers Association also arranges blind dates for single authors?"

"………………Why is it so hard to talk to you?" Zhao Chuan stepped on the brake and waited for the red light. "Why do you look so envious? If you can't get married, lose some weight, make some money and get plastic surgery. If you can't get married, just keep your mouth shut and move your legs. If that doesn't work, you can just burn incense in a temple."

Chu Li was at a loss: "...So you don't care about blind dates?"

Zhuochuan: "Do I need a blind date like this?"

Why not?

Besides being good looking and rich, the key is that he has such a bad temper that he lives like a god.

Out of touch.

Chu Li stared at Zhu Chuan for a long time, and suddenly realized: "Wait, I think I know what you mean - you mean that you can't talk to those traditional literary authors and teachers, and you have no common topics. They force you to instill traditional literary ideas into you, regardless of whether those things are suitable for your creative routine, right?"

Chu Chuan: "If your IQ is up to par, you'll look like a human being - that's exactly what I mean."

Chu Li thought about it and said thoughtfully: "There are many things worth learning from traditional literature. It would be very interesting if it could be combined with novels read by contemporary young people. Good novels combined with profound thoughts can be entertaining and educational... There is no harm in listening to them talk about these things."

Zhuochuan: "Lao Miao also teaches you every day, do you like to listen?"

Chu Li: "..."

"Those people are the same. Just like Lao Miao may not really want to train you to be a qualified editor, Yuanyue Press is not recruiting new people because of a lack of talent, but because it wants to go public to expand its scale and increase its valuation. Those old men and women may not really want to share their good things with you. More often than not, they want to show others: Look, I have done everything I should do, don't say I am not tolerant, it is he who is not learning well!"

Chu Li thought about Lao Miao, and then felt that she was convinced by Zhu Chuan's evil and twisted theories - Lao Miao would indeed teach her everything and tell her everything, but one look at her showed that, deep down, Lao Miao never regarded Chu Li as one of his own.

More often than not, he was just doing his job superficially—

After all, just like the order problem this time, if the subordinates don’t do a good job, Lao Miao, their superior, will even be blamed.

Chu Li fell into deep thought. After thinking for a while, she finally pulled herself out of Zhu Chuan's twisted logic. She grabbed the seat belt tightly and looked at the taillights of the car in front of her: "But I didn't run away."

Who are you saying is running away? Zhuo Chuan turned his head and glanced at her.

"I know that Lao Miao is a bad person and Xiao Niao is a waste. They are two traitors who gang up on others. They hope that when Yuanyueshe starts laying off employees, the one who leaves is me, who is probably redundant in their eyes. This is the current situation in the editorial department of Moonlight," Chu Li frowned, "but I have never thought about not going to work because of this, refusing the job of editor. Yuanyueshe, this platform..."

"Yuanyue Publishing House is really great. It has a lot of resources, its authors have great appeal, and their books are countless," Chu Li said. "Do you think I should give up this forest of rich resources just because of these two people?"

"Out of sight, out of mind. Unable to perfectly integrate into the food chain, you must leave early in order to survive - have you ever heard of this kind of chicken soup?" asked Zhuochuan.

"No! Ergou knows how to fight with people for territory. When they encounter an excellent environment but find that they cannot perfectly integrate into the food chain, how can they turn around and run away? Turn it into a new environment with themselves at the top of the new food chain!!!"

Zhaochuan raised his eyebrows and glanced at her in surprise, while Chuli waved his fist at the air——

"Escape will never solve the problem. You must stand up and tell those aunties who dance in the square - I am beautiful as a flower, with 70% makeup on and 80% makeup off. Only outstanding single men who are 1.8 meters tall, have a deposit of 1.8 million and live in an area of ​​less than 180 square meters are welcome to stay! If you don't tell them and just avoid them, how do they know that you don't want a community security guard? Do they think you are shy?!"

There was a long silence.

The man sneered: "Stop talking."

Chu Li blushed and angrily rubbed his face: "Yes, I've said a lot of great truths, but I still can't live a good life - I still have to choose the bridge tunnel where I will stay tomorrow when I go home!"

At this time, the car was almost at Chu Li's house. Under Chu Li's command, the man parked the car in front of a rather dilapidated building... He opened the car window and looked out. Zhu Chuan asked, "That's it?"

Chu Li: “That’s it.”

Chu Chuan: "Are you yelling at me because you're worried about losing this place?"

Chu Li: "………………Isn't this place better than the gathering place of the Beggars' Gang brothers under the bridge?"

Chu Li was just reaching out to open the car door, but the man in the driver's seat unbuckled his seat belt and got out of the car first. He watched him get out of the car and look up at the shabby building for a long time, then walked around to Chu Li's side, bent down and opened the car door...

Chu Li was shocked!

I thought he was going to beat someone up—

Unexpectedly, after the man opened the car door, he suddenly leaned against the door and looked down at the little girl sitting in the car who was staring at him eagerly: "Hey, Banana Man, I suddenly have an idea."

Chu Li remained in the car, unable to get out because Chu Chuan was blocking the door, so she had to say obediently: "If you say you want to fight me here, my answer is: I don't agree."

Zhuchuan: “…”

Zhuochuan: "Really stupid."

Chu Li: "..."

Zhuchuan supported the roof of the car with one hand and rested his other elbow on the car door. Under the moonlight, Chu Li couldn't see clearly the expression on the man facing her... She pursed her lips slightly, and for some reason, she started to feel a little nervous again.

My heart is beating a little fast, I hope he can't hear it.

The auntie on the floor behind me came out with footbath water, leaned against the wall, glanced at the two people posing in front of the dilapidated building, and said with emotion, "Young people nowadays", turned around, and slammed the door shut.

Chu Li: "Teacher?"

"You need to find a place to live," Zhuo Chuan said calmly, "and I need to find someone to take care of Er Gou while I'm away."

First Li: “?”

Zhuo Chuan: "I also have an attic at home, not big, only about 70 square meters, with a separate bathroom and toilet, and a small balcony. Now I use it to store miscellaneous items - rent is free, and I only need to mop the floor, cook, wash dishes, and feed the dog every day. What do you think?"

Chu Li's mind went blank for three seconds.

In the fourth second, she sat up, stretched out her hand and grabbed the collar of the man who was leaning against the car door: "Really!?!??????"

Zhuchuan was caught off guard and was almost hit on the car door by her grabbing his head——

"It's really true," Zhuo Chuan slapped her claws away, looking calm, "but I thought you would scold me first: You rascal, who wants to live with a grown man!"

“…”

"At least pretend to be nice. You look like you've taken advantage of me, which makes me feel ridiculous for coming up with this idea."

"There's nothing wrong with it," Chu Li was so excited that he was incoherent. "It's no different if you live under the bridge with a bunch of beggar brothers. At least you still know to take a shower!"

“…”

"Thank you, landlord! I will cook for you! When is it convenient for you to move?"

Chu Li jumped out of the car and circled around the man like a puppy. The real dog in the car, on the other hand, just calmly raised his head and looked out the window, then tilted his head in confusion.

Zhuochuan looked down at the little girl who was jumping up and down around him, as if she had found hope to live... As she was running around in circles, her pair of running shoes, which were stained with dust, left a circle of small footprints on the muddy ground.

Suddenly I remembered what happened a few hours ago when she came to him, exhausted and wearing her shoes the wrong way around, and asked him: "Teacher, are you okay?"

Zhuchuan raised his eyelids and looked at the dark old building behind her. A few hours ago, was she just like now, jumping out of the dark corridor at full speed after receiving his call?

Falling on the dirty mud ground, leaving deep footprints?

“…”

The man's brown eyes, which had been shrouded in gloom since the afternoon, suddenly cleared up. He looked at her, and when she looked up at him, the moonlight behind him was reflected in her eyes, bright and clear...

"The moonlight is so beautiful tonight."

"What?"

"Nothing," the man stretched out his hand and gently patted the bright-faced girl's smooth forehead. With a "pop", he said, "You can move anytime you want."

Chu Li stood up with a "whoosh" and covered his forehead. However, for the first time after being beaten, he did not curse. Instead, he couldn't stop grinning because of surprise: "How can I thank you..."

The man narrowed his eyes slightly and raised the corners of his lips.

In the night wind, the voice was deep and magnetic, as if it was right beside her ear——

"Feed my dog ​​and walk it for me. And feed me... Of course, I don't need to walk it."