Chapter 49 Date invitation?
Tong Wanwan received an invitation from Arnold for the weekend.
On Friday night, she was reading in the living room, with her pets sprawled on the sofa. She was engrossed in her book when she suddenly received a video call invitation from her laptop.
The 1551 system took a look and said, "...It's a small tail."
"Little tail?" Tong Wanwan put down the book, opened her laptop with some confusion, and said suddenly, "It's Arnold."
Arnold is her loyal fan on StarNet, with the ID "Curved Little Tail", and he once visited the pet shop.
At this point, the video invite hadn't been approved, but she could still see the other party's projection. The boy's appearance was slightly distorted on the blue screen, his short, slightly curly light chestnut hair and innocent brown eyes cast a light, aquamarine hue.
The boy seemed very nervous. Sometimes he stared at the screen, sometimes he lowered his eyes helplessly, and his eyelashes trembled, like a fluttering butterfly.
Why did Arnold contact her suddenly?
Tong Wanwan answered the video call. The young man on the other side heard the notification tone and looked up in surprise: "Sister! Good evening."
"Good evening." Beautiful things always make people happy. She smiled and asked, "Arnold, what's going on?"
The chestnut-haired boy's eyes sparkled, filled with anxiety and anticipation. "Sister, are you free tomorrow, Saturday? I'd like to invite you to visit our military academy. Are you interested?"
Tong Wanwan was stunned.
She remembered Arnold once said that he was a freshman admitted to the First Federal Military Academy.
Federal Military Academy... She is indeed quite interested in it.
"Sister," Arnold explained, fearing that she would not agree, "I really want to bring a friend to see our school. It's really beautiful there!" Using friends as an excuse, the possibility of sister agreeing would be greater.
"I'm not a student of your school. Can I also go for a visit?" Tong Wanwan asked after pondering for a moment.
Seeing that the girl was obviously interested, Arnold curled his eyebrows slightly and said, "If it's the weekend, then yes."
Suddenly, Tong Wanwan turned her head and looked at the pets, whose ears pricked up, clearly eavesdropping. Among the animals, Cancan and Yuanyuan glared at Arnold with eyes nearly blazing with anger.
She glanced at him a bit more curiously, and his gaze met the little white lion's as it turned away. Elvis subconsciously looked away, not wanting the girl to notice the strange look in his eyes.
After hesitating for a few seconds, Tong Wanwan decided to accept Arnold's weekend invitation.
Apart from going out for morning exercise every morning, she has never really gone out to play.
Seeing that Wanwan really wanted to visit the military academy, System 1551 initially wanted to stop her, but ultimately remained silent. It figured that with its versatile item store and Arnold's personal protection, the host shouldn't be in any danger.
The next day, Tong Wanwan comforted the cute pets who were reluctant to let her leave for a long time. She prepared meals, put the pets' meals for the whole day into the food insulator, set the meal pick-up time for the small household machine, and finally hung a "Temporarily Closed" sign at the door of the store before leaving with peace of mind.
As soon as the girl left, the pets in the room immediately lost their animal forms.
And everyone looked worried.
Eli: "Marshal Elvis, I..."
"I'm going out for a while," Ivis glanced at Eli and interrupted him coldly, "Take good care of Daya and the others."
"...Okay." Eli lowered his head in frustration. What he wanted to say was that he could secretly follow Wanwan and protect her safety at all times.
But... Marshal Elvis said he was going out, so his purpose was self-evident.
After saying that, Ivis transformed back into his lion cub form and quickly chased after Wanwan. In the room, Eli and Tracy looked at each other in bewilderment.
Tracy sighed and patted her friend's shoulder to comfort him. "Eli, I'm going home for a bit. My father needs to see me. Just listen to Mr. Ivis and stay at the pet store to take care of Savannah and Daya. Remember to make sure the two children eat on time and eat less snacks."
The blond young man nodded dejectedly: "Okay, go ahead and do your work. I'll wait for you to come back."
A moment later, the only people left in the pet shop were Eli, Savannah, Daya, and two quiet little machines.
For the first time, he felt that his home was empty.
…
Elsewhere, Wanwan, riding in a hovercar, quickly arrived at the meeting place she had agreed to meet with Arnold—the main entrance to the First Military Academy in Federal City. The academy's architecture was magnificent, imbued with a sense of grandeur and a sense of solemnity that had weathered the turmoil of time.
She always keeps her promises, and this time she left home twenty minutes early.
Unexpectedly, when I arrived at the gate of the military academy, Arnold was already waiting there.
Unlike the last time we met, when he was wearing a simple white shirt, the boy wore a sweater this time due to the cooler weather.
Wearing a black shirt, light brown sweater, trousers and sneakers, the boy has an upright posture and is a pleasing sight standing there.
Wanwan didn't dress up much this time, just a sweatshirt and long skirt, and headed out. Even so, she still attracted quite a bit of attention from passersby. Students passing by the door would often glance at her.
"Sister!" Arnold smiled brighter than the sun and walked towards her quickly, holding two rabbit dolls of different colors but the same style in his hands.
"This is for you," the boy said, smiling faintly as he handed her the pink bunny doll in his right hand. "You can use it to warm your hands."
Tong Wanwan was stunned for a moment, a little hesitant, but also a little surprised when she took it: "So cute... Thank you!"
In her previous life, her favorite thing was to collect cute dolls and pillows while shopping, and pile these adorable things into her room. The small dolls were placed on the table and shelves, and the larger stuffed dolls were placed on the bed. She would hold one to sleep every day, taking turns to "pamper" them.
but……
In addition to the pink rabbit he gave her, Arnold also held a blue rabbit on his left hand, which was obviously a pair with the one she was holding.
It seems a bit weird, is it an illusion?
Tong Wanwan secretly glanced at the chestnut-haired boy who looked calm and had no color different from others, and felt puzzled.
This pair of hand-warming dolls looked like a couple's pair no matter how you looked at them... Was she overthinking it?
The feeling of it touching her fingertips was fluffy and warm, making her unable to let it go.
This little rabbit looks like a hand warmer.
Arnold looked at the girl with her eyelids drooping, poking her rabbit ears intermittently, as if she was in a trance... His originally pure and quiet smiling eyes suddenly softened slowly.
That’s great.
Like a date.
If one day, I could tear off this layer of false image of friendship and formally ask her out...it would be even better.
(End of this chapter)
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