Chapter 57 Contact
The school requires students to borrow about ten books from the library each year. Lin Qingxu happened to be preparing for the CET-6 exam, so he spent the afternoon there looking up materials and studying.
There's a call on my cell phone. It's Kan Zhao.
Lin Qingxu went to the silent warehouse to make the call.
"Lin Xiaoxiao, are you still in the library?" Kan Zhao had just finished class.
"Um."
"It's raining outside, do you have an umbrella?"
Lin Qingxu looked out the window through the glass. The sky was gray and hazy. "No."
"Then I'll pick you up later, in about ten minutes."
"good."
Lin Qingxu packed up the paper and pen on the table and waited outside the library.
The rain came suddenly and violently, pouring down from the sky and forming puddles on the ground.
A familiar voice sounded behind her, and he called her name.
"Don't you have an umbrella?"
This is Qu Wen.
Lin Qingxu turned around and saw Qu Wen standing on the steps, with rain dripping down the edge of his umbrella.
He lowered his head slightly and looked at her with gentle eyes.
Since that day in the studio, Lin Qingxu rarely saw Qu Wen again.
Later, Qu Wen's substitute teaching became less and less frequent, and she only then heard that he was preparing to study abroad.
"Yeah, I forgot to bring it." Lin Qingxu answered softly.
Qu Wen smiled and tilted the umbrella towards her: "Should I take you home? This rain won't stop anytime soon."
Lin Qingxu glanced into the distance. Kan Zhao should be arriving soon, but the heavy rain made his vision blurry.
"Thank you, Senior..."
Just as Lin Qingxu opened her mouth, Kan Zhao called her name from a distance.
The sound penetrated the rain curtain and was particularly clear in the drizzle.
He walked quickly, reaching them in just a few seconds. Perhaps because he was walking too fast, the water on the ground soaked his trousers and shoes. His eyes fell on Qu Wen, and his brows furrowed slightly.
"I'll pick her up." Kan Zhao's tone was calm, yet it carried a hint of unquestionable authority. He held the umbrella to Lin Qingxu's side, and as if asserting his sovereignty, he took her bag with his left hand and carried it. Although he had done this countless times.
Qu Wen glanced at him, the smile on his face still there: "That's perfect, it saves me from taking a detour."
Kan Zhao glanced at Qu Wen and asked with his head down, "You're not leaving?"
Lin Qingxu said to the people behind him: "Goodbye, senior."
Qu Wen smiled amiably: "Goodbye."
The raindrops hit the umbrella, making a dense sound. The two walked side by side, speechless for a while.
Kan Zhao always remembered how Lin Qingxu and Qu Wen sat together and chatted, very close to each other.
A sense of crisis set in. Not only about Qu Wen, but mainly because the fortune teller's words were still fresh in his mind.
"Are you familiar with Qu Wen?" Kan Zhao suddenly asked. His thoughts wandered, and he even thought that Lin Qingxu might have agreed to review with him.
But he didn't get any response from Lin Qingxu.
"Hey. Lin Xiaoxiao. Why are you ignoring me?"
It seemed that if he ignored him, Kan Zhao would continue to talk to himself. Lin Qingxu was also lost in thought.
Lin Qingxu felt a little tired from all those thoughts piled up and couldn't sort them out. He no longer wanted to think about how to respond and simply repeated, "Hey. Why are you ignoring me?"
Kan Zhao: "Are you imitating my speech?"
"You talk like me."
Lin Qingxu had used this method when he was a child, when he didn't want to bother with Kan Zhao. At that time, Kan Zhao would shut up when he was bored.
Kan Zhao seemed to laugh out of anger, "Why don't you try to imitate me again?"
"Try to imitate me again."
"I like you." Kan Zhao suddenly paused and said.
Lin Qingxu shut up.
*
Apart from liking and commenting on Moments, Lin Qingxu and Qu Wen haven't been in touch for a long time since their last chance encounter outside the library. The last chat history shows that it was several months ago.
Until this time.
He was doing it for Qiu Lan.
Qiu Lan was a student of Qu Wen's mother, and an orphan without a father or a mother. Qu's mother took pity on her and always treated her as her own daughter.
The story goes that a few days ago, Qiu Lan went to visit Qu Wen's parents and accidentally discovered that she was covered in bruises from being beaten. After repeated questioning, Qiu Lan remained silent. It was only when Qu's mother, nearly fainting from rage, that Qiu Lan tearfully confessed that Wang Shu had done it.
The Qu family never imagined Wang Shu could be such a beast. They had clearly watched him grow up, and he seemed harmless. They had even helped bring Qiu Lan and Wang Shu together.
Whether it was disbelief, sadness or anger, the most urgent thing was to find evidence to quickly file for divorce and let Qiu Lan escape from Wang Shu, the scumbag.
Among them, human witnesses are an indispensable key. It is difficult to characterize Wang Shu's domestic violence based on Qiu Lan's unilateral testimony alone.
As a neighbor of Wang Shu and his family, Qu Wen asked Lin Qingxu if he had heard anything unusual next door.
The results were disappointing.
The sound insulation between each apartment is very good, and you can hardly hear any noise from other people's homes. I think this was also the reason why Wang Shu chose to live here.
Wang Shu domestic violence...
Lin Qingxu had such speculations in her mind before, but those rumors gradually dispelled her doubts, and Qiu Lan did not ask for help at all, which made her think that the scars she saw might be some kind of interest between the two of them, which they did not understand but respected.
I didn't expect Wang Shuzhen to be so cruel.
*
The kitten in the cage seemed to notice that Lin Qingxu's attention had been elsewhere for a while, and began to meow unhappily. Initially, its personality was quite aloof, but once it got familiar with him, its true nature began to show, and it became clingy.
Lin Qingxu put down his phone, stretched out his finger through the fence, and gently tickled its chin. The kitten, as if it had found a fun toy, gripped the finger with its front paws and nibbled gently. It was still just a kitten, its teeth hadn't grown much yet, so in the end, it only produced saliva, not even a red mark.
"Are you hungry?" Lin Qingxu looked at Kan Zhao beside him.
Before Kan Zhao could say anything, the kitten's doctor quickly prepared some goat milk and handed the bottle to Lin Qingxu. He didn't even give Kan Zhao a chance to show off, as he was being overly attentive.
The doctor's surname was Qin, and he was about forty years old. He looked a bit fierce and serious. But that was just the surface. He was middle-aged and talkative.
Lin Qingxu had added him to her contact list when she came to the hospital a few days ago. Dr. Qin would regularly send her recent photos of the kitten and update her on its condition.
There's no other purpose, it's purely for making money. No wonder they say girls are attentive? He reported the kitten's daily video to Kan Zhao, and she would just briefly check on the kitten's condition and reply with something like "OK."
Lin Qingxu was different. Not only did she proactively ask about the kitten's condition, she also made other purchases, such as toys. This was because she once saw a video of a cat next door playing with toys in another enclosure, which contrasted with her own kitten curled up alone.
Because the kitten's condition was particularly serious, Dr. Qin placed it in his office for easier care.
He would play with the kitten's toys whenever he wanted, as if to brainwash her, saying, "Look, who bought this fur ball for you? It's the pretty girl who brought you here last time."
"Look, who bought you this Xiaoyu doll? It's the pretty girl who brought it to you last time."
"look……"
…
Over time, the kitten seemed to be really brainwashed, and became more and more attached to Lin Qingxu during her several visits.
When it senses that Dr. Qin is filming a video of Lin Qingxu, it meows towards the camera to express its longing.
Doctor Qin held the kitten's physical examination report. All indicators were good. It would probably be discharged in ten days to half a month. He suggested: "The cat doesn't have a name yet, why not give it one now?"
The kitten was brought in in a hurry, so the subsequent hospitalization records were not very complete.
"Coal balls, a vivid image." said Kan Zhao.
When I first saw the kitten, it was covered in dust, dirty and wet, like a black unknown creature.
"It's not very good." said Dr. Qin.
The kitten also breathed at Kan Zhao to express its protest.
It is a hybrid of an orange cat and a golden shaded cat, not a purebred. This is probably the main reason why it was abandoned. Most people pay attention to the breed of their pets.
At first, the cat was malnourished, and even after washing, its fur was very dull. However, after being nourished in many ways these days, the whole cat has become golden, and gradually revealed the temperament of a golden shaded cat.
"Gold Ingot?" Lin Qingxu scratched the kitten's chin. "Is that okay to call it?"
The kitten rubbed its face against her fingers and meowed happily, indicating that it liked the name very much.
Flatterer.
Kan Zhao looked at the cat and felt that no matter what name Lin Qingxu gave it, the cat would like it.
"Money-eating beast? That seems to fit the bill." Kan Zhao deliberately sang a different tune, asking the cat to be more restrained and not look so worthless. Otherwise, if he really treated Lin Qingxu as his savior and followed him around like a follower all day long, that would be a headache for him.
He reached out and poked the kitten's face and found that it had more flesh than when he first came. The high cost of treatment seemed to be worth it.
Doctor Qin smiled awkwardly and didn't say much. When people are feeling guilty, they tend to be more subtle. He touched his nose and looked at the information in his hand.
Although many people come to the veterinary clinic, few are so inconsiderate, so I can't help but spend a little more. But it's good to make the most of it, right? At least it works.
Jin Yuanbao smelled Kan Zhao's scent, squinted his eyes, and rubbed his fingers reluctantly.
-----------------------
The author has something to say: "My full name is Lin Kan Jinyuanbao. My nickname is Jinyuanbao." Kan Zhao decided.
"How can you name it like that?"
"The one we raise must have the same surname as us." Kan Zhao didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
Lin Qingxu thought he was joking and didn't continue the topic.
Jin Yuanbao shrugged his ears, as if he had heard what was said.
The kitten and the other small animals proudly introduced their names. Their full name is Jin Yuanbao Lin Han, their nickname is Jin Yuanbao, and their English and Chinese names are both quite shocking. This startled the kittens at school.
After class, Lin Qing, Xu Kanzhao called Jin Yuanbao back home. Jin Yuanbao said goodbye to them and said, "My parents are here to see me. Let's play tomorrow."
(There was a cat at home, and Lin Qingxu was worried that it might be bored. After all, sometimes during class, he would put Jin Yuanbao in the school (the university town is very cat-friendly) to play with other cats.)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
