Old Han thanked him profusely and left with his beloved Clivia in his arms. He praised Lu Lingxi for his ability to everyone he met. He saved the dying flowers and said that the young man was not simple. Du Lin used to be good at growing flowers and was already well-known in the neighborhood. After Old Han's promotion, people found out that he was a micro-gardener. In less than two days, Lu Lingxi became famous among the flower lovers in the neighborhood.
Everyone knows that the new guy in Micro Gardening is good and good at growing flowers. Haven't you seen the pots of begonias at the entrance of Micro Gardening blooming so vigorously that passers-by are attracted. If you take a look inside the store, you will be reluctant to leave. The flowers and plants inside are well taken care of. The leaves are green and the flowers are beautiful. The whole store is full of greenery. A breath of air is fresher than outside. If you stay for a long time, it seems that even the fatigue of the day will disappear.
These words are not exaggerated. Several old customers who often come to the store have obviously noticed the difference. The same calla lily grows better after Lu Lingxi's care than theirs. They used to come here often when Du Lin was here, but they didn't notice this problem. How should I put it? The flowers and plants raised by Xiaoxi have a positive vitality. Because of this vitality, the whole store feels different. After staying in the store for a long time, I feel calm and peaceful, and I feel that all the troubles are gone.
When Dong Zhi described these rumors to Lu Lingxi in vivid detail, Lu Lingxi couldn't help but blush. His face was pink, and he looked embarrassed by the compliments. Dong Zhi held back his laughter. Lu Lingxi was really young, and children blushed easily whether they were being praised or teased. Finally, Dong Zhi patted him on the shoulder, pretending to be serious, and said, "Young man, you have a bright future. Work hard."
Lu Lingxi nodded seriously.
Dong Zhi saw this and thought that Lu Lingxi's seriousness was very cute. The child really took his words to heart. In fact, he was almost a generation older than Lu Lingxi. When he met Lu Lingxi, he always unconsciously treated her as a younger generation who needed to be taken care of. I really don't know what kind of family can educate such a well-behaved and obedient child. Dong Zhi had heard Lu Lingxi mention Wang Shuxiu several times, and now he immediately respected Wang Shuxiu, whom he had never met. A woman who supports a family and educates Lu Lingxi so well, Wang Shuxiu must be dignified, generous, reasonable, and excellent.
After sighing for a long time, Dong Zhi remembered something, "Oh, you can take Dahei back today."
"Really?" Lu Lingxi asked in surprise.
Dong Zhi nodded. Dahei's injury has almost recovered, and he will be fine if he pays attention. Accustomed to the free life outside, Dahei is now locked in a cage all day, and his temper is very bad. It is only when Lu Lingxi feeds it every day that he can be docile. Usually, Dahei scares other pets who come to the pet store for treatment. Dong Zhi is troubled by it and he hopes that Lu Lingxi will take it away quickly.
Lu Lingxi could often hear Dahei's roar from across the street, so he naturally knew that Dong Zhi was helpless against Dahei. It was strange to say, Dahei was just an ordinary local dog, not very big in size, and even skinny due to long-term wandering life, but he was very imposing. Yesterday, a St. Bernard came to the pet store, and perhaps felt provoked by Dahei, so he confronted Dahei. Dong Zhi hurried out to stop him, fearing that Dahei would not be able to bear it and suffer. As a result, before he could do anything, Dahei arched his back and roared, and the St. Bernard turned around and ran away. When Dong Zhi and Lu Lingxi talked about it, it was still a little unbelievable.
Because he had to take Dahei home at night, Lu Lingxi was very active in packing up and preparing to go home. Dong Zhi gave him a dog leash and a dog muzzle as a gift, and asked him to tie Dahei up when there were people around. Even if Dahei didn't bite people, at least everyone would feel more at ease with the muzzle.
Dahei could barely accept the dog leash, but he was a little unhappy with the muzzle. He kept his head down and refused to get close to Dong Zhi. When he was unhappy, he would even yell at him. Dong Zhi tried for a long time but couldn't put the muzzle on, so he had to hand it over to Lu Lingxi.
Lu Lingxi knew that it would be uncomfortable to carry all these, but there was nothing he could do. He patted Dahei gently and coaxed him, "Just go home, it will be fine in a little while."
Dahei whined a few times and raised his mouth reluctantly. Lu Lingxi curved his eyes and patted Dahei's head approvingly.
It only took half an hour to walk back to the community from Micro Gardening. Lu Lingxi took Dahei with him and taught him the way along the way. Not long after they turned out of the street of Micro Gardening, Dahei suddenly turned back and hunched his body, looking alert.
Lu Lingxi looked behind him curiously, but there was nothing.
"Big Black?"
Dahei arched his back and roared softly. Although he couldn't make much sound because of the muzzle, the roar squeezed out from the depths of his throat was more shocking. Lu Lingxi was a little confused and puzzled by Dahei's reaction. Was there someone following them?
It was only seven o'clock, and the sky was still bright. This street was not remote, and pedestrians occasionally walked by hurriedly. Lu Lingxi touched Dahei's head in confusion, wondering what Dahei had noticed.
Just as Lu Lingxi looked around and was about to pull Dahei away, a familiar car drove over and stopped beside them.
The car window opened, and Yan Yue looked like he had just seen them by chance, "What's going on? I saw Dahei making a fuss from a distance."
Lu Lingxi shook his head, he didn't know what was going on. Fortunately, after Yan Yue came over, Dahei stopped barking, but just squatted on the ground alertly, looking in the direction behind.
Yan Yue glanced at Dahei lightly, and paused on Lu Lingxi's fingers that were unconsciously touching Dahei's head. The soft black hair entangled with the white fingers was really annoying. He retracted his gaze and said casually, "Get in the car, I'll take you wherever you want to go."
Lu Lingxi was a little hesitant. Yan Yue had been at the pet store every day to visit Dahei these days, and the two of them would run into each other every time. Although they were not strangers, they had only spoken a few words to each other, so he didn't really want to trouble Yan Yue.
Seeing Lu Lingxi's hesitation, Yan Yue's eyes dimmed. Although he wanted to jump out of the car and tie the boy up in the car, he still looked calm.
Under Yan Yue's silent insistence, Lu Lingxi compromised. He opened the car door and signaled Dahei to get in first. Just as he was about to follow, Yan Yue opened the front door and said, "Sit in the front. The back is a bit messy."
Lu Lingxi was stunned, touched Dahei and turned to get on the passenger seat.
"Where are you going?"
Yan Yue was in a good mood, but couldn't show it. He could only suppress the slightly raised corners of his mouth and try to speak in a light tone.
Lu Lingxi mentioned the name of a community. Yan Yue knew this community. It was one of the older communities in the center of Fengcheng. A few years ago, Hepu Group had shown interest in this community and had made a project description. Later, because the demolition fee for the residents in the community was too high, the project was shelved. Going forward along this road, turn left at the first intersection and go east not far to the community. Yan Yue glanced at the boy and chose to turn right without hesitation when he should have turned left.
Lu Lingxi: “…Wrong.”
Yan Yue was surprised, "Wrong? I remember turning right at the first intersection and heading east."
Lu Lingxi blinked and pointed out embarrassedly, "You remembered left and right the wrong way."
Yan Yue looked at Lu Lingxi apologetically and said, "Sorry, I remembered it wrongly. Will it delay your return home?"
Yan Yue's attitude was so polite that Lu Lingxi felt even more embarrassed. "It's okay. I'm going home alone, so it won't delay me."
"Do you live alone?" Yan Yue just asked casually.
"No, it's me and my mom, but my mom works the night shift, so she's already at work at this time."
The boy had a soft voice, and he emphasized his tone a little when he mentioned his mother. It was obvious that the mother and son had a very good relationship.
Yan Yue said "hmm" but didn't ask where the boy's father had gone.
"Do you live nearby?" Lu Lingxi was a little curious. He had frequently run into Yan Yue at the pet store in the past two days. Yan Yue was there when he was feeding Dahei at noon, and now he ran into him again. Lu Lingxi just thought Yan Yue lived nearby.
"No, I'm here for something nearby."
Yan Yue glanced at the boy calmly when he spoke, without saying that he had been hovering around him like a voyeur for the past two days. He watched the boy's every move every day, watching him take care of the flowers and plants, watching him receive every customer seriously, watching him clean the store when no one was around, watching him smile happily at the stupid dog. He tried his best to suppress the urge to appear by the boy's side, and only appeared in front of the boy when he went to feed Dahei, pretending to meet him by chance.
Although the boy was naive, he was not stupid. He did not want his recklessness to scare the boy. He wanted the boy to gradually get used to his presence and slowly accept his transformation from a stranger to a friend. When Yan Yue was studying abroad, he would occasionally go hunting with his classmates. Once a good hunter found the prey, he would have enough patience to wait, set a trap, and then hit the prey when it approached unknowingly. He had patience and enough confidence. The boy was his, Yan Yue was extremely sure.
Unwilling to be lonely, Dahei leaned over and called out softly. Lu Lingxi smiled and reached out to scratch Dahei's chin, interrupting the conversation with Yan Yue.
The carriage fell into silence, with only Dahei whimpering from time to time. Yan Yue's eyes fell on the boy, who sat quietly beside him with a relaxed look. Outside the window was a swaying landscape, and inside the window was a closed world of two people and a dog. Without the hustle and bustle outside and the complexity of the world, Yan Yue's eyes were only filled with the boy's clean smile. His heart slowly settled down, enjoying this rare tranquility.
Not long after the two left, Lu Yishui came out from a corner and spat at the driving car while cursing.
He has been forced to hide from Brother Feng these days because of debt collection. Wang Shuxiu is a vicious woman. Not only does she not pay a penny, she also keeps shouting that she wants to divorce him. Lu Yishui grew up with his mother and has never seen what his father looks like. When his mother passed away, Wang Shuxiu and Lu Lingxi were the only relatives left by his side. Apart from them, he really had no other place to get money. Lu Yishui thought that Wang Shuxiu could not be relied on, but his son could always rely on Lu Lingxi. But after a few days, Lu Lingxi was just like he didn't have a father. Lu Yishui couldn't wait any longer and had to take the risk to find Lu Lingxi.
Just now, Lu Yishui heard that Lu Lingxi had found a job. He didn't dare to show up in front of people, fearing that he would be seen by Brother Feng's men. So he sneaked over and followed behind Lu Lingxi, thinking that he would talk to Lu Lingxi when no one was around. Doesn't Lu Lingxi still have a house under his name? The little bastard was soft-hearted and took out the house. He was really in trouble this time. If he couldn't come up with the money, Brother Feng would really kill him.
Lu Yishui had a good idea, but he didn't expect that Lu Lingxi was actually followed by a dog. When the dog barked, his legs went weak. After finally mustering up his courage, the little bastard followed the man again. However, Lu Yishui touched his chin. When did the little bastard get to know such a rich man? Just looking at the car, it would be enough for him to pay off his gambling debts and turn his life around. I don't know what the relationship between the little bastard and the other party is like? Can he lend some money to help him out?
Lu Lingxi didn't know that he was being watched by Lu Yishui at this time. Because Yan Yue turned the wrong way before, it took half an hour to find the intersection to go home. Lu Lingxi wanted to get off at the gate of the community, but Yan Yue insisted on sending him to the gate. In Yan Yue's words, it was only a few steps away, so there was no need to bother.
Facing the prying eyes of the neighbors, Lu Lingxi politely said goodbye to Yan Yue, "Thank you, I really troubled you today."
Yan Yue curled his lips and said, "No need."
Lu Lingxi curled his eyes and smiled at Yan Yue.
After watching Yan Yue leave, Lu Lingxi led Dahei into the house. He had already built a nest for Dahei in the back yard, but he didn't know if Dahei would like it.
"This will be your home from now on." Lu Lingxi said, touching the big black thing.
Dahei seemed to understand what was said. He let out a low cry and rubbed against Lu Lingxi's palm.
That night, Lu Lingxi was about to go to bed when he suddenly heard Dahei screaming loudly, followed by a man's wailing.
"Damn dog! Let go!"
He hurried to the backyard and saw a dark shadow clinging to the fence, one of its legs being fiercely bitten in Dahei's mouth, unable to break free.
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