The previous second, he was so happy because she bought him an umbrella, but the next second, he was so disappointed.
However, he did not show it. Instead, he smiled and said softly, "Then wait here for a while. I'll buy you a raincoat."
As he said this, he stuffed the umbrella handle into her hand and walked towards the small shop.
Tang Xili took a step forward and blocked his way.
He wouldn't think that she said she didn't like holding an umbrella because she liked wearing a raincoat, right?
"I don't wear a raincoat." Tang Xili returned the umbrella to him impatiently. "Just take care of yourself. I'm leaving now."
Without any reluctance, she walked into the rain again.
After walking a few steps, she found that the man was not following her. She was a little confused and turned around to take a look.
She saw the man standing there, staring at her intently.
There was sadness in his eyes.
Just like an abandoned puppy, he looks pitifully at his owner who abandoned him, keeping a distance without approaching or disturbing him, miserable, helpless, and sensible.
For some reason, Tang Xili remembered the stray dog she picked up in the second year after she arrived in Country Y.
It was a cold and snowing evening that day. When she passed by a trash can after school, she heard a faint whimpering sound. She went over to take a look and saw a Border Collie puppy, curled up next to the trash can, looking so pitiful.
She brought it home, named it Lily, and kept it secretly in the attic.
But not many days later, she was discovered by her 'adoptive parents'. They didn't like dogs and threw Lily away.
In the middle of the night, when she sneaked out of the house barefoot to find Lily, it looked at her with such eyes.
It thought she didn't want it anymore, so it squatted in the distance, not approaching or disturbing her. It was both sensible and helpless...
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