Chapter 228 I'm free if you call me
The desert night was chilly, and Qi Xiao served a bowl of steaming tomato and egg soup.
"Drink it while it's hot."
Golden egg drops floated in the red soup, and he gently pushed the soup bowl in front of Xu Ying.
Xu Ying couldn't wait to pick up the bowl, and the warm touch immediately came from his fingertips.
She no longer cared about being elegant and graceful. She drank in big gulps. The hot soup slid down her throat, dispelling her fatigue and hunger.
Xu Ying ate the fragrant rice until her cheeks were slightly puffed up and the loose hair on her forehead swayed gently with her movements.
Qi Xiao looked at her wolfing down the food, the corners of his lips unconsciously curved into a gentle arc, and a faint smile flickered in his eyes.
"Eat slowly, no one is going to snatch it from you."
He said softly, and put another big chicken drumstick into her bowl.
When Xu Ying had almost finished eating, Qi Xiao came over with a brand new computer bag.
"Professor Ye and Qin Yan have developed a complete plan for growing snow lotus."
"I came back from Xishan this time and helped bring the documents here."
He took out the notebook from his bag with swift movements. The silver-gray body had a metallic luster.
"This is the work computer Professor Ye's team gave you. It contains the finished animation plan for the demonstration."
Xu Ying's eyes were immediately drawn to the notebook. When she saw the brand logo on the body of the notebook, the chopsticks in her hand fell to the edge of the bowl with a "snap".
She was very familiar with the configuration of this laptop - it was the top-of-the-line model she had been dreaming of, with a market price of 20,000 yuan!
She had always wanted to visit the Cyber City in the city, but she never found the time.
Although she is a wealthy woman now, who would complain about having too much money? Who wouldn't be happy to get an expensive laptop for free?
"Just give it to me?"
She looked up in disbelief, her eyes wide open like a surprised little animal.
Qi Xiao was amused by her reaction and said softly, "Qin Yan and Professor Ye asked when you are free to go to Xishan."
As he spoke, he took out a brown paper envelope from his backpack and waved it in front of Xu Ying. "Would you like to open it and take a look?"
Xu Ying took the envelope curiously and smelled a faint pine scent when he opened the seal.
Inside was a rough white paper, densely covered with charcoal-gray claw marks of various shapes. She immediately recognized these familiar marks.
"This is the claw of a snow weasel!"
She pointed to a small, plum-shaped paw print, her voice rising slightly with excitement, "This is the paw of a snow mountain pigeon!"
Then he identified a larger paw print and said, "This is a snow leopard's paw!"
Xu Ying's fingertips gently traced the marks on the paper, as if he could touch the furry little guys through these marks.
Qi Xiao looked at her shining eyes and softened his tone unconsciously:
"Ever since you left Xishan, those little animals have been coming to Qin Yan's forest ranger booth every now and then to visit."
At this point, he paused, with a gentle smile in his eyes, "Qin Yan thought he was like you, with a great affinity for animals, but it turns out they take the dried snow lotus flowers you left behind every day."
“Although Qin Yan didn’t understand what they were saying, he guessed that these little animals were asking when you would go to the snow mountain again.”
Xu Ying's eyes were visibly moved after hearing this. She lowered her eyelids, her long eyelashes trembling slightly in the light, casting a shadow on her lower eyelid. "I did promise them that I would go back to the snowy mountains to take a look."
Xu Ying took out her phone and opened the calendar, her fingertips sliding quickly across the screen. "I have two days off next week... I'll see how to take it."
After the meal, just as Xu Ying was about to get up to clean up the dishes, Qi Xiao had already neatly stacked the tableware.
"You sit down and rest." He cleared the table skillfully, not giving Xu Ying any chance to help.
Qi Xiao was standing by the sink washing dishes, his leather jacket casually draped over the back of a chair. He was wearing only a slim black turtleneck sweater, which made his shoulder and back lines look particularly neat.
However, what was totally inconsistent with his cold temperament was that he had a pink apron with a rabbit pattern hanging around his neck - it was obviously a girl's size, with pitifully thin ties that were tightly tied around his waist, outlining his sturdy waistline.
Xu Ying's eyes inadvertently swept across his taut waistline, and the faint muscle outline under the sweater made her breath stop.
Then she turned away as if nothing had happened, her fingertips unconsciously rubbing the caracal sleeping in her arms, and she felt her face getting hot.
Did the heater at the shelter turn on automatically? Or was it because the hair of this fat "gas tank" in my arms was too fluffy and the temperature was a little too hot?
"Did you ask Lao Yi to help you find help from the rescue station?"
Qi Xiao suddenly asked Xu Ying, without stopping his hands, the water rushed over the dishes.
"If you are too busy, you can ask me for help."
He suggested.
Xu Ying raised her face: "But, I feel like you are usually very busy?"
Qi Xiao almost blurted out: "If you call me, I'll be free."
Xu Ying was startled and tilted his head: "Huh?"
As soon as the words fell, the air seemed to freeze for a moment.
Qi Xiao seemed to suddenly realize what he had said, and immediately shut up, lowering his head to continue packing up the washed thermal boxes. His movements were obviously more flustered than before.
The clanging sound of metal colliding was particularly noticeable in the quiet living area of the rescue station.
The washed thermal box was quickly put into the thermal bag, and Qi Xiao walked to the door carrying the thermal bag.
Xu Ying stared at the slightly red tip of his ear and smiled at him with curved eyes: "I know, I will ask for your help if I have any difficulties."
Qi Xiao didn't dare look directly into her clear eyes. His Adam's apple slid up and down unconsciously, and his voice was slightly hoarse: "The things have been delivered. I'm leaving first. You should rest early."
After saying that, he rushed out of the door with his long legs.
"etc!"
Xu Ying quickly called him.
"come over."
She subconsciously used the tone she usually used to scold the little foxes, and only realized something was wrong after she finished speaking.
But Qi Xiao really stopped immediately as if he had heard an order.
When he turned sideways and looked back, the lines of his shoulders and neck wrapped in a black turtleneck sweater formed a sharp arc, just like the snow wolf that Xu Ying had seen on the snow mountain.
It should have been a rebellious outline, but now it folded into a submissive curve.
"how?"
There was a barely perceptible hoarseness in his deep voice, and his deep, auspicious eyes were slightly drooped, with a bit of uneasiness and helplessness.
Despite his tall stature, standing in front of her, he inexplicably reminded her of a large dog with its claws retracted, even breathing lightly.
Xu Ying pointed to the high-tech electronic door of the shelter and said, "Come and record your face. This way, you don't have to wait outside for me when you come to the shelter next time."
A hint of surprise flashed across Qi Xiao's eyes, and then he nodded: "Okay."
After recording the facial recognition, he straddled the motorcycle and neatly put on his helmet. A deep voice came from under the helmet: "I'm leaving. Good night."
"Good night."
Watching Qi Xiao's motorcycle roar away, Xu Ying turned to look at the electronic door and suddenly remembered something.
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