start with a pet store

Chapter 1017: Each One Like Spring

The boy patted the Labrador's head innocently and said, "Okay, I'll go clean up first. You can call me anytime if you need anything. Brother Zhao and I are in charge of the kennel now. He's on vacation today, so I'm the only one in the kennel."

Ji Ling smiled professionally and nodded slightly: "Okay, go ahead..."

When she had nothing to do, she didn't like anyone staying next to her and explaining things to her. She just wanted to accompany Hei Hu and the General, so she needed someone to accompany her.

In the office, Liao Xiangyu took out his report and quickly told Lu Jingxing about the recent situation of the second store. Lu Jingxing was quick to react. Basically, he understood everything Liao Xiangyu said. He occasionally raised some questions. It didn't take long for the two of them to finish explaining the work of more than ten days.

"Come, have some tea..." Seeing that the two had finished talking, Yang Pei tapped the tea on the tea set and said, "This is the Da Hong Pao that my brother-in-law brought back from Wuyi Mountain. I couldn't bear to give it to others when they came. This is just one pack, but it's really precious...

However, it would be a waste to give it to someone like you who doesn’t know tea…” The guy muttered again.

"What do you call this? How do you describe it, Xiangyu..." Lu Jingxing laughed after hearing his muttering. He was clearly doing good things, but a bad mouth made things worse.

Liao Xiangyu also smiled and shook his head.

But having said that, the tea is really good. Even these two people who don’t know much about tea feel that they can taste something different when drinking it.

"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law is being called. Is good things coming?" Lu Jingxing joked.

Yang Pei chuckled: "I have decided on a house. I will come to propose marriage after the decoration is completed. Do you want to get engaged first?"

Lu Jingxing and Liao Xiangyu looked at each other and shook their heads at the same time: "You asked the wrong person about this. You should at least ask someone who knows the business. We haven't gotten married yet. Although I have a boyfriend, I haven't considered this aspect yet. As for Xiangyu, let alone, have you been single since birth?"

Liao Xiangyu blushed and whispered, "I also dated someone, but it didn't last long..."

Lu Jingxing and Yang Pei stared at each other, smiling: "Really? Why haven't I heard you say that? Haven't you always said that you're single?"

"I've only been single for the past two years. Who doesn't have a sweetheart, right? The one from school counts." Liao Xiangyu didn't know what was wrong with him today. He seemed to be trying hard to prove that he was not single since birth, and he started arguing with the two of them.

"So how far did it go? Did you kiss, or..." Yang Pei touched her thumbs together: "That?"

Liao Xiangyu's ears turned red, and he stomped his feet like a grown girl: "What are you talking about? We were still in high school at that time, so innocent. I have never even held her hand..." he said hatefully.

"Tsk, are you just having a one-sided love for me? I don't have that intention at all..." Yang Pei is just like that. He and Liao Xiangyu are already very familiar with each other and he doesn't care whether it would rub salt into someone's wounds.

Lu Jingxing also knew that Liao Xiangyu would not be angry, he tilted his head and looked at him with a faint smile. This Xiangyu kid must have something going on, otherwise he would not be so shameless to talk about something that happened many years ago, and they didn't even hold hands.

"Hey, are you two together again?" Yang Pei said belatedly.

Liao Xiangyu looked at the two people's mischievous smiles and nodded without beating around the bush, saying, "Yes, we got in touch at a class reunion a while ago. This time I took the initiative to talk to her, and then..."

"Then you were unmarried and she was unmarried, and it became a passionate affair..." Yang Pei said with an exaggerated smile.

"Can you please let me finish my words..." Lu Jingxing patted Yang Pei.

"You think they are all like you? We just started chatting and started talking..." Liao Xiangyu was still a little shy. He had never had a serious relationship before. The communication with girls during this period made him feel radiant.

"Okay, good, you finally got it, that's a good thing..." Lu Jingxing smiled and patted his shoulder. Since they were classmates, they should know each other well. They were all adults, so he wouldn't tell him anything like an old man. He just wanted to make him happy. Even if it didn't work out in the future, he would have to go through life a few times.

Of course, he himself was an exception. He smiled and looked at Ji Ling who was playing with Hei Hu and the others in the backyard, with an unconscious tenderness on his face.

Yang Pei followed his gaze and looked over: "Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, what's going on? It's already past the beginning of spring, why are they all in heat like they're in love?"

"Go to hell..." Lu Jingxing was so upset by Yang Pei's words that he couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Okay, now that we've finished talking about work, I'm going to go to the backyard to take a look. Is that the newly hired person? I don't think I've seen him before." Lu Jingxing pointed at the boy who had just chatted with Ji Ling in the backyard. Now he was cleaning the kennel and glanced at Ji Ling from time to time.

"Which one?" Yang Pei stood up and followed him to the window: "Oh, that one, yes, he just came last week. I saw that he was very patient with dogs, and he even brought a Labrador with him. He said he wanted to stay in the kennel, so I arranged it for him. By the way, he seems to have gone to the same high school as your Lingzi..."

Lu Jingxing nodded almost inaudibly: "Do you have anything else to do? If you have anything to do, just go ahead and do your thing. I'll go check on Black Tiger and the others."

After finishing his business, he was going to accompany his girlfriend.

Yang Pei knew what he was thinking: "Go quickly, I'll come back after I finish the finishing work..."

Lu Jingxing smiled, opened the back door and went straight into the admission yard.

When the general saw Lu Jingxing, he yelled again and ran towards him, wagging his tail: "Woof woof..."

The only thing missing is calling him brother.

Lu Jingxing caught it with a smile, but this guy was getting stronger and stronger and almost knocked Lu Jingxing down.

Ji Ling walked over with a smile and said teasingly: "It almost knocked me down just now. I thought it was purely because I was weak, but it seems that's not the case. Either you are also weak, or it is just too strong..."

"Ah? General, you bad guy, you made my sister say that I was weak, should you hit me?" Lu Jingxing held the general's head with one hand and gave him a slap.

The little guy bared his teeth, but he was not angry. Instead, he looked very happy.

The boy in charge of the kennel also came over and greeted Lu Jingxing: "Mr. Lu..."

Lu Jingxing nodded at him: "Hello, just call me Brother Lu. I heard from Doctor Yang that you have only been here for a short time?"

The boy nodded: "Yes, I came here last week, my name is Fan Lei..."

"Are you used to it?" Lu Jingxing asked, reaching out to interact with Hei Hu again.

"It's good, I like dogs..." Fan Lei said with a smile.

"I heard that you and Ji Ling went to the same high school?" Lu Jingxing asked, "Are you working part-time or full-time now?"

Ji Ling looked over immediately after hearing this: "You are also from Long'an High School? That's my junior?" Fan Lei touched his ear: "Well, you and I are in the same grade, but I'm not studying now. I didn't do well in the exams, so I didn't go to college..."

"Ah, in the same grade? Sorry, I didn't recognize you..." Ji Ling glanced at Lu Jingxing and said.

"You are a celebrity in the school, and we are unknown. It's normal for us not to know you. I recognized you as soon as you came in. I heard that you were admitted to Tsinghua University. That's amazing. My sister is in the first year of high school now, and you are her idol. She regards you as her goal every day..." Fan Lei grinned.

Ji Ling felt embarrassed by his praise, so he just chuckled twice and said nothing.

"Okay, work hard. There are top talents in every field..." Lu Jingxing said calmly.

He is happy when his girlfriend is praised by others, but any man will be cautious when being praised like this by a strange man in front of him. No matter how confident he is, he will still feel a little jealous.

Fan Lei smiled innocently: "Then you guys chat first, I'll go do my own thing."

Lu Jingxing smiled and nodded. He and Ji Ling teased the dogs in the kennel for a while and gave them some snacks. They came out of the kennel when they saw that it was getting dark.

As soon as I came out of the corridor, I ran into Yang Pei who was walking towards the corridor.

"Going back? Let's go to the cafeteria together? I still need to wait for Yinzi..." Yang Pei stopped and asked.

Lu Jingxing came out of the corridor and naturally took Ji Ling's hand: "My aunt called me and asked me to go back for dinner. I haven't been home for such a long time. Let's not go to the cafeteria."

"Yeah, then you guys go. Oh, by the way, there's something I forgot to tell you..." Yang Pei said as if she suddenly remembered a talent.

"Lingzi, you're back?" Lu Yin's voice came from the door with surprise.

Ji Ling immediately shook off Lu Jingxing's hand and trotted towards Lu Yin. The two girls immediately hugged each other and said, "You're tanned. Has it been hard for you in the past half month?"

Lu Yin held Ji Ling's little face in her hands, feeling distressed: "And you've lost weight..."

"Haha, it's not as exaggerated as you say. Although the food there is not very suited to my taste, there are many varieties. I think I eat a lot every day. How about you? And what about Sijia? Have you contacted her? When will she go to the United States?" Ji Ling answered Lu Yin's question with a smile, and then raised several more questions.

"Everything is fine, everything is fine. I contact her every day..." The two of them chattered as they walked outside.

Lu Jingxing raised his chin towards Yang Pei: "Then let's walk together for a while, you go to the cafeteria, and we go back to the first store..."

Yang Pei shook her head helplessly. These two girls had endless things to talk about when they met.

"What are you talking about?" Lu Jingxing asked after leaving the store.

"Oh, I almost forgot again. It's about Black Tiger. It once participated in a training camp. Do you still remember..." Yang Pei asked.

Lu Jingxing nodded: "I remember..."

"The head of that organization came to us and said that they would hold an event in the near future. At that time, Black Tiger and General were both outstanding graduates, so they wanted to invite them back again to perform a few shows for everyone. You were not in Long'an, so they found me and asked me to talk to you." The two of them walked slowly behind Ji Ling and Lu Yin.

"Did you ask about the performance, whether it was dangerous or anything..." Lu Jingxing asked.

"I didn't ask specifically about this. It's a performance, so I don't think it should be dangerous, right?" Yang Pei thought for a moment and said, "How about, since you're back now, I'll let them contact you directly. When you're free, I'll let them come to you. I don't know much about these things."

Lu Jingxing nodded again: "Okay, then you can contact them. I'll see when I'm free tomorrow. There are several surgeries tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll contact them later..." Yang Pei originally thought it was nothing, but after saying this to Lu Jingxing, she felt like something was wrong.

They quickly walked downstairs to the canteen.

The two sisters seemed to have endless things to say, but seeing Lu Jingxing and Yang Pei waiting behind them, they had no choice but to say goodbye reluctantly: "Let's make an appointment after we are done with these two days. Sijia will be back from her hometown the day after tomorrow."

Ji Ling smiled and nodded: "Okay, I'll just be busy these two days, usually I'm pretty free."

Back at the store, Lu Jingxing found Situ Fang and said, "Come with me..."

Situ Fang took off his work clothes, hung them up in the office, and immediately followed him out: "Okay..."

Lu Jingxing didn't tell him where he was going. He just took him out of the store and met Ji Ling who was standing outside.

"Aren't you driving?" Situ Fang asked hurriedly as he watched the two people walking forward calmly.

Ji Ling shook his head: "Don't drive, just walk there, it's very close."

"It's not official business? It's personal matter? Are you going to meet your aunt and others?" Situ Fang reacted.

"Not bad, you are quite smart..." Lu Jingxing couldn't help but praise.

"Master, how can I be your apprentice if I don't have some intelligence? Wait for me, five minutes..." After saying that, without waiting for the two to react, he ran back to the store.

The remaining two people looked at each other, wondering what this guy was up to.

After waiting for less than five minutes, they saw Situ Fang carrying two large bags and walking towards them: "Hey, this is the gift I brought for Xiaochen, Xiaoxi and Xiaobao. This is some local specialty for my aunt..."

At this point, Lu Jingxing was obviously startled: "When did you prepare this? I saw that you only had a small box when you came here, didn't you?"

"I came here empty-handed, and the things were airlifted here later. I received the things when I went to Gangcheng, and they are now in my dormitory." Situ Fang blinked his eyes and said with some pride.

Ji Ling looked at him with a smile. They all knew about Situ Fang's living environment since childhood. With that kind of life, it was amazing that he was so familiar with all these human relationships and accidents. This boy was really good.

Lu Jingxing shook his head helplessly: "Didn't you and your cousin give us so many local specialties when we left last time? Why are you still wasting money?" He reached out and took a bag from him, but unexpectedly, the bag was quite heavy.

"My brother is my brother. This is my first time visiting him, so I can't go empty-handed..." Situ Fang smiled and trotted to catch up with the two of them.

(End of this chapter)