The Veterinarian (1v1) (H) - 22
Chapter 22 - Come with me?
The botanical garden is very
large. In addition to all kinds of strange plants, there’s also a small bamboo
forest courtyard and a peacock garden.
The bamboo forest courtyard is
surrounded by green bamboos. After walking around the bamboo forest and stepping
into the courtyard, you'll feel a sense of isolation and privacy.
There's a small pavilion at the
entrance of the courtyard, which is used to enjoy the shade. There's a cup of
tea on the pavilion. They don’t know who put it there. The teapots are all
cold, but the teacups are very unique. Each teacup is engraved with a poem.
Shen An stood in front of the
stone tablet with his bag on his back, reading the lives of historical figures
recorded on it. Behind him, Bai Li lowered her head and looked at the small
teacup on the stone table.
"Do you like it? We can buy
a set when we go out later." Shen An stood behind her, leaned next to
her, and looked down at the small tea cup on the table with her.
Bai Li squeezed her hands and
didn't dare to look at him. She said in a small voice, "No,
just...looking."
"There's a teahouse over
there that specializes in selling tea sets." Shen An grabbed her wrist,
lowered his back, and put his whole face in front of her, "Why don't you
look at me?"
Bai Li's whole face turned red.
She wanted to pull her hand away, but couldn't. She was so anxious that she was
sweating and her voice was urgent, "I didn't..."
"Then look at me and
talk." Shen An moved his fingers down a little and took her hand. The
little hand was hot and the palm was sweaty.
Bai Li tried very hard, and after awhile, she looked up at him. He took away her sunglasses. The man raised his hand
to take off her hat and brushed the broken hair on her forehead with his
fingertips.
The wind blew by, and there was a
different kind of gentleness accompanying his voice.
"There's no one else here,
relax."
After saying that, he let go and
turned around and entered the small courtyard.
Bai Li stood there, her heart so
frantic that it almost jumped out of her chest.
At noon, they ate near the
botanical garden. There was a self-service teahouse. Shen An asked for a
private room. There was a fruit plate and melon seeds on the table. Shen An
pinched a date and tasted it. Then he pushed the fruit plate aside and
stretched out his left hand in front of Bai Li.
Bai Li was stunned for a moment.
"I'm going to get
food." Shen An was half leaning on the table. His pure white shirt made
his fingers slender and boney. A tattoo was faintly exposed on his wrist. He
handed her his left hand again, he asked very gently, "Come with me?"
The tip of Bai Li's ears felt hot
again. She wrung her fingers and didn't dare to look up at him even though she
was wearing sunglasses.
He seemed to be getting closer,
and his voice was getting closer.
"Put your hands up."
Bai Li looked at the clean and
slender hands in front of her, her heart was beating as if it was about to
explode, and her fingers were trembling unconsciously.
She can't do it.
After waiting for a while, Shen
An gently wrapped his finger around hers. With a little force, he pulled her up and patted her head with his
right hand.
"Forget it, maybe next time."
There were many people in the
lobby outside, carrying plates to get food.
When Bai Li saw so many people,
she lowered her head reflexively and pulled her hand back involuntarily.
Shen An used some strength to
pull her into the crowd, tilted his head and asked her, "What fruit do you
like? Cantaloupe? Dragon fruit? Mango?"
When she was so nervous that she
almost collapsed, she realized that not many people were looking at her, and
those people were all looking for food with their heads down.
There was also an extra plate in
front of her. Shen An took the tong and handed it to her, and nodded at
her, "Pick your own."
Bai Li’s wrist holding the fork
trembled a little. She hadn't eaten in public for many years. The feeling of
being so nervous that she was suffocating was still there. She didn’t focus on
what her seeing but only to what she’s hearing. Dark and low-quality sound:
"Get an egg tart."
"Do you like this? Get
another."
"Bai Li, get me a drink. I
want something with ice."
In her nervousness, she listened
to his instructions and picked up the food again and again. When she returned
to the private room, she realized that she was sweating all over.
There were also two portions of
cooked food on the table in the private room, one portion of blood glutinous
rice* and red date porridge*, and one portion of glutinous rice
balls*.
"Try them and see if you like any of them." Shen An sat down opposite her and handed her a cup of hot tea on the
table, "This is black tea, with some milk added."
Bai Li thanked her softly,
"Thank you."
"You're welcome." He
stood up and went out. Not long after, he came back with a portion of the
mooncake divided into pieces, placed it on the table, took a fork and handed it
to Bai Li, "This is the eight-treasure mooncake, try it."
It seemed like he really took her
out to taste mooncakes.
Bai Li thanked her softly.
Shen An also picked up a piece of
moon cake, turned sideways and said, "I won't look at you, you can eat at
your leisure, and we will change places after eating."
Only half of his face was exposed
in profile, his chin was slightly raised, and his Adam's apple was unusually
prominent.
Bai Li looked at half of his
face, her heart trembled, her ears felt inexplicably hot, and her voice of
thanks also trembled, "Thank you, thank you."
She took off her mask and
sunglasses, picked up the mooncake in front of her with a fork and took a bite.
Red bean paste.
Shen An didn't know what she was
thinking but the corners of her mouth curved slightly, revealing two cute
pear dimples.
Shen An chewed the mooncake in his
mouth, and raised the corners of his lips.
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