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The sound of closing the door came from the outside. I asked Ji Chenfeng to stay in the bedroom, and went out by myself to have a look.
The refrigerator was filled with food, the garbage was gone, and Tang Bian was nowhere to be seen in any corner of the room, so he must have left.
In the future, there will be more and more intersections with Ji Chenfeng. I need to ask Tang Bian to reduce the number of times he comes here, otherwise it will be very troublesome to run into each other.
But without him, there will be more problems like who will bring food, clean the house and take care of my transportation. If not handled properly, it will become even more troublesome.
Thinking about all this, I started to have a headache again.
Rubbing the back of my neck, I turned around and found that Ji Chenfeng had walked to the door of the bedroom at some point, he was looking towards me while holding the door frame with one hand, and the other was clenched into a fist hanging down by his side.
He is clearly a big man with broad shoulders and a stature taller than me, but for some reason it reminds me of a wild cat I used to observe when I was a child – when there is food, the mother cat always comes forward to investigate first, and the kitten waits and watch from a distance, only when it is confirmed that there is no danger, will the kitten run over and eat it confidently with the mother cat’s signal.
“Come here, he already left.” I beckoned to my little baby.
Ji Chenfeng briefly observed the surrounding area and walked straight towards me. When I got closer, I realized that what he was holding in his hand was his cochlear implant.
“There is no sound. I won’t feel it if it falls, so I need to put it away.” Sensing my gaze, he spread his palm to show me the black electronic device that had completely lost power, and then carefully put it in his coat pocket.
“Are you going to the hospital now?”
I spoke very slowly, and with the assistance of gestures, he easily understood what I meant.
“Um.”
“Is it okay if you can’t hear?” I pointed to the ears again.
“The spare battery is in the hospital. I left in a hurry yesterday and forgot to bring it.”
Ah, it turns out that men can also play tricks like this. On the surface, he seems to be answering my question, but actually revealed how worried he was about me yesterday, rushing to my side, while even forgetting his important spare battery.
It’s already like this, and he said it was a misunderstanding when I asked him if he liked me. What exactly did I misunderstand?
“Can I go?” he asked.
“Of course.” I bowed and made a “please” gesture, indicating that he was free to come and go.
Ji Chenfeng put on his shoes, opened the door quietly, and turned to look at me when he was about to walk out of the room.
“Goodbye.” After he finished speaking, he went out without waiting for my response.
Staring at the closed door for a moment, I turned around and went to the living room. After seeing the empty coffee table, I looked at the kitchen again.
Picking up the ceramic cup that had been washed bright and clean as new, I sniffed it closely, only to smell a faint smell of detergent.
This boy Tang Bian… is quite nimble with his hands and feet.
Putting the cup back in place, because I didn’t know what to do after waking up so early, I went back to the bedroom and continued to sleep.
A few days after that, I just chatted with Ji Chenfeng on the phone.
Well, it’s not accurate to say chat, in my opinion it’s more like leaving messages to each other. During working hours, Ji Chenfeng will not reply to my messages until noon or after work. And I may not be awake at that time, so I often reply late at night.
But even with this kind of slow communication, the messages never really stopped.
The rabies vaccine requires five injections, with an interval of 0, 3, 7, 14, and 30 days after being bitten.
On the third day, as if he knew that I would not go to the hospital by myself, Ji Chenfeng specially sent a message saying that the male nurse who sent me to the hospital last time would pick me up and accompany me to the hospital for the second injection.
The male nurse knew where I lived, he drove over, picked me up and went straight to the hospital.
In the car, I intentionally or unintentionally brought the topic to Ji Chenfeng, but the other party didn’t notice it, and readily revealed all the information he knew. Dr. Ji is very popular, and many pet owners have already expressed their affection for him; what’s more, many nurses in the hospital also stare at Dr. Ji, trying to flirt with him, but Dr. Ji is completely devoted to the animals, and remains unmoved by these explicit hints.
Of course he was unmoved. I thought sarcastically. Soft chest and slender waist are just poison to that guy, he only likes tough men like himself.
Kiss the lips that can taste the stubble, and lick the fishy and smelly lollipop.
The picture appeared in my brain uncontrollably, feeling the tightness in my pants, I glanced at my lower body.
Fuck, have you been holding it in for too long, why did you get up again?
As long as it starts, there will be some uncontrollable trends. Ever since Ji Chenfeng became the reason for my excitement, my lower body couldn’t help but stand up whenever I thought of him these past two days, which is even more frequent than when I was in adolescence. Previously, due to long term insomnia, my sexual desire was obviously decreased.
However, I should be able to adapt quickly. Even people who love each other gets tired of looking at each other in seven years, let alone the imagination of a man?
I disappeared for several days in a row, and even refused to let Tang Bian in the house. When Xu Xi heard the news, she was afraid that something might have happened to me, so she came to the house to check the situation.
When she came in, I was wearing a white cotton nightgown and watching a bloody horror movie on a soft couch.
“So you were awake, then why didn’t you reply to my messages?” She put down her bag, walked to the floor to ceiling windows, and opened the curtains.
The dazzling sunlight shone into the dimly lit living room, and I was like a real vampire, blocking my eyes with my arms and frowning uncomfortably.
“Because I’m watching a movie.” I said unhappily.
She looked at the huge projection screen that was flying horizontally, and said with restraint: “Your interests and hobbies are really unique.”
I sat up, rubbed the centre of my eyebrows and said, “Your sexual orientation is also very unique, did I say anything about that?”
A pillow accurately hit the side of my face with such force that my head was tilted to the side.
“Put on your clothes and go out with me for a walk. What can you do if you stay at home all the time?” She crossed her arms on her chest, and ordered fiercely, “You can’t sleep well if you don’t even move an inch.”
“No, I’m too tired.” I refused her directly.
Another pillow was thrown at me, Xu Xi picked up the remote control on the coffee table in a few steps, and forcefully turned off the projector.
“You are not as good as when you indulge yourself in drinking.”
If I really go back to the past, she will definitely say that it is better to stay at home all day.
From the age of five to fifteen, I grew up in Xu family, so I have always had a good relationship with Xu Xi. If it wasn’t for her coming out of the closet later and causing the elders of the Xu family to fall ill one after another, and them being unable to take care of me anymore, I would not have returned to Sang Zhengbai’s side.
In the third year after Xu Xi broke up with her family, her father died of a sudden heart attack, and her mother also died of depression the following year. The Xu family members thought that she was angry at her parents, so no one informed her of the funeral time. Even when she arrived at the scene, she was stopped outside the door and prohibited from mourning.
She said that I was the only blood relative she had left now. If she knew that I was a fake, would she regret all those years she cared for me?
I think she will.
Facing a pile of mud, anyone would feel a headache.
Because I was too familiar with Xu Xi’s temperament, I knew that she wouldn’t give up until she dragged me into the sunlight, so I stopped making unnecessary struggles and went into the bedroom to change clothes.
After changing my clothes, I walked out of the room and saw Xu Xi standing in front of the floor to ceiling window full of sunlight, with her black hair and red lips, it was so bright that it looked like she was glowing.
“What? Can’t reach him? Not answering the phone either?” She cursed in English, “I see, I’ll go over to take a look. You reassure the brand first and ask them if they would like to change the model, if not…. just go through the compensation process.”
After hanging up the phone, her face looked very ugly.
I paused while I was putting on my tie and asked, “Do I still have to go out?”
She gave me a look, and quickly walked up to me, tightened my necktie, turned down the collar of my shirt, and said to me: “You think so beautifully!”
In the modeling industry, for a continuous stream of jobs, having excellent conditions is one thing, and having good business skills is another. Playing big names and being absent from work are taboos, which will not only ruin one’s reputation, but also implicate the signing company.
Ah Ji is a newly signed foreign model by Xu Xi. Although he is only 1.8 meters tall, he has very beautiful blue eyes and a well-managed figure. He belongs to the category of men who looks thin in clothes but has muscles when undressed, so he signed two deals as soon as he came.
“At this point, he should have already taken pictures in Party A’s studio, but his agent has not been able to contact him.” As we spoke, Xu Xi and I walked out of the elevator one after the other.
“Mr. Xu, Mr. Sang, you are finally here!” The young man wearing black-rimmed glasses, with a briefcase in his hands ran towards us, “I kept calling Ah Ji’s mobile phone, and there was some noise on the other side, but no one answered it.”
I have a slight impression of this ordinary face. It seems to be the assistant of one of Alia’s agents, called “Xiao Zuo”, who specializes in odd jobs.
Xu Xi stepped on her high-heeled shoes and stopped in front of a closed door. With a gentle sound, the door slowly opened—in order to deal with special circumstances, her fingerprints will be recorded in advance in all the houses provided to the foreign models.
In fact, I was already prepared to find a dead body, after all, this kind of thing is very common in movies. But the situation was better than I expected.
Xu Xi found Ah Ji on the bathroom floor. He was covered in piss, and the stubble on his has grown a lot, he was curled up in a corner holding his knees, and didn’t respond much to the calls from the outside world.
“What’s wrong with him?” It was clear that something must have happened. Xiao Zuo had been videotaping since he entered the room, and when he spoke, he also pointed his phone in Ah Ji’s direction.
The smell inside was so disgusting that I stopped outside the bathroom, hesitating whether to wait for them outside.
“Ah Ji, what’s the matter with you, why didn’t you answer the phone?” Xu Xi frowned, suppressing her obsession with cleanliness, she approached the homeless looking man on the ground.
No, I can’t take it anymore, if I stay any longer, I will become allergic. As I turned around to go outside and breathe fresh air, the bathroom suddenly erupted with that foreign model’s rough roar, Xu Xi’s cursing, and Xiao Zuo’s screams.
“There are demons outside! There are demons outside!! The world is going to be destroyed! Everyone is going to become zombies!!!”
“Fuck, what are you doing? Are you crazy?”
“Ah, ah, don’t come here!”
I couldn’t even turn around fully as I was bumped into by Xu Xi who had escaped. I supported the panicked woman, and out of the corner of my eye, I saw a wild beast-like man on the ground rushing towards this side on all fours. Because he was too fast, I only had time to change Xu Xi’s direction and stand in front of her by myself.
The familiar pain came from the leg, and this golden beast-like man bit my right calf. Coincidentally, it was symmetrical to the position where the black dog bit my left calf.
I heard from the doctor that the vaccine will be administered for one year, and if you are bitten by a dog during this period, you don’t need to get another shot, right?
“Ah ah ah ah ah!!!”
Just as I felt the severe pain, Xiao Zuo rushed out holding a toilet tank cover and roared, aiming at Ah Ji’s head and smashing it.
The blond male model rolled his eyes and immediately collapsed.
Everything happened in a very chaotic and hastily manner, making Xu Xi terrified. She has been a model agent for so many years, and she has seen many scenes, large and small, but she rarely has seen this type of violent scene.
Police cars and ambulances arrived one after another. Although everyone was still in shock, Ah Ji was the model signed by Alia after all, and Xu Xi needed to be responsible for all aspects of him. She can only act as a temporary guardian to accompany him until they find out whether he has taken too many drugs or has a sudden mental illness.
Before leaving, she insisted that I also get in the ambulance and go to the hospital to have the doctor look at my legs.
It was really painful when he bit it, but now I don’t feel much. In these last few days, I have been to the hospital more times than in the past few years combined, and I really don’t want to smell the scent of disinfectant anymore.
“Sang Nian? Sang Nian!!”
I pretended not to hear her exasperated yelling, and walked quickly to the side of the road, hailed a taxi and went home directly.
【My leg is a bit sore.】
After taking a shower and lying in bed, I sent a message to Ji Chenfeng. I knew he would only reply when he got off work, so I threw the phone aside after sending it, buried my head in the pillow and fell asleep.
In my biological clock, there is no fixed time for sleeping. As long as I want to sleep, I can sleep anytime. This also means that I may wake up at any point. But if I didn’t wake up by myself, and was woken up halfway by someone, I would be very angry.
When the doorbell rang, I rolled over in a daze and continued to sleep.
The doorbell rang again, and I was a little awake, but I didn’t intend to open the door.
The doorbell rang for the third time… I opened my eyes and began to hesitate whether to remove the doorbell along with the person outside.
I thought there would be a fourth time, but silence returned outside the door. After a while, there was a sound of entering the password on the electronic door lock, and the door was opened by someone.
I became alert and immediately sat up, looking towards the bedroom door.
The footsteps stopped at the door, and the next moment, the door was gently pushed open.
When I saw the silhouette of the person coming, I relaxed my shoulders.
“Who else could it be…” I turned on the bedside lamp, and the dim light reflected Ji Chenfeng’s figure at the door.
He probably didn’t expect me to be awake, and he paused for a moment before remembering to explain.
“You didn’t reply to my message, nor did you answer my call. I thought something happened, so I came over to check.”
Xu Xi had to be responsible for Ah Ji because of his contract with her company, and confirm his safety. But what is Ji Chenfeng doing all this for? The hospital doesn’t belong to him, so why is he doing this kind of hard work every time?
Is it because of a doctor’s conscience? Forget it. I don’t know anything else, but he seems to have learned Yan Shanhua’s affectation.
“I was sleeping, and my phone was set to Do Not Disturb mode, so I didn’t hear it.” I asked knowingly, “Did you come here just for this?”
He avoided the question, and his eyes fell on the position of my legs under the quilt.
“What happened to your leg?”
“Oh, this…” I lifted the quilt and sat up, “Unfortunately, I was bitten by a dog again.”
He walked towards me, casually threw his coat on the carpet, and squatted down to check my outstretched right leg.
“Have you treated the wound?” Due to the dim light, he had to raise my ankle to see the red and swollen wound on the calf.
There was no bleeding from the broken skin, but the tooth marks are a bit deep, red and purple in color, human tooth marks.
As a veterinarian, how could Ji Chenfeng not be able to tell the difference?
His fingertips brushed against the skin like a feather, and he raised his head and said: “This is not a dog’s….”
“Why don’t you let others come?” I looked at him and asked suddenly.
He froze for a moment, as if he was stopped by my question, he opened his lips slightly, but no sound came out.
Looking at his eyes that seemed to have never been stained with any desire, I smiled, pulled open the loose bathrobe strap with one hand, and separated my legs further to one side.
“Do you want to lick?”
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