Huo Qiran quickly reached out and took the puppy. After looking at it for a moment, he nodded and smiled, "Well, it's very cute. It will be even cuter after it is washed."
After hearing this, Jing Li touched the puppy's head again, then looked at him and asked, "Can you raise puppies at home?"
"Well, yes." Huo Qiran said, "My sister has always liked small animals, and there are many people at home, so she can take good care of it."
"I just said you're lucky!" Jing Li smiled again, lowered her head and said something to the puppy, then looked up at Huo Qiran, "Then I'll leave it to you!"
Huo Qiran nodded and asked, "Does it have a name?"
"I don't know, we met by chance." Jing Li said, "Go back and ask your sister to give it a name."
"Okay." Huo Qiran responded, but the moment he mentioned Yueyue, something suddenly flashed in his mind, and he couldn't help but look at Jing Li again.
Jing Li noticed something and raised her head to meet his gaze, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing." Huo Qiran said after coming back to his senses, "Are you going home now?"
"Um."
"Then shall I see you off?" Huo Qiran said, "My car is parked on the side of the road."
After hearing this, Jing Li subconsciously wanted to refuse at first, but when her eyes fell on the puppy in his arms, her thoughts couldn't help but condensed, and then she nodded and said, "Thank you then."
Huo Qiran drove a Lexus, and Jingli got into the car with her puppy in her arms. She smelled the scent of lemon mixed with woody fragrance. It was very light, refreshing and clean, just like the smell on him.
She lowered her head and petted the puppy. For a moment, she didn't know what to say.
Huo Qiran couldn't find a topic for a while. While he was thinking crazily, his phone suddenly rang.
Huo Qiran glanced at the caller, turned to Jing Li, and then answered the phone.
The call was from Cheng Ling, a classmate with whom I had a close relationship in high school. She opened her mouth and asked him: "Huo Qiran, are you in Tongcheng?"
"Here." Huo Qiran responded, "What's the matter?"
"Of course it's a good thing." Cheng Ling said, "Most of our high school students seem to be in Tongcheng right now, so everyone is looking for a time to get together, so you must come."
Hearing this, Huo Qiran couldn't help but glance at Jing Li next to him.
Jing Li was concentrating on playing with the puppy in her arms and had no intention of disturbing him from answering the phone.
"Well... you should set a time and tell me. I'm not sure you can come." Huo Qiran said.
"If you don't come, how many girls will be disappointed!" Cheng Ling said with a mischievous smile, "Everyone can come, except you. I will form a group later and we can all agree on a time."
Huo Qiran listened and stopped talking on the phone for a while.
After hanging up the phone, he spoke to Jing Li: "Cheng Ling, who was in our class in high school, do you remember?"
Jing Li thought about it for a moment and quickly remembered, "Remember, that boy who was particularly active was tall and thin, right?"
Huo Qiran nodded, and then said: "He just said that the high school classmates are getting together. Do you want to participate?"
"Huh?" Jing Li obviously didn't expect such a party to pop up suddenly. She paused and said, "I may not have time to participate..."
Huo Qiran listened and said quickly: "Me too."
Jing Li couldn't help but turn to look at him, "What are you busy with?"
"I participated in an internship project." Huo Qiran said, "I was very busy from Monday to Saturday, and I just got off work today."
Jing Li suddenly realized, "So you came here on your way to get off work today?"
Huo Qiran nodded in response.
"Then if the party is scheduled for the weekend, you can still attend." Jing Li said with a smile, "But I really might not be able to go. Then you can help me bring something good for everyone."
Huo Qiran responded, and then said: "They said they would form a group to match the time. Do you want to join?"
"I won't join," Jing Li said. "It's not easy to explain after joining the group and then not being able to participate in the activities. You guys are having fun."
After hearing this, Huo Qiran said nothing more.
However, mentioning her high school days did bring up a lot of topics. Jing Li still had many high school classmates in her memory. When she chatted with Huo Qiran, the conversation started all the way.
When the car stopped at the entrance of her uncle's community, Jing Li reluctantly put down the puppy. Huo Qiran carried the puppy to the entrance of the community and then said, "Bring Xi Xi to visit it when you have time.
Xi will definitely be very happy too."
"Okay." Jing Li's eyes were still shining, and she waved goodbye to him with a smile.
Huo Qiran took the puppy and made a goodbye gesture to her, then finally turned and left.
Jing Li stood at the gate of the community, watching his car drive away slowly. Just as she was about to turn around and go in, her cousin's voice suddenly came from behind her: "Xiao Li."
Jing Li turned around and saw her cousin Xiang Ting walking from the direction of the road.
"Cousin." Jing Li called him obediently.
Xiang Ting is only four or five years older than her, and the two cousins have had a good relationship since childhood. Although there are some inexplicable differences now, they still have feelings for each other after all.
Xiang Ting stepped forward, still looking in the direction of the road, "Who sent you back just now?"
Jing Li didn't expect that he would actually see it, but she still said calmly: "A high school classmate."
"High school classmate?" Xiang Ting frowned slightly, "Do you still have contact with your high school classmate?"
No wonder Xiang Ting was confused. After all, her high school classmates all had rich or noble families. After the decline of the Jing family, Jing Li dropped out of school, so she should have had no contact with her high school classmates.
"I met him unexpectedly yesterday," Jing Li said.
"We met unexpectedly yesterday, and he's sending you back today?" Xiang Ting frowned again, clearly confused.
Jing Li obviously didn't want to say anything more to him, so she turned around and walked in, "Yeah, it's just a coincidence."
Xiang Ting suddenly stretched out his hand to hold her, "How can there be so many coincidences? Xiaoli, you are not in love, are you?"
"No." Jing Li categorically denied, "We are just ordinary classmates."
"What do you have to hide from me?" Xiang Ting looked at her, "Is it shameful to fall in love? I've told you a long time ago that in today's world, you can't change the situation even if you work odd jobs all your life.
There is no way to give Xi Xi a good life. With your conditions, you can obviously change the trajectory of your life easily and don't have to live as hard as you do now, so why do you have to let yourself suffer for the sake of that meaningless self-esteem? "
Jing Li had heard these words so many times in her adult life that she had almost become immune to them, so she didn't intend to pay attention to them and only quickened her pace.
"Whose family does the boy belong to? Since he is your high school classmate, he must be from a well-known family in Tongcheng. I think his car is not bad, and his family must be well-off. You should seize this opportunity-"