With you for thirteen years CH5

Chapter 5: The Fifth Year

"Hai Ruo Hai Ruo, can I go to your house for a meal today." Xu Jing put on a puppy dog face, crouching by the side of the podium, watching Hai Ruo organize the lesson plans one by one.

"Ok, what do you want to eat, accepting orders." Hai Ruo piled up all the paper tapping it on the podium making sure all the papers were neatly arranged, turning her head at Xu Jing overemphasizing.

"Even so, you cannot decline eating carrots."

DongDong saw Xu Jing's face turned bitter, and unexpectedly in his heart, he didn't feel especially happy.

There's no helping it, because of all the constant contact all year round, Hai Ruo and Xu Jing were already very close with each other, and understood each other quite well. Their level of friendship has long surpassed that of mentor and student, now seeming like friends who have known each other for years.

DongDong doesn't like this.

In his view, Xu Jing is beyond repugnant.

Saying things like how the food at the cafeteria tastes so terrible, the heavy usage of oil and salt being bad for the body; saying Hai Ruo's cooking skills is so amazing, making her feel that she is being carried away into the realm of dreams, so much so that she can't eat other's cooking.

From this point although Xu Jing is a girl, the methods of pursuing a girl she's crystal clear on, making it that no matter how sensible the woman might be when put against her words they can only concede.

Also saying how she has interest in an article and has some uncertainty on parts needing to inquire about it, today she has found a review that seems pretty nice and wants to share it with her lovely teacher.

Although Xu Jing might look careless and casual, she is actually a high achieving student studying ancient literature, several professors have come to Hai Ruo to inquire about her, waiting for her to finish post-graduate studies and then pulling her over to be their student. 

Xu Jing pushing the bicycle, Hai Ruo walking by her side talking and laughing, DongDong following by the side of Hai Ruo's footsteps.

The midsummer breeze blew past his ears, he watched as the wind pulled on Hai Ruo's aqua blue long skirt to form a range similar to that of a wave, listening to her nice voice discussing today's class contents with Xu Jing.

He looked at the expression in Xu Jing's eyes, and felt a trace of panic.

That kind of almost overflowing emotion, does Hai Ruo really not know anything; if in the near future, Xu Jing reveals the feelings that are deeply buried in her heart, will Hai Ruo accept it; if Hai Ruo accepts......what confidence does he still have to stay by her side.

After all, he is only a cat, he can't speak the human language, only a cat that can't express his love.

Of course towards the woman he loves his mind was unhinged, doing all types of stupid things.

During the times where he doesn't accompany Hai Ruo to class, he would use great effort to clean up the messy furnishings at home, bringing over her home slippers as soon as she enters the house, seeing her expression of being pleasantly surprised immediately feeling the heart lighten up.

"DongDong is so well behaved and smart, I'm so happy." Is what Hai Ruo would usually say, then she would pick him up and twirl around once, finally tapping his nose to express her surprise and intimacy.

But it's still not enough, whenever DongDong receives this treatment, at the same time of having a sweet feeling an indescribable feeling of melancholy also arises in his heart.

It's fine if you don't understand your own feelings, but once you are clear this little bit of sweetness won't be enough to be satisfying. 

While thinking this, the two humans and one cat arrived downstairs, suddenly Xu Jing slapped her head.

"Ah, I forgot the pile of reference books I left in the faculty room." With a grimace, miserable like——one look and you can tell she's pretending.

"What to do?" Hai Ruo began to worry for her, "It's your research for you thesis right, I have the key here, the filing cabinet key is......"

"Then you can go together with me to get it." Xu Jing slid her bicycle in front, eyes not daring to look at her.

"But DongDong......"Hai Ruo hesitated.

"It's fine your cat is so smart." Xu Jing pulled on Hai Ruo's hand, "The newly built cat hole at your door is not a decoration, he will know how to go back."

"Meow"

Don't go with her.

"See he agrees."

"Really DongDong?"

"Meow"

That's not true, don't leave me.

"How about I send him back first."

"It's fine, please please, let's go let's go."

"DongDong quickly go upstairs."

"Woo......"

Please, don't abandon me for her.

The summer sun was treacherous, DongDong's pupils dilated, seeing Hai Ruo sitting on Xu Jing's back seat, her skirt carefully pressed with her hand. The other hand, holding onto the cyclist's waist.

All of a sudden, he felt Hai Ruo was really far away from him.

Also feeling, that she would never come back.

Like self-torture, DongDong did not go upstairs, only sitting at the area where Hai Ruo left him, the shadow of him formed by the sun seemed connected to his black fur, as if his whole being was immersed into the shadow.

Hai Ruo has a lot of friends, she is gentle and generous, her temperament soft but firm, she looks pretty and has a good figure, isn't aggressive, many people, both men and women like to be her friend.

There are also three to five close friends, not many contact during the weekdays, however there is never any strangeness. At the beginning of this year one of her close friends finally got married, all of them no matter men or women acted as the girl's family and made sure to warn the groom. In the end the bride got drunk, clamoring away on wedding night that she wants to sleep with Hai Ruo.

Towards these people, he is envious but not jealous.

Because in Hai Ruo's heart, they will always be in the circle of close friends, never getting closer to Hai Ruo's heart, never owning his position.

The position as a family member.

Yes, Hai Ruo once said that he was the "man of the family", and have always treated him as a precious family member, care for, accompany with, even having quarrels and giving the cold shoulder to, not one less.

Sometimes in a daze, he would feel that he had really married and established a business, as if he was really alive as Chu Chengyu.

But as soon as he speaks, this imaginary environment gets punctured, so he doesn't like to speak, rarely speaking.

Except for talking with Hai Ruo.

"Meow."——Good Morning.

"Meow."——Come home earlier today.

"Aow."——Don't want to take a bath.

"Meow."——Really love you.

The weather in June changes so fast, at first it was still stuffy and hot like hell, in a blink of an eye it started pouring heavy rain.

DongDong can't move from sitting, in Hai Ruo's bag she only brought a small umbrella for blocking the sun, and it's him who put the umbrella in the bag. What if she doesn't know and doesn't use it, what if even using it doesn't block the rain, what if instead of using it she stupidly gives it to that woman.

In the midst of howling wind and driving rain, a black cat was pacing about downstairs, residents hurrying pass, no one noticed there was a completely drenched black cat, his two eyes never moving staring in one direction.

Arriving at home, the first time Hai Ruo did was to prepare hot water——to give the drenched DongDong a bath.

It was really distressful, Xu Jing saw the heavy rain from the sky, and left her bicycle inside the school, the two received a ride back from a chemistry professor, after getting off the car, at first glance Hai Ruo saw her DongDong standing in the midst of heavy rain, the fur on the body completely drenched, sticking to its body, very pitiful.

Not to mention when he first saw Hai Ruo, his eyes lit up with brilliance, rushing over and jumping into her arms.

"Sorry." Seeing DongDong's trembling state, Hai Ruo bit her lips, cried out with a trembling voice, "I shouldn't have just abandoned you, DongDong, sorry."

"I should be saying sorry." Xu Jing opened the bathroom's frosted door, leaning on it, voice depressed, "I shouldn't have pulled you away, he's so smart, I thought he would......"

"No." Hai Ruo carefully put DongDong into warm water, blinking away the tears in her eyes, "It's my fault. I am his owner, but also a family member, no matter the occasion I should never abandon them leaving them at one side. If the family member leaves, wait there, if I was DongDong, I probably would also wait for him."

"It's just, I actually forgot, there is also a cost for waiting. DongDong waiting for me can get a heat stroke, can catch a cold. As a family member I was really inconsiderate, DongDong, I was wrong, forgive me, there will be no next time." Hai Ruo carefully poured water on DongDong's body, tracing his black fur on his elegant back, purely looking at him.

"Meow~" he rarely, let out a coquettishly cry, sticking out his tongue and licking Hai Ruo's lips, she always wore no makeup, even in the summer she doesn't put on lip balm.

The taste, was her sweet taste.

Xu Jing couldn't bear looking turning over her head, feeling like she lost, also having a feeling she couldn't make out but that she was wronged.

She watched from behind as Hai Ruo used a blow dryer to dry the black cat until dry and crisp, watching the black cat jump onto her shoulders playing around coquettishly, feeling unhappy.

She has been unhappy about this black cat for a long time.

Fighting with it over Hai Ruo, but as her pet, she has no say.

But, she knew, the intelligence of the mature cat and the hostility it shows is completely uncovered.

When she comes, there has never been welcoming, oh well, she doesn't care.

Ignoring her is whatever, every time she comes over always being some distance away, always having an unhappy facial expression, running away to another room, every time it's dinner Hai Ruo would need to go call for him, always sporting a "disdainful" expression.

Over time, even Hai Ruo thinks it's something Xu Jing has done to him.

It's not some palace family fight, who's it putting on that face to show.

Probably doing it on purpose.

It really was on purpose, even though he has never been in a relationship, Chu Chengyu has still learned some skills. In addition, what makes Hai Ruo distressed, what makes Hai Ruo tenderhearted, he understands thoroughly.

But no matter what, he can never be like Xu Jing openly expressing his love.

"Me-Meow."——I will never be mad at you, I just wickedly want you to place me at a position a little closer and higher.

Don't need anyone else ok, except me.

At least while I am still here by you.

SMALL THEATER:

The daily hostility between the black cat DongDong and Xu Jing:

Today's dinner is curry rice.

Xu Jing: Hai Ruo~~~ what is dinner today.

Hai Ruo: Curry rice.

Xu Jing: (Likes to eat curry rice) Hai Ruo ok good~~

Hai Ruo: Yes, DongDong loves to eat it, especially like the added carrots.

Xu Jing: (Especially hate carrots)......

DongDong: Licking its paw.

Hai Ruo: DongDong ah, I am going shopping with Xu Jing today, but unfortunately, that mall doesn't allow pets. Can't bring you along.

DongDong: (Silently turning its body, hiding at the wall's corner).

Xu Jing: Hai Ruo Hai Ruo, how's this newly opened mall, there's a Thai food restaurant over there, my classmates said it was good (╯3╰).

Hai Ruo: Really nice it's really nice, but......

Xu Jing: (After so much effort finally finding a restaurant that doesn't allow pets, so much effort to turn off the light bulb)......

Hai Ruo: Xiao Jing?

Xu Jing: Ah, there will definitely be a chance next time :-D.

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