Hearing the rainwater sound hitting against the roof, she turned around and saw that there was a convenience store next door, so she handed the flowers to You Nainai. She then headed into the convenience store and came out with a packet of sausages.
The dog seemed to have rather acute senses. It seemed to know that Lin Nuan had gone to buy it something delicious, so it carefully wagged its tail gently at Lin Nuan, as if afraid it might have misunderstood her intentions.
Lin Nuan gazed at the stray dog and flashed it a gentle smile, then squatted down under the convenience store"s roof and tore open the sausage packaging to hand one to the dog. It was only then that the stray dog started wagging its tail more vigorously and merrily.
In the rain, the stray dog walked across from Lin Nuan, carefully biting the sausage and retreating several steps. It looked like it was terribly hungry, unable to care about the fact that the front half of its body was drenched in the rain as it ate the sausage in big bites.
Cen Mo, who was sitting in the driver"s seat, lowered the car window and stared at Lin Nuan and the stray dog…
Girls tended to be overly sympathetic. Cen Mo could understand that.
Glancing at his wrist.w.a.tch, he wasn"t displeased with the delay caused by Lin Nuan. They had plenty of time anyway.
After feeding the stray dog with three sausages in one go, Lin Nuan peeled the wrapping from the remaining sausages and placed them on the ground before straightening her body…
You Nainai walked to Lin Nuan"s side with an umbrella, s.h.i.+elding her as they walked towards the car. The stray dog turned around and glanced at Lin Nuan, then immediately picked up the half-finished sausage with its mouth and followed her. When it saw that Lin Nuan had already pulled open the car door and had one foot inside the car, the stray dog let out a whimper with that sausage still in its mouth.
Lin Nuan turned around…
When she saw the stray dog standing in the rain, gazing at her with a sausage in its mouth, its eyes watery and looking incredibly pitiful, the hand that she was holding the car door with clenched slightly.
As if he could feel Lin Nuan"s hesitation, Cen Mo spoke first. "Don"t even think about it. I will absolutely not allow that filthy dog to get into my car, much less enter my house!"
Lin Nuan"s vision swept over the pet shop opposite them. She then bent over and asked Cen Mo, "Then will a clean dog do?"
Cen Mo was rendered speechless.
Seeing Cen Mo"s tense face, not at all easy to negotiate with, Lin Nuan turned around and glanced at the stray dog, saying, "Do you know that Song Yao likes dogs? She used to say that the kind of life she desires most in the future is to get married and give birth to a kid, then rear a dog…"
Cen Mo"s heart tightened. He looked out the car window and felt his appet.i.te go away when he saw the filthy dog.
"I"ll buy one for her!"
Lin Nuan wasn"t planning on giving this dog to Song Yao…
"Don"t you know that Song Yao has a habit of feeding stray dogs? She"s just unable to rear a dog because of her work… She"s also not comfortable leaving a dog in the care of others or in a pet shop. That"s why she doesn"t have a dog! If Song Yao finds out that you refused to let me bring the dog over, she"ll definitely be mad at you!" Lin Nuan continued saying, "There"s a pet shop right across from here! I"ll let it get into the car in a clean state, and I won"t let it stay at your house. I"ll take it with me once we finish dinner!"
After she finished speaking, she closed the car door without giving Cen Mo the time to react, taking the stray dog with her to the pet shop.
Lin Nuan stood at the pet shop door, bending over and looking at the gray British shorthair lying lazily in the catbox with its tail drooping. She recalled the fat cat she had at home, and by a.s.sociation thought of Tuan Tuan. She wondered how Tuan Tuan was doing by himself at home.
All of a sudden, Lin Nuan seemed to have seen Tuan Tuan"s chubby and fair little face in the gla.s.s display window. His little face and little hands were pressed against the window and smiling at her.
Lin Nuan smiled. She then saw the little one waving at her. She turned around, and after being stunned momentarily, she hurriedly pushed open the door and exited the pet shop…
"Mama!" The minute Tuan Tuan saw Lin Nuan come out, he immediately bounced to the door and spread out both arms, asking for a hug.
Suddenly seeing Tuan Tuan and Fu Huai"an on the streets of Morocco, other than surprise, Lin Nuan was full of question marks.
She looked up to see Fu Huai"an standing under a black and large umbrella with one hand in his pocket, his eyes deep and his features handsome, smiling at her. There was a bewitching gentleness in his mature demeanor.
Little Lu was holding up an umbrella and standing behind Fu Huai"an. When he saw Lin Nuan"s expression, he smiled and said, "Sorry, Madam, I didn"t lie to you deliberately! It"s because Sir and Young Master wanted to surprise you, and I couldn"t bear to spoil it, so…"
Little Lu then raised a hand and touched his own nose!
Just before, on the phone, Little Lu himself felt that he was pretty convincing.
Lin Nuan bent over and lifted Tuan Tuan into her arms. The little one happily circled one arm around Lin Nuan"s neck, then straightened his little back and twisted his head in Fu Huai"an"s direction, calling out, "Papa!"
The sound of the rain hitting against the roof was as if the rain was rapping against Lin Nuan"s heart, making her feel a warm current strike her eyes and heart.
You Nainai, who was standing inside the pet shop, saw Tuan Tuan and Fu Huai"an and suddenly realized why a separate room was arranged for her. There was no mistake. Fu Huai"an"s a.s.sistant had made the arrangement deliberately!
You Nainai couldn"t resist smiling. She had never thought that her incredibly strict Sir Fu would have such a gentle and devoted side to him.
Cen Mo tsked softly inside the car.
He knew that Tuan Tuan was coming over. Fu Huai"an had agreed to bring Tuan Tuan over to play with him since he was Tuan Tuan"s uncle, but Cen Mo hadn"t expected that Fu Huai"an would come over too. Over the phone, Fu Huai"an had said that after Lin Nuan settled in, he would get someone to bring Tuan Tuan over. Cen Mo had thought that Fu Huai"an would get his a.s.sistant to bring the kid over. As it turned out, Fu Huai"an came personally.
Originally, Cen Mo was planning on having Tuan Tuan stay at his place, but Song Yao urged Cen Mo not to be overly anxious, telling him to advance gradually. If he were to bring the kid over abruptly, the kid might be unwilling. After all, as Lin Nuan"s good friend, Song Yao knew how much Lin Nuan disliked Cen Mo. So, to ask Lin Nuan to take Tuan Tuan to stay over at Cen Mo"s house, Song Yao was afraid that Lin Nuan might feel aggrieved.
Hence, Song Yao asked Cen Mo to spend more time interacting with Tuan Tuan over this period of time. He could raise the request of asking Tuan Tuan to stay at his house after he became familiar with Tuan Tuan, to build a relations.h.i.+p with Tuan Tuan on a solid foundation. Since Cen Mo was Tuan Tuan"s biological uncle, there was a natural blood tie between them, so it shouldn"t be hard.
Mainly, Song Yao wanted to wait until Lin Nuan could resolve her prejudice towards Cen Mo, and by then, Lin Nuan could come over with Tuan Tuan. That way, with his mother around, the kid wouldn"t be afraid of strangers.
Looking at Fu Huai"an, who was walking closer to her, Lin Nuan sounded a little raspy. "Why… why did you bring Tuan Tuan here?"
Fu Huai"an nodded. "Tuan Tuan missed his mama!"
Fu Huai"an then bent over and whispered in Lin Nuan"s ear, "I missed you too!"
Lin Nuan"s ears turned hot from the hot breath that grazed past her ear as Fu Huai"an spoke. She gazed at Fu Huai"an with her large watery eyes while he straightened his body. Looking at the slight smile in his eyes, she had the sudden urge to cry. What was going on?
How could Fu Huai"an be so wonderful?
So wonderful that Lin Nuan didn"t want to part with him for even a second…