His Canary [他的金丝雀]

25. I Obey You (4)

　　Winter vacation is short, but this winter vacation is the most dreamy one for Dong Ci.

　　After the New Year, mother Ci's restaurant reopened. Because of the unique decoration style and a wide variety of food and beverages, there is an endless number of customers every day.

　　Recently, there are a lot more young girls in the restaurant. Dong Ci wanders between the tables with a plate in her hand, and can always hear the shy laughter of the girls.

　　"He is so handsome, and his smile is so gentle. He looks like a very gentle little brother."

　　"Yes, yes, and he seems to come to this restaurant every day, even sitting in the same seat. Do you think he knows the owner of this restaurant?"

　　Dong Ci put the drinks in front of the tables of several girls, and was stopped by one of the girls when he was about to leave. "Sister, do you know the brother sitting by the window?"

　　Dong Ci looked in the direction of her gaze and saw Jing Rong sitting by the window with his chin propped up, lazily looking at the computer in front of him. As if sensing Dong Ci's gaze, he raised his eyes slightly, curled his lips and smiled at Dong Ci, his black eyes seemed to be drawn into the starlight, black and bright.

　　"Wow——" Dong Ci heard the gasps of several girls around her, and when she lowered her head, she saw that their eyes were staring at her, and Dong Ci's back was numb, and her smile was a little stiff. "He, he is my... friend."

　　"Then sister, do you know if he has a girlfriend? Sister, I see that he smiles so gently, is he also super soft?"

　　Soft?

　　It was the first time that Dong Ci heard someone use the word "soft" to describe Jing Rong.

　　She frowned and thought about it, not knowing how to answer this group of girls who were in love. "I don't know what you mean by soft, but from my understanding, he is not soft at all."

　　As a good kid who studies hard and doesn't surf the Internet much, Dong Ci didn't know what these little girls meant by "soft".

　　"Although he looks good, he has some mental problems, so I think you should just look at him from a distance and don't get close to him."

　　Dong Ci said this very sincerely. As someone who knows Jing Rong's temper well, she said this completely for the girls' consideration. Seeing that they were staring at her with wide eyes and incredulous expressions, Dong Ci smiled stiffly and quickly found a reason to leave.

　　Since mother Ci opened her shop, Jing Rong would come here almost every day with a computer. She didn't know what he was doing on the computer. He often sat there for a long time. He never took the initiative to talk to Dong Ci, and he let Dong Ci order all the food for him.

　　He said that day that he could be gentle to her, and it seemed that he really became a lot gentler. Sometimes when there were few people around, Dong Ci would take out her study materials to look at them, and Jing Rong would come to her side and point out some key points to her from time to time.

　　"This is for you."

　　Jing Rong didn't bring a computer when he came today, and he didn't go into the restaurant. He called Dong Ci to the intersection on the street, put a pair of furry earmuffs on her head, and reached out to touch her head.

　　"Why are you giving me this?"

　　Dong Ci took off the earmuffs, reached out to touch the soft fur on them, and saw a label on the bottom of the fur ball with the letters J:R embroidered on it.