The first benefactor Ding Ding had met was no longer young and put on plenty of airs.
Perhaps influenced by him, Ding Ding always liked to work his own name into the names he chose, so people would know who the boss was as soon as they heard them.
Like Dingsheng before, and White Gardenia now.
Where "White" came from went without saying, but Ding Ding had spent a long time thinking about "Gardenia."
But on that drunken night, the only clear thing had been the cry for help amid the scent of gardenias, which had made Ding Ding open that door and then get picked up and taken home to be someone's wife.
Gardenias were pure and resilient, growing quietly in any soil. Paired with his Little Bai, they were no unworthy match.
The gardenias would be blooming again before long. Looking back, Ding Ding realized it had been almost a year since he met Bai Congming, and once again felt how quickly the years passed.
"Tsk." Ding Ding's brows drew tightly together. "How am I thirty-one already!"
"Old!"
Bai Congming pointed at the chicken breast bubbling in the pot. "Gouzai won't eat it. Too tough!"
"..."
Gouzai was too picky. Rice mixed with lard no longer satisfied the cat; they had to boil chicken breast until tender and chop it up for feeding.
But now the two of them were almost never home during the day, leaving Gouzai all alone, and Bai Congming was always afraid the cat would go hungry.
So every morning, after getting up and making food for the humans, Ding Ding also had to make a meal for the cat, leaving a whole day's worth in the bowl.
After breakfast, Ding Ding drove the Old Man's Joy to take Bai Congming to the Flower