The gentle trap, it catches people off guard, and they fall into it without noticing...
Professor An was accustomed to waiting for Xiao Ba.
Xiao Ba had grown used to Professor An's returns.
They were like the most synchronized pair, always understanding each other's intentions at the very first moment.
If anything were less than perfect, it probably was that Xiao Ba never showed any interest in fetching a ball.
Other people's dogs would fetch the ball tossed by their owners.
It was a way of playing and interacting.
But Xiao Ba wasn't fond of ball-fetching. Instead, it would rather frolic with Professor An, showing no interest in a rolling ball.
So it went on.
Days went by.
At some point, Professor An began to wear glasses, and his hair turned gray. He could no longer play with Xiao Ba as freely as before.
Yet Xiao Ba was still full of energy.
It still sent Professor An to his car every day and waited for him at the corner of the station, as if they had an unspoken pact.
