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Chapter 50

"Kaizi, I want to ask you something."

When he came out to eat, Cen Kainuo was chatting with Duan Yan about his recent live broadcast troubles, and Duan Yan suddenly interrupted his topic.

"Oh, what's the matter? Tell me."

Duan Yan was quiet for two or three seconds before finally speaking: "That's... how do men fall in love with each other?"

Cen Kainuo, who was eating, was so shocked that he couldn't even close his jaw, and the steak he just put in his mouth fell back into the plate with a "clack".

"Fuck! Sanhuo, you, you, you are finally in love?!"

"What the hell are you thinking?" Duan Yan denied, "Aren't you getting back together with your ex-boyfriend recently, just asking out of curiosity."

Cen Kainuo rolled his eyes and thought for a moment: "Well, there is actually no difference between a relationship between a man and a relationship between a man and a woman. Look at how those boyfriends and girlfriends holding hands on the street usually date. Male, it’s actually the same. When you’re in love, you just eat, go shopping, watch movies, go home at night and sleep on the same bed, and sometimes if you’re interested, you’ll do some more intimate things.”

Duan Yan listened absent-mindedly, while picking up the fork, he poked and poked the steak on the plate.

Cen Kainuo was still a little suspicious: "Sanhuo, are you really not in a relationship?"

"No talk."

"Could it be that you are tempted by someone?"

"..."

"It's okay, if you don't want to say it, don't say it. Anyway, paper can't contain fire. If you want to fall, you will fall sooner or later. If you fall in love, you can't hide it even if you want to."

"Hearing your tone, it seems that you have a deep understanding."

"It's okay." Cen Kainuo picked up his phone, clicked on the WeChat page a few times, and forwarded an article on the official account of "100 Things Couples Must Do Together" to Duan Yan, "You can take a look at this , in case you fall in love someday, it can come in handy, hehe."

Duan Yan glanced at the article, it was too long, and he didn't want to read it for now, so he clicked the bookmark and quit.

Theoretically, he has a slight liking for Xiang Mingqiu now, but objectively, he is an orthopedic surgeon, and he is not of the same nature as an ordinary homosexual.

After struggling with it for several days, Duan Yan got a little annoyed, so he simply gave up on himself and let nature take its course.

Returning to the kennel from outside after dinner, Duan Yan took the packed things and put them in front of Xiang Qiu.

"what is this?"

"Seafood risotto, have you eaten it for dinner? If you have, then forget it." Duan Yan didn't want to be thought that he did it deliberately, and repeatedly emphasized that he only packed it because he couldn't finish it.

Xiang Mingqiu touched the plastic bag outside, it was still warm.

When Duan Yan was away, he made a simple vegetarian noodle by himself. He just finished eating it not long ago, and he is not very hungry now.

Without saying a word, Xiang Mingqiu opened the plastic packaging bag, brought out the seafood risotto inside, held it in his hand, picked up the spoon, and scooped it into his mouth one by one.

Seeing that he was eating appetizingly, Duan Yan felt relieved all at once.

"By the way, Huo Huo Huo, are you free tomorrow?" Xiang Mingqiu asked.

He planned to go to Xinyue City next door. Considering that his right hand had just had a cast removed and it was still inconvenient to drive during this period, he wanted Duan Yan to give him a ride.

"You don't need to stay overnight. You can go back and forth on the same day. If you don't have time, forget it. I can arrange a car myself."

"What time do you leave tomorrow?" Duan Yan asked, indicating that he had already nodded in agreement.

"It's nine o'clock in the morning. I've fed the dogs and left after letting the wind out. I won't stay there for too long. If you hurry up, you can return to the kennel at six or seven in the evening."

Before high school, Xiang Mingqiu lived in the neighboring city.

The main purpose of coming back this time is to move things.

The room in front of me is owned by a friend of Xiang Lan who emigrated from other provinces. In the past, Xiang Mingqiu and his mother have always lived here.

In recent years, this area has been preparing for demolition, and many old residents have moved to other places one after another.

The house was dilapidated and old due to years of disrepair, and the owner seemed to be not short of the rental fee. Ever since Mingqiu and his mother moved away, the place has been vacant.

When I came back today, Xiang Mingqiu planned to bring back some personal belongings that were left here in one go.

There was nothing Duan Yan could do to help, he watched Xiang Mingqiu packing up his things in the room, and followed to watch, not forgetting to say: "There is nothing valuable here."

"Not really, most of them are personal memories." Xiang Mingqiu put a music box into the cardboard box, "Because we didn't have a place of our own, when we moved out, many things could only be kept here, and we couldn't keep them together. Along the way."

"What is this?" Duan Yan noticed the open drawer next to him, his eyes fell on a rectangular iron box, he picked it up and shook it a few times out of curiosity, a little curious about what was inside, "Can you open it to see if it is ?”

"You can open it if you want, don't ask me."

The iron box was already stained with rust, and the lid was quite tight. It took Duan Yan a lot of effort to successfully lift the lid off.

Inside the box were colorful hair and small jewelry, which should belong to Xiang Mingqiu's mother.

In addition, there is another photo that is pressed at the bottom.

The photo has no plastic film, it has turned yellow and old, and even faded.

However, Xiang Mingqiu's mother could still be identified from the not-so-clear picture.

The location of the photo was in a certain garden. Xiang Lan was holding a wiry fox terrier in his arms. On the left side of the terrier's body, there was a black spot in the shape of a "V".

"When did my mother raise a dog?" Xiang Mingqiu's reaction was different from what Duan Yan thought.

"Haven't you seen this picture?"

Xiang Mingqiu shook his head: "I rarely touch my mother's personal belongings."

Duan Yan had a guess in his mind: "Do you think my father's running of the kennel was related to this?"

"Maybe, who knows." Xiang Mingqiu didn't seem to care, and continued to pack the things he had sorted out into boxes.

"Xiang Mingqiu..." Duan Yan pondered for a while, but decided to ask, "How did my dad find you in the first place?"

"It's just a coincidence. Two years ago, a client in my nightclub invited me to a certain event of their company. He came over to talk to me. At that time, I didn't know his identity." Xiang Ming Qiu lowered his head to pack his things and said, "Looking back later, the reason why he noticed me at the beginning was probably because my face reminded him of my mother. At that time, he also double-checked my surname. It is estimated that there has been speculation. Later, he collected my hair and saliva samples through some channels, and finally confirmed my identity from the DNA identification results."

"What do you think when you know this?"

"After living for more than [-] years, it's hard not to be surprised that a biological father suddenly appeared. He proposed to give me some compensation, but I didn't ask for it at that time."

"why?"

"I started from nothing, and until now, I have everything I should have, and I don't lack anything. To be honest, I like my current life very much. I just hope everything stays the same. Of course, he later respected my ideas. "

"Then do you keep in touch later?"

"No, you also know that he is usually very busy at work, and we don't see each other very often, but occasionally he will send me a message to ask how I am doing." Xiang Mingqiu said, pulling off the tape, and put the cardboard box Seal it.

Seeing this, Duan Yan consciously handed him the scissors beside him.

Xiang Mingqiu smiled: "Is there anything else you want to ask? Brother can tell you."

For a moment, Duan Yan seemed to be unable to think of anything else.

The time was much earlier than expected, and it was only 04:30 in the afternoon when we returned to Xiangshan.

Duan Yan first drove the car to the community where Ming Qiu lived, and put the things he brought back at home.

"There are drinks in the refrigerator. If you want to drink, you can get it yourself. I will take a shower and go back to the kennel with you."

Xiang Mingqiu took his clothes and walked into the bathroom.

Duan Yan sat on the sofa calmly, staring at the direction of the bathroom, and when he heard the sound of rushing water coming from inside, he immediately stood up and walked towards Mingqiu's room.

The school uniform that was placed under the bed last time still puzzled him, and his curiosity drove him to check it again.

He turned on the flashlight of his mobile phone, lay down on his body, and took photos under the bed, only to find that the original debris had been cleaned up at some point.

Duan Yan didn't know whether he threw it away or put it somewhere else, but Duan Yan wanted to look for it again, but when he heard the sound of water in the bathroom stop abruptly, he hurried back to the living room and sat down.

He glanced at the time, fuck, it's only been less than 5 fucking minutes, it's almost too much.

When he came out of the bathroom, Xiang Mingqiu still only wrapped a small towel around his waist as usual.

"Did you wash it seriously?" Duan Yan asked.

"Save time, just wash off the sweat on your body after a while, anyway, you have to wash it again when you go to bed at night."

Feeling that there would be something wrong with continuing to stare at Xiang Mingqiu, Duan Yan quickly shifted his gaze away to the plate of colorful fruit candies on the coffee table.

This plate of candy is the same as the last time he came here, not too much, it is full of cute bear shapes, but the taste is too sweet and greasy, Duan Yan doesn't like it.

"Who bought these candies?"

"Me, what's the matter?" Xiang Mingqiu walked over, took one randomly, unwrapped it, and put it in his mouth.

"Can you eat it all by yourself?"

"I can't finish it, I actually seldom eat sugar."

"Then what did you buy it for?"

"It's cute." Xiang Mingqiu said with a smile.

He turned his back, rummaged through the cabinet in the living room for a while, and when he turned around again, he said to Duan Yan: "Huo Huo Huo, spread your hands, and I'll give you something."

Duan Yan was dubious, and stretched out his hand in the air. After a while, there were two more metal keys in his palm.

"This is a spare key for my house. You keep it in case you need it. If you want to come and play, you can come here at any time."

Duan Yan looked down at the key in his hand, and couldn't help but chuckle, but he couldn't show it.

He still held it: "Your house key is really worthless, anyone can give it away."

"Do I have it? I just gave you one."

"What about the cashmere?"

"Yang Rong just stayed at my house for a while before, but now he has started an internship and moved into the company's dormitory. He has already returned the key to me."

That's about it.

While Xiang Mingqiu went back to his room to change clothes, Duan Yan took a photo with his mobile phone and quickly posted it to the Akita Dog Observation Diary. This time he didn't write anything, but only posted a cute emoji of squinting and smiling.