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Chapter 63

Just as Xiang Mingqiu guessed, Duan Yan did go to Kunming.

He was told by his family that he was born in this place since he was a child.

More than 20 years ago, after Xia Lerong gave birth and returned to Xiangshan from Kunming, he never took him back there.

This time Shan Changshui came to Kunming from afar, but he didn't tell anyone.

After finally finding the former address, I realized that everything has changed.

At the entrance of the villa, there is a big signboard of "Youran Mansion".

Duan Yan pondered for a moment, stepped forward, and pushed open the door in front of him.

The welcoming parrot in the store saw someone coming in from the outside and jumped up and down in the cage.

The staff at the front desk raised their heads and greeted the new guest with a smile on their faces.

"Welcome, do you have an appointment?"

Duan Yan looked at the environment around the house, the pink decoration style was full of a strong girlish atmosphere.

There are also many pictures of soft and cute girls hanging on the wall.

Duan Yan repeatedly confirmed the address several times, and he did not find the wrong place.

After asking, I learned that this place turned out to be a maid cafe.

The staff member who received Duan Yan at the front desk was the shop owner's niece. Under Duan Yan's questioning, she briefly told him something she knew about the situation.

The villa in front of me had been resold more than 20 years ago, and the owner who bought the second-hand house later had to sell the house because he lost money in business and had difficulty in capital turnover.

After a total of five transfers, the current villa has been transformed into a maid cafe by the current owner.

High-quality service and appropriate marketing methods have also made this maid cafe a well-known online celebrity shop in the local area.

In the past twenty years, the owner of the villa has changed again and again, and the decoration layout is also very different from that of the past. There is no clue at all.

After spending a whole day outside, Duan Yan returned to the B&B inn exhausted.

He didn't even have time to take off his shoes, and lay down on the bed.

A new notification came from the phone.

He had saved WeChat for several days, but he didn't open it until today.

After entering the interface, his eyes fell directly on Xia Lerong's head portrait.

He has been hesitating, staring at the head portrait for a long time before clicking to check it.

Xia Lerong sent him a total of three messages, all of which were the day before yesterday.

[Mom]: Son, where have you been?

【Mom】: Mom is waiting for you to come back

[Mom]: [Hug]

These few words seemed vague, as if Xia Lerong already knew that he had looked through the safe before, so she wanted to express something to him through text messages.

Not only Xia Lerong, Xiang Mingqiu also sent him a message.

When he saw the four words "I miss you", Duan Yan was a little bit astonished, his heart suddenly moved a little,

He lay flat on the bed quietly, held up his mobile phone, and repeatedly switched between the chat interface between his mother and Xiang Mingqiu, but in the end no one replied.

After Duan Yan left Fragrant Hills, Xiang Mingqiu was still unable to contact him.

Although it was almost certain that the boy had gone to Kunming, it was not easy to follow blindly to find someone there.

Duan Yan's room was quite clean, and he moved the large frog seed that was placed in the living room on the first floor back to the bed at some point.

Xiang Mingqiu rummaged through the wardrobe and drawers, but did not find any clues related to Duan Yan's whereabouts.

After retreating from Duan Yan's room, Xiang Mingqiu went down to the second floor.

This floor was originally a medical room, but after they took over the kennel, it was changed into a utility room.

Duan Yan often stays here to paint, and sits here for a whole day.

Over time, the second floor gradually became his private studio.

Whenever he enters the state of painting, his expression is always highly focused. From that serious face, Xiang Mingqiu can glimpse the joy and enjoyment in the corners of his eyes and eyebrows. He likes Duan Yan like that.

In Xiang Mingqiu's view, this is Duan Yan's world.

Therefore, unless necessary, Xiang Mingqiu tried not to come here to disturb his creation.

Various art tools are placed in a mess in the studio. Two months ago, Duan Yan began to transform from traditional paper painting to digital painting after purchasing a digital tablet from the Internet.

The desk near the window is Duan Yan's workbench.

Xiang Mingqiu walked over, pulled out the chair and sat down, started the computer.

The computer desktop is very tidy, except for three or two fixed icons, there is only one folder named "Archive".

He moved the mouse and clicked in for a few glances.

The files stored in the folder are some painted manuscripts recently completed by Duan Yan, including landscape paintings, as well as a lot of yellow waste full of lust.

Even though he changed to a digital board for creation, his painting skills are still as superb as ever.

But Xiang Mingqiu didn't have much free time to appreciate it slowly, so he turned it off after glancing at it twice.

Then, he opened the browser in the upper left corner and looked up the web browsing history.

As he expected, in the past few days, Duan Yan had checked the air ticket and accommodation to Kunming on the travel website.

Suddenly, an email acceptance reminder popped up in the corner of the browser.

Xiang Mingqiu didn't think too much, followed the reminder decisively and entered the mailbox interface.

After a while, I followed the clues and found the success notification email of a hotel in Kunming.

Xiang Mingqiu immediately took out his mobile phone and dialed Uncle Zhang's number.

After a brief exchange of greetings, Xiang Mingqiu asked straight to the point: "Uncle Zhang, Duan Yan and I have some business to leave Xiangshan recently, can you please come back to the kennel to take care of it for a few days?"

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The scheduled flight departed at [-]pm.

On the way to the airport, due to emergency maintenance of some roads, it was once very congested.

Xiang Mingqiu sometimes glanced at the car queue in front of him, and sometimes turned his head to look at the time.

It was less than an hour before the flight departed, and he was very irritable, and couldn't help swearing.

There was a burst of music coming from the mobile phone that was placed beside it. It was a call from the office of the nightclub.

Xiang Mingqiu hung up the speakerphone, and said "Hello" with a hint of impatience.

"Brother Qiu, that Boss Zhao came here again to make trouble. This time he asked us to give him an additional five points of commission. Now that guy is lingering in the office and refuses to leave. He insists on you go and follow him, Brother Qiu." Let's talk." Ajie told Xiang Mingqiu in a helpless tone.

The wine supplier who was looking for the boss was Rex, and Xiang Mingqiu cooperated with him for the sake of his friends.

I don't think this guy is just a pushover and has a big temper. Not long ago, he had a quarrel with the nightclub's financial side because of the division of money. Now he's still here, it's almost endless.

Xiang Mingqiu was annoyed by the traffic jam and had nowhere to vent his emotions, so he yelled at the phone: "Talk a little, let him go!"

"What kind of thing is he? Why the hell is I going to serve him in person? You tell him that the cooperation between Rex and him has come to an end. From now on, all drinks are not allowed to be purchased from him. Without such a crappy supplier like him, my nightclub is still worthless." Will it go bankrupt?!"

"Huh? But Brother Qiu..."

He was interrupted by Xiang Mingqiu before he finished speaking, "I'm busy with important matters, you should learn how to deal with such small matters by yourself, don't look for me again."

In the rest room of the nightclub, Ajie looked at the phone that had been hung up, feeling a little confused.

He has known Xiang Mingqiu for many years, and in his eyes, no matter how big the troubles are, Xiang Mingqiu always has an attitude of calmness and ease.

This is the first time he has seen his boss so irritable.

Several colleagues around Ajie also heard the conversation between the two just now, and they all became puzzled.

"Is this really our boss?"

"Brother Qiu, what's the matter with him? Why does it feel like a different person?"

"Brother Qiu, he has always been very smooth in dealing with people, and he will not easily offend any customers. What happened this time?"

"The way I see it, he's probably trapped in love."

"Fuck, brother Qiu, when did he fall in love?! Ajie, you and brother Qiu are the best relationship here, hurry up and tell us some gossip."

Ajie clarified loudly: "Brother Qiu, he enjoys his single life very much, and he is talking about a fart relationship, so don't spread rumors!"