This might be better.
On the way back, Ding Yinan kept thinking about it.
Huo Zhixiao’s sudden silence was nothing more than his common sense as a social person had finally awakened. He realized that what he did last night was very inappropriate. One of them was not a couple, and the other was not a bed partner. The only relationship between the two was the working relationship between the boss and the subordinate. They were not even friends.
Of course, it was impossible to go to bed in such a relationship.
If it was another assistant, they might not be able to bear Huo Zhixiao’s behavior beyond the rules. The reason why Ding Yinan could sit beside him calmly was also because he understood that Huo Zhixiao really didn’t seem to understand why he had such an impulse.
Silence represented introspection, which was a good thing.
When Huo Zhixiao’s self-reflection was over, Ding Yinan believed that the relationship between the two would return to its original state.
The familiar traffic had gradually replaced the distant rural scenery. The water leaks in the house, the fights by the river, and the loss of control at night seemed to be divided into the past by spacers, which were incompatible with the surrounding environment and became distant memories of yesterday.
The car slowly drove into a 4S store. It was just around noon at this time, and the store was a little deserted. Ding Yinan explained the maintenance content to the clerk, and then followed Huo Zhixiao to the customer resting area.
After leaving the countryside, Bai San Sui wasn’t used to it. It shivered in Huo Zhixiao’s arms, and climbed up to his chest whenever there was a disturbance.
But Huo Zhixiao didn’t seem to want to appease it, he just held it with one hand to prevent it from running around, and flicked his phone boredly with the other hand.
The two came to the sofa in the rest area and sat down, maintaining a proper social distance.
“How long will it take?” Huo Zhixiao asked.
“About forty minutes.” Ding Yinan said.
After that, the two had no communication, as if they had returned to their previous working conditions.
Not long after, the clerk brought two cups of tea. Since the coffee table was far from the sofa, the clerk didn’t put the paper cup on the coffee table, but handed it directly to Huo Zhixiao.
Huo Zhixiao took the tea and handed it to Ding Yinan beside him naturally, and then took the second paper cup from the clerk.
It wasn’t until the hot tea was close to his lips that Ding Yinan realized that something was still wrong.
Uncle Huo, who has always been self-centered, would actually hand him tea. This was really not the treatment a tool person deserves.
Although normally speaking, it was a good thing to improve the salary. Dan Ding Yinan didn’t know if he had self-abuse tendencies or what, he was used to being ignored, so when Huo Zhixiao suddenly showed consideration for him, he actually felt a little uneasy.
He breathed into the water mist in front of him with complicated emotions, thinking that it seemed that it would not be as simple as he imagined to restore the relationship between the two of them.
Huo Zhixiao bought a lot of things for San Bai Sui, including dog food, kennels, dog toilets, etc. He couldn’t carry them by himself, so Ding Yinan had to work as a porter again.
San Bai Sui, who had just arrived, was a little uncomfortable, but soon started running happily in Huo Zhixiao’s big house.
Seeing that the time was just right, Ding Yinan simply made another lunch for Huo Zhixiao. This time Huo Zhixiao did not engage in pranks like sneak attack from behind like last time.
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Ding Yinan stopped his chopsticks and looked at Huo Zhixiao.
“We are eating.” Huo Zhixiao said.
“……Sorry about that.”
“It’s okay.” Huo Zhixiao moved his chopsticks again, and changed the subject, “Who did you learn to cook from?”
“Grandpa and grandma.” Ding Yinan said.
“Are they living in the country now?” Huo Zhixiao asked again.
“No, they had passed away.” Ding Yinan said, “I also have a younger sister who is going to college in my hometown.”
“I see.”
Huo Zhixiao didn’t continue this topic, and the two ate quietly for a while, only the sound of bowls and chopsticks colliding on the dinner table.
Today’s meal was all Huo Zhixiao’s favorite dishes, Ding Yinan didn’t deliberately cater to his liking, he just found it the most convenient, because every time Huo Zhixiao would eat it up, lest he have to deal with the leftovers.
When the two of them were eating about the same, Huo Zhixiao wiped his mouth with a tissue, then suddenly looked at Ding Yinan and asked, “Does your boyfriend like the food you cook?”
Ding Yinan paused when he cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks. He was a little confused, but he still replied: “It’s okay.”
“What does he like to eat?”
“He wasn’t picky.” Ding Yinan continued to clean up the dishes, “Like a pig.”
“Oh.”
Ding Yinan always felt that Huo Zhixiao’s tone was very strange, like chatting and probing. He looked at Huo Zhixiao and asked, “What’s wrong?”
“It’s okay.” Huo Zhixiao stood up, walked towards the living room, and said lightly, “I’m a little envious of him.”
Envious of his boyfriend being a pig?
Ding Yinan couldn’t understand Huo Zhixiao’s logic. In fact, if he had to say it, the boyfriend Huo Zhixiao was talking about should be his ex-boyfriend, but Ding Yinan was too lazy to correct it.
“By the way.” Ding Yinan set the table and chopsticks, stopped Huo Zhixiao and said, “I have something to discuss with you.”
“What?” Huo Zhixiao turned his head and asked.
“I want to ask for an annual leave.” Ding Yinan was afraid that Huo Zhixiao would disagree, so he added, “I didn’t take three days off last year. Counting this weekend, I want to take it consecutively…”
“You can do what you like.” Before Ding Yinan could finish speaking, Huo Zhixiao interrupted him directly.
Ding Yinan didn’t know why Huo Zhixiao seemed to be a little angry. After thinking about it carefully, it wasn’t incomprehensible. His intention to avoid was too obvious, as the one being avoided, Huo Zhixiao was justified to be angry.
Counting it, Ding Yinan hasn’t had a long vacation for a long time. Sometimes Huo Zhixiao goes on vacation with his friends, even if he has nothing to do, he will go to the company to work, because he doesn’t want to be deducted for nothing.
After he reported the leave to the administrative secretary, he returned home relaxed. As a result, as soon as he opened the door, he saw a scene that gave him a heart attack.
Rubbish was everywhere on the floor, wine bottles were piled up on the coffee table, and the takeaway bags from a few days ago were piled up by the door, and mosquitoes and flies were already coiling above.
“Wife?”
Han Shuo leaned halfway out of the bedroom, as if he had just woken up.
He rubbed his eyes and came to Ding Yinan, opened his arms and said, “You are finally back.”
Ding Yinan avoided Han Shuo’s embrace, frowned and said, “Why haven’t you left yet?”
“You know I have nowhere to go.” Han Shuo curled his lips and said, “I don’t want to leave you, let’s talk about it, wife.”
“I’ll say it again for the last time.” Ding Yinan took out the garbage bag expressionlessly and began to clean up the garbage all over the floor, “Get out of my house.”
Seeing that the house he bought with hard-earned money was ruined like this, Ding Yinan couldn’t stop himself from feeling anger just because of his past affection.
“Why don’t you even want to talk to me?” Han Shuo’s tone became urgent, “Is he really that good?”
Ding Yinan naturally knew that Han Shuo was referring to Huo Zhixiao.
He didn’t bother to explain, and was about to urge Han Shuo to disappear quickly, when his cell phone rang suddenly. He took out his mobile phone and looked at it. Trouble really came all at once, and the person who called happened to be Huo Zhixiao.
Han Shuo on the other side also caught a glimpse of Ding Yinan’s phone screen, and when he saw the words Huo Zhixiao, his face immediately darkened.
“Hello?” Ding Yinan turned sideways to answer the phone.
“San Baisui shit on the side of the road.” Huo Zhixiao’s voice rang on the other end of the phone, “What should I do?”
Before leaving just now, Ding Yinan gave Huo Zhixiao time to take San Baisui out to familiarize himself with the surrounding environment. It’s just that he didn’t expect Huo Zhixiao to take San Baisui out of the door so quickly, and it was obvious that he didn’t bring toilet paper or a poop bag.
He was about to answer, when Han Shuo at the side suddenly grabbed the phone in his hand, and yelled at the phone, “He’s off work now, can you not fucking find my wife if you don’t have anything to do?!”
After Han Shuo finished speaking, he hung up the phone. Ding Yinan recovered from the shock, snatched back his mobile phone, pointed at the door and said, “Get out!”
“Wife…” Han Shuo’s momentum suddenly withered.
“Don’t call me wife!” Ding Yinan said angrily, “My man is Huo Zhixiao, do you think you can still call me wife?”
Ding Yinan knew that there was no way to make Han Shuo give up unless he was ruthless. As soon as he finished speaking, Han Shuo looked shocked and murmured: “You are really together.”
“Yes.”
“…OK.” Han Shuo took a deep breath tremblingly, “The things at home…”
Ding Yinan interrupted: “I’ll pack it and send it to you.”
Han Shuo didn’t answer any more, he stood there for a while, and finally left Ding Yinan’s house.
When the room returned to calm, Ding Yinan called Huo Zhixiao and went back.
He didn’t expect Huo Zhixiao to go to others to borrow paper, let alone pick up San Baisui’s papa with leaves and the like. After the call was connected, he asked, “Where are you? I’ll bring you a bag.”
“The green belt near the community.” Huo Zhixiao said.
Ding Yinan didn’t want to reveal that he lived very close, so he deliberately said, “Give me twenty minutes.”
“Okay.” Huo Zhixiao responded, and suddenly asked, “Did you not break up with him?”
Ding Yinan was silent for a while, and said, “No.”
After hanging up the phone, Huo Zhixiao lowered his eyes, lightly kicked Sanbai’s butt with his toes, and said, “Your mother doesn’t want you anymore.”
San Baisui’s attention was always on his own poop, if Huo Zhixiao hadn’t stopped him, he might have eaten up his poop long ago.
At this time, a familiar figure came out of the gate of the community next to the green belt.
Huo Zhixiao met the man’s eyes, and both of them were taken aback. It was Han Shuo who reacted first, rushed over without saying a word, and punched Huo Zhixiao in the jaw.
“He kicked me out, are you satisfied?!”
Huo Zhixiao didn’t expect the other party to do it directly, so he sat down on the ground unexpectedly. The San Baisui on the side immediately exposed the fierceness of the rural dog, and bit Han Shuo’s calf with his mouth open.
“San Baisui.” Huo Zhixiao pulled San Baisui back to his side by the dog leash. He stood up holding his chin, narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Han Shuo, “What did you just say?”
“You’re amazing, your surname is truly Huo.” Han Shuo glanced at the wound on his leg, it wasn’t serious, it was just scratched, “Since you can pry him away from me, someone else will take him away one day from you!”
Hearing this, combined with the sentence just now, Huo Zhixiao immediately understood what happened. For the first time in his life, he was beaten but felt no anger, and even felt like laughing.
He didn’t bother to argue with Han Shuo, but pointed to the wound on Han Shuo’s leg with his chin, and said as if it had nothing to do with him, “Don’t blame me for not reminding you, this dog was picked up from the countryside, I don’t know if it is sick or not. ”
The mortality rate of rabies is 100%, and no one dares to not take it seriously after being bitten by a dog.
Han Shuo stopped the car in a hurry and left the gate of the community, while Huo Zhixiao looked at the community in front of him with great interest, then knelt down and rubbed San Baisui’s head, curling his lips and said: “Your mother is a liar.”
Thanks for the update
‘My man is Huo Zhixiao-‘ Secretary Ding really knows how to cause trouble for himmself 😂
Your mother is cute!
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This is so well written. Thanks for translating!
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Well, good riddance of the ex!
Thanks for the chapter 💞
i’m sooo in love with the ml’s personality ojddjwmjwsm he’s interesting for sure
thank u for the tl
damn dingding…. such a liar~
The ml makes me extremely uneasy with how he constantly pushes boundaries. I doubt find it cute that he is lurking around mc’s house.
I also find mc to be way too tolerant. You left your ex in your place for weeks. Then easily let him go after he trashed your place. I can already see how he’ll let ml strong-arm him into a relationship & it’s unappealing.
He actually isn’t lurking around his house , in the previous chapter it was mentioned that MC’s house is actually quite near the ml’s house although I agree with your point about the boundaries
Your Mother!
Thank you for the translation
Rollercoaster for ml’s emotions 🤭 good for him to immediately know that the pup’s mother is single
Also also, ewwwww to what that ex did to the house 🤢😩 camper and filth even when you cleaely stated no. At least though, they didn’t fight. Ex went away.