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In the next few days, Cen Nan didn’t harass Liang Muqiu as frequently because his case had entered a critical period and he was close to being detained at the law firm by Ren Qihan.
He didn’t have any complaints about this. It was his work after all. But looking at Ren Qihan who was calmly drinking tea in front of him, his eyes were cold, like small daggers shooting out.
Neither swords nor spears could pierce Ren Qihan and he commented emotionlessly, “You used to work so hard, almost living alone in the law firm. You could attend court without sleeping for two days straight, but how come since you joined me, you keep slacking?”
Cen Nan replied lightly, “Do you think I’m single like you? I didn’t have a family abroad so it was okay to put up a little fight. Now that I’m back home, I just want to accompany Muqiu and walk Edamame.”
Ren Qihan couldn’t take it anymore.
“How old are you already? You look like your wife and child are on the stove,” he shook his head speechlessly. “Young man, can you be a little bit more ambitious? Don’t you want to become rich and handsome in Liang Muqiu’s eyes?”
Cen Nan glanced at him and chose not to use the property in his name to provoke him.
He continued to work for a while before he remembered something and the corner of his lips raised. “Speaking of, my family’s Qiuqiu doesn’t care about this. When he looked at me back then, he said he would run away with me even if I was penniless.”
Ren Qihan: “…”
Recalling his more than twenty failed blind dates, he was extremely irked.
He threatened, “If you show off again, your salary will be deducted.”
Cen Nan simply ignored him.
Ren Qihan was quiet for a while and then started gossiping again, peering curiously, “Have you already caught up with Liang Muqiu? You’re moving quite fast, huh?”
In Liang Muqiu’s and Cen Nan’s entangled relationship, he was also considered half a spectator. Although he knew a little about the inside story, he also knew that Cen Nan had a long way to go to chase his wife, but looking at Cen Nan’s complacent appearance, he wondered if he had succeeded.
The tip of Cen Nan’s pen paused. He remembered that he hadn’t seen Liang Muqiu for a few days and his WeChat messages had sunk into the sea like a stone. It was obvious that Liang Muqiu didn’t want to talk to him and his mood soured a bit.
“Not yet, still chasing.” He replied indifferently.
Ren Qihan felt at ease hearing his response.
“I’m telling you,” he sipped his tea comfortably. “There’s no such thing as cheapness.”
What’s the deal with having a partner? Even while single, he received the same treatment.
Cen Nan looked at him coldly again and jerked his chin. “The door’s over there. You can roll if you have nothing to do.”
By the time Cen Nan left the law firm, it was already past eleven o’clock. Outside, the moon was bright and the stars very faint. He didn’t know if Liang Muqiu was asleep, so he tentatively sent a WeChat message to ask.
Liang Muqiu replied ten minutes later with only two words.
“Sleeping already.”
Cen Nan smiled and sat in the car while sending another message, “Do you want a late-night snack? Rong Wuji’s pork rib porridge and dim sum, interested?”
Seeing his words, Liang Muqiu was a little hungry.
He had just tidied up his study and it was a strenuous job for people like him who didn’t exercise all year round.
There were not many takeaways left at this time anymore. Rong Wuji’s business was booming but he didn’t open a store on a delivery platform. He thought about it and decided not to make life difficult for his stomach.
“Want to eat.” After that, he named a series of dishes. “In addition to porridge, I want shrimp dumplings, durian puff, chicken feet, and steamed vermicelli rolls.”
Cen Nan returned a reply: “Got it.”
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Liang Muqiu was picking up his takeout like a kitten and said nonchalantly, “I just cleaned the floor, it’s not dirty.”
The key point was that the bull's head was not the horse's mouth.Cen Nan also wasn’t in the mood to talk about Liang Muqiu’s hobby of running around the house barefoot. He chugged the cold drink and turned on the air conditioner. He couldn’t remember the number of times Liang Muqiu had caught a cold.
He naturally took out two pairs of slippers from the shoe cabinet and squatted down to slide the blue pair on Liang Muqiu’s feet.
Liang Muqiu ‘s ankle was caught and he subconsciously jumped but Cen Nan held onto him tightly, not giving him a chance to pull away.
He pursed his lips and didn’t resist anymore. He let Cen Nan put it on for him and just muttered under his breath, “Why are you behaving like my mother?”
Cen Nan didn’t hear him and brought the takeout to the kitchen and washed his hands, taking out a bowl from the cabinet.
The takeaway was packed tightly and it was still hot. Cen Nan only heated the porridge again and gave it to Liang Muqiu.
Liang Muqiu was teasing Edamame on the sofa.
Edamame had been woken up just now by their movements at the door but didn’t bother. After lying down in the nest for a while, he ran to Liang Muqiu.
Seeing Cen Nan approaching, he lowly let out an “Aowu” twice as a greeting.
Cen Nan smiled and patted its head.
Liang Muqiu was already hungry after waiting for the late-night snack. He couldn’t wait to clip a shrimp dumpling and bit into it. The shrimp meat inside was fresh and tender with a bit of firmness. Dipped into a little chilli, it satisfied his appetite.
Cen Nan wasn’t that hungry and slowly ate half a bowl of porridge.
Liang Muqiu wolfed down two plates of dumplings in a row before remembering an important matter.
He patted Edamame on the butt who was sleeping on his lap, and said to Cen Nan, “I almost forgot, I’ll leave Edamame in your house for two days.”
The hand holding the spoon stopped and Cen Nan’s fingers stiffened slightly. “Where are you going?”
“I’m going to Yunzhou for a scriptwriting activity. I need to explore the local culture for inspiration.” Liang Muqiu looked down at Edamame. It was just two days, it wasn’t even considered a business trip, so he wasn’t too reluctant to let Edamame stay with Cen Nan. “You’re also considered half his former guardian. Take care of Edamame for two days, I’ll pick him up when I come back.”
Cen Nan was a little helpless. It was fine to call him half a guardian, but he even had to add the word ‘former’.
He looked at Liang Muqiu’s face and knew that this man was going out for two days without thinking about him at all.
His heart was a little lost. Previously, Liang Muqiu wasn’t like this. When he went to participate in a three-day competition outside of school, he would hang over his neck and refuse to let go. He was very sticky and more spoiled than a kitten.
“Okay.” He answered
Then he paused and asked, “Can I send you off tomorrow?”
Liang Mu looked at him strangely.
He was originally going to call for a driver, but he completely forgot about Cen Nan.
A free driver works too.
“My train is at five in the afternoon, can you make it?” He asked.
“I’m free.” Cen Nan replied firmly.
“Then it’s settled.”
Liang Muqiu scratched Edamame’s chin. He wasn’t unreasonable enough to take these simple gestures into account. Even if they were just neighbours, giving each other a little help wasn’t a big deal.
However, after eating supper, he turned his back and ignored the person. He completely disregarded Cen Nan’s intention to take root on his sofa and resolutely drove him out.
Cen Nan had no choice but to leave with his suit jacket.
Standing at the foot of the steps, he asked softly and innocently, “Then, can I have a good night kiss?”
Liang Muqiu looked down at him condescendingly and scoffed at his request.
“Stop daydreaming in the middle of the night, you’re still addicted after taking advantage of me twice,” Liang Muqiu said with a dark face. He was still haunted by the kiss in the car. “Know your position, I just allowed you to chase me, I didn’t let you be a boyfriend, hurry up and get lost.”
He felt that his words were as ruthless as the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves. He was quite satisfied with himself and was not corroded by sugar-coated bullets.
Unable to receive a kiss, Cen Nan was ruthlessly shut out of the door.
He smiled helplessly, took a cigarette from his pocket and lit it. He remained still in the corridor for a while. The lights outside were dim but the lights in many apartments had not gone out yet. They were like just him, still wide awake.
Cen Nan gently puffed out a smoke ring.
He liked this scene quite a bit. It was very different from the view outside the window of his apartment in the United States. It made him feel like he was finally back.
The next day.
On a rare occasion, Liang Muqiu woke up early and packed his belongings into a small suitcase.
At eight o’clock, he took the car keys, two boxes of newly arrived white tea and a bottle of Maotai and went out to visit his teacher.
His teacher, Mr Luo Wen, was also a brilliant individual. In school, he was very popular with students and got along well with them. He was also comical and amusing. Liang Muqiu was not the liveliest of his students, but he inexplicably caught his attention. He would often talk to him after class.
After a while, Luo Wen also accepted him as a closed disciple and let him enter his studio when he was still in school.
Now, Luo Wen was semi-retired and began cultivating his mind and character. Liang Muqiu went out to work alone but the relationship between the two was still strong and he would go visit him occasionally.
This time, Luo Wen missed him a bit and invited him to dinner.
Liang Muqiu drove to the suburbs. Teacher Luo moved out of the city after retiring and bought a small yard in the suburbs. Lotus flowers grew in the summer and plum blossoms in the winter. He had also built a small and elegant pavilion in it.
He parked outside the courtyard and rang the doorbell. The door was opened by his teacher’s caretaker. As soon as he entered, he saw his teacher in the garden teasing his songbird.
He handed the things he brought to the caretaker and called out, “Teacher.”
Luo Wen turned to see him and smiled. He looked him up and down cheerfully. “I haven’t seen you in a while, you seem to be doing well.”
Liang Muqiu didn’t feel it himself. “Maybe it’s because I’ve been sleeping and waking up early.”
“Exactly,” Luo Wen nodded in agreement. “You young people don’t take your body seriously, you need to start taking care of your health as early as possible.”
He took the opportunity to preach his health knowledge to Liang Muqiu.
It was as if he was coaxing his grandmother. Liang Muqiu hummed every now and then, not taking his advice to heart. If he followed in his teacher’s footsteps, he would have turned into a little old man by now.
The master and apprentice didn’t enter the study either, they just sat in the courtyard to chat. They talked about the notebook he was using in his hand and the latest group of students taught by Luo Wen.
Luo Wen took a sip of tea and sighed, “These children don’t have the same insight as you did at the beginning. I’m going to get high blood pressure from their homework.”
Liang Muqiu couldn’t help laughing.
But Luo Wen also didn’t want to praise him and said, “But they’re more diligent than you. You slacked off so much back then, only willing to use eighty percent of your skills and too lazy to cram. But now because of work, you have no choice.”
Liang Muqiu listened humbly, “It’s all thanks to Teacher who taught me well.”
Luo Wen rolled his eyes.
The two of them chatted until it was time for lunch.
Luo Wen sat at the table, poured a glass of wine, and remembered another thing.
Although he wasn’t married, he was still happy to play matchmaker for his students, especially his beloved pupil. Even though his sexual orientation was bent, he couldn’t escape.
He was as enthusiastic as a salesman selling a product as he pulled out a photo and stuffed it into Liang Muqiu’s face. “Look, this is Teacher Xu’s student. He’s two years younger than you, isn’t he handsome? Just by the looks, if you think you’re fated, I can arrange a meeting for you.”
Liang Muqiu felt a headache coming.
He glanced at the screen and saw that it was a handsome boy with clear eyes and a sunny appearance.
“I said I didn’t need it,” he said helplessly. “Forget about introducing me to my younger sisters and brothers. You also know that I can’t deal with people, I don’t want to hold them back.”
He didn’t always turn down his teacher.
Especially in the two years he wanted to forget Cen Nan, he bit the bullet and met two people. The people who met his teacher’s eyes were all born into good families, with good manners and were also literary so they never worried about not having a common topic to talk about.
But when he sat opposite his blind date and looked at their smiling face, his heart was as still as stagnant water.
Once he left the café, he never contacted the others again.
Luo Wen grinned, “What do you mean hold them back? My students are so excellent, I don’t even know how many people are staring at them.”
Liang Muqiu laughed dumbly.
He was raised in a single-parent family and had never experienced a father’s love before but Luo Wen was both a teacher and a father to him, and he had made up for the absence.
He didn’t even get married.
Seeing that Luo Wen was still passionately promoting others to him, he thought about it and whispered, “Teacher, forget it.”
He was inexplicably a little bashful, his eyes looking away before he blurted out the second half of the sentence, “There’s someone else around me.”
As for how to explain this ‘someone else’, he wasn’t sure.
Luo Wen didn’t expect to get this answer and was stunned.
But what kind of person was he? As soon as he saw Liang Muqiu burying his head with the tips of his ears red, he had a number in his heart.
He couldn’t help laughing, and looked at his beloved disciple playfully, “What does it mean to have someone? A target? Or is someone chasing you?”
Liang Muqiu took a sip of tea. “He’s chasing me.”
Luo Wen immediately understood. He put the phone away and the enthusiastic salesman tossed the product away in an instant.
He sandwiched a piece of braised pork with his chopsticks and said, “You should’ve told me earlier, I wouldn’t have cared so much. Who’s got your blue eyes? Do I know him? Is he in the same field?”
Liang Muqiu was in trouble now.
Luo Wen knew who Cen Nan was but he didn’t want to say anything yet because the eight characters had not yet been written. He hadn’t even made up his mind and didn’t know whether he was going to accept Cen Nan or not, so there was no need to tell his teacher again.
He said nonchalantly, “It’s a former classmate. If we make it official in the future, I’ll show him to you. If it doesn’t work, forget it.”
Luo Wen was also considerate.
The young man was in love and didn’t want to tell his parents too early.
It was just that, he surveyed Liang Muqiu’s rare and dazed appearance, and his smile grew deeper and deeper.
He had been his student for almost ten years, but he didn’t know since when, although he was still lively, he was more mature and stable outside. His heart was like a rock and he didn’t care much about anyone. Like him, who was in his fifties and sixties, Liang Muqiu always retired early from social functions.
For a long time, he hadn’t seen Liang Muqiu blush and talk about someone.
He was a veteran from the past. Even if he wasn’t married, he also had six or seven relationships when he was young. Just from a glance, he could tell that Liang Muqiu really liked the person this time.
Liked him so much, that all his affection pooled out from his eyes even without mentioning his name.
He took a sip of wine and teased his student gently.
“Why don’t you want to say that spring is blooming? Not only does the cat want to play, but even your mortal heart has moved.”
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