Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Jiang Lan took Jiang Chi to the appraisal agency to have his injuries assessed and when they came out it was almost time to get off work.
The appraisal report would take three working days to be issued, so there was no need to rush. Jiang Lan simply stopped thinking about it for the time being and took Jiang Chi to the clinic to treat his wounds, bought some trauma medicine, and then went back to the street office to pick up Suan Ni and Jiao Tu.
As the matter was urgent, Jiang Lan asked for leave through Zhang Tianxing, and naturally Zhang Tianxing temporarily helped to look after Suan Ni and Jiao Tu. When the two took a car from the appraisal agency to the street office, no one was in the office. Jiang Lan called Zhang Tianxing and asked him where he was.
Zhang Tianxing gave an address.
Jiang Lan went to the McDonald’s not far from the street office with a speechless look on his face.
When the two of them went over, they saw Zhang Tianxing sitting alone in the corner. He relied on his broad shoulders and tall stature to deliberately block part of the view with his body, making it easier for Suan Ni and Jiao Tu to eat. Jiang Lan approached and saw Suan Ni chewing on a fried chicken wing, with ketchup on the fur around his mouth. Jiao Tu was also placed on the table, but he loved French fries. French fries and ketchup were thus arranged in a row in front of him, and a small claw would occasionally stretch out from the gorgeous big snail shell to grab a French fry, dip it in the sauce, and then drag it into the shell.
Zhang Tianxing didn’t eat, but just sat there quietly, acting as a human barrier for them. Every now and then, when he saw that Suan Ni had finished dipping his ketchup, he would unpack a new one for him.
Jiang Lan: …
Wasn’t this a bit too blatant?
He coughed loudly to remind them of his presence.
Zhang Tianxing slowly turned his head, his expression still expressionless, but his tone was slightly regretful: “You’re here so soon?”
Suan Ni, who was happily chewing on the chicken wings, looked up at Jiang Lan and called him “Fifth Brother” in a vague voice. He quickly chewed the chicken wings and wiped his paws on a tissue. However, he didn’t notice that there was ketchup on the fur around his mouth. So, when he looked at him with his eyes wide open, he looked a little silly.
Because of all the feeding, Suan Ni had become much rounder than before. Perhaps because he had been pretending to be a cat for so long, he had begun to look more like a kitten. Jiang Lan even seriously suspected that even if he told others that this was Suan Ni, they may not believe him.
“Wipe the ketchup off your mouth.” Jiang Lan could hardly bear to look at him.
Suan Ni said “Oh”, but before he could take the tissue, Zhang Tianxing wiped it on him with the tissue.
Suan Ni immediately raised his head in cooperation, half-closed his eyes and waited for him to wipe it clean. His ears were slightly pressed back, his body was half-standing, his two slightly fat front paws naturally hung in front of him, and his tail was still swinging happily behind him, obviously he was used to being served.
Jiang Lan opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but when he saw Zhang Tianxing carefully serving the cat with a cool look on his face, he closed his mouth again.
Maybe this was what a cat slave was.
While Suan Ni was making a fuss, Jiao Tu had already quickly finished the remaining French fries, wiped his little paws clean, and was now waiting obediently by the side.
Jiang Lan picked them up, thanked Zhang Tianxing, and took his brothers home under his reluctant gaze.
Ying Qiao returned home first, but when he got home, he found that not only was there no dinner, but his boyfriend was also gone.
He waited for a while and was about to call Jiang Lan to ask, when the man came back.
Jiang Lan was holding Suan Ni and Jiao Tu, and little Jiang Chi followed beside him.
“What happened?” Ying Qiao looked at the wound on Jiang Chi’s neck and knew that Jiang Lan’s casual comment of “something happened” was an understatement.
Jiang Lan had no choice but to briefly talk about the dispute that took place during the day, omitting only the matter of the real and fake Dr. Yu.
Suan Ni and Jiao Tu were also listening nearby. When Suan Ni heard Jiang Chi being called a little monster, he clapped his paws in anger and turned to Jiang Chi and said, “If anyone dares to say that to you in the future, I’ll help you beat him up!”
Jiang Chi looked up at him, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded.
Suan Ni: ???
Why hesitate?
He felt a little offended.
Perhaps because they had always been the ones bullying others, Suan Ni and Jiao Tu were very angry about what happened to Jiang Chi. Jiao Tu, who was always soft-hearted, condemned the other person with Suan Ni one after another, and then took out his own hidden snacks and gadgets to share with Jiang Chi.
Jiang Chi stared at the cat toys and snacks in the small box, hesitated for a moment, and finally picked out a bag of dried meat.
The three little guys got along harmoniously, and a cluster of tiny lights lit up in Jiang Chi’s heavy eyes, finally not like a pool of stagnant water like before.
While ordering takeout, Jiang Lan also quietly instructed Jiao Tu to give Jiang Chi some advice.
Jiao Tu was rarely entrusted with such an important task, so he agreed very seriously.
….
They ordered takeout for dinner, and after the meal, Suan Ni and Jiao Tu pulled Jiang Chi back to the room. The three little guys hid in the room and no one knew what they were doing. Jiang Lan could only shout through the door to tell them not to play till too late, as Jiang Chi still needed to get a good rest.
There came a response from Suan Ni in the room.
Jiang Lan shook his head, feeling that since his younger brothers learned how to surf the Internet, they had been getting more and more immature ideas.
There was no way to control it.
Too lazy to care about his younger brothers, Jiang Lan made a pot of tea and went to the balcony to get some fresh air. He originally wanted to sort out everything related to “Dr. Yu” from beginning to end, but Ying Qiao also followed him.
Ying Qiao was reading a book, and the two of them occupied opposite sides of the recliner.
Jiang Lan was thinking seriously about important matters, but the person opposite him was so eye-catching that his eyes were unconsciously drawn to him after a while.
Ying Qiao leaned back in the recliner with a relaxed look, his long legs casually propped up, one hand holding a book and the other pressing on the pages, his slightly bent fingers showing distinct joints.
“What are you looking at?” Jiang Lan openly admired his boyfriend’s beauty for a while and couldn’t help but touch his leg with his foot.
He was barefoot and curled up in the recliner, looking relaxed and casual.
Ying Qiao’s gaze remained fixed on the foot for a moment, then he looked away as if nothing had happened and showed him the cover.
Jiang Lan stared at the huge “Teaching You How to Be a Perfect Boyfriend” on the cover. After a while, he blinked and came closer to him to look curiously: “Why are you looking at this?”
As soon as he saw the title, he felt that it was not a serious book, as if it was designed to deceive fools.
“Study.” Ying Qiao gave an irrefutable reason.
“…”
Jiang Lan was silent for a moment and couldn’t help but excuse Ying Qiao in his heart: it’s probably just the title of the book that’s not serious, the content should still be normal.
Thinking of this, he subconsciously looked at the main text of the book and saw the title in bold black letters “Perfect Bedding”. Looking down, the first line read “For a good boyfriend, performance in bed is also one of the important evaluation criteria.”
Looking further down, he could see content that was only suitable for reading at night and not during the day.
Jiang Lan: …
Does this kind of thing need to be studied so seriously?
No wonder Ying Qiao knew so much.
With the idea of learning and improving together, Jiang Lan coughed lightly and said to Ying Qiao seriously: “Let’s learn together.”
Ying Qiao: ???
His expression gradually became confused.
Jiang Lan pointed at what he saw, looking eager to try: “That’s it, I want to learn it too.”
Ying Qiao lowered his head to look at what he pointed at, and then said:
How come I didn’t realize before that this book is so unserious?
How was its publication approved?
Jiang Lan was still waiting for his answer expectantly.
Ying Qiao closed the book and said: “This book is not well written and is not worth studying.”
Jiang Lan: “…but you just said you wanted to study?”
Ying Qiao pinched his mouth: “Just now was just now, it’s not worth it now.”
Jiang Lan’s mouth was pinched into a duck’s mouth, but he still whined to express his dissatisfaction: “Which one is worth learning?”
“…”
Ying Qiao was silent for a moment, then said awkwardly: “You performed very well, you don’t need to study anymore.”
Not knowing anything, he was already torturous enough. If he learnt a lot of random things, wouldn’t he be the one who got hurt?
Huh? Jiang Lan was half-believing and half-doubting: “Really?”
Ying Qiao confirmed his doubts.
“Then it’s my turn to help you tonight.” After receiving the affirmation, Jiang Lan immediately became interested, with eagerness written all over his face.
Ying Qiao: …
When sleeping at night, in order to prevent Jiang Lan from making new attempts, Ying Qiao used his beautiful tail to circle Jiang Lan and served as a tool twice.
Only after seeing Jiang Lan sleeping contentedly with his tail in his arms did he secretly breathe a sigh of relief.
This couldn’t go on any longer.
As a dragon with strong needs after falling in love, Ying Qiao could not stand this grievance.
He looked at the peacefully sleeping little monster and pondered the possibility of a direct showdown without any breakup in their relationship.
After thinking for a long time, his reason finally told him that based on the impression Ying Long had on the little monster, the possibility of this happening was almost zero.
Ying Qiao pinched Jiang Lan’s face unhappily, wanting to know which friend had spread the negative information to his little monster. He would then print out all of Ying Long’s glorious deeds into a book and make the other party memorize it.
Don’t let him dare to spread negative information everywhere 🙂
Jiang Lan was pinched on the face while he was sleeping. So, he groaned in dissatisfaction, opened his mouth and bit the tail, and smacked it a few times as if he was savoring the taste.
“…”
Ying Qiao’s eyelids twitched violently. He carefully moved the tail out of his mouth and fell asleep with a depressed look on his face.
….
The next day was Friday, and Jiang Lan had to go to work.
Jiang Chi no longer had to go to the hospital and could only stay at home. Jiang Lan thought about it and asked Suan Ni and Jiao Tu to stay at home with him.
When Jiang Lan entered the office carrying hot dry noodles and eggnog, he bumped into Zhang Tianxing who was walking out.
Cool guy frowned and stared at Jiang Lan seriously for a long time.
Jiang Lan: ???
Why are you looking at me?
“Why didn’t Ni Ni come?” asked the cool guy with a frown.
It turned out that he was asking about the cat. Jiang Lan said, “Left him at home to keep Jiang Chi company.”
Zhang Tianxing said “Oh” with some emotion and walked out again.
Jiang Lan didn’t notice his little emotion and sat down happily to eat breakfast.
Halfway through the meal, Xiao Xiaoyu came in with a pale face and dark circles under her eyes.
Jiang Lan took a sip of eggnog and asked, “Didn’t you sleep well again?”
“Stop talking, my house feels like it’s haunted.” Xiao Xiaoyu sat down, took out two boiled eggs, and complained with dark circles under her eyes: “I had a nightmare again last night. I woke up in the early morning and haven’t closed my eyes since.”
Xiao Xiaoyu even suspected that she was possessed by evil spirits: “I was fine for two days staying at my parents’ house, but as soon as I returned, I started suffering from insomnia again.”
“What’s even more outrageous is that when I was leaving for work this morning, I ran into a mentally ill person being taken away by an ambulance in the community. He seemed to have delusions and kept telling people that there were many eyes watching him.”
Jiang Lan stopped sipping the eggnog and looked at her with a frown: “Mental patient?”
“Yes, it seems that the work pressure is too great and has caused mental problems.”
She rolled her dark circles vigorously and sighed, “If I continue to be sleepless all night, I feel like I’m also not far from going insane.”
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