"Why did you suddenly come to City B?" Du Xiran led them inside, but his eyes kept scanning the living room. Seeing Ye Nanning's slippers still in front of the sofa, he immediately walked over and kicked them into the gap of the sofa with his feet.

"Your aunt is sick and in the hospital, so we came to visit her and see you two sisters at the same time," said Mother Du.

My aunt's family lives in the next city, but they probably trust the medical conditions in big cities more, so they came to City B for treatment.

"What's the situation? Is it serious?" Du Xiran asked with concern.

"It's an ovarian cyst. I've already had surgery. If you have time, please visit me in the hospital."

"Okay." Du Xiran agreed and took the luggage from Du's father. "What are these things in? They are so heavy."

"Some local specialties, put them in the refrigerator, and just grab some when you want to eat them." Mother Du said as she walked to the kitchen, opened the refrigerator, and was stunned for a moment, "Why are there so many vegetables in your refrigerator?"

"What's wrong? Is it rare?" Du Xiran asked subconsciously.

"You can't cook. There are only drinks and snacks in here. How can there be such a rich meal?" Mother Du brought out a can of soup in disbelief. "You actually cooked?!"

Du Xiran was shocked. These were all made by Ye Nanning. She said guiltily, "Well... I've been learning to cook recently."

"Oh, things have really changed." Mother Du said in surprise, then turned to clean up the refrigerator and found that there was no need to clean up at all. All the ingredients were packed in fresh-keeping boxes according to categories. It looked very comfortable and not messy at all. "Du Xiran, are you sure you sorted these by yourself?"

"Ah...yes..."

"Do you think I believe you? You don't have the skills to organize and sort things out, and you still want to fool me. I guessed it a long time ago." Mother Du closed the refrigerator and said seriously, "You hired an aunt to organize it, and you pretended that you did it yourself."

Du Xiran: "...Ah, you guessed right."

Father Du was already making tea in the living room and asked, "Where's He Ruo? Did she go to school?"

"I went there yesterday." Du Xiran replied.

"So you're alone at home?"

"Um."

"That can't be? I seemed to hear someone else's voice at the door just now?" Father Du asked slowly.

"That's because they are watching TV." Du Xiran quickly pointed to the TV. Fortunately, they had kept the TV on as background music.

"Oh, okay, I thought you were hiding someone at home." Father Du said meaningfully.

Du Xiran chuckled twice, and while they were busy with their own things, he slipped into his room. Ye Nanning immediately came up to him, with a worried look on her face, and asked in a low voice: "How is it, have we been discovered?"

"Not yet." Du Xiran said, his eyes unconsciously fell on her exposed skin, and he couldn't help but pecked her face again, "No, why should we hide?"

Wouldn't it have been better if they had told the two elders openly from the beginning that Ye Nanning was a guest at their home? The Du family would have known that the two of them had a good relationship and were neighbors, so they wouldn't have said anything even if they saw them watching TV together.

"Oh, right..." Ye Nanning also realized it belatedly, and then thought of her actions just now, covering her face in embarrassment, "It's all my fault. I always felt that we were having an affair, and I hid it too well."

At this point, Du Xiran curved his lips and asked with concern: "You didn't get hurt just now, did you?"

"No, the sofa is not very high."

Du Xiran breathed a sigh of relief: "There's nothing we can do. Since we're already hiding, it would be strange for us to go out now. I'll lead them to Du Heruo's room later, and then you can take the opportunity to slip away."

"Okay." As soon as Ye Nanning finished speaking, they heard a knock on the door.

"Ranran, open the door. What are you doing hiding in the room? Come out quickly. I'll clean up your room for you." Mother Du spoke in a loud voice, and her voice penetrated the door.

The two were startled. Ye Nanning looked around and quickly went into the large closet next to them.

"......"You are so good at hiding!

Du Xiran opened the door awkwardly, and people blocked the door. She pushed Du's mother to Du Heruo's room: "You don't need to clean up here. Go check out Heruo's room first. It's a mess. Where's Dad..." As she said that, she turned around and saw Du's father walking into her room. She immediately ran back in panic, "Dad! How dare you enter a girl's room without permission!"

"What's wrong? Do I need to report before I enter your room?" Father Du was holding a cup of tea, and was almost scared to spill it by her shout. "Your mother went to clean up He Ruo's room, and I will clean up yours. Division of labor and cooperation will increase efficiency."

"I don't want you to clean up after me!" Du Xiran collapsed.

"Who told you not to tidy up your room all day long?" Father Du stood in front of her desk and looked down at the bottles and jars on the dressing table. "Oh, it seems to be much tidier than usual."

"Of course." That was sorted by her girlfriend herself!

Du Xiran pushed him again: "Go and help Mom, there's nothing to see here."

"Hey, hey, hey... slow down, be careful not to spill my tea." Father Du took two steps and suddenly stopped in front of the wardrobe. No matter how hard she pushed, it would not move. He suggested, "I remember that you don't like to tidy up your clothes. Open the wardrobe and I'll help you organize it."

"There's really no need to go through so much trouble!"

"Now that you're here." Father Du reached out and pressed the handle. Du Xiran turned around and pressed against the wardrobe, refusing to let him open it.

The two of them were competing silently, and Dad Du suddenly shouted, "Wife, come over and help."

"What's going on?" Mother Du came to the door and saw the father and daughter fighting over a closet door. She asked curiously, "What are you playing?"

Dad Du: "Come and help, her closet must be a mess."

Du Xiran: "It's not necessary at all! I don't need it at all!"

"What's the big deal? You're almost fighting over such a small matter." Du's mother came over. Du Xiran just breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that her mother was going to speak up for her. Unexpectedly, the next moment, her mother pulled her away with one hand and opened the cabinet door. "It's already open. Why do you need to waste so much time talking to her?"

Du Xiran: “…”

When Mr. and Mrs. Du looked into the cabinet door, they saw a living person sitting in the cabinet, with his hands on his knees and his head buried.

Mother Du exclaimed: "Who are you?"

Ye Nanning slowly raised her head and gave an awkward yet polite smile: "Hi...hello, uncle and aunt."

Du Xiran secretly held his forehead.

"Isn't this Xiaoye?" Mother Du pulled her up happily, "Why did you hide in Ranran's cabinet? I brought you some local specialties."

"Thank you, Auntie." Ye Nanning skipped the previous question and glossed over it.

Du Xiran discovered that she was actually wearing a coat. She thought she must have gone into the closet and taken one out and put it on. Unexpectedly, it came in handy. Otherwise, if the two elders saw the red marks on Ye Nanning's body, it would be difficult for her to make excuses.

"It turned out to be Xiaoye." Father Du sighed and said with some regret, "I thought there was a man hiding in the house."

Du Xiran's heart skipped a beat, and thought to himself, no wonder his father was a little abnormal today, it turned out that he had noticed something.

"What do you mean?" asked Mother Du.

Father Du raised his chin towards Du Xiran and said, "Look at the marks on her body... I thought she had a boyfriend in secret at first, but now it seems that she was really beaten by the coach?"

Du Xiran: “…”

"But why is Xiaoye hiding in the closet? Is she hiding from us?" Father Du brought the topic back and asked another question, "Ranran, didn't you just say that you were the only one at home? Isn't Xiaoye here? Why are you hiding it from us?"

Ye Nanning looked at the ground awkwardly and heard Du Xiran say, "We were just playing hide-and-seek."

"You're so old, and you're still playing hide-and-seek?"

"Well, no matter how old a person is, they all have a childlike heart." Du Xiran said, and regardless of whether they believed it or not, he pulled Ye Nanning outside, "Okay, now I've caught you. Let's continue playing next time. You go back and rest first."

"Oh, okay." Ye Nanning ran quickly towards her home.

"Xiao Ye really lives right across the street. It's so close. Can we go visit him?" Mother Du asked curiously.

"Yes, sure." Ye Nanning didn't dare to refuse, so she stopped and warmly invited them to be her guests. She first arranged them in the living room, poured some water, and then quickly went back to her room to change clothes before coming out to entertain the guests.

Mother Du is a person who can't sit still. She has already started to tour the living room on her own, praising Ye Nanning for her clean and tidy home while criticizing Du Xiran.

Du Xiran did not show any displeasure, but instead followed her words and said: "Yes, yes, Xiaoye is really good."

Mother Du walked to the balcony and was suddenly stunned: "Isn't this your clothes? How did it get hung here, Xiaoye?"

The two looked at each other, and Du Xiran said hurriedly: "The washing machine at home is broken, so I brought it here to wash."

"That's why they say that a distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor. Thanks to Xiaoye for being your neighbor, we can help each other and take care of each other." Mother Du said with a smile, and her eyes became more and more kind when she saw Ye Nanning. She continued to visit and found that there were many traces of Du Xiran's life in this house. The relationship was incredibly good. She couldn't help but sigh, "Hey, I used to have a sister named Ahua who was so close that we could wear the same pants. Unfortunately, she married far away and now I may not see her all year round."

The two of them smiled awkwardly.

The sun was about to set, Ye Nanning began to prepare dinner, and Du Xiran also went to the kitchen to help. They chatted from time to time, and seemed not to notice the presence of other people.

Mother Du poked Father Du and pouted: "Look, why do I feel like Ran Ran has become a different person? Not to mention helping, she never even entered the kitchen before."

Father Du followed the line of sight and felt that there was an inexplicable atmosphere in the interaction between the two. He couldn't figure it out for a moment and simply ignored it.

During the meal, the two elders praised Ye Nanning's cooking skills highly, and Ye Nanning's face turned red with praise.

But at the dinner table, Mother Du couldn't help but start talking about the same old topic again.

"During the Chinese New Year, you said you had someone you liked. Was it true? Did it work out? If you were lying to us, just admit it. You're already thirty this year, and it's time for you to start thinking about your lifelong affairs. When He Ruo goes to college, you'll really be living here alone. What if you get sick? We're far away, and I can't take care of you. And you can't take care of yourself. How can I not worry about you?"

"Why is there no one taking care of me? Xiaoye lives right across from me. She will take care of me." Du Xiran said confidently.

"Then she can't always live across from you. What if she gets married?"

Ye Nanning immediately said, "Don't worry, Auntie, I will never get married."

"Xiao Ye, don't say harsh words just to speak for her," said Mother Du.

Ye Nanning poked at the bowl, as if she didn't know how to communicate with the old man.

Mother Du: "I went to see your aunt this time. She was sick and hospitalized. The children were all out of town. It was all up to your uncle to take care of her. Otherwise, what would she do? Ranran, I know you find us annoying and nagging, but please also understand us as parents. Who doesn't want someone to accompany their children?"

Du Xiran subconsciously glanced at Ye Nanning and saw that Ye Nanning was eating obediently and quietly without saying a word. Like a robot, she repeated the action of picking up food. There was a small mountain of food in her bowl, and she would take a bite occasionally.

She kept picking up food for Du's mother: "Eat some food, eat some food, can you please be quiet for a while?"

Not long after finishing the meal, Du Xiran took her parents back to her home. Before leaving, she secretly pinched Ye Nanning's palm and whispered, "Be good."

Because of her small action, Ye Nanning's mood immediately turned from gloomy to bright, and she nodded: "Then you should go to bed early."

"Well, Xiaoye, you should also go to bed early." Mother Du said goodbye to her with a smile.

After returning home, Mother Du started to talk again, saying that the sons of various families were good.

Du Xiran placed them both on the sofa, then went to the kitchen to put away the kitchen knife and threw the broom and mop into the trash can outside. Seeing two cups of water on the coffee table, he took them to the kitchen as well and locked the cups.

"What are you busy with?" Mother Du asked curiously.

Du Xiran stood in front of them with a sad face: "Dad, Mom, I have bad news to tell you."

"What's the matter?" Seeing how serious she was, the two elders also became serious.

"I have an incurable disease." Du Xiran lowered his head.

"What?!" Mother Du stood up from the sofa in fear. Father Du's face turned pale and he reached out to pull her: "What incurable disease is this?"

Du Xiran knelt on the ground with a plop: "I like women, and I'm afraid I can't be cured in this lifetime."

The two elders: “???”

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