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Quarrel.

I closed my eyes and fumbled for my cell phone on the bed, but couldn't find it for a long time.

I thought about what happened yesterday, but I couldn't remember.

Nan Ke hummed twice, turned his head reluctantly with half-closed eyes, and sure enough, he saw his cell phone on the bedside table.

It’s only 7:30…

The sound in my ears became clearer at this moment. The source of the noise was the morning meeting of a school not far away.

What day is it today?

I turned on my phone again and confirmed that it was Monday.

Everything made sense.

She jumped out of bed barefoot and closed the window, and the noise outside was instantly blocked out and disappeared.

Nan Ke sat on the bed in a daze, and suddenly sneezed twice in a row and had a runny nose.

As she stretched her body and struggled to get some paper from the bedside table, someone pushed the door open.

"Baby is awake."

Nan Ke wiped her nose with a tissue and nodded at him.

Xing Chen came over and looked at her with concern: "Did you catch a cold?"

Nan Ke threw the garbage in his hand into the trash can, sniffed, and shook his head at him: "It's hot."

Xing Chen blinked and couldn't help but ruffling her hair. She looked like a kitten with its fur messed up, so adorable.

Nan Ke slapped Xing Chen's hand away, and looked at him with dark pupils: "Noisy."

Her voice was muffled when she just woke up, which made her even cuter.

But this personality... is like a kitten in a bad mood.

Xing Chen half-knelt down, looked at her and asked, "Do you want to sleep a little longer?"

Nan Ke still shook his head: "I have work in the afternoon."

"I know." Xing Chen stood up. "I saw your schedule. Breakfast will be ready soon. Do you want to wash up first?"

Nan Ke said "hmm".

Xing Chen went out, leaving her alone to take care of herself.

Nan Ke is like this most of the time when he just wakes up, looking listless and not happy with the world.

In fact, even if you sleep until you wake up naturally, your mood will not be much better, but if you don’t sleep until you wake up naturally, your mood will only be worse.

Today it is clearly the former.

Xing Chen knew that at this moment, the less he spoke, the better, before Nan Ke sorted herself out.

After washing up, Nan Ke glanced at the location of the bedroom window before leaving the bedroom.

She has lived in this house for several years, and three years ago a school was built nearby.

She liked everything in the house, including the roads extending from here to various places and the nearby shops. She didn't want to move, so she simply replaced the glass with better sound insulation.

At first, she thought it was nice to wake up and rest when the school bell rang, but her schedule was unstable and she soon got tired of it.

So I just keep the windows closed almost all day at home and only open them for ventilation when I go out.

But Xing Chen said that you still have to close the windows when you go out, and you can open them for ventilation when you are around, especially in the morning when the air is good.

Especially in the morning...

Nan Ke took a hairpin from the dressing table and casually tied her hair up.

Xing Chen had already put breakfast on the table. As soon as he saw her, he smiled and took two steps towards her and kissed her cheek.

"Good morning, darling."

There was no smile on Nan Ke's face, but she still gave him a kiss on the cheek as usual.

"Good morning."

Xing Chen poured her a glass of milk and pushed it to her side. Nan Ke was eating fried eggs, the same old fried eggs.

When she looked up, she saw Xing Chen looking at her. Nan Ke forced a smile and said, "It's delicious."

Xing Chen immediately smiled happily and sat down to eat his portion with relief.

Nan Ke asked, "When did you come?"

"I took you back." Xing Chen put down the cutlery and looked at Nan Ke, who sighed in his heart.

She asked some unnecessary questions, which meant she was going to be educated again.

As expected.

"Baby, why did you drink so much last night?"

"It's Susu's birthday, and she said I'm not giving her face if I don't drink."

Xing Chen moved his lips, but no sound came out.

Nan Ke drank some hot milk and felt much better in his stomach.

"It wasn't many, actually. I just can't drink much."

Xing Chen finally couldn't help but speak out his inner thoughts.

"As your friend, she knew you couldn't hold your liquor well, but she still forced you to drink. There's something wrong with her."

The volume of the last three words suddenly dropped as Nan Ke looked at him.

Nan Ke seemed to laugh out of anger.

"What's the problem?"

She said, "Didn't she call you last night and ask you to pick me up? If she had any problems, you wouldn't be able to find me."

Xing Chen frowned slightly, as if she had a lot of opinions about her good friend that she wanted to express, but her rationality made her feel that there were not many words she could say.

Nan Ke will be angry.

She wouldn't ignore her friends, just him.

She didn't know why, maybe the food in her stomach alleviated the discomfort of her hangover, or maybe it was just time, she was completely awake at this moment.

She was in a much better mood now and looked at Xing Chen leisurely.

"When I arrived last night, there were a few... male models with you."

Nan Ke laughed, and this time he really wanted to laugh.

After all this time, it turned out that what he cared about most was not her being drunk, but this.

She said: "He is my work partner and colleague."

Xing Chen glared at her and refuted her confidently: "What work partner? I saw it clearly, it was clearly——"

But when it came to the critical moment, he kept silent.

Nan Ke looked at him and asked with a smile, "What is it?"

"……never mind."

Seeing that he swallowed all his anger, resentment and rage, Nan Ke finally felt that the person in front of him was a little cute.

Today was the first time I thought he was cute.

Xing Chen seemed to have prepared himself mentally for a moment before cautiously asking Nan Ke, "Su Su will only have one birthday this year, right?"

Second time being cute today.

Seeing Nan Ke nod, Xing Chen was obviously relieved, but Nan Ke said, "But there's still my birthday."

Xing Chen snorted coldly, as if declaring his sovereignty.

"You have to celebrate your birthday with me."

Nan Ke smiled faintly, "Let's talk about it later."

Xing Chen immediately sat up straight: "Do you have any other plans?"

He hesitated for a moment and asked, "Are you going home?"

Nan Ke shook his head and answered vaguely: "Let's see."

Xing Chen really thought it was related to her parents. Xing Chen usually didn't ask too many questions when it came to her family matters.

Today is no exception.

Seeing that Nan Ke didn't speak, Xing Chen also stopped talking. For a while, the only sounds that could be heard were the two people chewing.

Like two little animals.

Nan Ke took the initiative to break the silence: "What time did you get up?"

"A little earlier than you."

Xing Chen wanted to say something but stopped himself. Nan Ke couldn't bear it anymore and asked him to say whatever he wanted to say.

"I…have to leave soon."

Nan Ke nodded casually and asked him casually, "Do you have classes?"

Xing Chen has good grades and a good personality. Both teachers and classmates like him very much.

He will continue to study for a master's degree at the school, and sometimes he will serve as a teaching assistant to the teacher.

There was a time when I was even busier than her.

"A counselor at the School of Art and Design fell down. He's old and needs to stay in the hospital for observation. It just so happened that some students were going on an off-campus field trip, so my advisor asked me to go over and help out."

"Take students out to collect folk songs?"

"Um……"

While eating, Nan Ke asked, "What year are you in?"

"Freshman and sophomore year."

Nan Ke looked at Xing Chen with a look that said, "Be careful," and said, "Take care of yourself."

Xing Chen smiled and confessed: "I received some news at the last minute. I wanted to tell you yesterday, but you were drunk."

Nan Ke shrugged: "It's okay, go ahead."

"The place they're going this time is quite far away, and they're also on a mission to win a prize, so they might be gone for a month."

Nan Ke glanced at him and thought it was really strange. The person who was going out was in a hurry, as if the roles had been reversed.

"A month... go ahead."

Xing Chen didn't seem to want to go, as he hadn't gotten over the hurdle in his heart yet.

"Originally, I thought their former instructor would come over and replace me when he recovered, but Elder Qin said that he was old and it would be difficult for him to travel. He couldn't just rush to the countryside after being discharged from the hospital."

Nan Ke nodded: "That makes sense."

Xing Chen was a little anxious: "Will you eat well when I'm not here?"

Nan Ke looked at him for two seconds and laughed out loud.

"Wasn't I living well before I met you? Besides, it's not like I haven't seen you for over a month before."

"...Not in the past two years." Xing Chen's voice was very low, but Nan Ke heard it.

She was full, so she put down her cutlery, rubbed her stomach, and stretched.

Xing Chen immediately stood up to clean the table and quickly sat back down.

"I made some dumplings and wontons and put them in the freezer. When you're hungry, take them out and cook some. Don't always order takeout or eat instant noodles."

Nan Ke was full and a little sleepy.

She nodded to Xing Chen: "Okay, Father Xing."

Xing Chen blushed immediately, "Don't yell."

Nan Ke smiled indifferently.

However, he didn't finish his instructions: "If I really can't come back for a month, the food in the refrigerator will definitely not last until then."

In fact, Xing Chen knew very well that Nan Ke had probably forgotten his instructions immediately after sending him out.

Xing Chen knocked on the refrigerator door and motioned Nan Ke to look over there: "I've compiled a list of takeout places. The ingredients are relatively healthy and the taste is what you like. If you really don't feel like ordering takeout, just order from these places."

Nan Ke smiled and nodded.

"Teacher Xing carefully selected the best and is trustworthy."

Xing Chen curled his lips and didn't seem to want to leave her.

He approached Nan Ke, hugged her, and buried his head in the side of her neck and rubbed it.

"Don't go drinking with Susu, okay? When I saw you drunk yesterday, I wanted to call Mr. Qin and turn down this job."

Nan Ke touched his hair and felt a little itchy on his neck, but knowing that he couldn't avoid it, he didn't try.

"Don't talk nonsense. You still have to maintain a good relationship with the school. Isn't that what you always do? Mr. Nice Guy? Besides, we have to leave today. If you quit at the last minute, where will they find someone to take over?"

Xing Chen began to kiss her neck. Nan Ke's body swayed from side to side, and she chuckled and tried to avoid him.

"I'm worried about you."

Nan Ke held his face and kissed him.