Eat well and be happy every day.
——Northern Times·Niu Hulu·Song--
[Memo: August 23, 2023, the seventh anniversary of our relationship.]
Chaoge typed these words carefully on his phone, then handed the phone to Han Lin beside him.
"Yeah?" Han Lin glanced at him and smiled, "I'll try to take a day off that day and go out with you."
Chaoge sat opposite him and gestured with her hands.
"I will arrange the surgery time in advance. As long as there are no special circumstances, there will be no problem," said Han Lin.
Chaoge continued to gesture with a serious expression, rubbing the soft baby fat on both sides of his cheeks, making him look cute and soft.
He is a mute and can only hear but not speak.
"Is there any gift you want?" Chaoge asked in sign language.
Han Lin grabbed his hand: "Don't you know?"
Chaoge coughed lightly and broke away from Han Lin: [It's time to go out.]
They are going to their new home today.
After graduating from Chaoge University, they began living together and lived here for four or five years.
The house is rented and is very far from the hospital where Han Lin works. They said they wanted to move a few years ago, but Han Lin was too busy and had no time to look at houses. It was not until this year that they finally chose a house they liked and got the property certificate.
The house was renovated two months ago. It has been left to air out and no one has lived in it for a while. I plan to move in next month.
There are a lot of things, so when they are free occasionally, they will drive there to move some small luggage.
They are moving books today.
Han Lin is a doctor and Chaoge is a children's picture book illustrator. Both of them have countless professional books piled up at home. The study in the old house has long been full, and many of the books have been stuffed into the closet.
Now they have specially reserved a large study in the new house and customized a large three-sided bookcase, which is enough to hold twice the number of books they have now.
Most professional books are thick and heavy, so Chaoge found a few large cardboard boxes and he and Han Lin piled the books in little by little.
Four boxes were stacked.
Han Lin tried to pick one of them up: "Wow, there's still some strength."
Seeing his expression, Chaoge also picked up one. It was indeed very heavy, probably about 10 to 20 kilograms.
"Let's go and move down first." Han Lin said.
It took two trips back and forth to move all the books. The boxes were piled in the back seat and trunk, and the two got in the car and drove to their new home.
The new home is close to the hospital, about ten minutes' walk away. I don't even need to use my car. In case of emergency surgery, I can get to the hospital in a few minutes. It is countless times more convenient than before.
They bought a new property, and during the renovation period, they could see workers from other houses coming in and out from time to time. Now the surrounding areas have basically been repaired, and they would occasionally run into a few neighbors when they went there.
After driving for more than half an hour, they finally parked the car in the underground parking lot, and then they started carrying books again.
By the time they finished packing, it was already past three in the afternoon.
[Let's take a break and go to the mall.] Chaoge and Han Lin lay side by side on the sofa.
The sofa was chosen by Chaoge. It is a soft fabric sofa bed in off-white color with some fine lines on it. It looks simple and generous.
Moreover, the sofa bed is L-shaped, so they can lie head to head at the corner, one on each side.
"What are you going to the mall for?" Han Lin asked. He didn't really want to move.
Chaoge gestured, "The lanterns we ordered have arrived. We need to go pick them up and buy some groceries. We're out of toilet paper and oil at home."
Han Lin nodded: "Okay, let's rest for a while before going."
Chaoge turned around and lay on the sofa, holding Han Lin's head with both hands, and leaned over to kiss Han Lin on the corner of his mouth.
His eyes are very round, like a deer running out of the forest. Whenever he smiles, his eyeballs bend into little crescents in the water, which are very lively.
"Chao Ge." Han Lin narrowed his eyes and looked at him, "Have you gained weight recently?"
Chaoge: “……?”
Han Lin raised his hand and pinched the flesh on the side of Chaoge's face: "People say that baby fat will gradually disappear as you get older, why are you getting rounder and rounder?"
Chaoge sat up straight, his hands gesturing with anger and grief: [I'll give you one more chance to speak properly!]
"I'm speaking nicely, but you know I'm lying." Han Lin loved to "bully" Chaoge. "You've gained some weight on your face, but it looks good and is easy to pinch."
Chaoge pursed her lips, clasped her hands in front of her chest, and refused to communicate.
"When they grow a little more meat, we can cook them and eat them," Han Lin said. "Summer is the season for harvesting domestic pigs."
Chaoge: "..."
Chaoge was so angry that she bit Han Lin's lower lip and stopped him from speaking.
Han Lin's mouth was blocked, and he enjoyed the benefits given to him by his lover. He hugged Chaoge's neck and deepened the kiss.
At four o'clock, the two went out to the mall to get the night light on the bedside table.
The lamps were selected by Chaoge. To be precise, the entire decoration of their new home was designed by Chaoge. The murals on the wall were also hand-painted by Chaoge. Chaoge made the final decision on every piece of furniture and soft furnishings.
Han Lin had no objection to these.
Chaoge is familiar with him and knows his preferences. He always says that Chaoge is his little artist. How can the home decoration decided by the little artist not look good?
In the end, Han Lin had nothing to say about the appearance of their family.
The mall is very close to Xinjia Community and it doesn’t take long to walk there, but in order to transport the lights, they still drove there.
The two went to the underground floor to buy daily necessities first.
"Little Garbage's cat food is almost gone, so let's buy some to take back this time." Han Lin said.
[Don’t call him trash.] Chaoge gestured.
Xiao Laji is a white cat they raised. Han Lin named him Xiao Laji because he found the cat in the garbage dump downstairs. Chaoge has always been very dissatisfied with this name.
"Although you have a talent for painting, you can't compare to me in literature," Han Lin said. "Especially when it comes to naming him. We've raised him for four years, and you haven't come up with a name that surpasses 'Little Garbage.' So don't blame me for calling him 'Little Garbage.' It's your fault."
Chaoge was so angry that her teeth were itching, but she had no words to say. Han Lin always found a way to expose the truth with the most infuriating words. He had no idea what it meant to see through something but not say it out loud.
Han Lin pushed the cart and watched Chaoge angrily carry cat food in. "Besides, there's an old saying in China: a humble name makes a child easier to raise. Look at him. He hasn't been sick once since he came to our house. Maybe that's the effect of the name."
Chaoge didn't bother to pay attention to him and angrily stuffed another 10KG bag of cat food in.
"Take less, or you won't be able to carry it later." Han Lin lay on the shopping cart, giving orders lightly like a hands-off boss.
The little slave Ge put the cat food back on the shelf in grief and anger.
They were talking so deeply that they didn't notice that there were two little boys about eleven or twelve years old watching them not far away.
One of the shorter boys nudged the taller boy next to him with his elbow: "Han Xiaojun, isn't that your brother?"
The tall boy reached up to his head, pointed his toes, and asked anxiously, "Where is it?"
He is very young, and his facial features are almost identical to Han Lin's except for being a little more immature. He looks like a child born to the same parents. He is Han Lin's younger brother, Han Xiaojun.
"Right there, where the cat food is." said the short boy.
Han Xiaojun finally saw his brother. The irritated expression on his face disappeared instantly, and the corners of his drooping mouth raised high. His eyes were full of excited little stars, but these stars went out when he saw Chaoge next to him.
The short boy happened to say, "The guy next to your brother is his boyfriend, right?"
Han Xiaojun gritted his teeth and stared at Chaoge fiercely: "What the hell, man? My brother is single."
"Ah? But you..." The short boy wanted to say something, but seeing Han Xiaojun's angry look, he didn't dare to say it.
"Hmph." Han Xiaojun snorted heavily. "My mom said that man is a vixen who only knows how to seduce my brother. My brother is just being deceived by him now. Sooner or later, he will wake up."
The short boy hesitated to speak: "...Okay."
After thinking about it, the short boy said, "But didn't you say last time that they have been together for seven years? It's been so long, it should be..." They are really in love.
"What do you know!" Han Xiaojun turned his head to look at him and said fiercely, "My brother doesn't like men. My mother said that he will find a beautiful sister-in-law to marry and give me a white and soft little nephew."
The short boy didn't want to talk anymore.
Han Xiaojun lay on the shelf and stretched his head to look over there: "I'm telling you, I recently thought of a way. I'm going to break them up."
The shorter boy's eyes widened: "Ah? No."
"You don't understand. Do you know what seven years means?" Han Xiaojun asked proudly.
The short boy shook his head.
Han Xiaojun raised his chin and said, "The seven-year itch! This is the perfect time to break them up. I can't miss it."
The shorter boy scratched his chin. "Let's not do that. I think your brother will be mad. Besides, we haven't finished our homework yet. You failed English again this week, and the teacher asked you to copy the wrong questions three times today."
Han Xiaojun was choked by the other party and said angrily: "Are you still my brother?"
The shorter boy puffed out his chest: "Of course I am!"
"Will you help me?" Han Xiaojun said, "I promise, if you help me break them up, I... I'm sure I'll get a perfect score on my English test this final semester, uh, 90!"
The short boy hesitated and refused to speak, his mind torn between his own justice and loyalty.
Han Xiaojun was unhappy when he saw his hesitation: "Douzi, you actually took so long to think about it!"
Douzi was so shocked by the yelling that he trembled all over. He nodded timidly and said, "Okay, I'll help you, but you have to get a perfect score on the test."
Han Xiaojun hesitated. His English had always been his weak point and he had never passed the exam. A perfect score was even more out of his reach.
but……
Han Xiaojun turned around and glanced at Chaoge, who was smiling in a "sinister and cunning" way, gritted his teeth and nodded: "Okay, it's a deal!"
If Han Xiaojun doesn't separate his brother and that male fox this year, his name will be written upside down.
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