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Qi Zhinian had just put the key on the coffee table when he stepped into the house. When he turned around, he saw Ling Jianghan grabbing Qi Wuchen and taking a step back on the stairs.
It took Qi Wuchen a few seconds to digest the information that Jiang Han was afraid of dogs. After he realized what was happening, he quickly touched Qi Chiyue behind him with his other hand.
Qi Chiyue was brought back to his senses by his touch. He said "Oh" and walked past them downstairs: "Xiao Yun, be good, let's sit on the sofa and play."
After Qi Yun sat on the sofa with Qi Chiyue holding the puppy, Qi Wuchen pulled Ling Jianghan to sit on the single sofa farther away from them.
Qi Zhinian understood the situation almost instantly, and for a moment he didn't know what to say to ease the embarrassment.
Fortunately, the phone in his pocket rang in time. He took it out and hurriedly said something and went upstairs: "Don't wait for me for dinner later."
After hearing the sound of a door closing from above, Qi Wuchen dared to ask the person beside him in a low voice: "Ling Jianghan, are you afraid of dogs?"
Jiang Han replied expressionlessly in a low voice: "I was bitten by a dog."
"Tsk." Qi Wuchen was not very happy to hear this: "Why don't you forget to scold me even now?"
"Who scolded you?" Ling Jianghan frowned and looked at him, his tone somewhat helpless: "I was really bitten by a dog when I was a child."
"Oh." Qi Wuchen responded and didn't say anything else.
He glanced towards Qi Chiyue and found that the little white dog was fluttering in Qi Yun's arms, heading straight towards Ling Jianghan who was sitting next to him.
Qi Wuchen recognized this dog, a small veiled dog. It actually looked like it had no attacking power, but its movements at this moment seemed a bit aggressive.
Qi Wuchen vaguely felt that the person sitting next to him was moving a little closer.
"Are you that scared?" Qi Wuchen patted Ling Jianghan's waist twice and whispered in his ear with a hint of amusement, "I'm here, it won't dare bite you. Don't be afraid, okay?"
Jiang Han lowered his eyes and said stubbornly: "I'm not afraid."
The corners of Qi Wuchen's lips curled up again: "Then go over and touch it."
"No." Ling Jianghan refused with a stern face.
Qi Wuchen wanted to tease him a few more times, but was interrupted by Yun Ren who just came out of the kitchen: "Yueyue, come with Wuchen and serve the dishes."
"Okay." Qi Chiyue stood up and patted Qi Yun's shoulder, "Xiao Yun, go wash your hands and get ready for dinner."
"Oh." Qi Yun responded and ran to the bathroom happily.
The puppy must have become familiar with Qi Yun. When it saw him running to the bathroom, it immediately chased after him as soon as he landed.
Qi Wuchen patted the back of Ling Jianghan's hand soothingly. Only after seeing Qi Yun running away with the dog did he stand up and walk towards the kitchen.
In the kitchen, Qi Wuchen just came in when he heard Qi Chiyue exclaim in surprise: "Auntie Yun, you made dumplings today?"
"How can I make it in time today?" Yun Ren said with a smile after washing his hands, "I made it last night."
"Then I'll prepare another bowl of dipping sauce later. Jiang Han prefers spicy food." After Qi Wuchen said this, he picked up a plate of braised pork and walked out.
After he put the dishes away, he went back into the kitchen. Outside, Qi Chiyue considerately found a seat near a corner for Ling Jianghan to sit down.
Yun Ren looked around and then stared at Qi Chiyue suspiciously and asked, "Where's your dad?"
"He's on the phone upstairs, so we don't have to wait for him." Qi Chiyue said as he handed the chopsticks to Ling Jianghan.
"Then let's not wait for him. Let's eat first." Yun Ren sat down and picked up the chopsticks to put the dishes that Qi Yun liked into his bowl. "Xiao Yun, if there's anything you want to eat, just tell your mother. Don't rummage around with your chopsticks. Do you hear me?"
"I know." Qi Yun muttered while holding his chopsticks: "You've said this many times."
Ling Jiang Han stared at the puppy that was circling behind Qi Yun for a long time, then moved to the corner.
Qi Wuchen placed the dipping sauce on the table and sat down next to him, gently scratching Ling Jianghan's right elbow with his left hand.
"I wanted to ask you guys just now," Qi Chiyue picked up a piece of braised pork and put it in his bowl. He looked up at them and asked, "Why didn't you bring Chuyi here today?"
When Qi Yun heard this, he raised his head and looked at them, as if he also wanted an answer.
"Let's send it to take a bath," Qi Wuchen said as he slowly peeled a shrimp and put it into Ling Jianghan's bowl. "I'll pick it up after dinner."
"That's great," Yun Ren looked at them with a smile, "It's just right to bring him back with a companion tonight."
Qi Chiyue coughed when he heard this and immediately changed the subject: "Is the pork rib soup I stewed today a little bland? Aunt Yun, please taste it for me."
"No way?" Yun Ren picked up a piece of pork ribs and put it into his mouth suspiciously.
Ling Jiang Han turned his head and looked at Qi Wuchen in confusion: Do you want to take the dog back?
Before Qi Wuchen could react, Jiang Han suddenly felt something furry crawling onto his calf from under the table.
He moved back a little, lowered his eyes calmly and looked under the table.
The little white dog had come over at some point and was now scratching his right leg with its claws.
Jiang Han wanted to kick it away, but he was afraid that he would hurt the little thing by kicking it too hard, so he could only retract his legs again and again.
Qi Wuchen seemed to have noticed his abnormality, stretched out his long legs and groped to kick the dog to the side.
The dog didn't say a word after being kicked by him, but continued to struggle.
Jiang Han had no choice but to lower his eyes and eat.
Oh. Qi Wuchen understood and retracted his legs.
Just ignore it for now.
"Handle everything afterwards on your own. Just don't cause any trouble for me." Qi Zhinian, who came down from upstairs, pulled out the chair next to Yun Ren while answering the phone.
Several people were silent. After Qi Zhinian sat down, he listened to the person on the other end of the phone for a while, and finally raised his eyes to look at Qi Wuchen opposite him.
Qi Wuchen was concentrating on picking out fish bones at the moment and did not notice his gaze.
"I see." Qi Zhinian picked up his chopsticks and prepared to pick up some food when he suddenly said, seemingly unintentionally, "We've been allies for many years. No need to thank me."
As soon as he finished speaking, Qi Wuchen stopped and looked up.
Qi Zhinian didn't say anything more to the person on the phone. After hanging up, he started picking up some food and eating.
Qi Wuchen didn't ask anything, but just chewed the fish meat with a calm expression.
"Tell me when you're leaving and I'll drive you there." Qi Zhinian said without warning.
Ling Jianghan wanted to say no need to bother, but Qi Wuchen next to him unexpectedly agreed: "We are going to pick up Chuyi, then you can just drive to the west gate."
"Okay." Qi Zhinian simply agreed.
After the group finished their meal, Qi Wuchen and Qi Chiyue went to the kitchen to wash dishes together, leaving Jiang Han to be called by Qi Zhinian to the study upstairs.
Qi Wuchen was reluctant at first, but only after Qi Chiyue patted his shoulders twice did he let go.
In the study, Ling Jiang Han pretended to be calm and sat on the sofa, while Qi Zhinian sat at the desk not far from him.
"Did you know that your father is going to jail again?" Qi Zhinian said as he took out a cigarette case and lighter from the drawer.
"I don't know." Ling Jianghan was silent for a few seconds before answering. He raised his head and asked, "Why this time?"
After lighting the cigarette, a smoke ring slowly came out as Qi Zhinian opened and closed his mouth: "Gathering people to gamble."
Jiang Han was a little surprised that he knew so much details: "Are you investigating him?"
"You don't know?" Qi Zhinian held the cigarette in his hand and looked at him with a smile: "That bastard almost broke up with me back then. It took me a lot of effort to get him to agree to give me another chance."
"Is it... because of me?"
"No." Qi Zhinian denied it without hesitation, but did not continue.
Jiang Han thought that the other party didn't want to embarrass him and that was why he didn't continue talking, so he remained silent.
"I can't discipline him from Ruoxin's perspective, because her children understand her far better than I do." Qi Zhinian unexpectedly gave an explanation, pausing for a moment before continuing, "In my youth, I personally witnessed the preciousness and difficulty of the words 'getting what you want', so I have no reason to continue to hinder your relationship."
After listening to this, Ling Jianghan said truthfully: "At first, I thought you wouldn't cherish this father-son relationship."
"Ruoxin once told me about someone before she died." Qi Zhinian stared at the documents on the table with a complicated expression, then spoke slowly, "He was in his twenties, but because of a serious mental illness, he nearly attempted suicide twice."
Jiang Han didn't understand why Qi Zhinian suddenly mentioned this person who had nothing to do with them, but he remained silent and listened patiently.
"Later, he no longer had suicidal tendencies," Qi Zhinian's gaze shifted to Ling Jianghan, "because his partner wouldn't let him."
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"Spend less time with him next time. He smells like cigarettes." Qi Wuchen complained to the person next to him as soon as he got out of Qi Zhinian's car.
Jiang Han thought this person was very strange: "You smoke yourself, but you still dislike the smell of cigarettes on others?"
"I'm afraid he'll bother you." Qi Wuchen was somewhat helpless: "Jiang Han, you can't speak for him just because you accepted a gift."
Before leaving, in order not to disappoint Qi Zhinian and Yun Min's kindness, his Jiang Han let him hold the white puppy and go with them.
So Qi Wuchen didn't even touch Ling Jianghan's finger during the twenty minutes he was in the car.
Even now, Ling Jianghan was still two shoulders' width away from him.
The dog in his arms kept poking its head out to look at Ling Jianghan. Qi Wuchen was too lazy to touch the little creature's head and just asked the person next to him, "Have you thought of a name for it?"
"No." Ling Jianghan said: "Grandpa brought it back on Chuyi, and it was also named by him."
"He's afraid that you won't take good care of yourself." Qi Wuchen said bluntly.
When they first reunited, Jiang Han not only didn't want to eat breakfast, but sometimes he also didn't want to eat dinner. Many times, it was only when Qi Wuchen said he was hungry that Jiang Han would just make something to eat to get by.
Qi Wuchen had figured something out some time ago: the reason why Jiang Han initially condoned his approach was because the other party had a desperate mentality, not what he called "familiar" at the time.
The death of his loved ones made Ling Jianghan see the separation of life and death and the impermanence of reunion and separation with great clarity. When Qi Wuchen made up his mind to squeeze into Ling Jianghan's life, Ling Jianghan had already prepared for his departure at any time, which is why he allowed himself to close the distance between them again and again.
It wasn't until the day they confirmed to start over that this desperate mentality finally came to an end.
"I'm not a child, I can take care of myself." Qi Wuchen had just collected his thoughts when he heard someone speaking stubbornly.
When they arrived at the pet shop, Qi Wuchen held the dog and waited for Jiang Han to bring Chuyi out.
His phone suddenly buzzed in his pocket. Qi Wuchen freed one hand to unlock it and saw a message from Sheng Yao: "Brother Chen, the squad leader's birthday is today. We're treating everyone to hot pot at Ximen tonight. Are you and Jiang Han coming?"
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