Chapter 84 Chapter 21 "Are you courting? I promise you. ...
Because Yan Hao fed Sheng Qing a lot of food over and over again, Sheng Qing had long forgotten what Yan Hao said, "I know," and didn't understand what it meant.
After dinner, Sheng Qing and Yan Hao, who were very full, strolled around the inner garden of the villa.
It rained for a while that day, and they were hiding under a tree, chatting about random things, when they suddenly met a limping little squirrel.
As if receiving some kind of signal, soon after the squirrel appeared, a hedgehog, a furry rabbit, two thin green snakes, and four gray sparrows appeared...
To be honest, even after living here for a few years, Yan Hao had no idea that there were so many animals living in his backyard.
These animals were not very friendly to their master Yan Hao, but they seemed very familiar with the little snake. They surrounded him and chirped something.
Especially the injured little squirrel, it swung its big fluffy tail and jumped lightly onto Shengqing's shoulder in a few steps. After that, it kept grinning at Yan Hao.
As the object of exclusion, Yan Hao was completely baffled. Shengqing, acting as an interpreter between humans and animals, told him that the little squirrel had previously stockpiled a large amount of food, only to have it all gobbled up by the villa's servants.
Yan Hao, who had spoken to the servant, was also listed on the list of people who hate humans by many squirrels.
“…”
Yan Hao didn't remember it at all.
"Because I was bored before, I came here to have a look, and I ran into them..."
Shengqing explained.
"They rarely come out. They can sense footsteps from a long distance away and hide immediately. That's why you don't know..."
After he finished explaining, he continued to communicate with the small animals in a low frequency that was inaudible to human ears, "It's okay, Yan Hao is not that kind of bad person..."
Yan Hao watched the whole process from the side.
Even after so long, thinking back on that day, Yan Hao still felt it was incredibly magical. It was like an ordinary person living in the mundane world had briefly stepped into a fairy tale world.
It turns out that animals have their own world. Although they live on the same land as humans, there are always some areas that they cannot reach.
It was almost at that moment, when Yan Hao looked at the little snake getting along happily with the other animals, he became more certain of his thoughts.
At this time, Shengqing still knew nothing.
It wasn't until a week later that a small box filled with various documents arrived, along with a thin piece of paper.
It was a business card with extremely fine workmanship, with a thick texture and a delicate matte surface. When you touched it with your fingertips, you could feel very shallow diagonal lines. When you got close, a faint fragrance wafted over.
The font above is clearly visible:
Sheng Qing/ Attending Physician
Exotic Pet Behavior Department
Expertise: Animal communication, diagnosis and treatment of reptile diseases (especially snake specialists)
Areas of expertise
Difficult snake diseases: skin diseases, digestive system diseases, metabolic diseases, calcium-phosphorus imbalance, vitamin deficiency...
Reptile behavior correction: intervention for behavioral problems such as food refusal, stress aggression, and abnormal molting
Cross-species communication assisted diagnosis and treatment, pet psychological counseling...
Consultation time...
…
…
Shengqing read the text over and over again, feeling the undulations of each word with the tip of his index finger, and then picked up the other neatly arranged documents in the box.
ID card, household registration booklet, passport...
The photo on the ID looked familiar; it was the one Yan Hao had taken him to take not long ago.
That day, Shengqing wore a simple white shirt, with delicate eyebrows, fine eyes, rosy lips and white teeth. Because Yan Hao outside the camera was teasing him, he wanted to laugh, but he remembered that the person taking the photo had said that ID photos should be serious, so he tightened the corners of his lips.
After taking the photo, he even looked at the picture on his computer. Fortunately, he didn't smile, but he looked too serious, as if he was pretending to be mature.
Now, the pictures we used to see on the computer have become real objects that are within our reach.
“…”
Shengqing picked up the documents one by one, carefully put them to his nose and sniffed them. It was a faint smell of ink.
The thing he spent the longest time looking at was the business card, especially the introduction on the back, which he read once and then repeated silently in his mind.
"So, this is what you were talking about..."
He remembered the last time Yan Hao talked to him about the question-and-answer platform, he smiled and praised himself for being so awesome, and asked if he had found what he wanted to do. He said yes, that he wanted to help other small animals, so he didn't say anything, just smiled and said he understood.
Was it then?
No, no, maybe even earlier?
Because he remembered very clearly that when they first arrived in this big city called Binhai, they passed by an extremely tall building. Because of its unique shape and the fact that he had never seen it before, he deliberately took a few more glances at it.
Yan Hao, who was driving at the time, saw that Xiao She was interested, so he introduced the name of the building to him, which he remembered clearly.
What a coincidence, the address on the business card was in that building, but he didn't remember there being any exotic pet hospital there when he passed by before?
Is it this time?
Is it that early?
Shengqing is a straightforward little snake who hasn't yet learned the social etiquette of humans, so he asks directly whatever he is thinking.
“I don’t remember that then?”
"When did you do it?"
"Haha, you actually remember it."
Yan Hao, answering at this moment, was like a job seeker being questioned by an interviewer. He observed Shengqing's expression and asked tentatively, "If I say a long time ago, will you be angry?"
Sheng Qing was puzzled: "Why?"
"I felt like I didn't ask for your opinion, didn't respect you, was too pushy, or something..."
The little snake pretended to think seriously, and after five or six seconds, he looked up and said, "I don't understand what you are saying."
“…”
"Was it really that long ago?"
"Not very long." Facing those bright eyes, Yan Hao couldn't tell a lie. "Probably when we were still in Yongxing. At that time, I was thinking that if in the future..."
When he spoke of this, he was vague and only said that he thought of it when applying the medicine to him.
In fact, he thought of this after knowing that the system would leave. After all, the little snake's situation was special. He thought that if he got sick in the future and met someone who was not tight-lipped, what if the other party was bad for the little snake, what if the doctor's skills were not good and the condition worsened?
For various reasons, he suddenly thought that he might be able to open his own exotic pet hospital.
He thought at the time that if Shengqing felt unwell in the future, there would be a place to take him to see a doctor. Since he knew that Shengqing was his own person, he would feel more at ease.
He had no intention of telling Shengqing about this, nor did he expect Shengqing to say such words that day. In that case, wouldn't the previous hospital be just fine?
Everything seemed to be arranged in the dark.
Even Yan Hao, who had never believed in the mysterious fate, began to believe it.
At the end, Yan Hao tentatively asked, "Do you feel unhappy with me doing this? Do you think my actions in arranging your life are too strong? Do you feel that I am not free?"
There were some things he hadn't said, for example, although he had said something about setting the little snake free before, he didn't know when it started, but he no longer wanted to let the little snake go.
On every ordinary night, before going to bed, he thought about the future countless times. In every future, he arranged all the future matters for the little snake.
Every year, every day of my life...
The little snakes were inseparable from him.
This kind of behavior of interfering too much in other people's lives is obviously not a very good partner in the traditional secular sense.
Before, the little snake had been ignorant of human society, but things had changed since arriving in Binhai. He was now speaking more and more fluently, even understanding the local dialect. After learning how to use the internet, he was learning more about human society every day. What if?
“???”
The expression on the little snake's face was obviously confused at first, and then he called Yan Hao's name clearly, expressing his gratitude to him seriously.
"I don't understand what you're saying..."
"But thank you, Yan Hao."
“I’m very happy, I like it very much…”
"Of all the people in this world, you are my favorite, my most favorite."
Sheng Qing didn't think what he said was anything significant, he was just expressing his thoughts frankly, but before he finished speaking, the smell on his body suddenly became stronger.
The sweet scent exploded like a lit firework, instantly engulfing the entire room. From the tip of my nose to the tips of my hair, even my breath was tinged with a sticky sweetness, so thick that it seemed to envelop me from head to toe in honey.
How can people suddenly be so happy?
Why?
The little snake didn't understand.
Yan Hao's chest rose and fell, his temples pounded, his heart constantly contracted and expanded. He took several deep breaths before he managed to squeeze out a few words from his throat, which was blocked by excessive excitement.
"Actually, I should have said this first."
“…”
"I like you."
"No, I love you."
This was the first time Yan Hao had confessed his love in his entire life. It was so sudden, he hadn't even prepared any gifts. According to his previous assumptions about the future, this moment shouldn't have happened for at least a year.
At first, I thought, what if the little snake only likes female snakes and doesn't like humans? Later, we accidentally became close to each other and found that the little snake seemed to have no idea about this.
Worried about scaring the little snake, Yan Hao could only try his best to restrain his desire to get close to him, and put on the appearance of a reliable elder.
He said to himself:
Don't be so impatient, you have to take it step by step, gradually, build trust first, get along well first...
He had clearly been patient for a very long time, but when he heard the little snake say frankly that he liked him, all his chaotic thoughts, plans and rationality fell apart in an instant.
At that moment, Yan Hao lost his usual decisiveness in the business world and instantly turned into a teenage boy. His blood rushed to his head, his face flushed red, and his mind was full of fear that which expression or which word would be inappropriate.
"I know it's a bit too sudden now, gift. I will definitely make up for the gift later."
"What do you like? Is there any gift you particularly want? How about the trip you mentioned last time? What do you want to go on? I can ask for leave..."
"You might think I'm weird..."
"But I'm serious..."
"I loved you the first time I saw you, and I still feel that everything was destined. You are so perfect, like you walked out of my dream..."
He didn't like people in the first place, and the little snake just happened to be not a human. He didn't like intrigue, scheming, or complicated thoughts, but the little snake could see through them at a glance.
He liked the little snake's bright eyes, its beautiful, shimmering tail, the faintly visible scales on its face, and the awkward tone of its voice when it first spoke, and he still likes it now. No matter what the little snake was like, he felt that he liked it very much.
I like it so much that I don't know what to do.
Compared to Yan Hao, who was so obviously excited that his voice was trembling, Sheng Qing seemed extremely calm. He listened with a calm expression.
He waited until Yan Hao finished speaking before he said:
"Are you courting?"
Yan Hao's heart skipped a beat, and he heard the boy opposite him add seriously, "I promise you."
A sweet smell hit Shengqing's nostrils like a sudden rain.
The entire space was almost filled with Yan Hao's overflowing emotions.
What's there to not know?
As early as the first time they met, he knew that this person liked him. Every time he was with her, even if he just looked at her, a sweet smell would emerge from her body, flowing out continuously.
It's too obvious.
But this time the "flood" seems to be more severe than any previous one.
The high spirits on his body lasted for a whole month, and even when Shengqing was wearing a brand new white coat and sitting in his own independent office, the smell on his body still had not diminished at all.
He still smiles every time he goes out, and anyone with eyes can see that he is in high spirits because of good things happening to him.
During that time, not only the people around Yan Hao and his assistant driver, but even the lowest-ranking cleaner in the villa knew that Mr. Yan was in a good mood recently, and also knew that he had a new same-sex partner, the young master who lived in the separate courtyard.
Sometimes, when Butler Li was just reporting on some matters in the villa, he would suddenly change the subject: "Where do you usually go on dates? Well, Xiaoqing and I just got together, wouldn't going to an amusement park be too boring..."
Butler Li: “…”
Or maybe during the day at work, after the special assistant finishes explaining the schedule, she sees her boss frowning in thought, thinking he's thinking about some billion-dollar project, but then she hears him ask seriously, "How old do you think I look? Am I old? Oh, by the way, I'm dating someone, the one who came to the company to see me before. Next time he comes, he can just come up without registering..."
assistant:"……"
Yan Hao prepared gifts for not only people, but also the small animals in the yard, including the hamster that hissed at him in the rain that day.
Because of Yan Hao's actions, when Lian Shengqing went to the zoo in the neighboring city to see Qiqi and Zhima again, these two old friends knew that he was with someone.
In the bustling zoo, Sheng Qing pushed open an inconspicuous staff door with ease, walked through a long corridor, opened the iron gate with the key given by the staff, walked to the opposite side of his two old friends, and sat down cross-legged.
Before he could ask about his recent situation, Qiqi and Zhima circled around him a few times, sniffing his scent from time to time and growling from time to time.
Are you with someone?
[Sure enough, his scent is all over my body.]
Sheng Qing had nothing to be ashamed of admitting, so he nodded calmly, "Yes, I am an adult and can find a partner."
Zhima let out a small cry.
【But……】
Qiqi was silent.
【……】
Shengqing met two pairs of gazes.
In fact, his days in the circus were not always so bad. When business was good, the animal trainers and circus directors would treat these "cash cows" that made money for them a little better.
Shengqing, who had just been sold, had always had a lukewarm relationship with the other animals in the troupe. Until the business was bad, the circus couldn't make any money, and had to hide from place to place, the treatment of the animals also plummeted.
Under such circumstances, Shengqing gradually began to communicate more with other animals.
On countless nights, people outside were smoking, complaining loudly, talking on the phone, kicking doors, making waves of harsh noises and laughter. A bunch of animals were in a dark container, enduring the stinky smell and moving their bodies in the not-so-spacious iron cages.
The smallest monkey chirped and talked about how it had followed its previous owner to perform on the street and how it was sold here, and said that it would definitely escape in the future.
What happens after you escape?
There was silence inside the container.
At that time, those animals really thought they would die in the circus, including Shengqing himself. They thought that they would be like the countless animals that died of exhaustion or illness before them. They would be sold and buried after death, and then new animals would be bought to replenish the circus.
I really didn't expect... that he actually left.
Zhima has a lot of experience and is hostile to humans. Even the breeder who has taken good care of her for a long time cannot get too close to her, otherwise Zhima will make threatening sounds.
Naturally, it does not approve of the promotion of Qinghe people.
And what about Qiqi?
It doesn't care who Shengqing is with. Just like before, it is lobbying Shengqing to stay in the zoo. It thinks that life is good now.
Plenty of food, clean water and a spacious environment, and no need to train various acrobatics!
It can be seen that Qiqi is quite satisfied with life in the zoo and has obviously gained a lot of weight compared to last time.
Seeing that he couldn't persuade her, Qiqi asked again:
Are you a doctor now?
"Yes, it is."
Shengqing took out his business card, but unfortunately the two old friends could not read and just smelled it one by one.
How about being a doctor?
"Hmm, this..."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
