Seeing him like this, I was kind-hearted after all, so I didn't argue with him. Instead, I obediently poured him a glass of water and handed it to him.
"What have you done? Why are you so tired?"
Mingyuan finished the glass of water in a few gulps: "A batch of goods arrived at the cat cafe. I'm the only man in the store, so naturally I had to unload and move everything by myself. I feel like my arm is about to break..."
Mingyuan also works out regularly, but I've seen how big the delivery truck is for the cat cafe, and remembering how perfunctory Qiu Qiu was when she spoke on the phone, I'm afraid Mingyuan started moving since then.
I felt sorry for Mingyuan for two seconds, but it was all his own fault.
I reached out and patted his shoulder, asking him a soul-searching question: "Uncle, you used to go to the cat cafe every day because you were a pet consultant, helping Qiu Qiu train cats. But what about now? Everything at the cat cafe is back on track, so why are you going there every day?"
Mingyuan's eyes flickered, and he was clearly feeling guilty. He pushed my hand away and said to himself, "I like cats, so I like to stay in cat cafes. Is that not okay?"
"Oh." I understood at first, then raised my eyebrows, "Do you like cat cafes, or do you like the people who run cat cafes?"
Mingyuan was very stubborn. Even if I asked him this, he would not admit that he liked Qiu Qiu.
I've gotten used to his duplicity, so I reminded him, "Uncle, when it comes to a woman you like, it's not enough to just give in silently. You have to speak out loud, otherwise how can she be sure you like her?"
"I know what I'm doing!" Mingyuan got up from the sofa and went back to his room to take a shower.
"Uncle!" I called him and said sincerely, "You finally met someone you like. Don't miss out on it just because you didn't speak up. Mom and I hope you can get what you want and find your own happiness."
Although Mingyuan didn't say anything, the look in his eyes when he looked at me was much softer.
I urged tentatively, "It's Qiu Qiu's birthday this weekend, so take this opportunity to confess your feelings! I can arrange it in advance."
"You don't have to worry about it!" Mingyuan still insisted and refused my help.
My patience was running out, so I simply provoked him: "How long do you want to drag it out? If you don't express your feelings now, Qiu Qiu will belong to someone else. I heard Yan Meng even prepared a gift for Qiu Qiu!"
Yan Meng is Mingyuan's imaginary love rival. As soon as Yan Meng is mentioned, Mingyuan falls into the trap.
Mingyuan snorted disdainfully: "I've prepared a birthday surprise for Qiu Qiu, and it's definitely more memorable than any of your birthday presents! Just wait and see!"
After saying that, Mingyuan confidently walked up the stairs and returned to his room.
I looked at Mingyuan's closed door and sighed helplessly. The play was finally over, and even I felt like I was nagging.
This was all Mingsi's idea. She could see that Mingyuan and Qiu Qiu had feelings for each other, but Mingyuan was a stubborn person who only knew how to help Qiu Qiu silently but never expressed his feelings.
Qiu Qiu is a girl, you can't let her speak first, right?
So Mingsi encouraged me to create opportunities for them to get along with each other, urged Mingyuan to express his feelings, and created further opportunities for Mingyuan, the "mute".
I just don’t know what the birthday surprise Mingyuan is so confident about is. I hope there will be only surprise and no joy.
However, Mingyuan doesn't seem to be a very straight man since he thought of preparing a birthday gift in advance. Maybe Mingsi and I were just worrying too much.
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