Chapter 109 Shall we use the older brother's first?
“Okay, we understand.” Xie Chen answered before Mu Yan could say anything.
The doctor nodded and said he had nothing else to say. If they had no further questions, he would return to the college.
Mu Yan stood up and politely thanked the doctor. Xie Chen walked to the door before him and opened it for Mu Yan.
It was nearing the hospital's closing time, but the hospital was still crowded. In such a hospital, being busy until the very last moment before closing time is the norm.
"Can you tell me the identity of that alpha?" Xie Chen turned to Mu Yan and asked seriously.
"You don't need to show up; I'll talk to him. Just tell me his name."
Xie Chen's tone was very confident, and Mu Yan knew that if he wanted to, he could indeed bypass him and get Shang Qiyue's pheromones.
Among Mu Yan's colleagues, one of the alphas' partners was sent on a business trip when she was four months pregnant. Mu Yan's alpha colleague extracted pheromones for her omega partner at that time.
It was only a three-day supply, but that colleague complained to Mu Yan and the others behind their backs that it hurt terribly and felt like their soul was being pulled out.
Mu Yan wasn't feeling sorry for Shang Qiyue; he simply didn't want to have anything to do with Shang Qiyue anymore. He didn't want to see Shang Qiyue, nor did he want Shang Qiyue to do anything for him.
Mu Yan quickly shook his head.
Seeing this, Xie Chen didn't press him for anything further.
"Then let's use your brother's first, okay?"
The term "brother" felt somewhat unfamiliar to Mu Yan. After a moment of confusion, he nodded.
"Is it enough to spend a little more time with you every day?" Mu Yan thought for a moment and then hesitated. "Wouldn't that be... too much trouble for you?"
"If your other brother needed to come and keep you company every day, would you feel like you were bothering him?"
Mu Yan was slightly taken aback, but quickly realized that he was referring to Lin Yi.
Lin Yi is also very busy with work and has to pick up and drop off Jiajia. Although Brother Zhuo will help, it is still a bit of a trouble for others.
“I also think so,” Mu Yan said softly, “He’s quite busy with work…”
Xie Chen seemed a little surprised by the answer. He thought for a moment before replying to Mu Yan that he wasn't busy with work and that she didn't need to trouble him.
Mu Yan gave a soft "hmm," as if he had been troubling Xie Chen ever since they met.
Another older brother.........
Just because of He Qingyun, does she have to treat herself this well?
But in reality, He Qingyun doesn't owe him anything, and Xie Chen owes him even less.
If she had taken Lin Yi with her, He Qingyun might not be living such a good life now. If she hadn't met her current mother, there would be no one to share the burden with Lin Yi when she was sick.
Mu Yan didn't think anyone other than Lin Guojun was at fault in this matter, nor did she feel any misfortune in meeting her new family.
“I don’t mean to compare myself to your other brother,” Xie Chen thought for a moment and then explained, “We’ve only just met, so you don’t need to call me brother, just call me by my name. When you’re ready to meet Aunt He in the future, you can call her Auntie like I do, you don’t need to call her Mom.”
"You must be a little hungry. You've been crying for so long, you must be hungry. How about I take you to eat? First, call home and tell your mom we won't be home for dinner tonight. Is there anything you want to eat, or are there any foods you can't eat?"
Mu Yan sent a message to Mu Juanhua, looked up and thought for a moment, then replied to Xie Chen seriously: "I don't have any food I don't like. I'm not a picky eater."
"How come you're so thin if you're not picky about food?" The two walked out of the hospital side by side. Xie Chen casually put his fingers around Mu Yan's wrist and squeezed it. Mu Yan's wrist was very white and slender, and his hand could easily encircle it. "You should eat more."
Mu Yan was a little embarrassed: "...Maybe I haven't been resting well because I've been busy with work. What would you like to eat? Do you have any dietary restrictions? I'm from City A, so I should be the one taking you out to eat."
Since there was no difference anyway, Xie Chen didn't want to refute Mu Yan. He smiled and said, "I don't have any dietary restrictions. I have a good appetite and I eat everything. I want to eat some of your favorite foods. After we go to Country A, I'll take you to eat some of my favorite foods too."
Xie Chen spoke earnestly, as if he genuinely wanted to learn about the more than twenty years they had never known each other through his favorite hotel.
Mu Yan didn't want to give him a casual answer.
"Some of the places I usually like to eat might not have a particularly nice environment..."
"Have you thought of any restaurants?" Xie Chen smiled. "I don't mind. I'd like to try some of your favorite foods."
"There's a wonton shop a bit far away that sells wontons, as well as dried tofu, duck heads, and chicken feet—all pretty good. There's also a stir-fry restaurant near where I went to university; their chicken is a little spicy and very fragrant. And there's a hot pot restaurant near my university..."
Mu Yan earnestly introduced the restaurants he liked. For a moment, the Huaiyang cuisine restaurant that Shang Qiyue had taken him to also flashed through his mind. However, he never wanted to set foot in any place related to Shang Qiyue again in his lifetime.
"How about the first one? I'm kind of craving wontons too." Subconsciously, there must be a reason for the order of these shops. Xie Chen smiled and made the decision to choose the wonton shop.
Hearing that what he liked was recognized, Mu Yan couldn't help but smile from the bottom of his heart and said, "Okay, I remember the address, let's take a taxi there."
Xie Chen drove over and asked Mu Yan to send him the address directly.
Xie Chen opened the address and casually zoomed in to see where there was parking nearby. He was surprised to notice that there was a town about 600 or 700 meters away from the wonton shop.
That must be where Mu Yan went to high school.
"Looking for parking? It seems like you can only park on the street over there," Mu Yan said, fastening his seatbelt a little embarrassed. "Should we try another place? There are a lot of students there. Is your bike very expensive? I'm worried I might accidentally scratch it..."
"It's okay, every car gets scratched and dented. We won't make the kid pay for it. Did you go to school there before? Did you often eat at this restaurant?"
"...not too often, occasionally my brother will come here for lunch when he brings me to school."
Xie Chen didn't ask anything more, and just drove quietly.
Shops near schools like these are usually where students grab a quick bite with friends after school when they're hungry before heading home.
The last meal before leaving home for school on the weekend is usually a nice meal prepared at home by the family.
Mu Yan's adoptive mother and brother must have treated him very well, otherwise his brother wouldn't have dropped out of school to support his education. A meal of wontons must have been something Mu Yan wanted to eat but couldn't afford at that time, which is why he could only eat it when his brother took him to school.
Xie Chen didn't say anything, he just looked at the road ahead, as if casually asking Mu Yan what good food was available there.
Mu Yan shook his head and said that almost six years had passed and he couldn't quite remember.
"It will take almost fifty minutes to drive there. Would you like to listen to something? You can connect via Bluetooth and play your favorite songs."
Mu Yan didn't actually have any favorite songs, but the sun was shining warmly, making him a little sleepy. Worried that Xie Chen might also be sleepy, he took out his phone to connect via Bluetooth and ask Xie Chen what songs he wanted to listen to later.
Xie Chen gripped the steering wheel with one hand and pressed the Bluetooth pairing button with the other. Mu Yan, unfamiliar with this type of car, saw the Bluetooth button on his phone screen light up and assumed the pairing was successful.
He told Xie Chen that it seemed to be working, and Xie Chen then turned on the sound system.
"...Of course, emotional support and understanding are also very important for partners experiencing false pregnancies..."
A gentle female voice came from the 3D surround sound Burmester speakers; it must have been the radio station Xie Chen had listened to before driving over.
Upon hearing the word "lover," Xie Chen's expression visibly faltered for a moment, but after recovering, he calmly pressed the stop button and then clicked Bluetooth to re-pair.
Mu Yan's expression was even more unnatural than his, but he had to pretend that nothing had happened. He immediately connected his Bluetooth, and the TOEFL listening training audio that was originally playing on his phone soon came through the radio.
Mu Yan pressed pause on his phone: "........What kind of songs do you like to listen to? I'll find a playlist for you."
“Let’s listen to this one, it’s pretty good…” Xie Chen quickly composed himself, his earlier awkwardness completely gone. “When I drove here, I was a little worried, so I wanted to find a radio station to listen to how to deal with false pregnancy, but it seems like they only have programs for partners.”
The awkwardness was only momentary; Mu Yan was now just wondering why Xie Chen was being so good to her.
He and Xie Chen were not related by blood and were strangers just ten days ago.
Xie Chen single-handedly rescued him from a dangerous situation and still took his small matter to heart.
The road to town wasn't congested, and the scenery outside the window changed rapidly. Mu Yan couldn't really concentrate on the training audio; it sounded like chirping birds. He didn't even notice when the audio automatically played the next dialogue segment.
He didn't know how much time had passed when he saw the familiar school building in town again; he was almost at the wonton shop.
It seems the town's middle school has renovated and repainted its teaching building, making it look brand new. I just wonder if the air conditioners in the dormitories that they've been longing for have been installed yet.
Xie Chen parked his car a street away from the wonton shop. From quite a distance, they could smell the aroma of the wonton shop's braised duck heads, braised chicken feet, and braised tofu.
"It smells really delicious." Xie Chen smiled.
Mu Yan nodded and said that he especially liked to eat that dried tofu when he was in high school. From dozens of meters away, Mu Yan noticed that there seemed to be a lot of people, but there was still an empty table.
Xie Chen felt a light tug on his sleeve and quickly understood, so he walked even faster.
The town's roads weren't all paved with asphalt or tar, and were a bit bumpy. There were many electric bikes and bicycles that drove fast, seemingly oblivious to pedestrians. As Xie Chen walked quickly, he was actually a little worried that Mu Yan might fall or get bumped into.
Several times, he almost reached out to hold Mu Yan's hand.
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