Chapter 78 There's Only One You in the Whole World
Mu Yan held the pure white puppy in his arms, the winter sun shining on them, gilding them with a golden edge—it was a heartwarming scene.
Despite the roundabout approach, Shang Qiyue has already achieved his goal. Mu Yan cares about family, and aren't they a happy family of three now?
But why is Mu Yan still unwilling to look at him even once?
Shang Qiyue lowered his head and met Tangyuan's constantly darting black eyes.
The two-month-old puppy, oblivious to human affairs, let out a silly howl in Mu Yan's arms.
Shang Qiyue readily accepted the name Tangyuan.
Although it seems that eight out of ten Samoyeds are named Tangyuan (glutinous rice ball) or Xuegao (ice cream), which is a bit too common and doesn't match its price, it was still named by Mu Yan, and Mu Yan's name is the best.
Mu Yan's attitude towards him is unlikely to change overnight, Shang Qiyue comforted himself, there will definitely be a process.
It's impossible for that subordinate to suddenly transform from a workaholic into a devoted father the moment his child is born, and it's equally impossible for his omega wife to reconcile with him immediately after the baby's birth. Things don't just magically improve one day.
Mu Yan's previous home was broken. Mu Juanhua and Lin Yi gave him a warm home, but it couldn't keep him out of the wind or rain. He will give Mu Yan the best and most perfect home in the future.
I won't get tired of you, I won't be as insincere as your ex-boyfriend, I won't be as irresponsible as your biological parents, and I won't hold you back or make your life miserable like your stepmother and brother did.
I will love you more than anyone else, I will treat you better than anyone else, Shang Qiyue whispered to himself.
But no matter how much empty talk he uttered, Mu Yan wouldn't believe him right now. Shang Qiyue's Adam's apple bobbed, but in the end, he said nothing.
He simply asked Mu Yan to get in the car and said he would take him to lunch.
The old duck soup restaurant Mu Yan mentioned was too remote; it wasn't even on the map. Shang Qiyue parked the car outside, and Mu Yan led him through a small alley and around a corner. If it weren't for the glutinous rice ball in her arms, Shang Qiyue would have suspected that Mu Yan was looking for a secluded place to murder her husband.
The environment at that old duck hot pot restaurant was really not good. There was also a very fierce cat on a chain in the store that kept barking at the puppy in Mu Yan's arms as soon as he entered.
Cats that are chained up are definitely not ordinary bad creatures. The puppy was timid and huddled in Mu Yan's arms in fear.
Mu Yan's heart softened, and she immediately said that she wouldn't eat at the store. This cat is so fierce, we don't want to scare Tangyuan into getting sick.
He rubbed Tangyuan's head and coaxed it for a while.
It wasn't very convenient to eat in the restaurant with a dog, so Mu Yan handed the puppy to Shang Qiyue and went inside to get takeout.
Shang Qiyue used to be a germaphobe, while Mu Yan was thoughtful. Before their relationship soured, Mu Yan always took the initiative to go to places with less-than-ideal environments, leaving Shang Qiyue to wait outside.
Shang Qiyue felt Mu Yan's care and indulgence for the first time in a long time, and couldn't help but pick up Tangyuan and stroke its head: "Good Tangyuan, you've really helped Daddy a lot."
Mu Yan didn't think much of it. He just felt that the cat was too fierce, and someone had to hold Tangyuan outside. He had originally planned to get food from this restaurant for Mu Juanhua today, and Shang Qiyue didn't know Mu Juanhua's tastes, so it was more convenient to get it himself.
There was still some time before the peak dining period, so Mu Yanhua quickly came out with the packed food. The two of them first went to the hospital where Mu Juanhua was.
When Mu Yan went to see Mu Juanhua, he usually wouldn't let Shang Qiyue accompany him. Shang Qiyue knew he had no official status, so he didn't make any requests today either. He just asked Mu Yan if he wanted his aunt to see the glutinous rice balls, since the old lady liked lively atmospheres and would probably enjoy it.
Mu Juanhua truly loves small animals—children, kittens, puppies—she loves them all and can raise them all to be plump and healthy. When she used to work as a kitchen helper at a restaurant, the owners would leave their little mongrel with Mu Juanhua for over ten days during the Spring Festival when they went back to their hometown. Mu Juanhua managed to fatten the dog up by three pounds.
Mu Yan glanced down at Tangyuan, hesitated for a moment, and said, "It's too small and its resistance is not good. There should be a lot of germs in the hospital. Let's take it there when it's a little bigger."
Tangyuan is only a few months old, which is the time when she is most susceptible to illness.
Subconsciously, Mu Yan had completely accepted the puppy.
Shang Qiyue's prediction was absolutely correct. Because his birth mother left him when he was young and his birth father was irresponsible, Mu Yan developed a personality that valued family extremely highly and was extremely responsible. As long as he accepted Tangyuan, he would definitely treat it very, very well.
Once he fully accepts himself, they will be very happy.
After returning from the hospital, the two went home. Shang Qiyue reheated the braised duck and other dishes and served them on the family's dining table, which looked quite presentable.
The golden broth was topped with oil that had naturally rendered out during the duck stewing process, and it was incredibly fragrant. Shang Qiyue served Mu Yan a bowl first, and then served himself.
Because some moisture evaporated when it was cooked again, it was a little saltier, but that actually made it more flavorful.
Mu Yan didn't use a spoon, but held the bowl and sipped the soup slowly. Shang Qiyue thought he looked so cute and obedient no matter how he looked at him.
This is good enough. With Yan Yan by his side, Qi Yue is happy to eat at dirty roadside stalls with him every day.
Two-month-old puppies need their owners the most. Perhaps due to separation anxiety, Tangyuan would start barking every evening when she went to work with her two parents.
The only saving grace was that the room was well soundproofed and the detached villa had no neighbors; otherwise, the two of them would have been sued by the police for disturbing the peace long ago.
Mu Yan carefully prepared a cushion, toys, and their old clothes for the puppy to soothe its separation anxiety.
But the effect was minimal.
Tangyuan always cries out around two or three in the morning, one high-pitched cry after another, like a sob. Mu Yan is a light sleeper and often gets up in the middle of the night to check on Tangyuan, and every time he gets up, he finds it whimpering softly.
On the first night, Mu Yan held it and kept holding it until it stopped barking.
The next day, Mu Yan searched on Baidu for how to deal with separation anxiety, did desensitization training with the dog, and gave it teething treats at night.
On the third night, he finally couldn't take it anymore and got up to move the doghouse into the master bedroom.
Shang Qiyue rushed over upon hearing the noise and stood at the door watching him bend down to straighten the blanket, gently placing Tangyuan's doghouse in the blanket beside the bed.
Mu Yan didn't even turn his head: "It will sleep here at night from now on."
Shang Qiyue paused for a moment, as if he had sensed a new turning point: "What about me... I'm here too, will it feel better?"
Mu Yan didn't answer. He glanced at the spacious bed, then at the puppy in the doghouse with its expectant look, took a step back, and said, "Do whatever you want."
Mu Yan is now speaking to him without any politeness. If he doesn't want to, he'll tell him to get lost. If he says he can do whatever he wants, that's already an agreement.
For Shang Qiyue, simply being able to come in and sleep in bed with Mu Yan was already a huge step forward.
He responded softly, and quietly sat down at the foot of the bed, feeling a great sense of satisfaction.
Tangyuan finally quieted down. The doghouse was right next to the bed. It rubbed against the familiar scents of its two owners, lay down, let out a soft, contented sigh, and then stuck out its little red tongue, revealing the breed's signature smile.
Seeing it smile, Mu Yan smiled back. Only after Tangyuan had crawled into the semi-enclosed doghouse and lay down so that its head was no longer visible did Mu Yan lie back down on the bed and close her eyes.
Shang Qiyue leaned against the bedside, looking at Mu Yan who had already closed her eyes, and said in a voice so low it was almost inaudible, "Baby, I won't disturb your sleep. Can I hold you? I really want to hold you."
"........I'm sorry, the kennel staff clearly told me that it had a great temperament, that it was the best-looking, most intelligent, and had the best temperament."
"Better than you," Mu Yan retorted abruptly.
It took Shang Qiyue a while to realize that Mu Yan seemed to be refuting his earlier statement about Tangyuan's bad personality.
He didn't find Tangyuan too clingy at all; on the contrary, he was extremely grateful. He was just afraid that Mu Yan would think he had deliberately chosen a clingy dog to try and get close to him, so he wanted to defend himself.
When Shang Qiyue was choosing a dog, he really didn't expect what would happen later. He just told the shopkeeper that he had to get one with a good personality, cute and lovable, for fear that Mu Yan would not want to keep the dog.
"I didn't mean to say I dislike it because of its bad personality," Shang Qiyue said sheepishly after being scolded. "Whether it has a good personality or is stupid or not, it's the best puppy for us. What parent would dislike their child... Tangyuan is just like our child."
Mu Yan ignored him and continued to lie on his side with his back to him. When Shang Qiyue reached out to hug him, he surprisingly did not refuse.
“Baby…” Shang Qiyue suddenly said softly, a little aggrieved, “I can’t smell the bread on you anymore.”
"I don't have pheromones to begin with." Mu Yan reached out and pushed his arm away, saying coldly, "If you want pheromones, go find an omega with bread-scented pheromones."
"It won't taste the same again..." Shang Qiyue murmured, "There's only one you in the whole world..."
There is only one Muyan in the whole world, and only that kind of light, sweet, and warm bread.
"I wish I weren't better yet..."
If only we could go back a month, if he could choose again, he definitely wouldn't choose that effective treatment.
That way, he wouldn't cause Mu Yan so much pain because of the lifelong mark, and he could still smell the bread on Mu Yan's body.
Or even earlier, if only he could go back to the day after the car accident when he and Mu Yan argued.
He should have agreed to end the abnormal relationship with Mu Yan from that point on, and then told him that he liked him and could wait until he liked him back and was willing to accept him.
“I think you’re sick right now,” Mu Yan said. “If you don’t want to sleep, go back home.”
After being scolded, Shang Qiyue stopped talking.
After so long, he finally got back into Mu Yan's bed. He stared at Mu Yan's round back of the head, carefully counting when it was the last time they shared a bed like this.
[Author's Note]
Sorry everyone, I'm late again today, sob sob. I had a bit of writer's block. I'll give out red envelopes to the first 50 people in the comments section.
Here's the synopsis of my friend's novel "Double Rainbows" (book ID: 9594727).
Idealistic, sunny, beautiful bottom x younger, possessive, and loyal top who nurtures his younger self
Documentary colorist x biomedical scientist
Xu Gaogao, who possesses an absolute sense of color, ventured deep into the sinkholes of Guizhou to film a documentary. However, after filming just one take, he rescued a quiet and melancholic young man at the bottom of the sinkhole. Are you kidding me? Xu Gaogao cannot tolerate any unhappy creature within a ten-meter radius of him!
Little did they know that the plan to save the melancholic young man had only just begun when an unknown virus started to quietly spread...
And he and the handsome young man turned out to be the key clues to developing a virus vaccine.
Thus, the Earth-Saving Team was officially formed, and they traveled across the seven continents to collect plant samples.
Xu Gaogao is immersed in his passionate vision of saving the world, and is dedicated to bringing warmth to every creature that gets wet in the rain, creating rainbows with everything that is wet.
But they ignored the increasingly intense gazes from behind.
The handsome young man's secret thoughts became increasingly uncontrollable, like vines entwining his heart. He longed for his sun to warm only him.
"The bright winter sun rises and shines on the south corner of my house."
This is a story about love and redemption.
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