Apart from a minor hiccup at the beginning, the entire celebration banquet went very smoothly.
After most of the guests left, Feng Tong smiled and glanced at Xiao Yuanmu who was following Song Xuan and said, "You can take a good vacation in the near future. You don't have to rush back home." He nodded to Xiao Yuanmu and said, "Goodbye."
After Feng Tong left, Song Xuanhe and Xiao Yuanmu were the only ones left in the banquet hall, apart from the assistants and hotel staff who were there to sort out the follow-up. Louis and the others had left halfway through due to some matters.
"Where are you staying these days?" Xiao Yuanmu asked.
Song Xuanhe reported the name of a hotel, and Xiao Yuanmu smiled softly, "Are you trying to avoid me?"
Although the hotel has a nice environment and scenery, it is close to the suburbs and is very far away from Xiao Yuanmu's company and apartment.
"I need to find inspiration in a quiet place." Song Xuanhe said, "Since the party is over, you can go back. I'm leaving too."
"I came here with Louis and the others." Xiao Yuanmu said.
Song Xuanhe raised his eyebrows, and Xiao Yuanmu explained: "They drove away, and my phone was turned off just now, so I couldn't ask anyone to pick me up."
"What a coincidence." Song Xuanhe said, "I don't have an international driver's license, so I called a car to take me. Since you don't have anyone to take you, I'll ask the driver to take you back first. Anyway, you are closer, so it won't take up much time."
Xiao Yuanmu looked at him and asked, "Do couples who haven't seen each other for a year usually live separately after meeting each other?"
"No." Song Xuanhe spread his hands: "But generally couples who have broken up will."
Xiao Yuanmu said to him, "Then let's proceed as normal."
Song Xuanhe was somewhat surprised at Xiao Yuanmu's quick compromise, but he didn't think much about it and got into the car they had called for, one after the other.
The driver was also Chinese, but he was very taciturn. Not only did he not have the enthusiasm to chat about family matters as he would have when meeting fellow countrymen, but even when Song Xuanhe asked him to change direction, he just nodded and said nothing.
The hotel where the banquet was booked was very close to Xiao Yuanmu's apartment. In less than fifteen minutes, the car stopped downstairs of the apartment.
The driver got out of the car and opened the door for Xiao Yuanmu first. Xiao Yuanmu got out of the car and stood aside without leaving.
Song Xuanhe thought he wanted to say goodbye, so he waved his hand and said, "Goodbye."
As soon as he finished speaking, the driver ran over to him, opened the door for him, and whispered, "Mr. Song, please get out of the car."
Song Xuanhe paused, with a bad feeling in his heart, but still explained with a trace of relief: "I'm going to the hotel I booked before the trip. This is just a stop on the way. Now you can go back and send me off."
The driver said nothing, just held the car door and looked at him silently.
Song Xuanhe's forehead jumped, and he turned to look at Xiao Yuanmu who was still standing outside, and said with a fake smile: "Is this driver your man?"
"The Xiao family has been in turmoil recently." Xiao Yuanmu said calmly, "I don't feel comfortable letting a stranger pick you up."
Song Xuanhe was so angry that he laughed: "So you just lied to me? You said so much just to get in the car with me, and you said to follow the normal situation."
"It's normal for couples to live together when they meet. Don't you agree to this?" Xiao Yuanmu's lips curved, with an undisguised smile in his eyes.
"But I said we broke up."
The corners of Xiao Yuanmu's mouth were still curved, even deeper than before, and he said: "You also said that we will decide according to our own ideas."
Song Xuanhe understood what Xiao Yuanmu meant at this time.
It turns out that Xiao Yuanmu thought they were still together, so he wanted to do whatever other couples did, and he thought it didn't matter if they broke up, because he had a way to make them follow his rhythm.
After knowing that the driver was Xiao Yuanmu's man, Song Xuanhe knew that he could not go back to the hotel today. He was very tired anyway, and believed that Xiao Yuanmu could not do anything to him even if he lived with him. Song Xuanhe glanced at Xiao Yuanmu and got out of the car calmly.
After not seeing each other for ten months, Xiao Yuanmu has completely changed.
Song Xuanhe was very confused as to what made him learn these tricks!
Not far away in another apartment, Louis, who was watching a movie with his girlfriend, suddenly sneezed.
"Are you okay, honey?"
“It’s okay.” Louis tightened his bathrobe and smiled, “Maybe it’s because the temperature has dropped today.”
Following Xiao Yuanmu into the elevator, Song Xuanhe crossed his arms and watched the elevator rise little by little. He caught a glimpse of Xiao Yuanmu's slightly curved mouth corners out of the corner of his eye, then looked away.
The elevator door opened and a crackling sound came from far away. A fat pastoral dog about as tall as Song Xuanhe's knees came running over with a grunt, wagging its tail in a circle. It tried hard to pounce on Xiao Yuanmu, and barked a few times when it saw Song Xuanhe.
Song Xuanhe looked in amazement at the fat pastoral dog in front of him that was trying to jump up but would fall down. He organized his words before saying, "If I'm not mistaken, this should be the palm-sized puppy from the welfare home. What are you feeding it? Hormones?"
In this sentence, Song Xuanhe deliberately emphasized the three words "palm-sized".
"Normal dog food." Xiao Yuanmu bent down and rubbed the little fat dog's head, with a hint of smile in his tone: "But it can often find the place where the dog food is placed. The stools that it can't jump onto normally are easy to jump onto with dog food on them, so it gets a little fat after eating for a while."
Hearing the words "a little fat", Song Xuanhe's mouth twitched and he said, "After taking a bath, its fur can't cover its flesh."
“Woof woof woof!”
The little fat dog didn't understand Song Xuanhe's sarcasm, but seemed to have some impression of him. He ran from Xiao Yuanmu to Song Xuanhe's side, nudged his legs, and lay on the ground wanting Song Xuanhe to rub his belly.
Song Xuanhe took a half step back, and asked in a subtle tone: "Is it so enthusiastic towards everyone?"
"Only you."
Xiao Yuanmu took out a pair of slippers from the shoe cabinet and gave them to him, saying lightly: "Maybe Xiao Huang still recognizes you."
Song Xuanhe changed his shoes, and as the fat dog kept rubbing against him, he rubbed its belly with disdain on his face and whispered to it, "Just touch it for a second."
He had only met this little fat dog a few times. The longest time they met was when it peed on him. That was also the first night they met. At that time, it was still a skinny little puppy. Almost a year had passed, and the little puppy had gained more than five times the weight. It was impossible for it to still remember him.
However, Song Xuanhe just wanted to touch Xiaofei, no, Xiaohuang, but he seemed to like Song Xuanhe very much and followed him closely, even ignoring Xiao Yuanmu who went to prepare midnight snack for him.
Song Xuanhe had never really liked small animals since he was a child. Now he was followed by a fat dog, and he was very angry. He shouted to Xiao Yuanmu, who had disappeared, "Xiao Yuanmu! Call your stupid dog away! I need to go to the bathroom!"
Xiao Yuanmu appeared with a hot pot and an apron on. Song Xuanhe was stunned to see him dressed like this. After a few seconds, he realized that they were at the bathroom door. He grabbed the door with both hands and pushed Xiao Huang out with his legs. The little yellow dog was short and strong but very flexible. Song Xuanhe moved him an inch, and he arched his body and found a gap to get stuck in the doorway again.
"What's its habit?" Song Xuanhe had been fighting with Xiao Huang for five minutes, and he was almost laughing out of anger: "Does it usually follow you to the toilet?"
"No." Xiao Yuanmu's eyes fell on Xiao Huang, who was trying to get into the toilet with his butt sticking out. He then looked up at Song Xuanhe, who had been pressing the door with his legs to prevent it from entering, but had never closed the door out of fear of hurting it. A little smile appeared in his eyes, but he suppressed it in an instant. He said, "Maybe it was on you when you were a child... That's why I'm so obsessed with you."
Song Xuanhe: "..."
"Take some food and take it away." Song Xuanhe couldn't hold it back any longer and lowered his voice, "It's so fat that it definitely can't resist the temptation. Just take its favorite food."
"The dog food just now is its favorite." Xiao Yuanmu looked indifferent, seeming a little helpless.
Song Xuanhe didn't believe his hypocritical helplessness. Xiao Yuanmu's expression at this moment was obviously watching a good show. However, he was really suffocating at this moment, and he didn't have time to confront Xiao Yuanmu. He could only think of a way and said, "Then what are you doing now? It should be its midnight snack. Seeing that it is so fat, you know that you have not missed a meal for it. Now you should pretend to be a little bit and lure it away."
Hearing Song Xuanhe's words, Xiao Yuanmu's expression became a little subtle.
Song Xuanhe didn't hear Xiao Yuanmu's answer, so he asked, "What's the matter?"
"It can't eat human food." Xiao Yuanmu put his hand on his lips and couldn't help laughing twice. Then he coughed and said, "I'm cooking tomato and egg noodles for your midnight snack."
"Woof!"
Xiao Huang barked, and it was not known whether he was refuting Song Xuanhe's words or agreeing with Xiao Yuanmu's words. Anyway, after barking, he took advantage of Song Xuanhe's inattention and rushed into the bathroom, then sat down on the edge of the toilet, wagging his tail and looking up at Song Xuanhe.
I have made up my mind to watch him pee.
Xiao Yuanmu glanced at the kitchen and said, "I'm going to cook noodles."
After saying that, he turned around and left without looking back, leaving Song Xuanhe, who wanted to go to the toilet in another room, to shut up. In the end, he had no choice but to solve his physiological problem very unsmoothly under Xiao Huang's supervision.
Afterwards, a man and a dog, one in front and one behind, one indifferent and one joyful, came to the restaurant.
Song Xuanhe found a chair and sat down, while Xiao Huang wagged his tail wildly beside him.
Xiao Yuanmu brought the noodles over and placed them in front of Song Xuanhe. Song Xuanhe couldn't help but ask, "Who is its owner? And this kid keeps nudging my feet. Is he trying to pee on me?"
Xiao Yuanmu glanced at Xiao Huang, who had ignored him since he found Song Xuanhe, and then moved his gaze to Song Xuanhe. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Song Xuanhe say, "Does he want to eat noodles? If he can calm down after eating, why not let him eat a little."
Seeing Xiao Yuanmu looking at him, Song Xuanhe turned his eyes away and said, "It's okay to eat some human food occasionally, but I don't eat it often."
"It can't be eaten." Xiao Yuanmu refused indifferently, then his eyes softened and he said, "Also, it follows you because it knows that you are the one who saved it in the first place."
The author has something to say: ——I, Song Xuanhe, even if I see a cutest dog! No fatter dog! No matter how fat and stupid the dog is! I will never be soft-hearted! It's impossible to rub it!
——I can’t stop touching it.
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