CH 55

Song Zhi Xu glanced at Lin Ran who was sitting on the sofa. He coincidentally turned his head and met his eyes, before then he narrowed his eyes and smiled at him. The corners of Song Zhi Xu’s lips could not help but soften a little. 

“Old Song (Lao Song)?” Over there, Mu Qingting waited for a while, didn’t hear Song Zhi Xu speaking so he called out to him again and asked after some thought, “Are you planning to take Lin Ran there?”

Song Zhi Xu replied with, “Hn.” 

He was planning to go there, after all, it was related to Lin Ran, not to mention that it was going to be demolished, so he definitely had to take Lin Ran to see it. Mu Qingting knew that he would definitely go, so he didn’t say much. Song Zhi Xu then said, “Can you find out the information of the original owner of the house for me?”

“I’ve checked but there’s nothing, I only know his name is Su Hexuan. The rest of the information is not available at all.”

Mu Qingting also had some distress. He had asked someone to check it before this, but nothing could be found and the people there had already moved away, so even if he wanted to ask, he couldn’t find it.

“Okay, then let’s see what happens later after I go there.” Song Zhi Xu nodded and hung up the phone. Song Zhi Xu walked back to the sofa, Lin Ran naturally moved into his arms and let him hold, leaning together with him as they watched TV. Song Zhi Xu thought about what he had just said on the phone and looked down at the person in his embrace, wrapping his arms around his waist and hugging him tightly in his arms. He wanted to know about Lin Ran’s past, but there was also some fear that it would hurt Lin Ran, who now looked fine on the surface yet he was always ignoring his past. 

Song Zhi Xu knew that if he deliberately ignored and did not untie the knot in Lin Ran’s heart, Lin Ran would not get better. Although Song Zhi Xu wanted to keep the person close and firmly by his side, he did not want to keep him in the villa for the rest of his life. He also wanted Lin Ran to be able to stand in the sunlight and face people openly. His Ran Ran should not just curl up by his side, he should have his own space and his own circle.

Lin Ran did not know what Song Zhi Xu was thinking in his mind, but he was satisfied and content to be able to lean into Song Zhi Xu’s embrace and raised his head up to look at him. 

On the other side Mu Qingting hung up the phone, he didn’t even look at the person when he pushed away the face that annoyed him.

He said in a somewhat dissatisfied voice, “Stay away from me or I’ll hit you in the face and see how you can meet people when you go outside.” 

Xiao Nanyu was particularly indecent as he stretched his face out in front of him again. “Dr. Mu, just hit me, go ahead, after that I’ll go out and stand in front of your office so when someone asks me about it, I’ll say it was you who abused (domestic violence) me.”

“Shameless.” Mu Qingting rolled his eyes furiously. 

“Face is not as important as you, Dr. Mu.”

Xiao Nanyu laughed as if he was asking for a beating. He feared that if he really talked nonsense, Mu Qingting would accept it as unavoidable and didn’t really do anything at all. 

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He had some suspicions when he checked it. If it wasn’t for that property certificate, it would have been as if that person had never existed, had never come from, had never gone to, and just vanished into thin air.

“How could it be so clean?” Mu Qingting frowned. Xiao Nanyu looked at him for a moment, thought about it and then suddenly spoke. “Doctor Mu, how about this, you kiss me and I’ll think of a way to check it out for you?” 

Mu Qingting was stunned. He was about to slap him when his wrist was gripped by the person. The person quickly kissed him on the cheek and left again, as he said from far away, “Dr. Mu, I’ll take that as a yes, I’ll take the interest first, when I really get the information, kiss me on the mouth. I’ll take it as it is.” Xiao Nanyu stood up as he said and wanted to go outside yet he still walked slowly. He was afraid Mu Qingting would inevitably lose his temper, therefore it was better for him to leave first.

Just as he reached the door, the person behind him raised his voice again and called out his name. 

When Xiao Nanyu turned around, he saw that Mu Qingting’s face rarely becoming serious, and he said in a serious tone,

“Xiao Nanyu, I don’t like you. You don’t do these useless things.” 

Xiao Nanyu was stunned, silent for a long time, and finally his voice was tinged with a little sadness as he said in a low voice,

“Don’t like men? Or don’t like men like me?” Like this, his tone was as if he was going to cry out at any moment. Mu Qingting was suddenly soft hearted. He had always been the one who ate soft food, but refused to eat hard food. Cruel and ruthless words could not be said anymore, he opened his mouth and finally said, “Sorry, I can’t accept a man who is smaller (younger) than me.” He knew that Xiao Nanyu was three years younger than him and the two of them were from the same college. 

[吃软不吃硬: lit. eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiom) which means ‘amenable to coaxing but not coercion’ or open to persuasion, but not to coercion.]

Xiao Nanyu suddenly sighed with relief and lowered his head, glanced at him, “It’s not small, I can guarantee it using my dignity, it’s definitely enough (for you to use). If Dr. Mu doesn’t believe me, I’ll show it to you next time. But I can’t do it this time, I still have something to do so I have to go.” After saying that, Xiao Nanyu hurriedly left. 

It took a moment for Mu Qingting to understand. He blushed, gave a small “Humph” and muttered: “Shameless!”

In the evening, Lin Ran and Song Zhi Xu sat on the sofa after dinner. Song Zhi Xu touched Lin Ran’s soft hair before whispering, “Ran Ran, tomorrow I will go to work at the company, are you going?” Since he wanted to go to Haicheng with Lin Ran to look at the house. The company’s business must be caught up 

After all, it was his company, Song Zhi Xu couldn’t just ignore it and only think about Lin Ran.

Subconsciously, Lin Ran grabbed Song Zhi Xu’s hand tightly, a little lost in thought for a while yet he still shook his head.

“‘Ran Ran is not going. Ran Ran will stay at home obediently, waiting for Song Zhi Xu to come back home.” Lin Ran still remembered that he had to do the housework, previously he had followed Song Zhi Xu to the office and then to the hospital, after he came back, Song Zhi Xu did not allow him to work. He had already rested for several days.

Lin Ran thought that if he cleaned the house and worked hard while Song Zhi Xu was at the office, then Song Zhi Xu would like him.

If Lin Ran didn’t want to go, Song Zhi Xu also wouldn’t force him, he just looked around the villa.

He wanted to install surveillance at home, not to spy on Lin Ran, but because he was not rest assured with Lin Ran being at home by himself.

The situation right now was that anyone coming over would scare Lin Ran and make him cry. Worrying about Lin Ran while he was at the company made Song Zhi Xu unable to concentrate on work. As he was thinking, Lin Ran lifted his body while he was in Song Zhi Xu’s embrace, then leaned over, placed a soft kiss on Song Zhi Xu’s lips and said in a small voice with pitiful expression,

“Then Song Zhi Xu should come back home earlier, okay? Ran Ran will miss Song Zhi Xu.”

“Okay.” Song Zhi Xu swallowed, at this time, naturally agreed to everything.

“Then, then Ran Ran is Song Zhi Xu’s wife, oh! No one else can be.”

He still remembered what happened in Song Zhi Xu’s company last time. Song Zhi Xu was amused by him and nodded his head.

Until it was night, Lin Ran wanted to follow Song Zhi Xu back to his bedroom but the shadow of the last time still lingered in Song Zhi Xu’s heart, so he pushed Lin Ran out of his room again.

Lin Ran stood at the bedroom door with his head down and asked in a small and pitiful voice,

“Can Ran Ran sleep with Song Zhi Xu?” Ever since he returned from the hospital, Song Zhi Xu would not allow him to sleep in Song Zhi Xu’s bedroom again.

Song Zhi Xu’s body unconsciously trembled before he shook his head and said, “Ran Ran, be good. Sleep by yourself.” It would be dangerous to sleep together.

Lin Ran could only take a step back and watch the door to Song Zhi Xu’s room being closed in front of him.

Lying alone in the bed at night, Lin Ran tossed and turned, unable to sleep. He carefully thought over the events on that night, he must have done something wrong, so Song Zhi Xu became angry.

Lin Ran looked at his own hand in the darkness and remembered how hard and hot it felt that night, so was it something that Song Zhi Xu treasured very much? Until he almost fell asleep in a daze, Lin Ran was still thinking inside his head that he wanted to apologize, apologize to Song Zhi Xu’s treasure baby so that Song Zhi Xu would not be angry and he could sleep with Song Zhi Xu.

The next day Song Zhi Xu woke up from his sleep first and then went into Lin Ran’s room to pick up the little fool who was still asleep because he had slept too late. Looking at his dazed look, he couldn’t help but go up and give him a kiss on the corner of his lips.

“Ran Ran? I have to go to work. Are you going to eat breakfast with me now or should I leave the breakfast for you then you can eat it by yourself?”

“Eh, Ran Ran eat with Song Zhi Xu.” Lin Ran opened his eyes and looked at Song Zhi Xu before rubbing himself into his embrace again, his voice still full of sleepiness.

Song Zhi Xu could only pick him up from the bed, carry him to the bathroom, wash his face and brush his teeth, before then carry him all the way downstairs and put him on the sofa. By the time Song Zhi Xu had made breakfast, Lin Ran was almost awake and sat down at the table to have breakfast with Song Zhi Xu. Before Song Zhi Xu left the house, Lin Ran gave him a firm hug and told him to come back home early before reluctantly releasing him.

After Song Zhi Xu went to the office, Lin Ran began to clean the house. He knelt on the floor and wiped all the wooden floors in the villa with a cloth, then washed Song Zhi Xu’s clothes. It was already late towards the evening when Song Zhi Xu saw that his hands were red from working all day. He rubbed it for him for a while as he was feeling distressed about it, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Before going to sleep, Lin Ran still followed Song Zhi Xu to the door of his room but this time he didn’t want to follow him in, instead he obediently said good night to Song Zhi Xu right in front of the door.

Song Zhi Xu was a little surprised but didn’t think much of it, after all, Lin Ran wouldn’t have any bad ideas.

Only after he went back to his room, Lin Ran stood at the front door of his room for a while but before he went inside the room, he did not go in, he just opened and closed the door, and then found a place to hide in the corridor. After hiding for several hours, Lin Ran was already yawning and almost fell asleep, therefore he thought that Song Zhi Xu should also be asleep right now before he sneaked out. He opened the door slowly and silently as he entered Song Zhi Xu’s room. In the darkness, Song Zhi Xu was lying on the bed breathing steadily. He was sleeping at this moment when Lin Ran walked towards the bed.

He wanted to see what kind of baby treasure Song Zhi Xu had hidden away and to personally say sorry to the precious baby.