novelraw Chapter 22 [Forbidden Stealing]
Chapter 22 [Forbidden Stealing]
"Brother Duan, do you see if this is your friend? He said he brought you something."
As Jiang Miao said, she turned the camera over, just in time to capture Zhao Yuan's surprised expression before he had time to put it away.
Although he looks like a student,? But he is not inexperienced.This is Duan Han's house, how can you let strangers in casually?What if something goes wrong?And this person claims to be a friend, but he doesn't know that he should go to the company to find someone during working hours on weekdays...
No matter how you look at it, it's suspicious.
Jiang Miao narrowed her eyes slightly, zoomed in on Zhao Yuan's face in the video call with both hands, and carefully confirmed, "Brother Duan, can you see clearly this way? Shall I get you closer."
"..."
You almost slapped me in the face, okay?
Zhao Yuan's smile was so stiff that he couldn't hold it anymore.
"Zhao Yuan?" Duan Han was slightly surprised, but his tone was not very happy, "Why are you there?"
"Isn't your birthday this week?" Zhao Yuan said to Jiang Miao who was holding up his mobile phone. He couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when he couldn't see Duan Han's face. "I'm going to City B to attend a seminar this weekend. Maybe I can’t come back in time,? So I want to come here early to give you a gift.”
He smiled embarrassedly as he said, "I'm used to working in shifts three, and I forgot that you hadn't gotten off work yet, so I ran straight to your house in a daze..."
Duan Han frowned.
The address of his house is only known to the family, and his father never cares about these things,? The two housekeepers will not be so indifferent, that is what Ms. Xu told Zhao Yuan.
Zhao Yuan didn't get a reply for a long time, clutching the gift bag, feeling a little uneasy, "Did I bother you too much? I originally wanted to come over to discuss Uncle's treatment plan with you, and send you something by the way... I'm really sorry , I put down the gift and left..."
"No."
Dr. Zhao has said so, how can Duan Han nod bluntly and say that I feel that you have violated my privacy?What's more, it also involves his father's illness.
He had no choice but to say: "I'll be off work in two hours, if you don't mind, you can sit here with me for a while."
"I don't dislike it."
Zhao Yuan smiled, took a breath slowly, and was about to say something when he suddenly heard a notification sound——
Duan Han took the initiative to hang up the phone.
"Uh, that...can you come in and sit for a while?" The other party hasn't introduced himself until now, and Jiang Miao can only use the most basic pronouns.He put the phone in his pocket, shook his sore hands, and opened the door to make room for Zhao Yuan, "There are no disposable slippers at home, so I can only wrong you to come in with your shoes on."
"It's okay, I'm the one who caused you trouble."
When Zhao Yuan walked into the gate, he subconsciously glanced at the entrance. There was a pair of dark blue slippers without any decoration, which should be worn by Duan Han.
He moved his eyes forward, just in time to see that the little girl in front was stepping on a pair of grass-green fleece slippers, which were bought at a discount in the supermarket, and a yellow sunflower with petals was sewn on it.
The pair of yellow sunflowers made a rattling sound on the ground, and quickly circled into the living room.
Zhao Yuan looked around, Duan Han's house is a small two-storey house, which is very large for a working party who lives alone.Entering the door is the living room, a semi-open kitchen, and a revolving wooden staircase. There are several small rooms on the side of the staircase. All the curtains are tightly drawn, and the lights are not turned on. It is impossible to see what those are for in the dark. .
He followed Jiang Miao into the living room, and at a glance he saw the small coffee table full of people and the projection of Hayao Miyazaki's comics on the TV wall.
The coffee table is not dirty, but it is very full. There are snacks and paper boxes on it, and there are two trash cans below, one of which is full of melon seed shells.
Jiang Miao suddenly became dizzy.
Although he is Duan Han's cleaning boy in name, he also lives in this house after all, so it's impossible not to leave some traces.But in order to keep up with Duan Han's requirements, Jiang Miao would clean it every morning, and then do whatever she likes, and simply arrange things by herself before Duan Han goes home. The coexistence needs of two people.
...The point is, who would have thought that someone would come to visit?
"I'm sorry, I didn't know there were guests coming, so I didn't clean it up."
Embarrassed, Jiang Miao quickly turned off the projector, opened the curtains, and then dragged out his snack box from behind the TV cabinet, filled it with all his messy food, and cleaned it up in minutes Out of a clean and tidy living room.
"It's okay, it's not too messy." Zhao Yuan looked, and there were Jiang Miao's mobile phone, tablet and charging cables on the double sofa, so he had to sit on the single sofa.
Jiang Miao quickly put everything in order, and took the time to ask him, "What do you want to drink? Coffee, black tea, or a drink? Milk tea is also fine."
Zhao Yuan was a little surprised, "You know how to make milk tea?"
"Yes, there are some pearls and coconuts at home." Jiang Miao scratched her head, "The main reason is that this place is not within the delivery range of milk tea..."
Poor Milk Tea Party is left to fend for themselves.
"Is that so." Zhao Yuan pondered for a moment, "Please give me a cup of Ceylon Highland black tea, three parts milk and three parts sugar. It would be great if I could pour some lemon juice on it."
Jiang Miao was slightly taken aback, and the hand that opened the refrigerator door paused.
"Ah," Zhao Yuan suddenly realized, and smiled apologetically, "Isn't it inconvenient? Then I can drink plain water..."
Jiang Miao shook her head, "That's not true, it's very convenient."
He cooks this recipe every day, and he can weigh three parts of sugar and three parts of milk with his eyes closed.
He came back to his senses and took out the corresponding ingredients, "I'm just a little surprised, you have exactly the same taste as Brother Duan."
"Really?" Zhao Yuan was also a little surprised, "It's also three parts sugar and three parts milk?"
"Yes."
"Maybe it's because we all studied in the UK." Zhao Yuan explained, "British people like to drink black tea for afternoon tea, and they also like to add milk and sugar. But adding too much sweetness will lose the original aroma of the tea. The sweetness is just right, not too bitter and just retains the sweetness of the tea."
Jiang Miao groaned, he always felt that something was weird, but he didn't pay much attention to it, and joked with the guests, "Our kind of milk tea party even adds half sugar to the boba milk tea."
Zhao Yuan also smiled.
While waiting for the black tea, he followed him when he had nothing to do. He walked around the kitchen naturally and saw the magnet on the refrigerator at a glance.
It's very prominent, and it's not Duan Han's style at first glance.
"By the way, I haven't introduced myself yet." Zhao Yuan suddenly turned around and stretched out his hand to Jiang Miao, "Hi, I'm Zhao Yuan, source of source. I'm a doctor in the cardiovascular department."
Jiang Miao was adding sugar, and unexpectedly stretched out a beautiful and slender hand in front of him, so he had to put down the sugar spoon, wipe his hands and shake hands with him, "Hello, my name is Jiang Miao."
"Jiang Miao? Are you Jiang Miao?" Zhao Yuan smiled, "Duan Han mentioned before that a friend stayed at his house and was looking for a house. It just so happens that I have a friend who is an intermediary , thinking that you might need to use it, and pushed his WeChat business card to Duan Han. Have you found a house now?"
"Ah?" Jiang Miao was half a beat behind, "I found it."
Although the intermediary matter is no longer needed, how could he remember that Brother Duan didn't seem to have mentioned it?
"That's good." Zhao Yuan was about to continue when he heard Jiang Miao sigh, "I found it, but it's too much trouble to buy a house now. Why don't you just buy the house directly with the full money? You have to take a loan, or not. I won’t do it. I have to go to the bank to go through the formalities to get a loan. I told the manager that I want to borrow several million, and if I can pay it back the next day, people are shocked..."
Zhao Yuan: "..."
He choked for a long time, and explained dryly, "Probably because...the sales department can't make much money if the payment is made in full."
It didn't take long for the black tea to be brewed.
Jiang Miao found a clean black teacup, and Zhao Yuan stood beside him while pouring the tea. Seeing his skillful technique, he couldn't help but smile, "To be honest, when I first saw you, I was scared a lot. Jumping, wondering when Duan Han had a girlfriend without telling everyone."
"..."
Jiang Miao smiled awkwardly, "Whether a girlfriend or not, they are all friends."
Zhao Yuan said, "Really? I've known him for so long, but I've never seen him lead a girl home."
"..."
Jiang Miao stopped talking.
He is not very sharp, but he is definitely not a fool.
Before Zhao Yuan entered the door, Jiang Miao felt that this person was weird, and he was not at peace when making tea just now. For a while, he boasted that he and Duan Handu had gone to study in England together, and for a while, he asked him who he was as if he was a member of his own family. Has the guest settled for moving the house, and does he have a girlfriend...
This idiot won't take a fancy to him, will he? ?
The smile on Jiang Miao's face gradually faded. He put down the black teapot and made a moderate sound.
"That should be because you are too short-sighted." His tone suddenly turned cold, "Do you have to be a couple if you live together? Do you know what an ambiguous period is?"
"..."
Zhao Yuan's smile suddenly froze.
·
When Duan Han hurried back, it was past six o'clock.
He hurriedly opened the door to change his shoes, the leather shoes were dragged halfway and he saw a dark shadow in his peripheral vision, and quickly apologized in a low voice, "Sorry, the road was blocked for a while."
"fine."
Standing in front of him was Jiang Miao, wearing a blue plaid apron and holding a big spoon in his hand, "The soup is just right, wash your hands and wait for your meal."
His tone was cold and indifferent, not enthusiastic anyway.
Duan Han's hand holding the slippers paused slightly, and when he looked up, Jiang Miao looked unhappy.
It shouldn't be because of his being late from get off work.
Jiang Miao was never angry with him because of this.
But when he was on the phone, he was obviously fine, and he saw a little bit of potato chip scum on the corner of Jiang Miao's mouth.
...Could it be because of Zhao Yuan?
He subconsciously looked left and right.
"Don't look," Jiang Miao said, "He's gone."
He added, "I got mad at you."
"?" The surprise on his face couldn't be contained at all, "Are you mad at him? Why?"
Zhao Yuan has always been a person who has a good temper and is easy to get along with. Although Jiang Miao is a little willful at times, she has always been very sensible and considers the overall situation. It stands to reason that the two people should be quite compatible. Why did they get "pissed off"?
He thought for a while and asked tentatively, "Did he make you angry?"
Jiang Miao raised her eyebrows, she didn't expect Duan Han to be on his side.
"Yeah." He folded his arms around his chest, nodded, and emphasized his tone, "I suspect that he fell in love with me at first sight and wanted to pick me up."
Duan Han: "..."
At that moment, time held its breath.
Half a minute later, Duan Han smiled awkwardly with a stiff face, "No way, I'm a high school classmate with him, and we've known each other for many years, never heard of him having a problem with his sexual orientation?"
When they were studying in the UK, although they were not in the same university, Zhao Yuan would sometimes ask him to go to bars for drinks, and they were bars with normal sexual orientation.
But at that time, because the two were not very close, Duan Han tactfully rejected his invitation several times, and Zhao Yuan never looked for him again, and it was already time to meet again in the hospital.
Is Zhao Yuan gay?Nope……
How should not ah.
"It's okay if you haven't heard of it?"
When he saw that I was a woman, Jiang Miao couldn't help but slander her, sexual orientation is of course no problem!
Of course, this cannot be said, so he picked and picked some things that happened just now, blurred some details, and described it to Duan Han in detail, "He also asked me if I have a girlfriend, and if I do, I live in someone else's house." Will the family be misunderstood. Anyway, it almost means it, so when I hear it, isn't it sexual harassment?"
Duan Han's expression gradually darkened after listening.
"There are only me and him in the family, and he just said these things so unscrupulously, which pissed me off." At this point, Jiang Miao couldn't help but feel a little guilty, and her voice couldn't help lowering her voice, "I don't want to talk to him anymore , just talking nonsense, saying that you don’t have a girlfriend, what’s wrong with living in someone else’s house, don’t you know what an ambiguous period is..."
The first half of the sentence was okay, but as soon as the word "ambiguous period" came out, Duan Han's expression immediately became tense, and he couldn't help coughing several times.
"Brother Duan, I didn't arrange you on purpose. We are both the number one steel pipe straight in the universe." Jiang Miao said pitifully, "If I move you out, can I hold him down? Speaking, I didn't think about it at all when I said it, I just cared about having fun, and when I realized it, Dr. Zhao had already left..."
His voice was a little hoarse, sounding more aggrieved.
Duan Han pressed his temple, and jumped under his fingertips, "You are really..."
He was silent for a moment, thinking of Jiang Miao's opening sentence that we are all straight steel pipes, and the stretched shoulder line gradually fell back.
"I'll talk to him about it properly." Duan Han took a deep breath, his tone a bit serious, "But we can't make such jokes anymore, you know?"
Some words are known to be false, but if they are said too much, they will be taken seriously.
"I know."
Jiang Miao said in her heart that she really is the male protagonist who is devoted to the romance line, and even being co-opted by CP is very taboo, and her mother no longer has to worry about her brother becoming a lover.
Of course, on the surface, he still has to follow Duan Han, he nodded obediently, "This time he got mad, I will definitely pay attention in the future."
After this incident, Duan Han lost his appetite.
He went back to the bedroom to change his pajamas, opened the window and lit a cigarette, and made a silent call.
After a few seconds, Zhao Yuan picked up the phone.
Just like Jiang Miao, she couldn't cheer up, "Duan Han? What's the matter, what's the matter?"
"It's okay, I just wanted to ask why you went back so early."
Duan Han slowly exhaled a smoke ring, "Why don't you stay a little longer and have dinner together."
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, then Zhao Yuan smiled, "Suddenly something happened at home, so I went back. I didn't have time to tell you. Let's make an appointment for dinner next time."
"it is good."
A faint sound of the night wind came from the speaker.
Zhao Yuan heard the sound of breathing in his ears, it was very shallow but calm.
It's a moment of peace.
However it was quickly broken.
It was the woman I met in the afternoon. Wearing green slippers, she walked towards Duan Han without any scruples, knocked on the door a few times, and called him to eat carelessly, without paying attention to image and temperament at all.
It was just such an ordinary yellow-haired girl who claimed to have an ambiguous relationship with Duan.
Zhao Yuan couldn't believe it.
For so many years, Duan Han has never had a relationship. Except for the eldest lady of the Jiang family, no one has ever seen him have contact or friendship with the opposite sex beyond the limit.
There was a time when he thought...
Thought they would be kindred spirits.
Zhao Yuan heard Duan Han hum softly, his voice was hoarse, but very gentle, a tone he had never heard before.
"Got it, I'll just smoke a cigarette."
After Jiang Miao left, Zhao Yuan smiled shortly, "I've never seen you like this before."
Duan Han asked back: "What do I look like?"
"...In short, it's not like you." Zhao Yuan recalled Han's appearance during his sophomore year in high school, he shook his head, and unconsciously said what was in his heart, "Do you like her?"
"No." Duan Han denied, "Did you forget? I have a fiancee."
How could Zhao Yuan fail to guess his real thoughts, his eyes dimmed suddenly, and he forced a smile, "Yes, I forgot."
"Don't talk about me, what about you?" Duan Han lowered his eyelids, and pressed the cigarette butt on the window sill, "It's been so many years, I haven't seen you have a girlfriend."
"It's not that you don't know me," Zhao Yuan said absent-mindedly, "I'm a doctor, working three shifts a day is already very hard, how can I even think about getting a girlfriend..."
"Do you have no time, or do you not want to hand in?"
"..."
Zhao Yuan's throat tightened.
Why did Duan Han suddenly ask him this question?Could it be that he noticed it?
No, not possible.
Obviously nothing has changed, even if you want to notice it, you should have known it long ago. You shouldn't wait until now to find out that he is not the kind of person who will be indecisive.
Or what did Jiang Miao tell him?Isn't it said that women are the most sensitive animals in this respect?
Zhao Yuan's heart was trembling, his voice was slightly hoarse, "What do you mean?"
"It's not interesting." Duan Han said lightly, "Whether you want to find a girlfriend or something else, as a friend, I will not interfere with any of your decisions."
"Just one thing, twisted melons are not sweet, and there is nothing wrong with giving up."
He knows!He knows he knows! !
It must be that Jiang Miao told him!
Zhao Yuan squeezed the phone tightly, and suddenly felt a sense of despair, but there was a trace of unwillingness in the despair, "Duan Han, I—"
"I can pretend that nothing happened today." Duan Han had already heard the sound of small footsteps coming up again, and he changed his hand to answer the phone, "But there will be no next time. "
The moment the phone hung up, Jiang Miao knocked on the door.
The sound is not very heavy.
"Brother Duan! What are you doing, why haven't you finished smoking?"
Jiang Miao lay at the door listening to the movement, but before he could hear anything, the locked door suddenly opened, and he fell forward unprepared, and fell into Duan Han's arms unexpectedly.
"Why did you worship before the Chinese New Year?"
Duan Han made a joke and helped him up, "Did you hit him?"
"It's not you who dawdled."
Jiang Miao rubbed her nose, feeling a little sore, but still within the tolerable range, "Have you finished smoking? I'll go... It smells so bad, have you opened the window to ventilate? If the bedding smells on you, you have to Wash it again..."
The window is open, but if a cigarette is smoked, there will always be some traces.
"You don't need to wash it." Duan Han found it funny when he heard him rambling, grabbed his shoulders and turned him around, pushed him straight away, urging him as he walked, "Let's go, the window will be open for a while and it will be gone." It's too late, the soup will be cold if you delay it any longer."
"I know, I know, I'm leaving."
Jiang Miao muttered something and was walking downstairs when Duan Han's cell phone rang again.
The caller turned out to be tree.
Duan Han frowned slightly, planning to make a quick decision, "Is there something going on so late?"
Jiang Miao heard his voice and looked up at him blankly.
"Information?" The person on the phone chattered a lot. Duan Han glanced at the time and said helplessly, "It's already off-duty time. Please send the information to my USB flash drive, and I'll read it tomorrow."
"What? Let's watch tomorrow??" Tree was very angry, and his voice was so loud that even Jiang Miao could vaguely hear it, "Please! You are a workaholic! It's only seven o'clock, can you be a little self-conscious about a workaholic? ?? I stayed up all night sorting out the materials, and you asked me to show you tomorrow, so what's the point of staying up all night?!"
Jiang Miao: "Pfft."
Duan Han: "..."
He only felt his temples throbbing like a machine gun, "Calm down, we will discuss this matter in the long term. An excited brain will not judge right and wrong."
"I can't, but you can! You don't have any emotional inclination towards anyone, so it's best for you to judge." Tree slapped his thigh and said decisively, "Where is your home? Send me a text message, I will now Pack it up and let's go!"
"Do not--"
Before Duan Han could speak, the phone hung up with a beep.
"..."
He raised his eyes, met Jiang Miao's pitiful eyes, and could only say apologetically, "It seems that there will be another guest."
·
At 07:30, Duan Han's house welcomed the second guest of the day.
Zheng Ran, wearing a white old man's vest and a pair of well-washed underpants, excitedly knocked on the door, and said cheerfully without seeing anyone in front of him, "Mr. Duan, I've stayed up all day and all night and finally I found the old-"
As soon as he looked up, the words froze instantly.
A beautiful girl about his height stood behind the door. She had super-short haircut and wore a pair of white short sleeves. The hem was tucked into the waist of her trousers, revealing a beautiful waistline, which made the whole person look very neat and energetic. field.
The young lady not only has a cold temperament, but also has cold eyes.
Zheng Ran has not had such close contact with a woman for four or five years, and she is still a tall, thin and beautiful young lady—except of course, his own sister of the mother baboon, except in various senses.
He stared at the girl stupidly, and a layer of red appeared on his face unconsciously, "...I'm sorry, miss, I seem to have knocked on the wrong door."
He knocked on the wrong door while talking, but his eyeballs were still inseparable from the beautiful sister.
When the young lady heard this, she suddenly rolled her eyes.
——A beauty is beautiful even if she rolls her eyes.
Zheng Ran was intoxicated again.
Jiang Miao saw two idiots in a row today, and she didn't want to talk anymore, so she yelled into the room, "Brother Duan! Come out and recognize someone!"
Zheng Ran: "?"
He was stunned for a moment, but before he could react, Duan Han had already walked out of the room, wearing simple long-sleeved trousers, and holding two small porcelain bowls filled with white rice.
Very homey.
Duan Han glanced at him, "Come in."
Zheng Ran: "??"
"..."
His expression is unpredictable, sometimes confused, sometimes enlightened, sometimes surprised, sometimes desperate...
The otaku man suddenly lost his hands and feet and didn't know where to put them. His face could be said to be apple red just now, but now it has turned into a steam oven, steaming upwards, "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, hello!!"
Jiang Miao: "?"
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