As if he had obsessive-compulsive disorder, the man peeled the orange peel into three segments of almost identical size.

Pei Qi, regarding the appendicitis doctor’s sudden act of peeling an orange… he also wanted to eat an orange.

A sweet orange after dinner would be perfect.

He got up, preparing to clean up the dishes and peel an orange to eat.

“Want some?” Guan Yue’s hand supported the orange peel, walking over, “Strictly adhering to sterile principles, I haven’t touched the flesh.”

Was he peeling it for him to eat?

Pei Qi reached out and took it: “Thank you.”

He wanted to share half with the man, but then he thought, his grasp of sterile principles wasn’t very good.

“Doctor Guan, break it in half,” he handed the orange back.

“I don’t like eating it.”

Only the little capybara likes to eat this kind of thing.

He wouldn’t eat it.

“Um.” Pei Qi had to take it back, “Okay.”

The little capybara sat down and obediently ate the orange, while a certain big gray wolf tidied up the dishes.

“Leave it, I’ll clean it up later,” the little capybara’s voice was unusually urgent.

He knew the appendicitis doctor had been tired all day, tired to the point where his complexion wasn’t good.

He felt bad about letting him clean up.

“I like washing dishes, it helps me relax my brain,” the man said, already carrying the stacked dishes into the kitchen sink.

What a unique way to relax.

Pei Qi didn’t quite understand, but he respected it and continued to eat the orange.

In the following days, both of them were very busy; Pei Qi was busy with the “Tianlu Linglang” restoration project and teaching at the school, and Guan Yue was busy with surgeries and paper submissions.

Although they lived together, they often didn’t see each other.

The most common time they met was at dinner.

However, Pei Qi remembered what Doctor Guan had said to him before.

He would find something to chat with the man for a couple of sentences during the day.

The general style was like this:

Seven: [Are you coming back for dinner tonight?]

G: [Mm.]

Seven: [Okay. /[OK gesture]]

Today, it suddenly rained heavily; Pei Qi forgot to bring an umbrella and was the last person to leave the office.

Looking at the heavy rain outside the arched window.

The raindrops hit the ground, transforming into butterflies.

Summer downpours don’t last very long; the little capybara simply returned to his workstation and continued to reinforce the remaining papers, planning to leave after the rain stopped.

Unexpectedly, the rain intensified, gradually subsided a little, and then a strong gust of wind blew.

Pei Qi forgot the time and forgot to observe the weather outside when he picked up the brush.

Until a series of vibrations came from the phone on his desk.

The young man answered half a beat late, without looking at the incoming call alert.

“Where are you?”

He didn’t quite hear who it was, so he looked at the screen.

It was Guan Yue.

He hurriedly replied: “I’m still at the office.”

The man’s voice on the phone was slightly magnetic: “Working overtime?”

“Sort of, I was thinking of going back after the rain stopped,” Pei Qi put the brush back into the wooden tube, “Is Doctor Guan already home? You can eat first, no need to wait for me.”

Guan Yue: “I’ll come pick you up, come downstairs in ten minutes.”

Without giving the little capybara a chance to refuse, the call was hung up.

Pei Qi meticulously went downstairs ten minutes later.

And saw Guan Yue standing at the office entrance, holding an umbrella.

The rain was not light, the raindrops splashed, a few playful drops bounced onto the man’s clean sneakers; the person under the transparent umbrella raised his gaze, taking in the young man on the stairs.

Pei Qi quickened his pace and walked down the old-fashioned floral stairs.

“Let’s go,” the man slightly tilted the umbrella towards the young man.

Pei Qi hid under the umbrella and followed Guan Yue’s steps out the door.

“Doctor Guan got off work so early today.”

The sound of the rain was noisy, pattering on the umbrella.

Besides the damp air, there was a faint scent of cedar in his nostrils.

Guan Yue also smelled it, but he smelled the scent of plums.

Guan Yue: “It’s past seven, it’s not early.”

Pei Qi: “Ah, I didn’t notice.”

He thought it was at most six o’clock.

The little capybara raised his eyes slightly; from this angle, he could clearly see the appendicitis doctor’s jawline and a little stubble on his chin.

It was shaved very clean; even from this angle and distance, he could only see a little bit.

The young man whispered: “Thank you for your trouble.”

Guan Yue: “Couples don’t say that, and I just happened to be passing by.”

Passing by, it was just another trip from home.

He thought it was quite convenient.

A cool breeze blew past, carrying raindrops, sprinkling on his clothes and cheeks.

“Get closer to me,” the man’s words were mixed with the sound of rain; Pei Qi didn’t quite hear clearly.

“What?”

Suddenly, a weight fell on his waist, and the young man was passively pressed against the man.

The summer clothes were relatively thin, so he could feel the other person’s body temperature.

“If you don’t want to get wet, get closer to me.”

Guan Yue repeated again.

The little capybara didn’t respond, but his actions were very cooperative, closely clinging to the man.

The point was that the rain was really heavy, but the umbrella only covered so much.

But even though they were so close.

Back home, he still saw that Guan Yue’s shoulder was half-wet.

Guan Yue was wearing a thin white short-sleeved shirt; once wet, the fabric clung to his skin, outlining the man’s arm muscles, even the shape of the muscles on his left chest.

Pei Qi quickly looked away, pretending to be busy and going to the kitchen: “Go take a shower first, I’ll cook the rice.”

Guan Yue: “Mm, did you get wet?”

“No, just my shoes are a little wet,” the young man passed the kitchen island and went straight into the kitchen.

Guan Yue: “Okay.”

While eating, the young man could see the tiredness on the appendicitis doctor’s face.

Pei Qi: “Were you very busy today too?”

“I did four surgeries, and I have to work the night shift tomorrow,” the man got up and turned his neck.

“Then I’ll wash the dishes, Doctor Guan can find another way to relax?” Pei Qi started to clear the dishes.

He had never understood how anyone could find washing dishes relaxing.

He hated washing dishes the most.

The man’s eyes suddenly showed a mischievous glint: “I saw some research data a few days ago, about relaxation methods. The data shows that besides sleep, humans have other ways to relieve fatigue and anxiety, such as physical contact with their partner.”

A few seconds later, the man added: “For example, a hug.”

Pei Qi felt that this data should be rigorous, at least it didn’t mention washing dishes as a way to relieve stress.

So the little capybara put down his chopsticks, slowly got up: “Then, should I hug you?”

“Let’s try.”

The little capybara moved his feet, actively falling into a certain big gray wolf’s trap.

His hug was clumsy, after all, he had no experience, and Guan Yue was much bigger than him.

He just leaned against the man, his hands awkwardly around the man’s lean waist.

“Is… is this right?” Maybe he was too close, he could hear.

He could hear the man’s regular heartbeat.

“Is… it working?”

The man didn’t reach out to hug back, his eyebrows raised slightly: “It might need to be longer.”

“Okay.” Pei Qi obediently maintained the position.

He didn’t put his face against the man’s chest, feeling that it might be a little offensive, so he uncomfortably held his neck stiffly.

And Doctor Guan’s heartbeat was a little loud.

After about half a minute, Pei Qi felt uncomfortable in this position: “Is… is it working?”

“It might need a little more intimate contact.”

“Kissing?”

Pei Qi answered directly.

Guan Yue didn’t expect the little capybara to be so direct, but he still said calmly: “If Teacher Pei is willing.”

Pei Qi didn’t mind this kind of thing.

After all, he and Doctor Guan had done the whole thing.

Although he didn’t have any memory of the process.

Moreover, now, they were still married.

Kissing was normal.

So.

The young man stretched his neck and leaned forward.

Gently touching the other person’s lips.

The soft touch gave him a slight shock.

The man opened his eyes, his expression calm, seemingly unaffected.

Maybe the time was too short.

“Um…” the little capybara asked seriously, “Should it be longer? But I haven’t brushed my teeth.”

Guan Yue: “I don’t mind.”

Pei Qi stretched his neck again and leaned forward.

But he didn’t know how… how to kiss deeply.

So he just pressed his lips against the man’s lips.

Suddenly, a large hand slipped to his waist, pressing against his spine.

The little capybara felt like he had accidentally wandered into a hunting ground, surrounded by a dangerous atmosphere.

It was probably the nature of a herbivore, so he sensitively sensed the change in the atmosphere.

His muscles involuntarily tensed.

But it might also be because he was ticklish.

The restless big gray wolf was ready to launch an attack, but the little capybara in his arms suddenly pulled away.

Pei Qi left the man’s lips, his ears tinged with pink.

He didn’t let go of the young man’s thin waist, nor did he launch another attack.

Pei Qi thought, maybe it still didn’t work, weakly saying: “Then I’ll kiss you for five more seconds?”

Guan Yue: “Mm.”

The little capybara leaned in again, but only pressed his lips against his, without going any further.

The man’s Adam’s apple rolled up and down, a hint of intoxication in his eyes.

“Is… is it working?” Pei Qi’s cheeks were also pink.

“Mm, it’s working,” Guan Yue replied, “Hug me for a while longer.”