The little capybara agreed and obediently hugged him.

Only stubbornly holding his neck stiff.

Guan Yue couldn’t stand it anymore: “You can rest your head on me.”

Pei Qi was indeed a little tired from holding his neck stiff, finally softening his neck and pressing against the man’s chest.

Pei Qi: “Doctor Guan.”

Guan Yue: “Mm?”

Pei Qi: “Your heartbeat is a little loud.”

Guan Yue: “…”

This went on for a while.

Pei Qi suddenly remembered something, reached into his pants pocket, and took out a roll of cash.

“Oh, right, I got cash today, here you go.”

The little capybara handed the cash forward, and his head also poked out from the man’s embrace.

He had been delaying it for several days, and he almost forgot about it; when he passed by the bank today, he suddenly remembered.

He still hadn’t paid back the eight hundred yuan to Doctor Guan.

The man’s gaze also shifted, falling on the roll of red banknotes in the young man’s hand.

“…”

The young man’s eyelashes trembled slightly, believing that giving cash was impeccable.

But why didn’t Doctor Guan reach out?

Could it be that it had been too long, and he had forgotten?

The young man couldn’t help but remind him: “It’s from the other day, at the supermarket.”

“I said I couldn’t receive WeChat transfers, so Teacher Pei gave me cash, right?” Guan Yue didn’t know why, he wanted to laugh a little.

How could there be a little capybara who was kissing him one second and giving him money the next.

“Right, is cash not okay?”

The little capybara asked sincerely.

Guan Yue: “…”

“No need.”

“I need to, I said I’d treat you,” Pei Qi said, about to hand the money to the man.

The man lowered his eyes, helplessly curling his lips: “That’s good.”

He uttered two seemingly unrelated words.

After a few seconds, he completed the sentence: “That morning, you didn’t leave me any money.”

Pei Qi listened, reacting for two seconds.

He understood which day Doctor Guan was referring to.

His already pink cheeks couldn’t help but blush even more.

The hand holding the cash slowly loosened, no longer insisting on handing it over.

To be honest, he had thought about it at the time.

But he didn’t have any cash on him, nor did he have the courage to linger, fearing that the man beside him would wake up.

So he could only run away first.

The little capybara’s face seemed to be about to be steamed, Guan Yue watched, his eyebrows tinged with a bit of amusement, but he still released the young man’s waist.

“I’m on duty tomorrow,” releasing the young man, the man walked to the kitchen island and poured a glass of warm water, “The day after tomorrow, are you free for dinner?”

Pei Qi remembered that last time, after the man finished his shift, he invited him out to build familiarity.

So he naturally asked: “A date?”

He thought that expressing “building familiarity” in simple terms should be a date.

Guan Yue raised his chin and drank the warm water.

The warm water passed his lips and slid into his mouth.

Carrying a little sweetness that didn’t belong to him.

It was the little capybara’s scent.

His lips hidden behind the cup, curled up slightly.

“Doesn’t Teacher Pei want to pay me back? Just treat me to dinner.”

So that’s how it was.

Pei Qi’s already red face became even more uncomfortable.

“Oh… okay,” the young man rubbed his nose with his fingertip, “Doctor Guan, what do you want to eat?”

“You choose,” the man said, putting down his glass, “I still have some work to do, I’ll go to the study first.”

“Okay.” Pei Qi nodded.

After Guan Yue left, the young man couldn’t help but rub his face vigorously with both hands, wishing it would stop turning red like this.

It was putting his master in a terrible situation!

At night, he lay in bed, thinking about what kind of restaurant to book.

They had only been married for half a month; he didn’t really know much about the man’s preferences and habits.

He only knew that Doctor Guan was a local, a He City native who liked spicy food, and the man usually added some chili peppers to his dishes.

However, his tolerance for spicy food was low; at first, he would even have a runny nose at the dinner table.

So later, there were fewer chilies in his dishes.

He thought, either go to a spicy restaurant, or a hot pot…

His mind was suddenly attacked by a bunch of delicious food, causing him to eat continuously in his dream, almost to the point of bursting.

On the day of the date, the young man sent a message to the man during the afternoon break.

At this time, he guessed the man should have already woken up.

Seven: [Doctor Guan, do you want to eat hot pot? Or a spicy restaurant.]

After about a few minutes.

G: [Spicy restaurants are very spicy.]

G: [Can you eat it?]

Seven: [I can.]

Pei Qi answered firmly; he felt he could challenge himself, he didn’t want to be looked down upon.

G: [Let’s have hot pot then.]

G: [We can get a half-and-half pot.]

Good, not very harmful, but extremely insulting.

Seven: [Hot pot is fine too.]

He didn’t object, but he wanted a completely spicy pot.

A stunning surprise!

G: [Mm.]

G: [I’ll pick you up later.]

Seven: [Doctor Guan, are you awake yet?]

Seven: [I hope I didn’t wake you up?]

G: [If I wasn’t awake, who’s replying to the message?]

Oh, right.

Pei Qi felt a little embarrassed.

Why did he always ask such silly questions?

G: [Off work at five?]

Seven: [Mm-hmm.]

G: [Got it.]

The young man put down his phone and sat back at his workstation.

The reinforcement work was almost finished; the next step was pest control and insect extermination.

Lao Jiang came over, staring at the pages the young man had repaired on the worktable: “What method are you planning to use to deal with the insect damage?”

Pest control methods are usually divided into chemical and physical methods, but there aren’t many mature methods; if not handled properly, it’s easy to backfire.

Especially for this ancient book in Pei Qi’s hands, which was already full of scars.

“High and low temperature pest control and other physical methods are not suitable; as for chemical reagents…” the young man paused, thinking, “I think nitrogen filling is the most suitable.”

“Then tell me, what are the benefits of nitrogen filling?” Lao Jiang turned his back.

It was a bit like being asked a question during school.

“Um…” Pei Qi flipped through the book in his mind, “While ensuring pest control effectiveness, it won’t have any adverse effects on the texture, color, and writing of the cultural relics, and it’s also harmless to the environment and human body.”

The old master nodded in satisfaction.

“Master, why didn’t you ask me?” Xiao Jia, who was brushing paste at his workstation, was aggrieved.

The old man “hummed”: “If I really asked you, you wouldn’t be happy.”

Xiao Jia, who had just been aggrieved, felt a little embarrassed and laughed twice: “Forget it, you’d better not ask.”

The old master curled his lips, shook his head, and went into the tea room.

Pei Qi finished the pest control work, just in time for five o’clock.

Su Mo next door rarely saw his junior brother start packing up his workstation and backpack early.

Su Mo: “Not staying late today?”

Pei Qi put his bag on his shoulder: “I want to go home early today.”

“I’m leaving too, let’s go together,” Su Mo also slung his bag over his shoulder and got up.

Pei Qi: “Okay.”

The two left the office building together.

Su Mo: “Tomorrow is a holiday, do you want to come to my place and play a couple of games? I recently downloaded a new zombie game.”

Pei Qi almost agreed.

Then he suddenly remembered that he had a dinner date with Doctor Guan tonight; Doctor Guan should be at the office entrance now.

Thinking of this…

Wait.

Wouldn’t senior brother see Doctor Guan?

“Xiao Qi?”

Pei Qi had been spaced out for a while; the two had already walked out of the office building.

“Let’s do it another day; I want to go home early today,” Pei Qi came back to his senses, his gaze scanning the parking spaces by the road.

Doctor Guan’s car was easy to recognize; he saw it at a glance.

Fortunately, it was parked ten meters away.

“Okay, do you want me to give you a ride?” Su Mo had just bought a car recently.

“No, the subway is more convenient for me; it’s going to be jammed now,” the young man smiled; he wasn’t very good at lying, there was a lack of confidence in his dimples, he just wanted to escape quickly, “I’ll go first, senior brother.”

“Okay.” Su Mo didn’t notice anything unusual until he saw his junior brother running in the opposite direction, “Hey, Xiao Qi, the subway station is this way.”

“Oh…” Pei Qi gave an awkward laugh, “Haha, I’m confused.”

“You really are, don’t get off at the wrong station later,” Su Mo teased, “I’m going then.”

“Bye, senior brother,” the young man paused, watching Su Mo leave before slowly letting out a sigh of relief, hurrying towards the black Panamera by the roadside.

As soon as the young man reached the car, the car unlocked.

He opened the car door and got in.

“Fortunately…” Pei Qi quickly fastened his seatbelt, subconsciously muttering.

The man in the driver’s seat listened, without immediately starting the engine, turned his face.

That scorching gaze burned onto the young man’s cheeks.

And his eyes.

Pei Qi unintentionally raised his gaze, and collided with the man’s deep ink eyes.

Doctor Guan’s eyes were very beautiful, similar to peach blossom eyes, but more slender than peach blossom eyes, the curve at the end of his eyes was sharper and colder.

Making the person being stared at inevitably lose.

Like the little capybara at this moment.

“Fortunately, what?” The man’s tone was cool, with a hint of dampness.

Like the air after a rainy day in autumn or winter.

Pei Qi answered truthfully, letting out a long sigh of relief: “Fortunately, I wasn’t discovered.”