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OOCM chapter 14

You're very pretty!

After dropping off Teacher Xia, Xiao Can silently replayed what had just happened and realized he had done something foolish.

If he hadn’t deliberately slowed down to waste time, they would have arrived before Teacher Xia received the call.

When Teacher Xia would leave later, he could have naturally offered to drive him and then they could have left together, swiftly ending this visit.

But now, everything was too late.

The exquisite fruit gift boxes were filled with rich contents, making them quite heavy.

Xiao Can held one box in each hand, feeling like he had shrunk in stature, swaying left and right as he walked.

Bravely approaching He Xingzhou’s doorstep, just as he was about to ring the doorbell, he noticed that the front door wasn’t fully closed; it was slightly open.

Xiao Can hesitated for a moment, then heard a slightly strange voice from behind the door.

“Welcome! Welcome!”

The voice sounded odd, somewhat like a child and somewhat like an old lady pinching her throat.

He tried to push the door open to take a look inside, but before he could locate the source, the voice sounded again, “Hello, please change your shoes! Hello, please change your shoes!”

Following the direction of the voice, Xiao Can looked over and chuckled.

Not far from the front door, there was a stand with a vibrant green parrot perched on it, tilting its head to look at him.

“Hello?” Xiao Can tried to engage in conversation with it.

The parrot fluttered its wings and opened its small red beak, “Hello, please change your shoes! Hello, please change your shoes!”

“Can I wear the shoes on top?” Xiao Can asked, somewhat at a loss for words.

The parrot repeated the same two phrases: “Hello, please change your shoes! Hello, please change your shoes!”

Okay, it was somewhat clever, but not much.

Setting down the boxes he was carrying, Xiao Can changed his shoes while asking, “Where’s your owner?”

The parrot remained silent, tilting its head left and right, seriously observing him.

Though he didn’t want to interact with He Xingzhou emotionally, since he was here, they should at least meet face to face.

Taking a deep breath, Xiao Can called out, “Is anyone there?!”

The parrot seemed startled by him, flapping its wings twice and saying, “Someone’s here! Someone’s here!”

“I’m not looking for you,” Xiao Can said.

After a few more seconds, footsteps were finally heard.

He Xingzhou had a bandage around his shoulder, but his face was smiling. As he walked, he said, “Why do I, an injured person, have to come out to greet you?”

Xiao Can had mentally prepared himself to start arguing as soon as they met. Seeing him smiling, he felt uncomfortable for a moment and instinctively became polite, “I don’t know where to put these.”

“Just having you here is enough,” He Xingzhou smiled, “Why did you bring things along?”

Xiao Can nervously took a step back, “Are you sure you haven’t taken the wrong medication?”

“Huh?” He Xingzhou walked up to him and, after a moment of confusion, said, “Don’t worry, that day was an accident. The doctor changed my medication, so there won’t be a similar situation again.”

It seemed he misunderstood Xiao Can’s lingering concern about the elevator incident.

“Why is it just you?” He Xingzhou looked behind Xiao Can, “Where’s Teacher Xia?”

“He had something come up suddenly and had to rush to the recording studio,” Xiao Can said, “Didn’t he contact you?”

Just as he finished speaking, He Xingzhou’s phone rang.

After a brief conversation, his expression visibly soured, “Why didn’t you tell me earlier? I could have prepared one less meal.”

After hanging up the phone, he looked at Xiao Can, who was still standing at the entrance with the two large boxes by his feet, and sighed softly.

“Shall I leave?” Xiao Can said, taking a step back.

“Why?” He Xingzhou asked, “Do you have urgent matters too?”

He spoke with a displeased expression, coupled with his naturally imposing demeanor, he looked somewhat intimidating.

“You seem… not very welcoming,” Xiao Can muttered.

“If I didn’t want you here, I would have told you yesterday not to come,” He Xingzhou said, “Since you’re here, you might as well stay. Otherwise, all my preparation would be wasted.”

“What did you prepare?” Xiao Can asked.

“A feast,” He Xingzhou gestured inside, “Consider it a favor to me. Since you’re here, have a meal before leaving.”

His sudden humility made Xiao Can momentarily confused and hesitant.

The parrot, which had been quiet for a while, suddenly spoke up, “Hello, hello! Since you’re here, since you’re here!”

This little guy’s attempt at detaining him was much more effective than He Xingzhou’s, and Xiao Can suddenly felt swayed.

“Don’t stand at the door,” He Xingzhou turned around, “Come in.”

“Let’s go, let’s go!” the parrot flapped its wings and flew up, landing on He Xingzhou’s shoulder, who was wearing a bandage.

Xiao Can couldn’t help but feel nervous, involuntarily blurting out, “Hey.”

He Xingzhou heard it, turned his head, and chuckled softly, “It’s okay, no problem.”

Xiao Can thought, according to general social etiquette, he should naturally inquire about the other’s injury at this point.

But he opened his mouth and couldn’t say it. It seemed that subconsciously, he was resistant to showing care towards He Xingzhou, even if it was just fake concern, he still recoiled.

Anyway, he had already lost his image in front of He Xingzhou long ago, so he might as well skip the formalities.

More than He Xingzhou’s injury, he cared more about something else.

Looking at the parrot on He Xingzhou’s shoulder, Xiao Can asked, “What’s its name?”

“Charlie,” He Xingzhou said.

When the parrot heard its name, it immediately turned its head in Xiao Can’s direction and, after a moment, unexpectedly said, “You’re very pretty!”

Xiao Can widened his eyes in surprise.

He Xingzhou glanced at him and chuckled softly.

Xiao Can blushed, “I know, it probably doesn’t understand what that means.”

“Who says so,” He Xingzhou said, “Charlie is very smart.”

Charlie flapped its wings and jumped onto He Xingzhou’s head, shouting loudly, “Charlie is very smart! Charlie is very smart!”

He Xingzhou’s words sounded like indirect praise of his appearance. Despite Xiao Can’s usual understanding of his own advantages in appearance, he couldn’t help but feel a bit uncomfortable.

He asked himself, was this a kind of overthinking? There was no answer.

“Sit anywhere you like,” He Xingzhou gestured towards the sofa in the living room, then asked, “Do you want to play with Charlie?”

Charlie was also enthusiastic, “Play with Charlie! Play with Charlie!”

“Does it really know what it’s saying?” Xiao Can asked.

“Sometimes it does,” He Xingzhou said, “When people finish speaking, it mimics them. But when it suddenly speaks on its own, it’s actually saying something.”

It meant that Charlie really thought he was pretty.

The little guy suddenly became even cuter.

He Xingzhou reached out and caught Charlie on his head, then handed it over to Xiao Can, “Here, take it.”

“Really?” Xiao Can was nervous.

“You seem to really like it,” He Xingzhou said, handing Charlie over, and Charlie willingly fluttered into Xiao Can’s arms.

Xiao Can held it nervously, trying to touch its small head with his fingers, and the little guy closed its eyes contentedly.

“It’s like a puppy!” Xiao Can exclaimed in delight.

“Be careful it doesn’t poop on you,” He Xingzhou said.

“…”

He Xingzhou sat down opposite him, “I’ve warned you, be careful.”

Xiao Can was uneasy, but he didn’t want to let Charlie go. He had to be highly vigilant, playing with the bird while keeping an eye on its behind.

He Xingzhou seemed to appreciate Xiao Can’s obsession with Charlie. He smiled and watched for a while, then snapped his fingers.

Upon hearing this, Charlie stretched its neck long and adjusted its posture before starting to sing. The melody and lyrics were very familiar to Xiao Can.

“Isn’t this the song I and Tan Zhen sang…”

“I taught it before sending it to you,” He Xingzhou said, “It’s good at singing your part.”

Xiao Can vaguely sensed something was wrong, “What do you mean?”

“Literal meaning,” He Xingzhou said, “What’s wrong?”

“…”

It sounded like he was mocking him, suggesting that he was on the same level as a parrot. But saying it out loud would only be more embarrassing, so Xiao Can swallowed the words and pretended to be calm, lowering his head to play with the bird.

Charlie was in high spirits, stretching its neck and feet, and its little claws hurt a bit even through Xiao Can’s pants.

He Xingzhou watched it, and even his usually stern face showed a hint of tenderness, “Its pitch is quite accurate, isn’t it?”

Xiao Can, tense all over, raised his head, “Mine isn’t bad either. My pitch is accurate too!”

He Xingzhou was puzzled, “Are you competing with it?”

“…”

“No need,” He Xingzhou said, “Charlie is just a parrot.”

Xiao Can felt ashamed and angry, his face turning red.

“To be honest, I was surprised you came to visit me,” He Xingzhou said.

Xiao Can chuckled and thought, Don’t mention it, I’m surprised too.

“Is there something you want to tell me?” He Xingzhou asked.

Not really, stop thinking so highly of yourself, it was just a misunderstanding. Xiao Can glanced at him, sighed, then suddenly remembered he did have something he wanted to know.

Then he suddenly remembered that there was indeed something he wanted to know.

“The person who drugged you last time, have they been caught?”

He Xingzhou’s brows furrowed slightly.

Xiao Can corrected himself, “They haven’t been caught yet?”

“I don’t quite understand why you’re concerned about this,” He Xingzhou said, “When I mentioned it to you last time, it was to reassure you that you’re safe. Now that we’ve left that environment, all the parts related to this matter are my privacy.”

Here it comes again.

Privacy, my foot.

He really wanted to give this guy a good scolding.

Xiao Can took a deep breath, exhaled, and then took another breath, but in the end couldn’t hold back.

He looked up, his face tense, and said word by word, “You have a birthmark about one centimeter in diameter near the root of your left leg.”

He Xingzhou froze completely, his eyes slightly widened, his mouth opened but no words came out.

Xiao Can’s heart was beating fast, he pretended to be calm, but secretly swallowed his saliva.

Only Charlie, for some reason, was ecstatic, stomping its feet in Xiao Can’s arms and shouting loudly, “Birthmark! Birthmark!”

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