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"Don't you really want to give it a try? It should be very exciting." After being resolutely rejected by Duan Yan, Xiang Mingqiu still didn't give up, and asked him a second time.

While flicking the yo-yo while cracking, just thinking about this brain hole will explode, and Duan Yan can't figure out what's so exciting.

"No."

"why not?"

"That way I won't be able to get hard."

"Okay." Xiang Mingqiu finally gave up.

The two were planning to leave the mall and go back. After seeing the video game city on the first floor near the exit, they changed their minds and ran in to buy a hundred game coins.

The original intention was to play a few racing games. When passing by a row of claw machines, Xiang Mingqiu turned his head to take another look, and pulled Duan Yan who was walking in front back.

He pointed to the doll in one of the claw machines: "Look! Your favorite garlic bastard."

Duan Yan was very depressed when he heard this: "When did I say I like this?"

Xiang Mingqiu ignored it, and went on to say his own: "Do you want it? Brother will pick one up for you."

Although the tone was inquiring, before Duan Yan could reply, Xiang Mingqiu had already started to insert coins into the claw machine.

Everyone can operate the claw machine, but whether the doll can be successfully clamped or not depends on skill and luck.

Most of the claw machines in the video game city have been artificially adjusted, and the claws are a little loose. Even if they aim at the target every time and drop the doll exactly where it is, it is difficult to grab it successfully in the end.

Xiang Mingqiu failed six or seven times, but he still didn't give up and kept trying.

His luck was not bad, and he succeeded in the eighth round.

After the doll rolled down from the exit, he bent down, picked up the fluffy frog seed, and stuffed it into Duan Yan's hand: "You're welcome."

Next to the small claw machine, there are several large-scale claw machines, all of which are large dolls over one and a half meters in size, and the playing methods are slightly different.

One of the big claw machines placed a Miao Frog Seed in it, and the bright forgiveness green instantly caught Duan Yan's attention.

Since he was a child, he has always had a strong desire to compete. Even in the relationship between lovers, he always wanted to gain the upper hand in every aspect.

Since the Akita dog gave him a small doll, it must be reciprocated, giving the other party an extra-large one, and then there will be a meeting.

The game of the big claw machine is not difficult. Manipulate the lifting rod inside. When the rod rises to a certain height, press the button and poke it into the small hole of the specified color to win the doll.

But in actual operation, the requirements for precision are extremely high, and the actual control must be just right, even a deviation of a few tenths of a second will lead to mistakes.

I didn't even touch the racing car that I had agreed to, and the [-] game coins I bought when I came to the video game city were all spent on pinching dolls.

Duan Yan tried and failed repeatedly, all the game coins in his hand were used up, and he still failed to win the Frog Seed.

Standing on the sidelines, Xiang Mingqiu looked a little sleepy, and lazily yawned: "Let's forget it if we can't get it, let's go back."

"I won't return." Duan Yan refused, as stubborn as he was, ran to the front desk and bought another [-] game coins to continue playing.

After spending a lot of time and money, it finally got what I wanted.

He took the frog seed that the staff took out from the machine, and forced it into Xiang Mingqiu's arms: "Take it, I'll send it to you."

Xiang Mingqiu hugged the frog seed that was so big that it could cover half of his body, and said with a smile: "Thank you, but I seem to want it."

Duan Yan said bitterly, "You didn't get my consent, and forced me to hold the doll."

The frog seeds are so big and heavy that it is difficult to fit them in a two-seater car.

When they went back, the two had no choice but to call Didi, and asked the express driver to take the giant frog seed and follow them all the way back to the kennel.

Xiang Mingqiu originally wanted to put the frog seeds in his room, but a doll almost took up one-third of the space.

No way, so I transferred the Miao Frog Seed to Duan Yan's room next door, but Duan Yan was unhappy again, thinking it was in the way.

After discussing and discussing, in the end, they had to move the seeds of the frog to the sofa in the lobby on the first floor below.

After staying outside for a whole day, it was almost time for dinner when I came back, so Xiang Mingqiu asked Duan Yan: "What do you want to eat tonight? Brother will make it for you."

Duan Yan didn't have anything in particular he wanted to eat: "Anything."

"You're embarrassing me, at least say a few specific names."

"I will eat whatever you do." Duan Yan said.

After a pause of two seconds, he spoke again: "Anyway, the food you cook tastes good."

It's really not easy to hear praise from this kid, this should be the first time, Xiang Mingqiu slightly hooked his mouth.

He rolled up his sleeves neatly, and was about to walk into the kitchen, but the ringing of the phone on the table pulled him back.

It was the call from Rex's financial staff. The accountant told Xiang Mingqiu in an extremely serious tone that there was some conflict between the cashier and the customer during the settlement. The customer refused to go back until he saw the boss. He had no choice but to let Xiang Mingqiu Ming Qiu went back to the office to deal with it.

Duan Yan saw that Xiang Mingqiu picked up the car keys and walked out after listening to the phone call, and probably guessed a thing or two: "Meet a troublesome client?"

"Yeah." Xiang Mingqiu nodded, "That guy is quite difficult, I guess I won't be back in a few hours, I'll make something for you next time."

"Okay, if it's a big problem, I'll go outside and solve it myself." Duan Yan waved at him, urging him to go back quickly.

Suddenly, seeing the moment Xiang Mingqiu turned around, he suddenly remembered something, stretched out his hand and tugged at Xiang Mingqiu's arm, pulled him in front of him, brought him to his lips, and kissed him.

Although he knew that it took him a lot of time to deal with things in the past, he still said to him: "Go and come back quickly."

Eating alone is more casual, so Duan Yan found a nearby restaurant, opened the menu, glanced at it quickly, and asked the waiter for two dishes and one soup.

During meal time, there were quite a lot of people in the restaurant, except for Duan Yan, all the guests around came in groups of twos and threes.

The waiter's welcome slogan came from the door again, and as soon as he heard it, he knew that there was another guest.

Duan Yan looked down at his phone, not paying much attention to his surroundings, until someone walked up to him and shouted: "Duan Yan!"

The voice sounded somewhat familiar, Duan Yan looked up.

A tall man in sportswear with a cropped cut was staring at him with a smile.

Duan Yan searched quickly in his memory, and after a while, he found the person who matched his name: "Zheng Kangming"

"You boy still remember me!"

"You are still the same for so many years, you haven't changed much." Duan Yan smiled, "Come over to eat alone? How about we join a table together."

Zheng Kangming pulled out the chair and sat down opposite Duan Yan.

When he was in high school, he was the sports committee member of the class. In the physical education class, Duan Yan and him often played basketball together, and they cooperated very well.

Two old classmates who haven't seen each other for many years meet again, and they will inevitably chat about various memories of their study days.

"Yanzi, how many of your high school classmates still keep in touch with you?" Zheng Kangming asked him.

"Not many. Jiang Yunzhi and Cen Kainuo are the two guys who often play together now, and there are also a few former roommates. When I returned to China a while ago, we all went out for a small gathering."

"Are you married now, boy?" Zheng Kangming teased, "When you were studying, you were always considered the best with the opposite sex in your class, and even your seniors chased after you."

"How old am I, how can I get married so quickly."

"25 is not too old at the age of six. Many students in our class have already given birth to babies. Do you remember Huang Pei, the flower of our class? Her daughter is in middle school, and she just gave birth to her second child last year. I watched it a while ago I took a look at the photos posted in her circle of friends, if it wasn’t for the remarks, I would hardly recognize her, she is too fat.”

Zheng Kangming showed Duan Yan the comparison photos of Banhua before and now.

Duan Yan wasn't very interested, but he glanced at it anyway: "Why do you still keep those photos from before? Is the old relationship unforgettable?"

Zheng Kangming quickly explained: "No way, these are all found in my Qzone photo album, not just her, there are also photos of other students in the class in the photo album."

Duan Yan hadn't logged into QQ for a long time, and it took a while to verify his identity.

After finding Zheng Kangming's avatar, he clicked into the other party's QQ zone, opened the photo album from high school, and flipped through it one by one.

They are a reorganized class since the second year of high school. Even though they have only been together for two short years, they have formed a very deep classmate friendship.

School trips, school celebrations, school sports meetings...

Every scene in the photo seems to be just yesterday, and there are many personal photos of him in the album, most of which were taken during the sophomore school sports meeting.

Both he and Zheng Kangming were prize-winners in the school sports meeting, and Duan Yansheng was also blessed with good looks. Not only the girls in the same grade, but many school girls were fascinated by his handsome posture on the field.

After a school sports meeting, the girls who asked him to take a photo with him can't count on ten fingers, and now he can't remember their faces and names.

Looking down, there is a photo of him wearing a sprint suit and the school mascot. He hangs on the mascot's body and hugs the mascot like a koala. He looks very funny.

Flipping through the pages, Duan Yan's fingertips suddenly froze, belatedly realizing that he seemed to have missed something just now, and he pulled back to a certain photo just now.

It was taken with Siwei and other students in the class. Duan Yan was not included in the shot. His focus was not on the students in the class, but on a familiar profile in the lower right corner of the background.

Xiang Mingqiu?

Duan Yan was stunned for a moment. He raised the phone in front of Zheng Kangming, pointed to the figure in the lower right corner, and asked, "Do you know this person?"

Zheng Kangming shook his head blankly: "Who is he?"

"It's nothing, just ask casually, it's fine if you don't know each other."

Duan Yan saved that photo in his mobile phone.

Later, when we had dinner and chat with Zheng Kangming, his spirit was not concentrated all the time, and he remembered the photo just now from time to time.

Xiang Mingqiu's facial contours are very recognizable, even if it's just a side view, it's quite recognizable. Combined with the school uniform he found under the bed in Xiang Mingqiu's room last time, Duan Yan feels that it is unlikely that he will admit his mistake people.

It stands to reason that Xiang Mingqiu is several classes older than himself, even if he really transferred to Guanghui High School, it is absolutely impossible for them to appear in the school at the same time.

The more I think about it, the more puzzling it becomes.

After dinner, Zheng Kangming wanted to invite Duan Yan to have a drink, but Duan Yan refused because he had something to do.

After he got into the car, he took out his cell phone and sent a message to Ming Qiu.

[Duan Yan]: Where are you now?

【Akita Dog】: Financial Office

[Duan Yan]: Did you get it done so quickly?

[Akita Dog]: Probably not, I have to go out to eat with the savage client later, have you eaten?

[Duan Yan]: I just finished eating and I'm going to drive back

Both of them had their own affairs, so they chatted for a few words before accepting it.

The car was driving on the way back, suddenly, Duan Yan changed his mind, he turned the steering wheel, turned back, and walked to another intersection.

That was the direction to Xiang Mingqiu's home.

Xiang Mingqiu had given him the keys to his house, and while Xiang Mingqiu was busy outside, he planned to go up and have a look, maybe he could find some clues.

A new incoming call came from the mobile phone placed next to him, Duan Yan turned his head and glanced, it was an unfamiliar number.

He clicked on the loudspeaker function and said "Hello".

The person on the other end of the phone said that he was a medical staff, and told Duan Yan that his mother was sent to the hospital because of a car rear-end collision, and asked him to go and have a look.

At first Duan Yan didn't pay much attention to it, he just thought it was a scam call, and hung up decisively before the other party finished speaking.

After a minute or two, the phone rang again, and this time the note on the screen was Xia Lerong.

Duan Yan vaguely had a bad premonition.

After the phone rang for five or six seconds, he slowly reached out to answer it.

It was still the voice of the medical staff just now, Duan Yan was startled suddenly, and almost stepped on the gas pedal like a brake.

The other party briefly told Duan Yan about Xia Lerong's situation in a calm tone, then gave him the name of the hospital and the ward number, and then hung up.

Twenty minutes later, Duan Yan saw Xia Lerong lying on the bed in the neurosurgery ward of the hospital.

As the doctor said on the phone just now, she was rear-ended by someone behind while driving.

The perpetrator of the rear-end collision was drunk driving and has been detained by the police. Duan Yan immediately contacted Attorney Fang, and he will be responsible for all litigation-related matters.

After that, Duan Yan asked the doctor about his mother's condition in detail.

In addition to a concussion, Xia Lerong also suffered injuries to other places on his body. Fortunately, his life was not in danger, and he just passed out due to fright.

The doctor suggested that it is best to stay in the hospital for observation for a few days, and you must go through the hospitalization procedures before that.

That night, Duan Yan ran home to bring his mother's ID card and some clothes along the way.

When he got home, he went back to his room and found a dusty box from under the bed.

Press the button to open it, and it contains all the yo-yos he used before, and some trophies he won in the competition.

Since giving up this hobby, these things have been stored under the bed and have never seen the light of day.

Finding these former partners again, Duan Yan suddenly felt guilty, feeling a little sorry for them.

He took a photo with his phone and sent it to Xiang Mingqiu.

【Duan Yan】: [Photo]

[Duan Yan]: I just found it under the bed at home

[Akita Dog]: Have you gone home?

[Duan Yan]: Well, my mother had an accident and was admitted to the hospital. I came back to get her a certificate for hospitalization

[Akita dog]: Is auntie's condition serious?Do you want me to accompany you in the past?

[Duan Yan]: It's not life-threatening, the doctor said it was just a coma from fright, it's useless for you to come here

[Akita dog]: If there is anything, remember to let me know as soon as possible

Xia Lerong and Duan Chenglin have slept in separate rooms for many years, Xia Lerong's ID card and social security card should be in her own room.

Duan Yan didn't know exactly where to put it, so he looked around anyway.

There were no handbags and cabinets. Duan Yan took the key to open the drawer under the decoration, and there were some luxury brand jewelry in it, and no ID was seen.

Behind the bedside table is the place where the safe is hidden. Duan Yan never thought that Xia Lerong would keep his ID card there, but he couldn't find it anywhere else, so he finally decided to visit.

When he was young, he once watched Xia Lerong open that cabinet once, and secretly wrote down the string of numbers. After so many years, he didn't know whether the password was changed or not.

Relying on his previous memory, he entered them one by one in the safe.

Third from left, second from right, first from left...

Suddenly there was a "thump", and the metal door of the safe was successfully opened.

There is no Xia Lerong's ID card in it, only some company's share agreement, asset certificate and other documents are stored.

At the bottom, there is also a DNA identification report from judicial identification.

Duan Yan's first reaction was that it was the document that Xiang Mingqiu handed over to Xia Lerong at the law firm that day, so he didn't pay much attention to it, just out of curiosity, he picked it up and opened it casually.

There are a lot of special terms in genetics on the identification report, Duan Yan skipped to read.

I turned all the way to the last page, and there were two lines of words clearly written in the inspection opinion——

"According to the above results, neither Duan Chenglin nor Xia Lerong could provide Duan Yan with the necessary alleles, which did not conform to the Mendelian law of inheritance."

"According to the DNA analysis results, it is not supported that Duan Chenglin and Xia Lerong are Duan Yan's biological father and biological mother."