godfather

This house in Shaotang has a good location in the community, adjacent to the Temple of Heaven, and the high-rise building overlooks the lush and magnificent scenery of the round altar of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests throughout the year.

After Meng Xiaobei moved here, he found out that the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests was also guarded by fences and tickets had started to be sold.In the 80s when he grew up, these landscapes were originally free, and the times changed too fast.

It is not far from the State Sports General Administration to the north.Nearby is the training compound of the General Administration, and the people who come in and out every day are full of athletes from the national team.Shaotang drove by, and Meng Xiaobei pointed out through the car window: "Look at that man, is he the one who plays basketball for the national team? The guy who is [-] meters tall!... so tall..."

Shaotang glanced at it, smiled and said, "It's really tall, there will be two of us stacking up soon."

In their community, there are also houses allocated to the staff of the General Administration and athletes, all of whom live in the public house, and the green belt is beautiful.Entering from the entrance of the unit, Meng Xiaobei saw several small white paper advertisements pasted next to the mailbox, a certain school, a certain Olympic interest class, a cram school for the high school entrance examination, and so on. very high.

There was also the name of the teacher written on it, Meng Xiaobei passed by in a flash and didn't look carefully.There were people he knew on it.

The two were in the bathroom, the water heater was boiling hot water, and Shaotang wiped his son's body.

Meng Xiaobei's hands were wrapped in gauze, so he couldn't get water to prevent infection, so he stood outside the spraying range of the shower head, stripped naked, and asked Shaotang to wash him with water.

The two were naked, their eyes level.Shaotang rubbed shampoo on Meng Xiaobei's hair, and made foam, as if indifferent, the little black mole at the corner of his mouth moved, and he stretched out his hand to pat Xiaobei's nose with foam.

"Hmm..." Meng Xiaobei frowned, "Are you playing tricks?"

Meng Xiaobei's hands were tied, he couldn't touch them, and he had no fighting ability. At this time, he jumped forward and rubbed his nose against Shaotang's face.

Shaotang dodged flexibly, smiled sinisterly, and slapped Xiaobei again, giving Xiaobei a mouthful of foam!

"what……"

Meng Xiaobei didn't show any weakness, and if he couldn't use his hands, he directly used his feet, and wiped the big bird drooping under Shaotang's crotch.Shaotang roared, "What are you doing? Want to kill your man?!"

Meng Xiaobei kicked out with one leg, there was water on the ground and he couldn't stand still, he squeaked and leaned back, he was about to fly up to the sky with all four legs.

Shaotang hugged him and carried him back, the two immediately rubbed each other's face with foam.A closed bathroom is filled with obscene and heavy laughter...

Shaotang usually has simple things at home, and there are not many items on the sink.I have developed the habit of hard work and simplicity in the army for many years. I don't like to use foreign brands such as Avon Olay, which are fashionable now, and I use soap for bathing.Meng Xiaobei looked down, and Shaotang held the transparent soap in his hand and moved it all over his body, wiping it back and forth, as if he was touching him, but he didn't really touch him, as if he was away.The soap wiped the muscles of his chest, and a red spot on Meng Xiaobei's chest suddenly hardened, swollen into a dark red hard bean.

Shaotang also saw it.

Meng Xiaobei's eyes were dark, his Adam's apple was trembling, and his chest muscles were also very strong, staring at people like a wolf, and the lower part was swollen.The man's desire buried in the dark forest raised his head faintly, facing Shaotang.Shaotang was just making soap, without any superfluous obscenities.Shaotang turned his eyes away, and his eyes circled around the dim ceiling, a little helpless, but also deeply longing, his eyes were watery, covered with a layer of mist... He held it in for too long.It's not easy for a man who is in his prime of life to be able to endure until Xiao Beiban just for the sake of a "".

Xiaobei glanced along the outline of Shaotang's hip bones, and reminded fearlessly, "Hey, yours is up too."

Shaotang said: "Don't look at me, look at me, can I not respond?"

Before Meng Xiaobei could speak again, Shaotang had already pressed him up, squeezing his body against the wall!Meng Xiaobei slammed his back against the wet wall, Shaotang covered his mouth and kissed him fiercely.Meng Xiaobei couldn't bear it and hugged him, but couldn't hug him tightly, so he wrapped gauze around Shaotang's neck.Shaotang turned his face sideways to suck his mouth, the tip of his tongue pressed against and entangled, and both could feel each other's heavy chest trembling slowly in the heat wave.

Meng Xiaobei asked in a hoarse voice, "Do you want to do it?"

There was fog on Shaotang's eye mask, and he contradicted himself: "Do it. Can you still do it like this?"

Meng Xiaobei replied without hesitation: "Yes, I want to do it."

……

The foam on the two of them was knocked off inch by inch by the splashing water around them, their bodies were lubricated, and it felt amazing to rub against each other.Shaotang stroked Xiaobei's body, buttocks, and thighs vigorously, with strong hands, with a man's strong desire that could not be restrained.Meng Xiaobei couldn't exert himself, he was at a disadvantage, his ribs on both sides were about to be squeezed by Shaotang.The hot mist made him breathless, and his lungs felt a strong suffocation.All sensations poured into the lower body, turning into layers of pleasure, swallowing people layer by layer...

The hot water in the bathroom sizzled and rang for a long time. At some point, Shaotang slapped the switch and turned off the switch.

The sound of the water stopped abruptly, and the sound of lip licking and body slapping suddenly filled the ears, and the breathing was warm and heavy.

Shaotang said, "Hold your hands up, don't touch them."

Meng Xiaobei obediently raised his hands, giving the other party all the initiative.

Shaotang whispered: "Turn around..."

As soon as Meng Xiaobei turned around, Shaotang tightly grasped the fragile organs of his lower body.With a slight movement of his waist, Shaotang's swelled thing pressed against his rear hip.The strong crotches of the two are tightly stacked together.Shaotang rubbed him slowly, played with his organs, rubbed the glans hard with his rough fingers, making Meng Xiaobei grunt from time to time.As soon as he made a sound, Shaotang panted heavily and came up to bite his earlobe, and touched his chest with a big hand.

Meng Xiaobei wanted to beg for mercy: "Qingqing, um... um..."

Shaotang was skillful, rubbing his balls with his fingertips while stroking his lower body.The place was too fragile, Xiaobei couldn't help rubbing the hair on Shaotang's lower abdomen with his butt, and the two of them rubbed back and forth forgetfully.At the moment of ejaculation, Meng Xiaobei's thighs convulsed, and he was about to be unable to stand up.For some reason, the two muscles on the buttocks trembled violently, and a strong desire rose in the abdominal cavity. After shooting, it felt even more empty and unsatisfied.He wanted Shaotang to penetrate him, wanted Shaotang to fuck him.

Meng Xiaobei couldn't move his hands anyway, and let the other party do whatever he wanted, feeling very happy in his heart.He leaned back on Shaotang's shoulder, being pampered by his little daddy like this, even dying in his arms would be very satisfying.A pair of shadows on the wall merged into one, the veins in Shaotang's neck throbbed, and the muscles on his shoulders shone under the light. His naked body was extremely sexy, and he seemed to be in a state of excitement and impulsiveness.Meng Xiaobei felt that Shaotang was becoming more and more hard, sticking up at the crevice of his buttocks, and it was almost unbearable.

Shaotang quickly took out a tube of transparent jelly from the drawer of the sink, and it was in a high-end packaging in foreign languages. It seemed that he had prepared it long ago.

Meng Xiaobei tied his hands and stretched his neck to find out: "What did you write?"

"It's nothing!" Shaotang tensed his expression, kept his face sullen, and hid his hands, but he didn't want to show it to him.

Meng Xiaobei smiled and shouted: "Show me what it is!... Anyway, it was rubbed on my ass, what the hell!!"

In the past, he had officially "done" both of them, and he had never used these.Just looking for toothpaste, shampoo, bath liquid, or a few mouthfuls of saliva, I squeezed it in, and it was very high.In short, Shaotang's body is strong enough to carry it, and Meng Xiaobei always feels that when Shaotang is in pain, his expression looks brighter...

Shaotang usually uses cheap ones for bathing and shaving. This is the only foreign brand, high-end product in his bathroom, and he is afraid that it will make the big baby uncomfortable.

Meng Xiaobei pressed his forehead against the door and spread his legs apart. Shaotang squeezed into him from behind. His legs could barely stand, as if his body had been pierced by the hardest object.The tactile sensation was too clear to avoid, even with sufficient lubrication, the thick guy tore the skin and wedged into the intestines, the whole body was stretched apart, and the legs were not close together.

Meng Xiaobei didn't yell, and endured it manly without saying a word, and let Shaotang in.

When it hurts, he claws the ground with his ten toes and trembles.

Shaotang panted heavily, breathing heavily, as if enjoying himself, buried his face in his neck and coaxed: "It hurts."

Meng Xiaobei said: "Your thing is too big."

Shaotang: "Be patient for a while."

Meng Xiaobei laughed: "You won't let me go, will you?"

A smile throbbed in Shaotang's chest, and he kissed him forcefully: "I've done it several times before, and you kid didn't let me go."

Meng Xiaobei hummed: "I think, me, I'm still not as old as you... You're already in my stomach!"

This kind of talk is what a man loves to hear and cares about.Shaotang bites him, and Meng Xiaobei screams from the bite.

In fact, it was the thing inserted into the body, moving, looking more robust and abrupt than usual.Meng Xiaobei seemed to be able to feel that the bulge around Shaotang's tiger's head was bound inside him, and he would go crazy if he moved!He had to yell out "uh", and he was pushed to be more sensitive in no time, which was too fast!

Meng Xiaobei said yes or no, we have to go to bed, I can't bear standing young master.

But Shaotang didn't want to take it out, and the two of them were connected, both physically and mentally intoxicated.Shaotang hugged him from behind and walked into the house.Both of them were barefoot, and as soon as they stepped out of the hot bathroom, Meng Xiaobei yelled, "It's cold!!! I'm so fucking cold, buddy!"

Shaotang casually pulled a towel from behind the door, wrapped it around his upper body indiscriminately, and covered the heat!The two entangled and laughed, trembling, and walked towards the bedroom step by step.

The best thing about having your own home and a world for two people is that the two of you can walk around the house without any shame.

All of a sudden, I came out of the small airtight toilet, the surroundings were bright and empty, and the ceiling was high.The night scene of the city is brightly lit, and distant lights shine into the living room from the windows of high-rise buildings.In the same community, there is another high-rise building on the diagonal, as if it is close at hand, and they can see each other from a distance. The shaking figures in the house!

At this moment, Meng Xiaobei was teased a little bit ashamed, his eye mask was bright and brilliant, it felt like he was naked in front of everyone.

The lower half of the two of them were naked, without any clothes on.He was penetrated, unable to take a step at all, and his legs were forced to spread apart.He was pushed forward by Shaotang, walking like a duck.With a slight movement of his buttocks, Shaotang's thing poked him so hard that he couldn't help himself, and wanted to cum.He straightened up in front of him, and was quickly pinched by the other party's big hand, and the strength of the hand made him tremble.

Xiao Bei: "I... can't do it... let's go into the house."

Shaotang: "I won't go in."

This time it was Shaotang who played tricks.Shaotang's voice was hoarse, and he said in a rascally way: "I've been waiting for this day to eat you. I've been waiting for many years."

The two stood in the middle of the living room like that, Shaotang seemed to tease him deliberately, and kept stroking between his legs while fucking him.Repressed for too long, the most unrestrained desire in a man's bones is forced out, and the domineering aggression bursts out from every fingertip.Meng Xiaobei's ears turned red from being touched, and his whole body seemed to be lifted up from behind, penetrated, and hung in mid-air.The feeling of being completely possessed by the other party physically and mentally, all limbs and bones are immersed in a strong sense of friction and intimacy, which arouses double pleasure both psychologically and physically... He thought vaguely, this is the real bridal chamber of the two of them.

After finally getting to the bed, Meng Xiaobei was so tired that he threw himself on the bed and lay down on the bed.

Shaotang pressed him from behind, thrust and thrust a few times, then pulled out suddenly.

Shaotang sat on the edge of the bed, patted his thigh: "You come up..."

The two of them used this posture most often in many subsequent times.Shaotang likes to let the big baby ride on it and hug him. No matter who makes the guy or who bears it, Meng Xiaobei's "monkey" is usually on top of the two of them, like a lively wolf dog that is never restless.His two thighs wrapped around Shaotang's waist, and he sat down slowly, so that he could sit very deeply, deeper than the standing posture just now, when he sat on the thick roots, he could hardly die, his body was about to be torn in two.Shaotang lowered his head and kissed him, took the little bean on his chest, then suddenly thrust his hips up, pushing up.Meng Xiaobei yelled "Ah", screaming wildly on the bed...

On the way, Shaotang thoughtfully took both of his hands to check whether the gauze was scratched or whether it was bleeding again.

Shaotang asked Xiaobei to wrap his arms around his neck.Shaotang moved up and down, the beautiful muscles on the chest and lower abdomen trembled slightly with the straightening movement, and the navel trembled slightly. The triangle area below was a burning black forest. It looked so sexy that Meng Xiaobei's eyes were dizzy... ...or being pushed from below with messy eyes.

Both were wounded.There was a small incision on Shaotang's waist that was not too deep, and it was randomly wrapped in gauze, and there were several old scars that could be discerned on top of the fresh wound.

"Does your hand hurt?" Shaotang asked in a low voice.

Meng Xiaobei didn't bother to answer, and frowned.

"Do your hands hurt more or your butt?" Shaotang asked again.

Meng Xiaobei laughed out loud.In fact, both his upper and lower parts were quite painful. After all, they were all tear wounds, and it was the first time he was injured.

Both injuries are for Shaotang, man, he doesn't care if it hurts.He no longer wears the copper bullet necklace around his neck for a long time now. The red string has been replaced several times, and all of them are crumpled. Later, he put the copper bullet on the key ring and always wears it with him.Shaotang still wore the colored rope bracelet he wove on his wrist, not the one he gave at the beginning, and he wove another one when it was worn out.Everywhere on the body, there are traces of the other party, which cannot be erased in this life.

The two looked down at each other, staring unashamedly at the junction.Meng Xiaobei's erection was hard again, too swollen to let go, and panicked, Shaotang smiled and said, "Little wolf cub is still young, haha."

Every time Shaotang moves, he intentionally pushes it wide open, making Xiaobei's bird jump up along with it.Meng Xiaobei watched his thing rubbing against Shaotang's lower abdomen, gliding across the gully between the muscles, it was as comfortable as electrification, and he was very satisfied.

The first time is always impressive, whether it is the pain left on the body or the marks left on each other's spirit.

Shaotang has a strong body, is of a certain age, has self-sustainability, and can stand firm for a long time without falling.Meng Xiaobei couldn't sit still afterwards, his thighs were hanging apart, and the wound on his hand still bled slightly.

Shaotang picked him up and put him on the bed, lying flat.

Shaotang took both of his hands, looked carefully, lowered his head and kissed each nail of his ten fingers one by one, and kissed the ring on his ring finger.Meng Xiaobei's vision was blurred, and he couldn't forget Shaotang's expression when he kissed his fingers. Shaotang knelt naked in front of his legs, like a god, with a strong figure, and a deep pool in his eyes, like the surging sea.

The two continued facing each other again, inserting and puffing each other enjoying each other.Meng Xiaobei gradually got used to it, the pain gradually disappeared, and there was some kind of wetness after being stabbed out.The body is firmly filled, and there is a sense of security that has never been felt before.Both top and bottom are very cool, two different kinds of satisfaction.

Shaotang was still concentrating on this trip, and didn't use all his firepower, taking care of the wound on Da Baobao's hand.Shaotang ordered in a hoarse voice: "Call me husband."

Xiao Bei felt comfortable being hit, his eyes were messed up: "...Huh?"

Shaotang repeated it again, softly: "Calling you man husband."

Meng Xiaobei heard clearly, narrowed his eyes, raised the corners of his mouth, and said very dickly: "...what a little dad."

Shaotang: "..."

Hahahaha...

Meng Xiaobei laughed loudly with his throat open, his half-length soft hair curtains were neatly scattered on his face and pillow, his eyes narrowed in laughter.

The elegant and handsome young man like the wind once made Shaotang ask in his heart again and again how long the entanglement between the two of them could last for half a lifetime.

Bright red desire flashed in Shaotang's eyes, desire was mixed with anger, he pressed up and bumped fiercely, almost smashing two eggs into Meng Xiaobei's body.Xiao Bei howled at being hit.Shaotang's strong crotch received brutal and brutal blows one after another, driving him into a frenzy, his thighs twitched and convulsed, and the groin seemed to be broken and fell apart.

Meng Xiaobei begged for mercy, "Don't, don't, I won't come, stop making trouble, stop making trouble!!..."

Xiaobei: "Father, I was wrong."

Shaotang: "Say more?"

Xiao Bei: "No, no, no!!... Husband, Husband!!..."

Meng Xiaobei's tears were knocked out, he was about to cry, but his lips were still smiling, he was begging for mercy indiscriminately, he was about to be killed by his man... It must be nice to die like this.

Shaotang charged inside for a while, every time he hit, his chest muscles trembled with force.Meng Xiaobei's eyes quickly blurred, being pushed there, his hips suddenly convulsed, his lower body was extremely hard, and tears suddenly flowed all over his face.

Shaotang hugged his legs tightly and shot into him with a growl, the scalding liquid poured out for thousands of miles.

When he ejaculated, Shaotang buried himself in his chest, and the two of them trembled together.Meng Xiaobei vaguely heard Shaotang's voice, as if resonating from his chest, Shaotang called him "baby" in a low voice...

His eyes were blinded by the burn, and he seemed to be swallowed in a daze, wrapped in warmth.

Shaotang sucked him and helped him to ejaculate too, which was very satisfying.For 10 minutes, the two hugged each other tightly, motionless, immersed in the aftertaste of the orgasm, unwilling to open their eyes, and wanted to last forever like this.

……

A few days later, Meng Xiaobei had scabs on his hands, so he went to the hospital again to apply medicine and bandages, and prescribed a bunch of various ointments to stuff in his luggage.

He had to leave Beijing again and return to Xi'an to make up cultural lessons and prepare for the college entrance examination.

Shaotang went out to do errands during the day, but he didn't tell the truth to Meng Xiaobei. He asked someone to say hello to the Admissions Office of the Academy of Fine Arts in private, and passed the message.If he was far away, he was worried that something would happen to Xiaobei's hands in the future; if he was near, he was afraid that the professor who knew Xiaobei might trip up the child.

Shaotang didn't intend to force Meng Xiaobei into this school through the back door based on his connections.If I had tried to take a shortcut and get a student quota from the Admissions Office of the Academy of Fine Arts, it would not have been impossible.However, Shaotang believes that if he does that, Xiaobei’s admission is bought by him in the end with a hat. ——Could it be that our big baby can't pass the exam with his own ability?

People who engage in art also have nobility and integrity, and Xiaobei will not be happy to do that.

Shaotang basically said that my son is the best student from Xi'an, and he has talent and diligence in art.There are only one or two quotas in the northwest provinces. Meng Xiaobei’s score in the art test is the same. We will never give up other people’s quotas, but my son’s quota position cannot be replaced by others through the back door, and he cannot be “hacked”.In the end, whether you can pass the exam depends on the children's ability, and we look at the fair results.

Meng Xiaobei finished business with Shaotang, and on the mailbox downstairs of his new home, he suddenly saw Teacher Xiao Yixiao's name listed in the cram school advertisement [Famous Teachers and Famous Teachers].In the past two years, Mr. Xiao has been able to find a suitable job and support his family. Meng Xiaobei is quite relieved. No matter what, don't push people to a corner.

On the night before leaving, Meng Xiaobei had dinner at his grandma's house to say goodbye, and then suddenly called his little father in a hurry.

Meng Xiaobei said, Come here, Shaotang, I still have one important thing on my mind, I have to deal with that kid.

Shaotang didn't understand, who are you going to deal with?

Meng Xiaobei yelled on the phone: "I'm going to take care of Liangliang! As Liangliang's closest brother and comrade-in-arms, we have been ganging up for so many years and we have never abandoned each other. Our hearts are connected, this kid Damn it, it’s clear that I’m going to dump me now! I’ve found someone else to make a fool of me!!... No, I must go to their house to check!"

Shaotang couldn't bear it anymore and said: "Xiaobei, can you give me a rest for a few days? You are a wounded person now, do you have this concept in your head?"

Meng Xiaobei said: "I hurt my hand, but my legs and feet didn't hurt, and I didn't lose my head! Brat Qi Liang wanted to fool me. I don't know how great your Grandpa Bei is. I can bring their family to their knees."

Meng Xiaobei heard on the other end of the phone, the irritable old wolf kicked the office door, the old man still couldn't screw the young one, and gave in.

It was eight or nine o'clock when Shaotang came back from work, quite late, it was completely dark outside, and the shops on the street were brightly lit.

That night, near the No. [-] factory, passing by a big iron gate with a vocational school sign on the side of the street, Meng Xiaobei said by accident: "This vocational school is the cram school where Xiao Yi teaches!"

The cram school just ended at this point, and a large number of students poured out of the corridor, riding bicycles out of the school gate under the night to go their separate ways.At that time, there was no large private educational institution like New Oriental.All kinds of remedial classes and Olympiad classes are attached to schools or education bureaus, rent university classroom venues, hold classes privately, attend classes in spare time, and hire senior teachers from famous schools with high salaries.So some retired old teachers came to this kind of place to earn extra money.Of course, there are also teachers who have no formal teaching positions outside the public institution system, such as Xiao Yi.

From a distance, Teacher Xiao appeared at the door of the building, buttoned up his coat, put on a scarf, and put one hand in his pocket while walking, still looking like a scholar.

Xiao Yi came out of the classroom of the junior high school cram school.

Next door, the college entrance examination intensive class also ended, and Qi Liang, wearing a horn button coat and a light blue scarf, came out of the classroom.

When Meng Xiaobei saw Qi Liang for the first time, his eyeballs seemed to be shaking and about to fall out of their sockets.He suddenly understood why he saw Qi Liang wearing that scarf, it looked so familiar!

Meng Xiaobei hid behind the Huachizi rockery on his side, only a dozen meters away from the two of them, pointing desperately, winking at Shaotang.Shaotang put up a finger to tell him to be silent, hooked his hands, retreated to distance himself, and followed you to learn from Lao Tzu.

The two walked with their heads bowed among the cyclists, talking all the time.Qi Liang kept talking and gesticulating, with a flamboyant expression, pouting from time to time, complaining that the courses were too difficult, I don't fucking miss these crappy schools in China anymore!A slight expression appeared on Xiao Yi's face, laughing at him.Xiao Yi seemed to have changed into a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and his appearance suddenly looked much younger.

Teacher Xiao walked to a non-staple food store on the street, went in and queued up, bought a bag of cooked food, and a bag of cut noodles.

When Xiao Yi was picking dishes, Qi Liang stood with his back to the counter, looking around in boredom and whistling.He doesn't know how to cook anyway, he doesn't know what kind of noodles to buy, and what kind of noodles to buy.

Xiao Yi asked: "Do you want to eat Pian Erchuan, or do you want to eat braised noodles?"

Qi Liang shrugged: "I'm tired of eating one kind of food all the time, it doesn't taste good in my mouth!"

Xiao Yi: "Then what do you want to eat?"

Qi Liang: "...can you cook lentil stewed noodles?"

So Xiao Yi went to buy another catty of lentils, two ends of garlic and a handful of shallots.Southerners don't often eat this mouthful, but Liangliang likes the strong salty taste.

Qi Liang pointed to the canteen next to him, Xiao Yi shook his head, forced a smile, Qi Liang insisted on pulling him over, so he bought two bunches of big yam with rock sugar, the kind with a big piece of sugar on the yam, it was delicious.The two stood in the wind and chewed, chattering, eating until the corners of their mouths were covered with shredded sugar residue.

Qi Liang grabbed the cashmere scarf around his neck, and wiped his mouth with the scarf!

When Mr. Xiao came back, he was not allowed to wipe it with a scarf. It was too dirty. Are you ruining something good?

Qi Liang frowned: What should I use to wipe without a scarf?

Qi Liang has a cheeky face: Then you came here and licked it for me?Ah ah ah ah you come ah ah come ah!

Teacher Xiao pursed his lips, as if he was embarrassed, bowed his head and walked away, ignoring him.

Meng Xiaobei saw from a distance that Qi Liang grabbed Teacher Xiao's long scarf and covered the other's face, as if joking, and then got on a three-wheeled motorcycle by the side of the street.

In the era when private cars were not yet popular, three-wheeled motorcycles were also very convenient and easy-to-use family vehicles, which could carry people and load things.Qi Liang's scarf and overcoat skirt fluttered in the night wind, with a dashing demeanor, he drove his big motorcycle and drove Teacher Xiao home.

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