10859

August, Friday.

"Balance" magazine works from nine to five, and today is no exception.It was a quarter of an hour before five o'clock, and the people in the editor's office couldn't sit still.

"What are your plans for the evening?"

"Pick up the kids at 05:30, get home for dinner at six, and walk the dog at night."

The person who asked the question couldn't help but laugh: "How about you memorize your email schedule? Who asked you this? I mean today's Chinese Valentine's Day, why don't you go out to have a meal or watch a movie?"

"Tanabata?!"

Hearing this, several editors in the office were all interested.

"I said whether you can do it or not, I don't even know on Qixi Festival. There are many couples on the street to see for yourself."

"It's really..." One of them flipped through the phone calendar, "I'm dead, I didn't prepare a gift... I forgot all about it."

"Then why don't you get off work quickly, and I'll swipe your card for you. Before the store closes, see if you can save a life."

"Thank you, thank you. Don't say thank you for your kindness. I'll pack my things now."

The more everyone chatted, the louder the voice was, and laughter could be heard in the corridor.

This is what Yu Nian saw when he returned the manuscript signing slip to the editor-in-chief.He paused at the door, a smile was already infected on his face.

"Xiao Nian, are you done?"

Editor Li glanced at him from the corner of his eye, and immediately gestured to him to come closer.Both are Betas, and the two usually get closer at work.

"How do you and your Alpha plan to live today?"

As soon as this question came out, everyone's attention shifted to Yu Nian.

As the only Beta combined with Alpha in the office, colleagues have complicated feelings for Yu Nian, envious, curious, and maybe a little resentful.

A year ago, when Yu Nian was about to go out to work, he suddenly felt unwell. In a panic, his colleagues dialed the special collection on his mobile phone, and Xiao Mocun quickly came to take him away.From that time on, people in the magazine had an additional cognition:

The youngest editor in the office is not in good health. He is an early married man, and his husband is a handsome and handsome Alpha. His name is very similar to his personality, Xiao Mocun.

The sunlight outside the window penetrated into the editing room like semi-melted cheese oil, adding a hazy filter to the face of Yu Nian who was walking towards him, reflecting a soft light on his whole body.He also seemed surprised by this sudden question, and his clear eyes silently conveyed the meaning of doubt.

"You forgot too?!" Li Yu opened his mouth and leaned back, sitting in the chair and looking up at him, "Today is Qixi Festival! They forget it, you have not been married for three years and have no children People will never pass it."

"Tanabata..."

Yu Nian really didn't know that his life had nothing to do with this word.Last year's Qixi Festival, Xiao Mo was on a business trip, but the year before... forgot.He looked away from Editor Li's face and looked out the window naturally.

The magazine office is facing the street, and the passers-by passing under the sycamore tree really did have flowers in their hands, walking quickly on the sidewalk, perhaps to pick up a date for dinner.These specific days are always good wishes at the beginning of the design, but it is a pity to live or not, but it depends on everyone's wishes.

"We don't really celebrate these festivals." He narrowed his eyes and smiled slightly.

The colleague who forgot to buy a gift immediately picked up the conversation: "That's right, what's there to live on? It's all the merchant's routine. Today is Valentine's Day, tomorrow is Qixi Festival, and the day after tomorrow is 520 and Christmas. All the little salary I earn goes into it." gone."

"You are so powerful, why don't you give it away today?"

"That won't work..."

"..."

During their conversation, Yu Nian quietly walked back to her workstation, saved the files, turned off the computer, drank the last sip of water in the water glass, closed the lid tightly, and locked the drawer.

As soon as five o'clock arrived, the people who were laughing and joking in the office just before suddenly dispersed.

He took out a pack of butter cookies from the refrigerator, put on his earphones, closed the office door, and walked to the subway station.

This is a regular relaxation time every day.The guitar is plucked, the sun is shining through the leaves, and the steps are extraordinarily brisk.

The magazine office is not far from the subway station, including the security check, he can listen to two complete songs.It is not so easy to enjoy music after entering the subway. Line [-] is too crowded during the rush hour, and he will always be squeezed to this side, and the headphone cable is easy to get entangled in other people's bags.Stabilizing the center of gravity and tightening the iron rod can also be regarded as a way of exercising.Brother Yu Yuan asked a long time ago if he wanted to buy him a scooter, but he didn't agree.Driving on the circular line is easy to congest, and the parking spaces at the magazine office are very tight. Taking the subway is environmentally friendly and saves money, and you don’t need to worry about your poor technology.

The marketing routines of the merchants seem to be very effective. This festival, which has only appeared in recent years, has penetrated into the hearts of couples. Even in the subway cars, there are people holding flower boxes and gifts without rings on their hands.Yu Nian thinks with the mentality of someone who has experienced it. When they get married, they will know that their husband may not even remember his own birthday.

On Qixi Festival, what should ordinary couples eat?

Dinner, or dessert?

If you are alone at home, you can't eat a big meal, and if you cook it, it will only be wasted.For dessert, wouldn't the bag of cookies in the bag count?Thinking about it this way, he felt that this day was not completely unprepared.If Xiao Mocun can get home before he falls asleep, then they can share a biscuit or two, and this festival can be counted.

After getting out of the subway, Yu Nian fiddled with his slightly messy hair a few times, and the dormant glands at the back of his neck were faintly sore.

The apartment he and Xiao Mocun lived in was far from the subway station, and it took 10 minutes to walk, probably because most people living in this community drove.

In fact, Xiao Mocun also drives, but he never picks up Yu Nian.

The security guards in their building are the most interesting. Every time they meet Yu Nian, they will stand straight and salute, and this is the case again today.Yu Nian smiled at him and nodded, secretly slandering him, why now the property in the community requires militarized management.

"Wait a minute." The security guard suddenly stopped him, "There are registered letters from your home. This week, the post office came to dismantle the receiving cabinet and planned to replace it with electronic ones, so the letters are all piled up here."

Yu Nian was startled, registered mail, a word I haven't heard for a long time.

He thanked him, and took it over to see that it was sent from the Central Hospital. The addressee column was stained with stains, and the name was illegible, but the address was correct.

It should be your own medical report.He didn't open it directly, but went upstairs with the letter.

As soon as the door was opened, Mantou obediently waited beside the shoe cabinet.Sitting on the floor with his fluffy buttocks, his upper body stood upright, watching Yu Nian arrogantly changing his shoes, his tail flicked back and forth to beat non-existent mosquitoes.

Mantou is a Siamese tabby and has been in this family for two and a half years.Its two big eyes are blue like lake water, its ears stand straight up, and it doesn't have any gills, but it is very cute. When it is serious, it makes people want to bite its face.

"I'm back." Yu Nian shook the bag in his hand at the steamed bun, successfully attracting its attention.

Mantou thought about it, straightened up and threw his claws at the bag, he didn't even bother to jump.

"You are very perfunctory." Yu Nian smiled, "But it was not for you to eat."

After changing his shoes, he couldn't help squatting down and rubbing them twice, "Today is the holiday, I will open a canned snack for you later, are you happy?"

But Mantou was like a child being cared for by an annoying parent, and suddenly couldn't stand it and ran away.The balcony is its exclusive space. It ran to the water bowl and stopped. After drinking the water, it put its front feet in to rinse it. It was confident, anyway, Yu Nian helped it change every day.

"Really..." Yu Nian murmured with a smile, "Touch it twice and run away. Is it really my son?"

After changing clothes, picking asparagus, and starting the fire, Yu Nian did it all in one go.Eating alone is a simple thing that requires motivation, but he upholds the principle of eating well alone, and always does it by himself when he has time.A small piece of seasoned steak bought in the supermarket is served with asparagus and fried with butter. It is a delicious and nutritious meal.He will blanch the asparagus in advance so that the oxalic acid content is not too high.

He has done this matter of eating alone countless times in the past three years, and he has long since lost his grievances.

After eating and cleaning up the dining room, the clock has passed seven o'clock.In such a large home, there was no sound at all without the TV on.

Yu Nian took off her apron and began to think about how to pass the time tonight. I haven't finished reading this week, maybe I should continue reading.Mantou hasn't bathed for two months, it's time to give it a spa.

But before that, he decided to make a call to Xiao Mocun, although the call might not be welcomed by the other party.

The bell rang nine times and finally connected.

"Silence?"

"Which one." Xiao Mocun was obviously very busy, so he answered casually without looking at it, and two seconds later, he said from a distance, "Help me hide the revision and print two copies on one side."

"It's me, Yu Nian. When are you going home, do you want to prepare something for you?"

He just asked more questions, and the answer must be no.

"No, I'll go back after I'm done, hang up first."

"Hey!" Yu Nian hurriedly stopped him.

"Anything else?"

So far, Xiao Mocun's tone is not too bad.Yu Nian hesitated for a moment, then asked cautiously: "Today is Qixi Festival, do you want to come back earlier?"

"Qixi Festival?" He said indifferently, "What does Qixi Festival have to do with us?"

"How can you say that." Yu Nian was embarrassed, "We are married, so we are considered a couple, right?"

Someone in the office seemed to be urging him, Xiao Mocun said: "I still have something to do, I don't have time to listen to what you have to say."

"and also--"

The phone has been hung up.

Mantou suddenly jumped off the top of the refrigerator, ran up to him at high speed, and beckoned him to play with him with the cat teasing stick in his mouth.

He reluctantly took the cat teaser from its mouth, and the bell on it jingled continuously.

"Let's play while doing things, okay?" He forced a smile towards the steamed bun with difficulty.

The tassels on the front of the cat-teasing stick fluttered back and forth in front of Mantou's eyes, making it hard to move its eyeballs.

"Call out your brother Shishi and let him play with you."

Shitou is the sweeping robot at home. Yu Nian took his mobile phone to activate it, and Mantou immediately jumped on top of it and started the driving trip, not to mention enjoying the small appearance.

"Okay, you have fun and I should go do my own thing."

He said this to himself, turned around and took the letter back to his room.This is almost as big as the master bedroom, and the equipment inside is no worse than the master bedroom.The bathroom, the small living room, and the dressing room have everything that one expects to find. It is like an independent world in this home. The meaning of existence is not to disturb the people in the master bedroom.

In this small world, Yu Nian has many things to do.Listen to music, spell models, read books, write, you can do anything.He graduated from the Chinese Department of Los Angeles University with a bachelor's degree. After graduation, he became the editor of the Procuratorial Magazine. He usually likes to write by himself, regardless of the subject matter, and writes about everything.

Brother Yu Yuan often said that he still lives like a college student, not at all like someone who has been married for three years.There is nothing wrong with this, because even Yu Nian himself doesn't feel like a person with a partner.His Alpha doesn't like him, spends very little time sharing the same bed, doesn't know how to chat with him usually, and lives like a transparent person.

But it happened for a reason, Yu Nian doesn't blame him.An excellent and successful Alpha will of course want to find an Omega with a high degree of compatibility, who will be lingering and unrestrained during the estrus period, so as to live a life of sweetness, and then have children, and become a pair of fairy couples that everyone envies.And he is an ordinary Beta, so ordinary that he can't be more ordinary, with a bland taste, he can't arouse Xiao Mo's interest at all, and he can't even make his Alpha passively estrus.

If Omega is a numbered imported chocolate, Beta is like the candy sold in bulk in the supermarket.Although the packaging is colorful, the taste is not flattering.There is a price range on each floor. If you want to buy it, you can pack it and take it away.

Staying in his room until 10:30 in the evening, Yu Nian went out to drink water. When he passed by the living room, he saw Mantou fighting mosquitoes on the balcony with high-frequency and sharp cries in high spirits.

He thought for a while, walked over to carry it in, squatted down on the bed and looked at it, and held its two front paws with both hands to teach it seriously.

"Little Mantou! Thum, thump, thump!" He first danced an arm ballroom dance with the cat, and then smiled loudly, "Daddy has something to discuss with you. When your dad comes back in a while, you have to keep your voice down and don't make any noise." Dad, do you understand?"

Mantou bared his teeth at him, and he gave it a unilateral high-five again, "Remember, keep your voice down and don't bark, or Dad will annoy us and maybe kick us out .”

The confused Mantou had indifference written all over his face, probably feeling that his actions were annoying.

Afraid that he took it seriously, Yu Nian touched its head reassuringly: "I'm just kidding, Dad won't kick us out."

If he wanted to drive him and Mantou away, Xiao Mo had countless chances in the past three years, but this incident never happened, so he thought that his husband could not do such an excessive thing.This is his home, and it is also Xiao Mocun's home, at least there is nothing wrong with that.

After returning to the room with the steamed bun in his arms, he finally remembered that he hadn't read his letter yet.

Opening the envelope with a utility knife, there were a few thin pages inside, which indeed looked like a medical report.

It's just that when the paper was unfolded, Yu Nian froze in place when he saw the title for the first time.

The Gland Replacement Matching Report is horribly short, like the title of a horror movie.

There is even a report code on it, which is compiled according to the time when the file was created and the number of mailings. A quick glance shows that this is the second report this year.

The candidate gland B10876 has a 10859% genetic match with the native gland B75.Possible high-risk postoperative clinical complications include: submembranous swelling, cramping headache, long-term disturbance of pheromone levels, and infertility.

Test conclusion: surgery is not recommended.

Yu Nian took a deep breath in his chest, and there was a low-frequency humming in his ears, and the words on the report were almost illegible.

It turns out that Xiao Mocun has been helping him find replacement glands for the past three years. If the matching rate is not 75%, but 95%, or 85%, maybe he will be told that he can undergo surgery.

For a moment he couldn't tell whether he was lucky or unlucky.Fortunately, his gland number is B10859, and it is difficult to find a replacement gland with a high enough matching degree. Unfortunately, his husband is persistent, and perhaps one day he will be able to get what he wants.

Force yourself to swap out the glands, thus getting rid of him forever.

This possibility has been rehearsed in his mind too many times, just like the nap at noon, and now it is finally confirmed by a paper report.Yu Nian's face was pale, staring at the paper in a daze.

Sooner or later, he knew.But why so fast?Can it be delayed a little longer, for a few more years?

He's only 24 years old, life has just begun, and he still wants to stay with his husband for many years, even with this gland.

There was a sound of unlocking the door, and Mantou immediately became alert and ran towards the door yelling.

His Alpha is back.

Yu Nian was stunned for a second before reacting instantly, and hurriedly stuffed the report into the drawer.