In the end, Jian Chen still didn't succeed.
The reason was that the sudden heavy rain caused traffic jams, and there were too many guests going to the restaurant to take shelter and eat. In addition, the appointment time was approaching and Jian Chen had not arrived yet, so the restaurant called to inquire about his arrangements.
"Then just quit," Jian Chen said politely, sitting at the table, "it's troublesome."
Rainy days always make people feel lazy, and it is rare that Jian Chen doesn't want to cook, so he clicked on the takeout app under the expectant eyes of the little monsters.
Jian Chen rarely orders takeout and is not familiar with the surrounding stores. He wanted to just pick a store with good reviews and deal with it, but Chu Yanzhou gave some suggestions.
"This store is good," he pointed to the picture. "I went there to eat once, before I entered the black market."
As the saying goes, when it comes to acting, he has to do a complete set. The character Chu Yanzhou created for himself from the beginning was that of a pitiful demon who was abducted while walking on the road one day.
This was the rhetoric he used to deal with the black market and Jian Chen. Unexpectedly, the young man didn't react much when he heard him mentioning this matter unintentionally, and this persona never appeared in Chu Yanzhou's mouth again.
Jian Chen, who already knew his background thoroughly, cooperated. He held his chin and glanced at the menu, then ordered a few signature dishes according to Chu Yanzhou's suggestions.
"The merchant said it's raining too much now, so the delivery time will be a little slower." After Jian Chen paid, he switched back to the chat interface and read out the conversation above. "He said that if he was in a hurry, he could ask his son to help with the delivery. He said that his son was idle anyway, and he might as well go for a run in the rain while eating dried meat at home."
Jian Chen seemed to be amused. He replied that it was okay and poked the boss's profile picture out of curiosity.
It was a Shiba Inu grinning evilly at the camera. It was fluffy and looked particularly silly.
At first glance, he looks like the kind of dog that will rush into a puddle when he sees it.
His somewhat depressed mood improved a lot. He put down his cell phone and waited patiently for the hot pot to arrive, and then walked towards Chu Yanzhou without giving up.
"So you really don't want to go out?"
He was very persistent on this issue. He seemed to think that Chu Yanzhou was too lazy, so he frowned: "No other wolf would stay at home all day long."
"Do you know other wolves?" Chu Yanzhou asked.
"No," Jian Chen's eyelashes trembled, "I just feel-"
"I think you will miss your old life."
He tried to change his words, trying to arouse Chu Yanzhou's inner thoughts about the plot line: "And your friends, they will definitely be worried about you, after all, you are so powerful and so good."
For example, those dedicated subordinates.
Not knowing that the handover task had been completed long ago, Jian Chen just sincerely hoped that Chu Yanzhou would remember their existence, but the wolf in question didn't know what he remembered, and there was a hint of disgust in his eyebrows.
"My previous life," he tilted his head, "was actually very boring and very busy."
This was the first time he took the initiative to talk about this with Jian Chen: "They are indeed worried about me and trying to find me, but that's not all of them. The rest of them do this for other reasons entirely."
For example, performance, orders, and following the crowd can be added to his resume in the future.
The relationship in the monster bureau is not as good as it seems on the surface, especially for a team like them that travels all year round, and is often labeled as "not easy to mess with".
Many people in the special task force have been living alone in the bureau all year round. Chu Yanzhou has made some people lose face because of his previous military affairs, and now his reputation is even more polarized.
When he said this, Chu Yanzhou's tone was calm, as if what he was talking about at this moment was entirely someone else's story.
But Jian Chen's heart was suddenly tugged.
Blinking slowly, Jian Chen lowered his tone and asked, "Chu Yanzhou, are you unhappy?"
"No." He said quickly.
Jian Chen obviously didn't believe it, but he didn't try to expose it. He just moved his eyes away from his low-hanging tail and comforted her strangely: "That's because they don't know what kind of person you are. If you don't see me one day, I will definitely go find you."
That being said, Jian Chen's eyes quickly drooped as he thought that as the plot progressed, Chu Yanzhou would not only leave him without saying goodbye, but would eventually arrest him into the monster bureau.
Fortunately, he controlled his state. In order to prevent Chu Yanzhou from finding out that something was wrong, he quickly changed the question: "Then don't you want to meet those friends who care about you?"
Thinking about Su Mu, whose dog had followed them for most of the way, but was scared away just because he glanced at him, Chu Yanzhou's eyelids twitched, and just when he was about to reject it, he changed his answer again: "Would you allow me to meet them if I wanted to?"
"Yes," Jian Chen looked at him strangely, "I'm not a bad person..."
Wrong.
He is a bad guy,
Jian Chen, who had completely forgotten about his personality, became confused for a moment. He glanced at the automatic warning on the system panel with lingering fear, and tried to change his tone: "A good person with a charitable mentality."
No matter how unreasonable her answer sounded, Jian Chen hurriedly said: "Unless you obey and make me happy, I will never let you meet."
After saying that, he felt that his momentum was not very strong, so he added according to the lines in the script, "It's okay if you don't agree, because you are mine now."
Many of the lines of the original owner were particularly embarrassing for Jian Chen. The last time he read them while lying in bed, he felt dazed. Now that he actually read them out and finished them, Jian Chen realized this and was stunned. He blushed for a moment.
Chu Yanzhou was stunned for a moment, looking at the red earlobes under the young man's black hair. After a long time, he spoke with a meaning that he couldn't explain.
"Well, I'm yours."
The temperature on his face has not yet dropped, but it has risen again because of Chu Yanzhou's answer.
This is the first time that Jian Chen is so helpless as he grows up.
Praying in his heart for Chu Yanzhou to quickly move on to the next topic, Jian Chen clasped his fingers unconsciously and vaguely seemed to hear the sound of the doorbell being pressed.
The crisp sound instantly pulled Jian Chen out of his embarrassment. Seeing his face full of joy and excitement, Chu Yanzhou shook his head in a funny way, suppressing the tiny regrets in his eyes that he didn't even notice, and slowly he slowly stood up and walked towards the door.
"Hello, takeaway."
Su Mu was wearing a raincoat outside the door, and his tail swayed excitedly the moment he opened the door.
"Is this Mr. Jian?" Su Mu pretended to go through the process, "this is the takeout you ordered at our house."
As he spoke, he winked at Chu Yanzhou, but when he saw Chu Yanzhou's clothes clearly, the top of his head immediately became stiff.
After making sure not to go out at noon, Chu Yanzhou was urged by Jian Chen to change his clothes.
So he was wearing soft pajamas at the moment, with a Q version of a little wolf printed on the bottom of the collar.
This was also drawn by Jian Chen. He happened to see the event online before, so he took the manuscript he drew and ordered a few sets of pajamas.
One for each, even the cubs.
The little monsters wearing the same clothes are always curious and timid towards strangers. When they heard the noise, they hurried over and hid behind the door frame with their heads stuck out. Their eyes all fell on the takeaway in his hand, on the bag.
Being stared at by so many pairs of eyes for a while, Su Mu's expression froze, and he couldn't help but fall into a strange embarrassment that he couldn't understand.
Fortunately, Jian Chen came to save him.
Although he had taken several quick deep breaths just now and managed to calm down his mood, Jian Chen's cheeks still looked a little red.
Especially when paired with the way he hurried over in his plush pajamas, he looked more like a soft little animal that had just been bullied.
Looking at Chu Yanzhou, there was subconscious condemnation in his eyes, but Su Mu did not dare to make too many unnecessary moves, so he could only hand the bag in his hand to Jian Chen, grinning and saying: "Take it, eat it while it's hot, remember the five stars Good review."
"Good."
The person in front of him looked cheerful and kept wagging his tail. Jian Chen just glanced at him and quickly overlapped him with the Shiba Inu used by the boss as his profile picture.
Thinking of the image of him chewing dried meat and running around in the rain, Jian Chen narrowed his eyes and even raised his tone of voice.
"Thanks."
Su Mu felt silly and amused by his expression, and then felt a familiar gaze on him.
Subconsciously, he stood up straight. When the little animal followed Jian Chenhuan and happily ran to the living room to wait for the meal, Su Mu carefully smiled at Chu Yanzhou and quickly stuffed the things in his pocket to him before he spoke...
"Boss," he reported to Chu Yanzhou in a low voice, "I brought the things for you."
"Contact us at any time if there is any situation. We are all taking turns on duty. And boss, don't just bully others just because you are doing the task."
"Bang."
The man wearing pajamas with a Q version of the little wolf pattern just closed the door with an expressionless expression. He stuffed the things in his hands into his pockets, turned around and walked towards the house.
After all, they were related people who recognized each other through a special code. Su Mu came over anxiously to meet Chu Yanzhou, so the order was naturally delivered very quickly.
The opened lunch boxes were still steaming. Jian Chen took them to the table one by one. Seeing the little animals looking at her eagerly, he took a plate to share some with them first.
"The portions of his food are so generous," Jian Chen praised Chu Yanzhou when he saw him coming over, "I feel like we might not be able to finish the whole meal, so why don't we save some for the evening and heat it up then?"
After helping him unpack, Chu Yanzhou took the two people's bowls and chopsticks from the kitchen and said, "okay."
"It's raining today, so we won't go for a walk in the evening," Jian Chen sat down and made arrangements. "This way we can eat slower and have time to check online to see if there are anything else to prepare."