CH 10

After deciding to marry Duan Changqing, the more Xie Yunnan looked at Duan Changqing, the more he liked him.

It was fine when his grandfather was alive. But after he passed away, he lived alone, and always felt his house was deserted.

Every so often, he wants a partner.

He doesn’t have high requirements for his partner. He only hopes that the other party is gentle, kind, and willing to accompany him and treat him well.

And Duan Changqing met his requirements.

Xie Yunnan gave Duan Changqing a bowl of rice and a piece of chicken thigh. “You eat more.”

“En, thank you,” Duan Changqing tasted the food. “It’s delicious!”

As someone who hasn’t eaten anything in hundreds of years, just eating plain rice is delicious!

Now there are even tastier braised chicken thighs with rice…he feels like he can eat a whole pot.

Duan Changqing didn’t lift his head when eating. Even his original body, the chipmunk, squatted beside the bed, staring at the table where he was eating.1DCQ still thinks of “companion beasts” in his current world as the “original body” of animal demons in the Xuanhuan world he was in

At this moment, Duan Changqing didn’t attach his divine consciousness to the chipmunk. Seeing the food, the chipmunk acted on instinct, and wanted to jump to the small table beside the bed.

But it miscalculated.

Duan Changqing is malnourished, and the chipmunk’s condition is naturally not much better. The hair on his body is sparse and dull, and his legs are naturally weak.

It jumped, but failed to reach the table, and fell straight down. Fortunately, Xie Yunnan caught it in time.

He can clearly feel how thin the chipmunk is in his hands.

Xie Yunnan probably knew what it wanted to do, so he put it on the table, and gave it a ball of rice with chopsticks.

The little chipmunk hugged the rice tightly and stuffed it into his mouth.

“What’s its name?” Xie Yunnan pointed at the chipmunk and asked Duan Changqing.

Duan Changqing raised his head, thought about it, and said, “Xiaohua!”

Xie Yunnan’s original body is called Xiaobai, so his body is called Xiaohua.

“This name is very similar to Xiaobai.” Turning his head, Xie Yunnan saw that Xiaohua had stuffed the rice ball into his mouth. Instead of eating it, he hid it behind one cheek, and continued to stare at his bowl of rice eagerly.

Xie Yunnan looked at Xiaohua with one bulging cheek, and reluctantly gave it another ball of rice. Xiaohua immediately hid the rice in it’s other cheek.

Now both sides were bulging.

Chipmunks use their mouths to carry food and can hide a lot of things in their food pouches. After hiding two balls of rice, it continued to stare at the rice in front of Xie Yunnan.

Xie Yunnan had to give it another ball of rice.

Only then was it satisfied and ate the rice.

Xie Yunnan felt a little distressed watching Duan Changqing scarfing food on the other side.

Companion beasts can eat, but they have little interest in ordinary food.

For example, Xiaobai would never come over when he was eating.

Generally speaking, companion beasts are only interested in the meat of exotic beasts, as eating exotic beast meat can make them stronger.

This chipmunk treats even a small wad of rice as a treasure. He must have been much more hungry before.

Xie Yunnan wanted to ask Duan Changqing about his past, but he was afraid that Duan Changqing would feel uncomfortable recalling those events.

When Duan Changqing was eating, he looked up at Xie Yunnan from time to time. When he saw Xie Yunnan looking at him intently, he felt happy.

How can he be unhappy knowing the other party likes him so much?

Duan Changqing ate a lot, but his speed of eating is not fast. This body is too broken. He really wants to eat fast, but his body can’t bear it.

While eating, he had to activate spiritual power to help digest.

So this meal took a while… Duan Changqing ate four bowls of rice in one go before putting down his chopsticks.

Seeing this, Xie Yunnan said, “I’ll find someone to give you an ID card… How old are you?”

Duan Changqing couldn’t remember how long he had lived, and he finally said his age in his first life: “Twenty-eight years old.”

“Twenty-eight?” Xie Yunnan looked at Duan Changqing suspiciously.

The person in front of him should indeed be an adult, but is he really twenty-eight with his delicate skin and tender flesh?

He thinks this person is in his early twenties at most.

“Are you sure you’re twenty-eight?”

Duan Changqing hesitated.

Xie Yunnan said: “Let’s write twenty-two, so it looks more normal. Do you know where you were born?”

Duan Changqing shook his head.

Xie Yunnan asked a few more questions. Duan Changqing either didn’t know or answered incorrectly. He was ignorant of many common-sense things in this world.

He was definitely locked up before!

Xie Yunnan finally said: “I’ll fill in the information for you.”

“Yeah.” Duan Changqing smiled. Thinking of something, he touched his face again: “My face, cover it…”

Duan Changqing has no memory of the original owner, but when he transmigrated through, given the original owner’s state… the original owner should have enemies.

After practicing with his method of body refinement, he can alter his appearance. But he doesn’t have the ability to do it now. Fortunately, he can wear makeup.

No matter what, he can’t go out directly with this face.

Xie Yunnan agreed: “I will buy some cosmetics back.” He is not very good at using cosmetics, but he can find someone to help Duan Changqing.

After the two discussed it, Xie Yunnan went downstairs.

People move all the time in the fringe areas. Some die and others go missing from time to time. The total population is very chaotic, making it easy for him to get an identity certificate for Duan Changqing.

As soon as Xie Yunnan walked to the door, he saw the mayor of their town walking past the door of his store with his companion beast, a goose.

Mayor Zhou greeted the people around him as he walked, holding his head high like his goose.

Seeing Xie Yunnan, he smiled and said hello, then walked away with large steps.

Xie Yunnan smiled and went to see Dr. Hu.

He never told anyone about the fact he hid someone in his house. Only Dr. Hu knew… He trusted Dr. Hu very much.

Dr. Hu was a friend of his grandfather. He stayed by Dr. Hu’s side a lot when he was a child. At that time, Dr. Hu wanted him to study medicine with him.

He actually learned a bit, but he didn’t learn much, and it was very troublesome to get a medical license… In the end, he only learned some scattered knowledge.

“Uncle Hu, the person in my home is called Duan Changqing. I want to give him a new identity…” Xie Yunnan said.

“Living in the fringe area, isn’t it okay if he doesn’t have an identity card?” Dr. Hu was puzzled. It’s not difficult to get an identity card, but it costs money and requires taking responsibility2think government mandated responsibilities – e.g., census; taxes; conscription when required. The most important thing is… many people in the ghettos don’t have identities.

“I want to marry him.” Xie Yunnan said.

Dr. Hu was a little confused: “You want to marry him? How long have you known him? You…”

“Uncle Hu, he is very good-looking.” Xie Yunnan said.

After thinking about it, Dr. Hu exclaimed, “No wonder you haven’t been in love before!”

The fringe area is quite chaotic. Many men and women look for partners at a young age. Xie Yunnan is one of the few who is in his twenties and hasn’t discussed love with anyone yet. Some people even proposed to have a “dewy union”3think temporary relation; sex friends type thing with him before, but he refused.

He even pretended back then… It turned out to be because his vision was too high.

It’s only been a few days upon meeting a vixen, and he’s in love.

2 emotional virgins, and a chipmunk. A sad chipmunk.

Who would’ve guessed DCQ’s beast is a chipmunk? ️

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