Upon hearing this, Su Mian agreed.
It's perfectly normal for same-sex couples to call each other by nicknames or "baby" when they have a good relationship.
However, when two people of the opposite sex become familiar to each other to a certain extent, but there is nothing actually going on, they may indeed fall into an awkward period of calling each other by name.
Calling someone by their full name does sound rather formal and distant.
Calling someone "Old Dog" quickly might sound more like "Husband," which is a bit too intimate.
If it is called "", the pronunciation of this word is relatively flat, so it is difficult to shout it loudly, and it is easy to be inaudible outdoors.
After thinking it over, Su Mian looked at Duan Xuanyu and said, "How about I call you by the last four digits of your phone number, 3077, from now on?"
"..." Duan Xuanyu inexplicably wanted to stand at attention and answer again, "Present!"
He remembered why.
When watching crime dramas, that's how prisoners are called.
Duan Xuanyu: "... Just call me by my name."
"Okay," Su Mian replied, picked up her bag, and went inside first.
Duan Hongxu followed behind Duan Xuanyu and, seeing the smile on his face, couldn't help but ask curiously, "What's wrong with you now? What are you enjoying?"
Duan Xuanyu: "You don't understand."
He also liked to call Su Mian by her full name.
When he first met her, he didn't know her name for a long time.
At the time, he felt she was mysterious and capable; he was curious about her, but also wary of her.
So he called her "sister," putting himself in a very vulnerable position to lower her guard and evoke her sympathy, while actually waiting for an opportunity to launch a counterattack.
Later, as they gradually trusted each other, he finally asked her name.
He still remembers the nervousness he felt when he first called her name.
He really liked her name.
Every time he uttered her name, the last syllable of his voice would rise slightly, his heart would feel a physiological itch, and he would involuntarily soften.
He also liked it when she called his name; it was a solemn, secret, unspoken possessiveness.
It was as if they belonged to each other, name and all, from beginning to end.
Duan Hongxu truly didn't understand.
The way they address each other suggests they're not very familiar with each other, their relationship isn't very close, and they seem like they could be easily broken up.
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Su Mian led the way into the hall.
Bang!
Suddenly, a sound rang out.
Fireworks and confetti rained down!
Su Qingyan and Duan Chaoyang each carried a ceremonial cannon and came out. "Welcome home, daughter!"
Su Mian smiled and said something to Duan Chaoyang, but Duan Chaoyang didn't hear it.
Su Mian then took Su Qingyan's arm and spoke to her.
Duan Chaoyang twitched his ears...
Sigh, it's true that middle-aged men's bodily functions start to decline.
The fireworks were so loud that they made his ears ring and he started experiencing tinnitus.
Fortunately, after a while, we could hear it again.
But after overhearing what Su Mian and Su Qingyan were talking about, his expression suddenly changed, and he became somewhat uneasy.
After hesitating for a moment, he pulled Su Qingyan to his side and said to Su Mian, "Sister, you've been traveling all day, you must be tired. Go and rest."
Su Mian could tell that he seemed to have something to say to Su Qingyan, but he was keeping it from her.
So she nodded and went upstairs to rest.
Duan Chaoyang pulled Su Qingyan and went straight back to their room.
They went into the bathroom that was reserved for the two of them.
Go quickly.
Su Qingyan was completely confused. "What? You've been acting strangely since just now."
Duan Chaoyang said, "You don't need to be shy in front of me, go ahead."
Su Qingyan touched his forehead. "You don't have a fever, what's wrong with me?"
Duan Chaoyang whispered, "Didn't you just tell your daughter that you've been holding your pee?"
Su Qingyan was stunned for a moment, then she understood.
She was both amused and exasperated. "No, my daughter said she used to be a marginal figure in society, her mother's little pride. I said my daughter is not a marginal figure... Did you hear me as 'holding your pee'?"
Duan Chaoyang scratched his head, a little embarrassed. "Haha, I'm really getting old."
Su Qingyan laughed, then pushed him out, saying, "Since you're already here, why not use this place?"
Duan Chaoyang pointed to the cabinet next to him. "If you need anything... take a look at this cabinet."
"Okay." Su Qingyan shut him out and immediately went to check the cabinet.
Inside were, surprisingly, adult diapers designed for women.
There was also a handwritten note attached to it, containing some hygiene information he had copied down while at the hospital.
Tell her not to be embarrassed to use it; post-operative complications and so on are normal.
Su Qingyan suddenly felt a lump in her throat.
Her tumor is in her uterus. When she went for a follow-up appointment today, the doctor said that there could be many long-term effects, one of which is urinary incontinence.
Duan Chaoyang went with her, and after listening to her story, he went out for a while.
At the time, she didn't know what he was doing... It turned out he was helping her copy these things and going to the hospital to buy medical diapers.
I was too embarrassed to say so after buying it, so I just left it here.
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Su Qingyan suddenly felt a strong urge to talk to her daughter tonight.
After she finished showering, she went to her daughter's room and slept with her.
The mother and daughter lay on the bed, Su Qingyan told her daughter about the misunderstanding that had just happened.
" Mianmian, don't laugh at me, but I actually feel like the female lead in a novel, ' The Hundred-Billionaire Fell in Love with Menopausal Me.'"
There are indeed female protagonists like that.
There are so many novel themes now, and many stories feature female protagonists in their forties.
Su Mian just watched one a few days ago.
An unfilial son planned to sell his still-attractive mother to a mountain village for money. The mother then impulsively married a taxi driver, only to discover that the driver was actually a billionaire.
Su Qingyan sighed, "It's like a dream... Mianmian, there's something I've never dared to tell you. When I had my first surgery, you were still participating in the first season of the dating reality show."
"That day I was under general anesthesia, and while I was unconscious, I had a very, very real dream."
"I dreamt that you only participated in one episode of that show before it ended, and you didn't have any work afterward. The money you received wasn't enough to cover my surgery fees for so many episodes, plus all the subsequent medical expenses."
"I was afraid my illness would be a bottomless pit, that it would endlessly burden you, so I quietly committed suicide."
"Thankfully, thankfully that's not the case."
Su Mian's heart skipped a beat... Was her mother's dream during general anesthesia a reflection of her past life?
If that's the case, then there are some things she's finally figured out.
She had wondered before that Su Qingyan was still treatable even though she wasn't in the late stage.
Even if the surgery wasn't done so quickly, it wouldn't have been a problem to delay it for a while. How could he have died so fast?
It turns out she didn't want to be a burden to her daughter, so she secretly committed suicide.
It's not surprising that she had this thought; the mother and daughter were genuinely poor at the time.
A disease with no bottom line can truly drive impoverished women to ruin.
Su Mian leaned her head against her mother. "Mom, you are the most resilient and kindest woman I have ever met. No matter how hard things were when we were little, you always made sure I had enough to eat and wear... If I were a domineering CEO, I would fall in love with you too."
Su Qingyan proudly, "Hehe, that's right!"
She just has that absolutely perfect match!
So what if a billionaire CEO falls in love with me at first sight while I'm menopausal?! I'm a perfect match for him!
Seeing the happy smile on her face, Su Mian felt happy too.
If it's just the mother and daughter relying on each other, and she runs away in the future, that would be too cruel to Su Qingyan.
But now it's alright, there are other people and things in this world that can accompany and heal her.
The mother and daughter chatted until late into the night, until they were both extremely sleepy.
Su Mian had just closed her eyes when her phone woke her up again.
She fumbled to answer it.
Sister Li's voice came from the other end. "Mian, I didn't mean to bother you in the middle of the night, but there's an urgent emergency..."