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Xiaoxiao smashed Tian Yuan's head with the powder trough of the coffee handle, because Tian Yuan expressed his love for her and wanted to kiss her; the second day, Xiao Xiao broke his favorite orchid because Xiao Yimo didn't hug her; the third day, she was curious The siphon pot used for making coffee, she held the body of the pot that was still making coffee with her hand, and the entire palm of her right hand was burned; on the fourth day, she fought with the guest's dog with one hand, and plucked a handful of dog's hair, which frightened the dog. I dare not even enter the store...

On the fifth day, Tian Yuan said to Xu Ran: "I'll give you a holiday, don't bring her to the shop anymore!"

Xu Ran played with Xiaoxiao at home for a day, from Thomas to Transformers, watched more than ten episodes of The Bear, and told her everything from foreign Snow White to Chinese magic brush Ma Liang, chasing her to put medicine on her palm, Chasing after her to feed her, chasing her to carry her to the toilet...

One day passed, Xiao Huan came home from get off work, and saw Xu Ran lying on the ground like a dead dog. The whole house was in a mess, as if it had been robbed.

He didn't see Qian Xiaoxiao.

"Did you kill her?" Xiao Huan asked him.

Xu Ran weakly pointed to the guest room: "She said she was tired and went to sleep by herself."

Xiao Huan went to the guest room and saw that the little girl's legs were on the floor, her upper body was lying on the edge of the bed, her face was pressed against the quilt, her mouth was half-opened, and snot bubbles were blowing from her nose. She was unkempt and looked like a crazy girl.He didn't move her, and walked out silently.

Xu Ran in the living room groaned weakly: "Smile and say, I'm going to the playground tomorrow. Would you like to come together?"

Xiao Huan carried the tired and paralyzed man on the sofa to lie on his lap, and he straightened his sweaty hair.

"Good," he said.

Xu Ran held Xiao Huan's hand and thought, two adults can always handle a crazy child!

However, it turned out that he was thinking too much.

Qian Xiaoxiao ignored Xiao Huan at all, even if Xiao Huan glanced at her, she would turn her head away in disgust, let alone take her to play.She just clings to him.She will play all the items that three-year-old children can play in the playground; she will taste everything that three-year-old children can eat... In addition, she also likes to provoke children who are older than her, especially boy.

In the ocean arena, Xu Ran saw her fight with a boy who was a head taller than her with one hand. In the end, the boy was beaten and cried by her, and the boy's mother asked him to make an apology.

Xu Ran looked at Qian Xiaoxiao who was getting carried away in the ocean arena, and exhaustedly said to Xiao Huan: "I finally understand what my sister said, what does it mean that you can't live but you can't die."

After finally arriving at noon, Xu Ran called Qian Xiaoxiao, who was still playing wildly at the Ocean Arena, to eat.The crazy girl didn't hear it at first, but then she ignored him.

After several times, Xu Ran returned in frustration: "I'm afraid of her!"

Xiao Huan bought him a cup of milk tea.He stepped forward to call Qian Xiaoxiao, and the little girl saw that it was him, so she was even more unwilling to talk to him.

Xiao Huan raised his voice and shouted: "Qian Xiaoxiao."

The little girl looked back, and Xiao Huan shouted again: "Qian—laugh—laugh" every word.

The little girl hesitated for half a minute, and finally reluctantly climbed out of the ocean arena.

Xiao Huan handed her the shoes at the exit: "Wear it yourself or should I help you?"

Qian Xiaoxiao looked at Xu Ran not far away.

Xiao Huan asked again: "Do it yourself or should I help you?"

The little girl squatted on the ground, struggling to put on her shoes.Xiao Huan waited for her to get dressed, and asked, "Go by yourself or should I hug her?"

The little girl raised her foot and ran towards Xu Ran, but Xiao Huan grabbed her back by the collar: "Go by yourself or should I hold you?"

The little girl cried "Wow", her voice was loud, but there were not many tears.

Xu Ran came over, just about to squat down to coax her.Xiao Huan glanced over, he stepped back half a step, looked at his money and smiled while crying.

"Wait until you finish crying." Xiao Huan said.

The little girl howled two more times, then stopped, and looked at Xu Ran with aggrieved eyes.

"Go by yourself, or should I hug you?" Xiao Huan asked again.

The little girl pursed her lips and replied, "You hug."

Xiao Huan picked her up with one hand and asked, "Have a burger or rice?"

"Hamburger." The little girl said honestly.

Xu Ran was stunned.

Saturday is over and Sunday is over.When Xu Ran went to work, Qian Xiaoxiao followed Xiao Huan, watching TV, playing games, eating by himself, going to the bathroom by himself, and going to bed when he was tired, everything was quiet.

When Xu Ran returned home, there was a peaceful scene.

In the evening, Dong Min called, and the little girl said, "Mom, I want to go home."

Xu Ran asked her to stay for a few more days, but the little girl flatly refused.

Two days later, Xiao Huan sent her home.Dong Min asked her daughter: "Is uncle's house fun?"

The little girl shook her head like a rattle: "It's not fun, it's not fun at all."

After Xiao Huan sent Qian Xiaoxiao home, Xu Ran exchanged feelings with him on the bed.After tossing and turning, Xiao Huan pinched his waist and asked him, "Have you lost weight?"

Xu Ran said no, and immediately turned over and got off the bed to verify that he lost a full eight catties.

"Qian Xiaoxiao is very different from other children." Xu Ran climbed onto the bed, hugged Xiao Huan and concluded.

Xiao Huan responded: "Yes."

"She quite listened to you." Xu Ran recalled.

Xiao Huan asked: "Are you sure?"

Xu Ran was silent.

"Xiao Huan, do you like children?" After a while, Xu Ran asked again.

Xiao Huan from behind wrapped him even tighter.

"Xiao Huan, I've decided, we don't want to raise children." Xu Ran made up his mind.

Xiao Huan responded, "Okay."

"You don't ask me why?"

"You said."

"I'm afraid I'll be distracted." Xu Ran turned over and faced Xiao Huan face to face: "During the week of taking care of Xiaoxiao, I found that I spent less time with you, talked less, and everything. I'm so overwhelmed and exhausted by her. I'm stupid and selfish, I just want to be with you, talk to each other, play together, eat together, watch TV together. I don't want to give my heart to anyone else Go, not even our children."

Xiao Huan lowered his head and licked his hazy eyes.Xu Ran stood up and pressed the lower bodies of the two of them together, their hot parts touching each other.

Xiao Huan said: "Fool."

Xu Ran said: "I only love you."

Extra episode six

Xiao Huan has already discovered that Xu Ran's talent in cooking is limited.Even according to the recipe, he couldn't cook a decent meal.What he does best is boil soup and noodles.Boiling soup requires patience, as long as the noodle soup is good, the noodles are good.

He does the same with coffee.No matter how practiced, complex latte art will never be.But at least he has a sensitive sense of smell and taste, thanks to his refraining from alcohol and tobacco and drinking enough coffee, which makes him much better than ordinary people in identifying coffee.He can tell the type of different coffee just by smelling the aroma, and he can tell whether the beans are good or bad by taking a sip, and whether the brewing ratio of water to powder is appropriate.Although his latte art is a mess, his pour-over level has been recognized by picky Nanjing coffee lovers.

A sober old customer liked Xu Ran's pour-over coffee very much and suggested him to participate in the pour-over coffee competition.

He first asked the opinions of the two fathers.

Tian Yuan said: "Go, go, come back with a big prize. Our Xingmo is also a coffee shop with an award-winning barista!"

Xiao Yimo said: "Don't treat it as a competition, it's good to have fun."

He hesitated, went home and asked Xiao Huan.

Xiao Huan asked him, "Do you want to go?"

He nodded and shook his head, he had no confidence in himself.

Xiao Huan said, "Go!"

Xiao Huan signed up Xu Ran for the third hand brewed coffee competition in East China, and Xu Ran began to prepare for the competition one month later.

All the information about the competition was given to him by Xiao Huan after sorting it out.From the content of the competition to the competitors, guest judges, and even prizes, he made it into the PPT.Not to mention, there are [-] excellent pour over coffee competition videos from different countries and regions. Each video also has a detailed analysis, the strengths and weaknesses of the contestants, and the areas that need to be strengthened and improved.

Tian Yuan saw the information and showed off to Xiao Yimo: "It's our son!"

Xiao Yimo flipped through it, and hugged Xu Ran encouragingly: "Do it well."

Holding the materials, Xu Ran was under a lot of pressure.

Every night, Xiao Huan would exchange practice with Xu Ran.

It was Xiao Huan who asked Xu Ran: "How?"

"Not very good." Xu Ran encountered different problems every day.For example, why the water-to-powder ratio of the barista in Sweden is different from what he usually uses, why the barista in the United States can brew eight pots at the same time, why does the master in Taiwan use a sieve to sift the coffee powder...

Xiao Huan can find answers for him, from the Internet and from others.

One night, after the two of them exercised on the bed, Xu Ran was hugged by Xiao Huan in an entangled way, and he asked eight questions in one breath.

Xiao Huan said, "You have a lot of problems today."

Xu Ran didn't know why there were so many questions. Before the exercise, he only had two questions.But after exercising, my mind seemed to be clearer. After going through the process of practicing during the day, I found more problems.

"I'll answer you first today." Xiao Huan straightened his waist, the soft flesh of his crotch pressed against his buttocks.

After he finished answering, the soft meat under his crotch was no longer soft.The two started the second round of exercise.

After the second round of exercise, Xiao Huan bit Xu Ran's ear: "Are there any questions?"

The bitten person couldn't even open his eyes, let alone his brain: "What, what's the problem?"

Xiao Huan hugged him tightly: "Go to sleep."

One month later, the [-]rd East China Pour Barista Competition was held as scheduled in a French-style villa on Wukang Road, Shanghai.

A total of 1 contestants, the first two rounds of one-on-one PK, to determine the final five contestants.The final five contestants will be scored by professional judges and voted by [-] coffee lovers, and the top three will be selected. In addition to the trophy, No.[-] will also get the opportunity to study for free at a famous coffee school in the United States.

In the PK match, Xu Ran played steadily and entered the top five smoothly.

In the confrontation of the top five, he made a mistake that should not have been made. The gouache ratio was wrong and the powder was slightly more. As a result, the bitterness of the third Kenya was too heavy and the acidity was not extracted.

In the end, he narrowly won the third place with one more professional judge point and one more coffee lover vote than No.4, and received a mini crystal glass trophy.

Tian Yuan, who accompanied him to participate in the competition, was very happy, and said that he would find a special cabinet to put it in after returning home, and put it in the most eye-catching position of Xingmo.Not only that, he also said that he would hold a third runner-up meeting to give back to the old and new regulars who have always supported Xingmo.

Tian Yuan showed the trophy to Xiao Huan as if offering a treasure, but he just glanced at it indifferently, and didn't say anything affirming Xu Ran.Standing beside him, Xu Ran didn't look very happy either.

Tianyuan can't talk about the two of them, anyway, it's almost the same as not talking.He could only hold his breath, and complained to Xiao Yimo on WeChat: "Your Xiao Huan is abnormal, and Ran Ran is also affected by him. You taught him!"

The two go home.Xu Ran cooks soup and noodles, and Xiao Huan watches him cook noodles.

"You did it on purpose today." Xiao Huan said.

Xu Ran smiled flatteringly: "Did you see it?"

Xiao Huan was expressionless.

Xu Ran concentrated on cooking the noodles.

"Are you afraid to take No.1 and go to America?" Xiao Huan stood behind him.

Xu Ran put the noodles into the boiling water and stirred them with chopsticks: "Yeah." He didn't want to go to America to learn how to make coffee, he didn't know English, and he had to leave Xiao Huan for more than half a year.

"Stupid!" Xiao Huan hugged him from behind.

"I'm not stupid." Xu Ran retorted.

"Do you think that if you win the championship, you must go to the United States?" Xiao Huan pinched his stomach.

Xu Ran turned around and asked him, "Isn't it?"

"Who told you for sure?"

"What the host said, it's also written like that in your PPT, and there are photos of the previous two champions going to coffee school in the PPT."

Xiao Huan sighed.

Xu Ran looked at him innocently: "Isn't it?"

"It's okay if you don't go." Xiao Huan suddenly increased his strength to hug him.

"Wouldn't it be a waste of opportunity to take No.1 and not go?" Xu Ran was puzzled.

"You can give it to the runner-up or the third runner-up. Or no one will give it. It doesn't matter if you don't go." Xiao Huan said.

"But--"

"No but. Just like you won the third place, you don't need that trophy." Xiao Huan interrupted him.

Xu Ran instantly understood that he was overthinking.He made mistakes on purpose when he raced because he was afraid of being first.

"Are you saying you're stupid?" Xiao Huan gently bit his ear.

Xu Ran nodded in frustration: "Stupid."

"But even if you don't make mistakes on purpose, you won't be able to take the first place." Xiao Huan said again.

Xu Ran broke free from his arms: "You're talking nonsense, my first two picks were the highest scores in the game."

"No.2 is only two points behind you."

"In the third punch, he may not necessarily surpass me."

"is it?"

Xu Ran was rarely angry, Xiao Huan saw the anger in his eyes.

"I want to participate in the competition again!" Xu Ran stared at Xiao Huan, who actually questioned him.

"Okay." Xiao Huan laughed, "How about the Hong Kong Drew Coffee Masters?"

Xu Ran heard from old customers in the store that the Hong Kong Pour Over Coffee Masters is an authoritative competition recognized in the industry, where masters gather, and those who can get a place in this competition are among the best.He felt that Xiao Huan was extremely treacherous.

Father's Day Extra

This year's Father's Day is very difficult for Xiao Huan.

Tian Yuan was diagnosed with gastric cancer, which was in the advanced stage.The doctor said that there is still half a year left to persist.He began to explain the funeral, it was all about the coffee shop, and he gave it to Xu Ran in one breath.

In fact, a year ago Xu Ran had already started to take charge of the coffee shop, but Tian Yuan has always been worried about him and never dared to completely let go.Now I have to let go of it, and I am extremely strict with Xu Ran.

Especially in the accounts, he can't tolerate any mistakes.But Xu Ran's brain turns slowly, and he often can't keep up with his rhythm. He is often scolded, and often hides and cries.

I didn't cry because I was scolded, but because I was sick in the countryside.When he scolded him, he was enduring the pain.He couldn't eat or drink water, and in less than a month, he had become shriveled.

Xiao Yimo is also aging rapidly.He always smiled in front of Tian Yuan, as if he was resisting the sky falling, but Xu Ran knew that he cried no less than him, and the blood in his eyes never went down.

And Xiao Huan, he has inquired about hospitals all over the world that treat stomach cancer, but there is no good result.But he insisted on sending Tian Yuan to the hospital, firmly believing that Tian Yuan could live longer with a doctor watching him in the hospital.Quit working in the countryside, the two father and son quarreled and fought coldly.Xiao Huan suffered from insomnia all night.

Xu Ran also wanted to learn quickly so that he could feel at ease, but the more anxious he was, the more mistakes he made.This day, he was scolded again, Tian Yuan scolded and spat out a mouthful of blood, which frightened him and Xiao Yimo.They wanted to take him to the hospital, but he refused to do so.

"Don't do things that waste time." Tian Yuan said, swallowing a lot of medicine.

Xu Ran ran to the road to cry, he didn't dare to cry in the coffee shop, he was afraid of being seen by Tian Yuan, afraid of being seen by Xiao Yimo.Everyone is sad.

In the end, Xiao Huan saw him, he was talking about things nearby, and he stopped by to have a look, and when he turned in, he saw Xu Ran squatting on the side of the road wiping his tears.

He parked the car on the side of the road, and Xu Ran noticed him when he got closer. He raised his head and looked at him with tears in his eyes, and opened his mouth with a trembling voice: "What should I do? I'm so stupid, I can't even make an account. .Why am I so stupid!"

Xiao Huan bent down and pulled him up, pulled him into his arms and hugged him tightly.

"You're not just stupid, you've always been stupid."

Xu Ran cried louder.

"It's okay, take your time, Dad knows you're fine."

Everyone knows that Tian Yuan is just worried, worried that Xu Ran will be tired in the whole cafe after he leaves, and wants to pass on all his experience to him.

Xu Ran didn't stop crying until he was tired, and Xiao Huan helped him wipe away his tears carefully before walking in together.

Tian Yuan, who was resting on the sofa, was disgusted when he saw him: "Why are you here again? Don't you go to work? It's okay to come here every day? Don't do anything!"

Said weakly.

As usual, Xiao Huan didn't talk to each other, leaning against the bar and waiting for Xu Ran to make coffee for him.

Tian Yuan immediately said to Xiao Yimo: "Look at his dead appearance, I really don't know who he looks like!" It was those words again, as before.

Xiao Yimo chuckled, "Don't talk about him, just drop by for a drink!"

Xu Ran asked him softly: "What kind of beans do you want to drink today? There is Kenya that I baked so that the roses smell fragrant, and—"

Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Huan quickly answered, "Kenya."

Xu Ran nodded and began to grind the beans.

It seems like nothing has changed.Xiao Huan looked at the field drinking water on the sofa, followed his gaze to Xiao Yimo who was tidying up the flowers and plants at the door, and then looked back at Xu Ran who was testing the water temperature at the bar. He wished that time would stop at this moment.

Not half a year, only three months later, Tianyuan left. He left when everyone was eating together. He sat on a chair and said to Xiao Yimo just a second ago: "I really want to eat the sour peppers pickled by my mother." !"

"Mom's sour chili is out of reach, and my sister's is pretty good too." Xiao Yimo replied to him, and the next second he smiled and tilted his head, leaning on the chair, as if he had fallen asleep.

Xiao Yimo stretched out his hand to pull him, and fell into his arms.He sniffed his breath, turned around and told Xiao Huan and Xu Ran calmly: "He's gone."

Xiao Huan felt that his eyes were blank at that moment, his whole body seemed to be thrown into a vacuum environment, and all the oxygen around him was suddenly sucked out, and then suddenly released in one breath.

Xu Ran looked at him in a daze, gently held his hand, and called him: "Xiao Huan!"

Only then did Xiao Huan take a deep breath, turned to look at him, and then turned to look at Xiao Yimo who was hugging Tianyuan.

Fortunately, Daddy is still here.For now, he is not an orphan.