Author: hoenimochi (Page 20 of 95)

       Zhan Weiyang was in a bad mood. He failed again, and he had less and less time.

       Since that day when it drizzled, the weather has seemed constantly rainy and gloomy, making people feel downhearted as well.

       During this period, with the midterm exams, Zhan Weiyang’s mind went completely blank when he received his test paper.

       His grades were not good to begin with, and Zhan Pengcheng spent money and used his connections to arrange for him to enter this middle school. The teachers did not have any expectations for him, so they usually did not pay attention to him.

       In the end, Zhan Weiyang was distracted during the entire exam and only got a few questions right when he finally handed in his paper for correction.

       According to Zhan Weiyang’s usual level, it would not be like this.

       So as soon as the exam was over, the teacher couldn’t help but call his parents.

       It happened that Zhan Pengcheng had a very important work meeting that day, and he really couldn’t go to school. After consideration, the matter was entrusted to Pei Qing.

       Pei Qing took half a day off from the company where he was interning and went to Zhan Weiyang’s school in the afternoon.

       When he entered the school gate, it was right after class had ended. As he walked to the teaching building, he attracted the attention of countless girls. When he walked into the building and up the stairs, every passerby, whether male or female, glanced at him.

       When he walked to Zhan Weiyang’s class teacher’s office, the homeroom teacher was talking to other teachers and didn’t notice him.

       Pei Qing knocked on the door and said, “Hello, I am Zhan Weiyang’s older cousin.”

       The three teachers in the office turned their heads at the same time. The homeroom teacher was a woman in her early 40s. Seeing Pei Qing, she frowned slightly and said, “Where is his father?”

       Pei Qing replied, “Sorry Teacher, my uncle really can’t find the time, but he told me that I should carefully report the issues you mentioned to him when I get back.”

       It was obvious that the homeroom teacher was still very dissatisfied but only reluctantly accepted. She invited Pei Qing to come in and then took the report card of the midterm exam to Pei Qing.

       Pei Qing picked up the score sheet and looked at it silently.

       The homeroom teacher said, “Since you are here, take a picture and take it back to his father, I won’t send him WeChat.”

       Pei Qing nodded and took a picture with his mobile phone.

       The homeroom teacher said, “Zhan Weiyang’s situation is quite special. Since the school has arranged for him to be in my class, I can understand. I have no prejudice against him. Although his grades have always been poor, he is still obedient. In the past, he always answered the questions seriously regardless of whether he could do them or not. But this time, he was obviously absent-minded.”

       After saying that, the homeroom teacher took out the math test paper she taught and showed it to Pei Qing.

       Pei Qing saw that several big questions at the back of the test paper were blank.

       The homeroom teacher said, “If he had written a little bit of the solution to the problem, he wouldn’t have failed to get a single point.”

       Pei Qing nodded sincerely and said, “I agree.”

       At this time, the class bell rang, and the young female teacher at the desk next to her picked up the book and stood up, passed by Pei Qing and went out to the office to teach the students.

       Outside the office, the originally noisy environment gradually quieted down, and the students of the whole school went back to the classroom to prepare for class.

       The homeroom teacher’s voice also subconsciously lowered. She said to Pei Qing, “I wanted to talk to him first, but I was afraid that I couldn’t control the degree of speaking. Do you understand?”

       Pei Qing responded, “I understand.”

       The homeroom teacher said, “That’s why I want to call his father to tell him about Zhan Weiyang’s situation in detail so that I could analyse why he’s become like this recently, but it turns out that this father is still irresponsible.”

       Pei Qing had to explain, “He really can’t get away from work.”

       The homeroom teacher’s tone was a little stern, “What is there to be unable to leave? Is there anything more important than the child’s learning status? Besides, Zhan Weiyang is not an ordinary child!”

       Pei Qing listened quietly and did not explain again.

       The homeroom teacher said, “That’s it, you go back and talk to his father first, find out the reason for Zhan Weiyang’s recent state, if he has time to come to school, we will talk in detail.”

       She felt that Pei Qing looked too young and seemed unwilling to spend too much time communicating with Pei Qing.

       Pei Qing said, “Okay, thank you, Teacher.”

       After leaving the teacher’s office, it was already the last class of the afternoon. Pei Qing didn’t leave the school immediately. Instead, he walked to Zhan Weiyang’s classroom and stood outside the window near the back door, looking inside.

       He found Zhan Weiyang.

       Zhan Weiyang was looking at the blackboard with one hand supporting his chin, looking very focused, but his eyes were obviously empty.

       Pei Qing was a little worried.

       Zhan Weiyang’s condition was not right, of course, not only in this midterm exam. Pei Qing had noticed that he was a little abnormal since Zhan Weiyang said he had no time.

       It had been raining heavily in recent days, and Pei Qing found that Zhan Weiyang spent a lot of energy on his flower pots. Sometimes, he dragged his flower pots to the eaves near the balcony door to shelter from the rain and dragged them over again when he saw the rain stopped. He tossed and turned as if he was not satisfied with where he put them.

       Pei Qing suspected that if the flower pot was not too big and too heavy, Zhan Weiyang might have carried it to his bed and curled himself up in it to sleep at night.

       Pei Qing tried to talk to him about this matter again, but Zhan Weiyang refused to talk about it.

       Zhan Weiyang was not upset. He still relied on Pei Qing. He liked kissing and hugging him, but he didn’t want to talk about the topic that he didn’t have much time.

       Pei Qing wanted to find Chen Youyou, but they had a midterm exam. He felt that the timing was not right, so he delayed it until now.

       Today, Pei Qing wanted to figure this out anyway.

       He found that a student sitting in the back row of the classroom noticed him and turned to look out the window, so he stepped back from the classroom door and walked along the corridor to the stairwell. He stopped and stood against the wall with his arms folded in front of his chest.

       Waiting for the end of get out of class was a long time. Pei Qing didn’t play with his phone because he was worried. He just stood there quietly.

       Until the end of class, when students excitedly ran out of the classroom, he stood at the stairway, so nearly everyone had to pass by him, and inevitably, many would look at him.

       Pei Qing looked young, but his temperament was no longer like a high school student. In addition, his appearance was really outstanding, so it was hard not to attract attention when he appeared on campus.

       This feeling of being watched by everyone was not pleasant, but Pei Qing had been accustomed to other people’s eyes since he was a child, so he could stay at ease.

       After five or six minutes had passed and most of the students had already left the teaching building, Pei Qing still hadn’t seen Zhan Weiyang and the others come out, so he walked again toward Zhan Weiyang’s classroom.

       The back door of the classroom was open. Pei Qing walked to the door and saw Zhan Weiyang and Chen Youyou had not left yet. The two of them were slowly cleaning the table while chatting about something.

       When Pei Qing walked in, they didn’t notice it at first, until Pei Qing walked to the front of their desks and said, “Let’s go, I’ll take you to dinner.”

       Zhan Weiyang and Chen Youyou were both startled.

       Especially Zhan Weiyang, he looked up with a shocked face and looked at Pei Qing for a long time without saying a word.

       Pei Qing picked up one of them in each hand and led them out of the classroom, asking at the same time, “What do you want to eat for dinner?”

       Zhan Weiyang still didn’t react.

       After a long while, Chen Youyou stammered, “E-eat grilled fish.”

       Pei Qing looked down at Zhan Weiyang and saw that he didn’t object, so he said, “Okay, let’s eat grilled fish.”

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       Zhan Weiyang finished his shower, returned to his room, and lay flat on the bed. Perhaps because of his excitement, he lay very flat, with his hands beside him and tightly pressed against his thighs.

       There was a sound coming from outside the door, Zhan Weiyang guessed that Pei Qing went to take a shower, and he continued to wait patiently. After about twenty minutes, Pei Qing pushed open his door and walked in gently.

       Pei Qing, wearing pyjamas, walked to Zhan Weiyang’s bed, squatted down and reached out to touch his hair, “Still not asleep?”

       Zhan Weiyang did not answer. He just hurriedly moved to the side, leaving half of the bed for Pei Qing.

       Pei Qing smiled at him, “What’s wrong today?”

       Zhan Weiyang urged him, “Come up quickly.”

       Pei Qing looked at him for a while and finally took off his shoes and went to bed. He covered himself with the same quilt as Zhan Weiyang and said, “Do you want me to coax you to sleep today?” He propped his head with one hand and lay on his side facing Zhan Weiyang.

       Zhan Weiyang didn’t say anything. After a while, he came over, hugged Pei Qing’s waist and kissed him.

       Pei Qing kissed Zhan Weiyang gently at first, but then he began to feel that Zhan Weiyang was rubbing against him, so he reached out, held his waist, and said, “What are you doing?”

       Zhan Weiyang looked up at him, a little confused, “Didn’t you drink?”

       Pei Qing’s voice was hoarse, “So?”

       Zhan Weiyang said innocently, “Isn’t it said that drinking alcohol will cause that?”

       Pei Qing looked at him and asked, “You mean doing something reckless after drinking?”

       Zhan Weiyang suddenly felt embarrassed and buried his face in Pei Qing’s arms.

       Pei Qing laughed and said to him, “Sex after drinking is actually an excuse for irresponsibility.”

       Zhan Weiyang didn’t understand and looked up at him.

       Pei Qing reached out and rubbed Zhan Weiyang’s hair, “Didn’t we agree to wait until you were eighteen?”

       Zhan Weiyang said to him, “But Chen Youyou said we didn’t have to wait until we were eighteen.”

       Pei Qing was silent for a moment and asked him, “Why did you tell Chen Youyou everything?”

       “I didn’t,” Zhan Weiyang whispered, “I didn’t tell him.”

       Pei Qing sighed softly and told Zhan Weiyang, “Yangyang, do you know why it’s eighteen?”

       Zhan Weiyang shook his head.

       Pei Qing said to him, “That’s a dividing line when you reach maturity both physically and mentally.” At this point, Pei Qing paused for a moment. He thought Zhan Weiyang might never reach that dividing line of complete maturity, but he continued, “You can date now, but some things are not good for you now, do you know?”

       Zhan Weiyang seemed to understand and didn’t seem to understand.

       Pei Qing had many thoughts. Of course, it was not just waiting for the right time for Zhan Weiyang to mature physically and mentally, as he said, but more of it was because he couldn’t get over his own hurdle. Just like he refused to kiss Zhan Weiyang before, he often felt an inexplicable sense of guilt when facing Zhan Weiyang. He couldn’t tell it, and he didn’t know whether he was right or wrong.

       Today, when he was with Zhan Pengcheng and heard Zhan Pengcheng’s words that he was worried that no one would take care of Zhan Weiyang in the future, he wanted to tell Zhan Pengcheng that he was willing to take care of Zhan Weiyang.

       But so what? The care that Zhan Pengcheng wanted might not be the same as his care. He didn’t even know whether what Zhan Weiyang needed was the same as what he needed.

       Pei Qing kept telling himself to wait a little longer, even if, as Zhan Weiyang said, there was no difference between seventeen and eighteen. However, the one who really needed this time was not Zhan Weiyang but Pei Qing herself.

       He reached out and hugged Zhan Weiyang, saying, “Go to sleep.”

       Zhan Weiyang was very disappointed and asked him, “Is it still not possible?”

       Pei Qing said, “No, eighteen is the bottom line, not even one day earlier.”

       Zhan Weiyang lowered his head and counted how many months he had left before he turned eighteen. After a while, he said, “What if I can’t wait until that day?”

       Pei Qing was a little surprised and looked at him, “What are you talking about?”

       Zhan Weiyang was not only disappointed but also a little unhappy. He said sullenly, “I may not be able to wait for that day.”

       Pei Qing didn’t expect him to say such a thing and asked him, “Why can’t you wait?”

       Zhan Weiyang didn’t answer. After a while, he whispered, “I told you.”

       Pei Qing pulled his shoulders, made him look at him, and said in a serious tone, “What’s going on?”

       Zhan Weiyang said, “I said I would become a tree.”

       Pei Qing asked him, “When will you become a tree? Will you become a tree at the age of eighteen?” When he asked questions, his tone became more and more serious.

       Zhan Weiyang said, “No, I said when the points are deducted.”

       Pei Qing said, “But you didn’t tell me what’s deducting your points.”

       Zhan Weiyang felt that he was pinching his shoulders very hard, and he struggled a little.

       Pei Qing then let him go, slowed down his tone and said to him, “Yangyang, can you tell gege?”

       Zhan Weiyang finally shook his head.

       He sat quietly for a while and suddenly raised his hand to take off his clothes. Pei Qing quickly held his hand to prevent him from moving.

       Zhan Weiyang said anxiously, “I don’t have time.”

       Pei Qing saw him trying to struggle, so he simply opened his arms and held him, trapping him in his embrace. He said, “No, you need to explain it to me first. What points deduction? What about turning into a tree?”

       Zhan Weiyang didn’t say anything. After a while, Pei Qing saw that he had closed his eyes.

       “Yangyang?” Pei Qing called him. Zhan Weiyang closed his eyes and didn’t respond.

       “Asleep?”

       Zhan Weiyang still didn’t respond.

       Pei Qing wanted to wake him up and ask him to speak clearly, but seeing that Zhan Weiyang had his eyes closed, he really couldn’t bear it, so he finally helped him lie down and covered him with the quilt.

       After doing all this, Pei Qing didn’t get up immediately but waited quietly for a while until he heard Zhan Weiyang’s light and even breathing. Then he slowly got up and got out of bed.

       He stood by the bed, reached out to turn off the light, and when he fell into darkness, he still stared at the sleeping figure on the bed.

       An unspeakable anxiety gradually surged up.

       He realised that Zhan Weiyang’s condition was not right before because it was not convenient to tell Zhan Pengcheng directly, so he specially communicated with Zhan Weiguang. At that time, Zhan Weiguang told him not to worry, and he also thought that Zhan Weiyang’s attention would be diverted over time and he would get better, but now it seemed that this was not the case. He didn’t know whether the things in Zhan Weiyang’s head should be called hallucinations or delusions, but it was obviously abnormal.

       Pei Qing left Zhan Weiyang’s room and returned to his own. He sat down by the bed, unable to sleep, pondering what he should do.

       He didn’t know whether he should tell Zhan Pengcheng first. After all, Zhan Pengcheng was Zhan Weiyang’s guardian, but he was afraid that Zhan Pengcheng would be repulsed by his interference in these matters.

       If he took Zhan Weiyang to see a doctor himself, Zhan Weiyang would probably resist. He still remembered how much Zhan Weiyang didn’t want to go to the hospital.

       Pei Qing raised his hand and rubbed his forehead. He thought he had to ask Zhan Weiyang first. Even if Zhan Weiyang would resist, he must know what was going on with him.

       When lying on the bed, Pei Qing suddenly thought of someone—Chen Youyou.

       Since Zhan Weiyang had a good friend who could talk about everything, maybe Chen Youyou would know what kind of mess Zhan Weiyang was thinking about in his little head.

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       Towards the end of the week, Zhan Pengcheng took advantage of his rare lack of work schedule to take the family out for another meal.

       Today, he didn’t drive and instead took a cab so that he could have a drink with Pei Qing in the evening.

       Pei Qing was fine with it, but when he heard Zhan Pengcheng say that he wanted to drink, he could not help asking, “Uncle, do you want to drink more?” He felt that Zhan Pengcheng drank too much alcohol every day at social gatherings outside, and it might be bad for his health.

       Zhan Pengcheng said, “Of course I have to drink. Why? Don’t you want to drink with Uncle?”

       Pei Qing could only smile and responded, “Then I will definitely accompany you.”

       That night, Zhan Pengcheng drank a lot of wine. He said that it was mainly because he was in a good mood. While drinking, he stretched out a hand and pressed it on Pei Qing’s shoulder, saying, “You are really a good person, xiao Qing.”

       Although Pei Qing drank, he was still sober. He smiled and did not speak.

       Zhan Pengcheng said, “Yangyang is really well-behaved.”

       Pei Qing nodded and said, “Yes.”

       Zhan Pengcheng said in a low voice, leaning close to Pei Qing, sighing, “It’s just that I’m too busy at work and don’t have enough time to take care of him.”

       “It can’t be helped.” Pei Qing knew that Zhan Pengcheng was very busy and tired. With such a big family, two children who were still in school, and a mother who was in poor health, he had to shoulder all the burdens.

       Zhan Pengcheng usually didn’t say these words, but today after drinking and feeling that Pei Qing was already an adult, he couldn’t help but confide a few words, “Weiguang doesn’t play with him either. I’ve told him many times, but he’s still so irresponsible even though he’s already in college.”

       Pei Qing glanced at Zhan Weiyang and saw that Zhan Weiyang was peeling shrimp shells obediently. He whispered to Zhan Pengcheng, “Weiguang is actually very good to Yangyang, but he just doesn’t like to express it.”

       Zhan Pengcheng said, “I know, but his brother doesn’t know. You see, Yangyang doesn’t like Weiguang and likes to play with you.”

       Pei Qing didn’t say anything. “Speaking of this,” Zhan Pengcheng raised his glass, “Come, today, your uncle must give you a toast.”

       Pei Qing quickly raised his glass and said, “Uncle, you are too kind.”

       Zhan Pengcheng said, “I know that during the two or three months since you came here, Yangyang has caused you a lot of trouble, and you have taken care of Yangyang a lot. Your uncle is really grateful to you, and I don’t know what I can do for you.”

       Pei Qing said, “No worries about that. We are all family.”

       Zhan Pengcheng sighed, “Yes, family. You are only three years older than Weiguang, but your personality is much calmer than his.”

       Pei Qing said, “He has just entered college. The only difference between him and me is the social experience of college. It’s normal.”

       Zhan Pengcheng laughed when he heard it, and couldn’t help patting Pei Qing’s shoulder with his hand, “Uncle likes you too much.”

       Pei Qing smiled lightly.

       When they returned home after dinner, Zhan Pengcheng was drunk. This time he was really drunk. He held Pei Qing’s shoulders all the way from the private room to the restaurant door and chatted with him incoherently. He talked for a long time but couldn’t say a word clearly.

       Zhan Weiyang looked at Zhan Pengcheng unhappily and said, “Dad, you’ve drunk too much.”

       Zhan Pengcheng heard it, turned around to find Zhan Weiyang, and suddenly seemed surprised. He said, “Yangyang, how did you grow up so big secretly?” He stretched out his hand and pinched Zhan Weiyang’s face.

       Drunk people didn’t know the severity of the situation. Zhan Weiyang screamed when he was pinched, and when Zhan Pengcheng let go of his hand, Zhan Weiyang found that his face was pinched red.

       Pei Qing called a car when they went back. He first called a car for Zhan Weiyang to accompany his grandmother and Auntie Luo back, and he called another car to help Zhan Pengcheng get in.

       Zhan Pengcheng squinted his eyes and raised his head. After a while, he leaned towards Pei Qing again and said in a low voice, “I have no choice. If I don’t make more money, what will happen to Yangyang in the future? Who should I leave him to after I’m gone? Is there any girl willing to marry him?”

       Pei Qing glanced at Zhan Pengcheng and said softly, “Uncle, don’t worry, someone will take care of him.”

       Zhan Pengcheng probably didn’t hear it.

       Back home, Zhan Weiyang and Pei Qing helped Zhan Pengcheng to his room together. Zhan Pengcheng was already drunk and almost unconscious. As soon as he lay on the bed, he closed his eyes and began to snore.

       Pei Qing stood at the end of the bed and helped him take off his shoes. He looked up and saw Zhan Weiyang standing at the head of the bed, gently patting Zhan Pengcheng’s face with his hands and calling him, “Dad? Dad?”

       “Don’t bother him,” Pei Qing said, “Let him sleep.”

       Zhan Weiyang turned his head to look at Pei Qing, then looked at Zhan Pengcheng worriedly and said to him, “Dad, you drank too much.”

       Zhan Pengcheng was still snoring.

       Pei Qing looked at Zhan Pengcheng lying on the bed and said to Zhan Weiyang, “Help your dad take off his clothes and pants, I’ll get a towel to wipe his face, okay?”

       Zhan Weiyang nodded.

       Pei Qing entered the bathroom inside Zhan Pengcheng’s room. He looked at the towels hanging on the wall and didn’t know which one was which. He just picked the one that looked the cleanest, wet it with hot water and wrung it dry.

       When he came back to the room, he saw Zhan Weiyang struggling to help Zhan Pengcheng take off his trousers, saying with difficulty, “Dad, you can’t drink so much in the future.”

       Pei Qing came to help Zhan Weiyang, took off Zhan Pengcheng’s trousers, opened the quilt to cover him, and then wiped his face with a towel. When Pei Qing put the towel back in the bathroom, washed it and hung it up before coming out, he saw Zhan Weiyang still standing by the bed, looking at Zhan Pengcheng worriedly. He walked over and said, “It’s okay, uncle is asleep.”

       Zhan Weiyang looked up at Pei Qing. Pei Qing patted his shoulder, “Let’s go out and let him sleep.”

       Zhan Weiyang followed Pei Qing out, and saw Pei Qing gently close the door, and then said, “I’m a little scared.”

       Pei Qing turned around and looked down at him, “What are you afraid of?”

       Zhan Weiyang shook his head, “I don’t know.”

       Pei Qing knew that he was still a child and comforted him, “It’s really okay. Your dad is just drunk. He will be fine tomorrow morning when he sobers up.”

       After that, Pei Qing planned to go back to his room. He walked to the door and found that Zhan Weiyang was still following him closely, so he turned back and asked, “What’s wrong?”

       Zhan Weiyang looked at him and asked, “Why aren’t you drunk?”

       Pei Qing bent down and said to him softly, “I’m drunk too, but not as drunk as your dad.”

       Zhan Weiyang got close to him and smelled it.

       Pei Qing asked, “Do you smell alcohol?”

       Zhan Weiyang nodded.

       Pei Qing asked him again, “Does it smell bad?”

       Zhan Weiyang lowered his head, hesitated for a moment and said, “No.”

       Pei Qing smiled, suddenly held up Zhan Weiyang’s face, kissed him hard, and said when he let go, “It’s good that it doesn’t.”

       Zhan Weiyang looked at him nervously, with his hands behind his back and scratching his fingers hard, and said, “Can I sleep with you tonight?”

       Pei Qing glanced in the direction of Zhan Pengcheng’s room. Although the door was tightly closed, it was always unclear whether it would be opened from the inside at the next moment, so he said, “No, go back to sleep by yourself. Be good.”

       After speaking, Pei Qing turned around and wanted to go back to the room. At this time, he felt someone grabbing his clothes. He turned around and saw Zhan Weiyang looking up at him.

       Zhan Weiyang seemed to have mustered up the courage and said, “Then can I sleep for a while? I will go back later, okay?”

       Pei Qing was silent for a moment and whispered to him, “You take a shower and go back to the room, I will come to you later.” After speaking, he smiled and kissed Zhan Weiyang’s face and retreated to his room.

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       Zhan Weiyang looked in Pei Qing’s direction and was about to run over when he suddenly heard Xie Ling calling his name again, “Zhan Weiyang.”

       He stopped and looked at Xie Ling in confusion.

       Xie Ling said, “My bicycle—”

       “Zhan Weiyang!” At this time, Zhan Weiyang heard Pei Qing calling him again.

       Pei Qing put one arm on the edge of the car window, looking outside, and called his name in a tone he had never used before, which sounded a little cold and hard.

       Zhan Weiyang was frightened, and he quickly turned around and ran towards Pei Qing.

       Chen Youyou saw Zhan Weiyang leaving and hurriedly followed him. He walked behind Zhan Weiyang and saw Zhan Weiyang open the passenger door and sit in. After hesitating, he sat in the back seat himself.

       After Zhan Weiyang got in the car, he still looked at Pei Qing with fear and trepidation, not knowing what he had done wrong.

       Pei Qing’s tone softened, and he said to Zhan Weiyang, “Fasten your seat belt.”

       Zhan Weiyang didn’t come back to his senses, Pei Qing unbuckled his own seat belt, leaned over, and helped Zhan Weiyang fasten his seat belt. He then turned around and said to Chen Youyou, “Youyou, we’ll take you home first.”

       Actually, Chen Youyou was also a little stunned, mainly because he saw Zhan Weiyang in a panic and didn’t know what had happened. At this time, he heard Pei Qing talking to him and hurriedly responded, “Oh, okay.”

       Pei Qing had driven to Chen Youyou’s house once, but after all, it was not a familiar place. Now that it was already dark, he took out his mobile phone, turned on the navigation, and drove all the way.

       No one in the car spoke, and only the emotionless, cold female voice in the mobile phone navigation could be heard from time to time.

       After sending Chen Youyou all the way to the gate of the neighbourhood, Pei Qing parked the car on the side of the road.

       When Chen Youyou got out of the car, he took off his coat and gave it back to Pei Qing, standing on the side of the road and politely thanked him, “Thank you, older cousin.”

       Pei Qing said to him, “Go back quickly, don’t catch a cold.”

       Chen Youyou nodded, waved to Zhan Weiyang, and ran into the neighbourhood.

       Then Pei Qing picked up his phone and reset the destination in the navigation.

       Zhan Weiyang was still somewhat at a loss for words as he looked at him.

       Pei Qing set the destination but did not start the car immediately. Instead, he turned to look at Zhan Weiyang and asked, “Is Yangyang hungry?”

       Zhan Weiyang shook his head blankly.

       Pei Qing asked him again, “Is it still cold?”

       Zhan Weiyang continued to shake his head.

       Pei Qing seemed to have noticed Zhan Weiyang’s mood, and he reached out and touched Zhan Weiyang’s head.

       Zhan Weiyang rubbed his warm palm obediently and asked carefully, “Did I make you angry just now?”

       Pei Qing said, “No.”

       Zhan Weiyang did not breathe a sigh of relief, and he insisted, “You are angry. Your tone was so fierce when you called my name.”

       Pei Qing asked him gently, “Was it fierce?”

       Zhan Weiyang nodded with a little grievance.

       Pei Qing said, “I’m sorry.”

       Zhan Weiyang said, “I’m not angry with you.”

       Pei Qing couldn’t help laughing when he heard it and said to Zhan Weiyang, “Actually, I wasn’t angry with you, I just wanted to shout at you to come back soon.”

       Zhan Weiyang looked at him. Pei Qing said, “Did you hear me calling you to get in the car?”

       Zhan Weiyang replied, “I heard it.”

       Pei Qing nodded, “So I called you to get in the car, and you didn’t come. I was afraid that you would run away with others, and I am anxious.”

       Zhan Weiyang said hurriedly, “I won’t run away with others.”

       Pei Qing still had a faint smile in his eyes, and he asked, “Really?”

       Zhan Weiyang nodded sincerely, “Yes, I will only follow you, don’t be mean to me.”

       Pei Qing leaned back in the chair and thought carefully about his tone just now. In fact, he couldn’t say that he was mean. He just wanted to call back Zhan Weiyang’s attention, so his voice was a little loud and his tone seemed hurried. The most important thing was that he called Zhan Weiyang’s full name.

       He knew why Zhan Weiyang was confused because even when he had just arrived at the Zhan family, and the two met for the first time, he was very polite and called him ‘Weiyang’ instead of ‘Zhan Weiyang’.

       It was just that he didn’t expect Zhan Weiyang to be so nervous.

       He then said again, “I’m sorry, I won’t be mean to you anymore, okay?”

       Zhan Weiyang said, “Okay.”

       As Pei Qing drove back, the sky, which had been gloomy all night, began to drizzle again. He turned on the wipers, slowed down and drove home slowly. When passing the brightly lit streets on the way, he asked Zhan Weiyang if he wanted to have a midnight snack.

       Zhan Weiyang said, “No, I want to sleep.”

       When Pei Qing parked the car as they got home, he found that the car that Zhan Pengcheng usually drove out was already parked in the garage. Zhan Pengcheng had come back early today, which was rare.

       Pei Qing and Zhan Weiyang entered the house and saw Zhan Pengcheng standing in the living room on the first floor, holding a cup and drinking water. When he saw them coming back, he put down the cup in a hurry and asked, “Did Yangyang get wet in the rain?”

       Zhan Weiyang said, “No.”

       Pei Qing continued, “I saw that the temperature had dropped, so I drove to pick him up and brought him a coat.”

       Zhan Pengcheng said, “Oh,” and said, “Thank you so much, xiao Qing.”

       Pei Qing said, “No problem, Uncle.”

       Zhan Pengcheng said to Zhan Weiyang, “Then go upstairs and take a shower and go to bed.”

       Zhan Weiyang nodded, “Okay.”

       After taking a shower, Zhan Weiyang sat on the bed in his room, thinking about what he had said to Chen Youyou in the afternoon and seriously struggling with whether he really had to wait until he was 18 to be able to do anything.

       His toes were red from the hot water, and he stepped on the bed, opening and closing them forcefully. He thought for a moment, reached out to pick up his pyjamas, and looked at his thin chest. His skin was still white, and it was slightly red after taking a hot bath. He stood up on the bed and tried to take off his pants, but before he could do so, he heard a knock on the door.

       It must be Zhan Pengcheng at this time.

       Zhan Weiyang quickly pulled up his pants, sat cross-legged on the bed, and said, “Come in.”

       Zhan Pengcheng opened the door and came in, asking, “Yangyang is still awake?”

       Zhan Weiyang said, “Yes.”

       Usually, Zhan Pengcheng would stand for a while before leaving. Today, he walked to the bed and sat down, asking Zhan Weiyang, “Does Pei Qing gege take good care of you?”

       Zhan Weiyang said, “Yes.”

       Zhan Pengcheng thought for a while and said, “Then Daddy will treat him to a meal some other day. I am usually busy with work, and I feel that I have troubled him a lot.”

       Zhan Weiyang nodded, “Okay.”

       Zhan Pengcheng asked him, “Do you get along well with Pei Qing gege?”

       Zhan Weiyang said, “Yes.”

       Zhan Pengcheng raised his hand, patted his head, and said with relief, “It’s must be because my Yangyang is so well-behaved. Everyone likes you.”

       Zhan Weiyang thought for a while and said, “Zhan Weiguang doesn’t like me.”

       “How dare he dislike you!” Zhan Pengcheng deliberately pretended to be mad, “Dad will spank him!”

       Zhan Weiyang smiled.

       Zhan Pengcheng said, “Okay, go to bed, Dad is going to bed too.”

       Zhan Weiyang waved to him, “Good night, Dad.”

       When Zhan Pengcheng left the room, Zhan Weiyang sat cross-legged on the bed quietly for a few minutes, climbed down from the bed, and walked outside in slippers.

       The lights in the corridor were turned off, and the door to the balcony was also closed. The weather was bad today, so the light was very dim, and even the shadows of people could hardly be seen clearly.

       Zhan Weiyang originally wanted to find Pei Qing, but when he walked to the corridor and heard the sound of rain outside, he suddenly remembered his flower pot.

       So he walked to the balcony, opened the door and stood at the door, seeing the raindrops falling down. The ground of the entire balcony had been soaked for a long time, reflecting the dim light.

       His flower pot was placed in the middle, and it seemed to have caught a lot of rainwater because of the rain—he could hear the sound of raindrops falling into it.

       Zhan Weiyang thought if he stayed here in the future, he would be exposed to the rain if it rained, and no one would come to hold an umbrella for him. Although he might not be afraid of the rain at that time, he was still very pitiful.

       Or he could put the flower pot in Pei Qing’s room. Zhan Weiyang suddenly had this idea. He was excited for a moment but soon thought that Pei Qing would not live in his house forever, and when Pei Qing moved away in the future, he would be left alone as a tree in an empty room.

       At that moment, Zhan Weiyang felt very sad.

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       Zhan Weiyang was very upset that Chen Youyou called him crazy. He had always thought that Chen Youyou was the person who understood him best in the world.

       As the weather grew colder, Zhan Weiyang’s points were being deducted more and more frequently. Sometimes, he felt so dazed and confused that he couldn’t remember if his points had been deducted the previous night, let alone calculate how many points had been taken away.

       It always felt like that day was getting closer and closer.

       Two weeks before the midterm exam, the homeroom teacher required all students to stay in school for evening self-study.

       Because of the evening self-study, Zhan Weiyang didn’t go home after class in the afternoon, and he also ate dinner in the school cafeteria.

       That afternoon, the wind suddenly picked up, and the autumn temperatures started to drop rapidly. Although the sun was visible around noon, by the time the students were heading to the cafeteria for lunch, it had become so cold that they were all shivering.

       Zhan Weiyang and Chen Youyou squeezed together and walked towards the cafeteria.

       Chen Youyou complained quietly, “W-hy is it suddenly, cold?”

       Zhan Weiyang said, “I don’t know.”

       During the meal, Chen Youyou said, “It’s too cold, I, don’t want to go to, self-study.”

       Zhan Weiyang said, “I don’t want to go either.”

       He didn’t have much time left, but he still had to stay at school for evening self-study sessions and couldn’t go back to be with Pei Qing. This made him very unhappy.

       When he was younger and felt unhappy, he would sulk and lose his temper. Zhan Weiguang would tell him that as he grew older, there would be more things to be unhappy about and it was useless to lose his temper.

       Now, he began to realise it gradually. In fact, if he thought about it carefully, it wasn’t that there were more unhappy things as he grew older, but rather that it became easier to feel unhappy about many things as he grew older. If only he didn’t have to grow up.

       As he thought of this, Zhan Weiyang suddenly remembered another important thing. He held the chopsticks in his hand and bumped them on the edge of the plate. He raised his head and said, “No.”

       Chen Youyou was gnawing on a chicken leg, his mouth was greasy, and he looked at him inexplicably.

       Zhan Weiyang said nervously, “I forgot something.”

       Chen Youyou looked puzzled, lowered his eyes to look at the chicken leg, and continued to chew while asking him vaguely, “What?”

       Zhan Weiyang said, “I’m afraid I won’t be able to wait until I’m 18 years old.”

       Chen Youyou asked curiously, “What? Will, you die?”

       Zhan Weiyang was a little angry, “I told you last time, I’m going to become a tree.”

       “Oh—” Chen Youyou trailed off. He first chewed off a large piece of meat and swallowed it, and then said slowly, “N-not possible.”

       Zhan Weiyang said, “You don’t remember what I said to you.”

       Chen Youyou said, “You, talk about, those crazy things, who can, remember?”

       Zhan Weiyang stayed a little unhappy until they finished their meal and squeezed together to go back to the classroom. Chen Youyou suddenly remembered and asked him, “What are you going to do at the age of 18?”

       After asking, he didn’t hear Zhan Weiyang’s answer. He turned his head to look at him and saw that he looked listless.

       He nudged Zhan Weiyang with his elbow, “Say it.”

       Zhan Weiyang said, “I can’t say it, I can’t wait any longer anyway.”

       Chen Youyou thought about it and said to him, “Then, just go ahead, and do it.”

       Zhan Weiyang turned his head and looked at him.

       Chen Youyou said, “There’s nothing, that can only, be done at the age, of eighteen and, definitely can’t be, done at the, age of seventeen.”

       Zhan Weiyang asked in confusion, “Nothing?”

       Chen Youyou thought about it carefully, “N-nothing.”

       Zhan Weiyang wanted to say ‘drinking’ but remembered that he had already drunk, and it seemed that there was indeed nothing that had to wait until the age of eighteen. Why did he insist on waiting until the age of eighteen? At that time, he had already been planted in a flowerpot and could not do anything he wanted to do.

       He had a strange feeling of sudden clarity, and took a deep breath and felt cool from his nose to his lungs.

       Chen Youyou thought his expression was strange and said, “Y-you look weird.”

       Zhan Weiyang said, “I’m not, I look normal, I’m not crazy.” At this point, he felt that he needed to emphasise to Chen Youyou, “If you say I’m crazy again, I’ll be really angry.”

       Chen Youyou replied indifferently, “Okay.”

       Zhan Weiyang was very serious, “Just like I won’t call you stutter.”

       Chen Youyou snorted, indicating that he knew. But after he and Zhan Weiyang squeezed together and returned to the classroom, he felt something was wrong. He thought about it and realised that he was really stuttering, and Zhan Weiyang was not really crazy. There was no correlation between that, no?

       Maybe Zhan Weiyang also felt that he was really a little crazy. Chen Youyou thought so and didn’t tell Zhan Weiyang.

       During the evening self-study in the classroom, everyone closed the doors and windows. It was okay for students in the same class to squeeze together so they didn’t feel too cold. But it rained outside at some point, and the temperature dropped sharply. When the evening self-study class was over, the rain had stopped, but the temperature had already dropped.

       Zhan Weiyang and Chen Youyou walked to the school gate together.

       Chen Youyou said that the weather was too cold, and he didn’t want to ride his bike or take the bus. He suggested taking a taxi home instead.

       Zhan Weiyang said, “Then I’ll go to the bus station.” As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a familiar figure at the school gate.

       “Ah!” At that moment, Zhan Weiyang really couldn’t control his emotions and cried out. Without thinking, he immediately left Chen Youyou and ran towards the person at the school gate, saying happily, “Qing ge, why are you here?”

       Pei Qing looked at Zhan Weiyang, stretched out a hand to him, showed him a thick coat on his arm, and said, “I brought you clothes.”

       Zhan Weiyang took a look at the coat. His nose was sore, and he couldn’t speak.

       Pei Qing said, “Put on the coat first.” He picked up the coat, put it on Zhan Weiyang’s shoulders, and helped him put it on.

       Chen Youyou came over at this time and said enviously, “Wow, older cousin, hel—.”

       He wanted to say ‘hello’, but because of his stuttering, he paused between the two words ‘hello’. Pei Qing didn’t hear it all, so he directly replied, “Hello, Youyou.”

       So Chen Youyou was forced to hold back the remaining ‘hello’.

       Pei Qing looked at Chen Youyou and found that he was also wearing thin clothes. He asked, “Didn’t your parents send you any clothes?”

       Chen Youyou shook his head.

       Pei Qing hesitated a little, and raised his hand to unzip his coat. He took off the coat warmed with his body temperature, handed it to Chen Youyou, and said, “Put it on.”

       Chen Youyou was a little dazed and subconsciously took it and felt bad. He then said, “No, no, no need.” He was a little anxious, and his stuttering became worse.

       Pei Qing smiled and said, “Put it on. I drove here to pick up Yangyang, so I’ll give you a ride home as well.”

       Chen Youyou hesitated. He handed the coat back to Pei Qing and said, “Really, no need. I’ll go get a taxi.”

       Pei Qing took the coat and, this time opened it directly to put it on Chen Youyou’s back just like he did when he helped Zhan Weiyang put on clothes. He then said, “Wait for me here. I’ll drive the car over.”

       Chen Youyou then said, “Thank you, older cousin.”

       After Pei Qing left, Chen Youyou zipped up the coat and looked up to see Zhan Weiyang looking at him with resentment. He was startled and asked, “W-what’s wrong?”

       Zhan Weiyang reached out to pull his coat and said, “Give me this coat.”

       Chen Youyou didn’t know what he was doing, so he subconsciously covered his collar and stepped back, “Why?”

       Zhan Weiyang said, “I’ll give you mine, and you give me the one on you!”

       Chen Youyou didn’t understand. He wanted to ask what the difference was, but in a hurry, he couldn’t say the words in his mouth. He could only shout, “I don’t–-” and then stepped back until he hit something.

       Zhan Weiyang stopped in panic.

       Chen Youyou turned back and saw that it was Xie Ling who passed by on a bicycle. The bicycle Xie Ling rode was knocked to one side.

       Xie Ling stopped and looked at them.

       Zhan Weiyang was a little afraid of him and stepped back half a step.

       Xie Ling suddenly said to Zhan Weiyang, “Hey!”

       Zhan Weiyang and Chen Youyou both stared at him.

       Xie Ling said, “My bicycle—”

       Before he finished speaking, Pei Qing had already stopped by the roadside in her car, rolled down the window and shouted to Zhan Weiyang and the others, “Get in the car.”

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I saw some comments in which readers thought Xie Ling was pitiful. Actually, Xie Ling doesn’t even like Zhan Weiyang, and he usually gets harassed more by various girls who secretly admire him, so he doesn’t feel like he is pitiful. He doesn’t even really think much about Zhan Weiyang and Chen Youyou…

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