Author: hoenimochi (Page 23 of 95)

       A few days after the National Day holiday, it started to become rainy and gloomy. Everyone seemed preoccupied and unhappy, spending their days at home gloomily watching the dark sky and wet ground outside.

       Zhan Xiusong said that his glasses were broken and he had to go back to get a new pair of glasses, so he left early. Not long after, Zhan Weiguang also went back to school. The house, which had been lively for a few days, became cold and quiet again.

       After a short break, Zhan Pengcheng became busy at work and started to go out early and come back late. Often when he returned home, Zhan Weiyang was already asleep, as if everything had returned to the time before the National Day, but Zhan Weiyang did not sleep in Pei Qing’s bedroom again.

       Sometimes when Zhan Pengcheng came back from outside, he would go to Zhan Weiyang’s room first. If it were still early, he would chat with him for a few words. If it were late, he would also check whether Zhan Weiyang’s quilt was covered and then gently close the door and go back to his room.

       After the National Day holiday, Zhan Weiyang started school.

       Usually, he was quite happy when he thought about the start of school; after all, he could see Chen Youyou at school, unlike at home, where he could only see Zhan Weiguang every day. However, at the start of school this time, he was not very happy.

       On the first day of class, Zhan Weiyang arrived at school earlier than Chen Youyou. He sat in his seat, and opened the book to be read for morning self-study and spread it on the table. He was a little absent-minded and didn’t even realise when Chen Youyou entered the classroom. When he realised, morning self-study had already started. Chen Youyou sat in front of him with his back to him as if he was reading a book seriously.

       He waited until the end of get out of class, Chen Youyou turned around and asked him, “W-why did you, ignore me just, now?”

       Zhan Weiyang found it strange, “When?”

       Chen Youyou said, “Just, before morning self, study.”

       Zhan Weiyang said. “You didn’t talk to me.”

       Chen Youyou was not very happy, “I did.”

       Zhan Weiyang said to him, “Sorry, I didn’t hear it.” Then he lay listlessly on the table.

       In the morning, there was a school-wide assembly. The principal spoke from the stage at the front of the playground, addressing issues such as the importance of maintaining discipline after the long holiday. However, none of the students below were paying serious attention to his speech.

       Later, after the speech, the principal said that Xie Ling, a first-year student in the school, had won a scholarship in the city. His tone was full of pride, and he was eager to call Xie Ling to the stage to accept the congratulations of all the students in the school.

       Chen Youyou glanced at Zhan Weiyang but saw that he was still not angry, and his gaze did not even fall on the podium.

       He felt strange in his heart. After the school-wide assembly, on the way back to the classroom with Zhan Weiyang, he asked Zhan Weiyang, “You don’t, plan to continue to pursue, Xie Ling?”

       Zhan Weiyang didn’t hear what he said clearly, and asked, “What?”

       Chen Youyou leaned close to his ear and shouted, “Xie Ling!”

       Zhan Weiyang was startled and said, “Why are you so loud?”

       Several girls passing by turned their heads to look at them and then walked past them with laughter.

       Chen Youyou said, “You, gave up?”

       Zhan Weiyang didn’t say anything. He looked ahead with a depressed look.

       At lunchtime, Chen Youyou and Zhan Weiyang sat in a corner. He ate rice with a spoon and asked Zhan Weiyang, “W-what on earth, is going on?”

       Zhan Weiyang said, “I don’t know.” After that, he stared at the front in a daze and even forgot to eat.

       Chen Youyou raised his hand and waved it in front of him, “Are you, do you not, like Xie Ling?”

       Zhan Weiyang looked at him, unsure if he dared to answer the question casually.

       Chen Youyou had a puzzled expression on his face.

       Zhan Weiyang suddenly leaned forward as if he had something to say to Chen Youyou.

       Chen Youyou immediately leaned forward and took the initiative to turn his ear to listen to what he said.

       In the end, Zhan Weiyang said, “What do you think I should do after I’ve pursued after Xie Ling?”

       Chen Youyou was puzzled, “Do, what? D-date him.”

       Zhan Weiyang moved his mouth, wanting to say something but not saying it.

       Chen Youyou hadn’t finished his meal yet, so he urged him impatiently, “So you, what are you, going to say?”

       Zhan Weiyang whispered again, “Can I not date him?”

       Chen Youyou was stunned, “What the hell, was wrong with you?”

       Zhan Weiyang said, “I’ll just pursue him.”

       “T-then what?”

       “That’s it, no dating.”

       “What are, you trying to do? Challenging the, arrogant male, junior? Wow, I-I didn’t realize for so long that you’re actually such a scum, scumbag!” Chen Youyou had too much to say, and he got more and more anxious as he spoke.

       Zhan Weiyang asked curiously, “What is a scumbag?”

       Chen Youyou blushed and said, “Just, it means you are a jerk, who plays and messes with other’s feelings.”

       Zhan Weiyang said quickly, “I’m not, don’t be angry.”

       Chen Youyou wanted to pinch his thigh to make himself speak more smoothly, “I’m not angry, I just feel very excited.”

       “What’s exciting?” Zhan Weiyang didn’t understand.

       Chen Youyou said, “When you catch him, dump him immediately. Even if he kneels down and begs you, don’t a-agree.”

       Zhan Weiyang imagined the scene and felt a little difficult. He said, “I don’t think he will.”

       Chen Youyou said, “Make, him fall in love, with you.”

       Zhan Weiyang said distressedly, “It’s too difficult.”

       Chen Youyou stretched out his hand and grabbed his face, twisting it hard.

       Zhan Weiyang hurriedly stretched out his hand to push his hand and said, “Ah, it hurts.”

       Chen Youyou then let go and said with a look of regret, “W-why don’t, you try at all!”

       Zhan Weiyang looked at him innocently and helplessly.

       Chen Youyou threw the spoon into the plate, thinking seriously, and said, “How about this, we will deflate Xie Ling’s tyres later, and you, ride a bike with him.”

       Zhan Weiyang was afraid, “I won’t go.”

       Chen Youyou said angrily, “Don’t you, still want to pursue him?”

       Zhan Weiyang did not answer. In fact, he had been thinking about this problem for several days. He was reluctant to turn into a tree so quickly. He still had to wait for Pei Qing to be willing to teach him another way of kissing. He indeed felt he should work hard to improve his score.

       According to the System’s requirements, he should actively pursue Xie Ling, but he had not taken action for a long time.

       On the one hand, he did not want to get close to Xie Ling, fearing that he would provoke the System’s reaction. On the other hand, he seemed to have to get close to Xie Ling so that the System would not deduct all his points.

       After struggling for a while, Zhan Weiyang said to Chen Youyou, “But I don’t have a bicycle either.” He was still subconsciously looking for an excuse to refuse.

       Chen Youyou said, “I, I will lend mine, to you.”

       Worried that classes would end too late in the afternoon, they went to deflate Xie Ling’s bicycle tyre at the end of the second class.

       The two of them were sneaking around in the bike shed. When Zhan Weiyang saw Chen Youyou pulling out the valve core, he worriedly asked, “Is this difficult to fix?”

       Chen Youyou said, “I don’t know.” After a pause, he said, “Who cares.”

 

       Zhan Weiyang said, “I don’t think it’s a good idea.”

       Chen Youyou looked up at him and said, “If you, don’t feel good, just accompany him, to fix the tyre and, get closer to him.” After that, he successfully deflated the rear tyre of Xie Ling’s bicycle. When he stood up, he said, “Isn’t he, poor? If you are more generous, he might, be a little, moved.”

       “Really?” Zhan Weiyang asked absentmindedly.

       Chen Youyou didn’t notice his absent-mindedness, and he really didn’t know what was going on, so he could only say, “I guess so.”

       Zhan Weiyang looked at him.

       Chen Youyou felt that Zhan Weiyang’s eyes were strange.

       After a while, Zhan Weiyang leaned close to his ear and whispered, “Do you know how to kiss?”

       Chen Youyou had never kissed anyone before, but at this time, he certainly couldn’t show weakness in front of Zhan Weiyang and immediately said, “Of course, I know.”

       Zhan Weiyang was very confused, “Isn’t it done by just sticking it on?”

       Chen Youyou said, “Huh?”

       Zhan Weiyang said, “What else is there to do?”

       Chen Youyou suddenly felt embarrassed and asked with red ears, “You, do you mean, the kind of intense ones?”

       Zhan Weiyang had never seen intense ones on TV, so he asked, “How intense?”

       Chen Youyou raised both hands, pinched his fingers together, pointed the left and right fingertips, and rubbed them back and forth intensely.

       Zhan Weiyang suddenly realised, “Oh! I know.”

       Chen Youyou was puzzled: How did he know? What the heck did he know?

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Notes:
After thinking about it a lot, I decided to change the title translation. I thought about it a lot too when I first translated the story but ended up understanding the context wrong. Instead of the capture target that was wrong, I thought it’s the system that is wrong
Sorry for the confusion ><

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       Pei Qing walked into the room and reached out to gently close the door before continuing towards the window.

       Zhan Weiyang remained in the position of kneeling by the bed but straightened his back. His red, tearful eyes, along with his head, followed Pei Qing’s movements.

       Until Pei Qing walked to the bed and sat down, stretched out a hand to Zhan Weiyang, and said, “Come on, Yangyang, get up.”

       Zhan Weiyang raised his hand and placed it on Pei Qing’s palm. Then, he was pulled up from the ground and stood in front of Pei Qing.

       “Yangyang—”

       Before Pei Qing finished speaking, Zhan Weiyang lifted his legs and sat on Pei Qing’s legs, hugged him tightly, and whispered, “Qing ge.”

       Pei Qing was stunned for a moment, then put his hands around his waist and whispered, “What’s wrong?”

       Zhan Weiyang’s voice was very aggrieved, and he spoke in a low voice to Pei Qing’s ear, “Are you ignoring me?”

       Pei Qing’s palm fell on Zhan Weiyang’s back and patted it gently, “When did I ignore you?”

       Zhan Weiyang spoke with a nasal tone, saying, “You are just upset.”

       Pei Qing said, “I’m not.”

       Zhan Weiyang stopped talking and sat quietly on Pei Qing’s legs, hugging him tightly.

       After a while, Pei Qing thought Zhan Weiyang was crying, so he leaned back a little, and stretched out his hand to hold Zhan Weiyang’s jaw, wanting to see his face clearly. However, he only saw that his eyes were still red, and the tears did not really fall.

       Zhan Weiyang looked at him for a while. He leaned forward slightly, put his forehead against his forehead, and said, “I don’t know what to do.”

       Pei Qing originally wanted to ask him what he couldn’t say and why he wasn’t willing to say it clearly, but in the end, he didn’t want to force him too much, so he just said, “If you don’t know what to do, come to gege. gege will help you.”

       Zhan Weiyang said softly, “Really?”

       Pei Qing told him, “Really, there is no problem in this world that gege can’t solve for Yangyang, do you believe it?”

       Zhan Weiyang didn’t say whether he believed it or not, but he couldn’t help the corners of his mouth lifting into a smile, struggling between tears and laughter.

       Pei Qing patted his back and said, “Alright, you’re not sad anymore, are you?”

       Zhan Weiyang nodded.

       When Pei Qing half-lay down on the bed, Zhan Weiyang still turned over and climbed on his legs, stretched out his hands to hug his neck, and leaned in his arms.

       Pei Qing put one arm around his back, patted his head with the other hand, and asked, “If Yangyang becomes a tree in the future, will he have to live on the balcony forever?”

       Zhan Weiyang seemed to think about it seriously and said, “The balcony can get sunlight.”

       Pei Qing said, ‘Hmm’ and then asked, “What if it gets dark? Aren’t you scared to be alone on the balcony?”

       Zhan Weiyang said, “There are other trees.”

       Pei Qing asked, “Have you become good friends with those trees?”

       Zhan Weiyang was asked and thought for a while before answering him, “Not yet.”

       Pei Qing continued to ask, “Then can you communicate now?”

       Zhan Weiyang grabbed the hem of Pei Qing’s pyjamas with his fingers and whispered, “Not yet.”

       Pei Qing said ‘Oh’, as if a little regretful, “I was going to ask you to ask them a question for me.”

       Zhan Weiyang looked up at him, “What is it?”

       Pei Qing said, “Ask them why they turned Yangyang into a tree?”

       Zhan Weiyang said, “It’s not because of them.”

       Pei Qing asked, “Then what is it because of?”

       Zhan Weiyang said, “It’s my stuff.”

       Pei Qing looked down at him, “What’s yours?”

       Zhan Weiyang pointed to his head, “The stuff inside my head.”

       Pei Qing touched his head, “Yangyang, is there something so powerful in your head that it can turn you into a fortune tree?”

       Zhan Weiyang suddenly became confused, “I don’t know.”

       Pei Qing said, “You said something is deducting your points. How many points do you have now?”

       Zhan Weiyang looked at him alertly.

       Pei Qing said, “If you don’t want to tell me, forget it. It doesn’t matter.”

       Zhan Weiyang then said in a muffled voice, “38.”

       Pei Qing asked him, “What’s the full score?”

       Zhan Weiyang said, “100 points.”

       Pei Qing said, “My Yangyang is so silly. He only got 38 points out of 100. What should we do?”

       Zhan Weiyang also felt very melancholy, “I don’t know.”

       Pei Qing asked him, “Is there any way Qing gege help you get some extra points?”

       Zhan Weiyang frowned in distress, “I don’t know.”

       Pei Qing patted him on the back, “It doesn’t matter. If you don’t know, then you don’t know.”

       Zhan Weiyang suddenly sat up with his hands on Pei Qing’s shoulders. He looked straight at Pei Qing. After looking at him for a long time, he leaned over and kissed Pei Qing lightly on the lips. It was so light that Pei Qing didn’t even feel the weight of his lips pressing on his.

       Then Zhan Weiyang’s ears turned red, and he shrank his neck and said, “I’m sorry.” His upper body leaned forward, his pyjamas fell down, and his protruding collarbone and thin chest were clearly visible in the wide neckline.

       Pei Qing lowered his gaze and asked him, “Why do you say sorry?”

       Zhan Weiyang was still embarrassed, and his ears were red all the way to his neck as he said, “I shouldn’t kiss you.”

       Pei Qing asked, “Why shouldn’t you kiss me?”

       Zhan Weiyang stared at Pei Qing’s collar, avoiding eye contact, “In the TV dramas I’ve seen, it’s always the men kissing the women.”

       Pei Qing’s hand slipped to his waist, gripping his slender frame. Knowing he shouldn’t say certain things but unable to hold back, he asked, “So you’ve only seen people kissing like that in TV dramas. Do you know of any other ways to kiss?”

       Zhan Weiyang shook his head somewhat strangely. His world was too simple. Except for Chen Youyou showing him a video once, there was no other way to see it, and no one would tell him.

       Pei Qing asked him, “Do gege want me to teach you?”

       Zhan Weiyang nodded, “Okay.” After he said that, he moved closer, trying to touch Pei Qing’s lips again.

       But Pei Qing suddenly put his hand between the two of them, laughed self-deprecatingly, and said, “Forget it, I shouldn’t teach you these.”

       Zhan Weiyang looked at him in confusion.

       Pei Qing’s gaze became a little complicated. He patted his waist and said, “Go down.”

       Zhan Weiyang could keenly perceive Pei Qing’s emotional changes, but he couldn’t figure out what caused this change, so he could only ask anxiously, “What’s wrong?” He thought Pei Qing was angry with him.

       Pei Qing said, “Nothing, it’s almost time to go to bed.”

       Zhan Weiyang asked cautiously, “You won’t teach me anymore?”

       Pei Qing smiled and said, “I shouldn’t teach you these.”

       Zhan Weiyang didn’t understand, “Why?”

       Pei Qing said, “Because I don’t think it’s right for me to do so.”

       Zhan Weiyang still didn’t understand.

       Pei Qing said, “It’s okay, go to sleep, Yangyang.”

       Zhan Weiyang reluctantly got off Pei Qing. He lay down, waited until Pei Qing turned off the light, and then he leaned close to Pei Qing’s ear and said, “I think you can teach me.”

       Pei Qing asked, “Why do you want to learn this?”

       Zhan Weiyang said, “I don’t know, I just want to kiss you.”

       Pei Qing opened his mouth, but no sound came out. He had a lot to say to Zhan Weiyang, but he felt a little bit speechless at this time. In the end, he just reached out and patted Zhan Weiyang on the back and said, “Good night.”

       Zhan Weiyang was completely disappointed. He retreated and rested his head on his pillow, staring in Pei Qing’s direction unwillingly.

       Pei Qing couldn’t sleep. Just now, he suddenly felt that what he had done was not good. It was not good for Zhan Pengcheng, Zhan Weiguang, himself, and, most importantly, for Zhan Weiyang.

       How should he define the relationship between him and Zhan Weiyang? Zhan Weiyang was simply dependent on him, and unconsciously wanted to get close. Kissing on the lips might not have necessarily meant anything; Zhan Weiyang’s understanding hadn’t reached that point. Yet he himself couldn’t control his own actions. Given the extent of Zhan Weiyang’s dependence on him, no matter what he did, Zhan Weiyang might have happily accepted it. But what if it had been a Zhan Weiyang who had never drowned in the past?

       Pei Qing opened the quilt with some irritability, put on slippers and walked out of the bedroom.

       At that time, Zhan Weiyang hadn’t fallen asleep yet. When he heard Pei Qing get out of bed, he instantly wanted to reach out and grab Pei Qing. However, the System, which had already been bothering him this afternoon, couldn’t hold back any longer and coldly started deducting his points again.

       The moment he heard that he had been deducted two points, Zhan Weiyang shrank back in fear, covered his head with the quilt, opened his eyes wide, looked up in the dark, and couldn’t help trembling.

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       Zhan Weiyang was scared.

       He didn’t know how to answer Pei Qing’s question. There were some buzzing noises in his head, which tortured him. So he held the water bottle with both hands and buried his head lower and lower.

       Pei Qing stretched out his hand and gently pressed it on the back of Zhan Weiyang’s neck and asked, “Yangyang, what’s wrong?”

       Zhan Weiyang remained silent for a long time and said, in a muffled voice, “I can’t answer you.”

       Pei Qing asked him again, “Is it that classmate of yours? The one called Xie Ling just now?”

       Zhan Weiyang raised his head, and it was difficult to hide the surprise on his face.

       Pei Qing took back her hand and said, “Yangyang, is there anything else you haven’t told me?”

       Zhan Weiyang seemed flustered and helpless. He dug his fingers into the plastic water bottle, almost deforming it, and finally said, “I don’t have any.”

       Pei Qing repeated the question, “You really don’t?”

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

       Pei Qing fell silent and looked at him for a long time without saying anything.

       Zhan Weiyang was flustered. He secretly glanced at Pei Qing and then turned his head to continue drinking water in small sips.

       Pei Qing said to him, “You rest here. I’m going down to get some air.” After saying that, he stretched out his hand to open the car door.

       Zhan Weiyang subconsciously stretched out his hand to grab Pei Qing, but his fingertips only touched the hem of Pei Qing’s clothes and finally retracted powerlessly.

       After waiting for less than half an hour, Zhan Weiguang and Zhan Xiusong also came back.

       Zhan Xiusong looked particularly disheveled for some reason. His clothes were stained in large patches that couldn’t be patted clean, his glasses were crooked on his nose, always tilting slightly to the left, and there was a bit of a scr4p3 on his right cheek near the bridge of his nose.

       After the two of them got in the car, they didn’t say anything, especially Zhan Xiusong, who looked very depressed and unhappy.

       “Xiusong?” Pei Qing looked at him in the rearview mirror, “Are you okay?”

       Zhan Xiusong said, “I’m fine.” His tone was a little aggrieved and stubborn.

       Pei Qing then glanced at Zhan Weiguang. Zhan Weiguang didn’t say anything, only giving a quick look. So Pei Qing didn’t ask any more questions.

       Later, when they returned, Zhan Weiguang told Pei Qing privately that Zhan Xiusong accidentally fell down, which was nothing. Sometimes, it was inevitable when exercising. Unexpectedly, Xu Fengwen laughed at him for being fat, saying that the whole ground was shaking when he fell down.

       Afterwards, the joke lingered on. When Zhan Xiusong jumped up to shoot or grab the ball, Xu Fengwen would exaggerate and say that he shook when Zhan Xiusong landed, which greatly affected Zhan Xiusong’s mood for playing.

       Zhan Weiguang felt annoyed. He stopped playing after saying a few words to Xu Fengwen and called Zhan Xiusong to leave.

       After dinner, Zhan Xiusong obviously hadn’t gotten out of his depressed mood, and he went back to Zhan Weiyang’s room and closed the door.

       Zhan Weiyang went up to the second floor and wanted to go into his room to take a look, but found that the door was locked from the inside. He raised his hand and wanted to knock on the door, but he felt that he didn’t want to talk to Zhan Xiusong, so he hesitated and didn’t knock.

       He went to Pei Qing’s room, raised his hand and knocked on the door, then put his ear to the door. He didn’t hear any sound from inside, so he knocked again but still didn’t hear Pei Qing say come in. He had to open the door himself and found that the room was quiet and no one was there.

       Zhan Weiyang didn’t know that Pei Qing was in Zhan Weiguang’s room at this time, he just retreated disappointedly and walked towards the large balcony on the second floor.

       On the balcony, his flower pot was still alone in a row of large flower pots with lush green plants, and it looked lifeless because of the lack of life growing in it.

       Zhan Weiyang walked over, afraid of crushing the flower pot, and dared not go in. So he could only sit cross-legged next to it, stretch out his arms to hold the edge of the flower pot, and gently lean his forehead against it.

       It was not that he didn’t want to answer Pei Qing’s question. For a moment, he wanted to tell Pei Qing everything, but he had a terrible intuition that if he said it, his points would definitely be deducted. He didn’t know how much it would be deducted, and it would be bad if his points were all deducted.

       Although he knew his journey would end in this flowerpot, he couldn’t bear to leave Pei Qing now. He just thought could it be a little later? As long as he followed the rules obediently and the System didn’t deduct his points too quickly, he could stay by Pei Qing’s side for one more day.

       From childhood to adulthood, Zhan Weiyang had never met anyone who was so patient with him except his father and grandmother. Moreover, Pei Qing was different from his dad and grandmother; Pei Qing understood what he was thinking, something his dad and grandmother no longer did.

       Zhan Weiyang felt sad and despondent.

       Pei Qing was in Zhan Weiguang’s room. He came here for Zhan Weiyang. He walked to the window and found that from this angle of Zhan Weiguang’s room, he could see the balcony on the second floor and saw Zhan Weiyang sitting on the balcony forlornly hugging a flower pot.

       “Yangyang—” Pei Qing paused here, “Have you felt that he has not been in good spirits lately?”

       Zhan Weiguang was lying on the bed with one leg propped up, playing on his phone. Upon hearing this, he looked up, somewhat surprised, and said, “What?”

       Pei Qing leaned forward slightly, crossed his arms and lay on the window, looking at Zhan Weiyang’s figure, “Did he tell you about any deductions or that he would become a fortune tree?”

       “Fortune tree?” Zhan Weiguang was confused, “What fortune tree?”

       Pei Qing suddenly realised that Zhan Weiyang had probably said those words only to him. Perhaps it was because he trusted only Pei Qing, or maybe he simply didn’t want to talk about it with anyone else. At that moment, Pei Qing hesitated, unsure whether he should continue discussing it with Zhan Weiguang.

       He felt that Zhan Weiyang was in a bad state today, but he was not Zhan Weiyang’s guardian after all. He hoped to attract Zhan Pengcheng’s attention, and it would be best to find a doctor to talk to Zhan Weiyang and find out what the problem in his mind was. It was just that he noticed Zhan Pengcheng’s resistance last time, so he chose Zhan Weiguang this time.

       Zhan Weiguang had already gotten off the bed and walked to Pei Qing’s side and just happened to see Zhan Weiyang downstairs from the window.

       “Do you know why he cherishes his flower pot so much?” Zhan Weiguang suddenly grasped the point at this time.

       Pei Qing looked at him and hesitated for a long time before saying, “What I just said, he said he’s going to turn into a fortune tree.”

       “Why a fortune tree?” Zhan Weiguang found it difficult to understand.

       “The point is not what kind of tree it is,” Pei Qing said, “the point is why he thinks he will become a tree?”

       “He— Just often has some strange thoughts,” Zhan Weiguang leaned against the window and looked at Zhan Weiyang’s back with Pei Qing.

       Pei Qing asked, “Does it last long?”

       Zhan Weiguang replied, “Not necessarily. Sometimes he forgets when he’s distracted. Why does he think he will turn into a tree?”

       Pei Qing said, “I don’t know. I thought you would know.”

       “He doesn’t tell me anything. How can I know!”

       Pei Qing looked at him, “He thinks you treat him badly.”

       Zhan Weiguang laughed sarcastically, “What more could I do to be good to him?”

       Pei Qing didn’t want to continue discussing this topic with Zhan Weiguang. They were brothers who grew up together and had their own way of getting along. He had no right to interfere. He was just worried about Zhan Weiyang’s current situation. After a while, he asked Zhan Weiguang, “Do you think he can get out of this state on his own?”

       Zhan Weiguang said, “I don’t know. He has always seemed normal in front of me; this is just how he is. Back in elementary school, he became attached to a cup. He had to use that cup for drinking water, carried it in his backpack every day to school and brought it back home. One time, my dad accidentally broke it and couldn’t find an exact replacement. He went to great lengths to buy one that looked very similar, but it still didn’t satisfy him. He didn’t drink water all day, and my dad almost cried out of frustration.”

       “What happened next?” Pei Qing asked.

       Zhan Weiguang continued, “Later, I got impatient and grabbed him and forced him to pour water from my cup into his mouth. He almost choked, then I said, ‘You’re done. You’ve drunk from my cup.’ I didn’t know what he was thinking, but he suddenly stopped making trouble. My dad scolded me for this.”

       Pei Qing looked out the window in silence, and after a long while, he said, “Uncle was probably just too anxious.”

       Zhan Weiguang said in a nonchalant tone, “It’s okay, you don’t need to try to persuade me. I know my dad better than anyone. I don’t have any particular feelings about it. As long as it has nothing to do with Zhan Weiyang, he’s pretty good to me. But once it involves Zhan Weiyang, he doesn’t have any boundaries himself, so how can he be concerned about his attitude towards others?”

       “I’m sorry,” Pei Qing said sincerely, “Can I ask you a question, where is your mother?”

       Zhan Weiguang said, “Divorced, gone.”

       Pei Qing was a little surprised.

       Zhan Weiguang’s tone remained nonchalant and indifferent, “I’ve heard that other people’s mothers can give up everything for their children. Maybe my mom is different from other mothers. She argued with my dad a lot over Zhan Weiyang, and later, she couldn’t handle the stress and didn’t want to stay in this family anymore, so she left.”

       Pei Qing never expected it to be like this. He asked, “Was it because of Yangyang’s drowning incident?”

       Zhan Weiguang nodded, “When Zhan Weiyang nearly drowned, both my dad and I were there. I got into a scuffle with some other kids, and my dad came over to separate us so he didn’t notice Zhan Weiyang. By the time someone else found him, he had already stopped breathing, and his heart had stopped.”

       As he reached this point, Zhan Weiguang’s tone grew sombre. He looked at Pei Qing and said, “This is a lifelong pain for my dad. I don’t know if he hates me, but I know he hates himself. My mom also hates him. They took Zhan Weiyang everywhere to see doctors, visiting all the good hospitals in big cities, but it only ended in this result. My mom couldn’t stand it anymore, started arguing with my dad obsessively, and grew dissatisfied with everything the family did. Eventually, she pushed herself to leave.”

       Pei Qing took a deep breath and then exhaled slowly; the sound sounded like a sigh, carrying a sense of powerlessness over the past and the future.

       He felt that he could understand Zhan Pengcheng’s mentality, and he feared that this guilt would never fade away in his lifetime.

       Pei Qing raised his hand, covered his face and rubbed it gently, feeling somewhat exhausted.

       Zhan Weiguang said, “I’m sorry to tell you about these messy things in my family.” 

       Pei Qing said, “It’s what I want to know.”

       Zhan Weiguang crossed his arms in front of his chest, “Actually, you’re really a good person. I rarely see someone so patient with Zhan Weiyang. Even my dad, though he seems very accommodating on the surface, sometimes is obviously just perfunctory to Zhan Weiyang. He says, ‘okay, okay’ but doesn’t really follow through. No wonder Zhan Weiyang likes you.”

       Pei Qing didn’t speak.

       Zhan Weiguang said, “I’m sorry to bother you. I don’t think you need to worry too much about Zhan Weiyang’s strange thoughts. Maybe after a while, he’ll be fine. Otherwise, you could just smash the flowerpot into pieces, let him be upset and cry for a while, and he might come to terms with it by the next day.”

       “Better not,” Pei Qing said. “Let’s keep it for him.”

       When Pei Qing came down from upstairs, he saw that Zhan Weiyang was no longer on the balcony. He walked over to lock the balcony door and then went back to the room.

       As soon as he opened the door, he saw Zhan Weiyang kneeling on the floor, his body sprawled by the side of the bed, staring blankly with red eyes. Upon seeing him return, Zhan Weiyang immediately raised his head like a startled rabbit, looking at him with reddened eyes.

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       The name of the boy who greeted Zhan Weiguang was Xu Fengwen, a senior student in the same school as them. Before Zhan Weiguang graduated, they were both on the school basketball team.

       Zhan Weiguang nodded at him and said, “It’s been a long time since we last met.”

       Xu Fengwen smiled and asked, “Do you want to play basketball?”

       Zhan Weiguang said, “Yeah.”

       Xu Fengwen pointed to a few companions behind him and said, “Do you want to join us? There are exactly six of us.”

       Zhan Weiguang glanced at those people and said, “Forget it, I’m taking my brother to play.”

       Xu Fengwen looked over, somewhat surprised. Because Zhan Weiyang had been hiding behind Pei Qing all this time, he only just now noticed that Zhan Weiyang was actually there. So, he smiled and said, “Alright then, you guys go ahead and play.”

       After that, Xu Fengwen returned to the original court, and Xie Ling immediately turned his eyes away and continued to play basketball.

       Zhan Xiusong was dribbling the ball. He was a little excited and kept urging everyone to hurry up.

       Pei Qing felt Zhan Weiyang still holding his shirt tightly, so he turned around and asked, “Are we going to start?”

       Zhan Weiyang said in a low voice, “Yes.”

       Pei Qing said, “Then do you want to let me go first?”

       Zhan Weiyang reluctantly released his fingers.

       Pei Qing then told Zhan Xiusong and Zhan Weiguang, “I’ll be on the same team as Yangyang.”

       Zhan Xiusong immediately said, “Okay, I’ll be on the same team as Guang ge!” He was mainly afraid that he would be on the same team as Zhan Weiyang.

       Zhan Weiyang heard it and quickly said, “Okay, okay.”

       Zhan Xiusong had never played basketball with Zhan Weiyang before. He approached Zhan Weiguang and whispered, “Do we need to hold back our strength later?”

       Zhan Weiguang squatted down to tie his shoelaces tightly and looked at him, “What strength do you want to hold back?”

       Zhan Xiusong said, “I’m afraid that if I bully Zhan Weiyang too much, he will go and complain to me again.”

       Zhan Weiguang stood up and said, “When did he complain to you?”

       Zhan Xiusong pursed his lips, “Hmph!”

       Zhan Weiguang then said, “Don’t worry, you may not beat him.”

       Zhan Xiusong didn’t believe it at all, “How is it possible!” He threw the basketball into the air with full momentum and said, “Come on!”

       As it turned out, when the time finally came, Zhan Xiusong realised that Zhan Weiguang wasn’t just talking nonsense. Zhan Weiyang not only knew how to play basketball, but he was also very skilled at it.

       Pei Qing was also very good at playing basketball, but he was not at all flashy, just like his personality. His movements were clean and neat, not fancy, but very practical.

       The most terrifying thing was that he and Zhan Weiyang cooperated very well. Almost every time he got the ball, he would find an opportunity to pass it to Zhan Weiyang. Zhan Weiyang shot with a very accurate and light movement. Every time he scored a goal, he would look for Pei Qing with a smile and stubbornly clap hands with him to celebrate.

       Facing such an opponent, even with Zhan Weiguang’s heroic efforts, Zhan Xiusong was still thoroughly defeated and left speechless.

       And because he was fat, he was already out of breath after playing for more than ten minutes, and he couldn’t even run. In the end, he sat under the basketball stand and unscrewed the cap of a Coke bottle to drink water.

       Zhan Weiguang stood by and said, “Why don’t you just forget it.”

       Zhan Xiusong was not convinced and panted and said, “Wait for me to rest for a while, and then continue.”

       At this time, three people left the opposite court, and the rest of the people stopped playing.

       Xu Fengwen stood by their court, holding a basketball to watch the game.

       Zhan Weiguang turned around and saw Xu Fengwen, who waved at him. He then looked down at Zhan Xiusong and said, “Why don’t you take a break on the side? I’ll call my former teammate to come over.”

       Zhan Xiusong said, “No, I want to play!” He wiped the sweat off his face, “How about you call two people, we’ll play 3v3?”

       At this moment, Pei Qing walked over to the basketball hoop, bent down to pick up a bottle of water. He then stood up straight, and twisted open the cap. Zhan Weiyang also walked over.

       He reached out and handed the bottle of water to Zhan Weiyang first.

       But he didn’t expect Zhan Weiyang to misunderstand his action. He didn’t reach out to take the bottle of water but directly opened his mouth, bit the bottle mouth, and then looked at Pei Qing and waited for Pei Qing to feed him.

       Pei Qing paused and then had to tilt the bottom of the bottle slightly, slowly and carefully feeding the water into Zhan Weiyang’s mouth.

       Zhan Weiyang tilted his head, and the pointed Adam’s apple on his white neck slid up the line with the swallowing action.

       Pei Qing suddenly had some thoughts and calmly raised his arm slightly. Seeing that the bottle mouth was about to leave Zhan Weiyang’s lips, Zhan Weiyang quickly stood on tiptoe to reach it but still let some water flow out and slide down along his chin.

       He quickly pushed away half a step, and Pei Qing also withdrew his hand.

       Zhan Weiyang raised his arm, wiped the water off his face, and said, “Oh, it spilt.”

       Pei Qing took back the water bottle, drank a sip with a careless look, and said, “Why are you so careless?”

       Zhan Weiyang felt very embarrassed and said, “I’m sorry.”

       Pei Qing put the bottle cap back, put the water bottle back under the basketball hoop, and walked towards the edge of the court. He saw Zhan Weiyang following him and whispered to him, “Next time, make sure to catch the water properly.”

       Zhan Weiyang nodded quickly, “Okay.”

       Pei Qing raised his hand to hug his shoulders, couldn’t help but laugh softly, and said, “Silly Yangyang.”

       Zhan Weiyang looked at him, a little embarrassed, and lowered his head again.

       When they didn’t notice, Xie Ling stopped by Xu Fengwen on a bicycle and talked to him.

       Zhan Xiusong saw it and said to Zhan Weiguang, “Let’s ask them to come together.”

       Zhan Weiguang hesitated a little but still walked towards Xu Fengwen and asked, “Are you leaving?”

       Xu Fengwen’s tone seemed somewhat regretful, “They’re all done playing.”

       Zhan Weiguang invited him and Xie Ling, “Do you want to join us?”

       Before Xu Fengwen answered, Xie Ling suddenly asked, “Are you Zhan Weiyang’s brother?”

       Zhan Weiguang looked at him and thought he was quite rude. After a moment of silence, he said, “Yes, you are?”

       Xie Ling didn’t answer him but continued to ask, “I saw that he plays basketball very well.”

       Zhan Weiguang’s tone became cold, “Yes, so? Want to give it a try?”

       Xu Fengwen knew the personalities of both people and hurriedly tried to smooth things over, interrupting their conversation and asking Xie Ling, “Do you want to play for a while longer?”

       Xie Ling nodded.

       Zhan Weiguang then turned to Pei Qing and the others and shouted, “Qing ge, my friend wants to join, can he?”

       Before Pei Qing answered, Zhan Weiyang had already grabbed Pei Qing’s wrist tightly and said, “No.”

       Zhan Xiusong stood up from under the basketball stand and said excitedly, “Yes, yes!”

       Everyone was waiting for Pei Qing’s answer.

       Pei Qing looked at Zhan Weiyang’s nervous expression and then at the hand he was holding. Because Zhan Weiyang was holding him too tightly, his knuckles were slightly white. He said to Zhan Weiguang, “Yangyang is not feeling well. Why don’t you four play? I’ll go over with him to rest for a while.”

       Zhan Weiguang frowned and walked towards them. Seeing that Zhan Weiyang’s expression was indeed not good, he asked, “What’s wrong with you?”

       Zhan Weiyang did not answer him.

       Pei Qing said, “I’ll take him to the car to sit for a while.”

       Zhan Weiguang looked at Zhan Weiyang for a long time, and when he was sure that he had no major health problems, he said, “Go ahead, call me if you need anything.”

       Pei Qing patted Zhan Weiyang on the shoulder and said, “Let’s go.”

       Zhan Weiyang hurriedly followed Pei Qing. His steps seemed flustered and hurried.

       On this side, Zhan Weiguang walked back to Xu Fengwen and the others and said, “My brother is not feeling well. He and my older cousin left first, do you guys still want to play?”

       Xu Fengwen said, “I’ll play.” After saying that, he looked at Xie Ling, as if he was unsure of his opinion.

       Unexpectedly, Xie Ling said, “Okay, let’s go.”

       Pei Qing returned to the car, opened all the windows, and opened a new bottle of water for Zhan Weiyang.

       Zhan Weiyang held the bottle and drank it in small sips.

       Pei Qing suddenly said, “Yangyang, do you remember when you first started school, you wrote a love letter to someone, but she threw it away?”

       Zhan Weiyang looked pale and looked at him with some horror.

       Pei Qing asked him, “Do you still like that person now?”

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       Zhan Pengcheng got up in the morning. The corridor outside was still quiet, and none of the children were awake.

       He washed and changed clothes in his room before coming out. As soon as he opened the door, he saw that the door to the balcony opposite his door was open.

       Usually, before going to bed at night, Zhan Pengcheng would lock the balcony door. Last night, he even opened the door to check and saw that it was locked. Pei Qing and the others must have closed it when they left. How come the door was open early this morning?

       Zhan Pengcheng felt strange and walked over to look at the balcony. He didn’t see anyone. He saw an oval potato suddenly appear on the ground in front of Zhan Weiyang’s empty flower pot. There were three small wooden sticks stuck on the potato. When he got closer, he found that it was a burnt incense stick, and the potato was still covered with incense ash.

       At that moment, Zhan Pengcheng felt a chill on his back for some reason and shuddered.

       He picked up the potato, went downstairs, and put it on the dining table.

       There was the sound of Auntie Luo making breakfast in the kitchen, and Grandma was still in her room.

       Zhan Pengcheng sat down not long ago when he heard footsteps coming down from upstairs, and Pei Qing appeared at the door of the dining room.

       “Look at this,” Zhan Pengcheng tapped the table with his fingers, “was it Yangyang who did it?”

       Generally, when faced with such puzzling situations, Zhan Pengcheng’s first reaction was always to suspect Zhan Weiyang. He frowned, feeling troubled by how increasingly incomprehensible his younger son was becoming.

       Pei Qing stopped and looked at the remaining incense sticks and potatoes for a while and said, “It’s not Yangyang.”

       Zhan Pengcheng was a little surprised, “Then do you know who it is?”

       Pei Qing walked to the dining table and sat down, saying, “Did Uncle find it on the balcony on the second floor?”

       Zhan Pengcheng hurriedly said, “Yes.”

       Pei Qing said, “It should be Xiusong.”

       Zhan Pengcheng looked confused, “Huh?”

       At this time, Auntie Luo came out with a plate of buns, and saw the things on the table, and said, “This incense was burned by Songsong, right?”

       Zhan Pengcheng asked curiously, “How do you know that too?”

       Auntie Luo said, “This boy came downstairs very late last night, wanting to go out alone. I happened to see him and asked where he was going. He said he was going to buy incense. I told him that it was too late for any stores to be open, so I took some leftover incense from our last ancestor worship out of the cabinet and gave it to him. The potato was also something he took from the kitchen.”

       After saying that, Auntie Luo heard the porridge boiling in the kitchen and hurried back.

       Zhan Pengcheng looked at Pei Qing and asked in confusion, “What does it mean?”

       Pei Qing took a box of milk, put a straw in it, and said, “It was about the quarrel between him and Yangyang yesterday. Yangyang wanted him to apologise to the flowerpot, and he sarcastically asked if he should burn some incense. Maybe out of spite, he actually burned a stick of incense.”

       Zhan Pengcheng laughed dryly, “It’s not a big deal. Is it really necessary?”

       Pei Qing also smiled and said, “It’s a big deal for them.”

       “Oh my-” Zhan Pengcheng sighed, “So Uncle is old and doesn’t understand what these young people are thinking; this is why Yangyang doesn’t love his Dad anymore.” The more he talked, the sadder he became.

       Pei Qing held the straw in his mouth, looked up at Zhan Pengcheng, and said nothing.

       Not long after, the others came downstairs to have breakfast.

       Zhan Pengcheng was eager to resolve the conflict between Zhan Weiyang and Zhan Xiusong. When he saw Zhan Weiyang coming downstairs, he said to him, “Your brother has apologised to your flower pot and even burned incense. Can you forgive him?”

       Zhan Weiyang glanced at the potatoes on the table and turned to look at Zhan Xiusong, who was coming downstairs behind him.

       Zhan Xiusong walked directly to the dining table, grabbed the potatoes and walked towards the kitchen. After a while, he heard him ask Auntie Luo in the kitchen, “Can this potato still be eaten?”

       Auntie Luo said, “It can be eaten; no need to waste it.”

       Zhan Pengcheng smiled and asked them to sit down and have breakfast.

       Zhan Weiyang said to Zhan Xiusong, “Since you apologised to my flower pot and my flower pot is already healed, let’s forget it.”

       Zhan Xiusong lowered his head and mumbled something that no one heard clearly.

       Zhan Pengcheng was very happy, “Let’s agree not to get angry anymore. Let’s enjoy the rest of the holiday together.”

       That afternoon, Zhan Xiusong took the initiative to show his goodwill to Zhan Weiyang and asked him if he wanted to play basketball together.

       Zhan Weiyang looked at Pei Qing, “Are you going to play basketball too?”

       Pei Qing said, “If you want to go, go.”

       Zhan Weiyang said quickly, “I want to go!”

       Pei Qing smiled and said, “Then go.”

       The four of them went out with basketballs. There were no empty courts near the neighbourhood. Zhan Weiguang said there was another court near their school, but it was a little far to walk there, so Pei Qing went back and drove everyone there.

       Zhan Weiguang and Zhan Weiyang went to the same high school, and he was more familiar with the outside of the school than Zhan Weiyang. He showed Pei Qing the way and asked him to drive the car to a nearby cultural palace and find an empty basketball court.

       Zhan Weiyang followed Pei Qing to the basketball court. He was a little excited because he had wanted to play basketball with Pei Qing and Zhan Weiguang a long time ago, but they never took him to play.

       Pei Qing held the basketball in his hand, suddenly stopped, and passed it to Zhan Weiyang with some force.

       Zhan Weiyang reacted quickly and caught it, smiling. He hugged the basketball and continued walking. But as soon as he walked into the court, he saw several people playing basketball on the other side of the court, and his smile froze on his face.

       No one noticed it at that time.

       There were two courts here, and the four of them only needed half a court. The other court was quite lively, as if someone was playing a game, and several teenagers had occupied the court on their side.

       Those teenagers were students from Zhan Weiyang’s school, and he was quite familiar with one of them, Xie Ling.

       Zhan Weiyang’s System had not harassed him for several days. He almost forgot about Xie Ling, but he didn’t expect to see Xie Ling suddenly today. At that moment, a buzzing noise sounded in his head.

       He stopped and looked in the direction of Xie Ling with a pale face. He felt like that sound was the System starting up. Though he hadn’t conversed with it, it continued to harass and erode his emotions, leaving him with an inexplicable sense of panic.

       Pei Qing was the first to notice that Zhan Weiyang was not in the right state. He followed Zhan Weiyang’s dull line of sight and glanced at the court over there, saw Xie Ling, then walked in front of Zhan Weiyang, bent down slightly to look at him, and asked him, “What’s wrong, Yangyang?”

       Pei Qing occupied Zhan Weiyang’s line of sight, and the noise in his head disappeared at once. He suddenly came back to his senses, his gaze fell on Pei Qing’s face, and said, “Ah?”

       Pei Qing said, “You are in a daze.”

       Zhan Weiyang was a little flustered. He lowered his head to look at the basketball in his hand and said, “I’m not.”

       Pei Qing turned around and looked at Xie Ling again. He wanted to ask Zhan Weiyang what he was thinking of, but when his gaze fell on Zhan Weiyang’s forehead, he found that his face was not only pale but even sweating a little. So the words he originally wanted to say were changed to, “Are you feeling uncomfortable? If you are not feeling well, let’s go back.”

       Zhan Weiyang raised his head quickly and said, “No.” He had wanted to play basketball with Pei Qing for a long time.

       Pei Qing raised his hand and patted his shoulder, “Then let’s play basketball?”

       Zhan Weiyang nodded quickly.

       Zhan Xiusong and Zhan Weiguang had already stood at the bottom of the court. Zhan Xiusong urged Zhan Weiyang, “What are you doing? Come over here quickly.”

       Zhan Weiyang heard this and threw the basketball in his hand to him first and then slowly walked towards the court. He followed Pei Qing and secretly stretched out a hand to grab Pei Qing’s clothes. He only lowered his head to look at Pei Qing’s back and tried not to look at Xie Ling.

       They walked to the basketball stand, and Zhan Weiguang lowered his voice and asked Pei Qing, “What’s wrong?”

       Pei Qing shook his head and turned to look at Xie Ling on the opposite court.

       Xie Ling didn’t notice them. He was concentrating on dribbling past people and then made a beautiful jump shot, but unfortunately, it was a little off. It hit the basket frame and didn’t go in. He landed on the ground, moving his wrist and walking two steps on the spot.

       At this time, a teenager who was playing basketball with him picked up the basketball that was rolling on the ground, held it in his hands and walked towards Zhan Weiguang and the others, waving his arms and shouting loudly, “Zhan Weiguang!” Xie Ling then looked up and saw Zhan Weiyang hiding behind Pei Qing.

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       Until dinner time, Zhan Xiusong could not appear in front of Zhan Weiyang. As long as he appeared, Zhan Weiyang would stare at him with a sad and accusing look.

       At first, Zhan Xiusong could still look back at him, but after a long time, he couldn’t stand it and could only pretend not to see him.

       When the family sat down to eat dinner, Zhan Xiusong had to change seats with Auntie Luo and sit at a side angle where Zhan Weiyang couldn’t look directly at him so that he felt a little more comfortable.

       Zhan Pengcheng noticed something was wrong, and he asked, “What’s wrong? Yangyang and Songsong are having a quarrel?”

       No one answered him at the table.

       Zhan Pengcheng had to say, “You guys are in high school; why are you still acting like a child? You both are brothers; why make such a big deal out of it?” After that, he deliberately said to Zhan Weiyang in a gentle and flattering tone, “Right?”

       Zhan Weiyang still didn’t speak.

       At this time, Grandma said, “It must be Songsong who bullied Yangyang. Songsong, don’t bully Yangyang!”

       Zhan Xiusong was immediately dissatisfied, “Grandma, you are too unfair”

       Grandma said, “Yangyang is the best-behaved, never causing trouble. It’s you who’s mischievous and causing trouble at home. You’re so big now, yet you still bully Yangyang gege.”

       Zhan Xiusong put down his chopsticks and said in a muffled voice, “I don’t want to eat anymore.” Then he stood up and walked out of the dining room.

       Zhan Pengcheng hurriedly called him, “Xiusong! Xiusong!”

       Zhan Xiusong did not respond and went upstairs directly.

       Zhan Pengcheng had to say to Zhan Weiguang, “You go and persuade him to come down to eat.”

       Zhan Weiguang put down his chopsticks, stood up with a cold face and walked towards the stairs.

       Afterwards, Zhan Pengcheng said to his grandmother, “Mom, why do you say that about Xiusong? He is still a child, and it’s not often that he comes to play.”

       Grandma, on the other hand, looked angry and said, “I will call his father and scold him later.”

       Zhan Pengcheng shook his head helplessly and turned to Pei Qing, “What happened?”

       Pei Qing said, “Xiu Song stepped on Weiyang’s flower pot, and the two of them had a quarrel.”

       Zhan Pengcheng looked at Zhan Weiyang, “It’s not a big deal. My Yangyang is the most sensible. He doesn’t argue with his younger brother. Dad will buy you a flowerpot, okay? How many do you want?”

       Zhan Weiyang lowered his head and whispered in a muffled voice, “I just want my flower pot.”

       Zhan Pengcheng didn’t hear what he said clearly, and reached out to rub his head, “Yangyang is the best.”

       Pei Qing’s mobile phone suddenly rang at this time. He took it out of his bag and answered it. After listening quietly for a while, he said, “Yes, I’ll be there right away.” Then he hung up the phone and looked up at Zhan Pengcheng said, “I’m going to pick up a parcel.”

       Zhan Weiyang raised his head and said, “I’ll go too.”

       Zhan Pengcheng quickly stopped Zhan Weiyang and said, “Eat your meal first.”

       Zhan Weiyang had already stood up. He said, “No, I’m going to pick up a parcel with Qing ge.” After that, he trotted out of the dining room behind Pei Qing.

       Zhan Pengcheng raised his hand and rubbed his forehead. He couldn’t help but sigh.

       That afternoon, Pei Qing found an online store selling professional ceramic repair glue in the city. He paid extra money and asked the owner to ship the goods immediately. Only then could he receive them during dinner.

       They arrived at the neighbourhood’s express delivery point, and when Pei Qing took the package from the courier, Zhan Weiyang looked closer, raised his head and asked him, “Are you going to fix my flowerpot with that?”

       Pei Qing smiled and said, “I’m going to fix your flowerpot with this.”

       Zhan Weiyang was very happy, “That’s great.”

       When they returned home, Zhan Weiyang’s mood had become noticeably better. He walked the short distance from the living room to the dining room and kept talking to Pei Qing with a smile.

       When they sat down, Zhan Pengcheng asked him, “Is Yangyang no longer angry?”

       Zhan Weiyang didn’t see Zhan Xiusong, just smiled at Pei Qing and said, “En.”

       Zhan Weiguang also came back. He couldn’t call Zhan Xiusong back for dinner, so he came down and said, “Let him be. Anyway, skipping a meal won’t make him lose weight.”

       Zhan Pengcheng felt a little headache, so he had to say, “You guys eat first, and we’ll talk after you finish eating.”

       After dinner, Pei Qing and Zhan Weiyang squatted on the second-floor balcony, preparing to repair the flower pots with the tools they bought. It was not dark yet; Pei Qing opened the instruction manual in the box and read it carefully.

       Zhan Weiyang squatted beside him and leaned in to read it together.

       Zhan Pengcheng went up to the second floor and went to Zhan Weiyang’s room to find Zhan Xiusong first, asking him if he had eaten enough and whether he wanted to go downstairs to ask Auntie Luo to cook him a bowl of noodles. After being rejected, he came out of the room and turned around to see the two of them squatting on the balcony.

       He walked over, stood behind Pei Qing, and looked for a while, then bent down and reached out to lift the flower pot that had been broken into two halves.

       Zhan Weiyang saw it and hurriedly said, “Dad, don’t touch it.”

       Zhan Pengcheng put the flower pot down and said, “There is no need to repair this one. Don’t you want to buy another one?”

       Zhan Weiyang had already lowered his head and leaned close to Pei Qing, looking at it attentively, and said at the same time, “No.”

       Zhan Pengcheng walked around on the balcony with his hands behind his back and found that no one had paid attention to him. So he had to turn around, leave the balcony and go back to his room.

       The repair glue was not difficult to use, but Pei Qing was worried that the flower pots were too heavy and would not bond well if they were only glued with it.

       He raised his head and looked at Zhan Weiyang.

       Zhan Weiyang also looked at him strangely and asked, “What’s the matter?”

       Pei Qing said, “If I fix the flower pot, you may not be able to squat inside it in the future.”

       Zhan Weiyang was surprised, “Why?”

       Pei Qing folded the instruction manual in his hand and gently knocked it on top of Zhan Weiyang’s head, “I’m afraid you will crush it again.”

       Zhan Weiyang was still surprised and said, “It didn’t crack before.”

       Pei Qing knocked again, “It wasn’t cracked before, but now it’s patched with glue.” After a short pause, he asked Zhan Weiyang, “Do you want to mend it or buy a new one?”

       Zhan Weiyang looked tangled.

       Pei Qing said, “Hurry up and decide, three, two, one–“

       Zhan Weiyang said hurriedly, “It needs to be fixed!”

       Pei Qing smiled and said, “Come on then.”

       It got dark before they knew it. They turned on the light above the balcony door and applied repair glue to mend the broken section of the flowerpot under the dim light. It was originally a simple job, but because the flowerpot was large, it added a lot of work. Pei Qing was also worried that the glue would dry too quickly, so he was somewhat anxious. Finally, after finally glueing the two pieces of the flowerpot together, they squatted down and watched for a while.

       Zhan Weiyang reached out to touch it.

       Pei Qing grabbed his hand and pulled it back, saying, “Don’t touch it. The glue hasn’t dried yet.”

       Zhan Weiyang said nervously, “Okay.” He retracted his hand between his thigh and upper body and pressed it down.

       “Will it be okay?” he asked Pei Qing.

       Pei Qing picked up the things that were thrown on the ground, put the remaining repair glue into the express carton, and said, “It will be fine. Just leave it here and not touch it in the future.”

       Zhan Weiyang said, “But I want to grow inside it in the future.”

       Pei Qing looked at him.

       Zhan Weiyang suddenly felt embarrassed. Pei Qing had clearly said that he could not squat in it again after the repair, and he had chosen to repair it instead of buying a new one, but now he had no other choice. He had to take root and sprout in it. He whispered, “I don’t know what to do either, and I’m worried my roots might damage it.”

       He thought his roots would grow and spread in the soil and maybe push into the original crack of the flowerpot and push it open.

       Pei Qing couldn’t help but sigh softly. He squatted for too long, changed his posture and sat on the ground, stretched his long legs a little, pressed his hands under his knees, and said, “Your roots, huh.”

       Zhan Weiyang nodded and followed suit, sitting on the ground and sneaking close to Pei Qing’s side.

       Pei Qing said, “Then I’ll dig you out and keep you with me, okay?”

       Zhan Weiyang was stunned for a moment. He looked up at Pei Qing’s profile and whispered, “Ah?”

       Pei Qing said, “Or what do you say?”

       Zhan Weiyang said, “I will dirty your clothes.”

       “Why would it get dirty?”

       “There’s soil.”

       “Wash it, and it will be gone.”

       “I’ll die without soil, won’t I?”

       “No.”

       Zhan Weiyang didn’t understand, “But don’t all trees grow in the soil?”

       Pei Qing said, “But no one is going to turn into a fortune tree. You’re not an ordinary fortune tree either, and you don’t necessarily need soil, do you?”

       Zhan Weiyang thought for a while and denied it, “No, I’m just an ordinary fortune tree.”

       Pei Qing couldn’t help laughing and asked him, “Why?”

       Zhan Weiyang looked very serious, “No reason, I’m really an ordinary fortune tree.”

       Pei Qing asked, “Then are you not a good-looking fortune tree?”

       Zhan Weiyang smiled but didn’t answer. He reached out and gently placed his hand on the edge of the flowerpot and said, “I’ve tried my best to save you; if you crack by me in the future, I’ll just have to get another flower pot, but I’ll always remember you.” After that, he lowered his head and kissed the flowerpot.

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