Zhan Xiusong came less than a week after Zhan Xueqing came.
Zhan Xiusong was actually much thinner than when he came during the National Day holiday. When his grandmother saw him, she frowned and asked him why he had lost weight.
“No, I haven’t lost much weight,” Zhan Xiusong said while raising his hand to push his glasses. His cheeks were obviously sunken, and his originally delicate outline had begun to show.
Grandma looked at him carefully, “No, you’ve lost weight. You must eat more tonight.”
So when it was time for dinner, Auntie Luo brought out a large plate of bright red braised pig’s feet from the kitchen. Grandma put the plate directly in front of Zhan Xiusong and said, “Songsong, you should eat more.”
Zhan Xiusong stared at the braised pig’s feet and swallowed his saliva. He lowered his head, poked the white rice in the bowl with chopsticks and said, “I don’t like this.”
Zhan Weiyang sat a little further away. He stretched out his hand to pick up half a pig’s foot but failed to reach it. He silently took back the chopsticks, poked in the rice bowl, and changed to pick up another dish.
Pei Qing reached out and helped him pick up a braised pig’s feet and put it in the bowl.
Zhan Weiyang said quickly, “Thank you.”
Pei Qing said, “Eat it. I’ll give you another after you finish eating.”
Zhan Weiyang lowered his head and began to chew the pig’s feet seriously.
Zhan Weiguang looked at Zhan Xiusong for a while, then turned to Grandma and said, “He must be dieting.”
Zhan Xiusong immediately raised his head and denied it, “I’m not dieting.”
Zhan Xueqing couldn’t help laughing and asked him, “How come you lost so much weight if you are not dieting?”
Zhan Xiusong didn’t pick up many dishes and didn’t eat the rice in the bowl too attentively. He said, “Studying in high school is harder than before, and I lost weight unconsciously.”
Grandma was sitting on the side. When she heard him say that, she immediately said, “Then you have to eat more. Eat some pig’s feet quickly.”
Zhan Xiusong looked at the braised pig’s feet again but still didn’t reach for his chopsticks.
Zhan Weiguang suddenly stood up, picked up the entire plate of pig’s feet, and then used chopsticks to distribute one to everyone. When he distributed it to the end, he saw that there were still two left on the plate. He asked Zhan Weiyang, “Do you want to eat more?”
Zhan Weiyang nodded.
He gave Zhan Weiyang one more, and when he put the plate back on the table, he said, “Leave the remaining one for Dad, Zhan Xiusong doesn’t like it anyway.”
Zhan Xiusong turned away and said without even looking at him, “I don’t like it indeed.”
When they were halfway through their meal, Zhan Pengcheng came back from outside in a hurry. He washed his hands and sat down at the table. He took the bowl and chopsticks Auntie Luo handed to him. He looked at Zhan Xiusong and said, “Why did Xiusong lose so much weight?”
Zhan Xiusong hummed vaguely.
Zhan Pengcheng asked him, “Is it because you study too hard? Take advantage of the holiday now and eat more.” After saying that, he saw the last braised pig’s foot left on the table and stretched out his chopsticks to pick it up in Zhan Xiusong’s bowl.
Zhan Xiusong opened his mouth but didn’t have time to refuse.
Zhan Weiguang said at this time, “He said he doesn’t like it.”
“Why doesn’t he like it?” Zhan Pengcheng said, “He obviously likes it very much! Right, Xiusong?”
For a whole night, Zhan Xiusong was torn between inner and outer struggles. On the one hand, he couldn’t help wanting to eat the braised pig’s feet, but on the other hand, he warned himself not to waste the results of his diet and told himself to be sure to hold back. In the end, Zhan Pengcheng directly put the pig’s feet into his bowl.
He thought the food was already in his bowl, and he couldn’t take it out to give it to others if he didn’t eat it, so he found a very reasonable excuse to comfort himself and just eat one and then go to exercise to consume it.
He picked up the pig’s feet and put it into his mouth. He took a quick bite, and said to Zhan Pengcheng, “The braised ones at home are still delicious, thank you Uncle.”
Zhan Pengcheng looked at him with a smile, “If you like it, let Auntie Luo continue to make it for you tomorrow, and then eat more.”
Zhan Xiusong wanted to say no, but when he looked up, he saw Zhan Weiguang and Zhan Xueqing looking at him with a smile. He lowered his head and said nothing.
Zhan Weiguang said, “If you want to diet, then go diet. What’s so bad about admitting it?”
Zhan Xiusong snorted and whispered, “What’s your business?”
After everyone finished their meal, they didn’t rush to leave the table and sat next to Zhan Pengcheng.
Zhan Pengcheng said while eating, “Xiusong is here today. Do you want to go out and play tomorrow? Pei Qing can drive and go wherever you guys want to go, and Weiguang will be responsible for entertaining everyone.”
Zhan Weiguang said, “I’m fine with both. Let’s see where you guys want to go and play.”
Zhan Pengcheng said to them, “You guys go and discuss it.” After that, he whispered to Zhan Weiguang, “Don’t let them spend money.”
Zhan Weiguang nodded.
After eating, Zhan Xiusong went upstairs and enthusiastically gathered everyone in Zhan Weiguang’s room to discuss where to go tomorrow.
Zhan Xueqing was also very interested and mentioned several places, but what she hoped most was to go shopping in the city centre and then find a good Japanese restaurant for lunch.
Zhan Xiusong didn’t quite agree with Zhan Xueqing’s opinion, but he didn’t say anything. He just looked at the others and said, “I don’t care. You decide.” He thought that the others probably didn’t want to go shopping.
Zhan Weiyang stood by the door and leaned against the wall. His body swaying back and forth as he thought about it and said, “I don’t want to go out.”
He was not very interested in what they discussed, so he decided to stay home and play games.
Pei Qing thought about it and asked him, “How about we have lunch at noon and go play badminton in the afternoon?”
Zhan Weiyang shook his head.
Pei Qing asked again, “Visit the museum?”
Zhan Weiyang still shook his head.
Pei Qing felt that he really didn’t want to go out. When he was about to speak, he heard Zhan Xueqing say, “Then don’t force Yangyang. Let Yangyang rest at home.”
Zhan Xueqing sat on the chair in front of Zhan Weiguang’s desk with two thin legs stretched forward, looking at Zhan Weiyang gently.
Pei Qing suddenly said, “Then I won’t go out either. Weiguang can drive, right?”
Zhan Weiguang was stunned and a little surprised, “Why don’t you go?”
Pei Qing said, “There’s no place I want to go.”
Zhan Weiguang asked him, “Where do you want to go? Tell us, and we can discuss it.”
Pei Qing smiled and shook his head.
“Why not?” Zhan Xueqing asked him, her tone and expression becoming serious, “Just tell us where you want to go. What do you mean by this now?”
Zhan Weiguang and Zhan Xiusong both looked at Zhan Xueqing, and they didn’t know what was going on. The atmosphere suddenly became a little awkward.
Zhan Weiyang also noticed something was wrong and looked at Pei Qing a little nervously.
Pei Qing still maintained a gentle expression and said, “I also want to rest at home.”
Zhan Xueqing chased him and asked him aggressively, “Do you want to rest at home, or do you not want to go out with me?”
Zhan Weiyang really understood that something was wrong this time. He secretly moved a step in the direction of Pei Qing, not understanding why Zhan Xueqing suddenly got angry.
Pei Qing replied to Zhan Xueqing, “I really want to rest at home.”
Zhan Xueqing stood up from the chair, looked at Pei Qing and said, “Then you have a good rest, I will go out by myself tomorrow.” After that, she walked to the door.
Zhan Xiusong called out cautiously, “Qing jie?”
Zhan Xueqing ignored him, opened the door and went out, then closed the door forcefully.
The door closed with a ‘bang’ sound, and Zhan Weiyang was frightened and trembled all over, patting his chest in panic.
Zhan Weiguang looked at Pei Qing and blankly pointed in the direction of the door.
Pei Qing shook his head.
Zhan Weiguang said, “Why is Zhan Xueqing’s temper getting weirder and weirder now?”
Pei Qing still didn’t speak. He said, “You should call her when you go out tomorrow.”
Zhan Xiusong said reluctantly, “Go shopping with her?”
Pei Qing didn’t answer, just waved to Zhan Weiyang, “Let’s go down.”
Zhan Weiyang hurriedly followed him.
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