The corridor fell silent.
Zhan Weiyang was still standing behind the door, not knowing whether to continue listening.
Pei Qing leaned against the wall of the corridor, looking at Pei Jingrong. They hadn’t seen each other for almost half a year, and every time he saw Pei Jingrong, he could feel that he was getting older.
Actually, compared with his peers, Pei Jingrong still looked young. He was tall and handsome, always well-dressed, and his hair was carefully combed. His hair colour was dark and there was no trace of white hair for the time being.
But it was different for Pei Qing. In his impression, Pei Jingrong was still the same as he had seen when he was a child. Now that they had been apart for a long time, every time Pei Qing looked at Pei Jingrong’s face carefully, he would feel that he had changed from what he remembered.
Pei Jingrong was also looking at Pei Qing quietly. After a while, he said, “Your internship is almost over, right?”
Pei Qing said, “Yes.”
Pei Jingrong said to him, “Your aunt and I have decided to go back on the third day of the New Year. I think you can go back with us.”
“The third day?” Pei Qing repeated these two words softly. It was already New Year’s Eve today, and the third day of the new year was only three days away.
Pei Jingrong said, “What’s the matter? The New Year is almost over, and you still plan to stay at someone else’s home? Aren’t you going back to see Grandpa and Grandma, or meet up with your classmates and friends?”
Pei Qing knew that Pei Jingrong had a point and that he should go back. However, the only reason why he hesitated was because he was a little worried about Zhan Weiyang, who was still taking his medication every day.
At this time, a person suddenly appeared at the stairs. The father and son turned their heads at the same time and saw that it was Zhan Xueqing who had come up.
Zhan Xueqing’s footsteps were very light, and they didn’t hear it. It was only when they saw the person that they suddenly reacted.
Pei Jingrong greeted softly, “Xueqing.”
Zhan Xueqing called out, “Uncle Pei.”
Pei Qing didn’t say anything.
Zhan Xueqing stood at the entrance of the stairs and watched them without leaving.
Pei Jingrong probably felt it was inconvenient to continue talking, so he said to Pei Qing, “Think about what I just said again.” After that, he turned around and nodded to Zhan Xueqing, and walked towards the stairs.
After he left, Pei Qing turned around and planned to go back to the room.
Zhan Weiyang was behind the door and clearly heard him touch the door handle. He jumped back to the bed like a rabbit and pretended to sleep.
But Pei Qing did not open the door and came in immediately. Zhan Xueqing called him from outside.
Zhan Xueqing said, “My mmm just asked me to go back with them after the New Year.”
Pei Qing was silent for a while and asked, “Are you going back?”
Zhan Xueqing was a little surprised and said, “I thought you wouldn’t care about me. Of course I will go back. Why should I still stay here?”
Pei Qing nodded and said, “You should go back to accompany Auntie.”
“Hey!” Zhan Xueqing called him, “Then are you going back?”
Pei Qing said, “Let me think about it.”
Zhan Xueqing said to him, “You don’t need to avoid me. It’s not like I’m going to do anything to you.”
Pei Qing glanced in the direction of the door. He didn’t know if Zhan Weiyang was asleep because of the door, but he guessed that Zhan Weiyang was asleep. Then he turned to look at Zhan Xueqing and said, “You misunderstood.”
Zhan Xueqing was stunned, “What?”
Pei Qing said, “I’m not avoiding you.”
Zhan Xueqing looked at him and suddenly laughed, saying, “Pei Qing, do you dare to repeat what you just said?”
Pei Qing said, “It’s true that I came over here for my internship to avoid meeting you, but I’m not avoiding you now.”
Zhan Xueqing and Pei Qing originally studied in the same city where they lived. During their studies, they lived on campus and went home on weekends.
Zhan Xueqing said to Pei Qing, “So you just simply hate me?”
Pei Qing said, “I don’t hate you. You are my sister; why would I hate you?” In reality, Pei Qing didn’t mean those words entirely sincerely. He made an effort to treat Zhan Xueqing like a sister in their interactions, but they were never biological siblings. By the time they met, they were no longer children. Unlike Zhan Weiguang and the others, Zhan Xueqing was a girl, so Pei Qing was always mindful of how he interacted with her. Their relationship never reached the level of genuine sibling affection.
Zhan Xueqing said, “Okay, we are siblings. I want to know, is it because of this that you said that it is absolutely impossible for you and me?” This was what Zhan Xueqing wanted to ask Pei Qing from the beginning. As soon as her school was on vacation, she dragged her suitcase over here directly just to ask this question in person. Unfortunately, Pei Qing never gave her a chance, and she always felt this blockage in her heart.
Pei Qing looked at her at this time and answered seriously, “No.”
Zhan Xueqing looked at him.
Pei Qing said again, “It’s really not, but I can’t to you.”
Zhan Xueqing bit her lip as if trying to control her emotions, “Is it that I’m the problem? Then it means you could have it with someone else”
Pei Qing said, “Yes.”
Zhan Xueqing stubbornly asked him, “What’s wrong with me? Can you tell me so that I can give up?”
Pei Qing whispered, “Do you really want to know?”
Zhan Xueqing nodded.
Pei Qing’s expression grew more serious. He didn’t want Zhan Xueqing to think he was just making a dismissive joke. In a subdued tone, he said, “You are a girl.”
Zhan Xueqing was stunned. She had made some guesses before, but she didn’t want to accept this guess from the bottom of her heart. She repeatedly told herself that she was thinking too much, so when she heard Pei Qing’s words, she still didn’t react for a while and said, “Say it again?”
Pei Qing approached her, stopped in front of her, bent down slightly, and whispered, “I don’t like girls. Any girl is not okay with me.”
Zhan Xueqing looked at him, her eyes glaring a little harder.
Pei Qing stood up and patted her shoulder gently, “So you should be my sister.”
He and Zhan Xueqing had been entangled for a long time. From the beginning, Pei Qing directly rejected Zhan Xueqing, but he said it very tactfully, just not wanting to expose his sexual orientation in front of Zhan Xueqing.
Until this moment today, Pei Qing suddenly felt that it didn’t matter.
He recalled the conversation with Pei Jingrong just now. He thought that he would always leave this home and start his own life. He knew that he had not liked girls since adolescence. From the initial suspicion to the later acceptance, since he had made up his mind what kind of path he would take in the future, there was no need to hide it now.
Zhan Xueqing didn’t come back to his senses for a long time until she saw Pei Qing turning around to leave and couldn’t help but say, “Aren’t you afraid that I will tell Uncle Pei?”
Pei Qing said, “It’s okay. You can do whatever you want.”
His father was getting older, and although his shoulders were still broad, the weight he could bear was getting lighter and lighter. He had grown up, and he needed to bear his own weight.
He began to become confident and began to be able to decide his own life.
After saying this, Pei Qing opened the door and went back to the room.
Zhan Weiyang lay on the bed, the quilt was pulled up to cover half of his face, and his breathing was even. He was indeed asleep.
Pei Qing walked to the bed, bent down and kissed Zhan Weiyang’s soft lips.
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