Shortly after twelve o’clock, everyone went back to rest without waiting for the Spring Festival Gala to end.
Zhan Pengcheng and Zhan Weiguang sent Zhan Yingfei and the others back to the hotel. After that, the father and son walked back. Zhan Pengcheng’s steps were already stumbling and unsteady. Zhan Weiguang was a little disgusted, but he reached out to support Zhan Pengcheng from time to time.
When they got home, the living room on the first floor was still a mess, and the mahjong tiles were scattered across the table, not yet put away.
Zhan Weiguang locked the door and turned off all the lights on the first floor. He helped Zhan Pengcheng up to the second floor and sent him to the room before returning to the third floor.
When he entered the room, Zhan Weiguang saw Zhan Xiusong still lying on the bed playing with his phone, so he asked, “Are you still not asleep?”
Zhan Xiusong put down his phone, turned over and whispered to Zhan Weiguang, “When I went upstairs just now, I heard Qing jie and Qing ge quarrelling.”
“Ah?” Zhan Weiguang had started to take off his clothes but stopped when he heard this, “What are they quarrelling about?”
Zhan Xiusong shook his head, “I don’t know.”
Just now, he was the first to run upstairs, and when he had passed the second floor and was on the stairs leading to the third floor, he heard Zhan Xueqing calling Pei Qing.
Pei Qing was with Zhan Weiyang at the time and was slowly coming up from downstairs. When he heard Zhan Xueqing’s voice, he asked her, “What’s the matter?”
Zhan Xueqing said, “Don’t you think you’ve gone too far?”
Zhan Weiyang didn’t understand what Zhan Xueqing was saying, and he looked at Pei Qing with some confusion.
Pei Qing asked Zhan Weiyang, “Is Yangyang tired?”
Zhan Weiyang nodded.
Pei Qing said, “Then go to bed.”
Zhan Xiusong stood on the stairs and listened for a while. He didn’t hear what they said, so he went upstairs alone. Now thinking about it, he said to Zhan Weiguang, “It’s just that Qing jie said Qing ge was too much. I don’t know what was too much.”
Zhan Weiguang frowned, not too interested in his heart, and just said, “Go to bed.”
Although Zhan Weiyang said he was tired, he didn’t fall asleep until Zhan Weiguang and Zhan Pengcheng came home.
Pei Qing heard him tossing and turning over repeatedly and asked him, “Why? Can’t sleep?”
Zhan Weiyang said, “Yes, I just can’t sleep.”
Pei Qing thought for a while and said, “You drank coffee in the afternoon.”
Zhan Weiyang suddenly reacted, “Yes, I drank coffee in the afternoon.” He suddenly remembered something, took out his mobile phone from under the pillow, and sent a message to Chen Youyou, saying, “Happy New Year.”
Chen Youyou didn’t reply to him; maybe he had gone to bed.
Zhan Weiyang put the phone back, and he remembered another thing and asked Pei Qing, “What did Qing jie say about you just now?”
Pei Qing was actually sleepy. He closed his eyes and said in a somewhat careless tone, “She saw me kissing you.”
Zhan Weiyang suddenly opened his eyes wide and asked in a low voice, “Really?”
Pei Qing suddenly felt curious about Zhan Weiyang’s state of mind and forced himself to ask, “Yes, do you think it’s bad if she saw it?”
Zhan Weiyang didn’t answer for a long time. After a while, he asked, “Why is it bad? Shouldn’t we let her see it?”
Pei Qing said, “Aren’t I asking you?”
Zhan Weiyang said, “I don’t know, why are you asking me?”
Pei Qing felt speechless for a while.
Zhan Weiyang wasn’t completely clueless. He usually watched TV and read books, so he had basic common sense. He knew that his relationship with Pei Qing wasn’t something they could casually tell others about, which was why, up until then, he hadn’t even mentioned it to Chen Youyou.
But he couldn’t tell to what extent this couldn’t be said.
For example, if Pei Qing told him now that they would tell Zhan Pengcheng about this matter tomorrow, he would listen to Pei Qing because he believed in Pei Qing. As long as Pei Qing said it was okay, he would think it was okay.
As for what he would face after he said it, Zhan Weiyang could not consider it for the time being.
Because Pei Qing hadn’t spoken for a long time, Zhan Weiyang was curious. He leaned in front of Pei Qing and tried to see his face in the dark. He asked, “Are you upset?”
Pei Qing stretched out a hand to hold his waist, “I’m not upset.”
Zhan Weiyang thought about it seriously and said, “I don’t think there’s anything wrong with being seen by her.” After that, he added uncertainly, “I guessed.”
Pei Qing couldn’t help laughing. He felt that he shouldn’t embarrass Zhan Weiyang, so he said, “Then there’s nothing wrong. You can go to sleep.”
Zhan Weiyang said aggrievedly, “I can’t sleep.”
Pei Qing stretched out his hand and pressed Zhan Weiyang’s head against his chest, whispering, “Did you hear it?”
Zhan Weiyang listened to the slight vibration of his chest when he spoke and his continuous slow and calm heartbeat, and he said, “Mmm.”
Pei Qing said to him, “You will want to sleep if you listen quietly for a while.”
Zhan Weiyang believed what Pei Qing said, so he lay quietly in front of Pei Qing and listened to his heartbeat quietly on his chest. He didn’t know how long he listened until he finally felt sleepy and fell asleep on Pei Qing’s chest.
The family was busy during the two days of the New Year, and time passed in a flash.
The next day was the third day of the New Year, and Pei Jingrong booked a flight ticket in the morning, so the family had to go to the airport early in the morning.
Pei Qing had talked to Zhan Weiyang repeatedly in the past two days and made enough psychological preparation for him to accept his temporary departure for a while.
But when the real day approached, Zhan Weiyang still felt very panicked.
Zhan Weiyang himself didn’t know what he was panicking about. On the night of the second day of the New Year, he took a shower and kept walking back and forth in the room.
When Pei Qing returned to the room, he saw him walking back and forth nervously, so he asked, “What’s wrong? Are you uncomfortable?”
Zhan Weiyang bit his finger and said, “I’m a little scared.”
“What are you afraid of?” Pei Qing asked him.
Zhan Weiyang wanted to say, “I’m afraid you won’t want me”, but he felt that he had said these words to Pei Qing, and it seemed unnecessary to repeat them over and over again, so he could only shake his head and say nothing.
Pei Qing said, “Did you take medicine at night?”
Zhan Weiyang nodded, “I took medicine.”
Pei Qing said, “Starting tomorrow, I will send you a message every day to remind you to take medicine.”
Zhan Weiyang nodded again.
Even if Zhan Weiyang didn’t say it, Pei Qing could clearly feel his uneasiness, but Pei Qing had no way to resolve Zhan Weiyang’s uneasiness at present.
After all, he hadn’t graduated from college yet, and he didn’t have the ability to abandon his studies and move out of the house directly. He had too many things to consider, and it was impossible for him to ignore his own and Zhan Weiyang’s future just to comfort Zhan Weiyang’s emotions now.
So he could only try to comfort Zhan Weiyang.
Pei Qing took Zhan Weiyang’s hand and brought him to the bedside, asked him to sit down, squatted in front of him, raised his head and said, “I will definitely come back, so be a good boy and wait for me to pick you up, okay?”
Zhan Weiyang didn’t speak.
Pei Qing asked, “What will it take for you to believe me?”
Zhan Weiyang said, “I don’t know.”
Pei Qing thought for a moment and told him, “Next time I come back, I’ll tell your Dad about us, okay?”
Zhan Weiyang’s eyes widened immediately, “Is that okay?”
Pei Qing smiled and asked him, “Do you think it’s okay?”
Zhan Weiyang immediately said, “I think it’s very okay.”
Pei Qing nodded, “As long as you say yes, then you won’t be afraid of me abandoning you anymore, right?”
Zhan Weiyang’s eyes widened, and finally, he lowered his head and smiled secretly, saying, “It’s a deal.”
The next morning at 5:30, Pei Qing was awakened by the alarm clock. He reached out to turn off the alarm clock, turned around and heard Zhan Weiyang still sleeping soundly, so he didn’t turn on the light, and got out of bed and dressed quietly.
The luggage had been packed yesterday, and the suitcase was leaning against the door. Before he left the room, he gently touched Zhan Weiyang’s hair with his fingers, reluctant to wake him up, and then quietly left the room.
Coming out of the house, Pei Qing ran into Zhan Xueqing, who was also coming out of the room.
Zhan Xueqing was about to say something when he saw Zhan Pengcheng’s door open at the end of the corridor, so she turned around silently to wash and dragged her suitcase downstairs.
Pei Jingrong and Zhan Yingfei came over, and everyone had breakfast together. Then, Zhan Pengcheng drove them to the airport.
Before leaving, Zhan Pengcheng parked the car at the house’s door and asked them to put the suitcase in the trunk first. When he leaned over to clean the glass, he accidentally pressed the horn on the steering wheel, so a sharp horn sounded.
Zhan Weiyang was awakened at this time. He opened his eyes in a daze and found that the bed next to him was empty. He trembled and woke up completely.
He got out of bed and hurried to the window to look. He saw Zhan Pengcheng’s SUV parked at the door of his house. He saw Pei Jingrong open the passenger door and get in. He didn’t see anyone else, so he turned around and ran out of the room, not caring that he was only wearing thin pyjamas, and hurried downstairs.
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