Zhan Weiyang lay motionless on the bed. He didn’t fall asleep, but he just didn’t want to move. After a long time, he heard no movement outside. Maybe even Zhan Pengcheng had gone back to his room to sleep. He slowly raised his head, moved his body, stuck his head out of the bed, and took a look at the cake on the floor.
The cake was not big; it was placed in a box, tied with a ribbon outside, and tied with a knot on the top.
Zhan Weiyang looked at the time. It was precisely eleven at night, and only one hour was left before his eighteenth birthday.
Thinking of the last hour, Zhan Weiyang suddenly became emotional. He got up from the bed, changed his clothes and put on socks in a hurry, put his keys and mobile phone in his trouser pockets, picked up the cake on the floor, and walked out stealthily.
He turned off the lights in his room, closed the door very gently, and didn’t turn on the lights in the corridor. He touched the wall and went downstairs timidly.
After sneaking out of the house, Zhan Weiyang carried the cake and walked out of the neighbourhood while calling a taxi with his mobile phone.
When he came out of the neighbourhood gate, he saw that the taxi had stopped by the roadside. He hurried over, opened the door, got in the car, and told the driver Pei Qing’s address.
Pei Qing sent a WeChat message to Zhan Weiyang more than an hour ago, asking him if he was okay now, but Zhan Weiyang did not answer. At that time, Pei Qing hesitated whether to call Zhan Weiyang but was afraid that Zhan Pengcheng would be watching Zhan Weiyang, so he looked at the phone number but still did not dial it.
He usually slept at this time, but today, his mood was really complicated. Pei Qing took a shower and lay on the bed, and he couldn’t fall asleep at all.
Zhan Pengcheng’s reaction was actually better than he had anticipated. He had expected more intense blame or even to be hit, but none of that happened. Perhaps Zhan Pengcheng was mindful of the fact that they were in a public place.
Now that it had begun, it became easier to continue. Pei Qing thought to himself that he must make time to go to Zhan’s house again tomorrow.
Even if Zhan Pengcheng didn’t want to see him, he had to go see Zhan Weiyang so that Zhan Weiyang wouldn’t have wild thoughts at home.
With the weak light shining into the room from the window, Pei Qing looked at the outline of the room, thinking idly that he would still have to buy a house in a few years. It didn’t need to be too big; after all, he and Zhan Weiyang would live together, but the inside definitely had to be comfortable.
Just at this time, Pei Qing heard a knock on the door.
At first, he thought he had heard it wrong, so he looked at the time on his mobile phone. It was already half past eleven.
But the knock on the door sounded again, and he reached out to turn on the table lamp on the bedside table, got out of bed and walked outside.
As soon as he opened the door, Zhan Weiyang stood at the door and threw himself into his arms.
Pei Qing quickly reached out and hugged Zhan Weiyang, asking, “Why are you here so late?”
The cake box in Zhan Weiyang’s hand shook, and he hurried in and said, “I’m afraid I can’t make it to twelve o’clock to eat cake with you.”
Pei Qing picked him up, turned him half a circle, and put him on the ground, saying, “Happy birthday, my baby.”
They put the cake on the dining table.
Pei Qing unpacked it, put in the candles, and found the lighter at home. He lit the candles first, then turned off the lights in the room. He then sat down face to face with Zhan Weiyang and sang a birthday song for Zhan Weiyang.
The orange-red light of the candles was reflected in Zhan Weiyang’s eyes, which kept jumping as if they were stars. He kept looking at Pei Qing and waited until the whole song was finished, holding his hands, closing his eyes and making a wish for himself.
He thought silently: I hope Dad stop getting angry, Grandma’s health will get better soon, Zhan Weiguang can be more sensible, and Qing ge will always be with me.
Then he blew out the candles in one breath.
Pei Qing turned on a small spotlight above his head and handed the knife to Zhan Weiyang to cut the cake.
Zhan Weiyang looked very focused, wanting to cut the piece of cake with a big cherry in the middle for Pei Qing to eat.
Because it was late at night, it was very quiet around, Pei Qing spoke softly and asked him, “Did you sneak out?”
Zhan Weiyang asked curiously: “How did you know?” He carefully cut the piece of cake with the cherry and gave it to Pei Qing.
Pei Qing took the small plate and said with a smile, “Thank you.”
Zhan Weiyang said, “Eat it quickly, eat it quickly.”
Pei Qing thought it was too late, and it was not convenient to send Zhan Weiyang back now. So he should get up early tomorrow morning to send him there and find an opportunity to chat with Zhan Pengcheng as well.
The whole cake was too much for two people to finish, so Pei Qing put the rest in the refrigerator.
It was past twelve o’clock at that time. Zhan Weiyang was a little melancholy. He stood in front of the sofa in the living room and said, “My eighteenth birthday is over.”
Pei Qing came over, hugged him from behind, and whispered in his ear, “How come? From now until this day next year, you are eighteen years old.”
Zhan Weiyang raised his head to look at him.
Pei Qing kissed his lips and said, “It tastes sweet like cream.”
Zhan Weiyang smiled and said, “You have it too.”
When lying on the bed, Zhan Weiyang got into Pei Qing’s arms, leaned close to his ear, and whispered, “It’s the second day of my eighteenth birthday.”
Pei Qing couldn’t help laughing and said, “And?”
Zhan Weiyang bumped him with his elbow.
Pei Qing looked at him quietly for a while in the dim environment with a smile on his lips and then kissed Zhan Weiyang’s lips.
Zhan Weiyang thought it was just a sweet kiss, but he didn’t expect Pei Qing’s kiss to leave his lips, slide across his neck, and go all the way down. Zhan Weiyang covered his lips, opened his eyes wide and looked down, panicked and scared, but did not reach out to pull Pei Qing away.
Later, Pei Qing hugged him and said, “Are you asleep?”
Zhan Weiyang was still panting slightly and felt something was wrong, so he said, “What about you?”
Pei Qing rubbed his face with the tip of his nose. “I’m very happy, too. Everything that belongs to Yangyang is mine.”
Zhan Weiyang felt tired at this time and yawned.
Pei Qing whispered, “Count down to three, two, one, and see who falls asleep first.”
When Zhan Weiyang heard the countdown, he got nervous and said, “Immediately, immediately!” He immediately straightened his body and closed his eyes. When Pei Qing really counted down to ‘one’, Zhan Weiyang seemed hypnotised, and his consciousness became blurred.
Zhan Weiyang slept very deeply this time, but he didn’t sleep too long. Pei Qing woke him up early the next morning.
He opened his eyes halfway with difficulty and said hoarsely, “Hmm?”
Pei Qing said, “Get up. If you go back late, your father will look for you.”
Zhan Weiyang raised his hand to rub his eyes and asked, “What time is it?”
Pei Qing told him, “It’s already eight o’clock.” In fact, it was only seven o’clock.
Zhan Weiyang told Pei Qing in a sticky voice, “But I still want to sleep.”
Pei Qing said, “Can you sleep after you go back? You have to get up now, or should I leave first?”
When Zhan Weiyang heard Pei Qing say he was leaving, he opened his eyes quickly and said, “I’m up.”
Pei Qing urged him to wash his face and brush his teeth and then took his hand and went out.
Zhan Weiyang was still yawning as he walked. He thought about going home and said, “My father is going to lose his temper again.”
Pei Qing said, “Your father is right to lose his temper; don’t blame him.”
They stood at the elevator door, waiting for the elevator to come up from the first floor. After more than ten seconds, the elevator had arrived. The elevator door slowly opened, and Pei Qing saw an unexpected figure appear in the elevator.
Pei Jingrong was standing in the elevator wearing a suit and tie. When he saw them, he frowned slightly.
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