Zhan Weiyang was very upset that Chen Youyou called him crazy. He had always thought that Chen Youyou was the person who understood him best in the world.
As the weather grew colder, Zhan Weiyang’s points were being deducted more and more frequently. Sometimes, he felt so dazed and confused that he couldn’t remember if his points had been deducted the previous night, let alone calculate how many points had been taken away.
It always felt like that day was getting closer and closer.
Two weeks before the midterm exam, the homeroom teacher required all students to stay in school for evening self-study.
Because of the evening self-study, Zhan Weiyang didn’t go home after class in the afternoon, and he also ate dinner in the school cafeteria.
That afternoon, the wind suddenly picked up, and the autumn temperatures started to drop rapidly. Although the sun was visible around noon, by the time the students were heading to the cafeteria for lunch, it had become so cold that they were all shivering.
Zhan Weiyang and Chen Youyou squeezed together and walked towards the cafeteria.
Chen Youyou complained quietly, “W-hy is it suddenly, cold?”
Zhan Weiyang said, “I don’t know.”
During the meal, Chen Youyou said, “It’s too cold, I, don’t want to go to, self-study.”
Zhan Weiyang said, “I don’t want to go either.”
He didn’t have much time left, but he still had to stay at school for evening self-study sessions and couldn’t go back to be with Pei Qing. This made him very unhappy.
When he was younger and felt unhappy, he would sulk and lose his temper. Zhan Weiguang would tell him that as he grew older, there would be more things to be unhappy about and it was useless to lose his temper.
Now, he began to realise it gradually. In fact, if he thought about it carefully, it wasn’t that there were more unhappy things as he grew older, but rather that it became easier to feel unhappy about many things as he grew older. If only he didn’t have to grow up.
As he thought of this, Zhan Weiyang suddenly remembered another important thing. He held the chopsticks in his hand and bumped them on the edge of the plate. He raised his head and said, “No.”
Chen Youyou was gnawing on a chicken leg, his mouth was greasy, and he looked at him inexplicably.
Zhan Weiyang said nervously, “I forgot something.”
Chen Youyou looked puzzled, lowered his eyes to look at the chicken leg, and continued to chew while asking him vaguely, “What?”
Zhan Weiyang said, “I’m afraid I won’t be able to wait until I’m 18 years old.”
Chen Youyou asked curiously, “What? Will, you die?”
Zhan Weiyang was a little angry, “I told you last time, I’m going to become a tree.”
“Oh—” Chen Youyou trailed off. He first chewed off a large piece of meat and swallowed it, and then said slowly, “N-not possible.”
Zhan Weiyang said, “You don’t remember what I said to you.”
Chen Youyou said, “You, talk about, those crazy things, who can, remember?”
Zhan Weiyang stayed a little unhappy until they finished their meal and squeezed together to go back to the classroom. Chen Youyou suddenly remembered and asked him, “What are you going to do at the age of 18?”
After asking, he didn’t hear Zhan Weiyang’s answer. He turned his head to look at him and saw that he looked listless.
He nudged Zhan Weiyang with his elbow, “Say it.”
Zhan Weiyang said, “I can’t say it, I can’t wait any longer anyway.”
Chen Youyou thought about it and said to him, “Then, just go ahead, and do it.”
Zhan Weiyang turned his head and looked at him.
Chen Youyou said, “There’s nothing, that can only, be done at the age, of eighteen and, definitely can’t be, done at the, age of seventeen.”
Zhan Weiyang asked in confusion, “Nothing?”
Chen Youyou thought about it carefully, “N-nothing.”
Zhan Weiyang wanted to say ‘drinking’ but remembered that he had already drunk, and it seemed that there was indeed nothing that had to wait until the age of eighteen. Why did he insist on waiting until the age of eighteen? At that time, he had already been planted in a flowerpot and could not do anything he wanted to do.
He had a strange feeling of sudden clarity, and took a deep breath and felt cool from his nose to his lungs.
Chen Youyou thought his expression was strange and said, “Y-you look weird.”
Zhan Weiyang said, “I’m not, I look normal, I’m not crazy.” At this point, he felt that he needed to emphasise to Chen Youyou, “If you say I’m crazy again, I’ll be really angry.”
Chen Youyou replied indifferently, “Okay.”
Zhan Weiyang was very serious, “Just like I won’t call you stutter.”
Chen Youyou snorted, indicating that he knew. But after he and Zhan Weiyang squeezed together and returned to the classroom, he felt something was wrong. He thought about it and realised that he was really stuttering, and Zhan Weiyang was not really crazy. There was no correlation between that, no?
Maybe Zhan Weiyang also felt that he was really a little crazy. Chen Youyou thought so and didn’t tell Zhan Weiyang.
During the evening self-study in the classroom, everyone closed the doors and windows. It was okay for students in the same class to squeeze together so they didn’t feel too cold. But it rained outside at some point, and the temperature dropped sharply. When the evening self-study class was over, the rain had stopped, but the temperature had already dropped.
Zhan Weiyang and Chen Youyou walked to the school gate together.
Chen Youyou said that the weather was too cold, and he didn’t want to ride his bike or take the bus. He suggested taking a taxi home instead.
Zhan Weiyang said, “Then I’ll go to the bus station.” As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a familiar figure at the school gate.
“Ah!” At that moment, Zhan Weiyang really couldn’t control his emotions and cried out. Without thinking, he immediately left Chen Youyou and ran towards the person at the school gate, saying happily, “Qing ge, why are you here?”
Pei Qing looked at Zhan Weiyang, stretched out a hand to him, showed him a thick coat on his arm, and said, “I brought you clothes.”
Zhan Weiyang took a look at the coat. His nose was sore, and he couldn’t speak.
Pei Qing said, “Put on the coat first.” He picked up the coat, put it on Zhan Weiyang’s shoulders, and helped him put it on.
Chen Youyou came over at this time and said enviously, “Wow, older cousin, hel—.”
He wanted to say ‘hello’, but because of his stuttering, he paused between the two words ‘hello’. Pei Qing didn’t hear it all, so he directly replied, “Hello, Youyou.”
So Chen Youyou was forced to hold back the remaining ‘hello’.
Pei Qing looked at Chen Youyou and found that he was also wearing thin clothes. He asked, “Didn’t your parents send you any clothes?”
Chen Youyou shook his head.
Pei Qing hesitated a little, and raised his hand to unzip his coat. He took off the coat warmed with his body temperature, handed it to Chen Youyou, and said, “Put it on.”
Chen Youyou was a little dazed and subconsciously took it and felt bad. He then said, “No, no, no need.” He was a little anxious, and his stuttering became worse.
Pei Qing smiled and said, “Put it on. I drove here to pick up Yangyang, so I’ll give you a ride home as well.”
Chen Youyou hesitated. He handed the coat back to Pei Qing and said, “Really, no need. I’ll go get a taxi.”
Pei Qing took the coat and, this time opened it directly to put it on Chen Youyou’s back just like he did when he helped Zhan Weiyang put on clothes. He then said, “Wait for me here. I’ll drive the car over.”
Chen Youyou then said, “Thank you, older cousin.”
After Pei Qing left, Chen Youyou zipped up the coat and looked up to see Zhan Weiyang looking at him with resentment. He was startled and asked, “W-what’s wrong?”
Zhan Weiyang reached out to pull his coat and said, “Give me this coat.”
Chen Youyou didn’t know what he was doing, so he subconsciously covered his collar and stepped back, “Why?”
Zhan Weiyang said, “I’ll give you mine, and you give me the one on you!”
Chen Youyou didn’t understand. He wanted to ask what the difference was, but in a hurry, he couldn’t say the words in his mouth. He could only shout, “I don’t–-” and then stepped back until he hit something.
Zhan Weiyang stopped in panic.
Chen Youyou turned back and saw that it was Xie Ling who passed by on a bicycle. The bicycle Xie Ling rode was knocked to one side.
Xie Ling stopped and looked at them.
Zhan Weiyang was a little afraid of him and stepped back half a step.
Xie Ling suddenly said to Zhan Weiyang, “Hey!”
Zhan Weiyang and Chen Youyou both stared at him.
Xie Ling said, “My bicycle—”
Before he finished speaking, Pei Qing had already stopped by the roadside in her car, rolled down the window and shouted to Zhan Weiyang and the others, “Get in the car.”
The author has something to say:
I saw some comments in which readers thought Xie Ling was pitiful. Actually, Xie Ling doesn’t even like Zhan Weiyang, and he usually gets harassed more by various girls who secretly admire him, so he doesn’t feel like he is pitiful. He doesn’t even really think much about Zhan Weiyang and Chen Youyou…
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