In the afternoon, Zhan Pengcheng asked Zhan Weiguang to accompany Pei Qing to the hospital to treat the wound on his face and the teeth he had lost.
When Pei Qing left, Zhan Weiyang fell asleep, so Zhan Pengcheng stayed by his bed until Zhan Weiyang woke up from a deep sleep.
When Zhan Weiyang woke up and saw Zhan Pengcheng, he suddenly asked in panic, “Where is Qing ge?” He was afraid that Pei Qing decided not to want him anymore.
Zhan Pengcheng reached out and touched his sweaty hair, saying, “He went to the hospital and will be back soon.”
Zhan Weiyang was still very uneasy; he asked Zhan Pengcheng, “Will Qing ge leave me?”
Zhan Pengcheng was silent for a while and said, “How could that be?”
Zhan Weiyang said in a low voice, “You and Mom quarrelled before, and Mom didn’t want me anymore.”
Zhan Pengcheng retracted his hand, and after a moment, he raised his hands to cover his face. He spent a long time sorting out his emotions and finally said to Zhan Weiyang, “Yangyang, I’m sorry.”
Zhan Weiyang looked at him.
Zhan Pengcheng said, “If you want to date, just date. You just need to know that you still have Dad and your brother no matter what happens. If Pei Qing is not good enough, you can go home to find Dad, understand?”
Zhan Weiyang disagreed with him and said, “Qing ge is very good.”
Zhan Pengcheng nodded, “He is very good, Dad knows.” There were more words that Zhan Pengcheng didn’t say now, but he still had a lot of time in the future and was willing to tell Zhan Weiyang slowly.
Regardless of how far Zhan Weiyang and Pei Qing’s relationship could go, Zhan Pengcheng only hoped that Zhan Weiyang would not be hurt. But he also understood that anyone who invested their emotions was at risk of getting hurt. For the first time, he realised that he couldn’t shield Zhan Weiyang from all harm in this matter, and as Zhan Weiyang grew and he himself grew older, there were more things he wouldn’t be able to protect him from.
In the past, Zhan Pengcheng often thought that if Zhan Weiyang never grew up, it was fine; as long as he earned enough money, he could take care of him for a lifetime. Now, he realised that Zhan Weiyang had indeed grown up, and his protection no longer worked for the adult Zhan Weiyang. Given this, Zhan Pengcheng began to hope that Zhan Weiyang would grow even more so that he would have the ability to endure and resolve harm on his own. Only then could Zhan Pengcheng truly feel at ease.
On the way back from the hospital, Pei Qing received a call from Pei Jingrong, saying that he wanted to meet him and talk.
Pei Qing asked Zhan Weiguang to drive him to a nearby coffee shop and then sent the address to Pei Jingrong.
Zhan Weiguang was a little worried and asked Pei Qing, “Do you need me to accompany you?”
Pei Qing wore a mask when he came out of the hospital to make the wound on his face less noticeable. He said, “No, you go back first. If Yangyang wakes up, tell him I will go to see him later.”
Zhan Weiguang nodded and drove away.
Pei Qing waited more than ten minutes, and Pei Jingrong took a taxi. The two sat in the booth by the window.
Pei Jingrong waited until the waiter left before speaking, “Is your injury okay?”
Pei Qing said, “The wound on my face is nothing, but I lost a big tooth, which is troublesome, and I may need a dental implant.”
Pei Jingrong picked up a small spoon and stirred the coffee cup gently, saying, “Before making a choice, you should think about the consequences you have to bear.”
Pei Qing said, “You are right, I have thought about it.”
Pei Jingrong sneered when he heard it.
Pei Qing looked at him calmly. Although the mask covered half of his face, the expression in his eyes was almost calm.
Pei Jingrong said, “I don’t know what to say when you talk to me like that.”
Pei Qing asked him, “What did you want to say?”
Pei Jingrong said, “Do you think you deserve to be beaten?”
Pei Qing said, “I can understand Uncle beating me, but I don’t think it’s necessary for you to hit me.”
Pei Jingrong picked up the coffee cup and took a sip. “We have been father and son for so many years, and I found that I don’t understand you at all.”
Pei Qing said, “You didn’t try to understand me.”
Pei Jingrong said, “Some things are inconvenient to say at their house this morning. I want to ask you, how long do you think you can stay with a kid like Zhan Weiyang?”
Pei Qing said casually, “Maybe for a lifetime.”
Pei Jingrong sneered.
Pei Qing said, “My mom is smart, beautiful, and highly educated, yet you didn’t stay with her for long. What right do you have to question me about such matters?”
Pei Jingrong said, “Must you talk to me like this?”
Pei Qing looked at him, “Don’t we always talk like this?”
Pei Jingrong said, “I will return early tomorrow morning after today’s meeting. I’m telling you for the last time, come back with me.”
Pei Qing didn’t say anything.
Pei Jingrong said, “I believe that one day you will realise that you are wrong.”
Pei Qing leaned back on the chair and said to Pei Jingrong, “Do you think that one day I will come back crying and admit my mistakes to you?”
Pei Jingrong looked at him silently.
Pei Qing smiled and said, “Then let’s wait and see.”
In the evening, Pei Qing went back to see Zhan Weiyang. When he entered the living room, he saw Zhan Pengcheng and said, “I’ll come to see Yangyang and then leave. I promised him that I would come back.”
Zhan Pengcheng seemed to feel a little embarrassed. He stood up from the sofa, put his hands in his jacket pockets, looked at Pei Qing and asked, “Is the injury serious?”
Pei Qing shook her head, “It’s nothing.”
Zhan Pengcheng said, “Yangyang is in his room; just go up.”
Pei Qing heard Zhan Pengcheng’s words and realised that he had compromised for Zhan Weiyang, so he just nodded, didn’t say much, and went upstairs from the stairs.
Zhan Weiyang sat on his bed in a daze.
After Pei Qing went in, he pulled the chair beside the table to the bed and sat down facing Zhan Weiyang.
Zhan Weiyang looked at him with his lifeless eyes wide open.
Pei Qing asked him, “Do you feel better?”
Zhan Weiyang didn’t answer but reached out and gently touched Pei Qing’s face through the mask.
Pei Qing took off the mask and showed him both cheeks, which were still swollen.
Zhan Weiyang asked him, “Does it hurt?”
Pei Qing said, “It still hurts a little bit.”
Zhan Weiyang looked very sad.
Pei Qing said to him, “But it won’t hurt if Yangyang touches it.”
Zhan Weiyang said, “You lied to me. You will still feel pain if I touch you.”
Pei Qing told him, “Humans are very powerful. They can bear all kinds of harm to protect the people they love. At this time, as long as you tell yourself that it doesn’t hurt, it really won’t hurt.”
Zhan Weiyang asked him, “Can trees do that?”
Pei Qing said, “Of course trees can. You see, in order to root themselves, trees can have endless power. As long as there is something they want to stick to, they can resist all kinds of harm, whether it is verbal harm or physical harm.”
“Verbal harm?” Zhan Weiyang said silently.
Pei Qing told him, “Yes, just like others say you are an idiot—this is verbal harm. Do you have something you want to stick to to resist this kind of harm?”
“Yes,” Zhan Weiyang looked at him, “I want to protect you, as well as Dad and Grandma.” After saying that, he silently counted Zhan Weiguang in his heart.
Pei Qing smiled, “If you want to protect so many people, then you must not care about this kind of harm, understand?”
Zhan Weiyang said, “I understand. I’m not an idiot. It’s just that people don’t understand me.”
Pei Qing opened his arms and let Zhan Weiyang rush over to hug him, saying, “Yangyang is amazing.”
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