Pei Jingrong’s move was so sudden that no one else had time to stop him.
Zhan Weiguang subconsciously took two steps forward.
Zhan Pengcheng felt that he had hit Pei Qing hard and felt somewhat guilty. Seeing Pei Jingrong’s move, he could not help but move his body. Unfortunately, before he could stand up, Pei Jingrong had already punched Pei Qing in the face.
And Grandma cried ‘Oh my’ and tried to stand up by holding the armrest of the sofa. She shook her body twice and was too anxious to stand up. She said, “Why are you hitting him? Don’t hit him! Can’t you talk it out nicely?”
Pei Jingrong pointed at Pei Qing and said coldly, “You’re already a college graduate with a job, and instead of setting a good example, you’re getting involved in all sorts of inappropriate things, dragging your younger cousin along with you! Don’t you know what Yangyang’s situation is? Talking about dating—don’t you find that ridiculous? You’re just deceiving a child!”
Pei Qing’s cheeks were both now red and swollen. He looked up at Pei Jingrong and said nothing.
Pei Jingrong grabbed Pei Qing’s collar with his hand, “Go, apologise to your uncle, apologise to Yangyang! Quit your job here immediately and go back with me!”
Pei Qing spoke; his voice was even more unclear than before, and his accent sounded a little funny, but no one could laugh at this time. He said, “You’ve already mentioned that I’m a graduate with a job, so I can make decisions for my own life.”
Pei Jingrong said angrily, “But you are not qualified to make decisions for other people’s children! Especially a child like Yangyang, who has incomplete intellectual development! Do you think that your uncle and others don’t dare to call the police to arrest you?”
This time, before Pei Qing spoke, Zhan Weiyang suddenly stood up and said, “I’m not an idiot!” His voice was loud, even a little sharp and harsh.
Zhan Pengcheng and Pei Qing shouted at the same time, “Yangyang.”
Zhan Weiyang seemed not to hear. He was very emotional, still shouting sharply, “I’m not an idiot! I’m not an idiot! I’m not an idiot!” He shouted until his voice was almost hoarse, like a frightened and mad little animal, stomping his feet and spinning in place.
At this time, not only Pei Qing and the others, but even Pei Jingrong looked at Zhan Weiyang worriedly, stretched out his hand to hold Zhan Weiyang’s arm, and said, “Yangyang, calm down. No one said you are an idiot.”
Zhan Weiyang refused to let him touch him and asked loudly, “Why can’t I date? Is it because an idiot can’t date, or is it that Zhan Weiyang can’t date?”
Pei Jingrong was speechless for a while.
Pei Qing went forward and hugged Zhan Weiyang, whispering, “No, of course you can date.”
Zhan Weiyang cried. He shed tears while saying, “Then what should I do? Should I just act like an idiot? Am I not being obedient enough?”
Zhan Weiguang looked at them, and suddenly tears welled up, his eyes were red.
Zhan Pengcheng stretched out a hand to Zhan Weiyang and then put it down.
Zhan Weiyang cried so painfully that he could hardly breathe. He opened his mouth and panted as he said, “I won’t swim anymore. I’ll see a doctor and take medicine, okay? I don’t want to be an idiot. I just want to be with Qing ge.”
At this time, Grandma raised her hand and wiped the tears from her face.
Zhan Pengcheng broke down, held his head with his hands, and squatted on the ground.
Pei Qing picked up Zhan Weiyang and said to him, “Let’s go back to the room to rest, okay?”
Zhan Weiyang hugged Pei Qing’s shoulders, still crying hard.
Pei Qing held him and walked towards the stairs. Everyone looked at him in a daze, and no one stopped him.
As they went to the second floor, Pei Qing carried Zhan Weiyang back to his room, gently put him on the bed, removed his slippers, covered him with a quilt, and adjusted the air conditioner to a suitable temperature.
Zhan Weiyang’s face was full of tears. Pei Qing lay on the bed and pulled a tissue to help him wipe his face.
“Am I an idiot?” Zhan Weiyang asked Pei Qing hoarsely.
Pei Qing answered him, “Of course not.” His movements were very light.
At this time, Zhan Pengcheng followed up to the second floor. He stood at the door of Zhan Weiyang’s room without going in, looking inside through the gap left by the door.
Zhan Weiyang said, “They all said I am an idiot.”
Pei Qing said, “They didn’t say that, and you weren’t an idiot in the first place. You just couldn’t communicate with them well.”
Zhan Weiyang’s tears were still flowing, but his voice wasn’t so hoarse anymore. He sobbed and asked Pei Qing, “Why can’t we communicate?”
Pei Qing changed a clean tissue, wiped his tears, thought for a while, and said, “Do you know that when foreigners talk to Chinese people because they can’t communicate well in Chinese, they often make the foreigner look clumsy?”
Zhan Weiyang looked at him very seriously and listened to him, “Really?”
Pei Qing said, “Yes, in fact, they are not an idiot. When Chinese peoplecommunicate with them in foreign languages, they also think Chinese people sound like an idiot.”
Zhan Weiyang’s moist eyes reflected the flickering light, but his tears didn’t continue to flow.
Pei Qing smiled, but the injury on his face was pulled when he smiled, and he grimaced in pain. He continued, “So you are not an idiot; it’s just that they don’t understand you, and actually, they are an idiot too.”
Zhan Weiyang said, “But I have brain damage.”
“No,” Pei Qing said, “Didn’t you drown when you were swimming as a child? But you are a fortune tree; how can you be afraid of water?”
Zhan Weiyang opened his eyes wide.
Pei Qing said, “Look at all the flowers, plants, and trees on the balcony. How much water will enter when it rains? They never get sick because of drowning; how can you?”
Zhan Weiyang felt enlightened.
Pei Qing gently tapped Zhan Weiyang’s head with his finger, “My Yangyang is born different. You are a fortune tree that needs water for irrigation, so there must be obstacles in communicating with ordinary people. People don’t understand trees, and trees don’t understand people, but this tree has many, many ideas in its head. It is the smartest tree in the world.”
Zhan Weiyang asked, “Am I?”
Pei Qing smiled and said, “Otherwise, why can’t other trees understand me? Only you can understand?”
Zhan Weiyang opened his arms and hugged Pei Qing tightly. He said, “I’m so happy!”
Pei Qing didn’t care about the pain of the wound on his face, hugged him tightly with her arms, and said, “Well, Yangyang finally figured it out.”
Zhan Weiyang said, “Yeah.”
Pei Qing said to him, “That’s why you are the smartest fortune tree.”
Zhan Weiyang nodded vigorously.
Zhan Pengcheng quietly stepped back and reached out to close the door. He turned around and wanted to go downstairs, but he saw Zhan Weiguang standing at the stairs, looking at him.
Zhan Weiguang’s face still showed obvious traces of tears. He said to Zhan Pengcheng, “I’m sorry.”
Zhan Pengcheng was stunned momentarily and said, “Why are you saying sorry?”
Zhan Weiguang said, “It’s all because of me.”
Zhan Pengcheng understood what he meant, so he walked towards him and hugged him. It was then that Zhan Pengcheng suddenly realised that his eldest son was already taller than himself.
“Dad,” Zhan Weiguang said, “give Yangyang a bit of confidence. He really isn’t completely clueless. Why not try just once and listen to what he and Qing ge have to say?”
Zhan Pengcheng nodded tiredly, “I understand.”
He let go of Zhan Weiguang and walked downstairs.
Grandma was still crying in the living room, and Auntie Luo was sitting next to her and trying to persuade her.
And Pei Jingrong stood at the door, looking outside with a serious expression.
Zhan Pengcheng walked over and said to Pei Jingrong, “Yangyang is not very stable. Let’s talk about this later. So let’s stay and have lunch together later?”
Pei Jingrong turned around and said to him, “My morning meeting has been temporarily adjusted to the afternoon. I have other arrangements at noon, so I won’t disturb you.”
Zhan Pengcheng did not force him to stay either.
Pei Jingrong was silent for a moment and said, “I’m sorry, I don’t mean to hurt Yangyang.”
Zhan Pengcheng said, “I know. I might be the one who hurt him in the beginning. You don’t need to worry about it.”
Pei Jingrong didn’t know what to say for a while, nodded and walked out the door.
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Why have I been so diligent recently? Because my back is uncomfortable. Whether I’m lying down or leaning on the bed, it doesn’t feel good, so I sit for a while, stand for a while, and continue writing when I have nothing else to do.
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