In the evening, after Gu Chi left, Qi Sen took Cancan to the small supermarket downstairs to buy rainbow candies.

Torn between the big box and the small box, his gaze paused for a moment in Cancan's rabbit-red eyes, and his hand reached out for the big box of rainbow candy.

Cancan covered her mouth with her two little hands and laughed secretly, her shoulders shaking slightly, like a thieving little rabbit who had stolen a carrot.

The voice was clear and crisp: "Brother, are you buying this big one for Cancan?"

Qi Sen rubbed her little head and nodded lightly.

Cancan held the rainbow candy tightly in her little hands, with a smile on her face that was sweeter than the candy.

She likes to eat candy very much, but her second and third brothers say that eating too much candy will damage her teeth, so they never let her eat too much.

So whenever she got candy, Cancan treated it like a treasure.

Cancan poked her soft cheeks and suddenly let out an "ah" and opened her mouth wide.

Qi Sen paused, "What's wrong?"

"Look, second brother, there are no bugs in Cancan's teeth, so she can eat candy." She held the candy and talked to Qi Sen in a serious manner.

Qi Sen smiled.

When I returned home, Pei Shen had already returned to his own home.

Cancan knocked on Pei Shen's door while holding the red dates and white fungus soup cooked by her second brother.

"Third brother will give you some soup, it's sweet and delicious." Cancan pointed at the thermos box.

The task was completed, Cancan was jumping and preparing to go downstairs. The little rabbit Cancan jumped a little, suddenly remembered what his second brother said, scratched his head and turned back.

"Third brother, second brother said he needs to go to bed early." Cancan's tone became more serious, imitating the solemn look her father used to give her. "You are already a big kid, you have to be obedient, okay?"

Pei Shen teased her, "What will happen if I don't obey?"

Cancan frowned slightly and imitated her father's babyish voice, saying, "I've been too good to you, haven't I? You just keep being disobedient!"

Pei Shen smiled and squatted down, tapping Cancan's little nose, "Okay, go down to bed quickly."

Cancan goes to bed very early, around nine o'clock and wakes up around six o'clock. Her sleep and rest schedule is very normal.

She returned to her usual expression, said sweetly, "Good night, Third Brother", completed her task, and happily skipped downstairs.

Pei Shen obviously didn't listen to Qi Sen's nagging and went to bed early.

The provincial chemistry competition was just five days away, and he was pressed for time. During the day, his teacher had called him into the office to review his progress, then offered words of encouragement, saying he believed he could achieve a good result. This invisibly increased Pei Shen's pressure.

Neither he nor Qi Sen is the kind of person who can start over again after failure.

Although Pei Shen's parents were much better off than Qi Sen's adoptive parents, and the perpetrator paid him compensation after his parents passed away, most of the money was spent on his grandmother's illness a few years ago, leaving him only a few tens of thousands of yuan for tuition.

The college entrance examination was Qi Sen's life-saving straw. He changed his fate by relying on the chemistry competition to be admitted.

He loves chemistry, the changes between chemical elements, and a quote from Ihab Hassan: "Many people don't know that the soil we plow is made of stars, scattered by the wind; but in a glass of rainwater, we drink the universe."

The stars and the universe are hidden in the body, such chemistry is so poetic.

The light in Pei Shen's room was always on.

He was so engrossed in reading that he only remembered Qi Sen's words when his heart ached dully at three in the morning.

He hurried back to his room to sleep. His face, which had been washed long ago, was no longer disguised by blush and lipstick, and was whiter than paper.

Pei Shen fell into a deep sleep and did not wake up until the next day even though Qi Sen, Cancan and Taotao knocked on his door countless times.

His face was flushed and he lay there motionless.

Even when the ambulance arrived, he didn't react at all.

**

In the hospital filled with the smell of disinfectant, Cancan sat in the corridor outside the ward holding rainbow candy, with undried tears hanging on her eyelashes.

In the distance, Qi Sen came over jogging after paying the bill. He handed the soy milk buns to Cancan and Taotao, then squatted down in front of Cancan, gently wiped her tears and whispered, "He's fine. He's just too tired recently. He can sleep here for a while and then go home."

Cancan said in a low voice: "Why doesn't Third Brother sleep at home? Cancan doesn't like it here."

Qi Sen held Cancan in his arms and coaxed him for a while, while Taotao, who was standing beside him, looked at him in a daze with soy milk in her hand.

No, it's dumbfounded.

When he was in the Ninth Heaven, the God always had a face as cold as ice, with snow in his eyes, making people afraid to approach him and talk to him.

But now, the God held the little princess in his arms and comforted her gently. His voice, as cold as a cedar, was mixed with a hint of warmth like the melting ice and snow and the arrival of spring.

The sound is very beautiful.

Taotao was slightly distracted by what she saw.

Cancan in the arms of the God was busy all morning and gradually fell asleep holding candy.

Qi Sen put the school uniform jacket on Cancan and looked indifferently at the ward opposite.

Tao Tao couldn't help but ask, "God, what happened to the Third Prince?"

Qi Sen didn't bother to correct Tao Tao's address, and said in a low voice: "It's nothing serious."

Even though I said that, what the doctor just said kept circling in my mind.

"Looking at his past medical records, he's always been in poor health. Where are your parents?"

"Mom and Dad aren't here? Well, we can't just order takeout as usual. He's not in good health, so he should take good care of himself. Drink more nourishing foods like black chicken soup and take good care of him. He's weak and sickly, and his immunity is low. Fortunately, it's just a fever this time. If it happens again next time, who knows what will happen."

Qi Sen clutched the bank card in his pocket through his clothes, remembering how uneasy he felt when paying the fee just now, and lowered his head in silence.

**

Pei Shen finally woke up in the afternoon.

Just as the nurse came over to give the injection and medicine, Cancan hurriedly handed over the precious candy that she had been holding all day.

"Third brother, this is for you to eat."

Pei Shen paused, his cheeks flushed slightly as he thought of something, and shook his head: "Why do I need your candy? Take it away."

Cancan stood stubbornly in front of the bed, her voice crisp as a baby: "Third brother is most afraid of taking bitter medicine. Every time the medicine fairy brings me medicine, third brother has to eat a whole box of candied fruit before he can finish it."

The little hands were still in the pose of giving him candy.

Only after hearing this did Pei Shen realize that Cancan was talking about his past life as a god.

The base of the ears is slightly red.

I never expected that he was so afraid of suffering and pain in his previous life.

Pei Shen's heart trembled when he heard the medicine oozing out of the bottle in the nurse's hand.

He was most afraid of taking medicine and injections. He had taken them for more than ten years before and had felt a little better recently, but why did it come back again?!

But in front of Cancan, he...can't be a coward! He must establish the image of a brave third brother in Cancan's heart.

As for the candy in Cancan's hand, Pei Shen didn't even look at it, for fear that if he looked at it, he would really snatch away the precious candy that the little guy had been longing for.

It’s just an injection and some medicine, don’t panic!

But when the needle really hit the back of my hand, my hand under the quilt twisted and turned as if it had been electrocuted.

Cancan stared blankly at her third brother who was taking injections and medicine obediently, and her watery almond eyes gradually became blurred.

Eh?

Brother San, aren’t you afraid of taking medicine?

"I'm done eating. You guys go. I want to take a rest." Pei Shen pretended to be calm and spoke.

Cancan nodded obediently, holding Qi Sen's hand and walking out of the house, looking back every few steps.

Pei Shen's expression gradually became strange.

The moment the door closed, I couldn't hold on any longer and fell to the side of the bed, retching.

Ahhhh what kind of crappy medicine is this!!

Before he could vomit twice, the door of the ward suddenly opened.

Pei Shen, who was lying on the bed and trying to put medicine into his throat with his fingers, was petrified on the spot.

Cancan and Qi Sen were both shocked.

Pei Shen forced out an awkward smile and waved at them: "Hi~"

Qi Sen: ....How can you be so excited about this?

"What are you doing here?" Pei Shen asked after he finished having fun.

Cancan carried the small stool in the ward and ran to the bed and sat down obediently, "Daddy and Mommy are here with my second brother's gold, silver and jewelry. My second brother asked me to stay here and talk to my third brother."

Pei Shen was still embarrassed and didn't want Cancan to stay here, so he pretended to be a little disgusted and asked, "What can you, a little kid, say to me?"

Princess Cancan had lived a life of arrogance and flattery for hundreds of years, never having been looked down upon. She snorted, stood up, and said seriously, "I am the best talker."

"What's so great about speaking? Are you as good as me?"

Cancan pouted slightly and said in a baby voice, "Third brother, if you make Cancan feel at a loss for words again, I won't talk to you anymore, hum!"

After saying that, he turned his head away and ignored everyone angrily.

Pei Shen was amused: "Okay. Go quickly."

Cancan's little face gradually became confused.

Hey...

How did she drive herself away?

Pei Shen finally laughed out loud.

..

Cancan and Pei Shen talked back and forth, and Qi Sen silently closed the door.

"Come in." He said to Taotao, who was standing crookedly on the porch, and walked towards the hospital corridor without waiting for Taotao to respond.

Jiang Ying stood there wearing sunglasses and a mask, and Qi Xiuming raised his wrist impatiently.

It's been ten minutes and he still hasn't arrived.

Just when I was feeling annoyed, the door to the corridor was opened with a creak.

"What's up?"

Qi Sen was still wearing his school uniform. He was clearly a high school student in his prime, but his face had a calmness that was not expected for someone of his age.

Jiang Ying smiled and said, "I waited a whole day for your reply but didn't get any. Then I heard Pei Shen was in the hospital, so your father and I came to see him."

Qi Sen was startled by the word "father" and raised his eyebrows slightly.

Jiang Ying was still smiling.

"A few hairs fell from your spot that day, and we took them for testing."

Having said this, Qi Xiuming's expression softened a bit.

"As long as you come home, we will take care of Pei Shen's hospitalization fees and your sister's household registration. You don't want your lovely sister to be an illegal resident, do you?"

The word "illegal household" hit Qi Sen hard.

Qi Sen moved slightly.

Seeing this, Jiang Ying took advantage of the situation and said, "After you go home, we will give them some money so that they can live well. Your sister looks almost three years old now, right? She's old enough to start kindergarten. It's not a good idea to keep delaying her now, right?"

"Other children can go to school, but she doesn't even qualify to enroll. This is heartbreaking."

"Besides, you can barely even afford Pei Shen's hospital bills right now? How can you talk about happiness without money?"

Jiang Ying's words became more and more serious.

Qi Sen clenched the bank card in his pocket and remained silent.

The doctor said Pei Shen needed care and the best way was to take him in.

In this case, he could only rent a new house, and the remaining ten thousand yuan was barely enough to cover his living expenses, so how could he have any money left to take care of Pei Shen?

Qi Sen lowered his head, closed his eyes and was speechless.

Qi Xiuming waited for a long time but didn't get Qi Sen's answer. He looked at his watch again and said impatiently, "Qi Sen, how long do you want to stay in that shabby house? How many people dream of being our children? Don't be so ungrateful for what you have."

There was a sense of disdain in his tone towards Qi Sen.

Qi Sen felt a blockage in his heart, and was about to refute when a lazy voice sounded beside him:

"Let me see, how many people dream of being born into what kind of family?"

Gu Chi came over with a bag of rainbow candies, smiling.

He had just gone to deliver candy but there was no one at Qi Sen's house. He called Taotao and found out that Pei Shen had entered the courtyard.

Thinking that Cancan would definitely cry, he brought rainbow candy without even eating. There was a queue to get in the hospital elevator, so Gu Chi simply climbed up to the seventh floor. As soon as he arrived, he heard someone looking down on Little Radish Head's brother.

Little Radish Head calls him dad, and in terms of seniority, Qi Sen is his "son".

You have to take care of your own son, right?

Gu Chi smiled and handed the candy to Qi Sen. He straightened his clothes and extended his hand to show the watch on his wrist, which was limited to ten pieces worldwide. He looked very proud: "Qi Sen, you have to have an IQ online to recognize your father."

"Look, Cancan recognizes me as his father. Am I not more prestigious than them?"

"You need to learn more from Cancan about this. Don't treat cats and dogs as your parents so casually. You're embarrassing your sister's father, me."

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Gu Chi is proud: The whole family still depends on me for care