Chapter 121 Extra

Extra: Youth's Heart (Part 3)

Chen Qizhao and Shen Yuhuai were not in the same school. In the past, the first person the driver came to pick up after school was Shen Yuhuai. Since that day, the driver would bring a little follower with him every time he came. He wore a black and red school uniform and would attract the attention of other teachers and students when he walked on the school road.

Chen Qizhao didn't like to walk alone after school. He would take the initiative to hold Shen Yuhuai's hand, holding Shen Yuhuai's little finger and following him out of school without making any noise.

There was an extra voice in the quiet classroom in the afternoon. Occasionally, when Chen Qizhao came early and school had not yet ended, he would quietly pass by the classroom door and take a look, and then wait until school was over before entering the classroom to look for someone.

The two of them started doing their homework after school. Shen Yuhuai finished a test paper, Chen Qizhao finished the homework assigned by the teacher, and then waited for Chen Shiming and Shen Xuelan to finish school and returned to the Chen family together.

Occasionally, after finishing his homework, Shen Yuhuai would take him for a walk around the school playground. As soon as the child arrived at the playground, he liked to jump and run, running along the line of the track, running neatly on the track, like a clever little athlete.

"I want to study in the same school as my brother!" said Chen Qizhao.

Shen Yuhuai paused for a moment, thinking that they might not meet. The two were four years apart in age, but the difference was not just four grades. Shen Yuhuai was smart and precocious, and his academic progress was very fast. He had skipped a grade when school education allowed it, but Chen Qizhao was different. He attended classes step by step... When Chen Qizhao was in elementary school, Shen Yuhuai was in junior high school. When Chen Qizhao was in junior high school, Shen Yuhuai was already in high school.

The high school and junior high school departments of several famous private schools in S City are in separate campuses, and there is basically no difference between the two schools.

It was as if they just lacked a little bit of luck.

Shen Yuhuai did not hit Chen Qizhao, but said: “Then you have to study hard.”

The two had played together at school and at Chen's house. Shen Yuhuai once went to pick up Chen Qizhao from school. At that time, their school was holding a small sports meeting, and school was over late. Shen Yuhuai followed Chen Shiming and Shen Xuelan to Chen Qizhao's school and saw the little boy standing on the starting line at a glance.

He ran very fast and crossed the finish line in one go.

Then she ran over with a smile, hugged Chen Shiming, and then ran over and hugged his thighs.

"I got first place!" Chen Qizhao looked at him to take credit, "Am I good enough?"

There was sweat on the boy's forehead. When he smiled, his eyebrows were curved and his exposed little fangs were particularly cute.

Shen Yuhuai praised: “Very impressive, Qi Zhao is the most impressive.”

While the two were talking here, Chen Shiming and Shen Xuelan, who had skipped class, were also talking on the other side.

Chen Qizhao stood only up to Shen Yuhuai's chest, and Shen Yuhuai could easily touch the child's head with just a hand. When he stood there and talked, no one else around could get involved.

Shen Xuelan watched her usually quiet brother play with other children like this, "They say there is a generation gap, but I don't see any generation gap between those two little brats."

Chen Shiming also thinks so, "They have a very good relationship."

The sports meet is a big event, and Zhang Yazhi originally wanted to spend the whole day with her child. However, something urgent happened in the studio, and it was already afternoon when she rushed over. Seeing that the children were having a great time, she did not go back to Chen's house for dinner in the evening. Instead, she took them to Chen Qizhao's favorite restaurant to celebrate the children winning the award.

This kind of life lasted for a long time, but Shen Yuhuai didn't see Chen Qizhao every day. They only went to Chen's house occasionally on weekends when they didn't have classes. Basically, they didn't see anyone on weekends. But whenever they saw Chen Qizhao, he would definitely tell him what happened on the weekend.

After staying at the Chen family for about three months, the problems at the Shen family were gradually resolved. After school, Shen Yuhuai and Shen Xuelan also returned to the Shen family and no longer went to the Chen family to bother them. Due to their parents' busy schedules, the two families had less and less time to meet. They only met occasionally, such as at weekend dinners, when several families from S city would get together with their children to play.

But in that kind of occasion, Chen Qizhao, who was like a little sun, was always surrounded by many children.

Chen Yuhuai was not suitable for the past and could not integrate into the small team. In the end, he stayed and chatted with his childhood friend Yan Kaiqi.

Occasionally, Chen Qizhao would come over and ask him if he wanted to play together, but Shen Yuhuai still refused.

The two of them had less contact, but when Chen Qizhao got tired of playing with others, he would come over to sit next to him and chat.

"My mom didn't take me out this week."

Chen Qizhao said, "Only Yan Kailin came to play with me."

It is normal for parents to be busy. The Shen family also has busy periods. Shen Yuhuai has heard from his parents that Uncle Chen’s business has become busier recently. It seems to be some kind of business transformation. That is not within his scope of understanding. He only knows that there must be busy times when doing business. Shen Yuhuai was independent in character, and he didn’t think that his parents’ busy schedule had any impact on him, but when he saw Chen Qizhao looking depressed, he couldn’t help but ask, “Where do you want to go this weekend?”

"Amusement park!" Chen Qizhao said, "Uncle housekeeper said he could take me there, but I don't want to play with him."

He wants to go with his parents and brother, or hang out with his friends.

Shen Yuhuai didn't like amusement rides very much. He preferred to read a few books during this time, but after hearing what Chen Qizhao said, he still asked, "Then wait until I finish my final exams this semester, and then we can go play together?"

Chen Qizhao: "Great! Can you bring Yan Kailin?"

Shen Yuhuai: “Well, call Yan Kailin’s brother too.”

Chen Qizhao counted on his fingers: "Then I have to call me brother, and you call Xuelan sister."

Shen Yuhuai paused for a moment, not thinking that Shen Xuelan was interested in these projects, but still said, “Okay.”

The two made an agreement, but there was no chance of it being fulfilled.

One weekend after the appointment, Chen Qizhao and Yan Kailin fell into the water. This incident caused a big fuss and Chen Qizhao had a high fever. After that, the families had fewer gatherings, and Shen Yuhuai's chances of seeing Chen Qizhao also decreased. Later, Yan's parents went abroad for business, and the two Yan brothers also went abroad. Later, an opportunity to study abroad was placed in front of Shen Yuhuai.

The Shen family knows that their child has lofty ideals and also gives him broader opportunities for development.

Shen Yuhuai met Chen Qizhao when he left S City. The child already had other children to accompany him and was also studying hard. He never mentioned the appointment to go to the amusement park that weekend again. Many years passed in a blink of an eye.

S City is a small circle. Shen Yuhuai is not in S City, but some friends he knows always tell him something about S City.

During the holidays, when his parents came to City B, he had heard about Chen Qizhao from his parents, but as the child seemed to have entered a rebellious period, the negative comments always outweighed the positive ones. Shen Yuhuai has also seen the photo. The child has grown up, but his face still has a little baby fat, and you can still see his well-behaved appearance when he was a child.

When he was in college, he once returned to S City to attend a family gathering.

He spoke to Chen Qizhao at the party. Chen Qizhao, who had grown taller, treated him as just an older brother of a friend. After the greetings, they had no other topics to talk about and he was no longer as clingy as he was when they were children.

Then, in the blink of an eye, he was transferred to the Ninth Institute in S City because of his tutor's job transfer. He was asked by his good friend Yan Kaiqi to take care of his younger brother Yan Kailin. In the bathroom of a bar one time, the little boy bumped into him again. The look in his eyes was not the indifference he had when they met a few years ago, but an indescribable emotion of meeting again after a long separation.

The memories gradually fade away, and the child who was always around me when I was young has grown up.

The appearance has changed, but the clumsy means of finding ways to get close have remained the same.

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The heavy curtains were half drawn, and Shen Yuhuai opened his eyes.

He was covered with a blanket, and the materials he was reading before going to bed had been put away and placed neatly next to him.

"Why didn't you call me when I was asleep?" Shen Yuhuai looked at the boy next to him.

The boy was sitting on the sofa on the other side, with his laptop between his legs. His fingers were typing quickly on the keyboard. Lines of code appeared on the black background of the software. He frowned slightly, but his hands did not slow down at all.

"I didn't call you because you looked sleepy." Chen Qizhao didn't look up and continued to work on the coding homework. "You only dozed off for half an hour. Go back to sleep for a while."

It was a beautiful Saturday, he was resting at home, and Chen Qizhao was doing his professional homework.

Shen Yuhuai lifted the blanket from his body and picked up the document he was reading halfway. He couldn't help but glance at the boy next to him. In the past two years, Chen Qizhao still had some traces of his childhood on his face, but after he fell ill and lost weight for a while, his face shape settled down and he looked sharper, without baby fat, and he looked very unapproachable in the eyes of outsiders.

But when you look closely, you'll find that his eyebrows and eyes are not actually that sharp.

The human bone structure is excellent, and Chen Qizhao has a small frame, so losing weight makes his bone structure more obvious.

Shen Yuhuai looked at him sideways. At this moment, the boy who was frowning while writing code was somewhat similar to the child who frowned because he couldn't do the homework. "How long will it take to finish the homework?"

Chen Qizhao: "It's almost done. I'll add a note. Group work is a bit more complicated."

"Want to go out and play tomorrow?" Shen Yuhuai suddenly asked.

Chen Qizhao was stunned for a moment, then tilted his head to look at him: "Where are you going?"

Shen Yuhuai thought for a moment: “Amusement park?”

Chen Qizhao was already past the age to go to the amusement park. When he heard Shen Yuhuai propose to go to the amusement park, he hesitated for a moment. It seemed that his impression of the amusement park was only noisy children and crowded crowds. However, if Shen Yuhuai wanted to go, it was not impossible.

"I'm free tomorrow, I can go."

“Then I’ll go buy the ticket.” Shen Yuhuai smiled when he heard this.

Chen Qizhao typed a few lines of code and asked, "Why do you want to go to the amusement park?"

"I suddenly remembered that I promised you before, but I haven't taken you there yet." Shen Yuhuai lowered his eyes and saw a page on his phone showing a famous amusement park in S City.

Chen Qizhao was stunned for a moment, not remembering when he had agreed to this. "When did it happen?"

"It happened so long ago that I almost forgot about it."

Shen Yuhuai bought the ticket, "Have you finished writing the code? I want to go to the supermarket to buy something."

Chen Qizhao immediately came to his senses and said, "Give me five minutes."

Shen Yuhuai put away the other materials and went to the bedroom to get some things. When he came out, Chen Qizhao was already putting away the computer. The weather was a bit chilly, so Shen Yuhuai handed him a coat, and Chen Qizhao put it on in a hurry and followed him out the door.

While sitting in the elevator, Chen Qizhao couldn't help but ask again: "When did you say a long time ago?"

"That was a long time ago. I forgot when it was." Shen Yuhuai rubbed his head and smoothed out his messy hair. "Do you want to buy anything?"

"We've finished our snacks." Chen Qizhao asked, "Have we run out of the things in the bathroom as well?"

Chen Yuhuai said: "It's almost used up."

Chen Qizhao lowered his head to play with his phone and suddenly said, "That one seems to be almost used up."

Shen Yuhuai paused, “Buy.”

Chen Qizhao: "The taste last time was not good."

Shen Yuhuai: “Change supermarket?”

“Everything you buy at the supermarket is pretty much the same.”

The elevator arrived, and Chen Qizhao said, "Let's change."

The two finally went to the supermarket that was farther away. Chen Qizhao drove the car and Shen Yuhuai sat in the passenger seat. After arriving at the place, Shen Yuhuai went down first to confirm the location, and Chen Qizhao went to the parking lot to park the car. After parking the car, he was about to leave when he suddenly saw a wallet left in the locker next to the joystick. It seemed to be Shen Yuhuai's wallet.

Chen Qizhao wondered how this person had left his wallet on the bus. When he picked it up, he opened it and took a look. He immediately saw a photo of him in the wallet compartment. He didn't know when it was taken, but it was a silhouette of him in class.

Was this taken when Shen Yuhuai picked him up from get out of class?

Chen Qizhao wondered inexplicably, since the photo in his wallet contained a collaboration between the two of them, should he also replace it with a photo of Shen Yuhuai alone? He was about to close his wallet when he noticed that the edge of the photo seemed to be slightly exposed. He reached for the photo, only to find another photo at the bottom.

Pulling out the photo, he saw his younger self smiling at the camera.

In addition to him, there was also Shen Yuhuai in the photo. The two of them were sitting in the room where he lived when he was young. It was unknown who took the photo. He smiled at the camera, and Shen Yuhuai, who was doing homework next to him, just happened to raise his head.

Chen Qizhao stared at the photo for a while until he came to his senses when he heard a knock on the window.

Shen Yuhuai stood outside and looked at him, his eyes just stopping on his hand.

Chen Qizhao pretended to be calm and stuffed the photo back, then opened the door and got out of the car: "Didn't I tell you to wait for me over there?"

"I've been waiting for a long time, but you didn't come." Shen Yuhuai looked at him with a smile, "Where's my wallet?"

Chen Qizhao handed him his wallet and said, "You forgot to take it."

"I didn't say you couldn't watch it."

Shen Yuhuai put the wallet in his pocket, noticed Chen Qizhao's slightly evasive gaze, and lowered his head slightly to kiss the corner of his mouth.

"When will you...shoot..." Before Chen Qizhao could finish his words, Shen Yuhuai pried open his lips and teeth. He leaned back against the car, resting his elbows on the car window, and slightly tilted his head to kiss his boyfriend.

Shen Yuhuai let him go, and his cold fingers suddenly stopped at the corner of his lips.

Chen Qizhao stopped and let the other person move the corners of his lips upwards.

Shen Yuhuai said: “When you smiled before, you would show your two fangs.”

Chen Qizhao paused, thinking of the silly smile in the photo, and immediately avoided the question: "Are we still going to the supermarket?"

"visit."

“Why do you take so many pictures?”

Shen Yuhuai asked, “A lot?”

Chen Qizhao: "I have never seen that photo of me doing homework in my family's photo album."

Shen Yuhuai: “It should have been taken by my sister at the beginning.”

No wonder he didn't.

Chen Qizhao thought to himself, and touched Shen Yuhuai's cold hand, "Why are your hands so cold?"

The two walked out side by side, just as they had walked together as young men until now, and would also walk together until old age.