Chapter 39 Reading Makes Me Happy

Pascal was very amused: "Xiao, I know you are very angry about their attack on me today, but I just asked you to help me get a cup."

Xiao Peng laughed. Pascal was so sinister! He was holding a cup! He was clearly trying to scare people with himself! This seemingly introverted guy was even more interesting than he'd imagined.

I like!

Look how scared Jacques and the others were.

Xiao Peng went to get a cup and handed it to Jacques, then went to the kitchen. He came out shortly after with half a dozen cans of beer. "Pascal, this is your family affair, after all. We Chinese have a saying, 'Even a judge can't judge family affairs.' You should handle this yourselves."

Jacques and the others almost laughed out loud after hearing his words. You're leaving? That's great!

They now have the urge to sing and dance to send the plague god away.

But Xiao Peng's next words stopped them laughing: "Listen up, guys. I live next door. I'm very irritable when I wake up. If you disturb my rest, I won't be as polite as I was today!"

Jacques and the others looked at each other. This is a naked threat! How dare you, a Chinese, be so arrogant on French soil! You...

You have the bigger fist, so you are right!

Jacques and the others nodded desperately: "Yes, yes, we will definitely pay attention!"

Xiao Peng said to Pascal and Fabian, "You guys keep talking here. If anything happens, just shout and I'll come and take care of the villains like Superman!"

Pascal laughed. Jacques and the others looked at each other. "Villains? Are you talking about us?"

He really wanted to ask Xiao Peng whether he had thought before speaking.

Let’s see who looks more like a villain!

Fabian asked curiously, "Xiao, don't you live here? Then where do you live?"

Xiao Peng pointed outside the door and said, "The small villa next door was lent to me by Xiao Pa."

Fabian stood up immediately after hearing this. His surprised expression scared Xiao Peng. Xiao Peng thought he was going to say something but Fabian sat back down with a look of disbelief on his face.

"You're crazy!" Xiao Peng didn't know what he was doing and walked out shaking his head.

How this matter ended up was none of his business. After all, it was someone else's family affair. He just needed to make sure no one harmed Pascal!

Why are you getting involved in this mess here? Why not go back and enjoy the feeling of living in a sea view villa! I will also live in a sea view villa one day, tsk tsk!

Xiao Peng went to the rooftop, turned on the light and lay on a sun lounger, holding the e-reader from Aix-Marseille University in his hand. He felt the sea breeze, listened to the sound of the ocean, drank beer and read a book. Xiao Peng really wanted to shout out: Reading makes me happy, reading makes me happy...

Why didn't I like reading when I was little? Was it because I was young and ignorant?

Xiao Peng thought about it and decided it was definitely because of the environment! Look at how excited he was to study in the cafe and here!

Even if he was ignorant as a child, he would never admit it...

After an unknown amount of time, the doorbell suddenly rang. Xiao Peng tilted his head and saw Fabian standing outside the gate.

You are so stubborn. This kind of small villa doesn’t have a wall at the courtyard, only a fence. Can’t you just jump over it?

However, he still opened the door with the electronic key and waved to Fabian: "I'm on the roof!"

After a while, Fabian came up with a beer in his hand: "Xiao, I hope I didn't disturb your rest?"

Xiao Peng shook his head: "I wanted to rest at first, but I thought you might come to see me, so I just read a book here. Have you settled the following matters?"

Fabian nodded. "Marin and the others left, and Felix stayed here for the holidays. Xiao, do you know why Pascal wanted to keep Felix here?"

Xiao Peng smiled and said, "I'm not stupid. It must be out of sympathy. What's the matter? Did Felix remind him of his childhood trauma?"

Fabian sat down opposite Xiao Peng and handed him a can of beer: "That's about right!"

Xiao Peng took the beer and said with a smile, "Don't tell me you came to me to pay me to stop being friends with Pascal and to stay away from him. It's like those parents on TV telling others to stay away from their children. That's too ridiculous!"

Fabian was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing. "How is that even possible? I'm not some unscrupulous screenwriter. Every time I see a scene like this on a TV show, I think if someone told me that, I'd definitely agree. How could anyone say no? Anyone considering playing the long game at this point is a fool. Just grab your money and leave!"

After hearing this, Xiao Peng high-fived Fabian and said, "It's because things like this are almost unheard of in real life that people watch them when they're made into TV shows."

Fabian suddenly said, "Xiao, do you know? This house belongs to Pascal's mother. For fifteen years, it's only been cleaned and no one has lived here. But Pascal lets you move in. Do you know what this means?"

Xiao Peng was horrified: "Could it be that he thinks I'm his mother?"

Fabian's face was filled with black lines: "Xiao, this joke is not funny."

"Then what do you mean?" Xiao Peng asked back.

Fabian coughed dryly twice. "I want to know what happened? Pascal has changed so much that it's surprising to me!"

Xiao Peng thought for a moment and said, "My phone was turned off during this period so we had no contact until he came to Aix to see me today..."

He told Fabian everything that happened today.

Fabian was silent for a moment after hearing this and said, "Poor Pascal, he finally found a sense of security!"

After hearing this, Xiao Peng jumped up from his chair as if he had received an electric shock: "What do you mean? I'm straight!"

Fabian waved his hand. "Don't worry about that. I'm sure he's straight too. There's a history of him browsing pornographic websites on his computer. The movies he watches have a slight tendency towards sexual harassment, but they're definitely not gay."

"Hobbies? What hobbies?" Xiao Peng was very curious, but Fabian changed the subject: "Pascal and his father have a bad relationship and haven't had any contact in many years. To be more precise, he has changed a lot since his mother passed away. I'm probably the closest to him in the whole family. And you can see that I'm close to him, but we don't communicate much."

Xiao Peng asked in confusion: "Why is that?"

Fabian sighed, "His father neglected them for his career, and it was Aunt Sovia who took care of Pascal. Less than half a year after Aunt Sovia died in a car accident, my uncle found a stepmother for Pascal, and their relationship has been at rock bottom ever since."

"Less than half a year?" Xiao Peng exclaimed.

Fabian shrugged. "French men, you know! And children from families like this are prone to school bullying. Pascal encountered such things and no one told anyone, so in the end his personality became more and more autistic and turned into what he is now. Xiao, promise me. Don't hurt my brother and let him stay like this!"

"Fuck you! I'm not gay! If you keep saying such disgusting things, I'll show you what the iron fist of justice is!"