Lin Qingyan had a dream in which he was still in school. At night, he was cornered in the toilet by a group of rich second-generation thugs. They insulted him and beat him.
Finally, he was soaked and locked in the toilet. He spent the night alone, helpless and desperate, curled up in a corner. No one loved him, no one cared about him, and no one paid any attention to him.
...
"Lin Qingyan, wake up..."
"Lin Qingyan..."
Lin Qingyan opened her eyes groggily, feeling her body almost stiff, her mouth dry, her head dizzy, her body burning hot, and she had no strength.
He looked up and met Lu Yuqi's tense and concerned face, calling out in a hoarse voice, "Yuqi..."
"Why are you sleeping in the hallway? Why didn't you call me to open the door?" Lu Yuqi looked at the person in front of him, whose cheeks were flushed an abnormally and who looked listless. He raised his hand to touch the person's forehead and found it to be burning hot.
Lu Yuqi immediately frowned. "You have a fever."
"I'm fine..." Lin Qingyan forced a smile. He struggled to stand up, but felt dizzy and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Lu Yuqi caught him in time.
It was just past six in the morning, barely dawn, and everyone was still asleep. Lu Yuqi groggily got up to use the restroom and discovered that Lin Qingyan's bed was empty. He then realized the dormitory door was locked from the inside.
He went out to look for the person, only to find them asleep in the corridor outside, probably having slept there all night.
Lu Yuqi had originally planned to wait for Lin Qingyan to come back before going to sleep last night, but he was too tired. He played on his phone in bed for a while and then fell asleep without realizing it.
He remembered that the dormitory door was definitely not locked from the inside.
unless……
Lu Yuqi put these thoughts aside for the time being and said to Lin Qingyan, "I'll take you to the hospital."
"Need not……"
What are you two doing outside?
An Jing, who had just come up the stairs, saw this scene and walked over. He had woken up unusually early today and couldn't fall back asleep, his mind filled with thoughts of last night.
So, he inexplicably came to the dormitory building.
Lu Yuqi glanced at the man in front of him, puzzled, and said, "Lin Qingyan slept in the corridor all night and got sick."
Upon hearing this, An Jing turned her gaze to Lin Qingyan, who was being supported by Lu Yuqi. His cheeks were flushed, but his lips were pale and bloodless. His eyes were downcast, and he politely called out to Teacher An, "I'm fine."
An Jing raised his hand and touched his forehead, frowning slightly. He said gently, "You have a high fever. You need to go to the hospital now." As he spoke, he knelt down and looked at Lu Yuqi. "Help him up, I'll carry him down."
"No need for you to trouble yourself, I'll carry him."
"Don't waste time."
Lu Yuqi pursed his lips and didn't refute further.
An Jing carried Lin Qingyan on his back and said to Lu Yuqi, "I'll take him there."
Lu Yuqi immediately refused. He didn't believe this guy surnamed An. If it weren't for this person making Lin Qingyan stay last night, Lin Qingyan wouldn't have gotten sick.
Are you sure you want to go out like this?
An Jing glanced at him with an ambiguous look. He looked down and realized that he was still wearing pajamas, which were covered with Ultraman and monster patterns.
Lu Yuqi: "..."
His mother bought it for him and stuffed it into his luggage while she was packing. She thought that all boys in the world were hopelessly obsessed with Ultraman.
Young Master Lu's face darkened. His lips twitched, but he ultimately didn't explain anything. He simply said, "Take good care of him," and then turned and went into the room, slamming the door shut behind him.
An Jing looked at the closed door, smiled silently, and then carried Lin Qingyan downstairs. The boy on his back didn't move at all. He couldn't help but ask, "Yan Yan, why are you sleeping in the corridor?"
Lin Qingyan's eyes were half-closed, and her voice was hoarse and soft: "The dormitory door is locked from the inside, so we can't get in."
"You can tell them to get up and open the door."
"I knocked on the door, but they didn't wake up. I was afraid that if I knocked too loudly, I would wake up the people in the next dormitory."
An Jing paused for a moment before continuing, "So you're afraid of waking everyone up, so you'd rather sleep outside by yourself for the night?"
"Hmm... Everyone's been training for so long and they must be exhausted. Besides, I'm afraid they'll yell at me if I wake them up." Lin Qingyan's mind was still foggy, and she just said whatever came to mind.
An Jing was both amused and exasperated. He thought the child was very well-behaved and sensible, but he also felt a pang of inexplicable heartache. He unconsciously softened his tone, saying, "Don't do this again. Everyone will understand you and won't scold you. Look how uncomfortable you are now that you're sick, and you've missed training."
"Um……"
Lin Qingyan closed his eyes, and his anxious and uneasy mind gradually calmed down. When An Jing carried him, he suddenly felt a sense of security, but it was different from the feeling Gu Fei gave him.
He lifted his eyelids and examined the man's sharply defined profile closely, feeling a strange sense of familiarity. He suddenly asked in a low voice, "Why are you helping me, knowing full well that I don't like your brother... Don't you hate me?"
An Jing was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "Why would you think that? My brother is my brother, and I am me. I don't know what happened between you two, but I know that I am your mentor now, and I have to be responsible for you."
It was very quiet around them. An Jing could hear the boy's soft breathing and his sighing murmur: "If only I had a brother like you."
——
In the hospital, in a bright and clean single ward, the air was filled with the lingering smell of disinfectant.
Perhaps he was too tired, the boy lying on the hospital bed had fallen asleep. His pale lips were slightly pursed, his long, thick eyelashes trembled gently, and he was sleeping restlessly. The veins on the back of his fair hand were clearly visible, and he was receiving an IV drip with a needle inserted in it.
An Jing stood quietly by the bed for a while, then turned and left.
When Lin Qingyan woke up, it was more than an hour later. He felt better and his head wasn't so dizzy anymore. The IV needle in his hand had also been removed.
An Jing happened to come in from outside, carrying medicine in her hand.
"Awake? Feeling any better?"
Lin Qingyan sat up in bed and smiled at him, "Yes, I feel much better. Thank you for taking care of me. If you have something to do, you can leave now."
"It's alright." An Jing thought to himself, this child is Gu Fei's precious treasure. If anything were to happen to him, wouldn't Gu Fei hold him accountable?
"Are you hungry? I just went out and bought breakfast, have something to eat first."
An Jing pulled out the extendable dining table from the hospital bed and placed the breakfast she had just bought on it. There was lean meat porridge, steamed buns, and soy milk. "I didn't know what you liked to eat, so I just bought whatever came to mind."
"I'm not a picky eater."
It seemed he was indeed hungry. An Jing sat on the edge of the bed, watching the boy intently eat the lean meat porridge with his head down. His lowered eyebrows and eyes were gentle and obedient. A smile appeared in his eyes. "Eat more, you're too thin."
Lin Qingyan nodded, then took a still-warm steamed bun and handed it to An Jing, smiling slightly, "Teacher An, don't just watch me eat, you should eat too."
"Yes, thank you."
On the other side, Lu Yuqi hurriedly changed out of his childish pajamas. Looking at An Nanyi and Liu Yang, who were still sleeping soundly in bed, he became angrier and angrier.
He never allowed himself to feel aggrieved. After kicking over a chair, he slammed it onto the bed of the two men, making quite a commotion.
"Get the hell up!"
Liu Yang woke up first. He grabbed a pillow and threw it at Lu Yuqi, his face full of displeasure. He yelled, "Lu Yuqi, what the hell are you doing so crazy so early in the morning?!"
Lu Yuqi, "Try saying that again?"
Liu Yang immediately cowered and remained silent.
"What's going on?" An Nanyi, who had also woken up, sat up. He raised his hand and scratched his messy hair, looking at Lu Yuqi, who had an icy expression, and Liu Yang, who was furious, with some confusion. "What's wrong with you two?"
Lu Yuqi gave a cold laugh, shifted his gaze to An Nanyi, and looked down at him, "An Nanyi, you were the one who locked the door from the inside last night, weren't you?"
"What? Yu Qi, I don't know what I did to offend you that made you target me time and time again."
"Stop giving me this nonsense, just tell me, did you lock the door from the inside?"
——
After finishing breakfast, An Jing took out the medicine for Lin Qingyan to take, and then took out two pieces of candy from her pocket and handed them to the boy, saying, "Have something sweet."
Lin Qingyan stared blankly at the familiarly packaged preserved plum candy lying in his hand, "How could you...?"
"Gu Fei asked me to give these to you," An Jing said, placing the two candies into the boy's palm with a helpless smile. "I went to several stores to buy these, and I don't know why Gu Fei likes them..."
Just then, An Jing's phone rang. He looked at the caller ID and raised an eyebrow with interest. "Speak of the devil, and he appears. It's your brother Fei calling."
He answered the phone, "Hmm... I'm awake, nothing serious... Okay." With that, An Jing handed the phone to Lin Qingyan, gesturing for him to take the call, and gave an ambiguous smile, "You two keep talking, I'll go out first."
All I can say is that the more excited An Da Shao is while he's enjoying the gossip now, the more heartbroken he'll be in the future.
They had only been in a relationship for a short time, a time when most couples would be inseparable, but Lin Qingyan hadn't contacted Gu Fei for several days. He was usually very busy with training, and Gu Fei happened to be on a business trip abroad, which was in a different time zone than China.
What's daytime in China is already late at night there.
Neither of them wanted to disturb the other's rest.
Lin Qingyan asked Gu Fei, puzzled, "Why did you have Teacher An specially bring me candy?"
"Brother Fei had a dream that Yan Yan was crying, so he brought you two candies to cheer you up."
Gu Fei said.
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