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Jiang Han was left speechless by his question. After struggling for a while, he finally chose to refuse to answer. He lay down on the table in silence and did not move anymore.
He even turned his head away, leaving only a seemingly stubborn back of his head visible to the people around him.
Qi Wuchen didn't make things difficult for him. He just shook his head and smiled helplessly.
The students of North City No. 1 Middle School can go home from school at 2:30 p.m. on Friday. Qi Wuchen went back to Qi's house as he had said before, leaving Jiang Han sitting at his seat, slowly packing the things he was going to take back.
He was halfway through packing when Sheng Yao and Hu Chen suddenly arrived. Sheng Yao called his name and enthusiastically invited him, "I'd like to invite you to the cafe across the street for a cup of hot coffee to celebrate my ending my single life. You should come too, and bring one back for Brother Chen as well."
"Wouldn't it be more sincere to just treat us to a meal?" Ling Jianghan said jokingly, "Boss Sheng, you're not too stingy to even spend the money on a meal, are you?"
Another male classmate, who Sheng Yao hadn't had much contact with, replied, looking at him meaningfully and saying, "Of course you should save your girlfriend for dinner! Maybe after dinner you can even watch a movie or go shopping, right, Hu Chen?"
"Yeah," Hu Chen said reluctantly, "He has a lot of things to do at night."
"Then I would like to thank Mr. Sheng for his kindness." Ling Jianghan was not in a hurry to go back anyway, so he threw his schoolbag over his shoulder and followed them.
The coffee shop opposite the school has been open for many years and is always packed with people during holidays. Sheng Yao and his friends finally found a corner to sit down.
"By the way, what's Brother Chen doing back home this afternoon?" Sheng Yao asked as he sat down after ordering his coffee. "Did Sister Yue and the others know about the fight he had the other day and specifically call him back to be reprimanded?"
"I don't think so." Hu Chen looked at him uncertainly.
"He said he was going back to get something." Ling Jianghan, who was concentrating on the parkour game, said without raising his head.
"Isn't there still a little mark at the corner of his mouth?" Sheng Yao pointed at the corner of his mouth. "Won't we be discovered if we go back now?"
"I don't know," Ling Jianghan idly swiped the screen and made an uncertain guess: "Maybe no one is home right now."
"oh……"
In less than half an hour, Sheng Yao received a message saying that his girlfriend was calling him, and he was the first to say goodbye and leave.
The coffee shop is not suitable for noise, and three of the remaining four people have loud tempers. They felt like they were being detained by sitting here, so they said they wanted to go home.
Ling Jianghan's home was the closest to here, so when he followed them out, Sheng Yao, Hu Chen and others almost watched him enter the community.
Sheng Yao watched Ling Jianghan swipe his access card to enter the complex, then turned to look at Hu Chen beside him: "Have you finished sending the message to Brother Chen?"
"Yes." Hu Chen felt that Qi Wuchen was being too considerate to this new student, and his tone was somewhat helpless and puzzled: "Wuchen said he is on his way back."
"Let's go," Sheng Yao said, looking like he had successfully completed a difficult task. He stretched and dragged Hu Chen along, "Let's go to the internet cafe and play games."
What none of the three had expected was that Ling Jianghan would meet two uninvited guests at his doorstep - his new neighbors turned out to be Ling Yiyan's family.
Ling Jianghan still held the key in his hand and casually placed the coffee he was carrying on the milk crate by the door. "Ling Yiyan, I've already told you that if you want money, I'll make you my grandson."
Before Ling Yiyan could say anything, Ling Shengyi, standing beside him, was already provoked by his words and sneered at him, "Ling Jianghan, what do you, a loser with only a weak academic record and no chance of getting into a prestigious university, need so much money for? You'd be better off giving it to charity."
"Your words remind me," Ling Jianghan smiled back at him, "It just so happens that the conditions at Yishan Primary School are not good. I will donate half of the money in a few days to help them improve the environment."
"Ling Jianghan," Ling Yiyan finally shouted at him, "How dare you!"
"Why wouldn't I dare?" Ling Jianghan really enjoyed seeing him get so angry that his teeth itched. Instead, his mood improved a lot, and his tone became lighter: "Ling Yiyan, if you guys cause trouble again, I'll call the police. Anyway, you've already been in jail once, so what's the problem with going back in jail for a few more years?"
"Shut up! Don't talk nonsense!" This sentence touched some nerve in him. After Ling Yiyan finished speaking, he glanced at Ling Shengyi next to him in panic.
Jiang Han understood immediately after seeing this, and the satisfaction on his face and heart became more obvious: "So he doesn't know yet?"
He looked at the bewildered Ling Shengyi with sympathy, the expression in his eyes almost one of pity. But the smile on his handsome face deepened, and his words were icy cold: "Ling Shengyi, your good father was sentenced to six years in prison for a moment of playfulness when you were two years old, and you still don't know about it?"
Ling Shengyi felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. He turned around and stared at Ling Yiyan with disbelief, as if he suddenly no longer recognized the man he had called "father" for more than ten years.
"Impossible!" Ling Shengyi grabbed Ling Jianghan's collar and roared at him like a mad beast: "You're lying to me! You're lying to me!"
"He clearly went to work out of town back then!" Ling Shengyi's voice echoed in the corridor, sounding particularly abrupt and noisy. "My mother told me that herself, how could it be false? You're just jealous, jealous that I have a complete family, so you..."
"Are you going to ask your dad if this is fake? What's the point of pulling me?" Ling Jianghan broke free from his hand in disgust. The provocation in his voice made Ling Shengyi's anger continue to rise.
"My mom told me herself that he went to work in another city! You're lying to me!"
"What a bullshit job." Jiang Han couldn't even sneer at this stubborn person. "My grandparents personally sent him to jail back then. How could I not know?"
"I remember you said before that you wanted to take the civil service exam?" Thinking of this, Ling Jianghan regarded Ling Shengyi as a joke. He seemed to be laughing until tears came out. He wiped his eyes and continued, "Because of that loser Ling Yiyan, and because of my grandparents' sacrifice of their own family for the sake of justice, you will never have the chance to do this in this life."
"Ling Jianghan! Shut up!" Ling Yiyan finally couldn't hold back his anger, and rushed forward to cover Ling Jianghan's mouth.
Unexpectedly, the skinny Ling Jianghan somehow got the strength from somewhere and actually grabbed Ling Yiyan and pressed him against the door.
The overwhelming rage of the father and son seemed to be a stimulant for Jiang Han. The angrier they were, the happier Jiang Han felt.
He held Ling Yiyan down fiercely, glaring at his angry, red face with his icy eyes. "Are you angry out of shame? But what I said is true. I haven't asked you yet, how does it feel to be sent to prison by your own parents?"
Ling Shengyi's anger next to him finally reached its peak. He rushed forward to pull Ling Jianghan away, then grabbed Ling Jianghan by the collar and threw him to the ground.
Ling Jianghan was hit hard by the unexpected blow. He leaned against the wall and had not yet reacted when Ling Shengyi picked up the coffee that Ling Jianghan had just placed on the milk box and threw it at Ling Jianghan without hesitation.
But he was still not satisfied, so he bent down and wanted to grab Ling Jianghan's collar again. As soon as he bent down, he was interrupted by a hand that suddenly appeared.
Before Ling Shengyi could react, Qi Wuchen kicked him decisively.
Ling Yi Yan was also frightened by this change - not because Qi Wuchen used much strength, but because the young man suddenly rushed in from the stairs next to them.
Qi Wuchen didn't even take the time to adjust his breathing. He turned around, grabbed Ling Yiyan next to him and punched him.
"I didn't bother with you that day because of Ling Jianghan, but I never thought you would go out of your way to get yourself killed." His voice was a little hoarse, whether because he had just climbed the fifteenth floor or because of something else, but the ruthlessness in his tone was no less than that of the first day of school. "Is it because I didn't take the time to remind you that day that you mistakenly thought you were so capable that you dared to cause trouble for him again?"
He grabbed Ling Yiyan's collar tightly, his eyes red for some reason, as if blood could seep out: "Don't appear in front of him again, and don't bother him again, do you understand?"
"Understand, understand, understand." Ling Yiyan had personally verified how ruthless this young man was, and he quickly begged for mercy in a low voice: "If you have anything to say, please talk it over. Don't hit me..."
Only when Ling Shengyi got up from the ground did he see Qi Wuchen's face clearly. He was stunned for a moment - he had seen this young man at the opening ceremony of a certain semester.
The good students who were highly praised by the school leaders at that time were now as cruel and brutal as those uneducated hooligans in their eyes.
He was so surprised that he couldn't speak and even forgot the pain in his legs.
Qi Wuchen relied on his limited rationality to release the hand that was holding Ling Yiyan, and bent down to support Ling Jianghan, who had not looked up or even said a word since he arrived.
He gently helped the man up, picked up the keys and the coffee cup on the ground.
I thought Qi Huochen was trying to protect the public environment, but after Qi Huochen opened the door with the key, he didn't rush in. Instead, he smashed the empty cup quickly and accurately at Ling Shengyi who was still standing there.
Ling Shengyi had never suffered such humiliation before, and was about to curse, but was stopped by Ling Yiyan with his quick eyes and hands.
"Let's go home first, let's go home first!" Ling Yiyan reached for the key with trembling hands while pulling the person hard.
Ling Shengyi was angry, but after this incident it was not difficult to see that Qi Huochen was not someone to be trifled with. He had no choice but to grit his teeth and watch Qi Huochen slam the door shut.
Chuyi, who was guarding the door, seemed to have sensed something was wrong outside a long time ago. As soon as he saw them come in, he kept circling around Jiang Han's feet anxiously.
Ling Jiang Han still looked unwilling to speak, but fortunately he followed wherever Qi Wuchen led him, and was quite obedient.
But when they reached the sink, Jiang Han stopped listening. When he saw Qi Wuchen holding a towel and about to wipe his face, he subconsciously dodged for a moment: "I..."
Qi Wuchen gently slapped away Ling Jianghan's hand that was about to reach over to grab the towel, and said in a not-so-nice tone, "Don't move."
Jiang Han was really stunned by his two words, and his slightly awkward hands slowly dropped down.
"Go take a shower." Qi Wuchen withdrew his hand and threw the towel directly into the trash can for some reason: "I'm going out to buy some burn ointment."
"No need to buy it," Ling Jianghan said, "I have a medicine box in my bedroom, in the cabinet on the left."
"Then go take a shower first," Qi Wuchen looked at him and said, "I'll help you feed the cat."
Ling Jianghan wanted to say that it was not time for Chuyi to eat cat food yet, but he saw Qi Wuchen took out a cat food strip from the drawer of the coffee table with ease.
Ling Jianghan finally said nothing more and went into the bedroom to take a shower.
He felt no emotion other than embarrassment at the moment.
Twenty minutes later, Ling Jianghan came out dressed and found Qi Wuchen waiting for him in the bedroom.
After Ling Jianghan finished blow-drying his hair, he picked up the burn ointment from the bedside table and began to apply it to his hands. Winter clothes are thicker, so apart from a few spots on his hands, the rest of his body wasn't seriously stained.
After applying it, he was about to screw up the burn ointment and put it back, but Qi Wuchen next to him said, "There's still a little on your neck."
Jiang Han was stunned for a moment, and when he reacted, Qi Wuchen was already squeezing ointment onto his fingers.
While carefully applying medicine to Ling Jianghan, he said in a lukewarm voice, "Order takeout tonight." His current mood didn't guarantee that he could prepare a dinner that would suit Ling Jianghan's appetite.
"You think my cooking is bad?" Jiang Han joked without any emotion.
"No." Qi Wuchen put away the ointment and said no more.
Jiang Han vaguely felt that this man was a little unhappy. Just as he was about to ask something, Qi Wuchen stood up and walked out without looking back.
Seeing this, Ling Jianghan did not call for help but lowered his head to look at his phone.
After turning on his phone, he found that Qi Wuchen had called him twice, but he didn't hear it because the silent mode was on and he was arguing too fiercely with Ling Yiyan and his son.
Jiang Han suddenly remembered that Qi Wuchen seemed to have climbed up the stairs just now.
He went out with his cell phone and saw Qi Wuchen smoking on the balcony.
Ling Jianghan walked over and stood beside him for a while before asking, "Qi Wuchen, why did you come up the stairs just now?"
"The elevator is broken, we can only take the stairs." Qi Wuchen blew out a smoke ring before answering.
The elevator is broken?
Jiang Han tried hard to recall, but he didn't receive any notification on his phone that the elevator was broken.
Before he could figure it out, Qi Wuchen next to him suddenly turned around and said, "Ling Jianghan, I've rented a house. Would you like to share the apartment with me temporarily?"
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