“Ms. Chen Xi, shouldn’t you be asking me why I have this ointment?” He Jingshen’s lips twitched helplessly.
Since the birth of his younger brother and sister, especially his younger brother He Muchen, his mother's attention to him has gradually dropped to zero.
"It's not your behavior that's more attention-grabbing; forget why you used it in the first place..."
"Wait... honey, do you have hemorrhoids? Haven't I been making sure your diet is lighter lately?"
He Jingshen did not respond, because if he did, Ms. Chen Xi would press him for details. He carefully put the ointment back under the pillow.
Ms. Chen Xi opened her eyes wide and looked at He Jingshen with surprise as he treasured the box of ointment. She sensed something was amiss and was about to ask something when He Jingshen interrupted her.
He Jingshen asked, "Ms. Chen Xi, should I call your husband to come pick you up?"
Ms. Chen Xi looked at He Jingshen, who was speaking to her without any respect, and slapped him on the head again.
"You're so disrespectful all the time. How dare you talk to your mother like that? Call your husband 'Dad'."
“Beautiful Ms. Chen Xi, it hurts so much…” He Jingshen rubbed his head and cried out in pain.
"Sweetie, if it hurts, then rest for a few days. We'll get a full check-up tomorrow."
"By the way, I see you're not feeling well. Have your older brother ask you to take a month off and go back to the old house to recuperate."
When He Jingshen heard that he needed to take a month's leave, and thought about not seeing his little beauty for a month, and that anything could change in a month, he started to panic.
He excitedly grabbed Ms. Chen Xi's arm, "Mom, I just have an upset stomach, it's not like my older brother needs to ask me to take a month off, is it?"
"Mom, I'll rest tonight and go back to school tomorrow."
Ms. Chen looked him up and down in disbelief, and asked doubtfully, "Honey, are you sure?"
"When you weren't feeling well before, didn't you always follow our instructions?"
He Jingshen muttered to himself, "That was then... but I'm afraid that won't work now."
Because He Jingshen's muttering was soft, she couldn't hear a single word clearly.
Ms. Chen felt that something was wrong with her son; it seemed like he was in love. She wasn't an unenlightened parent, so she deliberately teased him, asking, "Honey, what did you say? Is a month not enough? Two months is fine too, you're so smart anyway."
"Mom, I'm really fine. You can ask the doctor if you don't believe me."
"Oh, honey, you seem to be in such a hurry to get to school. Could it be that you're dating someone? Are you worried that someone might steal your boyfriend if things go on for too long? But my son is so handsome and outstanding, how could someone steal his boyfriend?"
Ms. Chen Xi was somewhat confident in her second son, because he was the best-looking among her children. He was also quite gentle on the surface, and had only one flaw: he was a little bit cunning.
He Jingshen didn't respond to him, but instead called her husband directly: "Your wife misses you. You have five minutes to get to her."
After hanging up the phone, she explained, "Mom, I'm not in a relationship. I've asked your husband to come pick you up. I want to sleep now. I'll take care of the leave myself; there's no need to trouble my older brother."
"Oh, right, go back and tell Grandpa I'm fine, so he won't lose sleep over something so small."
After finishing speaking, He Jingshen lay down and closed his eyes to sleep. Ms. Chen Xi stood aside, silently watching her beloved son sleeping on the bed.
If it weren't for his good looks and the fact that he's my own son, I would have really wanted to go up and pull him up and give him a piece of my mind.
"Honey, Mom's leaving now. You get some rest."
*
He Jingshen was still forced to take more than a week off to go back to his old house to recuperate. His family also hired a new nanny to take care of his meals.
When Ho King-sun returned to school, he didn't see Lau Kei at the student council. He heard that Lau Kei had temporarily suspended his studies due to a family emergency.
He Jingshen found out Liu Qi's home address, but when he went to find him, his sister opened the door for him and told him that her brother was not home and had gone out.
He stayed at his house and waited all day until midnight when he heard the sound of a key opening the door.
When Liu Qi saw him at his house, he was very surprised: "Senior He, what are you doing at my house?"
Ho King-sun got up, walked up to him, and without saying a word, just hugged him tightly.
At that moment, Liu Qi felt as if his exhausted body was being held tightly in He's arms, and tears streamed down his face as he sobbed, "Senior He, I don't have parents anymore..."
Ho King-sun hugged him tightly, patting his back and comforting him, "I'm here..."
Liu Qi leaned on his shoulder, sobbing uncontrollably. He didn't dare cry out loud, afraid of waking his sister. He had been holding back his tears in front of her for the past few days...
...
"I'm sorry, Senior He, I got your clothes wet..."
With a look of heartache, Ho King-sun gently wiped away his tears and comforted him tenderly, "It's okay... Do you have any ice packs at home?"
"No..."
He Jingshen gently stroked his stray hairs: "Wait for me a moment, I'll go downstairs and buy an ice pack."
Not long after, Ho King-sun returned to Lau Kei's house with a large bag full of ice pops. He sat on the sofa and explained, "I'm sorry, the supermarket near your house doesn't sell ice pops, so I bought these. Please make do with them."
Before Liu Qi could even ask a question, He Jingshen placed the popsicle in his hand on his eyes: "Such beautiful eyes, if you don't put some eye cream on them tonight, your sister will definitely worry when she sees them tomorrow morning."
Liu Qi was warmed by the gentle and considerate He Jingshen in front of him, and really wanted him to stay by his side forever, but... he didn't deserve it.
Liu Qi touched He Jingshen's hand, wanting to take the popsicle, and said, "Senior, thank you, but I'll do it myself."
Ho King-sun nervously released his grip and coughed lightly, "Have you had dinner?"
"Senior, you haven't had dinner yet? I'll make you a bowl of noodles."
He Jingshen had already eaten; he had asked his housekeeper to cook the meal. He pulled on his arm and said, "I've already eaten. I was just worried you hadn't. There's some food on the table; you can heat it up and have some."
Liu Qi looked at him in surprise, then turned to look at the food covered on the table: "Senior, did you make this?"
"How could I cook? I hired someone to cook. I originally wanted to take your sister out to eat, but I was afraid you would worry if you didn't see her when you came back, so I had someone cook for you."
Liu Qi excitedly hugged He Jingshen and whispered in his ear, "Thank you, senior..."
When Ho King-sun was suddenly hugged, he had a physical reaction and joked, "If you keep hugging me like this, I'm afraid I might do something bad to you."
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