☆、Twenty-six、Cohabitation? (2358 words)
Feng Zihao asked in surprise, "Why?"
Li Yaxi turned his head away from Feng Zihao and didn't speak. Feng Zihao looked at him for a while, then turned him around so that he was looking at him. "Yaxi, didn't we agree that you couldn't hide things from me? Is there anything you can't let me know?"
Li Yaxi grabbed a small corner of Feng Zihao's clothes and tugged at it, saying, "He's your brother."
"What do you mean? You hate him because he's my brother? What about Zhan Xiaoyu and Zhao Yi? Do you hate them too?" Feng Zihao found Li Yaxi's little gestures incredibly cute.
"No, it's because Zhou Yang is your brother. He doesn't like me, so I didn't tell you. He bullied me... and I didn't tell you that either."
Feng Zihao grabbed Li Yaxi's hand, his voice low and somewhat cold, "How did he bully you? What did he do to you!"
Li Yaxi slowly raised her head and looked at Feng Zihao, her eyes misty with tears, which softened anyone's heart. "Actually, he's quite pitiful. He used to be nice to you, but because of me, you haven't paid much attention to him for a long time. If it were me, I wouldn't be happy either, so I can understand why he hates me. Let bygones be bygones; it's all in the past. I don't want to argue with a child."
Feng Zihao's initial anger vanished completely at his last sentence. He tapped Li Yaxi's nose and said, "You're the child, only fourteen."
Li Yaxi sighed, her voice unusually weary, "Getting old..."
Feng Zihao gently tapped Li Yaxi's head. "Little devil."
With Feng Zihao watching over her 24/7, Li Yaxi was discharged from the hospital quickly. After being discharged, she even took Xiao Erduo and Xiao Qi to find Chen Chen.
"Oh my god, Ya Xi, who did you give the dog to? How did they take such good care of it?" Chen Chen was both happy and sad when he saw Xiao Qi's shiny fur and bright eyes. He thought he had taken good care of Xiao Qi before, but he never expected that it would be taken such good care of by someone else after being away from him for just over a month.
Seeing Chen Chen's sad expression, you could tell what he was thinking: "Who else can I give her to? Her husband, of course. If I don't give the wife to her husband, who else can I give her to?"
Chen Chen listened to Li Yaxi's words with amusement, but since he didn't want to talk about it, he wouldn't ask. Anyway, the dog was fine and he could see. "Has Yaxi been taking her medicine on time and getting enough rest lately?"
Li Yaxi nodded dejectedly. After being discharged from the hospital, Feng Zihao had practically become her ghost. He was like a shadow, a persistent spirit, always on time for everything he was supposed to do, more punctual than an alarm clock.
It would have been better if she hadn't mentioned it, because once it was brought up, Li Yaxi quickly checked the time. "Oh no, Chen Chen, I have to go. If Zihao doesn't see me, I'll get anxious again. I'm going back now. I'll bring the dog to see you again when I have time." Chen Chen watched the person running away so fast that he didn't even get to say goodbye. That figure gradually overlapped with the person in his memory.
When Li Yaxi returned home, she saw Feng Zihao with a dark expression. She went over to him in a conciliatory manner and hugged his arm, "Zihao, why are you here so early today? Did you skip class?"
Feng Zihao pulled Li Yaxi off his arm, looked her over for a long time, and only felt relieved after confirming that all parts were intact. "Where did you go? You didn't even take your phone."
Li Yaxi chuckled twice. "I was so bored at home, I went out for a walk."
Speaking of taking a walk, there seems to be something Feng Zihao forgot: "Ya Xi, I heard from Chen Chen that you have a dog, but I've never seen it before?"
Li Yaxi's lips twitched. This Chen Chen really told Feng Zihao everything. "I've raised him, but he's basically free-range. He doesn't come home often unless there's something going on, and only comes back occasionally to familiarize himself with the neighborhood."
Feng Zihao's eyebrows twitched twice. "Ya Xi, are you sure you're raising a dog and not a person?"
"What are you saying!" Li Yaxi rolled her eyes at Feng Zihao, but it wasn't very forceful. "Of course dogs should be raised freely. When they come back, I'll show you that dogs raised in a free-range environment are the best."
Feng Zihao didn't argue with him and turned to go to the kitchen to cook. Li Yaxi suddenly jumped behind him and hugged him. The person being hugged suddenly stiffened.
Li Yaxi rubbed her face against his back and said, "Zihao, I know you're the best. Let's not have porridge today, okay? I'm so tired of it. I feel like throwing up just looking at it."
Feng Zihao's heart warmed slightly, and his deep voice was very pleasant, "Okay, if you don't want to eat, then I'll cook noodles for you, okay?"
Li Yaxi's smile turned into tears. "It's just porridge and noodles all day long. My teeth will start to fall out in a few days. I want vegetables! I want sweet and sour pork ribs, stir-fried lotus root, and shredded pork with garlic sauce, and..."
"Ya Xi!" Feng Zihao interrupted him. If he kept talking, his cravings would be whetted and he'd probably cause a huge scene. "If you behave, I'll make these things for you every day from now on, but for now, you can only eat noodles and porridge."
Seeing Feng Zihao's uncompromising attitude, Li Yaxi wanted nothing more than to bite him to death. "Zihao~~"
"Playing the victim won't work." Feng Zihao turned and walked towards the kitchen. He could spoil Li Yaxi without any principles, but the only principle he couldn't violate was that none of his compromises would harm Li Yaxi.
Li Yaxi stood at the door like an abandoned child. He wanted to slam the door and storm out to throw a tantrum and see if Feng Zihao would still be so unyielding. But he couldn't bring himself to do it; after all, Feng Zihao was doing it for his own good. But who could endure eating porridge for a month? Going from luxury to frugality is incredibly difficult.
"Sigh... How come I'm so completely under your thumb!" Li Yaxi said with endless grievance, then slowly walked back to her bed and lay down, looking utterly pitiful!
"After you finish eating your noodles, pack your things and come home with me."
Li Yaxi, who was eating noodles, choked on her words and coughed violently several times. "What? Go back to what home?"
Feng Zihao wiped Li Yaxi's mouth, poured him a glass of water, and said, "Let's go to my place." Then he thought for a moment, "If you don't like it, I'll rent a bigger place, and we can live together."
Li Yaxi's eyes widened. "Eh? Zihao, are you going to live with me?"
Feng Zihao stared blankly at Li Yaxi for a long time, unable to react. He just wanted to take care of Li Yaxi as much as possible, but this was only a small single room, and he couldn't always squeeze in with Li Yaxi to sleep. That's why he thought about taking Li Yaxi home or renting a new place. But he never thought about living together. How could Li Yaxi know about living together?
"Who taught you that? You're not allowed to watch any more junk TV shows!"
Li Yaxi had indeed misunderstood, but seeing Feng Zihao's expression, he realized he had been overthinking things. The current Feng Zihao was just a simple, innocent young man; it was he who was impure.
"Why rent a place? Isn't my place good enough? It's not like there's no room to sleep. You think it's too small?"
From the moment Li Yaxi uttered the words "cohabitation," Feng Zihao began to indulge in fantasies. The dream that had caused him to have a wet dream years ago still flashed through his mind whenever he had a moment of daydreaming. Perhaps those scenes would one day appear in real life instead of just a fantasy.
Feng Zihao was starting to regret it. He was afraid that if they really lived together, he wouldn't be able to control himself and would do something excessive and irreversible. What should he do then?
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