Chapter 50 I owe him
Bai He took the elevator downstairs in a huff. Qi Lang was waiting at the restaurant entrance with a breakfast coupon. When he saw her coming, he waved, "Have breakfast, Sayuri."
"Don't mention breakfast to me. I'm so angry. I don't want to eat breakfast anymore!"
Seeing her throwing a tantrum like a child, Qi Lang couldn't help laughing: "What did I do to offend someone with breakfast?"
"For the entire summer, he's been waking me up every morning to eat breakfast! He even told me I should eat breakfast before going to bed, but I can't sleep at all!" Bai He complained sullenly, "I've been putting up with this for so long. It's like breakfast has a grudge against him. It's fine if he eats it himself, but he insists on waking me up to eat it too. I told him I didn't want to eat! I didn't want to eat! And the next day, he still yelled..."
There was never a single time that Bai He could defeat him.
Qi Lang remained silent, patiently waiting for the little girl to unleash her hysterical outburst. He then sharply commented, "I can only say 'you deserve it,' but I don't know if I should say it or not."
Bai He: “…”
She rolled her eyes and tried to leave, but Qi Lang pulled her in again and pushed her into the restaurant.
"You've actually been able to endure this long. You deserve it, don't you think it's unfair?" Qi Lang handed her the plate. "Anyone who dares to mess with me while I'm sleeping will regret coming into this world."
Bai He sighed.
She felt that she had a really good temper in the past, but then again, if Yan Yi was just her younger brother and a family member, it would not be excessive for her to be tolerant.
But as a boyfriend, Bai He is really...
I can't stand it at all.
Her requirements for her boyfriend are much higher than her brother's.
"Were you eavesdropping at the door just now?"
"I said I didn't hear you." Qi Lang put a steamed bun on her plate. "I just passed by and heard you arguing. I didn't hear what you said clearly. So, is it about this?"
"Yeah." Bai He nodded guiltily.
In fact, breakfast or washing underwear is not the main point. Yan Yi suddenly lost his temper and said something about Bai Yueguang and mosquito blood...
Or it’s because of the person in front of me.
Bai He celebrated secretly, fortunately he didn't hear it.
"Then I support you." Qi Lang said, "Break up quickly! Not letting me sleep in is such a heaven-defying move. It's suffocating just thinking about it. Break up quickly. I can't wait a second. If you can't say it out loud, I'll say it for you."
Bai He: ...
"Just save your money. What good will it do you if I divide it?"
"You'll know once you break up."
She had no appetite. She took her plate to the small table by the window and chewed her steamed bun tastelessly. Qi Lang saw that she was unhappy and walked over to ask, "I saw they were selling fried potatoes outside. Do you want some?"
"Yes! More spicy."
"Okay, I'll go buy it."
"Thanks."
"Thank you for what you said."
Not long after he left, Yan Yi came downstairs carrying a shoulder bag and naturally sat down at the same table with Bai He. He glanced at her as she was tearing at the steamed buns, then took a plate to the self-service bar, got eggs and warm porridge, and handed them to Bai He.
Bai He continued to eat her steamed buns and ignored him, so Yan Yi sat down beside her and peeled an egg. After peeling it, he put it into her bowl of porridge: "It will get cold later."
His tone was calm, as if the heated argument that morning had never happened.
The speed at which he healed himself was so fast that it frightened her.
Is she the only one sulking?
Thinking about it makes me even angrier.
Bai He turned his head away and said coldly, "I don't want to eat it."
Yan Yi remained calm and said, "Food has nothing against you. If you're angry with me, there's no need to be hard on yourself."
This is how he has taken care of her since she was a child. He makes sure she eats nutritious food and drinks hot water in the morning. He is thoughtful and considerate in every aspect of her life.
Bai He was amazed. A teenage boy who was younger than herself, compared with the complaints of the girls in the class who had younger brothers, shouldn't he be annoyed and irritated, and wish to be taken away by natural disasters or man-made calamities?
How can Yan Yi be like a nanny hired for tens of thousands of dollars to take care of her during her confinement period, taking care of every aspect of her life?
No, not just care, but control...
Bai He didn’t think so much before, but since they started dating, this guy has wanted to “punish” her from time to time. Bai He felt some irrepressible desire for control deep in Yan Yi’s heart.
Qi Lang bought some fried potatoes and handed them to Bai He, along with a can of iced Coke: "Here comes the source of happiness."
Bai He smiled at him and said with her eyes, it has to be you.
However, as she reached out with her chopsticks, Yan Yi swiftly took away the box of fried potatoes: "Greasy food takes a long time to digest. It's not suitable for breakfast. It will increase the risk of high blood lipids."
Bai He was a little furious: "Oh, I want to eat!"
Yan Yi thought about it, then compromised and picked up a small piece and put it on her plate.
Qi Lang couldn't bear to watch it any longer and said coldly, "What qualifications do you have to care about her?"
"I'm not qualified, are you?"
Qi Lang picked up the box of fried potatoes and handed it back to Bai He: "Little Lily, eat as much as you want. It's your freedom. Why bother with him?"
Yan Yi stared at Qi Lang, his eyes sharp as a knife: "Aren't you meddling too much?"
Qi Lang counterattacked: "You are wrong. I will not care about her. She can do whatever makes her happy."
"Do you think it's right to let the future pay for the happiness of the present?"
"I don't have that many right or wrong answers, and I certainly won't worry about things that might never happen in the future."
"Your attitude towards life has nothing to do with me and my girlfriend."
"She's your girlfriend and also my friend for many years. I just can't stand you controlling her like this."
"She's mine, shouldn't I care?"
"She belongs to her, how can she be yours?" Qi Lang sneered, "Yan Yi, I'll teach you the correct view of love. The first rule is never to treat your girlfriend as your property. If you want her to obey you in everything, why don't you get a dog?"
Yan Yi: "I don't treat her as a pet, but I hope she has a regular sleep schedule. This is for her health. I don't need you to teach me how to respect others. You are setting a trap for me. Do you think I can't hear it?"
Bai He slammed down his chopsticks and said, "I'm not eating anymore!"
After saying that, she picked up her bag and strode out of the restaurant.
Yan Yi and Qi Lang looked at each other, and he ate the food on her plate silently. Qi Lang didn't say anything more, and he finished all the fried potatoes by himself.
Although the two don't get along, they always have a common virtue: not wasting food.
Because three or four classmates shared a car and returned to school early, and some classmates did not take satisfactory photos and stayed another afternoon, the bus back to school was very empty.
Yan Yi and Qi Lang were sitting one in front of the other. After Bai He counted the number of people one by one, he walked towards them and sat directly next to Qi Lang, ignoring Yan Yi who was sitting in the back row.
The bus started slowly. Yan Yi took out a thermos cup filled with hot soy milk from his schoolbag and handed it to Bai He in the front seat: "You didn't eat much just now, drink some soy milk to fill you up."
"No."
Yan Yi took back the thermos cup. After a few minutes, he felt really angry: "You accepted all this in the past, why won't you accept it now?"
Bai He didn't say anything. He continued to talk without paying attention, "It's because Bai Yueguang is by my side that you don't like anything about me..."
Before he finished speaking, Bai He suddenly turned around and patted him on the head.
"Translation!"
Are you crazy!!!
Yan Yi looked at Qi Lang. Qi Lang took off his headphones and looked at them blankly: "Fight? Need help?"
Bai He: "No need, I will use violence unilaterally."
After saying that, she looked at Yan Yi threateningly.
Yan Yi seemed to feel a little aggrieved. He unscrewed the lid of the thermos cup, drank a sip of hot soy milk with reserve, and said nothing more.
After a while, he still felt a breath of air pressing on his chest. If this continued, he would die prematurely.
He lowered his head and sent a text message to Bai He.
1: “I don’t feel like I’ve done anything wrong.”
Bai He glanced at the screen and didn't reply.
1: "You are being violent towards me."
1: "[cry]"
Bai He sighed and looked back at him. Yan Yi looked at her aggrievedly.
Bai He finally replied to him——
Lily: "Don't blame Qi Lang for everything. We still have problems without him."
1: "What's the problem?"
Lily: "I don't want to be controlled by others. I just want to live a relaxed and happy life."
1: "Are you unhappy being with me?"
Lily: "You're controlling me. You even dictate what brand of sanitary napkins I use."
1: "If you marry me, you won't have to worry about anything. I'll arrange everything for you. Isn't that good?"
1: "You're usually careless and can't take care of yourself. I've done everything for you. What are you so uncomfortable about? You used to accept it."
Lily: "I'm not your little pet!"
1: "Sure enough, it's because of the person next to you that you can't have him, and you will always feel dissatisfied and regretful."
Lily: “…”
Lily: "I have nothing to say to you."
Qi Lang didn't love her, he knew it, yet he cared so much about it.
Bai He couldn't understand.
Zhu Lianqiao, who was standing in the back row, watched the undercurrents surging between the three of them the entire time: "I don't understand. I really don't understand."
Su Xiaojing ate French fries and said nonchalantly, "I've seen the three of them in similar situations for more than ten years. I'll just get used to it."
As expected, after getting off the car, Qi Lang sent Bai He to the dormitory door. Yan Yi followed all the way and watched her go upstairs from a distance before leaving.
Qi Lang left only after seeing Yan Yi leave.
Seeing this scene, Zhu Lianqiao beat his chest and stamped his feet: "Are you three acting out some Beili Randong?"
Bai He packed her suitcase and said sullenly, "I didn't realize before that Ah Yi has this kind of personality. It's simply impossible to communicate properly. No matter what I say, he always brings it up about Qi Lang."
Zhan Xinyue commented: "It's normal. I have such a strong rival in love. My boyfriend and I are schoolmates and he is also the sweetheart in my boyfriend's heart."
She shuddered. "Uh~~~ It's scary to think about it. I'd rather not have a boyfriend like that than compete with Bai Yueguang. I can never win."
"Qi Lang is not his love rival. I don't have the ability to turn him into his love rival, so Yan Yi is just being unreasonable."
"It's normal to be jealous, actually. He likes you so much."
Bai He said helplessly, "If he minds, he shouldn't keep pretending to be so generous, saying it's okay, that he doesn't mind. I feel so sad inside, and then he inexplicably turns evil and wakes me up in the middle of the night..."
The three girls sensitively grasped the key words——
"He fucked you?!"
"So?"
"Ah ...
Bai He: “…”
Bai He accidentally let the cat out of the bag and immediately changed the subject: "Don't call him a pervert anymore, he just has different tastes from others."
Su Xiaojing saw through everything: "Just now he was complaining, and now he's protecting me again."
Zhan Xinyue sighed, "You really don't know how sweet a younger brother is when you're young. When you get married, you'll realize how rare it is to have a man who's willing to rub your underwear. Cherish him if you have one!"
"You talk as if you were married yourself."
"Although I'm not married, I've watched my parents' marriage life grow up, and they've been teaching me about the fear of marriage every day."
Zhu Lianqiao became interested and held her arm like a microphone to her mouth: "Sister, come here and tell us your story."
"You haven't experienced the suffocating life of a husband who, upon returning home, lies on the sofa and watches short videos of beautiful women, and a wife who's been busy all day taking care of their son and daughter, exhausted, unable to vent her frustrations on her husband, but instead takes them out on her own son and daughter. Honestly, it's easy to find priceless treasures, but it's hard to find a virtuous man. Cherish the one you have. Some men can't even control themselves after marriage, let alone you."
"No, no, no, I don't agree with you." Zhu Lianqiao was afraid that she would lead Bai He astray, so she said quickly, "Don't go to extremes in anything. Yes, being virtuous is a good quality, but that can't be a reason to control. How can Bai He handle a scheming boy like Yan Yi? Think about it, we've just started dating, and he's already found a father for himself. How can you tolerate it? I can't tolerate it anyway."
Bai He sighed: "I'm so annoyed. Let's not talk about them anymore. Let me see the photos you took."
So the four girls shared their photos of buildings taken in the ancient town. Bai He's photo of the ancient building reflected in the water won unanimous praise from the girls. With their encouragement, she submitted the photo to the college's photography exhibition, and it was unexpectedly selected!
At the photography exhibition, this photo was hung in the most conspicuous position by the college teacher, and she became the only freshman selected for this photography exhibition.
It was thanks to Qi Lang that she was able to take this photo. She sent him a text message asking about the camera and how much it cost to repair it.
Qi Lang replied that he didn't spend a penny, and then he took a video of him starting up the camera to prove that it was not broken.
Lily: “…”
Lily: "So, you bought a new one?"
7: "Fuck."
Lily: "Still trying to lie to me!"
7: "Why are you following me like you have opened your third eye?"
Lily: "If the camera really wasn't broken, you would definitely say it was and extort a few hundred dollars from me just for fun. If it was really broken, you would only say it wasn't broken if you didn't want me to pay for it."
The two of them have been together for so many years, doesn't she understand his bad character!
7: "[Speechless]"
Lily: "[Wipe sweat]"
7: “Then…”
Lily: "I don't have money to pay.qwq"
7: "Then just pretend you don't know. Why are you exposing me? I won't back down even if I give you a way out."
Lily: "It was fun, so I just wanted to expose it. Now I feel a little regretful."
7: “= ="
Lily: "The photo you took with your camera has been shortlisted for the photography exhibition."
7: “I saw it on the first day.”
Lily: "Hey, have you ever been to a photography exhibition at our college?"
7: "Just passing by and taking a look."
Lily: "How about this, when I start working and earning money in the future, I'll compensate you for the camera, but I'll only pay half, because you're also responsible for not keeping it properly. Okay?"
7: “Really.”
Lily: "This is a matter of principle."
7: "How about this? You transfer 520 yuan to me every month, and when we graduate from college, we'll be even. How about that?"
7: "[The other party withdrew a message]"
Lily: "What did you withdraw? I didn't see it."
7: "No problem, I'll do as you say. Pay me back when you get a job."
Bai He took photos at a photography exhibition and posted them in the [Rich and Powerful Family] group.
Lily: "My photo was selected for the college's photography exhibition. I'm the only one in my freshman year! [Proud]"
Chengxin Management: "Great"
Tang Xin: "My daughter is so awesome! [Red Envelope]"
Bai He happily accepted the red envelope: "Thank you, my lovely mother!"
Chengxin Management: "[Red Envelope][Red Envelope][Red Envelope]"
Lily: "Thank you also to the dashing, handsome Walter White! I'm so happy!"
1: "Sister is awesome. [Red envelope]"
Bai He was a little frightened when he saw Yan Yi's message.
He and she had been in a cold war for a while, and no one paid attention to each other. The key point was that they established a romantic relationship without telling their families. He didn't post messages in the group, and Bai He had forgotten about it.
If her parents knew that they were together... she didn't dare to imagine what would happen.
My legs might actually be broken.
"Sister, you're great." He had said the exact same words that night, reminding her of everything that happened that night...
Bai He was extremely embarrassed. She didn't dare to accept the red envelope or reply to the message.
Chengxin Management: "@Lily, why don't you reply to Yi?"
1: "My sister might be in class."
Bai He had no choice but to accept the red envelope: "Thank you."
1: "How about having dinner together tonight? I'll be waiting for you at the cafeteria entrance. See you there."
Bai He didn't reply, and her dad tagged her again and again——
Chengxin Management: "@Lily, your brother is calling you to eat."
Bai He was still a little angry, so she deliberately said, "I want to eat fried chicken. Meet me at the fried chicken shop outside the school, otherwise I won't eat it."
In short, the prerequisite for reconciliation is that he must respect her preferences and tastes and can no longer dominate her with his own will.
However, before Yan Yi could say anything, Tang Xin said, "Don't eat those unhealthy foods outside. Seriously, no one will take care of you once you leave home, right?"
Chengxin Management: "Those fried chicken shops out there use oil that has been recycled countless times, and some even use gutter oil."
Tang Xin: "@1, Yi, you have to supervise your sister and not let her eat anything outside."
1: "Okay."
Bai He: “…”
You’ve learned to take advantage of your parents, right?
Scheming man.
She simply replied directly in the group:
Lily: "I'm not free tonight."
Unexpectedly, a while later, Tang Xin called her and asked, "Sayuri, did you have a conflict with Ayi?"
Bai He walked out of the study room and came to the library corridor. She said guiltily, "Yes, there is a little bit. I feel that he controls me too much. He has to interfere with everything I eat and use. It's very annoying. I don't have any freedom at all."
"Before we left, we told Yan Yi to keep an eye on you. If you get angry with him for something he did wrong, I don't think you want your living allowance for next month, do you?"
“…”
"You all help translate!"
"Girl, why are you getting more and more rebellious as you grow older? I told you not to eat junk food because it's for your own good!"
Bai He became even more irritated when she heard the words "for her own good," but she wouldn't lose her temper with her mother. She just said, "I'll leave it at that. I still have to study."
"I just went to dinner with Yan Yi tonight. Be good, you don't know how he has treated you over the years. As his sister, you should take care of him. He is the one who is sensible and takes care of you in return. Why are you so ungrateful?"
"Yes, yes, I owe him." Bai He's eyes were filled with tears. "I owe him my whole life! Okay!"
After saying that, she hung up the phone and stood beside the floor-length bed to calm herself down.
A while later, Tang Xin's text message came: "Baby, Mommy never said you owed him. It was Mommy and Daddy who owed him, and Mommy and Daddy are doing their best to repay him. But you didn't do anything wrong. You are free. Don't have any psychological burden."
Bai He squatted on the ground, wiped her tears, and replied, "I'm sorry, Mom. I shouldn't have lost my temper with you."
At this time, Qi Lang called Bai He: "My mother is coming back this weekend, and she wants to invite my friends to dinner together: you, Yan Yi, and my sister."
"Ah, I'm going to meet your mother!"
Qi Lang’s mother, the ballet queen, has been Bai He’s idol since childhood!
"Can I have an autograph?"
On the other end of the phone, the young man smiled and asked jokingly, "Are one hundred tickets enough?"
"That's too many. I feel bad for Auntie's hands. 99 will be enough."
"You're so polite."
"hey-hey."
"Then remember to call Yan Yi."
Bai He hesitated for a few seconds and said, "You should contact him."
Qi Lang was surprised: "It's been so many days, and you're still angry?"
"Yes."
Qi Lang didn't take it seriously: "It's not a big deal, is it that serious?"
"This is a matter of principle and we cannot compromise on it."
Qi Lang paused for a moment and suggested, "Since the problem can't be solved, why not get rid of the person who created the problem?"
"I can see you're the type of friend who'd rather break up than just get married," Bai He said unhappily. "You're going to order another song for us called 'Parting with Kindness,' right?"
During the phone call, Qi Lang sneered and said in a somewhat ruffian Cantonese accent:
“Yes.”
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