Chapter 6 Bastard
Bai He's family has dinner very early because his parents have to go to the night market to open the food stalls after dinner.
My dad is stewing delicious fish with green pepper tonight.
Bai Xincheng is the super chef in his family. He is the sole chef in charge of the food stalls and night market restaurants. His business is booming and well-known. He serves all the repeat customers, and many customers come here just to have a taste of his specialties.
Whenever Bai Xincheng was busy in the kitchen, Yan Yi would always go to help, washing and cutting vegetables, or preparing dishes.
She's so sensible! Bai He felt that, in comparison, her own daughter seemed useless.
Although her parents were busy with their business, Bai He never lacked the love of her parents. Her parents never let her do any housework and she grew up in a pampered manner.
So Bai He always said that Yan Yi was too scheming and was trying to please his parents in this way.
Yan Yi did not deny this, but his purpose of being so smart and sensible was not to take away Bai He's parents.
He wanted her parents to like him.
"Bai He, let's stew fish tonight. Call Qi Lang over to eat with us." Bai Xincheng called from the kitchen, "Has he had dinner yet?"
"Not so early, he doesn't eat regularly. Let me ask."
Bai He called Qi Lang, but no one answered.
For this guy, it's normal not to receive calls. Whether you can get in touch with him depends entirely on fate.
"I'll go to his house and call him."
Bai He went out and came to the door of Qi Lang's villa.
After knocking on the door for a long time and no one opened it, she strolled to the backyard and called him on her cell phone. She looked into the house through the glass floor-to-ceiling window and saw the cell phone ringing on the coffee table, but the person was nowhere to be found.
"Not here?"
The phone is still ringing.
Bai He didn't know what to do and wandered around in the yard. Suddenly, a coconut fell from the tree. Bai He walked under the tree and saw Qi Lang picking coconuts at the top of the tree.
He was only wearing a thin black T-shirt and shorts, his arms hanging on the treetops, his skin tight and his muscles bulging.
Bai He was so scared that she kept telling him to come down, saying it was too dangerous!
"Qi Lang! What are you doing!"
Qi Lang smiled brightly: "You always say you want to eat coconuts, so I picked a big one for you."
"No! Come down now!"
Qi Lang used a Swiss Army knife to cut off a crumbling coconut and threw it on the ground. He then climbed down the trunk and landed steadily.
Bai He was scared to death by him. The coconut tree was so tall, it would be terrible if he fell down!
"You climbed so high, I can't catch you if you fall!"
"If I fall, are you still going to catch me?"
"hold head high…"
She also didn't know that when they were young, they once climbed over the wall to play, and Qi Lang jumped down from the wall. Bai He was afraid that he would fall, so her body subconsciously reacted to catch him.
She wouldn't have fallen originally, but when she moved over and hugged him, they both fell hard and rolled several times on the ground.
From that time on, Qi Lang treated Bai He...very well.
He said that Bai He was someone who would do anything to save him when his life was in danger. This was called a friend for life and death.
Bai He walked over and dusted him off: "Coconuts can be bought everywhere outside. I want you to go up and pick some."
"The coconuts are ripe and they might fall and hit someone. It's okay if it hits someone else, but if it hits our little Lily, it would be so heartbreaking."
What he said... is so heartbreaking, there is no subject.
Her heart tightened.
"My parents asked you to go to their house to eat fish, do you want to go?"
"Go, your dad still remembers that I like to eat fish."
"Don't act like my dad cooked fish for you and called you in passing, okay?"
Qi Lang rubbed her head, went back to the room, took a quick shower, and changed into a fresh and clean white shirt, which was ironed without a single wrinkle.
The fabric was thin and smooth, fitting snugly against his tall and well-shaped figure, making him look like a sunny boy next door.
The two went upstairs, and Qi Lang came in carrying a few large coconuts and greeted Bai Xincheng and Tang Xin.
"Mom and Dad, I'm here."
"Xiaolang is here, come and sit down and have some fruit." Tang Xin entertained him.
"Thank you, Mom."
"Why thank you? You watch TV first. I'll go to the kitchen to help your dad."
"Okay, call me if you need help?"
"No, no, you sit down."
Yan Yi, who was chopping green onions in the kitchen, rolled his eyes to the ceiling.
Not only Yan Yi, even Bai He couldn't stand him.
Qi Lang is really shameless. Because Bai Xincheng cooks delicious food, he often came to Bai He's house for meals when he was a child. Later, Tang Xin joked that he should just recognize them as his parents.
It was just a joke, but Qi Lang actually agreed to it and started calling them mom and dad from then on.
Not only that, he also forced Bai He to call him brother.
Compared with Yan Yi's stubbornness in not wanting to move his household registration, Qi Lang's relaxed attitude towards this matter also made Bai He sigh.
These two people have completely different personalities.
It's not easy to be able to play together like this.
The food was served. Qi Lang took a bite of the fish and praised, "Dad, it's delicious! Your cooking skills are getting better and better."
"If you like it, eat more."
"Well, Mom looks good today."
"Oh, kid." Tang Xin couldn't help but smile, "I put on some makeup today, you can tell."
"I saw it as soon as I entered the room! My mom has such a good foundation, she doesn't need makeup."
Bai He and Yan Yi looked at each other, both speechless.
Qi Lang is always full of praise for his elders and is very good at pleasing them. All the uncles and aunts he knows in the community like him.
Yan Yi is the opposite of him. He is not ostentatious, does things silently behind the scenes, and never says nice words.
Bai Xincheng and Tang Xin knew Yan Yi's temper. While talking to Qi Lang, they did not forget to pick up food for Yan Yi, hoping that he would not be suspicious.
Qi Lang said jealously, "My parents only pick food for Yan Yi."
"I'll pick one for you too." Tang Xin picked up a piece of fish belly meat for him.
"Bai He, just eat by yourself. You don't need mom or dad to help you with food."
"I'm not a brat." She looked at the silent Yan Yi, then at Qi Lang, who was smiling like a rotten peach blossom. "I can do it myself and have enough food and clothing!"
These two people seem to be competing for favor. She, the biological daughter, hasn't said anything yet, and they are here to steal her parents, right?
Bai Xincheng joked, "Qi Lang, you've already called your parents. You'll become our son-in-law in the future."
Bai He's breath was choked and he almost choked.
Qi Lang said casually: "There is no need for the future. Bai He agreed to my confession yesterday."
"Huh?" Bai Xincheng and Tang Xin looked at Bai He at the same time.
Bai He's face flushed red as he flatly denied it, "No! It was all a misunderstanding yesterday. Our squad leader confessed his feelings to me, and he...he helped me to block it back. It doesn't count!"
"So that's how it is..."
Not to mention, there was a hint of disappointment on Mom Tang Xin's face.
Qi Lang said with a sly smile, "It doesn't count? Then I'd be too sad."
"You don't look sad at all, okay, you stinky scumbag."
"Bai He, don't talk to Xiao Lang like that. It's impolite." Bai Xincheng said.
Bai He shut up awkwardly, Yan Yi's face darkened and he put down his chopsticks.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a little off, Tang Xin was afraid that the children would be embarrassed, so she changed the subject: "Xiao Lang, how did you do on the exam?"
Qi Lang: "700 points or above."
"Oh, not bad! Where's the translation?"
"Not sure." Yan Yi said cautiously, "Maybe it's not good."
Bai He leaned on Yan Yi's arm and said quickly, "You don't need to ask me. I'm even less sure! Anyway... I don't feel good about the answer. Maybe I'll have to repeat it."
Yan Yi: "I might have to repeat the year too."
Qi Lang heard Yan Yi say this, with suspicion in his eyes, and the smile on his lips faded a little: "Really? They're all rushing to repeat the year. Is repeating the year a new trend?"
"It's okay, it's okay." Bai Xincheng quickly comforted the two children, "It's better to repeat the year. Your parents also think that you are still young, so it's okay to delay it for a year. Don't go to college so early."
"The scores haven't come out yet, so who can say for sure?" Qi Lang said calmly, "Maybe Yan Yi did better than me."
Yan Yi glanced at Qi Lang, and Qi Lang also looked at Yan Yi, and there were sparks colliding in the eyes of the two people.
Yan Yi asked Qi Lang in a pointed tone, "Will you repeat the grade?"
"If I don't get my ideal score, maybe."
"Do you have an ideal score?" Bai He asked curiously, "How much is it?"
Qi Lang: "750."
Bai He: ...
Are they all a bunch of deep well ice?
Is she the only ordinary student?
…
After finishing his meal, Yan Yi went to the kitchen to clean up without saying a word and put the dishes into the dishwasher. His parents had to go to the food stall to open for business on time.
After they left, Bai He went to help Yan Yi clean the kitchen. Yan Yi didn't want her hands to get greasy, so he didn't let her touch the rag.
Qi Lang called her at the door: "Little Lily, show me the room."
Bai He turned around and said, "You've been to my house thousands of times. What are you visiting?"
He walked in, grabbed Bai He's collar like a baby, left the kitchen and went to her bedroom.
Pushing the door open, I saw Yan Yi's small room outside. There was a single bed and a desk covered with books, densely packed and neatly stacked into a mountain of books, leaving only a small space for doing homework and reading.
Qi Lang picked up a thick old book and flipped through it. It was about medicine.
"Is he studying medicine?" he asked Bai He.
"Yes, his dream is to become a doctor."
Qi Lang saw the black silk scarf around Bai He's neck, and underneath the scarf was the burn scar that she never showed to others.
He didn't say anything, put down the book, and walked into Bai He's room.
Her bed was also very small, with light blue sheets, clean and tidy. The room smelled sweet, the kind of sweet fragrance unique to girls.
As soon as he entered the room, Qi Lang closed the door.
"Why are you closing the door?"
"Oh, it's just a matter of convenience."
Although he said that, Bai He did not deliberately open the door.
Qi Lang sat in her ergonomic chair, turned around a few times, and flipped through the high school review papers and liberal arts recitation materials piled on her desk.
She studied hard, copying liberal arts materials into a notebook, outlining them with different colored markers and marking various small notes to facilitate memorization.
He opened the math workbook again and saw that there were quite a lot of mistakes in it: "If you can't do the problem, I told you to ask me."
They were in the same class. When they were divided into arts and science classes, Yan Yi originally wanted to choose arts, but he obviously preferred science. Bai He insisted that he choose the science class, saying that if you only want to study arts to be with your sister, then I will never be in the same class with you.
This is how the translation was pushed to the science class.
Qi Lang was good at both liberal arts and science, and had no tendency to be biased towards one subject, so he simply chose liberal arts. After all, he was quite interested in astronomy and geography.
More importantly, Yan Yi went to the science department. He had a bad taste and wanted to annoy this little bitch from time to time, so he followed Bai He to the liberal arts department.
"You're not good at math, so I'm tutoring you. You usually don't say a word and don't even ask when you get a question wrong." He flipped through her workbook and said with disdain, "You're too shameless to look at."
Bai He said in a muffled voice: "With so many girls asking you questions, how could it be my turn?"
"If you come, I'll let you cut in line and definitely give you priority."
He spoke with confidence, as if this was a truth that could not be changed even by the Big Bang.
"I don't want any priority." Bai He thought to himself.
She wants the only one.
Qi Lang sat at her small desk and helped her correct the wrong questions. If she really had to repeat the grade, these wrong question collections would still be useful.
The phone rang and someone called me via video.
Bai He could hear the phone buzzing on the table, but he remained indifferent and continued writing formulas in her notebook.
"Your phone is ringing."
He said "hmm" and didn't respond.
"You didn't answer our calls before, and it was like this too." Bai He was a little dissatisfied, "It's really annoying when you don't answer the phone."
Qi Lang tilted his head, and glanced at her with his narrow, beautiful peach blossom eyes: "I didn't answer you because I didn't hear you."
"So now you've heard it, but you're still deliberately not answering it."
Qi Lang was too lazy to argue with her, so he answered the video call, put his phone on the table, and continued writing.
"What's up?"
On the other end of the video was the voice of a girl crying, saying that she was drunk and was now alone outside.
Qi Lang didn't react: "What can I do for you?"
"Qi Lang, I really don't know why we broke up. Tell me why. I really like you. Haven't you ever liked me?"
Bai He sat with her knees curled up against the cushions at the head of the bed, pretending to read, but her gossipy ears were already perked up.
Qi Langman said nonchalantly: "I did like it."
"Then why, why did you break up..."
"I used to like it, but now I don't."
The calmest tone, speaking the cruelest words.
"We've only been together for less than half a year, Qi Lang. I've been happy before, but this kind of happiness is too short-lived. If that's the case, I'd rather not have had it in the first place."
The girl was crying breathlessly, her voice breaking, which was heartbreaking.
Bai He couldn't help feeling uncomfortable.
I empathize deeply.
Qi Lang said coldly: "Half a year is enough. If you find it's not suitable, break up. It's not good for you to drag it out."
"If you think there's something wrong with us, tell me and I'll change it."
"You see, this is where it doesn't fit. I admire girls who have their own sense of identity and the ability to think independently. You were quite attractive to me at first, but then I gradually realized that you tended to be more and more submissive."
"That's because I love you!"
"I know, a lot of people love me, but what can I do? I'm not a duck. Do I have to appease everyone who likes me?"
“Qi Lang, you…!”
"Don't look for me, I'm hanging up."
After saying that, he mercilessly hung up the video call and continued to write formulas with his head down, muttering, "I did this wrong. Did you pay attention in class?"
Seeing that Bai He didn't respond, he looked up and saw that there was red in the corners of the little girl's eyes and her eyes were watery.
"What are you doing?"
"Qi Lang, you bastard! I hate you so much."
“…”
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