Chapter 107 (Combined with Chapter 107)
107:
After a week of recuperation in the hospital, Qin Luan finally received the doctor's approval to be discharged.
Mu Zheng took her back to the Mu family's old residence to pick up Qin Cheng and take him home.
Qin Cheng was overjoyed to hear that Qin Luan had been discharged from the hospital, and he would frequently run to the door and window to look out.
Finally, Ye Qingxi simply joined him in playing with the cotton candy and donuts in the yard.
Around three o'clock, Mu Zheng and Qin Luan finally appeared.
Qin Cheng ran happily to the two of them, and Ye Qingxi followed him.
"Mom, are you all better?" Qin Cheng looked at her, his eyes sparkling.
Qin Luan nodded. "Mm."
Qin Cheng was excited and overjoyed, but also a little sad—his mother was finally better.
"Mom, come inside quickly. You're feeling better and shouldn't be exposed to the wind."
Mu Zheng chuckled, "Your mother has a stomach ailment, not a cold, so it has nothing to do with being exposed to the wind."
Qin Cheng responded with an "Oh," looking somewhat bewildered.
Mu Zheng patted his head and thought he was really cute.
"But I'll listen to you."
He said to Qin Luan, "Let's go inside first."
Qin Luan nodded.
With one arm around Qin Cheng and the other around Ye Qingxi, he led the two children into the house.
Seeing that she was in good spirits, Mu Feng was relieved.
Although he had no feelings for Qin Luan, she was still his son's wife and his grandson's mother, and he still hoped that she could live a good life and be healthy.
After chatting for a while and having a meal, Mu Zheng and Qin Luan sat for a bit longer before getting up to leave.
Qin Cheng was somewhat reluctant to leave. He had lived with Ye Qingxi for half a month and had already gotten used to it. Now that he was leaving, he almost wanted to pack Ye Qingxi up and take her with him.
But that's clearly not going to work.
Ye Qingxi wanted to stay here with her grandfather, otherwise he would be all alone and very lonely.
So Qin Cheng could only wave to Ye Qingxi and Mu Feng, then slowly got into the car while holding the donut.
"See you tomorrow, Xiaoxi," Qin Cheng called out to him through the car window.
Ye Qingxi nodded, "Okay, see you tomorrow."
"Goodbye, Grandpa," Qin Cheng said again.
"Goodbye," Mu Feng said to him.
Qin Cheng then rolled up the car window.
Mu Zheng started the car.
Ye Qingxi watched the black car drive away, feeling a mix of melancholy and joy.
He felt melancholy at his temporary separation from Qin Cheng.
Fortunately, his uncle's family is now safe.
Very good!
They can finally live freely and happily.
He looked up at Mu Feng, took his hand, and together they turned and entered the courtyard through the gate.
Qin Cheng went home, and Ye Qingxi resumed her schedule of auditing classes.
He hadn't been there for half a month and was surprised to find that Mu Shaoyan had actually made progress in that time. Some questions that neither of them could answer before, Mu Shaoyan could now answer, leaving him the only one who couldn't answer them.
Ye Qingxi: ...
Not to be outdone, Ye Qingxi quickly pointed to the question she didn't know while Duan Yi asked Mu Shaoyan "Where else?" and then blinked at Duan Yi.
Duan Yi always doted on him, and although he felt that he was just joining in the fun, he still gently told him the story.
He spoke earnestly and meticulously.
Ye Qingxi listened to him, and after returning home, she secretly did her homework and finally caught up with Mu Shaoyan.
Sighing, Ye Qingxi propped her head up. Sure enough, if she didn't study for three days, she would know it; if she didn't study for five days, she, at five years old, would know it even better!
And so, day after day of auditing classes, the final exams quietly arrived.
The class teacher had just finished saying that there would be final exams in two weeks when the class erupted in groans.
"Why are final exams coming up so soon?"
"I don't want to take the exam."
"Does the holiday start after the exams?"
The classroom instantly descended into chaos.
The homeroom teacher stood on the podium and encouraged them, "There are still two weeks left. Everyone should study hard, strive for good grades, and have a happy winter vacation!"
Zhong Yan sighed, "Who can be happy about this? When will we finally be free of exams?"
"Exactly!" Kang Cong chimed in, "Can't we just have a holiday without exams?"
"I hate exams." Zhong Yan slumped onto the table.
Pei Liang: ...
Pei Liang looked at Ye Qingxi helplessly, "Sometimes, I'm really confused. Why are geniuses like us good friends with them?"
Zhong Yan: ? ? ?
Kang Cong: !!!
Zhong Yan and Kang Cong were so angry they wanted to hit him, but they couldn't leave their seats because it wasn't time for get out of class to end yet.
So Zhong Yan kicked Pei Liang's chair with her short leg, almost causing Pei Liang to fall off the seat.
Pei Liang: ...
Pei Liang was speechless.
Zhong Yan smiled smugly.
Ye Qingxi was both amused and exasperated.
“If there’s anything you two don’t know how to do, you can ask me,” he said to Zhong Yan and Kang Cong.
“You can also ask me.” Pei Liang looked at Zhong Yan. “I’m magnanimous and won’t hold a grudge against a petty person.”
Zhong Yan: ...
Zhong Yan wanted to kick his chair again!
Who's the villain here?
Pei Liang is a despicable person!
"I'm not asking you, I'm asking Xiaoxi," he scoffed.
“I’ll ask Xiaoxi too,” Kang Cong said.
Pei Liang: ...
Pei Liang had no objections. He patted Ye Qingxi on the shoulder and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
Ye Qingxi: ...
Ye Qingxi felt that Pei Liang would still have to work hard.
"I can only help you with your homework at school. If you want to do your homework together after school, you'll still have to do it with Pei Liang," he said.
"Can't you come with us?" Zhong Yan asked him.
Ye Qingxi shook her head.
He can only audit classes for this semester and next.
Once Mu Shaoyan finishes his college entrance exams, he won't be able to get any freebies.
Therefore, Ye Qingxi still cherishes it very much.
After all, it's easy to find a tutor, but it's not so easy to find a good tutor who can teach you and doesn't charge you any money.
Ye Qingxi felt that his attitude towards studying had unknowingly become too high.
He could do fourth-grade problems when he was five years old. His teacher suggested that he skip a grade because he was too smart. If he didn't get into one of the top universities in the country, it would inevitably disappoint those around him.
They might even feel that they didn't raise him well and let his genes down.
In this situation, his university is basically also A University.
However, he wasn't a true academic genius, so he had to study more and do more practice problems, memorizing all the high school knowledge points from a young age so that he wouldn't make any mistakes in the final college entrance examination.
So unless there is a major event, such as when Qin Luan was sick, he had to stay by Qin Cheng's side in order to prevent Qin Cheng from finding out.
Ye Qingxi will not disrupt her plans for anything else.
"Pei Liang, just like during the midterm exams, do your homework with them after school in the afternoon and supervise them, okay?" Ye Qingxi asked Pei Liang. "When they get to school, they can leave the questions they don't know to me."
Pei Liang was of course willing; he couldn't be happier for his good friend to do well in his studies.
Therefore, he looked up, feigning sadness, and said, "I would like to, but the two of them are unwilling~ Alas~ Even if I had a thousand solutions, who could I tell them to~"
After saying that, he looked at Ye Qingxi again, "My last line is from a Song Dynasty poem, did you know that?"
Ye Qingxi: ...
Zhong Yan and Kang Cong behind them: ...
Ye Qingxi nodded, "I know."
Pei Liang didn't believe it. "This isn't something you learn in elementary school."
Ye Qingxi: "My grandfather recited 'Rainy Night Bell'."
Pei Liang: ...
Pei Liang felt that it was only because Ye Qingxi's grandfather had passed away too early, otherwise he would definitely have gone to see his grandfather!
What an amazing old man!
Ye Qingxi blinked, "Well, we were just talking about..."
"Oh," Pei Liang remembered, and looked up again, "They don't want to~"
Zhong Yan: ...
Kang Cong: ...
Ye Qingxi: ...
You're such a faker!
Ye Qingxi was both amused and exasperated!
You're only five years old! Why are you pretending like that!
He turned and winked at Zhong Yan and Kang Cong, signaling them to cooperate with their disciplinary committee member, Commander Juan Wang, and not just watch, but also give him some feedback.
Kang Cong: ...
“I…I didn’t say I didn’t want to,” Kang Cong said vaguely. “I only said I would ask Xiao Xi, not that I wouldn’t ask you.”
Pei Liang turned to look at Zhong Yan.
Zhong Yan: ...
Zhong Yan compromised, saying, "Fine, I'm willing too, okay?"
He sulked, "Wasn't it you who called us stupid first!"
“Exactly!” Kang Cong agreed.
Pei Liang denied it, "What do you mean?!"
"How could geniuses like you and Xiaoxi be good friends with us?" Zhong Yan remembered clearly. "Isn't it because they think we're stupid!"
“Exactly!” Kang Cong echoed again.
Pei Liang: ...
“It’s not that I don’t want to be a genius,” Zhong Yan argued. “I also want to be smart and know everything so I won’t be afraid of exams.”
“That’s right!” Kang Cong repeated again.
Pei Liang: ...
"What are you? Are you a broken record?"
“I am—Zhong Yan is right.” Kang Cong looked at him. “You are the one who is the leader.”
Ye Qingxi: "The culprit."
“Yes, yes, yes!” Kang Cong said, “The culprit.”
The culprit, Pei Liang: ...
"You'd better not write the same idioms in your Chinese exam as you do now."
Kang Cong snorted, "The idioms in the Chinese exam don't include this; they're all too easy."
"Then you'd better get a hundred on this Chinese exam."
“That won’t do,” Kang Cong said. “I’m sure I’ll be careless during the exam and won’t get a perfect score.”
"Can't you be less careless?" Pei Liang said helplessly. "You already know, so why don't you overcome this?"
Kang Cong scratched his head. How can this be overcome?
That's so difficult.
He felt he couldn't overcome it.
Kang Cong then looked at Ye Qingxi and asked, "Xiaoxi, aren't you ever careless?"
How come they didn't lose a single point?
Ye Qingxi: ...
If he hadn't been careless, how could he have ended up getting 100 in three subjects on the midterm exam, thus triggering a series of subsequent events?
He's just too careless!
Ye Qingxi sighed silently in her heart, "Of course I will."
“But you didn’t lose any points on your last test,” Kang Cong said.
Ye Qingxi said with great regret, "This is where I went wrong."
Kang Cong: ? ? ?
Kang Cong felt that his good friend's carelessness was quite different from his own.
On January 13th, Ye Qingxi took her first final exam after transmigrating to this world.
The test was very simple, and Ye Qingxi finished it early and took a nap.
After all the exams were finished and the parent-teacher meeting was over, Ye Qingxi was on vacation.
His final exam results were excellent; he still got a perfect score and remained first in his grade.
Pei Liang followed closely behind, with a total score only two points lower than his.
Grandpa Pei was very happy and proudly shared his achievements in his group chat with old friends.
Mu Feng glanced at it, full of disdain: If his grandson hadn't been unwilling, he would be in fourth grade by now.
So, Mu Feng, who never took the initiative to show off his own children's grades, surprisingly showed off his grandson's grades.
The crowd erupted in uproar.
Pei Ying exclaimed, "Are you really Mu Feng? The Mu Feng I know never shows off this kind of thing!"
Mu Feng: [That was before.]
Pei Ying: [What do you mean? Are you going to keep posting pictures of yourself from now on?]
Mu Feng: [It depends on my mood.]
Grandpa Zhong and Grandpa Kang laughed heartily: "Looks like someone else is about to experience the same feelings as us!"
Grandpa Zhong: [Come on, Lao Pei, sit down and watch someone else's grandson take first place.]
Pei Ying:......
Pei Ying snorted and threw her phone onto the sofa.
Zhong Xiang and Kang Chi were happy to see their old friend get the short end of the stick. After teasing Pei Ying, they tagged Mu Feng in the group chat and asked him when Ye Qingxi would start doing her winter vacation homework so that the kids could do it together.
Mu Feng had no idea.
He was somewhat laissez-faire in his approach to Ye Qingxi's studies.
At first, Mu Shaowu was in charge, but later he went to film a movie, so Ye Qingxi went to Mu Shaoyan's private tutoring class and did her homework there.
It's none of his business to worry about it.
So Mu Feng replied: 【No rush, it's just the start of the holiday, let them play first.】
Ye Qingxi expressed her strong agreement with this.
Their winter break is more than forty days long, so he felt he could wait until the last ten days to do his winter break homework.
That's what he thought, and that's what he did.
Every morning, Ye Qingxi sleeps until 10 or 11 o'clock before getting up.
After getting up, have breakfast or brunch, and then start playing with the marshmallow.
When he's tired from playing, it'll be time for him to take a nap.
After waking up from his afternoon nap, Ye Qingxi would play some video games or use the little robot Qin Yuan had given him, then wait to finish dinner before picking up Mu Shaoyan.
Yes, he's on vacation, but Mu Shaoyan isn't.
Senior high school students are always among the hardest-working people in the country.
That day, Ye Qingxi was playing on the slide when suddenly his smartwatch rang. Mu Shaowu was video calling him.
He's been very busy lately. The crew wants to wrap up filming before Chinese New Year's Eve, so as the male lead, Mu Shaowu has a lot of scenes to film every day and has to work long hours.
Once, when Ye Qingxi was video chatting with him, she saw him yawning constantly. He was clearly sleepy, but because he had video chatted with her, she forced herself to stay awake and chat with him.
He felt sorry for him, so he stopped calling Mu Shaowu on video. Anyway, there were only twenty-odd days left, and they would be able to see each other soon.
Unexpectedly, Mu Shaowu sent him a video call.
“Dad,” Ye Qingxi answered cheerfully.
Mu Shaowu looked at him sitting on the slide and smiled, "Playing?"
Ye Qingxi nodded, "The sun is shining brightly today, so I came out to play in the yard."
He turned the watch around and showed it to him, "The marshmallow is here too, it's playing with it too."
Mu Shaowu looked over and saw a fluffy white ball chasing a small yellow ball on the grass not far away, its little paws moving with incredible agility.
"They're definitely from England; their skills are absolutely superior to our national football team's," Mu Shaowu remarked.
Ye Qingxi laughed heartily, "That's true."
"Dad, aren't you busy today?"
"I'm not busy right now, so I can rest for a bit and wanted to see you," Mu Shaowu said. "Do you miss your father?"
Ye Qingxi: ...
Ye Qingxi stubbornly replied, "We just had a video call a few days ago."
"Ah, it was just a few days ago?" Mu Shaowu exclaimed in surprise. "I thought it was a few years ago!"
Ye Qingxi chuckled. They didn't even know each other a few years ago, okay?
However, Ye Qingxi felt a little regretful when she thought that they had never met before.
If only he had been with Mu Shaowu from birth.
Although……
Ye Qingxi recalled the scene of Mu Shaowu hurriedly carrying her down the stairs every morning when he was at home.
Although he thought that Mu Shaowu taking care of the child might be chaotic, it would also make him very happy.
At that moment, he realized he had been very greedy.
Even though things are already pretty good as they are, he still thinks how wonderful it would have been if they had met sooner.
"Dad," Ye Qingxi said a little shyly, "I think I miss you a little."
Mu Shaowu: !!!
Mu Shaowu sat up straight immediately!
What did his son say?
He said he missed him!
He actually admitted it!
Mu Shaowu's father was moved.
His son has always been quite proud of this, so it's really rare that he actually said he missed him!
"Do you want to come see your father?" Mu Shaowu asked excitedly.
Ye Qingxi: ? ? ? Huh?
Ye Qingxi didn't expect Mu Shaowu to say that.
Did he go to visit Mu Shaowu on set?
Ye Qingxi hesitated for a moment.
"My uncle hasn't started his vacation yet," he said quickly. "I still have to accompany him to his tutoring classes."
“Your uncle is an adult; he can go to class by himself and doesn’t need you to accompany him.”
“But…” Ye Qingxi said, “I already told him that a person cannot break their word.”
"It's okay, Dad. I've calculated it. It'll only be about twenty days. We'll be able to see each other soon."
Mu Shaowu: ...More than twenty days, is that a day? That's practically a year!
Seriously!
It's all Mu Shaoyan's fault!
Mu Shaowu was furious!
He'd better do well on his final exams, or he'd better expect a beating!
You covet his son and are hindering their father-son reunion. Mu Shaoyan, you'd better pray for yourself!
"Alright," Mu Shaowu said helplessly. "Xiao Xi, if you want to come back later, just tell your dad anytime, and he'll send someone to pick you up."
"Or you can ask your aunt to bring you over when she's on vacation."
"Mm." Ye Qingxi nodded.
But he knew there was a 99% chance he wouldn't go.
Ye Qingxi smiled as she looked at Mu Shaowu, as if she had nothing on her mind, and continued talking to him.
Ye Qingxi only stopped smiling and sighed when Mu Shaowu was about to get busy again and hurriedly hung up the video call.
He looked up, and the sun in the sky was bright and dazzling.
Just like when he was at the peak of his career in the entertainment industry.
Ye Qingxi recalled that when he grew up, a reporter once asked him, "Do you like being an actor?"
At that time, he replied, "I like it."
Of course he had to answer that way, because he was already an actor.
If an actor doesn't enjoy being an actor, then what are his fans?
What role did he play?
What are his works anyway?
Therefore, he must like it.
But does he really like it?
uncertain.
During his long thirteen-year filming career.
Ye Qingxi and the entertainment industry, or rather his identity as an actor, are like a couple constantly pulling and breaking up and getting back together.
He had loved it, hated it, and finally found that he still couldn't let it go.
His talent is here, his youth is here, and all traces of his existence are here.
He couldn't truly stop loving it.
How could he not love it?
But he also hated it and loathed it.
If he hadn't entered the entertainment industry so early, if he hadn't thrived here, and if his parents hadn't been blinded by the glitz and glamour, their lives might have ended differently.
He probably wouldn't have lived his life like this.
Perhaps then I wouldn't have to live such a painful life.
They would never be intent on dying.
He no longer wants to have anything to do with the entertainment industry.
He wanted to live his life as an ordinary person.
An ordinary life, an ordinary job, just like my peers and most kids.
So he didn't want to visit Mu Shaowu on set; he didn't dare to.
I'm afraid he'll return to familiar places, familiar scenes, and familiar work environments.
I'm afraid he won't be able to resist recalling his past passions and the joy and happiness he had in this industry.
I'm afraid he'll show reluctance, afraid he'll once again take a different path from his peers.
Ye Qingxi lowered her head and sat silently for a while.
After a long while, he braced himself with both hands and slid down the slide.
He clapped his hands, stopped playing on the slide, and instead picked up a cat toy to tease the cotton candy.
On the fourth day of her holiday, Ye Qingxi received a call from Qin Cheng.
Ask him if he wants to go out and have fun.
"My uncle said he wants to take us to the aquarium or the amusement park. Xiaoxi, which do you want to go to?"
"Amusement park." Ye Qingxi replied without hesitation.
"Then I'll pick you up tomorrow morning."
"Okay," Ye Qingxi replied.
He told Mu Feng about it, and when Mu Feng heard that Qin Yuan was taking them, he didn't stop them. He just asked Aunt Zhang to prepare some biscuits, fruit, sandwiches and other food for Ye Qingxi.
"This is so much fun," Mu Feng said.
"Mm." Ye Qingxi nodded.
The next day, he happily carried his small bag and got into Qin Yuan's car.
At this time of year, many kindergarten and primary school students are on holiday, so the amusement park is quite crowded.
Fortunately, Qin Yuan had a VIP card, so she didn't have to queue for any activity.
As an adult with two children, he basically gave up his own preferences and just watched what Ye Qingxi and Qin Cheng wanted to do.
Given Ye Qingxi and Qin Cheng's ages, even though Ye Qingxi really wanted to go on roller coasters and waterfalls, he knew without saying that Qin Yuan wouldn't agree.
After playing most of the rides that children could enjoy, Ye Qingxi happily and contentedly took Qin Yuan's hand, ending their pleasant amusement park trip.
Qin Yuan took them to a buffet restaurant, selected the highest-priced option, and let them order whatever they wanted.
After Ye Qingxi finished ordering, she noticed some dishes that didn't need to be ordered and could be taken freely on a nearby food table. She became curious and wanted to take a look.
"Then you go," Qin Yuan said. "Do you want me to go with you?"
Ye Qingxi shook her head, "It's very close, I can get it back myself."
"I'll go with you," Qin Cheng said. "I want to see it too."
"Okay." Ye Qingxi didn't refuse when he said he also wanted to see it.
The two walked over together and found that the table was mostly filled with desserts such as small cakes, cookies, cream puffs, and egg tarts, as well as snacks such as tempura, sushi, and takoyaki.
Ye Qingxi filled a plate with takoyaki and tempura, and Qin Cheng readily took it and carried it for her.
So Ye Qingxi took a new plate to hold the dessert.
There were many kinds of desserts on the table, including more than a dozen kinds of small cakes. Ye Qingxi picked out his favorite flavors and put them on his plate one by one. When he had put more and more on his plate and could hardly fit any more, he finally stopped.
He put the tongs he used to hold the small cake back, turned around, and unexpectedly bumped into someone.
The small cake on the plate slid forward, and after a slight collision, cream smeared onto the other person's thin black sweater.
Ye Qingxi was startled and quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention."
He looked up at the person in front of him. The man had very angular features, a buzz cut, thick eyebrows, and deep-set eyes. He was quite handsome, but at first glance he looked a bit fierce.
"I can compensate you with one," Ye Qingxi said politely.
Qin Cheng quickly came over and stood protectively in front of Ye Qingxi. "I'm sorry, but my brother didn't mean it. How do you think we can make it up to you?"
The man chuckled at his precocious words, "Look how serious you two are. It's just a little cream, it's nothing."
He said cheerfully, "But you two are quite polite."
Ye Qingxi thought for a moment, then took out a piece of paper she always carried with her from her pocket. "Here, take this."
"No need," the man said with a smile. "I have some tissues in my bag; you can keep them for yourself."
He looked at Ye Qingxi and thought he was quite well-behaved.
Seeing that he neither compensated her nor wanted her paper, Ye Qingxi thought to herself that although he looked fierce, he was actually quite gentle.
He was looking at it when he suddenly heard Qin Yuan's voice, "Qiu Yue, is that really you?"
Qiu Yue turned around, somewhat surprised, "Long time no see."
"It's been a while since we last met," Qin Yuan said.
He had been keeping an eye on Ye Qingxi and Qin Cheng. When he saw that they seemed to have gotten into a conflict with someone, he quickly walked over. But the closer he got, the more familiar the two looked. Unexpectedly, it really was him.
"What's wrong?" Qin Yuan asked.
"It's nothing, I just met two cute kids," Qiu Yue said, glancing at Qin Cheng and Ye Qingxi in front of him.
Especially Ye Qingxi.
Ye Qingxi: !!!
Ye Qingxi's hands, holding the plate, were almost trembling!
Qiu Yue!
The protagonist's love interest is Qiu Yue, Qiu Lu's nemesis older brother!
Qiu Yue, the great traitor who was killed by the author because he wanted to seize power from the protagonist, was the first to be mistakenly killed by the author's sixty-year-old grandfather with his explosive fighting power!
It really is true that you can meet someone anywhere in life!
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