Chapter 363, Update 3631
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"How can that be?" Ye Qingxi said. "This is a crucial time for you to prepare for the college entrance examination. What if someone suddenly moves in and affects your preparation?"
"I only take a nap at noon, and I don't stay there at night."
"Maybe you'll get busy next semester and want to stay nearby for a few nights?" Ye Qingxi firmly disagreed, "Anyway, I'm not going to let anyone affect your college entrance exam!"
Just kidding! That's the college entrance exam!
Qin Cheng is a top contender for the top score in the college entrance examination!
If he's delayed because of Huo Zinan, how will he face his grandfather and uncle?!
He certainly wanted to help Huo Zinan, but definitely not in a way that would affect Qin Cheng, so there was no point in even considering it.
Qin Cheng: ...
Qin Cheng looked at his younger brother, whose face was resolute and who was determined to protect his college entrance exam results at all costs. He wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to say it.
He didn't want to directly show that he minded—that wouldn't be appropriate.
Ye Qingxi has the right to make friends, and she also has the right and authority to let her friends stay in her own room.
He shouldn't have stopped it.
But……
Qin Cheng lowered his head and took a sip of soup.
However, if it is not stopped, this matter will remain like a thorn in his heart.
It doesn't hurt, but it's uncomfortable.
It makes me uncomfortable just thinking about it.
Therefore, Qin Cheng was somewhat at a loss.
He didn't know how to stop Huo Zinan from moving into Ye Qingxi's house without directly showing that he minded.
"If he doesn't have a good life in the future, what will you do if he blames you?" he asked Ye Qingxi.
“No, he’s not that kind of person,” Ye Qingxi said.
"You trust him quite a bit?"
Ye Qingxi nodded.
It's not about trusting him, but about trusting your past self.
Besides, whether Huo Zinan blames him or not is actually not important to him.
Essentially, he wanted to help his past self.
Huo Zinan reminded him of his past self, which is why he offered his help.
So whether Huo Zinan felt grateful or resentful towards this after growing up, it didn't matter to him.
He just wanted to tell himself that he is no longer the person he used to be. Now he has the ability and the strength to face such things, to bring back his former self, and to help those who are like him back then.
Qin Cheng: ...
Qin Cheng was confused. How many days had they known each other?
Each episode only takes three or four days to film, and there were only a few episodes filmed in total, totaling no more than forty days. How could he trust him so much?!
If it were Pei Liang and the others, he would accept it, after all, they really grew up together.
But what is Huo Zinan?
Why should I be allowed to live in Ye Qingxi's house?
"What if he affects your studies?" Qin Cheng asked.
"No, I won't," Ye Qingxi said. "I'm not someone who's easily influenced, brother. Don't worry, I'll definitely keep up with you in the college entrance exam and do just as well as you."
Qin Cheng: ...
"I still don't think it's appropriate for him to stay at your place," Qin Cheng said. "He's just a child, and there's no adult with him. You only go back around noon. What if something happens to him?"
"No, that won't happen," Ye Qingxi said. "The houses that Grandpa can choose are all in extremely safe areas, and he also has to go to school. We can have lunch together and take a nap together, and I can video chat with him in the evening. But at his age, it might be inconvenient for him to live alone. We need to find him a housekeeper. I'll go back and ask Aunt Zhang if she has any recommendations."
Qin Cheng: ? ? ?
What did his brother say?
Want to have dinner together?
Want to take a nap together?
We also need to find him a housekeeper!
Qin Cheng: ...
Qin Cheng felt that his younger brother was practically a painless father.
Is this how friends should act?
Why doesn't he treat Pei Liang and the others like that?
Qin Cheng was even more frustrated.
He had always maintained a very subtle balance and tacit understanding with Pei Liangzhong and Yan Kangcong.
For example, noon is for him and Ye Qingxi, so Pei Liang and the others won't disturb them.
For example, the rare overlapping time between him and Ye Qingxi during the first year of junior high and the first year of senior high was also unique to them.
Therefore, when Zhong Yan was arranging dormitories, she would automatically exclude Ye Qingxi and wait until he was in the second year of junior high or the second year of senior high before he moved in.
This is the result of them growing up together for many years.
Pei Liang and the others were well aware of Qin Cheng's doting affection for his younger brother Ye Qingxi, as well as his indifference towards people other than his brother. Therefore, they would subconsciously give each other time alone with their brother.
Now, that balance has been broken.
Huo Zinan's sudden appearance and attempt to take away a portion of Qin Cheng's time left Qin Cheng feeling irritable, dissatisfied, depressed, and even somewhat uneasy.
He didn't know where this unease came from, but he was already feeling uncomfortable about it.
Even before Huo Zinan appeared, he had already begun to feel annoyed by his presence.
Qin Cheng found the meal utterly unappetizing.
Unfortunately, he always had no expression on his face and acted the same as usual, speaking gently and taking good care of Ye Qingxi. Therefore, Ye Qingxi did not notice anything amiss.
After finishing their meal, they returned to the house that Mu Feng had bought for them.
Qin Cheng lay in bed, but couldn't fall asleep no matter what.
Just thinking about how, after tomorrow, after he and Ye Qingxi finish their meal and go home separately, Huo Zinan will follow Ye Qingxi into his room, and the two might even chat intimately before parting ways in their respective bedrooms.
Perhaps Huo Zinan wouldn't want to go back to his own room and would insist on sleeping with Ye Qingxi, and Ye Qingxi probably wouldn't refuse.
He is always very kind and gentle to his friends.
Previously, when Zhong Yan went to the Mu family to play, he got tired and wanted to take a nap, so he slept in Ye Qingxi's bed, and Ye Qingxi slept next to him.
Qin Cheng was somewhat unhappy when he heard that.
However, since the other party was Zhong Yan, Ye Qingxi's childhood friend, and also considered his own childhood friend, he didn't say anything.
Now that it's Huo Zinan, Qin Cheng feels uncomfortable no matter how he thinks about it. He keeps thinking: Why?
What qualifications does Huo Zinan have?
How could he possibly be worthy of it?
But how can he stop this?
Qin Cheng thought about it all afternoon, but couldn't come up with a good solution.
He always felt helpless when it came to Ye Qingxi.
Even though she had already matured to a level far surpassing Ye Qingxi in terms of cunning and shrewdness, she couldn't use any of her cunning and shrewdness because the other party was Ye Qingxi.
He didn't want to interfere with his brother's rights.
She didn't want her younger brother to be unhappy.
Ye Qingxi didn't want to feel that her brother was interfering too much.
He didn't want Ye Qingxi to feel that he was dissatisfied with his decision.
He had too many concerns, which made him quite at a loss as to where to begin.
Qin Cheng sighed silently in his heart. After the alarm clock rang, he sat up, went out the door, and went upstairs to Ye Qingxi's room to wake him up.
Ye Qingxi only told Pei Liang and the others about Huo Zinan after she arrived at the school.
The reason he hadn't told them before was that firstly, it didn't have much to do with Pei Liang and the others, and secondly, Huo Zinan wasn't him after all and was still young, so he was afraid that Huo Zinan would change his mind in the end. He wanted to wait until things settled down before telling them.
Now that the contract is signed, Huo Zinan will be arriving soon, so it's natural to inform them.
"Then you'll still have to play with him in the future?" Zhong Yan asked, resting her chin on her hand.
Ye Qingxi nodded, then comforted him, "But I'm definitely still closest to you guys~"
"That's right."
Zhong Yancai doesn't worry about this. He would worry if Huo Zinan transferred to their class, but since Huo Zinan is in the second year of junior high and not with them at all, what is there to worry about?
He just thought, "It's quite amazing that you two could rekindle your romance."
Ye Qingxi also thought so.
Pei Liang looked at him, puzzled, and asked, "Does your brother know about this?"
"Yes, I know," Ye Qingxi nodded. "I talked to him about it at noon."
"He has no objections?"
"No," Ye Qingxi said.
"He didn't say anything?" Pei Liang didn't believe it.
Ye Qingxi asked in confusion, "What do you mean by that?"
"It's nothing, I'm just a little surprised."
"surprise?"
Are you sure your brother has no objections?
Ye Qingxi: ...
Ye Qingxi thought back for a moment and felt that there probably wasn't any.
Although Qin Cheng raised some questions, it was just like his father and Li Jing asking questions out of concern for him after learning about his plan. It wasn't that they were dissatisfied with the matter, but simply that they cared about him.
"Why do you insist that he has a problem with it?" Ye Qingxi asked, puzzled.
Pei Liang smiled and said, "No, as long as he has no objection, I was just asking casually."
Ye Qingxi: ...
Ye Qingxi felt that his question was not casual at all.
He was genuinely unsure of what Pei Liang meant by "casual question."
Does Qin Cheng have any objections?
Why did Pei Liang think Qin Cheng had a problem with him?
After thinking it over, Ye Qingxi couldn't help but ask Pei Liang, "Why do you think he has a problem with that?"
This can't be without reason; Pei Liang just thinks he has a problem with it, right?
There must be some reason that gave him this feeling.
Pei Liang: ...
It's been almost forty minutes, from break time to almost the end of class, and you're still thinking about this?!
Well, since his good friend cares about this, he might as well be merciful and tell him.
"Of course, it's because of the difference in closeness or distance."
Ye Qingxi: ? ? ?
"What's the meaning?"
"Haven't you noticed?" Pei Liang said in a low voice, "Ever since you were little, your brother has always been very different in his affection for you. He's closer to you than to others. At the same time, he also feels that he's closer to you than to everyone else. So you can use his cup, but we can't. And so he can use your cup, but when we use it, he'll hand us bottled water."
Ye Qingxi: ? ? ?
Ye Qingxi thought about it and realized that there really was such a thing.
"It's the same every time. If we eat together and you ask him to get something or pick something up for you, he will get it or pick it up for you first so you don't have to do it."
"Do you remember that time we went to the movies? Kang Cong was crying, right? You were wiping his tears, but then your brother ended up wiping them for him. Was it because Kang Cong's crying was so pitiful that your brother couldn't help himself? Of course not. It was just that he felt Kang Cong wasn't worth his dear brother's help, so he wiped his tears for you so you wouldn't have to anymore."
"In short, in your brother's heart, everyone except you is a servant. He treats us, his childhood friends who grew up with you, like this, let alone Huo Zinan? What does Huo Zinan have? Does he have the bond of going through thick and thin with you? Does he have the time to spend with you day and night? He has nothing. Do you think your brother won't have any objections?"
When Ye Qingxi thought about it, it really was true!
It's not that he thinks Huo Zinan is bad.
In terms of closeness, whether in Qin Cheng's eyes or in his heart, Huo Zinan was definitely far inferior to Pei Liang and the others.
At this moment, he remembered what Qin Cheng had said earlier...
"He said he was about to take the college entrance exam and wouldn't be staying here after it was over, so Huo Zinan could stay at his place."
Pei Liang glanced at him, as if to say: What did I say? Wasn't I right?
"So, he really wants him to move in because he doesn't want Huo Zinan to live with me?"
"Otherwise what? Does he deserve it? If he were just moving in to be your maid, that would be fine, but you're the one who brought him here, and you have this kind of personality, so you're the one who'll be worrying about him now. In your brother's eyes, it's like his younger brother not only has to live with the servant, but also has to care for and take care of him. Do you think he'd be willing to do that?"
"I guess they can't agree to that, right?" Ye Qingxi thought to herself.
Just as he was about to speak again, he heard his homeroom teacher's voice from above, "Pei Liang, you answer this."
Ye Qingxi: ? ? ?
Ye Qingxi: ...
Ye Qingxi glanced at Pei Liang silently, only to see Pei Liang calmly stand up and say, "19."
Class teacher: ...So you two are just taking advantage of your good grades to not listen in class and keep talking non-stop?!
The homeroom teacher is exhausted.
Being good at studying really does allow you to do whatever you want!
"Okay, sit down."
Pei Liang calmly sat down and looked at Ye Qingxi, "Why are you looking at me? Are you worried I can't answer? How could that be?"
Ye Qingxi: ...Then you are really amazing.
"But why didn't he tell me?" Ye Qingxi continued the previous topic.
"Why else could it be? Of course, it's because I'm embarrassed," Pei Liang said. "If I told you, and you thought he was being too nosy or annoying, that wouldn't be good."
"Besides, you know your brother. He's not a talkative person. He only talks a bit more with you. He's even more of a taciturn person with us."
"That's true." Ye Qingxi nodded. "Then..."
"Ye Qingxi, you answer this question." The homeroom teacher said speechlessly.
She's already hinted so obviously, why is she still talking?!
Ye Qingxi stood up, glanced at it, and saw that it was a question she had done before.
“125,” he replied.
Class teacher: ...Very good, another correct answer.
"Okay, sit down."
Ye Qingxi sat down, but before she could ask any more questions, she heard Pei Liang's voice, "Not bad, I thought you would be stumped."
"How is that possible?" Ye Qingxi said.
Sitting next to the King of Curls, he's pretty curly too, okay?!
In that case... Huo Zinan can't stay at his place anymore.
For Ye Qingxi, Qin Cheng was more important than Pei Liang and the others, and more important than Huo Zinan.
It's not that his friendship with Pei Liang and the others isn't precious, but Qin Cheng is a member of the Mu family, and in his heart, the Mu family will always be above all else.
Ye Qingxi thought about it and felt that she had figured it out.
Got it!
Fortunately, Mu Shaoyan had given him the key to his place, so Huo Zinan could stay there.
In this way, Huo Zinan wouldn't have to stay at Qin Cheng's place and affect Qin Cheng's college entrance exam, nor would he have to stay there and make Qin Cheng dislike him.
A win-win situation.
Thinking this, Ye Qingxi picked up her phone and sent a message to Qin Cheng when the bell rang.
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