Chapter 82 Extra 4 if line: Meeting at that time (1)
When Qi Xing was in the second grade of Primary School and was about to start summer vacation, the school organized a charity event and went to the city's children's welfare home to provide assistance.
Most of the other students donated books, clothes and toys. Qi Xing, the little kid, thought about it and decided to use his saved pocket money to buy a big bag of snacks and bring it over.
"Why can't children in the welfare home like to eat snacks?" When asked by the teacher, Qi Xing blinked and said so innocently.
The teacher smiled and said, "Then you can distribute the snacks to them yourself."
The children's welfare home is actually an orphanage. Most of the children there are sick and disabled, but there are healthy children too. Usually, they are already older when they come in and do not want to be adopted, so they stay there.
Qi Xing distributed snacks to everyone one by one. After the whole round, he only had one lollipop left in his hand. When he turned around, he saw someone coming out of the dean's office.
The tall boy had a cold expression, but his face was more handsome than anyone Qi Xing had ever seen.
The child stared at him intently and turned to walk in another direction, hearing the whispers of several aunties behind him.
"It's probably useless for the dean to call him in for questioning. Even if Ye Xingzhou did it on purpose, he won't admit it."
"If it wasn't intentional, what was he trying to do by breaking the handrail? The cat he used to tease was killed by Chen Qian, and now Chen Qian has broken his leg. It's hard to say that he wasn't deliberately seeking revenge. These kids are so troublesome."
"Ye Xingzhou is a very precocious kid. Sometimes I find his eyes scary."
Qi Xing followed him out and saw the handsome older brother sitting under a tree in the yard reading a book. He tilted his head to look at him for a while and walked towards him.
"Big brother, please have a lollipop--"
Ye Xingzhou raised his eyes and saw a beautiful child with a bright smile in front of him, holding a lollipop and wanting to give it to him. He looked indifferent and looked away after just one glance. He ignored the child and lowered his head to continue reading.
The little boy should have been angry after being rejected without giving him face and the other party didn't even say a word to him. But when he thought about what the aunties had just said about the big brother's cat being thrown to death, he felt that the big brother was so pitiful, so he became generous and didn't make a fuss with him.
Qi Xing peeled the lollipop and handed it to Ye Xingzhou again: "Big brother, eat it. If you don't refuse, I will tell everyone that you deliberately broke the railing and made others break their legs, hehe."
Ye Xingzhou raised his head again, his eyes were cold, but Qi Xing was not afraid of him: "I won't tell you if you eat it."
"What do you want to do?" Ye Xingzhou finally spoke.
Qi Xing was overjoyed. His elder brother's voice was better than others'. It was not as hoarse as others'. He liked it very much.
"I want to be friends with you!"
The lollipop was finally given out, although Ye Xingzhou held it in his hand and did not eat it.
Before leaving, Qi Xing said, "Don't worry, big brother. I won't tell anyone about your situation. My name is Qi Xing. I'll come and play with you next time. Bye."
After returning home, Qi Xing told his parents about this older brother and insisted that they adopt Ye Xingzhou.
He has heard from the teacher that children in the orphanage can be adopted. He is a child and cannot adopt his older brother, but his parents can!
"Either you give me another brother who is as good-looking as my older brother, or let my older brother be my brother!"
Qi Ronghua & Wang Cuilan: "..."
No, they really can't give birth.
Qi Ronghua and his wife didn't take it seriously. Adopting a child is not like buying a toy, so how could they satisfy Qi Xing's wishes? Besides, their career had just started and they were busy every day. Qi Xing had no time to take care of it, so how could he have the energy to raise another child.
Forget it. This kid will definitely forget about it after just three days.
As a result, Qi Xing was extremely persistent about this matter. Not only did he not forget it, but every weekend he would pester his parents, insisting that he must go to the orphanage to see his older brother.
Qi Ronghua finally had no choice but to take his people there, and met the handsome big brother that Qi Xing mentioned.
Qi Ronghua's first reaction was to refuse. The 15-year-old boy was much taller than him and had a cold look on his face, as if he didn't want anyone to come near him. Children in their rebellious teenage years are the most difficult to discipline. He had nothing better to do than to create such a big trouble.
Qi Xing, however, acted as if he was about to take the person home, and happily went to tell Ye Xingzhou about it.
Ye Xingzhou frowned, facing the child's bright eyes, and suddenly thought of his cat. The words "no" came to his lips, but suddenly he couldn't say it. After a moment of silence, he just said, "Your father won't want to adopt me, so just give up."
Qi Xing patted his chest and said, "I'll find a way."
Ye Xingzhou had an indescribable feeling. He was inexplicably pestered by a self-righteous kid. He should have felt annoyed, but when he saw Qi Xing's eyes and listened to the kid's incoherent, illogical but confident words, he was actually amused, which was extremely rare.
"Wait until you figure out a solution."
Since his elder brother said so, he must find a way. His father refused to give in, so the little boy thought about it and came up with other ideas. He went to talk to his godfather about this and wanted him to adopt Ye Xingzhou.
Old Chen's child died in an accident when he was young, and his wife also died early. He has been alone for many years. He originally had no other thoughts after having Qi Xing as his godson, but Qi Xing suddenly came to him and asked him to adopt a brother. He thought it was a joke at first, but after listening to what Qi Xing said, he became interested.
"Someone threw his cat to death, and he broke the railing and let the person fall off the building? Aren't you afraid of such a cruel person?"
Although he promised not to tell anyone, his uncle was not an outsider, so Qi Xing did not hesitate: "I'm not afraid, I would do the same if I were him. The bad guy is too bad, he is just trying to avenge the little cat."
Old Chen smiled and nodded: "You are right, this kid seems to be quite interesting."
So Mr. Chen personally took Qi Xing to the welfare home to meet Ye Xingzhou.
Qi Xing, who was playing in the yard, had no idea what they talked about. But when his god-grandfather came out and told him that he would take his big brother home after the formalities were completed, the little boy cheered excitedly and jumped up.
Old Chen was all smiles. He thought that little Qi Xing had really found him a good treasure, Ye Chonglin’s son? interesting.
Ye Xingzhou's background is not difficult to find out. After all, the Ye family is a long-established family in the upper class circle of Huaicheng. Ye Chonglin eloped with someone, and later abandoned his wife and children and returned in disgrace to inherit the family business. Many people know about this.
Although Ye Chonglin had passed away when Ye Xingzhou was born and his name was not on the birth certificate, for some reason his mother still gave him the surname Ye and told him about his life story. When asked about it just now, the child himself admitted it.
The boy's face was cold and ruthless, which was not in line with his age. He said that he would do anything as long as it could help him return to the Ye family and get what he wanted. Old Chen likes people who are ambitious and ruthless, and Ye Xingzhou has both of these qualities, so he is happy to oblige him and also to make his precious grandson happy.
Ye Xingzhou followed Old Chen back to Qingping Garden. Qi Xing would come here half of the week. It happened to be summer vacation now, so he just lived here as well. Every day he pestered Ye Xingzhou to play with this kid who was at least two generations apart from him.
"Big brother, do you watch cartoons? I like SpongeBob the most, what about you?"
"Big brother, these are the glass marbles my neighbor's brother gave me. Do you want me to give them to you?"
"Big brother, do you want a lollipop? How about ice cream? And do you want some spicy chips?"
"Big Brother——"
Ye Xingzhou has become accustomed to the kid's clinginess and can always listen to him calling him "big brother" without changing his expression, and he doesn't feel annoyed at all.
When he was reading, the children were watching cartoons and eating snacks beside him, muttering from time to time, or laughing. He would occasionally look over there and be unconsciously infected by the children's emotions, as if the haze that had accumulated in his heart for a long time was gradually dissipating.
"Wake up."
Suddenly hearing Ye Xingzhou calling him, Qi Xing blinked and leaned forward to him: "Big brother, are you calling me?"
Ye Xingzhou asked him: "I heard your family members call you that, so I'll call you that too, is that okay?"
Qi Xing smiled and nodded: "Of course."
Ye Xingzhou raised his hand and touched his head: "Okay."
Qi Xing shook his head and muttered, "Actually, my mother still calls me baby."
Ye Xingzhou's eyes rarely showed a smile: "Baby?"
Qi Xing blushed inexplicably: "Baby, isn't it okay?"
Ye Xingzhou: "Yes, it is indeed a baby."
Qi Xing felt a little embarrassed by his laughter, and leaned back on the sofa with the SpongeBob pillow in his arms, humming and thinking that he was already eight years old and it seemed that he couldn't be called a baby anymore, although he felt that he was a baby.
Ye Xingzhou noticed his reaction and seemed to have found a way to deal with this kid.
Although he is a little clingy, he can't stand being teased. He will get shy if teased, and might even get angry if teased too much.
He seemed to have rediscovered the joy of raising a cat, but this kid was obviously more interesting than that cat.
Qi Xing was halfway through watching a cartoon when his head tilted and he fell asleep leaning against the sofa.
Ye Xingzhou tilted his head to look at him, took the blanket to cover him, sat down beside him and continued reading.
The child's body slowly slid down, and finally his furry head rested on his legs. He mumbled something in his sleep and fell into a deep sleep.
Ye Xingzhou looked down at him for a moment, then his gaze returned to the book, feeling calmer than ever before.
He didn't need a kid as young as Qi Xing as a friend, but it seemed nice to have Qi Xing around.
Ye Xingzhou always remembered this scene for many years.
On an ordinary afternoon in midsummer, they sat together in the brightest sunlight, Qi Xing fell asleep on his lap, time flowed slowly, and this moment could last forever.
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