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Join the ServerWhen Ji Xiao arrived at the classroom, there weren’t many people left.
He walked to Liang Fei’s side: “Can we go?”
“Mm-hmm, the teacher said we can go home and come back for class tomorrow.”
“Then let’s go, we’ll go tell the teacher.”
“Okay~”
After greeting the teacher, Ji Xiao led Liang Fei out of school.
“Papa, your back is dirty, did you fall?”
“Yeah, I took a fall.”
“You’re so grown up, how can you still fall?” Liang Fei sighed. “Next time, don’t go smoke alone, let me accompany you.”
Ji Xiao: “…”
Liang Fei pressed further: “You really don’t give people peace of mind.”
Ji Xiao reached out and scooped him up, carrying him forward while pinching his face: “I see you’re getting more and more unruly lately. Tonight, no cooking. We’ll grab two packs of instant noodles from the supermarket.”
Liang Fei quickly leaned his head on his shoulder: “So annoying! You pinch my face every day, it’s going to get big!”
“…”
“Also, I don’t want instant noodles. I want your cooking. Otherwise, I’ll really tell Dad. You actually want me to eat instant noodles? Dad said it’s not healthy!”
“Then don’t eat. Go hungry.”
Liang Fei pouted, tightly hugging Ji Xiao’s neck, and said pitifully: “Am I really that unruly?”
Ji Xiao lightly hummed in affirmation.
Liang Fei sniffled: “Then throw me away. It’s not like I’m your biological child anyway, boo hoo hoo.”
Ji Xiao: “…”
“Just throw me away here, I’ll get caught by bad people, and then I won’t be unruly anymore,” Liang Fei said strongly. “I’ll get beaten by bad people, go hungry, get sold. None of that matters, as long as Che Dad is happy.”
Ji Xiao wore a complicated expression: “…What have you been watching lately?”
Liang Fei hugged his neck tightly: “Throw me away!”
Ji Xiao found it funny and wanted to put him down, but he hugged so tightly that he couldn’t, so he said helplessly: “I can’t breathe. Be good, let go.”
Liang Fei refused to let go, still shouting: “I knew you really want to throw me away, boo hoo hoo.”
Ji Xiao tugged at his hand helplessly: “I won’t throw you away.”
“I don’t believe you. You’re going to throw me away!”
“…Really, I won’t.”
“You don’t love me anymore, and you want me to eat instant noodles!”
“I was joking. I’ll cook myself, make you a whole fish feast, okay?”
“No, Dad isn’t home. No one will pick out the bones for me. I’ll choke. I’m so miserable, boo hoo. Dad, I miss you…”
Ji Xiao patted him lightly: “That’s enough. Keep acting up and I’ll get mad.”
Liang Fei suddenly quieted down.
His big eyes looked at the surrounding gazes, then he chuckled: “Uncles and aunties, don’t look at my Papa like that. I’m just playing around with him!”
The people who originally wanted to step forward and mediate silently backed off.
Ji Xiao ducked into the market and bought a few fish, then took Liang Fei home.
Kitchen.
Black Cat: “No, where’s the mistake?”
[Liang Fei, dull, fearful, depressed? I think he can be mischievous enough to reach the sky.]
Black Cat said speechlessly: “Isn’t it because the host raised him that way?”
Ji Xiao’s face was cold: [Don’t talk nonsense!]
Black Cat: “What eight-year-old kid can play on a tablet, browse Weibo, and play games?”
Ji Xiao’s hand holding the knife paused: [He played games?]
Black Cat: “That’s right. He also knows how to binge-watch shows. The internet really is a good teacher. The gloomy kid from the original plot has completely changed.”
Ji Xiao: “…”
Black Cat: “Host, think about how you usually treat him. I think you’re the main reason. The internet is secondary.”
Ji Xiao: [Alright, shut up. You may leave now.]
Black Cat: “…Boring.” Fine, I’ll leave!
Ji Xiao indeed made a table full of whole fish feast.
Seeing him seriously pick out the bones and put them on the plate, Liang Fei scratched his head: “Sorry, Papa. I wasn’t trying to cause trouble today. I just wanted to act spoiled.”
Ji Xiao smiled and pushed the plate in front of him: “It’s okay. Papa loves you. I don’t blame you. Eat.”
“Thank you, Papa!”
After showering and returning to his bed, Liang Fei pulled out the tablet from under his pillow and opened it. He tapped on several apps, but all were locked.
He was stunned for a moment.
Angrily, he rushed into the master bedroom with the tablet and said furiously: “Pa…”
Ji Xiao was leaning on the bed smoking. He turned his head and gave him a cool glance: “Who allowed you to barge into someone else’s room?”
Liang Fei silently backed off, closed the door, and knocked a few times: “Papa, can I come in?”
Ji Xiao exhaled smoke: “No.”
Liang Fei paused, then knocked twice more: “Papa, I’m coming in.”
He opened the door.
Ji Xiao had already put out the cigarette: “You have class tomorrow, why aren’t you asleep yet?”
Liang Fei hugged the tablet and pouted: “You locked everything on my tablet. Is it because I made you angry today? You’re an adult, how can you be so petty!”
Ji Xiao stood up and looked at him indifferently.
Liang Fei shrank back, then looked at the bed: “If you don’t unlock it, I’ll tell Dad you were smoking in the room!”
Ji Xiao rolled up his sleeves and walked toward him: “It seems I’ve really spoiled you.”
Liang Fei: “???”
Ji Xiao lifted him with one hand and threw him onto the bed.
Then he was pushed back down by one hand.
“I’ve spoiled you beyond reason. That’s my fault. Tonight, I’ll teach you a lesson.”
Feeling his big hand patting his soft flesh, as if weighing where to strike, Liang Fei immediately struggled: “You’re going to hit me? You actually want to hit me? Waaah—waah—”
Ji Xiao: “…” I haven’t even started yet.
“Dad—boo hoo, come back quickly, Dad—your husband is going to beat me to death, boo hoo—”
“…” A long road ahead.
Look, is that what a child should say?
“Waah—”
The demonic sound was piercing.
Ji Xiao let him go: “Alright, stop crying.”
As soon as he was released, Liang Fei quickly jumped up, but was snatched into Ji Xiao’s arms. Just as he was about to continue crying out, his mouth was covered.
Ji Xiao: “If you want to fake cry, at least make it more convincing. Not a single tear. Who are you trying to fool?”
Liang Fei blinked.
Ji Xiao: ‘Who the hell said his setting was gloomy and depressed?’
“Liang Fei, let’s have a man-to-man talk.”
He released the hand covering Liang Fei’s mouth.
Liang Fei didn’t act out anymore, obediently leaning against him.
“You know, your Dad and I are not your biological parents.”
Liang Fei lowered his eyes.
“He loves you very much. I am his partner, so I will also treat you as my own son.”
Liang Fei clenched his hands.
“Neither of us has raised a child before, so we might not do well in some areas. But Liang Fei, we will both learn how to raise a child. I know…”
Black Cat couldn’t listen anymore and slipped deeper into the house to watch a movie.
Lying to whom?
Obviously, they’ve raised a child before.
…
That night, Liang Fei slept with Ji Xiao.
The next morning, after breakfast, Ji Xiao picked up Liang Fei’s little backpack and took him to school.
At the school gate.
Liang Fei tightly held Ji Xiao’s hand: “Papa, I’m sorry.”
Ji Xiao touched his head, bent down to put the backpack on him: “Study well. Remember what I told you last night.”
“Mm!”
“Go on. I’ll pick you up after school.”
“Goodbye, Papa!”
“Goodbye, son.”
Liang Fei walked through the school gate, turned around, and saw Ji Xiao still standing there watching him. His nose tingled, and he quickly ran toward the classroom.
[You will be the only son of Xiao Hui and me. He has worked very hard. You need to grow up well and take care of him together with me.]
Liang Fei wiped the corner of his eyes, picked up his little backpack, and entered the classroom.
Outside the school, just as Ji Xiao was about to go home, he received a call from Chen Shuhui.
His voice was hoarse: “Qin Che, can you come pick me up?”
Ji Xiao quickened his pace back, pulling out his car keys from his pocket: “Where are you?”
“Wait for me.”
“…Mm.” With a nasal tone.
After hanging up, Ji Xiao went from a fast walk to a run, heading straight for the garage.
Once on the road, his face darkened: “What happened to Chen Shuhui?”
Black Cat quickly said: “Wait a moment, I’m checking the surveillance.”
After checking.
“Host…”
[Speak.]
“He was harassed by Fu Ying… In the surveillance, I only saw them returning to the dormitory, and then later Chen Shuhui ran out, Fu Ying chased after him, got separated by the crowd, and then Chen Shuhui ran toward the restroom.”
…
When Chen Shuhui returned to the dorm to change clothes, Fu Ying sent the others away.
At that time, Chen Shuhui was in the restroom, already changed into pants, with only one button on his shirt fastened, when Fu Ying barged in.
The restroom door in their dorm was broken.
Usually only two colleagues stayed there. Chen Shuhui and Fu Ying only came back to change clothes or occasionally take a nap when too tired to go home.
They were all men, so the restroom had never been repaired, usually left ajar.
Chen Shuhui thought Fu Ying was in a hurry to use the toilet, so he sidestepped while buttoning up, intending to leave.
But Fu Ying grabbed his arm and pulled him into his embrace.
“Fu Ying, what are you doing!”
Fu Ying’s heart was bitter: “When did you get together with your boyfriend?”
“None of your business. Let me go!”
“It must have been recent,” Fu Ying’s voice was bitter. “Otherwise, I would have noticed. I’ve liked you for half a year. I was too conventional, wanting to take it slow. Who knew that by being slow, I’d let you fall into someone else’s arms.”
“Let me go.”
“That child isn’t yours either, is he? He doesn’t look like you at all.”
“Fu Ying, don’t make this ugly.”
“I’m not making a scene. I like you. You just got together with him, so the feelings shouldn’t be deep yet. We’ve spent more time together. Give me a chance… mmph.”
Chen Shuhui couldn’t break free, so he simply lifted his knee and jabbed, then pushed him away and ran out while Fu Ying recoiled.
He chased after relentlessly, until Chen Shuhui managed to lose him by plunging into the station crowd.
Worried that Fu Ying was waiting for him at the entrance, he hid in the restroom and called Ji Xiao.
In the restroom.
Chen Shuhui stood in a stall, the air filled with the smell of disinfectant and air freshener.
Because of the earlier running and hiding, he was sweating profusely, his temples wet, his shirt sticking to his body.
After two days of following the car and this incident, he was mentally exhausted. He leaned slowly against the door, feeling a bit dizzy.
He was already considering the possibility of quitting.
But he had only been a regular employee for two months, and the pay was good. If he looked for a new job, he might not find a suitable one.
To lose his job over someone like that? He felt a bit unwilling.
Why? He hadn’t done anything wrong.
Fu Ying was usually polite, measured in his actions, and had gradually become familiar with him. He never expected him to be that kind of person.
Utterly disgusting.
He clutched his phone, checking the time from time to time.
Every time someone entered the restroom, his heart would slightly tense.
Afraid Fu Ying would find him.
Thinking about how strong Fu Ying was, he would definitely lose in a fight.
Someone else entered.
“Xiao Hui.”
Hearing a familiar voice, he opened the door, and when he saw Ji Xiao, his eyes reddened.
Chen Shuhui was not a sentimental person.
He was an orphan. He was already quite old when he entered the orphanage, and no one adopted him. After becoming an adult, he lost his subsidies and had to support himself.
Even high school was a struggle.
He wasn’t able to balance life and college, so after high school, he resolutely started working.
He had also endured a lot of hardship.
After realizing his sexual orientation, he had no interest in dating, until his work gradually stabilized and he met Qin Che.
Ji Xiao reached out his hand to him.
Chen Shuhui leaned into his embrace, holding back his tears.
Ji Xiao gently patted his back and said tenderly: “I’m here. It’s okay.”
Chen Shuhui hummed a low “Mm.”
“Let’s go home first?”
“Mm.”
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