"Why are you eating shredded potatoes again? Didn't I lend you money? Have you spent it all?" Chu Qing asked.
Qi Muyang glanced at Qi Weichen, coughed and pretended to be calm, "Barbecue is not cheap, and Fatty is such a big eater, there wasn't much left after he finished eating. I also bought some school supplies over the weekend, so..."
"Wait a minute," Chu Qing interrupted him, raised her eyebrows and asked, "What did you buy?"
Qi Weichen's gaze stopped at him. Qi Muyang's back was covered with sweat. He coughed and said calmly, "I bought some school supplies. Any problem?"
"Pfft, you recharged your gaming account, and you also recharged your gaming account with school supplies. How dare you say that." Chu Qing laughed without giving him any face.
Qi Weichen stared at him thoughtfully: "Really?"
“… She’s talking nonsense, I just bought school supplies.” Qi Muyang tried to calm himself, but Chu Qing laughed even more happily. He really wanted to cover her mouth to silence her, but after taking a look at Qi Weichen’s expression, he decided not to act rashly.
What if I get killed in return
Just when he was getting restless, the fat boy who bought a cake and was going back to the dormitory to eat instant noodles saw them, his eyes lit up and he came over to greet them: "You guys are eating, hey Master Chu, you are still so full."
"It's okay, just eat this?" Chu Qing looked at the cake in his hand with a smile.
The little fat man chuckled: "Yeah, don't feel sorry for me, the treacherous minister doesn't even have a cake, he just has instant noodles, he's not as good as me."
"So it would be better to save money in normal times, instead of spending lavishly," Chu Qing glanced at him and took out her ID card. "Here, go buy something else, bring some for the treacherous minister Chen Xiu, he can't be full just by eating instant noodles."
"Thank you, Mr. Chu, but no need, instant noodles will do." The little fat man chuckled. Ever since he knew how difficult Chu Qing's life was, he felt embarrassed to take advantage of her like before.
Originally, he could have stopped there, but he couldn't help but add, "But Master Chu is right, we should really save money. If we had known that we would be eating instant noodles again so soon, we wouldn't have spent all our money on the game... Ah! Boss, why are you pinching me?!"
He was suddenly pinched, and for a moment he couldn't control his voice, and looked at Qi Muyang innocently and horrified. The fat man's roar shifted everyone's attention to Qi Muyang again.
Qi Muyang's ears turned red. After a moment of silence, he calmly said, "I didn't spend all my money on games. I still left some money for food, but it was too little."
"… No one said anything to you, what do you have to explain?" Chu Qing asked in confusion.
Qi Muyang unconsciously glanced at Qi Weichen, and when he saw that he was staring at him, he quickly looked away: "Nothing, I just wanted to say it." After saying that, he looked at the fat boy and gritted his teeth, "You should leave now, if you don't go back, the instant noodles will get cold."
The fat boy wanted to say that he would wait until he got back to the dormitory to make instant noodles, but when he saw Qi Muyang's expression, he immediately turned around and ran away.
As soon as the fat boy left, Qi Muyang coughed, lowered his head and began to eat rice. Chu Qing stared at him for a moment, and gave him a few slices of meat from her beef noodles with a click of the tongue, and ran to buy him a chicken leg. Just as Qi Muyang was hesitating whether to return it to her, two pieces of smoked fish were placed on his plate.
The plate that originally only had shredded potatoes now had meat, fish, and chicken, which looked richer than anyone else's. Qi Muyang sniffed and suddenly missed the two people on business trips.
"Thank you." Qi Muyang lowered his head almost into the plate, and his voice sounded muffled.
Although everything sounded so incredible, but when he saw the two paternity tests, he knew that these two people were definitely his parents when he was young. He had also had wild imaginations before, thinking that maybe someone had cloned his parents' genes, but the feeling they gave him, the kind of spiritual intimacy and familiarity, was definitely not something that technology could explain.
… Otherwise, just accept them. He really misses his parents. Although there are no mature versions of them, the young versions seem to be fine too.
Qi Muyang was lost in thought. Chu Qing saw him frowning and thinking from time to time, as if he was troubled by something. She couldn't help but feel a little curious. She wanted to ask him, but then she thought that she had asked him more than once. If he really wanted to tell her, he would have told her long ago.
Thinking of this, Chu Qing stopped worrying and began to carefully pick the green peppers in the bowl. The school cafeteria was outsourced, and the taste was actually okay, but there was one bad thing, that is, no matter what they cooked, they had to put green peppers in it, and she happened to not like it, so she had to pick it out every time.
Just as she was picking out the food bit by bit, Qi Weichen next to her suddenly said, "Don't be picky."
Chu Qing paused, and before she could say anything, she felt Qi Muyang across from her stiffen. She looked up and saw Qi Muyang picking green peppers out of the shredded potatoes.
She was a little unsure who Qi Weichen was warning just now, so she blinked and looked at Qi Weichen: "Who are you talking about?"
"You two." Qi Weichen said lightly.
Upon hearing this, Qi Muyang immediately took back the green pepper he had taken out and ate it bit by bit like swallowing bitter medicine. Chu Qing was silent for a moment, and was really not interested in this green thing.
"Eating more vegetables is good for your health." Qi Weichen said slowly.
Chu Qing looked embarrassed: "But I don't like green peppers. They taste weird and rusty."
Qi Weichen was silent for a moment, then he picked up the small green vegetables from his plate and gave them to her, and then picked up the green peppers and said, "Eat it."
“… Thank you.” Chu Qing was speechless and could only lower her head and eat silently.
Qi Muyang, who had seen the whole scene, looked at the green pepper that he had been picking up for a long time but couldn't put into his mouth, and immediately mustered up the courage to say, "I, I don't like green peppers either, will you exchange with me?"
Unexpectedly, Qi Muyang would make such a request to Qi Weichen. Chu Qing was stunned for a moment and then looked at Qi Weichen. Qi Weichen raised his eyelids and glanced at Qi Muyang, then slowly said, "No."
Qi Muyang: "..." Why! Have you forgotten that I am your dear baby? !
After being rejected, he was overwhelmed with grief and anger again, but it was a pity that he didn't feel sad for long. Under Qi Weichen's gaze, he calmed down and ate the rest of the meal with a dead heart.
Including green peppers.
Qi Muyang's thoughts about his parents were completely destroyed by the green peppers. After eating the green peppers, he seemed to have his Ren and Du meridians opened up, and suddenly he figured out one thing -
If he acknowledged his parents now, it would mean that he would have to live with them as their son for the next year or so. Not only would he be watched when he slept in class, he wouldn't even be able to enjoy his freedom when eating.
... So, he must be crazy to acknowledge them, he will never acknowledge them! As long as he doesn't acknowledge them, then they are just classmates, and the younger version of his parents have no right to control him!
Having made up his mind, he began to mentally prepare himself, trying to forget about the paternity test and what Qi Weichen had said to him. I don't know if he was too good at deceiving himself, but when he finished mentally preparing himself and entered the class again, getting along with Chu Qing was as natural as before.
"You seem to be in a much better mood," Chu Qing commented.
Qi Muyang sneered: "I'm always in a good mood."
… Then who was it that was like a volcano, ready to explode at any time? Chu Qing smiled and did not expose him: "It's okay as long as you are in a good mood." As she spoke, she took out a piece of chewing gum from her pocket and gave it to him.
Qi Muyang lowered his eyes to look at the chewing gum in her palm, paused for a moment, then shifted his gaze to her face. The moment they looked at each other, Chu Qing blinked at him.
"... Not stable at all." Qi Muyang complained a little dissatisfiedly, but after complaining, he suddenly remembered that 2042's mother was already 41 years old and didn't seem stable at all, let alone this 18-year-old.
Qi Muyang sighed, and when he looked up, he accidentally saw the mirrors on the tables in front of him, and unexpectedly met Qi Weichen's eyes in the mirror.
Qi Muyang: “…” Even scarier than a horror movie.
Because he was frightened, he was very well behaved in the next two classes. Even though his mind was blank, he pretended to listen to the lectures seriously. Chu Qing thought several times that he had lost his mind.
During the break, Chu Qing invited him to go to the supermarket to buy ice cream. Qi Muyang, who had been stiff for two classes, collapsed on the table and refused to move no matter what: "I'm not going. I want to sleep for a while."
"Okay then, do you want to eat it? I'll buy you one." Chu Qing asked.
Qi Muyang hesitated: "Eat it."
"Ok." Chu Qing went out immediately.
Qi Muyang sighed, lying on the table with no hope in life. Before he fell asleep, he felt a pair of eyes staring at him. He raised his head silently, and after looking at Qi Weichen for a moment, he found that he was too frightened and had no big reaction at this moment.
"... Are you okay?" Thinking of his plan, Qi Muyang mustered up the courage to ask.
Qi Weichen did not answer his question, but asked in return: "Are the results of the identification out?"
"I've already told you, why are you asking?" Qi Muyang felt that pretending to be impatient was a test of his acting skills when he already knew the result.
Qi Weichen lifted his eyelids and looked at him, his cold eyes seemed to have the power to see through people's hearts. Qi Muyang's Adam's apple moved, even though he kept hypnotizing himself not to be afraid, his pupils still trembled. Just when he was about to run away, the little fat boy suddenly ran in: "Boss, there is a sophomore boy confessing his love outside, do you want to go and watch the fun?"
"There are confessions every day. They are all a bunch of ignorant people playing with premature love. What's so exciting about it?" With the little fat man as an outlet, Qi Muyang could finally vent his anger. "Can you do something serious every day? All day long, you are either studying this premature love or paying attention to that secret crush. Is it interesting?!"
The little fat boy was not angry after being yelled at by him, he just looked at him innocently: "But, the person he confessed to is Mr. Chu."
Qi Muyang was stunned: "Who?"
"Chu, Master." The little fat man said word by word. Before he finished speaking, Qi Weichen had already walked out with his long legs.
Qi Muyang: “…” Fuck you, you dare to hit on my mom, I’ll kill you!
The author has something to say: Qi Muyang: As long as I act like them well enough, my parents won’t be able to tell that I already know who they are
Qi Weichen: Oh
100 red envelopes for this chapter, love you guys, thank you for waiting (it’s really fresh…) I’ll update at 12 o’clock tomorrow, I’ve been holding it in for a long time, Qingqing will soon know the truth, you all know me, my pace is super fast! (Men have to be fast! This is just a catchphrase! I’m a woman! [I didn’t expect everyone to misunderstand, let me explain quickly, friends who come later, please tell the kids in front, I! Am a woman!])