"Are you still my mother? Are you still my mother?!" Chu Qing was so angry that she hit him again.
Qi Muyang quickly grabbed her hand and asked in shock, "You knew this a long time ago?"
"Nonsense!" Chu Qing stopped, panting.
Qi Muyang was still confused: "What, when did you know?"
"When you said your father's name was Qi Dazhuang," Chu Qing glanced at him, "Judging from their ages, your parents should be about the same age as me. How could they have a name like Qi Dazhuang?"
"How is it impossible! It's so special!" Qi Muyang was not convinced.
Chu Qing frowned in disdain: "Special bullshit!"
After she finished speaking, the surroundings suddenly became quiet. Qi Muyang glanced at her, then quickly turned his face away. After repeating this several times, his ears gradually turned red.
Chu Qing paused for a moment, then asked doubtfully: "...Are you shy now?"
“… I didn’t.” Qi Muyang muttered, but his ears turned even redder.
The good atmosphere suddenly became a little strange after he did this. Chu Qing saw the sparkling light in his eyes and her mood began to become subtle. She coughed and her voice became smaller: "What are you looking at?!"
"Mom..." Qi Muyang hummed.
Chu Qing: “…”
Qi Muyang saw her awkward expression and his face immediately turned red. He said angrily, "What do you mean?! You haven't even given birth to me yet, and I'm willing to call you that. Shouldn't you be acting like you got a bargain?!"
“… Thank you. I’m only eighteen, and the most intimate thing I’ve ever done with a boy is holding hands. I don’t have the ability to give birth to a son as old as you.” Chu Qing said speechlessly.
Qi Muyang was stunned for a moment, and then he became angry: "Didn't you say that you only fell in love in college?! Why have you held hands with a boy now? Were you lying to me about what you said before?!"
Chu Qing was stunned by his question. After a moment of silence, she said seriously, "Why would I lie to you? It's wrong to fall in love early. You should at least wait until college to have a relationship."
"Then why did you hold hands with a boy?!" Qi Muyang kept on asking.
Chu Qing sighed: "Didn't you dance hand in hand with a girl when you were in kindergarten?"
Qi Muyang was stunned for a moment, and after a long while he managed to utter, "Why should I remember what happened in kindergarten?"
"Oh," Chu Qing glanced at him, "If you have nothing else to do, go back. I have to go back to sleep."
Qi Muyang opened his mouth but couldn't say anything, so he anxiously grabbed her wrist. Chu Qing looked at him puzzledly: "Anything else?"
"You haven't responded to me yet." Qi Muyang pretended to be impatient, but in fact his ears began to turn red.
Chu Qing was puzzled: "What response?"
"I called you mom, and you didn't show any reaction?" Qi Muyang's eyes sparkled.
Chu Qing was silent for a moment, narrowing her eyes vigilantly: "I don't have any money, don't even think about asking me for a red envelope."
"... I don't want a red envelope." This time it was Qi Muyang's turn to be speechless. "Can you please stop treating me like some blood-sucking relative? I'm your own son!"
"… You've adapted quickly. You treated me as your sister before, but now you treat me as your mother." Chu Qing was speechless.
Qi Muyang said confidently: "You are my mother, what is there to adapt to?" He paused, looked at her carefully, and said with a grin, "You are just a little younger and prettier than before, nothing else has changed."
If he had known that they were time travelers, he would have been able to guess their identities at the first moment. After all, whether it was the father or the mother, there was basically no change.
Chu Qing was a little nervous when she heard his words: "Why, am I old at 41?"
"How could that be? My mother is the most beautiful. Let me show you." Qi Muyang said as he opened the photo album on his phone. His fingers slid quickly across the game screenshots and soon came to a photo of a family of three.
In the photo, Qi Muyang stood in front with his phone, the middle-aged version of Qi Weichen sat on the sofa, and the middle-aged version of Chu Qing was smiling and holding his arm. The family looked harmonious and happy. Qi Muyang in the photo was no different from now. It should have been taken in the past two years. Chu Qing in the photo was not much different from 18 years old except that she was more mature. Qi Weichen, on the other hand, was still handsome, but the years seemed to have worn away some of his coldness, making him more gentle. When he looked at the camera, there was a faint smile in his eyes.
Chu Qing was suddenly faced with the family of three together. She was shocked and her eyes couldn't help but stop on her 41-year-old self's face... She was really beautiful, a little more mature than now, but her eyes were still smart and lively, which meant that she must have lived a good life over the years.
"… So, did my braised meat shop open successfully?" Chu Qing couldn't help asking. Now she didn't want to ask why she married Qi Weichen at all, because that must be a particularly tragic story, and she just wanted to hear something happy.
Qi Muyang took his phone back speechlessly: "You are a scientific researcher, why would you open a braised meat shop... But I am very curious, why can you be admitted to university when you are so poor at studying now?"
"How would I know?" Chu Qing looked at him strangely, and then suddenly realized, "I know!"
"What?" Qi Muyang was curious.
Chu Qing was excited: "It must be that after I traveled through time, I found the real exam questions for 2020, memorized the answers, and then traveled back through time, so I was able to do so well in the exam."
Qi Muyang: “…”
"Doing scientific research, could he have obtained a doctorate? Did I also cheat for my doctorate?" Chu Qing wondered.
Qi Muyang was shocked: "Are you kidding me?"
"You're kidding," Chu Qing stopped laughing and glanced at him. "You can be a bad student, but you can be a bad person. There are only so many places in the university. If I really cheated to get in, there will be someone who can't get in because of me. What's wrong with those who work so hard to study? Why should I take their place?"
After Chu Qing finished speaking, she thought of her English teacher and immediately added, "It's okay to cheat during dictation, but I don't want to be punished by copying."
Qi Muyang was stunned for a moment, then he understood what she meant and laughed: "You really haven't changed at all." 18 and 41 years old, more than 20 years seemed to have not changed her at all, she has always been so pure.
"Don't talk as if you know me very well." Chu Qing looked at him, and the more she looked at him, the more awkward she felt.
Previously, she only felt that his lips and eyes were familiar. Recently, after learning about their relationship, she finally understood. No wonder she felt familiar. It turned out that he looked like her.
Qi Muyang raised his chin and looked at her: "I was born by you, of course I understand you."
"... Stop saying I gave birth to the child all the time. I haven't given birth yet." Chu Qing was speechless. She was so young, and suddenly a son appeared. Her little heart couldn't bear it.
Qi Muyang heard the resistance in her words and looked at her with a hurt face: "What do you mean, you don't want to recognize me?"
"... Don't be sad yet, let me help you sort it out," Chu Qing said, pulling him to sit in front of the flower bed next to her and analyzing it carefully with him, "The reason why you are so used to my existence now is because I have been with you for 18 years of your life, but the 18-year-old me is different. I haven't experienced pregnancy, childbirth, raising children, etc. It's normal for me to have no affection for you, don't you think?"
Qi Muyang: “…”
"But!" Chu Qing saw that his expression was not right, and immediately added, "But your 41-year-old mother must love you very much. It's just that as far as I'm concerned... I'm the same age as you, how can I be your mother?"
In fact, the maintenance of family affection in this world is mostly not based on blood ties, but on mutual love and dedication between relatives, as well as long-term companionship. Chu Qing does not have any of these three, so she really doesn't have a sense of... substitution.
She said it politely, but Qi Muyang was still sad. He sniffed and said in a low voice, "You really don't want to recognize me. I am just an insignificant deskmate to you."
“… Why does it rhyme?” Chu Qing was helpless.
Qi Muyang rubbed his eyes and said nothing.
Chu Qing suddenly felt a little guilty. She put herself in her mother's shoes and thought, if her mother, who was 20 years younger, suddenly didn't recognize her, she would probably be very sad. The more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable she felt. She sighed and said expectantly, "Don't call me mom in front of outsiders in the future, otherwise they will think you are crazy."
Qi Muyang's eyes lit up.
Chu Qing thought for a moment and said, "Don't yell in private. Of course, if you really want to yell... you can, but don't let others hear it, okay?"
"Yeah!" Qi Muyang nodded vigorously.
Chu Qing found him a little funny: "Are you so happy?"
"Of course," Qi Muyang said, unable to hold back his laughter, he groaned and reached out to hug her, "Mom, I miss you so much."
Chu Qing was held stiffly by him, and suddenly she felt a little sympathy for Qi Weichen. It took her a long time to adjust herself before she raised her hand to touch his dog head and rubbed it gently.
After being held for a long time, Qi Muyang showed no intention of letting go, so Chu Qing could only helplessly say: "Okay, what if we are discovered and arrested for premature love, isn't that a loss?"
Being caught having an early love affair with my mom? What a disgusting script. Qi Muyang was so disgusted by her that he quickly let go of her hand, looked around vigilantly, and breathed a sigh of relief after making sure that no one was around: "Then, Mom, I'll go home first."
"Wait a moment." Chu Qing called him.
Qi Muyang stopped immediately: "What's the matter?"
Chu Qing stared at him for a long while, then said carefully: "When you return to the dormitory, you must never admit our relationship, understand?"
She had finally regained her freedom through the breakup, and she didn't want to be controlled by Qi Weichen because of their future relationship. Although she didn't know why she married Qi Weichen when she was in her 20s, she still didn't want to have too much involvement with him now.
The only way to not be involved with him is to deny this relationship.
Qi Muyang was stunned for a moment: "But, but, I have called mom and dad several times today, can you still deny it?"
"As long as you are thick-skinned, nothing is impossible," Chu Qing said firmly, "Do I need to tell you what the consequences will be if we really recognize each other?"
Thinking of the torture he had suffered in the past few days, Qi Muyang shook his head with a firm look on his face.
Chu Qing sighed and patted his shoulder earnestly, "I know that in this battle, you have endured much more pressure than I have, but for the sake of us... our happy life as mother and son, we must not acknowledge our relationship with him now."
"I know, Mom. Don't worry, I won't let you down." Qi Muyang said seriously.
Chu Qing nodded heavily: "Okay, then you go back."
"Well, wait for the news of my victory." Qi Muyang said solemnly, then turned and walked towards the dormitory.
When he returned to the dormitory, Qi Weichen had already packed up. When he saw him coming back, he asked calmly, "Does she accept our relationship?"
Qi Muyang was silent for a moment, then looked at him innocently: "Who are you?"
Qi Weichen: "...Qi Muyang."
"Hmm?" Qi Muyang shuddered.
"Do you deserve to be punished?" Qi Weichen said the four most terrifying words with the calmest expression.
Qi Muyang froze for a moment, then smiled flatteringly: "Oh, so he's my dad."
The author has something to say: Qingqing: How is the enemy reconnaissance going
Qi Muyang: Captain, the enemy asked me to bring you a message
Qingqing: …
(Those who can understand this joke are probably not young anymore, vicissitudesjpg)
I'm late, I just finished writing. The bad monkey will have other retributions, don't worry. Tomorrow the mother and son will find that they are being strangled by the economic throat.