Chu Qing didn't expect him to say such a thing to her. She was stunned for a long time before she came back to her senses. She coughed and lowered her head, deliberately ignoring his last sentence: "You think long-term."
“Parents who love their children plan for the long term.”
As soon as Qi Weichen finished speaking, both of them paused. Chu Qing narrowed her eyes and asked, "What did you say?"
"It's the same when I love you." Qi Weichen added calmly.
Chu Qing didn't buy it: "Don't come on, you are just raising me as Qi Muyang, I heard it all, tell me what you mean, you treat me as your son?!"
"It's getting late, Mu Yang is still waiting, I'm leaving first." Qi Weichen said stiffly, then immediately turned around and left.
Chu Qing hurried to chase after him. As she was not tall and had long legs, she had to jog to catch up with him while he was walking: "Qi Weichen, don't even think about running. Answer me quickly, I'll tell you..."
Before he could finish his words, Qi Weichen suddenly braked hard, and Chu Qing bumped into him with her head. Her momentum immediately weakened by three points: "Stop, why are you stopping?"
Qi Weichen did not answer her question, but looked around. After making sure that there was no one around, he leaned over and kissed her eyebrow, then said seriously, "It's different." After that, he turned around and left in a hurry.
Chu Qing didn't expect him to be so bold that he dared to do this in school. She was stunned for a moment. When she came to her senses, only Qi Weichen's back was left.
…Although he was very far away, I could still vaguely see the red tips of his ears.
Chu Qing: “…” This guy is really, I can’t tell if he is good at flirting or just immature.
The conversation that night was finally washed away by a kiss. Although there was nothing left in Chu Qing's mind when she woke up, it was still a little different from before. At least when facing the review materials that Qi Weichen prepared for her every day, she was not so scared.
Anyway, he already has a complete plan, and it is enough for her to learn according to the content he gives her every day. Anyway, it is not too difficult at the moment. In the past, Qi Weichen just asked her to study blindly and never talked to her about anything, so she was at a loss about learning, but now she suddenly felt that it would be okay to give it a try.
…It was much better than staying up late to work as a thug in a black Internet cafe. She felt sick and wanted to vomit when she saw a computer now. Qi Muyang must have felt very sick during that time, and she didn't hear him mention the Internet cafe for a long time.
Unlike Chu Qing who was a little more proactive, Qi Muyang became more and more depressed day by day, and his progress became slower and slower every day, until one day, he got 17 out of 21 questions wrong.
"I, I think eight hundred a month is enough for living expenses." Qi Muyang looked at Qi Weichen, whose expression was uncertain, and although he was a little scared, he still mustered up the courage to say.
After he said this, Chu Qing instantly felt the air pressure around him drop. She ignored Qi Muyang's eyes asking for help and silently lowered her head to read. At the same time, she was glad that she had worked hard over the past two days. Although she always made mistakes in one or two questions every time, they were all within controllable range.
Qi Weichen raised his eyelids and looked at Qi Muyang: "You mean, you won't learn it anymore?"
"... Actually, you may not understand that when you got older, you didn't really care about my studies, really," Qi Muyang said seriously, "You always said that my happiness was the most important thing, and nothing else mattered."
Chu Qing looked at him in surprise: "Did your father really say that?"
"Yes, that's what my dad said. Although he was quite strict with my studies before, it only lasted until the third year of junior high school. After that, he said that I was no longer a child and could decide my own life." Qi Muyang spoke confidently and did not seem to be lying.
Chu Qing stared at him for a long while, and angrily questioned Qi Weichen: "Why can he decide his own life after the third year of junior high school, but I still can't do it?!"
"Yes, why not?" Qi Muyang agreed.
Facing the two people's questioning, Qi Weichen remained unmoved and even wanted to ignore it, but he couldn't bear to see them united against a common enemy. After a moment of silence, he said calmly: "Because I am 41 years old and I know that no matter how bad your grades are, I will take care of them, so he doesn't care."
Mother and son: “…” It sounds like it makes sense.
"He acted like a good guy by leaving the mess to me." Qi Weichen's eyes turned cold.
The mother and son looked at each other and dared not speak anymore.
"Go back and make up for the lessons today. Don't even think about sleeping until you make up for the lessons you missed in the past few days." Qi Weichen glanced at Qi Muyang coldly.
Qi Muyang immediately got scared, but when he thought about how he might not be able to sleep tonight if he made up all his homework, he mustered up the courage to get back to the point: "Is it okay if I don't want pocket money?! I just don't want to study."
After saying this, he felt a kind of joyful feeling of having given up everything and decided to rebel to the end, and this time he said he would not study no matter what.
Qi Weichen looked at him steadily, and asked calmly after a while, "You don't want living expenses anymore?"
"Life..." Qi Muyang was stunned for a moment, then suddenly opened his eyes wide.
Qi Weichen remained calm: "The previous rules were incomplete. There should be punishments for rewards. Starting tomorrow, if you get more than three questions wrong on each test, you will be penalized 50 points, or you will be punished with corporal punishment or copying books. It's your choice."
"You are so naive!" Qi Muyang protested.
Qi Weichen's temper sank: "Any opinions?"
Qi Muyang didn't dare to confront him head-on, and immediately looked at Chu Qing for help. This time, his own interests were involved, and Chu Qing couldn't pretend to know nothing anymore. He coughed and was about to speak when he heard Qi Weichen say unkindly, "You too."
Chu Qing: “…”
The bell for the last evening self-study class rang, interrupting the conversation between the three people. After Qi Weichen turned back and sat down, Chu Qing glanced at Qi Muyang dimly: "I hate you."
"… If you don't hate the bourgeoisie, why do you hate me, an old farmer?" Qi Muyang was speechless.
Chu Qing sneered: "I want to hate him, but can I beat him? If I obey him obediently, at least I won't have to pay a fine or copy the manuscript."
Qi Muyang knew he was in the wrong and didn't dare to say anything, but he still felt that Qi Weichen would not be so cruel. Would he really watch him starve to death if he had no money to eat
The answer is yes.
He was full of confidence in the first few days of school, thinking he could earn fifty yuan a day, so he spent money more generously than before, and he had spent almost all the money in just over a week. In addition, after the rules were revised, he completely let himself go and stopped studying at all, so he was fined several times and soon his money was gone.
It was another night. Qi Muyang walked awkwardly to Qi Weichen who had just finished taking a shower, smiled awkwardly and said, "Dad."
"explain."
"I'm out of money, can you give me some money for food?" Qi Muyang said with a flattering smile.
Qi Weichen paused: "Have you spent all of it?"
"Well, you fined me several times. Now there are only more than three yuan left in my card, which is barely enough to buy steamed buns." Qi Muyang looked at him pitifully.
Qi Weichen was silent for a moment: "Then eat steamed buns."
“…Huh?” Qi Muyang was dumbfounded. By the time he realized what Qi Weichen had said, Qi Weichen had already turned off the lights and gone to sleep.
Early the next morning, he stayed close to Chu Qing and Qi Weichen, intending to follow them to have breakfast. Qi Weichen glanced at him indifferently and did not stop him.
Qi Muyang's eyes lit up and he followed immediately.
Chu Qing liked going to the new cafeteria recently, so the three of them went there as usual. Qi Muyang followed his parents eagerly. When he saw them go to buy food, he quickly took a seat. When they got their breakfast, he immediately waved, "Here."
Chu Qing walked over, glanced at the empty table, and asked curiously, "Why didn't you buy food?"
"... I have no money, I want to eat yours." Qi Muyang looked at her eagerly.
Chu Qing's mouth twitched: "Where's your money?"
"That's all." Qi Muyang didn't want to mention these sad things.
Without him mentioning it, Chu Qing figured it out immediately and glanced at Qi Weichen beside her: "Even if you want to force him to study hard, you shouldn't stop him from eating."
"You can invite him." Qi Weichen replied calmly.
Chu Qing snorted and gave half of her pan-fried buns to Qi Muyang: "If it's not enough, buy more. I'll buy it for you."
"Thank you, Mom!" Qi Muyang shouted with emotion, startling a student passing by.
Chu Qing glared at him: "Keep your voice down."
"I couldn't help it, I couldn't help it." Qi Muyang smiled awkwardly and lowered his head to eat.
With Chu Qing's sponsorship, Qi Muyang became arrogant this time. He refused to memorize the books and do the exercises without hesitation. Not only did he eat Chu Qing's food three times a day, but he also borrowed money from her to pay the fine, as if he wanted to buy off the father-son relationship with money. Every time Qi Weichen saw his smug face, he didn't stop him, but just accepted it calmly, which made Qi Muyang even more arrogant.
But this kind of self-righteousness did not last for a few days, and Chu Qing's money was almost spent by him.
It was breakfast time again. Qi Muyang deliberately let Qi Weichen go first, and then asked Chu Qing excitedly, "What are we having for dinner today?"
"Mantou." Chu Qing looked at him expressionlessly. Almost everyone in the class had left, and she had no intention of leaving.
Qi Muyang was stunned: "Why eat steamed buns?"
"How dare you ask?" Chu Qing sneered, "I only have so little money, and I'm still studying hard to save money. But now I have to support you every day and pay your fines. How many days can I spend it?!"
Qi Muyang knew that he was in the wrong, so he coughed and said, "I shouldn't have spent much money on you...right?"
"What do you think?" Chu Qing raised her eyebrows.
Qi Muyang curled his lips and stopped talking.
Chu Qing sighed, stretched out her hand to rub the black hair on his head, and said earnestly: "My child, the landlord's family has no surplus food. Whatever I want to eat now, I have to study hard to earn pocket money. I really don't have the energy to support you."
"… Then what should I do, Mom?" Qi Muyang looked at her innocently.
Chu Qing hit him angrily: "Can't you just study hard?!"
Qi Muyang's expression turned bitter: "Then I just don't want to learn."
"Whether you study or not is up to you. You are not young anymore and you can't rely on me anymore. If you ask me to borrow money again, don't blame me for severing the mother-son relationship with you." In the tight financial situation, Chu Qing, contrary to her loving mother image of the past few days, took out four steamed buns and a bottle of bean paste from the table, and gave him two of the steamed buns. "This is all your mother can do. I will take care of your last meal. No matter whether you become successful or homeless in the future, please don't bother me again."
"… Are you so heartless?" Qi Muyang was speechless.
Chu Qing stared at him for a moment, then suddenly smiled: "Want to see something more ruthless?"
Qi Muyang sneered: "Is there anyone more heartless than Mantou?"
"Yes," Chu Qing took the bean paste back as a matter of course, "I only give you the buns but no sauce. You can eat it plain."
Qi Muyang: “…”
A moment later, he was holding two white steamed buns and lying on his seat like a messy little cabbage that no one loved.
Without Chu Qing's support, he could only eat steamed buns for breakfast, eat with the treacherous minister for lunch, and eat with the fat man at night. But it was obviously not a solution to continue like this, not to mention that he had to pay fifty yuan a day for protection -
That’s right, he called the fine he gave to Qi Weichen protection money, which was specifically to protect him from having to learn something.
If this continues, he will have to pay protection fees. Qi Muyang made up his mind to negotiate with Qi Weichen again in the evening.
After his agonizing wait, he finally waited until the evening self-study class was over. This time, he did not go to visit other dormitories, but went straight back to his own dormitory. When he saw Qi Weichen, he took a deep breath and said, "Dad, I have no money to eat. Give me some money."
"Why?" Qi Weichen asked back nonchalantly, as if he had expected this day to come.
Qi Muyang was not convinced: "Just because you are my father."
"I told you to study but you didn't. Now when you asked for money, you knew I was your father?" Although Qi Weichen has never actually given birth to a child, he still said the standard golden sentence of thousands of parents.
Qi Muyang choked for a moment, then he had an idea and threatened directly: "If you don't give me money, don't blame me for being rude."
"How do you want to be rude?" Qi Weichen looked at him.
Qi Muyang raised his chin and looked at him arrogantly: "Now my relationship with my mother is the best in the world. If you don't give me money, I will sow discord between us and make her hate you. Even if you go to college in the future, she will not like you."
Qi Weichen's eyes moved slightly, and there was a little more seriousness in his eyes when he looked at him.
When Qi Muyang saw that it worked, he immediately became even more proud: "Don't think I'm joking, I really am not. I know her best and I know exactly what she likes. Next time someone pursues her, I will tell that person how to pursue her. Don't blame me if you lose your wife then."
He had long seen that no matter whether he was 18 or 41, his father loved his mother very much. If you hit the snake, you have to hit it at its most vulnerable part. As long as he knew this, his father would definitely compromise.
Qi Muyang looked at Qi Weichen confidently, waiting for him to beg for mercy.
Qi Weichen was silent for a moment and then slowly spoke: "If I lost my wife, do you think I would still have you?"
Qi Muyang: “…”
"If you stay up late to finish the lessons you missed some time ago, you can get 30 yuan, which is enough for your food tomorrow," Qi Weichen looked at him calmly, and said lightly after a long silence, "Or if you insist on being stubborn, I will see if I am willing to starve you to death."
Qi Muyang: “…”
"Answer me now, what would you choose?" Qi Weichen's eyes turned cold.
Qi Muyang swallowed his saliva: "... Choose to study, I love to study."
The author has something to say: Qi Muyang: Your wife is gone
Qi Weichen: You are gone
Qi Muyang: …
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