Qi Muyang snorted lightly, lowered his head, turned out his wrinkled test paper, and carefully smoothed it out one by one, looking like he had no intention of talking to Chu Qing.
Chu Qing was puzzled: "Hey, how did I offend you?"
Qi Muyang's answer was to glare at her, then lie on the table and sleep. Chu Qing's mouth twitched, and she had to look at Qi Weichen and asked silently: "What's wrong with him?"
Qi Weichen's eyes drifted slightly, and after a moment of silence he slowly said, "You can go and see the overall ranking of the grade after class."
"Oh, yes. I have improved by nine places in the class, so I should be ranked two or three hundred in this stage." Chu Qing became interested.
Qi Weichen breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the topic had been successfully changed. He was much calmer when he spoke again: "From the look of our homeroom teacher, our class should rank high this time. If things go well, we might even be able to get into the top 300."
"Three hundred!" Chu Qing's eyes lit up, "How come I have made such great progress!"
"Don't be proud. The questions this time were difficult. You and someone with a basic knowledge of the same questions wouldn't be able to answer them, so the score difference won't be that big. If the questions in the next exam are simpler, then the gap will be revealed." Qi Weichen said calmly.
Chu Qing curled her lips: "That means I was lucky this time."
Qi Weichen thought for a moment and nodded at her.
Chu Qing glanced at him and said, "I've never seen you so disappointing, tsk." After saying that, she turned her head away in disgust.
This self-study class was filled with the lazy atmosphere of just finishing an exam. Chu Qing was lying on the table, bored, but didn't want to talk to the two people behind her, so she turned her head to look at Chen Xiu. It would have been better if she didn't look, but when she saw it, she was startled. After she reacted, she quickly lowered her voice and asked, "What's wrong with you? Why are you crying?"
"I'm fine." Chen Xiu choked and wiped her eyes, then turned her face away to look at the test paper in front of her.
Chu Qing was silent for a moment, then understood: "Didn't do well in the exam?"
"Well, last place," Chen Xiu said, her eyes reddening again, "This is the first time I've ranked last in an exam. I used to be second to last."
Chu Qing: "... Qi Muyang was the one who supported you before, right?"
“Uncle Chu, don’t get me wrong, I, I didn’t mean that. I’m also very happy that the boss did well in the exam, it’s just… it’s just that this is the first time I ranked last, and I feel a little sad.” Chen Xiu choked up, and when tears overflowed from his eyes, a white mist was reflected on his black-framed glasses.
Chu Qing: “…” Going from the second to last to the last doesn’t seem like something worth being upset about, right
She didn't know how to comfort him, and after holding it in for a long time, she said, "In fact, have you ever thought that it's not you who has regressed, but Qi Muyang and I who have improved."
"Huh?" Chen Xiu looked at her in confusion, but could only see mist.
Chu Qing smiled: "Think about it, if Qi Muyang and I didn't study hard and are still behind you, then you are not considered to have regressed. In fact, you may have made a little progress, but because Qi Muyang and I have made much more progress, it seems that you have regressed."
"…Is that so?" Chen Xiu felt something was wrong, but couldn't put her finger on it. "But the fact is, I'm number one from the bottom."
"No, no, no, there's no point in comparing yourself with people in your class. Don't cry yet. Wait and check the overall ranking. If it's lower than the last ranking, then you've regressed." Chu Qing said sternly.
Chen Xiu thought it made sense, so she wiped away her tears and decided to talk about it after class.
In the blink of an eye, it was time to end the get out of class. Everyone in the classroom rushed to the bulletin board. The same happened in other classes. Soon, there were three layers of people in front of the bulletin board. When Chu Qing and others arrived, the traffic was already extremely congested.
"If we have to line up like this, we might not be able to see it during evening self-study." Chen Xiu was a little anxious.
Chu Qing was also anxious, jumping up and down on tiptoe, but being so far away, she was destined to not see anything. While she was jumping up and down, someone rushed forward and directly pushed her away. She lost her balance and stumbled, and before she could stand firmly, she crashed into a solid embrace.
A warm and reliable embrace different from Qi Weichen's.
"Are you fucking blind? Can't you see there are people here?!" Qi Muyang cursed.
Chu Qing: “…” But people are not very warm anymore.
She turned her head to look at him, and just as she was about to say something, Qi Muyang snorted coldly and went to the side. Chu Qing glanced at him speechlessly, then turned to Qi Weichen who had been standing by her side and said, "Look at your son, why is he so annoying!"
"Whose son?" Chen Xiu looked over in confusion.
Chu Qing paused for a moment and smiled awkwardly: "Nothing, I was just kidding."
Several people waited until class was almost over, when finally there were fewer people in front of the bulletin board. They then went forward to take a look. Chu Qing took one look at Qi Weichen's score, which was nearly 200 points higher than the failing mark, and after worshipping him in her heart, she went to the back to look for her name.
She habitually looked from the last one up, Qi Muyang and Chen Xiu did the same, the three of them were crowded in one place, it was inevitable that you would touch me and I would touch you. Perhaps because Qi Muyang had scolded her several times, Chu Qing didn't want to let him at all, Qi Muyang had a similar idea, so the two of them squeezed each other, poor Chen Xiu was sandwiched between the two of them, trembling and unable to concentrate.
Just as he was hesitating whether to withdraw from the battlefield, Qi Weichen came over and carried Chu Qing away, and the small place immediately became loose.
"Is there something wrong?" Chu Qing was dissatisfied.
Qi Weichen glanced at the two people over there and said calmly, "There is a difference between men and women."
Chu Qing was stunned for a moment, then she looked at him with disdain after understanding what he meant: "They are more than 20 years younger than me."
"That's not allowed either." Qi Weichen retorted calmly.
Chu Qing resisted the urge to roll her eyes and pushed him to the bulletin board: "Call me out, and you are responsible for finding my ranking."
"I've found it." Qi Weichen said, pointing to a spot on the back half of the bulletin board.
Chu Qing was stunned when she saw that she had entered the top 800 of the stage: "I have made great progress..."
"Um."
Qi Muyang had been paying attention to the two of them. When he heard that Chu Qing's rank had been found, he immediately looked up from her name and soon found his own: "I'm 743!"
"Very impressive." Qi Weichen praised promptly.
The mother and son laughed immediately, and when they saw each other, the smiles on their faces froze. Before Chu Qing could straighten her face, Qi Muyang snorted coldly and turned away. Chu Qing rolled her eyes and ran to ask Chen Xiu: "How are you?"
"I've moved up more than ten places in the overall ranking. It turns out I have made progress." Chen Xiu said with sparkling eyes.
Chu Qing smiled: "You won't cry now, right?"
"Mr. Chu, please stop laughing at me. I felt really bad just now." Chen Xiu said embarrassedly.
Chu Qing patted his arm and said, "Okay, go back."
"good."
Several people walked towards the classroom together. When they entered the classroom, Chu Qing and Qi Muyang looked at each other again. Seeing that the other party turned his head away first, Chu Qing sneered and ignored him.
They felt awkward until school was over, and the family of three walked towards the dormitory. The late autumn night was even colder. Chu Qing couldn't help but shrink when she left the teaching building, and the next second a piece of clothing was draped over her.
Smelling the familiar scent of grass and trees on the clothes, Chu Qing's eyes flashed with a smile: "Aren't you cold?"
"Cold." Qi Weichen replied.
Chu Qing raised her eyebrows: "Then give me the clothes?"
"I'm worried that you'll get sick. The temperature will drop again tomorrow, so remember to put on more clothes." Qi Weichen said calmly.
Chu Qing smiled and said, "You too, put on more clothes."
Qi Muyang sneered at the right moment, and then said sarcastically: "Aren't you just ordinary classmates? You have a good relationship."
"We are just ordinary classmates now, but we will be husband and wife in the future. Can't we care about each other?" Chu Qing glanced at him. Even a clay man still has some blood in him. He has been targeting her all day today, and her patience is completely exhausted now.
Qi Muyang sneered and wanted to say something else, but when he met Qi Weichen's warning gaze, he was stunned for a moment and shut up reluctantly.
He shut up, but Chu Qing didn't intend to let him go. She asked coldly, "How did I offend you? Just tell me directly. Don't make trouble for me every day and make it seem like I owe you something."
"You have offended me in many ways, you are a big liar." Qi Muyang looked at her unconvinced.
Chu Qing stood still, narrowed her eyes and asked, "What did I lie to you about?"
"You, you just lied to me anyway!" As his father was beside him, Qi Muyang didn't dare to talk about what he learned today and could only repeat this sentence in frustration.
Chu Qing crossed her arms and looked at him leisurely: "What did I lie to you about? If you have the guts, just tell me straight out."
"Me!" Qi Muyang choked and said after a while, "You always pretended to be a good wife and mother, and a top student. If I hadn't seen you at the age of 18, I would have been fooled!"
"Who said I was pretending? When you met me, I was already in my twenties. Couldn't I have studied hard to become a top student, and controlled my temper to be a good wife and mother?" Chu Qing didn't give him a word.
Qi Muyang said angrily: "If you are really a good wife and a good mother, then why did you fight with my classmate, my elementary school classmate?!"
Chu Qing choked at his question. After thinking for a while, she quickly retorted: "Can't I protect my own son? Didn't you hear Gu Quan say that those people are the ones who bullied you?!"
"You fight with others just because they bully me? They are just children!" Qi Muyang glared.
Chu Qing sneered: "If you are so dissatisfied with me, why didn't you tell me when you knew it? Why do you have to mention it today?"
That's because he just found out today that she had lied to him about the start of her relationship with Dad! However, he couldn't say this. Qi Muyang moved his mouth for a long time, but couldn't find any other reason to refute. In the end, he only said: "The camel is always crushed to death by the last straw. Can't I be crushed to death by you now?!"
"Okay, do whatever you want." Chu Qing hummed in imitation of him, turned around and strode towards the dormitory, soon disappearing at the end of the tree-lined avenue.
As soon as she left, the road immediately became quiet. Qi Muyang's anger after the quarrel was relieved and he began to feel vaguely uneasy. At this time, he looked at Qi Weichen who had been silent all the time, and asked with a worried look on his face: "Dad, should I not quarrel with Mom?"
"What do you think?" Qi Weichen asked back.
Qi Muyang pursed his dry lips and said nervously: "... I, I didn't mean it. If it was a 41-year-old mother, I would never be mean to her, but my mother now is about the same age as me, and she doesn't look like an elder at all. I used to treat her as my sister for a while, and I just... I couldn't control myself for a while."
"Every mother wants to be perfect in the eyes of her child, and she is the same. If you are dissatisfied with the way she treats you, you can tell her through communication." Qi Weichen said lightly.
Qi Muyang was even more saddened by what he said: "I am not dissatisfied, I like her very much, and I like you very much too. You have given me the most love in the world."
"Then don't make the people you love sad."
Qi Muyang was silent. The two of them walked into the dormitory gate quietly. When they were almost downstairs of their dormitory, Qi Muyang mustered up the courage to say, "I will apologize to my mother tomorrow."
"Yeah." A hint of tenderness flashed in Qi Weichen's eyes.
A night passed, and the temperature dropped as expected the next day. Chu Qing walked into the classroom dressed warmly. When she saw Qi Weichen, she greeted him and then sat down in her seat without even looking at Qi Muyang during the whole process.
Qi Muyang rubbed his nose, feeling a little sad. He endured the pain until the end of morning self-study. When Chu Qing was about to go to eat, he quickly stopped her.
"Is there something?" Chu Qing asked with raised eyebrows.
Qi Muyang looked at her dejectedly: "I'm sorry, Mom, I shouldn't have quarreled with you."
"It's okay. I thought about it last night. I was wrong about this matter. You should be angry." Chu Qing smiled. "Since I was wrong, I should be the one to apologize."
I didn't expect her to say that. Qi Muyang felt guilty and touched: "Mom..."
"An apology alone is so insincere. I think you should be given substantial compensation, so I made a decision." Chu Qing interrupted him.
Qi Muyang paused and asked confusedly: "What decision?"
"When I go back in time and give birth to you, I will divorce your father and ask him to find you a gentle, virtuous stepmother who won't fight with elementary school students," Chu Qing looked at him with a smile, "This way, you don't have to worry about being cheated by a big liar like me again."
Qi Muyang: “…”
Qi Weichen: “…”
Author has something to say: Qi Muyang: Never believe that your mother will sincerely apologize, especially when she takes the initiative