"Mom," seeing her bewildered face, Qi Muyang felt uncomfortable as if a piece of cotton was blocking his heart, "You are still so young and don't understand anything. How could you experience such a thing..."
Chu Qing stood on tiptoe and slapped him on the forehead, slapping back the rest of his words. She said speechlessly, "Stop talking nonsense."
"Mom, it hurts!" Qi Muyang covered his forehead innocently.
Chu Qing sneered: "You still feel pain, and you come up and say I was cheated on. Do you deserve a beating?"
"That's right!" Qi Muyang frowned.
Chu Qing narrowed her eyes: "Then tell me, how did I get cheated on?"
"My dad goes out every night to make phone calls and comes back an hour later. You just denied contacting him during that time period, which means he is contacting someone else. Who needs to contact every day? He must have found a girlfriend behind your back." Qi Muyang rattled off a bunch of what he had just analyzed.
Chu Qing was stunned for a moment, and it took her a while to react: "You mean... he goes out to talk on the phone every night?"
“… The term ‘chatting on the phone for a long time’ really sounds old-fashioned.” Qi Muyang’s thoughts were slightly interrupted.
Chu Qing's mouth twitched: "Is the word 'green' no longer relevant? This word was used to describe cheating more than 20 years ago, and you are still using it now... These are not the main points. Please explain to me clearly what is going on."
"What else could it be? It's just like what I said just now." Qi Muyang said with a stern face.
Chu Qing frowned: "But I don't think he is the kind of person who would cheat..."
"You two are not together now, so even if he is dating someone else, it doesn't count as cheating." Qi Muyang reminded.
… That’s true. Chu Qing paused, and suddenly felt uncomfortable. She subconsciously denied it: “He and I are desk mates. We are together all day long. I’ve never seen him talk to any girl. You must be overthinking.”
Besides, even when Qi Weichen talked the most, he never talked to her for an hour. It was really hard for her to imagine what it would be like for him to talk to someone for an hour.
"Nowadays is not as old-fashioned as your era. 2042 is very advanced. Many people fall in love online." Qi Muyang felt that he had an obligation to remind them.
"… Thank you. In 2019, many people started dating online. No, it started in 2000. Our era was not as old-fashioned as you think." Chu Qing's mouth twitched, but she couldn't help comforting herself, "Maybe there are other things. Don't always misunderstand others."
"Who misunderstood? If he had nothing to hide, why did he remember to lock me in the dormitory every day when he went out?" Qi Muyang questioned.
Chu Qing was able to maintain her rationality just now, but when she heard this, she exploded: "He locked you up?!"
"Yes! When I inserted the key from the outside, the door lock was completely sealed and I couldn't get out." Qi Muyang stared.
Chu Qing was furious: "What a scumbag! Even if you wanted to cheat, how could you lock the child up? What if there was a fire in the dormitory or a sudden earthquake? Wouldn't you have no chance to escape?!"
Qi Muyang: “…” Mom seems to be thinking too much.
Chu Qing was extremely upset. She looked around the playground with a stern face. When she saw Qi Weichen, she walked straight towards him. Qi Weichen saw her at first sight. His eyes just slowed down. When he saw her expression, he frowned silently. When she came over, he asked, "What's wrong?"
"I have something to ask you!" Chu Qing said angrily.
Qi Weichen looked at her calmly: "What's the matter?"
Chu Qing opened her mouth, but suddenly she couldn't say anything. After all, Qi Muyang had just said that they were not together yet, so even if Qi Weichen temporarily fell in love with someone else, she had no reason to interfere. When Chu Qing thought that he would like someone else, she began to feel sour.
"What happened?" Qi Weichen's eyes darkened slightly when he saw that she was about to cry.
If I just questioned him directly, it would seem that I had no position, so I had to first determine the enemy and us relationship. Chu Qing sniffed and spoke with a nasal tone: "Qi Weichen, what is our relationship now?"
"Why do you ask this?" Qi Weichen's expression changed slightly.
Chu Qing glared: "That's what I want to ask, tell me quickly, what is our relationship?!"
Qi Weichen was silent for a moment, and saw Qi Muyang's sneaky behavior from the corner of his eye. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Let's find a quiet place to talk."
Seeing that he was unwilling to speak directly, Chu Qing's heart skipped a beat, and she suddenly didn't want to know. Just as she was hesitating, Qi Weichen had already turned around and left. She gritted her teeth and finally followed him.
The two of them walked one after the other into a small woods far away from the playground. It was class time and there was no one in the woods. It was so quiet that the only sound they could hear was the wind blowing the fallen leaves.
After they stood still, Chu Qing couldn't wait to ask, "Tell me, what is the relationship?"
"Tell me first, what happened?" Qi Weichen did not answer her question.
Chu Qing subconsciously wanted to tell him what happened just now, but then she changed her mind and thought, what if she told him first and he really had other intentions and used the excuse that she was still single to get away with it? Thinking of this, she raised her chin and said, "Answer my question first, and then I'll tell you."
Qi Weichen pondered for a moment: "I hope we can be boyfriend and girlfriend, but you don't want to, so we are just friends..."
"No! I do!" Chu Qing interrupted him.
Qi Weichen was obviously stunned for a moment: "What did you say?"
"I do. Let's make peace. I'm your girlfriend and you're my boyfriend..."
Before Chu Qing finished her words, Qi Weichen reached out his hand to cover her back, took her into his arms, leaned over and kissed her. Chu Qing was stunned, her mind full of questions: How come the progress is so fast
She didn't expect Qi Weichen to kiss her directly, and she hesitated for a moment, wondering whether to cooperate with the kiss first or push him away and make things clear first.
Just as she was thinking, Qi Weichen was obviously a little impatient, and he used more force as if to confirm something. Chu Qing screamed in pain and could no longer think about anything else. When Qi Weichen heard her voice, his eyes darkened and he restrained himself and retracted his force.
After the kiss, both of them felt a little unsteady. Qi Weichen looked at her seriously, "You won't regret it, will you?"
"No." Chu Qing's eyes were filled with tears, and she felt a little secretly happy. When they were kissing each other just now, she felt that he must still like her, and only like her. What Qi Muyang said just now was all bullshit.
Qi Weichen lowered his eyes and saw a strand of her hair stuck to her watery lips. He paused for a moment and helped her smooth it down. After a while, he asked in a low voice: "Can you tell me what happened now?"
"Qi Muyang said you cheated on her." Chu Qing immediately sold out her own son.
Qi Weichen's eyelids twitched slightly: "... Nonsense."
"I also think he's talking nonsense. You don't like anyone else," Chu Qing paused after she finished speaking, but couldn't help but pursed her lips and smiled secretly, "You just like Chu Qing, only Chu Qing."
Qi Weichen was disturbed by her shy and proud look, and felt as if a feather was caressing his heart. After a moment of silence, a smile appeared in his eyes: "Why did he say that?"
"Because you locked him in the dormitory every night and went out to make phone calls," Chu Qing said, feeling a little uncomfortable again, "Who were you calling? Why did you hide it from us and lock Qi Muyang in the room? Have you ever thought about what to do if he was in danger..."
"He is eighteen, about the same age as us." Qi Weichen reminded.
Chu Qing was stunned for a moment, as if she realized Qi Muyang's age for the first time. She coughed and said, "But don't you think he's mentally retarded? Of course, we have to take good care of him."
“… He just doesn’t like to use his brain in front of you. Most of the time he’s still very smart.” Qi Weichen’s voice revealed a hint of helplessness.
Chu Qing was speechless, and after holding it in for a long time, she angrily asked, "So who did you call?"
"I didn't call," Qi Weichen explained slowly, "I was just helping Chen Xiu with her lessons."
Chu Qing was stunned: "Help Chen Xiu with her lessons?"
"Well, his progress is too slow, which will affect Mu Yang's enthusiasm for learning," Qi Weichen said and looked at Chu Qing, "and I kind of want to win the bet with you."
Chu Qing: "... You are quite frank." How fulfilling is it to beat your girlfriend
"Don't tell Mu Yang about this, otherwise the effect will be bad." Qi Weichen warned.
Chu Qing nodded: "I understand." If that boy knew about this, he would not take good care of Chen Xiu. Not taking good care of him would mean that he would not study as hard as he does now. As a mother, she understood this.
Seeing that she understood, Qi Weichen stopped talking about it. He reached out and held her hand, then asked again, "You really don't regret it?"
"I absolutely won't regret it." Chu Qing laughed. She wanted to say something nice to comfort him, but when she saw the seriousness in his eyes, she suddenly couldn't say anything. After a moment of silence, she reached out and hugged him. "No regrets, no matter what happens in the future, I will never regret it again."
"I force you to study?"
Chu Qing smiled: "I won't regret it then."
"What about doing something you don't like?"
"Then I'll beat you up, but I won't break up with you." Chu Qing thought for a while and said.
When they were dating before, if he did something she didn't like, she would either choose to endure it or secretly make up her mind to break up early. She never thought about communicating with him and unilaterally sentenced him to death. Now she won't do that anymore. If they encounter any problems in the future, the two of them will discuss it and face it together. There is nothing that cannot be solved.
She never wants to break up again.
Noticing that she was holding him tighter, Qi Weichen smiled and held her in his arms. The two of them hugged each other quietly for a while before Qi Weichen spoke slowly, "The get out of class is almost over. Let's go back."
"Why are you going back so early?" Chu Qing was reluctant to let go.
Qi Weichen was silent for a moment: "Go back and beat the child."
Chu Qing: “…”
This sentence was quite lethal, at least Chu Qing couldn't help but let go. Qi Weichen glanced at her, took her hand and walked out of the woods. After being so sloppy with her boyfriend, Chu Qing finally had some conscience. After hesitating for a while, she said embarrassedly: "That... Qi Muyang is actually doing this for our own good. Normally, anyone who encounters this kind of thing will be suspicious."
"Others can doubt, but he can't." Qi Weichen said lightly.
Chu Qing paused: "Why?"
"Because he is the witness of our marriage life, he should know how much I love you." Qi Weichen said the love words calmly without realizing it.
Chu Qing's face turned slightly red: "Then, then I should be punished too. I knew you liked me so much, but he just said a few words to me casually, and I doubted you. I was wrong."
"no the same."
Chu Qing wondered, what was the difference
"You care about me, so it's normal for you to be suspicious." Qi Weichen, who is well-known for his double standards both at home and abroad, very frankly made excuses for his wife.
Chu Qing: “…” I always felt like something was wrong, but what he said seemed to make sense.
She was speechless for a moment, and suddenly thought of the topic they had just talked about: "You said you wanted to beat me, do you want something from me?"
"Um."
Chu Qing was curious: "What do you want?"
"I've got it just now." Qi Weichen's brows relaxed.
Chu Qing was stunned for a moment, then realized that what he wanted was to get back together. She immediately smiled: "So am I fulfilling the bet in advance now?"
"Of course not. You took the initiative to reconcile with me. Strictly speaking, I haven't made any request yet, so I can change one." Qi Weichen said seriously.
Chu Qing raised her eyebrows: "Then tell me, what do you want?"
"What I want most is to get back together, and the second thing I want is for you to study hard," Qi Weichen paused, "In this case, if you lose, then do five sets of Chinese, math, English, and science papers within a week, and write down all the wrong questions."
Chu Qing: “…”
"Chen Xiu only has one sixth left to review the entire first volume of the first year of high school. At your current pace, the chances of winning are slim, so it's best to prepare early. Since you have learned less, you will make more mistakes, and the amount of work required to copy is not small," Qi Weichen looked at her sympathetically, "It's a bit troublesome, but since it's a bet, you should be able to complete it well, right?"
Chu Qing: “…” It’s more than troublesome, it’s extremely troublesome. Five sets of questions and thirty test papers, just finishing them is a huge project, not to mention picking out the wrong questions!
Chu Qing, who was in a dilemma, returned to the class and immediately began to work hard, determined not to be the one who lost to Chen Xiu. After Qi Muyang was called away by Qi Weichen and had a serious talk about life, he immediately became much more obedient. The mother and son studied hard all day and became a beautiful scenery in the corner of Class 2.
Under the pressure of five sets of test papers, Chu Qing got up earlier than the chickens and went to bed later than the dogs. After a week of hard work, she finally finished all the contents of the first volume of high school, while Chen Xiu only had the content of a physics lesson left, so she narrowly won.
"... Qi Muyang, you now owe me two requests." Chu Qing said weakly.
Qi Weichen calmly opened the yogurt for her: "I know."
"Just wait, I'm going to find a way to torment you." Chu Qing gritted her teeth.
Qi Weichen was as calm as ever, and reminded him, "The monthly exam is only a few days away, come on."
Chu Qing: “…” Why are there so many exams in their school
Fortunately, Chu Qing had traveled through time for several months and had taken three exams, so she was not too nervous this time.
When the evening self-study class was about to end, the head teacher came to the class and announced a piece of news: "In order to select the participants for the English debate competition for middle school students, the English test questions will be reformed. Listening questions will account for half of the total. The top ten students in this test will also take an oral test, and one student will be selected to represent the school."
As soon as the news came out, there was a lot of discussion in the class. After listening for a long time, Chu Qing finally understood that this so-called debate competition was actually jointly organized by the three universities in City A. If one could get a good ranking in the debate competition, then when applying to these three schools, one would choose their foreign language majors, which would give extra points and priority. It was a small benefit for high school students in the province.
Because it involves a bonus point policy, each school usually selects contestants from senior high school students. If other students also want to participate, they can sign up in their own name. However, those selected by the school are already the best, so in the ten years since the competition was held, no one has won a place in the name of an individual.
The reason why these people are so excited is simply because the three universities in City A are ranked high in the country. The extra points this time are very important for those who want to apply to these three schools.
Because of the news brought by the homeroom teacher, the students did not leave after school and were discussing the debate competition. Someone was not used to their excitement and sneered, "What does it have to do with you? Generally, the school selects the strongest one. Even if you sign up as an individual, you will definitely not be as good as the one selected by the school in the end."
"Why don't we give it a try? Everyone knows that it must be Qi Weichen in our school." Another person couldn't help but say.
Failure, who was packing up, sneered: "The exam is only to select the top ten. The final contestants will be selected from these ten people. They need to be smart and eloquent. Some people can't even say a word. So what if they do well in the written test?"
"They say that others can't make a fart even if they are beaten with three sticks. Do you believe that I can beat the shit out of you with just one stick?" Qi Muyang said lazily.
When he said that, everyone in the class laughed. Those who failed looked at him resentfully, then left happily with their English materials, as if they were too lazy to argue with an ant.
The treacherous minister sighed, "How does he manage to be as annoying as ever?"
"Who knows, a piece of trash." Qi Muyang snorted.
After everyone in the class had dispersed, the family of three went to the supermarket. When they came out, Qi Muyang and Chu Qing each had a bag of snacks in their hands, standing on Qi Weichen's left and right.
Qi Muyang finished the last jelly, turned his head and looked at Qi Weichen, and said solemnly: "He should have started preparing for this exam a long time ago. You must crush him in every aspect and defeat him to participate in the competition. Got it?"
"I can't do it." Qi Weichen looked at him calmly.
Qi Muyang was stunned for a moment, then looked incredulous: "Why? Don't you think you can't beat him?"
"I'm not participating in the competition." Qi Weichen said.
Qi Muyang was even more puzzled: "Why not participate?"
"We're not planning on taking the college entrance exam in 2042, so why would we want to participate in this?" Chu Qing answered for Qi Weichen. "Besides, do you think your dad and I are suitable for something that attracts a lot of attention?"
Qi Muyang thought so too, but he felt a little uncomfortable: "If my dad doesn't participate, he will definitely fail to represent the school, and he will be proud again."
"You can prevent him from being so proud." Qi Weichen said lightly.
Qi Muyang looked at him puzzledly: "What do you mean?"
"The proportion of listening in this exam has been increased. I remember you got full marks in listening last time." Qi Weichen said calmly.
Qi Muyang stared at him in a daze, and muttered after a while: "You actually tried to let a poor student represent the school in the debate competition, are you crazy?"
"Think about it yourself." Qi Weichen only said this one sentence and did not mention the matter again, because he was secretly holding his wife's hand and had no time to care about his poor academic son.
Qi Muyang, on the other hand, was lost in thought with a complicated expression.
The author has something to say: This time I really have to punish those who fail, explode, Mu Yangzi!