What consequences the remarks made on the podium would cause were no longer a question for Qi Muyang to think about. The moment he stepped down from the stage, all the strength in his body seemed to be drained away. He lay weakly on Qi Weichen's shoulder, clinging to him like a big dog.
He wanted to act coquettishly with his mother, but his mother was too short, and it was inconvenient for him to lie down. His father was also looking at him covetously, so he didn't have the courage.
Qi Weichen waited for him to stop whining before calmly saying, "Let's go eat."
"Okay, I'm starving," Qi Muyang said, then looked at Chu Qing, "Are you hungry too?"
"Hungry... burp!" Chu Qing couldn't help but burp as soon as she opened her mouth.
Qi Muyang was stunned for a moment: "How many snacks did you eat just now?"
"It's not much, just one piece of bread, and bread doesn't take up space in the stomach." Chu Qing looked at him blankly.
Bread really doesn't take up too much space in the stomach. Qi Muyang nodded when he heard this: "Okay, let's go eat."
Chu Qing responded immediately and happily walked forward holding his arm, until Qi Weichen forced his way in between them, forcing the mother and son to separate.
When they arrived at the restaurant, Chu Qing didn't feel that she was very full, but when the dishes were served, she felt choked just by looking at them.
Qi Muyang had just finished a stressful exam and was already extremely hungry. He started to wolf down the food as soon as it came, and only slowed down after finishing a bowl of rice. Then he saw that his mother, who always loved to eat, had a poor appetite at the moment and was staring at the food in front of her with chopsticks in her hand without much interest.
"...Are you feeling unwell?" Qi Muyang asked worriedly.
Chu Qing sighed: "I take back what I said just now. Bread actually takes up quite a lot of space in the stomach."
"How much did you eat?" Qi Muyang didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Qi Weichen calmly replied: "Not much, it looks like only a few pounds."
A few pounds... Qi Muyang was about to speak when his cell phone vibrated. He looked down at the message sent by the fat boy and was stunned.
"What's wrong?" Chu Qing asked puzzledly.
Qi Muyang looked up speechlessly: "Did Fatty call you before?"
"No...ah, there's a shield in the auditorium, and I turned on the mute mode." Chu Qing said as she took out her cell phone for the first time. As soon as she turned off the mute mode, a bunch of messages popped up on her phone. She clicked on them out of curiosity, and froze when she saw her silly look while holding the bread.
Qi Muyang's face was full of complexities: "Fatty said that during the intermission, the camera switched to the audience seats and directly captured you eating bread for ten minutes facing the camera... Just now I didn't know what a few pounds of bread looked like, but now I finally know."
"Can these posts be deleted? Why are there more than those celebrating your victory?" Chu Qing was almost in despair.
Qi Muyang sighed, "I'll privately message the administrator and ask him to post it." He paused, then enlarged Chu Qing's photo and burst out laughing. He couldn't help but share it with Qi Weichen next to him, "Dad, do you think this photo is suitable for a screen saver? It's so funny."
Chu Qing: "... delete them all!"
"Don't make fun of your mother, delete it." Qi Weichen glanced at him.
Qi Muyang was bullied by his parents at the same time, so he had to curl his lips and delete it. While he lowered his head to chat privately with the administrator, Qi Weichen silently downloaded a photo from the forum, saved it as a screen saver, and hid the phone in his pocket.
After the family of three finished their meal, they went straight back to school. Not surprisingly, they were warmly welcomed, and Chu Qing's popularity was almost as high as Qi Muyang, who had just won first place. Everyone was asking her if she had finished all the bread. Compared with the popularity of the mother and son, Qi Weichen seemed to be unpopular, with only the little fat man and others surrounding him.
The treacherous official flattered him, "My boss didn't mean to not thank you. He is just too reserved. The more important the person, the more embarrassed he is to praise them. Don't take it to heart. You have to teach him in the future. Don't give up on him."
"Yes, Qi Shen, the boss's college entrance exam depends on you. For the sake of your blood relationship, please don't be angry with him," the little fat man also followed suit, "How about this, let the boss treat you to a meal at the weekend and thank you properly."
Qi Weichen glanced at them and said, "No need."
The two of them suddenly became nervous and were about to speak when they heard Qi Weichen say, "He has already thanked me." After that, he left.
The little fat man and the treacherous minister looked at each other in bewilderment. After a while, the little fat man asked in confusion, "When did he thank you? I didn't hear him mentioned in the acceptance speech?"
"Maybe it was in private?" The treacherous minister was not sure. "After all, Qi Weichen is an illegitimate child and his identity cannot be made public, so he thanked him in private."
The fat boy thought it made sense and stopped worrying about it.
Thanks to this competition, Qi Muyang and Chu Qing's popularity has reached an all-time high. Not only do students from the same school come to say hello from time to time, but students from other schools also come to see them. It is the time of youth when they are young, and they receive more attention and more admirers. Qi Muyang received three love letters in one day.
After evening self-study, the family of three was stopped by a little girl again as they walked towards the dormitory.
The little girl blushed and handed over the love letter with trembling hands: "Student Qi Muyang, this is for you!"
Qi Muyang paused, then reached out to take it. Before he could say anything, the little girl ran away. In the blink of an eye, even her shadow disappeared. Chu Qing sighed, "This is the fourth one, right? Your generation is quite retro, and it's popular to express love like this."
"What were you like back then?" Qi Muyang was curious.
Chu Qing glanced at him and said, "Just say it directly. What's the big deal?"
"It would be so embarrassing to say it directly. It's better to be more tactful this way, and it will save both of us from embarrassment." After Qi Muyang said this, he put the letter directly into his pocket.
Chu Qing opened her mouth, but couldn't help asking, "Don't you want to take a look?"
"Let's go back to the dormitory and watch." Qi Muyang said casually, and when he saw the fat boy and a few others walking in front, he immediately chased after them.
Chu Qing looked at his back worriedly and began to sigh. Unfortunately, Qi Weichen didn't respond to her until they entered the dormitory. She couldn't help asking, "Aren't you worried?"
"What are you worried about?" Qi Weichen asked back.
"It's premature love!" Chu Qing said helplessly, "He has more than half a year left before the college entrance examination. If he falls in love, it will delay his studies!"
"You are in a relationship now, and it affects your studies?" Qi Weichen asked again.
Chu Qing opened her mouth, but found herself speechless. After a long while, she managed to utter, "He is different from me. His find is definitely not as good as mine."
Qi Weichen paused for a moment, and the atmosphere around him began to feel happy. Seeing her again, he seemed really troubled. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Do you like your parents interfering in you?"
"I don't like it... I know what you want to say, I just can't help it." Chu Qing sighed. When she was a girl, she didn't want her parents to interfere in anything she did, but as a mother, she couldn't help but interfere in her children's affairs. She didn't know if all parents in the world were like this, or if she was the only one with such double standards.
Qi Weichen reached out and stroked the messy hair on her forehead: "All the reasons you can't help yourself are because you think he can't handle his own affairs, but think about it carefully, can he really not handle it? Besides, there's nothing wrong with being liked by others, and he didn't ask others to send the love letter. He is so innocent in this matter, how can you interfere?"
"Then, just leave it like this?" Chu Qing hesitated.
Qi Weichen's eyes softened: "He has his own life, let everything take its course."
"I understand." Chu Qing exhaled a little, then laughed, "Thanks to you, I can make fewer mistakes."
"I'm glad you don't mind." Qi Weichen raised the corners of his lips slightly.
After talking with Qi Weichen, Chu Qing thought a lot more clearly that night. When she returned to class the next day, she no longer cared how many love letters Qi Muyang had received or whether he had a different attitude towards any girl.
At noon, the family of three was about to go out for lunch, but was stopped by the little girl again.
Qi Muyang was already very familiar with this kind of scene. After seeing the pink envelope in the other person's hand, he stretched out his hand helplessly: "Give it to me."
"No, it's not for you. It's for Chu Qing from my brother." The little girl stuttered and stuffed the letter into Chu Qing's hand.
Chu Qing caught it subconsciously, and by the time she realized what was happening, the little girl had already run away. The corners of her mouth twitched, and she looked down at the envelope speechlessly.
"Wow, my mom is so charming. A boy also gave her a love letter." Qi Muyang came over curiously and urged her to open it quickly.
Chu Qing glanced at him: "Why didn't you open it in front of me before?"
"A girl's feelings are so private. It takes courage for her to write them down for me. How can I let you read them casually?" Qi Muyang said immediately.
Chu Qing gave a fake smile and put the letter in her pocket: "Sorry, boys' feelings are just as private. It's rude to pass it around."
Qi Muyang was dissatisfied: "What's so private about men?" He immediately looked at Qi Weichen and said, "Am I right?"
"I don't know." Qi Weichen glanced at Chu Qing with a cold face and strode forward.
Qi Muyang was stunned, and looked at Chu Qing awkwardly: "It's over, Dad is angry with you."
"He won't be angry...right?" Chu Qing was a little unsure, so she simply gave her ID card to Qi Muyang and said, "Go find your elementary school friends for dinner."
"Ok." Qi Muyang ran away tactfully.
After sending her son away, Chu Qing ran to chase Qi Weichen. On the way, she was stopped by people and asked for his contact information several times. She directly refused them all on the grounds that she had a boyfriend. Qi Weichen had been walking slowly, so when he heard her rejecting others, his expression finally improved a little.
Chu Qing caught up with him and walked beside him jokingly: "There's nothing wrong with being liked by others. I didn't ask anyone to send the love letter. I'm the most innocent in this matter. I shouldn't be angry, right?"
"What I said yesterday was only directed at Qi Muyang. It has no effect on you." Qi Weichen said with a cold face.
Chu Qing snorted: "We are both human, why doesn't it work on me?"
"Because he has no owner, but you have one," Qi Weichen stopped and saw the corner of her pocket, and said in a bad mood, "You should refuse."
"… I didn't react. Look, I just refused." Chu Qing blinked innocently.
Qi Weichen lowered his eyes and stopped talking.
Chu Qing looked at him with amusement: "Okay, I'll practice my reaction ability more and I will never receive letters so confusedly again. Don't be angry."
"You are not allowed to read this letter." Qi Weichen said coldly.
Chu Qing nodded vigorously: "I will destroy it secretly after I take it back. I guarantee that it will not hurt the person's self-esteem, and I will not keep the letter."
Qi Weichen was satisfied, and after looking at her, he walked towards the cafeteria. Chu Qing couldn't help but secretly laughed, and then trotted after him.
It's a pity that Chu Qing didn't plan to receive love letters anymore, but she couldn't stop others from sending them. Throughout the whole day, she rejected four or five letters. Some people even secretly stuffed small gifts into her schoolbag, most of whom were from other schools. They ran away after giving them the gifts, and she didn't know who to contact even if she wanted to return them.
Qi Weichen was in a bad mood the whole day. Even though Chu Qing did a good job, he felt very unhappy that his people were being coveted.
That night, he went to talk to his class teacher for the entire evening self-study class. When he came back, Chu Qing curiously asked him what happened, but he didn't say a word. It wasn't until the next day when the radio announced that campus safety should be tightened to prevent outsiders from entering and leaving that Chu Qing looked at him speechlessly: "You did it?"
"Anyone can sneak into the school, posing a great threat to the personal safety of students." Qi Weichen said calmly.
Chu Qing: "... You just don't want those people to come looking for me again."
"Are you disappointed?" Qi Weichen looked at her.
How could Chu Qing dare to say that: "No, no, this is fine, I like it very much."
Only then was Qi Weichen satisfied.
Chu Qing pursed her lips and asked curiously: "But... you can stop those outside the school, what about those inside the school?"
"Oh, the final exams are coming up soon, and there will be a parents' meeting after this exam. If those people are not afraid of getting scolded by their parents for doing poorly on the exams, they can just continue to focus on miscellaneous things." Qi Weichen was quite indifferent when he mentioned those people.
Chu Qing was shocked: "You asked the school to hold a parents' meeting?!"
"…Holding a parent-teacher conference at the end of the semester has been a tradition in recent years," Qi Weichen paused after speaking, "I originally wanted to suggest sending the grades and rankings to parents, but since there is a parent-teacher conference, forget it."
Chu Qing: “…” This man has such a vicious heart!
Just as Qi Weichen said, as the final exams approached, her surroundings gradually became quieter and her life finally got back on track.
Days passed one by one, and when the first heavy snow fell in City A, winter really arrived. Three things happened during this period: Director Duan was fired, he failed the exam and transferred to another school, and Qi Weichen went crazy.
The recording of the debate competition had a great impact on Chengde High School. In order not to discourage students and parents, the principal directly fired Director Duan and cleaned up the school leadership team to give everyone an explanation. As for failing the exam, he probably couldn't stand the strange looks from others and quietly transferred to another school. It was three days later when everyone in the class noticed that he was gone.
And the fact that Qi Weichen was crazy... In the eyes of Chu Qing and Qi Muyang, he was really crazy.
After Chu Qing and Qi Muyang both set their goals for A University, he seemed to suddenly realize that if they continued to study so slowly, neither of them would be able to pass the exam, so he doubled or tripled the daily study tasks, and punished them if they couldn't complete them. It was a real punishment. During this period, the mother and son often copied as punishment, or went to the playground to run in the cold weather. Every time, they felt like they were going to die.
However, Qi Weichen not only had no mercy on them, he also did not let them go even on weekends. During the two days at home, they had to summarize and digest all the content they had learned in the week. If they failed to do so, they would be punished directly.
It was another weekend. Chu Qing lay listlessly on the table, looking at the pile of open reference books in front of her. She couldn't help but fall into despair: "I've been studying for almost a semester, and I've barely finished the two books for the first year of high school. If I want to learn the remaining four books, plus the final review, it will take another two years!"
And it is only possible to maintain this high intensity for two years.
"You're lucky. I only have half a year left. I'm going to die." As a person with twice as much study workload, Qi Muyang looked even more haggard than her. At this moment, he had no idea of going to college anymore. He just wanted to open a braised meat shop after graduating from high school and fulfill his mother's dream when she was young.
Qi Weichen, who was sitting nearby and drinking tea, glanced at the two of them calmly and said, "If you have time to complain, you can learn more words."
"Dad, it's finally the weekend, can't you let us relax for a while?" Qi Muyang was dissatisfied.
Qi Weichen only had two words: "No."
The mother and son sat at the table with their shoulders slumped, looking like they didn't want to study. Qi Weichen thought for a moment and said, "Study hard, and I'll take you skiing during the winter vacation."
The mother and son were suddenly shocked, but then they thought that there was still nearly a month left before the winter vacation, and they were suddenly depressed again. Chu Qing tried to negotiate: "We won't go skiing, can you reduce the workload for us?"
Qi Weichen pondered for a moment, and finally said slowly under the expectant gaze of the mother and son: "Today's punishment is to copy ten short essays, come on." After that, he returned to his room slowly.
Mother and son: “…”
There were only two people left in the living room. After a long silence, someone sighed, and then the two of them resigned themselves to their fate and opened their textbooks. It was impossible to study efficiently on weekends when people should be playing and sleeping, so the two of them were punished in the evening without any surprise.
"The essays have been sent to your phones. Chu Qing, copy the English essays, and Mu Yang, copy the classical Chinese essays. Go back to your rooms and copy them," Qi Weichen paused after speaking, and swept his cold eyes over their faces. "Don't copy without thinking. Try to translate while you copy. It's best to pick out a few sentences from each essay and memorize them. Submit them to me tomorrow morning."
… This is much harder than ordinary punishment. Chu Qing sighed in her heart and looked at Qi Muyang, encouraging him to overthrow patriarchy with her eyes. Qi Muyang was not stupid either. He pretended not to see her hint and went back to the room with his phone. Chu Qing was helpless and cowardly, so she had to turn around and go back to her bedroom.
It’s not difficult to copy ten English passages, but the difficult part is that you have to try to translate and memorize them, and look up words you don’t understand. It would take you nearly half an hour to copy one passage of 100 words, and ten passages would take... five hours
After calculating the time, Chu Qing felt desperate and could not continue copying after just two articles. Finally, she ran to knock on Qi Weichen's door with a bitter face.
When Qi Weichen opened the door, he saw her standing in front of him in her pajamas, looking pitiful. Because the house was heated, she only wore a thin pink pajamas, without socks on her feet. Her round, white toes were exposed outside her pajamas, looking small and cute.
Qi Weichen turned his eyes away from her feet and asked calmly, "What's the matter?"
"Let's go inside and talk." Chu Qing smiled ingratiatingly, pushed him into the room, and did not forget to lock the door.
Qi Weichen looked at her movements and couldn't help but feel anxious. He could only restrain himself and went to the table to pour a glass of cold water and drink: "What's the matter?"
"I, I want to make a deal with you. Can you copy less?" Chu Qing leaned against him like a pitiful little girl and said with a groan, "Ten articles are really too many, and I have to try to translate them. It's really too difficult. I didn't slack off for an hour just now, and I only copied two articles."
Qi Weichen paused and said, "If you study hard, you won't be punished."
"I know I was wrong, and I will study hard tomorrow. Can you let me off today?" In order to avoid being punished for copying, Chu Qing threw away her dignity and used all her abilities to act like a spoiled child.
Qi Weichen always fell for this. Whenever she whined to him, even the most determined heart would waver. For example, at this moment, he suddenly fell silent. Chu Qing was afraid that he would still insist on punishing her, so she stood on tiptoe and kissed him on the lips.
Qi Weichen was stunned and his eyes suddenly darkened.
"Hey, let me kiss you, and you won't punish me, okay?" Chu Qing pouted.
Qi Weichen was silent for a moment, and when he spoke again his voice was slightly hoarse: "Okay."
Chu Qing's eyes lit up, and just as she was about to speak, she heard him add, "But it's not this kind of pro-Franco."
"How is that..."
Before she could finish her words, she was suddenly pushed onto the bed. While Chu Qing was stunned, someone covered her, pinched her chin and kissed her.
This kiss lost its usual grace and its aggressiveness frightened Chu Qing. Unfortunately, she was dizzy at the time and even if she subconsciously wanted to escape, her legs were too weak to run away. It was not until a button on her pajamas was undone and someone bit her like a dog that she suddenly woke up and pushed the person away.
"Are you born in the year of the dog?!" Chu Qing covered her neck in shock.
Qi Weichen's breathing was a little unstable. After a long silence, he asked in a hoarse voice: "Does it hurt?"
“No, it doesn’t hurt... But you can’t bite me!” Chu Qing opened her eyes wide, like a little white rabbit deceived by a big bad wolf.
Qi Weichen pursed his lips and said, "I'm sorry." As soon as he apologized, a trace of regret flashed in his eyes. "If we hadn't traveled through time, we would have graduated from high school by now."
"… Why did you suddenly mention high school graduation?" Chu Qing was puzzled.
Qi Weichen looked at her meaningfully. Chu Qing was stunned for a moment, then suddenly understood. She blushed and hit him with a pillow, saying, "Even if you graduate from high school, don't even think about that!"
After saying that, he stumbled away. In his panic, he tried to open the door but failed. Then he remembered that he had twisted the door lock. So he unlocked it speechlessly, opened the door and was about to escape.
However, the moment the door opened, he saw Qi Muyang outside.
At this time, Qi Muyang raised one hand, and was about to knock on the door. When he saw Chu Qing, he was stunned for a moment: "Are you here to beg for mercy too?"
“… Beg for nothing!” Chu Qing was too ashamed to face the elders of Jiangdong anymore, and after saying that, she scurried back to her room like a rabbit.
With a loud door slam, Qi Muyang came back to his senses, quickly closed Qi Weichen's door and ran back to his room. Seeing his mother's frightened look, her plea must have failed. If she couldn't succeed, he couldn't succeed either, so he should be sensible.
The author has something to say: Mu Yangzi: Dad must have beaten Mom, I'd better stay away
Qingqing: …
There is another chapter tonight. I will write after I eat something.