Qi Muyang and Chu Qing wanted to surrender after three days of self-study, but they felt that they would definitely be laughed at if they did so, so they endured it.
"Mom, it's not a good idea for us to continue like this. Why don't we just go and admit our mistake to Dad?" Qi Muyang said weakly.
Chu Qing was not much better, and said with a gloomy look: "No, if every resistance ends like this, he will definitely not take us seriously when we have disagreements in the future."
"Then just endure it like this?" Qi Muyang was speechless.
Chu Qing thought for three seconds: "It's just one week. Didn't Qi Weichen say that after a week of in-class quizzes, if our average scores in each subject are lower than 80, we will continue to follow his study plan."
"What if our score is higher than 80?" Qi Muyang questioned.
Chu Qing thought without a second thought: "Impossible. With the current way of studying, it's stupid and difficult. You'll be lucky if you can pass the exam."
"… We should be prepared for the worst. What if we perform exceptionally well, or his test paper is less difficult, and we get over 80 points?" Qi Muyang sighed, "How about we deliberately do worse?"
Chu Qing paused for a moment: "… I think you are really worrying too much. Believe me, you won't do well in the exam. If you deliberately do poorly in the exam again, the score will be even lower. He might just think we are fools."
Qi Muyang stared at her in silence for three seconds and couldn't help but sigh.
"You'll be right if you listen to me. Just persevere through these few days. When he takes the initiative to ask us to give up self-study, we can pretend to be reluctant to go back." Chu Qing calculated.
Seeing how confident she was, Qi Muyang couldn't help but waver.
In order to preserve their dignity, the two of them endured the one-week appointment and did not deliberately do poorly in the final test. They completed the test paper seriously. Just as Chu Qing thought, the two did not meet Qi Weichen's requirements.
… Fortunately, I didn’t do poorly on purpose, otherwise I would be embarrassed if I told others about this score. Qi Muyang was sweating for himself in his heart, and once again felt that his mother had a good idea.
Since the score was not reached, the next step was to return to Qi Weichen's command. Contrary to their previous rejection, the mother and son looked at Qi Weichen with anticipation.
"Just barely passed." Qi Weichen commented lightly after flipping through the test paper.
The mother and son looked at each other. At the hint of Chu Qing's eyes, Qi Muyang suppressed the corners of his mouth that were about to rise, and spoke somewhat 'reluctantly': "Since we haven't reached 80 points, it means that the two of us are not suitable for self-study, so let's follow your study plan."
After a week of self-study, he didn't want to rely on himself at all. He just wanted to cling to his father's thigh and let the god of learning lead him directly. Chu Qing immediately nodded in agreement when he heard this.
The mother and son thought they had turned over a new leaf, and Qi Weichen should be happy, but he just looked at them coldly and said, "It's not bad to pass every subject, which shows that self-study is also effective. You don't have to follow my method."
Chu Qing was stunned, and a bad feeling surged in her heart: "What do you mean?"
"I thought about it. Since you are so self-conscious, you can continue studying on your own. This will save you from feeling pressure every time you see me." Qi Weichen looked calm.
Chu Qing was stunned when her premonition came true. Qi Muyang beside her couldn't help but stutter and ask, "Dad, Dad, you don't care about us anymore?"
"Isn't it good?" Qi Weichen asked back.
...Of course not! Qi Muyang looked at Chu Qing for help. Chu Qing said with a stiff face under her son's gaze: "Didn't we agree on this at the beginning? If we fail, we will continue to follow your study plan. Now that our self-study scores have not met your requirements, of course we have to continue..."
"I don't think we can push you too hard," Qi Weichen interrupted her, "The current progress is already very good, keep it up."
… What are you trying to keep? We especially need you to force us! The mother and son were wailing in their hearts, but they were too embarrassed to say it out loud. They had pretended to be unwilling to be controlled by Qi Weichen for the sake of face, but they didn't expect that he really didn't care about it. Now they are in a state of being unable to back down.
Qi Weichen made the decision directly: "It's settled, and I also want to rest. Don't bother me with things you can handle on your own." After that, he tidied up the table and walked out of the classroom, leaving the mother and son looking at each other in bewilderment.
After a while, Qi Muyang asked dumbfoundedly: "What should I do now?"
“… I don’t know.” Chu Qing had mixed feelings. She never expected Qi Weichen to be so generous in giving them ‘freedom’.
Qi Muyang's mouth twitched: "How about, should we go and beg him again?"
"That's so embarrassing," Chu Qing refused without thinking, and then fell into deep thought. After a while, she proposed, "How about this, we don't study from today onwards. We won't hang around him all day. When he can't stand it anymore, he should offer to continue tutoring us."
"…Your trick is quite mean," Qi Muyang looked at her speechlessly, "What if he turns a blind eye?"
“It shouldn’t be…right?” Chu Qing was also a little unsure.
Facts have proved that anything she is unsure about will definitely go in the worst direction in the end. After playing for two days with heavy hearts, the mother and son found that Qi Weichen was still indifferent to them, and they were completely panicked.
"It's over, it's over, he really doesn't care about us anymore, what should we do now?" Qi Muyang was completely panicked, "He must have found it very relaxing after ignoring us, so even though he knew we didn't study hard, he pretended not to notice in order not to help us with the lessons."
Chu Qing was at a loss and looked at him with a sad face: "How about we apologize to him? Humbly ask him to continue teaching us?" Self-study is really too difficult!
"Looking at his expression, he really doesn't want to care about it anymore. Even if I apologize, it probably won't be of any use." Qi Muyang was depressed.
Chu Qing sighed, and the two of them sat listlessly in their seats. Chen Xiu went out for a walk and came back, and saw the two of them standing there with the same expression. After a pause, he asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Chu Qing looked at him and told him the whole story with a look of despair. After Chen Xiu understood, he nodded and comforted them, "Don't worry, Qi Shen is reluctant to give up on you. He is just waiting."
"What are you waiting for?" Qi Muyang asked immediately.
Chen Xiu looked innocent: "Wait for you to beg him."
Mother and son: “?”
After a long silence, Chu Qing asked hesitantly, "How do you know?"
"Ah, he told me a few days ago." Chen Xiu answered casually.
Mother and son: “…” So he already knew that the two of them couldn’t make it, and was just waiting for them to beg for mercy
After hearing the news that Chen Xiu accidentally revealed, both mother and son felt complicated, but at the same time they felt relieved.
"If we just ask him, he should continue to teach us, right?" Qi Muyang asked uncertainly.
Chu Qing sighed: "Since he said this to Chen Xiu, he should not be lying." It's a pity that the mother and son have been holding on for so long. Now think about it, what were they trying to achieve
… I wouldn’t have done it if I had known.
On the way back to the dormitory that night, the mother and son stopped Qi Weichen and took out the apology letter they had prepared during the day and read it out. Qi Weichen waited for them to finish reading calmly and only asked one question: "Do you know you are wrong?"
"… knew."
"knew."
Qi Weichen's lips curved up a little, then quickly flattened down: "Should I be punished?"
"We deserve to be punished. We are ungrateful and don't appreciate good people. You can punish us however you want." Chu Qing said hurriedly.
Qi Muyang also echoed: "Yes, yes, you can punish us however you want, just don't give up on us, self-study is really too hard."
"Any punishment is fine with me?" Qi Weichen stood under the street light, with tiny dots of light falling into his dark eyes, making it impossible to guess his emotions. "Then I'll have to think about it carefully."
Mother and son: “…” The ominous premonition appeared again!
After that day, the two of them worked like slaves for Qi Weichen, running errands, buying meals, and doing everything else. Faced with his increased study tasks, they dared not say a word and behaved like his grandsons obediently for a few days. Only then did Qi Weichen let them go and continued to tutor them according to the previous plan.
After this experience, Chu Qing and Qi Muyang deeply realized how precious it was to have a genius student who was willing to work hard to guide them. So they behaved much better when facing Qi Weichen. Qi Weichen finally had a few days of comfort.
While the family was arguing, the final exam was held as scheduled. In order to prevent the same problems as before, Qi Weichen confiscated the mother and son's ID cards and all cash two days before the exam, and did not allow them to eat snacks. Chu Qing and Qi Muyang did not want to fail at the critical moment, so they obeyed and ate three meals a day in the cafeteria.
After careful preparation, the final exam came as scheduled. Because it was the last exam of the semester and there would be a parent-teacher conference after the exam, the exam was divided into two days. The first day was Chinese and mathematics, and the second day was English and liberal arts and science. After the exams, the papers were graded. When the parent-teacher conference was held on the afternoon of the third day, the results and rankings must be known.
Generally speaking, teachers have a heavier task, while students seem to have an easier time than usual because they only have two exams a day. However, with the big exams approaching and the pressure of parent-teacher meetings, no one can really relax.
After the first two exams, the teachers went to mark the papers, and all the students were studying in the classroom. Chu Qing was worried, and Qi Muyang's face was not very good either. They had been studying hard during this period, and they had already learned all the content of the first year of high school. They thought that this exam would be better, but in the end they still didn't know how to answer many questions.
I guess the results won’t be good.
The two of them were somewhat discouraged, lying listlessly on the table without moving. Qi Weichen noticed that it was too quiet behind him, and after a pause he turned back and said, "It's enough that we have tried our best."
"I know." Chu Qing responded listlessly. She understood the general principle, but she felt a little upset when she thought that she couldn't pass the exam even though she tried so hard.
Qi Weichen looked at her silently for a moment, and finally his eyes fell on Gu Quan beside her.
Gu Quan paused for a moment and asked in confusion: "Why are you looking at me?"
"Let's change positions temporarily." Qi Weichen said calmly.
Gu Quan narrowed his eyes: "Why..."
Before he finished speaking, Qi Weichen had already stood in front of his table, his expressionless face was very oppressive. Gu Quan's mouth twitched, and he sat down in the front row with a look of despair.
When Qi Weichen was talking to Gu Quan, Chu Qing already knew what he was going to do, so she deliberately switched seats with Qi Muyang so that she could sit next to Gu Quan. Qi Weichen sat next to Chu Qing as he wished and silently held her hand under the table.
Chu Qing's expression softened a bit: "You don't have to come all the way here."
"I just want to sit here." Qi Weichen said lightly.
Chu Qing looked at him warmly and couldn't help laughing, because the unhappiness caused by the results was swept away. She and Qi Weichen talked quietly, and gradually her eyebrows and eyes relaxed. Qi Weichen's shoulders relaxed slightly and his voice softened.
Just as the two were communicating harmoniously, a sinister voice interrupted: "Hey, have you forgotten something?"
Chu Qing and Qi Weichen paused, then they remembered their son who was left in the corner.
"I'm also depressed because I didn't do well in the exam. Can you be nicer to me?" Qi Muyang asked depressedly.
Qi Weichen thought for a second and said, "No need."
"Why?" Qi Muyang was dissatisfied.
Qi Weichen: "You have to learn to be strong."
Qi Muyang: “…” He doesn’t need to learn it anymore, right
As if seeing through his thoughts, Qi Weichen said calmly: "She has me, so she doesn't need to be strong."
Qi Muyang: “…” He shouldn’t have raised any objections. Now instead of getting any concern, he got fed a lot of dog food.
Seeing that he was so depressed that he was about to explode, Chu Qing couldn't help laughing and secretly took out a piece of chewing gum from her pocket and gave it to him. Qi Weichen didn't allow them to eat snacks these days, and the little snacks in the dormitory were searched and locked up. This piece of chewing gum was really left by her after going through many dangers.
Qi Muyang got the candy and his mood immediately improved.
Although both mother and son were somewhat stressed about the final exam, after the last comprehensive science exam was handed in, they quickly immersed themselves in the joy of the upcoming holiday and enthusiastically discussed how to spend the winter vacation. It was almost time for the holiday, and no one was in the mood to read anymore. The whole class was noisy.
If it wasn't for the parent-teacher meeting the next day, the students would have been on holiday after handing in the last exam, so the head teacher came around, just asked them to keep their voices down and left, with no intention of scolding anyone.
The little fat man and others also joined the conversation between the mother and son. When they were chatting enthusiastically, Chen Xiu suddenly became curious: "Who are you going to invite to the parents' meeting tomorrow?"
His question was mainly directed at Qi Weichen and the other two. After all, they had been together for so long and he knew that they had the same father but different mothers, so he was confused for a moment about who they would call over... If they called their parents, wouldn't that be very awkward
After Chen Xiu asked this question, the others immediately looked at the three people. Qi Weichen was silent for a moment: "Chu Qing and I will not attend the parents' meeting tomorrow."
"Is that so..." Chen Xiu's voice was a little lower, regretting bringing this up. Although the eldest brother accepted them, the identity of an illegitimate child often involves the grievances of several generations, which may not be so easy to put on the table. Now that the parent-teacher meeting is about to be held, the eldest brother's elders will definitely come, so it is not convenient for them to ask people to come.
Thinking of this, the people present felt a little sympathetic towards Qi Weichen and Chu Qing, and they were not as comfortable talking as before. Qi Weichen glanced at them and knew why they were uncomfortable, but he did not expose them. Chu Qing and Qi Muyang were still stupid and unaware, and soon they talked about another topic, and the others returned to their normal state.
Today is the second to last day at school, and the evening self-study class has been cancelled like every Friday, so I can go straight back to the dormitory after dinner.
Chu Qing didn't want to stay in the dormitory alone so early, but it was cold outside. After hesitating for a second, she sneaked into the boys' dormitory with Qi Weichen and his son.
"Mom, wait for me, we'll play games later." Qi Muyang said and hurried to the bathroom.
Chu Qing was speechless for a moment, then looked at Qi Weichen opposite her: "Isn't he being too shameless in front of me?"
"Do you want to maintain your image in front of him?" Qi Weichen asked back.
Chu Qing thought about it and immediately stopped worrying about it.
Qi Weichen glanced at her and said, "Tomorrow's parent-teacher meeting may take more than two hours to end. If you are bored in the dormitory, you can come find me."
"No." Chu Qing refused immediately.
Qi Weichen paused: "Why?"
Chu Qing glanced at him: "Need I say more?" The reason she dared to come to their dormitory to play now was because there was another person named Qi Muyang in the dormitory. Tomorrow was the time for the parents' meeting. Let alone Qi Muyang, there would probably not be many people in the entire dormitory building. If she came here alone, what was the difference between her and a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth
A hint of smile flashed across Qi Weichen's eyes: "Are you afraid of me?"
"Yes." Chu Qing was quite frank. When she was about to say something, she heard Qi Muyang's cell phone ringing. She picked it up directly, and when she saw the word "Grandma" on the caller ID, she was stunned for a moment.
Qi Weichen followed her gaze and fell silent as well.
"This... is my mother?" Chu Qing asked cautiously.
Qi Weichen responded.
Chu Qing stared at her phone, her eyes suddenly filled with tears. She grew up with her parents, and even when she lived in a dormitory in high school, her parents would try to send her meals four or five times a week, and they were almost never apart. This was the first time she had been away from her parents for such a long time. Now that she saw her mother calling, she didn't dare to answer the phone, and she felt indescribably sad.
Qi Weichen patted her back silently. He had always been indifferent to emotions, but after traveling through time, he more or less understood the relationship between parents and children. He knew that at this moment Chu Qing did not need him to say any words of comfort, but just needed him to be by her side.
When the two were silent, Qi Muyang came back from the bathroom. After seeing their expressions, he was stunned for a moment: "Did you have a fight?"
"No... your phone is ringing." Chu Qing hurriedly handed the phone to him and sat on the chair without saying anything.
Qi Muyang looked at her strangely, turned on his phone and saw that it was his grandmother calling. After a pause, he took the phone and went out to make a call.
Since he knew that his parents were time travelers, he had done some research, and with Qi Weichen's reminder, he knew that the fewer people who knew about this, the better. Because he knew how much his mother depended on her family, he went to visit the elderly secretly during this period, and never answered the phone in front of his parents. His father tacitly agreed to all of this.
After Qi Muyang left, the dormitory fell silent. Chu Qing felt quite uncomfortable. She stared at the ground with her eyes wide open, not knowing what she was thinking.
Qi Muyang came back soon and asked as soon as he entered the door, "Mom, do you want to play games?" But he didn't mention the phone call just now.
Chu Qing paused and looked at him steadily: "What did my mother say to you?"
"...Ah, nothing. She said she wanted to help me with the parents' meeting," Qi Muyang laughed dryly. Facing the 18-year-old Chu Qing who looked aggrieved, he always felt like he was stealing someone's mother when he said this. He couldn't help but explain, "I told her she didn't have to come, but she insisted on coming. She also said that she almost got into a fight with her grandparents for this opportunity. I had no choice but to ask her to come."
This was originally an explanation, but in Chu Qing's ears, it became another kind of bragging. She asked sourly: "Then you are amazing, so many people like you."
"It's okay, mainly because my mother gave birth to a good child." Qi Muyang flattered.
Chu Qing felt a little better, but she was still unhappy when she thought about how he had just turned his back to her and made a phone call: "Why did you answer the phone secretly? I also want to hear my mother's voice."
"… I was just afraid that you wouldn't be able to control yourself and start talking." Qi Muyang smiled awkwardly.
Chu Qing's eyes suddenly filled with tears: "Then I won't speak, can you let me hear her voice?"
"Okay, okay, don't cry. I'll call her now. Please don't cry." Qi Muyang coaxed her hurriedly.
Qi Weichen put his hand on her head to comfort her: "Don't cry, Mu Yang will beat you now."
"Yes, I'll call now." Qi Muyang said nervously, and immediately dialed the number in front of her, and tactfully pressed the speakerphone.
Hearing the notification tone on the phone, Chu Qing stopped crying and looked at the phone with wide eyes. The phone rang only three times before it was connected, and a strong voice came from inside: "My dear, is there anything else?"
"It's okay, grandma," Qi Muyang said under great pressure, facing Chu Qing's sour gaze, "I just want to ask you what you're going to wear tomorrow. How about we wear the same thing so that others will envy you?"
"Hahaha, wow, you're thoughtful. We can even take a few photos. I'll post them online and make those old guys jealous."
Qi Muyang laughed dryly and said a few words in agreement. Then, a greeting came from his grandmother's side. His grandmother spoke faster: "No more talking, dear. Grandma is going to play mahjong."
"Well, bye, grandma." Qi Muyang quickly hung up the phone. Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he saw Chu Qing's eyes were even redder. "... What happened?"
"I want to listen more." Chu Qing was so sad that tears fell.
Qi Muyang's mouth twitched, and he had to continue calling his grandmother. Grandma asked in confusion: "What's wrong, dear?"
"It's okay, I just miss grandma. Are you okay?" Qi Muyang said with a stiff face.
Grandma laughed and said, "I've always been in good health, you know that, don't worry, I'm fine."
“Oh…” Qi Muyang had nothing to say, but Chu Qing was still staring at the phone eagerly, as if she wanted to snatch it from her to answer the call, so he could only continue to make small talk.
The sound of mahjong had already started from her grandmother's side, and she was a little absent-minded when she spoke. In addition, Qi Muyang was talking a lot of nonsense, and gradually her patience was worn out.
Qi Muyang was still trying to find something to say: "Grandma, I'll come to see you during the winter vacation. Is there anything you like..."
"Qi Muyang," Grandma interrupted him, "Do you need to be punished?"
Qi Muyang: “…” Just now you were calling him a good boy, but now you’re just calling him by his name
"If you say one more word of nonsense, I will go to the school and beat you up..."
Before grandma finished her words, Chu Qing quickly pressed the hang-up button. Qi Muyang and Qi Weichen looked at her at the same time, and she said with a horrified face: "She really knows how to beat people. Fortunately, I hung up in time."
Father and son: "…" Weren't you thinking about mom just now? Why do you want to look so scared now
The author has something to say: Qingqing: Even if I traveled through time for 23 years, I’m still afraid of being beaten by my mother
Qi Muyang: ...Oh