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Qi Xun took Bai Xi to the seaside with Zhong Yuqin and Zhong Yuqin’s older cousin, Zhong Yi, who graduated from college this year and has a driver’s license. Their size was perfect to fit into one car.
The oldest member saw Bai Xi sandwiched between Qi Xun and Zhong Yuqin, and was drinking his milk tea. He smiled and asked, “Hey little one, how old are you? Junior high school?”
Qi Xun opened a pocket of cookies for Bai Xi and answered the boy, “He is fifteen, starting senior high school this year.”
Zhong Yi saw Qi Xun lowering his head and chatting with the kid named Bai Xi in the rearview mirror. He could not resist the urge to raise his eyebrow.
He was also familiar with Qi Xun, but he had never seen the other be so patient with someone. Yet now he witnessed it towards a child who Qi Xun had no blood relationship with.
When they arrived at the beach, Zhong Yi ditched the other three children for his classmates, who also rented a villa by the beach, as they went out surfing together in a group. Zhong Yuqin went to befriend the beautiful ladies playing volleyball on the beach. This left Qi Xun to teach Bai Xi how to swim alone.
Qi Xun held Bai Xi’s waist and guided him into the right posture. “Breathe, remember to breathe, and stop fiddling.”
Bai Xi was happily learning at the beginning. But it was not long before he became lazy and refused to release his arms around Qi Xun’s neck.
“I do not want to learn anymore.” He whined, “I want to eat shaved ice.”
“Little lazy bun.”
Qi Xun was powerless. Moreover, although Bai Xi applied sunscreen on his tender skin, his back still started to turn red from basking under the seaside sun for a while.
So he took Bai Xi to eat shaved ice.
Bai Xi dug around in his dessert with a small spoon. After he finished eating, Qi Xun did not force him to continue the lesson. Instead, he took the boy to ride a motorboat and to a bonfire party in the evening.
On their way back, Bai Xi was so tired that he dozed off while hugging Qi Xun’s arm. But after a while, he felt a round object stuffed into his hand. He opened his eyes and found that it was a beautifully painted glass wind chime.
He raised his head at Qi Xun.
Qi Xun’s expression remained indifferent. “I saw it in the souvenir shop earlier. You can hang it in your room when we get back.”
Bai Xi puffed out a series of laughs.
He leaned against Qi Xun’s shoulder and fiddled with the bell in the wind chime.
He chirped sweetly, “Ge, you are the best.”
Not only did the other person not find him annoying, he even spent the entire day playing with him. Qi Xun also remembered to buy him a gift, much more patient with him than his older cousins.
Instead of replying, Qi Xun smiled faintly.
Zhong Yuqin was resting his eyes on the side, fully conscious. He heard the conversation beside him. There was nothing wrong with the content, but he felt this unbearable toothache.
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Bai Xi stayed with Qi Xun’s family for the entire summer vacation.
In August, his parents returned, but Bai Ruo was still with her friend. Without a companion at home, and being clingy to Qi Xun and his reluctance to leave, Xu Jingwan talked with his parents about letting their boy stay longer.
Bai Xi’s parents did not insist on him coming back and continued to allow him to stay with the Qi family.
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On the day of parting, Bai Xi had packed up all his luggage and was acting dilly dally.
He sat on the suitcase with a sad face. He gently tugged on Qi Xun’s sleeve and requested, in a whisper, “Ge, can I come over to visit you in the future?”
Qi Xun waved him goodbye in the garden.The Bai family’s driver was already waiting.
He looked down at Bai Xi, who had not grown much even after being fed lots of yummy food for the whole summer. When Bai Xi sat on the suitcase and looked up, the boy looked even younger.
Qi Xun reached out and flicked Bai Xi’s forehead, not too hard nor too soft.
“Why can you not? Your house is less than one kilometer away from mine. No one is stopping you.”
Bai Xi put his hands over his red forehead and happiness returned to his face as he giggled.
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Since then, Bai Xi has come to visit every few days. Qi Xun was also used to having a small tail behind him as he took his cute tail everywhere.
In the beginning, his group of friends protected him half-heartedly, saying that it was a killjoy to nanny a kid when they were out playing.
But after a while, they were no longer surprised by the strange addition to their group. Bai Xi was a well-behaved child and not fussy. Several older kids treat him as their didi now. They would always bring gifts when they traveled.
Aside from Qi Xun, one named Chen Duo had the closest relationship with Bai Xi. He taught the boy how to play cards, and as he noticed the other was listening attentively to him explaining the rules, he could not resist petting Bai Xi’s hair. “Don’t just stick to Qi Xun, he has been busy recently. You can treat me as your gege as well. Come hang out at my place in the future.”
But before he could finish, the spot next to him was empty.
When he looked up, Bai Xi was being held in Qi Xun’s arms. As a man with a small physique, he was the perfect size for Qi Xun’s lap.
Qi Xun glared at him coldly. “If you want a didi, go out and find your own.”
Chen Duo clicked his tongue. “You are so boring. Xi Xi is not your kid. Why are you so stingy.”
Zhong Yuqin and Su Yang, who stood nearby, smiled together.
Zhong Yuqin smiled without lifting his head from his phone. “You can just forget it. That’s Lao Qi’s child bride. You have no share in this.”
This was a half-joke, so no one took it to heart.
Even Bai Xi himself did not take it seriously at all. He remained nestled in Qi Xun’s arms and muttered that he needed to go to the bookstore later.
The maple leaves in the yard have been dyed red. Occasionally, one or two leaves would fall in the pond, like pages of love notes.
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Nearly two years have passed in a flash.
Bai Xi was in his second year of senior high school, while Qi Xun’s first year of college was almost over.
That afternoon, Bai Xi left school early after he finished the exam. Instead of going straight home, he took a taxi to Qi Xun’s university.
Qi Xun’s college was having a debate competition today. Bai Xi sneaked into the small auditorium using the card the other man gave him.
He picked the seat at the end. Although he could not see Qi Xun’s face, being in one of the two teams sitting on the stage, Qi Xun was outstanding in both posture and appearance. Even if the other man was a fuzzy figure, he was still different from others. When he stood up to speak, his rhythm was at the perfect tempo, with each precious word properly executed.
Bai Xi was so moved that he applauded along with the crowd. When he heard a person next to him quietly praising Qi Xun, he also sat up straight with pride.
In the end, Qi Xun’s team won.
When the majority of the people cleared out of the auditorium, Bai Xi ran to the stage in an instant and shouted, Qi Xun on tiptoe.
“Ge!”
Qi Xun was stopped by his classmate for a chat. As soon as he heard the familiar voice, he turned towards it.
Bai Xi waved to him off the stage. He was still wearing his school uniform, a dark blue vest and a white shirt. When he smiled softly, his dimples appeared.
Qi Xun immediately ended the conversation with the other student. “My didi is here. I will not be attending the dinner gathering today. You guys go have fun without me.”
With that, he came down from the stage in three to two steps before the other club members could stop him.
As soon as he approached Bai Xi, the other man leaped towards him.
As a second-year senior high school student who had grown a lot taller, he still jumped into Qi Xun’s arms at ease. He seemed to have little weight on him as Qi Xun was able to easily catch him.
“Ge, you were so handsome on the stage,” Bai Xi praised with a smile. “I have not seen you for so long. I could hardly recognize you.”
This was nonsense, of course.
He and Qi Xun had not seen each other for only a month because Bai Xi was busy with school.
But Qi Xun did not correct his statement. He took the other’s small hand and walked out.
“Will you be staying at my house today?” A question Qi Xun frequently asked
“Of course.” Bai Xi patted his schoolbag. “I have brought all of my homework. I need your expertise on some of them.”
“All right.”
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When the two returned to Qi Xun’s house together, both Xu Jingwan and Qi Honglang were home.
During dinner, Xu Jingwan saw that they were getting closer and closer over the years, so she brought up old stories about the two.
“X Xi, do you know that when you were a child, before your family moved to Wu City, you kept insisting on marrying my A-Xun?” she said with a smile.
Of course, Bai Xi did remember this.
He instinctively glanced at Qi Xun, who was raising his head to look at his mother. There was nothing strange in his usual facial features.
Disappointment from unknown origins filled Bai Xi’s heart.
But with his curious nature, he pursued the topic, “Why, aren’t we both boys?”
Xu Jingwan smiled widely. “Because of your poor health when you were a child, you were raised like a girl two years after you were born. There was once a master who is a friend of your family that visited, and Qi Xun happened to be in your house with his grandfather. The master said that Qi Xun’s Four Pillars of Destiny would bring you prosperity and that you two might as well get married. He meant as close friends, but at that time, you were precious in a dress that I joked about and dubbed you as Qi Xun’s little bride for many years.”
When Xu Jingwan brought this up, she became fond of the memory and added, “Our family even sent you a small gold locket as a betrothal gift.”
Bai Xi’s curiosity was satisfied, so he stopped asking, and lowered his head to finish his soup, but his ears betrayed his emotion with their blush.
When he was in Qi Xun’s room doing his homework, his mind was elsewhere.
Qi Xun was reading beside him. Under the light, he deserved the title of the jade gentleman. In the past two years, Qi Xun had quickly grown out of the last of his youthfulness, and his facial features had grown more like his mother, radiating a charming appearance. However, because of his quiet and cold temperament, they diluted the softness between his eyes, leaving only sharp edges.
Bai Xi, who wore a pair of fur slippers, swung his feet and unconsciously bit his pen. He held back the question, again and again, until the question burst out like a dam. “Ge, do you think it is strange that we had an engagement when we were young?”
Qi Xun replied without moving his head. “Why is that so strange?”
It is strange. Bai Xi thought.
He paused, pursed his lips in a smile, and said, “If this engagement still holds, then you are my…my…”
Fiancé.
Bai Xi could not say the word out loud as his face blushed quietly.
He secretly glanced at Qi Xun’s face under the lamp, and only he was aware of the loops his heart was doing.
But Qi Xun did not pick up the hidden meaning in Bai Xi’s words.
He turned a page of the book and commented offhandedly, “If this engagement still holds, according to the TV trope, I should be marrying your sister.”
The Bai family had more than Bai Xi as their son, they had a daughter.
It was like Bai Xi was struck by a lightning bolt out of the blue, as he kept silent.
How did he forget about his sister at such a time?
He was immediately dispirited.
He no longer focused on the engagement mess anymore and went back to work on his homework. It was like someone got the boy’s pants in a twist as he was writing aggressively in his poor notebook.
This caught Qi Xun’s attention. Qi Xun cast a glance at the other man and had no idea what was up with Bai Xi.
But after observing for a while, since Bai Xi was fine earlier, he assumed the other was annoyed by today’s homework.
He put down his novel and as he was about to go prepare a fruit tray for Bai Xi, he accidentally knocked down the other’s school bag in the process of standing up and several things fell out of it.
He picked up each fallen item one by one. Near the end, his movements slowed down.
The last item remained on the floor.
It was a pink envelope with a heart drawn on it. It seemed to have been sprayed with perfume and had been opened.
It was a love letter.
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Pine Nut Tea: I made a mistake, there should be two more chapters…I think
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».. and continued to allow him to stay with the Qin family.« Qi family
»As a man with a small psyche..« physique
»When Wu Jingwan brought this up..« Xu Jingwan
».. until the question burst out like a dan.« like a dam
»What is that so strange?« Why is
Oooh, will that love letter open QX’s eyes and feelings? >3
Thx for the ch ٩( >ヮ<)۶
Thank you for reading and catching bugs along the way. I really applicated uwu
Oh dear, I thought it’ll be bl manhwas and QX’s straight guy mindset would be enlightened 🤣
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