The instant the umbrella opened, it seemed like the world had vanished. Everything was terrifyingly quiet.
Wen ZhiChu subconsciously squinted, as if looking directly into the sun.
Tiga, Gaia, and Taro were smiling at him, hand in hand.
Wen ZhiChu’s eyelids twitched. Well damn. This guy’s pretty fickle at heart. The only one he liked was Tiga.
Not for any other reason, just that Tiga was free. The others needed membership.
Turning his head and looking over, he could clearly perceive the stiffness to Qin JiaShu’s limbs, and the rare look of surprise that appeared on his usually calm and composed face. Those eyes, which often contained a false smile and warmth, were currently filled to the brim with shock. For about 5 seconds, Qin JiaShu held the umbrella, completely motionless.
Qin JiaShu looked at the umbrella in his hand, vision blacking out briefly. A barricade unfurled inside his head, blocking out all ability to think and ponder. For a second, even the pouring rain outside seemed to have stopped falling. The silence inside his ears was terrifying.
The hand holding the handle of the umbrella tightened unconsciously. It was with such strength that even his wrist was tense and trembling. There was no need to think too hard to know who this umbrella belonged to.
At this time, the Dean stepped forward, patted Qin JiaShu on his broad shoulders, and said with a smile: “Kid, looks like you still have a childish innocence.”
As soon as he spoke these words, Wen ZhiChu saw Qin JiaShu’s face color turn even more unsightly.
A certain someone originally still had a faint chance of survival, but after adding this additional stab, he really couldn’t be any deader right now.
With a jolly laugh, the Dean opened his umbrella: “Meng Yan, come with me. We’re leaving.”
Saying this, he shot Wen ZhiChu a warning glance, his every word carrying the resounding and vigorous conviction of a great teacher: “Under my watch, no students shall date early!”
Wen ZhiChu: ……
“Hey, the male and female student over there, what are you two doing! Hurry up and separate yourselves!”
Saying this, the Dean stepped into the curtain of rain. Seeing this, Meng Yan hastily followed him. When passing Qin JiaShu, she said extremely bashfully: “Qin-tongxue, I never thought you’d have such a childish innocence.”
Wen ZhiChu: !
This world was so sinister.
The guy’s already deader than dead, yet his corpse was still getting dragged out to be whipped.
After Meng Yan left, the building fell silent once again. Wen ZhiChu glanced at Qin JiaShu and then carefully comforted him, saying: “Don’t…don’t worry.”
Qin JiaShu turned his head stiffly to look at him.
Wen ZhiChu: “A…A lifetime passes very quickly.”
“……”
When everyone pretty much left, Qin JiaShu finally took a deep breath and raised that blindingly bright umbrella over his head: “Let’s go.”
Wen ZhiChu stared blankly at him for a moment before hastily following him.
He could feel Qin JiaShu’s reluctance. Even walking under the same umbrella, the other still purposely created a distance between them. When Wen ZhiChu looked up at Qin JiaShu, he saw the other with an extremely repulsed expression.
Just now when the Dean asked Qin JiaShu if he could take him, Wen ZhiChu had clearly seen Qin JiaShu’s smile freezing on his face.
The two people walked under the umbrella. Tonight, the campus streetlights were off, and the roads were rather dark. Qin JiaShu looked straight ahead, but internally, he seemed to have reached a breaking point. Living this long, he’s never had a more embarrassing day than today.
In his hand was the humiliating umbrella. Next to him was the person he loathed.
In front of them was a small puddle of water. The two people automatically separated to walk on either side of the puddle to avoid it. The Ultraman umbrella wasn’t very big; it barely fit the two of them. When they walked in opposite directions, Wen ZhiChu originally thought he’d get wet from the rain. However, in that brief moment, the umbrella over his head actually tilted to his side.
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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Wen ZhiChu didn’t plan to court trouble anyways and obediently shut his mouth.
The falling rain was annoying, Qin JiaShu frowned more and more: “How much further until the bus stop?!”
Wen ZhiChu jumped in fear: “It’s 100 meters… outside of the campus gates.”
After that, the two people stopped talking and continued to walk forward side by side.
Putong—
Hearing the muffled sound next to him, the ambulating Qin JiaShu turned his head to look: ?
Where did the guy go?
The next second, his foot slipped: “Oh fuck!”
Wen ZhiChu, who had originally tripped into a puddle, saw the big and tall figure in front of him fall down, accompanied by a loud, nationally renowned swear word.
“Are…are you okay?”
Wen ZhiChu hastily went to help him up. His leg had struck the ground unexpectedly when he tripped however, and the pain caused him to slip and slide.
To the side, Qin JiaShu watched wide-eyed as Wen ZhiChu rolled around 360 degrees in that dirty puddle of water like clothes in a washing machine.
Qin JiaShu: ……
Just now, the umbrella fell out of his hand and landed to the side. The bean-sized raindrops hit him relentlessly and his completely soaked clothes stuck to his skin. Looking down at the filth and dirt on his body, Qin JiaShu finally felt his patience reaching its limit.
Watching the spinning washing machine not far from him, Qin JiaShu gritted his teeth and said with his eyelids twitching: “Are you a fucking pig?!”
Saying this, he got up aggressively and stepped forward to pick Wen ZhiChu up by the back of his collar.
All his usual pretense collapsed completely at this moment. The flawless, good student in the teachers’ eyes, the extremely handsome and well-educated campus prince that classmates loved and adored, has in this moment transformed into the aggravated and volatile Qin JiaShu.
Wen ZhiChu was so terrified that his mouth trembled nonstop: “Sor…sorry.”
Qin JiaShu’s face was terrifyingly dark. Right now, both of them were soaking wet and the umbrella was basically useless.
After standing still for two minutes to calm down, Qin JiaShu finally regained his senses and picked up the umbrella again.
Seeing Wen ZhiChu still standing there like an idiot, he said: “Let’s go. I’ll take you to the bus stop.”
The tone held an immeasurable amount of annoyance. Wen ZhiChu hastily hugged his schoolbag and followed.
When passing by the place where Qin JiaShu fell, Wen ZhiChu kicked the stone that tripped Qin JiaShu.
[System: What are you doing?]
Wen ZhiChu: “Standing up for what’s right.”
“……”
Once they reached the bus stop, Wen ZhiChu said completely sincerely: “Thank…thank you for bringing…bringing me here.”
Standing under the roofed shelter of the bus stop, Qin JiaShu took off his jacket and squeezed out most of the water. The contours of his arm bulged with his movements. The other had clearly been drenched by the rain, but that ingenious masterpiece of a face didn’t look disheveled at all. His eyelashes were very long. Wen ZhiChu can see the little drops of water hanging on them and dripping downward. The contours of his face were clear and distinct. Only right now, this face was not smiling.
Wen ZhiChu even dared to say that Qin JiaShu was definitely the best-looking person he’s ever seen.
The next second, Qin JiaShu suddenly turned his head to look at him. Wen ZhiChu shifted his gaze away hastily in alarm.
Falling silent for a few minutes, Wen ZhiChu secretly tilted his head, wanting to know if the other was still looking at him. Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned his head, he looked into Qin JiaShu’s sharp gaze.
The youth next to him was somewhat restless and ill-at-ease. The hands exposed outside of Wen ZhiChu’s sleeves were wrung together tightly; his healthy colored lips were pressed together silently. Qin JiaShu frowned: “What are you thinking about randomly again?”
Face flushing bright red, Wen ZhiChu: “No…nothing.”
[System: Young man, you look like a lovestruck fool right now.]
Wen ZhiChu: ……
Qin JiaShu rested his jacket over his shoulder and picked up the umbrella again.
“How…how are you getting back home?”
“No need for you to worry about that.”
Wen ZhiChu looked at Qin JiaShu’s back and did his best to say: “Thanks… take care.”
Pretty soon afterwards, the bus drove over. Wen ZhiChu inserted a coin and boarded the bus. Because he was all wet, he didn’t sit in an empty seat and instead, stood holding the safety handle. He was afraid that the mud on his body might dirty the bus seats.
Fortunately, there weren’t many people on the bus today because of the rain. It wasn’t very crowded.
One hand holding his uniform, one hand holding the umbrella, Qin JiaShu searched for the Qin family’s car in this darkened night. The high dangling streetlights seemed somewhat dim on this rainy night, but the falling rain was illuminated clearly.
When he left the school, the students had pretty much left. At this moment, there really weren’t many cars around campus. Wanting to discern them was very easy, but he searched up and down, and still couldn’t find the Qin family’s car.
Holding the umbrella, Qin JiaShu stood under the streetlight. After all the cars around campus left, he finally took out his cellphone and called for a taxi.
The villa district was located in a luxurious location that was brightly lit by lights. After Mama Qin asked the driver to send off the guests, she finally let out a sigh of relief and called the servants to help the intoxicated Papa Qin back to his room.
At this time, Qin JiaHe, who had been playing quietly with blocks, walked out of his room. He tottered and swayed down the stairs in search of his mom, scared the servant behind him witless at the sight.
“Mama.”
Mama Qin turned her head to look at her youngest son: “What’s the matter, XiaoHe?”
Qin JiaHe pursed his lips, as if somewhat unhappy: “Where’s gege?”
Startled, Mama Qin abruptly looked out the window. The downpouring of rain outside completely blurred the windows. Today there were guests visiting. She was so busy focusing her attention on them that she had completely forgotten that Qin JiaShu didn’t ride his bike to school today. Just a second ago, she even asked the driver to bring the guests home, while solely forgetting to tell him to pick up her son.
Mama Qin became somewhat flustered for a moment. She had just planned to contact another driver to pick him up when there was the sound of a door opening from the entrance hall.
Hearing this, Qin JiaHe ran over with his short little legs: “Gege! Gege, you’re back!”
The little guy smiled so hard, only his teeth were visible, not his eyes. The raindrops on Qin JiaShu’s body fell on the little guy’s hands, surprising the little dumpling: “Gege, why are you so dirty?”
Qin JiaShu didn’t answer. Instead, he kicked off his wet and muddy shoes.
Seeing this, Mama Qin instructed someone to grab a towel and walked over. She placed the towel over her son’s head. Her eyes were filled with heartache as she said guiltily: “JiaShu, I’m sorry. Really, I’m very sorry. Visitors came to the house today. Mama……”
“It’s fine……”
Mama Qin’s hand, which was wiping her son’s hair, halted mid-motion.
She saw a smile on Qin JiaShu’s rain drenched face: “It doesn’t matter.”
Saying this, he took the towel from her hand and walked inside nonchalantly: “It’s not anything important anyways.”
Mama Qin walked forward a few steps: “JiaShu……”
Qin JiaShu turned his head to look at her. There was nothing unusual on his face: “I’m all dirty so I’ll be heading upstairs to take a shower. You guys should rest early as well.”
Qin JiaHe looked pitifully at the mud on his big brother’s body and then looked at the Ultraman umbrella that his big brother had brought back.
Did Ultraman not protect gege?
His little mouth pouted. He suddenly didn’t like Ultraman as much anymore.
Qin JiaShu returned to his room and threw all of his clothes into the dirty laundry hamper. After taking a shower, he came out wearing a bathrobe. The water on his hair that didn’t dry completely dripped onto the floor with his steps. He walked in front of the desk and pulled open the bottom drawer. Inside was a reward certification engraved with 2nd place, a commemorative plaque that had no rank, and a multi-page essay that failed to be selected. Compared to the golden trophies of commemoration placed in the display cabinet on the first floor, they weren’t even worth mentioning.
In addition, after a close look at the date, they were all from a very long time ago.
Qin JiaShu lifted his hand and moved these to the side, revealing the cigarette and e-cig hidden deep inside the drawer.
This was the drawer filled with his failures and bad habits.
When Wen ZhiChu returned home, it was already 10:30pm. After taking a shower and putting his uniform into the washing machine, he collapsed onto the bed, soft and limp like jello.
After he fell asleep, he slept all the way until 11am. If he wasn’t woken up by hunger, he would have continued sleeping.
Outside the window, the sun was bright and shiny. Wen ZhiChu struggled to get out of bed.
[System: Even pigs can’t sleep like you.]
Wen ZhiChu said drowsily: “You don’t understand?”
[System: ?]
Wen ZhiChu stretched lazily: “Waking up naturally is the most basic respect for off-days.”
[……]
Wen ZhiChu got up, put on his slippers, and headed to the kitchen. In the last few days, he ate at school so he didn’t buy any food. Rummaging through the cabinets, he only found a carrot and a tomato.
For a second, Wen ZhiChu stood there having a staring contest with the vegetables.
[System: Do you know how to make them?]
Wen ZhiChu fell silent for a moment: “Probably?”
[System: Since when did you secretly learn to cook?]
Wen ZhiChu said with a completely serious expression: “High-end ingredients only require a very simple preparation method.”
[System: Boil with water?]
Wen ZhiChu: “Eaten raw.”
Lololol really like a little pig.
Poor Qin Jiashu, of course he would grow up to never show his true feelings because he’d never experienced affection growing up; at the most important period to a child
Thank You for the new chapter (｡’▽’｡)♡
You know, I don’t blame Qin Jiashu for keeping his parents at arm’s length emotionally. They’re doing a really shitty job at proving they care.
No wonder he kinda not like the small bro. He’s the living example of all the things he haven’t experience growing up.🥺
“Waking up naturally is the most basic respect for off-days” 😂 ahh Wen ZhiChu I love your energy so much!
Ahh XiaoHe is adorable TT I hope things turn out better for JianShu… 😔
Thanks for the chapter!
At least there was some food in the house.
aaaah i know she didn’t mean bad but i’m still hating how the mother could have forgotten like that… i think qin jiashu was really expecting to see someone waiting for him after school, even if it was just the driver, at least it would have shown that he wasn’t forgotten like when he was younger 🥹
I could feel his genuine disappointment through the screen.
Thank you for the chapter 🥰
Thank you for the update ❤️💯
Big yikes for mama qin… Hope she’ll try harder to make up for jiashu.. Zhichu is so adorable tho 😂 be prepared to have your heart melted for this little pig XD
As usual this chapter’s funny as well, though it turned sad for a bit. The part where they both fell one after the other and WZC started spinning like a washing machine in the puddle though lmao 😭😭😭 I couldn’t breathe 💀 The commentary about the Ultraman umbrella was funny too😭 Thank you very much for the chapter!!!
Mom why 💀
…raw… lmao! So sad about our ml. Thanks for the update 🤣❤️
true
I really really LOVE the antics between ZhiChu and the system.
The are hilarious.
Truly, made my day
i suddenly feel that both the ml and mc are very pitiful
Okay, I forgive Qin Jiashu for the way he is.
I just need him and our little mushroom to quickly become a mutual aid society with one another.
El hermano del ml va a crecer para ser mimado y perdonado por todo, el ml será el sacrificio de la familia…
I laughed so hard I was wheezing
I totally dislike the Qin parents. 🙄
I mean, my mom has been in a rush to get things from the store with my siblings and go which resulted once that she forgot my sister in the store 😅🙃 Thankfully she had just pulled out when she realized.
I don’t even know what to say.
My god it’s so funny! High-end ingredients, I remember it👌🏻
thanks for the chapter!
Chapter should’ve been called washing machine in my humble opinion.