Chapter 124 – Very Sweet

Translator: Xena @dummynovels dot com

Chen You was playing Fight the Landlord. There were many snacks on the table, some sour, some sweet, and some spicy. He had eaten a round of it which took him even longer than two rounds of card game.

There were three girls in the game room he was in, making him the only boy. It was a very harmonious situation.

Seeing the pair of old Ks from the previous player, Chen You poked with the mouse, and the voice-over of Landlord came from the speakers—No.

The little yellow dog sleeping beside the table was startled. It got up and looked around while making a low barking sound.

Chen You took his feet out of his slippers and rubbed the little yellow dog gently with it. “It’s okay, it’s okay, Brother is playing cards, you can go back to sleep.”

The little yellow dog wagged its tail, shook its fur, changed place, and lay on Chen You’s slippers.

Chen You happily stuffed his feet into the little yellow dog’s warm belly. “Laifu, to be honest, Dad’s stomach is not as comfortable as yours.”

He looked up and saw that the landlord girl had won.

The beans had decreased a bit, and Chen You looked at them with concern. He had been playing for nearly an hour and had not won a single game.

He called the system, “How could this happen? Do you think my account is infected with a virus?”

The system said, “It’s you who is poisonous.”

Chen You, “…”

He pressed the start button, and the sound of cards being played began. He turned to the system to ask, “Please guide me on how to play a few cards.”

The system said, “Not helping.”

Chen You was furious, “Let’s break up!”

The system said, “Less than three seconds.”

Chen You didn’t understand, “What do you mean?”

The system said, “Figure it out for yourself.”

Chen You rolled his eyes. He opened a bottle of eight-treasure porridge, scooped a mouthful with a transparent plastic spoon and put it in his mouth. It was delicious. He didn’t expect that the things delivered by that Tmall store were so good.

Chen You decided not to play anymore after he finished the bottle of eight-treasure porridge and would go give the store a red flower and write a 100-word long review.

This time, the three sisters all mutually agreed with each other and didn’t call out, letting the landlord go to Chen You’s house.

He was concentrating on his cards when the door suddenly opened.

The door hit the wall with a loud bang.

Chen You’s hand shook. As a result, instead of playing three pairs of two like he wanted, he missed one pair and directly played three nines.

Well, the landlord is out of luck this time.

Chen You felt strange. Why was the man standing at the door instead of coming in? He turned his head to look and found that the other person’s expression was not right. There was something in his eyes that he couldn’t understand. He seemed to be suppressing something.

“Dad, what’s wrong?”

Sheng Qing walked into the room as usual and glanced at the computer screen.

Chen You said, “I have finished all my homework.”

Sheng Qing picked up the spicy strips, dried tofu, small yellow croaker, and kelp shreds on the table and said, “Don’t eat these anymore.”

That’s too much. I don’t spend too much money on snacks. Chen You asked for the reason. “Why?”

Sheng Qing refused. “Go brush your teeth, wash your face and go to bed.”

Chen You glared at him. “It’s not even ten o’clock yet.”

Sheng Qing pursed his thin lips.

This small action scared Chen You so much that he didn’t even want to eat anything. He quickly left the room and turned off the computer.

He had a feeling that if he procrastinated any longer, the man would overturn the computer desk.

Is there something wrong with the company’s project?

Or maybe he encountered a road raging person on the way back and got offended?

Chen You noticed the man staring at him, so he stood up immediately.

As soon as Sheng Qing came in, the temperature in the room dropped a lot.

Animals were sometimes more sensitive than humans. The little yellow dog rolled under the table in fear, then rolled out nervously, holding Chen You tightly with its paws.

The two brothers hid in the bathroom in fear, trembling.

“Dad is in a bad mood. Let’s be good and don’t make him angry. It’s scary.”

Chen You patted the little yellow dog, put it on the ground, and went to brush his teeth and wash his face. Before going out, he did not forget to pee in all seriousness.

On winter nights, it can be so cold that when one goes up to pee it seems that their body temperature drops by several degrees every time.

Thus, Chen You kept it in if he could and would tackle it the next day.

The two brothers went out together. The boss was not there.

Chen You heaved a sigh of relief. He opened the door and sent the little yellow dog to sleep in his own bed. “Good night.”

The little yellow dog rubbed its fur on its bed and lay there motionless.

Chen You tiptoed to the door of the study and listened. Sheng Qing was on the phone inside, but he didn’t know who he was calling.

After eavesdropping for a while, Chen You was already so cold but still didn’t hear anything. He rubbed his arms, ran into the room, got on the bed and wrapped himself in the quilt.

Goodness, he’s the one who warms the bed every time. It’s not fair.

When Sheng Qing entered the room, the youth’s breathing was even, a sign that he had fallen asleep. He stood at the head of the bed and looked down.

The youth turned over, hugged his pillow and mumbled in his sleep, “Dad…”

There was an unusually strong fluctuation in Sheng Qing’s eyes. He leaned over and kissed the youth on his lips.

“Dad is here, you’ll be fine.”

During the second half of the night, Chen You woke up. His body had already adapted to the point where he needed to go to a cold bed at this time.

Seeing the youth rubbing his eyes, Sheng Qing was briefly surprised. “You can sleep here tonight.”

Chen You was stunned. This was strange. Normally, he wouldn’t want to do it, but this person would still force him to change their bed. What happened today?

Sheng Qing sat at the head of the bed and put on his shoes. “You won’t be going to school tomorrow morning. Take half a day off.”

Chen You was confused. “Why would I take a leave?”

Sheng Qing said, “I’m going to have a physical examination tomorrow, you can come with me.”

Chen You said in a low voice, “Dad, can you not go? If you leave, I will sleep on such a big bed alone and the quilt will not be warm.”

Sheng Qing turned his head to look at the youth. The youth’s eyes were bright and his face was rosy. He was like a lively young tree, growing vigorously and healthily.

He relaxed his pursed lips and carried the youth and his quilt to the room opposite.

Chen You lay in the cold quilt. Damn, it’s really cold. He looked at the man’s back. Dad ai, you can go to bed with the remote control and turn on the air conditioner. I can’t bear this cold alone.

Due to their different physical stature, Sheng Qing didn’t feel cold so it didn’t pass his mind. He only frowned when he saw the youth shivering.

Almost as soon as Sheng Qing entered the bed, Chen You came up to him and clung like an octopus.

After a while, the warmth from the air conditioner filled the entire room and the coldness disappeared.

When Chen You was about to fall asleep, he was thinking about how nothing had happened yet.

Whenever they change rooms, Sheng Qing would always do something special.

After a while, Chen You stopped thinking anymore.

The next day, Sheng Qing took Chen You to the hospital for a routine blood test. After that, they ran up and down the stairs and did various exams.

Chen You didn’t eat breakfast so he was dizzy with hunger. “Dad, aren’t you done yet?”

Sheng Qing was looking at his phone. After hanging up on another call, he then turned off his phone. “Almost.”

Almost? Chen You’s mouth twitched, and he muttered in dissatisfaction, “You’ve said that several times.”

Sheng Qing, “Hmm?”

Chen You shook his head. “Nothing.”

He suddenly remembered the purpose of today. “Dad, aren’t you here for a physical examination? Why didn’t you go?”

Sheng Qing looked at some reports while saying, “No rush.”

After finishing all the examinations, Chen You took a Xiaoyang in his left hand and bread in his right hand to eat and drink in the car.

He asked the system, “Is it possible that I have some terminal illness?”

The system said, “Do you want to experience it?”

Chen You almost choked. “Bah, I admit that I’m a little mentally retarded, but only a little. Who wants to experience terminal illness for no reason?”

The system said, “Sometimes, when opportunities come, they can’t be stopped.”

Chen You listened to himself drinking Xiaoyang before demanding, “What do you mean? Speak clearly! “

The system said, “Pray.”

Chen You gritted his teeth in anger. If he were given an opportunity, he would definitely beat the shit out of this system.

In the hospital, Sheng Qing was looking at the youth’s test results. The doctor said that the indicators were all good and no abnormalities were found.

“Does this mean he didn’t inherit it?”

The doctor was under tremendous pressure as he answered, “Mr. Sheng, it is hard to tell right now.”

Sheng Qing’s facial lines suddenly hardened until it was wrapped in a layer of ice.

The doctor swallowed and his back felt a little damp.

Sheng Qing held the results in his hand and asked, “What should we pay attention to in his lifestyle?”

The doctor handed over a piece of paper that had been printed out long ago. “It’s all listed here.”

Sheng Qing took it, looked at it, and turned to leave.

The doctor took a breath and raised his hand to wipe his forehead. Didn’t they say that the Sheng family was profit-driven, and the current head of the family was even more cold-blooded and ruthless?

He saw how the other party cared about his son very much, and looked so nervous as if it was his own life on the line.

After returning, Sheng Qing gave Chen You another order.

“From today onwards, you can’t eat spicy food, raw, cold or hard food, or stay up late…”

After hearing this, Chen You rolled his eyes at the man. He couldn’t do all that, not one. “Dad, if I don’t eat spicy food, I’ll feel like I’m dead.”

Sheng Qing suddenly raised his head, his expression horrifying. “What did you say?”

Chen You’s scalp tingled. What? What happened? He just made an exaggerated analogy and didn’t say anything else.

“Remember what I said, every single one.”

Sheng Qing said in a resolute voice, “If you can’t do any of these, forget about seeing Fulai.”

Chen You weakly corrected the man, “…It’s Laifu.”

“I know.”

Sheng Qing continued, “Dad will not only take Fulai to a place where you can’t find him, but will also confiscate your cell phone and computer.”

Wait, what did you say? Chen You has black question mark over his face. What the hell is Fulai? It’s Laifu, okay!

I’m really pissed off.

After Sheng Qing finished speaking, he went to throw out all the food in Chen You’s warehouse, including the fruits and all the drinks in the refrigerator.

Watching the big bottle of Coke disappear from his world, Chen You lay down while holding the little yellow dog, feeling so heartbroken that he couldn’t breathe.

“Dad is so annoying. We don’t need to love him anymore.”

After that day, Chen You went to and from class as usual, except that Sheng Qing would ask him to go out for a run in the morning.

If he didn’t get up, he would be screwed, very simply and roughly.

After the New Year, time flew by quickly and a hundred-day countdown was soon posted in school.

The first and second year of high school were all about doing what one wanted to do. The third year was more stressful and busy. It was time to labor like a mule or a horse.

Black June finally arrived amid everyone’s fear and anticipation.

Chen You was to take the exams at xx middle school. He was picked up and dropped off by Sheng Qing’s driver, so he didn’t have time to play around.

But with this weather, the heat, not to mention the dust floating around in the streets, there was nothing much fun to do anyway.

After taking the last exam, Chen You was in a very good mood because he did very well and there would be no problems with Sheng Qing’s alma mater.

Aiya, I wonder how the school grass and Guang and Jing did in the exam?

Chen You remembered while packing his pencil case that on the last day of evening self-study at school, when the whole class was having fun, the school grass took out a harmonica from his desk, sat on a chair with his legs crossed and played “Very Sweet”.

At that time, all the girls in the class were feeling so sweet as if they had eaten a hundred candies, so sweet that it brought tears to their eyes, and so sweet that it made them sad.

Then everyone hugged each other and cried, saying goodbye to senior year and high school life.

Chen You didn’t like the atmosphere of farewell, so he stayed in the corridor. Later, the school grass came out and said, “Little crybaby, see you in college.”

At that time, Chen You said something harsh. He said, “You know I don’t like you, so why are you still like this?”

The school grass said nothing, but just took the harmonica and continued playing “Very Sweet”.

His attitude was clear. To put it nicely, it was persistence; to put it bluntly, it was shamelessness. Me liking you is my business, and whether you like me or not is your business.

When Chen You came back to his senses, he came out of the examination room while humming “Nunchucks” and walking gracefully. Suddenly, his eyes went dark, the world spun, and he couldn’t stay standing. The next second, he fell straight to the ground.