Chapter 61: The Clingy Childhood Sweetheart 5 p1
He was used to spoiling Shu He, so Jiang Qi didn’t think there was a problem.
He even, after some painful reflection, conducted a deep self-examination.
What’s wrong with helping Little He with his homework? Why did I refuse him?
So what if his grades dropped by a dozen places? Can’t I work harder to tutor him? Why should I make the baby do his own homework?
There’s so much homework, and it’s so tiring to write. Little He baby can’t even eat bitter melon. How can he endure the hardship of doing homework?
Jiang Qi seriously engaged in self-CPU.
He turned his head and saw that Shu He had already fallen asleep waiting for him to finish his homework. At this moment, his hand was under his pillow, and his cheek was pressed against it, squeezing out a little cute soft flesh.
Shu He was slowly growing up.
This face was pure and beautiful, a perfect blend. When he was resting with his eyes closed, his pert nose and delicate, pale brow were particularly eye-catching.
He was still wearing his school uniform. This school uniform was white, with light blue stripes on the cuffs and hem. Below were loose summer school uniform shorts, so short they couldn’t cover his pink and white knees. His slender legs were relaxed, and their beautiful lines were dazzling.
Jiang Qi watched and watched, and then walked over.
He lowered his head and helped Shu He to pull down the clothes on his lower back, covering the exposed pale skin, and then he took the air conditioning blanket and covered his waist, and carefully tucked in the corners of the blanket, and then he knelt by the bed and looked at the resting little boy.
Time passed so quickly.
They were together every day, and Jiang Qi hardly felt that Little He had changed at all. Only now, when he observed him carefully, did he realize that Little He had already grown up.
When he was little, his face was round, but now his features were clear. When he smiled and ran, he would show a hint of youthful spirit.
A lot of people in the class liked him…
As Jiang Qi thought, his brow suddenly faded.
Little He couldn’t have a puppy love.
If he had a puppy love, his grades would drop even more.
He had to supervise him.
In his sleep, Shu He felt someone poking his dimple. He unhappily turned over and grabbed this hand, not letting him poke it again.
Jiang Qi was held, and he pursed his lips, both sweet and annoyed.
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Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was the second semester of the first year of middle school. After a spring rain, the school organized a spring outing for the first-year students.
The location of the spring outing was set at a famous tourist mountain villa in the Capital. Next to it was an amusement park, and behind the mountain villa was a large mountain that could be climbed. Inside the mountain villa, there were endless delicious and fun things.
The moment the news was announced, the students were overjoyed.
Chen Jingchen and Fang Ziyang also learned of this news and sent messages in the four-person small group late at night to ask for the specific date. He and Fang Ziyang planned to take a leave of absence to join in the fun.
Jiang Qi was very unhappy and argued with Chen Jingchen in the group for several rounds. Seeing that they were about to fight, Shu He quickly sent an emoji to ease the atmosphere, and then truthfully told them the date.
Chen Jingchen: 【OK, wait for me.】
Fang Ziyang: 【It’s a little far. I’ll check the date.】
Jiang Qi put down his phone.
He turned his head with a blank expression and rubbed Shu He’s soft little face. Shu He lifted his head and let out a whimpering struggle. After he had finally broken free from Jiang Qi’s demonic claws, Jiang Qi, as if to compensate, gave him a loud, fierce kiss on the forehead.
A very pure kiss.
“What are you doing?” Shu He covered his face and glared at him unhappily, and accused, “What’s wrong with them going? It’s great for good friends to play together!”
“What’s so great?”
Jiang Qi almost couldn’t help but rub Shu He’s face again, but Shu He covered his face tightly. He was a little regretful, and also a little annoyed. “It’s our school’s spring outing. What are they doing here?”
“To play.”
Shu He thought Jiang Qi was as stubborn as he was when he was little. He frowned and pointed. “You should make more friends.”
“Having you as a friend is worth a hundred.” Jiang Qi went over and ruffled Shu He’s fluffy hair. “Forget it. If they come, they come. Anyway, you have to pay attention to me then.”
Shu He mumbled that he was so annoying.
So Jiang Qi rubbed his face again with a blank expression, and in the end, he was successfully kicked out of the room by the angry Shu He. He stumbled and didn’t forget to turn back and say, “Baby, I’m your best friend.”
The response he got was the sound of a door closing.
Jiang Qi called him “baby” a few more times, and leaned against the door in a daze for a while, and said he was wrong, and that he shouldn’t have rubbed his face red.
The baby with the red face didn’t even bother to talk to him. He was just so spoiled.
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The day of the group spring outing arrived. The sun’s temperature was pleasant. Just as they got off the bus, a message from Chen Jingchen and the others popped up on his phone, saying they had arrived.
After a circle, Shu He saw Chen Jingchen and Fang Ziyang at the entrance of the mountain villa. His almond eyes lit up, and he stood on his tiptoes and was about to go over when he was grabbed by the hand by Jiang Qi.
Jiang Qi was very clingy. “Let’s go together.”
Shu He was pulled by him, but it didn’t affect his speed. He ran straight forward, and Jiang Qi was led along, and in his line of sight was the little boy’s dark hair, which was scattered by the wind.
His pale ear was exposed.
“Little He!”
“Little Chen!”
Under Jiang Qi’s witness, the three friends exchanged a friendly hug. Jiang Qi turned his head and sneered, and said sarcastically, “You have nothing better to do.”
Chen Jingchen directly ignored him. “I took two days off! The driver got me a homestay at the mountain villa. Where are you guys staying?”
The school had naturally arranged a place for the students to stay, which was not the same as the homestay Chen Jingchen was staying at. After Shu He explained, Chen Jingchen said with regret that they couldn’t be together, but his bad mood came and went quickly, and he excitedly told Shu He that there was a basketball court here, and that they should go play basketball together.
Of course, Shu He did not refuse.
Fang Ziyang was still as quiet as he was when he was little, and basically just followed them, occasionally saying a word.
The atmosphere was very harmonious.
But someone’s mood was very bad.
Jiang Qi was so annoyed his lips were pressed into a straight line. He lowered his head to play with Shu He’s hand. Shu He was held by him and was multitasking, and while he was talking to Chen Jingchen, he didn’t forget to turn his head and seriously tell Jiang Qi not to scratch his palm, it was very itchy.
…Tsk.
Jiang Qi held his hand and licked his canine teeth.
He kind of wanted to kiss the baby’s face.
But Shu He wouldn’t let him do that kind of thing outside.
…
Shu He had not played much basketball.
Jiang Qi could play. He would only touch it when he was with him on the basketball court, and try to shoot. Without Jiang Qi’s hand-in-hand guidance, he could never make a shot.
Chen Jingchen thought it was not a big deal, and waved his hand and said he would teach him. Shu He was a little cheerful and said okay, okay. Who knew that just as he touched the basketball, the ball in his hand was snatched away.
He was stunned for a moment, and turned his head to see Jiang Qi standing by his side, his expression flat, his movements casual as he bounced the basketball. “I’ll do it.”
When he said this, Jiang Qi didn’t even look at Chen Jingchen, but was staring at Shu He. Chen Jingchen said with dissatisfaction, “I’m teaching him, not competing.”
“Oh, you’re afraid of losing.”
Last time, Chen Jingchen had lost to Jiang Qi.
What did it mean to be reminded of a loss for a lifetime? This was it. Chen Jingchen was just a middle school student and naturally wanted to avenge his shame. Hearing this, he gritted his teeth and said angrily, “Who’s afraid? Come on.”
“Baby, you watch.”
Jiang Qi bounced the ball and, before he went on the court, he turned back to Shu He and said coolly, “If you’re going to be taught, you have to be taught by someone amazing, like me. You watch how he loses to me.”
Shu He tilted his head.
He didn’t quite understand why Jiang Qi was always going against Chen Jingchen. Even for a game of basketball, he had to compete.
As if he could get some great treasure if he won.
On the court, the two of them’s basketball game quickly began. Jiang Qi was growing fast, with long arms and long legs, and his movements were always more flexible and agile than Chen Jingchen’s. As Chen Jingchen played with him, he desperately remembered the time he had lost all his cards to him when he was little.
It was like a bloodline suppression.
Seeing another three-pointer go in, Chen Jingchen finally gave up and chose to stop and wipe the sweat from his face with his clothes. He said that he would definitely win next time, but his peripheral vision glanced at Fang Ziyang.
Fang Ziyang was growing even faster than Jiang Qi.
Even though he was introverted and didn’t talk much when he was little, he didn’t know how he had grown, but his appearance was different from his personality. He was getting more and more burly, and his skin was getting darker and darker. He could even imagine how big he would be in a few years. Just standing there, he was like a weapon. He had heard that he wanted to go into sports in the future.
If Fang Ziyang came to play, he really might not lose.
It was a pity he was introverted. He had never spoken two words to Jiang Qi since he was little, let alone played basketball with him.
Fang Ziyang didn’t know that Chen Jingchen was disappointed in him. He held the imported fruit candy he had brought from home and gave it to Shu He, and asked him cautiously if it was delicious.
“It’s sweet, delicious.” Shu He hid the candy in the side of his face, his cheeks puffed out. Fang Ziyang, as he had when he was little, stared at him in a daze, thinking that he was as pale as a cloud.
“Here, water.”
After the game, Shu He stood up and handed the water to Jiang Qi.
Jiang Qi threw the basketball away, and when he took the water, his gaze landed on his puffed-out cheeks. “Baby, what are you eating?”
“Candy.” Shu He took a handful of candy from his pocket and gave it to him, and said softly with his head down, “Ziyang gave it to me.”
Jiang Qi had originally wanted to take it, but when he heard it was from Fang Ziyang, he immediately didn’t want it. Shu He looked at him with a dazed and confused expression, thinking that he was really strange.
The strange Jiang Qi didn’t want to explain.
He pursed his lips for a while, and then turned his head and asked the baby to go to the bathroom with him to wash his hands. Shu He said “Oh,” and obediently followed behind him.