Chapter 66: The Clingy Childhood Sweetheart 10 p2
The online public opinion was all over the place. Some people mocked Chen Jingchen for still having the same rotten skills, and some said that Chen Jingchen’s condition at this concert was surprisingly good, and some…
Were shipping a CP.
【To be honest, regardless of how Chen Jingchen sings, his friendship luck is really good. I saw in the official first-person perspective of the audience, in the first row, three of them were his childhood playmates.】
【I’m really shocked… I never thought I would see the baby here. I was pulling the progress bar back and forth when I was watching the video. That one second was really too fast. I couldn’t be sure it was the little lotus baby.】
【So sweet (sighs). Chen Jingchen has been looking at the little lotus baby all along. Didn’t you guys notice? Sometimes he would follow the choreography to interact with the fans, but after the choreography was over, he would immediately turn into a lotus-staring machine.】
【Go and see the passerby’s perspective for this part!! A new feeling!! Not only can you ship Chen Jingchen x little lotus, but you can also ship another one.】
【What’s the other one’s name? He’s so grown up.】
【Jiang something, right? This Jiang and the baby are always looking at each other. Who understands? Based on my experience, he definitely has a crush on the baby. Who looks at a friend with such a clingy gaze? When the baby is talking, he’s always smiling, and when the baby is not talking to him, he’s expressionless.】
【He was like this when he was little. I remember he would always kiss the baby when he was little. I don’t know if he still does now. But to be honest, it’s not easy for a childhood friendship to turn into love. After all, they know each other so well, and there’s no mystery. It’s hard to spark a flame.】
【I don’t agree… childhood sweethearts are clearly a natural progression. How do you know they can’t spark a flame?】
【I don’t care. I’m sitting at the children’s table at the wedding.】
Chen Jingchen suddenly replied under a certain comment: 【I was originally very nervous, but he was counting the beats for me from below the stage all along.】
This public opinion reached its peak when Chen Jingchen came down and commented. In one second, dozens of comments would be added. At that time, Shu He had already returned to school and knew nothing.
It was just Jiang Qi who was so angry from reading the comments online that his teeth were about to be ground to pieces.
What Chen Jingchen x little lotus?
He was clearly the one who was on the best terms with the little lotus!
Jiang Qi’s expression was very ugly. He took a screenshot and sent a private message to Chen Jingchen, asking him if he wanted to fight. Chen Jingchen sent a question mark and said that he and Little He hadn’t even started, and he wouldn’t even let people ship them?
Jiang Qi: 【Do you have a crush on my Little He (smile)】
Chen Jingchen: 【The netizens want to ship them, and I can’t stop them.】
Jiang Qi: 【Alright.】
Jiang Qi: 【You just wait (smile)】
“…”
Chen Jingchen didn’t want to fight.
It was one thing that he couldn’t win, after all, Jiang Qi had practiced taekwondo for so many years. The most important thing was that he had a variety show to go on. If he was disfigured, he would be written to death by the marketing accounts.
After a period of unease, Chen Jingchen found that Jiang Qi hadn’t done anything, and he gradually breathed a sigh of relief.
It was just a little strange. He didn’t know why, but the number of people shipping Jiang Qi and Little He in the comment section had increased.
Following the clues, Chen Jingchen only then discovered that a master had suddenly appeared on a certain platform, editing videos of the two of them.
The IP was in the Capital.
The content was all the kind that could only be filmed by someone who was close to them.
The comment section joked that this blogger was either the person himself or their friend.
Chen Jingchen understood.
Chen Jingchen sent Jiang Qi a speechless, sweating yellow bean.
Shameless! He even came down and edited the video himself!!
Jiang Qi sent a very tea-like message: 【The netizens want to ship them, and I can’t stop them (smile)】
Chen Jingchen: 【Hehe.】
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In the third year of high school, Jiang Qi’s eighteenth birthday arrived.
Jiang’s father was very serious about it and had started to plan the birthday banquet several months in advance. And for Shu He, there was also a benefit.
He didn’t have to worry about the anti-addiction system anymore!
Shu He happily logged into Jiang Qi’s game account. Jiang Qi was changing his clothes, and he still had to attend the birthday banquet in the evening.
This birthday banquet was more of a business nature.
Compared to celebrating Jiang Qi’s birthday, letting him meet more of his peers and elders was Jiang’s father’s main purpose. After all, Jiang Qi was going to take over the Jiang family in the future, and there were more things he could do when he was an adult.
Jiang Qi hooked his tie, and turned his head to see Shu He playing a game, so he went over and stuffed the tie into his palm, and told him to put it on for him.
As he spoke, his head was already lowered.
Shu He lifted his face, and looked at the game that couldn’t be paused with hesitation. In the end, he still held the tie and wrapped his hands around Jiang Qi’s neck. At this time, Jiang Qi lifted his chin slightly, and looked at Shu He up close, a hint of a smile in his dark eyes.
“Baby, I’m an adult.”
Shu He nodded. “I wish you success in your career.”
The fingers that were tying the tie were soft and would occasionally brush against Jiang Qi’s chin. Jiang Qi lowered his eyes and looked for a while, and then lifted them and said, “You should wish me that my wishes come true.”
“Then I wish you that your wishes come true. You should wish for success in your career.”
No.
I want to wish for a happy love life.
Jiang Qi retorted in his heart, and on the surface, he said he would. A little while later, the tie was tied. Shu He let go of his hand and went to get his phone, wanting to continue the game, but Jiang Qi wouldn’t let him, and directly pressed him against the bed behind him.
“Baby.”
The two of them were really too familiar.
Even when he was pressed down by Jiang Qi like this, and his breath was filled with the other person’s scent, Shu He only felt that Jiang Qi was having a little fit again, so he nodded as usual and said in a small voice that the game was about to be lost.
“If it’s lost, it’s lost.” Jiang Qi lowered his head and rubbed Shu He’s soft, pale face. Shu He let out a light breath and said it was a little itchy, and his sparkling almond eyes blinked. Jiang Qi lowered his eyes and looked at him.
The word “adult” brought him a little impulse.
Jiang Qi lowered his head and buried his face in Shu He’s fragrant neck. Shu He felt even itchier. His hair was so prickly.
“Jiang Qi.”
“Mm, baby.”
“Can you get up?”
“No.”
“You said two years ago that you would go and see a doctor about your head when you were an adult.” Shu He turned his head, and with a little frustration, he puffed out his cheeks. “You even lied to me and said that you wouldn’t be like this when you were an adult, but I feel that you’re even more serious.”
Jiang Qi was laughing.
Buried in his neck, the air that came out of his laugh was hot, and his voice was magnetic. He had indeed grown up, and his strong body completely enveloped his sweetheart in his arms, a posture of confinement.
He said, “Baby, I was talking about when you’re an adult, not when I am.”
Shu He: “…”
The protagonist’s situation, he probably wouldn’t be better even when he was an adult.
Forget it.
Shu He pressed his hands on Jiang Qi’s broad shoulders, and with effort, he lifted his face and said to hurry up and get up. This time, Jiang Qi got up, and he also pulled Shu He up, and fixed his messy hair for him.
“Baby.”
Shu He: “Hmm?”
“Baby.”
“What is it?”
“Little He baby.”
Jiang Qi had nothing to do, and he called out with satisfaction. “Little He baby, baby.”
I like you so much.
Shu He was a little strange from being called.
He stared at Jiang Qi, and then looked away. “Brother?”
Jiang Qi: “Or maybe, just call me Jiang Qi.”
He felt that if he kept calling him “brother,” he would become a real brother. He should have known not to coax the baby to call him that before. Jiang Qi thought so, and he heard Shu He still call him “brother.”
“Why?”
Jiang Qi couldn’t answer.
He couldn’t say that he was afraid that if he really became his brother, he would have to watch him marry someone else with tears in his eyes, right?
Jiang Qi didn’t speak, and he lowered his head and picked up the phone, which had already ended its game, and handed it over. Shu He took it, and then looked at the big boy in front of him with confusion.
“What birthday present did the baby prepare for me?” Jiang Qi changed the subject.
Shu He was stunned for a moment. “Do you want to see it now?”
The present part was in the evening.
Jiang Qi thought for a moment, and also felt that it would be better to see it after the birthday banquet was over, so he nodded solemnly, and began to look forward to it with sincerity.
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This birthday banquet was very grand, and many people came.
It even included an uninvited guest.
That illegitimate child named Jiang Yan.
When Jiang Qi saw him, his expression suddenly darkened. Jiang’s father had no intention of bringing Jiang Yan over, and he had no idea who had brought him. He was both dazed and angry, and he took him to a corner to question him.
Jiang Yan had not seen his father much, and he was timid and stammered.
Jiang Qi looked at this scene with a blank expression.
No matter who had brought Jiang Yan, at least Jiang Yan had appeared at this birthday banquet, and in the eyes of the outside world, it was as if Jiang’s father was trying to cause trouble.
Tomorrow, there would definitely be rumors that Jiang’s father was not very satisfied with his eldest son, and so he intended to bring the illegitimate child home to cultivate.
Jiang’s father clearly also knew, and his expression worsened. Seeing Jiang Yan’s timid appearance, he was even angrier, and he called someone to take him to a room, and he would deal with him later.
After this, the birthday banquet ended on a not-so-perfect note.
Jiang Qi went back to his room with a blank expression, and counted his presents, trying to find the one the baby had given him. Who knew that after looking and looking, he still couldn’t find it? Just then, there was a knock on the door.
After a pause of two seconds, Jiang Qi stood up and opened the door.
The light in the corridor was dim. When the door opened, Jiang Qi’s expression was still not very good, and he probably thought the person knocking was Jiang’s father.
Who knew that what came into view was Shu He?
After a daze of two or three seconds, Jiang Qi’s Adam’s apple bobbed, and he looked at the boy who was looking at him with a worried face. He held the door and stepped aside. “Baby, come in.”
Shu He walked in, with a gift box in his hand. When Jiang Qi closed the door, he took a deep breath, and after adjusting his mood, he turned back and said as usual, “I was just looking for the present you gave me, but I couldn’t find it.”
“I haven’t given it yet.”
Shu He shook the present, and did not mention the matter of the illegitimate child. Instead, he said with sparkling almond eyes, and mysteriously, that Jiang Qi would definitely like this present.
Jiang Qi’s expectations were maxed out.
Seeing the baby was like seeing the sun after the rain. He almost immediately forgot those unpleasant things, and with a smile on his lips, he walked in front of Shu He and asked him what the present was.
“I made it myself.”
Shu He was a little proud, and then he remembered a crucial point, and reminded, “You have to promise not to be moved to tears. I’m not very good at comforting people who are crying.”
“How can I cry?” Jiang Qi said stubbornly. “I only cried when I was little. When have I ever cried since I grew up?”
“Okay, you said it.”
Shu He told Jiang Qi to close his eyes. Jiang Qi closed his eyes, and then he heard the sound of a gift box being opened, followed by some muffled rustling.
Footsteps.
The baby seemed to have walked in front of him.
He also smelled his pleasant scent.
Jiang Qi closed his eyes, and vaguely felt that the boy seemed to have stood on his tiptoes, and then, a pair of soft, pale arms wrapped around his neck.
The fluffy touch and the skin of his neck were pressed together. Jiang Qi’s eyelids moved, and he had already guessed what it was. Shu He said he could open his eyes, and so he was about to take his hands from his neck.
Jiang Qi opened his eyes, and his vision was dazed for two or three seconds after suddenly seeing the light.
But his hand was still accurately on Shu He’s small wrist, not letting him put his hand down.
Jiang Qi lowered his eyes.
A red scarf was softly on his neck. The fabric was good, but the workmanship was a little rough. Shu He felt that he had done a very good job, and said proudly that he had only been knitting for half a month and had already graduated. The handicraft teacher who had taught him this had even said that he was so smart.
Jiang Qi blinked his eyes, motionless.
Shu He continued, “Actually, it was still a little difficult. How long did it take you to knit for me when you were little? Did you notice that the color of the scarf’s yarn is the same as the first one you gave me when you were little? This is a brother scarf!”
Wrong.
This was a couple’s scarf.
Jiang Qi didn’t say a word.
He just stared at Shu He, his hand still on Shu He’s wrist. Shu He looked up with a premonition, and as expected, he saw the faint moisture in Jiang Qi’s dark eyes.
This boy, who had stubbornly said that he had never cried since he grew up, now seemed to be on the verge of tears, staring at him without a word. Shu He’s mind was hot, and he looked at his eyes and said, “Don’t cry, don’t cry.”
He really didn’t know how to comfort him.
Jiang Qi closed his eyes and pulled him into his arms, his hand very strong.
“If I can’t see it, it’s as if it didn’t fall,” he said in a slightly hoarse voice, and a tear fell with his voice.
Jiang Qi hated this birthday, but he also liked this birthday. He closed his eyes and asked Shu He if he had hurt his fingers when he was knitting the scarf.
Shu He said in a small voice that he hadn’t. The teacher had taught him very carefully and had always told him to be careful not to hurt his hands, so Shu He was very careful and hadn’t hurt himself at all.
“The baby is so amazing.”
Jiang Qi’s heart was pounding. He turned his head and couldn’t help but kiss his face, and murmured to himself, “The baby is so amazing.”