CH 55.1

Has Anyone Served You Before? (1)

The sun slowly set and disappeared behind the high buildings in the district.

Qin Yuan raised his head and looked at the slightly dusky sky. “We’re not hungry, but the child should be hungry. Let’s eat dinner now?”

Ruan Qingmu suddenly raised his head. Crap, he hadn’t told his mom. His mom must be waiting anxiously for him to return.

He hesitated for a while. “Are we eating dinner here too?”

Qin Yuan had an indistinct expression on his face. “Mm. You should also return. There are so many people waiting for you in your house. I can just have noodles for dinner.”

Ruan Qingmu: “…”

Goddamnit, noodles. This liar. He had accidentally opened the refrigerator and had seen everything!

He carelessly put away the test papers on the desk, unexpectedly asking, “Fine. Xiao-Zhuang and I will eat here again. Do you want to continue eating hairtail for dinner or the silver cod fish in the refrigerator?”

Qin Yuan blurted out, “Everything.”

Ruan Qingmu looked back with a smirk. “Fine, ah. You like to eat fish so much. We’ll place all the hairtail and codfish on top of the noodles and bury some stir-fried pig livers from the refrigerator underneath it.”

Qin Yuan stared at him before finally realizing something slowly.

He quickly turned around and walked out of the study with a slight limp. “I’ll go take a look at Xiao-Zhuang.”

Ruan Qingmu darted and pulled him back, forcibly pressing him to the computer chair. “Enough, ah. Sit down!”

He gave Qin Yuan a threatening glare, turned around to get his phone, and gave Mu Wanli a phone call. “Mom, I’m telling you something. My friend –”

He gave Qin Yuan a sidelong glance, extended his foot, and tapped on Qin Yuan’s uninjured foot with it. “He’s so miserable. His foot is hugely swollen. He could only lie on the bed and couldn’t move around. He couldn’t even get down from the bed to eat, drink, or pee…”

Qin Yuan tilted his head and looked at him, a light threat appearing in his phoenix eyes.

Ruan Qingmu had a faint smile on his face. It was unknown what Mu Wanli was saying on the other end, but Ruan Qingmu was nodding in response. “Mm. Mm. He has seen the doctor. The doctor said someone has to be here to serve him hand and foot. Who says it’s not? He’s pretty pitiful. I’ll help make something for him to eat at night while asking him for some guidance in homework… Mm, okay. I’ll take a taxi home.”

He had just finished the call when Qin Yuan grabbed his arm.

Qin Yuan’s eyes burned as he looked at Ruan Qingmu. “Couldn’t get down from the bed to eat, drink, or pee? Need someone to serve him hand and foot?”

Ruan Qingmu looked down and saw that Qin Yuan’s grip on his wrist had turned white slightly.

He squinted and looked at Qin Yuan with a smile, softly asking, “What? Have you never experienced that before?”

Qin Yuan was slightly stunned and even a little dumbfounded.

Had he? The memory of his mother during his childhood seemed to be gone already. When he was a little older and sick, his father was always occupied by the company business, and instead, it was his nanny aunt who usually took care of the family.

Further on, there was a new mistress in the house, but he didn’t seem to get sick much anymore as he grew older.

Suddenly, a scene popped into his mind, recurring from his dream.

His whole body burned hot, he couldn’t move, and his chest was poisoned.

A young man impatiently took care of him in the darkness. Although his tone was disdainful, his movement was gentle.

… He closed his eyes and drove this scene out of his mind.

After a long time, Qin Yuan finally lowered his eyes and said, “There had been nannies taking care of me before… no one else.”

Ruan Qingmu didn’t say anything. His gaze was oddly frustrated.

After that, he scoffed once. “Fine. There will be a time when you can’t get out of bed. Next door is the room –”

Qin Yuan abruptly raised his head. His gaze was shocked and strange.

Ruan Qingmu was stunned and froze.

Suddenly, a pair of his small sword-like eyebrows went up. “I mean the next-door room, not your bedroom. Isn’t it the gym?! I mean, the sandbag and boxing gloves inside. I’m just saying, we can spar when there’s time and I can beat you up until you can’t get out of bed… What are you thinking?!”

Qin Yuan quietly looked at him and didn’t avoid his gaze.

After that, his soft, unhurried voice was heard. “Weird… What is it that you’re thinking I’m thinking?”

Ruan Qingmu’s peach blossom eyes turned perfectly round. He gritted his teeth for a while before tapping his chest. “I won’t bully a crippled person. I’ll hit you until you can’t get out of bed when you’re healed!”

Qin Yuan looked down at his chest, his expression becoming even weirder. “Why do you always poke me there? My birthmark is very ticklish.”

Ruan Qingmu: “…”

He jumped up and fled in defeat.

The <<Pleasant Goat and Big Bad Wolf>> in the living room’s television had already become <<Bear Big Bear II>> and the little mute was watching the TV screen with great concentration. Upon seeing Ruan Qingmu coming out, he hurriedly jumped off the sofa and impatiently moved so that he was directly in front of Ruan Qingmu.

Ruan Qingmu pointed at his belly and the kitchen. The little mute immediately understood and ran back to the sofa again, peeking at the mostly eaten-grapes and feeling slightly guilty.

Tch. He was truly too easily brought. He was more obedient than that brat from the small store opposite their house.

Ruan Qingmu entered the kitchen and took out the hidden fresh dishes from the refrigerator. He placed them inside the microwave to heat them up and while waiting, he took out his phone to check it casually.

Although the incident last night was resolved, he still felt a little worried.

He opened the school forum and searched around, but he couldn’t find that disgusting post last night.

It seemed that it had been deleted? That was good.

He let out a long sigh and finally felt relieved.

When he looked at the remaining posts, he was slightly shocked – It was so lively!