TL: Hua
After a while, Qin Chaoyan’s voice was slightly hoarse as he reminded him: “You are Qin Jingxu’s fiancé.”
And he is Qin Jingxu’s half-brother.
Ye Rongxu blinked: “I know.”
Qin Chaoyan took a deep breath: “If you know, then you still…”
Ye Rongxu immediately said: “But what does this have to do with me asking you for help?”
He frowned and whispered in a distressed tone: “I sit in a wheelchair most of the time, and I need to be picked up and stand every once in a while to prevent blood from not circulating and causing pressure sores.”
This is something that is difficult to talk about, and it is also one of the reasons why Ye Rongxu cannot accept sitting in a wheelchair all the time.
The torture of illness can sometimes be demeaning, so he understands why his long-time wheelchair-bound self in the dream grows more and more gloomy.
Fortunately, he’s usually well taken care of, and he has no such troubles at present, but he also needs to prevent them.
Usually at home, the nurse or Uncle Chen helps him “stand” for a while. Now the bodyguard and the nurse are not here…
So he looked at Qin Chaoyan and asked, “Can you hold me up and stand for a while?”
Qin Chaoyan’s expression froze, and he said stiffly after a long while, “Okay.”
But he seemed to regret it soon after he said it and looked away slightly, saying, “Can’t you ask Li Haiyang for help?”
Ye Rongxu: “?” I’m not as familiar with Li Haiyang as I am with you.
Then he stretched out his arm and urged him in a low voice, “Hurry up. The class is starting soon.”
In Qin Chaoyan’s ears, the voice was actually a little delicate.
His hand holding the pen began to exert force again, his thin lips pursed, and his eyes were slightly drooping, as if he were struggling internally.
After a long while, he finally raised his head slowly.
He put down his pen and stood up in silence. His thin figure took a step forward, turning the direction of Ye Rongxu’s wheelchair to make the other person face him, and then extended his arms.
Ye Rongxu: “?” Why are you standing so far away? Are you fishing or what?
“Come closer.” He couldn’t help urging.
Qin Chaoyan was silent and bent his waist a little more.
But he was still at a distance and didn’t touch Ye Rongxu.
Ye Rongxu had no choice but to teach him in a low voice: “You have to hug me so that I can use the force to stand up.”
Qin Chaoyan: “…”
He pursed his lips and leaned forward slowly.
When his arms passed under the raised arms of the boy in front of him and wrapped around his thin back, the boy’s arms quickly wrapped around his neck and hugged him tightly.
Qin Chaoyan was forced to lean forward, almost crushing the young master in the wheelchair. The light medicinal fragrance that came to his nose made his nerves tense, and his body unconsciously became taut.
“Hurry up; class is about to start.” The young master’s voice was very soft, and the heat blew in his ears.
Qin Chaoyan’s body became obviously stiffer. He gritted his teeth while straightening up.
Ye Rongxu tightly embraced his neck, and his back was embraced, using the force to stand up together.
His calves were too weak to support himself, so he leaned on Qin Chaoyan, with his upper body pressed tightly against his chest.
Qin Chaoyan took a step back, and his breathing seemed to be disordered.
Ye Rongxu’s legs couldn’t follow him, and he almost slipped down. He hugged him tightly and whispered in his ear, “Don’t move.”
After a pause, he whispered, “Go down a little and use more force.”
He had to hold his waist; otherwise, it would be too tiring to just rely on his arms around his neck to support his standing.
Qin Chaoyan froze immediately, like a sculpture.
After a moment, he moved his head away a bit unnaturally. The back of his ears turned slightly, probably due to the young master’s breath.
His arms around the other person were stiff. He tightened the embrace slightly and didn’t dare to use too much force.
The little young master’s body was thin, soft in his arms, and light with little weight, as if he could break it with a little force.
He could only maintain moderate and constant strength, holding him rigidly. After a long time, he felt more tired than moving goods at the dock.
After an unknown amount of time, he asked in a hoarse voice: “Are you done?”
Ye Rongxu’s head was resting on his neck. He nodded slightly when he heard the words. The soft ends of his hair rubbed against Qin Chaoyan’s cold and hard chin, making him tickle.
Qin Chaoyan took a deep breath and put him back in the wheelchair, as if he were the Tang Monk who had just survived the disaster in the Kingdom of Women1I did watch Journey to the West quite a bit a longggg time ago. I think this is the part where Tang Sanzheng almost fell in love with a woman and abandoned his journey??.
He rubbed his tickled chin with the back of his hand, and just as he was about to sit down, he heard the young master shyly open his mouth again: “Well, I may need another favor from you.”
Qin Chaoyan froze, turned his head slowly, and asked with vigilance in his dark eyes: “What favor?”
Ye Rongxu blushed for some reason, lowered his head, and said in a muffled voice: “I want to go to the toilet.”
He drank too much water in class just now.
Qin Chaoyan: “…”
After a long while, he asked with difficulty: “Can’t you… go by yourself?”
After a pause, he added: “The school has an accessible toilet.”
Ye Rongxu’s head dipped even lower, his ears red: “My arm strength is not enough; I might fall.”
Ordinary people might be fine if they fall, but if he falls and accidentally hits his chest, heart, and lungs, he might go to the hospital.
Qin Chaoyan looked at his thin arms, and then thought about the fact that the other party was accidentally pushed by him some time ago and was sent to the hospital…
Qin Chaoyan pressed his eyebrows and pushed the young master’s wheelchair with some resignation.
By the time they’re back, the class has been in session for five minutes.
Fortunately, the teacher saw that their situation was special, so he didn’t say anything and asked them to return to their seats directly.
Qin Chaoyan felt exhausted physically and mentally, as if the ten minutes between classes were longer than a whole day. He just hopes that the young master can go back when the class is over and lunch is served.
Perhaps it was the silent recitation that worked, or it was more likely that the young master’s body could not support him to stay at school for a long time. After lunch, the bodyguard came to pick up Ye Rongxu.
Until the afternoon class, Ye Rongxu didn’t come back.
Qin Chaoyan breathed a sigh of relief and frowned slightly.
Maybe the young master gave up, and the matter was over.
But the next morning, after the break, Qin Chaoyan just returned to the classroom and saw the familiar wheelchair next to his seat and the familiar figure in the wheelchair.
His expression froze.
When Young Master Ye saw him, he waved happily: “Hi, classmate.”
Qin Chaoyan: “…”
Perhaps because he had expected it, he actually felt a sense of relief that the stone hanging in his heart had finally fallen.
He walked to his seat expressionlessly. After experiencing the “torture” yesterday, his mentality was unexpectedly calm today.
“What exactly does it take for you to give up?” After he sat down, he turned his head to ask Ye Rongxu.
Ye Rongxu was also looking at him, with a smile in his beautiful eyes: “If you agree to a fake engagement with me, I won’t come anymore.”
Qin Chaoyan frowned slightly.
Seeing this, Ye Rongxu’s heart tightened, and he suddenly thought of a question he had overlooked.
“Do you have someone you like?” He poked his head and asked after realizing it.
If that was the case, he couldn’t have a fake engagement with Qin Chaoyan.
But the Qin Chaoyan in his dream doesn’t have a lover.
Qin Chaoyan was a little startled when he heard this, and seemed to think that this was a way to reject him. He nodded and said, “Well, yes.”
Ye Rongxu opened his eyes wide and said in surprise, “Really? I don’t believe it.”
Then he asked again, “Who is it? Male or female? What do they look like? Are they as pretty as me?”
Qin Chaoyan: “…”
He seemed to be choked by the young master’s words. In addition, he was just making it up, so he couldn’t think of the so-called “he/she” for a while. Instead, Ye Rongxu, the image of a little devil, emerged in his mind.
He pressed his eyebrows again to drive away the picture, and said with a headache, “I don’t know.”
Ye Rongxu: “…Oh.”
That means there is no one; otherwise, how could he not know?
Knowing that Qin Chaoyan was lying to him, Ye Rongxu was relieved and continued to sit in the classroom.
After accidentally sleeping through another class, Ye Rongxu opened his eyes in a daze and subconsciously stretched out his arm to Qin Chaoyan.
Qin Chaoyan was silent. He understood what he meant without any explanation, and he stood up resignedly.
After being forced to hold Young Master Ye for a while, he put him back on the wheelchair, settled him down, and pushed him to the bathroom.
It’s only been two days, and he’s already skilled at this.
After returning to the classroom, Qin Chaoyan advised in a low voice: “Don’t come again tomorrow.”
He didn’t know if Ye Rongxu was feeling down or what, but he had a sullen face and didn’t say anything.
Qin Chaoyan looked at him strangely but couldn’t see the reason.
In fact, Ye Rongxu was feeling a little uncomfortable.
Today, Jiangcheng suddenly cooled down. The weather was particularly cold and windy in the morning.
There was no air conditioning in the classroom, and the students were afraid of the cold, so the windows had been closed during class just now. In addition, there were many people in the room, and the air wasn’t circulating. After one class had passed, Ye Rongxu felt a little stuffy in his chest.
He wanted to go home directly, but on the way to the bathroom, he breathed fresh air in the corridor for a while and felt much better. Plus, Uncle Chen had something to do today, so after dropping him off at the classroom, he let Uncle Chen go about his business first and came back to pick himself up at noon.
Now, there were only forty minutes left before Uncle Chen came back. Ye Rongxu felt that he should be able to hold on, and there was no need to call him back halfway, so he decided to stay.
As a result, as soon as the second class was over, he felt uncomfortable and couldn’t breathe, and he tried to grab the medicine in his pocket with shaking hands.
But his hands were shaking so badly that he didn’t have a firm grip, and the medicine fell to the floor.
Qin Chaoyan turned his head when he heard the noise, only to find that he was having difficulty breathing and that his face was very unsightly.
His expression changed, and he hurriedly picked up the medicine, quickly pinched Ye Rongxu’s pale and delicate chin, forced the other party to slightly raise his face, and at the same time pressed the medicine into his mouth.
Ye Rongxu held his hand tightly, like a stranded fish, took a few sips of medicine, and was gently stroked by the other party on his thin chest to relieve his breath, and then he gradually recovered.
The teacher and classmates were all frightened, but they didn’t dare to gather together; only the teacher came forward.
Ye Rongxu coughed a few times and said to the teacher, “I’m fine now.” The teacher breathed a sigh of relief, asked the students who were watching to disperse, and told Qin Chaoyan to take good care of him.
Qin Chaoyan was silent throughout the whole process. Seeing that Ye Rongxu was indeed fine, his eyebrows relaxed slightly. Then he pushed him outside to get some fresh air.
Chen Jiang arrived just in time. Seeing Ye Rongxu’s listless and sickly appearance, he guessed that he might be uncomfortable again or even have just taken medicine.
Sure enough, the teacher quickly told him the whole situation.
When Chen Jiang heard that it was Qin Chaoyan who saved Ye Rongxu again, he hurriedly thanked him on behalf of his young master.
Qin Chaoyan didn’t say anything; he just lowered his eyes to look at Ye Rongxu and repeated what he said before: “Don’t come again tomorrow.”
When Chen Jiang heard this, he also agreed.
Nothing happened this time, but what if there is a next time… He’s a bodyguard, and he can’t follow him to the classroom.
Ye Rongxu thought so too. Even if they didn’t persuade him, he still wouldn’t come tomorrow.
Health is important. He needs to take care of himself for a while.
But he didn’t say “no” immediately. Instead, he looked at Qin Chaoyan with his sickly appearance and asked, “Do you agree or not?”
Qin Chaoyan pursed his lips and tightened his jaw.
Ye Rongxu looked at him for a while and said, “Why don’t we add WeChat? After adding WeChat, I won’t bother you tomorrow.”
Qin Chaoyan was obviously relieved.
The two finally added each other as friends. Qin Chaoyan gave Ye Rongxu the nickname “Little Troublemaker.”
After some hesitation, he deleted the word “little.”
Ye Rongxu gave him the nickname “Ice Face.”
After some hesitation, he added “big” in front.
After the change, both of them showed satisfaction.
*
After leaving the teaching building, Ye Rongxu was just carried into the car by Chen Jiang when he saw Qin Jingxu appear on campus and walk towards this side.
The other party soon saw him and immediately showed a gentle smile, his pace quickened.
Ye Rongxu’s face changed slightly, and before the other party got closer, he said to Chen Jiang: “Uncle Chen, let’s go quickly.”
Chen Jiang knew that the young master didn’t want to pay attention to Qin Jingxu now, so he helped him close the car door first, then calmly put away the wheelchair in the trunk.
When Qin Jingxu walked to the car, Chen Jiang had just closed the trunk.
He didn’t nod politely like he did when he saw Qin Jingxu in the past. Instead, he pretended not to see him, walked straight past him, opened the door of the driver’s seat, sat in, and started the car to leave.
No one spoke to Qin Jingxu throughout the whole process, leaving him standing there and smelling the exhaust fume.
Qin Jingxu looked unhappy. He came here, especially after hearing that Ye Rongxu had come to school recently, but he didn’t expect to be treated coldly again.
Noticing that Qin Chaoyan was looking at him coldly from a distance, Qin Jingxu suddenly took a few quick steps over.
“Brother, you have been very capable recently.” Qin Jingxu smiled again, but his tone was particularly cold.
Qin Chaoyan remained expressionless and said, “Your words and your thoughts are both disgusting.”
Qin Jingxu laughed, suddenly moved closer, and said in a cold voice: “I know what you want. Don’t you just want to snatch Ye Rongxu from me? Want to take everything away from me? Do you think you can succeed with such childish means? Hah, don’t even dream about it. You will never succeed.”
Qin Chaoyan took a step back and frowned, saying in a light voice: “If you are sick, go and get treatment.”
He felt more than once that Qin Jingxu was sick, and the disease was not mild, resulting in paranoia.
Qin Jingxu also looked at him coldly, and the corners of his lips twitched, as if he wanted to say something else.
Li Haiyang, the monitor of Qin Chaoyan’s class, suddenly ran over and said hurriedly: “Qin Chaoyan, the head teacher wants to see you.”
After saying that, he realized that the atmosphere between Qin Chaoyan and the man in a suit next to him was not right.
Seeing someone coming, Qin Jingxu smiled gently again and said to Qin Chaoyan: “Since the head teacher wants to see you, go quickly.”
Qin Chaoyan retracted his gaze coldly and turned to go upstairs.
Li Haiyang hesitated for a moment, quickly caught up with him, and asked in a low voice: “Who is that person? What were you doing just now?”
It looked like a confrontation.
Qin Chaoyan replied indifferently: “Nothing.”
Li Haiyang felt more and more strange, scratched his head, and suddenly remembered that Qin Chaoyan was pestered by his father’s secretary recently. He lowered his voice and asked: “Is he also your father’s secretary?”
Behind him, Qin Jingxu’s face suddenly became very ugly when he heard this.
