Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“Huh?”
Upon hearing Xiaotu call him Brother Lunatic, at first Xia Feng was confused. But as he understood what she meant, he burst out laughing, and he said to Xiaotu, “In this instance, it’s Feng meaning wind, not the Feng character for lunatic.”
“Okay, I’ll call you Brother Wind then,” Xiaotu nodded and replied to him with a smile.
Xia Feng felt like sh*t inside. “Never mind, never mind, it doesn’t matter. Don’t make a fuss about what a kid who’s still in preschool says.”
Xia Feng kept repeating this to himself over and over again. At the same time, he continued to flash Xiaotu a friendly smile. “How about it? Older brother has bought you candy now, so do you wanna be my girlfriend?”
“Oh…I’m going to think it over…” Xiaotu’s eyes wandered around the room pensively as she replied to Xia Feng.
“You need to think it over?”
“Yes, my mom said that you can’t easily let someone become your boyfriend. You have to see how he behaves and test him for a long time,” Xiaotu replied in an earnest tone of voice.
“Your mother is definitely right.” Xia Feng nodded, then vowed enthusiastically with a lot of confidence, “I’ll definitely treat you right. From now on, if there’s anything you want to eat, just ask me, and older brother will buy it for you.”
“Thank you, Brother Wind.” Xiaotu’s face broke out into a huge smile as she clung to Cheng Zhiyan’s arm.
Cheng Zhiyan lowered his eyes, and he frowned slightly. As he watched Xiaotu smile brightly while standing beside him, for some inexplicable reason, he felt a little uncomfortable inside.
“Hee, hee, hee, Cheng Zhiyan, since you’ve picked her up already, we can leave now, right? Why don’t we go to your house since I’ve never been there before?” Xia Feng had already resigned himself to the fact that he would be called Brother Wind. He didn’t feel like putting any extra effort into correcting Xiaotu again.
Cheng Zhiyan retrieved Xiaotu’s book bag and hung it on the handle of his bike. Then he placed Xiaotu on the back before climbing onto the bike as well. Only then did he turn his head to say to Xia Feng, “You can come with us if you want to, but you’ll have to run alongside us because I have to give Xiaotu the seat.”
“I’ll run if I have to. It’s not a big deal.” Xia Feng clenched the shoulder straps of his book bag tightly, and, seeing that Cheng Zhiyan had already started riding away with Xiaotu, he quickly followed behind.
The distance from the neighborhood gates to the front door of Cheng Zhiyan’s home wasn’t particularly far, but Xia Feng was panting as he chased after them.
Since Xiaotu was sitting on the back behind Cheng Zhiyan, she was watching Xia Feng chase behind them. She shouted to Cheng Zhiyan excitedly, “Brother Orange Juice, go faster. Brother Wind is going to catch up to us and pass us by.”
So Cheng Zhiyan started riding faster and faster, and as a result Xia Feng started having to run faster and faster.
And in this way they finally arrived at the door to Cheng Zhiyan’s home.
Xia Feng was completely exhausted.
He’d never put so much effort into running in his entire life. Even during gym class, he only ran to put on a show in case the teacher caught sight of him. If his teacher had ever seen him running like he had today, he’d probably be extremely relieved.
“Cheng…Cheng Zhiyan, you were going so fast…for…for what…? You…you don’t…want me to go to your house to play?” Xia Feng gripped his knees with both hands as he stooped over and panted vigorously. He was totally out of breath.
“You’re exaggerating and overthinking the situation.” Cheng Zhiyan glanced at him nonchalantly and reached over to take Xiaotu off the bike. Then he took out his door key from his book bag and unlocked the door. Xia Feng followed close behind Cheng Zhiyan and Xiaotu as they entered the house. He glanced around the room and smacked his lips in appreciation, saying, “Cheng Zhiyan, I didn’t expect your home to be so spacious.”