Cheng Yang winked at An Yan: “Yan Yan, don’t be embarrassed. You see what kind of relationship we have, there is nothing to hide, right?”
An Yan: “!!!”
An Yan finally thought of a possibility. Could it be that Cheng Yang already knew about his transformation potion, and also knew that Cheng Yi’s white tiger form scared him last night?
An Yan suddenly felt flustered. He quickly averted his gaze and said, “Classes are about to start. I need to prep my work first.”
Cheng Yang originally wanted to ask a few more questions, but saw that An Yan was feeling shy. He could only give up for awhile but the itch for gossip was burning.
When Cheng Yang quieted down, An Yan then sneakily sent a message to Cheng Yi: [Senior, does Yang Yang already know what happened last night?
Cheng Yi immediately sensed that things were not simple immediately he received this message, so he asked: [What did Yang Yang say?
An Yan replied truthfully: [He asked me if I was uncomfortable anywhere, and if you hurt me.]
Cheng Yi instantly grasped what his silly brother meant and his face immediately went black. He first sent a message back to An Yan: [He does not know yet. Don’t listen to his nonsense.]
Then he sent a message to his silly brother: [If you dare to talk nonsense in front of Yan Yan again, that high quality potion….]
The words are not finished, but the meaning is quite clear.
Cheng Yang was startled, and quickly stopped his gossiping heart. He did not dare say anything more.
The high quality potion is precious to him. He absolutely can not be robbed by his big brother!
Since Cheng Yang did not say anything strange, An Yan did not think much about it, and began to wonder about another thing.
An Yan was worried because last night’s dinner with Cheng Yi received the attention of many students. He thought that he would encounter a similar situation today, but strangely enough, no students took the initiative to mention this to him until the end of the day.
Did all the students lose interest in having dinner with Cheng Yi after one night?
Or is it because he helped Cheng Yi correct his persona, so the students who had misunderstood him were too embarrassed to mention the dinner?
Or is it that they were obsessed with Cheng Yi’s cool persona, and now that it had suddenly collapsed, they didn’t want to eat with him anymore?
An Yan was puzzled about this so he asked Cheng Yang. Cheng Yang stared at him with strange eyes for a while: “Ah, Yan Yan, I finally know why you were eaten to death by my big brother, it’s because you are too simple ah.”
An Yan: “???” Why did he not understand what Cheng Yang’s words meant again?
Thinking about the high quality potion, Cheng Yang did not dare to say anything more. He could only vaguely said: “These people not wanting to eat with my big brother is a good thing. Otherwise, it would be troublesome if a large group of people have to go to the canteen together ah.”
An Yan thought about it. It did seems to be the case, so he put this question directly to the back of his mind.
On the other hand, Cheng Yi took the initiative to contact his mother after parting with An Yan.
His mother had called him last night, so she must have had something serious to discuss with him.
After the call was connected, Mother Chen reprimanded Cheng Lin before he had a chance to speak: “Ah Yi, how can you be so unreasonable! It’s obvious that Yan Yan didn’t leave at all, but you deliberately lied to me and made me sad for such a long time! Not only that but you even bullied Yan Yan to the point of tears last night. I finally coaxed him to calm down, but how did you treat me? You hung up on me and wouldn’t even let me talk to him or look at him any more! You are too cruel! Do you still remember that you are my son!”
Cheng Yi quietly waited for his mother to finish this long string of words before he spoke, “Mother, you contacted me last night, so you must have had something serious to say, right?”
Cheng Lin had been so preoccupied with the little hamster that she forgot about her business. It was only now, with her son’s reminder, that she remembered: “It’s true that I had something serious to tell you, and it’s related to An Yan But you treated me like that, so why should I talk to you about it?”
Although Cheng Lin noticed that there was something wrong with the situation last night, she thoughtfully did not ask more questions. But her son dared to hang up on her without saying a word. It was too arrogant! There was no telling how much he would bully his own mother in the future if she did not teach him a lesson.
Cheng Yi sighed in his heart: “I will bring Yan Yan back to keep you company during the weekend.”
It can not be helped, after all, the little hamster and his mother had a video call. It would not be easy to find a reason to decieve her again.
He thought that the little one would not have to work so hard again, but things went in a roundabout way, and came back to the original point.
Cheng Lin really immediately changed her attitude: “You have promised me yourself, so don’t make any more stories like Yan Yan meeting another female hamster that he likes and then elopes with her.”
Cheng Yi’s face went black. If the little one wants to elope, it should only be with him.
“I know.”
Cheng Lin was satisfied: “It’s like this. I received news yesterday that An Yan’s mother seems to have lost her job a few days ago, and this matter should be related to the Zhao family.”
Cheng Yi frowned and after a moment of silence, he spoke, “Mother help me arrange a suitable job for An Yan’s mother.”
“An Yan’s mother lost her job because of you, of course I will not ignore it. I have already arranged everything. I am only telling you to save you from worrying,” Cheng Lin said, “In addition, all the cooperation between the Zhao family and Cheng family has been cancelled. As a mother, I’m very supportive of you, okay?”
Although the Zhao family deceived them in the matter of the high quality potion, the relationship between the families was inherently complex. Even if there was nastiness in the middle, the peace would be maintained on the surface and there was no need to completely tear the face.
After all, cutting off with ties a family was completely irreversible. It represents not only the loss of a cooperation, or cutting off a back road, and there may be a lot of follow-up trouble for themselves.
But since Cheng Yi’s attitude was so resolute, as a parent, she would stand by his side.
Cheng Yi’s heart warmed up and he whispered, “Thank you, mother.”
Cheng Lin took the opportunity to make a condition: “If you really want to thank me, you can leave Yan Yan at home next week for me to take care of, so you can also attend classes without worry.”
Cheng Yi did not hesitate to refuse: “No, Yan Yan cannot leave me.”
Cheng Lin couldn’t do anything about her eldest son, she could only say with anger, “I don’t want to talk to you anymore. Remember to bring Yan Yan back over the weekend.”
She hung up after saying that.
Cheng Yi lightly sighed, but the corners of his mouth lifted with a smile.
At noon on Friday, Cheng Yi discussed with An Yan about the weekend plans. An Yan would first go home to stay with his mother, and then after dinner, he will come to the Cheng family to show his face.
As for the matter of An Mu’s previous unemployment, Cheng Yi did not tell An Yan.
First, it was hard to explain the source of his knowledge of this matter. Second, he did not want the little one to worry and his mother should also think so.
An Yan packed his things when the last class was over in the afternoon and immediately rushed back home.
He originally wanted to rush back early to prepare a sumptuous dinner for An Mu, but he didn’t expect to find her already sitting on the living room sofa when he entered the house.
“Mom, why are you back so early today?” An Yan asked, quite surprised.
An Mu waved at An Yan and said naturally, “My previous job was too tiring, so I changed to a new job. I get off work much earlier than before.”
An Yan didn’t think much of it. He thought it was good for An Mu. After all, the family wasn’t short of money anymore so she didn’t need to work so hard to earn money.
But since the work isn’t not so tasking, there may be a problem where the time she spends alone will become longer.
It would be fine if he could stay at home with his mother, but he now spends most of his time at the academy. An Mu will inevitably feel lonely when she stays at home alone.
“It’s good to change to an easy job,” An Yan put down his backpack and said with a smile, “I heard from my classmates that many of their mothers would enroll in some interest classes in their free time. Things like making flowers, painting and so on, so that they can spice up their lives and pass the time. You can also try, mom.”
An Mu knew that her son was afraid that she would feel lonely, so she smiled and said, “Okay, I’ll look it up when I have time.”
“Good, I can also accompany you on the weekends when you enroll in a class,” An Yan said with a smile, and then proposed, “So what do we do now? Why don’t we go to the supermarket together and buy some ingredients?”
An Mu nodded: “Okay, it’s a rare weekend together, so we should prepare a hearty dinner.”
So mother and son went to the supermarket together. They not only bought a bunch of ingredients, but also bought some gadgets along the way.
An Yan volunteered to go into the kitchen after returning home. He prepared eight dishes and one soup. Although the taste was still average, it was an improvement to his previous cooking. Mother and son ate very happily.
It was already after 7:00 pm when the dinner was finished.
An Yan and Cheng Yi agreed on meeting at 8 p.m. He watched TV with An Mu for a while, and took the initiative to contact Cheng Yi when it was almost time.
An Mu: [Senior, should I come now?]
Cheng Yi: [I’ll pick you up.]
An Mu:[ No, I can just come over.]
Cheng Yi: [I’m not home yet. I’ll pick you up and we go back together.]
Seeing this reply, An Yan then thought of a problem.
Cheng Yi had discussed the situation with his mother so he had to go home with the hamster, otherwise Cheng Lin would certainly ask about the situation if he came empty handed and even get suspicious.
In other words, Cheng Yi could not go home before An Yan was ready.
So, Cheng Yi must have stayed out from the time his classes ended until out
An Yan couldn’t help but blame himself. Why didn’t he think of this situation before?
An Yan hurriedly replied: [Then come and pick me up, we’ll go home together (*^▽^*)!]
