CH 6

He pursed his lips and didn’t speak, and then Cheng Yuan said again, “But it’s also possible that this is just a smoke bomb they released to make us believe Qiao Shu’s words.”

After he finished speaking, Cheng Yuan looked at him quietly, as if waiting for him to say his thoughts, but his mind was a mess. The little boy who used to hide behind him timidly in front of the camera now secretly stuffed him with the pamphlet he needed in the middle of the night, and finally turned into those almond eyes that looked timidly like a deer.

Perhaps sensing his behaviour from his silence, Cheng Yuan paused, “But it’s very possible. Although Qiao Shu never helped that woman in her plans before, he never rebelled against his mother.”

In other words, did Qiao Shu take the risk to share this information for him? He didn’t respond to Cheng Yuan’s words, just walked to the bed and sat down, “I’m going to rest, you should also rest”

Then Cheng Yuan, who nodded slightly after being stunned for a while. Then he opened the messages with his mother, and hesitantly sent a few messages.

“Mom, I remember the gift you said you’d give the brother in the orphanage, is it still there?”

“Can I come home in a few days?”

The other end of the phone quickly sent a reply.

“Of course, I keep the things in the attic perfectly all the time”

Then she hesitated and asked, “Why did you ask the question out of nowhere?”

He didn’t hide it and said to his mother, “I seem to have found him”

“That’s great! I didn’t expect you to meet him again after so many years”

He was thinking about things in his heart, he chatted with his mother for a while, and suddenly felt cold air entering the bedroom. He turned his head and saw that Cheng Yuan, who was still on the phone on the balcony just now, had come back.

Noticing his sight, Cheng Yuan glanced over, then covered himself with the quilt without saying anything, he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

He blinked and said good night to his mother, got up slightly and turned off the night light by the bedside, and tucked himself into the quilt.

Coincidence or not, today is the same as when he first came to the old family house, and he couldn’t find the second quilt in the closet. He and Cheng Yuan had no choice but to share the quilt on the bed. Although there was still a large distance between them, and the cold wind pouring in was so familiar, they didn’t feel like sharing the bed for the first time.

He closed his eyes, but he couldn’t fall asleep. He thought about Cheng’s father’s medical report, Cheng’s mother’s purpose of calling them back to the old family house out of nowhere, and Qiao Shu’s past were all making a mess in his mind, and he didn’t fall asleep until it was dawn. When he was woken up by the alarm clock, he couldn’t open his eyelids. He barely got out of bed and felt dizzy.

He saw some blurry ghostly figures.

“What’s wrong with you?” When the person close to him made a sound, he realized that it was Cheng Yuan who had already washed up and was sitting on the sofa waiting for him to get up.

As soon as he said “It’s okay” he then realised that his voice was a little hoarse and his throat was dry, but Cheng Yuan took it away before his hand touched the water cup. He thought a little dizzily, ah this is not Cheng Yuan’s cup? Cheng Yuan’s cup was clearly in his own hand, so why did he come to grab his cup?

Cheng Yuan poured some hot water into the cup before handing it to him. “The water in the cup was poured in the morning and it’s too cold now.”

“Oh” he thought about it in his mind before slowly reaching out to take the warm cup and took a sip.

After he moistened his throat, Cheng Yuan took out a thermometer and stuffed it in his hand, “I see your face is a little red, check if you have a cold.”

He held the thermometer for a long time before putting it in his mouth obediently.

“It’s not for your…” Cheng Yuan’s brows wrinkled, met his foggy eyes, and sighed, “Forget it, let’s measure it like this.”

Five minutes later, Cheng Yuan took out the thermometer from his still mouth and glanced at the temperature.

“It’s 38 degrees, I’m going to call a doctor.”

Cheng Yuan took two steps, but then turned back. He placed him under the covers before going out to find someone.