CH 32

He and Lin Heyuan should had clashed because of Jiang Xiao. But, no matter how the two of them ‘fought’ behind his back before, Lin Chengyu was still able to maintain his composure in front of Jiang Xiao, and he didn’t dare to be too overtly jealous.

In all fairness, in terms of feelings, no matter how you compare him to Lin Heyuan, he was a little bit stronger than Lin Heyuan. Although Lin Heyuan was naturally better than him in Jiang Xiao’s heart at the moment, Lin Chengyu also admitted this, but these two people were still friends now. At this step, Lin Heyuan didn’t think much about Jiang Xiao like he did.

Anyway, he was still a middle school student. Unlike him and Jiang Xiao who were special; under this shell of middle school students, they were adults.

He always told himself not to be in a hurry, but because of everything that happened in front of him, his heart and fingertips were instantly chilled.

It was his, it was exclusive to him and Jiang Xiao’s. His Jiang Xiao had already left, why would even this thoughts in his heart be usurped by reality?1

Don’t give it to others, don’t give it to others.

At this time, Lin Heyuan made a gesture that added fuel to the fire. He rolled up his sleeves and wiped the corner of Jiang Xiao’s mouth.

“It has stained your face,” he pointed to Jiang Xiao’s right cheek and smiled, “Be careful.”

“Thank you,” Jiang Xiao didn’t take it seriously, he picked up a tissue next to him and wiped his face casually. He calmed down, then continued talking to Lin Heyuan, “I’m really bothering you today. It’s enough for me to handle, you see. I don’t even know what to say, it’s so cold, you should have been at home…”

Lin Heyuan knew that Jiang Xiao actually wanted to persuade him to went back, so he immediately interrupted him, “I think it’s quite interesting. In the past, every time I was on vacation, I would stay at home, just reading and working on my homeworks. Sometimes I would be taken out by my family to socialize, which was actually quite boring.” He continued, “After I met you, I felt that life is different from before, so I should thank you.”

When he said that, Jiang Xiao was stunned for a while and didn’t know what to answer him. At this moment, a strong force pushed    Lin Heyuan back and Jiang Xiao was pulled into Lin Chengyu’s arms.

Lin Chengyu had to suppress the thought of murder in his heart in order to calm himself down. In the current atmosphere between Lin Heyuan and Jiang Xiao, he couldn’t disturb them at all.

“You stay away from Jiang Xiao!”

Jiang Xiao saw that his eyes were bloodshot and he couldn’t tell whether this person was angry or extremely sad.

What was this man crazy about?

Who let Lin Heyuan’s actions and words poke Lin Chengyu’s heart everywhere, as if Jiang Xiao would be snatched away in the next second. He was naturally terrified, his sanity was about to disappear in an instant and he just wanted to catch the person in front of him.

Jiang Xiao knew him well, this man was about to attack Lin Heyuan for some reason. He felt bewildered and angry at the same time, so he pulled Lin Chengyu back on the spot.

“What are you doing? Are you crazy?!”

The back of the stall was so small that it would collapse if he made a big move. Although there were fewer people in this spot, there were many other stall owners around.

There was snow under the eaves behind the stall, so Jiang Xiao immediately grabbed a handful and threw it at his face.

“Be sober, Lin Chengyu!” Jiang Xiao pressed his hand with anger, “You’re crazy, you dare to touch my friend?”

The snow didn’t hurt when it hit his face, but it melted afterwards, making that little bit of snow trickled into the inside of his clothes, chilling his heart.

But it made him calm down a bit.

He wanted to ask Jiang Xiao, why he talked to Lin Heyuan so much, but when he saw Jiang Xiao’s eyes, he couldn’t say anything.

“I said it from the beginning, I don’t need you to come,” Jiang Xiao said, “You are still the same as before, you just go your own way and never care about my thoughts.”

“Xiao Xiao—”

“You have no right to control me now,” Jiang Xiao continued, “Don’t trouble me any more.”

Lin Chengyu didn’t dare to move at once.

The only thing he was afraid of was Jiang Xiao.

At this time, Lin Heyuan who didn’t know what to do, came over to be a good person to comfort Jiang Xiao, “Don’t be angry, I’m fine.”

As there were customers coming in to the stall, Jiang Xiao let out a sigh of relief and went up to introduce the goods to the other. He didn’t forget to turn around and gave Lin Chengyu a glare.

Lin Heyuan looked at the other person in front of him and felt that he was getting more and more strange. Jiang Xiao had a good temper, but he had no patience with his person, probably because he had done something very bad.

Lin Chengyu raised his head and glared back at him. Lin Heyuan couldn’t describe the look in his eyes, but he just took a look and then walked to Jiang Xiao’s side.

“I’m sorry,” Jiang Xiao heard him apologized and softened his tone, “I’m too scared, Xiao Xiao.”

Jiang Xiao didn’t look at him and replied, “You’d better go, don’t come here again. Every time you see this kind of situation, you will be like this, so I suggest you to see a psychiatrist.”

Lin Chengyu’s illness seemed to be an occurrence.

“I’m really not what you imagined,” Lin Chengyu panicked and then said, “If you’re unhappy, can I apologize to him? Don’t drive me away.”

He came to help today, although Jiang Xiao still refused, sometimes his eyes that looked at him were not so rejecting.

Jiang Xiao’s heart was always soft and affectionate, even if he couldn’t change his mind all at once, if he persisted and gradually become friends, it was not impossible to start over again. Lin Chengyu was most afraid that other people would interfere in the process, and once Jiang Xiao began to accept other people and fell in love with them, all his thoughts were futile.

He was never the only one who was attracted to sunshine.

Jiang Xiao felt really strange now, so he turned his head to looked him up and down for a long time. He thought that this person hadn’t changed his bones, but now he felt strange again.

If Lin Chengyu was willing to bow his head for him, as he was now in his previous life, could the two of them even come to this point?

Forget it, thinking about this and doing anything about it, was a thing of the past.

“Jiang Xiao, don’t be angry,” Lin Heyuan didn’t want to continue the trouble and he was also afraid that Jiang Xiao would be unhappy because of this incident. “It’s okay, let’s make money by being amicable.”

In contrast, Lin Heyuan was sensible and magnanimous, making Lin Chengyu looked like he was just messing around, so he didn’t dare to make any moves anymore. Everyone in the market was watching, so it wasn’t good to make any more troubles. This matter would be over.

The customer just took a look at the goods and left. Jiang Xiao had some free time and sorted out some messed up goods on the stall again. He was a little obssessive-compulsive, so he had to make the stall looked tidy, even though it wasn’t actually that bad. He also tied a few balloon puppies there for back ups, he just couldn’t sit still and took it easy.

He might be the legendary toiler.

Seeing that he had calmed down, Lin Chengyu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He also wanted to help Jiang Xiao to tied a balloon puppy, but this thing required skill, even Lin Heyuan couldn’t imitate him, it didn’t look like a puppy after several twisting and turning.

Jiang Xiao only cared about Lin Heyuan. Seeing that he couldn’t do well with his effort, he taught him carefully and showed him the tricks, which was followed by Lin Chengyu. There was a sound of balloon popping. Startled by the sound, he turned around and gave him a sullen look.

“I will take it easy,” Lin Chengyu apologized honestly, “It won’t happen again in the future.”

Jiang Xiao was blatant in his double standard.

Lin Chengyu knew but didn’t dare to say anything. He had made Jiang Xiao unhappy just now, and previously, he was favored all the time. This current situation was also caused by himself.

While twisting the balloon puppy, he looked at Jiang Xiao’s hands. He would wear warm gloves, but he took them off now for convenience. Lin Chengyu saw that his fingertips were red, probably because he was cold.

When he saw this scene, all the jealous thoughts disappeared in a flash.

No one was as important as Jiang Xiao.

He quickly got a hot water bottle. Jiang Xiao didn’t want to face him now, so he just rubbed his hands to warm him.

“Xiao Xiao…”

“What is it?” Jiang Xiao was annoyed and his tone was not good, “You can keep it for yourself.”

Jiang Xiao had always been unwilling to take his things, except for the air conditioner that was finally sent out from Xia Wanwan and some leftover foods that he secretly ate, the rest was not accepted. Xia Wanwan wasn’t stupid, once or twice getting a lucky draw was okay, he could get away with it, but if he did it a few more times, he would definitely be discovered.

Not only he was refused when planning to took Jiang Xiao to Liujiang to live and study with him at the beginning, the other also refused to accept a hot cocoa thermos and a hot water bottle that identified with him, just because he didn’t want to have anything to do with him at all.

Lin Chengyu knew that Jiang Xiao was working hard to earn money, so he didn’t hesitate to took the initiative to gave him money once or twice. He also sincerely said that his money was Jiang Xiao’s money, as both of them were basically a married couple in their previous life, except for the fact that they couldn’t get a certificate. It wasn’t a matter of a year or two for a family to put money together. When Jiang Xiao loved him with all his heart, he didn’t care about these external things. Now that he had made it clear, the boundaries could no longer be drawn clearly.

But Lin Chengyu refused to leae now, no matter how uncomfortable he was.

He didn’t want to think that he left to made room for Lin Heyuan.

Don’t even think about it! I want to stay by Jiang Xiao’s side!

In the afternoon, the flow of people were less, but in the evening, there were more.

Ye Yingying also came to help after his studio class. He was so sure that he could smell of the Shura Field among the three of them, but Jiang Xiao was really busy, so he didn’t bother him. He hadn’t help to sold anything yet, so he didn’t leave. He was also very lively and happy after managed to sold some things and collected money. He was brimming with a sense of accomplishment which eased the atmosphere a lot.

Xia Wanwan was also thinking about Jiang Xiao, but their company had a lot of things going on lately. Still, she was still anxious to took a look after work. Jiang Xiao was still a teenager, so she had some assumptions, but all she saw was four teenagers crowded together, with well-organized stall and a lot of customers. She couldn’t even get in, so Jiang Xiao urged her to went home.

“It’s cold outside, Mom’s health is not good, don’t bother to stay here,” Jiang Xiao said, “otherwise I will have to worry even more, I really can handle it.”

Lin Heyuan and Ye Yingying were recognized by her. There was also Lin Chengyu, she recognized that face, wasn’t it the one from last time…

“That, who—”

“I can really handle it myself,” Jiang Xiao didn’t want her to get in touch with Lin Chengyu, so he urged her to went home quickly, “Mom, listen to me this time, trust me, will you?”

Xia Wanwan couldn’t resist him, she tried to said a few words but was pushed back home by him.

In a blink of an eye, the night was getting late. Lin Heyuan had a strict family education. He had been out for a day, so he had to went home early at night. Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain to his parents. Jiang Xiao also urged him to leave quickly. Ye Yingying stayed here for a long time, but went back after nine o’clock.

After all, he was still a middle school student, so it wasn’t good to go home too late.

There was no nightlife in a small county like Houlin, so after they left, there were no people in the market after this hour. Jiang Xiao was going to pack up and did a simple inventory based on his earnings.

Currently, Lin Chengyu insisted on staying by his side and did not leave.

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1 I think this means something like this: In his heart, Jiang Xiao was still his, even if he had left. So no one could erase his thoughts. Basically delusional lol. ‘if I can’t have him, nobody can’t have him’ mentality.