Chapter 72 - Going Back Thirty Years I
Because Zhou Jing was weak, Liu Chunchun did not disturb her for too long and left a pink bunny before leaving. He had bought it in the small supermarket downstairs from the company in the afternoon. It wasn’t an expensive gift, but it was cute and very popular with girls.
Mrs. Zhou thanked Liu Chunchun sincerely again and asked with some trepidation if she could invite him over more often in the future.
“If you are busy, I can pay for your leave,” she said. Perhaps she felt that this request was a bit unreasonable, so she quickly added, “I can pay for you too.”
Of course, Liu Chunchun did not accept the reward and promised Mrs. Zhou that he would come over to see Zhou Jing when he was free. After the three people left the hospital, Bai Xi held his shoulders and shook him: “Thank you for your hard work. Come on, I’ll treat you to dinner.”
“No, you’d better take me home quickly.” Liu Chunchun glanced at the time on his phone. It was still half an hour before nine o’clock.
“Why are you in such a hurry to go back?” Bai Xi said sternly, fearing that the world would not be in chaos. “If you don’t eat with Dad today, all your salary and bonus will be deducted this month.”
Liu Chunchun struggled painfully deep in his heart and finally made a difficult choice: “But I still want to go home.”
Bai Xi choked and continued, “Next month’s bonus is gone too.”
“Brother Han!” Liu Chunchun cried and asked for help from relatives and friends outside the venue.
“I’m sorry, there’s nothing I can do.” Mr. Han refused to save him and colluded with Mr. Xiao Bai.
Liu Chunchun said sadly, “No.”
Of course, all jokes aside, Bai Xi sent Liu Chunchun back to the community on time at 8:56 in the evening and watched him rush into the elevator.
“See,” Bai Xi joked, “This is the power of love.”
“Tomorrow I will ask Yuanchen to come out and tell him about Linda.” Han Zhuo said, “Although our goal is to fight against the underground warehouse, he obviously makes a huge sacrifice this time. Not only did he have to face Shi Tian, but also fangirls.” Both of these were people he had tried to stay away from.
“Why don’t you call him Aspis?” Bai Xi asked. “Wang Yuanchen is just a fake name.”
“Aspis is just a code name. Besides, between a ferocious and greedy snake and a star hanging in the distant sky,” Han Zhuo smiled, “I choose the latter.”
“It means you are old,” Bai Xi said seriously. “Young people prefer poisonous snakes because they sound cool.”
“Am I old?” Han Zhuo raised his eyebrows. “Do you want to check it tonight?”
“It still doesn’t work.” Bai Xi’s back went cold, and he twisted his head back with a dry smile. “Be good, let’s drive.”
Han Zhuo raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said nothing more, but this smile, which seemed to see through everything, made Bai Xi feel quite frustrated. He had never been a passive person, except for this relationship, because Mr. Han was so strong, just like Ultraman… No, he was originally Ultraman.
Xiao Bai always felt that he was at a disadvantage when he fell in love with an alien.
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On the other side, Liu Chunchun felt that he had earned a lot because this time he not only comforted his classmates and experienced futuristic teleportation, but after returning home, Wang Yuanchen was not angry at all. Although the other party did not seem to have any reason to be angry, the moment he opened the door, he saw Mr. Wang sitting on the sofa and watching TV. Liu Chunchun felt quite relieved, like a parent coming home from a busy day and seeing their well-behaved child.
“Was the class reunion fun?” Wang Yuanchen asked.
Liu Chunchun said with a guilty conscience, “It was okay.” He was not a good liar, and he didn’t want to make up some happy scenes about the class reunion for Mr. Wang, so he simply avoided the conversation and hid in the kitchen, pretending to be very busy.
Wang Yuanchen called Han Zhuo.
Mr. Han was not surprised by this, because the experiences of the two people opposite him were not at the same level at all. Only Liu Chunchun himself felt that he had successfully deceived Mr. Wang.
“I don’t mind if you take him to meet his classmates, but I don’t want him to be noticed by Shi Tian again,” Wang Yuanchen reminded coldly.
“As long as you control your temper a little, Shi Tian’s attention won’t fall on him, and I won’t have any problems here,” Han Zhuo replied. He did not say “emotions” but chose a more eclectic term.
“Okay,” Wang Yuanchen agreed. Just as he was about to hang up, Han Zhuo said, “I still need to ask you. Are you free at two o’clock tomorrow afternoon?”
“No time,” Wang Yuanchen replied with a frown.
“Okay, see you at two o’clock,” Han Zhuo smiled and threw the phone aside.
Mr. Wang was a little irritable, but that irritability was not because of Han Zhuo himself, but because he was really unavailable. In the original plan, tomorrow was the weekend carnival day, and he had planned to take Liu Chunchun to that exciting “good place” he had mentioned many times but had never been able to go to.
“Would you like a midnight snack?” Liu Chunchun poked his head out of the kitchen.
Wang Yuanchen raised his fingers at him.
“What’s wrong?” Liu Chunchun was very alert.
Mr. Wang replied gloomily, “I’m in a bad mood.”
Liu Chunchun decisively took two steps back and planned to lock the kitchen door, but unfortunately, he did not succeed. Before he even figured out what was going on, he was carried to the sofa in a very twisted posture and suppressed without the ability to fight back.
Wang Yuanchen hugged him from behind. This was supposed to be a very intimate gesture, but because Liu Chunchun was screaming in pain, there was no emotion at all. Besides, that wasn’t the correct way to hug a lover. It was more like a child who was in a bad mood, ravaging his pillow at will.
Bright lights, a large TV playing medicine advertisements, a black and evil Mr. Wang, and a tearful Liu Chunchun.
It felt like there were still ten thousand years left before falling in love.
What was even more pitiful was that even this alone time had to be interrupted. In the afternoon of the next day, Han Zhuo arrived on time with Bai Xi, holding a large bouquet of colourful roses. It was a gift from Mark Li to his soul friend. Mr. Han casually put it in the car and presented it to Wang Yuanchen as an eyesore.
“Who?” Wang Yuanchen asked.
Han Zhuo replied, “Linda.”
Wang Yuanchen: “…”.
He gritted his teeth and said, “Besides Shi Tian, you are the second annoying person in this world. Every time you appear, it’s a disaster for me.”
“I’m sorry for that too.” Mr. Han patted him on the shoulder. “Do you need any compensation?”
Wang Yuanchen glanced in the direction of the study.
“No.” Han Zhuo shook his head. “That doesn’t belong to me.”
“Of course it doesn’t belong to you.” Wang Yuanchen interrupted him unhappily. “That’s my people and has nothing to do with you.”
“This is Linda’s phone number.” Han Zhuo stuffed a fragrant card into his jacket pocket. “At ten o’clock tonight, you can go to the bar for your first… meeting.” He originally wanted to say “date,” but considering Mr. Wang’s gloomy face, he “kindly” refrained from provoking him further.
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“Brother Bai.” In the study, Liu Chunchun also said, “Let’s have dinner together tonight.”
“No, I have to go back to my parents.” Bai Xi patted his arm. “Quickly let go.”
“Noooo,” Liu Chunchun hung on him like a koala, whispering with a sad face, “I’m scared.” Mr. Wang seemed to be in a bad mood since he got up in the morning. He really needed someone to stay with him to fight the low pressure.
Bai Xi rejected him sympathetically and said, “I’m scared too.”
‘Why are you so irresponsible!’ Liu Chunchun said angrily, “Do you still want to be my Dad?”
“I think so.” Bai Xi patted his back and said seriously, “But son, you’ve grown up and have full wings. You have to learn to fly by yourself. You can’t rely on your father for everything.”
“I’m not big at all.” Liu Chunchun denied neatly.
As soon as Wang Yuanchen walked to the door of the study room, he first saw Liu Chunchun hanging on Bai Xi like a monkey, and then heard such earth-shattering words. He couldn’t help but feel complicated. After a moment of silence, he strode over and carried the person onto his shoulders.
“Help!” Liu Chunchun was stunned.
Bai Xi quickly picked up the coat on the sofa. “Let’s go first!”
Mr. Wang finally became a little more comfortable with this intellectual “love rival.”
“Don’t bully Chunchun,” Bai Xi added before going out.
The “somewhat pleasing” feeling just now disappeared. Mr. Wang asked Liu Chunchun, displeased, “Have I bullied you before?”
“No, no,” Liu Chunchun replied, very unruly. “You have always been very good to me.” Then he added, “The best in the world.”
“How about comparing with him?” Wang Yuanchen pointed toward the door.
Liu Chunchun said decisively, “Of course you win!”
“Come with me to the bar tonight.” Wang Yuanchen put him on the sofa.
“Okay,” Liu Chunchun said, habitually wanting to ask, ‘Brother Bai and the others, are they going?’ but thankfully stopped in time to avoid any bigger mistakes. Instead, he chuckled and said, “Okay, let’s go together.”