Just in Time Chapter 61
Translated by Sylver (ko-fi)
Chapter 61 Internet Cafe
The weather gradually warmed up, and the mid-term exams arrived as scheduled.
Yi Chenliang and Yun Fang were not in the same examination room. Old Fang had something to do before the exam and had held a class meeting. After the students of Class 10 finished their exams, they didn’t need to return to the classroom. They simply agreed to meet at the school gate.
The sun was a bit strong. Yi Chenliang stood under the shade of a tree playing with his phone when he heard someone calling him.
“Brother Liang!”
Yi Chenliang looked up with a black line on his forehead, and sure enough, he saw Qi Huo running towards him with sparkling eyes.
“Long time no see!” Qi Huo enthusiastically hugged his shoulder, looking down at him with the advantage of height, “Where did my brother Yun Fang go? Why did he leave you here alone?”
Yi Chenliang was not used to people getting too close to him. He pried off the hand that was on his shoulder, “I’m waiting for him.”
“Hiss, you’re quite strong.” Qi Huo’s wrist hurt from being pried off, but he didn’t mind, “Oh, hey, you have a phone now!”
“Mm.” Yi Chenliang cleared his throat, his tone carrying an untraceable pride, “Yun Fang bought it for me.”
“My brother Yun Fang really spoils you.” Qi Huo clicked his tongue twice. “I’m so envious that I want to snatch him to be my boyfriend.”
Yi Chenliang glared at him warily.
Qi Huo was amused by his protective reaction, and he chuckled, “Unfortunately, I already have a wife.”
Qi Huo proudly pointed to a picture of Chang Ziqi with an icy face on the honor wall, shamelessly showing off to Yi Chenliang, “Handsome, isn’t he?”
Yi Chenliang was indifferent, “Yun Fang is more handsome.”
“Although my brother Yun Fang is not bad, Chang Ziqi is a bit more handsome.” Qi Huo admired the photo on the honor wall with satisfaction, “Cool!”
Yi Chenliang: “…”
“Come on, let’s add each other as friends and exchange numbers.” Qi Huo took out his phone, “I’ll teach you how to play games.”
“Yun Fang doesn’t allow me to play games.” Yi Chenliang said, “He says that indulging in games leads to loss of ambition.”
“How can a man be afraid of his wife!” Qi Huo snatched his phone and swiftly added him as a friend, becoming the second person to make it into his contacts after Yun Fang.
“Yun Fang is my boyfriend, not my wife.” Yi Chenliang corrected him, “We’re not married yet.”
Qi Huo: “…Wow, you’re really thinking long-term.”
Yi Chenliang said, “We will definitely get married in the future.”
“Then I wish you a happy marriage in advance.” Qi Huo said with a grin, “Remember to invite me to your wedding banquet, and I’ll give you both a big red envelope.”
“Thank you.” Yi Chenliang thanked him seriously, “When you and Chang Ziqi get married, I’ll try to give you a red envelope.”
Qi Huo didn’t know whether to laugh or cry after hearing this, and didn’t know where to start his retort. He touched his nose and said, “Well, I’m not necessarily going to marry him, we’re just messing around.”
Yi Chenliang looked at him as if he were looking at a playboy.
Qi Huo felt uncomfortable under his gaze and handed him the phone, “Are you going to the internet cafe? I’ll teach you how to play games!”
“I’m not going.” Yi Chenliang rejected him mercilessly, “I have to watch the shop tonight.”
Qi Huo was frustrated, “You and Yun Fang, both of you are equally boring! I’m leaving!”
Yi Chenliang watched him run out of the school gate with his backpack like a whirlwind, then continued to look down at his phone.
Qi Huo pulled him into a group.
[Deeply Attached to Each Other Brothers Group Online Number (4) Number of online users 4]
Transient: [@Cang Dog Floating Cloud, have you seen Qi Huo?]
Cang Dog Floating Cloud: [No.]
Yi Chenliang: [He said he was going to the internet cafe to play games. @Transient]
Transient: [Thanks.]
Cang Dog Floating Cloud: [@Yi Chenliang, did Qi Huo pull you in?]
Yi Chenliang: [@Cang Dog Floating Cloud, yes.]
Cang Dog Floating Cloud: [Do you want to eat grilled sausage? @Yi Chenliang]
Yi Chenliang: Yes. [@Cang Dog Floating Cloud]
Transient: [..…]
Because Sister Zhao was in confinement, Huang Chu had been helping out at the shop during this period. After the two of them finished their exams, they went straight to the shop.
When they arrived, there was no one in the shop. Huang Chu was reading a book while watching the TV on the wall.
Yi Chenliang was curious, “Brother Huang, can you really study like this?”
Huang Chu said, “Yes, I’ve been doing homework while watching TV since I was a kid. It’s super efficient.”
The TV was still broadcasting a murder case from a while ago.
[…After police investigation, the suspect was identified as Ge, 30 years old, a criminal who had fled from other provinces. He had previously been suspected of multiple serial murders and kidnappings… We ask the general public…] The host’s voice echoed in the shop.
“Damn, this murderer looks so fierce?” Huang Chu was startled by the sudden appearance of the photo, “His face is full of muscles.”
Yi Chenliang responded to Huang Chu, but Yun Fang couldn’t hear clearly anymore.
His gaze was firmly locked on the photo on the screen.
That person was Ge San.
Ge San, who had not yet fled the country to establish his own power.
As the sky outside gradually darkened, Yi Chenliang turned on the lights in the shop. The TV had already switched to other news, but Yun Fang was still standing in the same place, unmoving.
“What’s wrong?” Yi Chenliang noticed his pale face, “Are you feeling unwell?”
“I’m fine.” Yun Fang shook his head.
When he was with Ge San before, it was already ten years later. He had only occasionally heard people mention that Ge San had committed a major crime in the country. The last crime he committed was kidnapping a rich young master and almost killing him. The young master’s family had strong connections and were determined to kill Ge San, forcing him to flee abroad.
Thinking about it, it was about this time.
He just didn’t expect that Wang Youwei would die at the hands of Ge San.
****
Qi Huo was in the internet cafe, killing in a frenzy. His phone had been ringing for a long time, but he hadn’t heard it.
“Damn! Who’s the idiot who stole my equipment!” Qi Huo roared, and with a swing of his hand, he cut down the person under him. Only then did he pick up the phone, “Hello!?”
Chang Ziqi’s cold voice came from the phone. “Where are you?”
Qi Huo had been feeling a bit annoyed by him recently. Chang Ziqi was good in all aspects, a handsome guy with a great figure, and was passionate when it came to dating. However, he always liked to control him, not allowing him to do this or that, even more annoying than his mother.
“Playing games at home after the exam!” Qi Huo shouted loudly, intending to hang up the phone.
“Which internet cafe?” Chang Ziqi asked.
“What the hell!?” Qi Huo was staring at the computer screen, a moment of distraction got him killed in the game, making him so angry that his hair stood on end. He said irritably, “Why do you care where your father is!”
Without waiting for the other side to speak, he hung up the phone with a click.
After a round of fighting in the game, Qi Huo came back to his senses belatedly, staring at his phone and swallowing hard.
Was I too fierce just now?
Will Chang Ziqi be angry because I hung up on him?
Or… should I call back to coax him?
Qi Huo stared at his phone in a dilemma for a while, his attention was then drawn back to the game, and he quickly forgot about the matter.
In front of the laboratory building of No.1 High School, Chang Ziqi was staring at the disconnected call with a cold face. He waited for a while but didn’t see anyone calling back. Just as he was about to go to class, the phone suddenly rang.
He swiped to answer without even looking, and said coldly, “You still know to call back?”
There was silence on the other end for a while, not knowing what kind of emotional struggle the other had gone through, his voice was filled with deep guilt, “Ziqi, Dad didn’t know you thought of me that way.”
Chang Ziqi: “…”