Just in Time Chapter 74
Translated by Sylver (ko-fi)
Chapter 74 Phone Call
After Yun Fang was discharged from the hospital, he just caught up with the end-of-term exams for the first years of high school.
He had been admitted to the hospital before the midterm exam results were out. Later, Yi Chenliang told him that he scored 650 in the monthly exam, aced Physics which allowed Old He to show off for a week. Probably Old He thought he had a chance to return to Class 3, and even entrusted Yi Chenliang to bring him another set of physics competition secret papers.
Yun Fang regretted, why wasn’t it his right arm that was broken?
The end-of-term exams ended in early July. Yun Fang actually felt that apart from his left arm not being fully recovered, he had completely recovered.
But Tang Yi firmly didn’t believe it. The original plan was to let him stay at home and recuperate during this summer vacation. However, a phone call from Old He took Yun Fang to the Beijing Physics Competition training camp, where he had to stay for the entire summer vacation.
The summer in Wu City was dry and stuffy. Yi Chenliang, wearing an old man’s shirt and big shorts, lay on the cool mat fanning himself, too hot to move.
Half-written test papers were spread out on the desk. The big sun shone on the still wet handwriting, reflecting tiny lights.
It was the sleepy time at more than one o’clock in the afternoon. Yi Chenliang yawned sleepily with drooping eyelids, pulled the standing fan in front of the desk towards himself, and prepared to take a nap.
Just as his consciousness was about to drift off to sleep, the phone by his pillow vibrated. He woke up instantly and answered the phone, “Hello?”
The person on the other end of the phone hesitated for a moment, “Are you sleeping?”
“I’m not sleeping, I was about to.” Yi Chenliang yawned again, “What are you doing?”
“I just came out of the cafeteria.” It was noisy on Yun Fang’s side. He seemed to have walked a few steps to the side to find a quiet place, “I have to go to class at two.”
Yi Chenliang frowned, “How’s your arm? Does it still hurt?”
“It’s almost fine.” Yun Fang clenched his left fist, “Remember to eat at home, even if you’re not hungry.”
“Mm, I know.” Yi Chenliang turned over on the bed, the electric fan behind him blew the sweat-soaked clothes against his back, “Do you guys have a holiday?”
“Yes, there’s a short five-day break in the middle.” Yun Fang said, “Where do you want to go?”
Yi Chenliang, who had never left Wu City since he was born, couldn’t think of a place, “I’ll follow you.”
Yun Fang laughed on the other end of the phone. It was a very pleasant and relaxed laugh, “Aren’t you afraid I’ll secretly sell you?”
“I’m not afraid.” Yi Chenliang also laughed, “When is your holiday?”
“It’s still more than a week away.” Yun Fang sighed, “Doing problems here every day, I’m starting to doubt our intelligence.”
“Hey, don’t say that.” Yi Chenliang turned over happily, “We each have our own, you are you, I think you’re quite smart.”
“Now you’re separating us?” Yun Fang’s left hand was itching, but the two of them were too far apart and could only communicate by phone.
“One thing at a time.” Yi Chenliang lay on his back on the bed and sighed, “Still more than a week.”
“Are you thinking?” Yun Fang heard him sigh and asked.
“I am.” Yi Chenliang was always very honest with him, “You were in the hospital for two months, Auntie watched you so closely, I couldn’t even touch you. It was hard to wait for you to be discharged, and before I could be happy, Old He took you to Beijing. Such a big boyfriend, it’s like he doesn’t exist.”
The most annoying thing was that he finally had a chance to stay alone with Yun Fang for one night, but he fell asleep before they could talk much.
“Still like he doesn’t exist.” Yun Fang was amused by him, “It seems you’ve memorized a lot of idioms.”
“If you don’t come back, Zhao Xiaoxiao will be able to run on the ground.” Yi Chenliang said.
“Listen to your nonsense, Xiaoxiao hasn’t even learned to crawl.” Yun Fang was walking to the classroom while talking to him on the phone, “If you’re sleepy, go to sleep.”
“Hey–you.” Yi Chenliang was annoyed, “Just as I was about to sleep, you woke me up with a phone call. Now I’m not sleepy, and you’re rushing me to sleep.”
“Then let’s chat for another ten minutes…”
Yun Fang had been at the training camp for more than a week, and the two of them called each other every day. They talked about all kinds of boring nonsense, but they were all very happy. They chatted for more than half an hour, and after they finished, they didn’t know how much nonsense they had said.
Just before class, Yun Fang was ready to hang up the phone, reminding Yi Chenliang, “Eat less ice cream, don’t stay up late, remember to drink milk before bed.”
“Mm, I know.” Yi Chenliang couldn’t help but yawn again, “You also don’t stay up late, if you’re dumb, you’re dumb. If you can’t do the problem, forget it, I’ll support you in the future.”
“Looks like you’re itching for a beating.” Yun Fang laughed at him, hearing him yawn and urging him to sleep, “Alright, go to sleep.”
Yi Chenliang hung up the phone somewhat reluctantly, staring at the ceiling in a daze.
Still more than a week…
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Tang Yi came to visit her mother’s house that day, and had arranged to meet with her sister Tang Si. When Tang Si brought Sun Yuan, Tang Yi was helping the old lady make dumplings.
“Auntie.” Sun Yuan greeted politely.
“Yuanyuan, you’ve grown taller!” Tang Yi really liked this nephew and asked him with a smile, “Why don’t you come to play at your auntie’s house when you’re so close to home after going to No.1 High School? Your cousin Sugar talks about you every day.”
Tang Yi said this just to be polite, with the exaggerated perspective of an old mother. Hearing this, Sun Yuan felt a chill on his back and laughed dryly, “I have a lot of homework, I don’t have much free time.”
Tang Yi laughed, “Ah, that’s true, after all, you have to prioritize your studies.”
“Sis, don’t listen to his nonsense, I’ve never seen him do homework at home.” Tang Si was impatient and outspoken, and talked a lot, “Why didn’t Sugar come? I haven’t seen him for a long time.”
“He went to Beijing to attend some summer camp. I can’t remember the name, his former head teacher asked him to go.” Tang Yi said with a smile.
“Sugar is promising, he’s been good at studying since he was a child!” Tang Si was envious and a bit sour, she slapped Sun Yuan unhappily, “It would be nice if Yuanyuan could have half the brains of his cousin, so he wouldn’t have to mess around all day.”
“Where am I messing around!” Sun Yuan couldn’t keep a straight face when she said that, and angrily said, “At least I’m not like brother who’s gay!”
Tang Yi’s smile froze on her face, and Tang Si frowned and scolded him, “What nonsense are you talking about! It’s bad enough that you’re not good at studying, but you’re always thinking about these ghost things!”
“No!” Sun Yuan was particularly annoyed by his mother’s attitude of praising Yun Fang and belittling him all the time, which always made him extremely irritable, especially when Tang Yi said that Yun Fang was always talking about him, which made him both scared and angry.
“My brother, he just likes men! You guys don’t know at all! When he graduated from middle school, he confessed to Song Cun that he wanted to date him and was even called a pervert by others! When I transferred to live at Auntie’s house, once when I came home, I saw him kissing his classmate!” Sun Yuan got more and more worked up as he spoke, “You guys don’t know anything!”
The old lady who was making dumplings was a bit hard of hearing, and could only get a general idea of what was being said. She grabbed Tang Yi’s sleeve and asked loudly, “What? What’s wrong with Sugar? Who is he kissing?”
Tang Yi’s face didn’t look too good, “It’s nothing, mom, Yuanyuan is talking nonsense.”
“I’m not talking nonsense!” Sun Yuan said indignantly, “Everyone in the school knows, last time I just made a joke with my classmates about him, and he hit me! He even got me and my classmates punished!”
“Your brother hit you? And you got punished?” Tang Si’s face changed as soon as she heard this, “Why haven’t you ever told me?”
“You never asked! All you know is to scold!” Sun Yuan yelled at her angrily, “Anyway, in your eyes, Yun Fang is a thousand times, ten thousand times better than me, you might as well be his mother!”
After Sun Yuan finished speaking, he dropped a bombshell and ran off without a care.
“Yuanyuan!” Tang Si called out to him, but didn’t manage to stop him, and said angrily, “This bad temper, I don’t know who in their old Sun family he takes after!”
Then she looked at Tang Yi, her face full of uncertainty, “Sister, does your son Sugar like men?”
Tang Yi was thinking about what Sun Yuan had just said, and denied it uneasily, “Yuanyuan might have seen it wrong.”
This looked like guilt in Tang Si’s eyes, and she frowned, “But no matter what, he can’t hit Yuanyuan. Yuanyuan is so thin, how can he stand being hit? Really, he’s so loved by his uncle…”
Yun Fang had been in the hospital for two months and Tang Si hadn’t visited him once. Now she was suddenly all over her nephew. Tang Yi was annoyed and threw the dumpling skin in her hand onto the table, “It’s just what Yuanyuan said, I’ll ask Sugar what’s going on when I get back.”
“Yuanyuan has never lied since he was a child.” Tang Si was also angry, “He’s not that kind of kid.”
“What do you mean?” Tang Yi couldn’t help standing up.
The old lady saw that the atmosphere was not right, and quickly stood up as well, “Oh, what’s going on, what’s going on?”
Sun Yuan was so angry that he ran to the city to find someone to play with, and called his gang of friends to go to the arcade.
“Lei Ge, come out and play!” Sun Yuan was walking on the street, and when he saw a milk tea shop in front, he went in, “Damn, I’m in a bad mood, it’s my treat! Okay, then let’s meet at the old place on Wufu Street later.”
He hung up the phone and looked up at the menu, “A cup of iced lemon tea.”
“One iced lemon tea.” A familiar voice came from in front of him, and when he looked closely, it was Yi Chenliang.
Yi Chenliang was busy getting the materials, and didn’t see what the person looked like. When he finished and put it on the counter, he was taken aback, “Where’s the person?”
Zhao Jie came down from upstairs, “What’s wrong, Xiao Yi?”
“I just made it, and the person is gone.” Yi Chenliang pointed to the iced lemon tea, “I didn’t even see what the person looked like.”
Zhao Jie laughed, “Maybe he had something urgent.”
Yi Chenliang took back the tea on the counter and asked Zhao Jie, “Is Xiaoxiao asleep?”
“She’s asleep.” Zhao Jie said with a wry smile, “Lawyer Huang was reading her some professional qualification exam materials, saying that she has more than six thousand days until her college entrance exam, and he put her to sleep.”
“How damaging.” Yi Chenliang laughed along.
Inside the shop, Yi Chenliang and Zhao Jie were chatting, and outside the shop, Sun Yuan was making a phone call.
“Lei Ge, I saw that bastard from last time!” Sun Yuan said sinisterly, “You’ve always wanted to get revenge, right? Let’s get a few people to block him tonight! Yun Fang went to Beijing…It’s a good opportunity to start when he’s alone! Anyway, it’s outside the school!”
Sun Yuan stared at the milk tea shop in front of him, and finally found a place to vent his anger.
His brother really cherished this Yi guy, so he would find someone to ruin this Yi guy, and see how Yun Fang could still be arrogant in front of him.
Sun Yuan felt a surge of hot blood rush into his brain, he took out his phone and dialed another number, “Hello? Li Ge, yeah, it’s Sun Yuan! Do you remember that Yi Chenliang…”