Just in Time Chapter 86
Translated by Sylver (ko-fi)
Chapter 86 Parents
Qi Huo tightly hugged Yun Fang from behind, “Enough! If you hit him again, it will be murder!”
Yun Fang looked at Song Cun, who was curled up on the ground clutching his head, the anger in his eyes not yet dissipated.
“Yi Chenliang!” Qi Huo yelled at Yi Chenliang.
Yi Chenliang, holding a stick, turned his head sharply. His fierce and gloomy expression was identical to Yun Fang’s, like a beast out of its cage.
Qi Huo couldn’t stop Yun Fang, so he yelled at Yi Chenliang, “Your boyfriend is going to kill someone, control him!”
Yi Chenliang’s face changed. He didn’t care about Sun Yuan and Zhang Lei anymore, he ran to Yun Fang and stopped him by pressing him against the wall.
Yun Fang’s breath was somewhat unstable. He didn’t break free from Yi Chenliang, but instead reached out and hugged him.
“Don’t worry, I won’t kill him,” he whispered in Yi Chenliang’s ear.
He wouldn’t stain his hands with blood for such scum, whether for the living or the dead.
Yi Chenliang glanced at Song Cun, who was lying on the ground wailing, and withdrew his gaze, “Alright, let’s go.”
Yun Fang and his group came prepared, Sun Yuan and Zhang Lei could only passively take the beating, they couldn’t even run. It was just that Yi Chenliang didn’t expect Yun Fang to make a move on Song Cun.
Yun Fang’s current state was a bit off, Yi Chenliang called Qi Huo and Chang Ziqi, and dragged Yun Fang away.
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“Don’t say, this shop is really quite decent.” Qi Huo sat on the booth with his legs crossed, eating ice cream and enjoying the air conditioning, “Ah, comfortable.”
Chang Ziqi was looking at his phone with his head down, letting him lean on him.
Yi Chenliang looked at Yun Fang, who was going to get drinks, with some worry. The latter gave him a reassuring smile.
“In my opinion, the most fierce in the fight was my younger brother Yun Fang.” Qi Huo vividly described the scene at that time. He had long disliked Song Cun, but because of his mother’s face, he had been barely getting along. This time, it was so refreshing to watch, if it wasn’t for Yun Fang’s fierce momentum at the time that made him fear that he would beat someone to death, he would definitely stand by and applaud.
On this side, Qi Huo was talking non-stop. Yun Fang came back with drinks and put them on the table, saying to Qi Huo and Chang Ziqi, “Thanks for today.”
“You’re welcome,” Chang Ziqi replied.
“Hey, we’re brothers!” Qi Huo probably hadn’t come out of the fighting spirit yet, “I’ve been looking at those guys with displeasure for a long time, especially that idiot Song Cun.”
“My mom nags me every day, ‘Ah, Xiao Cun has been without a mother since he was a child, and he has grown up so hard with your Uncle Song. He is so good and excellent in his studies, you have to take good care of him in school…’” Qi Huo imitated Qi Shuang’s tone, making himself pout, “I just don’t understand, who is her real son! She calls Xiao Cun so affectionately, and cares about him every day, tsk.”
Qi Huo was actually quite upset about Qi Shuang remarrying and marrying Song Ming, but compared to his real dad, that scum, Song Ming, an honest and straightforward person, was indeed a good choice.
“Adults have their own difficulties,” Chang Ziqi comforted him.
Although he comforted Qi Huo in this way, he couldn’t help but think of Chu Dong and Chang Nian. The two of them were not at home all year round. When he was a child, he could only see his parents during the Spring Festival. He could have limited toys and countless pocket money that his peers couldn’t get, but he was still envious when he heard other children talking about going to the amusement park with their parents.
“What difficulties do they have? They just know how to control me every day, not letting me do this and that.” Qi Huo grumbled, “It’s annoying.”
“Doesn’t your mother treat you well?” Yi Chenliang, listening on the other side, couldn’t help but ask Qi Huo.
Qi Huo frowned and thought, “It’s not that she’s not good, my mom actually loves me, but she always controls me, I can’t do anything, she nags every day…What about your mom? Your mom must not be so annoying, right?”
Yi Chenliang took a sip of milk tea and answered a bit absent-mindedly, “I don’t have a mom, but I did have foster parents before.”
“Uh–” Qi Huo didn’t know about this before, and suddenly felt a bit awkward, “Sorry, I didn’t know.”
“It’s okay.” Yi Chenliang said proudly, “Yun Fang’s parents are very good.”
Qi Huo agreed with this, “Uncle Yun and Aunt Tang are indeed good, I want to exchange with Yun Fang.”
“Don’t talk nonsense.” Chang Ziqi couldn’t help but laugh and cry, “You’re not afraid your mom will beat you.”
Some topics could always be brought up inadvertently, and Yun Fang sat quietly listening on the side.
Teenagers at the age of seventeen or eighteen were in a time when they felt they could do anything. They yearn for freedom and independence, were tired of their parents’ discipline, but still couldn’t leave their parents, and deeply rely on and crave their parents’ love.
Qi Huo’s mother remarried, and he still subconsciously didn’t want to share the motherly love Qi Shuang gave him with others. Chang Ziqi’s parents were loving and successful in their careers. He thought he was mature and independent. When he talked about Chu Dong and Chang Nian coming back to the country and accompanying him in the hospital a while ago, there was still light in his eyes.
Yi Chenliang looked indifferent and didn’t care, but he still couldn’t suppress the envy in his eyes when he heard them talking about their parents.
Yun Fang himself was already mature and strong enough, and he was indifferent when talking about these things. The age at which he died was not much different from their parents. He could easily see their respective thoughts and see the childishness and dependence they tried to hide but still revealed inadvertently.
They were about to grow up, but they hadn’t grown up yet.
Yun Fang looked at Yi Chenliang, who was eating a small cake with a fork. The red string on his left wrist was very eye-catching.
“Ding Ling!”
The door was pushed open, and a little boy walked in, “Aunt Zhao, I want to buy an ice cream!”
“Xiao Bao is here.” Zhao Fang looked at him with a smile, “Do you still want the original flavor?”
“I want a blueberry one, my mom gave me an extra two dollars today.” Xu Xiaobao stood on his tiptoes at the counter, placing a few one-dollar bills on it.
“Okay, auntie will make you a big one.” Zhao Fang made him an ice cream and bent down to give it to him.
“Thank you, Aunt Zhao.” Xu Xiaobao was very polite.
He took a lick of the ice cream, turned around and saw Qi Huo and the others sitting in the corner, his eyes lit up immediately, “Ah~”
Xiaobao ran over with his ice cream, excitedly looking at them, “Police big brother! Superman big brother! Young master big brother! And the handsome big brother who can make ice cream!”
Goodness, each person had a clear code name, and he said them all in one breath without stuttering.
“Oh, Xu Xiaobao?” Qi Huo was also happy to see him, the little guy had grown a lot taller in the past few months, “You came to buy ice cream?”
“Mm-hmm!” Xu Xiaobao wanted to climb onto the booth with his ice cream, Qi Huo stretched out his hand and lifted him up.
“Wow!” Xu Xiaobao exclaimed, “Thank you, police big brother!”
“Hey, I’m not a police big brother, I was just teasing you then.” Qi Huo was a bit embarrassed to be called that.
“Police big brother is police big brother, you ran up to fight the bad guys and even snatched the gun!” Xu Xiaobao hadn’t forgotten that thrilling kidnapping, but children always like to beautify their own memories, “Police big brother was wearing a police uniform, it looked so good, and so did Superman big brother!”
Xu Xiaobao looked at Yun Fang with sparkling eyes, “Superman big brother flew down from the window and knocked down the bad guy in one fell swoop! He flew so high, so high!”
Yun Fang: “…”
“Police big brother snatched the gun, young master big brother let me hold the gun and run out, but I got lost in the big forest… Later I found Superman big brother with the weapon, but Superman big brother was asleep under the tree, I couldn’t wake him up no matter how much I shouted, it scared me to tears.” Xu Xiaobao took a big lick of ice cream, patting his chest with lingering fear, “It really scared me to death, luckily later a lot of police uncles came over, and there were big police dogs and beautiful nurse aunties! They rescued Superman big brother!”
It seems that Xu Xiaobao has told this story to many people, and he spoke very fluently, “I want to become a super police officer as powerful as police big brother and Superman big brother in the future!”
And he also synthesized a lofty goal for himself.
Qi Huo patted his little head, “Alright, as long as you’re happy.”
“I’m happy!” Xiaobao sat on the booth, swinging his legs, suddenly exclaimed, “Oh no, my mom told me to go back as soon as I bought it, ah~”
Qi Huo lifted him down from the booth, “Then you go back quickly, don’t let your mom worry.”
Xu Xiaobao licked his ice cream, waved at them, “Goodbye, big brothers! I’ll come to play with you when I have time!”
After saying that, he ran off with his ice cream.
“Hey, this kid.” Qi Huo laughed, “His mom is really at ease.”
The few of them hung around in the shop for a morning doing nothing, at noon Yun Fang invited them to eat, the four of them went to a restaurant together, Yun Fang seemed to be very familiar with the boss, and specifically asked for a quiet private room.
Qi Huo was shocked by the interior decoration, “Wow, if I didn’t know better, I’d think I was some big shot. Yun Fang, you’re really something.”
Yun Fang smiled, “Their food is quite good.”
Today they didn’t have to go to class, and they could all drink, and there were no parents around, so they were all very relaxed, eating, drinking, and chatting until they finished their meal.
Qi Huo got a bit drunk and wouldn’t let go of Chang Ziqi.
This time, without Yun Fang saying anything, Chang Ziqi directly called a car to take him home. Before leaving, he solemnly said to Yun Fang, “Remember to call me next time you fight.”
Yun Fang: “…”
It seems he was also drunk.
After sending off Qi Huo and Chang Ziqi, Yun Fang turned around to find Yi Chenliang, only to see him squatting under a tree in front of the restaurant, not knowing what he was looking at.
Yun Fang walked over and squatted next to him, asking him, “What are you looking at?”
“Ants moving place.” Yi Chenliang pointed to the ants under the tree, “They’re lining up.”
Yun Fang looked down and indeed saw an ant nest, a large group of ants were busily moving. He said, “It might be about to rain heavily.”
“Mm.” Yi Chenliang nodded, his hands tucked under his stomach, looking very serious.
“Xiao Yi, are you drunk?” Yun Fang asked.
“No.” Yi Chenliang answered very seriously.
Yun Fang had been watching him during the drinking, not letting him drink too much, and he didn’t look like he was drunk.
“Then shall we go home?” Yun Fang said.
“Let’s watch for a while longer.” Yi Chenliang kept looking at the ants with his head down.
So Yun Fang accompanied him in squatting under the tree to watch the ants moving..
After watching for a while, Yi Chenliang suddenly looked up and asked him, “Why did you suddenly get so angry?”
Yun Fang was taken aback by his abrupt question, then realized he was asking about Song Cun. He paused before saying, “You know that the original Yun Fang committed suicide by taking sleeping pills, right?”
“I know, you told me.” Yi Chenliang nodded.
“Song Cun and Sun Yuan…..did something very excessive to him.” Yun Fang pieced together a complete story from what he heard from Song Cun, as well as the suicide note and the things in his drawer, and told it to Yi Chenliang.
Yi Chenliang was silent for a long time after listening, “He didn’t do anything wrong, why did he die?”
“He was already very strong and brave.” Yun Fang looked at the ants who were working hard to move, “It’s just that he couldn’t hold on any longer, so he went to sleep.”
“But Uncle Yun and Aunt Tang are so good, they love him so much…” Yi Chenliang was still very upset, he pursed his lips, his voice filled with anger, “Sun Yuan and Song Cun should be the ones to die, why are they still living well now?”
Yun Fang also wanted to know the answer to this question.
“There are many things–” Yun Fang tried to give him a not so accurate answer, “that are not always perfect, there will always be regrets.”
Good people may die innocently, bad people may be complacent, reality is often more absurd than stories.
“But people always have to look forward when they live.” Yun Fang patted his head.
Yi Chenliang turned his head to look at him, whispering, “Big Yi, you’re so amazing.”
“Hmm?”
“You know so much, and you always handle things…” Yi Chenliang thought for a moment, but couldn’t find a suitable word, finally saying, “You always make it look so easy, so amazing.”
Whether it was dealing with Song Lili coming to the school to make a fuss, or dealing with their lawsuits, finding lawyers, gathering evidence, or making money or finding a house, things that were a mess for him, Yun Fang could always handle them easily.
“When you grow up, you’ll be amazing too.” Yun Fang smiled and patted his head, “Let’s go, they’ve finished moving place, let’s go home.”
He stood up and reached out to Yi Chenliang.
Yi Chenliang squatted on the ground and looked up at him, “Then I want to grow up quickly.”
Yun Fang reached out and pulled him up, gently saying to him, “Xiao Yi, don’t rush.”
With him around, Yi Chenliang could grow up slowly.