Tearing up the agreement (2)
“Xi-laoshi, your cell phone is ringing.”
Xi Chengyun answered in a low voice, taking it from Bai Qi and putting the call through. “Hello.”
“Mr. Xi, I think the news of Fang Tao’s arrest will make it impossible for Mr. Peng Wanli to be happy for a very long time. Of course, that’s only if he can be resuscitated from a brain hemorrhage,” The lawyer said.
Xi Chengyun only responded calmly, “Mm.”
Then he hung up the call.
Bai Qi turned his head and asked, “What’s wrong? Was that a call from Shang-ge? I even got a text message from Director Zheng urging you to join the roadshow.”
Xi Chengyun smiled and didn’t say what the lawyer had gone to do.
He only said nonchalantly, “No, I heard that Peng Wanli had a brain hemorrhage in prison.”
Bai Qi: “Ah.”
He paused, lowered his head, and kicked the stones by his feet. Slowly raising his head again, he looked at the sky. The sky was very blue today. Even the garbage cans placed right next to each other underneath the residential buildings didn’t seem to have any smell coming out of them.
After waiting a while, Bai Qi tilted his head to look at Xi Chengyun as he said softly, “I think Xi-laoshi is like my lucky star.”
Xi Chengyun laughed softly as he said, “Qi Qi is so tacky today.”
Bai Qi’s eyes widened, “That flower delivery was tacky too!”
Xi Chengyun: “Mm. I like something tacky.”
Bai Qi:?
‘Xi-laoshi, you’re also tacky!’
‘But I like tacky things, too!’
Bai Qi couldn’t help but quickly turn around and hug Xi Chengyun’s waist.
Xi Chengyun opened his arms simultaneously as if he knew he would do this. Xi Chengyun held his buttocks and gently sent him upwards, then picked Bai Qi up.
Bai Qi: ??????
Bai Qi: “My parents……”
“Your parents are out traveling; aren’t they on their way back? We went in the house together just now and called together, remember?”
“No, I meant to say that my parents’ upstairs neighbors will open the window to watch us!” This posture was like holding a child and a bit embarrassing.
Xi Chengyun paused and said, “You should let your upstairs Old Dong look more.”
Bai Qi hugged Xi Chengyun’s neck and looked up.
Upstairs, the cynical Old Dong had really opened the window and was quietly looking out.
Old Dong ridiculed, “Being shameless in broad daylight.”
His son said at the back, “So rich! Xi Chengyun’s clothes cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, right? The one Bai Qi is wearing isn’t cheap either. I wanted it last time, but you hit me!”
His son touched his face. “Why didn’t you make me look better? So that I can at least get a rich woman.”
Old Dong couldn’t breathe. “I’ll beat your head off!”
Xi Chengyun held Bai Qi and moved to the side of the car, then shoved the person into the car.
When he shoved him, he touched Bai Qi’s chest at once.
Lightly press two times……
He fished a contract from the large pocket under Bai Qi’s jacket.
The Marriage Agreement.
Xi Chengyun asked in a low voice, “Tear it up?”
There were two copies of the contract, one for him, one for Bai Qi, and the original one for Shang Guang, which was a backup to avoid any hassles from the contractee.
Now, Xi Chengyun wouldn’t worry about Bai Qi leaving him readily after tearing up the contract.
Bai Qi said, “Wait a minute.” He asked, “What about yours?”
Xi Chengyun laughed and opened the small safe in the car, taking out the same contract from it.
It turned out that he had brought it as well.
Bai Qi asked, “Does Xi-laoshi have any other plans today?”
“No. Uncle and Aunty are shopping.” Xi Chengyun smiled, “Probably using the new methods taught by Qi Qi. We won’t have to show up.”
Bai Qi nodded. “Then where are we going?”
Xi Chengyun: “As you wish.”
Bai Qi: “Go climb a mountain!”
Xi Chengyun: “Okay.”
The driver hit the steering wheel and drove out of the alley.
They rented a camping area on the mountain and then took three hours to climb to the camping spot. As the sky darkened, Bai Qi sat on a large rock and pulled out his lighter.
Xi Chengyun knew he wanted to burn the contract.
‘Mm…… burn it and welcome the sunrise together?’
‘This child is quite ceremonious.’
Xi Chengyun was about to roll up his sleeves and help him when he saw Bai Qi silently put the lighter back into his pocket.
Xi Chengyun: “What’s wrong?”
Bai Qi said expressionlessly, “Making a fire on the mountain, the local police station will fall in love with me.”
Xi Chengyun: “……”
‘He is also quite aware of legal security.’
Xi Chengyun: “Then forget it.” He said with amusement, “There can’t be anyone else falling in love with Qi Qi.”
So the two sat in a particularly silly circle, each with a pair of scissors, and began to act as a human paper shredder.
For a while, in addition to the sound of insects chirping, there was only the sound of paper cutting.
Bai Qi was almost numb.
He only felt remorse now.
‘Very regretful.’
‘Wouldn’t it have been better to shred the paper at home earlier? Or burn it at home!’
When the two contracts were finally shredded to the point that they could not be shredded anymore, Bai Qi’s stomach rumbled.
He leaned back on his sleeping bag. “Xi-laoshi, I’m so tired.”
Xi Chengyun peeled a chocolate and stuffed it into his mouth.
Bai Qi took a bite down.
Xi Chengyun then ate the rest without changing his expression.
Bai Qi blushed and couldn’t help but lick his lips, always feeling that eating down that half of the chocolate made it even sweeter.
He looked at the pile of shredded papers put away in a plastic bag and asked in a low voice, “Xi-laoshi, can this be counted as a real date?”
Xi Chengyun: “It counts.”
Bai Qi rolled over. “Xi-laoshi, I’m hungry.”
Xi Chengyun stood up. “What do you want to eat? I’ll go to the hotel on the mountainside to buy it.”
Bai Qi: “All of it.”
Xi Chengyun nodded, then went in a happy mood, even with a brisk gait.
Not long after Xi Chengyun walked out, he received a new Weibo notification.
Bai Qi had posted a new Weibo.
He only had Bai Qi on his special attention list*, so this one was particularly conspicuous.
*Special attention list (特别关注): you will get a notification when someone in this list makes a new post.
[Xi-laoshi is my lucky star. [pic]]
The photo was of the brightest star in the dark sky.
Xi Chengyun’s eyes twitched lightly; then he quickened his pace.
When he returned, Bai Qi was on the phone with someone.
Bai Qi: “Mm, I transferred the money back. It wasn’t Xi-laoshi. Really, Uncle.”
“Ah, why did I transfer half of it back? Because……” Bai Qi dishonestly continued to roll on his sleeping bag. “Because I can’t pull out the flower field, not for the rest of my life.”
Bai Qi was rolling around and collided with Xi Chengyun.
Xi Chengyun stooped down and embraced him, placing the food beside him. Then, he helped Bai Qi sit up while calmly making a new Weibo post.
He reposted Bai Qi’s post.
@XiChengyun: You’re the one.
Meeting Bai Qi is my good fortune.
Bai Qi held his phone while sitting still, the tip of his nose twitching slightly.
It’s very fragrant.
He politely said goodbye to Uncle before putting his phone aside, and Xi-laoshi had already thoughtfully sent a bite of food to his mouth.
Bai Qi took a bite.
He thought momentarily and said, “Xi-laoshi, I like dates.”
On the other, Uncle put away his cell phone.
‘Damn.’
‘The sour stench of love.’
‘Vomit.’
Author’s note: Uncle: vomit, vomit, vomit!
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