Lin Fei stood up, walked to the bathroom and filled the tub with water.
“Get up.” He looked at Ji Leyu, who was still sitting on the bed. “I’ll help you wash.”
Ji Leyu shook his head repeatedly. “No, you can’t stay with me for too long. You will be infected.”
“You are fine.”
“But the doctor said that I have to wait another day.”
“It’s okay,” Lin Fei said calmly.
Ji Leyu was unwilling. “What if I infect you? I don’t want to.”
“It won’t happen.”
Ji Leyu wrapped himself in the quilt and firmly refused.
Lin Fei felt that he was really stubborn.
“Then you aren’t sleeping with me tonight?”
Ji Leyu nodded. “I’ll sleep with you when I’m completely well.”
It wasn’t easy. Lin Fei thought in his heart, ‘He has learned to be independent.’
“But I’ve already filled it with water.”
Ji Leyu said like a young master, “Then empty it.”
Lin Fei, “……”
“Do you know what saving water means?”
Ji Leyu, “……”
“Come down,” Lin Fei urged again.
“Then I’ll wash myself,” Ji Leyu said softly.
Lin Fei thought he was very cute right now.
He walked up to Ji Leyu and tilted his head. “Are you so afraid of infecting me?”
Ji Leyu nodded obediently.
Lin Fei’s tone was casual. “But if I’m also sick, I can stay at home with you.”
Ji Leyu, “!!!!”
Could it still be like this?
Even so, he didn’t want Lin Fei to get sick.
It wasn’t a good thing to be sick. They had to take medicine. The medicine was so bitter and unpalatable.
“I don’t want to infect you,” he said softly.
Lin Fei saw him like this and felt he was truly well-behaved.
He reached out and touched Ji Leyu’s head. “Be good.”
Ji Leyu looked at him and wanted to hug him. However, he was afraid that he would infect Lin Fei, so he quickly kicked away the quilt, got out of bed and walked toward the bathroom.
The adult Ji Leyu standing not far away, “……”
So his younger self really didn’t want to infect Lin Fei?
Didn’t he pretend to be pure and innocent on the surface just to better harm Lin Fei?
Ji Leyu had some mixed emotions.
What made him feel more complicated was that he felt the two of them seemed to have a good relationship.
Lin Fei even wanted to bathe him!
Lin Fei also touched his head and said ‘be good.’
Wasn’t he an iceberg robot who was cold and silent? Didn’t he look at everyone as indifferently as looking at ants?
Ji Leyu felt that there seemed to be something wrong with the current situation.
This situation became even more wrong at night. It was because Lin Fei actually walked from his bedroom to Ji Leyu’s bedroom while holding a pillow!
The young Ji Leyu wrapped himself in a small quilt and asked in a puzzled manner, “Why are you here?”
“My bed is wet,” Lin Fei said calmly.
‘He lied!!’ Ji Leyu shouted in his heart. ‘He lied to you. His bed isn’t wet at all!!’
“Then you can go to the guest room,” little Ji Leyu whispered.
Lin Fei didn’t even look at him, and his tone was calm when replying, “I’m sleepy.”
Then he lay down and closed his eyes.
Ji Leyu looked at his back silently and suddenly laughed.
He came up behind Lin Fei with unconcealed joy in his voice. “Brother, do you want to accompany me?”
His voice was sweet. “You know I don’t like to sleep alone, so you came to me on purpose, didn’t you?”
Lin Fei kept his eyes closed and didn’t speak.
But Ji Leyu had long determined that this was the case.
“Brother, you are so kind,” he said softly.
He reached out and hugged Lin Fei, leaning against his back. He didn’t care whether he was contagious or not. Ji Leyu was tired and wanted to act spoiled with him.
He hadn’t gone to school with Lin Fei in the past two days because of illness. Last night, he slept alone. Now Lin Fei came to see him specifically. How could he care about whether he was contagious or not? He comforted himself that he was almost fine and definitely wouldn’t infect Lin Fei. At the same time, he was happy because Lin Fei would rather be infected and accompany him than sleep alone?
“Turn around,” he said softly to Lin Fei. “You hug me.”
Lin Fei listened to his words and said deliberately, “You aren’t worried about infecting me now?”
“I’ll be careful,” Ji Leyu’s voice seemed to contain honey. “I will try not to infect you.”
As he spoke, he begged softly, “Turn around, turn around.”
Lin Fei had no choice but to turn around. Ji Leyu happily said, “Hug.”
Lin Fei listened to these words and wanted to laugh a bit. Just now, Ji Leyu looked determined not to let him get close. Now he wanted a hug.
He was really made of glue. So sticky.
Lin Fei stretched out his hands and hugged Ji Leyu.
Ji Leyu leaned into his arms and said to him, “Touch.”
Lin Fei had to touch him again. Ji Leyu snuggled into his arms like a satisfied kitten, hugging him happily and almost rolling into his arms.
He said, “Brother, you are so kind. I like you the most.”
Lin Fei let out a faint ‘um’ to indicate that he understood.
The adult Ji Leyu, who wasn’t far away, looked at the scene in front of him in a delicate mood.
Of course, he could see that his younger self really liked Lin Fei. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be so happy in Lin Fei’s arms and let Lin Fei hug him.
But the problem was Lin Fei…
Why did Lin Fei seem to like his younger self too?
Ji Leyu shook his head while feeling a bit narcissistic.
Who was he joking? Lin Fei liked him? It might be the younger version of him but his younger version wasn’t a good person. How could Lin Fei like him?
But…
He came over to sleep with Ji Leyu this late at night, even allowing Ji Leyu to act like a baby in his arms.
He turned around when little Ji Leyu told him to turn around, hugged when told to hug, and touched when asked to touch. This was Lin Fei. Even though he was a child version, he shouldn’t be so easy to talk to!
When it came to talking, Ji Leyu felt subtle again.
Yes, Lin Fei was quite willing to talk to his child self. The few times they met, Lin Fei didn’t even feel it was necessary to look at him. When Ji Leyu took the initiative to strike up a conversation with him, Lin Fei just said, ‘hmm.’ Now Lin Fei was talking quite a bit.
It wasn’t much compared to ordinary people, but for Lin Fei, this was simply a lot.
Ji Leyu sat on the chair and his mood became more and more subtle.
However, it didn’t take long for him to understand what was meant by there wasn’t the most subtle, only more subtle.
He met Lin Luoqing, the one who humiliated Ji Yuxiao and refused to marry Ji Yuxiao. Thus, Ji Leyu got revenge on Lin Luoqing when he grew up.
But now, Lin Luoqing was actually married to Ji Yuxiao. Not only were they married, but they also had a sweet relationship. Not only were they emotionally sweet, but he also became Lin Fei’s dad!
Ji Leyu felt as if he had finally sorted out everything in front of him.
He had wondered why Lin Fei was at their house.
Why did Lin Fei call Ji Yuxiao by Father?
Why did Ji Leyu not only refuse to hurt Lin Fei for this when young, but instead liked him very much?
The source of everything was Lin Luoqing!
When Lin Luoqing agreed to marry Ji Yuxiao, Lin Luoqing became his aunt and Lin Fei entered his family as a nephew. Of course, he wouldn’t hate his aunt. Since he was Ji Yuxiao’s partner, he would hope that the other person would like him. Thus, he would naturally get along with Lin Fei.
Everything fell into place.
But why would he have such a dream?
Ji Leyu didn’t understand.
After so many years, he successfully took revenge on Lin Luoqing. He didn’t feel that he was still obsessed with what happened back then.
Taking 10,000 steps back, after seeing Lin Luoqing’s stupidity, how could he be willing to let Lin Luoqing marry Ji Yuxiao?
He didn’t deserve it at all!
If he was asked to construct a dream, he would only make his parents and uncle appear in the dream.
These three people really haunted him and he still couldn’t forget them.
There would be no Lin Luoqing and no Lin Fei.
He didn’t need anyone else. He just needed his parents and uncle.
For the first time, Ji Leyu seriously thought about this dream.
He saw Lin Luoqing asking about little Ji Leyu’s physical condition with concern.
He watched Lin Luoqing smile and talk to Ji Yuxiao after he came back, kissing him in a place where the children couldn’t see.
He also saw Lin Luoqing earnestly helping Ji Leyu take a bath at night, poking his face and telling him jokes.
Ji Leyu smiled happily, hugged his neck and called him dad.
Lin Luoqing kissed him and gently called him baby.
Little Ji Leyu met Ji Yuxiao after taking a bath. Ji Yuxiao took his temperature again, kissed his forehead and said he was completely healed.
“Wait a few days. Father will take you out to play.”
“Okay,” the young boy said happily.
Ji Yuxiao hugged him, eyes full of love.
“Xiao Yu, you must grow up healthy. It is only when you are healthy and safe that Father will be happy.”
Little Ji Leyu nodded sensibly. “Yes.”
Ji Yuxiao hugged him tightly and said softly, “Father likes you the most. No matter when, I always like you the most.”
Ji Leyu’s eyes instantly became sore.
What he knew, what he had always known, was that Ji Yuxiao had always liked him. Even when Ji Yuxiao’s own life was in danger, Ji Yuxiao would hold him in his arms and protect him.
Ji Yuxiao loved him far more than he loved himself.
Ji Leyu walked over and silently hugged Ji Yuxiao.
After Ji Yuxiao left, little Ji Leyu also left his bedroom and went to Lin Fei’s bedroom.
Lin Fei was reading. He seemed to like reading very much. This was why there was a large desk and bookshelf with books in the bedroom.
Ji Leyu sat aside and read for a while. He closed the book sleepily and fell asleep at the table.
Lin Fei reminded him, “Go to bed.”
Ji Leyu was reluctant. “I want to stay with you. I haven’t seen you all day.”
Lin Fei seemed a bit helpless. He closed the book and stood up. “I’ll go to bed and read.”
Ji Leyu stood up happily and got into bed with him.
He lay down beside Lin Fei, hugged his waist, and asked for a touch.
Lin Fei touched his head very cooperatively. He sat on the bed and read the book quietly.
Ji Leyu closed his eyes and fell asleep peacefully.
Soon, Lin Luoqing came in. He brought a plate of desserts. Once he saw that Ji Leyu had fallen asleep, his tone couldn’t help relaxing a lot.
“Is Xiao Yu asleep?”
Lin Fei nodded.
Lin Luoqing put down the desserts and asked him to remember to brush his teeth after eating.
His tone was gentle and his eyes were full of love for the child. Apart from his face, he bore no resemblance to the Lin Luoqing that Ji Leyu had seen before.
Ji Leyu watched in silence for a long time before slowly turning his attention to his young self again.
He slept soundly with a subconscious smile on his face. It was as if he had some type of sweet dream.
Of course, he could have many sweet dreams because he lived happily. His uncle loved him, his brother cared about him, and even Lin Luoqing would rush back early because he was sick.
They loved him so much that he couldn’t help smiling even when he fell asleep.
Ji Leyu felt that he seemed to understand.
Why did Lin Luoqing and Lin Fei appear in his dream, and why his dream wasn’t affected by his will?
Perhaps from the moment he clearly realized this was a dream, it was already far from being as simple as a dream.
It was just showing him a possibility, a beautiful possibility.
If Lin Luoqing hadn’t been so stupid back then, if his uncle had married Lin Luoqing, who wasn’t so stupid, then perhaps their family would be like what he saw now.
They would live together very happily. He would have two more family members in addition to Ji Yuxiao.
It was just that Lin Luoqing’s stupidity messed up all of this.
But everything in front of him was so real. His young self lying next to Lin Fei was so happy and vivid.
Ji Leyu didn’t want to believe that all of this was fake. He preferred to believe that in a world he didn’t know, everything was as he saw. His uncle was still there and he was still living under Ji Yuxiao’s favor.
Ji Leyu stared gently at his young self in front of him. He really hoped that he could continue to be so happy.
No one knew better than him how much pain and suffering he had experienced growing up.
Ji Leyu didn’t care about the physical pain, but the mental pain was too difficult.
His life was too boring and lonely, and he loved too little. God took his loves away from his world early, so his world was only desolate.
He was far better alive than happily dead.
He hoped that the child in front of him could have a better future and a different life from his.
This child already had a different life direction from his own. It stood to reason that he should have a better destiny than his own.
Ji Leyu prayed sincerely. At this moment, he reconciled with God again.
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