Lovely Allergen - Chap 26

Le Zhishi was looking forward to the winter vacation, but as a third-year junior high student who was about to take the entrance exam, his vacation was pitifully short, only seventeen days at most. He had just made up for three days of sleep at home, but he had already lost one-fifth of his vacation. The New Year’s holiday passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, only half of the winter vacation was left.

He felt like he was catching up on the latest chapter of a manga, full of anticipation, but it ended before he could finish reading it.

The vacation was never enough.

Song Yu returned to school a week earlier than him, and Le Zhishi started his lonely homework mode. The night before school started, he took the winter vacation homework that he didn’t know how to do to Song Yu’s room. Song Yu was taking a shower, so he took his notebook and walked around in circles, waiting for him. The new carpet on the floor was comfortable and soft, and he didn’t feel cold when he sat on it.

He saw Song Yu’s unfinished schoolbag on the floor, and inadvertently glanced at it and saw a few bags of cat food.

Why did his brother bring cat food to school? For his friends?

Le Zhishi was too lazy to think too much. When his brother wasn’t around, he took out a raspberry lollipop from his pajamas pocket and threw it into his brother’s bag.

After school started, everyone felt that they were about to take the high school entrance exam, and the learning atmosphere was much stronger than before. After only a week of classes, they took a mock exam. When the results came out, Le Zhishi did well. He was first in the English class, and he was above average in other subjects. Although he wasn’t among the top students, his performance was stable, and he had no problem getting into the experimental class of Peiya High School. In addition, Lin Rong and Song Jin didn’t have strict requirements for the two brothers’ grades, so they were in a good mood and weren’t nervous.

Le Zhishi was a child who paid attention to the balance between work and rest. He would stay behind to finish his homework during the evening self-study session. He was most efficient and focused when he was waiting for his brother, because as long as he finished all his tasks, he could ride home with Song Yu, and even have supper together. It was very fulfilling.

“You play a lot every day, and you do so well. I’m jealous.” Jiang Yufan, who was cleaning near the flower bed, held a broom that was taller than him. He didn’t sweep the floor, but waved it in front of Le Zhishi. “Your brother must be giving you special treatment at home.”

Le Zhishi, like a hero in a TV series, answered honestly, “No, he doesn’t have time to tutor me.”

“What is he so busy with?”

“Sleeping.” Le Zhishi put the broom down. When he’s awake, he’s awake, and he’s in his room to watch movies or documentaries, like ‘Bird’s eye view of the earth,’s, or Geological history’s……………. “…

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“I read it with him after I finish my homework.” But most of the time, he would be distracted and fall asleep on Song Yu’s bed.

“It’s good to have a brother at home. I want a brother too.” A girl from the team on duty chimed in.

Le Zhishi agreed. He wanted to share with her the wonderful feeling of having a brother, but another girl beat him to it. “What’s so good about it? My brother is so annoying. He bullies me every day. When I was young, I always hoped that someone would take him away.”

She put the small iron dustpan on the ground. Her expression was mysterious with a hint of happiness. “But soon I’ll be free from the sea of suffering.”

Jiang Yufan was curious. “What do you mean?”

“My mom agreed to let me study abroad in high school. My aunt happens to be in Australia.” She shared how she chose a high school and prepared for the IELTS exam during her winter vacation. Le Zhishi focused on sweeping the crispy noodle snack bag into the dustpan, looking for the next target.

“Leaving after high school?”

“It’s normal. So many students in high school don’t take the college entrance examination,” the girl said.

That’s right. Le Zhishi stopped. He propped himself up with the broom and nodded in his heart. Hearing the girl talk about the IELTS exam nervously, he thought of Song Yu. He seemed to be taking the exam too. However, he only had a vague impression of it in his mind and didn’t take it seriously.

Coincidentally, when he got home that night, Le Zhishi went downstairs to get his phone after taking a shower. He happened to hear Song’s dad and Song Yu chatting. It was actually very casual. They talked about things that happened in school. Le Zhishi walked up the stairs and heard Uncle Song say, “Actually, whether it’s studying in China or going abroad, there are pros and cons. Anyway, Dad supports you and believes that you have your own ideas.”

“Okay.”

Hearing this, Le Zhishi stopped in his tracks. His mind was a little confused.

“Le Zhishi.” Song Yu suddenly called his name. Le Zhishi was stunned and turned to look at him.

Song Yu stared at him. After a while, he said, “Sleep early. Come to school with me tomorrow.”

He thought that his brother had found out about the candy in his bag.

“Oh, I got it.” Le Zhishi went upstairs and returned to his room.

He thought of what his female classmate said in the morning.

Song Yu will also study abroad.

Although he agreed very well, Le Zhishi didn’t feel sleepy at all. He got up, opened his laptop, and typed in a series of questions such as “How to apply for a foreign high school” in the search box. However, every time he clicked on it, most of the results were advertisements for overseas study institutions. He was confused by the process. The only useful information he got was that overseas study was very expensive. It was much more expensive than he had imagined.

Therefore, he spent a long time counting the pocket money he had saved over the years.

The next day, Le Zhishi was so sleepy that he forced himself to get up. He was in low spirits the whole way. He knew that he would be sleepy, so he consciously stood up to memorize classical Chinese. He stood there for the whole morning self-study.

He realized that if something had never been noticed before, nothing would happen. However, once he noticed it, it would constantly appear in front of his eyes. The frequency of it appearing was frightening.

For example, the advertisements for overseas study institutions in front of the cafeteria, the list of overseas exchange students on the bulletin board, and the teacher casually mentioned a certain senior who was already studying in the Ivy League.

In the afternoon language class, the teacher talked about the real questions for the middle school exams. Le Zhishi’s language grades were not particularly good, especially for reading comprehension questions. He always felt that his understanding was not wrong, but it was different from the person who wrote the answers.

Maybe the author didn’t even know that his essay could be understood in this way.

“Next, let’s look at the introduction to famous works. This set of questions has been selected from ‘Dream of the Red Chamber’. Let’s take a look. First question.” The language teacher pushed up his glasses. “Characters in literary works are often multi-faceted and three-dimensional. Lin Daiyu in ‘Dream of the Red Chamber’ is undoubtedly a very classic female literary figure. Please combine it with the specific plot and briefly summarize her characteristics and the reasons for her character.”

Character traits. Le Zhishi rested his chin on the table. His first reaction was that she was talented because she was good at writing poems. However, he doubted whether this was considered character traits.

Fortunately, the teacher did not choose him, but another boy. The boy stood up and the first word he said was “sentimental.”

“Well, then tell me why she has such a sentimental personality.”

The boy said casually, “Because she lives under someone else’s roof.” Probably because the questions were always like this, they always associated Lin Daiyu with living under someone else’s roof. This had become their subconscious reaction and did not require much thought.

“Tell me about the specific plot. How does living under someone else’s roof affect her character?” The teacher continued to guide him.

The boy thought for a moment, “Her parents died when she was young, so she went to live with someone else.”

Le Zhishi, who was listening seriously, suddenly had a strange feeling. He sat up unnaturally and fiddled with the pen on the table.

“Then she definitely can’t be like in other people’s houses as she is in her own house. She doesn’t dare to say or use anything. She uses other people’s money.” The students in the class were amused by his simple and straightforward explanation, but Le Zhishi didn’t find it funny.

The teacher seemed to be certain and quoted from the original text, “Well, she has to be careful at every step. She is not willing to say a word or take an extra step. She is afraid that others will laugh at her.”

“Yes, that’s what it means.” The boy said again, “And no matter how well others treat her, they are not her biological children. So she will be more sensitive and think a lot. ”

Le Zhishi blinked and stared at the paper. He used the correction tape to erase the words “talented” and filled in the words “sentimental.” But after staring at it for two seconds, he erased it again. Moreover, he was a little impatient. Not only did he not erase it, the corner of the correction tape cut the previously covered part, revealing the word “talented.”

“Living under someone else’s roof. That’s right.”

The teacher commented.

Le Zhishi had been very obedient recently.

During the monthly break, he would run over to help Lin Rong after finishing his homework. Lin Rong was afraid that he would be tired, so she did not let him do anything. But Le Zhishi was almost against her. He would wipe the table and wash the dishes. Even the staff in the restaurant found it strange.

The phone in the restaurant rang. Le Zhishi was the first to run over and replace the receptionist who was washing her hands. “Hello, this is Yang He Qi Zhe …”

“… What?” After hearing what the other party said, Le Zhishi was shocked. He put down the phone and ran to the lounge. “Aunt Rong, is your phone turned off?”

Lin Rong, who was choosing a new menu layout, checked her phone. “Ah, it’s true. It’s turned off.”

“Grandpa is in the hospital.” Le Zhishi was very anxious.

The Grandpa that Le Zhishi mentioned was Song Yu’s grandfather. He had two sons, and Song Jin was the younger one.

In the early years, the Song family’s financial conditions were not very good. Song Jin also grew up with hardships. Later, he started a business from scratch and realized financial freedom. Song Jin had always wanted to support Song’s dad, but he was rejected by his elder brother.

The Song family’s eldest uncle thought that Song’s dad should be taken care of by their family. Song Jin could only compromise, but he paid a high amount of alimony every month to let his father live more comfortably. He did not expect that something would happen this time. Grandpa Song was changing a light bulb at home alone. He accidentally fell down and fractured his right arm. The Song family’s eldest brother could not find a bed, so he could only look for his younger brother.

Lin Rong immediately found a friend and arranged a VIP ward. Song Jin also flew back to China immediately. It just so happened that Song Yu and Le Zhishi also rushed to the hospital.

Le Zhishi had deep feelings for his grandfather. When he was still in primary school, his grandfather stayed at home for a period of time. At that time, he even taught him to play with a spinning top in the park. In the evening, he took him to play with the fitness equipment in the neighborhood. Sometimes during the winter and summer vacations, his grandfather would also stay at their house for a while and make delicious crayfish for him.

So when he and Song Yu went, he used his precious pocket money to buy a very big and beautiful fruit basket. Song Yu complained that he came to the hospital with such a heavy bag and said that only a fool would buy a fruit basket at the entrance of the hospital. However, Le Zhishi felt that as long as he ate it, he would not lose out. Moreover, the big fruit basket was very impressive.

Song Yu was too lazy to refute, but he took the heavy bag for him.

The entrance of the VIP ward was very quiet. Before the two entered, they thought that they would see a weak old man unconscious in bed. They did not expect that his grandfather was watching the TV series Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils. When he saw his two grandsons, he almost got out of bed.

“Be careful, don’t move.” Song Yu put down the fruit basket. “This is for Le Zhishi.”

“Oh, such a big fruit basket. It’s so impressive. Unfortunately, I don’t have a patient to show off. A single ward is too boring. ”

Le Zhishi is the real grandson. Song Yu shook his head in his heart. He went up to his grandfather and told him about the precautions after orthopedic surgery.

“Yu, why are you still like this? You’re even more lifeless than an old man like me.” His grandfather winked at Le Zhishi. “Le, did you bring me the things I asked for?”

Le Zhishi nodded. He put his backpack on the sofa and unzipped it. Only then did Song Yu know why the backpack was so heavy. It was filled with the full set of Dragon Ball.

Song Yu sighed. “… Grandpa, you need to rest more.”

“I know.” His grandfather put on his reading glasses and opened a book. “Such a comfortable bed, and there are comics to read. There’s no better rest than this.”

After Le Zhishi introduced the sequence and story outline to his grandfather, he opened the fruit basket and took an apple for him to eat. However, his grandfather said that the water pipe in the ward was not fixed today, so he had to go out and wash it.

“Turn right. Walk to the end of the corridor, then turn left.”

“Got it.”

Le Zhishi picked the biggest apple and walked to the bathroom according to his grandfather’s directions. He did not expect to meet his aunt and her new daughter-in-law in the lounge. They seemed to be buying coffee. Le Zhishi stopped.

He was thinking about how to address them.

His aunt’s son’s wife was …

Again, his aunt’s son was his cousin, and his cousin’s wife was his cousin-in-law. Right.

Le Zhishi, who had calculated the correct answer, felt a great sense of pride. He prepared to greet his new cousin-in-law, but he did not expect the two people not far away to talk about him first.

“Mom, which one of the two people who just came over is my cousin?”

“You can’t even recognize your own family?”

This sentence was obviously reprimanding. Le Zhishi was stunned and stopped in his tracks.

He felt as if his face had been pierced by many small needles.

“Oh, I knew it.” The new daughter-in-law smiled awkwardly. “The brown-haired one looks like a mixed-race child. He’s obviously not from our family. Is he the child uncle brought home?”

“That’s him.” His aunt held the coffee and sat down on the chair. She sighed. “Let’s count, he’s lived here for ten years.”

Almost twelve years. Le Zhishi subconsciously retreated to the corner and retorted in his heart.

She took a sip of coffee and said, “His food, accommodation, use, and school are exactly the same as his biological son. He often travels abroad. That child is hard to raise. I don’t know how many times he was hospitalized when he was young, but he was sent there by car. He only let go when he grew older. ”

As she spoke, she seemed to have thought of something. “He’s just like his biological father. I heard from your father that Yue Yi used to live and eat in the Song family every day. I didn’t expect his son to be a parasite.”

The new daughter-in-law sat down as well. “My uncle is really strange. He doesn’t care about his own nephew and cares so much about a child from another family.”

“Don’t mention it. Your husband’s son hasn’t received much help from his family. Previously, he almost scored Peiya and asked him for help. It was a simple matter, but he didn’t agree.”

“That’s a little too petty. I just saw that child holding a huge fruit basket from the window just now. Later, he gave it to my cousin. It seems that he doesn’t have any restraint when it comes to spending money at home. He’s also more delicate than his biological son. My uncle is so willing to raise someone else’s son. Don’t tell me … this child’s relationship with him is not that simple … ”

Le Zhishi was so angry that he clenched his fists. He was about to rush forward and clarify that his father was not just anyone. His father was Yue Yi and that Uncle Song was not the kind of person they were talking about.

But before he could go out, someone grabbed his wrist.

Le Zhishi turned around and saw Song Yu. His expression was very ugly.

Song Yu pulled him behind him and walked out.

“What do you think their relationship is?”

The cousin-in-law, who was holding a paper cup of coffee, stood up awkwardly. For a moment, she didn’t know what to say.

Song Yu looked straight into her eyes. His expression was terrifyingly cold.

“Cousin-in-law, have you recognized him? Do you know who I am? ”

“Yes. You’re Yu, right? I just wanted to show my concern …”

Song Yu interrupted her directly.

“We don’t need outsiders to worry about our family matters.”