ATPN Chapter 60

Chapter 60: The Day I Met You, You Also Saw Me

Song Baiyan suddenly smiled, the trace of gloom he felt when he saw Yu Zhanrong’s disheveled state completely dissipating at that moment.

“How can he be so cute?” Song Baiyan’s lips curled up, ultimately unable to bring himself to push him too hard. “At least drink half of it to ward off the cold.”

“Okay.”

Yu Zhanrong, with a woeful expression, gulped down half a cup of ginger tea. A wave of warmth rose from his stomach, spreading to his limbs, and he suddenly realized that the ginger tea didn’t seem so bad after all.

“Feeling a bit better, isn’t it?”

Yu Zhanrong, afraid that Song Baiyan’s next sentence would be, “Drink the other half too,” quickly said, “It’s okay, but I don’t want to drink anymore.”

His eager-to-avoid-it look was both amusing and endearing. Song Baiyan reminded him, “Then you need to take good care of yourself and not get caught in the rain again.”

“Definitely, definitely.”

The Song Baiyan in private is so warm and gentle.

His Senior Brother is sophisticated in the world, seemingly cold and indifferent, but with a strong and gentle heart, and so considerate. There’s no one better than him.

Whoever marries Senior Brother in the future and becomes his lover will surely be very happy, and his lover should also be outstanding, enough to stand by his side.

Thinking of this, and the possibility of someone else standing by his side, Yu Zhanrong’s heart sank a little, a nameless feeling of soreness welling up.

He closed his eyes and secretly made up his mind that he would become excellent, to become the person standing beside him.

While he was lost in thought, Ah Li slipped out from under his elbow and nestled into his arms.

Yu Zhanrong was startled and jumped up. In a flash of lightning, he recognized the cat and hurriedly embraced Ah Li, luckily catching her before she fell.

“That was close.”

Song Baiyan came out with two bowls of noodles, just in time to see this scene. “So afraid?”

Yu Zhanrong held Ah Li securely, stroked her soothingly, and then said sheepishly, “No, I was just thinking about something and didn’t react for a moment… ”

“But I was scratched by a cat before, so it’s a bit of a conditioned reflex. I’m not afraid of Ah Li.”

Song Baiyan asked pointedly, “Then why aren’t you afraid of Ah Li?”

Yu Zhanrong was momentarily stunned.

That’s right, why wasn’t he afraid of Ah Li?

“Maybe it’s because Ah Li is cuter? And knows how to act cute?”

Song Baiyan chuckled, “Alright, alright, go wash your hands.”

“Oh.”

Putting Ah Li down, Yu Zhanrong stretched his arms, went to the bathroom to wash his hands, and then squinted at Ah Li, who was curled up at Song Baiyan’s feet.

“Actually, I have a strange sense of familiarity with Ah Li, and I can’t explain why.”

Seeing the noodles on the table, Yu Zhanrong couldn’t wait to grab his chopsticks, pick up a mouthful of noodles, and send them to his mouth, squinting his eyes with a look of contentment. “So delicious! Senior Brother’s cooking is always top-notch!”

He skillfully gave a thumbs up to Song Baiyan, his other hand never letting go of his chopsticks, slurping up the noodles without looking up.

He would call it the best noodles he’s ever eaten, bar none!

Even better than the noodle shop!

It wasn’t the first time he had eaten noodles made by Song Baiyan, but he would never get tired of it, he could eat it for a lifetime.

“That good? Hmm?”

“Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm!!”

Song Baiyan ate slowly and deliberately, while the person opposite him ate very quickly, but not rudely.

Song Baiyan watched with a smile as Yu Zhanrong quickly finished the noodles, then picked up the bowl, which was bigger than his face, and drank the soup.

His mother used to tell him that if someone likes to eat what you make, you feel very happy just watching them eat. At the time, Song Baiyan scoffed at this.

Toiling for so long to cook for others, how could that be fun? It’s better to eat it yourself.

But now…

He watched Yu Zhanrong eat the entire bowl of noodles, leaving not even a drop of soup, his eyes narrowed with a satisfied expression, and he suddenly understood the feeling his mother had described.

It really was very happy.

Full and satisfied, Yu Zhanrong touched his stomach and said with a smile, “Senior Brother, you’re amazing, it was super delicious!”

“These are the best noodles I’ve ever eaten.”

“You say that every time you eat them.”

“I’m telling the truth.” Yu Zhanrong said, showing him his bowl. “I even drank the soup.”

He stretched his head to peek into Song Baiyan’s bowl, who had only eaten a few bites, belatedly realizing that he looked like a starving ghost.

Heat slowly crept up his cheeks, he seemed to have no image to maintain in front of Song Baiyan.

Feeling that his face was getting hotter and hotter, Yu Zhanrong quickly shifted his attention. “Senior Brother, when you bought Ah Li back…”

“Who said Ah Li was bought?”

“Ah, was she given to you by someone else?”

He thought he had bought it, he couldn’t recognize the breed of cat, but Ah Li was so cute that she must be a good breed.

“I found her.”

Found her?!

A wild cat? A stray cat?

Or did she get lost from someone else’s house?

Yu Zhanrong suddenly remembered that he had seen a wild cat before, but he never saw her again. Maybe a kind person picked her up and took her home.

“I found her at the back gate of Affiliated High School.”

“Oh, the back gate of Affiliated High School, how could there be…” Yu Zhanrong’s pupils dilated. “Affiliated High School? Hua City Affiliated High School?”

Song Baiyan nodded.

Yu Zhanrong swallowed hard, stammering, “Wh… wh… when?”

Finally, he got to the point.

Song Baiyan put down his chopsticks, took a tissue to wipe his mouth, and pretended to think. “When was it? Let me think, it’s been so long, I really can’t remember…”

The gaze opposite him was fiery, hopeful, and eager to know the answer. Song Baiyan didn’t play coy anymore.

“It’s been more than three years, I think. It was when I went back to Affiliated High School to give a speech when I was a freshman. At that time…”

That day, after the speech, he and his classmates had arranged to go to the barbecue restaurant at the back gate of Affiliated High School for barbecue. When he went out, he happened to see a young boy wearing the uniform of Affiliated High School, standing there like a statue with a tense face.

Not far from him was a trembling little kitten. The boy didn’t know how long he had been standing there, but he slowly moved closer to the kitten, wanting to reach out but not daring to, looking a little at a loss.

At that time, he thought that this child looked quite afraid of cats and probably wouldn’t bother with it.

Unexpectedly, the child actually squatted down and didn’t know what he said to the kitten, then reached out and stroked the kitten’s head.

Later, the child answered a phone call and hurriedly ran to the convenience store to buy ham sausages and peeled them open and placed them in front of the kitten, and took out a hat from his backpack to shield the kitten from the wind.

“You eat well. You must eat, I’m going home first.” He yelled as he ran back.

Unfortunately, the kitten was too small to eat the ham sausage, and could only rub against the brim of the hat and meow pitifully.

Perhaps it was because the kitten was too pitiful, or perhaps it was Yu Zhanrong’s actions that touched him. In the end, Song Baiyan took the kitten back to his own home.

After listening to the story, Yu Zhanrong looked dazed. No wonder he never saw that kitten again.

It turned out that Song Baiyan had taken her away. Suddenly, he was a little envious of Ah Li.

But he had also been “picked up” by Song Baiyan.

“So, Senior Brother knew me from the beginning?”

How could it be such a coincidence?

The day I met you, you also happened to see me…

Song Baiyan smiled, “No, I only remembered it the day you picked up Ah Li.”

“Besides, Ah Li also recognizes you.”

Yu Zhanrong suppressed the cheers in his heart, but couldn’t hide the corners of his mouth from curling up.

He jumped up and hugged Ah Li, showering her with kisses.

“Mwah mwah mwah mwah mwah mwah”

“Ah Li, Ah Li, I’m your daddy!!!”

Song Baiyan was choked by Yu Zhanrong’s self-proclaimed title.

This tone?

For a moment, he thought he had entered Little Yu’s livestream. Song Baiyan stared intently at Yu Zhanrong, not letting go of any of his small expressions, trying to find similarities between the two.

Little Yu’s emotions were very high in the livestream, and when he occasionally calmed down, you could find some similarities with Yu Zhanrong.

And Yu Zhanrong getting agitated…

Oh, he didn’t seem to have seen Yu Zhanrong’s emotions being particularly unrestrained.

“Senior Brother, Senior Brother…”

“… Hmm.”

Song Baiyan came back to his senses. “I’ll be back on Sunday, please take care of Ah Li.”

Yu Zhanrong turned around holding Ah Li, and met Song Baiyan’s deep, probing gaze.

That gaze seemed to be able to see through people’s hearts, the words he wanted to say stuck in his throat, and he listened to Song Baiyan’s instructions, nodding subconsciously.

“Senior Brother, don’t worry, I will report Ah Li’s situation to you every day, and I guarantee to take good care of her!”

“Then thank you for your trouble.”

Yu Zhanrong had to go back to school for class in the afternoon. After he left, Song Baiyan leaned back on the sofa, the phone interface staying on the message sent by Fang Jingtong.

It was a forum link.

Two minutes ago, Fang Jingtong told him that Yu Zhanrong was being scolded on the forum, and the scolding was very harsh, and it was all because of him.

[Fang Jingtong: What do you think, do you want to withdraw it?]

[Song: No need, find the person first.]