After Hooking Up With The Wrong Cold Professor Chapter 30

Chapter 30

It was already past four o’clock in the afternoon when Xia Yize woke up. His stomach growled twice. His last meal was in the morning. He sent a message to Qi Ge, “Will you come back for dinner tonight?”】

After waiting for half an hour, Xia Yize couldn’t wait any longer, so he made a bowl of noodles first. Since Qi Ge came to eat, he had been eating healthily and hadn’t eaten fast food for a long time.

After two bites, he wasn’t that hungry anymore. His fork was stirring the food inside, and it didn’t taste very good. But Qi Ge didn’t come back, and he didn’t have the motivation to cook.

After barely finishing a bowl of noodles, Qi Ge replied, “I won’t go back today. Auntie will go home in the evening, and I will have dinner at my dad’s place.”】

Xia Yize looked at the instant noodles in front of him. Did that mean that he would have to eat instant noodles alone for a while in the future? He sighed and threw the leftovers into the trash can.

If Qi Ge didn’t come back, he would take the bus to work tomorrow. It wasn’t until almost twelve o’clock that Xia Yize waited until the door opened opposite and then fell asleep.

The next day, Xia Yize saw Qi Ge’s slightly dark circles and asked cautiously: “How is uncle? You were very tired yesterday.”

Xia Yize’s expression was too serious. Qi Ge chuckled and said, “It’s nothing, I’m just a temporary aunt who has to go back at night, so I have to go and stay with my dad for a while.”

Xia Yize rolled his eyes, “Do you have time? You have class tonight.”

This is what Qi Ge has a headache for. He has to find another aunt quickly, and he also needs to go on a business trip recently.

Xia Yize volunteered, “I can go have dinner with my uncle. I get off work early, and I can also chat with my uncle.”

Qi Ge saw Xia Yize looking at him with a smile, like a sunflower. He hesitated and said, “Forget it, I’ll go by myself. It’s quite troublesome.”

Xia Yize slapped his hand, “What’s the trouble? With our relationship, why are you so polite?”

Qi Ge was stunned for a moment when he was photographed. Xia Yize leaned forward and said, “Your business is my business.”

Qi Ge leaned back slightly and looked at him, “What’s the relationship between us?”

Xia Yize saw that Qi Ge seemed a bit serious and did not dare to be frivolous, so he smiled obediently and said, “Of course he is the best neighbor.”

Qi Ge chuckled and strode towards the garage. Xia Yize asked from behind: “Think about it, I’m more reliable than Auntie.”

Qi Ge sat in the car and watched Xia Yize running over, “I don’t dare to bother my neighbors like this.”

Just as Xia Yize was about to speak, Qi Ge said, “Let’s do this. You cook dinner for my dad and I’ll pay you.”

According to the development progress after seeing grandma last time, if he became familiar with Qi Ge’s father, wouldn’t that be another big step forward?

But after taking a big step forward, Qingqing’s aggrieved look was still in front of him, and Xia Yize looked at Qi Ge next to him at a loss.

When Qi Ge saw him lowering his head, he wondered if he had gone too far. People were kind enough to help, but he used them as nannies.

Qi Ge thought he was angry, so he turned his head and looked at him and said, “You’re just kidding, let’s go have dinner together tonight and I’ll cook.”

Xia Yize looked at him. Qi Ge didn’t know that his co-pilot was full of plots against him. Xia Yize felt a little pain in his chest. That part seemed to be his conscience, and he felt a little guilty.

Xia Yize lowered his head. Qi Ge felt it was necessary to explain what he meant just now, “I just said I would give you a salary.”

When the salary was mentioned again, Xia Yize turned around. He was worried about not having any pocket money. “How much are you going to give me?”

In Xia Yize’s eyes, there was no sensitivity to salary hurting his self-esteem, and all he saw was the glory of creating wealth through labor.

Qi Ge lowered his head and smiled. Xia Yize wouldn’t think that much at all. Xia Yize was still looking at him expectantly. Qi Ge said, “The salary is one month’s rent for you.”

“Really!” Xia Yize stood up happily and hit his head on the roof of the car.

Qi Ge clicked his tongue. Xia Yize thought he felt sorry for the car and quickly touched the roof of the car. Unexpectedly, Qi Ge stretched out his hand to rub the top of his hair.

Xia Yize stopped moving his hands and looked at Qi Ge blankly.

Qi Ge flicked his forehead and said, “I was stunned.”

Xia Yize turned around and sat down, and the car started. He held the seat belt tightly in his hands and glanced at Qi Ge secretly. It seemed that the plan was one step closer, but why was he not happy at all.

After asking for a day’s leave, the boss of the printing company sternly said that he would deduct one day’s salary. He had delayed so many things yesterday, and he looked like the sky would collapse without him.

Therefore, he was not idle all day long. He suspected that the boss had left yesterday’s work until today. Not only did he not get paid yesterday, but he also did two days’ worth of work today.

Xia Yize complained while working, the boss must have had Zhou Papi in his ancestors.

He hurriedly and slowly finished the work before getting off work, but his boss pressed for time and asked him to print out a courseware to explain that students would need it urgently tomorrow.

Xia Yize looked at his boss without saying a word. The boss was puzzled by his look and said, “Why are you looking at me? Go and print.”

The clock on the wall reached five-fifty, and Xia Yize said, “It’s time to get off work, and I’m anxious too.”

It turned out that he was wasting time. The boss turned back and pointed at the clock, “There are still ten minutes until the end of the day.”

Xia Yize took out his mobile phone and said, “Your time is ten minutes slower.” He had already discovered that the time in the morning was normal, but when he came back at noon, the time was set back. The most egregious thing was that it was delayed by a full half hour at a time. Xia Yize realized that something was wrong.

The boss was speechless, watching Xia Yize walk away struttingly, gritting his teeth behind him.

Xia Yize went to Qi Yuanshen’s place as soon as he got off work according to the address given by Qi Ge. He bought fresh vegetables and fruits and some supplements as a gift for Qi Ge’s friend’s first visit to his home.

Xia Yize rang the doorbell at the door, and her aunt asked through the door: “Who is it?”

Xia Yize carried a bunch of things and said, “I’m here to take care of Uncle Qi.”

Xia Yize heard a cheerful voice inside, “It’s Xiaoxia, open the door quickly.”

Auntie didn’t expect someone to take over so early, an hour earlier than her normal off-duty time.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Qi Yuanshen sitting on the sofa, dressed neatly, with tea sets on the coffee table. Different from the first time they met, Qi Yuanshen stood up with a smile, “I bought so many things, put them down quickly, it’s so heavy.”

Xia Yize didn’t expect Qi Yuanshen to be so polite. He remembered that the first time they met, he was quite serious, so he quickly said: “That’s right. How are you recovering?”

“It’s nothing.” Qi Yuanshen waved to him to sit down, “Qi Ge is making a fuss and bothering you to come over.”

Qi Yuanshen paused for a moment and lowered his voice and said, “But he told me not to do anything to others.”

Xia Yize waved his hand and was about to say that Qi Ge paid him a salary, but Qi Yuanshen said first: “He also asked me, Xiaoxia, if you have time, come and chat with your uncle. If you don’t have time, you don’t have to come here every day.”

The aunt put away Xia Yize’s things and said, “I’ve made dinner, so I’ll leave first.”

“Xiao Xia didn’t eat either, so come and eat together.” Qi Yuanshen greeted Xia Yize with his injured hand.

Xia Yize quickly bent down to support him, trying to behave as well as possible, trying to win the favor of Qi Ge’s father.

Qi Yuanshen smiled sheepishly and sat down, “What do you like to eat? Let Auntie make more tomorrow.”

Xia Yize rubbed his hands under the dining table and was too embarrassed to use his chopsticks. He used to be paid to work, but now he seemed to be here to eat.

“Uncle, no need. Teacher Qi asked me to take care of you, because if I cause you any more trouble, I will be guilty.” Xia Yize said sincerely.

Qi Yuanshen also had to pick up vegetables for Xia Yize with one hand. Xia Yize quickly thanked him, poured water for Qi Yuanshen, took out the paper towel from far away and placed it close to Qi Yuanshen. He even watched a few nursing videos before coming, for fear that he would not take good care of her and would be self-defeating.

Xia Yize originally guessed that Qi Ge was a germophobe, and he was afraid that his father would be very demanding.

But Qi Yuanshen was not picky at all. If Qi Yuanshen hadn’t been injured, Xia Yize felt that he could have dragged her to have a few drinks.

“Xiao Xia, don’t be restrained here uncle. I liked you the first time I saw you. Qi Ge is too mature and doesn’t have the vitality of young people. You smile like a little sun and I feel happy just looking at you.” Qi Yuanshen looked at Xia Yize with loving eyes.

Xia Yize didn’t expect that he was so popular among the middle-aged and elderly people. Qi Yuanshen’s few words made him happy. He bent his eyes and smiled brighter. He asked as if exchanging secrets, “Has Teacher Qi always been so serious?”

Qi Yuan frowned and pretended to be helpless and said, “Yes, he has been like this since he was a child. I will show you his childhood photos later.”

Xia Yize suddenly became interested, nodded quickly, and took a few bites of food quickly.

After the two of them finished eating, Xia Yize wanted to clean up quickly before Qi Yuanshen forgot about the photo.

Qi Yuanshen seemed to be even more anxious, “Don’t worry about it. Why don’t you go home later? Let’s stay at my uncle’s place so late.”

Xia Yize put away the bowl, “Teacher Qi will come to see you later and take me back by the way.”

Qi Yuan showed his original smile, “Let Qi Ge take care of it later.” He took out a photo album.

Xia Yize was no longer interested in clearing the bowl, and sat next to Qi Yuanshen as if attracted by a magnet.

Qi Yuanshen opened the first page. The long-lasting photos were well preserved. Each one was sealed in a photo album. Qi Ge was wearing a small floral skirt and pink blush, and his eyes were a little unhappy. Xia Yize pointed at the photos and asked in disbelief: “This is Qi Ge!”

Xia Yize couldn’t suppress his energetic voice for a moment, which seemed pretentious just now.

Qi Yuanshen did not save any face for his son and said, “Yes, I peed my pants at that time and the skirts were easy to change. I bought him several pieces.”

Xia Yize came closer, but before he could see enough, Qi Yuanshen turned to the next one. The next one was more impactful. Qi Ge was wearing two pigtails and holding a bouquet of flowers, with a look of reluctance on his face.

Qi Ge knew that he would shut up after seeing this.

Scroll further down, Qi Ge is a little older, and the photo becomes normal, but his small face is always cold. Scroll further back, Qi Ge starts to hold up the trophy and certificate, Xia Yize said casually: “These are all solo photos of Teacher Qi.”

Qi Yuanshen was silent for a few seconds. He felt that Xia Yize asked Qi Ge again why there were no parents around him. In fact, the few group photos taken together were torn apart during the quarrel.

He changed the topic and said: “He has been a loner since he was a child. He doesn’t have many friends. He has a few classmates in college who are close to each other, but they are all in different cities. You are the first friend I have made after seeing him work.”

Xia Yize’s heart trembled. Neither of them realized that the photo had been parked here for a long time. “How is it possible? Qi Ge is so good, there must be no shortage of friends around him.”

Qi Yuan sighed softly, “He is always alone. I hope he has someone by his side to accompany him and take care of each other.” He sat up slightly and said, “I am not an unenlightened parent. As long as two people are good together, I have no objection.”

The more Xia Yize listened, the more something felt wrong. “Uncle, I…” He hesitated and didn’t know how to explain.

“I understand, the relationship hasn’t been confirmed yet, right?” Qi Yuan leaned forward and looked at him, “I said in advance that I just don’t want you to be burdened. He has never brought friends home, and you are the only one.”

Xia Yize hesitated and said, “This doesn’t mean anything. It just happened that you were injured.”

Qi Yuan patted him deeply on the shoulder, “I can assure you that his relationship history is very clean.”

Xia Yize felt a ringing in his ears, and countless suspicions were slowly amplified. He had always preconceived that Qi Ge was a scumbag. In fact, after being together for so long, his circle was indeed clean. Even if he was pretending, he wouldn’t be so complete.

Xia Yize took a deep breath, and all kinds of clues began to expand in his mind. A frightening thought crawled up his back. Could he have made a mistake?

“Xiao Xia.” Qi Yuan called Xia Yize who was in a daze.

When Xia Yize came to his senses, Qi Yuanshen said: “Don’t be stressed, let’s continue looking at the photos.”

As he spoke, the door opened. As soon as Qi Ge entered, he saw two people holding a photo album of his childhood.

Xia Yize was worried that Qi Ge would be angry, so he closed the photo album silently, looked at the bowl on the table that had not yet been washed, stood up and asked, “Have you eaten yet?” But there was no rice left in the pot.

Fortunately, Qi Ge said he had eaten, but Qi Yuanshen said bluntly: “Then go and wash the dishes. We haven’t finished reading yet.”

Xia Yize quickly said: “I’ll go brush it.”

Qi Yuanshen pulled Xia Yize to sit down, and looked at Qi Ge, who had just come back and was even a little dusty, “We just sat down.”

“I’m disturbing you.” Qi Ge put down his things and went to the kitchen to wash the dishes.

The sound of rushing water came from the kitchen, and Xia Yize was sitting on pins and needles. Without Qi Yuanshen’s protection, Qi Ge would not be able to settle accounts with him for a while.

The two of them were on the sofa. Qi Yuan smiled deeply and told him about Qi Ge’s childhood. When he talked too much, the kitchen would make harsh noises and Xia Yize would shiver.

After Qi Ge finished cleaning up, the two finally finished flipping through the photo album. Qi Yuanshen whispered in Xia Yize’s ear: “If anyone else had looked at his photo album, he would have exploded a long time ago.”

Xia Yize smiled dryly, I’m afraid I’ll be blown away soon.

On the way back, Xia Yize said nothing, for fear that Qi Ge would find an opportunity to settle matters with him.

After getting in the car, Qi Ge delayed turning on the ignition, while Xia Yize held the seat belt and said nothing.

Qi Ge finally spoke, “My dad didn’t say anything to you today.”

Xia Yize shook his head like a rattle and raised three fingers, “I have forgotten what I shouldn’t have heard.”

Qi Ge frowned slightly, it seemed that he heard a lot that he shouldn’t have heard.

Xia Yize silently observed Qi Ge along the way. Recalling Qi Yuanshen’s words, Qi Ge saw Xia Yize clasping his fingers all the way out of the corner of his eye, and secretly looking at himself from time to time.

When he got home and parked the car, Xia Yize didn’t move. It took him a long time to come to his senses and say, “We’re here!”

“What are you thinking about?” Qi Ge asked.

Xia Yize’s mind went numb for a while. He looked at Qi Ge, his eyes gleaming, as if he wanted to penetrate him, “You have been in several relationships before.”

Qi Ge came slightly closer, raised his eyebrows slightly and lowered his voice and said, “Have you been struggling with this along the way?”